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r/moderatepolitics
Republicans win control of the US House of Representatives
https://www.yahoo.com/news/live-results-house-representatives-grabs-044813980.html
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16/11/2022·r/moderatepolitics
Starter comment: The House of Representatives election seemed like it went on forever. But finally one week after Election Day, Republicans have clinched control of at least 218 seats, giving them formal control over the lower chamber of Congress. With Democrats controlling the Senate and Presidency, it seems we are looking at divided government again and at least two years of gridlock.
With such a slim majority, who could win the Speakership? Does McCarthy have enough votes, or will the House have to select a compromise candidate to avoid extremist fringes of either side from sinking the Speaker's nomination?
What bills do you expect to see passed in the next two years by the divided government?
oath2order
> Does McCarthy have enough votes
I mean in all honesty, if it comes down to "McCarthy vs. a Significant Trumplican", I could see Democrats backing McCarthy solely to prevent the Trumplican, since you need a majority vote not a plurality.
Mnn-TnmosCubaLibres
Plus if Dems do that, McCarthy's house leadership would immediately become that much more unpopular with the Republican base.
BylvieBalvez
McCarthy announced he wouldn't seek or even accept democrat votes for the speakership. Idk if he can actually reject votes but just something interesting to keep in mind
froggerslogger
It isn't like McCarthy is going to pass better legislation than a more Trumpy type. If you are going to block/veto everything anyway, no reason to not let their house pass the worst shit they can do you can run against it next cycle.
howlin
The minority party in the House of Representatives has basically no power. The best they can do is present an alternative for the next election. If anything, they will be motivated to bring out the worst of the other side. The Dems are most likely to win the house in 2024 if they can make the Republicans seem extremist.
Armano-Avalus
If they need Democrats, then most likely they'll ask for someone else more moderate, or demand concessions.
BruhbruhbrhbruhbruH
Rs will have a very similar majority to the current one.
AgitatorsAnonymous
Well, we have the debt ceiling debate coming up, which I expect will mean a new round of sequestration and additional damage to the US credit rating, which will also mean mass lay-offs of government employees and in certain sectors that rely on government contracts.
If he is a particularly large asshole he might hold that hostage and actually do lasting harm to the US government. Sad to say, but this will mostly impact our infrastructure, sequestration means fewer funds for roads and bridge repairs. It will also slow tax returns due to fewer IRS employees, reduce SSI and VA benefit payouts and quite possibly cause a new round of force reduction (this happened last time) wherein they will kick people out of active duty and then beg them to re-enlist (and get refused) leaving the military in a worse manning position than it already is. Last time sequestration rolled around my unit, which was 400 airmen and still understaffed, didn't allow leave for an entire year because they kicked people out for force shaping, but our mission requirements didn't change, so instead we spent a year with 0 leave because we had so few people we had to use augmentees to cover base security posts that are mandatory. So I will presume this means another round of that.
The Democrats control the presidency and senate, if he refuses every budget that is sent to the House then I can imagine people making that fact known and often. If he goes really hard he could literally cripple the US economy and plunge us into a depression.
agentpanda
I really hope not. He's a… super not great Speaker in my view and when he's had the opportunity he's proven it. Then he's not a super useful minority leader either so it's like… what is he even doing?
He's not great at running media/comms, he doesn't do effective steering of the agenda, he's bad at wrangling the cats and keeping the fringey-types on the reservation, and he's bad at setting priorities for legislation (or even just legislation to block). He also is pretty sub-par at electoral math too as it seems- there haven't been huge R gains under his tenures, after all.
It's fine when McConnell is in charge too because then he can steer and McCarthy can just draft off of him with "yeah, what McConnell said" statements every few weeks, but Mitch is old as hell and is in the minority chair in the Senate so doesn't quite have the dick swing he did during the Trump years. Somebody needs to start running the show and McCarthy ain't it, chiefs.
I'd be fine giving one of the fringe-y folk a try because they sure can't be any worse than McCarthy who lets the left steamroll the GOP in the House whenever they feel like grabbing a microphone. McCarthy feels like he belongs in the Boehner era when democrat politicians or media heads would go scream into a microphone on MSNBC or Meet the Press and Crossfire about how the GOP is full of racists and then people like McCarthy stare at their feet like "aw shucks I guess you have a point! we'll go get the lube so you can get started on our ass."
I'll take somebody in the party I disagree with politically but has enough fight to say "fuck you and fuck that" over McCarthy, personally.
thinkcontext
> go get the lube so you can get started on our ass
Why do you often feel the need to express yourself this way?
smc733
>fuck you and fuck that
Yes, because this is what American political discourse needs more of.
OffreingsForThee
>how the GOP is full of racists
I mean, Trump brought them out of the woodwork into the light, and yeah, racist's preferred party appears to be the Republican Party. Doesn't mean every Republican or even most Republican's are racists'. Doesn't mean democrats don't have racists, but the overt racists sure comfortable in many GOP/MAGA spaces as of late.
Example: People waiving confederate flags and sometimes even white nationalist flags outside or around Republican events, especially after Trump got into office.
A lot of ugliness from the right has been exposed since Obama came into power. It only got worse once MAGA rolled into town. These are vocal minority but the party has been too quiet about their presence within the MAGA/GOP movement.
"Stand back, and stand by."
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superawesomeman08
> McCarthy has pointed to his party's "Commitment to America" as a blueprint for how the House GOP will operate. But the sparse document is silent or vague on some of the key issues that lawmakers will face in the coming months.
> At the top of the list will be raising the federal debt ceiling. Conservatives have vowed to use the vote as leverage to force the Biden administration to cut spending. A similar stand-off during the Obama administration led credit agencies to downgrade the federal government's credit, illustrating how even threatening debt default can have calamitous economic consequences.
looks like another couple years of government shutdowns over the debt ceiling again. has this tactic ever worked for the GOP? seems like the last two (three?) times they've tried to hold the debt ceiling hostage they've always taken a hit in the polls, or a bigger hit than the Dems, anyway.
> McCarthy has also promised to restore committee assignments that were stripped from Greene and Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona. In an act of reprisal, the top House Republican has also vowed to strip Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff of California and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota off of top committee assignments.
also fun, unlikely this is going to be seen as a popular move, even if MTG got reelected with 67% of the vote. how popular are Gosar and MTG nationally anyway?
edit: https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-commitment-america-features-russian-stock-footage-fake-lincoln-quote-2022-9?utmmedium=referral&utmsource=yahoo.com
the GOP "platform" or mission statement or whatever, im not exactly sure what to call it.
Sitting_Elk
I don't think the vast majority of swing voters will know or care about what bullshit happened in the House two years from now. Most people stop paying attention as soon as election day is over.
EXPLAINACRONYMPLS
Depending on how many seats are controlled by the GOP, you will quickly see a debt ceiling crises and an impeachment vote. Both of these events will affect the average American. 5+ seats and they will do everything possible to be as annoying as possible.
> how popular are Gosar and MTG nationally anyway?
Doesn't matter. McCarthy needs his ~~committee~~ (delegation? I can't think of the word) in lock-step for the Speaker vote.
pharrigan7
Gosar not so much. MTG? Very.
timmg
> looks like another couple years of government shutdowns over the debt ceiling again. has this tactic ever worked for the GOP?
Too tired to find sources, maybe someone else remembers: my recollection was that during the Obama years, they made an agreement that ended up causing a decent cut in government spending a couple years out.
I don't think either party is good at reigning in spending. But it does seem like a Republican Congress paired with a Democratic president is the only time we see fiscal constraint. (The Clinton/Gingrich era being another example?)
nextw3
The sequester. A plan of cuts, including to the military, thought to hurt both parties badly enough everyone thought it would force a compromise. What optimistic days those were.
mtpdc
Are you referring to sequestration, which was automatic cuts due to them not agreeing to anything better?
Chairface30
Besides the fact that Democrats lower the deficit drastically everytime they are in office.
Davec433
>McCarthy has also promised to restore committee assignments that were stripped from Greene and Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona. In an act of reprisal, the top House Republican has also vowed to strip Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff of California and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota off of top committee assignments.
Expected and why I wasn't a fan when Democrats did it, not a good precedent to create. We should also expect it to happen when Democrats take control again.
VoxVocisCausa
They were both stripped of committee assignments for VERY good reasons. We don't need extremists in Congress.
https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/gosar-censured-stripped-committees-over-threatening-video
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/04/963785609/house-to-vote-on-stripping-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-2-key-committees
invadrzim
This is all my own personal take but I don't think a gridlocked and stagnant Congress is really the win that some in this thread seem to think it is.
This do-nothing attitude of conservatives of "the less government does the better" is a loser with "younger" people including myself.
Im in my early thirties and I can't think of a single time in my life that the gop actually did something that made a positive impact on me or my family or my community.
Why would any millennial or genz or after vote for a party who's entire brand is doing nothing when they're struggling to find housing, pay for healthcare, pay for childcare, hell pay for groceries?
As long as the gop keeps the attitude of "you'll get nothing and like it" they will continue to have absolutely zero value proposition going forward
kabukistar
Getting elected just to go straight to shutdowns reminds me of the old joke. "Government is broken. Elect us, and we'll prove it to you."
TheSoyestOfBois
Rest in peace, PJ O'Rourke.
I don't know why people think a congress that doesn't do anything is good. That's not the job of people in congress. In the past I'd imagine that despite political differences, there was bipartisan agreement to do stuff and stuff got done. Nowadays congress has an abysmal approval rating and it's not surprising why.
SteelmanINC
Doing stuff for the sake of doing stuff is bad government. Obviously we should do things that actually need to be done but a lot of our problems come from government action.
Yarzu89
When your main message is do nothing ~~except tax cuts and deregulations for donors~~ doing nothing is kind of on brand and people think you're doing a good job, well that and "other guy bad". Hell its when they do try and do stuff that they end up catching heat. Who knows, political parties come and go over time, maybe we'll be seeing a new one crop up sometime soon. Would be nice to have actual options.
It's really not complicated. Doing nothing is great when the alternative is to spend a shit ton of money on stuff we dont need and contribute to inflation. I expect they will work with democrats on maybe one or two bills but in general there is no world where Republican legislation is going to pass the senate and/or get signed by Biden. So do nothing is what we are left with.
RIPMustardTiger
The GOP did nothing even when the economy was better except lean on the Fed to keep interest rates low which only made the current economic situation worse.
xThe_Maestro
Because historically government programs spend a lot of money and don't achieve their goals. Then ask for more money without stating what they're going to do with it.
Calladit
I've heard this said a lot, but is there any evidence that this is the case of government more so than the private sector? The tendency for projects to suffer cost creep is common in both. I'm sure the same can be said for projects falling short of their goals. People tend to over represent the benefits of a project and underrepresent the costs, that's just human nature and an attempt at an upsell.
TanTamoor
> Because historically government programs spend a lot of money and don't achieve their goals
This of course isn't true in the slightest.
BasedOnWhat7
>Why would any millennial or genz or after vote
They don't vote (in significant numbers), that's why they don't offer policies that benefit them.
People get more conservative as they get older, because they have more invested into how things are/were. You've got savings, a pension, are earning more, own property, perhaps have your own business, etc. etc. That's what makes Republican policies attractive to older generations: tax cuts and keeping society the way it is/was.
When you're successful in the current system, you don't want radical or significant change.
The issue for conservative parties in the west is that it's taking longer and longer for people to be successful - meaning more middle-aged people are feeling like radical change might be a good idea compared with how things were in the past.
lorcan-mt
>People get more conservative as they get older, because they have more invested into how things are/were.
Most studies indicate that, at the demographic level, our political opinions are pretty set after age 18-20.
yonas234
It's actually being found more that the political climate of your teenage/early 20s tends to shape your political opinion.
It's why younger boomers and older GenX are fairly conservative, their coming of age was under Reagan. Whereas millennials and older Gen Z had Obama.
GenZ is the reason the red wave was majorly blunted this year.
Failninjaninja
The government causes the rampant inflation - the idea that we need to do "something" is flawed thinking. Sometimes it's best to let things self correct and let the chips fall where they may. The 2008 Bush backed bailout has caused horrific harm and encouraged risky business practices because of "too big to fail."
> Sometimes it's best to let things self correct and let the chips fall where they may
so when is the fact that my wife's generic meds go up in price with every refill going to "self-correct"?
When is the fact that I had to go to the ER in January so now my wife and I haven't been able to afford to see any doctors since March going to "self-correct"?
And even if I were to accept your premise, the GOP has never in my life actually followed this mythical doctrine of letting things "self-correct"
The GOP has done nothing but pass tax cuts for the rich for the past 30 years that neither myself no anyone in my family has seen any benefit from.
You're trying to sell the GOP on the ideals they sometimes print on a flyer but the reality is they've had decades to work toward those ideals and I've never once seen them try.
aser27
If you are implying the government spending caused inflation, that idea is debated. Demand is the same now as it was before covid, implying spending had no effect. Some experts believe this is mainly driven by supply chain disruptions from covid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnNbZmE3beA
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/how-the-supply-chain-caused-current-inflation-and-why-it-might-be-here-to-stay
SurinamPam
Do you have any proof that government causes inflation? Inflation is a worldwide phenomenon.
Bulky-Engineering471
> Im in my early thirties and I can't think of a single time in my life that the gop actually did something that made a positive impact on me or my family or my community.
So am I and I can say the same for the Democrats. Nothing they've done has helped and several things they've done have hurt and so IMO "nothing" is indeed an improvement.
> Why would any millennial or genz or after vote for a party who's entire brand is doing nothing when they're struggling to find housing, pay for healthcare, pay for childcare, hell pay for groceries?
Because every time the government tries to "help" those things they just get harder. Why are groceries so expensive? Because the government tried to "help" by shutting the world down and printing money to bail people out and now prices are up while wages are not. That's government "help" for you. Same for healthcare - by forcing insurance companies to cover everyone they had to raise the funds somewhere and so they raise our costs to do so. That's government "help" for you.
automatesaltshaker
False. No points that you make can be backed up by empirical evidence.
The ACA has literally slowed healthcare increases since it's enactment while expanding coverage. It helped more people 10 times over that anything republicans have ever done. Republicans campaigned on "repealing and replacing" something that actually worked and never showed what their replacement would have been.
https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/affordable-care-act-effect-on-health-care-costs
Blaming inflation on shutdowns and Covid policy is ridiculous. Imagine if we did nothing and allowed our entire healthcare system to collapse into rubble. Hospitals were at 100% capacity. Morgues were full and required stacking bodies in refrigerated trucks. Doing nothing would have been a catastrophic to economy. Lockdowns had an economic cost but the vast majority of economist believe no lockdowns would have lead to a greater cost.
Wages are increasing at the highest rates in decades.
Free enterprise has never dealt with a negative externality without government intervention. Climate change,which is already impacting food prices through major droughts in the USA, Europe, China, India, and Africa, isn't going to be solved without government intervention. Younger voters see it as a top priority.
Maybe if we got government out of our lives we could go back to the glory days of the dust bowl.
sight_ful
And you and most of your family survived a worldwide plague. Congrats!
A third of the world died in the last huge plague in the 1920s, and they also had many restrictions. This one could have been even worse given the spread of case fatality rate data we have. We can thank the governments of the world for the restrictions and vaccines that kept the number of deaths much, much, much lower than it would have otherwise been.
It's kind of unbelievable to me that you feel the need to put help in quotations as if you don't believe the restrictions and whatnot were actually helpful.
that's the whole point. government in the background keeping you safe to go about your business with little to no interference. kind of.
Other governments around the world do more than ambiguously keep their citizens safe and I think to many people the immediate threat of the several hundred dollar bills from doctor visits is much more pressing than and real than potential un-named threats half-a-world away
timk85
I know we're told this is true, but for all of them, winning isn't everything.
If that were true – Republicans would abandon the pro-life movement, they would abandon the stragglers on gay marriage, they would abandon the folks who want a smaller and more fiscally responsible government, etc.
It's not about whether the ideals are losers.
theredditforwork
Welcome back to gridlock everyone! Can't wait for nothing of substance to get accomplished because our system is fundamentally broken.
Sevsquad
It's not fundamental broken, all democratoc governments require the good faith participation of elected officials. The problem with our government is the erosion of that good faith and the gameification of political capital.
There isn't really a system capable of withstanding the sustained bad faith of half It's participants.
nthlmkmnrg
Great, now nothing will get done.
spimothyleary
It's a good plan!
No it isn't.
Bernard_Samson
It's only a good plan if you don't care about making the nation a better place.
TheDuckFarm
Well, nothing at a federal level, the states still have their own governments.
We need the federal government to protect human rights that many states are willing to ignore.
SportsKin9
Finally! Thank goodness. We need a break
YesIDoBlowCops
Doing nothing is what you want when the alternative is spending/printing trillions which causes inflation.
Inflation is when the cost of production goes up and prices have to rise to keep profits flat. What we have are record profits across the board, which means that companies are price gouging. This trend is being willingly led by OPEC+ in an explicit effort to manipulate the electorate. It has no relationship to the spending.
bitchcansee
The man who voted to overturn the election should be a rising star? Who wants to restrict abortion beginning at conception and defund planned parenthood? Didn't this recent election show that those are very unpopular ideas?
I'd say New York democrat infighting led by Patrick Maloney was behind democrats losing seats.
-Shank-
The RNC needs to clean house and put him into a leadership position.
pjb1999
>Lee Zeldin should be a rising star
Lets hope not.
WhippersnapperUT99
I'm guessing student loan debt cancellation and income-based repayment changes thus won't be able to pass through Congress, so that's probably the end of that. I found myself selfishly rooting for the Democrats to just barely win the House so that I could get some student loan debt forgiven.
Now, will a Republican-controlled House try to inflict some payback on the Democrats? Will they end the January 6 investigations and open up an investigation into the January 6 investigation? Impeach Biden? Investigate Hunter and whether payments made to Hunter constituted bribes to the President?
So much as they won the House they only barely did due to the voters rejecting their extremist candidates, so one could argue whether they have a mandate to do that. Though I guess the more important question is can the House even do that at this point? Depending on the margins, I don't know if the moderates would go along with that.
Benti86
Not to mention Republicans would just filibuster it anyway if the dems maintained congress
Even moderate Republicans wouldn't be on board with the student loan forgiveness.
Which is probably the main reason Biden made that BS executive order to begin with.
cprenaissanceman
> I'm guessing student loan debt cancellation and income-based repayment changes thus won't be able to pass through Congress, so that's probably the end of that. I found myself selfishly rooting for the Democrats to just barely win the House so that I could get some student loan debt forgiven.
Honestly, the deferral of interest has probably already been more than $10k for many people (once you include the amounts of interest not accrued and the amount not needing to be paid because interest has not been accruing). And I can very well see this strategy continuing if nothing is done. It hasn't been struck down by courts and there is now precedent for is so it is probably going to be difficult for republicans to fight.
> Now, will a Republican-controlled House try to inflict some payback on the Democrats?
They will try for sure.
> Will they end the January 6 investigations and open up an investigation into the January 6 investigation?
Well the former is a given, not sure about the latter. They may try, but I'm not sure what there will actually be to find.
> Impeach Biden? Investigate Hunter and whether payments made to Hunter constituted bribes to the President?
They may try, but without the senate and with the party trying to distance itself from trump, taking up his grievances would probably be a bad idea.
If the GOP wants to spend their time in control of the house doing sham investigations and obstructing debt ceiling raises,.then by all means go for it. It will be a good indicator of their party's priorities for what they believe America should look like.
I really want FTX hearings. I also think parading some vocal detransitioners with sorrowful stories will be fun.
Kovol
Just standing in the way of Biden's radical policies is enough.
nike_rules
The Republicans are going to virtue signal about the conservative culture war crusade of the week and make Biden's life difficult as possible. But I don't know if they'll be able to get enough of the more moderate Republicans to get on board with impeaching Biden. I guess we'll see.
CltAltAcctDel
Why should a debt you agreed to take get paid by everyone else?
My main issue with the debt forgiveness is it punishes people who played by the rules and paid their shit off. I made extra payments and my wife helped me to get my debt paid off. Seeing people who didn't make that sacrifice get $10k for free is a slap in the face.
Additionally, it doesn't solve the issue of massively inflated college costs.
I checked my Alma Mater's tuition rates since I graduated. They've risen 26% and it's been less than a decade since I graduated.
Shit's insane and giving people $10k student loan debt relief now just creates more inflation and guarantees that student loan debt will just be an issue again a decade from now, probably sooner
BadgerCabin
The Republicans already said they wanted to investigate why the house speaker didn't head the warnings to beef up security for Jan 6. Which if there was proper security, the insurrectionists wouldn't have been able to even get remotely near the Capitol building. So it is a valid thing to investigate.
How is something that's nothing but a far right fabrication a valid thing to investigate?
cranktheguy
> The Republicans already said they wanted to investigate why the house speaker didn't head the warnings to beef up security for Jan 6.
Probably because the Speaker isn't responsible for security.
Serious_Effective185
Why should we spend any money or energy investigating a fringe conspiracy theory. Even if it is true what is the positive outcome for republicans. "You should have been more prepared to resist our insurrection" isn't exactly a positive message.
I really hope so. I'm pretty sick of the last 2 years and I'd really like my legislators to amplify my voice, at minimum
Absolutely hope so- it was a sham and a media stunt intended to drive ratings and votes; and not in that order. Congress should be ashamed of themselves- but just saying that out loud feels stupid. For sure this should be first on the House GOP's agenda.
> Impeach Biden?
I'd like this, but I'm not holding my breath- MTG has been shouting about it for too long so, like when dems gave into their fringes that were screaming for Trump impeachment before he even took office, it'll seem opportunistic and "we picked the target, now let's find a charge" if they jump at it now. Having said that, I would really love to give democrat politicians a taste of their own medicine for a bit- so maybe I'm onboard anyway.
> Investigate Hunter and whether payments made to Hunter constituted bribes to the President?
This is the thing I don't really care about. Hunter is clearly a dude mixed up in a lot of stuff and while in any sensible world he'd be in jail- I also don't really see what good any of this does. He was in a fatal car wreck when he was a kid, lost his mother and his sister, then his brother died, his dad is showing signs of degenerative illness; I don't know what good it does to investigate this dude and put him under further scrutiny. Just leave him alone.
His dad? Fair game. Hunter? I don't really care.
> Absolutely hope so- it was a sham and a media stunt intended to drive ratings and votes; and not in that order. Congress should be ashamed of themselves- but just saying that out loud feels stupid. For sure this should be first on the House GOP's agenda.
Why are you opposed to investigating an attempted coup on the US government by the former president and his supporters?
> I'd like this, but I'm not holding my breath- MTG has been shouting about it for too long so, like when dems gave into their fringes that were screaming for Trump impeachment before he even took office, it'll seem opportunistic and "we picked the target, now let's find a charge" if they jump at it now. Having said that, I would really love to give democrat politicians a taste of their own medicine for a bit- so maybe I'm onboard anyway.
No one took the people who said to impeach trump on day one seriously but the actual impeachments were based on solid evidence of grievous misdeeds by trump. What on earth do you think Biden could even be impeached for?
Wanting payback for all these things is just a waste of taxpayer money. I absolutely disagree with a lot of what the dems have done over the past few years, but "getting payback" is a stupid premise since nothing will get done and it will be a waste of money and time.
Impeaching Biden is just a waste of time for that reason alone. Also, even if you did impeach him it'd never pass the senate. The Democrats would never pass it.
Assuming there was indisputable proof and he did get impeached on something we'd then get Kamala as president, which would be a nightmare scenario for both parties. There's a reason she basically has been shoved out of the public spotlight.
KnowAgenda
Democrats promise everything n accomplish next to nothing, republicans promise nothing and deliver it.
Happy we don't have to listen to pelosi anymore.
She's likely to be minority leader, so yes you will.
sheffieldandwaveland
No, we really won't. Pelosi isn't getting shit passed. Democrats jammed whatever they could down Republicans throats. Now they aren't passing anything. Pelosi will spend her last 2 years complaining about evil Republicans while not accomplishing anything. Bye bye Nancy.
theclansman22
At least the minority should be to thin to do any of the really crazy stuff republicans were planning when they thought a red wave is inevitable. For example, I can't see them impeaching Biden for zero reason when their minority hinges on swing candidates in NY who probably want to keep their seats in 2024. The slim majority will actually moderate the more radical elements in the party. Aside from that, I predict chaos.
BaeCarruth
If I'm the GOP, overall I'd be pretty happy with this election. The red wave wasn't really reflected too much in the pre-election polls; at best I think they had a 55-60% chance to take the senate on 538. You got control of 1/2 of congress and had a solid overall vote total, you hopefully shook the Trump gorilla off your back and the moderate leaders have numerical data to say shut up to people who still talk about the 2020 election and they can begin to rebuild their party faction behind Desantis, Bill Lee, and Brian Kemp.
I think if you looked at population shifts between 2020 and 2022, you can understand why the map looked the way it is (Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and Ohio getting redder with Michigan, Arizona, etc. getting bluer). People in the last 2 years had unprecedented circumstances with regard to both work location (remote) and job availability for a large majority of the workforce. If you were a progressive in Ohio, what reason would you have to stay if you can move 3 hours north to Michigan where it's more progressive and vice versa? I don't really hear that talked about though, so maybe I'm off the mark there.
Tarmacked
I think too many people are labeling it as population shifts when it's other factors. Minorities are shifting towards Republicans which is weakening some dem positions, and independents are turned off by the nut jobs which counteracts it. Florida shifted heavily because of the COVID response and it's economy being heavily based on tourism/hospitality.
The 2020 election basically came down to white women refusing to back Trump and ballots in 2022 have reflected similar concerns with R leaning voters picking both sides based on candidate quality (Georgia).
Honestly if the Republicans just back the fuck off on abortion and not nominate super MAGA candidates or at least ones smart enough to stay quiet on Jan 6th and the election in general they'd be in much better shape.
It'd be good for them if they got Trump off their back. Emphasis on "if" though.
FlobiusHole
They'll probably try to ban drag shows at the federal level, investigate Hunter Biden, seek impeachment, etc. I don't expect any meaningful attempt at legislation that makes any sense.
josephcj753
theorangey
It's sad to think that congress will basically do nothing for the American people for the next two years minimum. No progress will be made. China does not have this problem and it's likely a strong advantage for them that we do.
To all the people who think I want China's government, your witty comments are not what you think they are.
resorcinarene
China has the opposite problem. There is no disagreement with decision making. Centralized decision making will turn out like it always has
Timelycommentor
Thank you. Dems never stop to think just because they could doesn't mean that they should.
One-party systems are only advantageous if the party is never wrong. And the CCP is wrong all the time.
Kolzig33189
Wait a sec, are you really saying we should be more like China ("they don't have this problem")? They don't have this problem because they have an authoritarian government. That is something to be avoided at all costs.
No. I am saying that we gimp ourselves and it stops progress and puts other countries at an advantage. I think it's foolish that we do this to ourselves.
Ho boy, if you think Chinese leadership has been helping their economy, you've got another thing coming
China also builds ghost cities because there is no check whatsoever on what they think should be done. You dont want chinas government trust me.
The government that governs least governs best. Government is vital, it's needed in terms of laws, courts and national defense. However the current state is FAR too involved in people's everyday life. People should be allowed to fail or succeed on their own merits. Too big to fail should not have ever existed.
Haha you said it bro! China has it all figured out- we should be emulating them for sure.


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Angel Bat Dawid and Viktor Le Givens Perform Suite Harriet at BRIC Jazzfest
After time spent visiting the estate of Harriet Tubman in Auburn, New York, Viktor Le Givens and Angel Bat Dawid presented a new work, Suite Harriet, on the main stage of BRIC Jazzfest in Brooklyn on the 21st of October. Le Givens' work seeks to deepen and broaden our contact with the "etheric realm" through
Hillary Carelli-Donnell, December 14, 2022
Interview: Koichi Matsukaze
Multi-instrumentalist Koichi Matsukaze was born in 1948 in the Shizuoka Prefecture. A musician with a busy schedule, he is still active these days, leading his own quartet, and other past or present activities include participations in the Shibuya Takeshi Orchestra, Essential Ellington, the Sax Workshop, and the Yuji Imamura group, among other projects. Recently, his
Akira Saito, December 13, 2022
Tilt Brass with Zeena Parkins at Pioneer Works
Tilt Brass managed to fill the Pioneer Works performance space with sound and people in Red Hook on October 12th. Their performance was the 12th in a monthly series called False Harmonics put on by Pioneer Works highlighting new improvisational music. Tilt Brass, an ensemble led by trombonist and composer Chris McIntyre, performed pieces by
Hillary Carelli-Donnell, November 6, 2022
Review: Michael Larocca Quintet
Minimal packaging design on a CD can mean one of two things. It could grace a demo or a bootleg – something unfinished, low in quality, not ready for public release. Alternatively it can be an artistic statement – that the music speaks for itself and doesn't need much framing to enhance its own powerful
Elijah Shiffer, September 13, 2022
New Work: Eli Wallace
During the Covid pandemic, I experienced contrasting periods of artistic lucidity and activity and periods of despondency. Overall, the former won over, and I'm happy to share a few developments that occurred during this time. When the pandemic first hit, I knew if I didn't stay active playing piano I would go insane, so I
Cisco Bradley, April 29, 2022
New Work: Han-earl Park
It's not everyday that everyday looks like any day. The pandemic was a time of opportunity, perhaps, to woodshed, to workshop, to reflect, to reassess. It was also, for me, a time of uncertainty, anxiety, and of doubt. Keeping busy, and doing "the good work," seemed at once absolutely necessary, but searching the corners
New Work: Dan Kurfirst
Arkinetics Daniel Carter – Trumpet, Reeds Alexis Marcelo – Fender Rhodes Damon Banks – Bass Roshni Samlal – Tabla Dan Kurfirst -Drums, Percussion, Compositions Arkinetics is an instrumental quintet that utilizes the practice of rhythm as mantra to enter a space of boundless joy and freedom. The concept has been inside of me for the
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Early in the global pandemic, I learned about the theory of the "hedonic treadmill." Maybe all of you know about this already, but in case you, like me, didn't know, basically this theory posits that after an extremely positive or extremely negative change in a human's life, we ultimately return to about the same level
New Work: Carlo Costa
Despite performing rarely the past couple of years have been fruitful in a few different ways. Below is a list of some of my musical activities since the spring of 2020. In May of 2020 I started a long distance collaboration with Philippe Lauzier, a composer, improviser, clarinetist and saxophonist based in Montreal, Canada. We began
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New Work: Travis Laplante
From saxophonist Travis Laplante: Before I write about my personal and artistic experience during the pandemic thus far, it feels important to acknowledge that this period of time has been devastating for countless people. Whether it's losing loved ones, working in an over-taxed health care environment, losing one's business, or dealing with severe long-Covid symptoms—my
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AQSEvent
========

![](http://img.shields.io/cocoapods/v/AQSEvent.svg?style=flat) ![](http://img.shields.io/travis/AquaSupport/AQSEvent.svg?style=flat)

Measurement Events: **`NSNotification` as Event for Tracking**

- [Usage](#usage)
  - [Posting a measurement event](#posting-a-measurement-event)
  - [Subscribing to measurement events](#subscribing-to-measurement-events)
  - [Testing Events](#testing-events)
- [Protocol](#protocol)
  - [Advantages](#advantages)
  - [Implementation](#implementation)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Related Projects](#related-projects)
- [Documentation](#documentation)

Usage
---

### Posting a measurement event

Post a measurement event.

```objc
[AQSEvent postEvent:@"event_name" args:@{
    @"key": @"value"
}];
```

With no arguments.

```objc
[AQSEvent postEvent:@"event_name"];
```

### Subscribing to measurement events

Subscribe measurement events.

```objc
self.observer = [AQSEvent observeWithBlock:^(NSString *eventName, NSDictionary *eventArgs) {
    // Do something with arguments.
    //
    // Typically perform actual tracking events in this block.
}];
```

### Testing Events

Assume you want to test that following method posts an Event for tracking.

```objc
[someObject doSomething];
```

`XCTestExpectation` helps you testing measurement events. And `AQSEvent` provides a helper category for easier testing.

```objc
- (void)testItPostsSomeMeasurementEvent {
    XCTestExpectation *expectation = [self expectationForNotification:kAQSEvent object:nil handler:BOOL^(NSNotification *notification) {
        [expectation fulfill];

        return [notification aqs_isEqualToMeasurementEvent:@"event_name" args:@{@"key": @"value"}];
    }];

    [someObject doSomething]; // Assume it posts "event_name" event with {"key": "value"}

    [self waitForExpectationWithTimeout:1.0 handler:nil];
}
```

Protocol
---

A measurement event is an `NSNotification` that conforms to following protocol.

1. **Event**'s notification name should be always same.
2. **Event**'s notification should contain an userInfo that contains following values
  1. The userInfo should contain event name as `NSString`.
  2. The userInfo should contain event parameters as `NSDictionary<NSString, id>`.

### Advantages

#### Testing method invocation is typically hard

Testing invocation of `[Analytics trackSomething]` in a method is nearly impossible.

Taking an analytics instance as initialization arguments? Nonsense.

#### There's no accepted way to post Events with unified format

iOS posts numerous number of `NSNotification`s that notifies App Life Cycle Event and iCloud Event and ...

Also 3rd pirty libraries do so.

However there are too many `NSNotification` name and `userInfo` format. To use them for tracking events, we have to find which `NSNotification` are there, write a lot of `NSNotification` observers and parsing and re-formatting `userInfo` for each formats.

#### Measurement Events might be The Holy Grail

1. It is `NSNotification` based - It means you can test it with `Expecta`'s `notify()`
2. You only have to track `NSNotification` whose name is `kAQSEvent`. Only one observer. You only need to send the args to your analytics tracking code. (As most of analytics provides tracking an event with name and a dictionary params.)

And this is just an `NSNotification`. No magicically things. Easy to understand.

### Implementation

`AQSEvent` provide a helper to post / subscribe Events.

#### Posting an Event

```objc
[AQSEvent postEvent:@"location/changed" args:@{
    @"latitude": @(40.712784),
    @"longitude": @(-74.005941)
}];
```

This is a shorthand for following code.

```objc
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotification:kAQSEvent object:nil userInfo:@{
    kAQSEventName: @"location/changed",
    kAQSEventArgs: @{
        @"latitude": @(40.712784),
        @"longitude": @(-74.005941)
    };
}];
```

#### Subscribing Events

Subscribe to events are also easy.

`AQSEvent` provides a helper.

```objc
@property (nonatomic, strong) AQSEventObserver *eventObserver;

// Then in @implementation,

self.eventObserver = [AQSEvent observeWithBlock:^(NSString *eventName, NSDictionary *eventArgs) {
    // Do something
}];
```

This is a shorthand for following code.

```objc
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:kAQSEvent selector:@selector(subscribeEvent:) object:nil];
```

`AQSEventObserver` automatically does `- removeObserver:` on `- dealloc`. No more memory leak as long as you use `AQSEvent` to observe events.

Installation
---

```
pod "AQSEvent"
```

Related Projects
---

- [AQSEventAggregator](https://github.com/AquaSupport/AQSEventAggregator) - Aggregates measurement events.

Documentation
---

[appledoc](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7817937/___doc___AQSEvent/html/index.html) is provided.

LICENSE
---

```
The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 AquaSupport

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
```

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Bradbury Installer Aaron Waddington describes how to install a Bradbury M2M+ steel personnel door. This video talks you through the process of fitting a door, from receiving your delivery to the professional finishing touches. If you have any questions about the installation of Bradbury doors, our installation team are always happy to help – please contact us for more information.


Synopsis Aimie leaves Korea and moves to Toronto to carry on with her studies. A cold and disheartening winter, waiting alone at bus stops until she meets Tran, the boy who becomes her friend, her mentor and her big love. But Tran doesn't share her feelings, he is, without meaning to, a heartbreaker and she isolates herself in this unrequited passion. Suffering is absolute when he starts dating an americanised Korean girl.
Director bio So Yong Kim was born in Pusan, South Korea and immigrated to the United States in 1979. She studied painting, performance, and video art, earning her M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has made video installations and short films. In Between Days (2006) is her first feature film, which has been selected for Dramatic Competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it received the Special Jury Prize for Independent Vision and has been invited to the 2006 Berlin Film Festival's international Forum for New Cinema.


In the computer-delivered Writing module, the tasks specify a target audience and a minimum and maximum word count. Test takers type their responses and there is an automatic word count facility. Responses are only penalized if they are under length. There is a clock so that test takers know how much time they have to write. There are two parts. In Part 1, test takers read and respond to an input email. Responses are either informal or neutral, and need to include three prompts from the input. In Part 2, there is a choice of either writing an essay or a magazine article.


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Vedanta chairman celebrates Makar Sankranti in full traditional style. See post
On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal shared a sweet post that will make people nostalgic. The billionaire said for him Makar Sankranti has always been a new beginning to a new year.
Agarwal who has gone to Patna, to celebrate the festival with his family, shared details about how he celebrates the Sankranti festival.
For me, Makar Sankranti has always been a new beginning to a new year. This year, I went to my sasural in Patna to celebrate with my wife and her family. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/4L1dFASrzg
— Anil Agarwal (@AnilAgarwal_Ved) January 14, 2023
The Vedanta chairman wrote that he began the day by taking a holy dip in the Ganga river. According to him, all the negativity vanishes by doing Ganga "snaan (bathe)" and doing Surya namaskar.
I started my day with Ganga Snaan and Surya Namaskar. Whenever I take bath in Ganga, I feel all my worries get washed away with the water. (2/4)
"I started my day with Ganga Snaan and Surya Namaskar. Whenever I take bath in Ganga, I feel all my worries get washed away with the water," the industrialist wrote.
Usually, I avoid sweets but this day is incomplete without dahi chuda gudd and tilkut…one of my favourite comfort food that fills my heart and stomach. (3/4)
Further, he wrote that the traditional food that he would savour during the festival.
"Usually, I avoid sweets but this day is incomplete without dahi chuda gudd and tilkut…one of my favourite comfort food that fills my heart and stomach".
"With the blessings of Surya Bhagwaan, I begin my 2023 with lots of dreams in my eyes, aur inhi sapno ko hakikat banane ki chah lekar chal pada hoon…Om Surya Namah," Vedanta's Agarwal wrote.
Makar Sankranti is a festival in the Hindu calendar, in which devotees make offerings to the deity Surya. The day marks the first day of the sun's transit into the Makara, marking the end of the month with the winter solstice and the start of longer days.
Makar Sankranti, which is one of the most auspicious times in the year that marks the transition of the Sun from Dakshinayan to Uttarayan.
Observed on January 14 every year, the festival is known by various names in different parts of the country such as Pongal, Bihu, and Maghi. Devotees in several parts of the country performed rituals at different ghats.
Several Hindu devotees and Naga Sadhus from different parts of the country gathered at Kolkata's Babu Ghat to take a holy dip during Gangasagar Mela on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
On 14 January, thousands of devotees took the holy dip in the river Ganga in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Besides, Over lakhs of pilgrims including Naga Sadhus flocked Babughat in Kolkata, Gangasagar transit camp, to take a holy dip in Gangasagar at the largest fair after Kumbh.
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It was Charles Homer Haskins (1870-1936) who coined the expression "Renaissance of the twelfth century". Before him this expression referred more specifically to the Italian Renaissance of the fifteenth century as nineteenth century Swiss historian Jakob Burckhardt put it.
This paper examines Marseillaise notarial documents of 1248 from the cartulary of Girauld Amalric. Amalric's cartulary demonstrates how notarial techniques and related legal conventions facilitated Marseille's long- and short-distance trade.
By the twelfth century in both literature and art the form of the suffering Christ was supplanting the form of the conquering Christ.
Bernard of Morlaix was a monk of the order of Cluny who flourished around 1140. Excerpts from one of his poems appear in some anthologies of medieval Latin verse1 and he is briefly noticed in some works on the twelfth-century renaissance, but he has received little critical attention and only one of his poems has been translated from the Latin.
Even if we cannot accept the claim made by Geoffrey in his introduction that his putative source was 'attractively composed to form a consecutive andorderly narrative', he certainly made extensive use ofWelsh genealogies andking-lists.


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Tag Archives: Ghost Crab Games
Indie Developer Spotlight: Hastilude
Posted on July 26, 2016 by Crymson Pleasure
We spoke with Dustin from Ghost Crab Games, who we met at Too Many Games, about their upcoming game Hastilude. Here's that they had to say:
Q1: Tell us about your game.
A1: Hastilude is a competitive & co-op sci-fi fantasy game where you battle rival knights atop flying mounts, attempting to knock them off and swoop in for the score. Each knight has unique movements, attacks, and abilities, working inside a combat system that's easy to learn but tricky to master. There are several arenas from which to choose (and more on the way), both in classic arcade wrapscreen style and a dynamic camera style. The visuals are bright and colorful, featuring high-resolution artwork and hand-drawn character animation mixed with special effects. We're still working on all the features (campaign mode, a player tutorial, team battle, etc.), adding new arenas, and creating new characters while getting the game into players' hands for feedback with the free Alpha version.
View the trailer here:
Q2: What was your inspiration to create the game?
A2: Chris and I were at the Barcade in Philadelphia in 2014 and played a bit of Joust on one of their machines. We realized that among all the retro game updates that had been released, we couldn't think of anyone who had done a modern take on one of our classic arcade favorites. Hastilude began very similar to Joust, but as we added items, unmounted combat, and more modern features, it started to become something more. Indie local co-op games gained in popularity during 2013, so after getting some good feedback at Dev Night and the Philly Game Forge we had the confidence to move the project forward. We got the idea for game mods and match badges from one of my first local co-op games, Worms, on the PS1. We love the fighting game genre as well, and have worked in a number of things from that branch of gaming like the Super Meter and characters with unique move-sets and storylines.
Q3: When should we expect to see it?
A3: Hastilude will release in 2017. We've gotten great feedback at shows like MAGFest, Too Many Games, South Jersey Geekfest, The Boston FIG, Arcade @ Dilworth (Philly Tech Week), and Gamescape, and we're aiming to do a lot more! We're hoping the Alpha version gets us some valuable feedback from people who have chance to play the game outside a show environment. The things most people want to see the most are typically things on which we're already working — more characters, arenas, and game modes. Our next showing will be at Super Smash Con on August 11–14, 2016 at the Dulles Expo Center in Virginia. Come by and play!
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Q: Spring security oauth2: get username in REST webservice I've created a RESTful web services to execute actions on a workflow. The web service is secured with oauth2 with my own authorization server.
I want to add information to my workflow about who executed an action on it. What I can't figure out is who to get the user name of the one calling the web service.
For web service implementation I'm using jersey (1.18.1) and for security I'm using spring-security-oauth2 (2.0.2.RELEASE).
I'm using a database token store and this contains a table OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN (TOKEN_ID, TOKEN, AUTHENTICATION_ID, USER_NAME, CLIENT_ID, AUTHENTICATION, REFRESH_TOKEN) that looks like containing the correct information. It has the user name and token but the token looks like a serialized java object so I can't query it myself.
Web service:
@Component
@Path("/workflows")
public class WorkflowRestService {

    @POST
    @Path("/{id}/actions")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @Transactional
    public Response executeActions(@PathParam("id") String id, Map<String, Object> actionArgs) throws JAXBException, HealthDataException {

        //would like to have/get username here.

        Workflow workflow = workflowService.get(id);
        Action action = actionFactory.getAction(actionArgs);
        workflow.execute(action);
        Workflow update = workflowService.update(workflow);
        return Response.ok(update).build();
    }
}

Web service security config:
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xmlns:oauth="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/oauth2"
       xmlns:sec="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/oauth2
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-oauth2-2.0.xsd">

    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:main.properties"/>

    <!-- Protected resources -->
    <http authentication-manager-ref="" pattern="/workflows/**"
          create-session="never"
          entry-point-ref="oauthAuthenticationEntryPoint"
          access-decision-manager-ref="accessDecisionManager"
          xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security">
        <anonymous enabled="false"/>
        <intercept-url pattern="/workflows/**"
                       access="ROLE_USER"/>
        <custom-filter ref="resourceServerFilter"
                       before="PRE_AUTH_FILTER"/>
        <access-denied-handler
                ref="oauthAccessDeniedHandler"/>
    </http>

    <bean id="oauthAuthenticationEntryPoint"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.error.OAuth2AuthenticationEntryPoint">
        <property name="realmName" value="dstest"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="oauthAccessDeniedHandler"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.error.OAuth2AccessDeniedHandler"/>

    <bean id="accessDecisionManager" class="org.springframework.security.access.vote.UnanimousBased"
          xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans">
        <constructor-arg>
            <list>
                <bean class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.vote.ScopeVoter"/>
                <bean class="org.springframework.security.access.vote.RoleVoter"/>
                <bean class="org.springframework.security.access.vote.AuthenticatedVoter"/>
            </list>
        </constructor-arg>
    </bean>

    <authentication-manager alias="authenticationManager" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security">
        <authentication-provider>
            <jdbc-user-service data-source-ref="securityDataSource"/>
        </authentication-provider>
    </authentication-manager>

    <bean id="clientDetailsUserService"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.client.ClientDetailsUserDetailsService">
        <constructor-arg ref="clientDetails"/>
    </bean>

    <!-- Token Store  -->
    <bean id="tokenStore" class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.token.store.JdbcTokenStore">
        <constructor-arg ref="securityDataSource" />
    </bean>

    <bean id="oAuth2RequestFactory" class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.request.DefaultOAuth2RequestFactory">
        <constructor-arg ref="clientDetails"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="tokenServices" class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.token.DefaultTokenServices">
        <property name="tokenStore" ref="tokenStore"/>
        <property name="supportRefreshToken" value="true"/>
        <property name="clientDetailsService" ref="clientDetails"/>
        <!-- VIV -->
        <property name="accessTokenValiditySeconds" value="10"/>
    </bean>

    <oauth:resource-server id="resourceServerFilter"
                           resource-id="dstest"
                           token-services-ref="tokenServices"/>

    <!-- Client Definition -->
    <oauth:client-details-service id="clientDetails">

        <oauth:client client-id="healthdata-client"
                      authorized-grant-types="password,authorization_code,refresh_token,implicit,redirect"
                      authorities="ROLE_CLIENT, ROLE_TRUSTED_CLIENT"
                      redirect-uri="/web"
                      scope="read,write,trust"
                      access-token-validity="300"
                      refresh-token-validity="6000"/>

    </oauth:client-details-service>

    <sec:global-method-security pre-post-annotations="enabled" proxy-target-class="true">
        <sec:expression-handler ref="oauthExpressionHandler"/>
    </sec:global-method-security>
    <oauth:expression-handler id="oauthExpressionHandler"/>
    <oauth:web-expression-handler id="oauthWebExpressionHandler"/>
</beans>

Authorization server config:
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xmlns:oauth="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/oauth2"
       xmlns:sec="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/oauth2
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-oauth2-2.0.xsd">

    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:main.properties"/>

    <!-- Definition of the Authentication Service -->
    <http pattern="/oauth/token" create-session="stateless" authentication-manager-ref="clientAuthenticationManager"
          xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security">
        <intercept-url pattern="/oauth/token" access="IS_AUTHENTICATED_FULLY"/>
        <anonymous enabled="false"/>
        <http-basic entry-point-ref="clientAuthenticationEntryPoint"/>
        <!--     include this only if you need to authenticate clients via request parameters -->
        <custom-filter ref="clientCredentialsTokenEndpointFilter" after="BASIC_AUTH_FILTER"/>
        <access-denied-handler ref="oauthAccessDeniedHandler"/>
    </http>

    <!-- Protected resources -->
    <http pattern="/users/**"
          create-session="never"
          entry-point-ref="oauthAuthenticationEntryPoint"
          access-decision-manager-ref="accessDecisionManager"
          xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security">
        <anonymous enabled="false"/>
        <intercept-url pattern="/users/**"
                       access="ROLE_USER"/>
        <custom-filter ref="resourceServerFilter"
                       before="PRE_AUTH_FILTER"/>
        <access-denied-handler
                ref="oauthAccessDeniedHandler"/>
    </http>

    <bean id="oauthAuthenticationEntryPoint"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.error.OAuth2AuthenticationEntryPoint">
        <property name="realmName" value="dstest"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="clientAuthenticationEntryPoint"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.error.OAuth2AuthenticationEntryPoint">
        <property name="realmName" value="dstest/client"/>
        <property name="typeName" value="Basic"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="oauthAccessDeniedHandler"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.error.OAuth2AccessDeniedHandler"/>

    <bean id="clientCredentialsTokenEndpointFilter"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.client.ClientCredentialsTokenEndpointFilter">
        <property name="authenticationManager" ref="clientAuthenticationManager"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="accessDecisionManager" class="org.springframework.security.access.vote.UnanimousBased"
          xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans">
        <constructor-arg>
            <list>
                <bean class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.vote.ScopeVoter"/>
                <bean class="org.springframework.security.access.vote.RoleVoter"/>
                <bean class="org.springframework.security.access.vote.AuthenticatedVoter"/>
            </list>
        </constructor-arg>
    </bean>

    <!-- Authentication in config file -->
    <authentication-manager id="clientAuthenticationManager" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security">
        <authentication-provider user-service-ref="clientDetailsUserService"/>
    </authentication-manager>

    <authentication-manager alias="authenticationManager" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security">
        <authentication-provider>
            <jdbc-user-service data-source-ref="securityDataSource"/>
        </authentication-provider>
    </authentication-manager>

    <bean id="clientDetailsUserService"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.client.ClientDetailsUserDetailsService">
        <constructor-arg ref="clientDetails"/>
    </bean>

    <!-- Token Store  -->
    <bean id="tokenStore" class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.token.store.JdbcTokenStore">
        <constructor-arg ref="securityDataSource" />
    </bean>

    <bean id="oAuth2RequestFactory" class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.request.DefaultOAuth2RequestFactory">
        <constructor-arg ref="clientDetails"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="tokenServices" class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.token.DefaultTokenServices">
        <property name="tokenStore" ref="tokenStore"/>
        <property name="supportRefreshToken" value="true"/>
        <property name="clientDetailsService" ref="clientDetails"/>
        <!-- VIV -->
        <property name="accessTokenValiditySeconds" value="10"/>
    </bean>

    <bean id="userApprovalHandler"
          class="org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.approval.TokenStoreUserApprovalHandler">
        <property name="tokenStore" ref="tokenStore"/>
        <property name="requestFactory" ref="oAuth2RequestFactory"/>
    </bean>

    <!-- Token management -->
    <oauth:authorization-server client-details-service-ref="clientDetails" token-services-ref="tokenServices"
                                user-approval-handler-ref="userApprovalHandler" token-endpoint-url="/oauth/token">
        <oauth:authorization-code/>
        <oauth:implicit/>
        <oauth:refresh-token/>
        <oauth:client-credentials/>
        <oauth:password/>
    </oauth:authorization-server>

    <oauth:resource-server id="resourceServerFilter"
                           resource-id="dstest"
                           token-services-ref="tokenServices"/>

    <!-- Client Definition -->
    <oauth:client-details-service id="clientDetails">

        <oauth:client client-id="healthdata-client"
                      authorized-grant-types="password,authorization_code,refresh_token,implicit,redirect"
                      authorities="ROLE_CLIENT, ROLE_TRUSTED_CLIENT"
                      redirect-uri="/web"
                      scope="read,write,trust"
                      access-token-validity="300"
                      refresh-token-validity="6000"/>

    </oauth:client-details-service>

    <sec:global-method-security pre-post-annotations="enabled" proxy-target-class="true">
        <sec:expression-handler ref="oauthExpressionHandler"/>
    </sec:global-method-security>
    <oauth:expression-handler id="oauthExpressionHandler"/>
    <oauth:web-expression-handler id="oauthWebExpressionHandler"/>
</beans>

A: Since you are using Spring Security for authentication I would expect that you have access to the SecurityContext (via the usual thread local accessor):
Authentication authentication = SecurityContextHolder.getContext()
    .getAuthentication();

or via the HttpServletRequest:
Principal principal = request.getUserPrincipal();

(or if you were using Spring MVC just add Principal as a method parameter in your @Controller). In either case, since you are behind a Spring OAuth filter, you should also find that the Principal/Authentication is an instance of OAuth2Authentication and the user details as well as the client are in there.

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Bouncy trouncy flouncy pouncy fun fun fun fun fun. The most wonderful thing about tiggers is I'm the only one!
It's fun to be creative and innovative and come up with something crazy. So I need people to work with who are not going to be afraid to take it to the left a bit.
I would love to work with Salman. We have a great tuning so if we work together, it will be great fun. But till the time we don't get a good script, a script that excites both of us, we can't work together.
I heard my name." Ash's voice startles me. "You tow better not be making fun of me about this stupid bra Mama's making me wear. I've had it with the jokes. I'll break both your noses if it doesn't stop.
There are some different things I'm writing and developing, but I don't know where they'll go. They're fun stuff that I would be in and are written in my voice, for me.
Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.
I started a band [Big Japan] for fun. These sticks break easily, but they feel good.
This is a comment on fear. Today it's like 'They're going to bomb the New York subway and there's the avian flu and 50 million of us are going to die.' We wanted to make fun of that fear-based culture we've been plunged into. And Halloweens the perfect metaphor for fear.
We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.


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Fransisco Vargas is an assistant coach for the men's tennis team at Purdue.
Tennis coach arrested on OWI charge
A Purdue assistant men's tennis coach was arrested Sunday morning after police say they found him intoxicated in his vehicle.
Officers reported to a call about a disabled vehicle with multiple individuals in it in the southbound lane near Cherry Lane and U.S. Highway 231, according to Purdue police logs.
Francisco Vargas, who joined the men's tennis team as an assistant coach in September 2016, was taken to IU Health Arnett for a blood test, and was later arrested and booked into the Tippecanoe County jail. He has since been released, according to online jail logs.
Patrick Crawford, associate athletics director for strategic communications, said that the department is "aware" of the incident.
"We will be handling the matter internally from here forward," he said in an email.
PUPD Capt. Song Kang has not yet responded for comment.
Francisco Vargas
Operating A Vehicle While Intoxicated
Disabled Vehicle
Purdue Athletics
Heartbreak at Mackey as Boilers lose to rival Hoosiers


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New Jersey Stromatolites
While driving through northeastern New Jersey recently, my wife and I made a detour to see a rock outcrop I had read about but never seen. It's located in the middle of a private housing development in Hamburg, a small town in northwestern New Jersey. It's a beautiful rock outcrop but also geologically significant.
So what is it? The rock type itself is unremarkable. It's called the Allentown Dolomite by geologists. Dolomite, or dolostone, is similar to limestone - a common rock made of the mineral calcite or CaCO3. Dolostone, on the other hand, is composed of dolomite which is basically calcite with a bit of magnesium replacing some of the calcium - CaMg(CO3)2.
This particular dolostone was deposited between the Middle Cambrian to the start of the Ordovician Periods of geologic time - roughly 500 million years ago. At that time, North America was rotated 90° clockwise and what's now the east coast of the United States was the south coast and in subtropical southern latitudes. The area was under seawater and part of the continental shelf. You can see similar dolostones of the same age here in the Hudson Valley. They're called the Wappinger Group and are well exposed in eastern Dutchess County - here are some SUNY Ulster students examining the rock on Lime Kiln Road off I-84 near Fishkill.
When these rocks were being deposited as seafloor sediments, there was no life at all on land. The seas were teeming with marine invertebrates and even a few early chordates (eel-like animals) but no true vertebrates (fish) yet. But, for almost 3 billion years (yes, billion!), a very special group of organisms existed on the world's seafloors and without whom there would possibly be no animal life on Earth.
The fossils in the Hamburg, NJ outcrop are called stromatolites. They actually formed from single-celled bacteria called cyanobacteria (cyan referring to a blue-green color). Cyanobacteria were among the first organisms on Earth to develop the process of photosynthesis - something today we associate with green plants. Photosynthesis basically takes water and carbon dioxide, with the energy of sunlight, and creates glucose (a simple sugar) and oxygen as a waste product.
The early Earth's atmosphere had no oxygen. It did, however, have plenty of carbon dioxide. Mats of these cyanobacteria sat on the shallow seafloor and happily photosynthesized carbon dioxide into oxygen. For billions of years. Once oxygen levels built up enough, simple bacterial cells evolved (through a process called endosymbiosis) into more complex cells with a nucleus and organelles. This led, in short order (geologically-speaking) to multicellular life (metazoans) which used the oxygen now existing in the atmosphere.
Even though the individual cyanobacteria cells were microscopic, together they formed sticky mats on the seafloor which trapped sediments over time. The bacterial cells grew up on top of the sediments and trapped some more. Over and over again eventually forming finely laminated mounds of sediment. While the cyanobacteria themselves were not preserved, the layered mounds were and are called stromatolites. Stromatolite fossils are found in other places - here in New York you can also view them (about the same age as those in New Jersey) just east of Saratoga Springs at a place called Lester Park.
Stromatolites still exist today, although they are quite rare and found only in a few environments (most notably, Shark Bay in Western Australia). Half a billion years ago, in shallow subtropical waters of a continental shelf in what's now New Jersey, these stromatolites lived their lives.
Thank them - the oxygen they produced made it possible for our earliest ancestors to evolve.
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Geology of the Hudson Valley book
Several years ago, I completed a manuscript for a book on the Geology of the Hudson Valley. I developed this while teaching a summer field course of the same name at SUNY Ulster County Community College. I talked to a publisher and they liked the manuscript but wanted some more stuff for it that would take additional work and I didn't have all the figures I wanted, etc.
Then life intervened and the manuscript essentially got shelved. I used it for my classes but otherwise left it in manuscript form.
With COVID-19 putting everything on pause here in New York State back in March of 2020, I decided to get back to the manuscript, finish up all the illustrations, and publish with Amazon. Finished it up in June and it's now available to anyone interested.
It's written for the intelligent lay person who has an interest in the geologic history of the Hudson Valley. I promise that it is an interesting story.
Geology of the Hudson Valley: A Billion Years of History
I'm on Pulse of the Planet
I obviously took a break from writing this blog. Eventful year, not in a good way, but that's life.
I did want to post a link to some podcasts that I participated in for Pulse of the Planet. The Executive Producer, Jim Metzner, lives close to where I teach. The podcasts are only two minutes long and on fossils.
According to their website: "Pulse of the Planet is broadcast over 252 public and commercial stations around the world and on the Armed Forces Radio Network, reaching over one million listeners weekly."
The different podcasts aired on four dates in May - 23, 24, 30, & 31. They can be found on the website here:
https://www.pulseplanet.com/dailyprogram/
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Rosendale Cement geology walk
For those of you who are local to the Ulster County area...
Have you ever wondered about those mines and kilns you see in the woods on the sides of the road between the towns of Rosendale and Kingston?
Want to learn more about their original purpose and history?
Are you familiar with the Delaware & Hudson (D & H) Canal? Did you know that it's intimately associated with the 19th century Rosendale Cement industry?
Would you like to enter a room and pillar cement mine with a geologist who will explain what you're looking at (in layman's terms)?
Are you interested in how those rocks formed some 420 million years ago and what makes them special?
Did you know there are fossil coral reefs throughout our local area?
Did you know Rosendale Cement was once nationally famous?
Join me on Sunday, May 8 at 1:00 pm for a family-friendly geology walk at the Century House Historical Society in Rosendale, NY. We'll see some kilns, remnants of the D&H Canal, coral fossils in outcrop, and go inside of the Widow Jane Mine.
A suggested $5 donation supports the all-volunteer, tax-deductible work of the Society in preserving the mine and grounds of the A.J. Snyder Estate historical property.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York City Housing Authority Chair Shola Olatoye was on the hot seat Tuesday.
As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported Tuesday, Olatoye was grilled for hours by furious City Council members about the agency's failure to inspect properly for lead paint in public housing.
For Sherron Paige, a Brooklyn mother who said her son got sick because her apartment was not inspected, the hearing was just too much. Paige broke down in tears at the hearing, while Olatoye publicly admitted that NYCHA did not perform required lead inspections from 2012 to 2016.
She also admitted she misled the feds by certifying the work was, in fact, done.
"Because Miss James said exactly everything that my child is facing – everything that he's going through. Everything that she mentioned what my child is going through," Paige said.
Paige sobbed as Public Advocate Letitia James described lead poisoning symptoms – symptoms she said her 4-year-old son, Kyan Dickerson, exhibits.
"Lead poisoning in young people can mean brain damage and low IQ scores, and reduced potential for learning; learning disorders," James said.
Paige said that was exactly what happened to Kyan.
Paige, who lives in the Red Hook Houses development, said the lead paint dangers were concealed from her by the city. The full extent of the problem was made public only recently when Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters issued a report that detailed NYCHA's failings.
Paige is angry with Mayor Bill de Blasio, who initially downplayed NYCHA's mistakes.
Paige is also angry with Olatoye, and so were some City Council members.
Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres (D-15th), himself a product of public housing, wanted to know why it took Olatoye so long to tell the public the agency was breaking the law on lead inspections and abatements.
The councilman also questioned the notifications that were sent to residents, which initially did not say the inspections had not taken place.
The chairwoman said repeatedly there was no intent to mislead.
When asked when she told Mayor de Blasio, she said she informed city attorneys but did not know when they told the mayor.
Torres went on to ask Olatoye about paperwork she submitted to the federal government, falsely claiming the agency had checked 55,000 apartments for lead.
The councilman also wondered if thousands of inspections done by untrained workers will have to be redone.
At one point, a member of the audience stood up and shouted, "You're killing our kids!" Another interrupted, saying "Great job covering for the mayor!" Both were escorted out.
As for Paige, she said she was not satisfied with Olatoye's testimony.
The first time NYCHA publicly acknowledged the problem was last July, when it amended its false filing with the federal government. It was about the same time Paige's son tested positive for lead poisoning.
She is filing a lawsuit against the city.


Judith Ann Kolea, 76, of Ocean City, NJ was welcomed home by her Heavenly Father on April 3, 2019.
She was born and raised in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of Gwynedd Mercy College. Judy was passionate about politics and fundraising for the community. She was an active volunteer in the Ocean City Republican Club and the Ocean City Yacht Club. Prior to moving to Ocean City 16 years ago, Judy resided in Penn Valley, PA where she devoted many years of service to the schools her children attended. She enjoyed spending time with family and loved when all the grandchildren were around filling the house with joy.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents James and Isabel Ward and her son Philip.
She is survived by her husband Phil; children Michael, Judy Ann and James; 8 grandchildren; and sister Patricia Patterson.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered Thursday morning at 11:30 am from The Church of the Resurrection of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, 200 West Tuckahoe Road, Marmora, NJ where friends may call from 10 am until the time of mass. Burial is private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to J:19 Foundation at j19foundation.org.


I can't sing as well as Kurt did.
During the exam, Herb cheated off Cathryn.
Are you sure Mitch won't be busy?
I told Saumya I just want to be friends.
Mikael has lost control of the class.
Suzanne spent three weeks in Boston.
Archie wore a flannel shirt.
It's been a week now since Sonja changed his underpants.
Shannon got home just before daylight.
Maybe you'd better call Lar.
Kristen can't bear to look at Dave.
Celia likes to take his time.
The police used Piet's daughter, Saify, to draw him out of his hiding.
Dana and Becky work at night.
Jayesh was thrown out of the bar.
Have you told Daryl how you and Skef met?
Tor doesn't wear a hat every day.
I'm not sure when Daniel will leave.
I hope Agatha will get well soon.
Marc attempted to snuggle, but Lorraine pushed him away.
I hate Franklin so much right now.
Debbie shoved his hands in his pockets.
Did you ask Leigh out?
Was Pandora at home yesterday?
Why does Joseph want us to do this?
Manjeri took off his shoes.
Kinch never told me that Roberto was his sister.
"Who do you think will come first?" "It definitely won't be Dominick."
Shel was arrested following charges of murder.
Wilmer is the perfect girl for me.
I'll be with Case and Sally.
Clayton is in real trouble.


This statistic shows the total unit of snowboard boots sold into retail and rental in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2001/02 to 2016/17. In the period 2016/17, a total of 19,963 pairs of snowboard boots were sold to shops, rental operations and other purchasing organizations in the UK.
The source adds that these figures depict the actual sales of hardware to shops, rental operations and other purchasing organizations in the United Kingdom. They do not necessarily represent actual sales to customers.
* Annual periods run 1 April to 31 March.
Everything On "Winter sports in the United Kingdom (UK)" in One Document: Edited and Divided into Handy Chapters. Including Detailed References.
How was business in October/November compared to the same period last year?
How have October and November sales compared to the same period last year in terms of in-store/online?
How often do you renew your skis or snowboards?


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Attention Nail Clients: To better accommodate you, if you are interested in receiving nail services with us and have existing gel or Shellac not done in our salon, we ask that you have the salon that applied the polish remove it. We are not equipped to remove gel polishes that are not brand-name Shellac, as they can be extremely difficult and time consuming to remove. Thank you in advance for your consideration.


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Q: Pandas - how to replace specific values in a Series? I have a dataframe with a column called product_type such as:
df1.product_type.unique()

>> ["prod_1", "prod_2", "prod_3"]

df.prod_cost.dtype

>> dtype('O')

I am looking for the most efficient way to replace that by numerical values [1, 2, 3].
Thanks

A: Use factorize to encode a new column:
In [2]:
df = pd.DataFrame({'a':list('abcdbcbccc')})
df

Out[2]:
   a
0  a
1  b
2  c
3  d
4  b
5  c
6  b
7  c
8  c
9  c

In [5]:
df['code'] = df['a'].factorize()[0] + 1
df

Out[5]:
   a  code
0  a     1
1  b     2
2  c     3
3  d     4
4  b     2
5  c     3
6  b     2
7  c     3
8  c     3
9  c     3

so in your case:
df1['product_type'] = df1['product_type'].factorize()[0] + 1

should work

A: Cast the column as a category, and then get the codes.
df1 = pd.DataFrame({'product_type': ['prod_1'] * 3 + ['prod_2'] * 3 + ['prod_3'] * 3})
df1['product_type_code'] = df1.product_type.astype('category').cat.codes

>>> df1
  product_type  product_type_code
0       prod_1                  0
1       prod_1                  0
2       prod_1                  0
3       prod_2                  1
4       prod_2                  1
5       prod_2                  1
6       prod_3                  2
7       prod_3                  2
8       prod_3                  2


When your skin is dry, it means the moisture barrier isn't present; therefore the skin becomes sensitive to the outside environment. That's when the tightness of your undergarments starts to itch and the subtle roughness of your hair and clothes start to irritate you, which may lead to stress. When the itchiness is really bad, it may cause lack of sleep,inflammation due to scratching, and may cause stress. However, it is possible to prevent those to an extent at your own households.
Do your skin ever feel itchy after taking a shower? One of the reasons for this is the chlorine present in the water. As the environment is being destructed due to the development in civilization, chlorine is used to cleanse the polluted water. This chlorine absorbs water from the skin, making the skin dry thus sensitive, and itchy. It also causes small wrinkles. Have you experienced your hair and skin being dry and rough after swimming in a pool even if you don't have sensitive skin? Water in Bali is said to have a relatively large amount of chlorine. However, as the skin becomes more permeable in the bath, bath additives with a moisturizing effect is an effective measure for dry skin. This is where the Inti Bali aroma bath oil comes in handy.
Full body moisturizing effect just by dropping a few drops into your warm bath! If you're not a bath person, triple nuts oil and double moisture cream works as well. Apply the oil/cream right after your shower when your body is still wet. The oil/cream will spread throughout your body with just a little amount, and wont feel so oily. The effects show right away! Try it now if you feel itchy after baths/showers, or if you just want to be extra careful.
Start the Inti Bali dry skin measures!


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students share their perspectives on earning centrereadY designation
We've written much about CentreREADY, our local workforce preparedness initiative conducted in partnership with all five of Centre County's public school districts and its two career and technical training institutions.
We've focused on goals and expectations. We've stressed why it matters to Centre County employers and ultimately, the local economy.
But what do local students who have enrolled in the program and hope to earn the CentreREADY designation think?
WHVL-TV recently spoke to several students for its "Centre of It All" program, which aired Sunday, March 17. We appreciated hearing their insights and think you will too!
"I wanted to do the CentreREADY program because I thought it would look really good on a resume; it makes a talking point," said Penns Valley High School senior Zachary Floray. "
"Seems like a great opportunity for a student to get their name out there," said South Hills School of Business & Technology student Roman Nekrasov. "If you sign up for the program, a potential employer will look at you and say that this person has all these requirements...and it might be potentially easier to get a job. ...it shows a student is hard working...and has achieved something."
Penns Valley High School senior Grace Shawber added, "I think it is something that is really going to hit home for a lot of kids. I think the people who are doing it right now are really excited about it, and we are starting to talk about it a lot more. I think it will continue to grow."
It's encouraging to see young people -- the 21st century workforce -- embracing CentreREADY and working to possess the core skills employers desire!
In case you missed WHVL-TV's "Centre of It All" feature, you can view the program here.


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Langhorne Slim
Kemado
Not since I stumbled upon Ani DiFranco fourteen years ago has a folk musician excited me so much.
Anyone who slings on an acoustic guitar and steps on-stage at an open mic, a coffeehouse, or even on a street corner can pretty much trace his/her lineage back to Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie. The folk song as an art form has been done again, and again, and again. In the pool of folk music it takes a strong swimmer to raise his or her head above water and be counted — Langhorne Slim not only has his head above water, he's comfortably resting on a raft.
His self-titled release from Kemado Records is not his first, but it's the first that I've heard, and it's perfection. I don't mean that it's just good for now and that it will soon disappear onto my shelves of countless other albums that were great for a moment but didn't stand the test of time. I mean to say that this album is destined to be a classic for anyone who sits down and listens to it.
From start to finish there is not one song out of place. "Diamonds and Gold," "Rebel Side of Heaven", "Restless," and "Hummingbird" could each single-handedly reassure even the most jaded critic on the current state of modern music. If this is the future of folk music, I may need to start paying attention again.
Langhorne Slim: www.myspace.com/langhorneslim
Jen Cray
Hobo Babylon (Headhunter/Cargo). Review by Kurt Channing.
B-Sides and Otherwise (Rykodisc). Review by Anton Warner
Dead End Kids
Still Dead (F.U.G.). Review by Brian Kruger.
Future Legends
Future Legends (Legendary). Review by Christopher R. Weingarten.
Step Up to the Microphone (Star Song/Virgin). Review by Gail Worley
Dub Narcotic
Selector (K). Review by Kurt Channing
How could an old-fashioned monster movie with vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein and Hugh Jackman possibly go wrong? Our garlic-toting man in Eastern Europe, Steve Stav, reveals the movie behind the hype in his review of Van Helsing.
Joey's Song: Volume 1 and Joey's Songs for Kids: Volume 1. Review by Sean Slone.
The Parallax Corporation
Cocadisco (Disko B). Review by Bill Campbell.
Liz Queler
No Small Wonder (Red Wall). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
Various Artists (Hefty). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Congo To Cuba
Various Artists (Putumayo). Review by Bill Campbell.


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ColumnistsCulture /ArtsLatest news
Art Talk – Art around of town
By Debbie Venezia
Two years ago, local artist Beata Nowak wanted to reignite her passion for painting when a Google search led her to the Naperville Art League (NAL). The Homer Glen resident, intrigued by the League's monthly Fourth Friday event (now suspended due to COVID), made her way to the Naperville Fine Art Center & Gallery where she met NAL members eager to welcome her to the fold. Soon after, Beata joined the organization and was recruited to run Art Around Town (AAT), a rotating art program that matches venues with wall space to artists with artwork.
Beata hit the ground running and, under her direction, the 15-year-old program grew intentionally and organically. With the help of her husband, Dave, Beata now spends every other Saturday installing the juried work of up to 30 NAL artists in a new exhibit at the participating locations: Colbert Custom Framing & Art Printing, Elate Salon, Ellman's Music Center, Lucky Penny Diner & Deli, Office of State Representative Janet Yang Rohr, Sweetwater Coffee & Tea, and Tasting deVine Cellars.
The new office suites on Washington Street will be added to this list in mid-January 2022.
Main Street Promenade is also an ATT partner and due to the scope of the project, it is run by NAL Board members Patricia Melekus and Linda VanderKolk and operates under a different set of guidelines.
"I feel fortunate to be working with Naperville shop owners and business leaders who appreciate the value of our program and its impact on local artists. Customers are responding positively to the displays, and some are purchasing artwork right off the wall!" Beata continues, "It is so inspiring to transform a non-gallery space into an exhibit area showcasing the fine work of our members — work that otherwise might be stored in the back of a studio somewhere."
Anyone interested in learning more about AAT is encouraged to contact NAL. While there is no fee to participate, artists must be active members of the League. Naperville organizations interested in joining the program are also welcome to direct their inquiries to naperartleague@aol.com or call (630) 355.2530.
About the Naperville Art League
Now in its 61st year, the Naperville Art League is a nonprofit organization created to support and sustain development and diversity of all forms of art. Through art instruction, programs, workshops and exhibits, NAL dedicates itself to providing art education as well as raising awareness and appreciation of the arts for the cultural enhancement of the community. The public is welcome to explore the Naperville Fine Art Center & Gallery at 508 N. Center Street regularly.
New art exhibits featuring original art by member artists are on display monthly. For more information, contact Naperville Art league at (630) 355-2530 or visit www.napervilleartleague.com.
Debbie Veneziahttp://www.artsdupage.org
Debbie Venezia is the Director of Arts DuPage, a DuPage Foundation initiative. Contact her at debbie@dupagefoundation.org or visit www.artsdupage.org.


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Q: Differentiability of the functions $\mathbf{f}:\mathbb{M}_{n\times n}\to \mathbb{M}_{n\times n},\ \mathbf{f}(A)=A^2,\ \mathbf{f}(A)=A^T A$ I am trying to prove that the functions
$\mathbf{f}:\mathbb{M}_{n\times n}\to \mathbb{M}_{n\times n},\ \mathbf{f}(A)=A^2,\ \mathbf{f}(A)=A^T A$ are differentiable.
What I have done:
We consider $\mathbf{D}(f_1)(A):H\mapsto AH+HA$ and $\mathbf{D}(f_2)(A):H\mapsto A^TH+H^TA$. These are linear transformations (*) from $\mathbb{M}_{n\times n}$ to $\mathbb{M}_{n\times n}$ and we want to prove that $$\lim\limits_{H\to [0]}\frac{1}{|H|}\left( (f_1(A+H)-f_1(A)) - (AH+HA) \right)=[0]$$ and $$\lim\limits_{H\to [0]}\frac{1}{|H|}\left( (f_2(A+H)-f_2(A)) - (A^TH+H^TA) \right)=[0].$$ Since $f_1(A)=A^2,$ we have  $$|f_1(A+H)-f_1(A) - (AH+HA)|=|A^2+AH+HA+H^2-A^2-AH-HA|=|H^2|;$$ this gives $$\lim\limits_{H\to [0]}\frac{|H^2|}{|H|}\leq\lim\limits_{H\to [0]}\frac{|H||H|}{|H|}=0$$ so $f_1$ is differentiable with derivative $AH+HA$.\
Similarly, since $f_2(A)=A^TH+H^TA,$ we have $|f_2(A+H)-f_2(A)-(A^TH+H^TA)|=|(A+H)^T(A+H)-A^TA-A^TH-H^TA|=|(A^T+H^T)(A+H)-A^TA-A^TH-H^TA|=|A^TA+A^TH+H^TA+H^TH-A^TA-A^TH-H^TA|=|H^TH|$;
this gives $$\lim\limits_{H\to [0]}\frac{|H^TH|}{|H|}\leq\lim\limits_{H\to [0]}\frac{|H^T||H|}{|H|}=\lim\limits_{H\to [0]} |H^T|=0$$
so $f_2$ is differentiable with derivative $A^TH+H^TA.$

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*$f_1(H_1+H_2)=A(H_1+H_2)+(H_1+H_2)A=AH_1+AH_2+H_1A+H_2A=(AH_1+H_1A)+(AH_2+H_2A)=f_1(H_1)+f_2(H_2),$
$f_1(cH))=A(cH)+(cH)A=cAH+cHA=c(AH+HA)=cf_1(H),$
$f_2(H_1+H_2)=A^T(H_1+H_2)+(H_1+H_2)^TA=A^TH_1+A^TH_2+H_1^TA+H_2^TA=(A^TH_1+H_1^TA)+(A^TH_2+H_2^TA)=f_2(H_1)+f_2(H_2),$
$f_2(cH)=A^T(cH)+(cH)^TA=cA^TH+cH^TA=c(A^TH+H^TA)=cf_2(H)$
for all $H,H_1,H_2\in\mathbb{M}_{n\times n},\ c\in\mathbb{R}$
Is this correct? Thanks for the feedback.

A: $f_1(A+H)-f_1(A) -(AH+HA)= H^2$, so
$\| f_1(A+H)-f_1(A) -(AH+HA) \| \le \|H\|^2$.
$f_2(A+H)-f_2(A) -(A^TH+H^TA)= H^T H$, so
$\| f_2(A+H)-f_2(A) -(A^TH+H^TA) \| \le \|H\|^2$.
Given any $\epsilon>0$ you can choose $\|H\| < \epsilon$ from which it follows that $f_1,f_2$ are (Frechet) differentiable.