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Hawley's Attack on Section 230 Hurts Conservatives
How not to fix social media bias against conservatives. Jeffrey Wrestling writes:
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill this week to require large internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter to apply to the Federal Trade Commission for certification that their moderation practices do not favor one political party. Without such certification, the platforms would not be able to assert Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA 230) as a defense in litigation against them for defamatory or otherwise illegal user content. In other words, unless the platforms are certified, they would be liable for the content their users post. [...]
CDA 230 solves what is known as the moderator's dilemma. Under law, platforms cannot be held liable for the content that users post on those platforms unless they knew or should have known about the content. However, by engaging in good-faith moderation efforts to limit harmful content and tailor users' experience, platforms are construed to have knowledge of any content that they have not removed. This led to a dilemma: Platforms must either moderate users' posts and risk being held liable for their content, or refuse to moderate at all in order to avoid liability. Congress passed CDA 230 to resolve this dilemma by stating that platforms are not publishers of user-generated content, even if they take steps to moderate the content.
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Hitler Was a Mass-Murdering Socialist
Despite popular belief (according to Wikipedia and the public school system) that Adolf Hitler was a far-right conservative, he was actually a far-left socialist who used his unfettered power to suppress freedom, murder millions, and instigate the most destructive war in human history.
Hitler was the leader of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party—the National Socialist German Workers' Party, in English.
Hitler was unquestionably the leader (Führer) of a socialist regime. Obviously, it is not the intention of this author to equate Hitler with all socialists, or vice versa. However, almost 75 years after his death, socialism is gaining traction in the United States, making it especially pertinent to properly understand and contextualize Hitler's demented political philosophy.
Indeed, the Nazi Party was built upon a solid socialist foundation. In 1920 (14 years before he became Führer), Hitler unveiled the National Socialist Program (NSP), a 25-point plan outlining the party's political platform. The plan, like most Nazi propaganda, is filled with racism and other cruel rhetoric. Yet one cannot ignore that several of the 25 points articulating Nazi socialist ideology are eerily similar to policies being currently conveyed by so-called democratic socialists and other far-left progressives.
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Di Leo: Courage and Commitment at the Continental Congress
By John F. Di Leo -
The Declaration of Independence was written to be many things: a summary of our grievances with the King, an explanation of why we were taking up arms, an inspiration to our own citizenry, an introduction to foreign nations, a philosophical statement of what we Americans believe to be the proper relationship between a people and their government, a commitment to the Glorious Cause of liberty.
And it closed with a powerful commitment – not only on behalf of the nation as a whole, but a firm commitment by the individual signers themselves. The final clause, right before the delegates' signatures, read as follows:
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Ives: On this Independence Day, boycott the Illinois gas tax. America's founders would be proud.
By Jeanne Ives -
In the lead up to the Declaration of Independence, the colonists used a series of boycotts to protest the British Coercive Acts which were the British response to the Boston Tea Party.
Also known as the Intolerable Acts, these acts annulled Massachusett's charter, forced colonists to quarter British soldiers, closed the Boston harbor, and moved trials for capital crimes outside the jurisdiction they were committed in.
It wasn't the first time the colonists had used boycott's to rebel against British actions. Just a few years earlier the colonists boycotted the Townsend levies on imported glass, paint, lead, paper, and tea. Before both of those acts, the British passed the Sugar Act, Currency Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act, all of them ineffective and ignored by colonists that refused to be abide them and who were opposed to "taxation without representation"
Fast forward to 2019, Illinoisans are using the same tactic as our founding fathers and boycotting the doubling of our gas tax. Numerous news outlets have reported on Illinoisan plated vehicles filling up across state lines to save $3, $4, $5 or more on gas. In some cases, people are driving an extra 20 minutes to do so. At that point, it isn't for the savings, it is to simply deprive the predatory state government from any extra tax. It is an intentional citizen protest. And when they go to fill-up across the border, they are also shopping for other items and denying additional sales taxes to the state of Illinois. I applaud them and so would our founding fathers.
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MUST HEAR: Chicago pastor scolded by an hysterical Rep. Ilhan Omar
CHICAGO - Chicago's Pastor Latasha Fields told her story - a powerful testimony given June 19, 2019 in the US House Budget Committee and was immediately scolded by a Democrat Congress woman.
"I wanted to reverse the plague," Pastor Fields said, and she is now leading the way for others in the Chicago area.
"You don't have to rely on government," she said. "It's something we teach our children." She and her husband learned trade skills, she told the committee.
Her testimony was blatantly challenged by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who told Pastor Fields she can't pray her problems away. Omar said she was appalled to hear about America's exceptionality, because America is not charitable.
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Illinois: one of three worst-funded pension systems in the US
CHICAGO - A new Pew Veritable Trust brief shows just how bad the situation is concerning Illinois' pension funds. The overall assessment is that while nationwide pension debt has decreased, disparity continues to grow between well-funded and fiscally challenged public worker retirement plans.
Illinois - now down to an average of 51 percent funded - is one of the three most financially stressed pension funds in the nation, the study says:
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Cortes: President Trump just made 'This is MAGA Country!' the new 'basket of deplorables'
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Infamous hate-crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett may not have his television show anymore, but he seems to be killing it as a Donald Trump speechwriter.
"This is MAGA country!" the President proudly announced to the packed arena at the Orlando, Florida kickoff rally for his 2020 reelection campaign.
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Thorner: Yes, Our Flag is Still There!
By Nancy Thorner -
The 4th of July, the birthday of our country, is more than just watermelon, parades, picnics, and fireworks. It is a time for your family to talk about why Independence Day is significant and what it means to be patriotic.
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Unlike Illinois, Oregon Senate Republicans Strike Back
In a small victory (for sanity) in the ongoing climate wars, Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem) admitted defeat in his and Gov. Kate Brown's attempt to force unwilling Republicans to vote on a controversial cap-and-trade bill. Announcing the bill is dead, Courtney asked Republican Senators to return to work after they walked out to prevent a vote on the bill.
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Leading Progressives (read: Socialists) Blame the Wrong Culprit for Rising College Costs
As subsidies for higher education climb, and so, too, does its price.James Agresti fact checks some claims from the campaign trail:
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Expert: Christians face being driven out of health care
An expert at the Acton Institute says the Democratic presidential hopefuls promoting universal health insurance have failed to address one significant point: It likely would be the end for Christians in the medical profession.
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Supreme Court Blasts Economic Protectionism as it Strikes Down Durational Residency Requirements for Business Licenses
State authority to regulate liquor is not a license for protectionism. John Kramer writes on the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday in Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Thomas.
By a 7-2 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court today issued a broadside against state-based economic protectionism as it struck down a Tennessee law that had required anyone seeking a retail liquor license to first reside in the state for two years—and 10 years before they could renew it.
"To put it mildly, today's opinion by Associate Justice Samuel Alito and the six justices of the Court who joined with him was an indictment against in-state economic protectionism," said Anya Bidwell, an attorney with the Institute for Justice (IJ), which litigated the case on behalf of Doug and Mary Ketchum.
The Ketchums own Kimbrough Wines & Spirits, a mom-and-pop liquor shop in Memphis, Tennessee, which they purchased in 2016 after moving from Utah. Because they had moved from out of state, the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association—a special interest group that exists to protect its members from competition—threatened to sue the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission if it granted the Ketchums' application or a separate application submitted by Total Wine around the same time. At that point, the Commissioner himself went to court and asked it to resolve, once and for all, whether Tennessee's durational residency requirements were constitutional.
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Hate Crime Hoaxes Are More Common Than You Think
"It's the archetype of a hate crime hoax. It's one of the most flamboyant examples of the genre," said Mr. Reilly, himself a Second City native. An openly gay black man residing in one of the country's most liberal and diverse metropolises is set upon by two white Donald Trump supporters who brandish bleach and a noose while shouting racial and antigay slurs? "It was a situation so extreme and bizarre that I think we would have had to look at how much racial progress the U.S. had actually made had it really occurred." The appointment of a special prosecutor, and the possibility of bringing new charges against Mr. Smollett, is a good sign, Mr. Reilly added, "but will we see the same amount of coverage when the hoax involves a less famous person?"
Mr. Reilly is a professor of political science at Kentucky State University, and his interest in hate crimes dates to his graduate-school days, when he ...
The Best Book to Read to Your Kids
What is the best book to read to your children? Which book most effectively conveys the values of love, compassion, hard work, justice, and virtue, and has the added benefit of endurance throughout history? Johnnie Moore, founder and CEO of The Kairos Company, explains the reasons why this longtime bestseller is the one every parent and child should read together.
Hot summer days: 42 killed among 319 shot in June, Pride Parade rained out
CHICAGO - HeyJackass.com reports 319 shot on Chicago streets in June - down a whole five percent from 2018 numbers during the same month. Despite four killed just over the weekend, over 277 were shot and wounded, compared to 42 shot and killed during the same time frame.
Those numbers bring the total number of Chicagoans shot and killed this year thus far up to 25 - among the 1257 shot thus far.
Sunday's Gay Pride Parade was cut short, officials report, when a rainstorm hit Chicago's parade route - but, there were still plenty of strange calls to Chicago PD, as CWB Chicago so meticulously recalls HERE.
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Conservative think tank CEO sues Pritzker for violating state constitution
CHICAGO - Crain's is reporting that Illinois Policy institute CEO John Tillman and a hedge fund is suing Governor JB Pritzker and other state officer holders, saying "$14.3 billion of bonds should be invalidated because their issuance violated the state constitution."
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Pritzker sets task force to support transgender students
CHICAGO — Before joining the 49th annual Chicago Pride Parade, Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order to ensure schools statewide have the tools be affirming and inclusive for transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students, the Governor's office reported Monday morning.
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Thorner: Nuclear Radiation hysteria based on flawed science
Nuclear energy is the largest clean energy source in the United States, producing more carbon-free electricity than all other sources combined. 2017 figures show that nuclear energy generates more than 56 percent of America's emission-free electricity. That is nearly three times the amount generated by hydropower, more than 3.5 times the amount generated by wind, and more than 18.5 times the amount generated by solar.
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A Fine Time to Become an American
Renowned Oxford-trained historian Niall Ferguson recounts his recent experience of becoming an American citizen. His unique impressions are both moving and surprising — even to him.
Stewardship as the Christian's cultural mandate
Economic issues entail first and foremost a stewarding of resources. To properly understand this task, we must begin with the doctrines of creation and providence. Our mandate, based on creation (which has not been overturned or altered), is that we co-create (with God, based on the imago Dei, his likeness); that we develop, shape, and extend what God has called into being. Therein we utilize the endless and varied resources that he has placed at our disposal, in addition to our personal gifts and abilities. Principles of stewardship, it needs to be emphasized, flow from and are anchored in the doctrine of creation. According to the Genesis narrative, humankind is to develop as coregents all that God has created.
Principles of stewardship, furthermore, also derive from the doctrine of divine providence, by which we understand that all things are sustained continually by the Sovereign Lord God Almighty, the Creator. This process -- what theologians call the period of the "already but not yet" (accomplished through the cross and resurrection but awaiting total fulfillment) -- finds its consummation in the eschaton, at which time creation is not simply thrown on a cosmic ash heap but rather continues, though transformed. The new heavens and new earth mirror the fact that what has been called into existence by the Creator does not cease to be; rather, it continues, albeit in a transformed and glorified state. The reality of the doctrines of creation and providence undergird the important -- though neglected -- doctrine of judgment according to works. This doctrine neither plays on the Catholic tendency toward justification through works nor the Protestant tendency to neglect the importance of our earthly works.
Myth: Educational choice programs violate separation of church and state
There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked. Below is a fifth myth and reality on how education choice works taken from a report by the Institute for Justice. (You can read about other myths I have written about here, here, here, and here.)
Myth: Because they allow parents to enroll their children in religious schools, educational choice programs violate the principle of separation of church and state and are thus unconstitutional.
Reality: The U.S. Supreme Court and numerous state courts have held that religiously neutral educational choice programs that give parents a genuine choice as to where to send their children to school pass constitutional muster.
Claims of educational choice being unconstitutional have been brought before the U.S. Supreme Court but have not held up. Under the Establishment Clause within the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, an educational choice program is considered constitutional if it includes religious neutrality and private choice.
LBJ's Great Society lives on
Forget Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton as well. And do the same regarding Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. The most consequential American president since the end of World War II was Lyndon Baines Johnson. The man — who possessed a unique combination of savvy, lack of character and progressive faith — created the Great Society and helped to shape the modern-day United States. Whether you like him or not, we all live under the shadow cast by one of the most hated and misunderstood presidents of America. ...
Modern-day America is still Great Society's America but with a far more powerful federal bureaucracy. Since Johnson left the White House, not one of the pillars of his authoritarian building has been shaken by the administrations that followed him. Quite the contrary, the failures of Johnson's wars has done nothing to undermine the faith of the politicians of both parties in the virtues of the all-powerful state.
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WebMD Misleads on Agriculture and Climate Change
Some readers of a recent article published by WebMD titled "Will Climate Change Cause Food Sources to Dwindle?" might be fooled into thinking the author intends to carefully weigh the evidence about this important topic. But a closer look clearly reveals the purpose of the story is to promote a one-sided, sloppy, alarmist view of the purported threat posed to agriculture from climate change.
Feeding the world's hungry ranks among the greatest difficulties humankind has experienced throughout its history, and with the world's population expected to top nine billion around 2100, this challenge could grow in the coming decades. Unfortunately, the WebMD article ignored the overwhelming amount of data and evidence that increased carbon dioxide levels and the modest warming Earth has experienced is helping feed the world, not leading to starvation or malnutrition.
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Socialism Deprives You of Your Survival
You can believe that socialism is wonderful, as apparently many people do, and no one will stop you. You will get plenty of support from the media and academic elite. You can rally around their Twitter handles, podcasts, and Kindle tomes.
On the other hand, the whole theoretical basis for the idea was completely smashed a century ago. From a historical perspective, every prediction that socialism would produce nothing but chaos, deprivation, poverty, suffering, and death turned out to be true. If both theory and history scream "Fail!" — and this failure affects things you claim to believe in, such as human rights and dignity — it might be time to rethink.
Among the most conspicuous of socialism's failings is its capacity to generate vast shortages of things essential for life. This is a universal feature of a socialist "economy," and it always has been. In Maoist China, there was no meat and no fat in which to cook anything, if you could find something to cook. In Bolshevik Russia, there were never enough cars, apartments, or even loaves of bread. Every Latin American socialist experiment produced the same. All of this was thoroughly documented in the 1997 treatise The Black Book of Communism (among thousands of other books).
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America's Biggest Issues: Education
American colleges and universities are failing in one of their most basic missions: to equip students with the tools they need for a career. Many students graduate ill-prepared to earn a living and pay off the debt they've accumulated getting their degrees. Forty percent of those who start college don't finish within six years.
Additionally, students are often subject to indoctrination into socialist ideology. They face hostility toward opinions that don't conform to the predominantly leftist thinking on campus. They're also immersed in identity politics that pit students of different backgrounds against one another.
Despite these problems, colleges continue to raise tuition.
The Heritage Foundation's Lindsey Burke explains how to stop the sharp rise in both college tuition and student debt by getting the federal government out of the student loan business.

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Hotline will charge users $9 per month, so they have some skin in the dating game.Popular dating app Hinge redesigned its app in October in a bid to prioritize relationships over hooking up.
A new batch of dating services are cropping up that push back on the infamous swipe. The concept of swiping through profile pictures became a new normal for dating apps -- but it places the emphasis on physical appearance in the search for love, or hookups.
It charges a month (though allows people to test a limited version for free).
On Hotline, Members can only select up to three matches at a time, unlike Tinder and Bumble where users can swipe endlessly.
After the first call, people will be able to message each other.
While in beta, Ballantyne said the average calls have been about 25 minutes, but some people have chatted for more than 40 minutes.International dating is the best way to know new culture and traditions, a new opportunity to find your soul mate and to make connection.Come on, join us and chat, discuss your interests, hobbies and aims in our dating forum and make your first date easy in our video chat rooms.He created the app to introduce as much "friction" as possible into dating so people only interact with each other "when they really want to." Ballantyne said the idea for Hotline actually came after matching with a woman on Tinder last April."She wouldn't message me [again] until I called her," Ballantyne told CNNTech.Dating profiles aren't visible to other singles, only to the experts, who can set people up.


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Katedra św. Stefana – prawosławna katedra w Paryżu, wzniesiona w stylu bizantyjskim, główna świątynia Greckiej Metropolii Francji oraz siedziba parafii, położona w XVI okręgu paryskim. Od 1995 posiada status zabytku.

Katedra powstała w 1895, jej budowa została w dużej mierze sfinansowana przez rodzinę Schilizzi, która już wcześniej wspierała materialnie Kościół prawosławny, przekazując środki na budowę nowych świątyń i wspierając Studium Teologiczne Patriarchatu Ekumenicznego na Chalkis. Została zaprojektowana przez Josepha Vaudremera, autora kilku kościołów katolickich w Paryżu oraz pałacu biskupiego w Beauvais. Ikony wykonał Charles Lameire, dekorator bazyliki Notre Dame de la Garde w Marsylii. Z kolei autorem ikonostasu jest Ludiwing Tiersch, pracujący wcześniej w Atenach oraz w świątyniach grecko-prawosławnych w Londynie i Karlsruhe.

Od początku swojego istnienia katedra stanowiła kulturalne centrum imigracji greckiej we Francji, działa przy niej grecka szkoła. Miały tu miejsce ślub Edith Piaf i uroczystości pogrzebowe Marii Callas.

Nad wejściem do budynku widnieje napis "Intencją fundatora, świątynia ta przeznaczona jest celowi gromadzenia jego rodaków, na ziemi francuskiej".

Od 1953 katedra jest siedzibą eparchii, dziesięć lat później została siedzibą egzarchatu patriarchy Konstantynopola dla Hiszpanii i Portugalii oraz Greckiej Metropolii Francji. W 1995 Świętą Liturgię celebrował tu patriarcha Bartłomiej I.

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DIGITIAL DELIVERY OF TICKETS WILL BE ON A DELAY FOR THIS SHOW, and will be emailed to the address you provided prior to the show date, typically within a week of the show, but may be as late as the day prior. This gives us the ability to monitor for purchases which may not adhere to our ticket policies. You will receive an individual email for each ticket purchased with your ticket attached. Each ticket must be readily available on your phone or printed and brought to the event. All WILL CALL tickets will be released to the original buyer or authorized transferee only upon presentation of a valid picture ID.
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Brian Aubert (guitar, vocals) * Nikki Monninger (bass)
Joe Lester (keyboards) * Christopher Guanlao (drums)
Silversun Pickups have always considered their sonic density a source of pride: The Los Angeles band's four studio full-lengths—including their 2006 gold-selling debut, Carnavas, which spawned the hits "Lazy Eye" and "Well Thought Out Twinkles"—reveal additional sonic gifts with each subsequent spin.
Their fifth album, Widow's Weeds, also caters to an adventurous, patient group of listeners. Strident acoustic strumming tussles with raging electric riffs, as urgent, precise beats and moody electronic pulses percolate underneath. The band members—which, in addition to Aubert, include bassist Nikki Monninger, drummer Christopher Guanlao and keyboardist Joe Lester—were also in agreement with the album's starting point (the urgent synth-rocker "Neon Wound") and closer (the aggressive, throttling "We Are Chameleons"). The band admitted that everything in between, including how the rest of Widow's Weeds was sequenced and how the album unfolded, often surprised the band.
"We didn't know exactly which emotional level the lyrics were going to start at," Aubert says. "I was like, 'Are they going to be angry, with these crazy times?' Everything seems so polarized and bizarre and scary. All of these things affect you. And then as they were coming out, it was like, 'No, they sound like they're kind of mourning.' I couldn't quite put them all together."
To make sense of these ideas, Silversun Pickups enlisted a long-time friend: producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth). Incredibly enough, this was the first time the band had worked with Vig, even though the idea of collaborating had been floated for years. The timing didn't feel right until now, Aubert says. "With the ideas that were popping around in my head, it felt like, 'God, this would be awesome; I think it's time. If Butch is interested in doing this at all, let's just call him.'"
Vig and mixer Billy Bush helped Silversun Pickups craft a confident, extroverted album in which every instrument is clearly audible in the mix. Pulsing, Cure-like keyboards hold their own against slashing riffs on "Neon Wound"; antique-sounding violin and cello enhance fragile acoustic strumming on "Straw Man"; and the spring-loaded, glammy "It Doesn't Matter Why" boasts pogoing beats and needling pizzicato plucks. The album's more restrained moments also maintain this crispness. "Simpatico" is "the closest we'll get to a James Bond song," says Aubert, who immersed himself in movie scores as the album was coalescing. Widow's Weeds strikes a perfect balance between provocative noise and distortion, and lush, introspective pop tranquility.
The band members also decided not to go overboard layering on instruments and sounds, which contributed to the album's clearer approach. "We made a conscious effort to rein in the electronic stuff a little bit, and have more pianos and organs," Lester says. "There's still synthy stuff on there for sure. But we have strings again, which we hadn't done for a couple of records. And there's a lot less sequenced electronics. It was like, 'Let's strip the palette a little bit, and see what happens.' And that goes back to the directness of things."
Vig's versatility and songwriting background helped the band shape other songs—including and especially "Don't Know Yet," on which glitchy, taut electronic textures segue into explosive choruses drive by brusque drums and noisy guitars. "It has moments of intimacy, but then it really comes alive and big-sounding," Guanlao says of the song. "That's all Butch. We would have probably gone a totally different direction if it wasn't for him hearing that this once-intimate, mellow song can be really boastful and rocking."
In the end, recording with Vig surpassed the band members' already-high expectations. "He really listens to each band member, and he puts a great value on each individual, and what they can add to the music," Monninger says. "It was very collaborative with him. He's such an easygoing person, and he put everybody at ease." That camaraderie translated into a studio environment that involved intense and serious hard work unfolding in a jovial, even lighthearted, manner. "We had a really fun time recording this album," Guanlao says. "He really did get the best out of us. We didn't want it to end."
Despite the halcyon studio time, the band members were wrestling with challenges in their personal lives. The album had to be done in two separate blocks of time, since Vig had Garbage tour plans already on the calendar, which left Silversun Pickups with a break between sessions. During that gap in time, Lester's father passed away. Aubert, meanwhile, found himself in an extremely dark place, for reasons he couldn't immediately explain.
"We started making this album about mourning, and it's like, 'What are you mourning? Are you really mourning politics and stuff like that? Or what is happening?' I didn't realize that I was finding myself in this space where I completely tried to take on everything myself. I couldn't ask for help; I couldn't let anybody in. That led me to start drinking in a different way, that I never did before."
As a result, Aubert—who was already feeling "emotionally closed off," as he puts it—fell into a deep depression. "I didn't know how to get out of it," Aubert says. "Finally, I was just like, something big has to happen." His solution was getting treatment and getting sober during the gap between recording sessions—a decision that immediately improved his mental health and creative outlook.
Unsurprisingly, Aubert also had a much different perspective on his Widow's Weeds lyrics post-treatment, and understood more what messages he was trying to convey with the album. "The record does have a mourning vibe, but it's not sad," he says. "It's change. It's growing up, and moving on and letting go of things. And it's okay to be sad about those things, and mourn them. It's actually healthy to do so, and take the time to do it. At the end of the day, it's going to be much better and much more fulfilling when you get through it."
"When I got sober, and took a little time to myself to move as a human, we came back at the record again," Aubert says. "Then it was like, now we're back into the record, and writing again. It was wild. Things are really changing, and I'm starting to emotionally connect to things, and starting to take care of myself. I'm starting to ask for help."
Aubert's bandmates also saw an immediate change in him as they reconvened to finish Widow's Weeds. Guanlao noticed that the vocalist was opening up to him and the rest of the band more, and allowing himself to be more vulnerable, while Monninger observed increased clarity. "I'm really proud of him for coming through all this. He focused so much on the album and put so much of his heart into it—as we all did, but especially coming out of all that, he needed something to really focus on." Lester also saw big, positive differences in his bandmate. "It was like, 'okay, this has actually been really good; he's gotten stuff that has probably been bothering him for a long time sorted out.'"
In a nod to Aubert's healthier mindset—and in a big change from past working environments—the members of Silversun Pickups welcomed friends and family into the studio as they were recording. "This was the first album where we were open," Aubert says. "Not just with Butch, but with people around us. We played stuff for people. We never used to before. We'd play a little mixing and things like that. We were too shy." Creating this kind of social, nurturing atmosphere added levity and accountability, and kept everyone in the band grounded. "Doing this in front of people is so much more enlightening, and really helps you focus on things," Aubert says. "We were exposed. I see how that can be scary to people, but for us we really thrived on that."
Widow's Weeds ends up being about rebirth and renewal, facing darker elements of the soul (or society) head-on, and choosing to either engage—or leave them behind. This shift toward blunt candor wasn't lost on Lester. "I feel Brian's lyrics have gotten more direct over the last couple of records. He's much more open and less coy about what he's singing about. There's less trying to put Vaseline on the lens."
Over the years, Silversun Pickups have racked up 210 million worldwide streams and 10 Top 20 hits on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, led by 2009's ferocious chart-topper "Panic Switch." Nearly 20 years after the band formed, it's not lost on Monninger that they're one of the few groups they've grown up with who have sustained a career. "I don't know many bands that have lasted that long," she says. "But we started as friends first, and we care about each other—you know, this is our second family. We really believe in what we're doing. We're going to take it as far as we can."
For Aubert, moving forward involves staying connected to his own self (and remembering to prioritize self-care) and being attuned to creative impulses when they arise. If that means going outside of his comfort zone, so be it. "This album feels the most naked out of all of them," Aubert says. "That's scary at first. But that goes into my whole headspace. That goes into how things went down. It was like, 'Hey man, you were so unaware of the things you needed, and so closed off. Just do it. Stop hiding. It was crushing you. Don't be afraid.'
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Every time you have a network of computers in your business, then you need to be ready to always expect new things. Every time you will discover that there are viruses or problems in your computers, regardless of the number of computers you got, you really need to fix them as soon as possible. A small problem will turn into a major concern that will affect your business if you will not do something about it.
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Q: FiddlerScript saving blank file with oSession.SaveResponse Simply trying to save a request and response to separate .txt files. Request saves fine but the response is saving blank files, is there additional code needed for responses that's not used for requests? I've compared this code to other posts on SO and other sites but can't identify anything I'm missing.
Both the SaveResponse and SaveResponseBody commands run but save blank files
if(oSession.url.StartsWith("www.google.com")){
        // Save Request
        oSession.utilDecodeRequest();
        oSession.SaveRequest("C:\\temp\\" + oSession.SuggestedFilename + "-request.txt",true);
        // Save Response
        oSession.utilDecodeResponse();
        oSession.SaveResponse("C:\\temp\\" + oSession.SuggestedFilename + "-response.txt",true);
        oSession.SaveResponseBody("C:\\temp\\" + oSession.SuggestedFilename);
}

A: You are probably inspecting the session too early, when the response is still not received. Try moving the logic to OnDone, which is executed after the response is received:
    static function OnDone(oSession: Session)
    {
        if(oSession.url.StartsWith("www.google.com")){
            // Save Request
            oSession.utilDecodeRequest();
            oSession.SaveRequest("c:\\temp\\" + oSession.SuggestedFilename + "-request.txt",true);
            // Save Response
            oSession.utilDecodeResponse();
            oSession.SaveResponse("c:\\temp\\" + oSession.SuggestedFilename + "-response.txt",true);
            oSession.SaveResponseBody("c:\\temp\\" + oSession.SuggestedFilename);
        }
    }

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Begin your Fall Foliage Tour in Poteau, Oklahoma by stopping at the famous Warehouse Willy's Steakhouse for lunch and then travel up Cavanal Hill. Cavanal Hill has been dubbed "The Worlds Highest Hill" and offers many spectacular views of the area.
From there, head south on U.S. 59 and stay the night at Long Lake Resort. Long Lake Resort has a lot to offer. Dubbed the Twin Lakes, the bald cyprus trees produce a great variety of colors, from deep green to bright crimson. While you're there, stop in at the tourist center to get more informaton on the area.
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Humans mourn for the cultural history of our kind, or rather the flattened versions of it we see. In publications such as Vogue, we read about the return of former fashion trends into the mainstream. In film and television, like Almost Famous or Stranger Things, we watch idealized and stylized recreations of our past eras.
Some would say that indulging in nostalgia is nothing more than a flagrant display of wealth. And in many ways, this is true— especially in the reemergence of vinyl. Stripped of aesthetic or sentimental reasons, people who buy records are choosing to spend more money to listen to music in a more inconvenient way, effectively rejecting the unbridled access to free and portable music available today. This can make the decision to buy records seem ill-advised. However, it would be too harsh to judge vinyl's value simply through price and function. Decisions aren't made in a vacuum, and this extends to consumers' decisions. People don't buy something only because of its price and function; a plethora of other factors are also considered.
Vinyl satisfies our human craving for a tangible form of music. While modern technology has granted us new ways to consume music, it has also taken away some of the former physical aspects of the listening experience. It is far less exciting to press play on your iPhone home screen than to put on a record. In those seconds before the record plays and you can hear only the sound of the turntable needle crackling, you experience a wave of anticipation. The turntable demands your attention. It comes down to the processes we perform to listen to the music we want to. Downloading albums or songs through today's convenient methods requires less of our attention, time, and effort. This can make the act of listening to music feel more like an afterthought than a deliberate event. Vinyl serves as the very antithesis of this sentiment.
That said, this romantic view of vinyl can only thrive because we no longer solely rely on it to access music. Whenever I sit in my bedroom and play my Edith Piaf record while enjoying the scent of lavender being released from my air diffuser, I do not do it because it is convenient or practical. Rather, I do it so I can bask in the sublime atmosphere it creates. That is, until I have to go out into the world— in which case I immediately ditch the vinyl for my cracked iPhone and earbuds. Having a phone to listen to music to with allows the inconvenience of vinyl to feel charming instead of frustrating.
Such that, today the ability to interact and engage with an item that is not your phone or computer is exceedingly rare. Developments in technology have already altered vinyl's identity from a household mainstay to a coveted luxury. Current forms of merchandise being produced reflect that. Just this past year, the soundtrack to the 2017 film Call Me By Your Name was released on a special edition peach-scented vinyl, as a nod to the film's oft-talked about scene. Similarly, musician Father John Misty released a vinyl edition of his 2015 album I Love You, Honeybear complete with pop-up book packaging. And this merchandising strategy is a trend that extends beyond that of individual entities. Walk into any store targeted towards teenagers, such as Urban Outfitters, and you will find an extensive vinyl selection available for purchase, both current and previous works of music. You can find the record Rumours by Fleetwood Mac sitting next to a copy of Beyonce's Lemonade.
Some may suggest that the recent spike in physical record sales is only indicative of our continued affinity for products with bells and whistles, but I disagree. This conclusion only scratches the surface of vinyl's regained popularity and relies on the belief that consumers are unintelligent people unable to think for themselves. It fails to interrogate the additional reasons behind these purchases: humans have always sought out experiences that we deem more valuable or authentic than the ones we have had. In his 1891 collection of essays titled, The Decay of Lying, Oscar Wilde wrote, "Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life." This sentiment provides a succinct explanation of why humans acquire taste or show interest in objects outside the realm of survival. The ways in which we choose to express ourselves through our appearance, or through the selection of non-essential items we choose to surround ourselves with, reflects not only the world around us but the art and media around us, too. The films, television, photography, etc. that we are exposed to all play a part in the development of our own individual tastes.
When watching these depictions of former eras, we find ourselves clinging to celluloid's nostalgic gaze. These reimaginings become aspirational and glamorous. What seem to be illusions become achievable realities. Wish-fulfillment films and television shows tell us that we, too, could have a perfect life. We, too, can experience the sweeping romantic gesture or miraculous life transformation. We link the dream life we wish to have with the aesthetics of the art and media that embody it. You may be unable to live in a past era, but you are able to emulate the culture of that time. This is the case for vinyl.
The disconnect between what we associate with vinyl and what it really was is no clearer than in the opinions of older generations. When I asked my father if he missed vinyl he said, "[No,] I was so happy when CDs came. No more scratchy sounds, broken turntable needles, or warped records." Meanwhile, nearly all of the associations I have with vinyl are borne from film.
For me, records are irrevocably linked to stylish, artful, and ultra cool lifestyles. Vinyl is Suzie and Sam clumsily slow dancing to a Francoise Hardy record in Moonrise Kingdom, or the Lisbon sisters huddled around the phone in The Virgin Suicides communicating through the records on their turntable, or Celine and Jesse sneaking glances at each other in the listening booth of a Viennese record shop in Before Sunrise. The idea that vinyl facilitates an inherently intimate and emotionally charged listening experience has been repeatedly affirmed in the films and television shows I have seen. And so, like many of my young peers, I follow. It is as though we are all stumbling alone in the dark waiting for the cinematic version of our lives to flicker on the screen, magnified and magnificent, a version more beautiful and more worthy of existence than our own realities could ever be. We build the world we want to live in, and for some people, listening to vinyl aids in that. We bring these outdated items into our lives, and with them, our dreams of what our lives could be. So yes, maybe buying vinyl records is ridiculous or indulgent — but what is self-expression if not ridiculous and indulgent?


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The original is macabre to begin with because it's in a minor key, but Stacy's treatment makes it--of course--whimsically macabre, and wickedly cute. I know several students in my studio who will love this.


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Titanfall 2 is going to have a single-player mode
MCV Staff 8th February 2016	Publishing
The sequel to EA's 2014 mech shooter Titanfall is going to have its own dedicated story mode.
That's according to an interview on Forbes with lead writer Jesse Stern, who promises that Titanfall 2 be set in a world where 'science meets magic', yet will still be 'grounded, dirty, human and real'.
In addition to the above, Stern says that a Titanfall TV show is in the works in collaboration with studio Lionsgate TV. But Stern warns that cost is a barrier for the show, as it could be 'very expensive'.
The first Titanfall launched in 2014 as an Xbox console exclusive, and was released PC. It was an online-only multiplayer shooter, and though it did have a story mode, this in fact was series of multiplayer matches with other players.
What inspires us is the junction of technological advancement with the inevitability of conflict and war and what the next war might look like," Stern told Forbes. "In Titanfall 2 there will be a lot of [scenes] where science meets magic, but keeping it grounded and dirty and human and real."
Titanfall is set for release in the 2017 fiscal year, meaning it will come to stores before April 2017. And where the first Titanfall was an Xbox exclusive, EA has teased that its sequel will be a multiplatform release. There's also a smartphone game based on the mech shooter in the works.
In the past, Stern served as lead writer on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 1 and 2, and has written for TV shows including NCIS and Insecurities.
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Doyle has not been charged with any crime.
If I were you, I would not do it.
Finding it hard to make ends meet on his income, she started to work.
I just felt like hearing the sound of your voice.
How many rivers run through Texas ?
Such work postulate a lot of patience.
I don't know if that's it or not.
I don't believe the two of you.
The soldier disdained shooting an unarmed enemy.
I'm not able to have children.
Can I call you back in twenty minutes?
He said that Interlingua would be a practical language.
There's nothing nefarious going on here.
Becky is leaving on a trip on Friday.
Antonio is so nice a girl that she is loved by everybody.
I want to spend all my life with you.
Al Gore is a global-warming activist.
How long have you been living in Tokyo?
Not all of us went to the Sapporo Snow Festival.
I talked to Bobby a couple times.
I'll go meet her soon.
The lagoon is very deep.
Sho jumped to his feet.
I even wrote a letter to Mehrdad.
We'll have a picnic in the park.
I'm glad you told me about him.
Sumitro and Tovah's little girl is starting to take her first tentative steps.
That seems weird to me.
He sobered up, got a job, and slowly started to turn his life around.
Hang up your shirts before they wrinkle.
I can't move this bookcase without your help.
The teacher said that he wouldn't give us an exam this week.
Heinrich can use our help.
Thinking about that, I left.
This book costs 20 dollars.
We're going to do it properly.
He loves her. She loves him, too.
Dan discovered Linda had another phone.
Usually, when I watch movies, I eat popcorn and drink cola. But, next time, I'm going to eat candy.
They all want to know what happened.
I don't need to see him now.
You and I both know you were the one who stole Tollefsen's bicycle.
He is sure of passing the examination.
I should have brought an umbrella.
At the time, I thought it was the right thing to do.
Maybe I should just tell Belinda the truth.
I will give you half of my ice cream.
It's not a problem to add new languages.
Why do you hate him so much?
Ritchey and Nils discussed their future plans.
Children often cry just to attract attention.
Brender looked as if he was about to burst out crying at any time.
Teri and Jones were the winners.
I know Jesper really does care about you.
I'm supposed to be helping her right now.
I tried to go to the bank, but it was closed.
An offer like that is not to be refused.
Danny is almost always home.
Lie on your left side.
Kinch didn't reply to Liyuan's email message.
He came in spite of the heavy snow.
Some people think talking back to an adult is rude.
It goes without saying that Daniel is in love with Kathy.
I'm going to see you later.
He always tells at random.
It doesn't matter to me whether she comes here or not.
She consecrated her life to the work.
Damone passed out on the couch.
Someone is going to see you.
She was happy and sad all at once.
I'm going out on vacations for two months.
This word is not found in the list.
I hope that one day, all human beings will live in a world of peace and freedom.
Rich mistook me for you.
We didn't have computers when I was growing up.
Piotr leaned across the table and kissed Felix.
Josip ordered a doughnut sandwich.
I'm surprised by the extensiveness of Pilot's knowledge.
Don't pay attention to her.
They accused him of being dishonest.
We all said hello to her as she came in.
This might be a trivial thing for you, but it's a very important thing for me.
We'll stay here until Monday.
Come and see me whenever it is convenient to you.
Do you really want to drop out of high school?
I'm pretty confident that she understood the problem, but I'm unsure whether she can solve it.
Raif went up the attic stairs.
I need these shoes in size ten please!
I don't have any family to support.
We enjoyed good music to the full.
His thoughts are empty of idea.
We gave away everything we owned.
She's very ill and has been in bed for a week.
I had an awful time at the conference.
Jeffery is anxious, isn't he?
Curry sauce is very nourishing.
Shawn must be very happy.
I must take my oboe for repair.
Daren always tries to do what he thinks is right.
She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.
What is your impression of America?


The Saint Cecilia Gala was designed to create an educational endowment fund of which 100% of the proceeds were used to support the educational programs of Saint Cecilia Church and School. The plan designates 10% for greatest need and 90% to be placed in the educational endowment fund to create a reliable source of annual income for education in the years to come.
Over $133,000 was raised at the 13th Anniversary of the Gala. The Fund-a-Need appeal raised over $35,000 to be used to renovate the main school bathrooms located adjacent to the gym, prayer books for Advent and Lent. The Outstanding Volunteers Award went to Tiffany Walker and Mark & Margy Hanson were honored as Honorary Alumni.
Over $140,000 was raised at the 12th Anniversary of the Gala. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $38,000. The funds were used to purchase new Chromebooks for the kids and teachers, replace ceiling tiles and update the prayer garden, as well as prayer books for Advent and Lent for the parish. The Outstanding Volunteers Award went to Ted Millen and the Honorary Alumni Award went to Jason and Susan O'Brien.
Over $137,000 was raised at the 11th Anniversary of the Gala. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $38,000 to be used to build a playground for our preschoolers, prayer books for Advent and Lent for the parish and to create a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd room. The Outstanding Volunteers Award went to Jessica and Matt Loecke and Susan Campbell was the Honorary Alumni.
Over $124,000 was raised on the 10th Anniversary of the Gala. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $32,000 to be used for a new math curriculum, books to be distributed to the parish, a new cart for children's liturgy, a new stereo for youth ministry, and funds for a Catholic speaker. The Endowment Fund was also the recipient of two very generous estate gifts: Jim McDonald's estate left a gift of $211,000 to the fund and Irene Klingseis and her husband Paul left a gift of $150,000. The Outstanding Volunteer Award went to Terri and Tim Simodynes and Lois Vidimos was the Honorary Alumni.
Over $130,000 was raised. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $30,000. This money will be used to update the Christian Peterson, "Madonna of the Schools" statue, building wi-fi, social hall projector, art supplies and comprehensive reading program.
The Outstanding Volunteer Award went to Francine White. Art Teacher, Lisa Teske was given the Honorary Alumni Award.
Over $125,000 was raised. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $39,000. This money was used to outfit the education center with new desks, tables, chairs, storage, and document readers.
The Saint Cecilia Gala passed a significant milestone in 2013. In just 8 years, Gala raised over $1 million dollars for St. Cecilia's educational and faith formation ministries. That includes over $780,000 for the endowment funds, $86,000 for immediate needs, and $214,000 for special projects (Fund A Need).
Over $120,000 was raised. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $32,000. This money was used to support the purchase of new textbooks in the day school, materials for the pre-school, and bibles and workbooks for educational ministry programs.
The Outstanding Volunteer Award went to Diana and Matt Thatcher. Jodi and Darryl Bennett were given the Honorary Alumni Award.
Over $118,000 was raised. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $33,000. This money was used for technology needs in the church and school including laptops for the day school and educational ministry, iPads, monitors, projectors, and the new digital information kiosk in the church narthex.
The Outstanding Volunteer Award went to John and Carol Nelson. Joel and Michelle Thilges, Craig and Debbie Grandgennett, and Jerry and Amy Frankl were awarded the Honorary Alumni Award.
Over $127,000 was raised. The Fund-a-Need auction item raised over $23,000. Money from this was spent on scholarships for Religious Education, new youth ministry teaching materials and a class trip for the Saint Cecilia Fifth Grade Class to the Grotto of the Redemption, to name a few.
The Outstanding Volunteer Award went to Scott Walker. Fr, Dismas Veeneman was awarded the Honorary Alumnus Award.
Over $163,000 was raised. Immediate need funds for 2009 totaled over $13,000 and prior year Gala's endowment proceeds totaled an additional $17,000 in funds and provided revenues to assist with new carpet and tile installation, textbooks, instructional materials, and playground fencing.
Fund-a-Need raised over $32,500. A portion was spent on playground equipment and a prayer garden pathway.
The Outstanding Volunteer Award went to Priscilla & Richard Matt. Duane Siepker was awarded the Honorary Alumnus Award.
Over $193,000 was raised. Immediate need funds were used for a public address system, lunch tables, carpet, and a contingency fund, all for the Education Center.
Fund-a-Need raised over $48,000. This was used to purchase eleven 46-inch high definition LCD TV sets, a dozen MacBook laptop computers, and 22 wireless electronic slates, all used to support our SMART technology efforts in the Education Center.
The Outstanding Volunteer Award went to Todd & Johna Clancy. William Burke was awarded the Honorary Alumnus Award.
Over $115,000 was raised. Immediate need funds were earmarked for youth ministry programs, technology enhancements, and facility renovations for classroom expansion.
The Distinguished Alumna Award went to Michelle Thilges and John Kleinschmidt was awarded the Honorary Alumnus Award.
Over $116,000 was raised. Immediate needs that were met included a security and surveillance system for the front entrance of the school, computer hardware, science textbooks, religious education materials, and playground equipment.
The Distinguished Alumnus Award went to Michael Vaclav and Shari Hammer was awarded the Honorary Alumna Award.


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the patron saint of healing wells .
Thanks Pat. I've just read about the legend and it's also interesting that one of the sons of Wulfhere that St Chad was said to have converted had his own well at Tamworth – St Ruffin's Well near the castle. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be much there but a plaque. I took some photos last summer, I'll have to put them on here.
I often pop across Stowe Pool to ruminate at the Well. It could be much prettier, though. I have a book with a picture in it from 1976 where is shows a lovely pathway etc. Oh, that's the book you need to borrow, Kate!
It does look a bit better in summer when the vines are in flower but nothing like I imagine it was in the past. I wonder why they stopped the well dressing too? Hopefully the new interpretation board will bring people there too. And oh yes I do need to borrow it, Ian!


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"When the world needs a hero, Chuck Norris calls the Toyota Tacoma" – this is the idea behind one of the latest Toyota commercials, titled "Tough as Chuck".
The 30-second ad opens with Norris breaking a brick along the middle with his hand and a Tacoma owner asking him to give him an autograph on his car. Once it has Norris's signature on it, the Toyota Tacoma becomes "tough as Chuck" and does all kinds of brave things, from saving a man buried up to his head in sand, showing up just in time to help a construction worker falling from a building, passing a ball from a tree to a guy, beating out a strong chess player at chess, surfing big waves, and knocking to the ground an Asian willing to show his kung-fu moves.
"From a clenched fist of a legend, rises a new action star. A hero who's always there to save the day and night, a hero with all the right moves and moves you may never expected them, a hero who was born to outsmart the competition and lives to conquer any challenge," the voiceover says, also describing the hero as "fearless and tough as Chuck Norris." At this point, the spot takes viewers into an office of "Global Heroic Talent" organization, where Chuck Norris watches the video of the Tacoma performing all those "tasks" and realizes, in bewilderment, that he has been replaced with a truck.
This is not the first time the legendary actor works with a car brand. In 2017, Fiat Professional teamed up with Chuck Norris to be the "tough face" of its commercial vehicles in a series of new ads. He thus advertised international-market vans and pickups like the Fullback, Ducato, and Doblo.
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Decidim.GOV: Democratic Governance for an open community
#decidimgov Internal organization, democracy and decision making
Accountability 2019-02-17 - 2019-02-28
Statutes approval
Coordination Committee Approval
Statutes proposal
Internal regulations proposal
Exceptional SOM: Constituent Assembly of the Decidim Association
Attendees count 24
Attending organizations
Codi Tramuntana
Fundació Ferrer i Guàrdia
Platoniq
IN3-UOC
aLabs
Localret
Reference: MDC-MEET-2019-01-1169

In this assembly, the statutes of the new Decidim Association will be approved, after voting on some amendments if necessary. The general guidelines of the Internal Regulations and of the members of the Coordination Committee will also be approved, wich will be chosen provisionally to create the census of associates ans develop the aspects that have not yet been specified in the Regulations. Those who have previously checked in Verification Comitee will have the right to vote
Sala 2, planta 3a
C/Sant Adrià 20, Barcelona
The session begins at 11:12
Presentation of the session
It is recalled that in February 2016 the Decidim was put into operation and that it has been growing, creating a robust product. At this moment there are 80 instances of public administrations. Today we are referred to from NY and Mexico City. There are more than 30 active instances and more than 30 associations that want to make use of it.
At the beginning of the Decidim there were clear principles: the project had to follow a democratic process and the construction of the software should be free. The software design has also been democratic. Incompatible with a person deciding everything. We need a community, and therefore, from the beginning of the project we started working in this community, building the project beyond what could happen with the public administration and beyond what could happen in relation to changes at the political level. Democratic governance is basic and one of the results we expect from this process. The Decidim association should be a reference space where the software will be democratically decided and today we are gathered to materialize this process.
The participation of everyone is appreciated and the order of the day and the voting procedure that will be done solely and exclusively through the Metadecidim are explained. It is reported that the voting is already activated and that it will be possible to vote until 1:00 p.m.
Return of the Monitoring Committe.
It explains how the governance process has taken place. What is interesting is that this does not stop, that it does not stop now with the formalization of the Association. Many projects still remain to be defined, including the Internal Regulation and the ethical code.
We must incorporate more people and socialize the software and solve the problem of communication. It is a process that began during the Christmas holidays and has had an interesting participation.
The different phases that have been marked by the verification process are explained:
56 verified people.
Proposals phase: 100-130 participants
Drafting of bylaws and internal regulations.
Proposal voting period.
Return and preparation of the first drafts.
Process of amendments to the Statutes and internal regulations.
The elaboration of the internal regulation that must be specified later is pending.
24 amendments and 90 comments have been received that add value and enrich the debate. They have also been taken into account in the statutes and that is important because not only the amendments have been taken into account.
There is still work to finish consolidating the governance process.
The constituent assembly today, February 16, should serve to approve the bylaws and the Coordination Committee with the roadmap for the one-year forecast, so that by 2020 the association can function. There are 56 verified people and this number should be tripled for the regulation debate. We need more social base in the community.
Explanation of the result of the amendments to the Statutes:
All amendments have been collected and incorporated, with the exception of some submitted after the deadline and some that were incompatible with another amendment made. A couple of amendments have been partially incorporated with the approval of the authors.
The governing and advisory bodies are the ones that have generated the most controversy, as well as decision-making, and the sphere of action of the association because it must reflect the international will (a last modification has been made in this sense).
The internal regulation is still to be defined, there have only been 4 amendments made and for that reason the Regulation process will be reopened, this one only for verified people.
There is a need to establish a code of ethics to define possible incompatibilities to be a member of the decision-making bodies of the association.
We currently have an organizational chart with which the internal regulations must be worked on, it is an image but not the definitive one, there are things to be specified.
The committee has a specific roadmap for 1 year and a list with the proposal of members that is in the Meta to consult and vote.
A turn of words opens and the following contributions are made:
Everything that is not in the bylaws should develop the internal regulations.
It is necessary to define how the Code of Ethics should be developed. The confection must be with the internal regulation and that everyone can participate. The consultation participation module should be improved so that only the verified people in the process can vote.
The Coordination Committee is presented and the roadmap is explained
In February 2020 elections will be held to choose the Coordination Committee according to the Regulation that we will approve later, what is presented and voted on today is an interim committee for the duration of one year.
To be ethical and as transparent as possible, no one is proposed in the Coordination Committee of the developer companies or the professional team linked to any type of contracts.
The proposal of the members of the committee is:
• Vowels: Yaiza Blanch, from Som Energia, a reference in the cooperative world
• Alicia Mullor, facilitation expert
• Pablo Aragón, UOC and Eureca
• Antonio Calleja, researcher at the UOC. Decode Project
• Juan Linares, doctor in research and researcher at the UOC
• Silvia Luque, Francisco Ferrer Guardia Foundation, participant from the beginning
• Treasurer: Nuria Alonso, Collectic and accumulates knowledge of the Decidim in training topics
• Secretary: Bru Aguiló, sociologist trained in social and human rights
• President: Guillem Marpons, free software expert and with commitment to the project
Everyone is thanked for their commitment and it is emphasized that they will have the support of the organization.
Guillem Marpons explains the road map for this first year
4 stages are foreseen:
April: it is planned to sign a framework agreement with the association, the Barcelona City Council and Localret. The City Councils may adhere through Localret.
September-November (JAM'19): approval of the Internal Regulation, the code of ethics and a series of criteria and procedures to certify supplier companies. Some organs, councils and committees of the organization chart will also have to be implemented.
From there, the verified partners with the established criteria can participate in the process.
In February 2020: the voting and the election of the new Coordination Committee and the Committee of Democratic Guarantees are foreseen.
Framework Agreement: other agreements and agreements may be derived to manage and advance the management of the association.
Turn of interventions
A debate begins on the convenience of the participation of the companies in the different decision-making bodies of the association.
This will be an important issue to be developed in the future through the process of participation in the preparation of the Internal Regulation, the Code of Ethics and the criteria for the certification of the Decidim companies. In any case, the goal of building a diverse ecosystem of companies, distributive that grows the productive fabric around the Decidim and free software is highlighted.
Dynamisation: How will the association influence the Decidim project?
The participatory workshop opens: How will the association influence the Decidim project?
In terms of: Extension, Development, Management, Community, Citizenship.
That is why 5 groups are made one for each area and the participants are asked to generate proposals.
Subsequently, they are also asked, which of the proposals intersect with other areas of work.
Summary of conclusions:
1. Extension:
• Go to important conferences on democracy and technology.
• More presence in the networks and work well on the subject of communication.
• Open the Goal internationally, outside of Catalonia. Use English as the main language.
• Separate the story of decidim.barcelona and decidim.org.
• That companies offer an affordable decision.
• Improve documentation to facilitate extension. Make tutorial videos for the deployment of participatory processes.
• Identify existing networks of global cities.
2. Development
• Enhance modularity "repository plugins".
• Quality technical documentation. Facilitate the technical level, a way to do it could be, personalizing but with a generic level, and ensure that technical measures facilitate customization.
• Ensure the installation and improvement of the software, which has a simple package without problems when updating.
• Technical measures to facilitate personalization.
• Figure of the product owrer that is at full time, to facilitate communication if there are doubts.
3. Management
• Hire someone for management (contracts, accounts, etc.).
• Professional team (Decidim Team) and what will be its evolution. Currently they are people with links to contracts with other entities, it is possible that it will remain that way for a while and we are moving towards a hybrid model, to a greater autonomy of the association.
• Quantify what minimum resources are necessary for the operation of the association:
2. extension
• How to scale these resources with the extension and growth of own resources? There are a number of professional profiles needed.
• How to finance us? Through an agreement, through assigning the budget of the different entities, the association can bill for services, subsidies, etc.
• The Association can invoice for its services (eg Som Energia).
4. Community, can the association strengthen the community?
• Caring for and pampering the community by improving:
• SOM: Periodic meeting of the association and community and managed by the association itself. Offer attractive talks at the SOMs.
• Traveling SOM? To help and grow the social base and the most involved citizens and also with the LABs.
• Reduce the periodicity, not a monthly one, but expand the time frame between them. Reduce the quantity and increase the quality.
• Metadecidim: Dynamize better to give a quick response and solve any doubts that may arise. Also strengthen the future work committees through the Goal.
• Communication: communication of everything and not only of the SOMs. Communication can be improved by involving entities and in their own communication. Involve twitter profiles of the community
• That all instances of the Decidim have a link with the Goal, hyperlink the goal space to all instances, so that more citizens can be involved and have more resources to increase the community and the association through citizenship.
• If you want to create community, you must create merchandasing as well.
• Assign a person to energize the community and the committees of the association. The bridge between the association and the community.
5. Citizens
• Publicize active extensions and explain success stories.
• Publish case studies (scientific or press).
• Promote public discourse on the democratizing capacity of the platform.
• Need to reach other territories and bring the platform closer to initiatives of a collective nature and community perspective.
• Periodically disseminate the processes, public memory of communicative key and indicators.
• Overview of everything that is happening on the platform.
• Powerful product web, more generic web with all aspects.
• Tutorial videos and extend the presence in networks and be present continuously.
• Dissemination of Decidim.
• Link citizenship with the community and also management (budget).
• The goal is to know and use #decidim. To have an overview of the campaigns that will develop the processes of the Decidim to take advantage of and reuse the BBPP.
• Mapping of entities and organizations of the third sector that could be susceptible to use them. Prioritizing and being proactive in the contact and dissemination of the Decidim.
• Links with the community, extension, development, management and community, in the search for the responsibility of implementation of measures.
There is an open debate and new proposals are made:
• It is proposed that companies do not pay economic quotas but in development.
• Reach other profiles through communication, more gamberra and more attractive.
• The digital platform can be a brake on citizens who do not have an e-mail. In this sense we have to find more ways to hybridize online and face-to-face participation.
• We should bet on an itinerant SOM, there are determinants and conditions of participation and groups that do community work that could be nourished by the platform and the community. We must expand the horizons and go beyond the Fabra i Coats and the Eixample.
The results of the voting are reported:
Statutes:
19 votes in favor
3 blank votes
1 vote against
Coordination Committee:
3 votes against
1 blank vote
The assembly is concluded and the foundation charter is signed.
You can find the report in the form of an act here:
https://meta.decidim.org/assemblies/eix-comunitat/f/149/meetings/1170