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"The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also," West wrote in the tweet that has since been removed from the platform.
Kanye West's latest tirades have resulted in him being restricted on one social media platform and one of his latest tweets removed on another, but not before Meghan McCain joined the public outcry against it.
After Instagram restricted Ye's account for violating its policies late last week, deleting some content as well, West returned to Twitter for the first time since 2020 where he almost immediately got in trouble on that platform as well.
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Twitter took down one of West's recent tweets for violating its policies, but not before the tweet was captured and began circulating. In it, the rapper wrote, "I'm a bit sleepy but when I wake up I'm going "death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE."
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He further attempted to get ahead of the inevitable reaction to this statement by adding, "The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also."
The Instagram post that got West in trouble on that platform, an exchange allegedly between him and Diddy, was also flagged by many followers as using anti-Semitic language.
"You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda," West wrote in the tweet, which only remained live on the platform before about an hour.
That was enough for it to start to go viral, though. McCain captured the general mood of the room with a post to her Instagram page where she shares a screenshot of his tweet.
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"A reminder – antisemitic hate crimes are at their highest levels in America in decades," she wrote in the caption to her share. The former "View" co-host noted that it's become "common place" in America to hear anti-Semitic language everywhere from sitting members of Congress to celebrities.
"It is a cancer and it is everywhere," she wrote, emphasizing that she has "zero tolerance" for it. "It is an existential threat to American life and our Jewish friends and family both in our country and outside of it."
Not mincing her words, McCain said that West and his behavior "are trash," before criticizing the Republican party for embracing any famous person. "We are supposed to be anti celebrity and for the average working men and women," she wrote. "But I guess that went out the window years ago."
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"This man is no icon, he has no wisdom I care to hear," McCain continued. "Do not look the other way from this statement — it is the public hatred of Judaism and Jews and full f—ing stop there is NO place for this anywhere."
While it's not made clear what West was referring to with his controversial tweet, it did come as part of a series referring to Iranian youths. The removed tweet was followed by two more, which remain on West's page.
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Iranian youth are leading a revolution against 44 years of dictatorship. The world needs to support them and honor their courage.
West has not yet returned to the Twitter to respond to the platform's actions against his tweet. The message was up for an hour with "tens of thousands of engagements," per The Hollywood Reporter. Now it's been replaced with a notation that it "violated the Twitter Rules."
This social media situation is just the latest in a string of controversies involving West, with the biggest being his appearance alongside Candace Owens wearing White Lives Matter shirts at Paris Fashion Week, lashing out at those criticizing his statement like Justin Bieber, Gigi Hadid and John Legend — and slamming ex-wife Kim Kardashian again. You can see all the celebrity reactions to all of that below:
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Review – Reverend Horton Heat Shows The Bluebird a Thing or Two About Rock
Andrew Venegas February 21, 2020 Music
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What a wild ride at The Bluebird Theater Thursday, where the illustrious Reverend Horton Heat ended a rockabilly, night sermon. The modestly-filled venue hosted an audience of all-aged listeners but drew the traditional red and black-clad followers to front row spots. The rockabilly scene is now often perceived as nostalgic, but the performers of last night's show proved that the genre is very much of the moment. It's the irresistible foot-tapping from bass lines and the 'wow' factors from the musician's performance that makes this music so special.
The pompadours and the top-knot bandanas may be tied to the genre's past, but the essence of the rockabilly still remains dosed in our current stream of music consciousness. The punk-inspired evening of bands started with the Detroit-based Koffin Kats, who without a doubt, were the most captivating performers throughout the night. The plaid-panted drummer was unstoppable ferocity mixed with stamina that could rival a horse, while the guitarist and the bassist were thrilling showmen who "Ooh'd," and "Awed," the audience into a giddy state for what the remainder of the night had in store for them.
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Following the energetic trio was the youthful, Southern-California band The Buttertones. What the band lacked in comparison to their openers, they made up for with an optimistic promise that their fanbase is only beginning. Although their moderate, alternative-punk style was enough to bother some of the more traditional, old-school listeners of the genre, they played on the same without interruptions.
The band – now seven years established, has already released four albums with another on the way, followed by a tour that will bring them back to the Mile High City in May. Best described as a surf, garage-rock band, the five-piece string of musicians is best known for, "Dionysus," "Reminiscing," and "Orpheus Under the Influence," under their self-titled first album, Buttertones.
Certainly not least, was the icon of all billy-genres, Reverend Horton Heat. As a first-timer to a show like this, watching 'The Reverend" indulge in their vice was nothing short of spectacular. Since the start of the Dallas-based band in the late '80s, the group has seen tremendous success in country, blues, and punk crowds and still remains fastened to their musical roots.
Photo courtesy of The Reverend Horton Heat Facebook.
The well-seasoned musicians couldn't keep up with the likes of Koffin Kats onstage energy, yet their experience and quick-handed rifts were astonishing. The band opened with cult fan favorite, "Psychobilly Freakout," and from there, the performance of each song only exceeded the previous one. One of the more surprising moments appeared from a lack of their normal instruments, substituted for ham-boning and body rifting between their guest artist Deke Dickerson and their keys player.
Fans old and new could take something away from the legendary performers as they should. And although the rockabilly scene has faded from mainstream music, based on its upbeat rhythm and catchy tunes a reawakening could be something to look forward to.
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Die spanische Volkspartei (, kurz PP) ist eine konservative und christdemokratische politische Partei in Spanien. Sie ging 1989 durch Umbenennung aus der 1976 von Manuel Fraga Iribarne gegründeten rechtskonservativen Alianza Popular (AP, "Volksallianz") hervor.
Die PP ist ein Mitglied der Europäischen Volkspartei (EVP); ihre Abgeordneten im Europäischen Parlament sind Mitglieder der EVP-Fraktion. Die PP ist auch ein Mitglied der Christlich Demokratischen Internationalen und der Internationalen Demokratischen Union.

Alianza Popular (1975–1988)

Nach dem Tod Francos 1975 begann unter König Juan Carlos I. der Prozess der Umwandlung der franquistischen Diktatur in eine parlamentarische Monarchie, die so genannte Transición. Im Jahr 1976 wurde in Spanien die Bildung politischer Parteien wieder zugelassen. In diesem Jahr entstand in Spanien ein Parteienspektrum von links bis rechts. Während auf der Linken die zum Teil schon in der Illegalität existierenden Parteien legalisiert bzw. neu gegründet wurden, entstanden auf der Rechten viele kleinere Gruppierungen, unter anderem die Reforma Democrática, gegründet vom ehemaligen Minister unter Franco Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1922–2012). Fraga war damals Innenminister und Vize-Ministerpräsident der ersten Regierung von Adolfo Suárez unter König Juan Carlos I.

Franz Josef Strauß unterstützte mit Hilfe der CSU-nahen Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung aktiv die Gründung der Alianza Popular, um rechtsorientierte und rechtskonservative Gruppen in Spanien zu bündeln, was vonseiten der CDU-nahen Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung jedoch als "kein förderungswürdiger Verein" kritisiert wurde und man bei einigen Mitgliedern der Gruppierung auch anzweifelte, ob sie Demokraten wären. Die CDU verweigerte deshalb der CSU und der Alianza Popular ihre Unterstützung und setzte auf die eher gemäßigten und nicht zu weit rechts angesiedelten christdemokratischen Gruppen in Spanien, welche sich zur Equipo Demócrata Cristiano del Estado Español zusammengeschlossen hatten.

Im Herbst 1976 vereinigten sich Reforma Democrática, Unión del Pueblo Español, Acción Democrática Española, Democracia Social, Acción Regional, Unión Social Popular, Unión Nacional Española und einige Kleinstgruppen zur neuen rechtskonservativen Alianza Popular (AP).
Sechs dieser sieben Parteien standen unter der Führung ehemaliger Minister der Franco-Diktatur: Manuel Fraga Iribarne (Reforma Democrática), Cruz Martínez Esteruelas (1932–2010; Unión del Pueblo Español), Federico Silva Muñoz (1923–2017; Acción Democrática Española), Licinio de la Fuente de la Fuente (1923–2015; Democracia Social), Laureano López Rodó (1920–2010; Acción Regional) und Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora (1924–2002; Unión Nacional Española). Die Alianza Popular entwickelte sich in der Folge zu einem Sammelbecken der ehemaligen Eliten des Franquismus, bekannte sich aber zu den von König Juan Carlos I. eingeleiteten demokratischen Reformen.

 Bei den ersten demokratischen Parlamentswahlen 1977 erreichte Alianza Popular nur 8,2 %, was allgemein auf die starke Ablehnung der Bevölkerung gegenüber den alten franquistischen Eliten zurückgeführt wird.
 Bei den Wahlen 1979 trat die Partei in einem mit anderen rechtskonservativen Parteien formierten Wahlbündnis, der Coalición Democrática (CD) an; Spitzenkandidat war Fraga. Bei diesen Wahlen erreichte das Bündnis 6 % der Stimmen und 10 Sitze im Parlament.
 Im Jahr 1982 bildete die Volksallianz mit der Demokratischen Volkspartei (Partido Demócrata Popular) und der Liberalen Partei (Partido Liberal) ein neues Wahlbündnis, die Coalición Popular. Diese Wahlen führten zu einer PSOE-Regierung und verschärften die Krise der AP.

Partido Popular (1989 bis heute)
Im Januar 1989 erfolgte zur Krisenbewältigung die Umbenennung der Alianza Popular in "Partido Popular" (PP). Im folgenden Jahr übergab Fraga die Führung der Partei an José María Aznar. Auch Aznar wurde wie viele seiner politischen Weggefährten vom Franquismus geprägt, er war Funktionär in der franquistischen Studentenorganisation (FES) und sprach sich während der Zeit der Transicion mehrfach öffentlich gegen den Übergang zur Demokratie aus. Aznar war bereits zwischen 1982 und 1987 Generalsekretär der Alianza Popular und danach von 1987 bis 1989 Regierungschef von Kastilien-León gewesen.

Die Partido Popular versteht sich heute als eine christlich-konservative Partei, die sich besonders im Verlauf der 1990er Jahre zunehmend am Modell anderer christlich-demokratischer Volksparteien in Europa orientierte. Programmatisch zeigt die Partei ein (allerdings in der Legislaturperiode 1996–2000 aufgrund der Mehrheitsverhältnisse, die eine Duldung der PP-Regierung durch die katalanische Partei CiU, durch die baskischen Nationalisten (PNV) sowie die Coalición Canaria nötig machten, vorübergehend zurückhaltendes) antiregionalistisches und stark wirtschaftsliberales Profil und tritt dabei insbesondere für Deregulierung und Einhaltung einer straffen Haushaltsdisziplin ein. Außenpolitisch suchte die Partei – etwa hinsichtlich des Irakkriegs – bis sie die Wahlen im März 2004 verlor, Nähe zum Kurs des amerikanischen Präsidenten George W. Bush.

Regierungszeit (1996–2004)
Bei den vorgezogenen Parlamentswahlen am 3. März 1996 wurde die PP mit einem Stimmenanteil von 38,8 % (156 Abgeordnete von insgesamt 351) zur stärksten Fraktion, erlangte aber nicht die absolute Mehrheit. Mit Hilfe einiger kleinerer regionalistischer Parteien wie der katalanischen Convergència i Unió (CiU) wurde José María Aznar am 5. Mai 1996 zum spanischen Ministerpräsidenten gewählt. Er löste damit den seit 1982 regierenden Felipe González von der sozialistischen Partei (PSOE) ab.
Bei den Parlamentswahlen am 12. März 2000 konnte die PP mit 45,2 % das Wahlergebnis von 1996 nochmals verbessern und erreichte mit 183 der insgesamt 350 Sitze im Abgeordnetenhaus das bis dahin beste Wahlergebnis. Die Regierung unter José María Aznar war damit nicht mehr auf die Unterstützung der Regionalparteien angewiesen.

Im Herbst 2002 zog der Untergang des Öltankers Prestige vor der Küste von Galicien ein schlechtes Krisenmanagement der PP-Regierung und eine Verharmlosung der sich daraus ergebenden Umweltkatastrophe nach sich.
Mit der Unterstützung für den Irakkrieg der USA manövrierte sich die PP-Regierung zu Beginn des Jahres 2003 erneut ins politische Abseits, da die Bevölkerung Spaniens mit überwältigender Mehrheit (auch unter den PP-Wählern) gegen den Krieg war. Aznars Regierung beteiligte sich trotz landesweiter Massendemonstrationen aktiv an den politischen Kriegsvorbereitungen (siehe Irak-Krise 2003).

Am 20. November 2002 befürwortete die PP im spanischen Unterhaus erstmals einen Beschluss, mit dem Francos Putsch im Juli 1936 und die Franco-Diktatur verurteilt wurden. Im August 2003 wurde bekannt, dass die Regierung Aznar die Stiftung Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco, die ihre Aufgabe in der Pflege des Andenkens an den Diktator Francisco Franco sieht, über das Kulturministerium mehrere Jahre mit erheblichen Subventionen unterstützt hatte.

Dank eines überdurchschnittlich hohen Wirtschaftswachstums sank während der acht Regierungsjahre Aznars die Arbeitslosigkeit von 22 % auf 11 %. Die Erlöse aus der Privatisierung staatlicher Unternehmen (Repsol, Endesa, Telefónica, Iberia) machten eine Reduzierung der Staatsverschuldung und der Defizite möglich. Der rigorose Sparkurs seiner Regierung ermöglichte den Beitritt Spaniens zur europäischen Währungsunion. Auch die Gewerkschaften leisteten ihren Beitrag, indem sie neuen Jobs den Vorzug gegenüber Lohnerhöhungen gaben. In der Regierungszeit der Partido Popular unter Aznar war Spanien auch größter Nettoempfänger von EU-Zahlungen, was als Wachstum auf Kosten anderer kritisiert wurde. Beobachter warnten auch bereits während der Regierungszeit Aznars, dass das Wirtschaftswachstum allzu einseitig auf einem Boom im Bausektor basiere. Dieser Boom, der sich auch unter Aznars sozialistischem Nachfolger Zapatero fortsetzte, erwies sich letztlich als eine Immobilienblase und platzte in der Finanzkrise ab 2007.
Während Aznars Amtszeit wurde zudem die Wehrpflicht ausgesetzt und eine Berufsarmee eingeführt.

Opposition (2004–2011)
Zu den spanischen Parlamentswahlen vom 14. März 2004 bewarb sich Mariano Rajoy als Spitzenkandidat der Volkspartei für das Amt des Ministerpräsidenten, nachdem Aznar erklärt hatte, nicht erneut kandidieren zu wollen. Am 11. März, drei Tage vor den geplanten Wahlen, kam es zum verheerendsten Terroranschlag in der spanischen Geschichte (Madrider Zuganschläge), dessen Urheber eine radikal islamische Splittergruppe war. Ins Visier der Islamisten war Spanien wegen der kompromisslosen Unterstützung des von den USA initiierten Irakkrieges durch die PP-Regierung geraten. Die PP legte sich allerdings in der offiziellen Linie auf eine Urheberschaft der baskischen Terrororganisation ETA fest, um bei den unmittelbar bevorstehenden Wahlen nicht wegen der Irakkriegsunterstützung und der mangelhaften Terrorismusbekämpfung Wählerstimmen zu verlieren. In den Tagen bis zur Wahl kam es zu einer regelrechten Desinformationskampagne vonseiten der PP mit dem Ziel, die öffentliche Meinung hinsichtlich einer ETA-Urheberschaft zu beeinflussen. So wurden spanische Diplomaten in aller Welt vom Außenministerium instruiert, nur diese Version zu verbreiten, und Innenminister Angel Acebes verbreitete sämtliche neuen Erkenntnisse zusammen mit deutlichen ETA-Beschuldigungen, für die sich allerdings zunehmend weniger Menschen empfänglich zeigten. Bis zur Wahl fanden in ganz Spanien Massendemonstrationen und Trauermärsche statt, die sich zum Teil gegen die ETA, zunehmend aber gegen die Desinformationspolitik der Regierung wandten.
Die Stimmabgabe unter dem Eindruck der Geschehnisse an den drei letzten Tagen vor der Wahl führte zu einer deutlichen Wahlniederlage für die Volkspartei, welche zuvor noch in der Mehrzahl der Umfragen mit scheinbar uneinholbarem Vorsprung geführt hatte. Die spanischen Sozialisten unter ihrem Spitzenkandidaten José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero verzeichneten einen deutlichen Stimmenvorsprung; die Wahlbeteiligung war deutlich höher als erwartet. Obwohl sich auch später keine Hinweise auf eine Beteiligung der ETA ergaben, wurde die Verschwörungsthese einer Zusammenarbeit von ETA und al-Qaida von der PP weiterhin verbreitet.

Die seit 2004 betriebene Oppositionspolitik der PP beurteilen politische Beobachter als in weiten Teilen durch einen polemischen Stil geprägt; sie beruhe weitgehend auf einer radikalen Ablehnung aller Regierungsinitiativen. 2007 waren die wichtigsten Themen der Volkspartei im Vorfeld der anstehenden Wahlen der Kampf gegen ETA, der seit dem Scheitern der Friedensverhandlungen wieder an Bedeutung gewonnen hat und die Verteidigung der Einheit Spaniens und der Monarchie als deren Symbol gegen eine von Vertretern der PP als schädlich und exzessiv betrachtete regionale Autonomie. Auch die Inflation und die wirtschaftliche Gesamtlage wurden thematisiert.

Eine ausdrückliche Verurteilung des Franquismus lehnt die Volkspartei ab. Im Oktober 2007 lehnte die Partei im spanischen Parlament das Gesetz Ley de Memoria Histórica großteils ab, das die Entfernung von Symbolen der Franco-Diktatur (Franco-Denkmäler, Straßennamen usw.) aus dem öffentlichen Leben vorschreibt und die Urteile aus dieser Zeit für zwar juristisch bindend, aber moralisch illegitim erklärt. Die Begründung lautete, das Gesetz diene nur dazu, "alte Wunden wieder aufzureißen" und die "spanische Gesellschaft zu spalten".

Bei den Wahlen 2008 konnte die PP ihr Ergebnis zwar verbessern und gewann von allen Parteien die meisten Sitze hinzu, blieb aber erneut hinter der PSOE, die ebenfalls Sitze hinzugewinnen konnte. Daraufhin kam es zu einem kurzen innerparteilichen Machtkampf, bei dem sich jedoch Parteichef Mariano Rajoy durchsetzen konnte. Verschiedene andere prominente Parteimitglieder, die sich in den vorherigen Jahren für einen harten Oppositionskurs eingesetzt hatten, etwa Generalsekretär Ángel Acebes und Fraktionssprecher Eduardo Zaplana, verließen die aktive Politik.

Im Jahr 2009 wurde die Partei vom Fall Gürtel erschüttert, einem großen Spenden- und Schmiergeldskandal, in den unter anderem die PP-geführten Regierungen in den Regionen Madrid und Valencia verwickelt waren. Auch gegen PP-Mitglieder und ehemalige Regierungsmitglieder auf den Balearen laufen Verfahren wegen Korruption; der ehemalige Präsident der Balearen, Jaume Matas, der inzwischen von der PP ausgeschlossen wurde, wurde im März 2012 zu sechs Jahren Haft verurteilt.

Regierungszeit (2011 – 2018)
Bei den Parlamentswahlen 2011 gewann die PP unter ihrem Spitzenkandidaten Mariano Rajoy die absolute Mehrheit der Sitze (186 von 350). Bei den Parlamentswahlen 2015 verlor die Partei ihre absolute Mehrheit und büßte ca. 15 Prozentpunkte ein. Nachdem eine Regierungsbildung nicht gelang, wurden Neuwahlen für den 26. Juni 2016 anberaumt. Bei dieser Wahl wurde die PP mit 33,03 % wieder stärkste Kraft. Am 29. Oktober 2016 wurde Mariano Rajoy vom Parlament als Chef einer Minderheitsregierung erneut zum Ministerpräsidenten gewählt.

Wegen der erwähnten illegalen Parteienfinanzierung in der Zeit zwischen 1999 und 2009 wurde der PP im Mai 2018 zur Zahlung eines Bußgelds von 245.000 Euro verurteilt. Mehrere frühere Regionalpolitiker der PP sowie der ehemalige Schatzmeister erhielten hohe Gefängnisstrafen. Der Vorsitzende der oppositionellen Sozialisten (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, nahm die Urteile zum Anlass für ein Misstrauensvotum gegen Mariano Rajoy, mit dem dessen Regierung am 1. Juni 2018 gestürzt wurde. Sánchez wurde anschließend Ministerpräsident einer Minderheitsregierung unter Führung der Sozialisten.

Regionale Bedeutungsunterschiede
Die PP ist in allen Parlamenten der Autonomen Gemeinschaften vertreten. In den Autonomen Gemeinschaften Balearische Inseln, Galicien, Kantabrien, Kastilien-La Mancha, Kastilien und León, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia und Valencia, regiert sie ebenso wie in den Autonomen Städten Ceuta und Melilla mit absoluter Mehrheit, in Aragonien, Andalusien und Extremadura stellt die PP eine Minderheitsregierung. In Asturien, dem Baskenland, den Kanaren, Katalonien und Navarra befindet sie sich in der Opposition.

Während die PP in den meisten Regionen neben der PSOE zu den wichtigsten politischen Parteien gehört, ist sie in zwei Autonomen Gemeinschaften, die ein weitgehendes Bedürfnis nach Autonomie haben und in denen manche Parteien für eine Loslösung vom spanischen Staat eintreten, deutlich schwächer: So steht die PP in Katalonien und dem Baskenland lediglich an vierter Stelle im Parteienspektrum. Ursache hierfür ist, dass sich die Partei strikt gegen die in diesen Regionen vorhandenen regionalistischen bzw. separatistischen Tendenzen stellt und eine von Kritikern als Zentralismus oder spanischer Nationalismus klassifizierte Linie verfolgt, welche die "Einheit und Unteilbarkeit der spanischen Nation" betont. Eine Leitlinie der PP-Politik ist die kompromisslose Bekämpfung der baskischen Terrororganisation ETA, der Suche nach Verhandlungslösungen in diesem Konflikt steht die Partei grundsätzlich ablehnend gegenüber. Sie fordert auch ein automatisches Verbot sämtlicher Kandidatenlisten (mit Ausnahme der Kleinpartei Aralar), die bei Wahlen baskisch-linksnationalistische (izquierda abertzale) Positionen vertreten und daher ohne Überprüfung der formalen Organisationsstruktur a priori als Nachfolgepartei der verbotenen Parteien Batasuna, EHAK und ANV anzusehen seien.

In der ebenfalls "historischen autonomen Gemeinschaft" Galicien regiert die PP mit absoluter Mehrheit; diese Region ist seit der Gründung eine ihrer Hochburgen.

In der Autonomen Gemeinschaft Navarra hatte die PP 1982 ein Bündnis mit der Regionalpartei Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN) abgeschlossen, wonach beide Parteien bei Wahlen gemeinsam antreten und Fraktionsgemeinschaften bilden würden; 1991 wurde der navarresische PP-Regionalverband aufgelöst und mit der UPN vereinigt. Aufgrund von Uneinigkeiten zwischen beiden Parteien über die Abstimmung zum Haushaltsplan der Regierung Zapatero für 2009 (bei der die PP mit Nein stimmte und die UPN sich enthielt) löste die PP dieses Bündnis im Oktober 2008 jedoch auf und baute einen eigenen Regionalverband auf. Bei den Regional- und Kommunalwahlen 2011 erreichte man 7,3 % der Stimmen.

In der Region Asturien führte ein Zerwürfnis zwischen dem ehemaligen Generalsekretär der PP und Minister im Kabinett von José María Aznar, Francisco Alvárez-Cascos Fernández, und der Parteiführung im Vorfeld der Regional- und Kommunalwahlen 2011, zu einer Abspaltung mehrerer Parteimitglieder und der Neugründung der Partei Foro de Ciudadanos und dem asturianischen Regionalverband mit der Bezeichnung Foro Asturias (FAC). Der PP selbst verlor daraufhin bei der Regionalwahl rund 21,5 % der Stimmen und kam nur auf einen Anteil von 20 %. FAC hingegen gewann die Wahl mit 29,8 %.

Wahlergebnisse

Weblinks
 pp.es − Internetpräsenz des Partido Popular

Einzelnachweise

Christdemokratische Partei
Partei (Spanien)
Konservative Partei
Mitgliedspartei der Europäischen Volkspartei
Gegründet 1989
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The return of Chris Cohen
Andrew Brookes
Having completed 45 minutes for the Under-21s against Barnsley on Monday, Chris Cohen is hopefully on the road to recovery at Nottingham Forest. Andrew Brookes has been thinking about the kind of player he might become after injury
Chris Cohen said something recently that brought me great joy. No, not the bit about him being back for the FA Cup (although you can't fail to wish him well after three serious knee injuries).
No, for me it was something else. It came in conversation with the Nottingham Post and BBC Radio Nottingham when the club captain talked about the restrictions he might have to place upon himself when he finally takes to the field again.
He said: "I was trying to do everyone else's job. What I have to learn is to focus on my own job. I can talk, I can make sure I am in the right position. I just have to focus. I cannot do everything for everyone, because it will be detrimental to myself and the team."
If he truly means what he says then I actually think he could yet come back and be an even better player than before.
One good thing to come from Cohen's injury is that he has the benefit of a rare commodity that almost no one else has: hindsight. Injuries or not, his mistakes in games almost always came when trying to do everything, when he charged around the pitch to try to 'chase the game'.
As faults go it's an admirable one – wanting to be involved and wanting to have an impact on a game should hardly be criticised. But a top-class midfielder does also need tactical discipline and awareness.
By trying to cope with the cruel circumstances that injuries have thrown at him, Cohen might well end up – by both hard luck and good judgement – remodelling himself into a different type of player.
As luck would have it – and boy does Cohen deserve some – the sort of player Cohen might become is just the type of player we need. With Michael Mancienne finally returned to centre-half, Dougie will be pondering how to screen his back four. At the moment David Vaughan and Henri Lansbury have forged a decent pairing but both are having to reign themselves in just a little, sitting deeper to avoid leaving us too open. Robert Tesche can probably play there too but, like Vaughan and Lansbury, you feel that this position sometimes becomes a battle with himself, a constant fight to quell attacking urges in order to 'do a job'.
You feel that, in the long term, we need a midfielder who sits deep – guarding that crucial area the width of the box between the penalty area and half-way line – spreads the ball from flank to flank and offers leadership from a part of the pitch where you can see the course of the action. There would be no need to charge forward to create chances, that's a job that can be left to those in front, instead they'd need to provide an outlet to help us to dominate possession.
I'm basically picturing the second coming of Paul McKenna, Billy Davies' midfield general who gave us a more steetwise edge and helped turn us from relegation fodder to promotion contenders. It's a shame really that the 66 games he played in a Forest shirt were probably a couple of years later into his career than we would've liked and there wasn't quite enough left in the tank for a longer, more successful tenure.
There's no reason why this can't be Cohen's future in a Garibaldi red shirt. He should certainly be watching a few videos of the ex-Preston man while he finishes the long road to recovery. He's still only 28 too, so there's plenty of time left to make an impact in a new role.
The embargo makes it extremely difficult to shop around for that sort of player too. As we found with McKenna, teams are always reluctant to have midfield generals swiped from their ranks. Maybe FFP could be another factor that might, unwittingly, finally provide some luck for Cohen. In different times he might well have found the path blocked by a new transfer.
We probably have two options with Chris Cohen. We could have fashioned him into a working left-back, just as Billy did upon his return to the City Ground. However, Daniel Pinillos has made that spot his own and that's a position that would've offered too much temptation to 'bomb up and down' the flank. Instead, the sensible, screening midfielder option seems the better fit for what his body will be capable of.
By not trying to do everyone else's job and concentrating on a more circumspect set of skills, I'd love to see Chris Cohen re-born as the second coming of Paul McKenna. I'm sure Dougie would be pretty happy with that too. Let's hope he's written to Father Christmas…
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On September 4, 2017 September 4, 2017 By jbIn Tributes
(Pictured: Walter Becker, onstage in 2016.)
I really don't know what to say.
Through the middle of the 1970s, Steely Dan was merely a band I heard on the radio, although I liked whatever I heard. Under the right conditions, "Do It Again" can still transport me back to the winter I turned 13 and how I tried to figure out just what the hell it was about—and not just the song, but everything else that was happening to me in that season. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" reminds me of the summer of 1974, and how I spent it hanging out in the musty basement of our house after the fire in the upstairs that spring. In each of the next two summers, there were Steely Dan songs on the radio that I didn't hear nearly often enough to suit me: "Black Friday" and "Kid Charlemagne."
Then came "Peg," at the end of 1977. I had never heard a sound like that sound—not from Steely Dan or anybody else—and it blew my mind. I got Aja for Christmas that year (after a couple of months of begging, no doubt), and I played it constantly for the next several months. I went out and bought every other Steely Dan album I could get my hands on, and by the summer of 1978 I had them all, and I got everything new that came out after. When I got my first CD player in the late 80s, one of the first discs I bought was a Steely Dan compilation. One of the most pleasing gifts I ever received was the Citizen Steely Dan box set. In the download era, I have acquired literally dozens of bootlegs. For 40 years this fall, Steely Dan has been my favorite band of them all.
I have been fortunate enough to see the band live three times: in 2000, in 2007, and again in 2013. At the 2013 show, it was clear that Walter Becker wasn't moving particularly well—in fact, he didn't move much at all, standing stiffly and sometimes looking uncomfortable, and I recall reading that in succeeding years, he would sometimes perform sitting down. He had missed shows earlier this summer, but all indications were that he would return to the band. Now, of course, he will not.
Steely Dan started as a conventional band, but by Katy Lied in 1975 was down to Becker, Donald Fagen, and the best session players in New York and Los Angeles. Sometimes Becker was like a session cat himself—he's not on "Peg" at all—and Steely Dan's ever-shifting studio lineup was such that I couldn't tell you if he played some famous solo, or if it was some other big-time player. (He never took a lead vocal until the band's tours in the 1990s.) I was not too concerned with who played what. To me, Becker and Fagen were a hive-mind, architects of a sound that nobody else could hear. That sound—which eludes my ability to describe, although I know it when I hear it, words and music, cool and funky, dissonant and harmonious, funny and cynical and ominous and ultimately inscrutable—has been in my head and heart since I was a teenager. And it's always going to be there, at least until I follow Walter Becker to wherever he went yesterday.
The first iteration of this post included an attempt to rank my favorite Steely Dan songs. (The list included "Change of the Guard," a track from Can't Buy a Thrill, which gave this post its title.) I might post the list eventually, but this is not the day for it. And it's likely that such a ranking is a fool's errand. Ask me tomorrow and I'd probably rank today's list in an entirely different order, and the day after that, the list might be 10 entirely different songs. Steely Dan is like that with me. I never get enough, and I never want the same thing twice in a row.
Rest well, sir. And thank you for everything.
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Beautiful post. I agree that with Steely Dan, a top ten list will change day by day. Picking a favorite album is hard to do!
I'm assuming you've heard their first single "Dallas" and "Sail the Waterway." The guys pretty much disowned it, so it's never appeared on cd, but they are lovely little tunes as well.
September 4, 2017 at 11:54 am Reply
CalRadioPD
Agreed. Beautiful post. My favorite band from day one.
James Allen Hunter
Just last month I fired up the turntable and listened to "Can't Buy A Thrill." Looking at the hip liner notes I saw the copyright and noticed that I was listening to something that was released 45 years ago. You'd never know it. As Becker himself said, he wasn't into that jazz stuff, he considered Steely Dan rock that swung. And swing it did.
I knew this would hit you hard. My knowledge of them doesn't go much beyond modestly deep cuts you nonetheless hear at least occasionally on the radio, but I really like much of what I know. It's pedestrian to say, but "Peg" and "Reelin' in the Years" are both simply brilliant.
Timothy Morrissey
Very nice tribute, Jim. Dan and Walter heard stuff in a unique way. Their music has always been "must buy" for me, and I've listened to their albums hundreds of times. Saw them when they were in Madison a couple years ago. They rocked the house.
A few months ago my wife and I were doing the Saturday morning grocery shopping and the young checkout girl wore a nametag that said "Aja". I asked where her name came from. "Some band my parents used to listen to." My wife and I shared an eye-roll.
I was tempted to return and give her a copy of Naked Lunch.
Becker and Fagen are the black licorice of rock n' roll — if you like them you can't get enough; if you don't, you don't understand what the big deal is.
(I fall into the former category.)
I would be interested in your shot at a Top Ten Steely Dan list, fool's errand or no.
Sure, they're all great songs (OK, maybe not "Through With Buzz"), but which ones speak most to you, musically or lyrically?
"Pretzel Logic" has long been a favorite of mine. As for Steely Dan songs, "Don't Take Me Alive" is great in a storyteller perspective. I just love "Josie" off the "Aja" album just for the lyric "She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire." Coolest sound on a Steely Dan album: the police whistle on "Aja," the title track, played by Donald Fagen
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The temperatures are dropping and the humidity is (finally) easing off, so what better time to get into cycling? If you're looking to buy your first set of wheels or just get an upgrade, we've got you covered with our guide to Dubai's bike shops.
Ask any Dubai veteran cyclist where they go when they're in need of a new set of wheels or just some bike maintenance, and chances are they'll mention Wolfi's. This Sheikh Zayed Road store is a Dubai institution that always seems to be buzzing. The owner Wolfgang Hohmann (Wolfi for short) describes it as being like a candy store for cyclists, and he's not wrong. This is our pick for serious bikers with cash to splash on the latest, priciest models and leading brands.
Go here because: Wolfi and the rest of the staff bring serious expertise and experience to Dubai, not to mention high-end products. They're also a good point of contact for getting involved with the Dubai Roadsters, a well-established cycling group with regular meet-ups.
The Liv brand was launched by Bonnie Tu, aka the Godmother of Cycling, and Dubai's BoxPark store and is the first of its kind in the Middle East. You can expect to find road bikes and mountain bikes ergonomically designed to suit the female form, as well as models with buggies for cycling with your sprogs. They've recently launched Tech Tuesdays, an informal evening dedicated to teaching women about cycling, where you'll learn everything from how to change a tyre to how to fix a puncture.
Go here because: At Liv, their mission is to get more women involved in cycling, so you can be sure that they take all the intimidation out of the sport. They even offer lessons for absolute beginners.
The Cycle Hub has recently had a facelift but continues to offer the same high-quality service. They specialise in, well, Specialized bikes, as well as harder-to-find brands such as Pinarello. They also offer bike repairs and sell plenty of activewear and accessories.
Go here because: It's very beginner-friendly – the staff know their stuff and you can tell that this is a store run by bike lovers. They also organise a Saturday ride from Al Qudra Cycling Track with groups based on their pace, with one beginner-friendly group that ensures no one gets left behind. Afterwards, indulge with a post-ride breakfast at the Cycle Bistro.
Another one of Dubai's most well-established biking shops, Ride prides itself on the wide range of bikes, products and cycling wear on offer. They stock an extensive range including Giant Bikes (which Liv bikes are the female division of), Cipollini, We The People BMX, as well as Shimano mountain bikes.
Go here because: Ride Bike Shop has been here long enough to have a real insight into Dubai's cycling community. The products are great and they also have a state-of-the-art workshop with fast and friendly service.
There's something for everyone at this warehouse-style store, from daredevil mountain bikers to road racers, as well as fixed gear bikes for urban cyclists. They carry Cube bikes from Germany, Commoncal rides from France and Italian brand Willier. Prices for road bikes start at Dhs6,000 and Dhs3,000 for mountain bikes.
Go here because: If you're not sure what you're looking for, it's a great place to get a look at a wide range of bikes. Plus, they have a workshop for repairs complete with waiting lounge.
A small independent store in Al Barsha, Probike might not be as big as some of its rivals, but it's definitely a case of quality over quantity. They stock a great range of bikes, activewear, accessories and nutrition products, with brands including Boardman, Silverback and Trek, and offer servicing and repairs.
Go here because: Probike has built a loyal following thanks to its high-quality service and personal touch.
If you're not quite ready to commit to a new bike, but still want to get out on the road, you have some options.
Along with a Sheikh Zayed Road branch that sells bikes, Trek rents bikes from a facility near the start of Al Qudra Cycle Track. Rental costs from Dhs50 an hour to Dhs90 for up to four hours. No deposit is required, although you will need your passport or ID. Rental includes a helmet and safety kit.
If you're itching to get out of the city, head to Showka in Ras Al Khaimah for some mountain biking. Showka Bicycles rent bikes for Dhs75 an hour or Dhs250 for four hours, which includes a helmet, gloves and other safety kit.


First, for the next week or so I'll be in the Denver area with my family to visit some dear friends who recently moved there, so I'll be skipping a post.
Interestingly, Denver has some big-name productivity consultants, including Sally McGhee (an expert in a neat system with a lot of GTD similarities - see her book) and Laura Stack (a well-known writer and speaker). I haven't yet been introduced to either of them, but I admire them both and would very much welcome any connections you might offer.
Second, I would appreciate some feedback: Contrary to conventional wisdom, I cover a variety of topics here, rather than having separate blogs for each one. My question: Would you prefer separate blogs for productivity/GTD, creativity/ideas, personal growth/development, and consulting/coaching/networking (for example), or do you like the current mix?
Feel free to respond in comments, or email me directly. Thanks!
I would keep it the same, at least for now. If you find later that you have plenty of content for separate sites, then you can always do that after you have that content. I like the current mix, myself.
Having just moved your feed out of my probation folder in my reader I would love to see you keep it the same. I find most of it to be not only valuable and interesting, but connected by a common thread enough to maintain some focus. I'm for keeping it the same!
What they said ! I like the current mix too. Thanks !
Since democracy is in the air, my vote would be "the content is Perfect - as is."
I'd go the other way. I'd recommend adding your voice to other, like-minded voices and forming a collective of top-shelf content that drives even more viewership to your combined eyeball-drawing powers. But then again, that's because I'm building a content network.
Hear hear. I read this blog to find out what you, Matt, are thinking. So keep your thoughts in one place thank you.
Matt: I think the current "mix" is great!
Matt you create great blog! Keep it the way it is; content rich and thought provoking.
Yet another vote for keeping the current mix -- it's all good stuff!
I think Sally McGhee used to work for David Allen, before she split with her own book. The "influence" of her time with David is clear in her work, and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, particularly among consultants trying to make a living.
I also vote for keeping it the same. I read your blog for the way you intelligently integrate GTD, productivity, creativity, development, etc. I'd hate to see them split up. Plus, I think the need to choose which blog you're writing for might limit your creativity!
Thank you all so much for your comments. I will be keeping it as-is for the foreseeable future.
P.S. The trip went quite well, and I got to connect with two of my readers/collaborators (Rainier and Nathan).
I prefer it as it is now.
You could try to do both and offer a mixed RSS feed as well as feeds for each of the three categories. I'm in for the mix by the way.


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Ripper Discussions
Motive, Method and Madness
Example of a serial killer
Michael W Richards
After debating here ad nauseum about which kills within the list of Unsolved Murders file belong together under one killer, I have an example of a serial killer that has been killing in Toronto for over 10 years. This monster recently pled guilty to 8 murders, with more likely.
The relevance to our discussions are;
1. His MO remained consistent
2. His Victimology was consistent
3. His manner of acquisition remained consistent
4. His manner of disposal remained consistent
5. His hunting ground remained consistent
6. His lack of remorse or guilt is consistent
7. Almost all the victims were of a different race/ethnicity
8. There is no evidence that race or ethnicity was a motivating factor in his choices
There are a number of additional facts in these cases that would be very instructive to those who believe serial killers change who they kill, why they kill, and what they kill with. The Ripper murders, for me, are the murders that have Unfortunates or Prostitutes who were actively soliciting strangers outdoors at the time, who were killed by double throat cuts, and who had post mortem mutilations, involving the abdominal area. They were left where he killed them.
That's a very short list within that Unsolved File, and perhaps a more logical list to be using.
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Sam Flynn
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The Ripper's victims might have been left where he killed them, but that doesn't mean that he killed them where he picked them up.
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"Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)
Agreed Sam, that was my thinking as well. I posted this thread because I think its the most pragmatic method of determining which victims could be grouped under the same killer. A position you know Ive inserted into many discussions. But in the most fundamental way, the most dominant features in the murder of Polly Nichols continue in the murder of Annie Chapman. That's an easy match in my estimation. And the fact that they are less than 2 weeks apart I believe is also significant.
From that point on in these cases, aside from the Eddowes case perhaps, there are no easy matches.
Single-O-Seven
I also wonder if McArthur's age brings a new light to the JTR suspect argument. He was 66 when apprehended, and no evidence exists to suggest he began killing before 57 - or that he was even violent before his late 40s. That's not to say it's impossible he assaulted or murdered while much younger, but TPS seem satisfied he was a late-bloomer, which knocks a lot of serial killing profile on its noggin.
The only thing that you have demonstrated is that one particular serial killer in Toronto was consistent in the way that he killed. In no way have you demonstrated that therefore ALL serial killers must act in a similar manner.
You did get the "ad nauseum" part right though.
The observation is hardly original with me, but in the end, behavioural constants which apply to serial killers who have been caught may not necessarily apply to those who weren't caught.
seanr
I met a friend of a friend at a party, who was a psychologist/ criminologist by profession, whose work dealt with British offenders (including meeting them) and he was doing work in particular in identifying individuals and trying to identify signals that they may be entering a time of their life where they may be at a heightened risk of offending.
When getting into discussion around why offenders, particularly sociopaths in the cases we were talking about, I asked a question why some particular dangerous offenders exhibit very different behaviours from other similar offenders. His illuminating response was that in discussing these we're are talking about a subset of a subset (sociopaths who have committed serious offences) and that there are actually so few that conclusive data isn't available even now after some years of study in the area, there is still not enough data to reach statistical significance on serious offender behaviour.
There are good reasons to be very cautious in making conclusions about an offenders behaviour based on observations on the behaviour of another offender. There is strong risk of Survivorship Bias (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias) in drawing conclusions on all serial killer behaviour based what we know about serial killers who have been caught.
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Robert St Devil
I dunno Michael, "soliciting outdoors" brings to mind Mary Kelly's indoor murder however... even tho Annie Chapman's murder is technically outdoors, it was not outdoors in the sense of being "out in public" [Eddowes, Mitre Sq]; iow the backlot of 29 Hanbury was never-ever going to be under a constable's patrol. A person had to pass thru a house to arrive there, and the most-only risk of detection was from a resident or neighbor [Kelly, #13 Miller's Court], so the murderer was afforded limited privacy.
For me, the Jack the Ripper murders are Chapman, Eddowes and Kelly - for the overkill, consistencies, organ-removal, &c. Of course, Jack the Ripper would be my prime suspect for the murders of Nicholls and Stride -and- a person of interest in the torso killings as well as Tabram, Mackenzie, &c. Much like this Toronto serial killer who has 8 known victims but may be under suspicion for other similar cases.
For me, largest travesty in this case is printing the inquests in the newspapers. It's alright to report on the murders, but those inquests revealed too much about the scenes of the crime. Take Jack the Ripper's staging or posing of the victim's legs - only an investigator who had seen the scenes of the Chapman and Eddowes crimes could look on the Kelly crime-scene and notice a familiarity that was peculiar to the Whitechapel murderer. Instead, the inquests were allowed to be published so the authorities, in effect, were giving away all their "poker-tells".
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My gut is telling me that this Toronto killer was a community serial killer; community in the sense of focusing on people you work with, attend class with, know through church, &c. Compared to Jack the Ripper who is believed to be a society serial killer; society in the definition of strangers, random prostitutes, "one-night stands", online advertising, &c.
Not to jest or make light of the Toronto tragedies but... 8-to-10 murders over 8 or 10 years is a lethargic kill-rate compared to the 3-to-7 murders that Jack the Ripper committed over 3 months. It would seem that the former may have afforded himself more time for consistencies. Maybe. Possibly?
there,s nothing new, only the unexplored
The point of this thread is to illustrate that when certain patterns and characteristics seem to be repetitive and as such are likely to be fixed characteristics, you probably have the same individual. When you consider the obvious disregard for historical preferences just within the Canonical Group it seems practical to separate the known wheat from the guesstimated chaff. In your post Robert you speculate that the "Jack the Ripper" character probably committed more than those Five, indicating that you believe the evidence in each is similar to the predecessor.
I suggest that Polly and Annie are so similar they must be grouped together, and the traits and characteristics in those 2 murders were consistent. From target, to subduing, to killing then mutilating, they are only separated by the more aggressive wounds on Annie and the actual removal of internal abdominal organs. There is a learning evident there, and a time frame between them that suggests someone unable to hold back his dark desires for long.
Those kills suggest someone who killed working street women who were alone, and in these cases, both were compromised physically..one by sickness, one by booze, making them easier acquisitions. He had a strong urge to cut flesh, and a fascination or interest with internal organs. He has learned to kill quickly and quietly, perhaps by years of animal dissections, and he would have probably been obviously mentally ill in some fashion. We have suspects that match those traits.
What makes the actual Ripper kills unique for me are those features, if they are absent, it doesnt mean that the killer changed. It very often means that the person making the argument needs him to have changed to validate their position. They need for someone who only stabs outdoors to evolve within 2 months to virtually disassembling bodies indoors....because some contemporary opinion suggested it was likely.
That specific period in time is fascinating, not for one unique series of murders, but for the treachery, treason and terrorism rife throughout London. Its a mistake to just assume a premise here, keep an open mind...there were many bad guys, and ladies about....why the women were killed is far more relevant than how they were killed when looking for a killer, but Ive suggested why the first 2 Canonical were killed....madness met opportunity. Look with a un-jaundiced eye and see if any other murders within the unsolved files have all those qualities. I surely have, and see one or 2 in addition to Polly within that group of 13. Kate, and Alice.
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Originally posted by Michael W Richards View Post
They need for someone who only stabs outdoors to evolve within 2 months to virtually disassembling bodies indoors....
Stabs? There were no stabs of any consequence in the canonical Ripper murders, which were characterised by long, deep cuts to the throats and abdomens of the victims.
Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
Im referring to those who also suspect Martha Tabram was killed by the same man,..Hi Sam, which is quite a few people it seems. In addition to your observation I think the Victimology is equally as important. I don't think Polly or Annies killer wanted to struggle much, and I don't see any evidence that suggests he had prior knowledge of them, or them of him. An opportunity arose when he was out probably barely containing his impulses. I believe the fact he chose these two women,.. who are very close fits in looks and age, and who were both under the weather in some form, ..is also what we should see in any later murders.
Busy Beaver
After watching Piers Morgan- Confessions of a serial killer, I was trying to make a comparison of Bernard Giles and JTR. But all I could come up with was the fact that they killed five women. Giles was asked a number of questions about the killings. He said that the women were complete strangers and he wouldn't murder someone he knew, He said he was to be able to go from killer to loving husband without his wife suspecting, he killed after he finished a college course in the afternoons, his motive was sexual and he had these thoughts from about six years old, two of his victims were murdered within yards of his trailer home he shared with his wife and baby daughter, the other victims were murdered in bush areas, bodies hidden from view (unlike JTR bodies on show). All apart from one were hitch-hikers and very young 14-22yrs. Giles said that if the women had engaged in more conversation with him, he may have let them go, they didn't so he killed them. The Police also said that the Killer was someone local as the five victims had been killed in a short space of time. Quite an interesting documentary.
Originally posted by Busy Beaver View Post
Piers Morgan- Confessions of a serial killer
I've always thought he was a bit dodgy.
JeffHamm
I don't think they are suspecting any further murders to be attributed to McArthur. They found on his computer file folders, containing photos, of the 8 murders to which he confessed, and an empty folder with the fellow's name who he had tied up at the time of his arrest. It appears, therefore, that McArthur kept photo trophies of his murders, so it seems likely that those are all of them. Not impossible that he failed to document some, but by the sounds of it, unless something else strongly ties him to another murder, it looks like he's responsible for 8, and no more.
Also, I can think of some serial killers who didn't do things the same way every time. Zodiac, for example, killed with a gun, knife, and killed couples in remote areas and a cab driver in the city. Also, David Berkowitz (Son of Sam), reports his first attack was with a knife before he switched to a handgun. Ted Bundy reported attacking someone in the street with a piece of wood, then seems to have entered a residence to attack a woman in her bed (and carried her off), before he developed his method of abducting the victim in plain sight, and then overpowering them in his car - he later (in Florida) returned to breaking and entering residences and attacking the victims there. Dennis Rader (BTK), attacked families, sometimes killing the children sometimes not, and his victims ranged quite a large range in ages.
There are consistencies to be found in all of the above series, but those consistencies are not always in the same thing - Ted Bundy targeted a particular look, particularly early on, BTK didn't, for example. What is, and what is not, consistent in a series is particular to the offender and it can lead to working out how they are thinking, which can be useful in then deciding what other cases might be linked to that particular series. But what links one series could be very different from what links another. Zodiac's letter writing, for example, and his use of code, and his ever increasing claims of more victims, and the descriptions of his attacks (sometimes sudden and blitz, sometimes taking the time to tie up victims and talk to them, etc) indicate that control and fulfilling his sense of being powerful is driving him. He's not so concerned about how he commits the crime in terms of the method per se, but he is determined to act out some fantasy where he is better than everyone else. Interestingly, BTK's letter writing and trying to keep his crimes in the news were probably more to fuel his sexual fatacies - the news reports provided him with his own custom porn. He also was control oriented, but his crimes were much more immediately sexual (he masturbated at the scenes) than Zodiac's appear to be (although he may have masturbated later - we don't know, but nothing in Zodiac's confirmed letters has the sexual overtones of BTK's writings).
I'm also pretty sure, but I can't recall the details, that there are cases of serial killers who killed victims by shooting, strangulation, knife, and blunt force trauma, basically, the method of killing can be highly variable. The more variable the crimes, the harder it is to spot a pattern that suggests considering the crimes as a series. Which, as Ginger points out, could mean that unsolved series are unlike the ones that get solved (recognizing that a series of offenses are linked can greatly aid investigators from moving someone from the "person of interest" list to "cleared" or "primary suspects" lists and being able to sort through the large number of POIs that arise in a case, and clear them, saves a lot of time and resources - both of which are precious and limited quantities.
With regards to JtR, the focus on a quick and silent overpowering of the victim, followed by a swift killing, followed by mutilations focused primarily on the abdomen and later facial mutilations as well, with the taking of body parts as trophies, are the consistencies in pattern that indicate that the mutilation of the victim is the motive, and the lack of torture of the victim, with no apparent need to have the victim in a prolonged state of fear (otherwise, he would have found a way to get the victim somewhere "private" where he could indulge in those types of behaviors), link Nichols, Chapman, Eddowes, and Kelly pretty strongly. Stride is connected due to the temporal and spatial proximity to Eddowes combined with the thought that her killer may very well have been "interrupted" (I'll leave everyone to their own thoughts on that as this isn't the right thread for it). Earlier murders, such as Tabram, fit the pattern of high risk location, quick and silent overpowering of the victim, and a destructive attack on the breasts and abdomen well beyond what was needed to kill her. She's worth considering because, while the specific details of the injuries are markedly different, they are consistent with a mind-set that could produce the C5 crimes (particularly as Tabram's murder was earlier, and offender's learn from each crime what "works for them", and what "they could improve upon next time"). It's also what makes one question the later murder of Alice McKenzie, while there was some postmortem abdominal injuries, they were far less severe than the earlier murders; more "tentative" if you will, which greatly raises the possibility of someone performing those actions not because they are driven to by a desire to mutilate, but rather against their inclination to but attempting to divert attention (i.e. a copy-cat trying to "cover their tracks").
Just my thoughts, which one may agree or disagree with as freely as you wish.
- Jeff
Originally posted by JeffHamm View Post
I'm also pretty sure, but I can't recall the details, that there are cases of serial killers who killed victims by shooting, strangulation, knife, and blunt force trauma, basically, the method of killing can be highly variable.f
HH Holmes comes right to mind. The man was in many ways like a real life Dr. Phibes.
"I was not satisfied in taking [life] in the ordinary way. I sought devices strange, fantastical and even grotesque." - HH Holmes


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A community football scheme which saw more than 1,000 new female and disability teams created across the country last year is returning to encourage even more people into regular football participation in Essex.
Since launching, the scheme has helped to create over 11,000 new teams, delivering new playing opportunities to an estimated 144,000 footballers. The scheme will provide an investment of £1.5m to traditionally underrepresented groups in community football and give further playing opportunities in new disability, women's and girls' teams in the process.
In addition, existing male adult clubs and teams will also be able to apply for financial support from The FA, with the return of the retention-based scheme called Retain the Game. Launched for the first time last year, it helped to support over 2,300 male teams, with grants given to help provide financial support for clubs across the country. The scheme will launch again on 17th April.
As well as Grow the Game, the Football Foundation uses investment from the Premier League, The FA and the Government, through Sport England, to provide enhanced sporting facilities across the country. Since 2000, the Foundation has supported over 16,500 grassroots projects worth more than £1.5bn, including many in Essex.
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Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes between Cuba and Jamaica
The quake could be felt strongly in Santiago, the largest city in eastern Cuba, said Belkis Guerrero, who works in a Catholic cultural center in the center of Santiago
"We were all sitting and we felt the chairs move," she said. "We heard the noise of everything moving around."
She said there was no apparent damage in the heart of the colonial city.
"It felt very strong but it doesn't look like anything happened,″ she told The Associated Press.
The quake also hit the Cayman Islands, leaving cracked roads and what appeared to be sewage spilling from cracked mains. There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or more severe damage, said Kevin Morales, editor-in-chief of the Cayman Compass newspaper.
The islands see so few earthquakes that newsroom staff were puzzled when it hit, he said.
″'It was just like a big dump truck was rolling past,"' Morales said. "Then it continued and got more intense."
Workers leave the building of the Lonja del Comercio (Commerce Market) building after an earthquake in Havana on January 28, 2020.
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Dr. Stenette Davis, a psychiatrist at a Cayman Islands hospital, said she had seen manhole covers blown off by the force of the quake, and sewage exploding into the street, but no more serious damage.
Claude Diedrick, 71, who owns a fencing business in Montego Bay, said he was sitting in his vehicle reading when the earth began to sway.
"It felt to me like i was on a bridge and like there were two or three heavy trucks and the bridge was rocking but there were no trucks," he said.
He said he had seen no damage around his home in northern Jamaica.
The USGS initially reported the magnitude at 7.3.
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Atheism, Cosmos and the Deniers
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science is Trending in the World
As Big Think reported, Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Cosmos" was trending on Twitter during its Sunday night broadcast. During a photo shoot with, yes,GQ magazine, Tyson claimed that science is trending worldwide. Do we have the charming astrophysicist to thank? [Read more]
Big Bang Celebration: Physicist Learns His Life's Work Vindicated
The biggest news in science since the Big Bang Theory confirmed that the universe indeed underwent an epoch of rapid expansion. One of the main authors of the inflationary universe theory received the news on his doorstep that his life's work had been vindicated. [Read more]
Big Bang, Inflation, Gravitational Waves: What It Means
On Monday, astronomers announced a profound discovery. Etched into the most ancient radiation that pervades the entire universe and created — literally — at the dawn of time, gravitational waves have been directly observed, giving us a glimpse as to the nature of the inflationary period that is theorized to have caused the rapid growth of our universe just after the Big Bang. Finding further observational evidence for cosmic inflation should be discovery enough, but the fact that astronomers now have observational evidence for the existence of gravitational waves makes this St. Patrick's Day a very special Red Letter Day for Cosmology. [Read more]
Why Do We Still Believe in Astrology?
Every few months you have an explanation for everything amiss in your life, especially pertaining to technology. Mercury in retrograde has became the default explanation of what's wrong with our world. One astrology-based consultant lists what not to do when this cosmic trickster is dancing in reverse: Don't start a new job. Don't close a deal. Avoid traveling. Don't buy anything. [Read more]
How Astronomers Saw Gravitational Waves from the Big Bang
On 17 March, John Kovac announced to the world that he and his team of radio astronomers had found the imprint of gravitational waves from the Big Bang. They did so by looking at the cosmic microwave background (CMB), sometimes called the 'afterglow' of the Big Bang, using BICEP2, a telescope experiment based at the South Pole. This signal of gravitational waves was seen in the polarization of the CMB — similar to the kind of polarization that certain sunglasses block — over a small patch of sky. [Read more]
Stephen Hawking Urges Explorers to Visit Other Planets
Ambitious plans to carry humans far beyond Earth were at the forefront of the Explorers Club Annual Dinner here Saturday night (March 15), as astronauts, entrepreneurs and physicist Stephen Hawking celebrated the wonder — and necessity — of space exploration. [Read more]
Creationist Teacher Who Called Student's Buddhism 'Stupid' LOSES IN COURT!
The American Civil Liberties Union revealed on Friday that a student and his parents won their lawsuit against creationist teacher, Rita Roark, who told him he was "stupid" if he doesn't believe in God. [Read more]
Science Deniers Are Freaking Out About "Cosmos"
If you think the first episode of the new Fox Cosmos series was controversial (with its relatively minor mentions of climate change, evolution and the Big Bang), Sunday night's show threw down the gauntlet. Pretty much the entire episode was devoted to the topic of evolution, and the vast profusion of evidence (especially genetic evidence) showing that it is indeed the explanation behind all life on Earth. [Read more]
Can't You Fight For Equality More Politely?
Every revolution spawns a counter-revolution. That's as close to an iron-clad law of history as you can get. So after the successes of the marriage equality movement, it's no surprise that there's a backlash. The "religious freedom" laws that many states have attempted are a good example. But probably more indicative are the moderates who now seem to think that maybe things have gone to far, and maybe the proponents of gay marriage should be, y'know, more civil. [Read more]
Westboro Baptist Church Founder Sued Reagan For Violating Separation Of Church And State
Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps is well known for his anti-LGBT activism and military funeral picketing, but the controversial preacher's political resume spans a wide range of seemingly paradoxical positions. Prior to his disbarment, the same man who would later call the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks the wrath of God "smiting fag America," served as a skilled civil rights attorney who battled racial discrimination against African Americans. [Read more]
British Humanist Association launches YouTube campaign featuring Stephen Fry
Reader HaggisForBrains informs me that the British Humanist Association has just launched a YouTube campaign, "that's humanism," featuring animated videos narrated by Stephen Fry. HaggisfB adds that there will also be a Facebook and Twitter campaign. [Read more]
When Have Atheists taken the Rights of Theists Away
To expand, yes there have been some specific instances where atheists have taken the rights of theists away. The USSR's anti-religion campaign had a destruction of the Church, this was due to the Church's support for the status quo. We demonise the communists but forget that the people they were overthrowing were as brutal and more callous. [Read more]
Is God Really An Old White Dude Sitting On A Cloud In Heaven?
A bit of a caveat before we dive into this loaded topic. As a 'nice Jewish girl' who became an ordained interfaith minister, I say often that I have no right to tell anyone what to believe spiritually, since it is an inside job. I note the difference between religion and spirituality; with the former being the box, structure, format and framework around the contents into which we pour the latter. [Read more]
Focus On The Family Spokesman: 'Organized Homosexuals' Ushering In 'New Era Of Intolerance'
The National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown and Focus on the Family vice president Tim Goeglein were the guests on a webinar last week hosted by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, in which they discussed the need for young "heroes" to bring the anti-marriage equality cause to younger generations.
10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Atheism
I'm a "big-tent" atheist, which includes whatever non-theistic labels people prefer: agnostic, humanist, secular humanist, freethinker, secularist, and more. This list applies to the whole tent. [Read more]
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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent, intergovernmental Organization, created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The five Founding Members were later joined by ten other Members: Qatar (1961); Indonesia (1962) – suspended its membership in January 2009, reactivated it in January 2016, but decided to suspend it again in November 2016; Libya (1962); United Arab Emirates (1967); Algeria (1969); Nigeria (1971); Ecuador (1973) – suspended its membership in December 1992, but reactivated it in October 2007; Angola (2007); Gabon (1975) - terminated its membership in January 1995 but rejoined in July 2016; Equatorial Guinea (2017); and Congo (2018). OPEC had its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in the first five years of its existence. This was moved to Vienna, Austria, on September 1, 1965.


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Conger esculentus — вид вугроподібних риб родини Конгерові (Congridae). Це тропічний і субтропічний морський вугор, який мешкає у західній центральній частині Атлантичного океану, в тому числі біля берегів Куби, Ямайки і по всьому північному узбережжі Південної Америки. Мешкає на глибинах 120—400 метрів і веде донний спосіб життя, населяє коралові рифи і скелясті райони. Самці можуть досягати максимальної загальної довжини 160 сантиметрів, але частіше досягають 90 сантиметрів. Харчується переважно рибою.

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Морський вугор
Риби Атлантики
Тварини, описані 1861
Риби Куби
Риби США
Риби Ямайки


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Else what shall they do which are baptized for [on behalf of, in place of, instead of] the dead [plural, "dead ones"], if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
It's important to understand what this verse does not teach. Water baptism does not save anybody. See our study "Does Water Baptism Save?"
Also water baptism is a personal decision made by a new believer to publicly identify with Jesus Christ. A believer cannot do this for someone else, and certainly cannot do this for a dead person. Water baptism is something that each and every believer needs to do at the beginning of the Christian life, and it cannot be done for anyone else. Just as a believer cannot observe the Lord's Supper (Communion) for another person, so a believer cannot be baptized for another person. These are spiritual exercises that a person can only do for himself, although in so doing he can certainly be a testimony to others.
The Mormons wrongly practice some sort of "proxy baptism," based on this passage, but this is entirely unbiblical. See the following study on Mormonism to see how unbiblical this cult really is.
I have spoken of four suggested interpretations of these words, and I come now to what I believe is the exact meaning of the text. First, let me say that the expression, "Baptized for the dead," means literally in the Greek text, "Baptized in place of, or over, the dead ones, or those who have died." The word "dead" is in the plural, it is not a singular noun; therefore it cannot refer to the Lord Jesus Christ; it is not, "Baptized because of Christ." Neither the preposition nor the noun will permit of that interpretation, but the actual rendering would have to be, "Baptized in place of dead ones." It is not, "baptized on behalf, or for the benefit, of dead ones." The preposition does not suggest that. In the earlier part of the chapter the apostle reproves those who denied the physical resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, and says, "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins" (verse 17). Everything for a believer depends upon the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He was delivered up to death for our offenses, He was raised again for our justification, and if He be not raised, manifestly redemption has never been accomplished, the sin question has never been settled, they who have fallen asleep in Christ are perished, they have found that their profession has gone for naught, for there is no redemption if Christ be not raised, and it naturally follows that if that be the case, we are making a tremendous mistake for, "If the dead be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins," and therefore Christ is powerless to save. Think of the millions of people who have been willing to stake everything for eternity upon this Christ who cannot save if the dead rise not, but if Christ be not risen, they have blundered terribly. We might better go on and enjoy this world, for death ends all if that theory be true.
Verses 20 to 28 form a parenthesis in which the apostle turns aside from his argument to give us an outline concerning the pageant of the resurrection, and then goes on and develops it. You will find that in verse 29 he picks up the thread of the argument again from verse 19, saying, "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied. Else what shall they do who are baptized in place of the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead ?" This may be translated, "What shall they do which are baptized in the place of the dead ones if no dead ever rise? Why are they then baptized in the place of the dead ones ?" Do you not see that the argument is clear and luminous? Those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished if Christ has not been raised again, and yet every day other people are being baptized in their places, others are professing faith in Christ, others are availing themselves of the ordinance of baptism, they are filling up the places made vacant on earth by those who have died professing Christ. But if Christ be not risen, then those who have died are lost, they have gained nothing by their profession. Why then should we go on filling up the ranks all down the centuries and putting other people in the place of danger if there is nothing to be gained by it? This is a military figure. A regiment of soldiers goes into battle, and after the battle is over they count the men and find perhaps that seventy-five have been slain. Immediately they begin to recruit others in place of the dead, not to do the dead any good, but to take their places. Seventy-five other men are drawn into that regiment, are recruited in place of the dead, they don the uniform and go forth to take part in other conflicts. But if they are fighting a losing battle, if there is no possibility of ever winning, if they are just wasting their lives, why are they then recruited for the dead? What is the use of their taking the places of those who have died? It is the height of folly if they know there is nothing but certain defeat and destruction awaiting them.
Think of Christian people as a mighty army. Down through the centuries, for nineteen hundred years, the Church has been in conflict with the powers of sin and death and hell, and throughout the ages one generation of Christians has fallen and another has taken its place, and the public way of manifesting the fact that they have thus enlisted in the army of the Lord is through baptism. But what a foolish thing if Christ be not risen and if the dead rise not! What are they gaining by being baptized in place of the dead? Would it not have been better to have wound up the history of Christianity in the first centuries and said, "The whole movement is a failure, there is no risen Christ, there is no possibility for salvation here in this life"? A man may accept the philosophy of Christianity and keep it to himself. Possibly his neighbors would never suspect his belief and he would not be subject to martyrdom, but if he really believes in the Lord Jesus Christ he says, "I must make it known," and the right way is through baptism, through confessing Christ in that way as the One who died and rose again. The moment a man was baptized in Paul's day, and many centuries afterwards, he put himself in the way of possible martyrdom. His neighbors said, "That man is a Christian." "How do you know?" "He has been baptized, confessing the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." Paul was risking his life every hour, for there were enemies of Christianity on every hand. But if Christ be not risen, why should he, why should I and my fellow-laborers stand in the place of jeopardy? Paul says, "I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily." I am putting myself in the place of death every day, I am exposed to death, and I am ready to die for Jesus Christ. Paul knew He had risen for he had seen Him in the glory as He appeared to him that day when he fell stricken on the Damascus road, and Paul became the outstanding defender of Christianity. He says, "I am set for the defense of the gospel," and for the name of Christ he took his life in his hands and died daily.
Inasmuch as the Bible makes it clear that baptism in itself has no saving efficacy, it is obvious that these words cannot be construed as an endorsement of proxy baptism for people who have died. Baptism has no part in obtaining salvation, and nowhere do the Scriptures even hint that people can be baptized in behalf of someone else. In the light of the verses that immediately follow, it is not difficult to arrive at the true meaning of this verse. Paul is affirming that if there is no resurrection, it is folly for people to receive Jesus Christ, be baptized, and thus take their place among Christ s people, filling the ranks of those who have died. Why should a person open himself up to the ridicule, hatred, persecution, and many sacrifices involved in the Christian life if there be no resurrection? It is perfectly valid to translate the preposition hyper as "instead of." As saints died, the Church was not being depleted, for new people were constantly receiving Christ, expressing their faith in baptism, thus filling the places left vacant by those who had died [from his booklet, Christian Baptism, published by the Radio Bible Class].
See also Believer's Bible Commentary by William MacDonald, under 1 Corinthians 15:29 (page 1807).


For the last 10 to 15 years, email industry leaders have been talking – and writing and talking even more – about why marketers need to use data for better email results.
After all this talk, where do we stand? Pretty much where we were, although I see some signs of change.
The Relevancy Group's newest study finds that more than 50 percent of email marketers don't use data to segment their email databases. That means their email success still rides on sending the same message to everybody in the database regardless of click or conversion data.
On the plus side, this means that nearly half of all marketers DO use data such as clickstream and conversion, and likely are seeing better email metrics and revenue results than marketers who don't.
This tells me that more marketers are getting comfortable with data that goes beyond basic demographic and geographic data. How can we help everybody else?
I've worked with many marketers who are eager to innovate but get held back because they have too little time or money to support stepping away from the daily grind. It's not that they don't care; they're just too busy trying to get the next campaign out the door.
It's also hard to know where to start if you don't know what to fix first. Should you add a cart-abandonment program to reduce lost sales? Create some triggered emails to increase cart size or persuade more one-time buyers to come back again and again?
Launching a full-blown program could take more than a year to move from concept to launch. So, take it one step at a time instead.
Build on your incremental innovations every week, and, some day, you'll be able to look up and see that you have indeed driven meaningful improvement.
A lot of marketers I meet are intimidated by "big data." Just remember this: Nobody was born a data expert. Everybody had to learn it somewhere, in school or on the job.
Don't let your fear of the unknown keep you from exploring data to power up your email marketing. Find someone who does know, like the data wonks in your research department. Or, surround yourself with best-in-class technology to jump start the process.
So what if it takes six months to produce one trigger? The next time it'll be five months, and then three months after that. Don't be scared to go slow. Be scared you aren't going anywhere.
Ryan Phelan brings over 15 years of worldwide online marketing experience to Adestra as the Vice President, Marketing Insights. In this position, Ryan is responsible for the marketing efforts of Adestra in the US. Ryan is a respected thought leader and nationally distinguished speaker. In 2013 he was named one of the top 30 strategists in online marketing and serves on numerous boards and advisors positions in and outside of the industry.


One of the most prolific creatures in Britannia. These guys seem to breed faster than rabbits. Other than that, just big cats. Also the callsign of the guy who washed out in Top Gun. HEY! Why aren't there any Geese in UO? Let's protest!