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H.R. 308: extremists and your rights
Like vultures, anti-gun congressmen are always picking the bones of some national tragedy looking for political advantage.
And the horrific shooting in Tucson earlier this year is just another example, as a string of anti-gun bills have been introduced recently. You may have seen a television ad about one of them: H.R. 308, introduced by gun-hating Carolyn McCarthy less than two weeks after the shooting, would ban so-called "high-capacity" magazines.
"I think when you think about just common sense here, large capacity clips [sic] that can basically, in my opinion, be weapons of mass destruction, should not be available to the average citizen," McCarthy said in an NPR interview.
But in virtually every way possible, Arizona shooter Jared Loughner is testimony to a generation of failed gun control.
Remember when, in 1968, we were told that if felons and other undesirables were prohibited from having guns, gun crime would stop? Well, Loughner was not a felon. Likewise, he was not an illegal, military deserter, or a fugitive from justice.
Remember when, in 1993, we were assured that if gun purchasers were "checked out" against an FBI database, gun crime would stop? Loughner was checked out by the FBI; he passed.
Remember when, in 1999 after Columbine, we were told that if we cracked down on gun shows, gun crime would stop? That crackdown didn't pass, but Loughner didn't buy his gun at a gun show.
Remember when, after Virginia Tech, we were told that if we sent more of Americans' mental health records to the FBI's secret list, gun crime would stop? Loughner's name wasn't on the FBI expanded list because he hadn't been "adjudicated as a mental defective" or "committed to a mental institution."
Now we are told by McCarthy and her ilk that the solution to tragedies like the one in Tucson consists of banning what are, in her opinion, "high-capacity" magazines.
Well, setting aside for a moment that her legislation ignores the issue of Congress' constitutional authority, what about regular Americans who face multiple attackers, such as the Korean store owners during the LA riots of 1992, or the man in Long Island last year who was forced to defend his family from 20 gang members?
McCarthy seems to care less about how her political maneuverings would endanger ordinary Americans. She, after all, can huddle behind the massive billion dollar-plus Capitol Hill security apparatus.
And, of course, she is not only interested in banning magazines, but also the firearms that accept such magazines. She inadvertently admitted, in an NPR radio interview, that she is a political vulture with a larger agenda. She was asked by a reporter, "And so you want legislation that specifically targets that kind of magazine, not actually the weapons themselves?"
Rep. McCarthy: "No. The weapons in themselves — number one, I have to look at, you know, what can actually pass in Congress and have it signed by the president. The House and the Senate are pro-gun houses. So with that being said, I have to find something that will be reasonable to the majority of the members so that we can cut down."
Well, it's time, once again, to remind the Congress that it cannot violate the Constitution just because Carolyn McCarthy thinks it's a good idea. Secondly, Congress needs to be reminded that no gun control measure has ever reduced crime or prevented criminals from getting their hands on firearms—to the contrary, gun control laws only turn law-abiding citizens into mandatory victims.
GOA is briefing members of Congress on the dangers—both to constitutional rights as well as public safety—of the McCarthy bill. But Congress needs to hear from you, too.
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Rep. McCarthy, reasonable..?
*ROARS LAUGHING*
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Very methodical in shooting down (no pun intended) her arguments…
So true PanAm, as well as logical and honest!


Remix culture is also employed by Lawrence Lessig to describe a society which allows and encourages derivative works. Such a culture would be, by default, permissive of efforts to improve upon, change, integrate, or otherwise remix the work of copyright holders. Lessig presents this as a desirable ideal and argues, among other things, that the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process.
Sampling in musicmaking is a prime example of reuse, and hip-hop culture's implicit acceptance of the practice makes it a remix culture.
This term is often contrasted with permission culture or Rights Clearance Culture.
Pastiche or collage: Several copyrighted materials incorporated together into a new creation, or in other cases, an imitation of sorts of copyrighted work (Apple Commercial)"
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Ryan Shaw on how literacy is changing.
What we mean by literacy is changing. If you look at books like The Da Vinci Code, a lot of what it does is appropriation–of a painting, or a historical text–and annotation, with this whole cottage industry of providing the footnotes: the TV specials, the books. … Appropriation and annotation are becoming our new forms of literacy.Appropriation and annotation (or, to use the popular vernacular, remix and tagging) have been at the center of my interests for a while now, but it's nice to see them being discussed in a high-profile forum like Harper's.
Koster's comments echo the views of my friend Dan Perkel, who has been investigating "copy and paste literacy" on MySpace. Many people focus on the "remix culture" of appropriation and annotation as if it is something new–but these practices have been around since the dawn of culture. What is new, as Koster and Dan indicate, is the general rise in people's ability to recognize and engage in these practices: their literacy.
If a traditional twentieth century model of cultural communication described movement of information in one direction from a source to a receiver, now the reception point is just a temporary station on information's path. If we compare information or media object with a train, then each receiver can be compared to a train station. Information arrives, gets remixed with other information, and then the new package travels to other destination where the process is repeated.
We can find precedents for this "remixability" – for instance in modern electronic music where remix has become the key method since the 1980s. More generally, most human cultures developed by borrowing and reworking forms and styles from other cultures; the resulting "remixes" were to be incorporated into other cultures. Ancient Rome remixed Ancient Greece; Renaissance remixed antiquity; nineteenth century European architecture remixed many historical periods including the Renaissance; and today graphic and fashion designers remix together numerous historical and local cultural forms, from Japanese Manga to traditional Indian clothing. At first glance it may seem that this traditional cultural remixability is quite different from "vernacular" remixability made possible by the computer-based techniques described above. Clearly, a professional designer working on a poster or a professional musician working on a new mix is different from somebody who is writing a blog entry or publishing her bookmarks.
See the Remix Culture Potpourri video, for examples.
Very popular with musicians and DJs is ccMixter http://www.ccmixter.org/: "This is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want." Highly recommended!
The Freesound Project http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ is "a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter."
sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ! (Scrambledhacks) is "a Realtime-Mind-Music-Video-Re-De-Construction-Machine". The author does a very good job of describing this truly revolutionary project in this introduction video (YouTube video via Videobomb). On his website http://www.popmodernism.org/scrambledhackz/ the author announces that "the whole package will be released under the GNU GPL as soon as I find time to clean up that mess / comment the code / document it and find a way to make it easily installable. Thanks for your patience."
For online video remix sites and projects (like eyespot http://eyespot.com/) see the online articles Video Editing, Publishing And Remixing Online Is Here (www.masternewmedia.org, 06.04.06) and Ten video sharing services compared (www.dvguru.com, 07.04.06).
UbuWeb http://www.ubu.com/ "is a completely independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts. All materials on UbuWeb are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights belong to the author(s)." From their FAQ: "What is your policy concerning posting copyrighted material?" "If it's out of print, we feel it's fair game. Or if something is in print, yet absurdly priced or insanely hard to procure, we'll take a chance on it. But if it's in print and available to all, we won't touch it."
DIYmedia.net http://diymedia.net/ "Microradio, Media Collage and more" is "still a work in progress", good starting point is the Media Collage Index that also links to similar projects like Illegal Art http://www.illegal-art.org/.
Remix.Kwed.Org http://remix.kwed.org/ is "the definite guide to C64 remakes" featuring user submitted Commodore 64 remixes. The "small print" states that "all files provided for download on this server are assumed to be freely distributable." A related project is The C64 Take-away podcast http://c64takeaway.com/.
OverClocked ReMix http://www.ocremix.org/ is the "Unofficial Game Music Arrangement Community". From their FAQ: "Isn't this music copyrighted?" "Yes, the original works which OverClocked ReMixes are based off of are copyrighted. We are not out to infringe on the copyright owner's rights by making money off of their content. ReMixes are not sold, and ad banners on this site go only to pay for the bandwidth / hosting that it requires. Thus far, there have been no complaints."
AmigaRemix http://amigaremix.com/ is "The place for Amiga Game- and Demo-music Remixes!" Note on their website: "All files provided for download on this site are assumed to be freely distributable. In the event that a file here is not freely distributable, please contact the site maintainer for immediate file removal. By downloading any files here you acknowledge that you will not hold the webmaster or our host liable for any damages."
OverLooked ReMiX http://olremix.org/ "is dedicated to ridiculous interpretations of video game music and video game culture. Its primary focus is song rearrangements (ReMiXeS) in .mp3 format. Anyone is welcome to create an account and submit songs to the site. Our mission is to entertain, heckle, annoy and insult video game fans. Please enjoy."
"Musical borrowing is the subject of the next "graphic novel"—which is to say comic book—produced by me, Keith Aoki, and Jennifer Jenkins: Theft!: A History of Music (Durham, N.C.: Center for the Study of the Public Domain, forthcoming 2009). Our earlier effort to make intellectual property accessible to film makers and mashup artists can be found in Bound By Law (Durham, N.C.: Center for the Study of the Public Domain, 2006), available in full at http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics. An expanded edition of Bound By Law will be published in the Fall of 2008 by Duke University Press. However, neither graphic novel can provide a sense of the scholarly literature in music, musicology, law, and biography that enabled me to write this chapter.
The indispensable guide to music history is J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, and Claude V. Palisca, A History of Western Music, 7th ed. (New York: W. W. Norton, 2006). For those who have access through a university or library the Grove Music database is the single most comprehensive computer-aided source: Grove Music Online, http://www.grovemusic.com/index.html. A fascinating book by Frederic Scherer, Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2004), explores different incentive systems—such as patronage or markets enabled by intellectual property rights—and their respective effect on musical aesthetics and musical production. Scherer is one of the foremost contemporary economists of innovation. To have him writing about the practices of court composers and manuscript publishers is completely fascinating. At the end of the day, he diplomatically refuses to say whether patronage or market mechanisms produced "better" music but the careful reader will pick up indications of which way he leans.
There is a vast scholarly literature on musical borrowing—indeed the discipline of musicology takes the study of borrowing, in its largest sense, as one of its main organizing themes. Beyond a personal tour provided by Professor Anthony Kelley of Duke University, I found a number of books particularly useful. Burkholder's History (J. Peter Burkholder, Donald J. Grout, and Claude V. Palisca, A History of Western Music, 7th ed. (New York: W. W. Norton, 2006)) is full of examples of borrowing and influence—whether of style, notation, musical conventions, or melody itself. But it is Burkholder's book on Charles Ives—that fertile early-twentieth-century borrower—that was most influential: J. Peter Burkholder, All Made of Tunes: Charles Ives and the Uses of Musical Borrowing (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1995). Ives's own thoughts on his mashup of prior American musical forms can be found in Charles Ives, Memos, ed. John Kirkpatrick (New York: W. W. Norton, 1991), 10–25. David Metzer's Quotation and Cultural Meaning in Twentieth-Century Music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), throws light on the way that quotations or borrowings came to have a particular cultural meaning in different musical traditions. Honey Meconi's collection Early Musical Borrowing, ed. Honey Meconi (New York: Routledge, 2004), discusses—among many other things—the issue of borrowing between the secular and religious musical traditions, something that helped me work through that issue in this chapter. Finally, "Musical Borrowing: An Annotated Bibliography" (http://www.chmtl.indiana.edu/borrowing/) provides a searchable database of articles about musical borrowing.
I was particularly influenced by two books and two articles. The books are Kembrew McLeod, Owning Culture: Authorship, Ownership and Intellectual Property Law (New York: Peter Lang, 2001), and Siva Vaidhyanathan, Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity (New York: New York University Press, 2001). McLeod and Vaidhyanathan are the authors who sounded the alarm about the cultural and aesthetic effects of the heavy-handed legal regulation of musical borrowing. Together with the work of Larry Lessig (particularly his writing on the "permissions culture") Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World (New York: Random House, 2001), their scholarship has defined the field.
The two articles that influenced me the most focus more specifically on the details of the evolution of music on the one hand and music copyright on the other. Both of them are by Michael Carroll: "The Struggle for Music Copyright," Florida Law Review 57 (2005): 907–961, and "Whose Music Is It Anyway?: How We Came to View Musical Expression as a Form of Property," University of Cincinnati Law Review 72 (2004): 1405–1496. But these two pieces by no means exhaust the literature. Olufunmilayo Arewa has written memorably on copyright and musical borrowing in "Copyright on Catfish Row: Musical Borrowing, Porgy & Bess and Unfair Use," Rutgers Law Journal 37 (2006): 277–353, and "From J. C. Bach to Hip Hop: Musical Borrowing, Copyright and Cultural Context," North Carolina Law Review 84 (2006): 547–645. I also recommend K. J. Greene, "Copyright, Culture & Black Music: A Legacy of Unequal Protection," Hastings Communications & Entertainment Law Journal 21 (1999): 339–392. There is much, much more. Finally, Joanna Demers's recent book Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2006), provides a more comprehensive coverage than I can hope to in a single chapter.
Beyond the scholarly literature, two websites allow you to experiment with these issues online. The History of Sampling created by Jesse Kriss, http://jessekriss.com/projects/samplinghistory/, allows you to explore visually exactly which hip-hop samplers borrowed from which older songs and to trace the process backwards or forwards. Extremely cool. The Copyright Infringement Project, sponsored by the UCLA Intellectual Property Project and Columbia Law School, http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/law/library/caselist.html, is an extremely useful educational site that gives examples of cases alleging musical copyright infringement, including the relevant sound files. The older version of this project confusingly referred to these cases as "plagiarism" cases—something that judges themselves also frequently do. Plagiarism is the moral, academic, or professional sin of taking ideas, facts or expression and passing them off as your own. If I take the central arguments from your book and completely reword them, or if I present a series of facts you uncovered as an historian and include them in my own book without attribution, you may accuse me of plagiarism, though not of copyright infringement. If I take the words of Shakespeare or Dickens and pass them off as my own, I am committing plagiarism but certainly not copyright infringement, for even under today's rules those works have long since entered the public domain. If I credit T. S. Eliot but then proceed to reprint the entire of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" without the permission of the copyright holders, I am committing copyright infringement, but certainly not plagiarism. At best, plagiarism and copyright infringement overlap to some extent, but each regulates large areas about which the other is indifferent. We sap the strength of both norm systems by confusing them. The new incarnation of the project, at UCLA, has removed the word "plagiarism" from its title.
A brief biography of Will Lamartine Thompson can be found in C. B. Galbreath, "Song Writers of Ohio (Will Lamartine Thompson)," Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 14 (January, 1905): 291–312. Since the copyright has expired you can read it in full, and see the picture of Thompson, at http://books.google.com/books?id=3N-WqdvA6T4C&printsec=titlepage#PRA1-PA291,M1.
The best book on Clara Ward is Willa Ward-Royster, Toni Rose, and Horace Clarance Boyer, How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World Famous Ward Singers (Philadelphia, Penn.: Temple University Press, 1997).
The best biography of Ray Charles is Michael Lydon, Ray Charles: Man and Music (New York: Routledge, 2004). Charles's autobiography is also a fascinating read. Ray Charles and David Ritz, Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story (Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 1992). Charles's website, which contains useful biographical and discographical information, is at www.raycharles.com. There is much more, of course, but these resources provide a good starting place.
There are several hagiographic biographies of Mr. West, but none worth reading. Those who have not already been inundated with information through the popular press could do worse than to start with his rather breathless Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West.
The songs by Clara Ward, Ray Charles, and Kanye West are widely available through a variety of commercial outlets, as are several commercial versions of "Jesus is All the World to Me" by Mr. Thompson.
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Red-carpet treatment: Sox screen WS movie
Players, front office enjoy another championship celebration at premier
By Ian Browne MLB.com
BOSTON -- Less than a month after winning the World Series, the Red Sox got the red-carpet treatment on Monday night at the Wang Theater.
The occasion was the premiere of the 2013 World Series film, which brings Boston's latest baseball championship to life with thrilling images and poignant sound that captured the drama of a special season.
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And once the Fall Classic starts, the film leaves no stone unturned. From the initial missed call at second base in Game 1 to the obstruction controversy in Game 3 to Ortiz's memorable in-game pep talk to his teammates in Game 4 to the clinch party in Game 6, it is all captured in vivid detail.
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Ross is one of the players who made it to Monday's premiere.
"I don't know if that ever sinks in -- everyone asks that question," Ross said. "I don't know. We've got a group-text going [with teammates]. In the middle of the night, everyone is texting and talking about everything. I don't know that it's settled in for anybody. We'll text once in awhile, 'can you believe what we did?' I don't have any words for it."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.
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Everyone likes a good monster horror story. Problem is that good monster stories are so scarce that most people just dismiss everything from the genre and have given up on them entirely. I have hope though that next year could fix that poor run with the upcoming Antlers from director Scott Cooper and producer Guillermo del Toro.
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RCAF Station Lachine was a Royal Canadian Air Force station located near Lachine and Dorval, Quebec, Canada, to the west of Montreal. The location of the station was Dorval Airport, which became the Montréal-Dorval International Airport (now Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport).
RCAF Station Lachine began operation in 1941 as a transit point for the ferrying of aircraft and the transportation of supplies to Europe during the Second World War. Until 1943, Lachine was the location of one of five British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) manning depots, No. 5 Manning Depot.
Air Transport Command, which had been based at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, moved to Lachine in 1951. No. 426 Transport Squadron and 436 Transport Squadron were re-established at Lachine in March 1947 and April 1949 respectively. No. 426 Squadron moved to Trenton in 1959; No. 436 Squadron moved to RCAF Station Downsview in July 1956. No. 2 Air Movement Group (2 AMU) was formed at Lachine in 1951 and provided support to these squadrons.
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National Zoo Researchers Turn to Genetics to Help Elephants Ward Off Disease
As the number of Asian and African elephants in the wild continues to dwindle, a key to bolstering their survival could be contained within their DNA, according to researchers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
The scientists successfully analyzed part of the complex gene family that helps determine how resistant elephants are to the type of infectious diseases that have been devastating to their species, including tuberculosis and the herpes virus. These genes are crucial to most vertebrates' ability to fight off pathogens, and the National Zoo's researchers and collaborators are the first in the world to "characterize," or interpret and describe, these genes in elephants. The researchers' findings, which were published this month in the scientific journal Immunogenetics, could provide the building blocks for captive-breeding programs that increase elephants' resistance to viruses, parasites and bacteria.
"Elephants are not only endangered, but they are also highly charismatic and loved by many people," said Robert Fleischer, head of the Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics at the National Zoo and one of the paper's co-authors. "What we learn about the genetics of their immune system may help us to conserve the species and also inform people about how they have evolved and responded to their environment."
The National Zoo's three Asian elephants, Shanthi, Kandula and Ambika, were among the elephants included in the research, which focused specifically on the immune-system gene family known as the major histocompatibility complex.
Pairs of genes, known as alleles, determine traits such as eye color or, in this case, disease resistance. Proteins made by different alleles in the MHC recognize the proteins in harmful pathogens and attack them, so the more varied the alleles, the stronger the animals' line of defense against disease.
The National Zoo's researchers found about 10 alleles in the MHC of African and Asian elephants, compared to 20-50 alleles in other vertebrates and up to 100 in humans. One allele, however, was particularly common in the 30 African and three Asian elephants involved in the study, suggesting that elephants may have evolved genetically in response to a past epidemic.
Fleischer also said that the MHC markers may help researchers understand why elephants appear to recognize their own kin, preventing the type of inbreeding that could genetically weaken the species and affect their long-term viability.
"Elephants not only avoid maternal relatives but paternal relatives," said Elizabeth Archie, former postdoctoral fellow at the National Zoo and lead author of the paper. "In other systems, MHC genes have been implicated in kin recognition. Scientists think animals can smell animals that are related to them by products of MHC genes."
Although Asian and African elephants became two distinct genera at least 6 million years ago, the researchers found that these particular genes have not changed much between the two. This is unusual relative to other genes that have diverged naturally and indicates that the elephants have had to fight off similar diseases over time.
Because of infectious disease, poaching and habitat loss, the Endangered Species Act considers African elephants to be a threatened species and Asian elephants to be endangered. There are only an estimated 575,000 African elephants and 30,000 Asian elephants left in the wild—combined that's less than the human population of El Paso, Texas. Elephants in captivity, meanwhile, have been plagued by elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, which is responsible for about half of the deaths of young elephants in zoos. One of the next steps for the Zoo's researchers is to determine whether the MHC affects susceptibility to this disease.
Elephants belong to the superorder of mammals called Afrotheria, which includes aardvarks, manatees and golden moles. The superorder also includes hyraxes, elephant shrews and tenrecs, all of which visitors can see at the Zoo's Small Mammal House. Scientists have never studied the MHC in other members of the group; National Zoo scientists are the first to conduct this research on this unique superorder of animals.
"I find it very exciting and rewarding to be a member of a team of researchers that were the first to look at the genetic diversity of these genes in African and Asian elephants," said Jesus Maldonado, Zoo research geneticist and paper co-author. "Elephant conservation is a high priority at the National Zoo as exemplified by the work that many scientists, curators and zookeepers conduct here with our captive population and with the research that we conduct with wild, threatened populations."
The paper's authors from the National Zoo include: Robert Fleischer, Jesus Maldonado, Tammy Henry and Suzan Murray. Other collaborators include: Elizabeth Archie (formerly at the National Zoo, now at the University of Notre Dame); Cynthia Moss (Amboseli Trust for Elephants); Joyce Poole (Amboseli Trust for Elephants); Virginia Pearson (Philadelphia Zoo) and Susan Alberts (Duke University).


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A Case of Supernatural Murder – Nick Redfern Writes
August 24, 2016 By Paranormal Braintrust
Nick Redfern
February 14, 1945 was the date of a very controversial, and still-unresolved, murder in rural England. It was a murder which bore all the hallmarks of death at the hands of a secret society. Some observers of the mystery suggested that a band of witches were the culprits. Others, meanwhile, were of the opinion that it was all the work of a secret sect of druids. The victim was a farm-worker, 74-year-old Charles Walton, found dead with nothing less than a pitchfork sticking out of his chest.
He was a resident of a small, picturesque village in the county of Warwickshire, England called Lower Quinton. Walton had lived in the village for all of his life, in a pleasant old cottage that stood across from the local church. It was a scene not unlike what one might expect to see on Downton Abbey or in the pages of a Jane Austen novel. Until, that is, murder, mayhem, and a secret cult came to Lower Quinton and turned everything on its collective head.
Walton was known to all of the locals. He was viewed as an affable but quiet sort, and – somewhat intriguingly – he had the ability to entice wild birds to eat seeds from his hands. He was also said to have the power to reduce a wild, aggressive dog to a man's best friend simply by speaking to it. On top of that, he had expert knowledge of local folklore, mythology and legend. Rumors suggest that perhaps Walton's slightly uncanny "powers" had ensured him a place in a secret witchcraft cult, one which he ultimately fell out of favor with. And, as a result, he paid the ultimate price. Namely, his life.
What is known for sure is that on the day in question – which was Valentine's Day, no less – Walton was busily trimming hedges on what was known as Hillground: a large field at the foot of the Meon Hill. His tools were a hook and a pitchfork. It was while working on the hedges that someone stealthily intervened and took Walton's life – and in a distinctly savage fashion, too. When his body was stumbled on by a shocked local, all hell broke loose in the small village. He was lying dead on the grassy ground, with the pitchfork having fatally pierced his chest, and the hook having pierced his throat in what was clearly a savage and violent fashion. On top of that, a large cross had been cut into his chest. Clearly, something distinctly sinister had taken place.
It should be noted that Meon Hill has, for centuries, been associated with supernatural activity: sightings of blazing-eyed black dogs – not unlike the terrible beast in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel The Hound of the Baskervilles – have been reported. And, none other than Satan himself is said to have kicked a large rock from the top of the hill to the bottom of it, with the intention of flattening Evesham Abbey.
Such was the strange and sinister nature of Walton's death, the investigation wasn't just left in the hands of the local "bobbies." None other than Scotland Yard's finest detectives were soon on the case – which is hardly surprising, when one takes into consideration the extreme weirdness of the entire affair. And they weren't just on the case; they took over the entire investigation, under the control of Detective Inspector Robert Fabian. Despite an extensive investigation, and suspicions that the guilty party was a man named Albert Potter – who was employing Walton on the day he met his grisly end – the matter was never resolved to the satisfaction of the police and the mystery remained precisely that: a mystery.
It's worth noting, however, that Detective Inspector Fabian later said of his investigation of the affair: "One of my most memorable murder cases was at the village of Lower Quinton, near the stone Druid circle of the Whispering Knights. There a man had been killed by a reproduction of a Druidical ceremony on St. Valentine's Eve."
He also offered the following, memorable words: "I advise anybody who is tempted at any time to venture into Black Magic, witchcraft, Shamanism – call it what you will – to remember Charles Walton and to think of his death, which was clearly the ghastly climax of a pagan rite. There is no stronger argument for keeping as far away as possible from the villains with their swords, incense and mumbo-jumbo. It is prudence on which your future peace of mind and even your life could depend."
It should also be noted that within Lower Quinton, the village folk are still very reluctant to speak about the decades-old affair. For example, the landlord of the village's College Arms pub, told the BBC: "I can't talk to you about that. After 17 years of running this place I know there are some things we don't talk about. Talking about it would upset people and there's no sense in alienating people in a small village like this. There are no relatives of Charles Walton left in the village and people that might have known what happened are all dead or gone."
Another local was equally reluctant to say much to the BBC: "People don't talk about it; it's a closed subject. Those that know about it are gone, except one who's in hospital and another that's in a nursing home. All the others have gone or passed away."
And a third spoke in a similar vein and tones: "No one will talk to you about it. The family have all gone now, anyway. There are none of the Walton family left here now. I have no answers to your questions."
Death by pitchfork, rumors of a witchcraft cult, druids roaming around the landscape, and a village of people still living in uneasy and closed-mouth fashion, decades later. The memories of the murder of Charles Walton show no signs of fading away anytime soon. Indeed, that strange atmosphere of witchcraft, ritualistic murder, and sinister characters still hangs over Lower Quinton. In all probability, that will always be the case.
One of the most prolific Fortean writers on the planet, Nick Redfern is the author of many books, including Men in Black, Chupacabra Road Trip, and The Bigfoot Book. He can be contacted at his blog, "World of Whatever," at nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com
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Add parallel Share Print Page Options Listen to Acts 1:1-14
1 In the first book, O (A)Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began (B)to do and teach, 2 until the day when (C)he was taken up, after he (D)had given commands (E)through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 (F)He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
4 And while staying[a] with them (G)he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me; 5 for (H)John baptized with water, (I)but you will be baptized (J)with[b] the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, (K)will you at this time (L)restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to them, (M)"It is not for you to know (N)times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive (O)power (P)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and (Q)you will be (R)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and (S)Samaria, and (T)to the end of the earth." 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, (U)he was lifted up, and (V)a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, (W)two (X)men stood by them in (Y)white robes, 11 and said, (Z)"Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, (AA)will (AB)come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
12 Then (AC)they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to (AD)the upper room, where they were staying, (AE)Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon (AF)the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these (AG)with one accord (AH)were devoting themselves to prayer, together with (AI)the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and (AJ)his brothers.[c]
Acts 1:4 Or eating
Acts 1:5 Or in
Acts 1:14 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated "brothers") may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 15
Acts 1:1 : Luke 1:3
Acts 1:1 : Luke 24:19
Acts 1:2 : See Mark 16:19
Acts 1:2 : [ch. 10:42; Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; John 20:21]
Acts 1:2 : [ch. 10:38; Luke 4:1, 18; John 20:22]
Acts 1:3 : ch. 10:40, 41; 13:31; Matt. 28:17; Mark 16:14; Luke 24:34, 36-51; John 20:19-29; 21; 1 Cor. 15:5-7
Acts 1:5 : ch. 11:16; See Matt. 3:11
Acts 1:5 : ch. 2:1-4
Acts 1:6 : See Luke 17:20
Acts 1:6 : [Mic. 4:8; Matt. 17:11; Mark 9:12; Luke 19:11]
Acts 1:7 : [Matt. 24:36; Mark 13:32]
Acts 1:7 : Dan. 2:21; 1 Thess. 5:1
Acts 1:8 : ch. 4:33; Luke 24:49; 1 Thess. 1:5; [ch. 10:38; Luke 4:14]
Acts 1:8 : ver. 5
Acts 1:8 : [ver. 22]; See Luke 24:48
Acts 1:8 : [Isa. 43:12]
Acts 1:8 : ch. 8:1, 14; [Matt. 10:5]
Acts 1:8 : ch. 13:47; [Mark 16:15; Col. 1:23]
Acts 1:9 : See 1 Thess. 4:17
Acts 1:10 : [Luke 24:4]
Acts 1:10 : Josh. 5:13; Dan. 9:21; 10:5; 12:6, 7; Zech. 1:8-11
Acts 1:10 : Matt. 28:3; Mark 16:5; John 20:12
Acts 1:11 : ch. 2:7; 13:31
Acts 1:11 : [Phil. 3:20; 1 Thess. 1:10]; See Matt. 16:27
Acts 1:11 : 2 Thess. 1:10
Acts 1:12 : Luke 24:50, 52
Acts 1:13 : ch. 9:37, 39; 20:8
Acts 1:13 : See Matt. 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16
Acts 1:13 : [ch. 21:20]
Acts 1:14 : ch. 2:46; 4:24; 5:12; 15:25; Rom. 15:6
Acts 1:14 : ch. 2:42; 6:4; Rom. 12:12; Col. 4:2; [Eph. 6:18]
Acts 1:14 : Luke 8:2, 3
Acts 1:14 : See Matt. 12:46
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Saquon Barkley, entering pivotal contract year, wants to show New York Giants that 'guy that they drafted is still here'
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants star Saquon Barkley is in his contract year — a big season for the arch of his career.
What Barkley does in 2022 will determine whether the running back lands a lucrative new deal to remain with the team that selected him No. 2 overall in the 2018 draft.
"I just want to show the Giants that the guy that they drafted is still here," Barkley said Thursday after the second training camp practice of the summer.
After three straight injury-riddled seasons, this year has already started out more promisingly for Barkley, who was once seemingly destined for stardom. He was able to train relentlessly for this season rather than rehab.
After spending last spring and summer rehabbing in his recovery from a torn ACL in his right knee, Barkley injured his ankle last season against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5, just when it seemed as if he was getting close to his old self.
Now, there are questions about whether Barkley will ever get there, as he faces plenty of doubters for the first time in his collegiate and professional career. But this summer Barkley, the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2018, looks more like the player he was in the past than at any point last season.
"I can still go out there and make the plays and help my team be successful," he said. "And that is the only thing I'm focusing on — taking care of myself, taking care of my body, taking care of my mental and trying to be the best teammate I can be."
The lack of a contract beyond this year will hang over this season for Barkley, who is set to play on the $7.2 million fifth-year option in his rookie deal.
Barkley, 25, averaged just 3.66 yards per carry last season, tied for 44th out of 50 qualifying runners. There is hope this will be a better season given his health and the new offense under first-year head coach Brian Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka.
But this new regime, with Joe Schoen as general manager, isn't the group that drafted Barkley and are not tied to him long term, adding more uncertainty to his future.
Even if he enjoys a bounce-back season, Barkley's not sure whether the Giants would approach him midyear about a new deal.
"That's a great question. Like I said, you can't really focus about that stuff," Barkley said. "Honestly, that stuff is in the air and I know coming into Year 5 and coming into the option year — or whatever it's called, something like that — my thing is just, and I keep saying, if I keep taking care of the little things and God blessed me and nothing crazy happens, I think the rest will take care of itself.
"I know where I'm at mentally. I know where I'm at physically. I know what I'm capable of doing. I've just got to focus on taking care of my mind, my mental and trying to be the best teammate I can be. And that is every single day and when the time comes it's going to pay off."
One difference in Daboll's offense that might benefit Barkley is that he seems to be being used more in the passing game — not just catching passes in the flat like he primarily did as a rookie when he had 91 receptions, but also running more intermediate and deep routes.
Barkley caught a pair of passes in live drills during each of the first two training camp practices, and all four would have been for first downs. This isn't an accident given the composition of the Giants' roster and Barkley's talent.
"No, you see him," Daboll said. "I mean, you saw him coming out of Penn State. You see him running around here; he's a pretty skilled player. So, our job is to figure out ways to use him, whether he did it last year or the year before, two years, in college. When you're developing in a system, you kind of figure out what these guys do best, and you challenge them to do more."
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Many who visit the Bahamas do so via cruise ship, so time and transportation are always an issue on this island paradise, which makes walking tours a great choice. Even if you are staying in the Bahamas for your whole vacation, there is nothing like exploring this beautiful place on foot. Walking is a wonderful way to feel a part of a new place, and traveling on foot gives you the time and perspective to appreciate all that is special in any location. These walking tours of Nassau are fun and interesting ways to get to know the Bahamas, including the people, cuisine, history, and culture of this magical place.
To learn more about the real history of Nassau, the Bahamas, and other parts of the Caribbean, consider Ultimate Tours Bahama's Historic Walking Tour. The knowledgeable guides will help you learn about the events that made modern-day Bahamas what it is, including piracy, slavery, and revolution. This 90-minute tour is a great introduction to this beautiful place and will help orient for the remainder of your stay in the Bahamas.
Whether you want to learn more about Bahamian cuisine or find out all you can about rum, there are several food and drinking tours that fit the bill. Tru Bahamian Food Tours offer a 3.5-hour walking tour that will introduce you to the specialty foods of the Bahamas. You can taste treats at six different locations, learn more about the rich culture and architecture of Nassau, and spend quality time with a small group and guide. They also offer private tours and cooking classes, as well.
If booze is more your thing, try Islandz Tours Rum and Food Walking Tour. Over 2.5 hours, your group will sample rum, snacks, and boozy treats around Nassau while learning about the history of rum in the islands. Islandz Tours offer other food and drinking tours, as well, so check out their offerings if rum is not your favorite.
If you prefer to go it alone, a self-guided tour is another great choice. You can download this audio guide to your phone or MP3 player and use a detailed map to help you explore the historic city of Nassau. This tour is perfect for those with not much time to spend or for your first day on the island. The narration takes you through the colorful and sometimes darker history of the Bahamas, including pirates, smugglers, explorers, and much more. Learn some fun and funky history while also seeing the iconic structures that make Nassau unique. While this tour is available for purchase and includes audio, there are many other walking tour maps available online that you can find through a simple search. Since Nassau is such a walkable city, many have created customs itineraries, so take advantage of all that is out there online.
With so many ways to explore Nassau on foot, you'll easily find one to fit your interests and timeframe. Once you are oriented, your guides can also help you figure out the best ways to explore all the rest that the Bahamas has to offer.


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