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Public Life
Bessy Conway; or, The Irish Girl in America.
Just as Paul was about to commence his story the waiter knocked at the door to say that Tom Cassidy and old Mrs. Sheehan were outside and insisted on being let in with the rest.
"Is there anybody else -- " asked Paul through the keyhole.
"Nobody -- only Teague Moriarty from near Ardfinnan."
"They're all welcome," said Paul applying the key to the lock.
"Bad manners to you, Paul!" said Cassidy as they entered, "is it makin' masons you are, or what, that you lock the door on yourselves?"
"Ask us no questions and we'll tell you no lies," said Paul curtly; "sit down all of you -- Mrs. Sheehan, ma'am, here's Bessy and Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Finigan -- come in here to the corner, there's room for you. Now, Mr. Herbert! I know you're a good warrant to treat people -- here's a nice little company of us now, most all from your own place at home -- what are you goin' to do for us? a gentleman like you ought to have an open hand."
The cutting irony of these remarks made Herbert wince. "That back of yours stands you in good stead, if it weren't for it you should have your answer pretty quick."
" Paul!" said Ned in a voice quivering with anger, " I'll not stay here if he's in the room."
"'Deed an' you will, then, Ned !" said Paul, " to oblige me you'll do it, an' keep as quiet as a mouse now for I'm going to begin my story."
"Botheration to you!" muttered Ned between his teeth " what do I care for your stories?"
"I believe the confounded fellow takes us all for fools!" said Herbert to his friend in a stage whisper. " Shall we stay, think you ?"
"Demme! we can't help staying," said Dixon pointing to the door now again fast. He felt rather curious to hear the story told under such singular circumstances, but he did not say so.
"Well! if we must, we must," said Herbert with a careless smile, and leaning back in his chair he folded his arms, and looked round with an air, half mocking, half contemptuous, carefully avoiding, however, the particular spot where Bessy sat silent and as it seemed abstracted.
"Well now, Dixon !" said Herbert half turning to his friend. "I rather think we're a precious pair of fools, sitting here waiting for an old crazy pate to spin his yarn!"
"I b'lieve its a ghost story I'll tell you," said Paul fixing his eyes on the ceiling as though there were some cabalistic signs there to aid his memory. Pre-occupied and anxious as most of his auditors were, and little " 'in the vein" for hearing stories, there was something in Paul's manner that riveted their attention, and they listened, they knew not why.
"It happened in a place that most of you know well," resumed Paul, " that's the old abbey.church of Ardfinnan."
Why, to be sure, every one knew it, and every one's attention was doubly excited. Even Ned roused himself like a dog shaking off a drowsy fit.
"But sure we all heard it before," said Teague Moriarty, "if it's that you're goin' to tell us."
"Will you just have a little manners, Teague, and don't interrupt me "I know you all heard part of the story, but that's the very reason that you ought to hear more."
"Confound you!" said Herbert angrily, "do you think we can sit here listening to your nonsensical rigmaroles?"
"Take it easy, Mr. Herbert, take it easy!" said Paul dryly, "many an hour you spent here when there was ne'er a story to hear -- your time isn't worth any more now than it was then. Well! you all remember, I'm sure, the terror that was over the whole country for miles round in regard to the noise that used to be heard in the lonesome place where there wasn't a living soul only the old monks that were in their graves hundreds of years."
"Ha! ha! that's good, isn't its ' said Herbert to Dixon with a strange unnatural laugh. " Not a living soul but the dead old monks, eh?"
Paul took no notice but went on. " Strange noises were heard and strange sights were seen about the abbey at the dead hour of night when the world was sleeping You all remember the talk that was about it, and the stories that were told, fit to make the hair of one's head stand on end."
"Remember it!" cried Teague Moriarty, "why, I got a fright myself there, one night that me and Phil Byrne were coming home from a dance, and as it was late we took a near cut through the fields, that brought us in sight of the ould Abbey.
"What did you see?" asked Herbert, much amused.
"I saw -- Christ between us and harm! -- I saw a blaze of light shinin' out from the windows that you'd think there was a grand illumination in it. "
"Ha! ha! ha! -- ho! ho! ho! d'ye hear that, Dixon?" and Herbert laughed vociferously. "A blaze of light through the windows! -- why, man, there hasn't been a window there for ages "
"No matter, Mr. Herbert ! it's all the same," said Paul, "we know what Teague means, and I'm sure he's telling the truth, for I often saw the light myself. "
"Are you in earnest?"
"Indeed I am, Mr. Herbert! -- and that's so sure that I got a talking about it to Billy Potts, the sexton of Ardfinnan Church -- you all know his -- and we made it up that we'd go some night and watch together at St. Finian's Abbey."
Another wild burst of laughter from Herbert startled the eager listeners "Ho! ho! ho ! two humps with their heads together, plotting against the ghosts! -- ' down among the dead men' -- ha! ha! ha!"
"And did you go?" said Ally with breathless eagerness, heeding only Paul.
"Go!" cried Herbert again, "go ! not they, indeed! I'd like to see the living man that would keep watch by night in St. Finian's Church."
"You may see him now, then," said Paul, coolly, "for I'm the man that did it, myself and Billy Potts!"
"Christ save us!" -- "Lord bless us!" "An' what did you gee, Paul! what did you see, astore?" This last was from Dolly Sheehan.
"Did you see the black dog?" asked another.
Paul paid little attention to the eager exclamations of those around him -- the weird spirit was upon him -- he was brooding over his own strange fancies, and conjuring up bodiless shapes from the grave of vanished years. He sat with his small eyes fixed on vacancy yet gradually kindling with inward Ore his large head bent forward, and his hands resting on his knees. His thin pale lips were working and twitching with a tremulous motion yet they gave forth no sound Every eye was fixed on him but no one ventured to speak. Even Herbert forgot his levity, and sat silent and attentive. He was pale, too, and appeared ill at ease, watching Paul's countenance most intently.
"What did I see?" said Paul at length raising his head and speaking very slowly, "I saw what I didn't expect to see. It was a dark dull night in the harvest time that Billy and myself went up to the Abbey, and a lonesome tramp we had of
it for we waited till the people were all at rest, and you know even in daylight what a place it is on account of the trees meetin' overhead and the big black rocks that look as if they were ready to fall a.top of you. Myself felt a little daunted when we got to the old Abbey and seen it standin' up between us and the sky, and indeed it was only the bud of it we could see through the thick darkness. Billy trudged along as contented as if he was walkin' down the street and the blessed sun shinin' over him. Billy never knew what fear was. He was so used to diggin' down among the dead and handlin' their white bones that he wasn't a bit afeard of them, and I didn't care to let him know that I was either.
"Well! when we got to the Abbey there wasn't a thing to be seen barrin' the great black walls and the trees about them shaking in the wind, for it was blowin' a little at the time ' God guard us, Billy !' says I, ' isn't it a lonesome place this?' 'It's a quiet place,' says Billy back again, 'a brave quiet place -- I see no sign of them yet -- ' who,' says I, ' why the sperits,' says Billy, ' maybe they'll not stir out the night, it's so dark and dismal.' Billy laughed but I didn't laugh, for it made the hair stand on my head to hear him talkin' that way at such a time and in such a place. ' Where are we goin' for shelter, Billy S' says I to him, ' we can't stay here long unless eve get under cover, for I'm thinkin' the weather is goin' to Change.' ' We'll see,' says Billy, ' maybe we wouldn't have to stay long, but, at any rate, I think I know a place where we can have a view of the inside, and be in shelter, too. When I was a little fellow I spent many an hour among these ruins, and even of late years I often drop in of a Sunday to see the old place and sit awhile among the quiet dead I have a great wish for the dead, Paul! especially the monks that I know were so good and died so happy, and I often spend awhile pickin' the rubbish and the weeds from about their tombstones, an' when I meet any bones Iyin' about I gather them up and pile them all together for fear some of them
might belong to the monks or the abbots or some of them holy people. If it was daylight, Paul ! I could show them to you -- a nice little pile right in the middle of the chancel where the altar used to stand.' ' I'm thankful to you, Billy!' says I back to him, ' but I'd as soon see anything else as a heap of dead men's bones "'
"I'll break your bones," said Herbert savagely, "if you don't either get on with your story or open the door and let us out!"
"Have patience, Mr. Herbert," said Paul dryly; " I'm getting on finely, sir ! where was I? -- oh I know, I was at the bones -- well! Billy laughed at myself when I said that, but, anyhow, we walked round the Church till we came to the place where it and the Abbey joined, and Billy took me along a narrow passage -- in the wall I think it was -- and up a little Slight of stone steps -- he had to hold me by the arm all The way, myself not knowin' where it was safe to put my foot -- at last he pushed me down and I found myself sittin' squat on a stone bench, and dark as the night was, I could see that there was an opening before us like a window. ' Now,' says Billy ' if there's anything to be seen here the night, we'll see it, Paul ! sit there now, an' if it rained till mornin' we wouldn't get a drop."'
"What a pair of old fools you were to be sure !" interrupted Herbert with one of his wild unseasonable bursts of laughter " I suppose it was up in the belfry you wore, among the crows !"
"No, it wasn't," said Paul nodding significantly at him; "it was one side of the choir."
Paul nodded again and glanced furtively at Herbert, then went on: "The night was dark, as I told you before, and the wind, though not very high at first, made a dismal sound amongst the vaults and passages of the old building. The rooks were cawing mournfully amongst the ivy on the castle
towers close by, and the bats were dying round us where we sat, Capping their wings in our very house. I didn't like the place a bit, and many a time I wished myself in my little room in the village below. Between the cold and the fear that was on me, I was shivering from head to foot, and still I didn't care to tell Billy how I felt.
"' I think we're only losin' our time sittin' here,' says I at last; ' there won't anything show itself the night just because we're here '
"'Hush !' says Billy in a whisper, 'I hear something.'
"'It's the wind,' says I; 'No, it isn't,' says he -- ' listen!'
"We both sat a few moments longer keeping in our breath and straining our eyes to see through the darkness I did hear a noise sure enough, and the cold sweat was tricklin' down my face, and every hair on my head was up of an end ' They're comin',' whispered Billy, and his voice sounded like one from the dead and made me shiver all over. There came a gust of wind sweeping down the aisle, and a Bash of lightning, as I thought, that filled the whole Church. It wasn't lightning, though --
" ' The Lord in heaven save us ! what's that 1' says I, ' that light isn't from the sky I'
" ' It's from the pit,' says Billy. ' Look there !' and I looked down where the light seemed to come from, and what do you think I saw?"
"What! what, Paul?" said Ned all aghast like the rest.
" Perhaps the perturbed spirit of Jerry Fahy, the butcher?" suggested Herbert wickedly.
"The light was right under us," went on Paul, "and a blue brimstone light it seemed, too."
"Brimstone your grandmother!" cried Herbert.
"And figures were there in the shape of men, every one with a pointed hood on his head and a loose coat belted in about him like what the monks used to wear. They were grinnin' and laughin' at one another and jabberin' like monkeys,
and I thought the very life would leave me when I saw them gatherin' round the pile of bones. ' Christ save us ! what are they goin' to do I' says I to Billy, under my breath. ' Husk! "' says he, ' you'll soon see that. Let them be what they may, they have business on hands."'
Paul stopped, and taking out his lithe red handkerchief wiped the perspiration from his brow. " Oh ! Lord !" said he, as if to himself, " can I ever forget what I suffered at that moment! I thought the very blood in my veins turned into ice when I saw one of them take out a pack of cards and throw them on the dead men's bones, and the shout of a laugh they all gave, then, echoed through the whole building With that the wind rose to a hurricane, and the old walls shook again with every gust, and the thunder crashed right over our heads, and the blue lightning Bashed on every side, and you'd think hell itself was let loose on the minute. Billy and me crept closer together, for fear was in our hearts, but the things below laughed louder and louder, and rattled the dice in hellish glee, and dealt the cards and began to play. "
Cries of terror were heard on every side when Paul reached this stage of his story. A Rash of sudden intelligence shot like electricity through the room. Teague Moriarty jumped from his seat and laid his hand on Paul's shoulder.
"Maybe they weren't dead at all?" and bending forward he peered anxiously into the dwarf's face.
" There were dark doings goin' on about the same time," said Bridget Murphy. " Our man could tell you that if he was here." She looked exultingly at Herbert. But Herbert heeded her not, his eyes were fixed on Paul.
"They were a ghastly set," said the hunchback with a shudder.
"They were ghastly in life, I should think," put in Herbert.
"The strangest thing of all is," said Paul, " that the faces weren't dead faces�you'd swear they were all living men, and they talked as natural as life " (252)
"I should like to have heard them," said Herbert with an air of incredulity; " I dare say you were nodding asleep and dreamed all that. Could you favor us with a little of the conversation?" The ironical smile on Herbert's lip disappeared before the keen scrutinizing glance which Paul turned on him. "I can," said he with startling abruptness, " I can favor you, Mr. Herbert ! The one that dealt the cards -- he sat right next me, by the same token -- laughed as he Sung them to one and another, and says he: ' Now for the cash.' "
"Ha! what more?"
"And with that he threw down a bright gold piece -- on the crown of a hat, Mr. Herbert ! set right on the bones, and says he, laughing louder than ever, ' If the old fellow at home saw that now, he'd have all the police in Ardfinnan after us to hunt up his gold -- but I'm bound to win it back this night, or I'll bid good.bye to the Abbey!"'
"Ha! ha! ha! a likely story!" sneered Herbert. "A pretty fellow for a monk!"
"'I'm about tired of the joke,' said the same speaker," Paul went on. "'Confound you for a coward!' said another, 'there's no spunk in you.'"
"It's a lie," cried Herbert starting to his feet, his eyes flashing fire. "It's a lie."
"What's a lie, sir?" asked Paul dryly. Every eye was instantly turned on Herbert who, sensible of his error, threw himself again into his chair and forced a ghastly smile
"Excuse me," he said in a husky voice, "I meant to say that your story is altogether improbable -- a regular Munchausen affair -- eh, Dixon?"
Dixon only nodded, he was deeply interested in the story, and his eyes were riveted on Paul. There was a sort of half smile, however, playing about his moustached lip that Herbert did not like.
"Go on, Paul! go on!" said Ned, "I hear people in the other room."
"Yes!" said Ally, "it's time we weren't here -- well, Paul?" "The others didn't speak much," said Paul, " but even if they had, we couldn't have heard what they said, for the wind rose higher and higher as the night wore on -- still we could hear a word now and then coming deep and hoarse to us from below. After a little they were all so intent on their cards and their dice and the glittering gold before them that their very eyes were starting from their heads, and it seemed as if they neither heard the storm nor anything else, though at times you'd think the whole earth would be blown to pieces, and the last day was at hand. ' Well !' says I to Billy, ' what are they at all? ' They're not ghosts, anyhow,' says Billy, 'that's plain enough -- don't you know who they are I' Till that minute I did not, for the fear that was over me kept me from looking into their faces. When I began to think that they were beings of Mesh and blood like myself I did look at them, and sure enough I knew them -- aye ! every one -- they were living men then, but they're dead men now -- all except one."*
(* This is a fact which some of our readers may recognize, but not as having occurred in Ardfinnan. The real scene of the sacrilege was far sway from Tipperary.)
"I knew it," cried Teague, clapping his hands, "didn't I hear of the curse of God crew that used to drink and booze, and play cards on the tombstones in the Abbey The police got on their trail at last."
"Why didn't they take them?" said Herbert with his cadaverous smile. " And why didn't the whole country hear of these wonderful doings?"
Paul answered quickly: " Because, Mr. Herbert ! the gamesters had plenty of money and greased the policemen's hands so well that they couldn't hold them. For the same reason it was hushed up and kept from the people's ears."
"Not so well but they got an inkling of it," said Teague; "wasn't the whole country in a buzz about it, though nobody
knew exactly what it was, and no one would venture, either, to go and find it out If it hadn't been for Paul here and his comrade, Billy Potts, Lord knows how long the villains might have been at it, for I don't think there were two other men in the country that would do what they did."
"We are to suppose, then," said Herbert addressing Paul with a darkening brow, "that it was you and Humpy Billy that gave information to the police. Truly the community at large was much beholden to you! Allow me to thank you, Mr. Paul Brannigan ! on behalf of all concerned. As for your story it does honor to your head if not to your heart -- it is really a wonderful effort of your imagination!"
The scathing irony, the ineffable contempt with which these words were uttered would have annihilated many others, and were probably meant to annihilate Paul, but Paul was not the man to quail before mortal eye, and he stood the fire of Herbert's lightning glance without moving a muscle and looked him in the face with a weak searching eye.
"If I understand you right, Mr. Herbert," said he, "you mean that I invented the whole story? Do you or do you not ?"
"How could I accuse you of such a thing?" said Herbert, still in the same biting tone, " supported as you are, too, by the testimony of -- what's his name there?"
"Oh ! be easy now, Mr. Herbert," said Teague, with a knowing wink; " that's a mighty long name you're puttin' on me."
Herbert muttered something between his teeth, in which the word "rascal" was alone distinguishable. Teague was angry enough to say anything, but Ally made a sign to him to keep quiet, pointing at the same time to Paul.
The hunchback had never taken his eye from Herbert's face, and the bold brow of the latter began to pale beneath that stern glance.
"Take him softly!" whispered Dixon, "he has you on the hip!"
"Hang him he's only joking," said Herbert half aloud, "one can hardly tell when he's in jest or when in earnest."
"Come over here, Bessy Conway!" said Paul, without turning his head. Herbert started as if an adder had stung him, and when the girl took her place at Paul s side with a face like that of a sheeted corpse, a livid hue overspread his face, and he trembled in every limb.
"Bessy Conway!" said Paul with thrilling solemnity of look and tone, "see there! that face is anybody's fancy, isn't its Well ! I have seen it worse than that -- ay! when you'd think the devil himself was lookin' through the eyes at you."
"Villain!" hissed Herbert through his closed teeth. "Liar!"
"I am no liar," said Paul, with increasing solemnity, " the Lord who will judge us both, knows that I speak the truth v.hen I tell you, Bessy Conway ! and all you who hear me" -- "What would you say?" cried Herbert, with sudden fury, and he made a spring at Paul to catch him by the neck. The stalwart arm of Teague Moriarty drove him to the wall, and there held him.
"That there he stands," went on Paul, pointing slowly with his finger, "who dealt the cards on that awful night in that awful place, and threw his dice on the dead men's bones in the consecrated walls of Ardfinnan Abbey !"
"Ha!" laughed Dixon, jumping from his seat with a wild laugh, "I knew it! -- knew it was he! I'm blowed if that wa'nt a rum idea!"
"You'd best keep a close mouth, Dixon," said Herbert, with a threatening gesture. a Braying asses are apt to get beaten."
"Let us out, Paul," said Mrs. Murphy, making for the door, and drawing Ally after her; "let us out for God's sake. It's not lucky nor safe to be where he is Oh, oh! oh! who'd think there was such wickedness in the world? Come along, I tell you, Ally, never mind Ned."
"Oh! indeed it's proud of himself the same Ned may be," responded Ally.
So saying, the two made their exit, without casting even one look at Herbert so great was their horror of his crime. Both of them had forgotten Bessy, and it seemed that Bessy had forgotten herself, for she stood like a thing petrified, her eyes fixed and vacant, her face as colorless as marble. Paul spoke to her in the softest tone he could command, but the vacant eye moved not. Ned Finigan anxiously approached, and took hold of her hand, and asked didn't she want to go home -- " it's gettin' late, you know, Bessy; I think you must be forgettin' the time it is." Still no answer
"What'll we do with her?" said Ned to Paul. "By the laws she frightens me, so she does."
Herbert, confounded and overwhelmed, knew not what side to look. A thousand different emotions passed like shadows over his face. His mind was a chaos in which feelings and passions were all working together, fermenting, as it were, for some violent explosion. Absorbed as he was he heard what was passing, and turning his eyes for the first time to where Bessy stood, his heart was melted at the sight. In an instant he was at her side, and seizing her cold, passive hand, he said in a choking voice:
"Bessy! I know I am an outcast -- I acknowledge all -- and more than all they have told -- -but will you desert me, too?"
At the sound of his voice, the blood rushed to Bessy's face, suffusing cheek, and brow, and lip -- her eyes lit up with sudden fire, and she snatched away the hand Herbert held, then motioned him away, averting her head at the same time.
"God forgive you, Mr. Herbert! you're a great sinner- -- oh! but I'm sorry for you! -- but never, never, never speak to me again -- never, never, never! Oh, dear Lord! what the devil can make men do! Come, Ned! -- he has done for you anyhow!"
"Well, I forgive him," said Ned, if God forgives him. I think his conscience will be punishment enough for him." (258)
"Now I'm lost indeed!" said Herbert as they left the room and he struck his forehead violently with his hand. Paul lingered a moment and seeing that he took no notice of him went over and laid his hand on his arm.
"Mr. Herbert!" said he, "don't blame me! blame yourself!"
"I'll never forgive you in this world or the next!" cried Herbert vehemently, and so saying, he rushed from the room and from the house, repeating to himself: "Only one left! only one!"
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Meet Crissy, The High Priestess Of Coupon Clippers
Crissy Thompson (pictured left) is among the coupon clipping elite. 11Alive News followed her around one day to learn some of her secrets. At a local Publix, Crissy managed to get two-thirds off her grocery bill and at CVS picked up $140 worth of goods for $5. Often, she spends only $10 a week on groceries and that's with 3 kids and a husband. Check out some of her techniques and her favorite coupon web sites, inside…
Crissy's incredible results don't come without preparation. She usually spends an hour week getting prepared for her shopping trip which takes her 3 to 4 hours and includes 3 to 7 local stores.
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Crissy decided to show the news crew a sampling of what she does and they proceeded to hit CVS and a Publix, two of her favorite stores.
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Crissy also explained that when a coupon reads "1 coupon per purchase" you are not actually limited to using it only once. For example she took 2 boxes of cereal that were buy 1 get 1 free for $3.79 a box. Crissy also had 2, $3 off coupons to go with each of the boxes of cereal. Crissy made over $2 on the cereal. At checkout Crissy's total was $15.38, she saved $36.22.
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40% in NJ Jails Can't Afford Bail
New Jersey's county jails are clogged with suspects awaiting trial who can't afford to post their often-nominal bail, according to a new report.The report to be released Monday by the Drug Policy Alliance shows 4 out of 10 county jail inmates have been granted bail but can't afford to post it. The report, which analyzes the state's jail population, finds up to 1,500 people could secure their release pending trial with $2,500 or less. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report in advance of its release.
The report, which looked at county corrections data in 19 of the state's 21 counties, concludes that a pretrial system that provides almost no alternatives to monetary bail often results in the detention of low-risk suspects who lack financial resources, or the release of high-risk suspects with better economic circumstances.
"The decision to release or detain a person pending trial must be based on the risk the defendant poses to the community and of failing to appear in court," said report author Marie Van Nostrand. "Shifting from a resource-based system to a risk-based system will undoubtedly improve public safety and ensure the most efficient and effective use of public funds."
Advocates say since more than half of those in county jails face nonviolent charges many could be safely released with supervision pending trial.
It can cost taxpayers $30,000 to incarcerate a suspect pending trial, said Roseanne Scotti, the Drug Policy Alliance's state director in New Jersey. She said such a system "punishes individuals and families with few resources, and wastes taxpayer money."
The report comes as the Christie administration considers bail reforms.
Gov. Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor, is an avid supporter of drug courts rather than incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders, including mandatory treatment.
The Drug Policy Alliance said it plans to advocate for legislation in New Jersey that would encourage non-monetary release options and require suspects to undergo a risk assessment before their initial bail hearing.
The report cites Kentucky as an example of a state that has realized savings by replacing private bail agencies with a state-run pretrial services agency that conducts risk assessments to determine the possibility of a suspect failing to appear at trial and their threat to public safety. Those shown to be at low risk and approved for non-monetary release are supervised and given social services tailored to their needs.
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A skeleton crew of firefighters is working overnight at Great Barrier Island on Wednesday dampening down hotspots from a blaze that has burnt through about 110 hectares of land.
Helicopters with monsoon buckets and about 40 firefighters have been working to control the fire which began on Tuesday morning on the east of the island in the Hauraki Gulf.
Diggers have also excavated fire breaks to prevent it from spreading further. No property has been damaged and no-one has been injured.
The Rural Fire Service said on Wednesday night the blaze in swampy peat soil is contained and winds had eased.
The owner of a hire company close by, Neil Hodgetts, says the fire has been pretty scary with flames shooting 20 metres into the air at its peak.
"They've got it contained, but there's lots of hotspots that just keep flaring up because it's a lot of pine trees and peat and it's very dry here."
Mr Hodgetts says several of his employees are volunteer firefighters and all are tired.
Helicopters stopped flying when darkness fell, but a full operation will resume at 6am on Thursday with four rural fire crews from the Department of Conservation, Nelson and Rotorua stepping in to relieve local personnel.
Auckland Civil Defence spokesperson Glyn Walters said is not clear whether the fire is new or had flared up from an older blaze in the same area that started on Sunday.
The cause of the blaze is being investigated. The Fire Service said at present, residents need a permit to light fires.
Police will have extra officers on the island overnight on Wednesday, as there are only a few officers there normally.
Claris airfield has been affected by smoke and is closed to flights. Meanwhile, residents evacuated have returned to their homes.
Northland fire
About 80 firefighters are managing to contain a blaze that has spread across 200 hectares of scrub and pine in Northland.
The blaze broke out at at Pouto in Kaipara on Tuesday morning and continued to spread on Wednesday, burning through conservation wetlands.
The Department of Conservation believes the fire was started by people, but can't say yet whether it was deliberate or accidental. No homes are in danger.
North Island fire risk high
The fire risk for many areas in the North Island remains high, especially in Wairarapa, Bay of Plenty, Auckland and Northland.
The National Rural Fire Service said the soil is dry and there has been a build up of fuel after hot weather in those areas.
Hot dry weather is forecast for the next two weeks and National Rural Fire Officer Murray Dudfield is urging people to remain cautious.
In the South Island, there is a fire risk around Christchurch and in Marlborough.
The Department of Conservation says people need to take extra care when using lighters to avoid any more devastating fires in dry areas of the country.
Spokesperson David Mules says improperly disposed cigarettes, burning of rubbish and the use of any equipment that generates sparks can be dangerous.


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Hello, I'm Stuart Todd Whitworth and I'm a singer/songwriter in the United States. I'm releasing my new album, "If All Else Fails" this spring 2011. I believe that the song is always the key, start with a good song and then arrange/produce it appropriately. I tend to include a lot of orchestral elements in addition to the standard band instrumentation. I always write a broad range of songs that feel quite different from each other. If you've heard one of my songs, you definitely have not heard them all. Many bands'/artists' albums feel exactly the same from song to song... not the case with this album. Feel free to email me with any questions you may have.
My target audience is definitely NOT narrow. Listen to my songs on my YouTube channel: MyAlbumDemos
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"Gone Away" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV_ZhhaARwE
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"CJ Sleeps" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf-4eYX94uQ
"How to Heal" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4sxmilOrbE
"Where You Are" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HOui6vMAjM
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Evan Caissie eyes the racks of bright, colourful tank-tops, shiny shorts and tight-fitting jeans at the American Apparel store on Granville Street. The 18-year-old part-time model takes advantage of any opportunity to shop, but today is special: he's got Vancouver Pride in mind.
"People express their true inner selves a lot [more at Pride] than they would in normal life.... You can expose yourself to new ideas and recreate yourself if you want to, and have a lot of fun and nobody passes judgment."
As someone who aspires to work in the fashion industry, Caissie says Pride is an opportunity to wear fantastic clothing while he expresses his views on queer culture and personal style.
"I want to [work] in commercial advertisement and ... show that people can wear pretty much anything," he says before he heads to the change room to try on a pair of shiny silver shorts.
Pride week is exemplified by the eye-catching, bedazzled (or virtually non-existent) outfits that adorn men, women and those who would prefer not to be labelled — especially during the annual parade on Sunday — all in celebration of one's individuality and sexuality.
"Pride [invites] a kind of sexual jouissance — a playfulness — a kind of open invitation to sexual energy and to not hide that or be apologetic about it but to really champion it," said University of B.C. sociology professor Becki Ross.
The outrageous Pride outfits date back to the first Pride demonstration in 1970. The event was a backlash against the 1969 police raid of Stonewall, a New York City bar frequented by the underground gay community. Consequently, Pride fashion has always been replete with political undertones.
One of the main reasons for Pride, Ross said, is to disrupt a culture dominated by heterosexuality. Pride participants carry placards and don T-shirts with slogans such as "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle," "silence equals death" and "how dare you presume I'm straight."
The fashion styles displayed at Pride since 1970 are meant to further this political agenda through outlandish clothing that forces people outside of their comfort zone, she added.
"Early Pride Day marches were attended by lesbian feminist activists wearing bell-bottomed jeans or cut-off jean shorts, Kodiak books and plaid shirts, with hairy armpits, no makeup — especially no lipstick ... and cropped hair," said Ross in an email.
This "lesbian look" was an angry critique of what Ross called "patriarchal capitalist beauty conventions," and showcased the women's rebellion against the beauty industry that "straight-jacketed all women into conformity and subservience."
Perhaps one of the most memorable female fashion aspects of Pride that continues to this day are the "Dykes on Bikes," who ride motorcycles topless and deck themselves out in blue jeans, tattoos and everything leather, including vests, motorcycle boots and riding gloves.
Male fashion was very diverse in the early period of Pride, Ross said, a trend that continues today.
Men in the 1970s and '80s "tended to wear tank tops, leather vests, multi-coloured handkerchiefs in the pockets of tight jeans to communicate sexual appetites and tastes," Ross added. "At the same time, other gay male members of the 'Radical Fairies' sported wings and tutus, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence donned nuns' habits and square dancers [saddled up with] cowboy hats, boots and fancy neckties."
One of the great things about Pride, Ross stressed, is that through clothing, props and makeup, Pride participants demonstrate a culture of over-the-top exuberance and excess that cuts across differences of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age, disability, region and politics.
This year, Ross predicts Pride will see curlers dressed in kilts wielding plastic brooms; South Asian lesbians in saris; two-spirited Aboriginals wearing button blankets; Latina flamenco dancers; sex workers in glitter, stilettos and tube-tops; transgender folks wearing "Transsexual Menace" T-shirts; queer goths in head-to-toe black; queer cops, pilots and firefighters in uniform; and betrothed queer couples in bridal gear, just to name a few.
Such self-expression through fashion has a long history with the LGBTQ community, said UBC professor Amin Ghaziani, who specializes in the sociology of sexuality.
At a 1969 conference leading up to the first Pride demonstration on June 19, 1970, it was specifically mandated that "no dress ... regulations shall be made" for the event, Ghaziani said.
Although thousands of people show up each year to celebrate Pride, Ghaziani noted there is a debate within a small segment of the queer community regarding the event's loud and outlandish displays.
The discussion, he said, revolves around "to what extent gay men and lesbians should present themselves in ways that resemble straight people or whether they should present themselves instead in a way that is either oppositional or culturally unique."
Ghaziani argued that this debate showcases how a "post-gay era" is developing, whereby a high degree of acceptance means LGBTQ individuals feel less pressure to define themselves so centrally by their sexuality.
However, Ross rejected entirely the notion that queer culture or Pride should be subdued.
"I've always been very unhappy about ... queer people judging those who run around in almost nothing or BDSM [bondage] wear," she said. "What differentiates queer people from non-queer people is our sexuality."
"Some folks want to pursue [an] agenda that is really about equality and belonging ... and others want to break apart that argument and challenge it [and] say there's something more special, spectacular and worth fighting for in terms of sexual diversity and gender diversity," she said, noting that she's not certain how much traction the discussion has within the queer community.
For Caissie, the importance of Pride and its political undertones are very personal.
"I fight for gay rights because I want to see my parents happy and myself happy in the future," he says, noting that he hopes to one day follow in the footsteps of his soon-to-be married father and step-dad.
"Pride is a good [opportunity] to express yourself and say that it's okay to be who you are, no matter who you are."


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Judge in Hasan case removed
Court: Colonel for Fort Hood trial had 'appearance of bias.'
An appeals court in Washington on Monday removed the military judge overseeing the trial of an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting spree.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces was expected to rule on a long-disputed order requiring Maj. Nidal Hasan to shave his beard, which he grew in violation of Army regulations.
Instead, it sidestepped the issue after finding that the judge, Col. Gregory Gross, had displayed an "appearance of bias" in the case. The Army's judge advocate general will appoint a new judge.
The ruling stunned one legal expert.
"I'm kind of at a loss for words, which is unusual," said Jeffrey Addicott, who heads the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary's University. "I think that's one thing nobody would have anticipated, that the (court) would have taken such an extreme measure given the fact that the judge was only attempting to comply with military regulations regarding grooming standards."
Hasan could face the death penalty for the Nov. 5, 2009, rampage that left 13 dead and 32 others wounded. He grew the beard last summer, prompting Gross to fine him $1,000 on six occasions.
An Aug. 20 start date for the trial came and went as the issue bounced through the military legal system, with one Army appeals court ruling in October that Hasan had to shave the beard or have it forcibly removed.
The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces then took up the matter, handing down a decision Monday that veteran military defense attorney Frank Spinner called rare.
He said it was unusual to remove a judge in the middle of a proceeding.
"Normally, these are post-trial issues that go up on appeal and they're resolved on appeal; so it is rather surprising," said Spinner, a Colorado lawyer known for his defense of high-profile military defendants.
Hasan said he grew the beard because of his Muslim faith and insisted that he could have one under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. His lead defense attorney, Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, has said Hasan's religious beliefs drove his decision to grow the beard.
During a Sept. 6 hearing, Gross told Hasan to shave, but the order was stayed pending appeals this fall.
Hasan was cleanshaven the day of the shootings, but he appeared in court with the beard last June. Gross told Hasan he would be removed from the courtroom if he didn't shave it, and he later discovered what appeared to be feces on the floor of the facility's latrine — and barred him from using it.
Gross fined Hasan a total of $6,000 for violating Army regulations that limit facial hair to moustaches and sideburns.
Attorneys for Hasan said in a motion that he "is a practicing Muslim and has recently had a premonition that his death is imminent. He does not wish to die without a beard, as he believes not having a beard is a sin."
Paralyzed from the chest down after being shot four times by post police, Hasan is in Bell County Jail, where Poppe, the defense attorney, said he began a more intensive study of Islam after spending years as a "cultural" Muslim.
Prosecutors say courts and case law grant the military deference in such cases and that Gross had a right to maintain the dignity and decorum of his court. They also said that if Hasan wore the beard at trial, it would have offended soldiers and undermined morale.
The appeals court said in its ruling that Hasan's command was primarily responsible for enforcing grooming standards, not the judge. While Gross had the right to control his courtroom, there wasn't enough evidence to show that Hasan's beard "materially interfered with the proceedings," the court stated.
Gross' order "to remove (Hasan) from the courtroom, the contempt citation and the decision to order (Hasan's) forcible shaving in the absence of any command action to do the same could lead an objective observer to conclude that the military judge was not impartial towards appellant," the court wrote, also noting that the judge and his family had been at Fort Hood the day of the shooting.
"In light of these rulings, and the military judge's accusations regarding the latrine," the decision continued, "it could reasonably appear to an objective observer that the military judge had allowed the proceedings to become a duel of wills between himself and (Hasan) rather than an adjudication of the serious offenses with which (Hasan) is charged."
A Fort Hood spokesman, Chris Haug, said a senior lawyer was looking into the court's decision.
Addicott said the latest ruling "brings great discredit" to a malfunctioning military legal system.
"This matter should have been disposed with rather quickly, it should not have been subject to appeal until after the trial's over. It's been hit around like a piñata."


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What's this Miura interview and where did it come from? And how come we haven't heard about it until now?
Can we submit additional interviews from Miura for translation as well so that we can build an archive?
This is my first Patreon, but well worth it!!
Also, when/how will we be getting our rewards for supporting? (It's more than the reward for me, I'm just honestly wondering when/how we'll get them?)
I'm glad there's something I can do to help out Puella and the rest of the site. (At first I thought this was the old April Fool's joke from way back when, so I'm glad I read your post carefully, Walter.)
I thought the same thing at first [April Fools]
Thanks Rhombaad!
You guys should know by now that we only pull big April Fools stuff on or close to April 1. Otherwise it's a foul. The only outlier was Aolsier, but that was more of a solid goof than a full on April Fool's gag. It's actually been a few years since we did anything...
Here's an interview that may or may not be in your backlog from around when the movies came out. Have always wondered Miura's take on some of these changes.http://www.berserkfilm.com/part2/special/interview.html
I think this interview is interesting. And it's a recent interview too.He didn't reveal new things though and mostly talked about the damned movies of course. However he did talk about how he drew the characters, how Adon is kind of an outdated character since he created him from the 80s to 90s...I'd like to put this into our list of interviews to be considered for translation.Of course, I won't translate the director's gibberish.
Pledged! It's not much, but I want to support in anyway I can.
A project to translate every comment Miura made in Young Animal, from 1992-2014, set to be released once per week until completed.Kentarou Miura doesn't have a Twitter account, but he's been giving readers small nuggets of information about his life with every episodic release of Berserk for years now. Originally published in Young Animal, these brief comments shed light on what his activities and interests were at the time of each episode's release. That includes details on his personal life, his struggles with health, his views on world events, and his hobbies and interests. More than any interview, these small comments have given us a consistent window into his life and personality over the past 20+ years.When this milestone is reached, Puella will begin translating every single comment from Miura (all 337 as of this posting), to be released once per week until we are caught up.And because we love you guys, here's a taste:YA#1 of 1993: I don't even dare to dream about a trip to a foreign country but at least I would like to go to a spa once in my life.YA#2 of 1993: I always appreciate fan letters. I reply to those who want it.
Our first milestone will see puella translate one of Miura's interviews before the end of the year. Later on, depending on her availability and on Berserk's release schedule, she will try to do some more. With this second interview-oriented milestone, we guarantee that she will double the amount of Miura interviews she will translate. Where she would have done two, she will do four. Where she would have done three, she will do six (yes, there are that many untranslated interviews). And this will ensure that they are released more quickly too, as she will be able to set time aside specifically for that purpose.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run double in the first inning that held up, and the Dominican Republic capped a dominant, unbeaten run through the World Baseball Classic with a 3-0 win against Puerto Rico for the championship.
Erick Aybar added an RBI double to back winner Samuel Deduno, and the demonstrative Dominican righty threw his arms into the air in delight after watching a run-saving defensive gem by center fielder Alejandro De Aza in a tough fifth.
Cheers of "Dominicana! Dominicana!" rang out through the rain at AT&T Park all the way to the streets of Santo Domingo. The Dominican fans — fanaticos, indeed — didn't let the Bay Area's wet weather keep them from dancing in the stands, waving flags and tooting horns. Flags became makeshift ponchos.


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