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Wolf Mansion - Josephus Wolf House
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Legend has it that the mansion owner went crazy after slavery was abolished, and in his rage, he killed all of his slaves and their children. Some stories say he even killed his family while he was at it. Then he killed himself. Now, folks say, an unexplained light comes on in the bell tower, or even the ringing of a nonexistent bell. Also, apparitions and orbs have been spotted; some have been seen through the windows. Eerie sounds and feelings have been reported as well.
440 W 700 N
41.53648297770619, -87.15375959862286
Porter County, Indiana
South Haven, IN (0.9 mi.)
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Portage, IN (3.0 mi.)
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New Chicago, IN (6.4 mi.)
Valparaiso, IN (6.5 mi.)
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Since the house was built in 1875, long long after slavery was abolished and The Indiana Supreme court freed all the remaining slaves in the state two years before Josephus Wolf was born – This account as to the alleged haunting is doubtful.
Steve Nicewanger | June 18, 2017 at 7:50 am
You are correct . There were never slaves in Indiana . In fact Indiana was a major route in the underground railroad.
Jim | April 12, 2018 at 5:45 pm
House wasn't finish until early 1900's as a wedding present to his wife. The monks used this house while the seven dollar shrine was built. So highly doubtful of any slaves there and he didn't go crazy and kill anyone. Plus that is not a bell tower people. It is a capula. His long lost brother is actually burried in bovina tx. My family actually knew the wolf family personally and I've been there many times myself with no issues or problems there. The cross you claim was painted in the capula for sickness is wrong. It was done when the monks moved into it while the shrine was being built. Please get your facts straight or ask for them before adding to lies about this mansion and what happened to the wolfe family.
Nona Rogers | June 9, 2018 at 8:41 pm
I lived there for 3 months and the place is haunted.I was told that the house was once the county seat and many town meeting .I was told that Mr Wolfes wife and children all died of illness and he hung himself in the tower.there are bodies buried on the ground s in marked.
Jennelle keene | September 24, 2014 at 2:58 pm
I knew what I heard and saw was true. When I was a young girl my grandma worked for Caldwell banker relistate company. She sometime watched me. She was assined to sell the house in the mid 90's. To this day I hear a man in the upper room down the hall. " hello there" nobody was in that room. I ran to my grandma crying. And scared the potential buyers
Steven Neyhart | November 27, 2015 at 10:09 am
My dad owned the wolf mansion and sold it in the 90's
Danni | November 4, 2014 at 5:06 pm
No the wolf mansion is a house I thought don't people live there? The unexplained light is probably the people who live there turning on the light and the unexplained people in the windows is the people who live or work there.
marie Lavanture | November 30, 2014 at 10:21 pm
I have had experienes
walking just outside of this house. Heard voices. I have seen many things, I've seen ghosts. It wasn't slaves he killed. He helped slaves go north. According to my family records, the plantation people who once lived in homes around the once built plantation had some illnesses. These people were there as workers, not slaves. Mr. Wolf was having an affair with on of his house aides. He didn't know she was carrying a sickness that was unknown of,at the time. His house hold became very sick and his youngest child became ill, she died, No records show of her death because he thought it would hide the sickness. She was buried in an unmarked grave, secretly. But this didn't stop the sickness and it spread through out the house and plantation. A cross was painted in the capula as a sign to warn off people to tell them not to enter because of sickness. Many people died. His wife, saddened by the loss of her child, plus one still born, that she gave birth to in her room, caused her to commit suicide. She hung herself in the capula. Mr. Wolf died from cancer. Workers left and moved away. The plantation was torn down and the house left to remaining family until they also passed. It now belongs to the historical society. I could get records to own it but, no thank you!!! Ironically enough, after I had my 2nd husband visit the grounds of the house with me, he was dio. with cancer and he was chased off the land by Mr. Wolf's voice. My now dead husband, worked on that house when it was becoming a flower shop, it was a bad experience for him. sad, I love the look of this house, but I wouldn't wanna own it. People move out every 3 months, if people would stop changing the looks of this home and put everything back to the way it was, encluding the removed bodies, all would be ok once again.
Kristina Smith | December 26, 2014 at 1:38 am
Yes the house was built in 1875 a lot of people think Mr. Wolf killed himself, family, and the slaves he swore he would help. My family's lived in Porter County for years and they know a lot about this at one time really pretty home that has had one to many face lifts to which a lot shouldn't of had to of done causeing a lot of the noises and lights going on and off at night. Plus they did take down four buildings on the property which used to be 4,500 achers and now present day it's only 5.2 achers a lot smaller then years ago only because it used to be a farm it had beef and dairy animales then people wounder why the ones who buy the house only get told to leave, scared off, or something bad happens to them or their whole family.
Zeke Jacobs | February 15, 2015 at 8:09 pm
Not only have I seen this in action myself. This man did not murder his family or slaves. Rumors are rumors the truth is the truth. This entire family was slaughtered and the father was forced to watch it. They then went to the bell tower and hung him. I really can't stand ignorance. It is eerie and creepy but he is broken hearted. Leave this spirit alone. Sincerely, the great great grandson of the 'killer'
Kailee Nelson | June 7, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Hey do you mind telling me a little more about this…. ?
Scott Silverthorn | April 4, 2017 at 1:22 pm
That wasn't a bell tower. It was a point they could look out over the entire property, and on a clear day, Chicago
Jeremy T. | March 17, 2015 at 11:23 am
Sounds like Nobody knows the "Truth"..And if the "Entire family was slaughtered", there are no descendants..Still a really neat place tho.
before reading this my mother grew up in this town with a bunch of friends of hers and has told me the story as well as my frienhs this a shit load of time and i never believed her until now reading it on her and now that i read what she has told me it creeps me out know that something that really has happened to her as a teenager driviing down the street on a back road it true i love ghost and ghost stories but this shit is insane know i know my own stories to tell my kids now still would love to go inside this house for a night to see if i see old Mr Wolfe around me
Sonny | August 12, 2015 at 7:41 am
I live literally down the road from Wolf Mansion. This house was built way after slavery. The family members each died of natural causes. And they are buried in the McCool Cemetery on the Corner of McCool Rd. and Central Ave. in Portage, IN. And the building is privately owned. They have made it a tourist attraction. In fact they give tours of the house.
Deb l | August 21, 2015 at 11:48 pm
The 'Wolf', as its now named according to a landmark sign in front of the mansion is 3 miles down the street from me. It now occupies the elderly as a convalescent home. If it truly were haunted, who would believe the words of an occupant with dementia? Being trained in the medical field I just realized that I could in fact apply for a position there. Da, da, da…..to be continued! I personally am not afraid. Not to say that the rumors arent true, but my home was built in 1895, 20 years after the mansion. Ive heard my fair share of the unexplained.
Marlene | September 24, 2016 at 9:59 pm
That's NOT true! A couple bought that home, and have lived there since 2014, and they do have tours there, especially at Halloween, $15 a pop
I lived there when i was about 5 yrs old. ALong with my mom and dad and 4 sisters and 2 brothers. Dont remember exact yr, as my memory is bad. But my mom and dad had an antique shop there. My mom always said it was haunted. I was the youngest and always scared to go to the bathroom when upstairs. There was a long hallway with the bathroom on the right. All the other doors along the upstairs hallway were shut or locked. I do remember being scared in that bathroom, just an eerie feeling. My brother could prob tell more and sister , the two oldest kids, It was prob in the 1970ish, There were graves in the backyard with tombstones. Dont know the exact story. But i use to have tantrums when they took me upstairs to bed, and would cry myself to sleep.
Thomas Cherry | May 30, 2016 at 5:29 pm
Are you kidding me? my Family has live in Portage for over 180 years. My Grand Mother was Goldie M Blake , the wolf Family built two houses the Wolf and the "baby"Wolf father and son built the homes and at one time they owned 6000+acres of land. no slaves and no one was killed. in fact one of the Wolf family married one of the Blake's . people are so stupid
TM | September 12, 2016 at 4:40 pm
I don't know about all of these different stories, I do know that I have had several encounters with this house over the years, I was driving home one evening west on 700 past Wolfe mansion and the light in the tower was on I have had that experience several times while the house was sitting empty some times the light would be on and sometimes it would be off…. the ironic thing was I have been in the house and the stair case leading to the tower was walled off with drywall.
James | February 12, 2017 at 5:54 pm
I remember seeing that light in the bell tower on when no one was living there too. Then on the way back later that night it was off. Very freaky as don't understand how that light could of came on in the first place when it was vacant. Made me a believer.
Cheyenna Choate | September 17, 2016 at 5:35 pm
I remember a particular experience from when I was 3. My grandmother lived in Valparaiso, and my parents had to drive by the Wolf Mansion in order to get to and from her house. I remember asking my parents who the 'creepy lady' was, and I stated that she had white hair and a white face, and a frilly and old looking dress, and she was in one of the second floor windows. My parents didn't see anything when they looked, but that is the only experience I recall at that location.
Theresa | August 13, 2019 at 3:29 am
I too have seen the old lady. I ride the school bus past there every morning. She was dressed in a Victorian dress with her hair done up, she would be standing in a second story window facing South.
Mike H. | October 8, 2016 at 8:12 pm
There was a 20 something year old, whose parents owned the house, hung himself in there in 1996-ish. I knew him from the local bar, Pepe's Silver Bullet. Think his first name was Dan. He thought he was a magician or something. Well, he could not get out of that rope!
Slavery was abolished in 1865, so this is true.
His self hanging was over a girl & nothing to do with the house. He was just a weirdo.
Tom | August 13, 2018 at 2:19 pm
Yeah. Mike, his name was Dan. Kinda weird but nice guy. I think he was found hung in the jail. — T. Staff
Lee Chapman | February 18, 2017 at 7:35 pm
I was subcontracted by 2 different owners after 2000 to trim the trees. The first time the owner had an old map of graves and many structures that are longer exist. This owner and the next owner mentioned multiple tombstones stored in the cellar, due to previous vandalisms. Both owners mentioned lights flickering, voices, and especially oddities concerning the tower.
Tina | September 11, 2017 at 11:09 am
I was born in Valparaiso and am a descendant of the Wolf's through Caroline. My dad grew up on a farm a half a mile away and wet to many family reunions in the Wolf Mansion. STOP these lies! Joeseph did not kill his slaves. He did not own slaves. He helped to free them. The bell tower is not a bell tower, it is a crows nest. He was proud of his success in life and wanted to be able to see all of the property he owned from his house. He likes to go up there and look across his land. The only murder was his own. He was shot by someone at night as he stood in his doorway. You can read the story about that in the newspaper report. Please stop making my family seem horrible. They were not perfect people but they were absolutely not murderers! The house is, however, haunted according to several family members.
Pete | January 29, 2018 at 4:58 pm
Do the current owners allow paranormal investigations if we pay to do them?
Cameron | March 25, 2018 at 9:30 pm
That was the story i was always told about some old woman with white hair in the tower. Wounder what role if any she had in the history of wolfe mansion.
Deborah l. Gallup | January 10, 2019 at 7:56 pm
I LOVE THAT HOUSE .I TOOK A TOUR 2015/2016 .SINCE I WAS 13 YEARS IM 70 NOW I WANTED TO LIVE THERE .IM NOT AFRAID. I EVEN ASKED THE OWNERS IF I COULD RENT A ROOM. BUT THEY SAI.D NO.I WANT TO BE THERE GO BACK.i told my granddaughter she wants to go. I went to the library copied everything still have it.i will give it all to the owners. They are so nice.i wish i could live there.is been my dream.
Matt Cortese | February 1, 2019 at 3:22 am
My uncle owned the house in the early 1990's, I am a skeptic by nature and don't believe in ghost. I have spent many of sleepless nights there and I can assure you that there is a disturbing element there. Finding gravestones of his children in the
attic of the barn/garage doesn't sow seeds of comfort along with the voice in my cousins former room. The basement is damn near freighting. At any rate I would be happy never to return there.
Gayle | September 18, 2019 at 4:00 am
We live about a mile away and pass this area daily. From afar— it can look eerie or spooky, however, unless you are related to their family or lived there—- people shouldn't gossip. Life is short, pray for this house and the family. God bless all.
Thomas Dunahoo | October 17, 2019 at 1:18 am
i have lived in South Haven since 1976 and i have been in wolf mansion dozens of times and well yall are dead wrong. There is a book in the South Haven library with the history of the house and family and none of what's reported is NOT true, not one bit. I have spent nights sleeping in the mansion and even found secret staircase in master bedroom down to the kitchen pantry which current owner said was covered up now. I would get ticked at mom and go in through basement into house when it was empty. My step mom and her mom knew the last wolf family member and the story about hanging in the coupalo is fake. my step mom gave old man wolf a angel doll for christmas that he had hung in coupalo as a christmas decoration. That is the origin of the myth of him having his child hanging up there. as far as a light up there it is odd since there was a light removed in 1989 after movie blood bath in psycho town was recorded there. so if you say you saw a light up there you really need to eith show picture or video proof or put down the bong and quit telling tall tales online. It really is sad that paranormal community is mostly a bunch of people telling fake stories and making the field seem so far fetched and a joke. If you don't have proof then stop telling lies.
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Po raz pierwszy zdiagnozował go w 1912 r. Olav Johan Sopp nadając mu nazwę Citromyces purpurescens. Obecną, uznaną przez Index Fungorum nazwę nadał mu Philibert Melchior Joseph Ehi Biourge w 1923 r.

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Występowanie
W Polsce stwierdzono występowanie tego gatunku na korzeniach brzozy brodawkowatej.

Gatunki podobne
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Other authors of the study include: Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Yu-Han Chiu, Audrey J. Gaskins, and Paige L. Williams, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA; Irene Souter of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston; and Antonia M. Calafat of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA.
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The study, "Soy Intake Modifies the Relation Between Urinary Bisphenol A Concentrations and In Vitro Fertilization Outcomes," was published online at http://press.endocrine.org/doi/10.1210/jc.2015-3473, ahead of print.
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'Nikita' series finale: What is your take?
Nikita, The CW	 December 27, 2013
Friday marked the end for "Nikita" on The CW after four seasons, and the question that we are left with is pretty simple: Was this the ending that you wanted?
Obviously, the first issue that must be addressed here is that death did play a role in the episode. Specifically, we saw an end to the character of Ryan after spending so much time with him on the show. Given the sort of mission that Nikita had assembled for herself here in this episode, it to us felt fairly obvious that there was going to be at least one body that fell.
But then, the rest of the story from here progressed more towards a happy ending, which was not something that we necessarily felt for sure was going to be in the cards for Nikita when you consider the full extent of the character's journey. While we know that there was a hope from the fans that she would end up with Michael, who knew for sure that this was going to really happen? Had this been the finale for season 3, we're not sure that we would have really bought her being able to go have some sort of normal life now; but thanks to the finale, it feels like her mission is done in a sense, and she can move forward. Meanwhile, Birkhoff and Alex also had their own separate endings that felt appropriate, and allowed them to focus more on personal connections rather than violence and a continued career in the world that they have come to know.
This may have been the ending that many fans wanted, but was it the ending that really was right for the series? That is something we believe will be debated for a little while, mostly because even the most diehard fan who says that they want a happy ending will still find a way to complain. Series finales are tricky that way. Grade: B
Ultimately, we want to turn this over to you: Did the "Nikita" finale deliver on everything that you were hoping? Let us know some of your thoughts below, and be sure to also click here if you want to sign up to get some weekly updates (some action-packed) from across the TV spectrum every week.
Yes, I was completely satisfied with the ending. Had no idea what to expect going in. Very absorbing, intense episode with big surprises. The six episodes gave the creators a chance to do the fan favorite complete justice. A fan who has watched every episode, Jim
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Kudos to film cast an excellent job well done.


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Q: Is there any need to encrypt data being passed to Azure Storage? We have Azure Blob Storage with encryption at rest and infrastructure encryption enabled. We have a ASP NET Core application which passes confidential files (mostly pdf or docx documents) to and from the Azure storage for upload and viewing respectively.
We have also implemented AES encryption of the files before they are passed to Azure for upload however we are wondering if this is overkill and just an unnecessary hit on performance when we already have encryption through Azure.
Does our local AES encryption of files before passing to Azure add anything to the security? Or is it just a pointless exercise and drain on performance?
Documents are stored in memory stream before being uploaded and never stored on a local disk or as a physical file.

A: Notable points -
Encryption in transit - HTTPS (make sure you're on TLS 1.2)
Encryption at rest - Microsoft uses 256-bit AES. However, instead of AES-ing something that would eventually again be AES-ed by Microsoft, you can use your own keys to encrypt the data at rest (BYOK / CMK) by using REST calls to upload the files and specifying your own KEY by using x-ms-encryption-key header.
More info is available here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/encryption-customer-provided-keys#request-headers-for-specifying-customer-provided-keys

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HERNDON, VA: Exostar, the cloud platform for secure enterprise and supply chain collaboration solutions expertise unveils its updated multi-enterprise collaboration solution. The solution now embodies the ability to protect digital rights management technology that extends information protection so that security contractors can act in accordance with the latest Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) provisions issued by the Department of Defense (DoD).
According to DFARS 252.204-7012, 'Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting', makes compliance with over 100 security requirements identified in Special Publication 800-171 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a must. With these requirements, information can be guarded for local and network access across non-federal information systems and organizations.
Contractors and the Sub-Contractors who trade with Covered Defense Information (CDI) have time till December 2017 to abide with the DFARS mandate or risk contract loss. These Contractors and their partners need solutions to deliver secured collaboration across enterprise boundaries to elevate productivity, protect sensitive information, and ensure DoD compliance.
One of the biggest benefits of the Exostar community structure is the way they gather customer requirements through customer governance councils. These councils help direct the solution requirements and product roadmaps to address their ultimate concerns.
Exostar offers organizations the ability to use granular, document-centric security to constantly protect sensitive information anywhere it resides, that is possible by integrating the solution with Seclore's Enterprise Digital Rights Management.
Document owners are empowered with the authority to enforce privacy on who can open, edit, copy/paste or print a document. Owners can vaguely alter these privileges at any given time. "Incorporating Seclore's rights management protection functionality means our customers can automatically apply, control, and audit policies that dictate who can access a document and what they can do with it, no matter where the document travels," points out Vijay Takanti, Vice President of Security and Collaboration Solutions, Exostar.


Hey everybody, I've had "inheritance" on my mind in a big way, as my team and I have been interceding majorly for all of you who are coming to our Inheritance conference. Receiving your spiritual inheritance–with all the TANGIBLE blessings that go with it–is ESSENTIAL if we want to thrive!
I mean it. Inheritance is key.
Inheritances are only made possible because somebody dies. And in our case, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, died for us. He didn't die for no reason, either! He died for you and me to have total and complete freedom, forgiveness, holiness, blessing, healing, and prosperity.
But what are the things that keep us from receiving your inheritance?
Great question! So I recorded a brief prophetic/teaching word about 4 things that keep you from receiving your inheritance–and how to combat them.
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Thank you Jamie for this powerful message. Seeking the Lord first. He will bring me into my inheritance as I entrust everything in Him. Blessings to all .
This was very enlightening and showed me what I am lacking and need to improve in my life. Second time this week I heard about the 5 bridegrooms that were lacking and its not a coincident I will take heed! God bless you and your family. Your baby will be blessed too!
My dad passed 4 months ago and I received an inhertiance from him. But there is a greater inheritance that comes from our heavenly Father. Thanks for all of your prophetic words that are always on time.
I think it's one of my biggest problem in life, I mentalize a lot of stuff that I hear or that I read, but I have a hard time feeling them in my heart.
This is so life-giving! You are hugely blessed and a huge blessing!


A peace nation with diversified cultures and more than a hundred tribes is being torn apart by tribalism.
A nation which is blessed by mineral resources which is supposed to nourish the nation has now become a tool for corruption and greed.
A once beautiful nation has now become an ugly beast of a nation rendered useless and dilapidated by corruption, war and terrorism.
A nation cursed by a continuous cycle of corrupt leaders. Leaders who would kill for power, leaders who would enrich their pockets instead of enriching the nation, leaders who would bleed the nation dry for their own gain, leaders who would pray rather than actually doing something.
A nation which is supposed to be religious and morally upright is being destroyed by this same religion. Religion which has been used as a tool for war and mass murder. Religion which has been used as a tool to embezzle and defraud the masses and enrich a certain few.


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Young artisans dominate meat-ups
Small Business Column
Maggie Overfelt
Scott Bridi expects sales to double at his charcuterie, Brooklyn Cured.
On a recent Saturday at Smorgasburg, the waterfront food market that has become an epicenter of Brooklyn's artisanal food movement, Scott Bridi, 36, was demonstrating his creativity at $5 a pop in front of a small crowd. His medium: a slider-size rye bun delicately stacked with spice-encrusted pastrami, which, as the founder of the five-employee, 2-year-old charcuterie firm Brooklyn Cured, Mr. Bridi prepared himself.
"The beauty is that we're taking raw material—the parts of the meat that aren't prime—and making it extremely desirable," he said, ticking off some of his other products: duck, rabbit and chicken garlic sausage.While Brooklyn Cured was one of the few stalls trumpeting handmade sausages at Smorgasburg, roughly 60 of the 100 stands sold some variation of locally sourced meats. The entrepreneurs, most under 40 years old, represent a rising subset of New York City's well-known artisanal meat industry, which took off a few years ago when independent butcheries like Marlow & Daughters and Dickson's Farmstand Meats set up shop in Williamsburg and Chelsea, respectively.Offering an alternative to prepackaged, commercially raised meat sold in supermarkets, these shops have "brought the interactive aspect back to chopping—the mental and emotional stimulation that comes from customers coming into the shop and getting customized orders of food that fits their lifestyle," said Charlie Mirisola, 27, a Dickson's employee who is helping to launch Gastrogladiators, a food-based social network aimed at competitive chefs, in the fall.Mr. Mirisola is just one in a crowd of young entrepreneurs—former line cooks, waiters and even white-collar professionals—inspired by such shops to seek a lucrative niche tied to promoting locally raised organic meats, an estimated $538 million industry in the U.S., according to the Organic Trade Association.Eric Demby, co-founder of Smorgasburg, said he had to trim the list of meat-centric vendors who wanted a presence at this year's market. "We were too meat-heavy last year," he explained.
'Perfect storm' for selling
New York, like the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, Ore., offers the "perfect storm" needed for small businesses selling organic meat to thrive, according to Marissa Guggiana, co-founder of the Butcher's Guild, a year-old professional organization for artisanal butchers.
"Certainly some of the most outspoken and known butchers of this movement are in New York, where there's a large population of educated consumers near an agricultural area," Ms. Guggiana said.Of course, breaking even can be tough, especially when carefully sourcing meat to fulfill the exacting requirements of health-conscious customers. "It's hard to make a living," she said, "especially for the people who own their own shops—they are working on much smaller margins."
SALES GROWTH of locally raised organic meats in the U.S. from 2010 to 2011
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Lots of customers
But those challenges are not deterring young, energetic meat purveyors. Brooklyn Cured, which Mr. Bridi started after working with charcuterie at Gramercy Tavern and Marlow & Daughters, has found plenty of customers willing to pay a premium for its small-batch products. The company is profitable, and Mr. Bridi expects 2012 sales to be double last year's roughly $150,000.
The company, which buys its meats directly from small farms in New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and Pennsylvania and from distributors of locally raised meat, has little overhead. Instead of running its own shop, Brooklyn Cured sells retail at five outdoor food markets and wholesale to gourmet food shops.The face-to-face interactions with customers help Mr. Bridi tell the story of his foods and learn his customers' tastes, which in turn inspires new products and fuels business growth. "The core of what we're doing is making connections through awesome food," he said.
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A tempestade tropical Bárbara foi o primeiro ciclone tropical a atingir terras emersas durante a temporada de furacões no Pacífico de 2007. Sendo a segunda tempestade da temporada, Bárbara desenvolveu-se de uma área de baixa pressão em 29 de maio, cerca de 380 km a sudeste de Acapulco, México. O sistema seguiu firmemente para o sul antes de virar ligeiramente para o leste e rapidamente se intensificou para uma tempestade tropical. Fortes ventos de cisalhamento fizeram Bárbara se enfraquecer, embora o sistema se organizou novamente antes de alcançar o pico de intensidade, com ventos de 85 km/h, antes de alcançar a terra, próximo à fronteira do México com a Guatemala. Bárbara rapidamente se enfraqueceu sobre terra e em 2 de junho, o NHC emitiu seu último aviso sobre a tempestade. Apesar das expectativas que a tempestade poderia alcançar a força de um furacão, Bárbara atingiu a costa como uma pequena e fraca tempestade tropical. Bárbara produziu chuvas torrenciais locais e rajadas de ventos e na maioria das localidades os danos foram mínimos. Entretanto, no sul do México, a chuva destruiu grandes áreas de lavoura, sendo que os prejuízos pela perda da produção agrícola foram calculados em $55 milhões de dólares.

História meteorológica

Uma onda tropical deixou a costa da África em 14 de maio. Acredita-se que esta onda seja o ponto de partida do desenvolvimento de Bárbara. O eixo da onda cruzou a América Central em 25 de maio e emergiu no Oceano Pacífico nordeste no dia seguinte. Interagindo com a zona de convergência intertropical, uma grande área de baixa pressão de superfície desenvolveu-se na área de 27 de maio, e assim que o sistema movia-se para o norte, mantinha uma convecção de ar desorganizada e limitada. Em 29 de maio, a convecção de ar se intensificou e ficou mais concentrada perto da área de baixa pressão. Bandas de tempestade destacadas desenvolveram-se no semicírculo leste do sistema assim que a circulação de ar ficou mais bem definido. Foi estimado que o sistema torna-se a depressão tropical Dois-E às 18:00 UTC de 29 de maio cerca de 185 km a sudeste de Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México. Depois de se tornar um ciclone tropical, a depressão estava estacionária numa área com águas quentes, poucos ventos de cisalhamento e condições de altos níveis favoráveis.

Nas horas depois que o sistema tornou-se um ciclone tropical, a convecção profunda associada com a depressão diminuíram, embora a convecção aumentasse novamente mais tarde. Uma banda de tempestade desenvolveu-se no quadrante sudeste da circulação de ar e, baseado em altos números da técnica de Dvorak e imagens de satélite melhoradas, o NHC classificou a depressão como tempestade tropical Bárbara, enquanto o sistema estava localizado a cerca de 185 km de Puerto Escondido, México. A formação da tempestade marcou uma dentro de três vezes que duas tempestades se formaram na bacia do Pacífico nordeste. As outras vezes foram nas temporadas de 1956 e 1984. Inicialmente, foi previsto o fortalecimento de Bárbara, chegando a força de furacão, com ventos de 135 km/h.

A tempestade seguiu firmemente para o sul de depois para o leste devido a correntes de ar que iam para o norte atrás de um cavado de altos níveis no Golfo do México. Com correntes de ar bem definidas deixando o sistema e águas quentes, Bárbara ficou mais bem organizado assim que fortes bandas curvas de tempestade desenvolveram-se perto do centro do sistema. Entretanto, em 31 de maio, fortes ventos de cisalhamento e fracas correntes de ar que chegavam no sistema fizeram a tempestade se enfraquecer. Na tarde daquele dia, o sistema tinha uma circulação muito pequena de ar dentro de uma grande área de baixa pressão e na manhã de 1º de junho, a tempestade enfraqueceu-se para depressão tropical. Na tarde daquele dia, bandas curvas destacadas de tempestade se desenvolveram novamente no sistema e depois da passagem do satélite QuikSCAT, os dados registrados por ele indicavam uma circulação de ar bem definida no sistema. Baseado nestes dados, o NHC classificou novamente o sistema como tempestade tropical. A tempestade alcançou o pico de intensidade, com ventos de 85 km/h e virou para o nordeste  assim que ele seguia sobre uma corrente de ar numa crista que se estendia daquela região até o Golfo do México. As bandas de tempestade destacadas continuaram a se organizar e pouco antes de atingir a terra um olho de baixos níveis se desenvolveu. Por volta das 13:00 UTC de 2 de junho, Bárbara atingiu a terra logo a oeste da fronteira entre a Guatemala e o México. O centro do sistema rapidamente deteriorou-se para uma depressão tropical sobre os terrenos montanhosos do extremo sul de Chiapas, México, e Bárbara se dissipou dentro de doze horas depois que atingiu a terra.

Preparativos e impactos

No começo da duração do ciclone, o NHC recomendou para as pessoas que se interessassem ao longo da costa sudoeste do México a monitorarem o progresso da tempestade. Depois do sistema novamente alcançar a força de tempestade tropical em 1º de junho, os governos da Guatemala e do México emitiram um alerta de tempestade tropical entre Sipacate, Guatemala, até Barra de Tonala, México. Depois, assim que a trilha prevista do sistema ficou mais bem definida, o alerta foi substituído por um aviso de tempestade tropical  e outro alerta de tempestade tropical foi emitido pelo governo do México para o oeste, até Salina Cruz, México. As autoridades no México disponibilizaram verbas para as regiões de Chiapas e Oaxaca em preparação para um possível desastre por enchentes. No mínimo 1.400 pessoas foram retiradas em Chiapas para abrigos emergenciais.

As bandas exteriores de tempestade de Bárbara começaram a afetar o sul do México e a Guatemala na tarde de 1º de junho. No México, o pico de precipitação em 24 horas foi 126 mm em Huixtla e sobre o México a chuva deixou acima do normal muitos rios. Uma estação meteorológica automática em Puerto Madero, México registrou ventos sustentados de 58 km/h com rajadas de 85 km/h pouco depois da tempestade atingir a costa. Em muitas localidades, os danos da tempestade foram mínimos, limitados à queda de postes e a subseqüente queda do fornecimento de energia elétrica, além de alguns destelhamentos isolados. Entretanto, ventos e chuva da tempestade causaram danos moderados a fortes em lavouras nas montanhas do sul de Chiapas, México. Cerca de 90 km² de lavouras de bananas foram destruídos e 4 km² de lavouras de café também foram destruído. A passagem da tempestade também danificou lavouras de cacau, manga, coco e outros vegetais. Os danos nas lavouras foram restituídos pelo governo do México aos fazendeiros, por volta de 200 milhões de pesos mexicanos ou cerca de 55 milhões de dólares.

Em Ocos, Guatemala, perto da fronteira com o México, ventos da tempestade destruíram os telhados de doze cabanas, forçando mais de 100 pessoas a saírem de suas residências. Os ventos também derrubaram várias árvores perto da costa. Chuvas torrenciais deixaram rios transbordados; a ilha de Ocos foi separado do continente depois que a ponte que liga a ilha foi destruída.

Ver também
 Temporada de furacões no Pacífico de 2007
 Temporada de furacões no oceano Atlântico de 2007

Ligações externas

Ciclones tropicais no Oceano Pacífico nordeste
Temporada de furacões no Pacífico de 2007
Furacões na Guatemala
Furacões do Pacífico no México
2007 no México
2007 na Guatemala
Ciclones tropicais em 2007


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Q: Copy a File From Resources to Temp Folder I'm making a VB application and I want to copy a file called "L3nEncrypt.jar" which is in resources of the application to the temp folder.
Right now I have this:
My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Temp

which returns the temp folder.

A: I found the solution
Imports System.IO
File.WriteAllBytes(My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Temp & "/L3nEncrypt.jar", My.Resources.L3nEncrypt)

A: Use System.IO.File.Copy(SourceFileName,DestinationFileName)
The parameters are full file names of type string. Make sure that you're running the application with admin privileges so that the copying can be successful.


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Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand
by Vonda N. McIntyre
$1.99 (Short Story) ISBN 978-1-61138-198-6
In a post-apocalyptic world, the young healer Snake ventures into unknown lands during her proving year. Her genetically engineered rattlesnake and cobra provide vaccines and medicines, while the rare alien dreamsnake eases pain and suffering.
"Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" won SFWA's Nebula Award. It is the first chapter of Dreamsnake, which won the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. The story is presented by BVC as a stand-alone title, by request.
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The healer Snake travels through a post-apocalyptic world with her genetically engineered serpents, the cobra Mist and the rattlesnake Sand, and with the alien dreamsnake Grass, whose venom eases pain and the fear of death.
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She gave up her heart quite willingly.
After the operation…
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The Starfarers Quartet Book 1
The starship Starfarer is poised for our first voyage to another star system.
The Alien Contact Team — physicist Victoria Fraser MacKenzie, geneticist Stephen Thomas Gregory, geographer Satoshi Lono, and alien contact specialist J.D. Sauvage — and the rest of the faculty and staff prepare for humanity's most ambitious exploratory expedition.
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How will people deal with the immense distances and times of interstellar space?
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Arsonists strike again - second fire at children's playground in as many days
Lindley targeted by arsonists who have damaged equipment in two play areas in two days
Joanne Douglas
Childrens play area on the field behind the Black Bull pub damaged by fire
Arsonists have struck at yet another children's play area in Lindley.
It is the second fire at a play area in the town in two days.
On Monday (August 28) firefighters from Rastrick were called to an area on Blackthorn Drive at around 10.30pm after unknown people had set fire to a bin in a children's play area.
The crew commander from Rastrick Fire Station said the content of a metal bin inside the play area was set on fire.
The fire was contained to the bin and no damage was caused to the play equipment.
Arsonists target children's playground in Huddersfield
They also received reports that people may have been letting fireworks off, but they didn't witness that.
It's the second fire at a children's play area in the town in two days.
Late on Sunday night firefighters were called to a play area off Fern Lea Road when arsonists set fire to a bin which caused fire damage to the floor of the play area.
At the Fern Lea fire, some people had pulled a wheeled bin up to the children's play area and set it alight before making off.
It caused extensive damage to a spongy style of flooring near some climbing frames, causing extensive damage. It happened in the play area within the wider playing fields in Lindley. There was also glass and rubbish strewn around the area.


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SEAT Arosa – samochód osobowy klasy aut najmniejszych produkowany przez hiszpańską markę SEAT w latach 1997 - 2005.

Historia i opis modelu

Samochód został po raz pierwszy oficjalnie zaprezentowany podczas targów motoryzacyjnych w Genewie w marcu 1997 roku. W połowie maja 1997 roku rozpoczęto produkcję pojazdu w niemieckiej fabryce Volkswagena w Wolfsburgu. W 1998 roku zaprezentowano bliźniaczą wersją pojazdu - model Volkswagen Lupo. Pojazd został zbudowany na bazie skróconej płyty podłogowej A00 wykorzystanej do produkcji modelu Volkswagen Polo oraz SEAT Ibiza. W lipcu 1998 roku przeniesiono produkcję pojazdu do hiszpańskiej fabryki w Martorell.

W 2000 roku auto przeszło delikatny lifting. Przód pojazdu upodobniony został do Ibizy II po liftingu. Zmienione zostały m.in. przednie reflektory, atrapa chłodnicy oraz zderzak. Przy okazji liftingu odświeżono wygląd deski rozdzielczej.

Wyposażenie
Samochód wyposażyć można było m.in. w elektryczne sterowanie szyb, elektryczne sterowanie lusterek, system ABS, 2 poduszki powietrzne, szyberdach, zamek centralny oraz wspomaganie kierownicy, klimatyzację oraz światła przeciwmgłowe.

Silniki

Przypisy

Arosa
Samochody z lat 90.
Samochody z lat 2000–2009
Samochody miejskie
Samochody przednionapędowe
Hatchbacki


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#ifndef NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_NACL_TEXT_H_
#define NATIVE_CLIENT_SRC_TRUSTED_SERVICE_RUNTIME_NACL_TEXT_H_

#include "native_client/src/include/portability.h"
#include "native_client/src/include/nacl_compiler_annotations.h"
#include "native_client/src/trusted/service_runtime/nacl_error_code.h"

EXTERN_C_BEGIN

struct NaClApp;
struct NaClAppThread;

/*
 * If/when we decide to support munmap of validated text regions
 * into the dynamic code region, we will need another bit per page
 * to know whether a page is backed by shm or by an mmapped file --
 * i.e., if it was a file, we will need to restore the shm mapping
 * (this is costly, so should be avoided if it's unnecessary;
 * additionally, if it wasn't, the munmap should fail, and
 * conversely, dyncode_delete should fail on an mmapped region).
 */

struct NaClDynamicRegion {
  uintptr_t start;
  size_t size;
  int delete_generation;
  int is_mmap;  /* cannot be deleted (for now) */
};

/*
 * Insert a new region into nap->dynamic regions, maintaining the sorted
 * ordering. Returns 1 on success, 0 if there is a conflicting region
 * Caller must hold nap->dynamic_load_mutex.
 * Invalidates all previous NaClDynamicRegion pointers.
 *
 * is_mmap is 1 if the region is backed by a memory mapped file (and thus
 * the shared memory view was unmapped), 0 otherwise.
 */
int NaClDynamicRegionCreate(struct NaClApp *nap,
                            uintptr_t start,
                            size_t size,
                            int is_mmap);
/*
 * Find the last region overlapping with the given memory range, return 0 if
 * region is unused.
 * caller must hold nap->dynamic_load_mutex, and must discard result
 * when lock is released.
 */
struct NaClDynamicRegion* NaClDynamicRegionFind(struct NaClApp *nap,
                                                uintptr_t ptr,
                                                size_t size);

/*
 * Delete a region from nap->dynamic_regions, maintaining the sorted ordering
 * Caller must hold nap->dynamic_load_mutex.
 * Invalidates all previous NaClDynamicRegion pointers.
 */
void NaClDynamicRegionDelete(struct NaClApp *nap, struct NaClDynamicRegion* r);

struct NaClValidationMetadata;

/*
 * Create a shared memory descriptor and map it into the text region
 * of the address space.  This implies that the text size must be a
 * multiple of NACL_MAP_PAGESIZE.
 */
NaClErrorCode NaClMakeDynamicTextShared(struct NaClApp *nap) NACL_WUR;

struct NaClDescEffectorShm;
int NaClDescEffectorShmCtor(struct NaClDescEffectorShm *self) NACL_WUR;

int NaClMinimumThreadGeneration(struct NaClApp *nap);

int32_t NaClTextDyncodeCreate(
    struct NaClApp *nap,
    uint32_t       dest,
    void           *code_copy,
    uint32_t       size,
    const struct NaClValidationMetadata *metadata) NACL_WUR;

int32_t NaClSysDyncodeCreate(struct NaClAppThread *natp,
                             uint32_t             dest,
                             uint32_t             src,
                             uint32_t             size) NACL_WUR;

int32_t NaClSysDyncodeModify(struct NaClAppThread *natp,
                             uint32_t             dest,
                             uint32_t             src,
                             uint32_t             size) NACL_WUR;

int32_t NaClSysDyncodeDelete(struct NaClAppThread *natp,
                             uint32_t             dest,
                             uint32_t             size) NACL_WUR;

void NaClDyncodeVisit(
    struct NaClApp *nap,
    void           (*fn)(void *state, struct NaClDynamicRegion *region),
    void           *state);

EXTERN_C_END

#endif


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import * as React from 'react';

function visibleSelector(
  from: ParentNode = document,
  selector: string,
): HTMLElement[] {
  // get visible elements
  return Array.prototype.filter.call(
    from.querySelectorAll(selector),
    (n: HTMLElement) => n.offsetParent,
  );
}
interface HandleUpDownProps {
  selector: string;
}
/**
 * @class HandleUpDown
 * @extends React.Component<{selector:string}>
 */
class HandleUpDown extends React.Component<HandleUpDownProps> {
  private root: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
  private handleUpDown = (ev: React.KeyboardEvent) => {
    let dir = 0;
    switch (ev.key) {
      case 'ArrowUp':
        dir = -1;
        ev.stopPropagation();
        ev.preventDefault();
        break;
      case 'ArrowDown':
        dir = +1;
        ev.stopPropagation();
        ev.preventDefault();
        break;
      default:
        return;
    }
    this.focus(dir);
  };
  focus(inc: number) {
    const curr = document.activeElement;
    if (curr != null && this.root != null) {
      const heads = visibleSelector(this.root, this.props.selector);
      const currPos = heads.indexOf(curr as HTMLElement);
      const i = currPos + inc;
      if (heads[i]) {
        heads[i].focus();
      }
    }
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <div
        tabIndex={-1}
        ref={n => {
          this.root = n;
        }}
        onKeyDown={this.handleUpDown}
      >
        {this.props.children}
      </div>
    );
  }
}

export default HandleUpDown;


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An intersectional feminist blog about manga, anime, books, LGBTQ+, and other things as well!
Original Yuri
Favorite Manga
In the Morning, I'll Say Hello - Chapter 16
"In the Morning, I'll Say Hello" is a yuri comic I wrote. I can't draw, so I'm just publishing the scripts to get it out there. I hope you enjoy (and if you're an artist and want to collaborate, let me know!).
In the Morning, I'll Say Hello - by Jaime Lustig
"Sleepover"
SCENE 1:
Eriko is at Hatsue's house, they are in her room. They are doing homework. Eriko is trying to copy some notes but just yells out in frustration and throws her hands up in disgust.
Eriko: "ARGHHHH! What's the point?!"
Hatsue laughs.
Hatsue (being coy): "Maybe you need a tutor!"
Eriko's head is down on her arms on the table.
Eriko: "Ughhhh..."
Hatsue keeps lovingly provoking her.
Hatsue: "I think you need a very special tutor. Someone who is good at math, maybe? Since you don't talk much either, maybe a quiet little tutor...?"
Eriko blushes and throws a pillow at Hatsue.
Hatsue laughs while pulling the pillow off her face.
Hatsue: "I like it when you're relaxed like this. You always seem so tense at school."
Suddenly the mood gets a bit quieter and solemn, awkward silence.
Eriko: "Hmmm. I guess."
More silence between them.
Hatsue: "Sorry, I didn't mean to ruin the mood. How about some snacks?"
Just then, Tetsu comes into the room with a tray with tea and snacks on it.
Tetsu: "Snacks? Did someone say snacks? I thought you might be hungry with all the studying."
Hatsue: "What are you, a stalker?"
Tetsu (to herself): "Pushing me away, that's good..."
Tetsu ignores Hatsue and sets out the snacks and pours the tea and joins them.
Tetsu: "Eriko-chan, Ha-chan tells me you moved here recently?"
Eriko: "Ummm...Something like that."
Tetsu: "Where did you live before?"
Eriko: "It's...it's sort of ... hard to talk about."
Hatsue is a bit exasperated with Tetsu.
Hatsue: "Jeez. Be sensitive, you can't just ask things like that."
Eriko (to herself): "It's weird to hear them talk like this, I'm not sure I'm over the shock of finding out they're brother and sister."
Tetsu addresses Hatsue first, then turns to Eriko.
Tetsu: "How was I supposed to know? Sorry Eriko-chan, I didn't mean to pry. We're just glad you're here now, right Ha-chan?"
Hatsue: "Yeah. It's nice to have someone else I don't have to pretend around."
Eriko: "I...I wish I could pretend."
Hatsue: "What do you mean?"
Eriko: "I...I think you have to ... know yourself...you know, to pretend to be someone else."
Tetsu: "Wow! Eriko-sensei, how profound!"
Hatsue throws the pillow at Tetsu that Eriko had thrown earlier. They're all laughing now.
Hatsue: "I know! Eriko-chan, do you want to stay over tonight?"
Eriko gets a shocked, wide-eyed, frightened look on her face.
Eriko (to herself): "But what if it happens while I'm here? What if she finds out?"
Eriko: "I...I don't think I should."
Hatsue: "No, no...I'm sorry, it's too soon, isn't it? It's just..."
Eriko (to herself): "just?"
Hatsue: "I'm just so happy to have found you!"
Eriko blushes and Hatsue blushes.
Hatsue: "I can't believe I just said that."
Eriko: "I'm...I'm happy."
Tetsu: "I'll leave you two love-birds."
Hatsue: "Shut up and go."
Tetsu leaves.
Tetsu (to himself): "I'm relieved for you Ha-chan."
Hatsue: "So, what do you think?"
Eriko: "Arishima...my guardian...he doesn't know I'm here."
Hatsue (to herself): "Guardian?"
Hatsue: "That's okay, we'll just call him."
Eriko: "I...I don't have a phone."
Hatsue: "Just use mine!"
Eriko (to herself): "She won't let me say 'no.'"
Eriko: "Sigh...Oh...okay."
Hatsue: "Does that mean you'll stay over? I didn't mean to pressure you."
Eriko (to herself): "I'll just have to try and stay up, not fall asleep so it doesn't happen."
Eriko: "Is it really okay?"
Hatsue takes Eriko's hands in hers and smiles brightly.
Hatsue: "It's more than okay!"
Evening, they're lying in bed (Hatsue in her bed, Eriko on a futon on the ground). We see the moonlight coming through the window, casting shadows and highlighting others. Eriko is lying awake, staring up at the ceiling.
Eriko (to herself): "You can do this Eriko, just don't fall asleep."
She rolls over a few times. Hatsue shifts in bed, is barely awake, bleary.
Hatsue: "Eriko-chan, can't sleep?"
Eriko: "Oh um, did I wake you? I'm sorry."
Hatsue: "It's okay."
Eriko: "Th...Thank you...for letting me stay."
Hatsue turns to her, opens her eyes and smiles kindly.
Hatsue: "I'm so glad, I was worried you wouldn't."
Eriko: "mmm"
Hatsue: "Are you thinking about something?"
Eriko (to herself): "I really feel like she can see right through me."
Eriko: "This morning... when you were talking to those girls..."
Hatsue: "What about them?"
Eriko: "Well, why didn't you go with them?"
Hatsue: "It's okay when Tetsu drives me to one of their houses, but it's still impossible for me to go out in public."
Eriko: "Are you ever...do you worry...I mean, that they'll find out?"
Hatsue: "I worry about that every day. I don't know what's worse, my fear of men or my fear of people finding out who I really am, what I'm really like."
Eriko: "I...I shouldn't have asked."
Hatsue has a distant, glazed-over look in her eyes.
Hatsue: "I feel like I'm always teetering on the edge between pretending to be this strong, confident person and the real me, the scared me, the scarred me, the me that is so afraid of the world. It's hard being this afraid but keeping it hidden from everyone. I don't want to go back to being bullied and having no friends, but I don't really like pretending either."
Eriko (to herself): "I know that feeling, I wish I could tell you..."
Eriko: "The lies...they...hurt worse."
Hatsue: "Maybe you're right. It hurts each time I speak to someone, each time I'm afraid my secret will come out, that I'll be pushed away again."
Eriko (softly and embarrassed): "I won't push you away."
Hatsue: "Oh Eriko-chan! I'm so glad we met! I'm so happy I finally have someone to be honest around, someone who knows me."
Eriko: "I...I can't believe I said that."
Hatsue: "Don't worry, I won't ruin your delinquent image by telling everyone you're really a softy. Besides, don't let Kiyoura-san hear you talking like that to me or you'll make her jealous!"
Eriko: "Ki-Kiyoura-san?"
Eriko (to herself): "Why'd she bring her up?"
Hatsue: "That's right, that's right, we're still pretending there isn't anything between you two."
Eriko (to herself): "Something between us? Is that what I want? I don't even know what that means."
Eriko is staring up at the ceiling, thinking. Noticing this, Hatsue pushes a little bit.
Hatsue: "Wait, so has there been any progress with Kiyoura-san?"
Eriko (blushing and stammering): "Huh?! Wha..what do you mean?"
Hatsue (laughing): "It's only fair, you got to ask me lots of personal questions already, and it is a sleep over, so now it's my turn!"
Eriko is silent, but Hatsue is staring at her, imploring, refusing to give up.
Eriko: "I...I don't know...We...We're just...friends...I think."
Hatsue: "You think?"
Eriko (looking downcast): "But, maybe not, after today."
Eriko: "I was angry...at Okumura-san and said some things I shouldn't have...things I didn't really mean."
Hatsue: "About Kiyoura-san?"
Eriko nods 'yes' and says solemnly:
Eriko: "I think she overheard."
Hatsue: "Oh, is that why you didn't come back to class? I was worried it was something worse."
Eriko (to herself): "Worse than hurting Kiyoura-san?"
Eriko: "I...I think I hurt her."
Hatsue: "I don't know Kiyoura-san very well, but she seems pretty understanding. I bet she knows you were just angry with Okumura-san."
Eriko: "You...you think so?"
Hatsue: "You already know the answer to that, don't you?"
Eriko (to herself): "Does...does she know I didn't mean it? That I do want...what do I want from her exactly?"
Eriko: "I don't...I don't really know what to think..."
Hatsue: "About her? Easy. I've seen the way you look at her, you can't take your eyes off of her."
Eriko blushes fiercely.
Eriko: "That's not tr..."
Hatsue: "Shhhh, it's okay, it's not a bad thing."
Eriko: "Do I...do I really?"
Hatsue shakes her head 'yes.'
Eriko: "But I...I don't know why...I keep watching her."
Hatsue: "It's simple. Because you love her."
Eriko blushes and is shocked and waves her hands in front of her face.
Eriko: "Lo…lo…love her?"
Eriko (to herself): "But she's a girl and I'm a girl and I've never even been in love before and I don't know who I am or why I'm here or what's going on..."
Hatsue can tell Eriko's head is spinning.
Hatsue: "It's okay. Calm down. You don't get to pick who you love. At least, that's what I believe, because then..."
Hatsue (to herself): "...because then maybe it wouldn't be my fault."
Hatsue: "Anyway..."
Eriko is still spinning and not even really listening to Hatsue.
Eriko: "L...Love? I don't think I know what that is."
Hatsue (to herself): "She's not even listening, poor thing."
Hatsue: "I'm sure you do. Everyone has at least one moment in their lives where they've been loved. It's from those moments of being loved that you learn how to love others."
Eriko (to herself): "But what if I can't remember ever being loved? How do I know if I ever was loved when I don't know anything about myself? How can I love someone else when there isn't anything inside me?"
Eriko rolls over in her bed, stares out a bit. Hatsue, looking at her thinks:
Hatsue (to herself): ""I hope I didn't push too much."
Hatsue: "Goodnight."
Hatsue rolls over and goes to sleep.
Eriko (to herself): "Kiyoura-san..."
Eriko is drifting to sleep, her eyes getting heavy, she unwittingly closes her eyes.
We see the black panels with the bright white lights of Kami-sama and Eriko's mother (both still unnamed).
Kami-sama: "There is a need for her again tonight."
Eriko's mother: "Let her be, she did her work for you yesterday and look what it brought her."
Kami-sama: "Did it bring her pain? Did it bring her suffering? Or did it move her one step closer to her goal?"
Eriko's mother: "Either way, let her rest tonight with her new friend. You have others who can do this work."
Kami-sama: "That is most certainly not the point. But, I suppose, this will all be over soon enough. What is one more night, what is another few months, what is a year compared to eternity for us?"
Light is streaming into the windows of Hatsue's room and across the resting face of Eriko. All of a sudden, she wakes up with a start, almost gasping.
Eriko (to herself): "Oh no! I fell asleep!"
She's patting herself down, looking for signs of new wounds or fresh blood.
Eriko (to herself): "Did anything happen last night? Did Ha-chan find out? Stupid Eriko! The one thing you couldn't let happen!"
She doesn't notice anything wrong.
Eriko (to herself): "I...I'm okay...?"
Eriko looks over and sees that Hatsue's bed is empty.
Eriko: "Oh no, she's gone? Wha...what did I do?"
We next see Hatsue cooking in the kitchen. Eriko enters the room quietly, almost lurking in the doorway, not wanting to be seen.
Eriko (to herself): "It smells so good. Maybe nothing happened? Maybe everything is fine?"
Eriko rubs her eyes while she walks out to the breakfast table in Hatsue's house. She sits down but isn't making eye contact yet. Hatsue tries to make eye contact but Eriko just keeps looking away in different directions (almost a little comedic moment of Hatsue trying to make eye contact and Eriko avoiding it – Hatsue is almost playing with her).
Eriko (to herself): "I don't know how to face her after last night."
Hatsue: "I really never thought of you as the shy one, but I'm seeing it more now. It's sort of cute."
Eriko: "C...cute? Me?"
Hatsue: "Yeah! You're pretty cute when you've just woken up."
Eriko (to herself): "She seems normal."
Eriko: "S...shut up!"
Eriko has a faint smile.
Hatsue: "Did you sleep okay?"
Eriko: "Ummm...I think I said some really embarrassing things last night."
Hatsue: "Eriko-chan, you've been so good to me, keeping my secret. I'm your friend and I won't repeat anything you said to me.
Eriko: "Thanks."
Hatsue: "Although if you keep letting me in, I might not be able to stop from pushing you along!"
Eriko: "P...Pushing me?"
Hatsue: "Well, nevermind that, it's obvious what you're feeling. What matters next is what she's feeling. Will you talk to Kiyoura-san today? Clear things up?"
Eriko: "Do...Do you think she'll... forgive me?"
Hatsue: "Just be sincere. Your feelings will come through. She'll be able to tell."
Eriko: "You think so?"
Hatsue: "I know so!"
Eriko: "I...I'm glad...your my friend."
Hatsue gives her a big hug, which surprises Eriko.
Hatsue: "Wah! I'm so glad we're friends too!"
Eriko: "I...don't think...that I've ever had one before."
Hatsue: "What do you mean? You must have had friends back home, someone you grew up with..."
Eriko: "For some reason I don't think so."
Hatsue: "You don't think? You mean, you don't know if you've had friends or you aren't sure that people you were friends with really cared for you?
Eriko: "The...the first one."
Hatsue: "I don't get it, how can you not know?"
Eriko: "Well, the truth is..."
Hatsue: "What is it? What's wrong?"
Eriko (to herself): "Should I tell her?"
Eriko: "I...I can't exactly remember anything ...before the past few weeks."
Hatsue: "Wait! You mean like amnesia?! Like you can't remember ANYTHING?!"
Eriko: "I...I guess...sometimes I get a small feeling...or something."
Hatsue: "But that's all?"
Eriko: "Not even my name."
Hatsue (to herself): "What do I say?"
Hatsue: "Eriko-chan..."
Eriko: "I don't think...I've never done something like this before... just talking...with someone who cared..."
Tears just start dripping from Eriko's eyes. Eriko is shocked at herself.
Eriko (to herself): "What am I doing, in front of someone I just met?!"
Eriko: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
Hatsue reaches out and hugs her again.
Hatsue: "Oh Eriko-chan! It'll be okay, you're okay, you have me now, you have all of us now."
Eriko: "Please, don't say anything....to them."
Hatsue: "Of course. You have a reputation to protect after all!"
They laugh together at this.
Hatsue: "But I don't see why you need to keep this a secret. Kiyoura-san won't think any less of you if she knew."
Eriko gets loud and demonstrative.
Eriko: "But, I don't know who I am or what I might've done!"
Hatsue (to herself): "Done?"
Eriko is a bit calmer and subdued.
Eriko: "What if it's like Okumura-san says...and I end up hurting Kiyoura-san?"
Hatsue: "Maybe she gets hurt, maybe she doesn't. That's just life, I guess. If it does happen, it won't be because you did it on purpose. Besides, she has a say in this too. Okumura-san shouldn't make decisions for Kiyoura-san just like she can't make decisions for you. Kiyoura-san gets to decide what she wants."
Eriko (to herself): "She's like a philosopher today!"
Eriko: "What she wants..."
Eriko (to herself): "But what exactly is it that I want to happen anyway?"
Hatsue (slyly smiling): "Besides, I get the feeling none of us should underestimate what your little friend can handle. She seems a lot stronger than anyone wants to give her credit for."
Eriko: "I...I think so...too."
Hatsue smiling, mostly to herself.
Hatsue: "Eat up, we don't want to be late."
The sun is out, Hatsue and Eriko are sitting on a bench outside of the school. In the distance, Yuka is coming up, brushing her hand along the grasses and other plants in the garden, running her fingers through the leaves, little butterflies and other bugs are flitting about her. She's sparkly and fresh.
Hatsue notices Yuka arriving and gets up to go.
Hatsue: "I promised someone I'd meet them before class. See you inside."
Eriko (shocked): "Wait, you're leaving? I'll come with you."
Hatsue takes Eriko's head and points it towards Yuka.
Hatsue: "Don't miss your chance."
Hatsue walks away from Eriko. Eriko flails after Hatsue to stop her but she's out of reach. Hatsue sticks her tongue out at Eriko and winks. Eriko turns to see Yuka closing in. She catches Yuka's eye. Both turn away in shyness/worry. Yuka crouches down where she's at and starts playing in the garden instead of walking any closer to where Eriko is sitting. Eriko just hangs her head.
Eriko (to herself): "She really must hate me. How can I talk to her now?"
Eriko is looking down and Yuka is looking at the flowers, but both peek up at each other only to turn away quickly after catching the other's eyes. Heart beating sound effect.
Sound effect: "Ba-dump, Ba-dump"
They're both blushing a bit each time this covert eye contact happens. After several repeats, Eriko lets her arms collapse and her head fall into her own lap. She has a gentle smile on her face. She lets out a big sigh.
Eriko (to herself): "She keeps looking at me. It...it makes me happy. What do I do?"
She thinks of Hatsue saying (from the scene above): "Kiyoura-san gets to decide what she wants."
Eriko (to herself): "I...I get to decide, too...right?"
Eriko gets up and walks up beside Yuka and squats down next to her. Eriko starts to turn over a leaf between her fingers. They're side by side, but not interacting with each other. Eriko speaks without making eye contact.
Eriko: "I...I'm sorry...for what I said...I didn't mean it that way...it's just that...stupid Okumura-san...she pisses me off...she keeps saying things...no...that's not what I wanted to say...I mean...I mean, I..do want to be...friends...with you."
By the end of this, Eriko is heavily blushing. Suddenly, Yuka throws herself onto Eriko's arm, hugging it, with a huge smile on her face, but does so with enough force to topple them both over. As a result, Yuka is on top of Eriko and her face is very close to Eriko's, they blush, heart beat sounds, they scramble to separate and get back up, particularly Eriko.
Sound effect: "Ba-dump, Ba-dump."
They sit there, on their haunches, looking at each other.
Eriko: "Do...do you want to be...friends...too?"
Yuka reaches out to take Eriko's hand in hers but Aiko comes up behind them interrupting the gesture. Eriko pulls back as does Yuka.
Aiko: "It's too early for this."
Aiko turns to Yuka.
Aiko: "Time for class Yuka."
Aiko helps up Yuka into a standing position and starts walking off with her hand-in-hand. Yuka turns her head and uses her other hand (outside hand) to point back to Eriko (from over her other arm, the one that's hand in hand with Aiko).
Aiko: "She'll come in if she wants."
Eriko gets up, dusts herself off, and starts following behind them. Yuka smiles and turns back forward with Aiko. Eriko sees this, blushes, gently turns her head to the side. There is a hint of a closed eye smile from Eriko.
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Portraits celebrate Bow Valley women, climbers
"In their everyday actions, in their words and in their climbing, these women have inspired me to be strong, confident, courageous, vulnerable and dedicated."
Aug 1, 2019 11:04 AM By: Lynn Martel
Claire Cresencia
CANMORE – The Bow Valley, says Rebecca "Bexx" Ferri, is full of inspiring women.
It was that realization, along with the words of author Brené Brown that inspired Ferri to combine two of her great passions to celebrate some of those women with an art show.
Titled Strong Back, Soft Front: A Portrait Series, Ferri's show will run at Three Sisters Gallery on the second floor of Elevation Place Aug. 1-28.
Ferri explained that Brown's book Braving the Wilderness she speaks of women having the courage to belong to no-one, but to everyone, and, most importantly, to themselves. This is achieved, and exemplified by women doing what they love, pushing forward, being vulnerable and having the courage to live the life they want.
Ferri decided to push herself forward and find the courage to combine her love for climbing and for creating art to celebrate the strengths, and vulnerabilities, of 31 local women.
"I've had the idea of highlighting local women in our valley for a very long time," she admitted.
Her idea began as an online photo and bio series on her website and Instagram feed – where it will continue to flourish. Then her friend, fellow artist and climber, Pascale Ouellet – one of the women featured in the series – convinced her to follow through. With that, Ferri submitted a proposal to the Three Sisters Gallery space in the same building where she works at the climbing gym as an ACMG-certified rock-climbing instructor and coach.
While she was thrilled to have her proposal accepted, Ferri admits procrastination stretched her available time to complete the project from one year to just three months, as she didn't begin scheduling the portrait sessions and printing the 17 X 22-inch black and white images until late March.
Being able to complete the project in that short time period – while continuing to work at her other jobs, including one in sales and marketing – would not have happened without the enthusiasm and cooperation of her subjects, she said.
After making her own list and putting a call out via social media for recommendations and suggestions of women she might profile, she narrowed her list down to 15. But that number quickly swelled to 20, and then eventually to the 31 finalists.
"It was really hard to choose," she admitted. "I had – and still have – so many women in mind for this project. I wanted varying ages, cultures, disciplines and backgrounds. I think I did an OK job; the ladies' ages are between 10 and 73 years, and each one has a very different story to tell."
To capture their portraits, Ferri reignited her passion for photography. After graduating from Guelph University with a geography degree she attended Sheridan College, where she earned a diploma in applied photography.
The program pushed her to her "utmost limit" to create and display photos in a limited timeframe, and she thrived, graduating at the top of her class. She then spent six years living on the B.C. coast and travelling the world, shooting images whenever she could.
Over time her passion for photography faded as life took her in other directions, but since moving to Canmore in 2012 to take a job with the Alpine Club of Canada, and more recently, working for artsPlace, she's rediscovered her joy in creating.
For this project she used a Nikon d7000 with a flash, natural light and a few reflectors.
"The skills I learned from the past just came back to me," she said. "It was fun to reignite this passion and get back into the groove of shooting portraits again."
While her Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom skills needed a refresh, that came easily after spending a few hours at her computer. She printed the images herself with the help of a friend in Cochrane, and while it was "super stressful," it all worked out. She covered all the expenses associated with her project out of pocket.
Now with the opening date fast approaching, Ferri said she looks forward to sharing her project that highlights her subjects' individuality, natural beauty and their reasons for making climbing part of their lives.
"In their everyday actions, in their words and in their climbing, these women have inspired me to be strong, confident, courageous, vulnerable and dedicated," Ferri said.
While she's excited to see the photos hanging beside each other, she's equally excited to continue with her project online long after her show has run.
"I want to keep shooting and highlighting all the amazing women in this valley of ours," Ferri said. "This show is a great opportunity to get to know some local faces in town. These women are courageous, strong and dedicated to their sport – climbing – and they also make a hard-earned living here in this Valley.
"This project is not just for me alone or my message to share, it is our contagiously awesome local women's message to be heard."
Strong back, Soft front: A portrait series opens at Three Sisters Gallery in Elevation Place on Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. Admission is free and open to all.