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Summer is in full stride and living in Southern California that not only means breaking out those fresh sneakers that you've been saving all winter but to STUNT to the fullest. So. Cal is the summer capitol of flossing and letting those around you know that your looking good, dressed to impress, eating alright (BBQ's), and cruising right. These are all a must when living in southern CALI. Here at RIF that is no exception. Though most of us that WORK at RIF have mundane automobiles and are not in the best of shape some even having no means of transportation (Ed), we try our best to fill the summer ideal.
These summer PERKs are some of the benefits of living in this fine section of the world.
The day After the 4th of JULY, Good morning Little Tokyo.
The rush or tourism and hip locals aren't rampant at this time, but will soon be.
Good MORNING ALL
- Manny (waking up hungover from the stockroom)
What do we have here? A pleasant surprise from one of our Friends, whenever he has the opportunity to make it to SO CAL, he makes it to Bottega Louie in DTLA and makes sure to DROP off some of our favorite treats.
Some call it DONATOS we call them Donuts. Thanks again for the goodies, E.
Such a delicious treat and at $3 a piece they better be delicious...make sure next time you stop by Bottega Louie treat yourself before the summer ends.
What E, wore today.
What E's homie wore today, DEAD but not Forgotten.
Freddy KRUGERS.
Summer 2012 is in FULL Throttle how could we forget about the SUMMER Olympics?
Murad is taking FULL advantage of the Cali Weather with his TANTUM Bucket HAT. If your not sporting one by now, your doing summer all WRONG.
Carl Always Treating Customers to the best SERVICE this industry has to Offer.
Looking RIGHT, the homie Gentry came to the shop AFTER his 3 hour workout session and you already know what he's at the shop for, more SNEAKERS.
"MUSCLES" Gentry showing us the illegal GOODS...do you have tickets?
AF1 summer STEEZ, Always a pleasure to see you "MUSCLES' until next week.
The homie G-MONEY came down with Murad's Potential new RIDE. After weeks of us making fun of his Baby MOMMAS Convertible he decided to look into something more MASCULINE.
Nice Choice Young Murad.
Black and WHITE we call this CARL.
Speaking of Black and White, here is one of our FAVORITE summer shoes, TOO bad it was too small for any of us.
AF1 Fragment.
Looking Good, Eating, and RIDING right is not the only PRIORITY for the CALI summer TIME.
Trippy STICK Murad has other plans.
We have what you need.
ASAP Jonli Came thru with THAT 4th of JULY Swag.
Not only do we support the USA like ASAP Jonli but the Customers that come from ABROAD.
What they wore today, nice to meet you two.
Ed also supports the LOCAL senior citizens of LITTLE TOKYO.
As the DAY was winding DOWN and foot traffic started to idle. RIF's Favorite couple cam through to ENGERGIZE our spirits with some delectable Mexican cuisine.
HARD and SOFT TACOS.
CHIPS and SALSA. OHH WEE.
Thank you again MR. and MS. Paine!
We not only appreciate you but thank you for SAVING us from the mundane Japanese food LITTLE TOKS has to offer.
What our Favorite couple wore today.
You know we had to bless them with a RIF sweater and STEAL on a pair of AM90 Infrared.
Pleasure to SEE you two again, see you two SOON!
IT was just unfortunate that SUPER Intern Conner had to watch the rest of the guys eat because Manny didn't want to SHARE. SMH.
Does someone want to BRING food for SUPER INTERN CONNOR?
"Please" - Connor
As we were closing the SHOP Manny's 4th of JULY spirit was still in FULL indulgence and still had a small trick up his sleeve.
Manny took us for a little voyage through the LITTLE Tokyo Parking LOT and we didn't know where he was taking us.
OK MANNY we get it, you have a BEEMER, he calls him WILL SMITH...independence day.
ITS RIF of nothing.
Manny decided to speed/ DRIFT to the TOP of the parking LOT word to Vin Diesel.
At the TOP of the parking LOT he pulls out the SURPRISE.
CHINESE made, Mexican sold ILLGAL Fireworks.
Thanks Manny we gonna burn this bitch down, and go to JAIL. Appreciate you.
Manny in the PAIL moonlight.
Manny having a difficult time lighting the pyrotechnics, but his determination guides him through this firework adversity.
OK Manny...COOL.
GOD Bless AMERICA. DTLA!
Hope you enjoyed the SHOW Little TOKYO.
While taking this photo. Manny was already in his CAR speeding off, while security was rushing to top of the parking LOT.
Manny Speeding OFF.
Thanks Manny for DRIVING OFF, while I was taking Pictures for the blog.
Next TIME, We shoot fireworks inside of MANNY's Car and see if thats funny.

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stunts basically. from walking on walls or balls to jump through rings 3 meters high
i'm from mexico city....and they came over here i'm sure they will go sometime to england
well, not much really. this is my last week of vacations =] but aside from TH i've been reading a book about the filosophy of dr. House
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]It's really WEIRD. Three weeks of posts + friendship requests etc have simply disappeared. Can you tell me what has happened?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[COLOR=Yellow][B][FONT=Century Gothic]You just apologised for your lack of absence =] Does that mean you wish you were absent some more? ha ha bless you
Don't worry, I understand and it's all fine. I know you always work hard when you have time, so don't worry about it
I totally get what you mean. School has been stressing me out lately, so... I'm trying to balance things out. I've been doing trying to look for a job right now, since we're a little behind in the bills and my mom needs the money. Times are hard...
Anyways, just realized that you just turned 16! How is that going for you?
yaa both my mom and dad went to art school and my whole family are really good at drawingg
welll im gladd teaching ur self turned outt well
[COLOR=black]andd yaa i knoo what u mean art in schoool isnt so much fun they make u do alot of painting or carving or other things all i really want to doo is draw with my pencil haha[/COLOR]
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[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black]well i have only took one art class out side of school it was to learn how to use pastels[/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black]and this is gonna be my second year in art for high school (art major)[/COLOR][/FONT]
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hi I've read your comment in my blog... thanks
take care and Godbless..
Nice to know that you too Believe in God.
Sounds like something youd be good at Ah i knew where and what i wanted to do at your age, younger even. But, things change
I couldnt even narrow it down, i really do want to go everywhere. Id love to go to Australia and New Zealand. China and Japan, and Russia! What about yourself?
I have aye, my brother like him more than me though
Social Work is my aim I think im going to take a gap year between courses and perhaps go traveling during that, but its 3 years away. Anything could happen! What about yourself?
You should, it'd be well worth it
Hmm well anything really. i love murder mysteries though
And Jodi Piccoult books, she is an amazing author. And Roddy Doyle, and i have an really brilliant set of books about Boudica. Anddd Garth Nix...jesus, id be all night telling you
You should come and visit my area - i promise it'll take your breath away
Ive studied philosophy! took me a while to get it though. Im not as mature as you :p I like going out, socialising, movies and such. I do love reading though. I devour books
Ive lived here since i was 12 so im well used to the shit weather now
Well, where i live is a great place to grow up. It really is like. Its a bit too -everyone knows everything about everyone- for my liking but i guess youd have that in any small town The scenery is breath taking though. Im fortunate ive spent so much time here, and its always going to be my home
So, what do you do for fun? x
I know Wolverhampton yeah...never heard of the rest
Right, well currently (not for much longer) im living in the very south western part of Ireland. End of August i will be moving back to England. In the midlands, Birmingham/Leamington Spa area. And originally i lived in a town called Rugby in between Coventry and BHam x
Ive seen the classics over and over If its that good, i might give it a go :p
I know right?! I friggin love them! Ohh sounds very posh altogether! Must earn a bob or two doing that anyways! Where are you from? Sorry but i dont recognise the Bescot Football Stadium from anywhere!
Omg, i love friends. I got addicted to that on e4 Seen them all now though! My Da likes Mock the Week, not my kinda thing though.
I have done nothing, the most exciting part of my day was eating maltesers Where do you work?
Aw thanks Same goes to you!
Im good, watching desperate housewives :p developing a serious obsession i think!
What are you up too?
Oddly enough. I like the politics, the shows, the censorship, and the night life of England.. I'm weird.. D=
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Different Carrots To Grow – What Are Some Popular Carrot Varieties
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Twin Babies Are Absolutely Fascinated By Their Dog
We have said this time and again, kids that get to grow up alongside a dog can consider themselves very lucky. Other than having a best friend in their canine family member, dogs can teach things some highly important lessons in life, stuff that no person ever will forget. Good thing these babies got a pup to be by their side to watch them sleep too.
Mia and Deni can't stop looking at their dog Casper in this adorable clip. The two babies can't seem to take their eyes off the West Highland Terrier dog that sits above their head, as if he is making sure the kids falls soundly asleep, as they should. We find their fascination adorably hilarious, don't you?
Deni can even be seen having a face-to-face with Casper, as the pup was attempting to jump on the sofa with the boy and his dad but couldn't find an empty seat. While Deni was cradled in his dad's lap, the pooch was looking for some space but couldn't find any, so he whimpered and whined, something the kid found hilarious!
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Now that's what I call music! 24 [sound recording CD].
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Fergalicious Break it off Say it right Irreplaceable My love I wanna love you Shortie like mine You Promise Ice box Say goodbye Put your records on Smile Suddenly I see Here (in your arms) Face down How to save a life If everyone cared It's not over It ends tonight
A compilation of twenty chart-topping songs, including Daughtry's "It's Not Over," Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right," and Nickelback's "If Everyone Cared."
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Stolen: Tom Roberts' painting of Andrew Garran. (Supplied):
ACT Police are searching for a valuable Tom Roberts painting which has been stolen from an apartment in Narrabundah, south Canberra.
The theft of the 19th century oil painting of former journalist and New South Wales politician Andrew Garran was reported to police last week.
The portrait is believed to be worth between $80,000 and $100,000 and has sentimental value to its owners the Garran family.
It measures approximately 60cm by 33cm and is contained within a 50cm thick black hardwood frame.
Police say the painting is distinctive and would be recognised by art dealers and Tom Roberts specialists.
Anyone who may know of the painting's whereabouts or may have information to help the investigation have been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.


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About us
CIDIC was founded in 2010 at the suggestion of several diplomats who shared their concern about the need for greater efficiency in establishing economic and academic contacts that are nowadays increasingly important in the exercise of their functions. This trend is now called « Economic and Academic Diplomacy ».
Economic Diplomacy is a tool for diplomatic representatives to support the economic measures undertaken by their governments. These representatives act as an interface between national private operators and those of the countries to which they are accredited, to find new markets for industrial products and services, and attract foreign investors.
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Our members represent the institutions present in Brussels, actors in the political, economic, academic, industrial, artistic and cultural world. Many of them represent Embassies, Chambers of Commerce and multinational companies established in Belgium.
For CIDIC, the rotating presidencies of the Council of the European Union are opportunities to organize contacts between the Embassies based in Brussels and Belgian companies with activities abroad. For that reason, CIDIC's Board offers every 6 months the CIDIC temporary presidency to the Ambassador who represents the country presiding the European Union. This temporary president also has the opportunity to associate to his/her presidency, a non-European Union country in depending on the current diplomatic and economic context and priorities.
The Ambassadors of the following countries have held the CIDIC presidency over the last years :
2019: First semester: Romania
Second semester: Finland
2018 : First semester : Bulgaria
Second semester: Austria
2017 : First semester : Malta and Norway
Second semester : Estonia and Georgia
2016 : First semester : The Netherlands and Tunisia
Second semester : Slovakia and Lebanon.
2015 : First semester : Latvia and Ukraine
Second semester : Luxembourg and China.
2014 : First semester : Greece and Georgia
Second semester : Italy.
2013 : First semester : Ireland and the USA
Second semester : Lithuania and Bangladesh.
2012 : First semester : Denmark and Vietnam
Second semester : Cyprus and Vietnam.
2011 : First semester : Hungary and Canada
Second semester : Poland and Japan.
CIDIC also organizes Diplomatic, Economic, Academic and Cultural (DEAC) Days to the country presiding on a 6 months basis the Council of the European Union.
For the DEAC Days in Malta H.E. Mr David Mangion, Maltese Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, has been appointed as Envoyé Spécial.


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You may have heard about this before… But, I'm just discovering it… Google has a new program called the "Global Impact Awards" to help jumpstart technology innovation in the nonprofit sector. They've given more than $100 million in grants, $1 billion in technology and 50K hours of volunteer time from its employees. They're really setting a great example for companies in giving back to the communities that support their business.
Jacquelline Fuller, Director of Giving at Google said,
..We're launching the Global Impact Awards to support organizations using technology and innovative approaches to tackle some of the toughest human challenges. From real-time sensors that monitor clean water to DNA barcoding that stops wildlife trafficking, our first round of awards provides $23 million to seven organizations changing the world.
Here are the seven nonprofits that will benefit from the program:
- charity: water: Real-time technology to monitor water and ensure it gets to more people
- Consortium for the Barcode of Life: DNA barcoding to identify and protect endangered wildlife
- DonorsChoose.org: New program to enroll more underrepresented students in advanced classes
- Equal Opportunity Schools: Data to identify high-performing yet underrepresented students
- Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media: Tools to analyze and promote gender equality in media
- GiveDirectly: Mobile technology to put money directly into the hands of the poor
- World Wildlife Fund: New technologies to advance anti-poaching efforts
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Peter Rühe talks about the Ashram Gandhi Puri at Klungkung on Bali for Bali TV in March 2008. The ashram was founded by Indra Udayana and runs, like its 5 sister organizations on Bali and in the region, on the Gandhian ideals self-sufficiency, simplicity in thoughts, words and deeds and harmony with nature. It also follows the Balinese Hindu traditions. It's young inmates hail from poor families. In the ashram they are given proper shelter, food as well as mental and physical education according to Gandhi's head, hand and heart education system.
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What options does the Clean Options plugin catch? To understand what the Clean Options plugin does, an explanation of how it gathers WordPress options may be helpful.
The plugin searches the blog folders for PHP files. It searches these files for occurrences of get_option and get_settings using the regular expression
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Will the regular expression match all the possible variations in syntax? As Leonid Mamchenkov posted on the WordPress Bits blog , the plugin will not find occurrences of options where the option name is a constant or a variable such as
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The Clean Options plugin uses the WordPress get_alloptions function to find all options where autoload = yes in the options table. The Clean Options plugin also uses a database query to find all options where autoload is not equal to yes.
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Natural gas pipelines and power plants and solar and wind power projects will drive energy-related construction in 2019. Power projects are expected to increase between 3% and 8% over 2018, exceeding overall expected construction growth of between 2% to 5%, according to a Dec. 12 construction outlook presentation by Ken Simonson, chief economist of the Associated General Contractors of America.
Other forecasts reflect a similar view. The U.S. Energy Information Administration, in its December Short-Term Energy Outlook, forecasts that utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas-fired power plants will continue to increase while other sources of generation will remain relatively flat.
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LOWER MANHATTAN — Some otherworldly art is headed to City Hall Park.
Artist Katja Novitskova's giant flat sculptures juxtapose images of the earth and other planets, along with blown-up photos of terrestrial animals, including squids, lizards and the hydra — organisms often used in biotechnology and genetic research — creates seemingly alien artwork.
Artist Katja Novitskova's "Earth Potential" exhibit will be on display in June in City Hall Park. (Courtesy of Katja Novitskova)
The exhibit, called "Earth Potential," explores the relationship between technology, scientific research and the physical world, according the exhibit sponsor, the Public Art Fund.
"From the micro to the macro, Novitskova brings to life a world that was once invisible but now, due to advances in satellite cameras and electronic microscopes, can be pictured in great detail," said Public Art Fund Associate curator Emma Enderby in a statement. "These images are also of living forms that are used in the scientific community to synthetically change the future of our planet. With this, Novitskova invites the viewer to reflect on the ways in which we see our world and how we perceive the potential of the Earth."
The aluminum sculptures, measuring 6 to 8 feet in diameter, will be lit up at night, creating a surreal, seemingly extraterrestrial landscape, organizers said.
The exhibit is slated to run from June 22 to Nov. 9.


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Title: Evanesce 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - ?
Author: Mink(mix)
Rating: Kakashi/Iruka-Mature-h/c-Angst-Non-con-semi-established relationship
Spoilers: General (everything Pre-Shippuden)
Summary: Iruka arrives back to the Hidden leaf after a simple but failed mission to investigate an abandoned shrine. Little by little, he realizes that maybe there was more to the mission than he'd thought. And those closest to him start to notice the same.
Thank you jinkamoo! <3
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Seated outside on the edge of his window, Iruka released the sparrow and let it dart away, frantic wings tilting with the gusts of snow.
Averting his gaze from its flight, Iruka watched his breath cloud the chill air as he coughed harshly into a fist.
This had been the third day and he was yet again unable to appear at the mission desk as scheduled. He had never possessed the reserves of chakra needed to have his own summons but at least he had use of the many messengers that served the Hokage. It was a good thing for his sake because the birds had become his only way to relay news to the Tower due to his current circumstances.
The shadow ordered him to send a bird every day. It would be no good if a fellow nin started wondering where he was and came looking for him. The thing residing in his apartment wanted him solitary and it had made clear to Iruka early on that it was extremely uncompromising on that issue.
The shadow.
He'd named his tormenter for lack of a better term.
Iruka let his body sag against the window pane, ignoring the biting cold for as long as he thought possible. Even the simple act of moving brought pain. He knew the sickness that racked his body waxed and waned at the whim of the thing keeping him imprisoned. It seemed content to render him practically useless.
"Are you happy now?" He asked it bitterly. It felt good to be petulant.
But unfortunately, his remark revealed the shadow was not happy at all.
Slumping down with a gasp from the sill, he immediately had to reach for the wall. A painful clench in his chest made him sink slowly to his knees. He worked a fist into the center of his aching chest and felt the squeeze around his lungs, the pain locking his breath in his sore throat.
"ah!--I did what you wanted..."
The air around him rippled in displeasure and it stuck harder. Iruka's hand flew out to brace himself against the floor as a fit of savage coughing wracked through his body until he collapsed.
"E-Enough," he muttered to the pitch black thing that lurked in every corner. "... I seen the messenger. I did what you told me to do so... leave me the hell alone..."
With bleary vision, he rolled over and focused on the chair by the kitchen table. He wanted to be there. Tea was there. He felt so empty. He managed to get to his feet.
Empty and afraid.
All the past moments of wrong floors and forgotten names seemed paltry considering his chaos now. As of three days ago Iruka had lost an entire evening wandering the streets of Konoha. He recalled nothing else about that evening besides finding himself back home. And ever since that night, everything had horribly changed. At first he thought maybe it was his exhaustion and high temperature making him see things. The sorts of things that flitted and flickered just outside clear vision.
However that theory went right out the window when he'd actually seen something he couldn't explain away. Iruka had seen a shadow move. It hadn't been some Nara Yin Release either. It had slid all by itself right off the wall and onto the floor before joining with his own.
And then it started making words.
It had covered him to meld with the mark on his arm that somehow linked them. It all made perfect sense now that he'd had all these vacant hours to piece all of the events together. That damned seal had been guarding something after all.
And Iruka had unknowingly set it free.
Scratching at in the inside of his burning arm he let out another rasping cough and shuddered at the soreness that resonated up and down his body. As poorly as he was, he forced himself to take another icy shower. The rusting water heater was off again. Iruka regretted it now. His core couldn't seem to rise above the frigid air that hung around him.
A quick check of the braziers revealed his charcoal was down and would need to be restocked. Had he used it all up that quickly? No warmth flowed through the vents of the iron grates in the flooring. Wonderful. Looked like he'd be toughing out the elements from indoors. At least the stove still worked last time he'd checked.
That may have been yesterday. He wasn't sure.
He blinked when he realized time had passed and he was now seated at his kitchen table well past sunset. There was a cup of untouched tea in the loose grip of his hands. Even knowing he had been trapped there for only three days it had felt much longer than that. Like the stories he heard of the more insidious time distortion genjutsu that made minutes into hours, hours became days, days drifting to an eternity.
Iruka wondered if this was what it felt like to slowly lose your mind.
The presence was making itself manifest more every passing day. Its voice echoed in his head, sometimes tinny and deafening and other times humming and distant. He distantly knew he should be experiencing more worry than he was. He did sometimes. But as soon as he felt the sensation begin to build, the voice would rush in, black pitch would fill his head and it would all be swept away until there was nothing left.
Even still, Iruka had tried to get away more than once.
He'd even made it half way out of the front door. But each time he came close to freedom, the voice would always return to subdue him. When that didn't work, the black form would coalesce into something more solid to send him crashing against the floor and keep him in agony until he complied. Iruka wasn't even sure if distance even really mattered. The thing had played with his memory for quite a while without requiring him as a roommate.
The thing was always there to draw him back in one way or another.
When he couldn't see it he could feel it hovering nearby. Its weighty presence lay coiling and uncoiling as if waiting for something inside him to give. After that first day, he found it was the only thing he could feel at all. The world of whispered chakra traces had disappeared, leaving him in another form of darkness all together.
He sat at his kitchen table with the mug of stale tea in his hands and stared at the opposite wall. It must have been midweek because he'd heard the laughter of the young man that made deliveries to his elderly neighbor. There had been no glimmer or even hint of the courier's presence or anyone else's for that matter. Just laughter.
The grip on the mug tightened. Sensing nothing was akin to having gone blind.
A sharp rap from somewhere behind startled him. Now the shadow was playing games?
He stood from his chair, gripping its back to stay upright.
"Your bathroom window was open," a real human voice said.
Iruka could not hide his helpless surprise.
Kakashi was inexplicably standing in his hallway.
"Hello," the jounin gave a small wave. "I brought you something."
Iruka stared dully at the Ichiraku bag Kakashi had proffered in two hands.
"It might be a bit cold," the jounin apologized, but then glanced around the apartment. "But not quite as cold as it is in here." He added with a cheerful shiver.
"How... How did you get in here?" His voice was rough and unused.
"Window," Kakashi gestured over his shoulder with his chin. "Bathroom."
That wasn't exactly what Iruka meant but he was so happy to see him he couldn't make his fogged mind form any coherent words. Iruka swallowed back a burning in his eyes as he experienced an unexpected wave of sadness that was even more powerful than his relief. It seemed a very long time since he'd last seen Kakashi. He didn't want to think about how the hours seemed slowed within these walls and that maybe more time had passed for him than he'd cared to know
"You should really upgrade your wards, sensei."
Iruka breathlessly smiled.
"Yes, I should."
There was a sharp twist in his belly when it finally dawned on him that the bag Kakashi was holding might contain food. He'd been living on tea. Even if he could remember which street or which direction the nearest shop was he'd have been punished for trying anyway. Kakashi must have seen the pathetic hopeful look on his face even though the room was barely lit.
Iruka wanted to move towards him but the shadow fluttered menacingly between them in warning. He waited fiercely for some sort of reaction from Kakashi at its appearance. The thing bloomed grotesquely across the ceiling to drip down the opposite wall and Kakashi did not so much as glance in its direction. Iruka forlornly realized that the jounin not only hadn't seen it, but was completely unaware of even a flicker of its presence.
The thing's satisfaction at his suffocating disappointment struck him worse than any fist could.
Kakashi was, however, very intent on studying him.
He really didn't want to think too much about his own appearance. Weak. Mad. Haunted? Iruka wanted to laugh but managed not to. The voice was telling him to make Kakashi go away. It said Kakashi was there just to use him in some way. He was there to hurt him. Squeezing his eyes shut, he willed himself back to focus. Kakashi was not a threat. He had brought him food. Iruka began to tremble with the simmering rise of his muzzled anger. The jounin belonged here unlike some things. Unlike that thing that watched him every waking moment ready to inflict pain and new humiliation. The thing that was always groping through his head like a damn--
His thoughts abruptly ceased.
The far off drone of the shadow's voice wrenched his rage away, smothering his desperate need to tell Kakashi everything. To please help him. To put an end to this. The thing pulled his struggling determination straight back into a wash of blank submission as gray as the winter sky.
"Sit," the jounin cautiously suggested. "I'll warm this up. Take a look at the furnace." Kakashi motioned to the stone cold grates on the floor, setting the ramen bag down on the table.
Iruka's sluggish brain kicked into gear at the words. Furnace. Heat. Yes. He had been meaning to turn it on. Yesterday maybe.
Kakashi was still studying him. His pale cheeks against the mask still slightly flushed from the wind. He made no move.
"Naruto was a little worried."
Something deep down made Iruka flinch at the words.
"He stopped by today to see you and--"
"Oh," Iruka vaguely remembered that. The shadow had told him to stay where he was. When he tried to go to the door anyway it had wrapped around his body until he couldn't breathe. "I ... I must have been sleeping."
Pushing trembling hands down over his crumpled yukata, he dragged a hand through unkempt hair and went to sit as he'd been told. Or at least he tried. As soon as he made to return to the kitchen chair he felt his knees go slack and knew violent impact with the table would follow.
But he never made it to the floor.
Halfway to the ground, Iruka and the crouched man behind him breathed in and out.
"S'ok," Iruka attempted when he got his words back, patting the arm that had caught him under the waist. "...Been happening... a lot..."
"Iruka..." the jounin sounded different. The muscles in the arms now enclosed around his waist tightened, shaking him firmly. "Hey, take it easy--"
He realized he had been feebly trying to push away the man trying to keep him up. "You," he felt a warm rush of hope, blinking upwards uncertainly. "When did you... When did you get here?"
Iruka searched the man's—Kakashi's—face for some sign of explanation. The eye not covered by his hitai-ate was wide, concerned.
Shifting his grip without giving sway, Kakashi muttered an apology. "Forgive me for this." One hand flicked up his headband.
The scarlet eye in the white face spun to life. Iruka stared, mesmerized and trembling.
Everything ebbed.
Iruka tried to buck under the unmovable hold. "Stop!.. ugh..! Stop! Let me go! You're going to make it angry..."
Kakashi did not respond, eye fixed on Iruka, wanting in, sifting his thwarted mind carefully as fingers through grain.
"You don't understand--"
"No, I don't," Kakashi agreed.
"K-Kakashi." Iruka writhed unable to get out of the jounin's grip, his eyes slipping.
Frantically, his fingers found purchase on the canvas of Kakashi's flack vest, clutching at him. "... no...something is.. please just listen...you'll make it mad...then it will..."
"Later," Kakashi pressed his face softly and briefly into his neck. "You need to rest."
Before Iruka knew what was happening he saw fingers placed on his wrist then felt another on his forehead. A jutsu. He fought it but a hand then pressed down on his chest and the side of the uncovered nin's face slid down against his. Kakashi's voice was there, saying something, as he was lowered to the floor he barely felt beneath him. To his horror, he was immobile. Without ability to command his own limbs. But it wasn't the sickening grasp of the shadow this time. Firm arms drew him close, chest to chest. The first feel of natural heat he hadn't felt in so many days. He pressed closer, chin in soft pale hair, his numbed skin igniting in prickling points of pain as he warmed.
"Sleep." Kakashi's breath was nothing more than a murmur in his ear.
Iruka never heard it. He was gone.
The first thing he knew for certain was that he was no longer home.
White. Tiles. Sterile.
The acrid tang of disinfectant revealed where he was first. His hair hung in limp strands across his cheek. Dampness at his brow. He licked his lips and tasted salt.
The room smelled faintly of pine and the strong scent of rubbing alcohol. The weight of a bottle shimmered faintly, hovering just above his head and swaying gently when he moved. Plastic tubing wound up around his forearm. Iruka blinked slowly at the IV. His entire body felt clammy with sweat. He grimaced in disgust at the feel of the flimsy cotton medical yukata sticking to his chest.
Iruka dazedly made to sit up and couldn't. Tugging at his wrists he found he had been restrained with thick cuffs intricately encrypted to dull chakra. Not that he had much to bother blocking. He yanked weakly at them anyway, growling his frustration when he realized his ankles had been secured as well. His efforts caused a fit of painful coughing, and he sagged back onto the bed waiting for it to stop.
The room was dim--only lit from some meager source that filtered through the open door. It didn't take him long to spot the shadow unmoving in the corner, draped along the lines of the square of light on the floor.
He could hear voices, low and tense, coming from the hallway just outside his room.
"Obviously someone has overlooked something."
It was Kakashi.
Iruka was surprised when the shadow suddenly sprang back in on itself, bristling in agitation at the sound of the jounin's voice. It abruptly occurred to him that this was the first time he'd been permitted to set foot out of his apartment in days. The pitch black form reacted to his thoughts, sending a spiteful wave of pain through his body. Gasping for breath, he considered that maybe he hadn't been permitted at all. Had Kakashi done something?
Someone cleared their throat impatiently. "Every test has shown no indication of head trauma."
"Because there isn't any." Kakashi answered blandly.
"You say he made contact with some sort of seal?"
"I've been telling you guys that all night long."
"His disorientation are all within limits due to the fever. He'll start responding with fluids and--"
"I've also been telling you that's not it!"
"Look, the Hokage has been alerted just as you asked," the someone hastily explained. "Maybe she can tell us more about this seal he's tampered with."
"He wasn't tampering. He was on orders."
Iruka hadn't dared breathe during the exchange, only letting out a small sound when the owner of the irritated voice finally came into view.
"You're awake," Kakashi looked exhausted. "That's good."
The sight of him brought the overwhelming certainty that Kakashi would surely get him out of here. If he got far enough away from the shadow maybe he could tell him what was happening. They could cut off his arm with the mark on it for he cared. But the thing in the corner wiped that hope away by inserting another idea neatly into his head. Kakashi had brought him here because there was something terribly wrong with him. They all know, the shadow told him, and they were going to take him apart to figure out why. Kakashi had brought Iruka here and let them tie him up like a diseased animal so these people could discern just exactly how noxious he'd become. Iruka shut his eyes. Just how polluted and unhinged.
"..no..." he hissed through clenched teeth. "... I'm not...I'm not..."
"Hey. You okay?"
Iruka searched Kakashi's face with the unease of not being able to sense the jounin's presence in any way. That last thought gave him pause and his disquiet deepened.
"A-Are you... Is this a clone?"
Kakashi hadn't moved from the dim light of the hospital corridor and Iruka didn't like the wary expression on his face at all.
"I don't need these." Iruka made and unmade fists as he strained to half sit up. "Please take them off."
The jounin had remained quiet but when he finally did speak, it was steady and deliberate.
"You can't tell." More of a statement when it should have been a question.
"H-Huh?" Iruka caught his breath, worrying at his trapped wrist.
"You can't tell I'm not a clone."
Iruka began to shake, unwilling to answer, knowing he'd somehow revealed something that he wasn't supposed to.
"Why am I here?"
"You weren't doing so great when I found you."
"Found me?" His heart raced and his chest began to heave in panic. Had the shadow allowed him roam? Where had he ended up this time? Wandering the forest? Maybe out in the middle of the damn lake?
"In your apartment."
"My apartment." Iruka repeated dumbly. "You found me in my apartment."
Kakashi cocked his head at him. "You don't remember do you?"
"I...uh...of course I do," Iruka mumbled. Remember what exactly? He bit at his lower lip knowing he had checked out again. "I was in my apartment stuck with that...that..." he trailed off as the thing's voice began to pound relentlessly in his head.
"With what?" the other man prompted.
Iruka's mouth worked but the words wouldn't come. He wanted to yell and scream but the shadow stayed his tongue.
Kakashi attempted a grin. "With that broken water heater?"
The joke fell flat and the jounin didn't have the heart to even laugh at himself. Kakashi shifted before he came to the side of Iruka's bed and placed cool fingertips on the back of his neck. It was obviously meant to settle him but Iruka could not stop shaking.
"You have a pretty bad fever." Kakashi murmured his explanation as though that might help. "They keep saying it's not unheard of to have blank spots but—"
If Iruka's wrists weren't strapped down, he'd have tried to throw a punch.
"That's not what this is—" He managed, an edge of hysteria in his voice. "You know it isn't!" It was the most he'd ever gotten past his tormenter so far and he felt the seething promise of retribution from its silent huddle in the corner of the room.
Kakashi dropped his contact and took a step back, hands raised innocently. He scratched the back of his head. "Well, technically I have no idea."
"I'm trying to tell you.... there's something... I'm trying ...."
"I get that," Kakashi's voice was strained. "So just tell me."
"Can't you just shut up and listen!" Iruka heard himself snarl in frustration. Kakashi momentarily obeyed, something in the set of his eyes changing, like a pack dog backing down meekly.
The shadow took that moment to flood Iruka with contempt and gratification.
"You haven't been yourself," Kakashi said quietly. "Not since that mission."
Iruka felt his stomach lurch at the mention it.
"I've just been tired that's all." Hearing the excuse spoken out loud suddenly sounded utterly ludicrous.
"That isn't all, Iruka," Kakashi sighed. "I know that much."
So this was it.
Everything he had feared was happening now. Just like the shadow said. They were all going think he'd gone crazy without ever knowing the truth. His thoughts turned unwanted to his missing evening walk from the Tower and the haze of the last few days. Of all of the time he'd lost— The shadow had had him in its thrall before he'd ever even left that shrine. Iruka wanted to throw up at how stupid and careless he'd been.
"We will figure this out." Kakashi spoke softly. Gentle fingers found his wrist even though Iruka twitched away. "I promise you that."
"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep, Kakashi."
"I'm sorry," the jounin was looking down. "I should have noticed sooner."
Iruka's breath was coming shorter and faster.
"Just hang in there," he told him. "Inoichi-sama and Ibiki-sama are on their way."
The words hung in the air like poisoned smoke.
A high-ranking member of the Intelligence Division and the commanding officer of the Konoha Torture and Interrogation Force. Iruka knew very well what that combination meant. If they thought the memory lapses were interesting wait until Inoichi-sama started burrowing into his brain. They would be fascinated to discover Iruka's magical shadow friend no one else could see and that liked to make him do things...
Iruka couldn't take it.
Panic surged and obliterated everything else. With his eyes screwed tight against the burn of tears, he flung his head back and started to struggle violently.
He blinked angrily up at the man leaning over him, trying to twist away from the hands pushing down firmly on Iruka's shoulders.
"Get off me!" he hissed, hating the tremor in his voice. He didn't want anyone to see him like this. Especially a jounin that could record it for all time to play back whenever he felt like it. Was that why he was here? The shadow was there urgently speaking in his ear telling him that it was true. The shadow knew that Kakashi was only there to mock him. Iruka whipped his head back and forth, wrenching his hands and feet in the binds. No, Kakashi wouldn't... the man didn't even know what was happening... or did he? The shadow flowed through him and warped his panic into a keen fine edge. This was just a stop over before they took him away and locked him up forever in the confines of the T&I. Darkness spiraled around his conscious, annihilating every last shred of defiance the chunin held on to. Seizing under the onslaught Iruka felt any uncertainly of the murmured words completely vanish. He knew the shadow must be right. Kakashi was going to let those men tear him apart while he watched.
"Don't...please don't let them do it--" he forced himself to breathe. "Please..."
"Iruka stop, you're hurting yourself--" Kakashi's voice came in a rush.
There was something wet and hot running down his wrists and ankles. The far off sting of discomfort seemed nothing compared to the coughing that wracked his frame. He wheezed in and out gradually realizing Kakashi was on top of him, holding him down and hindering his movement. The shadow slid through the air, coiling up his IV stand and wrapping tightly around Iruka's throat. A calm washed over him at the sound of its ceaseless mumblings and everything began to make sense again. All of his tensed muscles began to relax.
"What the hell is going on in here?"
It was a strong female voice that caused him to open his eyes.
A blond woman stood in the doorway with arms crossed firmly over her chest. Iruka felt the weight shift off of him and saw Kakashi turn awkwardly to greet her with a small bow. She threw him a glare before striding to the bed side and picking up Iruka's chin to look him in the eyes. Turning his face briefly from side to side he could only stare back up at her in detached confusion.
She unceremoniously yanked his medical gown up and ran her gaze up and down his exposed body. Some part of him was ashamed and he tried to pull his thighs together but couldn't because of the restraints. His bare arms were inspected in turn.
"All of these bruises," she said. "These were not sustained from the mission."
"No," the jounin confirmed tightly. "Those are new. He has them all over his back and shoulders as well."
"What's this?" she was holding his right arm, examining the cut that went across the inside of his elbow. "This is a fresh bleed."
Iruka thought it was appropriate that they were speaking as if he weren't even there because he wasn't quite sure he really was.
"Funny you should ask," Kakashi said. "He wouldn't stop scratching at it."
She flipped the gown back down. "He's been acting like this all night?"
"I suspect it's been more like most of the week."
The woman righted herself and turned to leave. Iruka considered her burning amber eyes and wondered exactly who she might be.
"You," she barked in Kakashi's direction. "My office."
The jounin gave Iruka one last look before hesitantly following her out of the room. Experimentally rotating his hands he found they moved easier now that there was blood. The cuffs had been made to block chakra but he didn't need any for what he was going to do. He wasn't going to lay here and wait to be dragged off into the some basement to have his mind flayed and dissected. There wasn't much time and he was so weak. But he could do it. He could get the hell out of here.
The shadow would help him.
The reliquary must endure.
Iruka nodded miserably.
He watched the black shape form by his bedside, elongating and stretching to touch his trapped wrist. The thing seemed much more brash and substantial with that jounin and the lady no longer in the room. The cuff began to loosen. As Iruka aided in the delicate process of escape his thoughts kept wandering back to the woman who had studied him like a bug under glass. Even though he was unable to sense chakra he could tell just by looking at her that she must possess a great deal of it.
That meant he had to be fast. Faster than this. He yanked one hand free. Stifling another grating fit of coughing he started on his other wrist then his ankles. Getting to a stand, he saw the open closet had some medi uniforms in it. He got dressed while listening to the steady demand of the voice compelling him to hurry.
With a shove, he opened the window and glanced around the hospital grounds for any nin. Seeing no one, he landed ungracefully in the snow below and stumbled into what cover the darkness had to offer. The shadow wanted him to leave the village. Iruka of course had no idea of which way to go until his tormenter nudged him in the direction of the looming barrier wall. He'd follow its base until he found a gate.
After entering a patch of woods he began to move faster, the borrowed uniform woefully thin, and his exposed hands and face starting to ache.
But something captured his attention, causing him pause to catch his breath.
Chakra or no he was still a Shinobi and he knew when he was being followed. The voice slithered around and inside him urging Iruka to ignore it and continue. He resisted the staggering need to obey and focused on where he had detected the movement in the trees. It was a rustling noise that was meant to be heard. Like a warning.
"I-I won't run," Iruka said carefully. "I wouldn't get very far anyway."
The flash of a robe and the person didn't quite land before him so much as just suddenly materialized. For an off wavering moment Iruka realized it was the ANBU that had found him all that time ago after the fall in the stairwell. The impassive Cat mask was bowed down, fist and one knee to the ground in respect. No one gave him the time in the Tower, let alone this. Iruka knew this just must be more mockery. Like the sort the elite jounin and that woman had given him in the hospital.
"You came a lot sooner than I'd hoped," Iruka started to back away. "How many did Kakashi-san send looking?"
"None," the voice was low and hesitant. "I'm not here on his order."
"Ibiki-sama then." Iruka listened closely to the shadow but all it did was pulse an incredible need for him to keep moving. "Tell him I said no thanks."
The Cat minutely shook his head. "No one sent me."
He was barely listening, too busy trying to figure out some possible tactic that would allow him to get away alive. "I'm not going anywhere with you." Iruka wondered who he was kidding. He was no match for an ANBU even when he was in full form. "Do you hear me!"
"I understand. However, I still have to bring you back."
Iruka stared at the ANBU wishing he had at least one single kunai to back up his meager claim of resistance. The Cat rose fluidly to a stand with its face still tilted down to the ground. The shadow lurched around him as it became even more impatient. Iruka groaned as it stirred under his skin, threatening to crush him from the inside if he did not comply soon.
"I-I can't go back," Iruka stammered. "You-You don't understand anything."
The Cat said nothing.
Iruka wanted to knock the mask off. He wanted to hit something until it hit back. The shadow abruptly surged and gave him a vile burst of strength that was not his own. Knowing that grabbing an ANBU meant likely death, he did it anyway, curling his fist into the robe and bringing that blank face right up into his own.
The body under his hands didn't tense or coil for a fight. The ANBU sagged, a weight that Iruka had to struggle to hold so its knees didn't hit the ground. There was only a whisper of a voice.
"Kakashi sempai gave me my name."
Iruka blinked down at the mask in confusion.
"I will protect anything he has."
Iruka didn't miss the 'sempai' and the word 'protect'. That meant loyalty. It didn't take much math to put it together. But if the elite jounin hadn't sent his pet ANBU that meant the operative had sent itself.
"So... So you've been watching me?"
The Cat shifted uneasily in his grip.
"And you do this without that jounin's knowledge."
He studied the ANBU as it seemed to hunker down further with a hint of a nod. Iruka knew Child Speak. He knew it well. This ANBU wasn't exactly proud to admit to have been following him for who knew how long. But if the Copy nin really didn't know he was missing yet, he still had a chance.
"Please," the Cat asked. "Don't make me have to force you to return."
Before Iruka could wonder at the sight of a pleading ANBU, he knew with utmost certainty that the shadow was done and finished with waiting.
"I told you," Iruka's vision began to darken and he knew with a sinking dread what was coming. "I-I can't do that."
He wanted to further warn the ANBU but he could no longer speak.
The clenched fists in the Cat's cloak fell away as he staggered backwards. Half blinded, Iruka landed hard on his knees as the thing inside him thrummed and grew, expanding from his mind to the ground below and the trees above. The fathomless pitch of its body churned ferociously, lashing snow around them and filling the air with the deep mournful sound of a baying horn on a battlefield. Pure ire was burning under Iruka's skin, searing the mark on his arm, and sending the dull booming voice like thunder through his skull.
Iruka wanted to tell the ANBU to teleport far away from here as fast as he could.
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As you read this, I am in Cincinnati on a mission trip with our parish youth group. Each year we travel somewhere to help spread God's Gospel through our words and actions. We strive to put what we teach into meaningful experiences both for our teens and for those we help. This year we are working with the Franciscans for the Poor to minister to the poor and the homeless. I always feel so blessed when I am able to be a part of such a worthwhile experience.
But this year I almost wasn't able to go. You see, going on a mission trip is not cheap. It costs money to go and help others. One thing my family has very little of is money. We are the working poor. We struggle most months just to make ends meet. We often rob Peter to pay Paul. Money is a constant worry. I had no idea how we would afford to finish paying for the trip. While my position as a chaperone was paid for, my two daughters who would also be going on the trip were not.
As the deadline to have our fees paid drew near and then passed without me being able to pay what I owed, I had no idea how I would find the remainder that was due. We had offered to work for others, we had participated in the fundraisers meant to help pay for the trip, and others had donated to our children's accounts. Still, we didn't have enough. I didn't want people to know how much we were struggling and so I told no one. Instead, I worried. I cried I prayed that God would help me find the money to send my girls on this important trip.
He did.
Unbeknownst to me, our youth group leader put out a call to our parish family telling them that there were kids in need of help to pay their final dues for the trip. Immediately, several people stepped up to help out. I would receive a text that day not to worry about our balances – they were paid in full. I cried. God is so good.
Before we left for the trip, I had to figure out how to afford the incidentals of traveling. Not only did I need to feed three of us while on the road, but the group was planning other activities while we are in Cincinnati. I had to come up with the money to do these things as well. The task seemed daunting.
In preparation for this trip, we have done many things to save money and cut back. We have not turned on our air yet so that the extra money from the electric bill might help pay some of our way. In the heat of the Atlanta "almost summer" there have been days where this sacrifice was overwhelming. I also looked at our budget to see what I could skimp on and what I could possibly cut out. When I went shopping for my husband and kids that would be left at home, I made lists of the simplest meals I could find with ingredients that wouldn't cost much to make. I stayed at home as much as I could through the week to conserve on gas. I gathered our loose change and converted it to bills. Even with all of this I knew it would be tight as illnesses and emergencies kept cropping up taking precious funds meant to spend on this trip.
You may be wondering why I am even writing about this. Maybe you think I am looking for a pat on the back. Nothing could be further from the truth. To be honest, I haven't been sacrificing well. I have worried and cried, doubted and been angry. I have wondered if it is all worth it. I have asked God over and over again why it has to be so difficult to do something good for others and why does it seem as if those of us who have the least are often asked to give the most?
The truth is that sacrifice calls for us to give more than we think we can. It stretches us to the point where we think we will break and then asks us to stretch a little further. It is giving from our needs – all we have – and not from our surplus. Sacrifice is understanding that we may never be rewarded for the good deeds we do, but it is also trusting that when we give ourselves to God and to others, He in turn will provide for all our needs as well. Sacrifice is a gift we give freely and pray that others will receive grace from the gift we give.
Not everyone sacrifices in the same manner. Christ doesn't call for us all to sacrifice equally. In fact, He calls us to be like the widow who gave her two mites. Others gave much more than she and yet Christ tells us she gave the most. She did so because she gave out of her needs and wants, not out of her surplus. Christ asks us to look at where we are in need and want and give from there. When we do, we truly sacrifice.
As I write this article, it is the day before we are supposed to leave. I still haven't figured out all our financing, but I know it will be alright. God always provides for us and I have no doubt that in the last minutes He will provide the way for me to insure we have all we need. I know my small sacrifices can never compare to His great sacrifice for us, but I pray He will use our sacrifices to draw others near to Him.
Friends, pray for us as we serve the homeless, the sick, the poor, and the forgotten. Pray also that we each will search our hearts to see where Christ is calling us to sacrifice for Him and for others. Pray that we do so with an open and giving heart. It's easy to give from our surplus, but pray we each will give from our wants and needs. It is only then that we truly serve one another the way Christ asks of us.


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Pawpaw, Paw Paw, Papaw, Poor Man's Banana, Hoosier Banana, Indiana Banana
World Champion Pawpaw seeds were gathered from fruit harvested from one of the world's leading breeders of pawpaw fruit. The fruits weigh over 8 oz. and were collected from mature trees producing crops that have repeatedly won contests for the Best Tasting and Largest Pawpaws for the past 5 years. You can see the orchard and the fruits where these were harvested in this video from our YouTube channel.
The seed has been pre-stratified for 90 days, so they are ready to plant. If you are saving the seeds to plant later, they must be kept refrigerated and moist.
We share more of our successful tips and techniques for growing these trees in this video on our Youtube channel.
***Price includes shipping to your local address via USPS 1st Class for 20 seeds+ or USPS Priority Mail for 100 seeds or more***
Pawpaw trees produce custard, mango, and banana tropical-flavored fruits which can easily be grown in COLD climates. They are an exotic and very unique flavor to experience. Take out your spoon and eat it fresh or use the pulp to make cakes, cookies, ice cream, sorbets, or puddings.
They have a smooth, creamy texture and a floral, aromatic scent. Pawpaws are native and well known in much of the eastern United States. They produce fruit that is reminiscent of their tropical relatives - the cherimoya, guanabana (aka: soursop), sweetsop, and custard apple. Harvest when fruit is slightly soft and gives when pressed by your thumb. The pulp has big seeds that are easy to spoon out and discard or plant to grow additional trees.
The tree has a tap root and grows slowly at first but makes a great exotic backyard fruit producer. They grow naturally as an understory tree but can grow in full sun. Trees prefer partial shade for the first 2 years. Space about 8' apart. Fruit ripens in late September and October.
Pawpaws require cross-pollination, so 2 trees are necessary for the trees to produce fruit.


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A handler, B, starts with the disc in the middle of the field. A defender, D2, applies a straight up mark. A reset, A, starts around 5-10m from A, wider and slightly behind. A is guarded by D1, who stands upfield. A continuation cutter, C, starts a further 10m downfield.


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Looking at the Changshou(longevity)Lake and surrounded by a sea of tulips,100 young studentsparticipated in the traditional Chinese coming-of-age ceremony on the morning of March 18, 2017. Theceremony was held together with a celebration of the Flower Festival.SISU sent 18 internationalstudents to attend this event.
The story goes that Fan Li, a famous scholar in the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC),startedthe Flower Festival. During the Flower Festival, such activities as flower appreciation, poetry recitation and celebration for the bloomof various flowers are staged.
This ceremony serves as an opportunity for the international students of SISU to experience the unique glamour of traditional Chinese culture.
The traditional coming of age ceremony
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A New Way for Gay Characters in Y.A.
This article is from the archive of our partner .
Suddenly, it seems like gay characters are everywhere in Y.A. literature. Or, if not everywhere, certainly in far more places and in a greater variety than ever before. Perhaps the most eye-catching recent example, which preceded , is —and its cover with, yes, two boys kissing. But beyond the covers, plots involving LGBT characters are twisting and turning and emerging anew from the traditional coming-out story of years past. In last year's , by Marisa Calin, for instance, a girl develops feelings for her female teacher at the same time that she works through feelings for her best friend, who is referred to as "you" throughout, lending gender-ambiguity to the story. Or take upcoming novel which features Rafe Goldberg, who's been out since eighth grade in his supportive community of Boulder, Colorado. His life appears fine to all those around him, but part of Rafe's desire to transfer to a new school across the country is so he can try to live without the label of "gay" that he feels determines how people see him, first and foremost.


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Introducing The Temperate Zone
The Temperate Zone - this system within a system is designed to be infinitely expandable and intuitive to use.
Our new site design has at its core a unique feature The Temperate Zone. A research facility for students and teachers focussed on the Temperate Zone's marine life.
This system within a system is designed to be infinitely expandable and intuitive to use.
The site was created with the benefit of a team including PhD qualified researcher Dr Steven Gration who refined the concept of themes and researched specific content eg Dunes Natures Way of Defending Coast. MDC resident marine biologist Jacinta provided excellent guidance and perspectives on the sea creatures inhabiting the Temperate Zone.
An iterative development style ensures 'discoveries' can be incorporated into the site even on launch day and beyond. All stakeholders contributions can be added efficiently with this flexible approach to development.
Graphics and concepts were provided by JP Media with the development, games and coding provided by Gold Coast Login. Read on for some technical details of the new system and demonstrations of some presentation features.
" The Temperate Zone research material is unique to Australia.— Tim Hoile, director MDC
The Core System
The new site uses the latest version of a software system that has a very large team of excellent developers. Having experience with this system allows faster development time using tested components. Hence as a developer I explore that system and further refine it for the MDC site. However, this comes with a knowledge of previous versions and a technique that layers a new site on top of an old site - replacing parts of the front end system but only minor changes to the back-end
Exciting ways to present information
This approach means versions are layered on top of each other - future improvements to the back-end can replace one component not the whole system. This system approach goes all the way to the server set-up, database, security and emails. It simply means a discovery or improvement can be added to any site that has this back-end.
Optimised Code
The code is optimised on a page by page basis - systems like Word Press do not do this - they often load everything on every page making them very slow.
Temperate Zone
The Temperate Zone section is designed to be a separate stand-alone section (in fact this could be moved to any site if necessary with minimal changes). It uses icons for recognition with a Masonry style to break up objects into different sizes yet maintain a clear message. Search function is designed to allow people to find things quickly and intuitively. We have incorporated Google Maps v3 that uses clustering combined with Fancybox, Panoramas and completely replaces the Flash dependent Trail.
Fancybox v3 is used creating beautiful pop-up boxes, video, images, pdfs (that display as pop-ups). eg Read more about the MDC
We have adapted this site to use Fancybox for slide shows even from the home page if a news items has a slide show.
Audio can be played in browser native devices - instead of Flash.
Game developed in Snap SVG meaning it can play on any device.
Vector graphics used for pdfs so that images scale well.
All videos are played from Vimeo or YouTube these are not downloads from the site and do not incur download fees.
Design Framework
The Framework Bootstrap 4 - produces device adaptive styles (items look good on various screen sizes automatically) eg mobile phones
Validation - User Feedback
Validation - our own form validating system is combined with styles that give a user realistic feedback rather than 'you have an error'.
We can state things like your date needs to be before 2019 - so the user can quickly enter information. The Booking System displays a calendar with available dates.
Future Changes
Other Changes and improvements -:
- The colour scheme is changeable from one location
- Once the site is complete we can further optimise it by removing style code we do not use
Innovative use of Images
These 4 images of the Amazing Cuttle Fish which can be used in 5 different ways utilising the power of the back-end of the site-:
1 As a slide show click camera image at top of page (even on home page)
2 As a Cuttle Fish Presentation
3 As a single image in a news article as per the top of the page
4 As an item in a Quiz
5 As an Animated Gif below
Other Articles
Aug 26, 2019 Moray Eels - new additions to the MDC
Aug 8, 2019 Native Oysters cleaning our water
Nov 30, 2017 Fund My Neighbourhood Grant Win
Nov 22, 2017 Jacinta features on Totally Wild
Jun 23, 2016 MDC in parliament
Apr 11, 2016 Federal Minister for Education visits the MDC
Dec 7, 2015 Newsletter 4 (Dec 2015)
Sep 18, 2015 Newsletter 3 (Sept. 2015)
Apr 29, 2015 Newsletter
Sep 19, 2014 Newsletter - Dr Barbara Hardy AO
Jun 26, 2014 Newsletter - Marine Debris Workshop
Apr 2, 2014 Newsletter - We are thrilled to announce ..
Dec 10, 2013 Newsletter Dec. 2013
Sep 24, 2013 Newsletter Sept. 2013
Sep 5, 2013 The
Jul 24, 2013 MDC featured on Totally Wild Channel 10
Jul 1, 2013 Our MDC Student Leaders received an Award
Jun 21, 2013 Newsletter
Apr 9, 2013 Newsletter April 2013
Jan 30, 2013 Hon Greg Hunt MP visits our MDC
Dec 10, 2012 Newsletter Dec 2012
Nov 9, 2012 MDC wins State Award
Sep 11, 2012 Newsletter 3 Sept. 2012
Sep 7, 2012 ABC Radio Interview
Sep 6, 2012 Marine Centre wins 2 NAB School First Awards
Sep 6, 2012 Marine Centre wins 2 Awards
Jun 29, 2012 Newsletter 2 June 2012
Apr 2, 2012 Newsletter 1 April 2012
Apr 2, 2012 Marine Centre's new Ambassadors
Dec 12, 2011 Newsletter December 2011
Nov 11, 2011 You can now donate online to our MDC
Sep 30, 2011 Newsletter September 2011
Sep 30, 2011 Video Clip of our Models
Jul 5, 2011 Newsletter July 2011
Jul 5, 2011 You can now advertise in our Newsletter
Jul 5, 2011 Newsletter 1 March 2011
Mar 15, 2011 Where Does Seafood Come From?
Feb 9, 2011 Crabs on Henley Beach
Sep 17, 2010 Newsletter 3 - Thursday Island MDC visit
Sep 1, 2010 Tax Deductible Donations
Aug 12, 2010 Coastal Signs launched at Yamba
Jul 2, 2010 Newsletter - World Oceans Day
Mar 30, 2010 Marine Centre Officially Opened!
Oct 26, 2009 Marine Centre supports new Idol
May 26, 2009 National Pharmacies helps Marine Centre
May 26, 2009 View Virtual Walking Trail
May 7, 2009 Marine Centre grant win!
Aug 28, 2007 Prime Minister visits Marine Centre
May 2, 2006 World Oceans Day Resources released!!!
Feb 20, 2006 Seaweek Quiz launched!!


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This classic labelling method is common for most products. The Marzek Group can also offer this in an efficient way for large quantities.
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The vestibular system is located within the inner ear and is a complex structure that gathers information for the human body in regards to motion, equilibrium and spatial orientation. One's balance comes from a combination of three things: proprioception (the feeling of where your body is in space), vision, and vestibular system processing.
Vestibular problems, or dysfunctions, can start spontaneously, or can be caused by a variety of factors including head injuries, aging and infections. Although there are many reasons for "dizziness", a physical therapist can help differentiate the exact cause through testing.
The most common vestibular disorder is BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo). It is a mechanical problem of the inner ear in which calcium carbonate crystals (otoconia) become dislodged and migrate to a part of the ear where they are not supposed to be. The main symptoms you will notice are:
BPPV is fairly common. It affects 107 per 100,000 people per year and can impact adults of any age, especially seniors.
It is a program designed by a Physical Therapist to improve and reduce vertigo-related problems. The program consists of two segments:
Ask your physician for a physical therapy referral if this sounds like it would benefit you or a loved one.
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A federal safety agency tasked with overseeing the commercial trucking industry is now under review. News sources have reported that Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has called for an examination of how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is handling proposed measures aimed at identifying key issues regarding commercial truck safety and intervening on behalf of the public.
Illinois Senator looking into truck safety after key accident
How Illinois laws protect children from dangerous products
How does the Nursing Home Care Act work in Illinois?
New technology to reduce the number of car accident victims
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Link between daytime talk show giveaway and defective products
On Feb. 5, the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a recall for a children's highchair. The product, manufactured by a company called Mima, is suspected of having a design defect that reportedly allows the high chair to come loose from its base. According to the recall, the "Mima Moon 3 in 1 high chair" has the potential to injure children sitting in the device or crawling under it.


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Mondays (6 sessions) 6-8 p.m. // 650 S. Peoria Ave. Your relationship with your partner may have ended, but it's in your children's best interests for you both to be involved in their lives. In this six-week class, parents (one or both) learn: Strategies for cooperative parenting. How to maintain important family relationships. Communication skills. Conflict…Find out more »


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Panos Y. Papalambros
Optimal Design Laboratory • University of Michigan
James B. Angell Distinguished University Professor • Donald C. Graham Professor of Engineering • Professor of Mechanical Engineering • Professor of Integrative Systems + Design, College of Engineering • Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning • Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan.
Director, Optimal Design (ODE) Laboratory
Contact: +1 (734) 647-8401; pyp at umich dot edu
Editor-in-Chief, Design Science Journal, Cambridge University Press
President (2017-19), The Design Society, A worldwide community
Cambridge University Press, New York, 2017 (3d ed.), 2000 (2d ed.), 1988 (1st ed.).
The Third Edition has thoroughly updated material and includes two new chapters on non-gradient methods and systems design optimization. Visit the dedicated site for instructors and students.
All artifacts surrounding us are the results of designing. Creating these artifacts involves making a great many decisions, which suggests that designing can be viewed as a decision-making process. An abstract description of the artifact using mathematical expressions of relevant natural laws, experience, and geometry is the mathematical model of the artifact. This model may contain many alternative designs, so criteria for comparing these alternatives can be introduced in the model. Within the limitations of such a model, the best, or optimum, design can be identified with the aid of mathematical methods.
System Design Thinking: What is "design thinking" in a large design organization? What are the attributes of a system design thinker? How do design organizations coordinate their distributed decisions to meet overall mission/system goals?
AFRICA-DESIGN Network: How can design contribute to sustainable development in the rapidly growing African countries? Who are the individuals and institutions that care about this contribution? (A Design Society project: https://www.designsociety.org/group/39/AFRICA-DESIGN)
Product design and decision making: Preference elicitation, preference structures and assessment • Learning algorithms and mathematical models of crowdsourcing • Emotional design: Aesthetics, proportionality, sustainability • Design for behavior modification.
System design optimization: Decomposition and coordination strategies for large-scale systems• Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) • Design for market systems: Enterprise-wide business, marketing, engineering, public policy and economic considerations • Analytical target cascading and analytical target setting • Optimal design of product platforms, portfolios, and product lines • Optimal design of system topologies
Optimal design theory and algorithms: Monotonicity analysis • Global, parametric, mixed-discrete, and Pareto optimization • Distributed, multilevel, multidisciplinary system optimization • Artificial intelligence, expert systems and nonlinear mathematical optimization • Optimal design under uncertainty • Combined optimal design and optimal control
Analytical Craftsmanship • Architectural design • Automotive systems, especially hybrid and electric powertrains • Electromagnetic systems, especially antennas • Manufacturing and design integration • Structural design • Sustainable products and systems
Recent Courses Taught
Analytical Product Design (ME 455/DESCI 501) Design of artifacts is addressed from a multidisciplinary perspective that includes engineering, art, psychology, ergonomics, marketing, and economics. Using a decision-making framework, emphasis is placed on understanding basic quantitative methods employed by the different disciplines for making design decisions, building mathematical models, and accounting for interdisciplinary interactions throughout the design development process. Students work in teams to apply the methods on a design project from concept generation to prototyping and design verification. Open to seniors and graduate students. (Fall Term 2019)
Design Optimization (ME 555/MFG 555) Mathematical modeling of engineering design problems for optimization. Boundedness and monotonicity analysis of models. Differential optimization theory for unconstrained and constrained problems, and selected numerical algorithms for continuous nonlinear models. Emphasis on the interaction between proper modeling and computation. Students propose design term projects from various disciplines and apply course methodology to optimize designs. Open to graduate students and seniors by permission. Usually offered in Winter Term.
Design and Manufacturing I (ME 250) Basics of mechanical design: visual thinking, engineering drawing, and machine anatomy. Basics of manufacturing: processes, materials, and thermofluid aspects. Use of computers in various phases of design and manufacturing. Exposure to CAD systems and basic machine shop techniques. Design/manufacturing project. Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory.
Design Process Models (DESCI 502) Interaction and coordination of decisions based on multi-discipline design analyses is studied in the context of a newly developed artifact. Innovation and creativity are addressed as elements of the design process. Enterprise design decisions made on functionality and business criteria are analyzed within organizational, cultural and social models. Students propose and test novel analysis methods and design process models. Open to graduate students and seniors. Usually offered in the Winter Term.
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- The Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer
- It Recruits everywhere in the country and reaches all districts in Zambia and in the rural areas empowering people both on long term or short term during the marketing seasons.
- Our Total Compensation Package is key to our recruitment and retention strategies
- We support the development of our staff through a well designed Training and Development Policy
- The Agency workforce contains a mix of Long and Fixed term employees on fixed term employment contracts.
- Every year from June the Unit recruits over 6,000 employees during the marketing season to procure the Strategic Food Reserves.
- Employees from domiciled areas are given priority in order to reach out and empower people in rural areas.
- ORGANISATION AND JURISDICTION The Human Resource Unit provides Human Resource and Administrative Support Services to the Agency by recruiting, developing and managing the human resources and ensuring their retention. The Office of Human Resource is supervised by the Human Resource Coordinator who serves as a link between management and employees.
- The Human Resource Coordinator is responsible for establishing and implementing strategies for human resources of the Agency providing guidance and advisory services to both management and employees in the Agency.
- Human Resource Planning and Resourcing
The Unit ensures that the Agency acquires people with requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes and competencies and manages them in a manner that leads to achievements of the Agency goals.
- Performance Management
HR ensures that the Agency has a set of ongoing management practices that help ensure employees get the direction, feedback and development they need to succeed in their roles. It Champions the successful performance management process.
- Reward Management
Manages a total compensation program that is competitive and ensures retention of employees.
- Employee Relations
Develops and implement strategies to improve relations between and amongst managers, and staff, including initiatives to promote team building and synergies among staff in the Agency.
üStaff discipline
Is the custodian of disciplinary and grievance procedures and
policies and is mandated to interpret and administer the process accordingly.
üEnsuring Compliance with Labour laws
Is responsible for ensuring that management and staff comply with the
various Government regulations regarding all human resource procedures
and are compliant with labour legislation.
- Employee Training and Development
The Unit manages the employee training and development which is aimed at building
the capacity to deliver Agency objectives and implements a coordinated Training
framework for training programs related to Agency Training policies.
- HR Policy Development
The Unit reviews and updates policies and practices on all HR related areas based on best practice research, past experience and client feedback.
HR Communication
- Develops and implement an integrated HR communications strategy to ensure timely and relevant information is provided to employees to keep them up to date, and reinforces key messages.
- Develops ongoing systems to determine client department and employee feedback, engagement and morale issues and implement changes to address opportunities identified.
Occupational Health & Safety
- The Agency underscores the importance of being a responsible employer and regards the health and safety of its employees to be vital in achieving its goals. The Agency continuously enhance the health and safety, of its employees and their family members through implementation of various health care and health promotion facilities and an integrated safe environment.
Staff Wellness Programmes
- The Unit has a role to play and is committed to the overall well being of all employees to ensure a healthier and productive workforce a comprehensive approach requires the involvement of many within the Agency. As a Unit we are committed to developing policy, wellness initiatives.
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Psalms 120-134 are called "Songs of Ascent." It seems most likely that these were songs that were sung by worshippers as they made their way to Jerusalem from their homes around Israel for one of the three annual religious festivals. These songs allayed the fears of the singers as they contemplated the trustworthy character of God. Each of the songs contains a component that recognizes the reality of fearful circumstances and then also reminds the singers of the greatness of God. They can trust Him.
In Psalm 127, for instance, Solomon (the only one of these ascent songs attributed to him) indicates that it is wise for a man to plan and labor and build a house. It is discerning for a city to provide guards to watch through the night. It is prudent for a man to get up early and stay up late to work for the provision of his family.
But in all these activities — building, guarding, and working — it is the Lord who accomplishes the task. A builder builds in vanity unless the Lord is building the house (v. 1a); a watchman's watching is vanity unless the Lord is guarding the city (v. 1b); and a worker's labors are vanity unless the Lord is giving him increase in his crops (v. 2).
The key word in these verses is "vanity." It is wise to work, but there is only emptiness in a man's labors if the Lord is not providing for him. Solomon is not suggesting that a man not build a house or guard the city or provide for his family. But he is saying that as a man works, he is to do so in dependence on and trust in the Lord's provision, for while he is working, it is the Lord who is really doing the work. There is only emptiness to his labor unless the Lord is working.
As one old writer has noted, "…all the efficacy of labours and cares is dependent on the operation and providence of God; and all human strength, care, and industry is in itself vain."
These words would have been significant for those making the pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Their homes would be left empty, though perhaps under someone's watchful eye. Whatever projects they were working on — perhaps the building of a home or the planting of a crop — would be suspended during their travels. The psalm reminds them that they can trust the Lord and they must not trust themselves for the preservation of their homes and the provision of their necessities of food and covering. The Lord would provide. Trust Him.
So it is with us as well. We are tempted to engage in labors and be diligent and work hard — and do it all as if all is dependent on us. What was true of these worshippers three millennia ago is true of us as well. Hard work is useless…unless the Lord is in it.


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I've just spent a while going through a blog new to me.
Classic Film Freak ( at http://classicfilmfreak.com) has been posting on Hollywood films of the 1930s,40s and 50s since 2008.
I like the web site's description:
"We will mention CITIZEN KANE and GONE WITH THE WIND from time to time,but we are more likely to mention George Sanders,Hedy Lamarr or say Bette Davis….."
So many classic films reviewed and all done in great detail with lots of picture illustrations.
Just glancing through some of the articles in 2015, I see DODGE CITY,THE CAINE MUTINY,BLACK ANGEL,THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE GORGEOUS HUSSY and a rare 1933 film,GOODBYE AGAIN with Warren William and Joan Blondell.
Articles are posted several times a month and the latest one I have read from May 2015 is an informative look at WHERE DANGER LIVES, with Robert Mitchum ,Faith Domergue and Claude Rains.
And the Classic Film Freak calls himself Orson de Welles.
Dear Mr de Welles, you have a new follower!