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Bristlin' Dixie
March 13, 2009
By Anthony Oliva
March 2, 2006. The last time Memphis lost a game in Conference USA play.
December 20, 2008. The last time Memphis lost a game of any sort.
The Tigers will play Houston on Thursday in the semifinals of the Conference USA tournament after they beat Tulane, 51-41, on Wednesday to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 23 games.
And still, even as the Tigers sit at No. 4 in the nation with 29 wins on the year, there are some naysayers about the Tigers and their ability to play with the nation's best.
While conferences like the Big East and ACC get most of the headlines, Conference USA is normally overshadowed - and Memphis coach John Calipari has taken offense to that.
"I'm disappointed that people are trying to minimize what we're doing with the number of wins we've had in our league and they're doing it by trying to diminish the league," Calipari said. "Tulsa, UTEP and UAB should all have opportunities to be in the NCAA Tournament."
Overall, Memphis has won 59 straight in conference play, and as it stands, Memphis is the only Conference USA team that is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament. Teams like UAB (22-10) and Tulsa (23-9), which play each other in Thursday's other semifinal, will generate some discussion from the selection committee on Selection Sunday, but may have to win the Conference USA tournament to get an invite.
"I'll come back to last year when we went to the NCAA Tournament," Calipari said. "The league played us better than Michigan State, Texas and UCLA. And it bothers me. It all comes back to trying to diminish what we're doing, what they're doing. And it's really disappointing.
"This stuff kind of aggravates me, but people that know me know I normally don't speak my mind - but in this case I guess I will"
On the surface, the Memphis players, however, do not seem concerned with how they're perceived by the rest of the nation. When senior guard Antonio Anderson was asked about the perception of Conference USA basketball, he was quick to downplay any interest in it.
"I don't have anything to say to that," said Anderson. "That's their opinion and they're entitled to their own opinion. We just have to go out and continue to play basketball."
What makes Memphis' success so remarkable is not the sheer numbers of their winning streaks, but how it has managed to rebuild on the fly.
Last season Memphis went 38-2 and lost to Kansas in OT in the national championship game. Departed from that team are star point guard Derrick Rose, the No. 1 overall pick of the NBA draft to the Chicago Bulls; Chris Douglas-Roberts, a second-round pick of the New Jersey Nets; and forward Joey Dorsey, drafted in the second round by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Amazingly, without them Memphis hasn't skipped a beat. C-USA Freshman of the Year Tyreke Evans is playing the role of Rose as the star freshman point guard. He's averaging 16.8 points a game and was named to the Conference USA First Team and is being touted by many as the national freshman of the year.
But Evans hasn't been the only one to step in and replace the departed stars. A diversified scoring attack with four players - Evans, Anderson, Robert Dozier and Shawn Taggert - scoring in double figures and a stingy team defense that is allowing only 57.7 points per game makes up the difference
"Everybody on this team has been leading scorers in their life," Anderson said. "We're just playing basketball. We're playing as a team. Nobody is being selfish and we're winning."
Winning is an understatement. This year Memphis is 29-3, one win shy of its fourth consecutive 30-win season. Out of conference, the Tigers have impressive wins over SEC regular season co-champ Tennessee, WCC regular season and tournament champ Gonzaga and a split against Big East, beating Cincinnati and falling to Syracuse - its last loss.
The record from this year to last may be similar, but Calipari says this team has a different feel.
"We don't have the viciousness we had a year ago and we don't have anyone on this team besides Antonio Anderson and Robert Dozier that really understand what they're getting into," Calipari said.
They are about to get out of the comforts of Conference USA play and go into the unforgiving NCAA Tournament. And, if the selection committee doesn't diminish the conference in which they play, the Tigers could very well be a No. 1 seed.
"We don't focus on being a one seed," Anderson said. "We just go out and try to play and win ballgames. If we get a one seed we get it, if not we don't. In the tournament once the seedings come out all the numbers are thrown away and you need to win games."
And, regardless of conference, that's something Memphis has done better than anyone this year.


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The nuclear crisis in Japan is unlikely to have an impact on Australian uranium exports, the Australian Uranium Association says.
Chief executive Michael Angwin said the problems at the Fukushima nuclear power station in northern Japan would create some uncertainty as governments and operators learnt the lessons of the Japanese emergency.
But he said the economic and other factors pushing countries to use nuclear power remain unchanged.
"The industry has an extraordinarily good safety record and will learn from any lessons that emerge and make improvements where necessary," Mr Angwin told the Paydirt 2011 Uranium Conference in Adelaide on Monday.
"Countries turn to nuclear energy because they wish to improve their energy security and expand their electricity-generating capacity in a way that does not increase their carbon emissions.
"That remains the case today."
Mr Angwin said there were also likely to be broader inquiries looking at the design, construction, operating conditions and location of reactors, especially with regard to areas prone to seismic activity.
He said his association would continue to talk to its customers, potential customers and investors about stewardship issues such as safety, environmental matters, engaging with communities and operational issues.
"We will also take part in the technical debates that will emerge and will include our insights about how people perceive risks into the solutions that will emerge from those debates," Mr Angwin said.
"And we will continue to reject the arguments of those whose sense of opportunism overcame their common sense and who have tried to blame uranium companies for what happened at Fukushima."

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Falling Off the Bone by Jean Anderson includes recipes like Glazed Sweet-Sour Spareribs; Crofter's Lamb and Potato Pie; and Bavarian Rouladen.
Makes 4 to 6 servings
I suppose you might call these barbecued spareribs, but they're a long way from true barbecue cooked long and slow over hickory coals. No matter. These ribs are succulent and full of flavor. The perfect accompaniments? Coleslaw and fresh-baked corn bread.
1. Place ribs, water, and salt in a large heavy Dutch oven, bring to a boil over moderate heat, reduce heat till water barely bubbles, cover, and simmer until ribs are tender—1-3/4 to 2 hours.
2. Meanwhile, combine remaining ingredients in a small, heavy, nonreactive saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, just until butter melts and sugar dissolves—3 to 5 minutes. Taste for cayenne and adjust as needed. Set off heat, cover, and reserve.
3. When ribs are tender, preheat broiler. Lift ribs from Dutch oven and arrange in a single layer in a very large shallow nonreactive roasting pan. Brush well with the reserved sauce. Discard Dutch oven liquid.
4. Slide pan into broiler, setting about 5 inches from heat, and broil until brown—5 to 6 minutes, brushing at half-time with more sauce. Remove ribs from broiler, turn, and brush flip-sides generously with sauce. Broil 5 to 6 minutes longer, again brushing with sauce at half-time. Don't be stingy.
5. When ribs are glistening and brown, arrange on a heated large platter and spoon any remaining sauce over ribs.
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Men's Track Team Picks Up Three Wins In Debut
March 3, 2013
By: Matt Burkholder
STANFORD, Calif. - The Fresno State Outdoor Track and Field team got its season started on Saturday, picking up three wins at the Stanford Outdoor Opener.
Derek Oliver, a senior, won the javelin and set a personal record with a throw of 200'-6.00" (61.12m) to move into No. 8 on Fresno State's all-time list.
Junior Devin Harrison picked up a win in the long jump among eight other competitors, registering a distance of 23"-7.50" (7.20m).
John Jamieson, a junior, led the pack in the 800-meter, clocking the number one time of 1:53.15.
Several personal records were broken on Saturday as Senior Daniel Vartanian set a personal best in the 3000-meter, clocking a time of 8:41.46. Darian Hutson set a PR in the high jump, clearing 6'-7.00" (2.01m) and Brice Sandri set a PR with a distance of 15.05-meters in the shot put.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
By Natalie Stephans
And the Peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7
Ever been through a really tough trial? Lost some one you loved very deeply? Most of us have experienced this heart breaking moment. If there ever was a time we needed our faith in Christ it is at that very moment. The Word promises us a peace in Christ. Not just any peace but a peace that surpasses all knowledge. A peace that comforts the soul and heals the heart like nothing this world could ever offer. This peace comes from Christ alone.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
What comfort our Savior offers us in these words do not be afraid your Jesus loves you very much. You only need to go to Him pour out our hearts and seek His peace and comfort. Our world today is not always stable. But all we have to do is keep our eyes on our true Prince of Peace.
...Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him. Isaiah 57:19
In today's busy world I hear less people offering to pray for one another but this is the day we must stand in the gap and pray for our family and friends. And how often do we try and find our peace in many worldly distractions? Peace is not there it never was there for us… look only to the One that loves you! Today make it the day that you become the face of Christ to others even the smallest gentle acts of kindness bring joy to a weary soul you would be amazed my friend what your encouragement will bring and how it will help heal your own heart!
Let me encourage you to look up these Verses Psalm 27:14, 2 Kings 6:16, Isaiah 40:29, and Psalm 42:11. They will soothe your weary heart and soul.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:18
Dear Heavenly Father..
You know each one of these ladies personally, you know their individual struggles and situations. God you care so much for each one of us that you sent your precious Son to die on the cross for our sins, You gave us a way into Your Arms eternally. Father strengthen their hearts and help them through their hardest trials. Your Word is there to encourage and give them hope we just have to read and believe those promises. I am agreeing with each lady in your perfect will today..that she will in fact receive help and strength for this very moment. The Word says all we have to do is ask and we shall receive. Matthew 7: 7-8. Thank you God You do hear our heart cries and prayers. You love your precious children very much Father thank you for your matchless love! ~Amen~
He loves you more then you could ever imagine dear friend! God bless and I will be praying for you.
Natalie Stephens


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Amaterasu move set, Alt. costumes, and Winning/ losing screens!![ Edited ]
I've seen people make move sets for Lightning, Dart, Kat, and Sir Daniel Fortesque. So I though I would do my own move set for Amaterasu! I don't know how many Okami fans we have, but I know there's a few at least. Hope you like it!
So first off Im going to explain Alternative Costumes, or In this case, Alternative weapons. In MvC3 you could change Amaterasu's colors, unfortunately, none of them where as good as the original White and red. I don't know if it was just me, but I didn't enjoy playing as Ume (though it did please me when I noticed it was Ume and not a pink Ammy). Therefore I've come up with a better idea! In okami you had your three basic types of Divine instrument's, Reflectors, Rosaries, and Glaives, all of which will be use in her move set. And in those three categories, you had some choices on which one you wanted to use. I think there's five of each type of Instrument, which means there can be five alt. Costumes. I have gone through the trouble of listing them all for you, they will appear in this order from left to right, Reflector/Rosarie/Glavie. Your welcome.
P.S... If you haven't played Okami before and don't know what these look like, look them up! I don't want to have to stick 15 pictures on here!
Divine Retribution/Devout Beads/Tsumugari
Snarling Beast/Life Beads/Seven Strike
Infinity Judge/Exorcism Beads/Blade of Kusangi
Trinity Mirror/Resurrection Beads/Eight Wonder
Solar Flare/Tundra Beads/ Thunder Edge
Now to the good part,
Im guessing you can all figure out what S, T, C, <l>, ^, and v mean? If not here's what they mean. And im pretty sure this is the control layout for character moves.
S = Square button
T = Triangle button
C = circle button
<l> or ^ or v = Direction of D-pad note that most moves will be presented with small, funny comments for your amusement
Square Button will be all attacks with your current Reflector
S (can be used in the air, though with a different effect) / Strike with your reflector! Short range combo attack, medium knockback, while in the air, attacks also hit below you
S + <l> (can be used in the air) / Charge your enemies with your head! See whose is harder!! Medium range charge, large knockback for foe, small knockback for you.
S + ^ (cannot be used in the air) / Send your Reflector up into the air! Along with anyone unfortunate enough to be in front of you... Medium range uppercut
S + v (while on the ground) / Dig holes in the ground for your enemies to find! Show em what happens when you mess with the king of hole digging! Short range trap, traps players (except you) for a short amount of time. Only two holes allowed on the stage at once
S + v (while in the air) / Return to earth quickly, kinda like a meteor! Only more furry! Small range dive, makes a Medium range explosion on contact with the ground or a player.
Triangle Button will be all attacks with your current Rosarie
T (can be used in the air, though with different effect) / Lash out with your rosarie! Sorta like that song by Devo! Long range combo attack, small knockback when combo is finished. While in the air, attacks also hit below you
T + <l> (can be used in the air) / Rosarie Shot! Attacks differ between rosaries (ex. Devout beads are a rapid fire, while The life beads is a single three bead shot), though all do the same damage. Long range attack, no knockback
T + ^ (can be done in the air) upwards slap! Stop airborne enemies! Long range attack, no knockback
T + v (Air only) Firestorm! Flaming infinity symbol appears below you and burns anyone in its way! large AoE, medium knockback
T + v (Ground only) Cherry Bomb! summon up a cherry bomb to blast your foes!! Medium AoE, large knockback, can be pushed around by all players.
Circle Button will be all attacks with your current Glaive
C (can be used in the air, though with different effect) / Attack with your glaive! Medium range combo attack, Large knockback when combo is finished. Can be charged up to increase knockback to huge and knock out a small amount of AP. While in the air, attacks also hit below you
C + <l> (cannot be done in the air) / A dashing Slash! Rhyming was never so deadly! Long range dash, large knockback, slow though (hehe, more rhyming)
C + ^ (can be done in the air) / Rising spin! Make players think twice about jumping over you! Medium range upwards spin, Large knockback
C + v (can only be done on the ground) / Golden Fury! XD Yes people, that golden fury. The one from the game. Medium range **bleep**, no knockback but knocks out a large amount of AP.
Level 1 Tachigami / Tachigami Strikes ahead, along with a trail of black ink and the Power slash symbol.
Level 2 Susano strike! / Susano dash's around Amaterasu in a triangle formation, left, then right, then up, then he smashes back down, killing all inside the triangle.
Level 3 Goddess of the Sun / Amaterasu uses the Sunrise technique to bring the sun In closer. All Player will catch fire and can still move around the stage, with increased move speed, though will eventually die if they are on fire. While players are on fire, All of Amaterasus attacks will instantly kill them. When players re-spawn, they will have about five seconds until they start to burn.
Alt. Level 3 Goddess of the Sun / Amaterasu uses the Sunrise technique and brings the sun into the background. She is then surrounded by a fiery Aura and getting those white light tendrils like she does during the final fight, increasing her move speed and jump height. She now can kill players instantly, causing them to explode in fire instead of the normal blue explosion. She can also summon an additional Cherry bomb, and cherry bombs now have a humongous AoE.
Taunt: Sits down, barks twice, maybe an ear scratch.
Block: uses current reflector as a shield. Also Reflects projectiles (hence the name). If you successfully block an attack within one second of pressing the block button, Amaterasu grabs the attacker, jumps into the air, does the spinning drop thing and smashes player back on the ground. Attack dose not grant nor knock AP out of players.
Evade: Fleetfoot (because normal rolls are boring)
Win match: Victory howl!
Lose match: hangs head down and wimpers
Scorce screen win: Sitting with tounge hanging out of her mouth
Scorce screen lose: Laying down with head under paws
Still don't Think Amaterasu should be in this game? Listen to this music, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya3yxTbkh5s and think hard, do you want another boring human? Or do you want a Epic Wolf goddess? Something new, or something old? (Amaterasu is the new thing by the way, not the old)
So what do you all think? Pretty impressive, I know, but its not perfect. Tell me what you think needs to be changed or if its good!
Re: Amaterasu move set and Alt. Costumes!
By the way, just call me Count for short.
Re: Amaterasu move set and Alt. Costumes!
Re: Amaterasu move set, Alt. costumes, and Winning/ losing screens!!
I have to revive this since Okami is one my favorite games of all time.
I think the Izuni Drop as a block may be a little overpowered: most characters have a special move designated towards counters (like Sly and Heihachi). Maybe find a way to incorporate more brush powers into her move-set?
For instance, a Super jump is done with X + Up. Sly uses his feet, Cole does an Ice Launch and I think Radec has rocket boots in the later builds. Maybe the vine power could be Ammy's?
I like to make PSASBR move-sets. Here's a few:
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I think I've seen quilts made out of that stuff but I just don't think I would like it. There are about 18 yards of it. Any ideas?
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I think I've seen quilts made out of that stuff but I just don't think I would like it. There are about 18 yards of it. Any ideas?
NEVER let a sewing machine know you are in a hurry.
good mothers let you lick the beaters - great mothers turn it off first
I don't see it as hideous and/or ugly -
If you don't care for it, sell it or give it away.
I'd use them all in quilts except the wide blue/green/yellow stripe!! Love the pink one.
When it seems like the world is falling to pieces remember that the pieces are falling into place. We are nearing closer to the End Times.
LOL, I made my first quilt from left over's form Mom's and her girlfriends pants suits! My Grandmother hand quilted it with a poly cotton backing. I still have it and its in rough shape, all except the knit fabrics. Don't know what your going to do with that but I keep watching this thread. My girlfriend cleaned out her Mom's stuff and I got gifted with several peieces of doubleknit.
They can be used as batting if the color does not show through( a concern for lights in the top) . Used as batting they make a warm quilt .. and for those who do not want to do alot of quilting you can stitch far apart.
It's bullet proof fabric! I have two quilts made with this stuff, no batting just two sided double knit nine patches and tied. It's heavy and will last forever. Great yard quilts.
Got fabric?
well i was gonna say gift it to someone else or drop it in the bin at goodwill. perhaps you may come up with some other use.
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I know what I'm doing with the 3 boxes of this poly stuff from the 70's that I've got - it's going to Goodwill!! I'm all for a stash, but not this stuff.
Give it to Goodwill and take the tax deduction.
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An outdoor pool, children's pool, and fitness center are some of the amenities available at this Singapore Hotel.
The hotel has 2 onsite restaurants and a café. Kintamani Indonesian Restaurant serves Halal Indonesian cuisine and The Square @ Furama offers over 60 international dishes. The Waterfall Lounge serves snacks and cocktails and opens onto the view of a 20-foot waterfall.
Meeting and event facilities accommodate anywhere from 15 to 900 people, and include a ballroom, conference rooms, and banquet facilities. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available. The hotel also offers a free area shuttle, laundry and dry cleaning services. Parking is complimentary.
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Clients say: "We expect new hires to hit the ground running."
Not an unusual expectation when hiring experienced, skilled executives from the outside, says Chadick Ellig. Clients want new hires to assimilate and perform at their best immediately. Unfortunately, this is not always the way it works out. The successful transition and performance of an executive in a new culture or job, peer group or role requires that both the "executive" and the "executive's boss" share the responsibility of the assimilation. When this shared process breaks down, so does the optimum success of the new executive.
Since both parties have a stake in the successful outcome of this new partnership, it would be logical that these transitions are planned and executed in a methodical manner. The reality is that time demands , business pressures , invalid assumptions and personal styles usually leave the executive to fend for himself/herself. The following represents a cross section of the reasons why our executive coaches find that even the most talented individuals can falter and what can be done to help them succeed.
Identify key stakeholders in the organization and clarify needs, expectations and potential issues. Work to build alliances and trust.
Observe the culture: how people communicate, interact with each other; the decision making process, protocols. Adapt your style to the needs of the organization.
Manage your emotional and behaviorial responses in the new environment very carefully. What were acceptable responses in your old environment may not be perceived as adaptive or "a fit" in the new environment. Be self-aware and in control of your responses.
Scan the environment before you put any stakes in the ground – even if you feel pressure to make an impact quickly. Don't leap until you have the lay of the land.
Develop a vision, build coalitions to support your strategies, and implement carefully. Success requires collaboration from key stake holders.
Select key priorities for the first 100 days, 6 months and 1 year. Review with your new boss. Success equals meeting the boss' expectations.
Be enthusiastic, energized and execute with excellence. Set a positive, contagious tone.
Monitor your progress by checking in often with the boss, direct reports, peers and "clients". Frequency of contact builds comfort levels, under standing and support.
Set a few key priorities and build one success upon the next within a reasonable amount of time. Steady super stars are more effective.
Develop people, give positive, constructive feedback and let them shine. Star performers can be your loyal supporters and protectors.
Over-reliance on the boss' position and social capital can wear thin quickly. Be strategic in building your alliances.
Provide personal introductions for the new executive throughout the organization. Ensure the executive is invited to meetings across the organization to gain the broadest knowledge, exposure and acceptance. Show and build support for your new hire.
Maintain frequent communication. Review with the executive the expectations you have for her/his performance over the first 100 days, 6 months and 1 year. Communicate frequently and provide feed back early.
Ensure the executive has access to all appropriate communications. Provide resources to support the executive's learning curve.
Enlighten the executive to potential "mine fields". Do not put your new hire at risk.
Be the new executive's mentor — ensure your investment succeeds.Successful Hires Need Successful Assimilation.


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Steve Hansen bemoans an oppressive rugby calendar but that will not stop him holding two training camps during a crucial Super 15 period. The All Black coach has urged players to drive some change to reduce their workload and force the IRB's hand.
"At the moment when it comes to the global season, too many decisions are made around tradition rather than what is right for the athletes," he said.
Hansen might be exasperated but will name an extended squad today to attend training camps for the June tests against France. Those players will assemble at Mt Maunganui this Sunday and the next for twin three-day sessions.
That leaves those invitees and their Super 15 coaches precious little time to prepare for matches like next Friday's duel between the Chiefs and Crusaders and the Blues' against the Brumbies the following night. The Crusaders are likely to have a stack of players at the camps and in both weeks they play important Friday matches.
Talk about interference and overkill before the French arrive for their three-test gig in June. If Hansen is serious about changes in the calendar, then he should start leading the charge. He won't because he has not been coaching since late last year and he can't wait to resume.
The problem is the congested Super 15 schedule which overlaps the British and Irish Lions' visit to Australia. The tournament is also impinging on the French visit and tests in South Africa involving Italy, Scotland and Samoa.
Hansen should have assembled his team the week before the opening test against France. Alternatively, in a novel twist, the All Black coach could reward form players and pitch them in against a French side of mixed calibre. The All Blacks need to return to the days when selection was based on excellence rather than long service and payment reflected their work rather than time in the game.


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Amazon.com customer service representatives are liars and the company is shady. I am a big fan of Amazon. They always have what i am looking for with great prices. Also, I love the Prime Membership of free Two Day shipping and $3.99 for one day shipping for an annual fee of $79. I have had many problems with Amazon in the past but that was years ago and i have gotten over it. Decided to give them another try. Well, Maybe i shouldn't have. They are still the same shady people from the past. I ordered two items with two day shipping on 2/12/14. Guaranteed delivery of 2/15/14 in honor of the two day shipping.
I usually track my package just to make sure everything is everything. Amazon had tracking information and the item was in my hometown. That was the last tracking update via the Amazon website on 2/15/14 12am. That day was when it was suppose to be 'guaranteed' delivery. Well it was in the late evening and was not delivered with the same tracking information not updated. So i tracked the package on the carriers website thinking maybe Amazons tracking was delayed. USPS had no record of tracking information and just were electronically notified that they would receive a package for shipping but has not received it yet.
So i call them to see what was going on. They explain that they are waiting for FedEx to drop off the package to them so they can deliver it. So i call FedEx to see what was up being the item was suppose to be delievered that day. They explain that haven't received the package as of yet from the shipper. So not only did they dishonor their two day shipping, They have false tracking information on their website to make it seem as if my package were in transit and shipped already. So i call them furious to ask about the lies. I explain the situation to the representative and the Manager.
Pointing out their lies of false represented tracking information. As soon as i mentioned the lies about tracking, They both immediately apologized and promised it will shipped out. They also offered a refund or replacement if i didn't receive by Tuesday as if they knew they were caught red handed. I respected that they offered me a refund or replacement but to lie about tracking information is ridiculous. This company is untrustworthy and i just thought i'd share thus experience. I will definitely be canceling their Amazon Prime Membership. They obviously don't honor their Two Day Shipping and membership means nothing.
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David Foster Wallace has such a reputation for prolixity that the satirical magazine The Onion once ran a story alleging an ex-girlfriend stopped reading his heavily footnoted, 67-page break-up letter at page 20. They were joking, of course, but it is true enough that Wallace's fiction has its challenges. There are not many writers with the chutzpah to place a digression in between a noun and a possessive apostrophe.
It is nevertheless a credit to Wallace's originality that he is one of few contemporary writers to have developed an obviously recognisable style. His prose revels in pseudo-technical jargon and the contorted syntax of vernacular speech. Dense and verbose, it violates every received idea about fine writing, yet it still works. At its best, it has an extraordinary momentum that reflects the overloaded consciousness of his characters.
In both form and content, his fiction is influenced by the high-postmodernism of novelists such as John Barth, William Gaddis and Thomas Pynchon, but there are significant differences. The most important is that, for Wallace, irony and self-consciousness are more than literary techniques; they are the defining characteristics of our age, generating their own philosophical questions. Metafiction is never an empty intellectual game; it speaks of real metaphysical problems.
Admirers of the brilliant Infinite Jest - still his best book and one of the great novels of the late 20th century - will be aware that Wallace is, among other things, a gifted satirist. His recent work has, however, tended to downplay his satirical side in an attempt to prise open some of these philosophical concerns from within.
There is still a sense of the ridiculous about many of the stories in Oblivion. In one, a woman's botched cosmetic surgery leaves her with a face frozen in an expression of pure terror; another features a man frustrated by the fact his wife accuses him of snoring, even though he is awake. But there is also a characteristically unsettling quality to the comedy, taking aim at deeply buried and uncomfortable truths.
Wallace likes to push his narratives to a point where they reveal a logic both contradictory and inescapable. Most of Oblivion's stories describe paradoxes and explore the way seemingly abstract logical contradictions have real consequences. In particular, the stories are fascinated with the endlessly regressive loops created by self-consciousness. The vertiginous glimpses of the infinite that occur throughout the book are depicted as both awesome and terrible, and many stories feature characters in the throes of some form of psychic meltdown brought on by a tortured sense of self-awareness.
Perhaps the clearest expression of this idea occurs in Another Pioneer, a dark and humorous metafictional allegory about a gifted child born into a primitive tribe.
The boy's intelligence develops so rapidly that he is soon able to answer any question put to him and he becomes the tribe's oracle. Then a jealous shaman asks him a question with "an essentially recursive quality" that turns the boy's intelligence against itself, creating a "lethal involution" that drives the unfortunate child insane.
Wallace often puts the reader inside the minds of his characters as they are overcome by the internal contradictions of their lives and succumb to this malignant thinking. It can make for exhausting reading. The opening story, Mister Squishy, begins with an unwelcoming barrage of marketing-speak that gradually reveals the profound unhappiness of its subject.
Like several of Oblivion's stories, its architecture is intricate but almost subliminal, the connections only becoming apparent in its final pages; while on a more immediate level, Wallace regards bloated formations such as "a new and high-concept chocolate-intensive Mister Squishy-brand snack cake" with a kind of horrified fascination. Phrases such as this are now part of the texture of everyday life, but they also refer to an updated Beckettian absurdity. They are both a source and a symptom of a particular type of psychological torment; the product of a mass culture that tells individuals they are unique and special even while providing ample evidence of their insignificance.
The characters in Oblivion are left trapped and despairing as their ability to see through things, including themselves, takes on a nightmarish quality.
In Good Old Neon, the narrator confesses to being a fraud who has spent his entire life manipulating others, but coming clean does not help. Even his confession is, in a sense, manipulative. "I knew what my problem was," he says, "what I couldn't do was stop it."
Wallace is capable of writing in a relatively straightforward manner when he wants to. The longest, last and best story, The Suffering Channel, is vivid, complex, amusing and, at times, unnerving. The title refers to a fictional company that is planning to start up a cable television channel showing continuous images of human suffering. The company's motto? "Consciousness is nature's nightmare."


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Have you ever wondered where your ancestors came from? And who they met along the way?
The DNA origins test will determine your "Bio-geographical" ancestry. This test will analyse a very specific set of DNA markers to look for patterns that are consistent with populations from different geographical areas.
If you're Irish, you might expect to be 100% European? Well the data gathered so far suggests that only about 4% of the Irish population have "pure" 100% European DNA. Could this part of the Irish population be remnants of our Celtic forefathers?
This European population is also represented by populations in the Middle East and South Asia.
DNA Origins Test
The DNA Origins test looks at the four founding populations. That is:
- European including Middle Easterner and South Asians
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When we see results that show different ethnic influences, we can investigate a little to see how those influences came about!
How did the Sub-Saharan African markers arrive in our population? Now I hear lots of you saying "Africa was the Cradle of Humanity" and "Sure we all have a bit of African DNA" but that's not true…exactly. In context of this test, these Ancestry Information Markers or AIMs were defined by testing modern populations, populations that have undergone tens or even hundreds of thousands of years of migration and mixing.
So whilst I agree that it all started in Africa, when we see Sub-Saharan African DNA in an Irish person, we must wonder how it might have arrived, and these answers can often be found by looking back at our history.
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Compared to the rest of Europe, Ireland is genetically less diverse, because we are an island nation. This means that, in some cases, there is a greater prevalence of some genetic diseases in Ireland, compared to our European counterparts.
But this also means that "new" genetic influences could be attributed to major historical events.
The largest migrations of people within Europe only really started about 500 years ago. Is that when the new influences arrived in our population?
Looking back at the history of Europe, when the first settlers arrived and ice ages came and went, we see the emergence of tribes, one of which was a tribe of Celts, who would eventually cross the then-existing land bridge from Scotland to colonise the Island of Ireland approximately 2500 years ago.
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People didn't move around as much in those days and tribal people liked to keep to themselves and their own culture. We might assume that this Celtic gene pool remained static for a long period of time, and this gene pool may have consisted of those DNA markers we associate with being 100% European.
Over time, there was some movement of people from Scotland, England and Wales, and in turn from Continental Europe, but mixing with these populations would still render us essentially European.
So we could assume that our gene pool remained essentially European for about 2000 years.
So what about the Vikings? Well the Vikings also had tribal origins and were descended from those ancient Celtic tribes (albeit a different tribe to that which populated Ireland) so any mixing with Viking populations would not leave a lasting genetic imprint.
One theory, which is newly emerging, is that Vikings settled in parts of Greenland, Iceland, Canada and North America, which had their own populations of (Indigenous American) native tribes, like the Inuit and the Paleo-Eskimos. Could the Vikings have brought this DNA back with them when they eventually returned to Europe? Could that account for some of the Indigenous American markers that we find in our DNA?
East Asian (EA)
Let's look at the East Asian influence. How did East Asian (EA) markers arrive in Europe? This seems to be easier to explain!
In the 13th century, there was a huge influx of East Asian DNA into Europe in the form of the Mongol Army. They occupied parts of Russia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria for hundreds of years. In fact, Genghis Khan is considered to be one of the most prolific men in human history, with over 16 million men able to claim a genetic link to his line.
It is entirely possible that these East Asian markers trickled throughout Europe and can be seen today in some of the Irish population.
Sub-Saharan African (SSA)
So when or how would Sub-Saharan African (SSA) genes have arrived on our island? What other historical events may have contributed?
Well we all know about the reputation that the people of the west of Ireland have for being darker skinned, the so-called "Black Irish". This may be due to the influence of the Spanish (people from the south of Spain have a higher percentage of SSA markers) who were active traders along the coasts of Ireland. Some five thousand Spanish soldiers made up the Spanish Armada which was wrecked across the Irish Western Seaboard in 1588.
Although the British reported that the majority of these soldiers were rounded up and executed, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that more of these soldiers survived that was originally thought and these soldiers could have contributed to the introduction of SSA markers into the Irish population.
Irish people who hail from the west of Ireland generally have some percentage of SSA markers in their profile.
Your DNA Origins report will unlock this fascinating information allowing you to enhance your family tree and give you a greater insight on your place in human history.


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Hello Doctors, I am male , my age is 27 . I naturally had equal even eye from my birth till i was 18 year. I must admit that i had frequent masturbation so slowly my eye balls went deep inside i.e., my vision not got affected but eye balls went behind my cheek bone , but before 3 years back i stopped masturbation, the moment i stopped it , my eyes stared coming out but left eye came out very fast than my right eye. so the result was now my left eye is down and left eye is up, it gives a drastic look ... and daily i am crying for it ..please give me a solution ? have you faced any patient like me ? and cured it ? thanks in advance
My left eye ball is bigger than right. But it was recently before 3 years
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Slight asymmetry of the eyes is normal is not a product of masturbation.
The slide asymmetry in the photographs is completely consistent with normal anatomy. There is no cause for it save genetics. It is unworthy of surgical correction.
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Day 15: Masada, Ein Gedi Spa at Dead Sea
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We drive to Masada with only Zabu and our car headlights to guide us. It is so dark, that you would not have a clue that there were mountains around us. We park the car and walk up to the entrance to the national park. We show our national park pass as Zabu chats with the attendants. Does Zabu know everyone?
There is now an inkling of light so we can see the ground as we proceed towards the Snake Path, which winds its way up to the top of Masada
Zabu sets the pace, pausing every now and then for commentary and I'm sure also to give us a chance to rest. As the day is dawning, we begin to take photos. A young couple, walk very quickly past us. Up ahead of us, we see a few other people. Far behind us are many small groups. We pause to watch the sunrise over the Jordan mountains and revel in being here at this moment. We take photos, of course! Zabu encourages us to move on as it will be getting hot soon. We catch up to the young couple who passed us and the woman is breathing heavily for air. We continue at our steady pace. Step by step we make it to the top! YEA! I had gotten a little bit winded, but not much. Zabu, who we find out is 67 years old and from Iran, didn't get out of breath at all. He said we are the oldest and fastest clients he has taken up the Snake Path. I'm thinking that he is just complimenting us, but Harvey thinks the comment is genuine because he said it several times. In any case, I'd like to believe it! I am going to be sure to tell Courtenay, my web trainer, who has been working with me for six months on a high altitude hiking and conditioning program (you know in Miami Beach, you need to be creative to train for high altitude hiking!).There are 813 steps on the snake path trail
Once we walk past the gate at Masada, we see several tour groups that had come up the Ramp Path, which we understand only takes about 15-20 minutes to walk. They're on a timetable with who know how many stops in the day. Zabu guides us around and through the groups, so we make good time getting to the places he wants to be sure to show us. We see the three levels of Herod's Palace and briefly observe a bar/bat mitzvah service that is just ending. We view a scale model of Masada and Zabu pours a pitcher of water over it as a demonstration of how the water system works. Then we see the cisterns, and other water catching features. The ingenuity of the water system is truly a sight to see and to realize that there was also a swimming pool on the top of Masada is amazing. Of course, we had to see the bathhouse. I didn't keep track of everything we saw, there was so much! We're resting in the shade, and now I agree to have some of that coffee! We sit at the entrance to Masada, just resting and listening to the young teenagers' comments.
A few groups of Birthright youngsters pass by. Here are a couple of the best lines we overheard:
1. Just cut the crap. Tell me in two sentences what the significance of Masada is.
2. They don't train girls from Westchester for this. (Harvey informs her that this is the reason he chose a Jersey girl!)
It's now about 8:30 AM, when the cable car starts to run
We hop into our car and Zabu shows us around the Kibbutz Ein Gedi botanical garden. This garden is one of the reasons that I had wanted to stay here. We recognize many of the species that are prolific in the hot tropics of Miami. Many of the succulents and cactus we are also familiar with from our Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami. However, if you are into plants and gardens, this is the place to see an extraordinary collection of unusual plants in beautiful arrangements. Also, at this time of year, it is a great opportunity to see a lot of succulents and cactus in full bloom! There is this really unusual one, I can't remember the name, that has a sack; Zabu opens the sack and shows us how the wind takes the seeds. I feel like a kid watching with wonder! Zabu explains some unusual growth habits of some of the plants, and I enjoy listening to that trivia, but can't remember now what it was. We would highly recommend Zabu, if you are interested in this type of Masada experience. He can be reached on email through his son Dany at email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com> or you can call Zabu on his cell at 0523-87-5022
Zabu joins us for breakfast and then he is off to give another tour of the botanical garden! We take a nap. A luscious deep sleep! Our Masada hike seems like a dream.
When we wake up, it is lunch time. We open the door from our room, and it is like walking into a furnace. We decide on a light lunch, we couldn't face the temptation of a full buffet lunch at the Kibbutz, so we drive over to a small restaurant behind the gas station at Ein Gedi. They have a salad bar that hit the spot.
Now we're into total relaxation and begin to think about going to the Ein Gedi Spa, whose admission fee is included with our hotel. We talk about whether we should bring the cameras, but given the salt, water and possible damage, we decide to leave them in our room. A waterproof film camera would have been absolutely perfect and I'm sorry that I had not brought a few along for this spa experience! At the entrance, we show our hotel spa voucher, receive a towel and locker key and proceed to the changing rooms. We decide to go to the Dead Sea first and then do the mud baths. The Dead Sea level has lowered dramatically over the years, so the shore line is now a long walk from the spa
The trolley lets us off a short distance from the Dead Sea. There is a boardwalk, but you still have to walk over to the water itself. Those people who are going barefoot into the water are walking gingerly because of the hot uneven surface. We're glad that we are wearing our Keen waterproof sandals. We put our towels on a beach chair under a shaded canopy, note the life guard, and make our way to the water. They say you can't get sunburned because of the ultra violet light below sea level. I don't know if that's true. But our trusty Sundayafternoons.com hats more than prove their worth again today, as they shade us from the sun and no worries about them because I can rinse them out later. I just lie down, face up, put my hat over part of my face, and float! I just let every muscle in my body relax, just let go, and feel totally supported and totally enjoy the sensation of the slow undulation of the sea, and totally enjoy feeling the water on my skin, and totally enjoy hearing some excited chatter from others in the distance as I just let myself be
After some time, we make our way back on the trolley to the mud baths. We become the ones that others watch now as they wait for the trolley! You reach into this container of grey mud and spread it all over your legs, arms, chest, and face. We spread the mud on each other's backs. Laughing and just cracking up with others who are doing the same, we make our way over to the showers that supposedly have some minerals. As people leave, we each get our turn at them. Somehow, the showers stay on for them. We can't figure out how to keep them running without holding the handle. No worries, this is just like being a kid again! What else can we do? Let's try the swimming pool! To get through the entrance, you pass under an automatic shower that senses a person. We are already wet, so no worries. Others figure out a way to pass through without getting wet. What's the point, anyway? Aren't they going into the swimming pool? There is one other dunking we could have done inside the main spa building that offers another special water. There is a sign listing all the minerals in it. But we are cooked. So back to the kibbutz. In our room, we float into dreamland with another nap.
After dinner at the Kibbutz dining room, we walk back to our room. The heat of the day has passed and a warm wind blew. We put our heads on the pillow and end a perfect day.
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World Baseball Classic brawl calls attention to tournament's faults
By Cliff Corcoran
The ugly brawl (sequence starts around 55-second mark in the video linked here) between Canada and Mexico in their first-round World Baseball Classic game Saturday afternoon wouldn't have happened in the 2009 WBC.
The brawl was the result of Mexico's objection to Canada attempting to run up the score in the ninth inning of a game the latter was already leading 9-3. Canada's catcher, Chris Robinson, bunted up the third-base line for a single to start the inning, after which Mexico's third baseman, Luis Cruz, clearly gestured for pitcher Arnold Leon to hit the next batter, outfielder Rene Tosoni. Leon complied but missed Tosoni with his first two attempts, allowing home plate umpire Brian Gorman to warn both benches. Leon then hit Tosoni in the back with his third pitch, inciting the brawl.
That sequence conformed to a certain old-school concept of "how the game is supposed to be played." You don't run up the score on your opponent, and if another team does, you settle it on the field. Setting aside the absurdity of that mentality (in a game with no clock, no lead is ever safe, and the risk of injury from a beanball or brawl is far greater than the significance of the perceived insult), running up the score is exactly how the WBC has been designed to work in both this and the inaugural 2006 tournament.
The first round of the tournament is a round robin, with each team playing just three games, one against each intra-pool opponent. Ties are broken, more often than not, by something called "Team Quality Balance," which is effectively margin of victory. Head-to-head victories are the only tie-breaker that ranks ahead of TQB, but the round-robin format and three-game schedule results in a high likelihood of a three-way tie at 2-1 or 1-2 with Team A having beaten Team B but lost to Team C.
So, Canada, who was 0-1 coming into this game and will face the favored USA team Sunday, needed to score as many runs as possible in this game to maximize their chances of advancing to the second round. However, Cruz, Leon, and who knows who else on Team Mexico either failed to realize that or didn't think that trumped those old unwritten rules. Thus the overt attempt to hit Tosoni and the rare baseball fight that included actual fighting, evidence of just how invested these players are in this tournament.
The fight didn't need to happen because these grown men didn't have to act like ill-behaved preschoolers, but it also didn't need to happen because, in 2009, the WBC used a different format that produced clear and immediate on-field results. The first round in that year's tournament was a double-elimination format. Two games are played between the four teams in a pool. The losers of those games play with that loser being eliminated. The winners of those games play with the winner advancing. The two 1-1 teams then play to determine the second team to advance. No fuss, no muss, no tiebreakers, no misunderstandings, no hurt feelings. You win, you keep playing. You lose, you're out. Bizarrely, this year's second round will follow that same double-elimination format, but it was scrapped for the first round, I assume so that no team would get eliminated without playing a third game. That was a bad decision and should be corrected before the next WBC in 2017. The players are grown men and should behave like them. By that same token, the WBC is a tournament, and it should behave like one.


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I hear this works best if you store all of the sentences comma separated in a single row\column with a varbinary(max) data type.
I don't know Jason... how about storing them all in a single row - in one xml column in the sql_sentences table?
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>>in one xml column in the sql_sentences table?
XML is sooooooo slow, I would put them in one nice NTEXT column :-6
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>> This way I can for security reason prohibit the substring functions etc
Maybe encrypting or hashing the column as well... who wants all those sql_sentences floating around in the open?
Is there a SQL Sentence to retrieve a SQL Sentence? (Or did I just blow your mind?)


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Border Patrol drug busts often paint a picture of Mexicans smuggling banned substances into the United States. But according to a report released on March 26 by the Center for Investigative Reporting, the border agency actually catches more Americans transporting drugs into the country.
An analysis of records showed that four out of five people, or 80 percent, found with drugs by Border Patrol agents are U.S. citizens, even though 38 percent of the border agency's press releases mentioned a Mexican drug-trafficking suspect.
Law enforcement officials and Americans who have been nabbed for drug possession said U.S. citizens are often recruited because traffickers believe they will arouse less suspicion from police.
One case involved a U.S. Naval Academy grad who already made five smuggling runs before he was caught at a checkpoint about 80 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in December 2010.
Another case involved an unemployed mechanical engineer who had already made seventeen smuggling runs before a drug-sniffing dog found more than 80 pounds of marijuana stashed in his car in 2011.
The report also revealed that the number of Americans arrested with drugs by the Border Patrol in 2011 is three times more than in 2005.
Customs and Border Protection spokesman William Brooks said that while there were U.S. citizens involved in drug smuggling, many are still Mexicans. But the Border Patrol's own records showed U.S. citizens are involved in drug trafficking of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine 60 percent more than any other nationality. For marijuana arrests of 1,000 pounds or more, the percentage climbs to more than two-thirds.
As the Border Patrol stepped up security by increasing agents and drug-detecting dogs at checkpoints to catch more smugglers, the traffickers also have changed tactics.
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Dont forget the reports are saying he was 20, For the permits you need to be 21.
The kid had mental problems and everyone knew it. He had Aspergers, OCD and a "personality disorder". He was said to be an "expert gamer" so he probably thought he was shooting space aliens on Pluto for all we know. The was nuts and legally not allowed to own or possess firearms. He stole the firearms from his mother (who he did not live with apparently).
The real problem may be 1) violent video games - good luck banning those as it becomes a First Amendment issue. 2) Deinstitutionalization Movement - Yes, thank a Liberal for this one. In the 1970s, Liberals began the deinstitutionalization Movement to set crazy nuts loose upon America. We have Liberals to thank for this mess as the shooter wouldn't or couldn't be legally institutionalized. And so it goes...
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Dont forget the reports are saying he was 20, For the permits you need to be 21.
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yea this looks like a TYPICAL mass shooter-- a male in his late teens to mid 20s , a sack load of mental problems --probably taking a bunch of meds too.
some one needs to look at the medications or lack of um.
Mental or not - HE STOLE THE FUCKING GUN!
Let's pass a law against stealing guns. That should fix the problem.
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Seems like the same old thing.
Maybe Mom should have had them locked out of his reach.
Heard he was dressed in camo tactical gear, who let him into the school dressed like that?
No one, he blew out the locked glass doors with his stolen guns. So much for "security measures".
where was those billions spent on HLS?
looks like a guard or two could have made the day here---
who was it who said=="no body is asking the right questions"???
would it really cost so much to have a few armed guards?
hell the big "O" and co spend millions on lunch!!!


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Its all good at the mo. Currently north off Auckland in an area called 'The Northlands' (clever eh?). The girls wanted to go and see this famous lighthouse right at the tip of the island, so that's where I'm heading. It should take us a few days to get there. The north so far is kinda picturesque. It's a lot like England in the respect that there is a lot of greenery once you leave the big cities. Its all farmland, but the farmers have got pretty cool house's on acres of land. There are sheep, cows and goats for 100's of miles. The further north we get, the steeper and more plentiful the hills, the windier the roads (these things hug the mountain for dear life) and the thicker the rain forest. I didn't even know New Zealand had rainforest. The weather is just as unpredictable as the Uk and skips between rain and RAIN!!.
So I've seen some glow worms in a cave(ooh!!)
Went to some gallery about the life of Ghandi which was really cool and weird, seeing as Ulli and I had been chatting about him and Hitler the night before. It was cool. They had a 3 hr movie about his life, loads of groovy, hippy quotes plastered on the walls. Also been doing serious amounts of walking. Decided to go on a bush walk through the rainforest, and we followed this river for about 2 miles until in turned out we eventually were looking down on the river from 100ft (where did that hill come from?) There was this really cool waterfall (I've seen loads now, but waterfalls are still cool)
Also have been up to the Bay of Islands, which is exactly what it says. A coastal bay, with a lot of islands in it. It looks cool, but the weather was shoddy and the sea had picked up a gear or ten when we got there. Pretty much though, it has just been driving through little picturesque villages. The kinda place people go to retire and die. Ha Ha Ha. But everyone is really friendly. Different from the Fijians, but its cool. Maybe, it's to do with the pacific!!!
Living in the van is going ok. There are daily arguments between Ulli and Mark, normally about the different ways they drive (what a retarded argument to have). I tend to sleep in the back with my feet up and staying well out of it(ha ha nothing changes). Sleeping goes that you have to sleep in the tent 1 night and then get a night in the van. We've been sleeping on the side of the roads and in people's farmland. Cooking is done from a gas stove, washing dishes is done in the stream/river or nearest sink and showers obtained by sneaking into hostels and campsites and using theirs
So that's about it. Once we get to the north, I think we are coming back down with a pit stop in Auckland again (to wash, e-mail, etc), before we see the rest of the north island. Once we get to Wellington, we cross to the "its sooo much better than the North Island" South Island.
Oh and I finally put some pictures up for the Fiji entries, so check 'em out.