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Nik Lentz at the press conference held for UFC on FOX 9 at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on Oct. 3, 2013.
Following Monday night's announcement that UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis will square off with Josh Thomson in the headliner, Chad Mendes and Nik Lentz have
UFC officials on Friday night added Colton Smith vs. Michael Chiesa and Dennis Bermudez vs. Nik Lentz to the November UFC Fight for the Troops
UFC featherweight Hacran Dias discusses his UFC on FX 8 match up with Nik Lentz on May 18 at the Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do
Manny Gamburyan has been on the sidelines since last August, and although he had a fight scheduled for UFC on FX 8 on May 18
A featherweight showdown has been added to January's UFC card in Brazil as Nik Lentz faces Diego Nunes.
Three new fights have been added to the growing UFC 150 card set to land in Denver on August 11.
UFC fighter Nik Lentz is making the move to featherweight and to make sure it goes smoothly he's hired MMA nutritionist guru and best selling
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UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis play-by-play for Evan Dunham vs. Nik Lentz on Saturday, Jan. 28, in Chicago.
Mark Bocek has been razor close in fights with Benson Henderson and Jim Miller, so he wanted to make a statement at UFC 140.
A couple of very close losses have kept Mark Bocek from being at the top of the UFC's lightweight division.
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UFC on Versus 4 play-by-play coverage of Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira on June 26, 2011, at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Penn.
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The UFC on Tuesday added Waylon Lowe vs. Nik Lentz to its website for free viewing.
A late addition is now planned for the UFC Fight Night card in Seattle with Nik Lentz poised to take on Waylon Lowe in a
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Researching the FT's first Combating Tuberculosis report in the last few weeks, I was a little disappointed by the lack of dissonance. HIV and increasingly malaria activists have been important advocates in raising the profile of those killer diseases, and in highlighting important issues of disagreement. The TB community, by contrast, still feels neglected, small and even overly consensual.
Apart from the obvious but difficult demands for more funding, and more effective drugs, diagnostics and vaccines, there are important short term and less costly actions that could be taken. Here are a few thoughts on what more needs to be done. Do reply to disagree or add to them!
- More integration between HIV and other health services. Let's not pretend in resource-starved countries that HIV activities have not sucked away staff, attention and focus from TB and other diseases despite the huge co-infection rates
- More work on prevention, with more aggressive active case detection efforts and tougher infection control measures including for healthcare workers
- A fresh assessment of the systems of international drug procurement, to provide greater transparency in pricing and the potential for pooled purchases or at least more accurate forecasting to create greater certainty of demand and incentives for manufacturers
- Greater innovation in developing simple communication tools, such as ways to explain clearly to patients how to breath deeply and improve sputum output
- More energetic and independent advocacy, identifying leading figures including those who have had TB, and getting them to speak out
- More efforts by employers in areas of high prevalence and poor healthcare provision of their responsibility to educate and support screening and treatment
- In the UK, the need to take responsibility for commissioning TB services beyond the level of individual primary care trusts, to remove the local and fragmented view that starves programmes such as Find & Treat from funding
- In Uganda, more efforts by the government to start funding its own programmes, improving salaries and conditions for health staff, and holding agencies responsible for failure to deliver medicines

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I always laugh at the Bing Challenge commercials because their search just moves the images to the top and people seem impressed. So the person searched tacos because they wanted to find places to eat and the top searches were just images then a little ways down was actual links to places. Google's side had the links to places first so the person can actually find places to eat not just images of the food they wanted.
I'm probably going to get a lot of flak for this, but I use Bing, as part of my move to completely move away from Google. Call me old or tell me to put my foil hat back on, but I just don't like the idea of Google amassing as much information as they do. Information is power, and in the internet age, that's becoming even more true than ever. And for me, Google with their fingers into every part of people's digital lives, I just prefer to err on the side of caution.
But back to the story: it is an interesting move by MS as they are attacking on 2 fronts: OS/hardware with the Surface, and search with Bing. Not a bad idea. However, I'm still not a fan of Surface RT over a slightly more expensive yet much more powerful Netbook. But, they're still better than any Chromebook!
You don't think MS is collecting information on what you do and search? Just read their privacy notice, which for some reason they have you clicking through a few jumps to get to.
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New Delhi: Gloomy macroeconomic data released on Friday set back hopes for an early recovery in Asia's third largest economy, jolting a government that's already struggling to contain the rupee's rapid decline.
After four consecutive months of growth, factory output contracted 1.6% in May while merchandise exports shrank 4.6% to $23.8 billion in June, reflecting the weakness in external demand. The retail inflation rate inched up to 9.87% in June compared with 9.31% in May, led by higher prices of vegetables and protein-rich foods.
Adding to the gloom, car sales in India fell by 9% in June to 139,632 units, industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers said on Friday. Rising ownership costs and sluggish economic growth have deterred potential car buyers from going ahead with purchases, resulting in the eighth consecutive monthly decline in vehicle sales.
The latest set of data deepens economic worries for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government and complicates the situation for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which is walking a tightrope between needing to stimulate economic growth while curbing inflationary pressures and shoring up the rupee.
The improvement seen in macroeconomic indicators in the past few months seems to have stalled, said Samiran Chakraborty, head of India research at Standard Chartered Plc's India unit.
"The trend reversal in most of the data is worrisome," he said, adding that though inflationary pressures are expected to be a temporary phenomenon because of expectations of a good kharif crop, few greenshoots are visible on the economic front.
Chakraborty said he does not expect any rate cut in the next monetary policy review by RBI due on 30 July.
As the rupee depreciated against the dollar, the central bank pressed the pause button in its policy of monetary easing last month, leaving policy rates unchanged after three cuts by 25 basis points each earlier in the year. A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.
The Indian currency has been the worst performer against the dollar since US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested in May that the US may start a gradual withdrawal of monetary stimulus, starting in September, should the world's biggest economy stay on the expected course of recovery.
In June alone, the rupee tumbled 4.9%, making it the worst performer among 78 global currencies, according to Bloomberg data, as investors pulled money out of Indian stocks and bonds. A falling rupee will also lead to higher commodity prices, which could throw the fiscal calculations of the government out of the window.
The Indian economy has been struggling to accelerate after expanding 5% in the year ended 31 March, the slowest pace in 10 years, as high borrowing costs intended to douse inflation hurt corporate investment and consumer spending, and weak external demand curbed export growth.
The finance ministry expects growth to exceed 6% in the current fiscal year.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered India's growth forecast for 2013-14 to 5.6% from the 5.8% it projected in April, holding that the risks of a longer downturn in emerging market economies had increased because of domestic capacity constraints, slowing credit growth and weak external demand.
IMF cautioned that while old risks such as a protracted recession in the euro area remain, new threats have emerged in the emerging markets because of the anticipated unwinding of monetary policy stimulus by the US, which may lead to sustained capital flow reversals.
Before jumping to any conclusion on the impact that emerging risks will have on this year's growth, the effect of higher government expenditure on public consumption has to be factored in, said Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd chief economist Indranil Pan, as a raft of state elections this year pave the way for a general election in 2014
On Friday, chief economic adviser Raghuram Rajan held consultations with foreign bankers on the possibility of selling overseas sovereign bonds to shore up foreign exchange reserves to stabilize the rupee and contain the worsening balance of payments situation.
"They (have given) us a lot of suggestions, including sovereign bond issue. All options are on the table and we will examine as and when the need comes," Rajan told reporters.
Finance minister P. Chidambaram and trade minister Anand Sharma are currently trying to woo investors in the US. The government has started a consultation process to increase foreign direct investment caps across sectors including telecom, multi-brand retail and media, to increase long-term capital inflows.
On Friday, some measure of relief was provided by a narrowing of the trade deficit. In June, India's trade deficit shrank to $12.2 billion from $17.8 billion a month ago, as curbs put on gold imports by the central bank and the government showed results. Gold imports dropped sharply to $2.5 billion in June from $8.4 billion in May.
Reuters contributed to this story.


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A print colorway and a solid shade are striped in this garter stitch scarf with sawtooth edges. The scarf is worked in two long pieces, each from the sawtooth edge to the center of the scarf. The live sts of both pieces are then joined together using three needle bind-off.
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Liberty Wool by Classic Elite Yarns
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Spend Less on Black Friday and Give More: The Gift Money Can't Buy
East-Coast financial expert Jason Wheeler of Pathfinder Wealth Consulting urges families to invest in lasting values, not valuables
Wilmington, NC (PRWEB) November 22, 2012
Holidays in the U.S. are often characterized by heaps of presents beneath lighted trees, decadent meals and goodie-stuffed stockings hung over the fireplace. Some money management gurus, though, say this could be the year that sound economic sense bucks commercial tradition.
In 2012, more families have less spending money due to an unstable market and continued slow recovery from the major recession. According to renowned East-Coast financial planner Jason Wheeler, now's the ideal time to use funds marked for holiday shopping in the present as a gift for the future. He encourages gifting college savings accounts, retirement funds, or, perhaps most beneficial, the gift of a legacy. The CEO of Pathfinder Wealth Consulting, Wheeler said his reasoning is very simple.
"While tangible gifts might put temporary smiles on faces come Christmas morning," he explained, "it's the emotional gifts: creatively sharing family history with the grandchildren, sifting through family mementos and telling stories of their ancestors that will make the greatest impact – on hearts rather than wallets."
Wheeler cited a recent study that supports his theory. Allianz, a leading provider of retirement solutions, found that 77 percent of both Baby Boomers and their aging parents embrace the idea of leaving behind a "legacy" as opposed to the 10 percent of boomers who feel financial assets are an important part of their inheritance.
"Around this time of year, particularly with the arrival of Black Friday, many shoppers are in the mindset of finding the best deals and purchasing an unnecessary amount of presents because it is just 'something that you do,'" Wheeler said. "However, this reveals a disconnect between the actual wants of families. Why place yourself in a financial straitjacket when you can choose to share values instead of valuables – something that both generations agreed is more important?"
To that end, Wheeler offers suggestions on how to save money while staying true to family traditions. It may be unrealistic to forget about presents entirely during the holidays, he explained, but emphasizing the simple joy of sharing a special time with loved ones is a major change for the better.
"Start a new, financially responsible tradition where everyone receives a set number of presents, but all join in around the fire listening to great history and life lessons from elders," Wheeler said. "So yes, by all means purchase that iPad Mini; but the knowledge and words of family will probably leave a longer-lasting impact than the game system you gave away or received at Christmas back in 2012."
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I've been trying to move forward. I do...sometimes, it's a mad stop in the present and a mad dash toward a future that I can't wait to meet. Very often though, I feel lost in a wilderness that I'm in no hurry to leave. Either the perfection of the present or the perfection of the past, even with it's troubles, holds me captive. And of course, there are endless ways in which to use hindsight.
But there is something compelling about an ocean of memories. Our lives are huge lessons. For me at least, the people and moments in my life shaped me definitively. And their absence continues to shape me.
I long for the warmth of home, and yet, I long for the moments when I believed that I would be on my own someday. Those moments held promise and power. I long for the safety of sheltering, understanding arms. And at once, I'm glad to be here, now, by myself.
Maybe opening my heart to new things is part of it, and somehow, there's something vital that I've missed about the life I've lived so far. Perhaps "doing" more than "thinking" might bring home the point.
It also seems, that letting go would entail some level of disconnect. There would be things, good and bad, that will become neutral or stop mattering. I think that, from all other reasons, holds me back.
But it remains to be dealt with.
I'm trying somethings for it and can hopefully talk about it, if I have some progress.
After all, it doesn't seem like there is very much time to live a future, as much as there is time to live in past memories. Life does move inexorably forward, and when it slows down after a few decades, I'm pretty sure I'll snap back into the 'old times' to take me through the last few days of the future.
Also, "the weird dream" update -
Turns out that Mini-him will, hopefully, have a Mini-sibling soon (June, and if Mini-Him's set precedent is anything to go by, much earlier!) Who knew? Snakes and green fruit and what not? It's been wonderful; the morning sickness, the sleepiness and everything is still miraculous to me:-)
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Brandon Jennings still cannot believe Cheeks was let go 50 games into the season.
"You give a coach half a season with new faces and new chemistry, that's not enough time," Jennings said. "I felt like he was in a losing situation. We were winning and now we're playing like the old Pistons, in the beginning."
Jennings had an efficient start to the season under Cheeks, a former point guard.
"I don't have a problem with John (Loyer), just with the whole thing of changing coaches was one of the more difficult things for me," Jennings said. "John was our assistant, so I know a lot about him. It was just a personal problem with Mo leaving."


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Senator SIEWERT (Western Australia—Australian Greens Whip) (09:31): The Australian Greens consider that the welfare and the best interests of children should be front and centre in government decision making .We know that failure to address issues of disadvantage in the early years has lasting consequences for adulthood and people's entire lifespan. Senator Hanson-Young's Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 recognises the need for Australia to catch up with other nations around the world and implement a properly resourced commissioner for children and young people within the structure of the Australian Human Rights Commission to oversee the rights of young Australians with the powers to ensure recognition of their needs and views.
It is logical that the commissioner be located alongside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, age, disability, race and sex commissioners. The childrens commissioner will be able to utilise the pre-existing structures but will also be effectively independent from government. The commissioner would tackle problems such as child abuse, neglect, poor education, poverty, youth homelessness and social disadvantage—all issues we all agree need to be addressed. A commissioner would also provide a voice for young people, means of communication with government and a simple avenue for complaints of ill treatment.
Most importantly, this bill would assist Australia in meeting its international obligations—in particular, its obligations under the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child. Australia has for more than 20 years been party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This document, which Australia signed and ratified, was agreed to by world leaders in 1989 in an attempt to ensure every child and young person has the best opportunities in life regardless of their ethnicity or gender. Despite Australia's agreement to abide by the convention, the UN have made repeated calls—in 2002 and 2003—for us to establish a national children's commissioner. But, to date, no action has been taken.
While all of us here can agree that the welfare of children should be paramount when making decisions affecting their wellbeing, the fact that Australia still has no independent statutory body dedicated to children's rights and development is very concerning, particularly given that this is not a new proposal. The idea of a commonwealth commissioner has been on the agenda at a community and parliamentary level for years because there is a pressing need for an independent commission to ensure that children and young people are not neglected during government decision making. Whether it is children in child care, state care, the education system, the juvenile justice system or homeless shelters in big cities, small towns or outback and remote communities, all young people deserve to have someone who is there to look after their best interests.
While the government's national framework for protecting Australia's children will play an important role in a national conversation about how best to advance the rights and interests of children, it can be no substitute for an independent commissioner appropriately resourced to have regard for these issues at a national level. While this framework will play an important role in a national conversation about how best to address the rights and interests of children, the Greens, along with many key stakeholders—including UNICEF, Save the Children, the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition—argue that it can be no substitute for an independent commissioner appropriately resourced to have regard for these issues at a national level.
A commonwealth commissioner would perform the following functions: stand up for children and young people at a national level by monitoring the development and application of laws affecting children and young people; coordinate relevant policies, programs and funding; and proactively engage children and young people in decisions which affect them. It would also assist Australia in meeting our obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, including: article 2 on nondiscrimination in the applicability of children's rights; article 4 on the primacy of the consideration of a child's best interests; article 6(1) on a child's right to survival and development; and article 12 on a child's right to participation in decision making. I am sure every person in this chamber would agree to all of those things.
Last year UNICEF launched the 2011 child's rights non-governmental organisation report on Australia's progress on implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This report found, among other things, that a national children's commissioner is essential because improving outcomes for children involves actions across many areas of public policy. In particular, the report found that three groups of children in Australia have been routinely disadvantaged by the failure of government to involve them in decision making. These groups will come as no surprise to people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have mortality rates three times their non-Aboriginal peers. The number of children in out-of-home care has increased by 51.5 per cent since 2005, yet we collect no data to tell us why these children are being placed in care to begin with. And there are more than 700 children who continue to be held in some form of immigration detention, despite it being a breach of the UN's children's convention. The examples articulated in the report further highlight the unacceptable outcomes for children in Australia.
The amendments circulated today by Senator Hanson-Young enhance her children's commissioner bill in a number of ways. The amendments were developed in consultation with a broad coalition of children's and young people's non-government organisations. They take into account the findings of the 2010 inquiry into this bill. We know there are children in Australia who suffer from disadvantage. We know, for example, as articulated in the report by UNICEF, that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are the most disadvantaged in this country. Just last week the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs heard yet again, when it was in the Northern Territory holding hearings into the stronger futures legislation, the details of the disadvantage that Aboriginal children face. For example, 48 per cent of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory need some form of special assistance in the classroom and 60 per cent in prescribed communities need some form of assistance in the classroom. Those are just two examples of the massive disadvantage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children face.
Let us look at homelessness. Tonight approximately 105,000 people will be homeless across the country, of whom 12 per cent, or 12,133 people, will be children under the age of 12. Among the homeless will be 7,483 families with children. Another 21 per cent, or 21,940 people, will be children and young people aged between 12 and 18. Most of them are homeless as well as estranged from their families. One in every 39 Australian children under five accessed homeless assistance service last year. Nearly 30 per cent of the children accessing homeless assistance services are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children. Every day two out of every three children who request immediate accommodation are turned away from homeless services. Aboriginal peoples generally are significantly more likely to experience homelessness than non-Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Australians are also significantly more likely to live in overcrowded housing. We have discussed this issue in this chamber on numerous occasions. Overcrowding is identified as a major factor affecting Aboriginal people's physical and mental health as are the social and schooling disadvantages faced by Aboriginal children, which are of course intimately linked to overcrowding. Their inability to access education can also be directly related to overcrowding.
UNICEF has said that Aboriginal children are overrepresented in nearly every measure relating to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Aboriginal children account for almost half of all homeless people in Australia under the age of 18. They have much higher rates of youth suicide—just recently we heard of more tragic circumstances of youth suicide. It is a problem that urgently needs to be addressed. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have comparatively little access to education and are overrepresented in their experience of poor access to health services and overall inadequate standards of living. We already know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are far overrepresented in the justice system. The detention rate for Aboriginal juveniles is 397 per 100,000, which is 28 times the rate for non-Aboriginal juveniles of 14 per 100,000.
Aboriginal juveniles are overrepresented in community and detention based supervision. In 2007 Aboriginal juveniles accounted for 59 per cent of the total juvenile detention population. Aboriginal children make up 53 per cent of all juveniles in detention and 39 per cent in community supervision—bear in mind that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up three per cent of Australia's population. Aboriginal juveniles in detention are younger on average than their non-Aboriginal counterparts: 22 per cent of Aboriginal juveniles in detention were aged 14 years or less, compared to 14 per cent of non-Aboriginal juveniles. There is a strong link between the disproportionate rates of juvenile detention and the disproportionate rates of adult imprisonment. Although Aboriginal Australians make up only three per cent of our population, 25 per cent of prisoners in Australia are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Prison census data shows that between 2000 and 2010 the number of Aboriginal men and women in custody increased sharply: Aboriginal men by 55 per cent and Aboriginal women by 47 per cent. In the Northern Territory 29.5 per cent of Aboriginal children report having completed year 8 or below, 25.8 per cent of year 5 students achieve at or above the national minimum for reading and Aboriginal children are underrepresented in early childhood education and care services. They comprise 41.4 per cent of the population but represent only 9.8 per cent of children who attend early childhood services.
Children living in poverty also need support from a children's commissioner. The number of people estimated to be living in poverty is over 2.2 million; approximately 12 per cent of children in Australia live in poverty. In 2007-08, it is estimated, there were over half a million low-income households with children aged between zero and 12 years receiving an average equivalent disposable income of $412 a week—that is $278 less per week than middle income households with children of the same age. We know that children with a disability also need support; 12 per cent of people with a disability are children. UNICEF said:
Whilst Australia's ratification of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signing of a National Disability Agreement and subsequent National Disability Strategy were commendable, there are concerns over the scarcity of data on children with disabilities. There is also concern over the existing care and support resources available for children with disabilities and their families. Children with a disability miss out on crucial and early intervention services, support to assist with life transitions and support to prevent family or career crisis and breakdown.
We know of the alarming mental health statistics. These are particularly alarming for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, as I mentioned before, with higher rates of suicide and other poor mental health outcomes.
While we have seen boosts for funding for mental health in Australia and I have been on the record congratulating the government for those boosts, we still are below other Western countries. For children and young people who are seeking help, many do not receive timely access to appropriate services. Particular groups are at higher risk of poor mental health outcomes, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from refugee and migrant backgrounds; same-sex attached, gender questioning or gender diverse young people; young carers; children with disability; and children in rural, regional and remote areas. Inability to access suicide intervention and prevention programs continues to be a problem for remote communities and the system employed to monitor suicide youths and youths at risk across central and western Australia continues to be inadequate.
Nationally the number of children in out-of-home care has risen each year from 2000 to 2010. There were 35,895 children in out-of-home care on 30 June 2010. That is an awful lot of children. At June 2010 there were 11,468 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. The national rate of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care was almost 10 times the rate for other children. Almost one-third of children in out-of-home care were aged between 10 and 14 years, a further 30 per cent were aged five to nine years, 25 per cent were aged less than five years and 15 per cent were aged 15 to 17 years. Most children who were removed from their homes were placed in home-based services, 94 per cent. Of these children in home-based care 49.1 per cent were in foster care, 48.5 per cent were in relative or kinship care and 2.2 per cent were in some other type of home-based care. A small proportion of children, around five per cent, removed from their home were placed in residential care where staff were paid to care for them. The number of children in out-of-home Australia has increased by 51.5 per cent since 2005, with Aboriginal children almost 10 times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care. We have a lot of work to do in this country.
Inadequacies in the care system include inappropriate placements of children; a shortage of care options; poorly supported home-based carers; mental health issues exacerbated by and in fact caused by care; poorer outcomes for young children in care than for the general population in terms of health, education, wellbeing and development; abuse and neglect of children in care; Aboriginal children placed outside their communities; and inadequate preparation for young people leaving care for independent living. These are not issues that happened decades ago, these are statistics from now. These children need our support. They need a national commissioner. It has been recommended and supported across-the-board. It is what our children deserve. I commend Senator Hanson-Young for bringing on this bill and I urge the Senate to support this vitally important measure that will significantly add to helping and supporting the children of our nation.


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Innovative design wins Auckland apartment design competition
12 August 2014
Innovative design wins Auckland apartment design competition
Auckland firm S3 Architects' proposal for an innovative timber building has won the competition to design an apartment building on a brownfield site in Mt Eden.
Organised by the New Zealand Institute of Architects and developer Ockham Residential, and with the support of Auckland Council, the competition was staged to produce a buildable design for 11 Akepiro Street, a site adjacent to the Western Line rail tracks and the city end of Dominion Road.
A further goal of the competition is to promote architectural and community thinking around medium density development, a housing option that is increasingly relevant in rapidly growing Auckland.
The result of the competition was announced today by Mayor Len Brown at Auckland Art Gallery, where the 65 competition entries have been on display since Sunday.
"Aucklanders have made their views absolutely clear to us – having greater choice in housing is crucial to them," the Mayor says.
"Auckland is also united in something else – our development has to be of high quality. That is fundamental to Auckland's future and that is one of the strongest messages we have heard.
"And that is why I as Mayor and Auckland Council are so strong in our support of this competition."
Jury chair Richard Goldie, a director of Peddle Thorp Architects, said the competition was a bold and timely initiative by Ockham Residential and the Institute of Architects that had produced an exceptional response from architectural practices.
"The competition called for innovative schemes that would make the most of a challenging site and demonstrate that good quality medium density housing can be achieved in appropriate places in our city.
"A site near two train stations and one of Auckland's busiest bus routes would seem to be an ideal candidate for a medium density housing option.
"There was a wide range of compelling entries, but the successful proposal convincingly met several criteria," Goldie says.
"It uses a green materials and energy-saving construction technology, provides very livable apartments, engages well with a small neighbouring reserve, contributes positively to a mixed-use street and offers the city an inspiring work of architecture.
"S3 Architects' entry is a clear competition winner."
S3 Architects director Stephen Smith says his practice's design for the proposed six-storey apartment building, which incorporates 25 residential units and ground floor commercial tenancies, uses a cross-laminated timber structural system.
"This construction method allows for precise off-site prefabrication and efficient on-site assembly, which brings time and cost savings," Smith says. "New Zealand can be a world leader with this timber technology.
"I also wanted to demonstrate that with a bit more effort in design and construction, we can significantly reduce the energy use in our buildings."
Smith says he was pleased by his fellow architects' enthusiastic response to the Akepiro Street design competition, and by the standard of entries.
"It's good to see that architects have the willingness and capability to contribute to this type of initiative. And I applaud the developer and the Council for their enterprise in promoting efforts to provide solutions to Auckland's housing challenges."
Ockham Residential director Mark Todd says the number and quality of the entries had exceeded his expectations for the Akepiro Street design competition.
"Everyone knows the pressures on the housing market at the moment, but we think there needs to be a wider conversation about the quality of new homes and buildings that go up in the city," Todd says.
"For this reason, I'm really pleased the Institute of Architects and the Council came on board with this competition."
S3 Architects will work with Ockham Residential to develop the competition-winning design into a completed building. The four other finalists in the competition each received an award of $5,000 from Ockham Residential at the announcement event at Auckland Art Gallery.
Besides S3 Architects, the finalists were Leuschke Group Architects, Matthews & Matthews Architects, Waterfall Gunns Lowe Architects, and Andrew Sexton Architecture.
Joining Richard Goldie and Mark Todd on the competition jury were architects Maggie Carroll (Bureaux Architects) and Marshall Cook (Cook Sargisson & Pirie), along with Jacques Victor of Auckland Council.


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SMOKERS in Worcestershire are being urged to prepare for battle and attempt to give up cigarettes for good on No Smoking Day which takes place on Wednesday, March 12.
One in five UK adults smoke but studies show around two thirds of smokers want to quit.
This year's No Smoking Day has a 'V for Victory' theme which is set to inspire hundreds of thousands of smokers to win the fight against cigarettes.
The campaign will help smokers on the road to victory, providing information, support and encouragement to put together a personal battle plan so that they are in the best possible position to make a successful quit attempt on the day.
Worcestershire County Council and Worcestershire's Local Pharmaceutical Committee will be hosting Healthy Living Roadshows around the county next week to inspire quitters and send them on the road to victory.
The roadshow will be in Redditch market on Tuesday, March 11 from 9.30am until 4pm, and at Bromsgrove market on Friday, March 14
Councillor Marcus Hart, Chair of Worcestershire Tobacco Control Alliance, said: "No Smoking Day is a great opportunity for smokers in Worcestershire to quit, knowing they will be doing so alongside hundreds of thousands of other people across the UK.
"Quitting isn't easy but support is available so that smokers can win the battle against cigarettes.
"You are four times more likely to quit if you use NHS Stop Smoking Services than if you try and go it alone.
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A man remains in a critical condition in hospital after he was pulled from his burning home by firefighters in the early hours of Sunday.
Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to the property in Wilton Close, Muswell Hill, at 12.28am.
The man, who is in his sixties, was rescued by firefighters but suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation.
He was taken to hospital where, as of midnight on Sunday, he remained in a critical but stable condition.
Four fire engines and about 20 firefighters from Hornsey and Finchley were called to tackle the blaze. which caused substantial damage to the ground floor of the property.
Crews took about an hour to get the fire under control.
No-one else was injured and police said the man lived alone.
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Designing financial regulatory policies that work for Latin America: the role of markets and institutions: Views from the Latin American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee
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As the saying goes… the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. As you know, our director Klaus Obermeyer considers a mundane day one where he spends it swimming with non-aggressive sharks just for funsies. Ho hum. Just another day. And where does he get this zest for danger from? His father!
We got the sad news earlier this week that the original adventure seeker in the family, Klaus Obermeyer's father, Klaus Sr., had broken his femur. Klaus Sr. is 91-years-old, and he broke his leg while skiing down Racer's Edge in Aspen while on his lunch break. (My lunch break usually involves a sandwich or wedge salad, but whatever.) Leave it to an Obermeyer to not break their leg the old fashioned way ie: a dodgy grocery store parking lot, slick bathroom floor, et al. Oh no, Oberymeyers do it with flair! I can say this jokingly, as thank goodness, Klaus Sr. is doing well…. But let me elaborate on his "lunch break."
Klaus Sr. has been skiing since he was 3-years-old and has rarely missed a day of skiing during the season. This is his first severe accident in 88 years. (Yeah, um, I don't quite have a track record like that. And for the record, I'm currently typing with a Band-Aid on. Buh.) When contacted in the hospital by a reporter for the Aspen Times, Klaus Sr. replied, "I'm sorry, I can't ski with you today." Ha! Despite his accident, he's still got the sense of humor and that Obermeyer charm!
Klaus Sr. is an Aspen icon having started his career on the mountain as a ski instructor and later starting Obermeyer Ski Wear. (Lore has it that he created the first parka after Hollywood starlets got too cold on the mountain to finish their lessons.)
Klaus Sr. knows the ski runs like the back of his hand and that is what lead to the accident. He didn't see a rope that had been put up for a special event, and he ran into it at full speed. The Aspen Times quoted him saying: "I exploded," Obermeyer said. "It could have been a lot worse. Sometimes you're lucky even when you're unlucky." And then he said something nobody ever says: He said that the accident was completely his fault. (I'm sure Jackie Chiles is very disappointed.) You see, Klaus Sr. explained, laughing, "I was skiing with my eyes closed." Oh. Oh sure. SHOW OFF. I mean really. I can barely WALK down the street and chew gum, and he's skiing with his eyes closed at 91. Obermeyers. I think that sums them up pretty well.
In all seriousness, Klaus SR is recovering at Aspen Valley hospital and has begun physical therapy. He hopes to be discharged by the time your eyes reach this blog, if not before! Lots of thanks to the Buttermilk Ski Patrol members whose quick response, organization and skill certainly helped Mr. Obermeyer fare as well as he did.
Klaus SR vows to be back on the slopes next season… but said not to rule out skiing the Aspen Highlands, as after all, they're open till April 24th. He promises to ski with both eyes open this time. Good plan, Papa Obermeyer!!!


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Women's Soccer Returns to Campus to Kick Off 2014
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – After advancing to the Northeast-10 Conference Championship for a league-record 29th straight season last year, the Merrimack College women's soccer team is back on the pitch to open up preseason camp this week.
Head Coach Gabe Mejail and the Warriors compiled a 10-6-2 (8-4-2 NE-10) record last season led by a potent offense that scored at least three goals in five contests and had four players tally at least five goals or more. The team scored 34 times in 18 games.
This fall the Warriors will retool with several new faces after the team graduated five starters this past spring.
Leading scorer junior Jenna Savi (Dedham, Mass.) is back after accumulating seven goals and 16 points in her second season with the Navy and Gold. Sophomore Alana Vecchiarello (Peabody, Mass.) finished tied for second on the team with five goals after appearing in every game as a freshman. Anchoring the midfield will be senior Sarah Coakley (Medway, Mass.) who returns after an NE-10 First Team All-Conference season. Coakley finished second on the Warriors with five assists and added two game-winning goals.
The captains for the upcoming season will be seniors Katie Bresciani (Hopedale, Mass.), Marissa Maiolo (Monroe, Conn.) and junior Deirdre Roberts (Braintree, Mass.). Bresciani brings an attacking presence to the midfield after an eight-point performance in 2013. Another midfielder, Maiolo appeared in 17 of the 18 contests last season as a junior while Roberts also appeared in 17 games as a sophomore.
Mejail will be looking to replace two-year starting goalkeeper Nicole Curtis, who started every game for the Warriors a year ago. The returner with the most experience is junior Meghan Gulbrandsen (Haverhill, Mass.) who appeared in three games last season for Merrimack posting a 1.15 goals-against average and a .667 save percentage.
Merrimack will host the Marriott Kickoff Classic to begin the year, opening up with Dowling on Friday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m.
For continuing coverage of Merrimack College Athletics, visit MerrimackAthletics.com and follow the Warriors on Twitter and on Facebook.


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On Apr 17, 2009, at 21:14, Kevin A. Smith wrote: > FWIW, Erlang is also picking up steam. I'm in the States and I'm > seeing a pick up in interest around Erlang. Of course, I might be a > bit biased since I do Erlang training and consulting ;-) Also, Amazon uses Erlang.
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CDs or Savings Accounts in Today's Low-Rate Environment?
With CD rates so low these days, is it better to keep more of your money in savings accounts? I'm sure many savers have long-term CDs that are maturing. Those long-term CDs probably had rates over 4 percent. Now it's difficult to find CDs with 2 percent rates. Instead of opening a new long-term CD, another alternative is to just move that money into a savings or money market account. With some effort, you can get rates that aren't much lower than the long-term CD rates.
Savings and Money Market Accounts
One strategy is to stick with internet savings and money market accounts. To get the best rates you will probably have to move your money at least twice a year. By taking advantage of intro rates, new internet banks and promos from old banks, you can maximize your return. Last year I reviewed this strategy and its returns for the previous three years.
If you're going to try this strategy today, you might want to consider the 1.25% intro rates at EverBank and at Salem Five Direct. If you're no longer eligible for those intro rates, you can get 1.05% APY in money market accounts at four internet banks. You can also get 1.10% APY at AmericaNet Bank and its two sister banks, but this is limited to a $35K balance.
Savings Accounts Plus Short-Term CD Deals
One advantage of keeping your money in savings and money market accounts is that it makes it easy to take advantage of CD deals that pop up. Those CD deals can boost your returns without giving up too much liquidity. A good example of this was the 1.50% 8-month CD special that DCU offered last year (no longer available). The best CD deal today is at PenFed which is offering a 1.25% APY 1-year CD, a 1.60% APY 2-year CD and a 1.85% APY 3-year CD (as of 1/21/2013)
Reward Checking Accounts
Over the last five years, reward checking accounts have allowed savers to earn more than they could earn with internet savings accounts. It has required more work. The toughest has been the required monthly debit card purchases. Also, the balance caps have made it difficult for those with large savings. Last year I reviewed how much extra interest you could earn with reward checking accounts over the last three years. Like internet savings accounts, maximizing returns requires moving to new rate leaders at least once a year.
If you're lucky, you'll have some good local reward checking deals. You can find reward checking accounts available in your state by using our reward checking table. You can also use the table to find reward checking accounts available nationwide. Refer to this post to learn how to use the table. If you're new to reward checking accounts, please refer to my post 10 Common Traits of High-Yield Reward Checking Accounts.
Other Strategies
For money that you want to keep in banks and credit unions, another strategy is choosing long-term CDs with mild early withdrawal penalties. Some institutions to consider for this strategy include Ally Bank, Barclays, Discover Bank and PenFed. As we have discussed many times, there are risks with using this strategy. There's a possibility that a bank will refuse an early withdrawal request, and it's possible that a bank will raise the penalty for an early withdrawal. My last review of these risks was in my report of Ally Bank's disclosure change.
Finally, don't forget traditional CD ladders. Last year I reviewed CD ladders and asked if CD ladders still make sense. Several readers who have been investing in CDs for decades have said they have rarely if ever regretted going long on their CDs.
What strategies are using for your bank accounts to maximize your returns?


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Can watching too much Kevin Bacon on the Logitech Revue with Google TV actually turn you into Kevin Bacon?
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This article was published 18/9/2013 (1435 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The numbers say one thing, Tim Burke and Casey Creehan say another. The truth is probably somewhere in between.
Let's begin with the numbers, which in some very important categories suggest the 2013 Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the worst defence in the CFL.
'I think (Creehan) has done a really good job. I think we play hard and he's come up with really good pressure schemes'-- Blue head coach Tim Burke
- The Bombers have given up the most first downs overall (235) and the most first downs passing (146) and are tied for last in passing touchdowns surrendered (23);
- Opposing quarterbacks have completed more passes against the Bombers than any other team in the CFL (248) and have their second-highest completion percentage against Winnipeg (67.9 per cent);
- Winnipeg has given up the second-most passing yards in the league (3,099) and the most plays from scrimmage (897);
- Winnipeg has given up the most points per game of any team in the league -- 30.3.
So yeah, that's what the numbers say. Yet talk to Creehan -- Winnipeg's defensive co-ordinator -- and Tim Burke -- the team's head coach -- and they will tell you that as far as they're concerned, the Bombers defence hasn't been that bad this season.
"I think (Creehan) has done a really good job," Burke said after practice at Investors Group Field Wednesday. "I think we play hard and he's come up with really good pressure schemes. I think he was a little conservative early in the year. I don't think he trusted our (secondary) to be good man-coverage guys. And I just told him, 'You've got to play man to get good at man.' And we've gotten better as we played more of it."
Creehan also defended his defence.
"I wouldn't say they're not performing well for the most part," he said, correcting a reporter. "No, I wouldn't say that. We've had our games where we haven't performed to our standards and games where we've hung in there and played pretty well."
Now, some of that might sound overly rosy coming from the men in charge of a defence that is 2-9 this season, especially given what the league statistics say about where the Bombers defence ranks -- particularly against the pass. But in defence of their defence of the defence -- say that three times quickly -- it does bear reminding that a big part of the problems the Bombers defence has had this season has been a function of the team's anemic offence.
The number of plays from scrimmage, for instance, that the Bombers have surrendered to opponents this season has at least as much to do with all the two-and-outs the Winnipeg offence has generated as any failing on the part of the defence.
You could also argue some of the other statistical deficiencies of this defence are also a function of poor offence. How many of those touchdown passes against or average points surrendered, for instance, came as the result of the Bombers offence turning over the ball deep in their own zone? Quite a few, probably, when you consider Winnipeg's 39 turnovers this year are the second highest in the league.
Still, what's maddening is that despite it all, this defence showed itself capable twice this year -- in a Week 2 win over Montreal and again two weeks ago in a win over Saskatchewan in the Banjo Bowl -- of overcoming all of it to lead this team to victory, not unlike the 2011 Bombers defence did in leading that team all the way to the Grey Cup game despite another edition of a poor Winnipeg offence.
And so it demands the obvious question.
If you could do it twice in 2013, why can't you do it all season long?
Because they haven't, said Burke.
"I don't think we've played great defence all year long -- we've been so up and down," said the coach, before revealing where he thinks this 2013 Winnipeg defence really stands in comparison to the rest of the league.
"I think we're an average defence in the league. We're probably in the middle of the pack -- we could be better if we played consistently well every week."
So let's close today with one final bit of math to be derived from this 2013 season: When you add an average defence to a horrendous offence, the sum equals two wins in 11 games.


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Rated 4 out of 5 by Wendon from Beautiful Days never been to this festival thought we would give it a try. what a good medium/small festival plenty going on over the stages but not a massive distance between area so ideal. a fair variety of bands and a friendly attitude by all on site
Date published: 2016-10-31
Rated 5 out of 5 by Agentjp17 from The most amazing festival! Beautiful Days is well named. Yes, we had good weather this year- just a bit of drizzle here and there for the most part - but that's not what I mean. There's a beautiful atmosphere, everyone is friendly, it's quirky and fun. It felt like 'my place'. The line up was great and the food outlets were good. Oh, and the cider was amazing!
Date published: 2016-10-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cazzy from Wonderful, crazy experience I went to Beautiful days with a very close friend, we had a brilliant time and can't wait to go again next year! My favourite bands were: Dreadzone, Hollie Cook, Ezra Furman, The Damned, Lanterns on the Lake, James and last but not least the Levellers!
Date published: 2016-09-22
Rated 5 out of 5 by DeeR91 from Best honeymoon ever I went with my new husband, his dad and brothers; it's an annual tradition but this year was for our honeymoon. As always, it was a fantastic festival, the bands, atmosphere, food and retailers were fantastic. It is like no other festival in the best way!!
Date published: 2016-09-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kinney from First festival ever! I have been a fan of The Levellers for 100 years, I went to Beautiful days on my own and had a great time, friendly atmosphere and awesome music, Thanks
Date published: 2016-09-16
Rated 5 out of 5 by halliday from beautiful days festivals went with my husband and friend it was my 1st time doing festivals,had a fab time and will be retuning next year.
Date published: 2016-09-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jackie M from Amazing My first festival !!!, having heard the horror stories from isle of Wight and Reading, I was expecting an overcrowded, unhygienic experience. What a lovely surprise, toilets cleaned regularly - always filled with loo roll Amazing entertainment from bands to street theatre to comedy - all free Really good food from all four corners of the world and so cheap fun fair, medieval games and more will defiantly be back next year - I certainly had some Beautiful days
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The public image of Donald Fehr will forever be negative for North America's sports fans.
In mind's eye they see this tall, stolid, unathletic-looking guy who as head of the MLB players' union during the great strike of 1994 stood at the podium during press conference after useless press conference telling owners "No, no, no." The World Series was cancelled. He is clearly a man to fear.
Now, with NHL drumbeats growing louder, it seems Fehr will be back and hockey fans are shaking in their skates. The latest speculation is the 63-year-old Kansas City native will take over as head of the NHL players' union after ratification by the rank and file around the start of training camp in mid-September. That gives him plenty of time to get his Ducks in a row — and his Coyotes, Leafs, Habs and Rangers, too. So, what does Fehr know about hockey?
"He didn't know baseball. Why does he need to know about hockey?" Jays president Paul Beeston said of the man he considers a friend. "He knows negotiations."
Beeston joined the office of the commissioner as president in the mid '90s and witnessed a change in Fehr after both sides realized what they hath wrought with a cancelled playoffs.
"I think as Don got older he realized he wasn't the angry young Abbie Hoffman, Chicago 7, fighting the world," Beeston said. "He found that if this was truly going to work he was going to have to be part of the system. I think he looks at the NHL right now as a mess."
The first time around, Fehr replaced the legendary Marvin Miller, a man who took the players from rags to riches in the '60s and '70s, invented baseball free agency, introduced the best pension plan in all of organized labour and never lost at litigation in court or with an arbitrator, a man who believed a salary cap was enough to cause a work stoppage regardless of the residual damage. Tough act to follow. Did it influence a young Fehr in his early days as Miller's replacement?
"No question," Beeston said. "That's when all the strikes were. By the time I got to New York, he was a reasonable guy to talk to. You could bring up anything with him and he wouldn't fly off the handle. Everything I heard about him before was 'F-you, you're not going to get it.' Later on, he wanted to be part of the solution. I think he wanted to be a statesman. He wanted to be embraced by Bud (Selig) and the owners. He wanted to be part of that relationship."
In the early part of this decade, the players worked with the owners on projects like the Rookie Development Program, Reviving Baseball in the Inner City and, most important, growing the game internationally via the Olympics and then the World Baseball Classic. Fehr was even a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee at one time. The NHL has its own Olympic issues.
Which Fehr can fans expect — the one who ranted and raved about his downtrodden union members in the '80s and '90s or the one who tried to become a paternal figure to the players later on?
One thing is for sure: The bar as head of the union is set lower for Fehr in hockey. The players' association is a mess. The agents run their own show. The salary cap is not working. Stanley Cup champion goalies win at arbitration then get released. The union is not respected as working for the players' best interests.
All that is about to change.
The current agreement expires at the end of 2011-12, giving Fehr time to put his stamp on the next negotiation. Given his track record as the most hated man in baseball, here are four things you can expect to see.
• The salary cap will be a major issue.
• He will find the smartest, calmest, most reasonable players in the room and surround himself with their advice.
• Agents won't hold their own press conferences and critique NHLPA direction and leadership during the process.
• There will be no agreement reached until the 11th hour — and the players will win.


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Sanity Maintenance
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Are you looking for the Buffy fanzine Sanity?
|Sanity Maintenance
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Sanity Maintenance is a gen Miami Vice anthology.
Issue 1
Sanity Maintenance 1 was published in 1986 and contains 9 stories and 91 pages.
- Echoes by Lucy C. (1-8)
- No Guarantee by D.O.A. (9-12)
- Doghouse by Susanne M. (13-28)
- To Each His Own by D.O.A. (29-31)
- First Step by Regenia M. (34-37)
- Dogs & Mad Englishmen by Susanne M. (38-51)
- Someone to Lay Down Beside You by Kathy Resch (60-66)
- Nature of the Business by L.A. Adolf (67-68)
- Side of Angels by Susan H. (70-90)
Issue 2
Sanity Maintenance 2 was published in 1987. It contains 9 stories and 302 pages. The front cover is by Suzy Sansom, the back by Mary Platt.
- The Politics of Contraband by Sherry Magee (1-66)
- The Truce by Brenda Cunningham (67-68)
- Miami Soul (poem) by Sarah Macht-Dewitt (6)
- Thoughts at a Funeral (poem) by Elaine Batterby (69)
- Eye of the Zombie by Karen Howard, art by Julie Madge (71-114)
- Something Like Love (poem) by Dani Lane (114)
- High Flyin' by L.A. Carr, art by Dani Lane (115-124)
- Vice Guy's Art by Maureen B. (125-128)
- Vicious Circle by Susan Hall, art by Dani Lane (129-165)
- Living Under the Influence by Roxanne Verellen, art by Dani Lane (166-228)
- Aftershocks by Roxanne Verellen (229-242)
- Along Came a Dangerous Man (poem) by Mary Platt (243-245)
- The Edge (poem) by Sue-Anne Hartwick (246)
- The Sins of the Fathers by Mary Platt (247-302
- Requiem (poem) by Sue-Anne Harwick (302)
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2
It's evident from the cover (a gorgeous pen-and-ink drawing of Sonny and Rico by Suzy Sansom) that this second issue is truly a class act. But the best part is that the contents equal -- and in some cases, surpass-- the lovely packaging. There's something for every Vice fan, including sequels to the televised episodes 'Bushido' (the gripping, suspenseful 'Politics of Contraband'), 'Evan,' 'Vicious Circle' -- a story which truly lives up to its title, and 'Sons and Lovers,' and 'Sins of the Father.' A word of warning on this last one -- do not read the last page first! But don't be mislead by my singling out these stories -- every piece of fiction as well as poetry in this zine is a gem. I especially liked the poem, 'Along Came a Dangerous Man,' in which a long-time Harrison Ford fan confesses her newly-developed lust for Don Johnson, as well as a short poem entitled 'The Edge' which connects to my favorite third-season episode, 'Shadow in the Dark.' Expect to see this zine up for a Fan Q next year, it's that good. You get 307 pages of the best detective-police fiction on the fan market. [1]
Issue 3
Sanity Maintenance 3 was published in 1988 and contains 361 pages. The front cover is by Suzy Sansom and the back by Mary Platt. Other art by Julie Madge.
- Safe Haven by Mary Platt (3-7)
- The Goat Without Horns by Lisa Millraney and Adriane Lewis (8-38)
- Brothers in Arms by Sherry Magee (39_107)
- Loose Ends by Brenda Cunningham (108-115)
- Living Under the Influence (China Girl) by Roxanne Verellen (116-187)
- It's Not Over 'Til It's Over by Roxanne Verellen (188-189)
- 1 + 1 by L.A. Carr (190-192)
- Soldier of Misfortune by Susan Hall (193-219)
- Tangled Webb by Karen Howard (220-252)
- Such a Long Time by Mary Platt (353-361)
Issue 4
Sanity Maintenance 4 was published in 1990 and contains 347 pages. It won a 1991 FanQ.
- A Tale of Light - Donna Z.
- Eye of the Storm - L.A. C.
- Miami Twice - Mary P.
- Tequila Sunrise - Sharon G. & Mary S.
- Hell is for Children - Roxanne Verellen (may have become part of the zine of the same name, Hell is for Children)
- Crystal Clear - Adriane L. & Lisa M.
- Les Dames du Temps Jadis - Kate Santovani
- Foreign Exchange - Susan H.
- Sacrificial Lamb - Julie M. & Diana S.