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Slayaway Camp Review
Classic horror films typically follow a predictable format: teens arrive at a location, killer shows up at said location, murder ensues. Fans of the genre don't turn to Jason and Freddy for nuanced storytelling and deep, interesting characters. Slayaway Camp attempts to be an ode to those classic slasher films in the form of an isometric puzzle game with adorable voxel art. Yes, I said adorable when referring to characters that decapitate, burn, and otherwise maim every teenager, camp counselor, and police officer in their path.
Much like classic platformers, Slayaway Camp starts off simple and adds new and interesting mechanics with each level. The goal of each level is to murder all of the teenagers and reach the end point. The challenge comes in the way your murderer moves. Skullface, an obvious homage to Jason, moves like a rook in chess. He can move up, down, left, or right and once you press that direction he will continue moving that way until he reaches a wall or a victim. If he happens to run into a teenager he will do what murderers do best and swiftly dispatch the shrieking teen. While the early levels focus around knowing where to slide and where not to slide due to environmental obstacles such as water or holes that will cause a game over, later puzzles employ more challenging features. Eventually you'll be taking on police officers, SWAT teams, and even using teleports to complete your dark deeds.
One of the things that Slayaway Camp does well is introduce new mechanics in a simple and effective way. The first time you come across a light switch, there's nothing to do but go after it because it's the only direction your character can move. This trains you to notice that when the switch is hit, characters can't see the killer and won't run away. This type of smart level design is apparent through the entirety of the game, from your early days at camp to your final days in space. Isometric puzzle games like Hitman GO, for instance, require mechanics that keep the game feeling new from level to level, and Slayaway Camp pulls that off well. Mechanics like scaring teens to block other teens from escaping, utilizing bookshelves to murder to barricade victims, and flipping switches on and off to both scare teens and be stealthy depending on the situation keep the levels feeling fresh.
Like any good puzzle game there are endless ways to fail and Slayaway Camp makes it easy to learn from those failures. Killing teens in the wrong order or making the wrong move at the right time can lead to teens escaping or leaving you with no path to get to the exit. The game offers an easy way around this with the introduction of a rewind button that will quickly restart the level. Much like the introduction of new in-game mechanics, the rewind button makes Slayaway Camp feel like a learning process rather than a brute force puzzle game where you just need to get the timing right. It's all about conserving your moves and making sure you're killing the right teen at the right time. While it might be tempting to slash away on anyone in your path, that often leads to there being no way of getting out of the level. The smart level design comes in to play here and it's often beneficial to change the camera angle to a pure isometric view for a moment to get the lay of the land and plan your attack. There's a reason those killers always catch up to the teens in movies, they plan their attack and execute it. And probably use teleporters.
Perhaps the most surprising strength of Slayaway Camp is its homage to slasher films in its style. Aside from Skullface, you can play a myriad of familiar murderers like "Jimsaw" to everyone's Saturday Night Live reject, "Rupert S. Pumpkins". On occasion, your puzzles will be briefly interrupted by cinematic murders. While the usual kill is a stomp or slash, some kills will activate five second scenes that feature a range of murders from ripping a heart out to feeding someone to a wood chipper. Additional kills can be purchased by using the games in-game currency and additional killers can be bought in the same way. After collecting your favorite kills and killers, and after completing a movie, which is typically a set of levels, you can go back in as any killer and play the deleted scenes or NC-17 scenes. These are typically scenes that are a bit more challenging than the first set of levels and are a welcome addition to keep the murders coming.
That being said, one of the biggest downfalls that hits Slayaway Camp is that it overstays its welcome on a few occasions. While levels only take a few minutes to complete, at most, there can sometimes be one too many levels per movie and at times the difficulty seemed to ramp out without cause. I found myself walking through latter scenes of a movie while getting stuck on earlier levels. While you can use in-game currency to get a quick walkthrough of how to win, getting stuck on those early levels feels frustrating and using your hard earned money for that just feels wrong. Money is another strange part of Slayaway Camp.
You don't actually get coins from beating levels; you get them from the timing-based mini games in between levels. These mini games that involve hitting A or spacebar at the right time to perform a cinematic murder give you a few coins. Weirdly enough, you get a special movie early on that can be used to grind coins but even then you'll be replaying it dozens of times to get enough coins for a killer or a new murder. It's an obvious free-to-play type model that will certainly be utilized in mobile markets but feels out of place and odd on the PC. Using a movie to grind out coins to get a new killer just feels like a waste of time as the murders you're trying to accomplish are few and number so you end up seeing duplicates far too often.
It's worth noting that Slayaway Camp also has a phenomenal sense of style to it aside from the slasher aesthetic. The main menu is an old VHS rental shop and you pick the "movie" you want to play from the shelf. Entering the options menu brings up a VHS-style menu, not as good as Galak-Z's but still worth noting. Each movie also comes with an over the top cheesy opening featuring a narrator who basically just gives up towards the end of the series that goes from the original Slayaway Camp all the way to Slayaway Camp X which, of course, takes place in space. The nods to endless horror sequels, strange stand-in killers, and never ending teens to kill are greatly appreciated. It's a fun, knowing game that doesn't take itself too seriously, like any good horror movie should. It also helps that the voxel art style makes it all look so cute that you never really feel like the murderous rampage you're going on is inappropriate or gore-filled. Instead it just feels like someone who has had enough of voxels going to town on some characters.
Overall, Slayaway Camp hits the mark when it comes to being an homage to classic slasher films. It is cheesy, filled with murder and crazy kills, and doesn't take itself too seriously. While the puzzles can be challenging early on and easy towards the end, they are still fulfilling to complete and that sense of accomplishment doesn't go away at any point. While it would've been nice to see some additional kills and hear some additional lines of dialogue from the narrator, it still works for what it is. Slayaway Camp is one of the best homages to classic slasher films and should be an easy buy for any horror buff looking to pass the time.


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Batman: Arkham Knight's PC port is a bit of a disaster. And while Warner Bros., Rocksteady, and Iron Galaxy are all looking into it, there remains a very real possibility that the game will not be fixed adequately- or that it won't be fixed adequately in a proper timeframe.
Keeping this in mind, popular PC games retailer Green Man Gaming will refund Batman: Arkham Knight customers if the technical issues aren't addressed by the time the next patch goes out. "Warner Bros are currently working on a patch which we are hoping will be released soon," they said. "We're talking to Warner Bros who are resolved to address these concerns. We want you to enjoy your game, but if after the fix has been released, you still cannot play your game, we will process refund requests for the game."
Refunds for digital PC games are still a relatively new phenomenon- though EA's Origin has been offering them for a few years, Steam only just started offering them a few weeks ago. Now, it seems that in the era of increasingly unacceptably broken releases, other stores have no choice but to follow suit.
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The Supreme Court of Kenya is on the spot over the Wajir County Governor's election petition which has been delayed without judgment.
The stalemate has left Senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi touted to bring down the entire Judiciary.
The case has been delayed beyond the expectations of Wajir residents who are now worried and eager to know the fate of their Governor.
Senior counsel Nelson Havi on Sunday evening hinted through his twitter handle that Ahmednasir Abdullahi is determined to go down with the supreme court of Kenya and especially Chief Justice David Maraga.
"Ahmednasir Abdullahi is determined to go down with several SCOK Judges or entire Court on Wajir Gubernatorial Election Petition. So far two, including the CJ himself have been identified and marked," Havi wrote on Twitter.
Nelson Havi further claimed that senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi has been successful in bringing down the judicial officers with the recent being Justice Philip Tunoi
"Not so long ago he succeeded on Philip Tunoi. Let us wait for the next victim(s)," added the advocate.
Havi claims that the senior counsel has every right to take head on the judges who are 'hoarding' and frustrating the case to 'doctor' the judgment since he has all the constitutional obligation as a senior legal mind in the country to show Kenyans the light.
Ahmednasir has been very vocal of late accusing the judiciary especially the CJ for what he termed as failing the independence of the Judiciary as stipulated in the constitution of Kenya (2010).
The aggrieved lawyer took to his twitter handle also to a portion Blame on CJ Maraga over the Wajir petition.
"This is the sad consequences of the supreme court "hoarding" the Wajir judgment. In the Laikipia Governor case in which judgment was delivered last Friday, CJ Maraga in his concurring judgment refers to his yet to be delivered decision in the Wajir case," a dejected senior counsel retorted on twitter.


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Since 1994, he has been actively involved in dispute resolution as a mediator and as an arbitrator, promoting reasonable and cost-effective alternatives to dispute resolution.
A graduate of Queen's University, John is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Advocate's Society of Ontario and is currently sitting as a Deputy Judge of Small Claims Court.


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On what seemed like a regular Friday evening, Home Town was teeming with a few hundred excitable shoppers. A furnishings store in Vikhroli, a Mumbai suburb, it offers everything from iron nails that sell for a few rupees to shower enclosures and Jacuzzis that cost over a lakh. The reason they were there was that each of them had succumbed to the oldest four letter word in history--S.A.L.E (well, the second oldest actually!).
Sofas could be had at 40% off their regular prices while Panasonic 42-inch flat-screen televisions were on sale at Rs. 38,000 apiece. And on Independence Day when the sale ended, revenues at the store touched Rs. 2.1 crore--the most money any store earned on a single day across the Future group's network.
Sure, it's the kind of number that gives credence to the boom in India's consumption story and perhaps signals home furnishings may well be the next big thing. But it also signals the second coming of Kishore Biyani--India's original new kid on the block and the architect of India's largest retail network.
The funny thing is, when Biyani first invested in the 200,000 square feet property in early 2008, it wasn't meant to be a home furnishings store. Like everybody else, he was caught up in the euphoria of sunrise businesses like retail and was trying to grab every little piece of real estate he could lay his hands on. The original plan was, politely put, vague. Something like open two separate stores from among the many formats his group operated.
Then Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008 and the world changed.
The crisis that followed blew a hole in Future group's portfolio. Sales plunged; bankers who until then had queued up at his offices started to call in their loans; mutual funds that had invested in his companies buckled under redemption pressures and decided to get out; sources of foreign capital dried; his market capitalization plunged two-thirds in a matter of six months; and Biyani who had invested way ahead of the cash flows from his network found himself trapped.
At Home Town, sales had plunged 30%. In any case, the format was still to demonstrate it could deliver profits. In a chat with Forbes India at his quirky office in Mumbai Central, Biyani admits he's given to whimsical decisions. Nothing else, he said, could explain why he asked his team to convert the entire property into India's biggest home furnishing store. They looked aghast, but complied.
Damned right he was. This year, the store is on track to bring in revenues in the region of Rs. 200 crore. Biyani claims Home Town has an order book of Rs. 1,000 crore because real estate developers have cottoned on to the idea of selling furnished homes. And new home buyers are looking for a one-stop shop. "The success of that one store energized the entire organization," says Biyani.
The fact is Biyani isn't crawling out of the slowdown. He's tearing out of it. By the end of this financial year, the group's turnover is expected to cross Rs. 8,000 crore, up 27% from Rs. 6,342 crore the previous year. (This includes some double- counting because parts of the group buy and sell things to each other).
What makes these numbers remarkable is that even before the downturn struck, Biyani was being written off. In 2006, the Reliance juggernaut had announced its intention to get into retail with Rs. 25,000 crore to back its plans. The A.V. Birla group stepped up its plans as well to launch a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets. Clearly, competition from deeper pockets was a big threat.
"Then, they said we didn't have the capital to play this game. When the slowdown struck, they said we'd go under," says Damodar Mall, Biyani's trusted lieutenant, who now heads integrated food strategy for the Future group.
By all indications, Reliance Retail is still coming to grips with the nuances of the retail business. A.V. Birla, too, is trying to fix its retail model. Even as rivals regroup, Biyani is pushing full steam. While the slowdown exposed chinks in his armor, he kept his head down and fixed his problems with debt, focused on cash flows and drove for greater efficiencies. "Most senior people were focused on driving costs down," he says. "They'd even switch off their air conditioners."
Clearly, the gut-wrenching experiences have taught him a few lessons. The question is has he changed forever as an entrepreneur? Is it possible that when the dark clouds dissipate completely, the group will lapse back into its old, reckless ways? The answers perhaps lie in the way Biyani is bracing himself for the future.
The Perfect Storm
Actually, Biyani's troubles began well before the financial meltdown starting towards the end of 2008. The listed entity, Pantaloons Retail had an overleveraged balance sheet with a debt to equity ratio of 3:1. Its rapid expansion had required short-term borrowings. Under Biyani's messianic zeal, the group opened too many fronts--book retailing, electronics, sports, salons, apparel.
The Lehman bankruptcy put an end to easy credit and the business began to feel the pinch. With developers in bad shape, future expansion was put on a hold. "There were a couple of days when running scared, I could have taken any decision," admits Biyani.
This was indeed a decisive moment for the man who started life on the fringes of the Indian retail industry in the mid Nineties. Till 2001, no one quite took notice of the inarticulate, fidgety man. The media shunned him, bankers couldn't figure him out--and peers didn't take him seriously. They simply couldn't understand why Biyani kept harping on the need to think local, and fretting about borrowing retailing concepts from the West.
All that changed once Biyani discovered Big Bazaar, a quintessential desi format. In one year alone, the three stores of Big Bazaar did Rs. 200 crore of business. Money remained an issue though till Biyani decided to do the conventional stuff that most bankers looked for: Hire top notch talent, woo bankers and learn to communicate with media. Thereafter, there was no stopping him. Riding on the back of the Big Bazaar success, Biyani hit centre stage. Suddenly, media couldn't have enough of him. He was on magazine covers, television shows on entrepreneurship; he was the star speaker at any retail forum and even went on to author a book.
In those heady days, it was easy to lose one's head. Today, Biyani admits as much. "I think markets were behaving differently. Everybody was telling you that you're smart. Every day, you looked in the mirror and you thought you were smart," says Biyani.
After the downturn, he landed with a thud. In any case, 2009 was proving to be a tough year for Indian retailers. Slowing growth and job losses had resulted in lower footfalls. While the food and fashion businesses held up, customers baulked at buying items with higher sticker prices, many of which bring in better margins for retailers. The brisk expansion of the previous two years left retailers gasping for capital that had almost overnight become hard to find.
Most prudent retailers like Shopper's Stop would look for outside funding only for the initial expansion; subsequent store openings are funded by internal cash flows. But Biyani chose to expand faster than his cash flows allowed, based primarily on borrowed money. The two years from 2006 were heady times for the industry. It seemed as if he was more focused on valuations and growth and less on the cash flows and operating efficiency.
Now, faced with a severe crisis, the Biyani household began to do a fair bit of soul-searching. The man in the hot seat chose to act decisively. He used this chance to consolidate his balance sheet and get rid of loss making businesses. As many as 200 mid-level managers were asked to leave, a decision that Biyani says he now regrets. Anything to do with retail has been brought under the Pantaloon Retail umbrella with businesses like Future Brands and Future Realty hived off. At Future Capital Holdings, he's recently brought in V. Vaidyanathan from the ICICI group to run the show and restart the operations which had floundered soon after launch.
Along the way, he also rolled over debt. Most of the debt will now mature in three to five years. B. Anand, group CFO, says he'll have to pay a little more in interest outgo for that, but at least he won't have to worry about it during the next three-year growth phase.
For now, Biyani will concentrate his efforts on four large formats--Pantaloons, Central, Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar. That's down from the over 22 formats he had just two years ago. Food, fashion, home and general merchandise are his main growth drivers. He's also pulled out of joint ventures he'd signed on for, like the one with the French lingerie retailer Etam.
The Value of Delegation
But the biggest decision was to step back from daily operations. While he's still passionate about visiting his stores, the overall responsibility for the retail business has moved to cousin Rakesh Biyani. Insiders at the company say the two are as different as chalk and cheese. While Kishore Biyani relies on his intuition, Rakesh Biyani is a methodical, numbers-driven guy with the patience to drill down and see a task through.
An upshot of this has been the company getting its supply chain in order. During the boom, it focused on opening new stores and expanding business in existing ones. This frenetic pace of expansion led to the supply chain creaking under pressure. Fill rates (industry parlance for optimum availability of merchandise on shelves) at stores hovered at less than 70%. For global retailers like Wal-Mart in the U.S., fill rates are closer to 90%. (Future now operates at 80%).
"Life had already become a problem due to hyper growth and lack of consolidation," says Rakesh Biyani, who went about setting the house in order. He estimates that the growth took away the group's attention from improving logistics for about a year. For the fashion business, the company had 18 warehouses across the country. The delivery was poor and tracking orders within the system, which came in one of 60 different box sizes, was a logistical nightmare. Differing taxation rules across states meant that each warehouse had to place a different purchase order, leading to accounting complications.
Rakesh and his team, in their effort to streamline operations, reduced the number of stock holding points to five and delivery hubs to four. Vendors would ship goods to one of the delivery hubs from where they would be routed through the system according to differing demand in different regions. Warehouses were upgraded at a cost of Rs. 150 crore at a time when cash was hard to come by. The order processing system for each store was streamlined using handheld devices, RFID (radio frequency identification) technology and warehouse management systems for tracking goods within the system. With the distribution system toned up, Rakesh Biyani is confident he's laid the foundation for a scale-up operation.
The Food Bet
For a long time, Biyani wasn't entirely ready for a line of business that accounts for 55% of the Indian retail pie: Food--more specifically, fresh fruits and vegetables. Biyani was concerned about margins. If the foods business had dominated his overall portfolio, the blended margins would have been severely dented. And yet, as Biyani figured later through a detailed study done by McKinsey & Co, the group wouldn't be seen as a significant player in retail unless it had a large-enough footprint in the business because fresh fruits and vegetables brought traffic to his stores.
Until then, fresh fruits and vegetables were outsourced to another retailer, like ITC Choupal Fresh. If it needed to be a dominant player, the Future group had to chart its own destiny.
All along, for the fresh foods business, Biyani followed one assumption: He looked upon himself as a retailer. He ruled out any investments in building a cold chain and trying to erect a farm-to-fork supply chain that many others like Reliance had begun. He believed it didn't pay to invest on elaborate infrastructure. He also didn't believe the hypothesis that 40% of fresh foods in India are wasted. "If that's the case, the wastage ought to be visible somewhere," quips Biyani.
When Reliance started implementing its plans, Biyani chose to watch from the sidelines. As things turned out, the Reliance Fresh expansion met with a series of setbacks. The cost of setting up the cold chain and warehousing infrastructure was simply too high. And it would have a huge impact on the final retail prices. Reliance has now shut down several stores that have proven to be unviable. Much the same thing is true of A.V. Birla's More.
As for Biyani, he is now looking to build a low-cost distribution and sourcing operation for fresh food. That entails building linkages with a set of farmers in areas like Nashik and encouraging them to follow good practices. So to reduce wastage and retain freshness, farmers are given information on when to harvest. For instance, if the store does higher volumes over the weekend, farmers are asked to time their harvest accordingly.
Instead of buying from third party consolidators, Biyani is now buying directly from farmers. That ensures he gets to keep higher margins--and get fresh produce into his stores. But there's a cost involved with setting up consolidator units across the country. "We've got to figure out how to offer something special that allows you to charge a small premium," says Damodar Mall.
Now, this is where the Future group's sophisticated understanding of Indian consumers kicks in. Last year, it conducted a detailed set of home visits across the country to build a better understanding of food habits. The size of refrigerators at Indian homes has increased over the years, says Mall. Which means, most households are now willing to stock up on perishables like fruits, vegetables, milk and bread for as long as a week. A closer inspection of the refrigerator also revealed that it often contains left-over food and plenty of work-in-progress items like chopped vegetables, chutneys and pastes.
Armed with these insights, Food Bazaar has taken over the fruit and vegetable sections of its stores that had been franchised to third parties. It is working with farmers in Kashmir and Himachal to buy apples directly from them, which will then be polished and pasted with stickers that indicate where it originates from. Adding this sticker allows Food Bazaar to charge Rs. 5 more per kilogram, says Vivek Dhume, director for foods. Next on the agenda are citrus fruits. Display areas have been spruced up. "We plan to celebrate fruits within our stores," says Mall.
The other big plank of the strategy is to localize the offering as much as possible so that it is tailored for each community. Mall and his team have done a detailed study of eight major communities in the country to understand their customs. And this is the crux of how it hopes to compete with global chains like Wal-Mart and Tesco.
Food still has wide regional variations. For instance, a Bengali living in Delhi still prefers to consume Govindbhog rice. But until five years ago, she wouldn't pay a premium on it if it was available at the local store. Instead, she would travel to the Bengali-dominated Chittaranjan Park area where it could be had cheaper. But things change and now time is at a premium. Mall reckons that a new market is waiting to be tapped. Under the Ekta brand, Food Bazaar plans to sell over 70 such ethnic foods, often at twice the margin.
Last month, in Kalyaninagar store in Pune, Govindbhog rice outsold even the local varieties, a surprisingly quick validation of the company's efforts. Still, Ekta is only a small part of the private label (or private brand as the company refers to it) strategy of the group.
The fashion side has well established brands like John Miller, Rangmanch and Urban Yoga and Biyani is keen to recreate this on the food side as well where margins for in house brands can be two and a half times higher than brands the company has little control over. Research by Interbrand shows 80% of buying decisions in the case of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) are made in the store. So if one gets the private label business model right, the upside can be huge.
Enter Tasty Treat, Clean Mate, Care Mate, Premium Harvest and Sach, all of which have grown above expectations contributing 20-25% to the top line. Tasty Treat soups illustrate the company's understanding of the consumer and how it has managed to market its brand in a market where multinationals dominate.
Store research showed customers were shy to admit they consumed soup in mugs, and not bowls. When the figures were tallied, 82% said they drank soup in mugs. The marketing response was swift and precise. A mug was given away with every two packs of soup bought and sales skyrocketed. It's now the second largest soup brand sold in Food Bazaar. "Our biggest advantage is that we do our research ourselves in our stores due to our direct interaction and engagement with customers and don't rely on an outside agency," says Devendra Chawla, business head of food and FMCG, private labels.
Sach toothpaste is another success story. Again the team relied only on customers visiting stores to craft their strategy. They asked consumers which youth icon they identified with. Sachin Tendulkar was the overwhelming favorite. Housewives said he was humble and rarely seen on page 3. He's someone they would like their children to emulate. Tendulkar was roped in and Sach is now the second largest toothpaste in Biyani's stores. For the time being though, Biyani says he has no ambition of being an FMCG player and will stick to selling these products in his stores.
The next big thrust is to set up a food park near Bangalore, where the Karnataka government has given it cheap land. Pantaloon Retail has invited manufacturers of soup, noodles, and a range of Indian food items to set up shop there. It will buy these products for its own store brands.
The Future
The focus on fewer formats has helped ensure there is greater attention to growing big brands in the group, particularly Big Bazaar, which now generates more than Rs. 5,000 crore in turnover.
Although they can't quite understand the logic behind crowded aisles and the seemingly chaotic nature of the chain, even foreign retailers grudgingly reckon Biyani may have discovered a truly pan- Indian model. Ashni, Biyani's daughter, who trained at a design school in New York, is now leading a project to figure how Big Bazaar stores ought to look like in 2015. Quick change could alienate customers while slow change will lead them to competition, says Ashni. "In the times to come we will continuously be in touch with India's idea of modernity. Our entire design or features of stores is going to grapple with that main concern," she promises.
A new Food Bazaar store at Malleswaram in Bangalore will be her model for a destination store. Here, papads will be made live and fresh nimbu paani served. In future, Food Bazaars could also see live counters that grind chutneys and cooking pastes for customers, similar to salad counters in Western supermarkets.
Vibha Paul Rishi, who headed marketing for Pepsico in India a decade ago, is now the new chief marketing officer for the group. Her task is to track evolving customer tastes. "To grow, we have to come up with an overarching customer strategy, not one that tracks just SEC A and B," says Rishi. Her aim is to start collecting data on customer preferences and bring in organized systems to track them using loyalty programs. The group will be investing in analytics to track all the data and use it for target marketing campaigns.
So while Big Bazaar stays focused on serving its customers and gradually upgrading as the customer base matures, Biyani has his eyes peeled on the opportunity on a more premium offering a few notches higher than Big Bazaar. For the past year, Biyani has been busy trying to frame a joint venture with Carrefour for a chain of midmarket stores. The talks continue.
As consumption demand kicks in, the Future group has one big advantage: it has mapped out all the major catchments across most tier-one, tier-two and now tier-three towns. "It is easy for us to expand into these locations because we know what to stock and how to roll out quickly in these markets," says Mall.
On his part, Biyani says he is careful not to get carried away by his own breakneck pace of growth. "This time the pace will be a lot more gradual," he says. But the data he offers as support isn't exactly measured. "By the end of 2012, our group will be Rs. 18,000 to Rs. 20,000 crore in revenues, with close to Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,000 crore in cash flows. Since my capital deployment is only Rs. 600- 700 crore, there will be some cash for mergers and acquisitions as well," says the flamboyant Biyani.
This article appears in the September 10 issue of Forbes India, a Forbes Media licensee.


text: I'm pleased to say my poem Trepidation, which featured in my latest collection, the Rottweiler's Guide to the Dog Owner, has been highly commended by the Forward Prize. It means it'll feature in the anthology the prize puts out to celebrate it's awards later in the year. I wrote the poem as a set of ten on two days in Berlin for a performance with Alessandro Eramo, sat with WS Graham in a bedsit in Wedding, in a snowing February in 2013. I've never once thought back on that poem as being in anyway exceptional, for it to be singled out is pleasing as it surprises me to reread it and see what people might see when viewing it in isolation. A random thing, but good to have recognition for the thing within the thing. http://www.eyewearpublishing.com/products-page/books/s-j-fowler/


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Can you have too many protein pancake recipes, honestly I don't think so. The date and cocoa in this recipe really give a decadent chocolate taste and you won't believe there is no added sugar.
The real reason I wanted to create this chocolate protein pancakes recipe is because I wanted to try out my fancy new pancake pan…aren't they cute?
Chocolate Protein Pancakes
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- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup egg whites
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- 1/2 banana
- 1 medjool date (you can omit and do a whole small banana if you like, the date adds sweetness)
- 1 TBSP cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Blend all ingredients until batter consistency.
- Spray coconut oil on pan and pour 4 small or 2 large pancakes.
- Cook until edges are firm and then flip, cook for 1-2 minutes more.
- Top with syrup (Walden's Farms is a good sugar free option, or pure maple syrup), natural peanut butter or fresh berries.
Courtney Prather http://www.courtneyprather.com/


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My allergy prescription ran out yesterday. Can't get more until tomorrow because the refills also ran out. My camera is broken. I've been going through over a thousand photos to narrow our wedding pics down for two small(ish?) photo albums and hanging around in picture frames. (Replacing prom pictures of us lol). Organizing my art desk, the kids closet, and dropping the laundry off are the only things I have on my to-do list tomorrow besides school. I will be one tomorrow with a full entry as well as an update on my plants (if nothing else with cell pics). Goodnight all, hope you're weekend was awesome!
March 28, 2010
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Hey peeps,
Before I'm off to go swimming (talk about too darn hott), I'd like to say something about Onision, aka Gregory Jackson. (check out his main channel here)
It can very well be argued that Onision says too much sometimes. Too direct, too harsh, extremely judgemental. Quite often, his opinions are highly controversial.
And I don't think we would get along. At all, really. He's too unforgiving a person for me to forgive – ya dig?
However, you have to hand it to him: A lot of what he says, as un-sugarcoated as it is, can be very true – and that seems to be his motto anyways.
And despite everything, I actually have a rather subjective and very personal reason to appreciate his channels, and that is this video.
Now, I'm sorry that the video might well be offensive to plenty of other people – I mean, what he says might not even be entirely true – but honestly, I don't care.
I can tell you: I work out. I eat healthy. Am i skinny? No I am not. Do I have a thigh gap? Nooo I don't. In fact, with my specific build, I'd actually have to starve myself to the point of emaciation to have any mentionable thigh gap.
Now, I have always known that I was healthy, and that, logically, I shouldn't need a thigh gap for any real reason. Not only that, I am normally an extremely confident girl, and one who cares very little about the judgement of the masses.
And yet, this predisposition couldn't prevent the effect that social media and other women's expectations had on me for years, undermining my self confidence, substracting from my personal happiness.
Then, in a moment of particular resentment towards this goal I would never reach, I discovered Onision's video. All I can say is that watching it gave me more confidence than I had had in ages. It felt good just to hear anybody go on about how okay it is not to be skinny – but especially a guy, considering the less than honest relationship between most girls (discussed in this recent post).
And it's not just that one video that deserves more gratitude. Onision has made countless videos promoting common sense and healthy lifestyles, instead of what might be a popular opinion or, in this case, a (for most, though not all, as he admits) unattainable and unhealthy beauty ideal. He keeps it real, and though I may disagree with some things he says, I respect that.
I will watch his videos. Until. He. Stops. Posting.


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To beat poker games, particularly live poker, there are many strategies that can be employed in order to maximize your profits. These can be with regard to how well you are playing cards as well as other considerations. In order to maximize profit in these games, it is simply not enough to be a good poker player. Within this article, I explain the do's and dont's of maximizing live poker profit from a professional's perspective.
Picking the Right Games
The first, most basic decision to be made when playing live poker is simply where to play. For some readers, there will be no choice if only one casino exists locally, but for many, there are a plethora from which to choose. The first consideration will be with respect to the stakes they offer. Some casinos specialize in higher stakes poker offerings while others cater to the masses. The trouble comes when deciding which low stakes casino is most suitable since they will be the most common. Below, are considerations that should be acknowledged before stepping foot in any casino.
- Location
- Will the casino have enough traffic so the game will run as long as you'd like?
- Is the casino likely to attract the most profitable players versus whom to battle?
- If walking to/from the casino is it safe to be carrying large sums of cash at early hours of the morning?
- Perks/Promotions
- Does the casino have any promotions running that add value to your session? For example, rake free periods or loyalty points that can be accumulated.
- Are there any differences in amenities provided by the casino, such as free food/drink?
- Rake
- Which casino has the lowest rake? This is a factor often overlooked, but in the long run can save you a significant sum of money.
- Management
- How efficient is the management? Are they capable of resolving problems experienced at the table in an objective fashion?
Choosing the Most Profitable Table
Ultimately, being at the right table is the number one consideration when it comes to maximizing live poker profit. Game selection is a skill that cannot easily be taught and comes down a combination of intuition and observation. When playing at a new casino, it is often difficult to quickly identify who the best and worst players are. Roughly, the number of hands dealt per hour per table is about one-third that of online play, further increasing the difficulty of such a task. Having insider information is extremely helpful when entering a new cardroom. A friend who is a regular can point out the biggest spots in the room and it should be your mission to play pots with them. This sounds predatory, but unfortunately, that is the nature of poker if your aim is to make the most money possible.
Not only does the table within the casino influence profitability, so does the seat at the table. Since profits are made from weak players, the seats that can play the most hands versus weak players are the most profitable. Thus, seats closest to the left of weak players are the most desirable. This is due to being in position most often as well as being able to isolate their raises and limps easiest. Although it can be frowned upon, moving seats to exploit this fact is a strategy I'd advise, so long as you do not take this to extremes.
Table Image
One of the most underrated factors when playing live poker is your perception at the table. It makes sense that the weakest players are often the splashiest and hence like to gamble. If your image is one of being a tight player who sits with headphones waiting for premium hands, this is not ideal. Not only will you receive less action with all your hands, people will dislike you being at the table which can cause the table to break in extreme cases. Below is an extensive list of Do's and Dont's when at the table!
Table Image: Do's & Dont's
- Interact with other players and try to appear sociable. Not only will this improve your image, it makes the whole experience more enjoyable for everyone.
- Join in with table games such as side bets and straddles. Although straddling is a -ev decision and will lose money, relative to the amount you will lose by being labelled a nit, it is negligible. Further, side bets are often neutral ev and can be a lot of fun and induce further action.
- Be polite to all casino staff, not only is this courteous it will improve your relationship with management. This could be beneficial when it comes to table rulings, table changes and general disputes.
- Be aware of how you are perceived at the table. If you have been particularly aggressive, how will this influence other's decisions in hands?
- Try and play as many pots as you can with weak players. This is where the bulk of your winrate will come from so it makes sense to exploit this. Generally, you should look to raise their limps wider, cold call in position wider and 3-Bet them for thinner value preflop.
- Become friendly with other regular players. It is common to discuss strategy between regulars such as reads and when/where the best games run. This information is invaluable.
- Make others uncomfortable at the table by doing things like staring them down during hands excessively.
- Be anti-social
- Wait only for premium hands. Not only will this reduce your action, it is profitable to play wider ranges when there are weaker players in the hand.
- Be the only player at the table refusing to straddle.
- Excessively move tables and/or seats, even weak players are aware and this will only negatively affect your profits.
Maximizing Live Poker Profit – In Conclusion
In conclusion, although we play poker to make the most money possible ultimately it is also about enjoying yourself. This is both from our own perspective and that of others. In order to keep the game growing it is important to be conscious of this so that more recreational players enjoy themselves. In the quest to be the most profitable player possible we should look to capitalise on all points covered within this article. It is my belief that off-table strategy is key in being a profitable player and is often overlooked, even by professionals! Lastly, utilising the information within this article will help even the most seasoned of players, so digest all the information and good luck at the tables!


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In her book, Isabella posed the same challenge to 35 local chefs: If you were suddenly to get a call at home from good friends who wanted to stop by, what would you prepare for them in one hour or less? Her book is filled with the recipes that were their answers.
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There is a frenzied rush to create a new "right" for shareholders: The right to put up their own nominees for board membership. Boards of directors, so goes a dominant opinion, are not to be fully trusted to pick the right kind of people as directors or to shift the membership swiftly as circumstances change without some sort of Sword of Damocles installed over their heads.
By the end of the 2017 proxy season, 60 per cent of S&P 500 companies had, voluntarily or forcibly, adopted proxy access for board nominations. The following provisions are now the standard: Ownership of three per cent of a company's voting shares for at least three years, and the right to nominate up to 20 per cent of the board by a shareholder or group of up to 20 shareholders.
This access to voting proxies is about to become an integral part of corporate governance in Canada. All the big banks have gotten on board, although they still want the existing legal threshold of five per cent to be maintained.
The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance has now come out swinging in support of this practice for all publicly traded companies. It is very unlikely that major corporations will try to oppose the movement as many institutional investors are fiercely supportive. However, the eventual impact of this initiative on corporate governance raises important issues that seem totally absent from the discussions around this new "right" of shareholders.
There is a frenzied rush to create a new right for shareholders
Shareholder access to the director-nomination process brings forth a host of issues related to its application as well as a significant risk of adverse effects on board dynamics including:
– A partial takeover of a responsibility historically assumed exclusively by the board.
– The implicit belief that directors are only accountable to the shareholders and have a duty to promote exclusively the interests of shareholders, in spite of two Supreme Court interpretations of the board's responsibilities to include other stakeholders besides only share owners.
– The reputational issues of the directors submitted to a contested election and the self-protective behaviour this would bring about.
– The actual risk of secret negotiations being held between management and investors who are intending to propose nominees.
– The overwhelming influence accruing to proxy voting advisory firms, whose clients would expect their voting recommendations on the nominees.
– The risk that the independence of directors nominated by shareholders would be, or would perceived to be, compromised.
– The risk of creating factions and a poisonous atmosphere within the board, which would hinder the proper functioning of the board.
– The risk of ending up with a board deficient in relevant experience or competence.
– The risk that the process will be hijacked by single-issue groups of shareholders.
The consequences for an individual director being very publicly voted out of a board would be significant and painful, both in economic and reputational terms. This is true for both incumbent nominees and the new nominees proposed by the shareholders.
Faced with the risk and arbitrary nature of a contested election, the directors would try to promote their personal contributions with institutional investors (and proxy advisers), thus generating an unhealthy competition among colleagues. In any event, how would the thousands of shareholders, called upon to choose among several nominees, decide for which nominees to vote, which nominees to dismiss when the voting proxy contains more nominees than available seats?
Smaller institutional funds may well come to rely on proxy advisers, again increasing tenfold the influence of these outfits on the governance of public corporations. These proxy advisers will propose, as per their usual practice, some obvious, measurable criteria to make this choice. Such as the age of the directors or number of years as a member of the board. These are, in fact, arbitrary criteria, uncorrelated with actual performance.
Smaller institutional funds may well come to rely on proxy advisers
Even more likely, boards of directors will initiate discussions and negotiations with institutional investors who have indicated their intention to propose their own nominees in an effort to reach common ground. These secret negotiations are likely to result in some of the nominees proposed by institutional investors becoming the nominees of management as some current directors — presumably viewed, more or less deservedly, as being weaker (older, longer tenure) — are forcibly retired.
Anyone believing that this process is likely to produce stronger boards in the long run needs to consider the risks imposed on current and prospective board members as well as the likely impact on the climate and dynamics of boards.
This list of plausible consequences from granting shareholders the right to propose their nominees for the board should give pause to this seemingly unstoppable rush and get some thoughtful governance specialists to push back.
Yvan Allaire is executive chair of the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations.


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|1. FOUNDATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS Divinations and Inscriptions 1. A Late Shang Divination Record 2. A Bronze Inscription of the Western Chou 3. The Book of Changes of the Chou People 4. An Early Commentary on the Classic of Changes Philosophy Thought and Religion 5. Attributed to Kuan Chung, Kuan Tzu Duties of the Student 6. Anonymous, Confucian Analects, Book 2 7. Meng K'o, Mencius, Bull Mountain and Fish and Bear's Paws 8. Chuang Chou, Chuang Tzu, Chapter 17 and other passages 9. Attributed to Lao Tzu, The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way: Tao te ching 10. Attributed to Lieh Yu. -k'ou, Lieh Tzu, The Stupid Old Man Who Moved a Mountain 11. Translated by Hsuan-tsang, Abhidharma-mahavibhasa-sastra, Chapter 99: The Sins of Mahadeva Criticism and Theory 12. Hsiao T'ung, Preface to Literary Selections 13. Hsieh Ho, Preface to Record of the Classification of Old Painters 14. Yen Yu, Ts'ang-lang's Discussions of Poetry, An Analysis of Poetry 15. Yuan Hao-wen, Poems on Poetry, No. 30 2. VERSE Classical Poetry 16. Anonymous, Classic of Odes 17. Liu Chen, Cockfight 18. Juan Chi, Songs of My Soul 19. Kuo P'u, Poem on the Wandering Immortal 20. T'ao Ch'ien Poems After Drinking Wine (No. 5) On Reading the Mountains and Seas Classic 21. Hsieh Ling-yun, On My Way from South Mountain to North Mountain, I Glance at the Scenery from the Lake 22. Shen Yueh, Harmonizing with a Poem by Left Assistant Yu Kao-chih Requesting Sick Leave Listening to Gibbons at Rock-Pool Creek 23. Wang Seng-ju, Describing a Dream for Someone 24. Yu Chien-wu, Spring Day 25. Hsiao Kang, A Pheasant on His Morning Flight 26. Brahmacarin Wang, [Untitled] 27. Lo Pin-wang, On the Cicada: In Prison 28. Ho Chih-chang, Written Impromptu upon Returning to My Hometown 29. Ch'en Tzu-ang, Poems of Reflection on the Vicissitudes of Life 30. Chang Chiu-ling, Poems of Reflection on the Vicissitudes of Life 31. Wang Chih-huan, Climbing the Stork Pavilion 32. Meng Hao-jan, Seeking Out Master Chan on Incense Mountain Spring Dawn Passing Seven-League Rapids 33. Wang Ch'ang-ling, Silent at Her Window 34. Wang Wei, Climbing Pien-chueh Temple Second Song for the Worship of the Goddess at Yu Mountain: 'Bidding the Goddess Farewell' Deer Enclosure 35. Li Po, To Meng Hao-jan / Late Bloomer at the Front of My Garden / To Send to Tu Fu as a Joke / Drinking Alone in the Moonlight (No. 1) / Still Night Thoughts / Poems in an Old Style 36. Ch'u Kuang-hsi, The Streets of Ch'ang-an 37. Tu Fu, Spring View A Guest Arrives Recruiting Officer of Shih-hao At the Sky's End, Thinking of Li Po 38. Chang Chi, Maple Bridge Night Mooring 39. Ts'en Shen, A Song of the Running Horse River: Presented on Saying Farewell to the Army Going on Campaign to the West 40. Ssu-k'ung Shu, In Illness, Dismissing My Singing Girl 41. Meng Chiao, On Failing the Examination 42. Han Yu, The Girl of Mount Hua 43. Hsueh T'ao, Listening to a Monk Play the Reed Pipes Lotus-Gathering Boat 44. Liu Tsung-yuan, River Snow 45. Cold Mountain, [Untitled Poems] 46. Chia Tao, Looking for a Recluse but Failing to Find Him 47. Li Shen, Pitying the Farmer 48. Li Te-yu, To Patriarch Sun at Hua-yang Grotto 49. Li Ho, At Ch'ang-ku, Reading: To Show to My Man Pa My Man Pa Replies Ravine on a Cold Evening 50. Autumn Maid Tu, The Robe of Golden Thread 51. Li Shang-yin, Master Chia 52. P'i Jih-hsiu, Impromptu on a Hangover 53. Yu Hsuan-chi, On a Visit to Ch'ung-chen Taoist Temple I See in the South Hall the List of Successful Candidates in the Imperial Examinations 54. Mei Yao-ch'en, Sharing Lodging with Hsieh Shih-hou in the Library of the Hsu Family and Being Much Bothered by the Noise of Rats Shih-hou Pointed Out to Me That from Ancient Times There Had Never Been a Poem on the Subject of Lice, and Urged Me to Try Writing One 55. Wang An-shih, Bald Mountain 56. Su Shih, When Yu-k'o Painted Bamboo Reading the Poetry of Meng Chiao Lament of the Farm Wife of Wu 57. Huang T'ing-chien, To Go with Shih K'o's Painting of an Old Man Tasting Vinegar 58. Yang Wan-li, Watching a Village Festival Songs of Depression (two selections) 59. Lu Yu, The Merchant's Joy Written in a Carefree Mood To Show to My Sons 60. Wen T'ien-hsiang, Chin-ling Post Station 61. Chao Meng-fu, To a Pyrotechnist 62. Yang Wei-chen, Mating 63. Ni Tsan, Inscribed on a Painting by Myself 64. Hsu Pen, Saying Goodbye to a Monk from Japan 65. Kao Ch'i, Written on Seeing the Flowers, and Remembering My Daughter Silkworm Song of Torchlit Fields 66. Yang Shih-ch'i, Night Rain: A Wall Collapses 67. Shen Chou, The Taoist Huang Has Died of Alcoholism 68. Yang Hsun-chi, Inscribed on the Doors of My Bookshelves 69. Chu Yun-ming, A Fan from Korea 70. Wang Chiu-ssu, Ballad of Selling a Child 71. Ho Ching-ming, Ballad of the Government Granary Clerk 72. Huang E, [Title Lost] 73. Li K'ai-hsien, A Parable Earthquake 74. Hsu Wei, A Buddhist Monk Cut and Burned His Own Flesh to Make the Rains Stop-a Man from His Native Place Asked Me to Write a Poem to Send to Him A Kite 75. Tsung Ch'en, Song of Selling Flowers 76. Mo Shih-lung, Saying Good-bye to a Singing Girl Who Has Decided to Become a Nun 77. T'ang Hsien-tsu, Twenty-Two Quatrains on Receiving the Obituary Notice for My Son Shih-ch'u 78. Yuan Hung-tao, The 'Slowly, Slowly' Poem On Receiving My Letter of Termination 79. Wu Chia-chi, The Grain-Barge Wife 80. Wu Li, Singing of the Source of Holy Church 81. Wang Shih-chen, Medicine 82. K'ang-hsi, Lines in Praise of a Self-Chiming Clock 83. Cheng Hsieh, Song of Surfing on the Bore 84. Yuan Mei, On the Way to Pa-ling Lyrics and Arias 85. Attributed to Li Po, A Suite in the Ch'ing-p'ing Mode 86. Anonymous, Tune: Magpie on the Branch; a Lyric from Tun-huang 87. Liu Yu-hsi, Tune: Memories of the South; a Spring Lyric After Po Chu -yi 88. Wen T'ing-yun, Tune: Deva-Like Barbarian 89. Wei Chuang, Tune: The Bodhisattva Foreigner 90. Ou-yang Chiung, Tune: Offering Congratulations to the Enlightened Reign 91. Li Yu, Tune: The Crow's Nocturnal Cry / Tune: New Bounty of Royalty / Tune: Pure Serene Music / Tune: Memories of the South; A Reminiscence 92. Liu Yung, Tune: Bells Ringing in the Rain; Sadness of Parting 93. Fan Chung-yen, Tune: Sumuche Dancers 94. Yen Shu, Tune: Spring in the Jade House 95. Ou-yang Hsiu, Tune: Drunk in Fairyland 96. Su Shih, Tune: Partridge Sky; Written While Banished to Huang-chou / Tune: Fragrance Fills the Courtyard / Tune: Immortal by the River 97. Huang T'ing-chien, Tune: The Courtyard Full of Fragrance; Tea / Tune: A Thousand Autumns 98. Ch'in Kuan, Tune: Sand of Silk-Washing Brook; A Spring Morning / Tune: Perfumed Garden; Bidding Adieu 99. Li Chih-yi, Tune: The Diviner 100. Chu Tun-ju, Tune: Nien-nu Is Charming 101. Li Ch'ing-chao, Tune: Rouged Lips; Naivete / Tune: Magnolia Flowers (short version) / Tune: Fisherman's Pride; A Dream / A Long Melancholy Tune (Autumn Sorrow); Despair / Tune: Spring at Wu Ling; Spring Ends 102. Hsin Ch'i-chi, Tune: Spring in the Ch'in Garden (About to swear off drinking, he warns the wine cup to go away) / Tune: Pure Serene Music; Rural Life 103. Wu Wen-ying, Tune: Rouged Lips; Rain Just Over on the Night of the Lantern Preview 104. Chang Yen, Tune: Pure Serene Music 105. Kuan Han-ch'ing, In the Southern Mode, to the Tune of A Sprig of Flowers; The Refusal to Get Old 106. Tu Shan-fu, Tune, Shua Hai-erh; Country Cousin at the Theater 107. Ma Chih-yuan, Tune: Heaven-Cleansed Sands; Autumn Thoughts 108. Chang Yang-hao, [Untitled] 109. Kuan Yun-shih, Tune: Rapt with Wine, Loudly Singing-Joy in Spring's Coming; My Love 110. Wang Ho-ch'ing, Tune: Tsui-chung T'ien; To the Giant Butterfly / Tune: Po Pu-tuan; Long-Haired Little Dog / Tune: Po Pu-tuan; Fat Couple 111. Anonymous, Tune: San-fan Yu-lou Jen 112. Yang Na, Tune: Hung Hsiu-hsieh; To a Flea 113. Anonymous, Tune: Wu Yeh-erh; Twitting the Teller of Tall Tales 114. Anonymous, In the Chung Mode, to the Tune of P'u T'ien Lo 115. Yun-k'an Tzu, [Untitled] 116. Ali Hsiying, Lazy Cloud's Nest 1 and 2 117. Yang Shen, Tune: Moon Over West River 118. Liu Shih, Tune: Dreaming of Southland; Thinking of Someone 119. Wu Li, Tune: Happily Flitting Oriole; From Music of Harmonious Heaven in Reverent Thanks to the Lord of Heaven 120. Nara Singde, Tune: As If in a Dream 121. Wang Kuo-wei, Tune: Sand of Silk-Washing Brook Elegies and Rhapsodies 122. Attributed to Ch'uYuan, Heavenly Questions 123. Chia Yi, The Owl 124. Mei Ch'eng, Seven Stimuli 125. Ch'eng-kung Sui, Rhapsody on Whistling 126. T'ao Ch'ien, The Return 127. Su Shih, Red Cliff Rhapsody Folk and Folklike Songs Ballads and Narrative Verse 128. Liu Pang, Song of the Great Wind 129. Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju, Cock-Phoenix, Hen-Phoenix 130. Anonymous, Ground-Thumping Song 131. Li Yen-nien, A Song 132. Attributed to Hsi-chun, Lost Horizon 133. Anonymous, Song of the Viet Boatman 134. Anonymous, Mulberry Up the Lane 135. Anonymous, From the Nineteen Old Poems Green, Green Riverside Grass 136. Anonymous, They Fought South of the Wall 137. Anonymous, Crows on City Walls; a Children's Ditty from the Early Years of the Reign of the Later Han Emperor Huan 138. Anonymous or attributed to Ts'ai Yung, Watering Horses at a Long Wall Hole 139. Ts'ao Ts'ao, Song on Enduring the Cold 140. Fu Hsuan, Pity Me! 141. Anonymous, Midnight Songs 142. Anonymous, A Peacock Southeast Flew 143. Pao Chao, Magic Cinnabar 144. Pao Ling-hui, Added to a Letter Sent to a Traveler 145. Anonymous, The Ballad of Mulan 146. Hulu Chin, Song of the Tolos 147. Anonymous, Song of the Breaking of the Willow 148. Wang Wei, Army Ballad 149. Po Chu-yi, The Song of Lasting Regret 150. Po Chu-yi and Yuan Chen, Iranian Whirling Girls 151. Anonymous, Poem of Medicine Puns 152. Yao Chen, Ballad on the Investigation of a Disaster 153. Li Mi-an, The Half-and-Half Song 154. Feng Meng-lung, Mountain Songs 155. Chiu Tsz-yung, A Lament for Fortune's Frailty 156. Chin Ho, Ballad of the Maiden of Lan-ling 3. PROSE Documents 157. Anonymous, The Great Announcement, from the Classic of Documents 158. Wang Pao, The Contract for a Youth History 159. Attributed to Tso Ch'iu-ming, Two Brothers of Cheng and the Mother Who Doted on the Younger, from The Commentary of Mr. Tso 160. Pan Ku, The Passing of Kung Sheng, from History of the Han Moral Lessons 161. Yang Hsiung, Exemplary Sayings, Chapter 2 162. Pan Chao, Lessons for Women Parallel Prose 163. Jen Fang, Memorial of Indictment Against Liu Cheng 164. Wang Po, Preface to Ascending the Pavilion of King T'eng in Hung-chou on an Autumn Day for a Parting Feast Letters 165. Li Po, Letter to Han Ching-chou 166. Tsung Ch'en, Letter in Reply to Liu Yi-chang Prefaces and Postfaces 167. Hsu Shen, Postface to Explanation of Simple and Compound Graphs 168. Wang Hsi-chih, Preface to Collected Poems from the Orchid Pavilion 169. Liu Tsung-yuan, Preface to the Foolish Brook Poems 170. Li Ch'ing-chao, Postface to a Catalog on a Collection of Bronze and Stone Inscriptions Discourses Essays and Sketches 171. Hsi K'ang, Discourse on Nourishing Life 172. T'ao Ch'ien, The Peach Blossom Spring 173. Han Yu, An Explication of Progress in Learning 174. Ou-yang Hsiu, The Three Zithers A Record of the Pavilion of an Intoxicated Old Man 175. Shen Kua, [On a UFO], from Brush Talks from Dream Brook 176. Chang Tai, Liu Ching-t'ing the Storyteller Professional Matchmakers, from Dream Memories of West Lake 177. Wei Hsueh-yi, Account of a Peach-Stone Boat 178. Lin Ssu-huan, The Vocal Mimic 179. Li Yu, The Arts of Sleeping, Walking, Sitting, and Standing, from The Arts of Living 180. Yuan Mei, Thoughts upon Student Huang's Borrowing of Books Travelogues and Scenic Descriptions 181. Laymen of Mount Lu Associated with Hui-yuan, A Poem on Wandering at the Stone Gate, with Introduction 182. Yang Hsuan-chih, The Establishment of the White Horse Temple, from The Record of the Monasteries of Loyang 183. Fan Ch'eng-ta, A Climb Up Mount Omei, from Diary of a Boat Trip to Wu 184. Chou Mi, Observing the Tidal Bore, from Reminiscences of Wu-lin Miscellanea 185. Fan Sheng-chih, Fan Sheng-chih's Book, Chapter 1: Basic Principles of Farming 186. Anonymous, Miscellanies, Secret H, A Fragment 187. Li Shang-yin, Li Shang-yin's Miscellany 188. Anonymous, Lay Student Notations from Tun-huang 189. Ch'u Ching-ch'un, That Which Is Mandated by Heaven Is Called Nature 190. Jokes Biographies Autobiographies and Memoirs 191. Ch'en Shou, The Biography of Hua-t'o, from History of the Three Kingdoms 192. Yeh Meng-te, Physicians Cannot Raise the Dead 193. Lu Yu, The Autobiography of Instructor Lu 194. Liu Tsung-yuan, Biography of the Child Ou Chi 195. 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Last week while visiting Sydney, Australia Canadian independent journalist Lauren Southern (on a speaking tour of the country at the time with Stefan Molyneux) visited the inner Sydney suburb of Lakemba.
Lakemba is an area of strong Islamic influence and is home the Lakemba Mosque, which is reportedly the largest Mosque in Australia. The signs in Lakemba are written in Arabic which is also the primary language spoken in the area.
Lakemba was also one of the locations of Australia's worst race riots occurring in December 2005. In which a reported 15 white youths were injured.
So what happened when Lauren visited this area? Let's take a look.
Lauren was advised by a senior member of the New South Wales police force that SHE would be charged with breaching the peace even though she would be the one in danger and being threated. The fact it would be the reaction of the local Muslim population to Lauren's presence that would be the cause of the breech of the peace did not matter. She was told she could not go down there and would have to leave.
The following morning after the incident Lauren and Stefan sat down by the shore Sydney harbour and discuss what happened the day before.
The Australian media downplayed the incident with Lauren at Lakemba saying "nothing happened to her there". Despite there being representatives from most of the major news outlets present at the time. In fact the whole thing did not even make the news at all on my side of the country.
So after all that return to our question at hand. Are police in Lakemba enforcing Sharia law? Is Australia on a downward slide towards becoming like the UK and most of Western Europe?


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What is sashiko?
Sashiko, meaning "little stabs" is a Japanese style of mending. It was a technique used to add warmth and/or strength to clothing. It is a repeating pattern of running stitches, the patterns often inspired by nature.
A couple of years ago, while falling down a Pinterest black hole, I clicked on a picture of a stitched sashiko pattern, as a decorative wall hanging, and loving the way the precise stitches created a design, decided to dive in even deeper.
Sashiko as a style of visible mending
I lean toward a more functional side of embroidery, so when a few clicks later, I learned that sashiko was traditionally a style of mending, I knew this was more than an appreciation. I had to try it. While I practiced different designs, beginning with patches, I started sharing with others, and was soon after asked to teach a class.
I started teaching, and also branching out into a less traditional style of sashiko, developing my own style, and becoming more experimental than traditional.
While I can appreciate perfect, precise stitching, it isn't my style. I like whimsical and freestyle. I like letting the embroidery guide me.
For me the artistry is taking a piece of clothing that is no longer functional, and spending time with the garment, looking at the rips, and getting to know the movement of the fabric. In studying the fabric, the style of mending needed reveals itself. Here's an example of a pair of jeans that still has a good structure beyond the tears in the legs.
Approaches to mending
Stitch up the tear without adding any additional fabric.
Attach a piece of fabric or a patch to the underside of the rip, fortifying the area.
Patch over the rip, obscuring the original tear in totality.
A mending project can take an afternoon or month of little by little mending. Either way, when the mending is finished, it is a different garment from the original, and to me, feels like a work of art.
It's a feeling that I have never experienced when putting on a new from the rack piece of clothing. That feeling of wearing something that has been worn, loved, repaired, and given new life. This is what sashiko is to me.
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Lucca is a beautiful city, famous for being contained within renaissance walls. These walls provide a promenade for both locals and tourists alike. It could be described as like having a city the size of Bendigo within the Tan Track of Melbourne. And for all of us plant geeks, all four sides of the walls are lined with different species of trees. ( I stole that fact from wikipedia) There is plenty of open space between the walls and the surrounding roads that circle the city. Majority of the people ride bikes within the town due its narrow roads, as it is not particularly car friendly, as highlighted here on Top Gear.
We arrived on train from Rome and after grabbing our morning macchiati, we headed off to the QUESTUA to organise our permesso di soggiorno, only to be told that Beck will have to become a resident of Lucca in order for all of us to stay longer than 90 day. To become a resident we have too process the paperwork at the COMMUNE of Lucca. In order to finalise the paperwork we have to Lease a house. In order to lease a house we have to organise a CODICE FISCALE. We had been looking at houses out in the country, but that requires a car, and in order to buy a car, you have to be a resident...starting to get my drift. We have been told, that "this is the Italian way!" So after all that, we have purchased a couple of bikes and chosen to stay within the city walls ( Muro ).
The kids have started school, which has been great for all of us. I do love my kids, but when we spend to much time together, we all start to go nuts. By going to school, they have been able to play with other children, and hopefully pick up the language. Also, one of the great thing about living here in Italy, is there is alway a gelato store just around the corner, so we can constantly reminded them that they need to be on there best behaviour.
With the kids occupied during the day, we are attending Italian lessons... and boy do we need them. Our inability to communicate has been highlighted during the process of obtaining residency, and it would of been far easier if we could talk the language. It at least has given me an insight to how my grand parents felt when they arrived from Italy to Australian, over 58 years ago. However, I must say that everyone that we have dealt with here in Lucca have been very accommodating, friendly and willing to help. The lessons are held at the local middle school provided by the Italian government for newcomers to the county.
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My love of old cameras only grows as I shoot more. There's something about a hunk of metal made to take an absolute beating and still get up the next day for work. The precision and design and craftsmanship and passion get to me every time. I was at this local antique shop (which had a ton of awesome old photos of dudes with AWESOME mustaches) and saw this old Voigtlander Vitessa I wanted to go back in time to watch someone make this. Fascinating stuff!
And speaking of Voigtlander...I tracked down another old camera I've had my eye on. I've been looking for a pocket camera for a while. For years, I carried around an LC-A so I'd have a camera on me at all times. It fit neatly in my cargo pocket (which, like many photographers, I wear almost all the time—despite knowing they are not stylish) and I could grab a shot any time any place. All the LC-As (and LC-A+'s) I've owned have borked on me in some way and all now hang out together at the fallen soldiers bar and grille (aka my gear drawers).
So in looking for a pocket-cam replacement I considered several things:
- Relative portability
- Has an aesthetic appeal*
- Can produce a quality negative
- Easy to use
*I mean mostly that the image it creates has qualities I like. ie the Lomo LC-A has a 32mm lens and vignettes in a lovely way.
The portable part is a tricky one. The LC-A weighs almost nothing (at least the new ones anyway. My first one was still old stock and made from metal..how novel) and is a perfect size for a cargo short pocket. But I also carry a small bag some times for books and gadgetry which could also hold a camera that was slim line. That would, of course, require me to have the bag around all the time if I wanted to be able to shoot as readily as I like.
I love the idea of a tiny, medium format camera. I'd get a much larger neg, and it'd hopefully shoot 6x6 (which is to say, square..and I love shooting square). Not to mention my buddy Jon has been gloating about his new Fuji GF670, for which I have lusted since the camera was announced.
The idea of a slim medium format camera also implies, to some degree, a folding camera..which takes care of being visually interesting.
My quest to find this camera started the end of last year with tracking down a fore-father of the GF670, the Voigtlander Perkeo II.
The Pros:
- Fairly small
- Sturdy, metal body
- Folding camera
- MF & Square format
- ƒ3.5 is pretty quick for this kind of camera
The Cons:
- Sturdy, heavy, metal body
- No rangefinder
- Pain in the ass to load
The upside is that it's square and fairly small and could very likely survive a ride in a pocket.
The downside is it's just a bit too heavy to ride in my pocket without it being a little awkward which means it'd really live in the bag. The biggest con is that, in my haste, I didn't realize that this is sans rangefinder. I could get one to fit into the cold-shoe but it would STILL be uncoupled. Uncoupled ranger finding is a bit of a pain, at least given the "quick dude take a picture" nature I have in mind for this camera. You use the RF to see how far away something is, then take that number (say, 9 meters) and turn your focus ring to the 9m mark. Just an extra step that slows me down. Granted, the LC-A is also guess-the-distance, but I've focused it so many times I don't even think about it any more. I imagine I'd get used to this system too (I'd just guess, and not spend more money to get an uncoupled ranger finder) but I think it will ultimately lose the fight.
Still, it's super fun to experiment with new gear. Not only does it broaden my knowledge of cameras (using, loading, history, etc) but it teaches me even more about the way I shoot. Figuring stuff out about different cameras only helps to know what I do and don't like when shooting which can't help but inform me about the method I use when shooting (which I don't always really understand).
Here are a couple of shots from the Voigtlander Perkeo II. Pardon the dust/color.


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With cafes it is important to have a "thing" and for my family the hot chocolate is the "thing" to have with the cakes. It is a wonderfully rich and chocolatey confection which is available in large and small but anyone who can consume a large cup has a stronger constitution than I. Its probably best served with a glass of tap water but it is not to be missed.
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