Everybody and their mothers seem to be pushing cannabis-infused wines. It's generally illegal to process the product, partly because there are two oversight agencies to please. So, some entrepreneur oenologists are aggressively trying the end run the regulatory issues.
Where it is available, cannabis-infused wine is so pricey it will keep even the elite fussing about their locally-sourced IPAs. As someone who likes his wine and has some training in wine-making and appreciation, I believe the infusion is not a plus for the wine.
Of course, I don't believe they should be adding honey to Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Apple to Royal Crown, or Cinnamon to Jim Beam Bourbon. OMG, they're putting maple syrup in Knob Creek, honey in Dewar's, and chocolate in Prichard's!
I also picture dinners from cannabis-sprinkled salads to cannabis brownies paired with cannabis-infused wines and followed with cannabis coffee. It's just too much of a good thing!
Having gotten that off my chest, cannabis-infused wines are for those who just want a little extra in their wine. They may compare one cannabis wine with another but judging them against Lodi's fine Zinfandels or Willamette Valley's best Pinot Noirs is comparing apples and oranges.
This is not just another wine varietal. Cannabis-wine is what it is, and the industry is so new the best has not risen to the top. And, to circumvent the prices and legal restrictions, many are distilling their own at home.
Cannabis-infused wine is for sale?
Mary Jane Wines was poised to lead the market with its hemp-CBD wines. But, as of January 16, 2019, their website is under construction with the comment: "Until the FDA rules that industrial hemp-derived CBD oil and CBD products can be used as a food or California makes a determination that they are safe to use for human and animal consumption, CBD products are not an approved food, food ingredient, food additive, or dietary supplement." They are working to comply with or change California's Assembly Bill No. 2914.
CannaVines boasts, "online sales are coming soon." But, at this time, the wines are only available to participants in California Wine and Weed Tours. Vintners Jeremy and Jayde Fish have fashioned a major marketing effort from Napa Valley with a Headband red blend with hints of lemon, a tropical Chardonnay x Sour D, and a Rose infused with high-quality CBD and Grand Daddy Terpenes. You won't find pricing unless you taste on the tour.
Rebel Coast Cannabis Infused Sauvignon Blanc is a non-alcoholic wine created to by-pass the prohibition of mixing weed and alcohol. It's a refreshing low-cal, low-THC with a crisp citrus taste. They also market a Reckless Love red blend and Sunday Funday white blend. Rebel Coast comes out of Hermosa Beach which, although not wine country, is home to the South Bay millennials' taste for afternoon whites.
Saka Wines has launched a luxury line from Napa Valley, beautifully labeled and wrapped. Their product features a 100% water-soluble CBD/THC. Both the Saka Rosé and Brut Rosé come from a single vineyard blended with organically grown craft cannabis with patented THC and CBD ratios. It should be available in California at the end of March 2019.
Sovereign Vines has been marketing hemp-infused wines since the 90s. They have six wines: Cayuga White, a semi-sweet white wine, Harvest Red Blend, a smooth and fruity mix of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Old Vine Zinfandel, Sweet Rosé, a sweet, but not too sweet strawberry-flavored wine, a Dry Rosé, and two limited-edition wines. This business has invested in a classy look and appeal for sales at restaurants, bars, and wine stores—across Upstate New York.
For all practical purposes, alcohol and cannabis blended wines are not available. The California legislature presents barriers—strengthened by established wine interests—to the distribution and sale of cannabis-infused wines.
People have mixed alcohol and cannabis for ages. Ancient caregivers valued a mixture to relieve pain and nausea. And, contemporary medicine is looking at the medical benefits. Many citizens, then, are making their own for good taste and drinking enjoyment or for an easy administration of medical benefits.
1. Decarboxylate your cannabis. You must heat the weed to activate the THC. In its natural state, the weed holds THCA which only releases its energy through heating. You need an eighth of your favorite strain broken up and scattered across a baking dish.
Covering it all with aluminum foil, you bake it at 220°F for twenty minutes. Then, let it cool until you can handle it.
2. Grind the product. Using a cannabis grinder or mortar and pestle, you grind the baked cannabis into a dry tea consistency.
3. Create tea bags. You can shape tea bag packets out of cheesecloth. You don't want to overfill the packets or pack them too tightly. Tying the cheesecloth corners tight at the top, you submerge the weed bags in the bottle of red or white wine of your choice poured into a bowl.
Covering the bowl with cellophane, you let it steep in the refrigerator for 24 to 48 hours, stirring approximately every four hours to improve the extraction and reduce the settling.
4. Drink up. After you remove the bowl from the refrigerator and the cannabis bags from the brew, you must strain it repeatedly through fine cheesecloth to eliminate any debris.
Save the wine in its original bottle with its original cork.
5. Try it again. After your first try, you should learn how to adjust the ingredients and process. You can't expect perfection the first try. So, pay attention to the tastes and potency.
You may find the cannabis taste and aromas too strong, or you may not like the effects. However, you have many options. You can add essences of fruits and spices to taste.
There are more complicated ways, some using cooking. But, for most folks, you can expect a red great for mulling or a white great for punch. You might fill bowls full of wine with fruit for a refreshing Sangria.
Putting the cork on it!
If you want medical treatment, you might choose to infuse a port wine or brandy that might be sipped before bed. From my point of view currently, the real value in cannabis-infused wines is as a delivery system for medical benefits.
If you have been making your own wine for some time, you have an advantage in producing a bottle of passably good wine. But, you just might choose to pair a smoking strain with a glass of your best wine for a relaxing after-dinner spell.


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Benjamin Nash (5 March 1829 – 19 April 1890) was a tailor and politician in colonial South Australia.

He was born in Birmingham and emigrated to Melbourne in 1857 but in July, after only a few months in the gold diggings, moved to Adelaide and set up a tailoring business in Rundle Street.

He was prominent in the Voluntary Militia, and from 1858 to 1865 served with the West Adelaide Company under Colonel George Mayo. In 1859 he successfully tendered for the supply of the first uniforms for the Volunteer Military Force. In 1878 he was elected to the Walkerville District Council, and became its chairman.

He was elected to the seat of West Torrens and sat from April 1887 to April 1890. He failed in his bid to be reelected, and died of kidney failure ten days later. He was buried in West Terrace Cemetery's Catholic section. He had converted to that faith around two years before his death. He made a gift of an organ to St. Laurence's, his small local church.

Family
He married Ann Ide; they lived at Sturt Street, Adelaide and had eight children:
Joseph George Nash ( 1853 – 1909 ), an engineer, patented a novel sheep shearing handpiece. He has been credited with invention of the Totalizator.
Charlotte Ann Nash  (c. 1854 – 10 July 1911) married Thomas Carter (c. 1853 – 2 February 1923), on 20 February 1928; they lived at Roseworthy, then Palmerston Road, Unley. She died after being struck by a motor car while crossing Unley Road.
Sarah Jane Nash(1860 – 1863)
John Francis Nash (1862 – 1904) a tobacconist; married Rose Ann Mackell (1865 – ) on 3 June 1891, Sydney NSW
Eliza Nash (1863 – 1863), twin
Hannah Nash (1863 – 1863), twin
Alice Mary Nash (c. 1864 – 13 January 1899)
youngest daughter Agnes Jane Eily "Jenny" Nash (1867 – 1932) married John Joseph Leahy (1851 – 1910) a contractor, on 8 September 1888

On 14 February, 1874, Benjamin Nash married Clara Francis Barnes (1851 – 1950); they lived in Nashville Tc, Medindie

Benjamin had a twin brother Joseph, in America, who also died uremia.

References

Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
1829 births
1890 deaths
Burials at West Terrace Cemetery
19th-century Australian politicians

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Goliath Solutions, the provider of RFID-based promotion-tracking solutions, will soon offer an RTLS solution based on the technology it has developed as part of its core offering. The company believes it can offer the solution at a very competitive price point, and address what has been an underserved segment of the RTLS market.
Jun 11, 2008—This article was originally published by RFID Update.
June 11, 2008—Goliath Solutions, the Deerfield, Illinois, provider of RFID-based promotion- and display-tracking solutions for retailers and CPG manufacturers, will soon offer a real-time location system (RTLS) solution based on the technology it has developed as part of its core offering. The company believes it can offer the solution at a very competitive price point, and thereby address what has been an underserved segment of the RTLS market.
The solution is based on semi-passive UHF technology, which is considerably cheaper than active technology but more powerful than purely passive technology due to on-board tag batteries which can propel the signal greater distances. RFID readers and reader antennas -- up to 16 per reader -- are positioned around the premises where the tracked objects will be tracked.
The solution is entirely proprietary; Goliath designed it to suit its own display-tracking application because off-the-shelf products did not pass muster, explained president of research and development Gary Overhultz. "Our engineering team has designed it for us, and contract manufacturers produce it for us," he said. "It is almost all independent of a major commercial producer."
Where the solution really shines, according to Goliath, is price. The tags cost roughly $2 a piece, while the readers are under $500, the receive antennas under $30, and the transmit antennas under $50. "We're coming to market with a solution that is just so much less expensive than what is available out there," CEO Bob Michelson told RFID Update.
"We believe there is a void in the market, from the supply side, that has prevented a variety of RTLS applications from being actualized," commented Overhultz. Goliath believes its solution fills that void, enabling RTLS for applications that would be too costly with the market's existing solutions. Michelson pointed to healthcare, manufacturing, and retail as verticals with such applications. Overhultz added that the technology is best suited to environments where there is a lot of free space, like a large open warehouse or a grocery store, rather than more densely-packed environments.
Interestingly, Goliath did not deliberately set out to develop a commercializable RTLS solution. Rather, the company realized that the technology it designed for its own promotions-tracking solution could likely be used in other applications, and for a lower cost than existing RTLS systems. Overhultz explained, "We said to ourselves, 'We have one of the longest range semi-passive systems that's available today, and it happens to be relatively inexpensive.'" Michelson added, "We decided to take this kernel of technology that we built, and offer it to foster a whole sector of the market that couldn't otherwise afford RTLS."
Goliath will not "product-ize" the technology, nor will the company brand it. Instead, it will offer the solution to system integrators and resellers, who will be the ones to actually sell and deploy it for end users. "Let me be clear: we are not getting into the RTLS business. It's not a business we want to be in," insisted Michelson. "We are a marketing and analytics company focused on the CPG marketplace, and we intend to stick to our knitting.
"But, we think we have something special in our technology that we want to allow others to take advantage of."
Recall that Goliath first made a splash in 2005 when US pharmacy chain Walgreens announced it would deploy the company's technology across its 5,000+ locations (see Walgreens Deal Spells Promotions-Tracking Boon). RFID-based promotions tracking subsequently became a hot application within retail, with the likes of Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark proclaiming the benefits. In April of this year the company announced $27 million in funding (see RFID Promotions Tracking Provider Gets $27M Funding).


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This is a follow-up post of Answer not deleted after six "Recommend Deletion". In the linked question, an LQ review has ended with six "Recommend Deletion". However, the post has not been automatically removed from the site since it had a score of +1 throughout the review. As a result, Prof. Carl Mummert emphasised the importance of down-voting the review target to be deleted in the comments below the accepted answer of the linked Math.Meta.SE question. Allowing up/down-voting during review would facilitate the removal of such posts.
Add a downvote option in the VLQ review only suggests downvoting, while this question also suggests upvoting.
My question also applies to Close reviews, in which great questions have popped up. The linked meta question is only about LQ reviews.
Since @ShadowWizard has specifically mentioned LQ reviews, I would like to bring up this one in which a high-quality answer receives two "(recommend) deletions" and one downvote (viewable to 2k users) from high-rep users who don't know the field. Upvotes can protect such answers from disappearing.
Once we see good answers, we should upvote them. That's part of the SE mechanism. The suggestions of this post helps users to do so without leaving the review.
Browse other questions tagged feature-request review deleted-answers low-quality-posts .
Should good answers always be upvoted?
Can VLQ flags on answers raised by >2k rep users count as recommend-deletion votes instead of behaving like regular flags?
What happens when "recommend deletion" and "delete" are mixed in LQP review?


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A Deed to the Light
by Jeanne Murray Walker
University of Illinois Press, 2004
eISBN: 978-0-252-09276-3 | Cloth: 978-0-252-02922-6 | Paper: 978-0-252-07177-5
Library of Congress Classification PS3573.A425336D44 2004
In A Deed To the Light Jeanne Murray Walker asks probing questions about the depth of grief, about letting go, and about the possibility of faith. Her poems have been described by John Taylor, writing in Poetry, as "splendid, subtly erudite, uplifting, and funny."
Jeanne Murray Walker is a professor of English at the University of Delaware. Her poems have appeared in many anthologies and journals, including American Scholar, Atlantic Monthly, Boulevard, the Chicago Tribune, Image, The Nation, Partisan Review, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, and Southern Review. Among her awards are The Prairie Schooner-Strousse Prize, six Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Awards, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. An Atlantic Monthly Fellow at Bread Loaf School of English, Walker was awarded a Pew Fellowship in The Arts in l998. Her previous books of poetry include Coming Into History, and Gaining Time.
"Hers is a poetry of lyricism, intelligence, clarity, and wit."--Daniel Hoffman, Chancellor Emeritus of The Academy of American Poets
This Is to Say Good-bye: For Michiyo Ishii
Letter to a Friend Who Has Asked to Come
The Nurses
Stripping an Artichoke
Uncle Lloyd: His Eight Types of Courage
How Mother Courage Saves Desdemona
Portrait of the Virgin Who Said No to Gabriel
Miss Leona Gifford's Hair
Making the Move
To My Son, Off to College
The Dogs of the Heart
The Janitor
Song of the Girl Who Stepped Out of Language
Mary Ellen Is Pregnant!
Holding Back the Sun
After Terrorism
Wee Hours
Writing the Novel
The Dutiful
Cleaning Out
Trying to Read The Encyclopedia of Things No One Knows
The Scarf
Luci's Knee
Geese, Tree, Apple, Leaves
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BY ORDER OF THE QUEEN
Vendor:JUNK SPIRIT GAMES
By Order of the Queen is a cooperative 2-4 player game with a fantasy role-playing game theme. Players take on the role of one of the Guilds of Tessandor, working together to dispatch Heroes to important quests, to combat monsters and to complete the Queen's Orders themselves.
By Order of the Queen is designed to give players a full fantasy campaign in one 90-120 minute game, by giving players just the highlights of a role-playing adventure.
Players must work together to keep the kingdom from falling apart while trying to complete three Queen's Orders to win the game.


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Space and smart storage are usually on the top of our boat priorities. Eben tends to hold on to almost everything in the hopes that it will help with some future boat project. I, on the other hand, am a purger. I will throw out or give away anything that we have not been using and that is taking up too much space. After our last purge of cups and water bottles we switched over to Vapur's anti-bottles. These unassuming rollup bottles take next to no room in our cabinets, but when full hold enough water to take out on our outings. We use them most often during work outs, that way when you are done your training you just drink it up and then don't have to carry home a huge, heavy bottle. Eben has used his so much that the matte finish of his non-bottle has been rubbed off to the sheen underside. We also got the quencher bottles for the girls, but unfortunately Ellia is too little to figure out the sippy top, and Arias can't open hers on her own. But I don't mind holding on to these for when they get older since they store as tiny, non-space-taking rolls. And they are too cute to part with.
The reason I wanted to mention these bottles is that we have found that they are excellent for sailing. It wasn't until we took Necesse out for a little day sail a few days ago that we realized just how wonderful they are. When sailing, one of the last things you want is an extra distraction such as chasing your rolling bottle of water around the cockpit or even worse having to worry about it breaking. These Vapurs can be tossed around every which way with no fear of breakage and they have a small clip on them so you can secure them to a specific spot and know that they will still be there no matter how much your boat is heeling. Another personal favorite for Eben's, he loves when things are quiet in the cockpit while underway, to enjoy the serenity of it all but also to be able to hear if any odd sounds suddenly start from down below requiring emergency attention, and so having a bottle that doesn't clink and clank was pure music to his ears. We were so delighted in the sailing advantages of these bottles that we felt the need to share. Check them out.


Suffering from inappropriate extensions, including a 1970s swimming pool and a 1980s conversion of the attached barn, this handsome private house needed stripping back before it was updated in a more suitable and exciting way.
The barn was stripped out, the 1980s orangery demolished and a new glazed extension added to the double height space of the barn, creating a light-filled space, perfect for entertaining.
A master bedroom suite was built with structural insulated timber panels over the pool, allowing the mismatched brickwork to be enclosed in external insulation and render.
When it comes to architectural design for homes, working closely with clients is crucial. And the owners' input on this Victorian villa refurbishment and extension was a major factor in shaping the project. They sourced a grand fireplace and caryatid, curated the artworks and even constructed elements of the build themselves.


As we reported earlier, Rajkummar Rao's Newton film has been chosen to sent for Oscars, 2018. This Bollywood film, which was made with a shoestring budget , won the accolades of critics for its wonderful content.
Sadly, Rajamouli's Baahubali 2, which was aspired to have a place for nominations of Academy Awards, was rejected by the jury. Hitherto, Baahubali too was rejected for Oscar entry. But the, what factors made the selection panel ignoring Baahubali and Baahubali 2 for Oscars?
Although Baahuabli is praised a movie with international standards, in reality, the film might have been treated the biggest commercial entertainer which had jaw dropping visuals incorporated in it.
Rajamouli is currently working for his next project scripted by his father Vijayendra Prasad. The movie's cast, crew and other details maybe known soon.
S.S. Rajamouli is not disappointed that his magnum opus "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" was not chosen as Indias official entry to the Oscars for the foreign language film category this year.
The filmmaker says his aim is to take stories to a wider audience, and making money for the team, instead of winning awards.
"(I am) Not at all (disappointed at losing out the race to Oscars this year). When I make a film, I never think about awards. It is not my aim. The aim is to first satisfy myself with the story and then next is to see that it reaches the maximum number of audience and makes money for everyone who has put their life in it," Rajamouli told IANS here.
"That is my most important thing. If awards come, then I am happy. If they don't, I don't mind that because they are not at all my criteria," he added.
"Newton", a Hindi film set against the backdrop of elections in the world's largest democracy, has been announced as India's official entry for the the foreign language film category at the Oscars. "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion", which will have its TV premiere on Sony MAX on October 8, was also reportedly in contention.
Rajamouli attained global fame as the creator of the "Baahubali" universe -- which went on to become India's biggest blockbuster with worldwide earnings of over Rs 900 crore.
The first part "Baahubali: The Beginning" came out in 2015 and the second "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" was released earlier this year.
The filmmaker says he is yet to come out of the "Baahubali" spell.
"It is quite a complicated spell that you cannot just say 'Okay, I just got out of it'," said the filmmaker, who worked with Dharma Productions to help the film transcend language barriers.
"The total budget of both the films was Rs 150 core. If we hadn't expected that the film will do very well and aim good result -- simple economics will point out that we would not have done the movie at all," he said.
After the success of the franchise, Rajamouli says he has "lost a little bit of privacy in the northern belt as well".
"But nothing else has changed. I am as content as I was before the film released," the director said.
Talking about the disappointing year at the Bollywood box office in 2017, Rajamouli said: "At present, the Hindi film industry has hit a lean patch and I don't think that it will last long. Very soon we will be able to see quite a number of successes."
Rajkummar Rao's Newton film has been chosen to sent for Oscars, 2018. This Bollywood film, which was made with a shoestring budget , won the accolades of critics for its wonderful content.


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Civil-military relations: the next phase
S M Naseem
Notwithstanding the myriad problems facing the country, the discourse on civil-military relations continues to overshadow all internal and external crises in Pakistan. Apart from the seminal episodes of military coup d'etats since Ayub Khan's original sin, the military has continued to interfere in civilian government affairs indirectly, especially in the 1990s and since 2008. There have been several low-intensity disputes between the civilian government and the military since the resumption of democratic rule in 2008, both during the PML-N and PPP regimes, including those over the Kerry-Lugar Bill, the ISI's role, 'Memogate', former president Pervez Musharraf's trial and most recently, the Hamid Mir and Geo cases. As many perceptive observers have noted, the Pakistani military is a powerful player in the country's politics, with its own rules and financial resources to support its self-conceived agenda. Given the extent of its influence it continued to define the nature of governance within the polity until 2007. However, its influence began to wane after the judiciary became assertive, parliament more autonomous, and the media more vocal in exposing its weaknesses and in questioning its power to intervene in civilian affairs. Although the PPP government did not present a serious challenge to the army's power in national affairs, the army remained wary of possible covert attempts to reduce its overarching influence in decision-making on sensitive political issues such as foreign assistance, relations with India, and the issuance of visas to foreigners — on which its perceptions differed markedly from those of the PPP. It jealously guarded its control over the ISI and squashed early attempts by the PPP government to bring it under civilian oversight.
The first sign of such friction emerged during negotiations on the Kerry-Lugar Bill in which the government had to backtrack after the army expressed its open disagreement with certain provisions of the Bill. The matter re-emerged in 2011 after the Abbottabad Osama bin Laden raid in the form of 'Memogate', a scandal involving the Pakistani Ambassador in Washington, Hussain Haqqani. The ambassador was accused of seeking US government help to pre-empt the possible overthrow of the civilian government by the Pakistan army. It also sought US assistance for reining in the ISI and to replacing it with a new national security team that would eliminate Section H of the ISI charged with maintaining relations with the Taliban and the Haqqani network. The memo, whose existence and authenticity were disputed by Haqqani, was later produced by the military and forced his resignation. It is significant that the matter was aired publicly by Nawaz Sharif who personally petitioned the Supreme Court to inquire into the matter and blamed the Zardari government for negligence in this grave matter of national security. Thus, the opposition political party (PML-N) failed to join — nor presumably was it consulted by — the government in curtailing the decisive strength of the military in domestic politics. It is not unlikely, therefore, that if and when the military again faces a similar threat from Nawaz Sharif — who has had serious confrontations with the military during his two previous Prime Ministerial tenures — other political parties, including the PPP, may well side with the army to upstage their rival. It seems therefore premature, if not naïve, to announce the demise of the military's hegemony in Pakistan's politics, as Akbar Zaidi, the renowned social scientist, claimed in a recent article in The Hindu (note that Zaidi earlier wrote similar obituaries for feudalism in Pakistan and for Hamza Alavi's theory of an 'overdeveloped' post-colonial state). One needs to realise that it is much easier for the army to enter a country's politics and get addicted to ruling the country than to make a planned exit and to stay away from politics, at least until and unless the process of transition to democracy bogs down in chaos.
There may be some truth in the assumption that the military in Pakistan is beginning to experience 'governance fatigue', and may be inclined to return to its primary duty of guarding the borders. If the transition to democracy that the country is currently undergoing is to retain its momentum, it will have to be taken more seriously and responsibly by the country's politicians, the judiciary, the media and civil society. In the absence of such a combined and concerted effort, the army's exit from overt and covert interference in politics is likely to become more infrequent, indirect and prolonged. As the outspoken human rights advocate Asma Jahangir has warned those eager for the imposition of martial law to get over the current mess, the duration of another military rule, if it comes, is likely to be much longer than its past average shelf life of a decade. The moment of truth for the next decisive phase in civil-military relations seems to be approaching fast as the second elected government since 2008 completes the first year of its rule. The drumbeat of mid-term elections, although a bit dimmed by the furore over Altaf Hussain's arrest, is already being heard from far off London, orchestrated by those keen to derail the rocky transition to democracy.
After the tragic, near-fatal attempt on the life of journalist Hamid Mir, those suspected of organising the attack have turned the tables on Mir's employers, the owners of the largest media house in Pakistan, and are seeking not only a ban on its broadcast and news transmission through legal actions but have also organised a clandestine operation against it and its employees, through mass demonstrations in favour of the military. They seem to have won the first round of the battle with the suspension of the network's licence for 15 days and a token fine of Rs 10 million by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), the dysfunctional media watchdog body, although the battle is likely be a drawn-out affair. The final result is likely to be in favour of whoever displays more nerve, muscle and firepower. No prizes for guessing who that will be. The missing elephant in the room in the current civil-army confrontation episode is General Musharraf's ongoing trial in which the military seems to be providing unnecessary and unwarranted protection to General Musharraf, saving him from facing the courts on dubious pretexts, including that of protecting its honour (in the same way that honour killings of women are justified by their perpetrators). Although the military's public esteem is still high in view of its continuing sacrifices in the fight against terror and the Taliban, its image has been tarnished by its displays of incompetence, if not complicity, in dealing with high profile acts of terrorism on its own military establishments. Whether the army and the government will find it expedient to step back and adopt a less confrontational course, which allows them to concentrate on their respective spheres of primary responsibility, remains to be seen. It is clear, however, that Pakistan can ill-afford to bear the consequences of such a confrontation in the face of the impending geo-political changes in its neighbourhood occasioned by the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the results of the new elections in both India and Afghanistan whose new leaders have no love lost for Pakistan, especially the military.
The writer is a freelance columnist. He can be reached at smnaseem@gmail.com


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One of the best benefits of using a monitor arm is to free up valuable desk real estate. If a monitor sits directly on the workstation desk, the monitor takes up valuable workspace on the desktop. A monitor arm moves enables the monitor to float above the desk, freeing up valuable space on the desk surface. Most of us are required to multi-task throughout the day just to get all tasks completed on time. Having space on the desktop comes at a premium and, when you are need to multi-task, free space on the desk is invaluable. In addition, when the monitor sits on the desktop surface, the monitor is likely stationary. At best, you can move the monitor back toward the back of the desk or forward closer to you. Let's face it, monitors simply take up too much space on the desktop. A monitor arm frees up the space so you have more space in which to work.
When your monitor is not in use, you can simply move the monitor completely out of the way to create more workspace on your desk. A monitor arm will allow you to swing the monitor to the left or right, or to move the monitor upward to move it completely out of your range.
A monitor arm will help you improve your posture while you work. When your monitor just sits on your desktop, it forces you to stare in one direction in one small area for long periods of time during the day. Looking at a stationary monitor throughout the day can cause your neck and shoulders to become fatigued. With a monitor arm, you can raise or lower you monitor, move the monitor from side to side or tilt the monitor toward or away from you. The flexibility of movement allows you to reposition the monitor to alleviate stress on your neck and shoulders.
As more individuals learn of the benefits of standing at their workstation while they work, they seek new ways to accommodate standing and working on the computer at the same time. A monitor arm will adjust so that whether you work while standing or sitting, your monitor will be in the right place at the right time. Monitor arms make adjusting the height and trajectory of the monitor as simple as touching the monitor with your finger.
As more call centers and offices employ staff to work around the clock, workstations and desks are more likely to be shared by two or more people. In work environments where workstations and equipment are shared, a monitor arm will allow you to position the monitor so that it is just right for you.
A monitor arm is just one feature of an ergonomic workstation. Add a keyboard arm and tray, along with an adjustable desk, and your ergonomic workstation is complete. Ergonomic workstations that include adjustable monitor arms are healthier for you. Add a monitor arm to your ergonomic workstation and enjoy the benefits of the ability to reposition your body while sitting or standing to keep your productivity high and your outlook positive.
A monitor arm will enable you to be more productive in a smaller area. Because you can move the monitor to create additional work areas on your desk, you could get more use out of less desktop space. Most people who utilize a stationary monitor must place their folders and work materials on one side of the monitor or the other. Because your monitor floats above the desk with a monitor arm, you can keep your work materials directly in front of you.
Monitor arms are the ergonomic choice for today's productive worker. You can be more productive in less space when your monitor is not sitting directly on the desktop. Monitor arms accommodate multiple users if you share a desk with other employees. Monitor arms help to reduce fatigue and help to make you more productive. Monitor arms also help you to make more efficient use of the space that is available for your workstation. These are but a few of the many benefits of mounting your monitor on a monitor arm.
1. How many different places can you mount a monitor arm?
You can mount a monitor arm on the wall, on the desk surface or on the ceiling.
2. How much weight can the Workrite Poise Twin Monitor arm carry?
A Workright Poise Twin Monitor arm can hold two monitors up to 18 1/2 lbs. each for a total weight limit of 37lbs.
3. Can you use the twin monitor arm if you only have one monitor?
Yes, you can use the twin monitor arm if you only have one monitor. However, the Workrite Poise is designed for just one monitor, instead of two. The Workrite Poise Twin and the single monitor model have feather touch control which allows you to move the monitor with just a touch.
WorkRite offers a 10 year warranty on the Poise Twin Arm.


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The World of P2P: Shadow play
< The World of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) | What is Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
Shadow play[edit | edit source]
1 Shadow play
1.1 OS
1.2 ISPs
1.2.1 Metrics
1.2.2 Forced traffic shaping
1.2.3 Traffic tampering
1.2.4 The fight for network neutrality
1.3 The secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
1.3.2 Secret negotiations
1.3.3 Threats to freedom and fundamental human rights
1.3.4 Legal scope
1.3.5 Requests for disclosure
In any open society, secrecy, intentional obfuscation of facts and usurpation or suppression of rights should be seen not only as negatively but often as a civilizational back-step. Often illegal or strictly restricted this types of activities are not only possible by states but also actively pursued by large corporations, that in some nations (or standard setting organizations) are able to exert an unprecedented control over policy.
In a world where the end user intends to have control over their own hardware and software some actions are not intended to see the light of day. This section is dedicated to bring out some of the subjects/actions in an attempt to help the reader to fully appreciate some of the less publicized information that has some kind of baring on the evolution of P2P.
"Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse."
—Kurt Eisner
Some organizations (or groups with invested interests) still think that it is up to them to think for the masses, in place of just try to push the information out granting the public the ability to make their own informed decisions. There is an clear organized attempt to, in general, hide facts from the public. Information is power.
Attempting to control access and the flow of information is a fool's errand. People have always rebelled against industry-mandated black box solutions and their artificial restrictions, that do not serve any other purpose but the economic interests of those attempting to exert control.
OS[edit | edit source]
Since P2P (and P2P related technologies) started to pop up and gather momentum, the security of the user on the OS started to be championed, and placed above user freedoms, by imposing choices that disregards the need to proper educate the users, diminishing their ability to make their own choices. This philosophy keeps people in a state of being technologically challenged, and afraid of change. It is even funny to see to what degree, efforts are made to keep these "security enhancements" hidden.
Well not all is lost, some people can't seem to be made to comply with this state of things and some information can be found and actions reversed.
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BadVista.org - An information campaign run by FSF/GNU aiming to stopping Microsoft Windows Vista adoption by promoting free software. What's wrong with Microsoft Windows Vista? ( http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-with-microsoft-windows-vista ) gives an extensive list of problems in the OS related to user loss of freedom and DRM.
ISPs[edit | edit source]
One of the most important aspects of running an Internet providers (ISPs) is being quick to adapt to customers' demands and changes in demands and uses. This adaptation can be done from two sides, adapting by modifying the network offering and creating new service offerings or by the suppression and degradation of new consumer trends. The latter is easily done if the ISPs is part of a larger media outlet, that can not only influence public opinion but shape legislation.
ISPs are not very pleased with P2P technologies due to the load the bring into to their networks, although they sell their Internet connections as unlimited usage, if people actually take on their offer, ISPs will eventually be unable to cope with the demand at the same price/profit level. The simpler solution would be to match their offer to the use, by increasing their capacity and fulfilling at least the contractual obligations, but some decided to simply throttle (i.e. slow down) peer-to-peer traffic or even intentionally interfere with it. This has made clients increasingly worried over some ISPs actions, from traffic shaping (protocol/packet prioritization) to traffic tampering.
San Francisco-based branch of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) a digital rights group have successfully verified that this type of efforts by Internet providers to disrupt some uses of their services and evidences seem to indicate that it is an increasing trend other as reports have reached the EFF and verified by an investigation by The Associated Press.
EFF Releases Report Interference with Internet Traffic on ComCast ( http://www.eff.org/wp/packet-forgery-isps-report-comcast-affair ), other information is available about this subject on the EFF site.
Metrics[edit | edit source]
Forced traffic shaping[edit | edit source]
Some ISPs are now using more sophisticated measures (e.g. pattern/timing analysis or categorizing ports based on side-channel data) to detect P2P traffic. This means that even encrypted traffic can be throttled. However, with ISPs that continue to use simpler, less costly methods to identify and throttle P2P networks, the current countermeasures added to P2P solutions remains extremely effective.
Traffic tampering[edit | edit source]
Traffic tampering is more worrying than Traffic shaping and harder to be noticed or verified. It can also be defined as spoofing, consisting in the injection of adulterated/fake information into communication by gaming a given protocol. It like the post office taking the identity of one of your friends and sending mail to you in its name.
Pcapdiff ( http://www.eff.org/testyourisp/pcapdiff/ ) is a free Python tool developed by the EFF to compare two packet captures and identify potentially forged, dropped, or mangled packets.
When there is a demand offers to satisfy it quickly fallow. One example is the Sandvine Incorporated application that is able to intercept p2p communications and subvert the protocols. This type of application has dual proposes (for the owner perspective), for instance the Sandvine application was primarily designed to change Gnutella network traffic as a path "optimizer". But as today the adoption of the BitTorrent seems to be taking primacy, recent offers of the Sandvine application are capable of intercepting BitTorrent peer-to-tracker communication as to identify peers based on the IP address and port numbers in the peer list returned from the tracker. When Sandvine later sees connections to peers in the intercepted peer lists, it may (according to policy) break these connections by sending counterfeit TCP resets. Even if BitTorrent protocol continues to implement countermeasures, they have costs and it turns the problem into an "arms race", the issue is moral or legal in nature, with security implications.
The fight for network neutrality[edit | edit source]
Network Neutrality deals with the need to prevent ISPs from double dipping on charges/fees for both the clients paying for their broadband connections and WEB sites/Organizations having also to pay for prioritization of traffic according to origination and destination or protocol used.
The secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement[edit | edit source]
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement.
ACTA has the purpose to establish a new international legal framework that countries can join on a voluntary basis and would create its own governing body outside existing international institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the United Nations.
The idea to create a plurilateral agreement on counterfeiting was developed by Japan and the United States in 2006. Canada, the European Union and Switzerland joined the preliminary talks throughout 2006 and 2007. Official negotiations began in June 2008, with Australia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Singapore joining the talks. It is planned for negotiations to finish in September 2010.
Negotiating countries have described it as a response "to the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright protected works.
The scope of ACTA is broad, including counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet. Because it is in effect a treaty, ACTA would overcome many court precedents defining consumer rights as to "fair use" and would either change or remove limitations on the application of intellectual property laws.
After a series of draft text leaks in 2008, 2009 and 2010 the negotiating parties published the official version of the current draft on 20 April 2010.
United States[edit | edit source]
Both the Obama administration and the Bush administration had rejected requests to make the text of ACTA public, with the White House saying that disclosure would cause "damage to the national security."
In 2009, Knowledge Ecology International filed a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request in the United States, but their entire request was denied. The Office of the United States Trade Representative's Freedom of Information office stated the request was withheld for being material "properly classified in the interest of national security."
US Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) penned a letter on 23 November 2009, asking the United States Trade Representative to make the text of the ACTA public.
Secret negotiations[edit | edit source]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) opposes ACTA, calling for more public spotlight on the proposed treaty in its paper "Sunlight for ACTA" ( http://www.eff.org/action/sunlight-acta )
Since May 2008 discussion papers and other documents relating to the negotiation of ACTA have been uploaded to Wikileaks, and newspaper reports about the secret negotiations swiftly followed.
In June 2008 Canadian academic Michael Geist writing for Copyright News argued that "Government Should Lift Veil on ACTA Secrecy" noting before documents leaked on the Internet ACTA was shrouded in secrecy. Coverage of the documents by the Toronto Star "sparked widespread opposition as Canadians worry about the prospect of a trade deal that could lead to invasive searches of personal computers and increased surveillance of online activities." Geist argues that public disclosure of the draft ACTA treaty "might put an end to fears about iPod searching border guards" and that it "could focus attention on other key concerns including greater Internet service provider filtering of content, heightened liability for websites that link to allegedly infringing content, and diminished privacy for Internet users." Geist also argues that greater transparency would lead to a more inclusive process, highlighting that the ACTA negotiations have excluded both civil society groups as well as developing countries. Geist reports that "reports suggest that trade negotiators have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements for fear of word of the treaty's provisions leaking to the public." He argues that there is a need for "cooperation from all stakeholders to battle counterfeiting concerns" and that "an effective strategy requires broader participation and regular mechanisms for feedback".
In November 2008 the European Commission responded to these allegations as follows:
It is alleged that the negotiations are undertaken under a veil of secrecy. This is not correct. For reasons of efficiency, it is only natural that intergovernmental negotiations dealing with issues that have an economic impact, do not take place in public and that negotiators are bound by a certain level of discretion. However, there has never been any intention to hide the fact that negotiations took place, or to conceal the ultimate objectives of the negotiations, the positions taken in European Commission Trade 5/6 the negotiations or even details on when and where these negotiations are taking place. The EU and other partners (US, Japan, Canada, etc.) announced their intention to start negotiations of ACTA on 23 October 2007, in well publicised press releases. Since then we have talked about ACTA on dozens of occasions, including at the European Parliament (INTA committee meetings), and in numerous well attended seminars. Commission organised a stakeholders' consultation meeting on 23 June in Brussels, open to all – industry and citizens and attended by more than 100 participants. US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other ACTA partners did the same.
This position changed in 10 March 2010 with a direct European Parliament resolution criticizing the ACTA, the proceedings and the infringements on fundamental human rights.
Threats to freedom and fundamental human rights[edit | edit source]
An open letter signed by many organizations, including Consumers International, EDRi (27 European civil rights and privacy NGOs), the Free Software Foundation (FSF), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), ASIC (French trade association for web 2.0 companies), and the Free Knowledge Institute (FKI), states that "the current draft of ACTA would profoundly restrict the fundamental rights and freedoms of European citizens, most notably the freedom of expression and communication privacy."
The Free Software Foundation argues that ACTA will create a culture of surveillance and suspicion. (see http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/acta "Speak out against ACTA").
Aaron Shaw, Research Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, argues that "ACTA would create unduly harsh legal standards that do not reflect contemporary principles of democratic government, free market exchange, or civil liberties. Even though the precise terms of ACTA remain undecided, the negotiants' preliminary documents reveal many troubling aspects of the proposed agreement" such as removing "legal safeguards that protect Internet Service Providers from liability for the actions of their subscribers" in effect giving ISPs no option but to comply with privacy invasions. Shaw further says that ACTA would also facilitate privacy violations by trademark and copyright holders against private citizens suspected of infringement activities without any sort of legal due process".
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has published "Speak out against ACTA", stating that the ACTA threatens free software by creating a culture "in which the freedom that is required to produce free software is seen as dangerous and threatening rather than creative, innovative, and exciting."
ACTA would also require that existing ISP no longer host free software that can access copyrighted media; this would substantially affect many sites that offer free software or host software projects such as SourceForge. Specifically the FSF argues that ACTA will make it more difficult and expensive to distribute free software via file sharing and P2P technologies like BitTorrent, which are currently used to distribute large amounts of free software. The FSF also argues that ACTA will make it harder for users of free operating systems to play non-free media because DRM protected media would not be legally playable with free software.
On 10 March 2010, the European Parliament adopted a resolution criticizing the ACTA, with 663 in favor of the resolution and 13 against, arguing that "in order to respect fundamental rights, such as the right to freedom of expression and the right to privacy" certain changes in the ACTA content and the process should be made.
Legal scope[edit | edit source]
Nate Anderson with Ars Technica pointed out in his article ( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080602-the-real-acta-threat-its-not-ipod-scanning-border-guards.html ), that ACTA encourages service providers to provide information about suspected infringers, by giving them "safe harbor from certain legal threats". Similarly, it provides for criminalization of copyright infringement, granting law enforcement the powers to perform criminal investigation, arrests and pursue criminal citations or prosecution of suspects who may have infringed on copyright. It also allows criminal investigations and invasive searches to be performed against individuals for whom there is no probable cause, and in that regard weakens the presumption of innocence and allows what would in the past have been considered unlawful searches.
Since ACTA is an international treaty, it is an example of policy laundering used to establish and implement legal changes. Policy laundering allows legal provisions—usually administered through public legislation and subject to judiciary oversight—to be pushed through via closed negotiations among members of the executive bodies of the signatories. Once ratified, companies belonging to non-members may be forced to follow the ACTA requirements since they will fall out of the safe harbor protections. Also, the use of trade incentives and the like to persuade other nations to adopt treaties is a standard approach in international relationships. Additional signatories would have to accept ACTA's terms without much scope for negotiation.
From 16–18 June 2010, a conference was held at the Washington College of Law, attended by "over 90 academics, practitioners and public interest organizations from six continents". Their conclusions were published on 23 June 2010 on the American University Washington College of Law website. They found "that the terms of the publicly released draft of ACTA threaten numerous public interests, including every concern specifically disclaimed by negotiators."
Requests for disclosure[edit | edit source]
In September 2008 a number of interest groups urged parties to the ACTA negotiations to disclose the language of the evolving agreement. In an open letter the groups argued that: "Because the text of the treaty and relevant discussion documents remain secret, the public has no way of assessing whether and to what extent these and related concerns are merited." The interest groups included: the Consumers Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Essential Action, IP Justice, Knowledge Ecology International, Public Knowledge, Global Trade Watch, the US Public Interest Research Group, IP Left (Korea), the Canadian Library Association, the Consumers Union of Japan, the National Consumer Council (UK) and the Doctors without Borders' Campaign for Essential Medicines.
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Director of Emergency Planning and Risk Management Lisa Teel said in the event of severe weather, there are a number of ways students can be notified.
Students traveling outdoors between classes will also receive a warning via speakers. The campus alert notification system allows students the option to supply their phone number online so in the event of severe weather or closings, they will receive text messages to their phone. In addition, the school's Facebook, Twitter and college home page all provide current weather updates.
OCCC has recently become a "storm ready" campus and added items such as wayfinder signs and floor captains, Teel said. If severe weather does occur, wayfinders will show students the nearest safe area while floor captains will directly point them out and assist students to safety.
There are many other ways students can stay prepared if not home as storms approach. Many free phone apps such as the News 9 Weather application provide a current forecast, live radar, and even links to videos, blogs, school closings, and more.
In addition, news meteorologists such as Gary England, David Payne and Rick Mitchell all send out weather updates via twitter as they turn up. Accounting major Galveston Suazo says he mostly prefers to get his weather updates the old fashion way.
Teel added it is important for professors to go over safety precautions at the beginning of each semester.
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Prog metal is a genre which has grown as many arms as an octopus – or more. Italy especially is famous for many bands in this genre. Not that Ubi Maior is a pure prog metal band – no, there are many non-metal moments. At once one hears the professionality of this band, all players are (technically) competent and the interplay is fine too. Like in the prog-metal passages where the dark electric guitar chops reign, the synth is king in the stretched out sections, the atmospheric creator of thick swirls and high emotional outbreaks. But there are also beautiful passages were organ and piano form a unified diety. Despite all these strong points there's no spark of a voice of their own, which would set this band apart from countless others. I haven't heard any passages here which can surprise me, let alone astonish me. The mistake that many of these bands make is to not stray from the song-structure, missing the opportunity to penetrate onto new plains. So Ubi Maior is yet another newborn who tries to fill the gap which the complex prog from the past has left, but so far regretably fails.


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Q: XNA Loop to Draw Multiple Sprites Not Working Developing a simple XNA game for my semester 1 assignment in college. I've hit a bit of a wall with the draw loop for the enemy sprites, however. As far as I can tell, all the enemy sprites are being added to a list in the game1.cs class, but only the first in the list is being drawn.
This method adds instances of the enemies to the list. Spawn is being incremented per-second in the update method. This makes the enemies spawn sequentially every second until four have been spawned.
public void LoadEnemies()
    {
        int randX = rand.Next(0, 1000);
        int randY = rand.Next(0, 500);

        if (spawn >= 1)
        {
            spawn = 0;

            if (enemyList.Count() < 4)
            {
                enemyList.Add(new NM_Enemy(Content.Load<Texture2D>("Wisp1"), new Vector2(randX, randY)));
                enemyList.Add(new NM_Enemy(Content.Load<Texture2D>("Wisp2"), new Vector2(randX, randY)));
                enemyList.Add(new NM_Enemy(Content.Load<Texture2D>("Wisp3"), new Vector2(randX, randY)));
                enemyList.Add(new NM_Enemy(Content.Load<Texture2D>("Wisp4"), new Vector2(randX, randY)));
            }
        }

        //Checks if enemies in the list have left the level bounds
        for (int i = 0; i < enemyList.Count; i++)
        {
            if (!enemyList[i].isVisible)
            {
                enemyList.RemoveAt(i);
                i--;
            }
        }
    }

Draw Method
foreach (NM_Enemy enemy in enemyList)
                    {
                        enemy.Draw(gameTime, spriteBatch);
                    }

Update Method
foreach (NM_Enemy enemy in enemyList)
                {
                    enemy.Update(gameTime);
                }

A: The code snippet you've posted and the description of your program don't match exactly. You said that

enemies spawn sequentially every second until four have been spawned
  but actually what's happening there is that if there are fewer than four enemies, four are spawned at once. Also, they're all being spawned at (randX, randY) without you calling rand.Next() in between, which means you have four enemies at exactly the same position. This might explain why you're only seeing one - they're all on top of each other. Try putting a breakpoint on this line

enemy.Draw(gameTime, spriteBatch);

and take a look at the enemy's position. You'll probably find they're all in the same place. To be sure, swap your randX and randY values in the enemyList.Add() lines for some manually-entered values so you can be certain that their positions are different, and then see where they draw.

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Sun 16th August
Anuradkupura – rest day
The thunder storms last night reminded us that its not a pleasant experience cycling wet, so after some research this morning we have opted to wait another month before we head to Vietnam, and we have booked flights to go to Jakarta in Indonesia as it is their dry season.
The city of Anuradkupura has an ancient city as its main attraction, however you have to pay a fee (25 dollars each) and we just didn't fancy the outlay as you may recall we had the same issues even in Athens where we didn't want to pay to see these piles of ancient stones.
Ginette – in fairness we have paid and seen a lot of cultural things whilst in Sri Lanka we've just over done the tourist bit for now and need a change of scenery
Gary – We cycled into town and visited a market, this was surprisingly interesting. The hustle bustle from the locals. (I think I need to point out how tall we both feel walking around here, we are lofty giants at 5ft 7") there is such a variety of strange looking fruit and vegetables, huge piles of fish and the usual cheap clothes. We bought new sunglasses for 75p each.
We did cycle around the ancient city or at least some of it, up to the fenced off areas where the entrance fees were charged, lots of pilgrims visit this site, but any westerners are charged through the nose for it. Although we didn't enter I did get more of a feel for the area maybe because I had read up on the area his time.
We had lunch at Pizza hut although nothing like the Pizza huts at home, not what we would normally choose to do when abroad but we fancied something different. It was overpriced and although a pleasant change to eat different food I think the curry and rice meals are better value for money.
Ginette – I would agree, the pizzas tasted like frozen pizzas, there was no salad bar it was all a bit disappointing
whilst on the topic of food (again) breakfast was interesting, we had a mountain of stir fried noodles at 8.00am, I kid you not… nothing else just stir fried noodles.
There were thunder clouds gathering again so we headed back to chill out at the hotel "Peacock residence" a really nice clean and friendly place to stay.
Mon 17th August
Anuradkupura – Nikawaralitya 48 miles.
up early and off by 6.30, our kind hosts had made us tea and a packed lunch even though we had not asked or paid for breakfast and I had already paid the bill last night. It may have been due to me helping them bump start their SUV last night, but I prefer to think it just an act of kindness on their part.
I really enjoyed the cycling today, it was 23 degrees when we set off and 40 degrees when we finished, there was nothing really different from yesterdays ride other than my good mood and the lower milage so lots of singing today.
Ginette – cycling behind Gary is quite funny I have my iPod on so I can't hear him I can just see him and it often looks like he is trying to practice is Indian head nodding, his head wobbling from side to side.
Sri Lanka general election was today so lots of people were out and about, we passed a few voting stations, some with armed police at the gates.
We did have one blot on the landscape so to speak. We were waved down at about the 30 mile point by a man that wanted to invite us to see his home. It was right next to us so we thought why not (told you I was in a good mood) he introduced his older sister, another sister, Mother, Wife and Niece. his Niece was a shy 10 year old with pretty good English but not conversational.
After being dragged around the three houses this family live next to each over in, the last house was his and it was empty and bare so no way was anyone living in there. His Sisters fed us plain crackers and a glass of (very sweet) lemon juice. We had family photo shoot and Ginette and I joked that we had been kidnapped by this man. Anyway what may have been a fun experience became tainted as when we finally dragged ourselves away, which we had to do as I think they wanted us as house guests, the man then asked for money, I had already purchased lottery tickets for them from a man on a cycle that our host had waved down as he tried to cycle by, I was pissed off with him for asking for money, I did give him 500 rupees (£2.50) but it left a bad taste in our mouths as this guy is not the norm in Sri Lanka.
GInette – I wouldn't have minded so much but we only went with him because he insisted and we didn't want to offend him. I can only imagine he's tried this tactic before and it's worked because he seemed to know what he was doing and didn't seem to have any shame in asking for more money when Gary gave him 500 rupees.
We arrived at our hotel at lunchtime and quickly showered and went down to the pool to finish our book (we'd both been reading the same book by Nick Spalding). The sun made an occasional appearance which made it a pleasant afternoon.
Our hotel was very nice but expensive at £33 a night, the most we've paid for a while but there was nothing else in the area. Our room was like a suite very luxurious and the food was reasonably priced.
Another thunder storm entertained us whilst we had dinner along with one or two cockroaches which were trying to escape the rain.
Day 136 Nikawaralitya to Colombo
Ginette;
Hotel breakfast, yuk it was included in the price of the hotel but it was a real disappointment. It consisted of two fried eggs, chicken sausages and some other unidentified meat, the plates had sat on the side long enough for the food to be cold when it was served, what's more I had seen flies having first dibs at it, needless to say I didn't eat this. We also had bread which had been shown a frying pan which smelt horrible and a plate of fruit, I made do with the fruit whilst Gary ate both our main breakfasts, he definitely has hollow legs. I find it so much easier to eat breakfast once we've cycled 10 – 20 miles, at this stage i will eat anything even cold eggs or cold curry.
Last day cycling in Sri Lanka, quite uneventful, the roads were undulating, lots of smiley faces to cheer us on as we passed through villages and towns. At least most were smiley I did get accosted by a young teenage boy who cycled along side me and insisted I give him some money, I didn't look poor and definitely didn't look underfed, I asked why? but he kept demanding money. He even had the cheek to touch my bum, well you can imagine the mouthful he got for that, that stopped him in his tracks. I can't imagine cycling up to anyone regardless of nationality and demanding money has ever been a successful tactic, so I didn't feel bad about not giving him any money or shouting at him.
During the day the election results were released and a number of paper bombs exploded as we cycled by, these were really loud and full of paper messages.
We arrived at our guest house just in time to miss another storm, neither of the owners were at home but their children were (all teenagers) and their grandmother but their english skills were limited. I had a bad belly so spent the first hour in and out of the toilet, it must have been something I ate at lunchtime because it didn't last long and i was able to enjoy the evening meal.
Gary spent the best part of the afternoon taking the bikes apart ready for the flight. He struggled taking his pedals off as his spanner was broken, but after several attempts with various tools supplied by friends of the owner he was able to take them off.
On a positive note the new inner tubes and tape to wrap the bikes had arrived safely at the guest house, but what a palaver getting them, Bob our good friend in the UK ordered them for us and sent them out which cost £80 postage and then we were charged a further £55 custom duty! although this was expensive at least we wont have to worry about getting any more punctures, if we struggled to find the right size inner tubes in India, I'm sure Vietnam and Cambodia would have been a nightmare.
The evening meal was served in the main room, we were the only ones eating the rest of the family sat on a settee placed at the back of the room and tried to watch the very loud TV which was placed in front of the table we were sat at. It was most disconcerting, it felt like we were being watched eating our dinner. Watching TV whilst eating is not unique to this family we have been to several restaurants and guest houses where the TV is placed in a prominent place and left to blare out whilst people are trying to eat. The quality of the programmes is really poor, the acting is really stilted and the set changes clumsy and cheap, but it is hard to ignore when it is on in front of you.
Went to bed early, as we had an early start the next day.
Woke really early, read and waited for the house to wake up. We had breakfast and was on our way to the airport at 8.00am our flight was not scheduled until 11.55am. Just as well we pitched up early as checking in was a nightmare. I won't bore you with the details but after 2 hours of moving luggage from one bag to another and queuing we were informed our excess luggage cost would be £600!!!! out of principle alone we refused to pay this and cancelled our flights. The most we had been charged from other airlines was £120, however this did mean we needed to book into another hotel in Sri Lanka. Fortunately we found one close to the airport and after some searches on line were able to find a direct flight, therefore reducing our costs (our previous flight had a stop which meant we got two lots of excess luggage charges) although the excess luggage cost was still £200! it was still cheaper than our original flight. We have been advised to claim a full refund for our flights but we don't hold out much hope but should get the airport tax back.
If this was not enough to test your patience on exiting the airport we were approached by a guy offering us a taxi, he offered us a price and said he was going to get his van. He turned up 10 minutes later with a small car, much to our amusement he then proceeded with the help of the driver to load our luggage into the car. Much to his credit he managed to squeeze it all in but this left very little room for Gary and me and the big spider that was on the roof of the car. We quickly renegotiated the terms of the fee an off we went, but on arriving at our destination the driver claimed he still wanted the full fee. After several conversations with his boss on the phone we reluctantly agreed to pay half the difference which only equated to £2.50 but it's the principle.
On a slightly better note the hotel was lovely and we had a relaxing afternoon. Early flight tomorrow 7.00am, so it will be an early night.
Colombo to Jakarta
Very early start we were at the airport for 5.15am. We got off to a rocky start we queued at the check in desk unloaded all of our bags including bikes to be told we were at the wrong desk although we were booked on a Sri Lanka airline we were told we were actually flying with their budget airline,.Mahin Lanka. So off we trotted and queued again but we needn't have despaired the lady behind the check out was a breathe of fresh air compared to Air Asia. She weighed all of our bags and simply explained we had excess weight, she made a concession for us and the final bill came to £120 a big difference to the £600 excess charge we were asked to pay the previous day.
Whilst waiting to check in we checked our Facebook account to see how our GB colleagues had got on in their 2000 meters and we were really excited to see that a number of the teams had won medals including the Grand Dragons, Senior Ladies, Senior Men and Juniors. We also wanted to check whether the hotel in Indonesia had received our email notifying them of our change of plans but unfortunately there was nothing there and as a result we had no transport when we landed at the airport. On a positive note we did hear back from a local dragon boat club and it looks like we may have a paddle on Saturday morning, that is if we can remember how to paddle.
We managed to source a taxi and negotiate a cheaper price, although this was easier said than done as we were still getting to grips with the currency apparently £50 equals 1,000,000 Indonesia Rupees! We ended up paying the equivalent of £6 for a 15 minute journey.
Our hotel was lovely and the reception staff were really understanding and changed our booking without any hassle.
Indonesia is 2 hours ahead of Sri Lanka and we felt tired all day but made an effort to keep going we had lunch in the hotel restaurant the food was really cheap we both had a sandwich and chips for xxxx . and then went on got a sim card for Gary's phone and exchanged our Sri Lankan money. At a bit of a loss we asked the reception staff what we could do in the local area but I don't think they understood as we needed a few items from the shops we asked where the nearest mall was and was informed this was 15-20km away but that we could get a taxi bike which would only take 10mins. I hadn't been on the back of a motorbike with a stranger since riding on a Harley with Hayley for her 21st and I'd forgotten how enjoyable it was. The roads in Jakarta are a little different to London (where Hayley and went on the Harleys) for a start there's no kerbs and the bikes simply go off road when they run out of road and there's no lanes so bikes go where they want to get the fastest line they can. Although vehicles do use their horns it is only to let the vehicle in front know that their over taking so the noise levels were tolerable. We both looked a picture when we got off the bikes our hair was stuck up we looked like we'd been electrocuted – what a pity there was no camera to capture the moment
We managed to find everything we needed in the mall and managed to flag two more bikes to take us back to the hotel. In the evening we had dinner in the hotel restaurant before having an early night.
Aug 21st
Boring day, Gary put the bikes together and I packed the bags and had some girly time. We had hoped in the afternoon to go and do some sight seeing but as it was Friday we were advised against this as the traffic would be horrendous and it would take up to an hour to drive to any of the things we wanted to see. Instead we used the afternoon to do some research and to read.
In the evening we escaped to a local restaurant, I do not use the word escape lightly our hotel was on a busy road and there was nothing around not even a pavement. It was great to get out, we were both going a little stir crazy and the restaurant was a good experience. We first had to work out the currency we could see meals we liked but they were priced in the region of .55 rupees, it was quite a posh restaurant so we didn't know if this was 55,000 rupees or 550,000 we checked with the waitress and was relieved to see it was as we expected 55,000 which equated to £2.50 for a main meal. The food was lovely I ordered a prawn and green bean dish in a sweet honey sauce, Gary opted for a king prawn dish with chillies as a side dish we also ordered satay chicken on sticks (I think we will be eating a lot of these as there sold at the side of the road in a similar way corn on the cob was sold in India and Sri Lanka). The meal came to less than a £10 with beer.
We had an early night as we would be up early to cycle to the dragon boat club for 8.00am
Aug 22nd
Day140
Early start, we had coffee and toast and was on the road for 5.30am, some of the staff stopped us to have their photo's taken before we left and waved us goodbye. It was still dark outside but the road was already fairly busy. The road to the dragon boat club was challenging, big sections of the road were in a poor condition at one point the road was under several inches of water due to flooding from the water system that runs around Jakarta which is very smelly and dirty. We cycled through a number of small towns where we it seemed the norm to go to the shop in your nightie or pyjamas, there were lots of food stalls tempting us along the way but we only had 2 hours to cover the 18 miles and only google maps to assist us. Google maps work most of the time however they don't point out one way systems and at one point we came across a no entry sign, it was clear to see this was a one way main road so we had to take a diversion. The diversion meant we (I mean Gary) had to lift our bikes over a small style and walk them over a rickety bridge. Navigating the roads was not easy and at one stage we nearly found ourselves cycling onto the motorway, we had to do a quick u-turn to get back onto the road and look for another route. We fortunately made it to the club in time, unlike some of the other paddlers who were working to 'flexible time' apparently a term used in Indonesia to describe the laid back attitude to time keeping.
The dragon boat club was fairly new and had 6 new paddlers and several other novice paddlers in the boat so it was a hard session. Gary and I were put on stroke which suited Gary as this meant he could not see the other paddlers. It was quite a long session especially with newbies in the boat, we were on the water for about an hour and a half. We didn't have our paddles so we used the club paddles which were much heavier than our carbon fibre paddles back at home which ensured we got a good work out. The boat was really heavy and not comfy to paddle, I could feel from the start that I would get gunnel rash down my left hip, but it felt good to be back in a boat and to see Jakarta from the harbour. After training Wijaya (the founder and helm of the club) treated us to lunch.
After lunch we cycled into the city to find our hotel and to do some sight seeing. If you're interested in architecture Jakarta has some interesting buildings we were happy wandering around and went to see the National monument, a Istiqlal Mosque (biggest mosque in South East Asia, freedom statute and Jakarta Church. We were really lucky and stumbled on a festival taking place in the middle of Jakarta, we're not sure if you were supposed to pay an entrance fee, we crept in through a side wall. In the festival there were lots of bands all playing at once in different areas of a large field. They were all sectioned off but they were too close to each other to really appreciate what they were playing. As with most festivals there were lots of stands selling food, clothes and jewellery. We spent about an hour wandering around and was invited to go on stage and sing with a rock band and to dance with two ladies we were starting to feel the effects from the early start, the bike ride and the dragon boating so refused and watched amused from the side.
Once back at the hotel, knackered we ordered dinner and went to bed early, Indonesia is two hours ahead of Sri Lanka and our bodies are struggling to adjust to the early starts and time difference.


*cough* How about some quotes?
"A cookie. Like an Oreo. Do you want one?"
"How can you not want a cookie?"
"Okay, fine, let's say you did want a cookie. Let's say you were dying for a cookie, and there were cookies in the cupboard. What would you do?"
"Exactly. That's all I'm saying."
"That if people want cookies, they should get a cookie. It's what people do."
"Let me guess. Dad won't let you have a cookie?"
"No. Even though I'm practically starving to death, he won't even consider it. He says I have to have a sandwich first."
"And you don't think that's fair."
"You just said you'd get a cookie if you wanted one. So why can't I? I'm not a little kid. I can make my own decisions."
"Hmm. I can see why this bothers you so much."
"It's not fair. If he wants a cookie, he can have one. If you want a cookie, you can have one. But if I want a cookie, the rules don't count. Like you said, it's not fair."
"I don't have a lot of domestic instincts," Ranger said to me, his attention fixing on the unidentifiable glob in my hair, "but I have a real strong urge to take you home and hose you down."
"Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
That's it for now, have a great day!
I love that Adam quote...*sighs* can I have one of him???