Cricket not so Lovely

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Cricket not so Lovely
In this World Cup we have witnessed

1. Two Days of a "One Day" match between India and NZ

2. A six in the final that went rolling on the ground

3. NZ losing the final by "ZERO RUNS" and "ZERO WICKETS"

4. An Irishman lifting the World Cup for England

5. A final decided by a weird rule and the worst umpiring

6. First time ever in cricket a team never won a match by runs or wickets but by a rule

Congrats ICC for the greatest ever comedy show!

As someone said, cricket is a FUNNY GAME.

SUNIL DHARMABANDHU

UK
PS.
The match I never bothered to watch or make any comments, except on umpiring errors.

Review and Revision of Cricket Rules and Regulations

Review and Revision of Cricket Rules and Regulations

Even though, I remained neutral throughout the Cricket World Cup, I made a very big mistake in my assumptions.

That is because, I failed to recognize, how the “Super Over” will make Cricket Cup Final a mockery filled with errors of judgment.

No fault of players at all but Sri-Lankan umpires and referee were at fault.

Unfortunately, South African umpire did not rectify it.

My assumption was umpires would make mistakes but in a 50 over game a team or captain can make amends.

I agree fully with Simon Taufel, the Australian umpire that the Sri-Lankan umpires and referees made gross misjudgment and wrong interpretation of the regulations.

Awarding six for five was wrong.

The fact, they did not check whether the batman had crossed was not a human error.

They had videos to view and ample time to make decisions.

My belief is that, they penalized New Zealand and favoured England to make sure that their umpire posts and referee posts are secured and extended for life.

These (umpire and referee appointments) decisions are made in UK and not in New Zealand, so they connived.

It is time for current referee to resign and ICC to make rolling appointments, instead of fixed appointments, especially if there is a case of error in judgment or negligence (not a human error).

Super Six is a Big Joke and a strain on already tired players.

It is not like penalties in football (instead a half a day play to 90 minutes in football).

When tied the Cup Should be shared to bring Glory to Cricket, its players and spectators.

Sharing should not be alien to any sport.

Only politicians and power hungry leaders do not want to share.

That is the trademark of politics. 

Umpires and referees should not be political (to save the job for life).

Country Without Vision

Country Without Vision

Our country is blessed with natural beauty.

To begin with it is not land locked but L.T.T.E wanted artificial borders to administer with Indian hegemony and secret service, RAW creating and helping it.

Currently under the aegis of lunatic fringes of sand stormed countries wanted it segregated and become political and religious desert. There are no democracies in these sand stormed countries with arcane laws, an antitheses common law.

We have four or five religions, none of them I call as great, since they are practiced in negative sense.

All of them have few positive but many negative social ingredients and we only extract negative ingredients including hate to practice.

Some counties in Asia with sand storm and no rain for over 10 years, the inhabitants are running away from advancing desert looking pastures for domesticated animals.

We have dry seasons but no arid zones.

We are near the equator with sunshine and rain year round.

In spite of all these blessings, gradually the rain is failing and patches of arid lands are forming affecting our majestic elephants.

China is the only country which has vigorous policy against desertification of land.

This is all due to felling of trees and commercially non viable agriculture (mono-culture-rice is one of them) policy started by C.P. De Silva and vigorously exploited in the last 10 years by the previous regime (especially cutting trees for timber without a replanting schedule).

Our biodiversity and forests are disappearing fast, thanks to tea industry and recently banana growing for Americans.

Banana and many of the exotic plants (cashew, pomegranate and soursop, included) were brought in by European invaders.

Banana plant is the most invasive plant and one cannot even grow another banana plant in a place where soil resources are exhausted in one or two seasons.

Then we add excess of poisonous fertilizer with all the heavy metals percolating into the rivers and lakes.

One cannot find even Guppy fish in Kandy (this is due to the detergents escaping from the washing machines of domestic use) water paddles collected in the city soon after heavy rain.

The detergents poison gills of fish and they suffocate in ten minutes.

Our only safety valve to control mosquito menace is decimated. 

 

Kunu Ela rightly named by me as Condom Ela, one can see underwear and condoms (in addition to diesel) floating and they get trapped in the water intake of Kandy city purification plant.

All these we call progressive steps.

What we lack is politicians who could mange problems in a cohesive manner.

Can the “Third Force” take these problems including corruption?

That is the million dollar question?

Maha Brahma and his Dog

Maha Brahma and his Dog

This story was related to me by one of my yesteryear friends, not a doc but a dog now in high heaven.

I am well versed from the time of Maha Brahma’s Assistant who was a Kandy dog frequenting rubbish bins in Kandy including Malwatta temple and by some clever means twisted the arm of the Maha Brahma and managed to get the present post.

I knew the dog well and once in a way he sends me an errand of some sort by email. I cannot send any email to him because it is not permitted by law of the heaven for human to send email direct but there is no restriction of outgoing email from heaven, though, very randomly. I am told they use a type of Linux distribution where in the tradition incognito the log, memory and search routes and rules are erased without a trace.
I am trying to crack this and get some stories for earthling and I cannot wait till the next Buddha’s time and appearance which is eons away.
As a form of grace they release some random stories and I have the privilege of knowing the dog first and the current Brahma’s Assistant and by that virtue a few of the stories circulating in heaven.
The story predates his time (present Assistant) and this time it was a Pedigree Dog.
This pedigree dog was resident of a demented man who was politician of yesteryear.
He was demented because of his bounty of alcohol when in and out of power. But sadly he lived up to ripe old age of nineties, physically well but mentally demented.
The dog died soon after the master’s demise but because of his virtues and because he happened to reach heaven at the time of our New Year holiday, he was put on the waiting list.
There were quite a number of dogs who reached there at the very same instant.
Maha Brahma without an assistant, then had a great difficulty in selecting the correct protocol and the correct next round of births that they deserve.
Because this dog came from high office on earth he was very well noted by the Maha Brahma for extra credit.
Maha has a set of standard questions and it is very difficult to outsmart him.
He did not leave the demented politician now completely neglected by his party members, family members and the like but this faithful dog was with his master till his last few seconds on earth.
My friend told me not to disclose where about of this politician now but suffice is to say much less honourable quarters than his favorite dog.
In his conversation with Maha this dog had lot of questions from the Master Being.
The pedigree dog could not understand why the behaviour of his master changed in latter stages of his life with dementia who could not remember the dog’s name and used to call various odd names and forgot to feed him or fleece him.
He was very cross, telling Maha it was very unfair for a dog to be with a human in that stage of life and state and why only humans get demented and not dogs barring of course hydrophobia.
Maha did not have a suitable answer and he was impressed by this dogs devotion to his master when all earthlings deserted him high and dry including doctors.
There were lot of other dogs of lowly human settings including beggars, humbugs and the lot, Maha was pushed up to his neck and told the pedigree dog to wait for another day for a change and he could become his dog for a day and stay with him overnight.
This he could not decline.
He was so pleased with the offer did not bother the Master Being for even an overnight meal and went to sleep like a log.
Maha had other ideas and wanted to observe and test him before offering the next round of birth, the next day.
But he lost his first opportunity and in any case for his calm demeanor Maha was highly impressed.
The next day also Maha went on with his mundane routine affairs and was not ready with a place for our pedigree dog. That day was the same result, the pedigree dog that day went into dream mode thinking what a nice place he is going to get the next day.
This went on for a week and for some unknown reason Brahma had hit high on this week and was finding easy with his decision making.
In fact, Brahma was enjoying his company which was docile but very pleasant.
It was the same with the dog who had a very painful last few months on earth with the demented politician.
So he became less chatty and never asked any favours from the new master the Master Being himself.
Master also never offered a new lease or round of births by default.
Well Maha also knew one day when his term of office ends like the politician and when he has to go “he has to go” and he did not want to go alone.
Master needed a companion.
So the Maha and his dog came into being and they got eons to go.
So do not ever think of becoming the master’s dog or the master’s assistant.
 
They are on eternal holiday without fire crackers and assistant is doing the mundane rounds without a break (he loves it though being a descendant of Paraya or the stray dog clan).
In my case, I am looking for post of the server manager in heaven with my experience in hell this may lead to better and faster Linux Protocol and Administration there in heaven.

I.P.L, Cricket,Politics and Money

I.P.L, Cricket,Politics and Money

I.P.L., Cricket,Politics and Money.

I made few decisions sometime ago and they were the right decisions and I spend more time on Linux and Linux games now instead of cricket.

One of these decisions was to not to write about Sri-Lankan cricket.

Cricket Administration (Sri-Lankan) was so rotten and digging its dirty linen in public was not my intention and let mediocre journalists do that for their own living.

Second was I will watch only when it is played in good spirit and irrespective of the side to or the country one belongs when a player plays a good innings enjoy the moment and praise the praiseworthy and condemn the bad acts.

I am not Jeffry Boycott and I love listening to him on the BBC radio like terry Vaughan the Irishman.

Mind you there is an Irishman playing cricket in a flamboyant one day style English Team.

Can you believe that?

He always says don’t be diplomatic and his Yorkshire humour reminds me of the my Yorkshire time, which was very pleasant.

What it means is do not be partisan or make political capital out of cricket like the cheap Indian and Sri-Lankan soap opera (yesteryear) actors turned politicians.

I also hate people who take up politics while wielding a cricket bat and we have ample in this country.

I may sound anti-Sri-Lankan (I am anti-politician, does not matter which side they are in, who are corrupt to the core) too but that is my nature.

I may sound anti-Indian and but certainly not in Cricket and one example will clear any doubts.

There are many but I will state only one.

When Vivendra Shrawag, one of my favorite opening batsmen was denied a century by letting 4 byes and balling a noball next (all three of them are in our Sri-Lankan Team currently and it is a shame) and when his sixer was not allowed or counted, within seconds I vented my anger and blogged it.

This match was played in preparation for the world cup and we were the least prepared team then and it was wonder we came that far afterward.

That is the lowest we have gone (on the field and off the field must be too numerous to mention from selection to ground preparations) and on that count alone we did not deserve to win the world cup.

There are many including a bogus doctor looking after our team and many political insinuations.

The second incident was when Andrew Srauss played a brilliant innings and match was drawn in the Wold cup.

I said, a Star of Wonder was born for England and everybody was prepared to dish him out of cricket after their elimination at our hands in the world cup.

He may not be a brilliant tactician but a very good cricketer and today he proved beyond any doubt (by beating India comprehensively) that he is a test class player.

Now coming to what happened to India?

Many will be written in India but I will be brief.

It is the IPL which started the rot.

There was easy entry for Indian (Pakistani too) businessmen and bookies who were only interested in money spinning that ruined the cricket in general and Indian cricket particularly.

In this context Ravi Bopara’s act of not accepting the IPL should be commendable.

The second factor is too much of cricket and ICC should take the full blame for it (the CEOs also looking at money but not players welfare).

I feel sorry for Shrawag, Dravid and Tendukar (they have done enough for Indian cricket) but not for the rest of the team or on the bench who came up from IPL ranking and showing how good they are to the world. 

I have no sympathy for Dhoni too. 

He has to take the blame for not saying enough to BCCI and standing up to them and saying my warriors are battle fatigued and they need a decent rest in between major fixtures.

That is his crime.

I cannot forgive him for that error of judgment.

IPL in essence ruined our cricketers (Sri-Lankan) and our young prospects too and we won’t recover for decades.

That I do not care.

We present Sri-Lankan who cannot even fill a form in English at an airport love to have air ticket free and money on the sly, often illegal foreign exchange and lot of other dealing besides cricket (that include journalists, commentators and perhaps umpires too if not cricketers and their affiliated guys and girls).

What we need is national integration not too much of cricket or too much Sinhala jubilation’s.

I thank gods for losing the Worlds Cup (we made billions of Indians happy) and in England.

If we won our politicians will be basking in sunshine and doing sweet nothing for corruption at all levels.

They have to work hard and show the voters that they are worth the 5 years pension they get for doing sweet nothing for five years.

I.P.L. Cricket, Film Stars, Politics and Money

Politics and Money have ruined Gentleman’s Cricket, as it was known in the past.

I.C.C. CEO’s did not see it coming or did not wish to see it that way, anyway.

Final nail in the coffin was sending young cricketers to prison.

There was no rehabilitation for players.

Banning them for life or sending them to prison won’t solve any of the problems now ingrained in cricket.

It will worsen and young blood with correct frame of mind will not contemplate cricket as a career.

It is not worth the trouble.

In this background England will become the best test playing country.

But it has no meaning to Indians who are cricket fanatics.

Ultimately test cricket will also die a natural death.

What is happening in Australia is the dress rehearsal for test cricket.

It happened to great West Indies.

It will happen to India.

It has already happened to Sri-Lanka.

In Ceylon what ruined can be put in two words.

Politics and Money.

In India it were I.P.L, Film Stars and book makers.

I.P.L is an embodiment of money and the corruption that goes with it.

I saw it coming and stop watching cricket at all.

It is a blessing in disguise and I could now concentrate more on other vices.

Watching New Zealand Rugby more entertaining that cricket.

R.I.P for cricket in Asia.

Unfortunately, I have to say this before the Asia Cup.

If anybody watches these games he or she has to get his/her mind tested by a psychologist who does not understand what is cricket.

We all had this disease and thank god I am fully cured due to our politicians.

When politicians take control of sports there is no turnaround.

It will remain corrupt to the core and become more and more corrupt.

Interview in Disarray (Election Preview)

Interview in Disarray (Election Preview)

I sleep well and dream well.

This is my latest dream with its interpretation.

I was requested to come for an interview based on a national lottery ticket number.

Very strange and I could not formally apply.

It was something like the “Talent Contest” in TV, which channel I cannot remember.

The way it was conducted, I presume it was Sri-Lankan!

The interviewer was an attractive TV presenter lady.

She was dressed as if it was her wedding day.

I was dressed casually without a tie.

By strange coincidence, I was the first candidate to be interviewed.

She fiddled with the examination cards and question sets but she could not find my set to start the contest.

I thought I can take “Mickey” out of her with the false start.

Within the first minute, I acted like a teenager with a temper tantrum.

When I looked at the other sets, I saw all the bio-data of the other candidates piled up.

I said I cannot come again, you have to make the entry set now.

Otherwise, I am going away and won’t return and report the matter.

At this stage (having been an examiner myself) she new there is a breakdown in the system and she was answerable to her boss and was visibly nervous.

I said shall I put down my bio-data in a piece of paper to help her progress the examination.

She said No.

My objective was to have my own handwriting in the entry set, so that in a scrutiny, if I needed later, I can cross check the validity of my entry.

She then gave me a champagne bottle in her possession and started writing my bio-data.

Before she could finish, the bell rang and another examiner who was late for his part came in.

As he came through the door, I peeped to see the rest of the candidates piling up and the next in line trying to come in.

She took this opportunity to slip out and avoid me in good stead.

She forgot to take the champagne bottle in the rush.

The male interviewer was no better.

He started fiddling with the entry set.

Behold no entry for me.

The female interviewer took my set (she prepared) instead of the champagne (presumably to consume after the end of the examination) bottle.

I took this opportunity to taste the bubbly champagne instead of the bizarre interview.

I pulled the cork out with a pop (without a screw) and offered him a sip before me but he went wild and incriminated me of stealing at an interview and disqualified me in toto!

I woke up.

This was a bizarre dream and posted an email to Acting Maha immediately.

Before, I could take the finger out of the entry key, he was there with a big laugh with angle tune in the background.

How are you?

Very well thank you.

Whats the latest news?

Election panic in evolution and it is in a mess.

Do you know the candidates?

There could be hundreds and the ballot paper would look like a newspaper Sunday front cover with pictures to identify the candidates.

Isn’t it illegal to advertise the candidates?

We cannot but the new election bylaw states that the commissioner can.

So there is no messing up.

No Sir,the messing up comes in the counting chambers.

How?

One has to put numbers instead of crosses on the ballot paper.

The crossing we do with some anger but with numbers we get some paranoia of winning a lottery.

This time more than 100% might vote at the election.

The commissioner might not be able to balance the sheet and election petition would ensue sooner than late.

So we will be without a head for sometime.

It is good know.

Not at all.

It is very easy to steal and do corrupt deals in transition.

No convictions.

Or I see.

What is your interpretation.

This time the election commissioner would device a full proof ballot paper.

It opens with a pop, like when you open a champagne bottle.

Then the police guarding the polling station might shoot at the candidate and you may have few accidents.

Do you won’t me to vote?

Do you like a stray bullet through you by accident.

I suppose not.

Should I stay away.

It is a prudent decision.

Why?

Nobody would get the 50% of the valid vote.

With the numbers over hundred, counting can go on for six months.

Then the Attorney General will find a loophole in the system to appoint an interim president who decides not to stand down and declare the election null and void.

So your vote is null and void.

Why vote?

Stay at home or wear a bullet proof vest, if you decide to go for it.

Religious Quagmire

Religious Quagmire

There was an international conference on Religions to answer the Question, “What is Going On, Earth?”.

Buddhist representative was asked “Why there is so much Hate in Ceylon”?

His answer was simple: If we do not practice Hate as proposed by the BBS, then the other religions cannot see what it means by “Metta” in Buddhism.

Our Metta Buddha is eons away for reincarnation, we need to see him in real life to practice “Metta”.

Till then Hate is the default system.

Then the Next question is from a Hindu representative from India.

Why Krishna is not coming?

He said he was on holiday after India lost the World Cup qualification.

Siva is preparing the battle field for the loss and the only way to avoid conflict is an eon holiday.

Mind you according to my information, Maha Brahma is also on an eon holiday and a Ceylon dog (reincarnation) in heaven is deputizing him as the acting Maha and India is cross with heaven for electing a Ceylon Dog.

Then the Jewish representative was asked;

Why there is a delay in god coming?

His prompt response was unless all the Hindu gods are decimated they cannot take up with Muslims gods in real time.

That explains the delay.

Then a true Christian was asked;

Why there is a delay in Christ coming?

He said there is technical hitch.

It is very difficult to make a virgin pregnant.

It needs eons of practice.

Then questioner retorted “Why not try I.V. F for a change?

That is painful and it is prohibited to make somebody pregnant under sedation, anyway.

Then the Muslim representative was asked why the Delay in Your God Coming?

They are still trying to create their own heaven without Christians, Jews, Hindus and all the other denominations and that heaven has to be at a higher level than the other heavens and hells and the law of gravity does not permit such an event and the whole universe would explode, with a slightest of a mistake along with their creator god.

That is why the delay.

So I am assured, that the coming of god is nowhere in sight, it is a non entity in our time.
 

The problem with the above scenario is there is no room for a real atheist like me.

The reason being that most of the current atheists are not born atheists but converts who come from above four or five domains with some residual elements hindering clear comprehension.

 

Some of them are on the fringe of lunatic behaviour and concoct bizarre concepts worse than religions.

So open atheist forum is practically non existent in the current world.

I of course add spice into these confused forums adding another dimension called alien beings who may or may not visit us by chance coincidence.

The idea is to create lateral thinking (De Bono strategy) forums with philosophical gifts.

I have so far failed in my attempts to make a brand of enhanced emancipated beings.

 

I fear and I do not want guys and girls to end up in lunatic asylums and blog my ideas here.

 

I know nobody reads them except me.

 

That is the beauty and the whole idea of the Internet, blog your frustration at lib.

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Umpires made ‘error of judgement’ with overthrows – Taufel

The umpires made an "error of judgement" in awarding six runs, instead of five, to England for the overthrow that hit Ben Stokes’ bat and ran to the boundary, says former  umpire Simon Taufel,  after the World Cup 2019 final. Currently part of the MCC’s laws sub-committee that makes the rules governing cricket, Taufel told The Age and Sydney Morning Herald that England should have been awarded five runs, not six.

"It’s a clear mistake.. it’s an error of judgment," Taufel said. "They (England) should have been awarded five runs, not six. "The judgment error was the timing of when the fielder threw the ball. The act of the overthrow starts when the fielder releases the ball. That’s the act. It becomes an overthrow from the instant of the throw." Law 19.8, pertaining to "Overthrow or willful act of fielder", says: "If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the willful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be any runs for penalties awarded to either side, and the allowance for the boundary, and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act."

A review of the footage of the incident - which took place off the fourth ball of the last over - shows clearly that, at the moment the ball was released by the New Zealand fielder, Martin Guptill, Stokes and his partner, Adil Rashid, had not yet crossed for their second run. Taufel also said that Stokes and Rashid should have switched ends once the run was found to be incomplete - which meant Rashid would have played the fifth ball with three runs required to win. "They did not cross on their second run, at the instant of the throw. So given that scenario, five runs should have been the correct allocation of runs, and Ben Stokes should have been at the non-striker’s end for the next delivery." 
Taufel defended the officials though, saying the moment involved many things happening at the same time. "In the heat of what was going on, they thought there was a good chance the batsmen had crossed at the instant of the throw," Taufel said. "Obviously TV replays showed otherwise. The difficulty you (umpires) have here is you’ve got to watch batsmen completing runs, then change focus and watch for the ball being picked up, and watch for the release (of the throw)," he said.

"You also have to watch where the batsmen are at that exact moment." The former umpire acknowledged the call "influenced the game", but said it should not be viewed as costing New Zealand the match - and the tournament. 

"It’s unfair on England, New Zealand and the umpires involved to say it decided the outcome," Taufel said.

Acting Maha Brahma

 Acting Maha Brahma

I have changed (Practice Metta Meditation) a lot and have become an environmentalist and no mosquitoes at all now.

I breed Guppy Fish to control this menace and I have beautiful collection of them in addition to some exotic water plants and lilies.

 The real Maha Brahma is on an eons holiday and the present Acting Maha is a yesteryear paraya (stray) dog, whom I knew as a street dog.

My dog who passed away has joined him as a underdog (not in cricket parlance) and is my divine angle!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

I had two bad nights in which I kept up all night doing some bizarre routines of editing a long text file into print form, downloading, burning iso images and testing them, blogging and making PowerPoint type of presentation with Google's free TripWoW.
 

I had a good night sleep yesterday and woke with a nice dream.

I thought Maha Brahma would be happy to here it, since the dream was related to heaven itself.

I was fed up with living on this planet with so much mosquitoes and very warm weather and sleeping only a brief period at night (reason for my keeping up at night is to thrash mosquitoes and send them to heaven instantaneously with my blessings).

They are crushed with rapid alternative and reciprocal movements of my hands closing together in symphony with mosquito music beating down my ears and the mosquitoes are not spared a moment of thought (thought block) of their own (when they die) and when they wake up, really reborn, they are there in heaven with Acting Maha, fanning the senior Devas with hand held fans (instead of beating drums like on earth).

The Dream
I decided to vacate my post on earth and made an early entry to heaven,with the message in a long electronic PHP form.

I made sure, I entered every cage, like when you fill the USA Visa forms, similar to our elderly politicians who wish to be born in America instead of heaven.

They call America the heaven on earth and only the most corrupt politicians that curry favour America, including Indians organizing IPL Cricket are allowed (Not Qaddafi Type) Visa to America and reborn again, there.

In my case, I made sure I did not leave any gaps fearing anybody who enter the data into the computer might add unnecessary but REAL details that might prevent my qualification for entry to heaven.

Then I saw Maha himself going through the form personally because it was recognized as my personal writing by Maha.
 

However, he was not happy for not leaving any room inside and between cages where he can make some corrections, entries, if he so desires and put his stamp of approval.
 This was very unusual for me unlike e-forms in the web where they make it compulsory for almost all the entries to be filled so that search engines can put you in  some form of commercial category to market web goods and services at lib.

I was asking and making a big fuss why do I have to make entries in e-forms (like pension claims) and Maha put his hand on my shoulder and said, you are trying to be very clever aren't you?

With the press of his hand I felt very heavy shock and woke up.

Sadly, I was not in heaven but on my bed.

But I had a very pleasant sense of some ease and happiness that even in my dream I was speaking to the all almighty the Maha and not to a political big wig or a Sri-Lankan cricket selector who is a decider cum political leader who invites a yesteryear cricketer out of his skeleton cupboard to represent at Kingston Oval having looked at his previous record book on political affiliations.

Of course one gets a ticket to London and return on Cricket Board expenses.

Maha was bit puzzled.

He thought, I really wanted to join him in a hurry and deprive him some good dreams from earth.

Equally he was concerned I was pulling a fast one to get some facilitator for rear entry like our old politicians and national thinkers who are almost demented but want to secure a National List MP Post.

Did you really dream this?

Of course, I replied.

Do you know how the leave is granted in heaven?

Not a slightest bit of idea, Sir.

Then he calmed down a lot and said, this was a good dream and it is futuristic and does not apply to you.

I was relieved.

Why were you concerned about leaving gaps in the e-form?

It is like this.

In heaven we grant leave to all applicants irrespective of their need.

But one has to leave a little space as a grace, offering me some administrative work space which is mandatory.

You have to mention the date of commencement only and not the date of return.

In our case what is important is the date of return.

Not the date of commencement, Sir.

We tend to fall sick for no reason, if the leave is not granted and if the date of return is not entered, then there is  a bigger problem.

It is not like that in heaven since we leave the date of return cage empty, I can just put a date at random when things demand and automatically the server sends an email alert with nice music to wake up the angels on leave on the right day.

By doing this I never have the problem of everybody applying for leave.

Or I see.

Do they sleep on holidays and do you go to other heavens for vacation?

I suppose they do so, but they easily get bored when on leave and want to come back and activate their inborn desires and pastimes like listening to music, bit of gossiping about earth and it's politics and interpreting dreams like what I am doing, now.

Did your boss real Maha leave an empty space?

No.

My goodness.

That is why I am stuck here as Acting Maha Brahma!

I do not have a space to make an entry and call him back even if I wanted to.

So this new regulation to leave and empty space, is one of my own creations to call back whenever I need somebody.

Yes, that was why I was bit worried and thought you are trying a fast one to get to grips with administration here even before coming here.

It is like our U.G.C Chairman putting a backdated regulation for his own survival.

Can I put an entry without empty spaces.

I will let you do that since now you know my devises but do not tell other gods and angles.

OK,OK.

Dream Interpretation.

The interpretation is very simple because it relates mostly to Sri-Lanka.

In future when the future presidents want some things for himself he calls the guy /girls to the president house and give them a sumptuous meal.

Then he gets you to sign some blank papers undated and make you to leave gaps in the entry form.

For example you have a Tourist Hotel which is very popular at the beach side.

He comes there for a holiday and become interested in the property.

He invites you to his house for a drink and get all the papers ready for a 10 year rolling lease period.

So that is the end of the property, I guess.

Yes, especially if the guy or girl rub shoulders at a re-election or of the ruling party.

The problem is he will do this to the entire registered population  with in one year of election.

Only one census is enough and he will own the entire length and breath of the country.

How big is the country then?

The sea has advanced almost to Kandy and all the population is now in the hills and population is 100 times now.

If they do not sign what happens?.

They are loaded and sent as refugees to India by boat and India has 100,000 times more people than now and their sea has advanced almost to foothills of Himalaya.

There is no room for someone to lie down and all are standing upright and one out of thousand get a chance to lie down once a year for a holiday break for 10 to 15 minutes.

The humans have mutated a lot and have very strong legs and very long tapering hands to reach even trees (or for begging) and hang on for few minutes a day to give the legs a break and that also has to be done in turns and there is a token that handshake like a tablet (Like in ethernet and railway) that pass around from hand to hand and one can keep it only for few minutes lest you get a teaser shock with a laser satellite on orbit.
One takes the table in one hand and reach a branch of a tree and let go the tablet before the tracer shock is given.

What about the toilets.

There is no problem, there is an automatic suction tube that sucks urine and scat separately even when one does not have the urge to go and they are used for new form of energy and water is recycled for reuse.

This is similar to the space technology developed in the shuttle.

What about the air one breaths.

One has to open an insurance policy, the moment one is born for air safety (security) and it is controlled by the Government in power and the President himself is in charge.

Process is similar to water and electricity bills but more expensive and the cleaning plants  for air are connected to the same tube that suck out all excreta but with a different and safe viaduct for (breathing) air.

Free air is polluted and one cannot breath it.

I do not think you should worry about these little things you will be gone many moons before this happens. 
Where to?

I am not suppose to tell you when you are still a human.

OK; 
See you soon.

Dark Side of Sports– Money, Power, Politics– All About Business: Games Aren’t Just Games Any More

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Dark Side of Sports– Money, Power, Politics– All About Business: Games Aren’t Just Games Any More

by Bizshifts-Trends
Sports used to be simple. Go to games. Play games. Have fun. Be entertained. Now it’s so much more. Every level of sports-- from your local youth leagues straight up to the pros-- it's all become big business that generates big money and big influence... The theme driving the ethics of sports is 'win-at-all-costs' and 'profit-at-all-costs'... On Capitol Hill, sports businesses blatantly wield its power to get what it wants, and often succeeds. In the justice system, sports figures are, perhaps more than ever, at center of criminal investigations because they once felt invincible but no more... Sports is big business worldwide, according to research; the global sports market is valued over one trillion dollars, including; teams, players, merchandise, arenas, apparel, betting, e-sports, sports medicine, sports education and training, kids sports, sports television, sports media, special events, fantasy games, sports videos, sports equipment... and, it's expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.3%...
Nearly in every part of the world sports heroes are discussed around the dinner table... In the Olympic world, sports help give nations credibility and also can spark international conflict. For good and bad, the sports world is bigger and more powerful than ever, with athletes wielding more and more influence over culture, politics... But behind the million-dollar publicists, watered-down personas, fancy shoe commercials... athletes are still just men and women. Men and women who won the genetic lottery, for sure, but they often have deep, dark sides and the money to keep those dark sides under wraps...
In the article Dark Side of Sport by Dominic Hobson writes: Sport is war - it's about the loss, as well as the gain... Sport is war minus the shooting... Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It's bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence... It's rich in triumphalism, disdain and pride, in the love of power and of domination. Sport has something in common with war... It's zero-sum: What one gains, the other loses. Of course, some find in sport a positive sum-- an aesthetic pleasure akin to great art or literature...
The pleasure of effort is rewarded, the mastery of a skill, the exhilaration of speed, the thrill of danger averted, the union of mind and body, and the unity of body and nature. It can be beautiful to watch another human being run fast, or jump high, or bowl quickly, or strike a ball exquisitely. If sport really was improving the moral character of the players, it would not be necessary to equip officials with sophisticated video technology to check they are not cheating. But even he/she prefers an ugly victory to a beautiful defeat. What Douglas MacArthur said of war is as true of sport; there is no substitute for victory...
In sport, it's 'points', not the poetry, that count. No one remembers, as sports people are apt to remind each other, how they won. This is why the sports-field is as much a moral vacuum as a battlefield. The fist-shaking at the net, goal-mouth celebrations-- these are ugly metaphorical equivalents of mutilating slain enemies in battle. The character-building quality of sport is contradicted every time players take to field of play.
All too often, sporting contests feature some combination of spitting, sledging, swearing, shouting, fist-pumping, glaring, grunting, grass-kissing, badge-tugging, or outright violence... Sport does not build character: At best, it betrays it. At worst, it corrupts it. It's not just the players who are corrupted: So are spectators. Hence, it's easy to observe that modern democracy has rediscovered what emperors knew millennia ago: grotesque entertainments ensure quiescence of the populace. According to Hugh McIlvanney; sports is fantastic metaphor for life...
In the article Politicization of Sports and Sportization of Politics by Yves Smith writes: Sport has its own dynamic and its own identity. It's one of dominant global institutions, fully commercialized and professionalized. According to Ivan Ergic: it's one of last domains in which macho-culture and its relation to militarism, is still present. No wonder women’s sports are not accepted on same level as men's’: most women that do participate become masculinized so as to compete at the same level as men... This only shows how militant the industry of sports actually is...
According to Ivan Ergic: most sports fans come from the working class. Completely passivised, they watch the contests sitting in front of their televisions they don’t even go to the stadiums anymore. We live in a world of hyper commercialization and this is visible in sports as well. The fact that the working class is becoming passivised is problematic as it diverts attention from important life issues. The fan movement is the only movement in the world that doesn’t have a collective institution, or a body governing it. The divisions that this creates clearly shows that sports tend to segment different classes...
People construct their identities around their sports clubs as these are historically local clubs, which breed local patriotism. As symbolic representatives of a region, the connection that people feel to them is understandable. The issue with this is that it results in diverting attention from more existential issues. Fans protest energetically against corruption in a club, or a club going bankrupted, but protest much less about losing jobs or inequity in the local factory...
Nationalism is one of the most profiting mechanisms of reorienting people towards issues related to their identities. It's an ideology that de-politicizes peoples in a certain way, as its focus on identity blurs all other social and political issues... The World Cup, Olympics, etc. are events supposedly meant to unite people. At the same time they intensify national sentiments and national identities, which again diverts attention from the real issues. People should unite in common aim of fighting political, economic and ecological issues... yet instead they focus on small narcissistic differences between-- different teams or nations, on who wins, or who doesn’t... identifying themselves with the teams in a common-- 'we' have lost or 'we' have won, this 'we' being the team and the nation at the same time...