People say that an image is worth a thousand words. I think it way more powerful than that.
My photographic journey started many years ago when I was still traveling the world while working on the Queen Mary 2. With a little point and shoot camera I started getting quite obsessive about taking image at all the cities I visited and the people I met.
For me it was not about the technical or artistic side of it, it was just about creating something that will help me remember. Something that will help me tell the stories I was living and experiencing.
At the time I was not concerned about composition, depth of field or post processing – I hardly new what they were! I was literally just pointing and shooting. And you know what? I had a blast!
Over time I started reading a bit, did a few photography courses and when I bought my first D70 in Gibraltar the game changed. Suddenly I had more buttons, more dials and a whole lot more things to try. To me, that was the start of my photographic journey.
I arrived back in South Africa with my D70 and a few newly acquired lenses and was keen to try my hand at photographing wildlife. Now at this point it is worth mentioning that I grew up in South Africa and have always had a true love and deep appreciation for wildlife and nature.
After playing around, as that is really what it was, with wildlife photography I moved into lodge management and field guiding and it was here where my two passions, photography and nature, not only found each but excelled.
Suddenly I was in the bush everyday. I was seeing amazing things and having a great time photographing Africa. It was during this time that Photo-Africa was born out of a pure need for me to have a place where I could show people my images.
One thing led to the next and after a few years Photo-Africa grew into a site which featured a blog with daily posts on wildlife photography, a stock site where more than 90 photographers uploaded and showcased their images and a solid following.
During this time I was completely immersed in my photography. I had great subjects and light on an almost daily basis and filled a lot of memory cards as I kept on looking for better images.
The problem was, and this is something I think happens to a lot of photographers, I was so obsessed with my images and trying to improve them that I never sat back to reassess where I was as a photographer.
Don't get me wrong, my photographic skills and photographs were improving as I spent a lot of time reading and trying new things but not as fast as they could have.
Fast forward another few years till today.
After leaving the lodge industry and recently merging Photo-Africa with Moya Wa Tenga, a travel and destination management company, things have changed.
I was amazed at how, since not being immersed in the bush anymore, my approach to my photography has changed. I see my subjects differently. I have different kinds of images in mind that I would like to get. I seem to appreciate the moments even more (if that's possible) and I feel that I am creating better images than three months ago.
Apart from having that extra little bit of excitement when I head to the bush there is one other factor that has been a part of the change.
Yeah, people have changed the way I approach my wildlife photography and it is probably one of the things I would recommend to any new wildlife photographer out there.
Speak to people. Look at other people's work. Interact with other photographers online. Read other photographers blogs.
Even though photography is a personal thing and originates somewhere deep inside us you cannot improve in a vacuum. You cannot expect to get better at what you do if you do it all on your own and you do not share your work. Talk about your work.
When Guy asked me to do a guest post he asked me to write at my photographic journey I was not quite sure where to start. You see, in my mind my journey has just begun and I still feel like I am learning everyday.
When I started out I did have certain goals but I don't think I have reached any of them and the reason is that they change. Every time I click the shutter they change.
It might sound strange but the more I photograph the more I want to photograph. When you combine the fact that technology is changing all the time you end up with a constantly changing set of photographic possibilities. It's awesome!
Through my blog on Wild Eye, our courses and photo expeditions I always try and share these thoughts with other photographers.
Shoot for yourself and what excites you. Don't worry what other people say about your work. Take the constructive parts and ignore the rest. Wildlife photography is a fantastic journey, whatever your level of experience and sharing it with other people makes is even better!
I applaud Guy for putting together this website as it is a great way to change the way you look at your own photography. I would also like to thank Guy for allowing me to share some of my thoughts and images with you and look forward to doing so again in future!
I really like what you say here Gerry. My own journey is just beginning and by connecting and sharing with other photographers, it is an amazing way to learn, improve and grow. Thanks for the postings and keep em coming!
Excellent post, lots of insights in a small space. It is definitely a journey…with an ever-changing destination…and that's what makes it exciting.
Thanks for the comments everybody. 🙂 Gotta love the journey!


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Zhengxiang Subdistrict () is a subdistrict and the seat of Zhengxiang District in Hengyang, Hunan, China. The subdistrict has an area of about  with a population of 73,800 (as of 2015). The subdistrict of Zhengxiang has three villages and 13 communities under its jurisdiction, its administration office is at Taiping Residential Area ().

History
The subdistrict of Zhengxiang was formed as a division of the former Chengbei District () in May 1978; it had 17 communities of Hengqi (), Hengshao (), Lianhecun (), Lianhe Xincun (), Taiping I (), Taiping II, Taiping III, Taiping IV, Dayuantou (), Yanghuiqiao (), Jiefangxilu (), Xueyuanlu (), Xueyuan Xicun (), Honghu (), Honghutang (), Yejin () and Yixueyuan () under its jurisdiction.

Before the urban district adjustment of Hengyang in June 2001, the subdistrict of Zhengxiang governed 19 communities. After adjustment of the urban divisions, Chengbei District was dissolved and Zhengxiang Subdistrict was placed under the jurisdiction of Zhengxiang District. The subdistrict administered 10 of the original 19 communities, and the remaining nine communities were respectively assigned to Hongxiang Subdistrict (), Lianhe Subdistrict () and Changhu Township ().

The township of Changhu () was merged to it on November 18, 2015, the newly established subdistrict of Zhengxiang administered four villages of Lixin, Changhu, Dali and Songting; 13 communities of Liaojiawan, Lixin 1, Lixin II, Hengshao, Shijicheng, Pinghu, Xiaojiawan, Wenjiatai, Taiping 1, Taiping II, Dayuantou, Honghu and Yanghuiqiao in 2015; it covers an area of . Through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, its division was reduced to 16 from 17.

Subdivisions
The newly established subdistrict of Zhengxiang administered four villages and 13 communities in 2015. Through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, its division was reduced to 16 from 17, the subdistrict has three villages and 13 communities under its jurisdiction.

13 communities
 Dayuantou Community ()
 Hengshao Community ()
 Honghu Community ()
 Liaojiawan Community ()
 First Community of Lixin Residential Area ()
 Second Community of Lixin Residential Area ()
 Pinghu Community ()
 Shijicheng Community ()
 First Community of Taiping Residential Area ()
 Second Community of Taiping Residential Area ()
 Wenjiatai Community ()
 Xiaojiawan Community ()
 Yanghuiqiao Community ()

3 villages
 Changhu Village ()
 Dali Village ()
 Songting Village ()

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By femi March 20, 2019
A young hero has been hailed after struggling to save his life and that of his little sister during an attack on Dogon Noma village in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state.
The brutal attack on the innocent villagers few days ago – was alleged to have been carried out by Fulani herdsmen.
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The heavily armed men reportedly fired shots at the boy. The bullets pierced his hand and went to his abdomen. Badamosi was carrying his little sister, Muradi on his back. He had her when he was shot at. Yet, he braved it and refused to drop his little sister on account of the pains.
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Politics of Zimbabwe
According to Zimbabwe's Constitution, the president is head of state and ahead of government elected for a 6-year term by popular majority vote. Parliament consists of the House of Assembly and has up to a 5-year life span. The House of Assembly has 120 members elected by the common-roll electorate, eight governors, 10 chiefs, 12 presidential appointees, the Speaker, and the Attorney General.
The Zimbabwean Constitution institutionalizes majority rule and protection of minority rights. The elected government controls senior appointments in the public service, including the military and police, and insures that appointments at lower levels are made on an equitable basis by the independent Public Service Commission.
The judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who like the other justices is appointed by the President on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission. The Constitution has a bill of rights containing extensive protection of human rights. The bill of rights could not be amended for the first 10 years of independence except by unanimous vote of the House of Assembly.
Zimbabwe is divided into eight provinces, each administered by a provincial governor appointed by the president. The provincial governor is assisted by the provincial administrator and representatives of several service ministries. Zimbabwe is governed by President Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwean African National Union--Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), which has dominated the legislative and executive branches since independence in 1980.
conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabwe
conventional short form: Zimbabwe
former: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
Data code: ZI
Government type: nominally a parliamentary democracy, see descriptive text below:
Capital: Harare
Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status: Bulawayo*, Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, Midlands.
Independence: 18 April 1980 (from UK)
National holiday: Independence Day, 18 April (1980)
Constitution: 21 December 1979
Legal system: mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law. The legal system has come under increasing threat. The opposition MDC has repeatedly attempted to use the legal system to challenge the ruling ZANU-PF, but the courts rulings, often in favour of the MDC, have regularly been ignored by the police.
chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (since 31 December 1987); Co-Vice Presidents Simon Vengai MUZENDA (since 31 December 1987) and Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31 December 1987); Co-Vice Presidents Simon Vengai MUZENDA (since 31 December 1987) and Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to the House of Assembly
elections: president nominated by the House of Assembly for a six-year term (if more than one nomination, an electoral college consisting of members of the House of Assembly elects the president); election election last held 9-11 March 2002 (next to be held NA March 2008); co-vice presidents appointed by the president
election results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president; percent of vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 56.2%, Morgan Tsvangirai 41.9%
Legislative branch: unicameral House of Assembly (150 seats - 120 elected by popular vote for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10 occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and 8 occupied by provincial governors appointed by the president
elections: last held 24-25 June 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 48.6%, MDC 47.0%, other 4.4%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 62, MDC 57, ZANU-Ndonga 1
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Political parties and leaders: Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan_Tsvangirai]; National Alliance for Good Governance or NAGG [Shakespeare MAYA]; United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]
Political pressure groups and leaders: National Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition [Brian KAGORO]
International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
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The Latin American Left Is Ready For 2022
Above Photo: Nathalia Angarita / Reuters
Pink Tide 2.0 Is Well Underway.
Latin America, the 21st century's leading region for progressive victories, is in the midst of a leftist resurgence. A new "pink tide" is commencing, with the left holding office in a number of countries and challenging for power in upcoming presidential elections. Kicking off a collection of articles on Latin America's left, we present an overview of the continent's war between progressive and conservative forces as flashpoints loom from Chile to Brazil.
The Rise And Fall Of The First Pink Tide.
The original pink tide of leftist electoral victories began in the early 2000s, reaching a climax between 2006 and 2007. Evo Morales assumed the presidency in Bolivia in January 2006, Hugo Chávez was re-elected in Venezuela in December 2006, and in January 2007 Rafael Correa took office in Ecuador. All three won landslide election victories, joining President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Brazilian Workers' Party as harbingers of a new era for Latin America.
There was hope on the left in Latin America and beyond that the Washington Consensus would be replaced by a new Caracas Consensus. I lived in Venezuela between 2005 and 2007, Chavismo's highpoint, and the country's revolutionary fervour was palpable.
The regional right fought back relentlessly against these gains, backed by its historic sponsor: the US government. The US strategized to weaken and overthrow these new left-wing governments. Preventing them from consolidating the new mechanisms for Latin American unity and independence such as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), set up in 2004, was a particular focus.
By the end of 2019, these efforts had paid off. A 2009 coup and outright electoral fraud in Honduras, the 2016 removal of the Workers' Party in Brazil, the use of lawfare – the weaponization of legal tools for political goals – in Ecuador and, finally, a 2019 coup against Morales in Bolivia, all dealt serious blows to the Latin American left. The right was on the offensive, and Trump's White House ramped up its pursuit of regime change in left-led Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, a newly designated "troika of tyranny".
As 2021 draws to a close, however, the left appears to be turning the tide once more. An unexpected victory for Pedro Castillo in Peru's presidential election in June has crystallised mainstream narratives – and fears – of a leftist resurgence in the region: the pink tide 2.0.
Beating The Right: Bolivia And Chile.
Recent events in Bolivia demonstrate that the establishment right can be defeated in Latin America. The US and UK-backed coup that overthrew President Morales in November 2019 was rolled back in less than a year. Key to this turnaround were relentless grassroots mobilisations, heroic acts of resistance in the face of massacres and gross human rights violations by the far-right Jeanine Añez regime that replaced Morales.
Luis Arce, a key minister for most of Morales's presidency, stormed to victory in elections forced upon the regime and assumed the presidency in November 2020. In a recent interview I carried out with President Arce he highlighted the importance of progressive regional unity in light of the cross-continental collaboration of the Latin American right. Bolsonaro's Brazil, for example, backed the 2019 coup in Bolivia. When I asked about the US government's role in Latin America, he answered: "It is clear to us that South America, Latin America has to stop being the backyard of the United States."
In Chile, defeating the right and the violent imposition of neoliberalism is taking much longer. Neoliberalism was installed in the country from 1973 through the state terrorism of the Washington- and London-backed Pinochet dictatorship.
Despite the formal return of democracy in 1990 the economic model went untouched, regardless of the presence of centre-left governments. Things changed in late 2019, when massive public protests over economic inequality engulfed Chile. These were met with brutal repression by the right-wing Piñera government, which shared the Colombian state's tactic of blinding protestors.
In October 2020, Chileans overwhelmingly voted in favour of a new people's constitution to replace the illegitimate one imposed under Pinochet, dealing a shock blow to the Chilean establishment. "Neoliberalism was born in Chile and it will die in Chile!" has been a rallying cry on the streets.
The main left candidate, Gabriel Boric, made it through the first round of the presidential election last Sunday, coming just over 2% behind the far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast, son of a German Nazi army officer and open admirer of Pinochet. The 2nd round run-off is set for 19 December. While this result is undoubtedly a setback, Chile is undergoing a crucial process to rewrite its constitution with the balance of forces within the constitutional assembly favouring progressive forces.
Whatever the final result of the presidential election, the battle to bury neoliberalism, Pinochet's enduring legacy, will continue in Chile.
Making The Economies Scream.
In 1970 US president Richard Nixon ordered the CIA to "make the economy scream" in Chile under socialist president Salvador Allende. This same US tactic of bringing about regime change through economic sabotage drove Washington's imposition of sanctions against Cuba's new revolutionary government in 1961 (still in place today) and more recently against Venezuela under Chávez and now President Nicolás Maduro.
A 2019 report by a US thinktank found that US sanctions may have caused the death of as many as 40,000 people in Venezuela between 2017-18 alone. Despite this, and the farcical recognition of opposition politician Juan Guaidó as the president of Venezuela by the US, UK and others, Venezuela's left remains in power. In Cuba, Venezuela's close ally, sanctions continue to have a devastating impact and have contributed to widely covered anti-government protests. Nevertheless, the Caribbean island has still managed to develop its own Covid-19 vaccine (the only country in Latin America to do so) and continues its policy of medical internationalism.
The Pink Tide Reaches Colombia?
In Colombia, South America's reactionary bulwark, a former left-wing guerrilla and mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, is a serious challenger in the May 2022 presidential elections. He came second in 2018's presidential elections with nearly 42% of the vote, a historic high for the country's left. The victor, Ivan Duque, is the protegee of far-right former president, Alvaro Uribe, who presided over some of the worst human rights abuses Latin America has ever witnessed and who still casts a dark shadow over the country's politics.
Despite continued mass violence against the left, in April this year Colombians took to the streets to protest neoliberalism and state brutality in the largest anti-government protests in recent times. As expected, the government's response was severe, with scores murdered by the security services; dissatisfaction with Colombia's "genocidal democracy", though, may push Petro to victory. In the run up to May's presidential election, Petro will have to face down the violence of a tireless ruling class campaign against him if he is to win.
On The Edge: Bolsonaro And Lula In Brazil.
The left also has a strong chance of returning to power in Brazil, a regional giant where political developments reverberate far beyond its borders. The election of the neo-fascist Jair Bolsonaro in October 2018 came after a US-backed parliamentary coup to topple the Workers' Party president Dilma Rouseff in 2016 and imprison the popular former president, known as Lula, in April 2018.
Despite the corporate-controlled Brazilian media weaponizing popular anger at corruption against the left, polls pointed to a comfortable Lula victory in the 2018 elections. Once again, Latin America's right showed their willingness to use all options – including lawfare – to remove left-wing candidates that would defeat them at the ballot box. Lula was released in November 2019, long after the objective had been achieved. Support from the US government and the obfuscation of the facts by the wider western media were instrumental in Bolsonaro's eventual victory.
Credible polls show Lula winning the October 2022 presidential elections – but Lula has said he will only announce whether he will run early next year. Meanwhile, Bolsonaro is facing growing dissatisfaction at home and a recent congressional panel that recommended he be charged with "crimes against humanity" over his government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. A reported 600,000 Brazilians have died from Covid under Bolsonaro (a death rate not so much higher than the UK's in per capita terms).
If Lula does run, he will face similar obstacles to Petro in Colombia, and the possibility that Bolsonaro and sectors of Brazil's elite will follow Trump's example and attempt to block the election result.
Tensions And Hope.
In Nicaragua, a strong ally of Venezuela and Cuba, the Sandinistas (also under US sanctions) led by Daniel Ortega won an overwhelming victory in the 7 November presidential elections. Former Bolivian president Evo Morales called Ortega's victory a defeat for "Yanqui [US] interventionism". In contrast, Boric in Chile showed open hostility to Ortega's victory, echoing a clear fault-line on Nicaragua in the left of Latin America and beyond.
Despite these and other tensions, the Latin American left will enter 2022 full of hope. A new international election observatory has been formed in challenge to the discredited Organisation of American States. Regional blocs like the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) have been resuscitated, primarily under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidency in Mexico. Mexico also played a key role in providing refuge for Morales after the coup in Bolivia before he went to Argentina for protection from the left-wing government of Alberto Fernández. Morales has now returned to Bolivia following Arce's election.
Crucially, popular uprisings have proven to be the inflexion points in fights with the right. In Chile and Colombia in late 2019 and early this year – countries presented to the world as neoliberal icons – and in Bolivia, mass street struggle has weakened the right. These blood-drenched right-wing forces will never give up their violent attempts to capture state power for the benefit of the few. Equally, the left in Latin America know they are the many: and will fight hard to represent the region's political soul.
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beIN secures 'landmark' rights deal with the AFC
beIN Media Group has agreed a 'landmark' long-term deal in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region with the Asian Football Confederation. The deal will cover the next three AFC cycles until 2023. beIN will have exclusive rights to AFC competitions in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, […]
DAZN agrees eight-year AFC Champions League in Japan
DAZN has signed an eight-season rights deal with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the AFC Champions League in Japan. The deal will see DAZN broadcast coverage of the competition in Japan starting from the 2021 season, which will kick off on June 22. In addition to the AFC Champions League, the agreement also covers […]
LaLigaSportsTV to broadcast AFC Champions League in Spain and Andorra
Spanish sports streaming platform LaLigaSportsTV has agreed a deal with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to broadcast the AFC Champions League. The three-year deal will see the platform broadcast the region's premier club competition via its OTT streaming service through to 2024 in Spain and Andorra. LaLigaSportsTV will provide coverage of the tournament for the […]


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The cyclist was thrown clear from the collision but still received injuries to their leg.
DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE is warning cyclists to take care on the roads and always wear a helmet after a collision in Dublin city centre yesterday.
A cyclist had a lucky escape after a crash which ended with a bicycle under a car.
It's understood that the cyclist was thrown clear from the collision but still received injuries to their leg.
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finally got some sleep last night. Dad was still having some pain and couldnt sleep. ended up grabbing 3 tylenol pm tablets for him so both of us could get some sleep. He goes back to the hospital on Friday for more tests. I just wish they would find out what it causing him so much pain.
i'm still in amazement that we actually own a house now. we kept looking at one another last night and saying 'we got a house' now comes the fun part. waiting for the seller to move out so we can move it. actually we want to have the carpets and air vents cleaned before we move in. will be fun trying to coordinate this all.


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Bharya Athra Pora is a 2013 Malayalam family film directed by Akku Akbar, starring Jayaram and Gopika in the lead roles. The cast and crew of 2008 film  Veruthe Oru Bharya came together to make the film, although it is not a sequel to the first film. The film was a commercial success.

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Satyanathen is a teacher at Vivekodayam school, Thrissur. His wife Priya is a bank employee and they have a fourteen-year-old son Bhaskaran. Satyanathan is an alcoholic. After school hours, he can be seen with his friends in the local bar or at thekkinkad maithanam where they play cards. He is dissatisfied with his life and wife. He befriends some young men of the new generation whose lifestyle tempts him. During an outing to a beach he reveals to his newly formed friends that he is in love with a girl called Neena Kuruvila whose thoughts and personality match with his. Priya learns of this while logging on to his Facebook account without his knowledge. She then tells her close friends, who suggest she take him to a rehabilitation center. But Priya decides that she is not interested in taking any experiments and that she is disgusted with his behaviour. She files a joint petition for divorce and both sign it. They decide to live separately until the six months given by court to settle for their divorce. Satyanathen decides to live on first floor and Priya lives in ground floor with Bhaskaran. After some time, he notices a man dropping by to see Priya everyday and he becomes jealous. One day Neena decides to meet Satyanathen at beach side. She asked for 4 lakh rupees as help and flirts with him. But he adjusts and gives her that money not realizing it's a trap. Later on Satyanathen realizes that she is fake and had been taking money from many men outside and doing illicit affairs when the news about a raid flashes on TV. Bhaskaran has been telling the flashback to a doctor while he collapsed after running from police. He had sex with his mentally disabled female friend recorded and saved it in a pendrive. Priya discovers that her son is a porn addict and Sathyanathen also finds it and thrashes him. Finally Dr Augustine brings Bhaskaran back to his home where he sees his friend Neha and breaks down. Satyanathen consoles him. Later on at the Family court, Priya and Satyanathen get divorced and expects them to change while living in the same house but separately. At the end of the movie Satyanathen and his son Bhaskaran takes an oath that they will change for good and Priya will return to them.

Cast
 Jayaram as Sathyanadhan Nair
 Gopika as Priya Sathyanadhan
 Master Ajai as Bhaskaran Sathyanadhan / Bhas
 Aju Varghese as Jilan
 Sanju Sivram
 Balachandran Chullikkad as Rajendran
 Molly Kannamally as Thandamma
 Siddique as Dr. Rahman
 Sunil Sukhada as Principal
 Jayaraj Warrier as Sathyanathan Nair's friend
 Anwar Sherif as Jilan's friend
 Majeed as Dr. Augustine
 Sivaji Guruvayoor as Advocate
 Reena Basheer as Zeenath
 Ambika Mohan as Family Court Judge

References

External links

Indian sequel films
2010s Malayalam-language films
Films shot in Thrissur


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Elevating women to the C-suite with Louisa Murray
Louisa Murray
We sat down with Louisa Murray, Chief Operating Officer (UK and Europe) at Railsr to discuss her views on how to encourage more women to enter the C-suite
Hi Louisa, please tell us a little about yourself and your current role as COO
From a personal perspective, I have three children, all at university, two of which have just graduated and are about to start roles within the tech and law industries.
Currently I am the Chief Operating Officer of Railsr UK & Europe, a world-leading embedded finance experiences platform, providing financial products and solutions. It allows brands to put customer experience at the heart of their business. My role is to grow the sales and customer teams, whilst implementing and leading Railsr's overall growth strategy. I combine my keen eye for making profit with my drive to inspire my team in order to increase international growth across the business.
I joined Railsr as employee number four, after being in the world of finance and trading for many years. But I've also dabbled in other areas including starting a fintech C-Suite headhunting business, which is what led me to my current role.
During this time I was based in a WeWork, which is where I first met Nigel Verdon, the co-founder and CEO of Railsr. Funnily enough, I sent him a LinkedIn request, which he initially ignored! But the next time I saw him I cornered him to ask about Railsr, as I saw the extent of what he was creating and wanted to be part of it. After some persuasion, I headhunted myself for the role, and the rest is history as they say.
As a member of the C-suite yourself, what do you believe are the key attributes needed to achieve your position and others similar?
A key attribute is determination and a belief in what you can add to a given situation. Having great confidence in your own abilities will help you reach those C-suite positions and will get you through the tough times.
Another key attribute is being a great leader, one who is personable and can motivate a team. You need people to work with you, not against you. That and of course, a dose of good luck and being in the right place at the right time.
Research shows that women only hold 24% of C-suite positions in America and Canada. What do you believe can and should be done to change this?
I think it is sad that this number is still so low, but the answer to this problem is twofold. Firstly, "More should be done early on throughout school and university to encourage and attract women into C-suite roles." says Louisa Murray, Chief Operating Officer (UK and Europe) at Railsr.
"Secondly, it is our duty as women in these C-suite positions to attract others in. However, this can only be done through strong leadership, strong female representation and commitments at an organisational level.
"I feel strongly about this and have continued to make a personal impact by proactively hiring women into the industry. My personal view is that it's not only imperative to hire women into junior roles, but it's also incredibly important to give women who have had career breaks a way back into the industry, especially if we're serious about greater female representation higher up the ladder.
I've made it my mission at Railsr to hire lots of women who have had career breaks and they come with lots of different experiences and backgrounds, which adds immense value to the team. Through this I hope to inspire them to think about putting themselves forward for C-suite positions in the future, hopefully showing them that nothing should be holding them back.
Why do you believe it is important to create a C-suite which is diverse and inclusive?
Creating a C-suite which is diverse and inclusive is of the utmost importance. Having employees with diverse backgrounds and experience opens up the opportunity for new ways of thinking to be included across all levels of the business. If done correctly, this can be an opportunity for businesses to excel in innovation and its overall approach.
Since the inception of Railsr, its founders have been committed to reaching an equal gender split. It's not an easy task and we have still not reached our target, but we've made great headway. This makes me very proud. But there is still a significant lack of diversity at C-suite level in the fintech industry, so organisations still need to be doing more to increase this.
What advice would you give to women hoping to achieve C-suite roles?
Now that the world has opened up again following the pandemic, I would encourage women to get out there and get networking. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and to connect with other women who are already in these positions to get their advice.
There are so many female founders and senior executives out there who are doing amazing things, so take the time to listen and learn from them. Take inspiration and use them as your role models. There are lots of opportunities out there, if you're willing to grab them with both hands and be your own biggest advocate - if you don't back yourself no one will.
What would you say has been the secret to your success?
Having started my career in the 1980s at Smith Barney stock broking, I was discouraged from applying to be a financial trader at the time as it was considered a male-dominated environment. Hearing something like this was like a red rag to a bull and drove me to push myself despite others discouraging it. This led me to break through the glass ceiling, becoming one of the first female derivative traders at CIBC-Wood Gundy and subsequently Barclays.
Being able to spot and act on potential opportunities has been extremely fortuitous for my career and has led to me having had a number of career highs. To date, I think spotting the opportunity with Railsr has been a standout moment for me. Having spoken to the founders back in 2016, I decided there was no way I wasn't going to be part of Railsr's future!
Ultimately my relationship-building skills and determination and belief in my own abilities have been the secret to my success. This has allowed me to get through the tough times and having great mentors and a great team around me really allowed me to excel throughout my career.
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Rep. Rangel Praises AGOA In Meeting With African Business Leaders
Special To The ...August 07,2014
Rep. Charles Rangel
Congressman Charles B. Rangel (NY-13), who made history as the first African American chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, received a standing ovation following his remarks welcoming hundreds of African business leaders attending a special event for the Africa Leadership Summit at the United States Capitol, on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.
The event, "A Dialogue with African CEOs," was hosted by Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5), Co-Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Africa Task Force, and included panel discussions with political leaders, representatives from trade and development agencies, business leaders, and Members of Congress.
It took place on the last day of the historical U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, in which President Barack Obama brought together heads of state from 50 African countries to focus on how to encourage progress in key areas that are crucial to the future development of the continent.
"This is an exciting opportunity," said Rangel. "It's so historic. The seeds we planted 13 years ago [with the passage of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act] go far beyond our legislative imagination. It wasn't the bill; it was the people that made it."
Rangel continued, "I tell you, having 50 African leaders in the White House, in the United States Congress-- the whole world is watching what we do."
Rangel, who currently serves as the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, has been a longtime supporter of promoting economic growth and development in Africa. He was the primary author of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which for the first time created a trade and investment framework between the U.S. and the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
Since its enactment in May 2000 by President Bill Clinton, AGOA has helped more than triple African exports to almost $25 billion, drastically increasing the per capita income in sub-Saharan Africa. AGOA has played an important role in the partnership between the United States and Africa, signaling new job opportunities in Africa and investment opportunities for Americans.
Inspired by Rangel's many accomplishments and years of service, Meeks described him as a trailblazer who "has been moving and always ahead of the curve."
"We're not only going to be able to shift the economy for equality, to be able to have our kids have decent healthcare, education, and aspirations, we're going to let the whole world know that color is not going to be what it used to be in terms of who is free and who is not," said Rangel, who is one of the two remaining founding Members of the CBC still serving in the United States Congress.
A complete video of Congressman Rangel's welcoming remarks can be watched here.
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Economy / Featured / Main News | By Edition
Is Curaçao's harbor ready to become a hub for the region?
WILLEMSTAD – The harbor of Curaçao has been the topic of debate during recent parliamentary meetings. The private company Curaçao Port Services (CPS) has been the center of these debates. According to various MPs the CPS, which has the monopoly to run the harbor, is not doing enough to make of Curaçao a hub for the region.
According to an expert in this field, Curaçao has a high traffic of transshipment. The CPS, as a private company, would like to have even more traffic, but Curaçao has to compete with countries such as Panama and Trinidad & Tobago.
Currently, Curaçao has a special deal for transshipment, but the harbor does not have the capacity to handle what major cargo companies are requesting.
CPS, for example, can handle about 1000 containers per month, while Panama can handle 10 times more than that. "They have the space and the equipment, which gives them the possibility to charge a quarter less per container than what Curaçao is charging. Curaçao cannot compete against that," says the expert in this field.
According to the expert, these are details that politicians here on the island do not understand. "They want to be popular. They want to be the ones who are screaming the loudest and appear as if they are working the people, but what they are saying that CPS is not cooperating to develop the harbor into a hub. CPS is a private company, of course they want more traffic. That only means more income and more profit. Which private company does not want this?"
According to a CPS representative, they have requested more space to develop the container harbor. The government is aware that this is needed to expand services and create the hub, but this has not been done yet.
Another aspect of the problem is that the governments of Panama and Trinidad & Tobago are subsidizing their port activities. "They want this traffic, it's positive for their economy. They know this and they are investing in it. CPS cannot compete against that."
"It's good for the people to know what is actually going on. Politicians are making all kinds of decisions, which could actually hurt the harbor," said the CPS representative.
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It means a lot to LGBT+ fans.
BIGBANG's G-Dragon looks like a total bad boy but he is a total softie who absolutely loves his fans.
It's no secret that the idol has a ton of tattoos. Like, a ton of tattoos. No joke. In 2017, G-Dragon had at least twenty tattoos!
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Despite each tattoo likely having its own special meaning, there is one tattoo, in particular, that has an extra special meaning, not just to him but to members of the LGBT+ community as well.
The tattoo in question is one of artwork by the famous American artist Keith Haring, whose later works addressed societal themes, particularly regarding homosexuality and AIDS.
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Someone as famous as G-Dragon having a tattoo from a well-loved gay artist shows his solidarity and connection with, and support for, those who identify as LGBTQiA+.
With his compassionate and kind ways, G-Dragon really is a "good boy".
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Women and men, Syrian refugees and host communities work alongside each other building an irrigation channel as part of an ILO project in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley.
Feature | 12 December 2018
DEIR EL AHMAR, Lebanon (ILO News) – Amid the rolling hills of Deir el Ahmar in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, workers are digging into the rich, orange earth to build a 25 kilometre irrigation channel. Unusually, several of the construction workers are women.
The project is run under the Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme (EIIP), which aims at creating work opportunities for Syrian refugees and host communities through infrastructure improvement. Implemented by the ILO – with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through Germany's KfW development bank – the project emphasizes decent work for both women and men.
"Being a woman, I had never worked with a shovel or a pickaxe before," says Ghina Ahmad Mohammed, a 23-year-old refugee from Syria. "I learnt new skills." She says she earns far more than she used to when she worked in tobacco fields, and will now be able to take her four young daughters to see their grandparents in northern Lebanon for the Eid religious holiday.
Even though women from this area have traditionally worked outside the home, it has mostly been agricultural work, where women are routinely paid half of men's wages. Motivating women to work in the construction sector was initially challenging, while among the men, there was widespread concern the women would not be up to the job.
At a recent focus group discussion, men employed by the project said that women were not as efficient as men when they started but are now doing just as well.
"We don't face discrimination here," says Ghina.
Women and men said they are comfortable working together because they are from the same village and often from the same extended family or tribe. "We wouldn't like to work with men who are strangers, and our male family members wouldn't like us working with strangers," one woman in the focus group said. Some of the women say they would prefer a women only site.
Both women and men in the focus groups said this was the first time they felt like real workers, with contracts and proper working hours, and that their concerns and expectations are taken into account.
The workers are confident they will be able to use the skills and experience they gained from the project to find more work in the future. But women in the focus group said they could use additional support, pointing out that even though they work alongside men and perform as well as men, they are the first to be laid off when labour requirements are reduced.
They feel they would benefit from training in other skills too, so they can build on the self-confidence EIIP has given them to find other jobs, including setting up their own small businesses.
Both women and men said they hoped they would be involved in new projects. "Why not build a small wind turbine or a small dam for a micro-hydro project? We can help construct these projects which will provide employment, meet our irrigation and energy needs and benefit our communities and families," one participant said, as others nodded in agreement. "EIIP has been like a blessing and we can make that blessing even stronger."
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Q: Android ListView:How to solve ListView displays the contents of the dislocation In ListView adapter's getView method, I load userIcon by Volley,but when i scroll the listview, userIcon has dislocationed,I think because of load network resource time-consuming,how can i solve it? Here is the code:
public class DictationResultAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
public DictationResultAdapter( Context context, ArrayList<UserScoreInfo> userInfoList, Typeface typeface, String userId ){
    mUserInfoList = userInfoList;
    mTypeface = typeface;
    mUserId = userId;
    mContext = context;

    mLayoutInflater = ( LayoutInflater )context.getSystemService( Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE );
    mQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(context);
    mImageLoader = new ImageLoader(mQueue, new UserIconBitmapCache());
}

@Override
public int getCount() {
    if( ListUtils.isEmpty( mUserInfoList ) ){
        return 0;
    }

    return mUserInfoList.size( );
}

@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
    if( ListUtils.isEmpty( mUserInfoList ) ){
        return null;
    }

    return mUserInfoList.get( position );
}

@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
    if( ListUtils.isEmpty( mUserInfoList ) ){
        return 0;
    }

    return position;
}

public int getPosition( ){
    return mMyPosition;
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    mViewHolder = new ViewHolder( );

    convertView = mLayoutInflater.inflate( R.layout.adapter_score_list_layout, null );
    mViewHolder.mScoreLayout = ( RelativeLayout )convertView.findViewById( R.id.scoreLayoutId );
    mViewHolder.mScoreLayout.setClickable( false );
    mViewHolder.mPositionTxt = ( TextView )convertView.findViewById( R.id.positionTxtId );
    mViewHolder.mUserNameTxt = ( TextView )convertView.findViewById( R.id.userNameTxtId );
    mViewHolder.mUserNameTxt.setTypeface( mTypeface );
    mViewHolder.mUserIconImg = ( ImageView )convertView.findViewById( R.id.userIconImgId );
    mViewHolder.mUserScoreTxt = ( TextView )convertView.findViewById( R.id.userScoreTxtId );

    showContent( position, mUserInfoList.get( position ) );
    return convertView;
}

private void showContent( int index, UserScoreInfo userInfo ){
    switch( index ){
    case 0:{
        mViewHolder.mUserIconImg.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.chinese_dictation_score_1 );
        mViewHolder.mPositionTxt.setVisibility(TextView.GONE);
    }
    break;
    case 1:{
        mViewHolder.mUserIconImg.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.chinese_dictation_score_2 );
        mViewHolder.mPositionTxt.setVisibility(TextView.GONE);
    }
    break;
    case 2:{
        mViewHolder.mUserIconImg.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.chinese_dictation_score_3 );
        mViewHolder.mPositionTxt.setVisibility(TextView.GONE);
    }
    break;
    default:{
        handleUserIcon( mImageLoader, userInfo, mUserId );

        mViewHolder.mPositionTxt.setVisibility(TextView.VISIBLE);
        mViewHolder.mPositionTxt.setText( "第" + userInfo.getScoreRank( ) + "名" );
    }
    break;
    }

    if( mUserId.equals( userInfo.getUserId( ) ) ){
        mMyPosition = index;
        mViewHolder.mScoreLayout.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.chinese_dictation_score_list_select );
    }else{
        mViewHolder.mScoreLayout.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.chinese_dictation_score_list_normal );
    }

    String userName = userInfo.getNickName( );
    if( !TextUtils.isEmpty( userName ) ){
        userName = ( userName.length( ) > 10 )?( userName.substring(0, 7) + "..." ):userName;
    }else{
        userName = "匿名";
    }

    if( mUserId.equals( userInfo.getUserId( ) ) ){
        String localUserName = PersonalInfo.getCurrentUserName( mContext );
        mMyPosition = index;
        mViewHolder.mScoreLayout.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.chinese_dictation_score_list_select );
        if( TextUtils.isEmpty( userName ) || ( !localUserName.equals( userName ) ) ){
            mViewHolder.mUserNameTxt.setText( localUserName  );
        }else{
            mViewHolder.mUserNameTxt.setText( userName  );
        }

    }else{
        mViewHolder.mScoreLayout.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.chinese_dictation_score_list_normal );
        mViewHolder.mUserNameTxt.setText( userName );
    }

    mViewHolder.mUserScoreTxt.setText( StringUtils.getSplitByComma( userInfo.getScore( ) + "" ) );
}

public void handleUserIcon(ImageLoader imageLoader, final UserScoreInfo userInfo, final String userId ){
    if(!TextUtils.isEmpty( userInfo.getPictureUrl( ) )){
        imageLoader.get(userInfo.getPictureUrl( ), new ImageListener() {
           @Override
           public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
               mViewHolder.mUserIconImg.setImageResource(R.drawable.user_icon);
           }

           @Override
           public void onResponse(ImageContainer response, boolean isImmediate) {
               Bitmap bitmap = null;
               if( TextUtils.isEmpty( userId ) || !userId.equals( userInfo.getUserId( ) ) ){
                   bitmap = response.getBitmap();
               }else{
                   bitmap = PersonalInfo.getCurrentUserIcon( mContext );
               }

               if (bitmap != null) {
                   Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
                   matrix.postScale( 50.0f/bitmap.getWidth( ), 50.0f/bitmap.getHeight( ) );
                   Bitmap cutBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap( bitmap, 0, 0, bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight( ), matrix, true);

                   mViewHolder.mUserIconImg.setImageBitmap(BitmapUtils.toRoundBitmap( cutBitmap ));

                   if( null != cutBitmap && !cutBitmap.isRecycled( ) ){
                       cutBitmap.recycle( );
                   }

               } else {
                   mViewHolder.mUserIconImg.setImageResource(R.drawable.user_icon);
               }
           }
       });
    }else{
        mViewHolder.mUserIconImg.setImageResource(R.drawable.user_icon);
    }}

class ViewHolder{
    private RelativeLayout mScoreLayout = null;
    public TextView mPositionTxt = null;
    public TextView mUserNameTxt = null;
    public ImageView mUserIconImg = null;
    public TextView mUserScoreTxt = null;
}

private RequestQueue mQueue = null;
private ImageLoader mImageLoader = null;
private Context mContext = null;
private String mUserId = null;
private Typeface mTypeface = null;
private ArrayList<UserScoreInfo> mUserInfoList = null;
private LayoutInflater mLayoutInflater = null;
private ViewHolder mViewHolder = null;
private int mMyPosition = -1;}

A: first i do not think your program has any problem and i think this happens because the image has not completely downloaded from internet.In order to confirm this you can scroll the list and stop it suddenly to see if wrong images replace by correct one or not!! you can solve this problem by using placeholder image and error image in your request like this:
imageLoader.get(URL_IMAGE, ImageLoader.getImageListener(
                imageView, R.drawable.ico_loading, R.drawable.ico_error));

and my suggestion is using ImageLoader and NetworkImageView together for image request. for more information look at: http://developer.android.com/training/volley/request.html
and another issue that is not relevant to your question is your usage of ViewHolder. you are using this design pattern wrongly and it dose not give you any performance. the concept of using this is to eliminate unnecessary call for findViewByID but for every row you call this function for every view. search net for more information.

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There is an increasingly complex ecology of digital resources being created and used by academics, researchers and others across the wide-range of communities that make up the Higher Education sector in the UK. Institutional repositories are beginning to implement a range of different management models and ingest a wide range of content types. However, the consensus on the need to grow the number of repositories and increase the range of content has not been supported by a corresponding consensus on how to ensure preservation of content.
The Arts and Humanities Data Services are investigating a disaggregated service provider model, in which preservation functions are provided by a third-party institution. In this model the AHDS provides a shared preservation store, and undertakes preservation planning and preservation functions, whilst the repositories continue their usual work to raise awareness and promote deposit of content, ingest, storage of content for delivery and access.
The initial SHERPA DP project investigated the provision of preservation services for e-print archives operated by the members of the SHERPA consortium. During the project, the AHDS developed a high-level model and a shared preservation environment for use by partner institutions.
The SHERPA DP2 project will extend the collaborative model to consider the development of preservation services for institutional repositories that archive a wider range of content types and implement different organisational models.


B.C. Premier John Horgan looks on as then MLA Carole James answers a question during a media scrum following a meeting with federal ministers at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre during day two of the Liberal cabinet retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., on Aug. 22, 2018.
Back in the mid-1990s, cable television companies added a bundle of specialty channels to their lineups.
Consumers were automatically charged extra for the channels unless they contacted the cable providers and explicitly asked that they not be included in their service. The tactic incited widespread outrage in Canada and was given a name: negative-option billing.
Eventually, the federal government passed a law that banned the practice.
We dip back into that history today because British Columbia's New Democratic Party government has taken a page out of the old cable companies' billing playbook. And its decision to do so is provoking just as much backlash.
The NDP's speculation and vacancy tax is intended to punish people who own homes that are left mostly vacant all year, including vacation properties. It is among a suite of measures that the government brought in last year to address the province's housing crisis. The tax targets mostly urban areas and regions where people might have second homes.
The government calculates it will only affect 1 per cent of homeowners – or about 32,000 people. The rate for 2019 is 0.5 per cent of the assessed value of all properties. So for a $1-million home in Greater Vancouver that would amount to about $5,000. For foreign owners (who pay most of their taxes in another country) the rate is 2 per cent.
But here is the kicker: 1.6 million homeowners will be required to file a declaration that will determine if they have to pay the tax. Anyone who doesn't apply for the exemption will be declared a speculator and will be hit with the tax. And people will have to make this declaration year after year after year.
Without question, this is the stupidest thing that the NDP has done since gaining power. It's even worse than its terribly bungled effort to bring in a form of proportional representation, a plan that went up in flames because of a deeply flawed rollout. But the speculation tax redefines inept.
People shouldn't have to prove, annually, that they live in their homes year-round. That's outrageous. More so, is the fact people could be out thousands of dollars if they somehow miss or ignore the letter they receive from the government notifying them of the tax assessment. (Although those who miss the March 31 filing deadline can apply later).
But it's even more complicated than that. If the home is co-owned, for instance, both people need to go online and fill out the necessary documentation.
Over all, the NDP has done a commendable job in government. Premier John Horgan and his team have tackled very tough issues that the previous Liberal regime ignored and allowed to become even more intractable. So, the government deserves a lot of credit for the work it has done over two years. But this tax threatens to undo it all.
This is a gift the Liberals couldn't have dreamed of receiving, especially with a critical by-election underway in Nanaimo – a city where the speculation tax applies.
Even the New Democrats' governing partner, the Greens, oppose the tax and call it a disaster. Leader Andrew Weaver has gone out of his way to make clear that his party had nothing to do with the policy, even though it voted in favour of it.
Finance Minister Carole James, who is responsible for overseeing this flawed endeavour, has been trying to put the best possible spin on it. She has suggested the forms homeowners will have to fill out aren't complicated. The government says it should take about 20 minutes to navigate the more than two dozen pages you must go through to finish it.
But we all know there are people, certainly many elderly folks who live on their own, who aren't going to know what's going on. There will be people who will receive the government letter on the tax and discard it as useless propaganda without taking the time to read it. And they shouldn't be faulted, or penalized for that.
Surely, a responsible government, or at least one that hopes to get re-elected one day, can't take the attitude that if people are too stupid or too lazy to read their mail or too enfeebled to figure out the exemption process, then they should pay the tax.
But that's effectively what the NDP is saying.
I hope the government takes a sober second look at this tax, and the way it's been designed. Because right now it looks like its architects weren't thinking straight when they came up with it.


Cornhusking was once considered almost a sport. There were cornhusking contests, and farmers "kept score" on the bushels shucked per acre per day. Most of the crop was harvested in the field and called for extra hired men whose skill sometimes gained them a reputation well beyond their home communities.
According to the University of Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, in 2016 Nebraska irrigated and rainfed corn yields averaged 199.9 bushels per acre and 147.2 bushels per acre respectively. That's no tall tale, and today's farmers are glad they don't have to shuck all that corn by hand.


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Agnes Mary Clerke: From Skibbereen to the Moon.
Posted by John Anthony Brennan on October 8, 2015 at 8:30pm
The next time you look up at the full moon to make your wish, direct your gaze toward the southeast portion and locate the area known as the Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity). There you will observe the valley where Apollo 17, the last in a series of lunar missions, landed Dec. 10, 1972. Nearby, and slightly to the west of the Apollo landing zone, you will notice a small circular, cup-shaped crater, on the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis. This is called the Clerke crater and was dedicated to the memory of a great Irishwoman, a singular woman born ahead of her time, a woman who received a strong education at home in modern languages, music and the classics, a woman who was largely self-taught in mathematics and science. A woman who dreamed and then made those dreams manifest.
Forever curious and hungry for knowledge, this woman turned her gaze skywards, and in so doing chronicled the turbulent leading edge of astronomical research. Her authoritative accounts and assessments of solar and stellar science captured the attention of the leading astronomers of her day and are essential sources for historians today.
Agnes Mary Clerke (10 February 1842–20 January 1907) was an astronomer and writer, mainly in the field of astronomy. She was born in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, to John William Clerke (c. 1814–1890) and his wife Catherine Mary Deasy (born c. 1819). Her father was a judge's registrar. She had two siblings; her older sister, Ellen, was born February 10, 1842 and her younger brother, Aubrey St. John, was born in 1843. All of the Clerke children were entirely home- schooled.
At the age of 25, partly for health reasons, she and her elder sister Ellen, went to Italy where she stayed until 1877, chiefly at Florence, studying science, languages, and other subjects that would be useful in their later lives. In 1877 she returned and settled in London where she was able to get two articles, Brigandage in Sicily and Copernicus in Italy, written while she had been in Italy, published in the Edinburgh Review edition of October 1877. This led to her being asked by the publishers of the Review, who also published the Encyclopædia Britannica, to write biographies of a number of famous scientists for the ninth edition of the encyclopedia.This work let to a number of other commissions, including the publication of the article on astronomy for the Catholic Encyclopedia.
In 1885, she published her best-known work 'A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century' which has received recognition beyond the time it was written. Clerke was not a practical astronomer, instead collating, interpreting and summarizing the results of astronomical research. In 1888 she spent three months at the Cape Observatory as the guest of the director, Sir David Gill, and his wife, and there became sufficiently familiar with spectroscopic work to be able to write about this newer branch of the science with increased clearness and confidence. In 1892 she was awarded the Actonian Prize of 100 guineas by the Royal Institution. As a member of the British Astronomical Association she attended its meetings regularly, as well as those of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1903, with Lady Huggins, she was elected an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society, a rank previously held only by two other women, Caroline Herschel and Mary Somerville. Her sister, Ellen Mary Clerke, also wrote about astronomy.
In 2002, the retired astronomy lecturer Mary Brück wrote a book on her, 'Agnes Mary Clerke and the Rise of Astrophysics'. Agnes Mary Clerke died on 20 January 1907.
During her career she wrote reviews of many books, including some written in French, German, Greek, or Italian. This at a time when women were not permitted to be at the forefront.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Mary_Clerke&ol...
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Heritage Partner Comment by That's Just How It Was on October 11, 2015 at 11:29am
Yet another Irish woman who did not get the credit she deserved, another good article Mr Brennan
Comment by John Anthony Brennan on October 11, 2015 at 7:15pm
Thank you once again. How are you getting on with the Bulmer Hobson story?
Comment by Claire Fullerton on October 20, 2015 at 10:03am
How absolutely inspirational!
Comment by John Anthony Brennan on October 20, 2015 at 10:20am
What a woman!!!
Heritage Partner Comment by That's Just How It Was on October 21, 2015 at 12:08pm
Hobson was posted today ;; hope I have done justice to this controversial man ??
Comment by John Anthony Brennan on October 21, 2015 at 12:09pm
Will read ASAP
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ESVAGT
Headquartered in Esbjerg, Denmark, ESVAGT is a leading provider of emergency rescue and response vessels ("ERRV") and related services to the offshore energy industry in and around the North Sea and the Barents Sea. The company is also the market leader in the fast growing segment of service operation vessels ("SOV") for the offshore wind industry. ESVAGT has been operating since 1981, employs c.900 people and owns a fleet of c.40 vessels.
Its ERRV services mainly involve the rescue and recovery of personnel, but also include the dispersion and recovery of oil spills, crew transfers and towing. ESVAGT is the leading provider of ERRV services in Denmark and Norway, with market shares of approximately 100% and 50%, respectively, as well as an established and growing presence in the UK. The majority of ESVAGT's ERRV revenues are associated with North Sea oil and gas production support, with the remainder generated by supporting exploration activity.
ESVAGT is also the pioneer and market leader in the provision of SOVs to offshore wind farms, with four bespoke vessels in operation and a further two under construction. SOVs are purpose-built, high performance vessels, providing efficient transport of maintenance technicians to wind turbines and other offshore wind equipment, under long term contracts. The offshore wind market, and hence demand for SOVs, is expected to grow strongly over the coming years, creating significant opportunities for the company.
Developments in the year
The market conditions in which ESVAGT operates improved during the second half of the year. The wind service operation vessels ('SOVs') segment is the primary driver of growth for the business where ESVAGT is the market leader. In the North Sea, ESVAGT has committed to five new contract backed SOVs since our acquisition.
Internationally, ESVAGT is developing its focus on the US wind market, where it is preparing to support the expansion strategy of its European customers. ESVAGT is in discussions with the shipyard contracted to supply new SOVs, which is experiencing financial difficulties. We do not expect this to result in a material impact on ESVAGT's ability to fulfil its contractual obligations.
In the emergency rescue and response ('ERRV') segment, stabilising supply/demand dynamics allowed ESVAGT's management to successfully implement its strategy of improving contract coverage for the fleet. However, we anticipate that the recent drop in oil prices will impact ERRV demand in 2020 and negatively affect ESVAGT's spot business.
Investment rationale
3i Infrastructure acquired ESVAGT from AP Møller-Maersk and other minority shareholders in September 2015, in a consortium with AMP Capital.
ESVAGT has strong infrastructure characteristics and operates in an attractive market:
It is a market leader in Denmark and Norway and has a small but growing presence in the UK offshore oil and gas market and in the expanding North Sea offshore wind sector.
It is an asset intensive business, with a modern state-of-the-art fleet of purpose-built vessels.
A high proportion of its revenues is contracted over the medium term with a diverse customer base featuring limited customer concentration, underpinning stable and predictable cash flows.
It provides an essential service for the offshore energy industry in light of regulatory health and safety requirements, which constitutes a small component of the overall production cost, resulting in lower price sensitivity;
It operates in a market with high barriers to entry, as customers require bespoke vessels, manned by experienced crews with a strong safety track record. The harsh weather conditions and language barriers also inhibit new market entrants based outside the region; and
With its leading market position, strong safety track record and state-of-the-art fleet, ESVAGT is optimally positioned to exploit growth opportunities in the UK and potentially further afield, as well as in the offshore wind energy market.
50% Equity interest
c.900 employees
c.40 vessels
Deal team
Scott Moseley
Tim Short
UK / Infrastructure
Aaron Church