Time eateth away at many an old delusion

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The photographs were taken on August 1st in London.

I walked around lake Suolikas in Nuuksio today. I saw four Gavia stellata, two parents and two young ones. I wondered whether the birds had nested at lake Suolikas, which is a bit too large for them, or whether they had come from a nearby lake, which would mean that the young ones already can fly. The birds were diving and making noise (which can't be called singing).

I thought about Donald Trump and the "brand" of United States these days. It feels as if the United States is no longer a country that is good for human beings. However, if you are a racist or a killer of people with lots of money, you are most welcome, and nazis will be pardoned if the judicial system wants to look at the wrongdoings.

(Posting title is from the poem The Testament of Love by Robert Bridges.)

Well can't you see me standing here

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The photographs were taken in London on July 30th.

(Posting title is from the song Jump by Van Halen.)

When I was a little bitty baby

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The photographs were taken in London on July 30th.

Today there was an announcement that yet another Finnish company may be bought out. CGI made an all cash offer for the shares of Affecto, which is a data analytics company that has been doing rather well recently. I own shares in about 40 companies, and because my background is in ICT, many of the investments have some connection to ICT, companies such as Affecto, Basware, DNA, Elisa, Etteplan, Nokia, Telia and Tieto.

The CGI offer brought to mind that years ago I owned shares in Novo Group, which was bought by WM-data, which was bought by Logica, which was bought by CGI.

The price that CGI offers for Affecto is not bad, and the stock price jumped 28 percent today. I bought shares eight years ago. Even though the price is now over 100 percent more than the purchase price, if one looks at the share price increase over the years, it is only 9 percent compound interest per year. Not bad, but not exceptional either.

Earlier this year India's Motherson Sumi bought Finland's PKC Group, and I sold my shares. One wonders what company will be next to be bought out.

(Posting title is from the song Cotton Fields by Creedence Clearwater Revival.)