It seems almost incomprehensible that a simple impromptu idea fashioned just ten years ago, has grown into a company that is now estimated at being worth US$31 billion or a higher valuation than Expedia, Hilton or American Airlines. From the conception days of buying three air mattresses to place on the floor in a loft room to help offset their
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“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” ― Nelson Mandela There has been a spike in criminal activity over the last two weeks a few we must label brazen. The Attorney General and Commissioner of Police will point to the ‘stats’ to support the
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“The…appellants here, by choosing to dress in clothing and accessories traditionally associated with women, are in effect expressing their identification with the female gender. And the expression of a person’s gender identity forms a fundamental part of their right to dignity. Recognition of this gender identity must be given constitutional protection. –per Saunders P. in McEwan, Clarke and ors. v.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fifty two years in the life of a country is short. In the coming days as the 30 of November approaches there will be a commentary about the what we have achieved as a country and the prospects for the future. For the first time in
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This is one of 3 initiatives es that is being planned to assist the island in the short, medium and long term. Combined with the other 2 initiatives, we will be well on our way to the much-needed economic revolution in Barbados. The idea of the meeting turn is not new but putting it under a nationwide umbrella and online
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As a consulting Engineer, I always provide my clients with my best professional advice, which they have options of accepting or rejecting. Unless it is an imminent safety concern, I try not to get emotionally involved in any advice that I give. There are real consequences to providing sub-standard engineering advice. For example, it can be fatal to the persons
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Submitted by Pachamama The Black-African trained, philosopher, Plato concluded that Greek education was only ‘fit for pigs’. Another Greek, Socrates, also educated in Kemet, considered paideia, or deep education, as singularly worthwhile. Both Plato and Socrates were educated for decades at the feet of Black-African scholars. From the Pre-Dynastic Period to the 30th Dynasty, these were the inventors of the
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