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I just had one of those really frustrating experiences with
an airline.
It's a cheap airline that charges for an extra €10 for a
large cabin bag (over 42 x 32 x 25cm) to be taken on board, as well as a fee
per checked bag.
So I pay to put a bag in the hold during my online booking
and turn up at the airport with two cases – a briefcase and a suitcase – whilst
my colleague has a heavy cabin bag and a suitcase.
At the airport, they check sizes of all cabin bags and it
turns out my briefcase is 1 centimetre too wide. It's very light and thin, but
that 1 centimetre turns into a €40 fine for not pre-booking a large cabin bag
for a €10 fee. Meanwhile, my colleague's bag which is twice as wide and heavy, but within limits, is no charge. To be honest, it was
clear that this is just a method of catching out the customer in order to raise
extra income from nefarious fees and means, and it left me livid.
Fuming from the moment of before check-in at the airport, I
spent the whole flight cursing and hating the airline every minute of the way.
It wasn't the fine that bugged me, but the we'll catch you if we can way in which
it is used.
So, in order to avoid a fee on the flight back, I went
online and changed my booking to include one large cabin bag, for a fee of €10.
Arriving at the airport, the experience was very different
and, as I queued at the Gate, the airline staff came round and, without checking
my ticket or asking, stamped a 'small cabin bag' sticker on my large cabin bag
They didn't measure it or question it, just waived it
Now I was livid for paying the €10 fee before boarding when
I needn't have.
What this demonstrates, if you put yourself in my shoes, is
how really annoying stupid rules are, particularly if they are applied inconsistently.
I now intensely dislike this airline because, if I ever
travel with them again, I will need to carry a tape measure with me to see if I'm
going to make or break their rules.
Now think of this in a bank.
In a bank, there are many stupid rules but one of the most
irritating is the practice of clearing all debits from an account before applying
any credits.
This is a common practice and tries to push the accountholder
into overdraft, so fees apply, before applying any credit offsets to the account
to avoid such overdrawn issues.
This is why some people are happy to pay more for flexible
accounts that do not apply stupid rules or fees.
So you then say: what
you pay for is what you get.
But then take note of a certain airline leader's humiliation
and change of view recently:*
Earlier this month
Ryanair decided that being horrid to customers was not a great business
strategy and declared it would be a bit nicer. This was pretty remarkable and
has, indeed, been much remarked upon.
Yet even more
remarkable was what caused chief executive Michael O'Leary to make this U-turn.
It was not market research. It was not social networks. It certainly was not
anything to do with management consultants, whom Mr O'Leary once said he would
shoot if they ever darkened his doorstep. Nor was it due to pressure from the
Instead, the trigger
was people who periodically accost him in McDonald's to moan about his airline
while he sits trying to enjoy a meal with his kids. As he said to shareholders
at last week's annual meeting, he is sick and tired of it.
So never mind big
data. When it comes to bringing about change it is criticism delivered in
person by random strangers that counts.
Customers do count, even if we don't think their opinions
Take it another way, here's a view from Manu Sporny, who
blogged about his SIBOS experience this year:
Many people are under
the false impression that the most valuable customer a bank can have is the one
that walks into one of their branches and opens an account. This impression was
shattered when I heard the head of an international bank utter the following
with respect to banking branches: "80% of our customers add nothing but sand to
our bottom line." The banker was alluding to the perception that the most
significant thing that customers bring into the banking branch is the sand on the
bottom of their shoes … most of a bank's revenue comes from activities like
short-term lending, utilizing leverage against deposits, float-based
leveraging, high-frequency trading, derivatives trading, and other financial
exercises that are far removed with what most people in the world think of when
they think of the type of activities one does at a bank.
So do customers count?
Should we care about their feelings?
Even a 'millionaire' cannot expect good
service at the bank
Banks for the rich are not always better than banks for the rest of us,
according to a mystery shopping exercise that revealed shortcomings at some of
the most illustrious private banks.
UBS, the biggest private bank in the world, was portrayed as impersonal,
indifferent and offering a distinctly off-the-peg service, in spite of its
promise of being bespoke.
Coutts, which serves the Queen as well as dozens of professional
footballers, was criticised for its lack of empathy and could not even jot down
cusotmes email details correctly.
Rothschild Bank failed to call prospective clients back after promising to
do so, while Mirabaud made a gaffe about their nationality.
* take note that Ryanair are speaking at the Financial
Services Club Ireland on 16th October
Ryanair, Europe's
Leading Airline with Howard Millar, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer, Ryanair
Ryanair has grown from small beginnings to rank as one of
the leading airlines of the World and is a huge financial success story.
Publicly associated with its flamboyant Chief Executive,
Michael O'Leary, we have asked his deputy Howard Millar, Chief Financial
Officer to talk to us. He is intimately
associated with the success of the business and his presentation will share the
current state of the airline and provide insights to the factors that make
Ryanair such a force in the highly competitive international airline business.
With a current fleet of over 300 aircraft and 80 million
passengers a year the aim is to grow that to over 400 aircraft and 110 million
passengers by 2019. The financial
highlights include a reported net profit to March 2013 of €569 million on
revenues of €4.8 billion, not to mention a balance sheet carrying €3.5 billion
of cash!
This is a success story worth hearing.
The session will be followed by drinks, canapés and


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Has a stressful year left you feeling helpless, disillusioned, and completely exhausted? You may just be in need of a well-deserved holiday. On the other hand, you may be on the road to burnout. Burnout doesn't discriminate, and anyone in the modern workforce can fall into its foul grasp. It's time to recognise the signs of corporate burnout and how to prevent it. READ MORE →
The Biggest Communal Bike Park in the Boland
Stellenbosch is a mecca for cycling in South Africa. However, for local business owner Morné van Rensburg, something is missing. Van Rensburg wants to build the biggest free communal bike park in the Boland right here in Techno Park! But he needs your help. READ MORE →
The Value of Happiness at Work, And How to Boost It
In the modern knowledge economy, human resources represent the key intangible assets that differentiate businesses from their competitors. The key question is how to keep and nurture the valuable human assets that form the foundation of your business's success. In other words – how do you enable happiness in your company? READ MORE →
What's Happening To the Trees in Techno Avenue?
So, we are finally seeing progress in the Techno Avenue improvement project.
Ground has been broken and work has commenced with noticeable developments. In the interim, a key point of concern has emerged among Technoparkers - the removal of trees around the Techno Park Avenue/Kleine Zalze entrance.
Why are ... READ MORE →
Who You Gonna Call, Technopark?
If there's one thing we know in South Africa, it's that kicking up an enormous fuss about something is often the only way to get the attention of the authorities. And when the ground swell of dissatisfaction about an issue or problem affecting a group of people ... READ MORE →
Peace Parks Foundation is Harnessing Technology to Scale Conservation
The news is not always bad. Sometimes it can be good, too. For example: a few weeks ago, the world's largest natural protected area came into being. At 2.06 million square kilometres (an area roughly the size of South Africa and Namibia READ MORE →
What Change is Coming to Techno Park?
When the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch, Prof. Christo Viljoen, visited the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park in Taiwan in the 1980s, he realised it would be a fine thing if Stellenbosch could develop its own dedicated science park. The eventual result, Techno Park, ... READ MORE →
Techno Park Hails New Carpooling App!
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Event: SID Smart and Inclusive Access
You're cordially invited to attend the Stellenbosch Innovation District's "Smart & Inclusive Access" Event & Challenge Finals on the 16th August 2017.
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Burpees for Madiba with Community Keepers
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Dates produced
2001-December 2012
Timothy Harris
Buttercups & Daisies (Yellow and White, 2001-2009), Clover (Green, 2003-2009), Forget-me-nots (Blue, 2001-2009), Sweet Violets (Purple, 2001-2009), Wild Rose (Pink, 2001-2009). These match the colours in the Wild Garden collection.
Cherry Blossom (2009-present); Bluebell (2009-present); Daisies (2009-present); Snowdrop (2009-present). These match the colours in the Garden collection.
Buttercups & Daisies
Miniature Garden 'Buttercups & Daisies' disc paperweight, 7 cm diameter.
Miniature Garden 'Clover' heart paperweight, 7 cm high, 7.5 cm wide.
Miniature Garden 'Foreget-Me-Nots' square paperweight, 4.5 cm wide.
Sweet Violets
Miniature Garden 'Sweet Violets' heart paperweight, 4.7 cm high x 4.6 cm wide.
Wild Rose
Miniature Garden 'Wild Rose' square paperweight, 4.5 cm high. Square paperweights were also available 7.5 cm high.


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It sure feels good to be heading in the right direction. A Top-10 finish is always a positive thing, but I'm especially pleased with my eighth place last week at Lake Hartwell because I had a tough start to the season.
This was only my second time on Hartwell, and it was a very different scenario than what I found during last year's Bassmaster Classic. The previous time I was on this lake, it was a deeper bite and that was not an option for last week's Elite event.
This was a bed-fishing tournament for me and a key move on Day 2 opened the door of opportunity. I had fished the lower to mid-lake area on the first day, but I realized that it wasn't happening as quickly as it should. There were a lot of smaller fish on beds, and the better ones I had found in practice were gone.
I caught a limit, but I knew my weight wasn't going to cut it. So I scrapped that plan and made a significant change by running up the river where I thought the water would be warmer.
My suspicion was correct, and the river water was 64 degrees. During practice, I found 58-59 on the main lake and that got up to 60 by the start of the tournament. So, 4 degrees warmer made a big difference in the fish's progress.
I found my bed fish in 1-3 feet of water, mostly on the flat banks. Sandy areas were best, but even in areas with some silt on the bottom, the fish would fan out clear spots as long as it was hard sand underneath. The one thing I found that they did not like was a red clay bank — I never found bedding fish on these areas.
Looking back over this event, I can point to a particular fish that made a big difference for me. I had found a 5-pounder on Day 2, but I couldn't get her to bite. I went back to this fish the next day and found her in a more aggressive mood.
I worked on this bed fish for an hour and at 1:30, I got her to bite a finesse worm on a dropshot. This fish sealed the deal for me and allowed me to make it to the final day.
I caught a couple more on the dropshot, but the vast majority of my fish came on a Riot Baits Little Fuzzy Beaver. I Texas rigged this bait on a 3/0 extra wide gap hook and used it to target bed fish.
I'm not sure how I'll catch them this week on Winyah Bay, but I know one thing — coming off a Top 10 at Hartwell has me pumped to earn another strong finish. Fishing back-to-back tournaments can be challenging and, after making the final round on Hartwell, I'm tired — there's not doubt about it.
But we get a break after this one, so I'll rest them. For now, I'll focus on getting plenty of sleep, so I'm ready to go each day. The key is staying in it mentally. You can't let your focus slip.
I don't think I'll have any trouble with that because it's a lot easier coming off a good event. You get the adrenaline flow, the confidence, the momentum — all that is very real.


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Animal welfare standards have been incorporated in EU legislation and in farm assurance schemes, based on scientific information and aiming to safeguard the welfare of the species concerned. Recently, emphasis has shifted from resource-based measures of welfare to animal-based measures, which are considered to assess more accurately the welfare status. The data used in this analysis were collected from April 2013 to May 2016 through the 'Real Welfare' scheme in order to assess on-farm pig welfare, as required for those finishing pigs under the UK Red Tractor Assurance scheme. The assessment involved five main measures (percentage of pigs requiring hospitalization, percentage of lame pigs, percentage of pigs with severe tail lesions, percentage of pigs with severe body marks and enrichment use ratio) and optional secondary measures (percentage of pigs with mild tail lesions, percentage of pigs with dirty tails, percentage of pigs with mild body marks, percentage of pigs with dirty bodies), with associated information about the environment and the enrichment in the farms. For the complete database, a sample of pens was assessed from 1928 farm units. Repeated measures were taken in the same farm unit over time, giving 112 240 records at pen level. These concerned a total of 13 480 289 pigs present on the farm during the assessments, with 5 463 348 pigs directly assessed using the 'Real Welfare' protocol. The three most common enrichment types were straw, chain and plastic objects. The main substrate was straw which was present in 67.9% of the farms. Compared with 2013, a significant increase of pens with undocked-tail pigs, substrates and objects was observed over time (P<0.05). The upper quartile prevalence was <0.2% for all of the four main physical outcomes, and 15% for mild body marks. The percentage of pigs that would benefit from being in a hospital pen was positively correlated to the percentage of lame pigs, and the absence of tail lesions was positively correlated with the absence of body marks (P<0.05, R>0.3). The results from the first 3 years of the scheme demonstrate a reduction of the prevalence of animal-based measures of welfare problems and highlight the value of this initiative.
Economic losses due to an increase of leg disorders in broilers have become a major concern of the poultry industry. Despite the efforts to reduce skeletal abnormalities in chickens, insufficient progress has been made. Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO) is one of the main disorders that affect bone integrity in broilers. However, the genetic pathways and genes involved in most bone problems, including BCO, remains unclear. In this study, femoral samples from male broilers with 45 days of age affected or not with BCO were used to compare the relative expression with a reverse transcription real time PCR approach of 13 candidate genes: SPP1 (osteopontin), TNFRSF11B (osteoprotegerin), SPARC (osteonectin), CALB1 (calbidin 1), CALM (Calmodulin 2), IBSP (sialoprotein), COL1A2 (collagen, type I, α 2), BMP2 (bone morphogenetic protein 2), BMP3 (bone morphogenetic protein 3), RANKL (κ-B nuclear factor ligand), SMAD1 (SMAD family member 1), LEPR (leptin receptor) and RUNX2 (related transcription factor Runt 2). Differential expression test between affected and non-affected groups was performed using the REST software. The RUNX2 and SPARC genes were downregulated (P<0.05) in the affected group, with reduced expression of fourfold when compared with the non-affected group. This result indicates that the downregulation of RUNX2 and SPARC can contribute to an increased incidence of BCO in broilers.
Recent molecular analyses indicate that many reef coral species belong to hybridizing species complexes or "syngameons." Such complexes consist of numerous genetically distinct species or lineages, which periodically split and/or fuse as they extend through time. During splitting and fusion, morphologic intermediates form and species overlap. Here we focus on processes associated with lineage fusion, specifically introgressive hybridization, and the recognition of such hybridization in the fossil record. Our approach involves comparing patterns of ecologic and morphologic overlap in genetically characterized modern species with fossil representatives of the same or closely related species. We similarly consider the long-term consequences of past hybridization on the structure of modern-day species boundaries.
Our study involves the species complex Montastraea annularis s.l. and is based in the Bahamas, where, unlike other Caribbean locations, two of the three members of the complex today are not genetically distinct. We measured and collected colonies along linear transects across Pleistocene reef terraces of last interglacial age (approximately 125 Ka) on the islands of San Salvador, Andros, and Great Inagua. We performed quantitative ecologic and morphologic analyses of the fossil data, and compared patterns of overlap among species with data from modern localities where species are and are not genetically distinct.
Ecologic and morphologic analyses reveal "moderate" overlap (>10%, but statistically significant differences) and sometimes "high" overlap (no statistically significant differences) among Pleistocene growth forms (= "species"). Ecologic analyses show that three species (massive, column, organ-pipe) co-occurred. Although organ-pipes had higher abundances in patch reef environments, columnar and massive species exhibited broad, completely overlapping distributions and had abundances that were not related to reef environment. For morphometric analyses, we used multivariate discriminant analysis on landmark data and linear measurements. The results show that columnar species overlap "moderately" with organ-pipe and massive species. Comparisons with genetically characterized colonies from Panama show that the Pleistocene Bahamas species have intermediate morphologies, and that the observed "moderate" overlap differs from the morphologic separation among the three modern species. In contrast, massive and columnar species from the Pleistocene of the Dominican Republic comprise distinct morphologic clusters, similar to the modern species; organ-pipe species exhibit "low" overlap (<10%, only at species margins) with columnar and massive species.
Assuming that "moderate" overlap implies hybridization and "high" overlap implies more complete lineage fusion, these results support the hypothesis of hybridization among species within the complex in the Bahamas during the Pleistocene. Hybridization involved introgression of three distinct evolutionary lineages, in association with Pleistocene sea level and temperature fluctuations, and appears to have been limited geographically primarily to the Bahamas and the northern Caribbean. Thus, not only does the structure of species boundaries within the complex vary geographically, but these geographic differences may have persisted since the Pleistocene.
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How We Met
Haroon and my love story is unique, to say the least! We met a long time before we actually started dating. Both of our families immigrated to Pittsburgh after leaving our home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was inevitable that our families would meet since they both came from the same exact city in Bosnia, Mostar. We literally knew each other at the ages of 4 and 5 years old. I can still remember playing outside of my apartment complex with little Haroon. It wasn't until Haroon's 6th birthday party that he made the first move. Yep, that's right… He asked his cousin Larisa, who was one of my best friends, to bring me in the bathroom so he could give me a kiss. I always had a crush on him, so of course, I said yes! He waited in the bathroom until Larisa and I came in and he then proceeded to lay a peck on my lips! We were each other's first kiss! The craziest thing is that this is a memory literally all three of us remember to this day.
My family ended up moving away from the area where Haroon lived and we went our separate ways for a couple of years. We would see each other from time to time at different events our parents would take us to, but we never really spoke to one another. Along the way one of us requested the other on Facebook and we began to message back and forth. I still remembered our first kiss and I was curious if Haroon remembered it at all, so I asked. To my surprise, he remembered it too!
We become not only Facebook friends, but actual friends as well. We would see each other summer to summer when we were both in Mostar, but it wasn't until the summer of 2016 that things transpired from friendship to something more. I came to Mostar after Haroon that summer and I ran into him one of my first nights there. We were together every day after that! He was unlike anyone I had ever met before. He made me laugh until my cheeks hurt, and I always felt safe with him. One night Haroon was taking me home and he said "what's today's date?" it was July 18th and he said, "okay today's our anniversary, you're my girlfriend now!" I didn't really get an option, but it wasn't like I was going to say no…
My dad always says Haroon's quiet, but that it's okay because I talk enough for the both of us. Which is true.. He's a man of few words, but when you get through the hard exterior you get to the big teddy bear inside of him that loves to cuddle! He isn't afraid to tell me when I'm wrong and he always wants the absolute best for me and for us. He's my rock. Our love story has been unique from the very beginning and I wouldn't trade it for the world! I can't wait to spend the rest of my days with the love of my life and my absolute best friend!
How They Asked
Haroon and I were planning a trip back to Mostar in 2018. It just so happened we were going to be there during our two year anniversary (July 18th, 2018), so we wanted to do something special to celebrate. We booked a trip to the eternal city, Rome. I had no idea that Haroon had a huge surprise waiting for me there. That day was full of walking around the city, exploring, sightseeing and sweating! It was one of the hottest days.
I could tell Haroon was acting weird, but I kept thinking the sun got to him. Ha! He was so adamant about going back to the room early and getting ready so we could come back to the Colosseum later. On our way back I stopped at a little Italian boutique, I only brought a carry-on and totally under packed, I ended up buying the dress I wore when he proposed in that little boutique! We got ready and went to the hotel rooftop to grab a drink before walking to the Colosseum. He was so nervous and extra quiet for some reason. I didn't really catch on, but like I said I do enough talking for the both of us, soo… We got to the Colosseum and he told me we should sit at this cafe and grab something small to eat, so we sat down.
He told me how he read somewhere online that there was this little spot above that cafe where people take pictures and we should go up there. We headed up and there was a man in front of us that kinda stopped and let us go in front of him, he had all this camera gear and I didn't think twice because Rome is full of people with cameras, so it wasn't out of the ordinary. We got to the spot and there wasn't anyone to take the picture for us, so Haroon took a selfie and then looked at me… He said "Dzen I have a question to ask you" and that's when it hit me. He started getting down on one knee and my heart EXPLODED.
He opened the ring box and it was a ring we randomly looked at nine months prior to this moment. Haroon got so nervous no words came out of his mouth, I had to ask him what his question was…LOL. He snapped out of it and everything else was a blur. He got up and we kissed, hugged and I started crying and only after that I realized that guy that was walking in front of us was taking pictures! Haroon had it all planned. He hired a photographer a month before our trip and he captured our special moment.


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Supplier managed inventory or VMI programs are where the Supplier stocks product at certain agreed locations for the Buyer to pull the products when needed for their use.
Standard Buyer purchase templates usually need to be modified to implement these programs:
•Instead of ordering, the Buyer Provides forecasts.
•Instead of having delivery at the Supplier's dock, delivery occurs when the product is pulled from the Hub.
•Instead of the inventory needed for production being held by the Buyer, it's held by the Supplier.
•The Supplier's ability to get paid is based not when it left its dock, but when it was actually pulled.
•The warranty period for the product that traditionally would be measured from when the Supplier ships it, needs to be measured differently based on when it was pulled or the lag time it will spend in transit and in the Hub needs to be built into the warranty.
•Because the Supplier is responsible to get it to the Hub, all shipping costs and risk of loss transfer to the Supplier.
•If a third party manages the Hub, additional issues of insurance and risk of loss at the Hub come into play.
Since the Buyer isn't actually purchasing the product until the pull, Suppliers also are concerned with:
•Liability for custom product in the event of a termination of the program
•Obsolescence of a product
•The impact major reductions in volumes of consumption may have on the inventory levels
•The accuracy of Buyer's forecasts
•Their ability and costs to do re-balancing of inventory for standard products.
Most of these negotiations will focus on these issues and the extent and nature of the product profile (Items held, quantity), but especially Buyer's liability when pulls simply do not happen as they were forecasted.
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Nova Scotia Real Estate Market Seen Stable
Here is a good article from the Chronicle Herald speaking the condition of the housing market in Atlantic Canada. The "affordability" of housing in Atlantic Canada improved in the last three months of 2009.
Please click on the thumbnail below if you wish to read the full article.
-Mike Smith is a REALTOR in the Halifax Area with Family First Realty and can be reached at 902.209.6745
I'm going to start posting the full articles that I link from the Chronicle Herald as their links only stay good for a few weeks:
"WHEN IT comes to real estate, they say it's all about location, location, location.
So it's not surprising that economists at RBC Financial Group figure that housing affordability in Atlantic Canada improved during the last three months of 2009.
A good affordability number is one of those good and bad indicators. While it is a good sign for anyone considering buying a home, it may also show that demand for real estate is slowing.
RBC calculates its index based on the proportion of pre-tax household income needed to service the costs of owning a detached bungalow in various housing markets across Canada. The higher the reading, the more costly it is to afford a home.
An affordability index of 50 per cent, for example, means that expenses such as mortgage payments, utilities and property taxes take up 50 per cent of a typical household's monthly pre-tax income.
The reason homeownership affordability improved in the Atlantic region in the last quarter of 2009 was because housing prices in this region did not rise as much as in other regions.
As economists like to say about the Halifax economy, it is fairly well diversified, and therefore, comparatively speaking, it doesn't suffer the dramatic ups and downs that changing economic conditions cause in other parts of Canada.
For that reason, the Nova Scotia real estate market throughout the recession has held fairly steady. Ontario, for example, experienced the auto sector downturn and Alberta experienced the oilpatch decline.
There are signs the national economy is improving and it is creating higher home prices in other Canadian regions.
In Atlantic Canada, RBC reported the affordability index for owning a detached bungalow fell in the fourth quarter of 2009 to 31.1 per cent of a typical household's monthly pre-tax income, a drop of less than a percentage point compared with the third quarter.
RBC economists suggest that the slight drop in the affordability index in the Atlantic region is a good sign because it is likely to sustain the real estate market by keeping more would-be homebuyers in the game.
But no one wants to see the affordability index decline by too much.
New-home construction and the overall real estate market are important factors in determining the strength of the Nova Scotia economy because it relates back to overall economic conditions.
Faced with a deficit growing by more than half a billion dollars over the next few years, the province needs the business community firing on all cylinders if it is going to balance its budget with as little pain as possible.
Nobody envies the job Finance Minister Graham Steele is faced with, especially after a recent public opinion poll indicated that most Nova Scotians don't want tax increases, nor do they want significant cuts to services.
So what is the government going to do?
It now seems likely that Nova Scotia will increase the harmonized sales tax by one or more percentage points. With some of the highest tax rates in the country, it should be interesting to see what the government will come up with to balance the books while trying to maintain the province's competitive position relative to other parts of Canada.
Steele will have a chance to make his case to the Halifax business community March 31 when he gives a pre-budget address to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce.
He may well want to develop his own affordability index for government programs."
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- New Mom/Baby Visits:* After your baby is born, we will meet with you in your home or our office. Some of the services we can provide include weighing your baby, answering questions, breastfeeding support, and connecting you to any other resources you may need as you adjust to motherhood.
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Mountain Bike Routes
Cairnbrogie has numerous hiking trails around the farm and to the picturesque coastline; these are also open for trail running.
Once a year during Easter the course is made available for the Pennypinchers Adventure Trail run which is fast becoming one of the must run events on the Easter Trail Running Circuit.
Cairnbrogie is blessed with a large area in which to develop MTB trails. Our aim is to provide intermediate skill riding for young riders. The learning of basic bike control skills will be a focus of the trails. Older more experienced riders can enjoy remarkable scenery on their way to the well know SANPARKS and Cape Pine MTB trails.
Pump Track
Cairnbrogie was fortunate to have DirtLab, an industry leader in the construction and design of pumptracks and trails, to help design and build our pumptrack. DirtLab shared their passion and expertise with us to truly build a one of a kind pumptrack in Plettenberg Bay.
Pumptracks are extremely popular among a multitude of riders and at Cairnbrogie we offer children and older riders a safe environment to be active on. The tracks feature a series of bumps/rollers that allow riders to use their momentum in order to gain speed and carry momentum. It is great fun so bring your bike, scooters, push bikes etc. and join us at the Cairnbrogie PumpTrack.


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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Jesus foretold his death and resurrection (Poem)
Jesus foretold his death and resurrection,
Which put his Apostles in much reflection.
He said this all more than twice,
The disciples found it tough not nice.
Peter didn't want Jesus Christ our Lord to be crucified,
Yet that was how God in his Son would be glorified.
Spoke the Savior before his solemn sacrifice,
That Peter the future saint would deny him thrice.
When Peter eventually our Lord Jesus for fact deny,
He went out later and truly did bitterly cry.
Only Jesus the eternal king of the Jewish nation,
Could later give repentant Peter spiritual restoration.
Christ the Redeemer at the last supper spoke of his betrayer,
The vile Judas Iscariot who from the true path became a strayer.
Yet this apostate didn't of his evil heart at all repent,
And by giving up on Jesus ensured where his own afterlife be spent.
And yet didn't the Son of Man speak of his resurrection?
For God gave him the power to rise up again in divine affection.
Christ Jesus he had to pay everyone's sin's full price,
So that those who believe in him get forgiveness and paradise.
What Did Jesus Drink While Dying on the Cross?
I always found it a mystery to read in the bible how Jesus refused to drink wine before the Romans nailed him to the cross. Even more of a mystery to me was to understand Jesus' intentions when he asked for something to quench his thirst, and he drank sour wine while suffering the torture of the crucifixion.
So why would Jesus refuse one drink and not the other?
Jesus refuses to drink.
The gospel of Mark describes what Jesus had to endure, "And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take" (Mark 15:22-24 ESV throughout).
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Relax in the Lord Jesus
Relax in the Lord Jesus,
For he's the one who sees us.
Cast unto him your burdens and cares,
Be not worried by the world's dares.
To receive God's grace do what is just,
Put your faith in the Lord and him do trust.
Never be anxious nor too much you weep,
The Lord feeds the birds who neither sow or reap.
Be not anxious at all for tomorrow,
Surrender to Christ your trouble and sorrow.
Do not worry about what you'll eat or drink,
Keep first God's kingdom and his righteousness in all you think.
Fear not the future nor shifting sands,
God has it all covered in his holy hands.
Rest secure in his great love,
As you're blessed by God from above.
Read the Gospel
Read the Gospel and it believe,
Lest the Devil does deceive.
Read the Gospel prayerfully,
That you serve God cheerfully.
Read the Gospel with relish,
Don't be like those who perish.
Read the Gospel to get wise,
That things infernal you despise.
Read the Gospel to grow,
And all foolishness to throw.
Read the Gospel to abide,
And in God's will reside.
Read the Gospel to act,
That you do right in fact.
Read the Gospel to meditate,
That you in truth Christ imitate.
Voices of right and wrong
There are voices either right or wrong,
Which can turn you weak or make strong.
Acting upon any of them for long,
Clearly shows to whom you belong.
But remember for every holy vision,
You can expect God's provision.
While in trances vile, unclear or blurry,
You can expect it uninspired and weary.
Voices at times may guide or may provoke,
In such cases always good action invoke.
Not all voices are to be trusted,
Some could be like needles rusted.
The worlds voices may seem natural,
Even glamorous, rational or cultural.
Then ask if the voices are right,
Is it worth truly your soul and might?
Those who know Christ also know his voice,
If you are familiar with his Word do rejoice.
Listen not to any lustful or rebellious sprite,
Instead focus on the Gospel all light.
All heaven declares (with lyrics) – Martin Ball (Worship Video)
Verse 1
All heaven declares
The glory of the risen Lord
Who can compare with
The beauty of the Lord?
Chorus 1
Forever He will be
The Lamb upon the throne
I gladly bow the knee
And worship Him alone.
Verse 2
I will proclaim
The glory of the risen Lord
Who once was slain
To reconcile man to God.
Chorus 2
Forever You will be
The Lamb upon the throne
I gladly bow the knee
And worship You alone
A Disciple Of Christ
A disciple of Christ in the Gospel does believe,
No matter whatever comes to deceive.
The disciple the Word of God studies,
And for good works readies.
Such a disciple is sincere and humble,
And doesn't at God ever grumble.
The disciple doesn't bother for wealth,
But has focus on spiritual health.
A disciple of Christ helps the poor and needy,
And preaches to all, even the greedy.
The disciple truly and earnestly will pray,
Unto God so oneself into temptation doesn't stray.
A disciple of Christ believes God exists,
All vain philosophies he resists.
The disciple shares the Holy Spirit's fire,
To all those who for salvation desire.
A disciple of Christ seeks things of heaven,
But avoids all hypocritical leaven.
The disciple has fellowship with other disciples,
Eagerly awaiting the Lord's arrival.


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Central Athens Burns as Lawmakers Weigh Austerity
Historic cinemas, cafes, shops and banks were set ablaze in central Athens on Sunday as black-masked protesters fought Greek police outside parliament, while inside lawmakers looked set to defy the rage by endorsing a new EU/IMF austerity deal.
State television reported violence spread to the islands of Corfu and Crete, the northern city of Thessaloniki and towns in central Greece. Shops were being looted in the capital in the worst breakdown of order since 2008 when violence gripped Greece for weeks after police shot a 15-year-old schoolboy.
As parliament prepared to vote on a new 130 billion euro bailout to save Greece from a messy bankruptcy, a Reuters photographer saw buildings in Athens engulfed in flames and huge plumes of smoke rose in the night sky.
"We are facing destruction. Our country, our home, has become ripe for burning, the centre of Athens is in flames. We cannot allow populism to burn our country down," conservative lawmaker Costis Hatzidakis told parliament.
The air in Syntagma Square outside parliament was thick with tear gas as riot police fought running battles with youths who smashed marble balustrades and hurled stones and petrol bombs.
Terrified Greeks and tourists fled the rock-strewn streets and the clouds of stinging gas, cramming into hotel lobbies for shelter as lines of riot police struggled to contain the mayhem.
State NET television reported that trouble had also broken out in Heraklion, capital of the tourist island of Crete, as well as the towns of Volos and Agrinio in central Greece.
Despite the chaos, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos warned that Greeks faced "unimaginably harsher" sacrifices if parliament rejected the package, which demands deep pay, pension and job cuts, when it votes later in the evening.
On the streets many businesses were ablaze, including the neo-classical home to the Attikon cinema dating from 1870 and a building housing the Asty, an underground cinema used by the Gestapo during World War Two as a torture chamber.


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Are socialists wrong to challenge the Green Party?
I am quite dismayed by your coverage of the Green Party and the Green surge.
The only article has been negative.
Why aren't the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) forging links with the Greens? It seems to me that you have far more in common with them than with the Labour Party.
Surely it is not a competition as to who is the most radical? Or did I get that wrong?
Surely it is about getting a fairer, more egalitarian society?
Marx was a great thinker and theorist. But he was a man of his time and he certainly did not have all the answers—especially not for the 21st century.
We have the potential for a united left here. Let's not waste that opportunity or spoil it with divisive nit-picking. Let's unite against the common enemy.
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The "Green surge" proves that a lot of people want an alternative to austerity.
And the left within the Greens has done well to push their party into filling this gaping hole in the run-up to the elections in May.
Anyone who is against austerity and cuts is a friend of Socialist Worker readers.
But we also have to be honest about our disagreements.
The Greens' strategy ignores the limitations of an electoral route towards building a fairer society.
The structure of the entire electoral system is built around maintaining the position of the ruling class.
Even the most radical policies will not be enough to change this.
We need to use this election to empower the working class, build resistance, and expose the contradictions of capitalism.
When people feel confident enough to run society for themselves it will be revolution, not elections, that brings about real change.
James Pettefar, South London
Who's in the ruling class?
A recent report on the rich calculated who the top one percent are based on the property they own. But this tells us little.
When Marx talked about private property, he meant ownership of the kind of property from which profit can be made.
He didn't mean personal property—ownership of a washing machine, for example.
Capital is property from which profit is made—and ownership of this determines the direction of a society.
You can't make a profit out of living in a house.
You might be able to rent out part of it to help pay the bank or building society who only let you live in it as long as you can make the mortgage payments.
But the rift between a house owner and someone who owns a factory or a mine or land is vast.
Lumping homeowners in with people at the top is deceiving as it camouflages the power of the wealthiest.
That 1 percent must span a huge divide between people who own a house in London valued at £500,000 and the tiny number who control vast wealth.
They can move their empires of wealth across continents in search of a faster profit, close down production, throw thousands out of work and raise or lower the price of food or oil.
People who own a house, whatever its market value, are not in power.
Julia Richardson, Swansea
Tories' new bill hides real roots of terrorism
Tory Home secretary Theresa May's new anti-terror bill seeks to turn British people against Muslims by promoting an agenda of finger-pointing and suspicion.
It amplifies the portrayal of Muslims as "alien" amid a climate of increasing Islamophobia and racism.
And it implicitly dismisses the government's responsibility towards international law.
What becomes increasingly clear is that the British government, and indeed British people, must fully recognise that the cause of terrorism is the "War on Terror".
Otherwise not only will we see the West continue to impose its "clash of civilisations" on the Muslim world, we will see it recreated here in West itself.
Despite all their smokescreens, it would be the Western "bully nations" that would hold all the blame.
Imran Shah, East London
Free speech hypocrites mourn tyrant
The hypocrisy of our leaders knows no bounds.
Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks, David Cameron went to Paris to chant the French Revolution slogan of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
On hearing of the death of King Abdullah, Cameron and Prince Charles flew to Saudi Arabia—a one-family state where there are almost no elections, political parties are banned and women are oppressed.
US president Barack Obama didn't go to France to express his sympathy for the dead or their families.
But he did find time to fly to Saudi Arabia—a country that sponsors terrorism and violates human rights.
Saudi courts routinely pass sentences of death, maiming and torture.
In this country the Tories would like to repeal the Human Rights Act.
But at the same time they believe in the divine right of unelected monarchs to carry out any amount of atrocities against their subjects with no questions asked.
Meanwhile they fly flags at half mast on our public buildings in memory of tyrants.
John Appleyard, West Yorkshire
Don't stop Nazis speaking
I disagree about not allowing Nazis to speak.
We need to have them out there so their sheer lunacy and hate speech can be shown up for the utter dross and nonsense it is.
Banning them merely increases their appeal.
Karl Nicholas, on Facebook
Right to say no platform
Freedom of expression is always a tough one.
But we do have laws against incitement to racial hatred.
And if Nazis' views reinforce and legitimise those of fledgling racists surely it is best to stop them and not allow them a platform.
Kerryann Lund, on Facebook
Apple's rotten to the core
Apple has become the world's most valuable company, posting profits of £12 billion and sitting on £119 billion in cash.
But it's easy to make obscene profits if your workforce work 60 hours a week, 18 days in a row, for £1.12 an hour.
It also helps if you can evade taxes.
Sasha Simic, North London
Labour is best we can get
It's a shame there is no credible socialist party in Britain that stands a chance of getting elected.
The best we can hope for is the moderate left Labour Party, and it is struggling to connect with the British public.
Ian Almond, on Facebook
No chance of British Syriza
I agree that we just have to make do with a Labour Party that is run by public school boys.
Labour is the best of a bad lot.
I can't see Britain electing a radical left party like Syriza in Greece. Unfortunately most people seem to be leaning more towards the far right.
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Well its booked!
I am (weather permitting) jumping out of a plane on Monday 27th August! 3 days before my 30th Birthday what a great way to kick off the celebrations for my birthday, I honestly couldn't of thought of anything better.
Am I nervous? Yes
Am I excited? Yes
I honestly cant wait and what makes it even better than some family and friends have decided to join me too and I am so honored that they would want to join me (well watch me). I always feel humbled when people make the choice to spend their time with me, I guess that is my lacking in confidence that causes that. Always shocked that people want to experience things with me – I dont know why, but hey I guess it makes me appreciate them all a little more!
Talking of my 30th Birthday, I have even arranged a meal with mine and Matt's parents on my actual Birthday. We are going to Koh Thai Tapas in Southsea, its a gorgeous Thai restaurant and I adore the food not to mention the cocktails!
But I would love to do something with my friends as well, but what to do is where I am stumped.
Do I go for an evening of drinks and nibbles with some of our closest friends OR a girls day out in Brighton?
I really dont know what to do, I still have a little while to choose as I would like to give people time to make sure they are free and arrange sitters, save up some money etc. So I figure I will decide by March I kinda want to do both, but that's really greedy! I need to think about what I will enjoy the most and that if I do one and not the other that I wouldn't have any regrets.
I am sure I will figure it out and I will arrange something or perhaps someone could do it for me haha!


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What is Grammarly? An online word checking tool that identifies spelling typos and grammar errors in a text. Grammarly comes in two flavors: Grammarly Free and Grammarly Premium, where the only difference is that Grammarly Premium contains additional features such as plagiarism detection for $29.95/mo.
How Easy Is It to Start Using Grammarly?
To use the Grammarly editor, follow these steps:
- Visit grammarly.com
- Click on Add to Chrome, or whichever web browser you use if not Chrome.
- Wait for the redirect to the Sign Up page
- After signing up, you get to see the Grammarly Menu.
Navigating the Grammarly Menu is simple:
My Grammarly
Another name for the Grammarly home page. It shows all existing documents previously edited on the app. It also offers a prompt to upload or start writing in new material.
Here, you can customize your Grammarly page. It has the following subsections: Account Settings, Customize, Notifications, Subscription, and Security.
The Customize subsection allows for the inclusion of words into a personal dictionary. Such words may not be in a standard dictionary. You can also set your language preference between American English, British English, Canadian English, and Australian English.
Here, you can use platforms on which Grammarly is available for download.
Log Out
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Grammarly Premium
This menu item only shows when you're on Grammarly Free, and leads to the page where you can upgrade to Grammarly Premium.
Grammarly Free vs. Grammarly Premium
The main difference between Grammarly Free and Grammarly Premium lies in the editor. Here, we'll be using a short written essay to highlight the various features between the two options.
Grammarly Free Features
First thing, we did was upload the essay onto Grammarly.
After loading for a few seconds, the editor assistant popped up showing the score of the article and corrections needed.
Two things stood out: the two menus under Hide Assistant showing Overall score and Goals.
We felt that this option in the Grammarly tool was quite useful, in the sense that we were able to communicate with the software about the type of content written.
Here, you can choose the Audience you wish to address, the type of Language, the Tone of the article, and the Intent of the material. However, one option which is only available for Grammarly Premium is Domain where you choose the purpose of the article.
The overall performance score of the uploaded article was based upon the Word count, Readability, and Vocabulary Use.
The areas which affected the performance of the article were highlighted under alerts which were divided into Correctness, Clarity, Engagement, and Delivery.
We could only access the alerts for Correctness which were spelling, grammar, and punctuation checks. Gaining access to the other alerts requires upgrading to Grammarly Premium.
Grammarly Premium Features
After upgrading to Grammarly Premium, we had a blue flag appear with a new menu showing our Subscription billing period.
The layout of the premium version is pretty much the same as the free option. The significant difference lies in what you have access to.
Below is a picture of the alerts from the free option:
We uploaded the same essay to the Premium editor, and the following happened:
The goals widget is the first thing to pop up. However, this time around, we were able to gain access to set the Domain.
The screenshot shows our selection for the article:
Grammarly Premium Tools
From the free option, we noted that there were 8 Premium alerts, and this is the breakdown of each:
Correctness (4 alerts): All relating to the use of commas before the conjunction. This can be helpful for those who get confused as to where a comma or colon is needed or not needed.
Clarity (1 alert): We were informed that our sentence might have been too wordy. That is, containing words that do not necessarily hamper the information being passed across.
Engagement (3 alerts): Apparently, we made use of certain words a bit too much in the test article, and as such, the editor suggested replacing them with synonyms.
We decided to put the article through the plagiarism test and found out that the article had 3% plagiarism. However, when this same content was passed through Copyscape, another plagiarism checking tool, there were no results.
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If the results displayed by the Grammarly editor were not to your satisfaction, Grammarly Premium also offers you the opportunity to get a human proofreader. However, this comes at an additional cost.
Grammarly Premium vs. Grammarly Free: Summary
On the one hand, you can use basic features in Grammarly Free, including:
- Spelling edits
- Grammar corrections
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If you pay for Grammarly Premium, you unlock these features:
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For any individual who works with words a lot (e.g. students, writers, professors, etc.), Grammarly is one of the best analytical writing tools to have. Why? Because political correctness in your grammar off the top of your head isn't as easy as it seems.
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But every good thing has its downsides.
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The monthly subscription price of Grammarly Premium ($29.95/mo) is a bit on the heavy side as well. For less than that, you can get 100 credits on Copyscape to run plagiarism tests on your articles. You can also make use of the free Hemingway app to check the readability of your essay, then use Grammarly Free to brush up the gaps.
The bottom line is there are other grammar and plagiarism checking tools
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that offer what Grammarly does at little to no cost.
Also, one thing we noticed was that the Grammarly tool missed out on some possible vocabulary enhancements. Therefore, the tool is not to be 100% relied on. But this should not be a significant problem as the creators believe Grammarly exists to make you a better writer. It's expected that after a while, you can go on to create written content without needing Grammarly.
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Where to stay in Kathmandu
- Best places to stay in Kathmandu definitely in the vicinity of Thamel.
- Plenty of hotels, restaurants, bars, trekking and gifts shop. (Walking Distance)
- Bear in mind that Thamel streets can be very dusty so do wear your face masks.
- Highly recommended Hotel Thamel & Holy Himalaya Hotel .
Places of Interest in Kathmandu
Bhaktaphur Durbar Square
- Bigger compared to Kathmandu Durbar Square.
- About 45 minutes drive from Kathmandu.
- Bargain with your cab driver for the price. ( Around 1500 NPR / USD 15 / MYR 63 One Way)
- 1100 NPR / USD 11 / MYR 46 Entrance Ticket.
- Locals will approach you and offer to be your guide. (Not necessarily)
- Do spend 2-3 hours here.
Monkey Temple (Swayambhunath)
- 200 NPR / USD 2 / MYR 8 Entrance Ticket.
- Hire a cab. (Normally included in the day tour package or you could walk 30 minutes from Thamel street)
- Locals will approach you and offer to be your guide. (Not necessarily)
Garden of Dreams
- 200 NPR / USD 2 / MYR 8 Entrance Ticket.
- Flowers & Squirrels.
- Great place for family picnic and dating.
- Walking distances from Thamel.
Kumari (Living Goddess Place)
- Free Entrance (Donation expected).
- Photo of Kumari (Living Goddess) are forbidden during visit.
- Kumari will take a peek at the window just for a moment.
- Walking distances from Thamel.
Kathmandu Durbar Square
- 1000 NPR / USD 10 / RM42 Entrance Ticket
- Most of it still under construction after the earthquake.
Best Lassi In Town
- We were brought here by a local. (We have no idea where is the exact location)
Watch Traditional Dance Performance
- There are plenty of restaurants here in Nepal that offered traditional Nepalese dance performance.
- We were brought to Thamel Restaurant by our trekking agent and we had a great evening with amazing Dal Bhat.
Drink Local Beers
Tips when travel to Kathmandu
- Try Dal That (Local Dish)
- Always bargain even for groceries. Yes. We did and it worked.
- Always pay in Nepalese Rupees and they do accept MYR currency. (Many Nepalese able to speak decent Malaysian Language)
- Bring your face mask. (It get very dusty and windy at times)
- Phasphutinath Temple going to cost 1000 NPR / USD 10 / MYR 42. (We skipped this place because we think it's a bit expensive)
- Check out my video here on Youtube Kathmandu Travel Guide


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Charles Mankhwazi is a researcher on the Youth Think Tank. He attended the African Union 2nd Pan-African Youth Forum earlier this year.
The 24th – 27th of April 2019 was a historic period that saw youth power come to action. Over 500 African Youth convened at the 2nd AU Pan-African Youth forum, hosted at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
As the final day of the youth forum concluded, a more remarkable period for African Youth dawned, following the commitments made by heads of international organizations and youth-led agencies including UNFPA, UNICEF, African Development Bank, Open Society, Trace International, AfriLabs, the German Embassy, Facebook, and RED Africa, who all pledged over $560 million to support Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Engagement(4Es) to reach 1 million young people by the year 2021, an Initiative launched by the Chairperson of the AU, Commissioner Moussa Faki Mahamat.
The forum, which was themed: Africa Unite: Bridging the Gap and reaching African Youth engaged with young African leaders in developing roadmaps and action plans towards the achievement of the 4Es. Africa's most powerful untapped asset, the young people, were called upon to lead from the front and demand the change they want.
"You have talked, and we have listened carefully, we will support you to make sure that the African Dream is realized" the Commissioner of Human Resources, Science and Technology passionately expressed.
On the contrary, African Youth have been
marginalized and are frustrated by the lack of support
Mr. Mahamat, the incumbent AU Commissioner said that "hundreds of young Africans have been found migrating to Europe in search of a better life. It is thus our duty to find solutions that will keep the youth here in Africa, where they can play an active role in developing their local communities."
The recently held "Now Generation Forum" revealed that most youths migrate in search of better jobs, economic opportunities, friendly business environment, peace and security, the quest for new experiences, less climate change and the human nature of migrating. More importantly, the underlying factor remains that although many African economies have recently recorded increasing levels of GDP, its effects have not trickled down to the whole of its youth population. For reasons such as this, it is perceived that Africa has a demographic bomb rather than a demographic dividend.
Charles at the African Union
To challenge this perception, it is vital that African youth are meaningfully engaged in decision making platforms where their insights and opinions can be heard, taken onboard and integrated into national, regional and global action plans. Under the leadership of the AU Youth Envoy, African youths demanded the establishment of an "Afrikan Youth Assembly", a decision making body within the African Union. The body will aim to increase representation of African Youths at the continental level, and will enhance Pan-African exchange, peer learning, collaboration, and meaningful engagement with the African Union Commission (AUC).
Once established, it is envisaged that the Youth Assembly will convene at least once a year, and will also participate in the African Union's General Assembly, where heads of member states come together to discuss and tackle pertinent issues affecting the African continent.
In the famous words of Thomas Sinkara, a fervent Pan-Africanist and Iconic Revolutionary:
"You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future".
Whilst the AUC, Private Sector, and Civil Society made strong commitments to support African Youths, it remains the duty of young people to shape the new African Dream and have the courage to forge new solutions and invent the future they want.