An average Attainment 8 score of 4 as well as a Grade 5 in English Language or Literature.
give you the opportunity to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal skills and attributes essential for successful performance in working life.
give you a broad knowledge of the health and social care sector, using a variety of teaching and learning methods including external work experience.
The course is worth 180 credits which is the equivalent of 3 A levels.
The course consists of 13 units, of which 8 are mandatory and 4 are externally assessed. The mandatory content is 72% and external assessment is 42%.
You will also benefit from gaining work experience in a variety of Health and Social Care sectors. These opportunities will aid your career choices and potentially attract you into the sectors.
How will you be assessed.?
During the course you will complete different types of assignment which are internally assessed and then verified externally. There will also be 3 examinations and one set task, all marked externally.


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'Defer the Integrated Care System' says Health Scrutiny Committee, after campaigners and councillors challenge CCGs' failure to provide proper information on controversial scheme
Following my request for Health Scrutiny to consider the CCGs' plans (at the last meeting in January), and challenges to the Conservatives' attempts to push them through at DCC's Cabinet 10 days ago, this Thursday's Health Scrutiny called for a slow-down in the rush to implement a major reorganisation of the NHS which the public hasn't been informed about – let alone consulted on.
County Councillor Claire Wright (Independent, Otter Valley) writes: The brake on the process was applied at yesterday's (Thursday 22 March) Devon County Council's Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee, which also recorded its concerns at the plans, set to be put in place next month.
The new system, which is coming into force in health areas across the country, will mean a merger of the two clinical commissioning groups in Devon, at least at board level to start with, and is widely being seen by campaigners across the country, as the beginning of a break-up of the NHS – and a clear route through to more privatisation and less public accountability.
Nationally, there are legal challenges by senior medics who are convinced that the move to 'accountable care' as it was originally called, will be disastrous for patient care and the public functioning of the NHS.
We are repeatedly told by local NHS and social care managers that it is just about integration of health and social care and is another step on a long journey. But that is disingenuous.
This is the start of a very new style of working and no one is very clear where it will end up. What is certain though, is that it is being driven by Conservative Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Jeremy Hunt and if he tells the NHS to move in a certain direction, they must do as he says.
So although this new system debated at Devon County Council's Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee yesterday is at an early stage, its direction of travel is clear. We are heading for a more formal set up of groups of organisations and no one can reassure members of the public how the governance or funding will operate.
For example, the NHS is free at the point of use and social care is means tested. So if budgets are merged, will social care become free at the point of use? Highly unlikely. So what does this mean for NHS care?
At yesterday's Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee meeting, very well informed and articulate members of the public from the Devon Save Our Hospital campaign group addressed councillors, as well as Cllr Martin Shaw. Also, Cllr Julian Brazil (speaking on behalf of the LibDem group) who are very concerned about the plans.
Cllr Martin Shaw (Seaton Independent) was successful in getting the health scrutiny committee to take on this issue earlier this year and is incredibly well researched and informed on the issue.
Feelings and anxieties were running high during the meeting. Some speakers were heckled by members of the public, which prompted chair, Sara Randall Johnson threaten several times to throw them out.
Committee members had received dozens of emails from members of the public who wanted councillors to object to the plans.
Most of the committee fortunately, seemed concerned. I made the following proposal, which was agreed unanimously.
The section in brackets was very disappointingly, deleted by the Conservatives on the committee, despite the NHS representatives agreeing to a period of public engagement . This is a great shame, but I remain pleased that the rest of my recommendations were supported.
(a) record the Committee's concerns over the emerging Devon Integrated Care System being a single Integrated Strategic Commissioner, a number of Local Care Partnerships, Mental Health Care Partnership and shared NHS corporate services;
(b) defer the Integrated Care System process until assurances are provided on governance, funding, the future of social care from a democratic perspective (and when a full engagement process has taken place – the part on public engagement was deleted by the Conservatives unfortunately);
(c) recommend Councillor Ackland's paper and proposals on the reformation of the Health and Wellbeing Board as a sound democratic way forward to provide the necessary governance on a new integrated system;
(d) give assurance that the proposals will not lead to deeper cuts in any part of Devon as a result of the 'equalisation of funding';
(e) provide a copy of the business plan being developed and a summary of views from staff consultations.
Cabinet will now need to consider these recommendations.
If you wish to watch the debate, here's a link to the itemised webcast – https://devoncc.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/318671
Pic: Standing room only. Yesterday's Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee meeting.
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Off to Exeter – no Dermatology appointments in either Seaton or Axminster now
Seaton and Area Health Matters process gets off to a successful start
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Kenneth Gorf said:
Thanks for this post. A glimmer of common sense emerging. Hope Westminster takes note.

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Bump. There it was. A quick snap of the wrist picked the jig back up before it had time to snag on the bottom. Again, he followed the line with his rod tip and waited for the bump as the lure fell. Watching the drop. Anticipating. Any moment now. Slam! Daniel set the hook and fought another 24-inch football-shaped striper to the side of the boat. That made seventeen in 90 minutes – a fun evening of catch & release fishing very close to home.
It's the first day of the new year and if you're like me, you're still trying to recover from the chaos. Amidst this flurry of activity, I've finally found a few minutes to grab a hot cup of chicory-laced coffee and sit down on my front porch to reflect on the activities of the season. The holidays bring fun times with family and friends, hopefully a few minutes of fishing, and usually a few material blessings. Santa brought me canvas curtains for my boat this Christmas. (Okay, he's still making them, but they're on the way.) I also found a new medium power, extra-fast action casting rod under my Christmas tree. My sons got a few gifts to help them with their music careers and my grandkids are inside playing with some educational toys. All this and the technical aspects of last night's successful fishing trip has me thinking about the tools we use in pursuing our passions and professions.
Last Thursday, I spent the afternoon with Tony and Dee Tochterman at their tackle store in the Fells Point section of Baltimore. I'm amazed any time I visit their shop, but even more so this time since they've recently added a new lure making and fly tying room. Simply put, it is the biggest collection of lure making supplies, tools, books, and gear I've ever seen under one roof. In addition to lure making supplies, Tony also has a fantastic collection of rods and reels and industry designed lures. No doubt about it, Tochterman's has all the right stuff for Mid-Atlantic fishing.
I've been extremely impressed by the quality assortment of gear that can be found in local bait stores in the Chesapeake Bay region. I plan to visit many more since I'm in the process of marketing my new book, and I'll be sure to report back. Daniel and I recently sat down at a local bar over a beer and discussed similarities in the tools we use in our trades. We compared musical instruments to fishing equipment.
A Brazilian rosewood guitar or a hand-carved European upright bass won't make you a good musician. There may come a time for instruments of that quality, but it's overkill for a beginner. On the other hand, anyone learning to play should use an instrument that is of high enough quality to show a respectable return for their effort. Instead of overcoming technical limitations, your practice time is better spent learning the notes and chords you want to play. The same is true with fishing equipment. Anyone learning to jig would be foolish to spend several hundred dollars on a top-quality rod or reel, but they will need an outfit that doesn't make it difficult to recognize strikes or feel a lure touch the bottom. The wrong stuff makes it harder to catch fish, the right stuff makes it easier. In other words, in music or fishing, you don't want anything that gets between you and the expected reward.
I usually recommend off-the-rack rods in the $100.00 price range and reels of $75.00 to $100.00. A sensitive rod is by far the most important factor to consider. I devoted an entire chapter in my book to rod and reel selection. There is a condensed version here on this website. If you don't know where to start, I highly recommend talking to someone at the local tackle stores and bait shops in our area. I'm getting to know these folks fairly well and I can tell you first-hand that most of them know what they're talking about. If you need a recommendation, drop me a line and I'll steer you toward a shop that is sure to equip you with the right stuff.
Maryland Chesapeake Bay ca tch & release season is in full swing. Water temperatures haven't changed much (mid to high 40s) and the patterns are about the same as in last week's report. There are still lots of two- and three- year-old rockfish holding around the Bay Bridge rockpiles with an occasional bigger fish thrown in. In my Bay Bridge chapter of the book I explain exactly how to find them. Some of my buddies are reporting decent fish on the ledges on both sides of the channel in the Breezy Point area. The warm water discharges are still slow, but holding a few fish, and the upper Bay rivers are still turning out schoolie stripers. Those willing to travel are finding big fish in the ocean from Chincoteague down almost to the North Carolina state line. Most of these fish are way out past the three mile line, but there are a few schools showing up closer to shore.
Pickerel fishing in area creeks and rivers is very good. Yellow perch are slow at the mouth of the Susquehanna, but things should improve with the impending cold weather. White perch fishing is okay in the deep holes in the rivers and around the Bay Bridge. Options are plenty and things are shaping up for a good winter for Chesapeake Bay fishing.
Just wondering if you had any intel on WWD release times at Brandon Shores ? is it ramdom, often, week days, anything you can tell me would be appreciated. By the way love your book ! got it as a xmas present, finished reading it and will continue to go back over and over as a reference.
"Carolina Skiff 19" as a TFer.
Kip, I spent some time about a year ago talking to one of the engineers at Brandon Shores. It's all computer driven based on power demands on the Baltimore grid. About the only thing you can do is go and find out. Also, keep your options open because there are several more WWDs in the Patapsco area. Also, glad you got the book and thanks very much for the comments!
Ordered you book just before Christmas and received it very promptly–thanks for a very professional delivery.
I did get your autograph, but I must have missed the numbers that were supposed to be written in the margins !
Guess I'll have to read it again, maybe I missed them.
I'm trying not to smudge anything as I know it will be very valuable someday!
I had the pleasure of meeting you at Tochterman's at your book signing. thanks for the tips you shared with me on catching suspended fish.
What a way to start 2012, Shawn!
Hope you & the family had a great Holidays…Happy New Year!
Can someone tell me how to find 99.9% lead ingots?
I remember having plenty of those items yesterday.
Glad to see Daniel is over his slump.
Where would I be able to fing pickerel this time of year?
Shawn,Good to see LT University is alive and well.Good stuff !
I liked your fishing/music gear analogy. Getting top of the line gear as a beginner is indeed overkill, but I agree that having nice gear is a plus. I'm a beginner drummer, and the Roland TD-6 module was good enough for the first couple years. I just moved up to the TD-12 module, it has helped to make me a better drummer, and I will be growing into it for a few years.
I consider myself a mediocre light tackle fisherman, and I will be moving up to a Lowrance HD-10 chart plotter with side scan this year (that model number sounds awfully close to the drum module model number). As in music, better gear to someone with a few years under their belt will help their game, but the ultimate key in either case is to get out and practice, practice, practice.
The HD-10 will vastly improve my game, but is only an aid. I will be growing into the new meter the more I practice fishing with it. Thanks again for the good work and tips, and happy New Year!
This after I just winterized my boat.
Also, I just ordered a copy of your book. Can you sign it for me?
Don, would be a good idea to fish with Shawn and let him fill you in on the exceptional detail on the new Lowrance..I was fishing with him one evening and a local guide called him and asked him how to read it..
In order to make the move from a mediocre light tackle fisherman to a very good one is to leave the broomsticks at home..that way you only concentrate on light tackle and don't slide back into the easy trolling thing..(just my opinion)…trolling is by far the easiest way to catch fish in the bay..
Don't you have the same system?
You'd be a great guy to show someone how to use that new Lowrance and catch all those big fish on Wednesdays!
Plus I heard you play a mean drum set!
one of you guys help poor ole Don out !
Ps, and you might need me to help watch too !
Capt Jimmy I can't afford one of the fancy Lowrances..I have an Ol' Furuno..
Wed is a bad day to fish anyway..thinking about fishing more weekends this year..
Daniel..I never said you were in a slump…but Rich did..
Age before beauty fellas. Happy New Year. Speaking of beauty, take a look at the 48″ Dad hauled today.
I just saw a picture of Shawn's fish from yesterday. I'd say congrats but I don't think that's too unusual for him. I'm going fishing at the Bay Bride this weekend if I have to rent a boat.


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The Road to Beyoncé and Jay Z's joint album: "Everything Is Love"
By StaffContributor Edited By Sarah Law
June 20, 2018 StaffContributor
Beyoncé and Jay Z shocked the world when the dropped their surprise joking album, "Everything is Love" this past weekend. After years of countless rumors, teasers, and letdowns, the joint album dropped exclusively on Tidal this weekend and now is available on other streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music. But, how long have Jay and Bey fans actually waited for this epic collaboration between the husband and wife?
In honor of the long-awaited joint album, we created a timeline of events that led up to the collaborative release.
In the summer of 2014, Dash Radio host DJ Skee announced that several sources had confirmed that Jay and Bey were officially working on a collaborative project, according to Complex. At the time, rumors hinted at late 2014 to early 2015 album release date. These rumors surfaced as the duo was finishing up their On the Run tour in Paris.
Here's the video of DJ Skee with the exclusive news:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=aPeIXHzFV7E
In early 2015, producer Noel Fisher (aka Detail)—Grammy award winner for his work on Bey's smash record "Drunk in Love," sat down for an interview with Billboard, and stated that he was working with Jay and Bey on a "mysterious project." Fisher did not confirm an official joint album at the time, but then again, he didn't deny it either. "When you think of Jay and Bey together, you think 'album,' you should already know," Fisher stated.
When Billboard asked if the "mysterious project" would be released by the end of 2015, Fisher replied: "in my imaginary mind, I will work to say it's true."
In May 2016, sources claimed that the joint album was finished. Fans of Queen Bey remember May 2016 a little differently, because it was right after Bey dropped surprise album, "Lemonade." According to Page Six, sources revealed that the "Formation" singer had another project "on deck." The project reportedly would address the couple's marital issues and rumors of infidelity. Rumors that Jay cheated on Bey skyrocketed after a certain line in Bey's song, "Sorry" said, "you better call Becky with the good hair," and hinted at Jay's possible mistress.
According to Complex, an inside source hinted at the possible joint album collab as the infidelity rumors increased. "Jat and Beyonce were never going to do an interview to address all the questions that came up after 'Lemonade.' It's more their style to respond through music," the source said.
The source also claimed that the album was complete and set to drop on Tidal, "very soon."
After the release of Jay-Z's Grammy-nominated album, "4:44," Jay confirmed to T Magazine that the long-time rumored project with Beyoncé exists. Jay confirmed that he and his wife started working on music together "as a way to mend their relationship," and that there is "a lot of material sitting in the vault." But, Jay never confirms if/when the music would ever be released.
"We were using our art as like a therapy session. And we started making music together," Jay said. "And then the music she was making at that time was further along. So her album came out as opposed to the joint album that we were working on. Um, we still have a lot of that music," Jay confirmed.
In March 2018, Jay and Bey announced a follow-up to their 2014 On the Run Tour called, "On the Run II." With the sudden news, fans knew an album had to be coming soon. Bey recently wrapped up her Formation tour in 2016, and Jay finished his 4:44 tour at the end of 2017, so something new had to be in store for the four-month tour.
The album finally is released! On Saturday the iconic couple surprisingly dropped their nine-track joint album, "Love is Everything." With no teasers or promos, and everything in complete secrecy, it made the project that much more special, according to Complex.
After years of waiting, Jay Z and Beyoncé finally completed their album trilogy and fans couldn't be more stoked. The On the Run II Stadium Tour kicked off June 6 in the UK and will be coming to the US at the end of July.
What do think of Jay and Bey's new album?
Featured Image via Flickr/waqar Khan.
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Alternative Solution Proposal
AlternativeSolution Proposal
Thecriminal justice system is made up of a number of policies. Most ofthese policies with time are amended to cater for the changes thathave taken place, that way they can provide protection to everyone.Changes in the society may require the existing policies to berevised to accommodate them. An example of the changes in societythat would warrant a new policy is when it was discovered that somelaw enforcement officers would single out minorities just from thecolor of their skin. An alternative policy was made to protect theminority groups. So the policy was ratified to protect those who weremore likely to face racial profiling.
Oneof the pillars of the criminal justice system is to apprehend andpunish those who commit crimes. To reach this goal they must ensurethat policies protect the innocent and the wrong doer's get thedeserved punishment (Paternoster, 2012). This way the system issustainable and fair and people can trust the system. One otherreason the alternatives get created is that the criminal justice isneutral. It is not supposed to lean on one side. Hence if a group issuffering, they have to be protected.
Thepaper will look at one example of an alternative policy. How itbecame to be an alternative policy and the strategies to itspredecessor. The paper will also analyze the reasons behind itgetting developed as an alternative policy. This will give anin-depth look at what the processes led to the alternative policybeing developed. The policy that will be covered is capitalpunishment also referred to as the death penalty.
CapitalPunishment Policy
Thisis a form of punishment where an individual is put to death by acountry as a punishment for crimes that he committed. Examples ofcrimes that should be punishable by capital punishment are genocide,war crimes, murder, espionage, treason and crimes against humanity.According to history America's adoption and use of the deathpenalty was influenced by Britain. This was before America gained itsindependence. By then the capital punishment was used even for pettycrimes such as stealing fruits or even killing a chicken. Differentstates have different ways through which they execute the deathpenalty (International Business Publications, 2015). These methodsinclude toxic inoculation, the inmate can be fired at by a squad, useof electricity, a gas room and hanging among others. The injection isthe frequently used way, while some states may use two or three ofthe methods with lethal injection being another the primary method.
Capitalpunishment is an alternative to incarceration. Incarceration is aform of punishment where the offender`s right of movement amongothers is restrained. This means that they are imprisoned for a givenperiod depending on the crime they committed. There are manystrategies to why capital punishment was adopted as one of thealternatives to incarceration. One of them is to reform the prisonsystem (Paternoster, 2012). This was a movement that highly searchedfor alternatives to imprisonment.
Itwould be wrong to assume that this policy was accepted hands down.There are a lot of humanitarian groups that fought and are stillfighting for the abolishment of this policy. Although some didabolish it, some countries, however, are still practicing it as aform of punishment. This abolitionist movement has been there for along time now. History notes that Thomas Jefferson had introduced abill trying to revise the Virginia capital punishment, but it did notpass (Paternoster, 2012). However, most are using it on petty crimes,some have even reduced it only to be used for crimes against war.
Factorsthat Contributed to the Policy being Developed
TheUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has been on theforefront of looking for alternative routes to incarceration. Theyargue that one of the reasons imprisonment is inhumane is that itimpedes on an individual`s right as stated in the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights. Prisoners have been documented sayingthat the prison system is inhumane. As much as they are providedcounseling, they feel that the counseling is not enough as theconditions in the prison system make it hard for one to regain theirself-esteem.
Someinmates join the prison system while suffering from health conditionsthat need constant medical treatment. While inside they are notguaranteed that they will get their medication as required orprescribed. The prison system does not have enough money to cater forall these needs and for that reason their medication is not asregular as it should be. Reduced medication while in prison willdirectly impact the public health rates for the worse.
Apartfrom costing the public health sector money, the family system alsosuffers because of imprisonment. For example, if the breadwinner ofthe family is imprisoned for ten years that means his/her family willbe struggling to put food on the table. Even after their sentence isover it is very hard for them to get a decent job income that cansustain them, as most occupations don't accept individuals who haveserved time. This leads to an endless cycle of poverty among thesefamilies, they also have a high chance or resulting to crimethemselves, and they feel marginalized. The country too will savemoney since the cases of re-arrests will be very few.
Astudy conducted in Guyana by UNDP showed that citizens were insupport of policies that would help in reducing crimes such as jobcreation, increased education investment, and strategies to alleviatepoverty. The research also revealed that over fifty percent of thecitizens supported the capital punishment (International BusinessPublications, 2015). This data goes a long way to show what citizensthink about the death penalty and what changes might be made to makeit more efficient.
Itis evident that alternative policies are crucial for any criminaljustice system. If done right the state might save millions ofdollars, and maybe one-day prisons will become obsolete as there willbe better alternatives to crimes committed. It will also keep manyfamilies from poverty and opportunity to commit crime because theyare deprived of a normal childhood or family system. There are newchallenges that are facing the criminal justice system, and one thingthat this alternative is sure to solve is the issue of overcrowdingin prisons. Finding more alternatives to incarceration means thatthere will be better-established policies to punish individuals forcrimes they have committed. When using the capital punishment, it iscrucial that the offender is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubtto avoid executing an innocent person.
InternationalBusiness Publications (Washington, D.C.). (2015).&nbspGuyana:Criminal justice system laws, regulations and procedures handbook.(Guyana.) Washington, DC: International Business Publications, USA.
Paternoster,R. (2012).&nbspCapitalpunishment in America&nbsp(p.95). New York: Lexington Books.
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Minds for the Robots
I love how Jamie just accepts the woman with the long hair he's just climbed is a princess and immediately starts calling her "Your Highness". In fact it's Rapunzel, one of several fictional characters depicted in the classic 1968 Doctor Who serial The Mind Robber. Usually my favourite part of the serial is the first episode, which I've just read was cobbled together by the production staff with little or no input from writer Peter Ling when the serial was changed from a four part to a five part. This makes sense given the completely different tone of the first episode, in which the TARDIS is forced to materialise in a void in which Jamie and Zoe are seduced into going outside the TARDIS by visions of their homes.
It feels much more like horror than the rest of the serial which is set in The Land of Fiction and has a more whimsical tone. I love the scene where the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) comes across Jamie (Frazer Hines) turned into a cardboard cutout with a blank face and is forced to reassemble his face using fragments of photos—only he gets it wrong and another actor, Hamish Wilson, plays Jamie for two episodes.
This was an admirably creative decision to deal with Hines being unable to work due to illness. It incidentally also ties into themes later in the episode which, on reflection, have kind of an anti-Communist quality. It turns out the ruler of the Land of Fiction, called the Master (Emrys Jones)—not the Doctor's arch-nemesis, who was a couple years from being introduced—isn't really as in control as he seems. Instead, he's himself enslaved to a curious machine that looks like a cloud of frozen octopuses in a transparent globe.
This machine uses the minds of writers like this Master, draining them dry, to create fictional characters and also to turn real people into fictional characters.
MASTER: Resistance is useless! Submit your will for the sake of the greater good! It has been decided!
DOCTOR: I refuse! I shall make that decision for myself!
The passive mood in "It has been decided!" is telling. Actions are occurring without attribution to any intelligence or force putting them into motion. Why does the dialogue start focusing on the loss of individual action? Earlier, when the Doctor and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) are attacked by Medusa, Jamie reads their story before it happens, he sees it in the form of printed text spooling out of a machine.
But then the Doctor deviates from the script, defeating Medusa with a mirror instead of the sword predicted in the ticker tape, resulting in the ticker tape calling the exercise a failure.
THE DOCTOR: Well, when somebody writes about an incident after it's happened, that is history . . . but when the writing comes first, that's fiction.
Of course, the Doctor, Zoe, and Jamie are all fictional characters but the episode never gets that meta, unless it's true Peter Ling was shut out of the first episode a bit, in which case I guess the characters did attain some liberty from their writer.
The idea seems to be an examination of the mechanisms behind social engineering and propaganda while removing explicit references to those things. The Master invokes the "greater good" which, vaguely, seems to be making sure the machine's fed power by human minds. It's kind of appropriate, though, for the further things go into abstract theory the less connexion they have to real life.


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Exclusive: Arcade Fire to Debut New Music Video for 'Reflektor' on Monday
Director Anton Corbijn tells The Daily Beast the Arcade Fire will debut their new video on Monday.
Andrew Romano
Updated Jul. 11, 2017 7:45PM ET / Published Sep. 04, 2013 4:27PM ET
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The new album by Montreal-based indie rockers Arcade Fire—title: Reflektor—won't be available until October 29. But The Daily Beast has learned that the first single from the LP will debut in video form on Monday, September 9, at 9 p.m., and that the song is also called "Reflektor."
Previously, the band's label, Merge Records, confirmed to Rolling Stone that something Arcade Fire–related would be happening at that exact date and time.
Now Dutch photographer cum filmmaker Anton Corbijn, the man behind Nirvana's iconic "Heart-Shaped Box" video, tells The Daily Beast that the "something" in question is, in fact, his new clip for "Reflektor."
"I'm working on a really great song at the moment: Arcade Fire's new single," Corbijn says. "The song is called 'Reflektor,' and you'll be able to see it Monday evening."
Asked to describe the video, Corbijn says he has sworn himself to secrecy. "I can't say much more than that, because it's all a surprise," he explains. "You'll have to watch the TV Monday evening."
Earlier today, Arcade Fire posted a teaser for the new album on its official site. The imagery is decidedly Corbijnesque: black and white waves breaking in reverse; various band members slipping in and out of focus as they play.
"Reflektor" will be the first single Arcade Fire has released since its third LP, The Suburbs, won the 2011 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It will also be the first video Corbijn has directed since 2008, when he made "Viva la Vida" with Coldplay.
In the 2012 documentary Anton Corbijn: Inside Out, Corbijn describes Arcade Fire as playing "music that brings everyone together."
In the same film, Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara tells the cameras that Corbijn "works on what he does in the same way that we work on what we do. He's passionate about it in a soft-spoken way."
Sounds like a perfect pairing. We'll definitely be tuning in Monday evening.


The decision came after Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
Turkey's relations with its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ally the United States have soured over the detention of an American pastor on terror-related charges.
"Qatar has pledged $15 billion of direct investments in Turkey", presidential spokesman Kalin wrote on Twitter afterwards.
The decree said the move brought tariffs to 50 percent on imports of USA rice to 140 percent on hard alcoholic drinks like spirits, 60 percent in leaf tobacco and 60 percent on cosmetics.
The tariff increases amount to a doubling of the existing rate, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, in an apparent parallel response to Trump´s move.
"No one has an interest in the economic destabilization of Turkey", Merkel said in Berlin this week.
"The sanctions, however, that have been placed on Turkey are specific to pastor Brunson and others that we feel are being held unfairly, and we would consider that at that point", Sanders added.
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co. plans to expand a regional U.S. recall of cars with potentially defective Takata Corp. airbags after a woman said she was injured last month by shrapnel from the device in her 2006 Sentra sedan.
Nissan planned to file an incident report with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration late Thursday to expand its recall, a company spokesman, Steve Yaeger, said in an interview. The expansion will cover Sentras from the 2004 to 2006 model years that weren't part the earlier regional recall, Yaeger said.
Regulators are investigating airbag inflators that may malfunction, deploying with so much force that the part breaks and hurls metal shrapnel at the car's occupants. At least five fatalities in the U.S. and more than 100 injuries have been reported industrywide.
Earlier Thursday, lawyers for 20-year-old Sabra Wilson, who suffered cuts, burns and partial hearing loss in a March 21 accident in Louisiana, filed a lawsuit alleging the Sentra's passenger-side airbag deployed even though no one was in the seat.
Ten automakers, including Nissan, Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp., since 2008 have recalled about 24 million vehicles globally with Takata airbags, according to Reuters estimates. Last year, five automakers upgraded recalls for drivers' side air bags at NHTSA's urging.
Nissan had already recalled more than 600,000 vehicles to fix passenger-side airbags, though not for the model Wilson was driving.
In 2013, Nissan initially recalled 438,302 cars in the U.S., including the 2001-2003 Maxima, Pathfinder, Infiniti I30 and I35 and the 2002-2003 Sentra and Infiniti QX4 and the 2003 FX. It expanded the national recall by an additional 226,326 vehicles last June.
Also last year, the company initiated a separate regional recall in the high-humidity regions of Florida, Georgia, coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, as well as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and tropical U.S. territories. That action covered the 2003-2004 Pathfinder, the 2004-2006 Sentra, and five Infiniti models: 2003-2005 FX35 and FX45, the 2003-2004 I35 and the 2006 M35 and M45.
Yaeger said Nissan will begin notifying affected owners about the expanded recall within 60 days.


The Minnesota Wild has signed goalie Stephen Michalek to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Michalek, 21 (8/6/93), went 21-13-3 with a .924 save percentage (SV%), a 2.28 goals-against average (GAA) and three shutouts in 37 games for Harvard (ECAC) in 2014-15. The 6-foot-3, 197-pound native of Hartford, Conn., ranked second amongst conference goalies in saves, T-5th in SV% and ninth in GAA during the season, leading Harvard to the ECAC Championship title and a spot in the NCAA tournament. He totaled a 33-28-13 record with a 2.59 GAA, a .914 SV% and three shutouts in 79 games during three seasons with Harvard (2011-15). Michalek was originally selected by Minnesota in the sixth round (161st overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in Saint Paul.


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16º Prêmio TVyNovelas

Novela:
Esmeralda

Atriz:
Angélica Aragón

Ator:
Sergio Goyri
O Prêmio TVyNovelas 1998 foi a 16ª edição do Prêmio TVyNovelas, prêmio entregue pela revista homônima aos melhores artistas e produções da televisão mexicana referente ao ano de 1997. O evento ocorreu na Cidade do México. Foi transmitido pela emissora mexicana Canal de las Estrellas e apresentado por Fernando Colunga e Sebastián Ligarde. Os vencedores estão em negrito.

Melhor Novela

 Esmeralda
 María Isabel
 Mirada de Mujer
 Te sigo amando

Melhor História ou Adaptação

 Javier Ruán por Pueblo Chico, Infierno GrandeMelhor Atriz

 Angélica Aragón por interpretar Maria ines Dominguez de San Millãn em Mirada de mujer Claudia Ramírez por interpretar Yulissa Torres Quintero em Te Sigo Amando
 Leticia Calderón por interpretar Esmeralda de Velasco Peñareal em Esmeralda

Melhor Ator

 Sergio Goyri por interpretar Ignacio Aguirre em Te Sigo Amando Fernando Carrilo por Ricardo Mendiola em Maria Isabel
 Fernando Colunga por interpretar José Armando Penãrreal de Velasco em Esmeralda

Melhor Vilã

 Eugenia Cauduro por interpretar Magdalena Arredón Mejía em Alguna Vez Tendramos Alas Cynthia Klitbo por interpretar Rosaura Ontiveros em Alguna Vez Tendramos Alas
 Laura Zapata por interpretar Fátima Peñarreal Linhares de Valverde em Esmeralda

Melhor Vilão

 Héctor Suárez Gomis por interpretar El Tacubayo em Salud, dinero y amor Alberto Estrella por interpretar Rodolfo Sánchez "El Gato"/Mario García Suárez em Alguna Vez Tendramos Alas
 Salvador Pineda por interpretar Dr. Lucio Maláver em Esmeralda

Melhor Atriz Principal

 Katy Jurado por interpretar Justina em Te Sigo Amando Carmen Montejo por interpretar Paula Garza em Te Sigo Amando
 Raquel Olmedo por interpretar Dominga em Esmeralda

Melhor Ator Principal

 Ignacio López Tarso por interpretar Melesio em Esmeralda Enrique Lizalde por interpretar Don Rodolfo Peñarreal em Esmeralda
 Enrique Rocha por interpretar Antonio em Mi Pequeña Traviesa

Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante

 Carmen Salinas por interpretar Doña Mati em Mi Pequeña Traviesa Raquel Morell por interpretar Blanca de Velasco de Peñarreal em Esmeralda
 Nora Salinas por interpretar Graziela Liñares Peñarreal em Esmaralda

Melhor Ator Coadjuvante

 Alejandro Ruiz por interpretar Adrián Lucero em Esmeralda Juan Manuel Bernal por interpretar Alberto Torre Quintero em Te Sigo Amando
 Juan Pablo Gamboa por interpretar Dr. Álvaro Lazcano em Esmeralda

Melhor Atriz Jovem

 Adela Noriega por interpretar María Isabel em María Isabel Kate del Castillo por interpretar Ana Hernández López em Alguna Vez Tendramos Alas
 Mercedes Molto por interpretar Eugenia em Mi Querida Isabel

Melhor Ator Jovem

 Osvaldo Benavides por interpretar Lazarito em Te Sigo Amando Arath de la Torre por interpretar Hugo em Mi Pequeña Traviesa
 René Strickler por interpretar Nacho Nájera/Domingo em Alguna Vez Tendramos Alas

Melhor Revelação Feminina

 Bárbara Mori por interpretar Mónica San Millán em Mirada de Mujer Karla Álvarez por interpretar Isabel Rivas em Mi Querida Isabel
 Michelle Vieth por interpretar Julia Paz/Julio Paz em Mi Pequeña Traviesa

Melhor Revelação Masculina

 Héctor Soberón por interpretar Alberto em Mi Pequeña Traviesa Harry Geithner por interpretar Lencho em Te Sigo Amando
 Jorge Salinas por interpretar Rubén em María Isabel

Melhor Tema Musical

 "El Alma No Tiene Color" interpretado Laura Flores e Marco Antonio Solís (El Alma No Tiene Color)Debutante do Ano

 Nora Salinas por interpretar Graciela Peñarreal Linares de Valverde em EsmeraldaMelhor Diretor

 Miguel Córcega por Te Sigo AmandoMelhor Direção de Câmera

 Jesús Nájera Saro por Esmeralda'Prêmios especiais

 "Melhor Cenografia": Arturo Flores por Pueblo Chico, Infierno Grande "Melhor Ambientação": Sandra Cortés por Pueblo Chico, Infierno GrandeInformações

 Pela primeira e única vez até então que uma novela produzida pela emissora mexicana TV Azteca é indicada a premiação, que neste caso foi Mirada de Mujer. Pela revista TVyNovelas'' pertencer a emissora concorrente, Televisa, a premiação é geralmente restrita às suas produções e raramente acaba dando espaço às outras.

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You can take an artist out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of an artist. Or so we thought of the multitalented Terry Allen until he installed "Big Witness (Living in Wishes)" at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (to Feb. 13).
Though he has lived in California for 20 years--long enough to be considered a native--Allen usually filters his art and music through a sensibility that was shaped in Lubbock, where he grew up. "Big Witness" stalks wider turf, digging into American pain over Vietnam and the mood of self-involvement that pervades the country.
Worked out in gray tones and muffled sound in a darkened room, the sculptural installation seems downright Minimal. There's a lot going on, but it isn't the usual stuff for Allen. No rowdy music, no passages of sad poetry, no bright touches of kitsch.
The piece is a 9-foot-tall screened house that sits in the middle of the gallery, but it isn't a Texas-style Heartbreak Hotel. It's a psychological jail. Inside the house is an oversized couch, built of wooden struts and upholstered with a fine screening material. A 6-foot block figure of lead-covered wood lies under the couch and spouts recorded self-help messages. You find yourself looking into a cage within a cage and finally seeing an immobilized, mechanical vestige of a human being.
Instead of baring his soul to a psychiatrist from the usual position or adopting the couch-potato mode, the zombielike character lies on a dirt-covered floor and offers monotonously upbeat counsel on how to lose weight, kick alcohol, improve attitudes and get rich. The sound track--90 minutes of voices randomly overlaid with 60 minutes of "subliminal music"--is too irritating to follow in full, but here's a typical tip: You are much more likely to accrue wealth by doing "something you truly love" than through investments. If you really want to get rich (and most people don't, according to the tape), you must be in a "business that really consumes you."
So who wants to hear this from a popular artist/musician who has given us foot-stomping country music and such poetic delights as talking trees? Probably no one, but that's not to say "Big Witness" is a dud. On the contrary, it may be the most sharply focused, restrained piece of art that Allen has made in years. As you look through claustrophobic containers made of real screen and hear psycho-babble that screens out real feeling, you are forced to consider a burned-out Me Generation--summed up in one flaked-out wreck.
Well, then, is this show a turning point for Allen? Probably not. Instead, "Big Witness" is among the final salvos in a 6-year series called "Youth in Asia" that issued from the Vietnam War. Allen's particular concern is with outcast Amerasian youth and American military men who stayed in Southeast Asia after the war. There's no literal connection between those social issues and the form of "Big Witness," but the emotional tie is strong. It's probably only natural that Allen would wrap up the series in a relatively pure statement that reaches beyond the war itself.
Allen suggests that America's disenchantment with a fight it couldn't win and the trauma of a conflict that won't go away have seeped into the national consciousness and stuck so tightly that we have withdrawn into a caged existence. All that's left for people who can't think or act is to live in wishes and follow recorded advice.
"Big Witness (Living in Wishes)" will travel to Moore College, Philadelphia; the Madison Art Center, Madison, Wis., and the University of Arizona, Tucson, after leaving Santa Barbara.


20130706 - Up and to Ray's cemetery restoration Eagle project w/ D. G&I to get an some old appliances: popcorn, snow-cone machine, cotton candy spinner and pizza ovens. We went to D's championship baseball game and I helped coach. I pumped the boys up and ran'em like crazy. THEY WON!!! The opposing team tried to pull dbl header... HUH!!! Not having that trick, so everyone agreed on a split championship. Gma&paW here for dinner and to see 'The Lone Ranger'. D, Gma&paW &I went for a late night run and traded the old appliances for a Mercedes!!! A fun, busy and stressful day!


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Rutgers initiative aims to improve business world by empowering more women to be leaders
Rutgers Business School
May 29, 2019, 10:35 ET
NEW YORK, May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On a spring evening in late April, a group of nearly 50 women gathered in a conference room overlooking Manhattan to hear about the launch of a new women's initiative at Rutgers Business School.
The product of months of ground-laying work by Lisa Kaplowitz, a professor of professional practice in finance, and Sangeeta Rao, an assistant dean of mentoring, the initiative aims to bring together alumni, faculty and students to develop women leaders through education, innovation and opportunities.
Rutgers Business School Dean Lei Lei (second from left) with several of the women instrumental in launching a new initiative to empower students and alumni.
"Study after study has demonstrated that women are not equally compensated or represented at any level of business," Kaplowitz said. "We are really excited about the prospect of combining the talent of our alumni, faculty and students to remove barriers and empower women to lead a continuously evolving workforce."
Rutgers University alumni interested in getting involved in the Rutgers Business School Women's Initiative may contact Lisa Kaplowitz at [email protected]
Kaplowitz and Rao formed the initiative after finding "pockets of programming at RBS" that lacked the comprehensiveness or inclusiveness of a whole group of women. They quickly received support from Laurie Platek, who sits on the Rutgers University Foundation's Leadership Circle, and Loubna Erraji, director of the Rutgers Executive MBA Career Management and Alumni Relations.
Even at the student level, the Women in Business clubs and the Women BUILD (Business Undergraduates in Leadership Development) program are touching only a fraction of the female students within Rutgers Business School. And across Rutgers, there are nine institutes and centers under the Institute for Women's Leadership, all of which address different aspects of women's issues. Rutgers Business School is not part of the consortium.
"We looked at this as an opportunity," Kaplowitz said.
They created a vision and a mission statement, and to give the initiative a meaningful structure, the women designed a thought leadership loop, encompassing alumni, corporations, faculty and students.
"We are partnering together to use the experience in business to fuel research and professional development in order to create improvements in corporations," Kaplowitz said. "At the same time, we are bringing all of this, including our alumni's professional expertise, back to our students to create a broader and deeper pipeline of talent as well as a continuous feedback loop for all of us."
The initiative will build on existing efforts and organizations at Rutgers Business School and Rutgers University to empower more women, both students and alumnae, in bigger and bolder ways – with mentoring, workshops, scholarships, case competitions and conferences.
Rao, who took charge of Women BUILD five years ago, said she has seen the transformative power of a program that builds confidence and skills in young women who support and empower each other and are cultivated by a larger community of professional women.
"We hope to build on the program's success and extend its reach beyond high-achieving undergraduates," Rao said. "We also hope to fuel research and professional development programs by working to address larger problems, including the gender wage gap."
The women who created the initiative are asking Rutgers alumni to fill seats on an advisory board that will direct the initiative's efforts. One of the first projects will be a women's conference in 2020.
During the event in New York City, Rutgers Business School Dean Lei Lei cited some numbers to show why nurturing young women to be confident in their leadership ability is necessary. Women make up nearly half of the workforce, Lei said, but only 5 percent of them occupy the corner office in a company. "The business world needs you," she said.
While the statistics resonated with the crowd, the most powerful endorsement of the initiative and its mission came from two new graduates, both of whom said the Women BUILD organization was a pivotal point in their college careers.
They also offered proof of why such work deserves to be expanded.
Simi Sharma, a new graduate who will begin working full time at Blackstone this summer, said she never realized the importance or the power of a women's network before her involvement in Women BUILD.
Sharma described the experience of being empowered by older members who "pushed" her to network, to interview, to realize her potential. Women BUILD, she said, takes sophomores and shows them that "there's a world out there where they can excel."
Diana Cohn, a 2018 graduate of Rutgers Business School who is working at Goldman Sachs, provided more inspiration to a crowd audibly moved by her words. An immigrant from Colombia who came to the U.S. at 13, Cohn said there is nothing more humbling than looking at who you are and where you've come from.
"I didn't get to Goldman Sachs because of my family," she said. "I got there because of the tools I gained at Rutgers Business School and the people around me who helped me to reach my full potential."
Both Cohn and Sharma said preserving their networks and helping young women behind them are important as they begin their own careers. "We need programs like this to show that women are capable of succeeding and shaping the world," Sharma said.
SOURCE Rutgers Business School
http://www.business.rutgers.edu


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    name = None
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    def run(self, section=None):
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            sections = [section]
        else:
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Tag Archives: Shield Bug
Eurydema oleracea Brassica Shieldbug (RSPB Lakenheath)
Posted on May 14, 2016 by Stephen
Eurydema oleracea Brassica Shieldbug
Family: Pentatomidae
Species of Eurydema are dramatically coloured, usually red and black bugs, but often with other colour morphs. In E. oleracea the dark metallic green/blue-black ground colour is overlain with red, yellow, cream or orange markings.
This bug overwinters as an adult, emerging in the spring. Larvae, which are similar to those of the rarer E. dominulus, may be found May-July on a range of hostplants in the Brassicaceae. These include jack-by-the-hedge, garlic mustard and horse-radish. Well distributed in southern and central England.
Piezodorus lituratus Gorse Shieldbug (St Davids)
A large shieldbug with two adult colour forms which are related to sexual maturity. Those emerging and mating in the spring are predominantly green, whereas the new generation appearing in the late summer have purple-red markings on the pronotum and corium. As in many other shieldbugs, this species frequently beoomes darker prior to hibernation.
Although often associated with gorse, larvae also feed on broom, dyer's greenwood and other plants in the Genisteae, and have also been found on laburnum and clovers.
Common and widepsread throughout Britain and Ireland, in many habitats where gorse is present.
Common Green Shieldbugs (River Cam Walk)
Ive posted information on these before , but I dont think it mentioned how good they are at parenting you can see the mother here with offspring there must have been about 12 or more
Aelia acuminata – Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug (Barrow Suffolk)
Aelia acuminata Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug
A large and distinctive striped shieldbug with an obviously pointed head and ridged pronotum.
There is one generation per year, adults mating and laying eggs in spring and early summer. The larvae feed on the ripening seeds of a range of grasses in the Poaceae; new adults may be found from August onwards. Nymphs may be confused with the smaller Neottiglossa pusilla.
Widespread and common across southern Britain in tall and rank dry grassland habitats, including sand dunes.
Adult: All year
Length 8-9 mm… Britishbugs
Tortoise Shield Bug-Eurygaster testudinaria (Gamlingay Wood WTNR)
Eurygaster testudinaria
Family: Scutelleridae
Fairly large shieldbugs, the two Eurygaster species are often known as Tortoise Bugs. The ground colour and intensity of the markings are variable. This species is distinguished from the slightly smaller and rarer E. maura
by the slight central depression at the front of the head and the slightly more protruding hind corners ('shoulders') of the pronotum. These characters are not always reliable; genitalic examination may be necessary. Females show a gap between the genital plate and the previous segment (often visible in the field with a hand lens), while the male aedaegus has 4 internal spines (requires dissection).
Nymphs feed on grasses between May-August, becoming adult from July. Previously uncommon, it is now widespread in southern Britain and Ireland in dry and damp grasslands and is expanding its range northwards.
Length 9-11 mm… British Bugs
Eysarcoris venustissimus Woundwort Shieldbug (Lode walk)
Often referred to as the Woundwort shieldbug, and previously known as Eysarcoris fabricii, this is a small greenish-grey species. The head and the front of both the pronotum and scutellum are copper coloured, while the connexivum is marked with black and white.
There is one generation per year; the nymphs feed on hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica and sometimes other plants in the Labiateae such as white dead-nettle. New adults may be found from August onwards.
Although rare in the 19th century, this shieldbug is now widespread in southern and central Britain as far north as Yorkshire, in hedgerows and woodland edges.
Length 5-7 mm…… British Bugs
Spiked shieldbugs (Picromerus bidens) (Cavenham Heath NR)
Picromerus bidens Spiked Shieldbug
A large and distinctive predatory shieldbug, which has unmistakeable thorn-like projections on the front of the pronotum.
This species usually overwinters as eggs and less frequently as nymphs, becoming adult by July/August. The nymphs are greyish-black, with pale banded legs and yellow banded antennae. Like the adults, they are predatory, feeding on the larvae of other insects, particularly caterpillars, but will also suck sap from plants.
Widespread across Britain and Ireland, but scarcer further north and recorded recently from Scotland. Found in a variety of habitats; particularly heathland but also in damp flower-rich meadows and on chalk downland…. UK Bugs
All enjoying a meal together , some sort of caterpillar.


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WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama had. for the White House Music Series which features artists of all ages who perform, educate and interact with young people. Jazz is the first genre of music to be put.
Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, wearing a pink silk pantsuit. In 2009, Mrs. Obama created a White House music series that has celebrated jazz, country, classical, Motown and Latin music. She.
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Eyes wide shut (no more?)
People on the streets have been creatively addressing the complicity of the EU and especially Germany in backing what they see as a corrupt Bulgarian political regime
The EU faces a conundrum: either get tough on Boyko Borissov or accept his "Orban lite" model
by Martin Dimitrov
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It appears that Mr Borissov's EPP political family is reluctant to give up on him just yet, but it will only get harder for it to turn a blind eye to Bulgaria's problems
For years - in fact, for over a decade - the EU has been lenient, to say the least, with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's Bulgaria. Almost from the start of his rule in 2009, it was blindingly apparent that Brussels ought to be very worried. Reasons ranged from the series of police operations that violated the basic rights of alleged (and rarely convicted later on) criminals carried out by ex-GERB lieutenant Tsvetan Tsvetanov, through the concentration of media ownership in the hands of one politician, to the blatant misuse of European funds.
Yet very little has been done to address these deep-rooted problems. On the contrary - the EU seemed to largely ignore them. The close political ties between the parties of Mr Borissov and the ex-head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker mean that the EU's executive barely seemed to notice the scandals and corruption allegations looming daily. In fact, Mr Juncker almost dismantled the only mechanism for political pressure over Sofia, the half-baked Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), which was installed in order to ensure that Bulgaria would live up to its unfinished rule of law commitments during the EU accession process. Only once - and this was during the Socialist-led administration of Plamen Oresharski (2013-2014) did Brussels freeze a significant portion of EU funding dedicated to Bulgaria.
Keeping a low profile
This is due to several factors. Most importantly, Bulgaria is in the periphery of the EU - geographically, as well as economically, and does not cause as much trouble as some other problematic states such as Hungary and Poland. "The most significant advantage of Bulgaria before Poland and Hungary is that Borissov is less ideologically toxic. The other two do themselves a disservice when they wage a culture war with the West, getting xenophobic, homophobic and anti-Semitic," says Christian Oliver, deputy head editor of Politico - Europe. "In many ways, Borissov is a better political player than the Hungarians and Poles, because he says what others want to hear. He knows that Brussels and the leading EU states would let him do what he wants this way," he adds in a commentary for Capital weekly.
This is a widely shared opinion. "It might sound cynical, but if Brussels expects problems with Eastern Europe, in their view Bulgaria is not a problem - it's a solution," historian in the field of Eastern Europe Tom Junes told Capital weekly. And Mr Borissov's most vocal domestic opponents are well aware of that systemic deficiency of the EU. "If you are Merkel, you have plenty of problems on your plate. Borissov is obliging, he knows perfectly well how not to become a problem, you don't expect much of Bulgaria anyway - in your world Bulgaria is between the Yugoslav wars and the Greek financial collapse - what do you expect it to be? It is going to be corrupt but thank God it is peaceful," Hristo Ivanov, co-chair of the Democratic Bulgaria coalition told The Guardian in August.
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Mr Borissov's political savviness also helps. While he is very far from a successful or even willing reformist, he is definitely a political survivor who is capable of transforming almost any situation to his advantage. One recent example is how he tackled the July negotiations for the upcoming long-term EU budget. There, Sofia was allocated 29 billion euro in cohesion money and as part of the post-pandemic recovery plan of the EU. While Bulgaria will disproportionally benefit from the former funding stream, this is not due to the successes of the government.
On the contrary - it is due to the inability of certain Bulgarian regions to catch up with the rest of the EU that makes it eligible for extra funding. How did Mr Borissov play this out? "For the people who want my resignation I leave 29 billion euro for the next nine years," he told reporters, using the opportunity to visit Brussels for the negotiations to downplay the anti-graft protests he faced at home.
The same goes for his commitment to energy diversification: while working tirelessly to complete the construction of the Bulgarian section of the Turkish Stream pipeline project that would mostly benefit Russian energy interests, he persistently tries to deny the allegations that it is a Russian project. Gee, he even insisted on renaming the Bulgarian section of the pipe "Balkan Stream," even though it is called TurkStream in all other countries.
Would the EU continue ignoring Mr Borissov?
There are, however, signs that the mood in the EU might be turning against Mr Borissov. A series of events in the past three months point in this direction. First came the international media response to the anti-governmental protests launched at the beginning of June. A series of headlines such as Politico's "How Bulgaria became the EU's mafia state" and Süddeutsche Zeitung's "Bulgaria: Together against the mafia" started shifting Europeans' attitude towards the stabilocracy established by Mr Borissov.
International attention, combined with cases of excessive police brutality against protesters and journalists during the regular marches, led to more strident language from various EU institutions. Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović criticised the attacks against journalists in September and on 1 October the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament pledged "unequivocal support for the people of Bulgaria in their legitimate demands" in a draft resolution that was heatedly debated in the assembly later in October.
"The resolution we have to vote on will show that we are on the side of civil society in Bulgaria, that we support the calls for justice and democracy Let us not repeat the same mistakes that led to what we see happening in Hungary over the past ten years; don't let these mistakes happen in Bulgaria," German Social Democratic MEP Katarina Barley said during the 5 October debates. Yet, while the pressure from Green and Leftist MEPs is mounting, it seems that Mr Borissov's own European People's Party (EPP) is unwilling to denounce him just yet. "Bulgaria has to be proud of what it has achieved. Democracy functions Protests cannot bring a change of government. This can only happen through regular elections due to take place very soon, in March [of 2021]," the head of the EPP Manfred Weber said in defence of his close ally Mr Borissov.
A damning report
Real proof that the tide had turned came with the release of the 2020 Rule of Law Report of the European Commission on 30 September. Fears that the report, which now covered rule of law issues in all 26 Member States, would be a toothless withdrawal from the CVM mechanism for Bulgaria, proved overblown. The report, albeit written in classic Brussels diplomatic language, highlighted a number of key problems that have remained unresolved by Sofia for years.
First, it reiterated the issue with the impunity of the Prosecutor General, underlining that instruments "concerning the effective accountability and criminal liability of the Prosecutor General" ought to be put in place. Secondly, the report highlighted the troubled media environment in the country: "Lack of transparency of media ownership is considered a source of concern.
The legal framework against political interference in the media does not explicitly forbid politicians from owning outlets, and links between political actors and some media outlets have been established." In the words of European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova before RFE/RL, the media situation in Bulgaria was "not rosy". Next came the assertion that the anti-corruption reforms remain mostly on paper, with "a solid track-record of final convictions in high-level corruption cases remaining to be established". Last, but not least, the report bashed the lack of transparency and predictability of the legislative process.
Pretend nothing is happening
Once again, Mr Borissov, government figureheads and GERB mouthpieces hurriedly buried their heads in the sand. "The report is objective," Mr Borissov said nonchalantly, while his newly appointed Justice Minister Dessislava Ahladova also focused on the praise in the document rather than on the unfinished tasks at hand. Nobody really commented on the criticisms of the media environment, the judiciary and the quality of the legislative process.
The big unknown is what comes next. Would Brussels and the key capitals of Europe - Paris and Berlin - remain halfheartedly engaged with the deepening political crisis in Bulgaria as they remain to focus on more pressing issues, including the post-COVID recovery and keeping the union together at an uncertain time? The rule of law report comes at a crucial - and delicate - moment when member states look for consensus on the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
A key question at hand is how the money would be spent over the next seven years, and even more importantly - what ought to be done if an EU country fails to live up to the rule of law standards of the Union. So far, there seems to be a deadlock between two contravening ideas of how to stop EU funding in cases of, say, corruption - through a qualified majority vote in the Council of Ministers or through full consensus between the heads of governments. Needless to say, the latter would render obsolete the principle of linking funds to comply with the rule of law.
In any case, the EU seems to have noted the problems in Bulgaria and, even if reluctantly, started acknowledging them openly. Commissioner Jourova made it clear that the CVM mechanism for Bulgaria would not be dismantled, saying that "we see that the Bulgarian people express significant interest in its continuation." Only time - and the relative balance of power within the European political families and in the core member states - will tell if this leads to a fundamental change of heart towards the convenient, albeit heavily compromised regime over which Mr Borissov has presided over the past decade. There is a risk, though - if Europe remains with eyes wide shut once again, it risks alienating the beating heart of one of the most pro-EU nations in the bloc, which would only lead to darker places.
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Whilst driving to work today I had a bizarre feeling that prompted an odd train of thought that in turn resulted in today's post.
The wonderful Mrs Baldwin had today booked off work as holiday and suggested that I take her car to work instead of my own. Bearing in mind that hers is an Audi A5 and mine is a Skoda Fabia, you may well appreciate that there was some appeal in the suggestion. Let's be honest, her car is better in every meaningful sense than mine.
To set the scene, I spent many years of my career in the automotive industry and have driven God knows how many different types of car, so much so that I fail to get particularly excited about modern cars (a car is a car is a car and after you've driven anything for a while it stops being interesting). To add further insight, I am also 42 and going grey, a father of two excellent, if demanding, children, and the joint owner of a reasonable house and all the responsibilities and financial burdens that come with this life stage.
So this morning as I drove to work in my wife's motor, cossetted in dark grey leather and listening to The Sword album "Age of Winters" (which is great by the way), this bizarre feeling of being a proper grown-up popped into my head.
How mad is that? I am already grown up to the point of looking old!
To be clear, this wasn't an 'I love this car' feeling or 'I am excited by this car', more a recognition that this car is not a youngster's play thing. The car is an Audi so it conveys status to a point but for me it was not about the car suggesting a level of success or anything snobbish (which is good because it's not mine anyway); it was about somehow feeling more mature at the wheel.
Do I not feel like a grown up all the time? Will I feel less grown up when I get back in my Skoda? And, wouldn't I rather feel less like a grown-up anyway?
Maybe I'll write another post when I have worked through that psychological minefield. In the meantime my observations are these; Audi and oldie sound, and in my case feel, too similar; maybe I'd better stick to driving my own car in future and shouldn't I be worrying about stuff that is actually important?
Anyway, it's lunchtime and I am off out to buy a copy of Max Power.


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The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature
Robert Thurman with Lozang Jamspal et al.
The Universal Vehicle Discourse Literature (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra) was transmitted from the bodhisattva Maitreyanātha to Āryā Āsaṅga, the fourth-century Indian Buddhist scholar-adept. The most foundational of the set of the famous Five Teachings of Maitreya, the Discourse Literature is considered the wellspring of what the Tibetans call the "magnificent deeds trend of the path," the compassion side, which balances the "profound view trend of the path," the wisdom side. The Discourse Literature is also considered to be metaphysically aligned with and foundational for the Idealist (Vijñānavādin) school of Mahāyāna thought. Translated from Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese by Lobsang Jamspal, Robert Thurman, and the AIBS team, the present work contains a fully annotated, critical English rendition of the Discourse Literature along with its commentary (bhāṣya) by Āsaṅga's brother, Vasubandhu. It also includes an introduction covering essential historical and philosophical topics, a bibliography, and a detailed index. This long-awaited work is the founding cornerstone of the AIBS Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series.
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The generalissimo seemed weaker than the briefing had led us to believe. Our resistance movement had already sapped the loyalty of the radio station and the national courts. Maybe one big demonstration would be enough to turn them completely and put the tyrant on the run. So, we scheduled a rock concert in the park and distributed fliers around the capital.
Big mistake. The army acted quickly, rounding up the leadership of the resistance and shooting them. Our once promising movement was reduced to an old man and a student, neither of whom had any useful organizational skills. The dictator would remain in power.
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The Holy Martyr Eleutherios Cubicularius was an illustrious and rich chamberlain ("cubicularius") at the Byzantine court. Amidst all his courtly privileges, Eleutherios was not beguiled by worldly goods and honours; he dwelt constantly in thought about the imperishable and eternal. Having accepted holy Baptism, he began daily to glorify God with psalmody and to bejewel his life with virtuous deeds. But one of his servants through diabolic promptings, informed against his master to the [then still pagan] emperor. The emperor tried to dissuade Eleutherios from his faith in Christ, but after the unsuccessful attempts the emperor gave orders to behead him, and to cast out his body for devouring by dogs and vultures. A certain Christian priest took up the body of the saint and committed it to burial.
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