Time to go to London again. Brexit is the largest change in the Customs and Border environment in our lifetime and it is exiting to be able to play a role in the practical technical aspects of this historical event.
As a Customs and Border expert, I have worked more than three decades on development, reform and modernization – in 120 countries. Designing modern, innovative, customs and border solutions is what I do for a living. This is my home.
Thus it is a privilege and honor to be invited to give advise on different potential solutions to the border arrangements post-Brexit. On the other hand, it is also a normal day at work.
There is a solution. It is possible to use existing best practices, bring them to an optimized status, develop these opportunities to a new level (2.0) and use state-of-the-art (exisiting) technology – to do the job. It is even possible to do in the time availble. If we start now.
It is 40 years ago today. Bruce Springsteen released the best album ever made, ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’.
Songs that changed my life.
I still get tears in my eyes when I listen to that album.
Badlands, Adam raised a Cain, Something on the Night, Candy’s room, Racing in the Streets, The Promised Land, Factory, Streets of Fire, Prove it All Night, Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Not a bad song. Not a bad lyric line. Knowing that The Boss threw out legendary songs like ‘Because the Night’ and ‘The Promise’ from the album, makes it the perfect record. The best album ever made.
Now Brice Spingsteen has released a concert on You Tune where he plays the entire album.
Here is the title song: Darkness on the Edge of Town Live
Björn Borg is a former world number 1 tennis player widely considered to be one of the greatest in the history of the sport.
He is also a Swedish national hero. During a decade Borg was impossible to beat on a tennis court, having made his entrance to the international tennis circus at an age of 15. Borg won 11 Grand slam singles titles, six at the French Open in Paris and five consecutive at Wimbledon.
Borg vs McEnroe also known as Borg McEnroe, is a 2017 international sports focusing on the famous rivalry between tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledone Championship cupminating in their legndary envounter in the men’s single final.
This is a wonderful movie. One of the best sports films I have ever seen. It also give the previously untold explanation to the Borg nickname, ‘iceman’. The movie is more about the people but still full of tennis. A fun thing is that Borgs son, Leo, plays Björn as young.
Borg was a teenage sensation at the start of his career, and his unprecedented stardom and consistent success helped propel the rising popularity of tennis during the 1970s.
As a result, the professional tour became more lucrative, and in 1979 he was the first player to earn more than one million dollars in prize money in a single season. He also made millions in endorsements throughout his career.
The downside, however, was that the constant attention and pressure eventually caused burnout and his retirement at the age of 26.
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