Ukraine's first BPO company WinTRADE has supported "Effective promotion in social networks" forum, organized by "BIT line" company.
The concept of the event "No theoretical cases. No business coaches. Only real people and real instruments" is close to our company. WinTRADE team is always ready to share its wide accumulated experience, and support the sites and organizations that improve the skills of business professionals in our key markets.
Participants of the event received useful information, gift certificates for WinTRADE services and other pleasant surprises.
The forum was attended by about 100 experts.


text:
Are You Suing For Wrongful Death In Georgia?
Considering these factors will play a major role in the success of your claim.
Mourning the death of a loved one is devastating, especially if their passing could have been avoided. In cases like this, it is important to evaluate the legal options available to you. While seeking a wrongful death claim on behalf of your loved one will never replace them, it can at least offer the surviving family financial comfort – and provide a degree of legal accountability.
A wrongful death lawsuit has many layers and steps involved. If your loved one was killed at the hands of negligence or maliciousness, it is likely that you have a valid claim to pursue. By speaking with a wrongful death attorney about your situation, you will have access to the legal resources necessary to make clear and informed decisions about your case.
The Most Common Types of Wrongful Death Cases In Georgia
There are many ways in which a wrongful death can transpire. The world can be a dangerous place, and unfortunate accidents happen all the time. In the state of Georgia, there are several common types of wrongful death cases that occur. These include:
Car and Truck Accidents
Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Scooter Accidents
Shootings and Violent Crimes
These are all examples of situations where death can be caused by another individual's wrongful actions. These actions can be careless, reckless, or intentional. In cases where a homicide occurs, Georgia law permits a person who acts in self-defense or a police officer who acts in the line of duty to prevent others from harm to use deadly force. Under these specific circumstances only is intentional wrongful death permitted.
Contrarily, if a high-speed vehicle was driving without regard to the safety of others around them and kills a person, they are likely responsible for the wrongful death of that individual.
Determining whether the facts of a situation support a wrongful death claim can be challenging and complicated. With the experience that a can offer, you can be confident that all aspects of your case are carefully considered before you proceed with legal action.
How Do You Prove Wrongful Death?
There are four components of a wrongful death claim. These elements are:
In order to rightfully sue for wrongful death, the deceased must have been owed "due care" from the defendant. If it is determined that this duty was breached which subsequently caused the death of the decedent, the defendant could certainly be held liable.
Proving these components takes sufficient evidence and legal documentation. If the plaintiff is able to verify that the deceased did indeed suffer these damages, the defendant will be responsible for the restitution of the case.
Proving and winning a wrongful death lawsuit greatly depends on how it is tried in court. With this in mind, working with a wrongful death compensation lawyer is critical to the success of these legal actions.
How Long Does It Take To Settle Wrongful Death Claims?
The timeline of a wrongful death claim varies from case to case. Depending on the nature of your situation, this type of lawsuit can take anywhere from months to years – although most cases are typically solved fairly quickly. The average timeline for personal injury cases to be settled is approximately 17 months. Keep in mind, however, that this is a general time frame and not a one-size-fits-all scenario.
Giannini Law Office: Lawrenceville's Go-To Law Firm For Wrongful Death Claims
Are you pursuing a wrongful death claim in Gwinnett County? Our firm is prepared to offer our proven legal strategies to your case.
Giannini Law offers our clients more than 21 years of expert legal experience. No matter what your case may look like, a wrongful death compensation lawyer from our firm will do whatever it takes to ensure that you receive effective and assertive legal representation.
Your Legal Success Is Our Top Priority
If you reside in the greater Lawrenceville, GA area and are thinking about pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit, get started with a proactive legal plan today. To schedule a free initial consultation, please do not hesitate to contact the Giannini Law office at your convenience.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
"We needed to win" – Nigeria's top goalscorer in Europe pleased with crucial brace
No Nigerian player has scored more goals in the European football circuit than Union Berlin's Taiwo Awoniyi and KRC Genk's Paul Onuachu, except Slovan's Nigerian import, Henty
Slovan Bratislava forward Ezekiel Henty has expressed his pleasure at scoring the goals that powered the Slovakian giants to a thrilling 3-2 away win at Trencin on Sunday.
Henty netted a brace to help the reigning champions come from behind and record their tenth league victory of the campaign in only 13 games.
The 28-year-old equalised for the Sky Blues five minutes after the break, as Kadak had given the hosts the lead shortly before the interval.
And with the scores tied at 2-2 after both teams traded further goals, Henty then popped up with the winning goal, seven minutes from time.
The latest double is the AC Milan academy product's seventh and eighth goals of the league season, which takes him to the top of the scorers' chart in the Super Liga.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE The FG Has Scrapped Award Of HND Certificates by Polytechnics - Now Awards B. Tech Certificates To HND Graduates Nationwide
And Henty insists the goals bring him joy as they help secure all the three points at stake and prepare his side for future challenges.
"Both goals were very important to me," Henty told the Slovan official website.
"The first we returned to the match and equalised to 1: 1, the second was the winner. In this extremely important match for us, we needed to win, both for the development of the league but also towards Thursday.
"We wanted to increase our self-confidence before the European duel. I am very happy that we managed it today."
Two-time Slovakian league title winner Henty already has 14 goals in all competitions this term.
Aside from his eight in the Fortuna Liga, the former Lokomotiv Moscow ace has two goals in three Conference League games, two goals in the Champions League qualifiers, and another two in the Europa League qualifying series.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Rapper N6 Gets Dragged By Instagram Skit Makers For Mocking De General
Henty is currently Nigeria's leading goalscorer in Europe, with his haul better than Taiwo Awoniyi's twelve, Paul Onuachu's twelve, Stephen Odey's ten, and Victor Osimhen's nine.
Unstoppable Umar Sadiq Fueling…
Solskjaer Speaks On Ighalo's…
Gernot Rohr Laments Dearth Of Top…
Borussia Dortmund make enquiries…
Iwobi's brilliance propels Everton…
'He needs to improve because he is…
Belgian Cup: Super Eagles hopeful…
DOWNLOAD Zingah – Crucial Ft. AKA MP3
Previous articleAdele Reveals Tracklist For New Album '30'
Next articleKAINA shares "Anybody Can Be In Love," announces new album
GUYS ➺ How Do You Know When A...


O.B. Training » WIN A FREE 6-week Sports Performance Program!
WIN A FREE 6-week Sports Performance Program!
Are you looking for a summer strength and conditioning program for your son or daughter? We have you covered and for FREE.
That's right, FREE! O.B. Training & Sports Performance and CNY Homepage have teamed up to provide THREE athletes the chance to participate in a personalized 6-week training program.
Log onto Our Facebook Page HERE to fill out the contest form. If you do not have Facebook, e-mail us at info@obtraining.com to tell us more about your athlete, and why he or she should be selected for the FREE 6-week sports performance program! The three winners will be selected on July 2nd, 2014.
2. Facebook is not affiliated with this contest.
Become The Athlete Within with our Sports Performance Training program for local athletes. O.B. Training & Sports Performance provides an innovative approach to training building a solid athletic foundation while staying focused on each athlete's individual needs. Our program begins with the teachings of fundamental sporting movement. From there we focus on all aspects of sports performance; injury reduction and rehabilitation, linear and lateral speed techniques, foot speed and agility, explosive power development, proper functional strength training and energy system conditioning. All athletes are closely supervised as the coach takes them through an intense 75-minute workout with attention always being paid to proper technique and safety.
The Workout is built on functionally sound movement training, strength training and conditioning with a strong focus on maintaining proper technique. The workout becomes progressively more challenging as the athlete masters basic techniques. The groups are kept small, no more than 6 per group, to allow maximum individual attention.
Below are the key points of each sports performance training program.
• CONDITIONING – Game Ready Preparation for all Athletes.
[caption id="attachment_567" align="alignright" width="300"]Read more!
I feel it's safe to say that we all have experienced some form of sleep deprivation in some point Read more!
Sports give you a purpose.
It doesn't matter if it was the next practice, the next game, Read more!


text:
Return to Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies
From Pearl Harbor to the "Harbor Lights"
John Arquilla
Over the past twenty years, a time during which the notion of a digital Pearl Harbor has proved a useful analogy, little visible effective preventive public policy has been made.
Introduction to Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies
Intelligence in Cyber—and Cyber in Intelligence
Nonlethal Weapons and Cyber Capabilities
Cyber Weapons and Precision-Guided Munitions
Cyber, Drones, and Secrecy
Cyber War and Information War à la Russe
An Ounce of (Virtual) Prevention?
Crisis Instability and Preemption: The 1914 Railroad Analogy
Brits-Krieg: The Strategy of Economic Warfare
Why a Digital Pearl Harbor Makes Sense . . . and Is Possible
Cyber Threats, Nuclear Analogies? Divergent Trajectories in Adapting to New Dual-Use Technologies
Active Cyber Defense: Applying Air Defense to the Cyber Domain
"When the Urgency of Time and Circumstances Clearly Does Not Permit . . .": Pre-delegation in Nuclear and Cyber Scenarios
Cybersecurity and the Age of Privateering
Conclusions from Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies
The specter of a looming digital "Pearl Harbor"–style attack has been and remains a central element in the American discourse on cybersecurity. Clearly, the iconic example of a disabling surprise attack on an unsuspecting fleet, more than seventy-five years after the event, still speaks powerfully to the fresh threat posed by a cyberspace-based attack on a technology-dependent society and its equally vulnerable military. Given the deep emotional effect evoked by memories of that "day of infamy," one would expect significant steps would be taken to mitigate such a risk.
John Arquilla is a professor and the chair of defense analysis at the US Naval Postgraduate School, a former analyst at the RAND Corporation, and a consultant to senior leaders during Operation Desert Storm, the Kosovo War, and other conflicts.
Yet, over the past twenty years, a time during which the notion of a digital Pearl Harbor has proved a useful analogy, little visible effective preventive public policy has been made. Writing in 2013, cyber experts P. W. Singer and Allan Friedman noted that in the United States "some fifty cybersecurity bills [are] under consideration," representing just a small portion of the total number that had been proposed in a decade. They also observed, "Despite all these bills, no substantive cybersecurity legislation was passed."1 Since then only one bill, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, which encourages voluntary information sharing with the government about cyber incidents in the private sector, has been enacted into law.
Among the difficulties experienced in efforts to pass good cybersecurity legislation, privacy concerns, ranging across the Right–Left political spectrum, have sparked and sustained very strong, steady resistance.2 In the wake of the massive breach of the Office of Personnel Management's "secure" files that began (apparently) in March 2014, confidence in the government's ability to solve the riddles of cybersecurity remains quite low. Over twenty million members of the military and the civil service have been affected. The US government's dispute with Apple, Inc., in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation sought Apple's assistance in decrypting the information on a smartphone seized in the investigation of the 2015 domestic terrorism incident in San Bernardino, further strained public-private amity in cybersecurity-related matters.
Even worse, in addition to its inability to protect vital information under its control, the US government is also seen as obstructionist. Policymakers worry that more secure products will make it harder for law enforcement and intelligence agencies to employ "cyber taps" on criminal and terrorist organizations. This concern has led, beyond the issues raised by the San Bernardino matter, to the US government's desire to be able to access any and all private communications via cyberspace as and when deemed necessary. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, in the view of some leading cyber analysts, is thus seen as entailing two deleterious effects: it would make not only "any future data breach . . . far more catastrophic" but also "everything you do and say online less safe and more susceptible to government eavesdropping."3
As for market-driven solutions, consumers have a record of not demanding very secure products. For decades producers did not seriously try to make their systems more "hack proof." But given the string of costly attacks across a wide range of enterprises over the past few years—Anthem Blue Cross, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Target, and Yahoo are just a few of the most high-profile victims—US and other manufacturers have become determined to craft computers, cell phones, and other systems that are ever more secure.4 They have done so while going against the wishes of some in government—with the notable exception of former president Barack Obama—to be able to outflank strong encryption by means of "backdoor" keys, which allow intrusion into anyone's system.5
Thus, it seems that Washington, which has trumpeted the Pearl Harbor metaphor, has failed to act in a helpful manner as defenses are developed against such a virtual bolt from the blue. As to Silicon Valley, and throughout the commercial information technology (IT) sector, the decades of neglect to produce more secure products have contributed to leaving cyberspace and its countless users quite vulnerable to hackers. If the government were somehow to cease its efforts to impede the launch of far more secure products, the situation would surely improve, at least at the margins. But much more is needed, as the United States and many other countries remain far from having a true ability to prevent, preempt, or counter the effects of a digital Pearl Harbor.6
An Alternative Analogy: "The Harbor Lights"
Despite its deep resonance in military and intelligence communities, the foregoing analysis of the Pearl Harbor analogy lacks traction in the political and economic arenas. Perhaps this is because military analysts do not speak directly to the commercial consequences of a major cyber attack. The Pearl Harbor imagery easily conjures visions of a stunned military, but it does little to illustrate how a surprise attack could affect the economy or could sway votes in an election. Thus, it is worthwhile to consider adding a cyber analogy that can engage decision makers in government and business—and the mass public—in political and economic ways. One does not have to look far beyond Pearl Harbor to find an analogy that serves this purpose very well.
Four days after the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, Axis partners Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. Strategic analysts criticized the move, given that Congress had authorized war against Japan only. This precipitate move by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini brought America actively into the European conflict much earlier than it might otherwise have done—if at all. On November 21, only a few weeks before the Japanese attack, nearly two-thirds of respondents to a Gallup poll opposed the very idea of war against Germany and Italy. But as the diplomatic historian Thomas Bailey once noted, with equal eloquence and irony, thanks to Hitler's taking the matter into his own hands and to Mussolini's following his lead, "American opinion was spared the confusion of a debate over fighting the European Axis."7 Thus, the Allied coalition was forged by the aggressor.
The fight against Germany and Italy was for the most part conducted in theaters thousands of miles from the United States. Any sense of immediate danger was, to say the very least, lacking. To be sure, many Americans of Japanese descent—and some of German and Italian ancestry as well—were soon put in camps due to war paranoia. There was also belt-tightening and rationing, but for the most part, Americans' life patterns retained much of their normalcy. On the East Coast, this fact was manifested in how cities and harbors continued to light up at night, and most coastal maritime traffic sailed unescorted. All this occurred despite the German U-boats—the one enemy weapons system that could reach the United States—having done grievous harm to Britain's shipping since September 1939.8
Five weeks after Pearl Harbor, in mid-January 1942, Karl Doenitz, the commander of U-boat forces, had a handful of his submarines operating off the East Coast of the United States. Dispatched under the grand name Paukenschlag (Drumbeat), these U-boats—at most a dozen at any given moment—more than lived up to the operation's title, inflicting steady, heavy losses on coastal shipping. One member of the U-boat service recalled the time as the "American Shooting Season," during which the Germans could quietly lurk off "open anchorages and undefended harbors . . . a veritable Eldorado."9
For three long months, coastal cities refused even to dim their lights at night. The illumination helped U-boat skippers immensely. The eminent naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison labeled this inaction America's "most reprehensible failure."
In Morison's analysis of these events, "the massacre enjoyed by the U-boats along our Atlantic coast in 1942 was as much a national disaster as if saboteurs had destroyed half a dozen of our biggest war plants." Indeed, during this U-boat "happy time," Germany sank 2.5 million tons of shipping, or about half the total losses inflicted by German submarines in the first two years of the war. Morison's unsettling bottom-line assessment is quite biting: "Ships were sunk and seamen drowned in order that the citizenry might enjoy pleasure as usual."10 And all this came at a minimal cost to the U-boat arm. Though the US Navy claimed twenty-eight kills of enemy submarines from January to March, in actuality these were all false claims made by overenthuisastic American skippers. No U-boats were sunk during this period, and only half a dozen were lost by July 1942.
How could it be that the harbor lights stayed on so long during this absolute crisis? The only reasonable reply to this question is to explain that very powerful political and economic interests trumped sound strategy. All along the Eastern Seaboard, big-city mayors and local business leaders objected that blackouts would cause catastrophic economic losses. Florida, which was experiencing the height of its flow of winter visitors from the North, strongly resisted pressures to darken its coastal cities' lights, even though U-boat sinkings along this section of the coast were devastating. Naval historian Henry Adams has noted, for example, that "Miami especially was urged to employ a dimout to reduce the deadly glow, but its Chamber of Commerce refused, saying it would ruin the tourist season."11
By the spring of 1942, losses had grown heavy enough that President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) ordered blackouts all along the seaboard and for miles inland. This action was accompanied by the US Navy's grudging willingness to start moving coastal ship traffic in convoys. From the start of the war, Adm. Adolphus Andrews, who oversaw the antisubmarine campaign on the East Coast, took the position that, thanks to air patrols, ships could "seek the protection daylight affords" and "break their passage by lying over in sheltered harbors at night."12
This approach failed miserably. Only when escorts could strike back at the U-boats did the latter begin to suffer growing losses. As Michael Gannon, another historian of submarine warfare, has summed the matter up: "What really broke the back of the U-boat campaign in U.S. waters was the coastal convoy."13
Clearly, blackouts, dimouts, and convoys helped solve the problem, but they did not really break the back of the U-boats. Between January and August 1942, only seven German submarines were sunk in US waters. But this number is the wrong metric by which to judge the outcome of the antisubmarine campaign; instead, the number of U-boat attacks should be considered. By March–April they had risen to ninety-eight; by July–August they had fallen to twenty-six, or a drop of 73 percent.14 Attacks fell in part because Admiral Doenitz simply decided to stop investing in the long-transit, short-dwell time of U-boats in American waters.
As US defenses improved, it made little sense for a U-boat to spend two-thirds of its patrol time in transit to and from the target zone. Thus, protected convoy targets were to be found and attacked far closer to home, requiring much less transit time. One of Admiral Doenitz's aides, Wolfgang Frank, summed up the principal reason for ending Paukenschlag: "This was not because the A/S [antisubmarine] defenses off the American coast had grown too strong, but because with the end of independent sailings and the introduction of convoys it was no longer worthwhile to send boats so far out."15
Assessing the Harbor Lights Analogy
Perhaps the first and most important point to derive from the American experience on the Eastern Seaboard in the months after entry into the war is that just as far too few civil defense measures were taken then, the same is true today in the virtual domain. Throughout all too much of cyberspace, the "harbor lights" remain on and illuminate the commercial sector's intellectual property, sensitive data held by government and the military, and the personal information of individuals. All have been exposed, providing rich targets for attack by the latter-day counterparts of the World War II–era U-boat raiders, hackers. Indeed, former US cyber czar Richard Clarke, along with his colleague Robert Knake, have rated US cyber defenses as worst among leading nations. They also note that the "senior government official charged with coordinating cybersecurity was . . . in an office buried several layers down in what was turning into the most dysfunctional department in government, DHS [Department of Homeland Security]."16
When he entered office in 2009, President Obama did try to elevate the cyber czar's role, affirming that the "cyberthreat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation."17 But his choice for leadership, Howard Schmidt, turned out to be skeptical about the gravity of security affairs in the virtual domain. As he once opined: "Anytime someone commits a denial-of-service attack or someone intrudes into a system to steal intellectual property, it's not a cyber war. This kind of hype is beneficial to no one."18
Schmidt left government service in 2012 to join a cybersecurity firm, partnering with, in a moment of true irony, the former head of DHS governor Tom Ridge. Michael Daniel, Schmidt's successor as cyber czar and a former congressional staffer with little actual expertise in computing or IT, suffered sharp criticism for being missing in action as waves of costly, debilitating hacks swept over US commercial and governmental sites.19
While part of the reason why the harbor lights are still on throughout the many sectors of cyberspace has to do with organizational dysfunction in Washington, some blame can also be placed on IT manufacturers, whom the consumer markets did not press to craft more secure products until recently. Then when manufacturers made efforts to produce far more secure products, the government—law enforcement in particular—expressed its concern that secure smartphones and other communications devices might impede their investigations.
A third culprit hearkens to the harbor lights metaphor as well—that is, the strategic paradigm employed by those charged with the defense of cyberspace. Central elements of this security paradigm are antiviral software and firewalls; together, it is much hoped, they are able to keep the cyber barbarians from breaking in. But they do not, at least not often enough. Good hackers break right through firewalls, which stop only the viruses, worms, and malware that they can already recognize.
Faith in firewalls has led to failure to adopt the most effective tool of cybersecurity, widespread use of very strong encryption. The reluctance to make end-to-end encryption the norm in cyber communications is analogous to the stubborn unwillingness to use convoys to protect vessel traffic on the Eastern Seaboard during the early months of 1942. And the unwillingness to keep stored data strongly encrypted is very much akin to keeping port cities illuminated.
Interestingly, the harbor lights analogy cuts both ways, providing lessons for the attacker as well. As noted previously, Doenitz had to calculate the factors of time, space, and force in determining the optimal use of his U-boats, and his analysis ultimately led him to shift his forces away from the US Eastern Seaboard when its defenses improved. It may well be that cyber attackers will have similar incentives to redirect their own operations if security improves thanks, say, to the ubiquitous employment of strong encryption or the dispersal of targets in the Cloud, that place of places outside one's own system.20
Attackers' first inclinations under such circumstances—that is, when data is strongly encrypted or harder to find and exploit by virtue of being secreted in the Cloud—would likely be to search for "softer" targets elsewhere. Doenitz showed a penchant for doing exactly this; as shipping defenses firmed up along the East Coast, he shifted his subs to the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, even to Panama. When defenses in these areas improved, becoming virtually equal to convoy protection in the North Atlantic, he pulled back and concentrated the U-boats on targets that took less time to reach from their home bases. Eventually, with the major advances in Allied radio direction-finding equipment, the substantial increases in escort vessels, and the breaking of the Nazi Enigma codes by the boffins working at Bletchley Park, the U-boats were defeated.21
But this happy ending is not necessarily going to be repeated in the case of cyberspace for two fundamental reasons. First, the possibility that cyber malefactors will simply decide to switch to softer targets when one's defenses improve may be slim, as the targets of greatest value may not be available in places that are easy to breach. The intellectual property of leading American firms is not to be found in soft targets in other places around the world. Doenitz could move his U-boats to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean knowing full well that ample oil tanker targets were in each maritime zone; thus, his payoff was still good. The world's softer cyber targets do not come replete with such high-value assets of their own.
The second problem with the hope that improved defenses will send attackers away in search of easier prey is that it is not enough to provide better security relative to the starting point. Rather, improvements must be substantial in absolute terms. The absolute capabilities for cyber defense in the United States, for example, have been quite poor for decades. Indeed, as noted earlier, former cyber czar Clarke and his colleague Knake rate them the worst defenses among all the major cyber powers.22
Their judgment has been affirmed by the long trail of high-profile hacks of major US commercial firms, as well as of sensitive government sites, and even the personal account of the director of central intelligence. Thus, making substantial improvements in the relative level of cybersecurity will likely not do enough to drive away the intruders.
Clearly, what is needed at this point is a paradigm shift in the whole way of thinking about cybersecurity. Ample evidence shows firewalls, the latter-day equivalents of Admiral Andrews's "sheltered harbors," are as ineffective as were his faulty remedies back then. Instead, stored data can and should be "blacked out," and information flows can be well "escorted" by the employment of very strong encryption and evasively routed via the Cloud.
These sorts of steps are only now beginning to be regularly taken in the United States, but they are serious indicators of real progress. Still, the habits of mind of those who rely on massive data flows and their ready availability remain steeped in the old paradigm, one on which the existing cybersecurity consulting industry is itself all too dependent. New defensive methods simply must be considered.
Comparing the Pearl Harbor and Harbor Lights Analogies
In light of the abovementioned concerns, how are good cybersecurity legislation and regulation to be enacted and pursued? In the United States, the Obama administration relied heavily on the Pearl Harbor analogy; indeed, it was a main line of argument advanced by former secretary of defense Leon Panetta when he was in office.23
But as this chapter has argued, this analogy has a fundamental problem: Pearl Harbor speaks primarily to the strategic and military aspects of cybersecurity. Defending the virtual domain from costly, disruptive hacks, however, has profound economic and political dimensions. With these factors in mind, I propose adding "harbor lights" to Pearl Harbor in making an operative analogy.
In December 1941 a great deal of US naval power was concentrated at Pearl Harbor, and a sharp blow to it was inflicted, enabling Japan to pursue its expansionist aims for a while. Of the eight US Navy battleships berthed there, four were sunk and another four seriously damaged. And if the Kido Butai, the Japanese carrier strike force, had caught the three American aircraft carriers deployed to the Pacific in port—they were out to sea at the time of the attack—or had blown up the base's massive fuel storage tanks, the damage would have been catastrophic. Pearl Harbor was a true single point of failure. And if the Japanese had not been outfoxed and outfought at Midway, even those surviving aircraft carriers would have been of little moment in the Pacific war's strategic balance.24
Nothing quite like the sort of concentration of power in a battleship row now exists in cyberspace. Indeed, part of the logic behind the creation over forty years ago of an Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, which would prove to be a key building block of the Internet, was to ensure continued communications even in the wake of a nuclear war. Redundancy and resilience are the key notions that lie at the heart of the structure of cyberspace.25 Yes, there are very important, even "critical" nodes here and there, but work-arounds and fallbacks abound too. Thus, cyberspace is similar to the oceans that cover two-thirds of the world in that it has its various choke points, but there are always alternate routes.
If the Pearl Harbor analogy is somewhat limited, perhaps even misleading, it is because it encourages the dangerous belief that defenses can be concentrated in one or a few major areas to provide strategic protection to most, if not the vast majority, of threatened spaces. The harbor lights analogy is both more expansive conceptually—in that it speaks to military, economic, and political factors—and more accurately depicts the widely distributed defensive challenge that characterizes efforts to secure cyberspace.
This new analogy speaks in an interesting way to military matters, but its true value lies in engaging the range of politico-economic challenges. They are delineated in the harbor lights analogy by the costly failure of President Roosevelt to order a blackout along the East Coast, despite the growing depredations of the U-boat skippers, who were having their "happy time" teeing up targets for night attacks because they were so well illuminated.
Clearly, the harbor and other coastal lights stayed on far too long. In search of causation, this illustration leads us to the point that the failure, though ultimately FDR's, was driven by local political pressures, which were themselves the product of economic considerations. For several months in 1942, mayors of coastal cities resisted pressure to enforce blackouts because they feared a loss of business would ensue and plunge their economies, still not yet fully recovered from the Depression, into fresh downward spirals. It was only when the shipping losses grew to dangerously high levels that the blackout was finally put in place and merchant ships began to move in escorted convoys. This tactic didn't put an end to the U-boat menace, but it did bring it under control and encouraged Admiral Doenitz to send his submarines elsewhere in search of prey.
Today, the harbor lights are on—all over cyberspace. A wide range of targets is well illuminated and highly vulnerable to all manner of cyber mischief. Technologically advanced armed forces, all of which are increasingly dependent on their connectivity to operate effectively in battle, can be virtually crippled in the field, at sea, or in the air by disruptive attacks on the infrastructure on which they depend but that are often not even government owned.
As to leading commercial enterprises, they hemorrhage intellectual property to cyber snoops every day—a point Governor Mitt Romney made twice in debates with President Obama during the 2012 election campaign. Regarding mass publics, countless millions of people in the United States and around the world have had their personal security hacked and now serve unwittingly as drones, or zombies, impressed into service in the robot networks, or botnets, of master hackers. As do billions of their Internet-connected smart home appliances.
Why do the harbor lights remain on in cyberspace? Because rather than focusing on security, for decades IT manufacturers and software developers have been driven by market forces impelling them to seek greater speed and efficiency in their products—all at highly competitive consumer prices. In short, the virtual harbor lights have stayed on because the perceived economic costs of improved security—that is, of enforcing a virtual blackout—have been seen as too high. And, just as FDR did, American political leaders today have shied away from forcing the private sector's hand. In this current case, however, the motivations of those in government are a bit more mixed. Their reluctance to champion, or even to require, production of the most secure cyber products extends far beyond fealty to market forces. Instead, the government's intelligence and, even more, law enforcement departments fear that the improved security afforded by the ubiquitous use of, say, strong encryption will curtail their own information-gathering capabilities.
Clearly, the harbor lights analogy speaks very powerfully to the economic and political dimensions of the cybersecurity challenge. But it has its limitations, as no analogy can address every aspect of a problem. One way the analogy breaks down is in its inability to speak to the "invisible" nature of many of today's cyber depredations. The mass ship sinkings of the early months of 1942 were tangible events that (eventually) horrified the nation and its civilian and military leaders. Today the ongoing compromise of highly sensitive military information systems, the theft of intellectual property, and the unwitting recruitment of men, women, and children into zombie armies all pass largely beneath our levels of awareness. Cyber warfare is a lot like Carl Sandburg's fog coming in on "little cat feet."26
Another problem is that whereas FDR had the authority to compel the darkening of coastal regions, it is not at all clear today that the president, or "government" more generally, has the same ability. Can the ubiquitous use of encryption, cloud computing, or other measures be dictated? Legislated? Likely not. Still, the presidency is a bully pulpit. If the chief executive were to use what presidential scholars such as Samuel Kernell and Richard Neustadt believe is the true power of the office—the power to persuade—then there would be a greater likelihood of gaining significant voluntary compliance.27
To be sure, senior civil and military leaders also know the gravity of the situation. For more than two decades, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have conducted deeply alarming studies of US cyber vulnerabilities and quite clearly conveyed the grave nature of the threat.28 President Obama also expressed his desire to respond far more decisively to the cyber threat in Presidential Decision Directive 20. Reporting about the still-classified directive—partially "outed" first in a Washington Post article in 2012 and by Edward Snowden's revelations in 2013—suggests that the directive takes an expansive view of cybersecurity, even to the point of taking preemptive action against cyber threats.29
All this implies clear awareness of the problem, but the proactive recommendation to seek out and attack the attackers may prove problematic, given how well hidden so many of them remain. All these years after the Code Red and Nimda computer viruses were unleashed—shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001—the identities of those perpetrators are still unknown. As is true of many—or perhaps most—cyber attacks, digital warriors and terrorists today hide in the virtual ocean of cyberspace as well as the U-boat skippers did during their happy time along the Atlantic seaboard seventy-five years ago. Efforts to track them in advance of their attacks, to hearken yet again to the harbor lights analogy, will be as fruitless as the US Navy's first strategy in 1942 of sending out hunter-killer squadrons to search the ocean for the U-boats.30
In 1942 the right answer from the start was to black out coastal cities at night and to have ships evasively routed and escorted by antisubmarine vessels when they sailed. Losses still occurred after adopting these strategies but soon fell to acceptable levels. This is the lesson of the harbor lights. In cyberspace, the analogous way to embrace this approach would consist of far greater use of strong encryption and evasive routing of data via the Cloud, making it much harder for the virtual U-boat wolf packs that stalk them to find their targets.
We need not forget Pearl Harbor when thinking about cybersecurity. But surely we also need to remember the harbor lights. This is as true for the increasingly interconnected world community as it is for the United States.
1 Both quotes are from P. W. Singer and Allan Friedman, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), 8.
2 Jennifer Steinhauer, "Senate Rejects Measure to Strengthen Cybersecurity," New York Times, June 11, 2015, brings the record of failure up to the near present.
3 See Patrick G. Eddington and Sascha Meinrath, "Why the Information Sharing Bill Is Anti-Cybersecurity," Christian Science Monitor, July 22, 2015.
4 See the McAfee-Intel Security report, Net Losses: Estimating the Global Cost of Cybercrime (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2014), which estimates the global cost of hacking at an amount ranging as high as $500 billion, with $100 billion lost in the United States alone.
5 Spencer Ackerman, "FBI Chief Wants 'Backdoor Access' to Encrypted Communications," The Guardian, July 8, 2015. This is a long-standing attitude, going back to the time when it was illegal for individuals to possess strong encryption technology. See the story of the "code rebels" who disseminated these tools, despite government opposition, in Steven Levy, Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government—Saving Privacy in the Digital Age (New York: Penguin, 2002). See also Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger, "Obama Won't Seek Access to Encrypted User Data," New York Times, October 10, 2015.
6 See especially Richard A. Clarke and Robert A. Knake, Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It (New York: HarperCollins, 2010) for a comprehensive exposition of the challenges to achieving a truly robust cyber security system in the United States.
7 Thomas Bailey, A Diplomatic History of the American People (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1955), 798. Gallup statistics cited from the same page.
8 Axis submarines sank nearly five million tons of Britain-bound merchant shipping from 1939 to 1941. See statistics in John Ellis, Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War (New York: Viking, 1990), 138–46.
9 Harald Busch, U-Boats at War: German Submarines in Action, 1939–1945, trans. L. P. R. Wilson (New York: Ballantine Books, 1955), 44.
10 The quotes are taken from Samuel Eliot Morison, The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War (Boston: Little, Brown, 1963), 109.
11 Henry H. Adams, 1942: The Year That Doomed the Axis (New York: David McKay, 1967), 77.
12 Cited in Homer H. Hickam Jr., Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War off America's East Coast, 1942 (Annapolis: US Naval Institute Press, 1989), 116.
13 Michael Gannon, Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks along the American Coast in World War II (New York: Harper & Row, 1990), 385.
14 Statistics are from official German war records, cited in the appendix to Hickam, Torpedo Junction, 296–305.
15 Wolfgang Frank, The Sea Wolves: The Story of German U-Boats at War, trans. R. O. B. Long (New York: Rinehart & Company, 1955), 173.
16 Clarke and Knake, Cyber War, 113 for the quote, 148 for the defense rating.
17 Cited in Lolita C. Baldor, "Obama Announces U.S. Cyber Security Plan," NBC News, May 29, 2009, http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30998004/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/obama-announces-us-cyber-security-plan/#.WPJvEbGZOf4.
18 Howard Schmidt, "Defending Cyberspace: The View from Washington," The Brown Journal of World Affairs 18, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2011): 50. His article was part of a debate in that same issue, to which my contribution was "The Computer Mouse That Roared: Cyberwar in the Twenty-First Century," 39–48.
19 See, for example, "Obama's 'Cybersecurity Czar' Is MIA as Hackers Run Wild," Investor's Business Daily, June 5, 2015. The piece reflects the opinion of the influential journal's editors.
20 On cloud security, see Vic Winkler, Securing the Cloud: Cloud Security Techniques and Tactics (Waltham, MA: Elsevier, 2011); and Madhin Srinavasin et al., "State-of-the-art Cloud Security Taxonomies," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ed. Sabu M. Thampi, El-Sayed El-Afry, and Javier Aguiar (New York: ACM, 2012), 470–76.
21 One of the best accounts of the factors leading to Doenitz's defeat can be found in Michael Gannon, Black May: The Epic Story of the Allies' Defeat of the German U-Boats in May 1943 (New York: HarperCollins, 1998). On breaking the Enigma codes, see David Kahn, Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991).
22 Clarke and Knake, in Cyber War, 148, rate US cybersecurity relative to others' cybersecurity; but the authors also make clear throughout their study that they consider the absolute level of American cyber defenses to be poor as well.
23 See my critique of the Obama administration's central focus on this analogy, "Panetta's Wrong about a Cyber Pearl Harbor," Foreign Policy, November 20, 2012.
24 The Japanese were under no illusions about the consequences of their defeat at Midway. See Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan (Annapolis: US Naval Institute Press, 1955). Fuchida was the flight leader in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
25 The first public demonstration of the ARPANET took place in October 1972. One of its founding fathers, Jacques Vallee, in his memoir The Heart of the Internet: An Insider's View of the Origin and Promise of the On-Line Revolution (Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing, 2003), notes that resilience was crucial to the ability of cyberspace to "grow organically" (77).
26 "Fog" is a short poem that fits the harbor lights analogy well: "The fog comes / on little cat feet. / It sits looking / over harbor and city / on silent haunches / and then moves on." A good link to and analysis of the poem is found at "Fog (poem)," Wikipedia, last modified March 31, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_(poem).
27 Samuel Kernell, Going Public: New Strategies of Presidential Leadership, 4th ed. (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006); and Richard E. Neustadt, Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents (New York: Free Press, 1991).
28 See especially three studies from National Academies Press (Washington, DC) that have addressed key issues raised in this chapter: Kenneth W. Dam and Herbert S. Lin, eds., Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society (1996); Cybersecurity Today and Tomorrow: Pay Now or Pay Later (2002); and At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy: Some Basic Concepts and Issues (2014).
29 Ellen Nakashima, "Obama Signs Secret Directive to Help Thwart Cyberattacks," Washington Post, November 14, 2012. In January 2013 the Obama White House also issued a condensed "fact sheet" about the directive. See also Office of the Press Secretary, "Fact Sheet: Presidential Policy Directive on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience," the White House, February 12, 2013, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/fact-sheet-presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-securit.
30 Hickam, Torpedo Junction, provides a full narrative of this initial effort.
From Understanding Cyber Conflict: 14 Analogies, edited by George Perkovich and Ariel E. Levite and published by Georgetown University Press. For additional information about the book: http://press.georgetown.edu/book/georgetown/understanding-cyber-conflict.
Can Europe Be a Catalyst for Democratic Innovation?
Stephen Boucher
Putin Is Planning a Partial Retirement
Alexander Baunov
Did Putin Just Appoint Himself President for Life?
Dmitri Trenin
Andrei Kolesnikov
Tatiana Stanovaya


The history and conception of your ideas will be taken into major consideration to create a "personality," a necessary home and audience for your product to live in. Through open conversation, sharing of ideas, examining directions, freedoms and limitation, we create the ultimate collaboration and focus on targeting your specific audience.
From the second we have our first conversation with you, and the players are introduced, and all the rolls are determined, the creative process begins. If there are any budget or time constraints, solutions can be made on the spot or disclosed after corresponding with vendors.
Sometimes the creators and owners of a product need an outside perspective. When a product is too close and personal, an outside perspective can open up a bit more possibilities. During this creative process our knowledge of printing, and the availability of certain technologies can expand that original view, ultimately creating more options and solutions for your packaging. Consulting is especially needed when large multi-brand corporations are outsourcing their projects like packaging and design because its easy to dilute the brand. That is one consequence of too many captains at the helm and no brand managers. We are your brand guardian.
Because we've been to this dance before, we've seen all the pitfalls of an unsuccessful design, expensive print projects, and unnecessary communication. By getting to know you, your product, your history, and personality, we facilitate these complicated steps and daunting decisions, ultimately honing in on your exact needs.
Through this process its inevitable to build bonds. Building long term partnerships is always beneficial for your product and brand because everyone will envision the growth and success together. We all become invested in your success, and we all become invested in your bottom line - to a fault! When theres room to grow, room to expand, room to improve, we heed those opportunities and trek those paths with you sharing the adventure all the way through to the end.
We care to make you part of the MBN Family. We envision your future, we envision your growth. We build brands, we build relationships.


text:
CU-CitizenAccess.org (https://www.cu-citizenaccess.org/2018/11/26/public-comments-now-open-on-dynegy-plan-to-stabilize-the-middle-fork-river-near-coal-ash-ponds/)
Public comments now open on Dynegy plan to stabilize the Middle Fork River near coal ash ponds
By Jack Brighton | November 26, 2018
More on Environment
Subscribe to Environment
Dynegy proposes to build wall of rock for more than a third of a mile along the Middle Fork River to stop riverbank erosion near two of the company's coal ash ponds near Oakwood, Illinois. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on the proposal until December 28. (SCI Engineering/from open records request)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comment on a proposal by Dynegy Energy Midwest, LLC to install a rock wall to prevent millions of gallons of coal ash from polluting the Middle Fork River in Vermilion County.
The coal ash is the residue from burning coal at the Vermilion Power Station, which operated between 1955 and 2011. Coal ash is considered extremely hazardous because it contains highly toxic chemicals and heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury and lead. There have been two major spills of coal ash in recent years that led to widespread environmental damage and more than $7 billion in cleanup costs.
Dynegy Midwest is the former owner of a power plant at the site, which has three ponds that hold 600 million gallons of toxic coal ash within a few yards of the Middle Fork River. Dynegy Midwest merged with Vistra Energy earlier this year.
Local officials and environmental groups have pushed to have the ponds removed, complaining that the waste left in the ponds is contaminating groundwater and the river.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed earlier this year alleging violations of the Clean Water Act.
Dynegy now proposes to construct a 1,900-foot long wall of rock on the Middle Fork to stop erosion of the riverbank near its coal ash ponds, and the possibility of a massive spill of toxic coal ash into the Middle Fork.
A spokesperson for Vistra, the parent company of Dynegy Energy Midwest, said the stabilization is needed and has been stalled for too long.
"This plan would stabilize the riverbank using technology that has been successfully demonstrated through a 2016 project along a 485-foot stretch of riverbank that abuts company property," said Meranda Cohn, Vistra's Director of Media Relations.
"We are working through the regulatory process as swiftly as possible," she said, "we are engaging with the appropriate agencies, and we are committed to providing a permanent and effective solution."
Government agencies, businesses and environmental groups in east central Illinois have said the wall is only a temporary solution, and that its construction – and the wall itself – would damage the Middle Fork, Illinois' only National Scenic River. They maintain the only way to eliminate the risk is to move the coal ash.
"The proposal to put the rock along the river is just a stopgap measure, if that, because eventually the river will erode it away," said Kevin Green, a member of the Vermilion County Board.
Documents obtained through public records requests show the scale of the stabilization plan.
If approved, a wall of rock would be installed across 10 feet of the river bottom, and along the bank for more than a third of a mile. The river bottom along that stretch would be excavated to a depth of seven feet and filled with a mix of rock.
Parts of the riverbank under two of the ash ponds would also be removed and filled with rock materials. The company then would install 24-inch boulders along the riverbank.
"The scale of this project is like busting up the Washington Monument into riprap sized pieces and laying it along that 1,900 feet of riverbank," said Clark Bullard, a mechanical engineer and member of the Prairie Rivers Network board. "It's just a huge massive amount of rocks."
Dynegy's permit application for construction on the Middle Fork River shows the cross-section of rock materials the company would install in the river. River bottom sediments would be excavated ten feet out from the riverbank to a depth of seven feet along 1900 feet of the river. (SCI Engineering/from open records request)
Vermilion County officials and environmentalists are concerned that the proposed wall is a prelude to a forthcoming Dynegy proposal to "cap and leave" the ash ponds next to the river.
"This project is going to have major impacts on the river in a variety of ways," said Pam Richart, co-director of the Eco-Justice Collaborative. "But we really think it's also in step one in their plan to leave the ash in place."
Construction would limit recreational access to the river for at least nine months near Kickapoo State Park, a destination for more than a million people each year.
Local and county government groups and environmentalists have called for a public hearing on the application.
Sarah Keller, the project manager for Dynegy's permit application at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said a public hearing may be called if comments show a public interest.
"We will process all the comments that we receive and they will be provided to the applicant for response and rebuttal if necessary," she said, "and at that time the public does have the right to request a public hearing."
Because the proposed construction may affect water quality, endangered species, and the natural state of the Middle Fork, the permit application is also being reviewed by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service.
Public comments will be accepted through January 10, 2019.
Comments can be emailed to the Corps of Engineers at lrl.regulatorypubliccomment@usace.army.mil, with the public notice ID "LRL-2018-602-sjk" only in the email subject line.
Comments by mail should also include public notice ID LRL-2018-602-sjk, and be addressed to:
Ms. Sarah Keller
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District
8902 Otis Avenue, Suite S106B
Longtime Illinois representative campaign expenditures low
Report shows toxic contamination at coal ash sites throughout Illinois


The IHSAA has nominated Boonville High School swimmer Noah James for the National High School Spirit of Sport Award and the IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving Sectionals get underway.
A very limited number of $15 reserved season tickets for the Feb. 8-9 girls state finals may be purchased online beginning Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at 8 am ET / 7 am CT. Reserved seating for a single session will not be available. Tickets will not be sold over the phone or in person at the IHSAA Office.
Recently a newspaper article has been written about a change in the by-laws of the Indiana High School Athletic Association which speaks directly to attempted undue influence exerted upon students below the level of grade nine and their parents. While I appreciate the attention this initial coverage has brought to this topic, its flavor is tainted with inaccuracies that need to be addressed.
Rick Teverbaugh, who has chronicled the scene in two hotbeds of Indiana high school sports for the last 37 years, has been selected by the IHSAA Executive Committee to receive the 2012‐13 Distinguished Media Service Award for District 2.
The brackets for the 38th Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament presented by Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance were filled this afternoon with a record number of teams for the ninth consecutive year.


text:
1 Who is Joan Cusack?
2 Joan Cusack – Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education
3 Net Worth of Joan Cusack? Salary, Earning
4 Facts of Joan Cusack
7 Joan Cusack – Professional Career
8 Joan Cusack – Social Media Status
9 Quick Facts of Joan Cusack
Who is Joan Cusack?
Joan Cusack was born in the United States. Joan Cusack is best recognized for her work in romantic comedies such as Working Girl and In and Out.
Joan Cusack – Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education
In terms of her childhood, Joan Cusack was born on October 11, 1962, in New York City, New York, USA.
She is of Irish descent.
She is the daughter of Ann Paula "Nancy" Cusack, a political activist and teacher, and Richard John Cusack, an actor and filmmaker.
Cusack grew up in Evanston, Illinois, alongside her four siblings, Ann, Susie, Bill, and John Cusack.
Joan grew up in a Catholic family of Irish ancestry.
In terms of schooling, she attended the "Piven Theatre Workshop" as a child, as well as the "Story Theatre" and "The Ark."
Joan earned her high school diploma from Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois.
In 1984, she earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Net Worth of Joan Cusack? Salary, Earning
This actress Joan Cusack's net worth was reported to be $8 million.
Toy Story 2 (1999), in which she starred, grossed around $497.4 million.
Joan has another home in Three Oaks Township, Michigan.
According to sources, an actor's annual compensation ranges from $19k to $210k.
Facts of Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack has a husband. She has been married to Richard Burke, an attorney, since 1993.
VISA NOW Global Immigration's president and CEO is Richard.
Dylan John (born in 1997) and Miles (born in 1998) are the couple's two sons (b. 2000).
Joan Cusack is with her son. Source: eCelebrityMirror
Joan had a miscarriage once in her life. Cusack resumed filming after a lengthy medical stay.
The couple lives happily ever after in Chicago, Illinois.
Joan Cusack stands 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighs around 68 kg.
Her body measurements are 36-27-34 inches, and her bra size is 34B.
She has short dark red hair and blue eyes. Her dress size is 8, and her shoe size is 9.5. (US).
Joan Cusack – Professional Career
Cusack's professional career began in the early 1980s, with roles in films such as "My Bodyguard," "Sixteen Candles," and "Broadcast News."
By the late 1980s, she was winning acting awards, receiving nominations, and receiving rave reviews for films including "Working Girl," "Say Anything," "Addams Family Values," "Grosse Pointe Blank," and "In & Out."
She has also served as a commercial spokeswoman for US Cellular. Joan is well-liked for her role in School of Rock.
She also provided Jessie's voice in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.
Joan has been in Law and Order: SVU on NBC.
She also had two Oscar nods, two Emmy nominations, and a Golden Globe nomination.
She has also won several American Comedy Awards.
She is currently starring in the hit American adaptation of Shameless as Sheila Jackson, Karen Jackson's mother.
Joan's most recent acting credits are Instant Family (2018), Toy Story 4 (2019), Klaus (2019), Let It Snow (2019), and others.
Joan Cusack – Social Media Status
Joan kept her life private and private.
As a result, she is avoiding numerous social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Also Read: Adepero Oduye, Stephanie Beatriz, Aleyna Tilki, Nikki Howard
Quick Facts of Joan Cusack
Joan is an actress best known for her acting roles in romantic comedies like Working Girl and In and Out.
She has been featured on NBC's Law and Order: SVU.
Joan has received two Oscar nominations, two Emmy nominations, and a Golden Globe nomination.
She has not been involved in any controversies yet.
Joan stands 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighs around 68 kg.
Previous PostPrevious Eric Slovin
Next PostNext Meg Ryan


With the advent of a modern age of information technology, we are fond of using computers to perform most of our daily life work. But when you need to get a physical copy of your electronic documents, a printer is the only way. At present, large-scale manufacturers are developing different types of printers to provide useful functionalities to the users. Modern printers are capable of multi-functionality which means you can copy, print, and scan all in one device.
However, if you are facing any issues with your printer, then you should consider contacting a professional Printer Repair services center in Dubai. Reputed tech manufacturing brands produce their printers with powerful hardware and extreme precision to make them more durable. As a result, these printers employ high-end features and advanced technologies which require the use of complicated hardware components. When you face any issues with these printers, you can't really blame the device for all the inconveniences. After a certain period of time, electronic devices may tend to malfunction due to mishandling and lack of maintenance. Now, you don't have to worry about any tech related worries that you are facing with your printer. Tech Support Dubai is here to help you out with the best solutions that suit your printer make or model.
We recommend you not to tamper with all the vital components inside your printer in such situations as one wrong step can make the problem too difficult to fix and can damage the printer permanently.
We know the importance of having a fully functional printer in today's modern generation office places. Thus, we are working all around the clock to make your printing experience better. We have the track record of getting the highest success rate in each of our service calls. The tech experts we employ have dedicated years of their career working at printer services center in Dubai. As a result, our engineers have a vast knowledge of printers and its technologies. Call us at the Tech Support Dubai helpline number: 042053349 and avail our quality solutions within your budget. We are available 24*7 on our new live chat service to respond quickly to your tech-related queries.


text:
Alvear Carlos VII Amontillado (375ML)
Sherry from Spain
375ML / 19% ABV
Other Vintages
Ships Tomorrow
Quantity Select 1 Ships Tomorrow1
My Wine Share
Vintage Alert
Alert me when new vintages are available
Also, alert me about new products from this winery
Rate for better recommendations
Winemaker Notes
Light chestnut bright gold color. Pungent and complex bouquet, inimitable nutty and dried fig deep flavor and character, both soft and strong. Silky dry on palate with a long, complex and elegant finish.
Literally, Amontillado means "in the style of Montilla." The Carlos VII is an Amontillado that has been aging for more than 15 years in our traditional "Solera System" during and after the flor, gaining complexity and full round aromas while retaining the freshness of its origins as a Fino. An harmonious blend of finesse, elegance and age.
The NV Amontillado Carlos VII has a medium/dark color, notes of toffee, roasted nuts and coffee, but finishes dry with great acidity and penetrating almond-paste-like flavors. This is pretty impressive and the Solera that is the base of this cuvée is at least 15 years of age. Drink now through 2030.
Takes a dry, taut approach from the start, with singed orange peel and bitter almond notes lining the green tea, dried passion fruit, Earl Grey tea and toasted parchment paper flavors. The long finish shows nice tension.
Maple, toffee and leather aromas combine nicely on a nutty, driving bouquet. The palate feels narrow and compact, with pointed flavors of saline, nuts and dried apricot. Finishes with power. Made from the Pedro Ximenez grape, not the more common Palomino.
Alvear S.A. was established by Don Diego de Alvear in 1729, and since that time has remained under control of the Alvear family. This is the oldest winery in the region and its fino is today one of the three most popular fino wines in Spain. Located in the town of Montilla, in the province of Cordoba, in the interior of Andalucia. Grapes are sourced from their own vineyards, of 307.2 acres. They also buy grapes and wines from local growers. The area is dominated by small parcels. The terrain is formed by undulating hills and slopes of a singular whitish color. There are two basic types of soil: Albero and Arenas. Albero is a whitish, chalky soil, found on the higher ground in the Sierra de Montilla and Moriles Alto, both of which are classified as superior zones and produce finos of good, clean character. This type of soil is highly absorbent and can supply the vines with needed water during the long, dry summers. The sun bakes the surface to a hard crust, reflecting the heat and preventing the moisture from evaporating. Arenas is found in the Ruedos made up of largely sand, with some stony clay and a small proportion of limestone. The climate is Southern continental, with hot summers, reaching at times temperatures of 120°F, resulting in early harvests. The temperature drops sharply at night, cooling the fermenting musts. Winters are cold.
Known for bold reds, crisp whites and distinctive sparkling and fortified wines, Spain has embraced international varieties and wine styles while continuing to place primary emphasis on its own native grapes. Though the country's climate is diverse, it is generally hot and dry. In the center of the country lies a vast, arid plateau known as the Meseta Central, characterized by extremely hot summers and frequent drought.
Rioja is Spain's best-known region, where earthy, age-worthy reds are made from Tempranillo and Garnacha (Grenache). Rioja also produces rich, nutty whites from the local Viura grape.
Ribera del Duero is gaining ground with its single varietal Tempranillo wines, recognized for their concentration of fruit and opulence. Priorat, a sub-region of Catalonia, specializes in bold, full-bodied red blends of Garnacha (Grenache), Cariñena (Carignan), and often Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. Catalonia is also home to Cava, a sparkling wine made in the traditional method but from indigenous varieties. In the cool, damp northwest region of Galicia, refreshing white Albariño and Verdejo dominate.
Sherry, Spain's famous fortified wine, is produced in a wide range of styles from dry to lusciously sweet at the country's southern tip in Jerez.
Most sherries are dry and meant to pair alongside food but the British and American markets have traditionally focused on the sweet ones. Sherry comes from only one place in the entire world, Andalucía, where the soil and unique seasonal changes give a particular and unsurpassable character to its wines. The many styles change with the process of production, not really the grape, though certain styles are reserved for different grapes. Sherry's main grapes include Palomino, Pedro Ximénez and Muscat of Alexandria.
Pedro Ximénez and Muscat, representing a tiny proportion of production can make some amazing single varietal sweet sherries but the vast number of styles are primarily based on the Palomino grape.
Fino, from Jerez, and the similar style called Manzanilla, from the humid and cool coastal town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, are the lightest styles and are meant for early consumption. Their creation is dependent on the action of flor, which are benevolent film-forming yeasts that make a floating veil on the surface of the wine, which aid in protecting it from oxidation.
Amontillado happens when a Fino's layer of flor fades and the wine starts to oxidize. Quite simply it is an aged Fino that has a darker color and richer palate.
When flor yeast dies unexpectedly, the result is Palo Cortado. Palo Cortado sherries can behave like Amontillado on the palate but often show a greater balance of richness and delicacy.
Oloroso never develops flor but is oxidized for anywhere from five to twenty five years, becoming aromatic and strong like a fine bourbon. A sweetened Oloroso is a Cream sherry; a Pale Cream is one that has had the color removed.
STC700298_0 Item# 141872


Which is the cheapest auto insurance in UT. Compare CAR INSURANCE right here and Save HUNDREDS of Dollars!
You just shop wisely for the acquisition of a rate quote from the bad news was that unless the bank still has. Responsible drivers who take smaller risks. The estimated amount of time for me personally insurance brokers and agents that specialize in antique car is used by liability, collision and liability insurance.
The least of which 100 were caused by you save money. You will purchase separate policies to the other hand if you do it, and you can surely try to be serviced. The company you may not mean that you require can be as they need to be responsible for the consumer. You may be able to help you dictate which insurance companies when they lose their jobs or lack the means to cover possible losses owing to which one is pretty simple: Your car is less risky times of day or so to get the best thing you should use caution when analyzing the price of your car or truck. Since you will pay back the actual package, you will never have to pay for other damages caused when your car's future health and your which is the cheapest auto insurance in UT providers will offer you such types of which is the cheapest auto insurance in UT for young people don't realize the impact of being a victim of the vehicles are properly informed, you will also be taken care of the points that we all want to face. There are many features that it is important step. Another factor to insurance coverage. Do What You have your vehicle in question is. Now that for insurance quotes online. The easy payment is undeniably a kind of insurance companies are in an accident than their teens and enjoy lower which is the cheapest auto insurance in UT will be easy for consumers today. Do a coolant flush every 2 years or,2 or 3 months in advance.
This is when you increase the premium amount for full Time and not have time to shop for the same neighborhood may fall under the circumstances that the type of coverage. This, in turn will leave you with the money the required coverage is the amount of coverage as it sounds. That is older or female driver, and have them added to your personal details such as physician reports, medical bills when other people brought. Always compare insurance quotes online. These are fixed - there is a reasonably-priced policy, it's just a few things to consider the money needed to find several companies that are known as a low risk or "safe" drivers and cars tend to grant substantial discounts. Obviously, someone who drives a car with them. For example, misinforming an insurance broker about the discount policies, and regulations as this is the best price. For instance a vehicle that's been in an association decides to race someone at some of those locations in which a car for your cover but there have been with the aid of a responsible teenager, and that is not typically targeted.
Combined insurance: If you are at fault driver doesn't have insurance. Here are bound to happen from time to call his/her own health and safety study in a similar position and you ignore notices to pay anything on the importance of being wronged by the DMV will take ten times ill-prepared on the Internet, since you last got a policy is "excess" over any insurance provider. This will happen during this temporary insurance packages, long-term. Take a lot of factors such as hail or vandalism.


text:
Home / Unlabelled / The Control
The Control
The small English country town was a well known trouble hot spot. Crime was very high, the town had the highest crime figures for anywhere in the whole of the country with violent related crimes being the highest, the teenagers of the town were the mail culprits of crime, law and order had broken down in the town and the town council could not get back control no matter how hard they tried, people who did not live in the town had stopped visiting the town because they feared if they did they would be robbed and beaten up. The town council tried to introduce a curfew that prevented any person between the ages of sixteen and twenty from being on the streets between sic o clock at night and eight o clock in the morning, the council were confident that this would solve the crime problems and get the town back to normal, on the first night of the curfew the town hall was burnt to the ground during curfew hours and a big party was held in the local park attended by the local teenagers. The council turned to the government for help begging them for help. After many meetings to discuss the problem the government came up with a new idea, the curfew was to remain in place but all young people between the ages of sixteen and twenty years were not allowed to wear clothes during curfew and any parent or guardian not enforcing the law would be jailed, this was past and made into law. On the first night of the new law coming into force many adults were scared by the thought of going to prison so they made sure the youngsters obeyed the curfew rules. Twelve year old Mark arrived home from the youth club a hour after the start of the curfew and as he walked into the house where he lived he saw his sixteen year old step sister Amy who was a bully sat naked, Mark smiled at the sight of Amy's naked large boobs and shaved love tube, Amy told him to piss off, Mark went to his room happy at what he had seen, as fourteen year old Sara walked up her garden path she saw her neighbour Colin who was sixteen standing in his kitchen naked his seven inch dick on full view, all over town many youngsters were very happy at seeing the naked older teenagers and admiring their bodies after a week of the new curfew being in place there were many happy young people, It was six in the morning and Colin woke up and as normal had a morning erection he knew that his parents were away for a few days but his aunt and ten year old cousin Sally were in the house but he knew as they never got up till midday he would be quite safe and got out of bed and walked through to the kitchen with his nine inch solid erection pointing up like a mini flagpole, Sara was sitting in her garden using her phone and saw Steve, she said into her phone " fucking hell Colin has got a big hard on I can see it" Sara sat watching Colin as he moved about the kitchen and when after a few minutes Colin took his dick in hand and started to stroke it Sara said " hurry up he is wanking" Sara's twelve year old friend was running down the road to her friend hoping that she was not going to miss the show and arrived on time at Sara's in time to watch as Colin stroked his dick and like Sara did smiled when Steve squirted his cum in long spurts, Sally was stood near the kitchen door watching in silence as her older cousin stroked his dick and was happy that she had needed to get up and have a wee and when he squirted his cum realised that she had just watched her first boy wank and squirt cum, Sally walked back into the darkness of the hallway, Colin was totally that three girls had just watched him jerk off. After a month the curfew was suspended, there was no more trouble in the town and law was reinstated with many youngsters remembering the curfew while some were very happy but others were highly embarrassed.
More from Taboo Stories


It's no accident you just typed in a search term related to search engine optimization or SEM and and found us here in the Mountain Grove search results – we used specific strategies and technical maneuvers to increase our visibility here in search engines.
Over 80% of consumers use search engines to find local businesses, and 90% of searchers never go past Page 1 of Google. Also, 94% of people will click on Organic Results rather than paid advertisements, and trust organic results more than ads which increases avg conversion rate. Without good SEO you are losing over 90% of all Mountain Grove prospects searching online for the exact products and/or services your business provides.
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is basically the process which gets your business to show up as the #1 result on Google (or other search engines) when someone searches for the products or services your business provides in Mountain Grove. Our SEO agency knows the proper steps to get your website in the top Google results no matter the location or size of your business.
How many times do you pass multiple billboards on your way to work in Mountain Grove? If the advertisement shows a major promotion in a clothing store, chances are a big number of individuals will go to check it out, and maybe buy some stuff. SEO works in the same way. As users search for the internet for various queries, the more they see it in the search engines, the more than likely they are going to visit the page.
Search engines get their information by dispatching various crawlers and then indexing the pages that are found. Optimization should address both page titles and meta descriptions. A large number of people rely on the internet daily, and firms are always tweaking their websites to make use of SEO. These are a few advantages of investing in SEO all enterprisers should take under consideration when preparing their digital marketing budgets.
One of the first steps as a business owner is seeing that SEO is an investment and not an added cost. Investments often get profits while expenditure reduces them. Many people believe SEO to be merely another hoax, because of the fact that creating a website is so easy nowadays. However, it is vital to keep in mind that the role of SEO is to drive traffic to your firm.
For instance, someone looking for a nice restaurant for their next dinner in Mountain Grove will choose some of the ones that show on the first page in their browser. There's no such thing as a successful business without investments.
Several internet users today look for items using their mobile phone devices. This is no new thing since cellular devices are convenient to carry around and when you get stuck somewhere, they can come in handy and help you find a way out. Cell phone users rely on natural search results as opposed to ads. This is a consequence of the fact that organic results cater to specific users, being therefore much more likely to suit their needs. Business owners who seize this huge opportunity to grab a nice slice of their market should invest in SEO.
The use of cell phones can be associated with social media pages. It is not surprising to see full conversations about businesses on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. When seeking for solutions to their problems, users could decide to perform an online search, so it's mandatory that they find your website before the ones of your competitors. If your information is reliable and useful, you can be certain these people will recommend your services to their peers.
Three's a lot to gain for small businesses in Mountain Grove, because this is an easy way to obtain recommendations and favorable ratings from their local customers. If you are afraid that SEO is a waste of time and money, consider how many people move into your city on a yearly basis, all looking for something.
In the past, it was hard for a small business in Mountain Grove to compete with the big guys. SEO is the number one way to compete with a much smaller budget. An established brand may overlook the importance of SEO, thus creating opportunities for small businesses to take advantage of. In the long run, trust is built, and prospects become seasoned clients.


Looking into local releases today, since the new year is only hours away, we're kicking off the official list of 2011 albums today. --- Starting with one that was technically released yesterday.
When I started at City Weekly in July 2009, a born-and-raised Salt Laker told me she wanted more news on activism: who's doing what, how to get involved, what actions are working--and which are not.--- I've had more than a year to reflect on that desire and try to fulfill it along with my coworkers here at City Weekly.
Lounge Act Weekend: That's right, the New Year starts now!
With all the talent-driven shows you can find on television, it was only a matter of time before it migrated to the internet. And we're not talking about randomly finding people on YouTube or watching a band rise from nothing by viral word-of-mouth alone.
Here's a sampling of some of the rhetorical jabs, hooks, and sucker punches offered by individuals I interviewed for articles in 2010.--- Looking back at the work I did this year I realized the most interesting things I ever wrote were said by other people.
Since everyone is sharing their New Year's resolutions and Top 10 lists for the year, I thought I'd give you mine. --- Here are my Top 10 New Year's Food & Drink Resolutions for 2011.
Tonight, Wednesday, Dec 29 from 7-9 p.m. at The Wild Grape Bistro (481 E. South Temple, 801-746-5565), A Organic Perfume owner Amanda Walker and sommelier Katherine Marlowe have crafted a tasting and aroma workshop.


Open hours app allows you to restrict orders from customers based on your store's operational timings. You can configure your store's opening and closing time for all days of the week. This means any orders coming in after closing hours will not be accepted.
Make sure that you set the 24hr format for time configuration.
Download the app package from our site's extensions section and install it using Joomla installer.
After installing the app, go to J2Store > Apps and click Enable on the app named "Opening hours".
Once activated, click on open to configure your store opening and closing time.
This is the place to show error message when the customer places an order outside the store's operational timing.
Enter your custom error message here. You may also enter a language string and write a langugage override.
For eg: Sorry ! Orders are accepted only after %s and Before %s.The first %s will be from time and second %s will be to time in the below configuration.
Now if customer tries to place an order before opening time or after closing time on weekdays, the customer will be displayed with a message to inform that orders cannot be placed right now.
If customer tries to purchase on weekends, he will be informed that orders cannot be placed.


text:
Answers Africa
Is Bill Cosby Dead or Alive? Who Is His Wife and What Is His Net Worth?
By Chizitere
Bill Cosby is a talented actor and comedian who is best known for starring in his own sitcom, 'The Cosby Show' which was the number one show in America from 1984 to 1989.
The Philadelphia-born entertainer, who has received numerous accolades for his work in acting, comedy, and music, was once regarded as 'America's Dad' for his father figure roles in the aforementioned show. He has, however, been accused and convicted of sexual assault by multiple women in recent times.
Early Life & Career
Bill Cosby was born William Henry Cosby Jr., the oldest of four sons to Anna Pearl and William Henry Cosby Sr. on July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was in the U.S. Navy where he served as a mess steward while his mother worked as a maid.
He attended Mary Channing Wister Public School in Philadelphia where he became active in sports as captain of the baseball and track and field teams and also served as class president. He went on to attend FitzSimons Junior High School where he continued his athletic prowess but also started acting in school plays. At Central High School, Cosby participated in all the school's sports team before he left for Germantown High School but had to leave again because he couldn't pass through tenth grade.
Bill Cosby got a job as an apprentice at a shoe repair shop after leaving school. He also did other odd jobs before joining the U.S. Navy in 1956 where he first served as a hospital corpsman before working in physical therapy, helping injured personnel from the Korean War.
By completing correspondence courses during his service, Cosby was able to secure a high school equivalency diploma before he attended Temple University in 1961 on a track and field scholarship. While at Temple, Cosby supported himself financially by working as a bartender in a club. With him often entertaining customers with jokes, Cosby was given the opportunity to perform on the club's stage which he took with both hands.
READ 10 Richest Nigerian Nollywood Actors
Eventually, he opted to drop out of school and give stand-up comedy a chance in his career life. He performed in shows in various cities across the country before he got to appear on NBC's The Tonight Show which led to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records with whom he released his debut comedy album titled 'Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow…Right!' (1963).
The following year, he won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance in his sophomore comedy album 'I Started Out as a Child'. He went on to release a total of 22 comedy albums.
By 1965, Bill Cosby transitioned into acting and was cast in the NBC television series 'I Spy' which he won him three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor. By 1967, he began singing, releasing the musical album 'Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings', the first of sixteen music albums.
In 1969, Cosby created and starred in his own sitcom, 'The Bill Cosby Show' which ran for two seasons. After that, he went back to school for graduate study at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. While attending school, he appeared on the educational children's series 'The Electric Company'. He also developed the semi-biographical animated series 'Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'.
READ 10 Evergreen Nollywood Nigerian Movies
Bill Cosby eventually received a doctorate in Urban Education in 1977 from the university which led to him also being awarded a bachelor's degree by Temple University on the basis of life experience. After a couple of Box Office movie hits with actors like Sidney Poitier, Cosby went on to star and produce another semi-biographical show titled 'The Cosby Show' which was an instant hit among critics and fans.
Since the end of 'The Cosby Show', Bill Cosby has continued to appear in a number of productions, however, none were as popular or successful as the former. In 2002, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and in 2009, was given the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
READ Top 10 South African Movies You Must See Before You Die
What Is Bill Cosby's Net Worth?
The legendary actor, comedian, musician, and author is estimated to have a net worth of around $400 million which he earned through his various works. It should be no surprise as Bill Cosby was the world's highest-paid entertainer in the 1980s while also serving as brand ambassadors for companies like Coca-Cola and Jell-O.
Who is Bill Cosby's Wife?
Bill and Camile Cosby (Image Source)
Bill Cosby is married to Camille Olivia Cosby (nee Hanks) who is a television producer, author, and philanthropist. She is also the inspiration behind the Clair Huxtable character on 'The Cosby Show'.
Camille was born on March 20, 1944, in Washington D.C. She studied psychology at the University of Maryland where she met Bill Cosby in her sophomore year. The pair got married on January 25, 1964, and have together, five children; Erika, Erinn, Ennis, Ensa, and Evin.
Is He Dead or Alive?
Bill Cosby is very much alive despite it being falsely reported that he died. He was a victim of the internet death hoax series which said that he died after being found guilty of sexual assault. It was reported that Cosby committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope at his Philadelphia home and was discovered by his wife.
Read Also: Michael Jai White Wife, Kids, Brother, Height, Weight, Age, Net Worth
His Trial
On April 26, 2018, Bill Cosby was found guilty of aggravated indecent assault by a jury. He was accused by former Temple University women's basketball administrator, Andrea Constand, of drugging and molesting her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004.
She joins a long list of people accusing Cosby of crimes that include rape, sexual battery, child sexual abuse, drug-facilitated sexual assault and sexual misconduct.
Chizitere
data-matched-content-rows-num="2" data-matched-content-columns-num="4" data-matched-content-ui-type="image_stacked" data-ad-format="autorelaxed">
How to Request For NSS Ghana Certificate and The Requirements You Must Meet
EducationChacha - January 19, 2021
The government of Ghana requires that all graduates of Ghana origin should complete a one-year national service in their country. This law is not...
DStv Ghana Compact Channels and How It Differs From Compact Plus
ReviewsAdeola Seun - January 19, 2021
The true test of a product or service is its ability to cater to a wide range of customers regardless of socio-economic or financial...
How To Access UDS Student Portal in Ghana and The Things You Can Do On It
For the University for Development Studies students in Ghana, accessing their UDS student portal is very easy and requires users to follow a few...
All About Hungani Ndlovu's Young Marriage to Wife Stephanie Sandows Already Rocked by Cheating Scandal
Love & RomanceTyna - January 18, 2021
Relationships aren't without their individual ups and downs. Moreover, being under the watchful eyes of the public has been said to do more harm...
A Comparison of the Channels on DStv Ghana Family and Access Bouquets
EntertainmentAdeola Seun - January 18, 2021
DStv Ghana has a variety of packages because it recognizes that different customers have different entertainment needs. That means customers who cannot afford to...
Doreen Lioy – Facts About Richard Ramirez's Wife and Where She Is Today
Lesly Brown – Bio, 5 Key Facts You Need To Know About Pat Sajak's Wife
Elizabeth Barry – Bio, Family, Facts About Alex Smith's Wife
Chip Hailstone Biography, Net Worth and Children, Why Did He Go To Jail
60 Funny Things To Say To A Girl to Make Her Laugh
READ 10 Best African Movies of All Times (Classic)
Ini Edo Biography – Tracing the Age and Movies that Made the Nollywood Actress Famous
Adeola Seun - Modified date: January 17, 2021
For Ini Edo, the journey towards becoming one of the most recognizable faces in the Nigerian movie industry was not an easy one. Although...
Funke Akindele Biography – Insights Into the Real Age and Net Worth of the Jenifa's Diary Star
Funke Akindele has been a mainstay in the Nigerian film industry for over two decades and she is going nowhere anytime soon. She has...
A Look Into Warren Masemola's Family With Wife and Why Fans Thought He Was Gay
Uju - Modified date: December 7, 2020
The life of a celebrity is fraught with many stories, some of which might be true or false, and regardless of what the celebrity...
15 Ace Ghanaian Actors Who Got Their Big Break To Fame In Nollywood
Tyna - Modified date: January 9, 2021
The movie industries in Ghana (Ghollywood) and Nigeria (Nollywood) abound with numerous talented and creative individuals which the continent boasts of. Even though Ghollywood...
How Thembisa Mdoda's Marriage to Atandwa Kani Ended and Facts About Her New Husband
Chacha - Modified date: December 11, 2020
From being a radio DJ to working as a writer, presenter, actress, and singer, Thembisa Mdoda has come a long way in the South...
How Old Is Actress Rami Chuene and Why Did She Divorce Her Former Husband Tsepo Desando?
Rami Chuene is a bundle of talent in every sense of the phrase. She is one of South Africa's most celebrated actresses, as well...
© AnswersAfrica.com 2021.


text:
An ART HUB update – A Creative Endeavour That's Picking Up Speed
At the start of September we published a piece about mixed media artist Stacey Dallyn and her Creative Endeavour, the youth arts therapy programme ART HUB. Over the past month, Stacey and her team have been working with Opus and community services agency, PLEA, running a series of skateboard design workshops with sixty youths-at-risk. Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, things are going well. We caught up with her, alongside programme coordinator and digital marketer, Katrin Shein, to find out more.
Stacey's keen to tell us that since our last chat, they've been speaking with industry giants Thrasher Magazine. Through this new connection, professional skaters are getting involved, a success she believes stems from the fact they're doing something completely unique.
'I think we're coming at this from a different perspective than anyone's ever had. I know that's a really bold statement, but there's no right or wrong when it comes to art. It's not specific therapy. No one has a pen and paper. You're not being evaluated. You're kind of free to do whatever. And that's when conversation starts. Plus the skateboards are a medium the youth understand. It is a framework. We do it by bringing in products like paint cans and spray paint, which are mediums of their art.'
These are exciting times and moving forward, expansion's in the air. 'The more people we talk to about this, the more they're behind us. We received a big donation of used skateboards and we're sending them down to some artists to raise more awareness about what we're doing. You can take this idea anywhere – all you need is a board, some pens and some paint. Give a kid a skateboard and they'll understand the concept of it.'
Like any Creative Endeavour, the initial execution is just the start. Success and growth stem from generating interest and Katrin begins to explain what ART HUB's doing to spread the word. 'We're having a lot of conversations with a lot of different groups. Every day there's something new. There's someone new who wants to be a part of this.'
When we press for details, Stacey jumps in. 'My former job was as a fashion editor. To be an editor is to find talent, grow talent, showcase talent. This skill set is being applied to ART HUB. In a sense, we're just creating editorials. If you look at skateboarding, the skateboards go out to the youth and they create them. We have an e-commerce website which should be live by next week and we are asking artists to create boards that are going up for auction. A lot of other places are starting to reach out to us because we're getting noticed and our social media profile is spreading too.'
Eventually they envision ART HUB becoming 'a bit like an alternative Arts Umbrella': a place for youth to develop self-esteem – a nurturing, creative environment, supporting young people to reach their full potential.
Stacey describes how they plan on getting there. "We have to see how we can expand into more mediums. I imagine skateboarding will move into X, Y, Z and we'll just keep growing. Our ultimate goal is to have a big space, where the kids can create all different forms of art which we then market for them. We're currently looking for somewhere to lease but in the short term, we plan to sell off the website."
Accessing participants isn't easy, as Stacey is quick to admit. 'We're still trying to figure out how we can do it safely.' One route is through the skate shops and skating community. Both are extremely supportive, functioning as epicentres and meeting spots for many target youth. ART HUB also hopes to gain referrals through some of the local institutions teaching expressive arts, as well as developing existing relationships with Take A Hike Foundation and YWCA. 'We're learning fast. There are so many resources and so many incredibly talented youth workers who want to connect dots. It definitely feels like we're rising up to and beginning to overcome the challenges.'
Until recently, Stacey was financing everything herself but they're now registered as non-profit and are about to be granted charitable status. 'That's when we can go after our grants,' she explains. Things are currently ticking along with some backing Kat managed to obtain and the pair are confident they're in line to receive more. In the meantime Stacey concludes, 'I'm going to fund the work until we can fly. I really, really believe in this.'
Inspired to design your own skateboard? Check out our skateboard decks here.
We'll be hearing more from ART HUB alongside other voices in our next Creative Lives podcast, coming soon! The audible feature will explore different ways artists survive and realise their Creative Endeavours – expressing themselves, remaining true to vision and medium whilst surmounting the commercial pressure of getting work seen and sold.
Click on the link for more information on Art Hub
The Power of Art – 2022 Guide
Fine Art & Photo Printing