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Four Wrestling Agents Get Indiana Licenses
Associated Press – August 20, 1953
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana, only state which tries to control the quality of pro wrestling, has licensed four out-of-state booking office managers. Continue reading →
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Sam Muchnick: A Founder Of The 1-2-3 Club
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – August 4, 1996
By John M. McGuire
Just call them the guys.
What they call themselves is the 1-2-3 Club. They're a seasoned bunch. Continue reading →
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Muchnick And His Legend Going Strong At 90
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – August 28, 1995
By Bob Broeg
When Sam Muchnick's kids got around to honoring the old man the other night on his 90th birthday, they got a confirmation from a young man whose RSVP was most impressive. Hideaki Myaki came from Japan—at his expense.
Ichiban Myaki, a polite young entrepreneur, reflects the personal gate attraction of Sam the Man.
The latter is a jelly-bellied legend who ranks as one of my heroes. He's still romantic enough—or stupid enough — to wish that he'd never had to give up a humdrum financial existence as a sportswriter for riches as an outstanding wrestling promoter.
Muchnick's old newspaper, the Times, went out of business back in 1932 when it was bought by the rival Star. When the paper folded on a Thursday, Sam and his associates didn't get paid for the week's last two days.
Sam loved his six-season stint as a baseball writer most, but he also wrote a boxing-wrestling column called "In the Ring."
At the no-gifts party the other night, which was crafted by daughter Kathy for nearly 300 at the Ritz-Carlton, attorney friend Godfrey Padberg and Judge Joe Simione surprised Muchnick privately by giving him a photocopy of his first story in 1926 and his last in '32.
When Muchnick graduated from good-natured wrestling public-relations lackey to promoter after World War II, aided by dear late wife Helen, he became a paragon of what hustling national colleagues didn't have. That is, trust in each other.
For the next quarter-century, the National Wrestling Alliance burgeoned only because of the internationally respected man of integrity. That's an amusing juxtaposition, in view of the fact that wrestling even then had showmanship that often made it merely an exhibition rather than a legitimate contest.
Three times the shogun of American wrestling traveled to Japan for the good of the NWA. The third time, he wanted to meet a Japanese kid who had become his pen pal. All he could tell his television hosts in Tokyo was the boy lived in Osaka.
Japanese TV did the rest. When Muchnick got to Osaka, young Myaki met him. No, he hadn't heard the message, but a cousin at Okinawa had.
So dear Hidaeki was at ringside for a grinning greeting. And, as mentioned, he flew here 21 years later to honor a man who has more friends than just about any I've ever met.
Old friends and former champions Lou Thesz and Gene Kiniski came to honor him this time, but I'm sure many others would have. The man is, if you'll pardon the expression, all wool and a yard wide.
Over the years, I've spent as much time teasing Sam the Man as praising him. I ribbed him about looking like a Soviet spy when he wore a homburg, and even sent him a tyrolean hat from Austria.
As I said the other night, proud to be given the chance many would have liked, I came not to praise Muchnick or to bury him, either, but to tease him.
Yet I couldn't resist expressing my love for the old patron saint of the press box, a prince of a person, a man of all seasons with friends ranging from priests to rabbis, hoodlums to heroes, jockeys to judges.
When the Missouri state legislature recently honored him by resolution, one of the several "whereas" ranged his "associates" from Al Capone to Mae West, from Frank Lane—whom he'd once beat in a handball match—to the president he knew personally, Harry S Truman.
Of all the good things about the grand gaffer of grunt-and- groan—he hates that label even as much as he does modern mat histrionics—the greatest is his legacy from dear Helen.
He has two sons he didn't want to become promoters—Dick, the doctor, and Danny, the certified public accountant— and that dashing daughter — Kathy Muchnick Schneider, who can write as well as the old man.
After young Kate put together that shiny shindig, for which the doctor and the CPA honored her, Sam the Man Muchnick acknowledged a mistake. "Kathy wanted to be a promoter," Sam the Man said. "I should have let her."
See, as I always insist, Sam, you're only a chauvinistic pig.
Muchnick Rounds Up A Ringful Of Memories
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – June 11, 1995
By Dave Dorr
Sam Muchnick is standing in the kitchen of his 18th-floor Clayton condominium, thumbing through a stack of folders swollen with hundreds of photos he's collected. He can't find what he's looking for.
"I'm running out of space," he says, perplexed. He shrugs his shoulders.
All around him, in almost every room, the walls are filled with plaques, pictures, mementos. They allow Muchnick, now 89, to keep a close connection to his past.
Here's Muchnick in 1929, the sports writer from the old St. Louis Times, in Bradenton, Fla., then the site of Cardinals spring training, in a Redbirds uniform taking infield practice at third base.
Here's Muchnick in a 1979 photo, displaying a 1945 edition of his wrestling publication "In The Ring." The lead story announces the fact that Ed Virag and Roy Dunn will be the opponents in the feature match at Kiel Auditorium on the first card that Muchnick promoted.
"Here's Frankie Frisch, my favorite ballplayer. Here's Pepper Martin, shaving in the morning. This is in Honolulu. That's Lou Thesz, the wrestler, and his former wife. Here's Jack Buck. This is Mel Price, the congressman, and me in Florida for spring training arguing about something. That's me there. Here's Gabby Street. Oh, and here's Jesse Haines. . . . "
A plaque replicates a letter from President Harry S Truman on White House stationary, dated Sept. 10, 1948: "Dear Sam. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your courtesy in this matter. I hope to see you that evening."
The story behind the plaque: Truman was a U.S. senator from Missouri when Muchnick first met him in St. Louis.
Their paths crossed occasionally, and they came to know each other fairly well.
In 1945, Truman's plane had stopped at Scott Air Force Base to refuel. As it turned out, Muchnick was stationed in the base public relations office. An honor guard was formed to greet the president.
Muchnick was standing near the generals when the plane rolled to a stop, the door opened and Truman walked out to the steps. Looking down, Truman scanned the waiting group and spotted a familiar face. "Hi, Sam!" said Truman, waving. Muchnick beamed—and felt the eyes of every jealous general riveted on him.
By 1948, Muchnick's career as a professional wrestling promoter was beginning to take wing. He'd scheduled an event at Kiel Auditorium on a night that Truman wanted to speak during the presidential campaign race with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican nominee. A Democratic National Committee official asked Muchnick if he could resolve the conflict by moving his event to another day. Muchnick thought about it and replied, "Well, I've got a show. But for the president, I'll change it." And Truman responded with a letter of thanks.
When Muchnick retired in 1982, St. Louis saluted him for almost five decades as a wrestling promoter and the place he'd achieved in the area's sports spectrum. Former Mayor Vincent Schoemehl proclaimed Jan. 1, 1982, as Sam Muchnick Day. His wrestling shows at Kiel and at The Arena were a fixture for 37 years, beginning in 1945. They drew huge crowds. In 1959, Wrestling At The Chase, a televised event, made its debut. It was still going strong when Muchnick retired. He is a St. Louis sports icon.
Muchnick and pro wrestling were joined at the hip. He became pro wrestling's caretaker. In large part because of his integrity, pro wrestling flourished in America. Wrestlers and those who did business with Muchnick alike knew him down to his bones for his honesty.
He befriended many, wrestlers included. They continued to remember his friendship.
One former wrestler, Gene Kiniski, calls Muchnick every Saturday from Blaine, Wash., where he lives. Dick and
Pauline Esser, who were Muchnick's ticket agents for 40 years at their outlets at the Arcade Building and Adams Hat Store, bequeathed $49,000 to him.
Muchnick says, "When I asked them why, they told me, 'We made our money working for you and we're going to give you some of it.' "
While he made his name as a wrestling promoter, it was sportswriting that was his passion. He found it seductive. He traded a salary of $1,900 a year as a postal clerk in l926 to join the sports staff at the St. Louis Times for $20 a week. He was 20 years old.
To Muchnick, that job was the real deal, like finding himself alone in a stretch limo with Babe Ruth. Muchnick stayed at the St. Louis Times until 1932, when it merged with the St. Louis Star. Offered a position by the new management, he rejected it because it would have meant bumping a friend from the staff. Muchnick left and found his way into promotion.
During the period he traveled with the Cardinals in his job as a baseball writer he met celebrities and did the towns where the Cards were playing.
There was a romance to reporting that captivated him, this guy who was born in the Ukraine in 1905 of Jewish parents and given the Hebrew name of Jeshua (Jesus) Muchnick. His mother, Rebecca, once danced for Czar Nicholas II, the last Romanov ruler of Russia.
When Muchnick's father Saul, a factory worker, brought the family to St. Louis in 1911, he decided it wouldn't be proper to introduce his son as Jesus Muchnick. "Let's make you Sammy," he said.
Life in St. Louis was not easy early on for young Sam. It was a hardscrabble existence; a lot of scuffed knuckles. The family lived for a while in the old Kerry Patch neighborhood, an enclave of many ethnic backgrounds including Irish, German, Jewish, Italian and Polish. The Muchnicks were in a third-floor flat on Franklin Avenue, moving down one floor when Saul's paycheck increased. During the Depression, Sam contributed to the family finances by delivering vests to a tailor for $4 a week.
Now, he's the oldest former major league baseball writer in St. Louis, and one of two oldest nationally living who practiced the craft. (Charlie Segar of Sun City West, Ariz., a staff member at the old New York Mirror, is 91.)
From Muchnick's condo, he has an uninterrupted view of the Clayton skyline. But he's not one to sit and stare out the windows. He stays on the move.
On Mondays, he lunches at Maggie O'Brien's with the 1-2-3 Club, a group of St. Louis sports movers and shakers of which he was one of the founders. On Fridays, his lunch schedule takes him to English's Bar and Restaurant in Belleville—and has since 1964.
Muchnick doesn't cook. Since the death of his wife, Helen, in 1981, he has dined often in restaurants. Or his daughter, Kathie Schneider, will eat lunch with him at his condo several times a week. He has two sons, Dick, 45, a St. Louis physician; and Dan, 44, of Douglasville, Ga., a certified public accountant; and three grandchildren.
Muchnick underwent a two-way bypass in 1993. He has a balky knee but says, "As long as I walk straight I'm OK." He still has a phenomenal memory for names and dates. Muchnick is a gentle man with a bewitching smile that grows wider whenever he reaches back to dredge up anecdotes of pranks for which he was responsible. You sense that the pranks were one of life's basic pleasures for him, and that behind his smile there is more than he's telling.
He was nothing if not a tease. On a recent afternoon, he sat in a booth at Layton's in Clayton. This is the restaurant where he once had trapped a waitress by asking her for change.
"Sure," she told him, and, wanting to be polite to an elderly man, she didn't think before putting in the cash register a $3 bill Muchnick had given her. It bore President Bill Clinton's picture and was signed by Truman Capote.
Muchnick saw her again on his recent visit and called to her. But she recognized him and, feigning fluster, said, "Oh, no you don't!" Muchnick flashed her a cat-ate-the-canary smile, then began laughing.
More than any other role, it was Muchnick's guardianship of wrestling that won him critical respect.
In 1948, Muchnick and several of his fellow promoters formed at Waterloo, Iowa, the National Wrestling Alliance as a means of guaranteeing themselves the high-profile wrestlers for shows. Muchnick was the organization's president for 25 years.
He finds today's version of pro wrestling reprehensible. He calls it "a carnival." Others concur. Of Hulk Hogan, a current star who appears under the auspices of World Championship Wrestling, Lou Thesz says: "As an actor, I'll give him a 10. As a wrestler, I'll give him a 1 — or less."
Speaking of the thespian tendencies of pro wrestling — current and former versions—Muchnick says that the fact that results of matches were prearranged didn't bother fans at the old Kiel, especially women who jumped from their seats squealing and stuck hat pins into wrestlers they saw as villains. In fact, Muchnick went to newspapers in St. Louis in the early days of his promoting with hat in hand and a request: "I said I've got to be allowed a little showmanship or I won't draw flies," he recalls.
To the fans, wrestling was high drama. To Muchnick, the orchestration of matches was acceptable.
"A lot of people knocked it," he says. But "I'd say 75 percent of it was OK because I knew the best wrestlers were winning. You can't help it if two wrestlers get into the ring and make a deal among themselves."
In retrospect, Muchnick's life has had a certain elegance. His wide circle of acquaintances ranged from Al Capone to Mae West to Frank Lane, yet he'd give anything for one more interview with The Babe. Muchnick once got the best of Lane, who in 1956 became general manager of the Cardinals. In the late 1920s, when a greyhound track called the Madison Kennel Club was thriving on the East Side, Muchnick was challenged by Lane, then a race judge at the club, to a game of handball with a new suit as the stakes.
The match took place after the races at 2 a.m. at the National Gym, located at Sixth and Pine. Muchnick, describing himself as an ordinary player, won 21-20. Lane bought him a $150 suit—top of the line in fashion circles in those days.
Muchnick did his baseball writing in a bygone era when journalism didn't question or analyze as it now does. Still, the evolution of professional sports in America distresses Muchnick, who says, "The president of the United States is paid $200,000 a year and a .214 hitter is paid $750,000. Can't understand that."
During the 232-day baseball strike, Muchnick was asked what he thought about the owners. His answer: "I said they were the stupidest promoters in the world. And what about today's players? They charge for autographs."
Muchnick can remember Ruth, in a white linen suit, walking out of old Sportsman's Park and sitting down on a tree stump signing autographs for an hour for kids who were waiting for him. "Can you imagine ballplayers doing that today?" asks Muchnick, who always has had robust opinions—and the last word.
When arguing with his wife once, in exasperation at his know-it-all hidebound stubbornness, she blurted, "Who do you think you are, Jesus. …?" Muchnick didn't so much as blink. He replied, "Yes, I am."
The Remarkable, Ever-Popular Sam Muchnick
When President Harry S Truman stopped off at Scott Air Force Base while heading home to Independence, Mo., after World War II,military brass lined the landing strip, eager to meet and to shake hands with the man whose use of the atomic bomb had ended the bloodbath.
Truman stood at the door of the presidential plane, waving his hat in a friendly salute. To begin his greetings, he spied a dumpy, smiling sergeant standing at attention among the non-coms and said, "Hi, Sam."
Sam Muchnick, now 83, remains one of the friendliest faces on both sides of the river. The sportswriter-promoter-good will man-good guy symbolizes the nice things that can happen to a temperate man who always has seemed to rise above life's rat race.
At noon Friday in Belleville, barkeep-restaurateur Jack English will throw his annual, informal birthday lunch for Muchnick. As usual, politicians, newspapermen, old coaches and former athletes will pay their respect to good ol' "Tham" the lisping man.
It's a big year for Muchnick, if not for his beloved Cardinals, the club he covered in the pennant-winning seasons of 1930 and '31. He was a wrestling promoter for nearly 40 years and president of the National Wrestling Alliance for 25.
As a result, directors of the Missouri Athletic Club voted to extend to him a special meritorious-service award at the club's annual sports dinner, moved up to Nov. 2 from January.
The dinner will be a private party, highlighted by the announcement of a man or woman sports personality of the year.awerlabw Muchnick's appeal crosses economic and ecumenical borders. A Soviet-born Jew, Sam is closer to Catholic priests than to rabbis.
Sam still pines for the love of his life, Helen, 15 years younger, who died seven-plus years ago. Her death occurred 11 months before he sold his wrestling promotion.
His last crowd was a capacity 19,821 — "paid," he emphasized—on New Year's night 1982.
Although he hangs his hat in a fashionable Brentwood condominium, he skirts loneliness by spending more time on the street than a Fuller Brush salesman. He's a generous host and a good guest.
The kiss-and-makeup style engendered by Muchnick, a Central High graduate, was never more evident than when he headed the National Wrestling Alliance for a quarter-century. The alliance covered 40 states, four countries (Canada, Mexico, Japan and Australia) and had European agreements.
Now? The alliance is gone, and wrestling, always a circus, has degenerated into a chamber of horrors. Said the revolted Muchnick, "I think Lou Thesz could beat Hulk Hogan right now, and Lou's 72."
If there's one thing I like about Muchnick,s it's his ranking journalism as second only to medicine among the professions. "Without the newspaper," he has said more than once, "crooked politicians could run amok at all levels, local and national."
Muchnick got into the newspaper game unusually. A $1,900-a-year postal clerk, he entered a nationally syndicated contest to pick the All-Star teams that had considerable appeal from the '20s and into the '30s. For finishing third in 1925 — "I still think Frank Frisch should have been at third base rather than Ozzie Bluege"—he received $25 from the Post-Dispatch and an invitation to write what he thought the Cardinals and Browns needed for '26.
For the Redbirds, Sam listed a right fielder and a pitcher as a top need. They got both, Billy Southworth and Grover Cleveland Alexander, and their first pennant. By then, at the recommendation of Post-Dispatch sports editor John Edward Wray, Muchnick had sought and gained a sportswriting job at the old St. Louis Times.
"At a pay cut to 20 bucks a week," he recalled, grinning. When the Times went under in the Depression summer of 1932, Muchnick rejected a chance to go to New York and, also, turned down a job from old boss Sid Keener, then at the merged Star-Times. There, he would have had to take a friend's job.
So as a combination boxing-wrestling columnist, he wound up in public relations for promoter Tom Packs. Ultimately, he promoted successfully on his own, including the most recent boxing championship bout in St. Louis, welterweight Don Jordan over St. Louis' Virgil Akins in 1959.
But here I am running out of space without having told how Sam met Al Capone; how he beat Frank Lane in handball for a suit of clothes; how friend Ray Steele beat King Levinsky in a 35-second mixed wrestling-boxing match; and how Sam chickened out on a chance to play left field for the Cardinals in an exhibition game in '29 so he could drink Prohibition beer with a couple of pitchers; and how he loved to pull pranks on comic Lou Costello and others.
But maybe I'd be stepping on Muchnick's lines when he accepts the meritorious award from the MAC.
Tagged NWA, Sam Muchnick
Years Can't Pin Down 'Mr. Wrestling'
By Tom Wheatley
On Wednesday, Sam Muchnick turns 85 lovable years old. It's impossible to estimate how much good will Mr. Wrestling has kicked up since entering this earthly ring on Aug. 22, 1905, in the Ukraine.
Sam's enthusiasm preceded Day One, which is how he came to be born in the Soviet Union instead of St. Louis. "My mother had gone back to the Ukraine to visit her sister, and I came two months early," Sam said. "I was a seven- month baby."
With that head start, he grew up to be a gentleman and a scholarly promoter. He ran pro wrestling and boxing shows here for 50 years, minus three years when he and former Cardinal Terry Moore helped the Army keep Panama free in World War II.
Pro grappling in the post-Cyndi Lauper era has degenerated into a pay-per-view cable spectacle. Under Sam, the body slams and pile drivers were more humanistic. He liked wrestlers and wrestling fans.
In sports today, owners and promoters seem to want all they can grab. Ticket-gouging is more common than all the eye-gouging ever done by George "The Animal" Steele.
Sam's Promotional Lesson No. 1: The customer is always No. 1.
"If I saw an usher idling at a show, I'd say, 'Hey, take care of these people,' " Sam said. "Taking care of the customers is the most important thing in promotions. I didn't believe in gouging fans. If I ran any pro sport today, the first thing I'd do is cut prices."
Sam is a reformed sportswriter. He was clerking for the post office in 1926 when he caught the eye of Post-Dispatch sports editor Ed Wray.
"They had a contest where Babe Ruth picked his All-Star team and you had to try to pick it along with him," Sam said. "I finished second.
One guy had all the same picks. I missed one. I had Frankie Frisch on third base and Babe had Ossie Bluege."
As runner-up, Sam got to write an article for the Post on what the Cards and Browns must do to win in '26.
"I said the Browns didn't have a chance," Sam said, "but if the Cards could get a right fielder and another pitcher, they would win. Later on, they got Billy Southworth to play right, and then they got Grover Cleveland Alexander from the Cubs to pitch.
"They won the pennant, and Mr. Wray remembered that. He said, 'You should be a sport writer, but my staff is filled.' So I applied to Sid Keener, sports editor of the St. Louis Times."
Lesson No. 2: Money is not No. 1.
Sam's starting salary as a reporter was $20 a week. That was almost a 50 percent cut from his post office job, which paid $1,900 a year. Sam loved hobnobbing with newspaper types, such as Red Smith of the St. Louis Star. "Red was one of the greatest sport writers of all time," Sam said, "but I scooped him once."
Sam wrote that Bill Walker of the New York Giants had agreed to pitch batting practice for the Cards before the '31 World Series. Walker, from East St. Louis, was a top lefty. Smith's boss told him by wire of Sam's scoop.
Smith wired back: "Nothing to it. One of Muchnick's pipedreams."
Lesson No. 3: You can't place a price on a good friendship.
When the Star merged with the Times in '32, Sam could have stayed. "They wanted me to replace a friend of mine, so I turned it down," he said.
Tom Packs, a local wrestling promoter, heard that Sam was loose. "I was up to 50 bucks a week at the paper," Sam said. "He offered me 60."
After the war, Sam married his fiancee, Helen, and began promoting on his own. Wrestlers knew Sam's word was better than any written contract.
Lesson No. 4: Be true in advertising.
It was Sam who coined the term "exhibitions" for his extravaganzas. "And if there were changes in the card, I'd immediately announce it, even if it hurt the gate," Sam said. "The people pay to see a certain guy. If he isn't there, you should say so."
Sam dislikes the current order, or lack thereof, in pro wrestling. He banned fighting outside the ring and assaults on refs, and he hates matches drawn on racial lines.
Lesson No. 5: Hype has its limits.
It was Sam who revolutionized wrestling by restoring old wrestling holds and concocting new ones.
"Sure, you had to have a little showmanship," he said. "The people wanted it. But the wrestlers prided themselves on their wrestling. They'd say, 'This guy can go,' or 'This guy can't go.' Now, I don't want to take a slap at it, but it's just entirely different."
Sam retired on Jan. 1, 1982, at age 76. His final show at The Arena drew more than 21,000 fans—"the paid crowd was 19,821," he said—and 2,000 more were turned away.
Sam and Helen, who died in 1981, raised three children. One son is a doctor and the other is an accountant. Their daughter edits a magazine.
Sam had financial rewards, too. "I did all right," said Sam, who lives in Clayton and is still spry. "I still get out and jump around a lot," he said. "I have a lot of friends."
And Mr. Wrestling won them with a soft touch, not a strong arm.
Brisco Wins World Title
The Houston Post – July 21, 1973
Oklahoma's Jack Brisco became the first man to win the world's heavyweight wrestling title in a Houston ring since 1942 when he scored a sensational three fall victory over Harley Race in Sam Houston Coliseum Friday night.
The last time the title changed hands here Bobby Managoff beat Canada's Yvon Robert in November of 1942. Before that, Bronko Nagurski defeated Louis Thesz here June, 1939.
Race had won the title from Dory Funk, Jr., in Kansas City on May 24, ending Funk's four-year reign. Before Friday's match, Race was given a new $10,000 gold belt by National Wrestling Alliance president Sam Muchnick, but Brisco's win took the belt from Race before he had a chance to wear it.
Brisco was born in Oklahoma and went to high school in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He was all-state fullback, but also top wrestler in the state and when he went to OklahomaState, he passed up football to become National Intercollegiate champion, with an undefeated record.
Brisco led during the majority of the first fall. But the wily Race survived to slam Brisco to the mat and take the opening fall in just over 12 minutes.
Brisco threw everything he had into evening the score. He caught Race in his leg breaker, forcing the man who held the belt to submit.
When they came out for the final fall, Brisco set the pace. When Race threw Brisco into the ropes, expecting to toss him into the air for a back drop, they hit, with Brisco coming high. The move knocked Race down with Brisco on top and the fall was scored to the new National Wrestling Alliance champion.
Tagged Bobby Managoff, Bronko Nagurski, Dory Funk, Harley Race, Jack Brisco, Jr., Lou Thesz, NWA, Sam Muchnick, Yvon Robert


Artists David Souter and Nigel Ingram, who studied together at the University of Sussex, are reunited in an exhibition at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts in Chichester.
They will be holding a sale of their work just before Christmas, from November 22–December 4, with the emphasis on affordable prices for paintings and prints.
degree at least 45 years ago. David then went onto The Royal College of Art and Nigel, The Royal Academy of Arts.
After a catch-up over a glass of wine they decided to celebrate by staging a joint exhibition.
As both are in the process of moving studios, they decided to offer an exhibition of affordable paintings and prints. It will be a wide-ranging exhibition, showcasing the myriad of talents of these two established artists, David said.
David and Nigel are both contemporary artists. They have work in private collections throughout the UK and Europe. Both artists take inspiration from extensive travelling.
David is an artist who explores different approaches to his work. The majority of his subject matter relates to his travels, where he lives and of particular interest are New York,London, beaches and boats. He has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe, has won awards and has work in private collections. He has lived most of his life in London and now lives in the centre of Chichester, where his studio is situated.


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Sanchez Proves To Be Idol's "Dreamgirl"
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Tom Castaneda
The American Idol finale may be two weeks away… But that didn't stop Jessica Sanchez from coasting to the finish line. Instead, the pint-sized phenom performed like a champion.
During Wednesday's night two-hour episode, the 16-year-old half-Mexican singer seemed to be taking the motto "go big or go home" to heart by performing the iconic music of two divas: Etta James and Jennifer Holliday.
For her first performance—dedicated to songs from artists or bands from California or tracks about The Golden State—Sanchez performed a rousing rendition of Etta James' "Steal Away." Sitting atop a piano and dressed in a black and white top and pants with blue accessories, including a pair of sparkling earrings, Sanchez growled and rasped her way through the songs like a seasoned pro.
"You just nailed that," declared Idol judge Steven Tyler, while Randy Jackson proclaimed, "Your vocals are ridiculous." Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez complimented Sanchez on her grownup growl.
"It was in full effect tonight, by the way," said la Lopez. "That was crazy, crazy, crazy some of the things you did in there."
Later, Sanchez returned to the Idol stage to perform The Bangles' "Eternal Flame" with fellow finalist Hollie Cavanagh, looking angelic while swinging on white fabric.
"You both have sweetness and you both have power," said Lopez after Sanchez and Cavanagh duet, which received a standing ovation from the audience. "And I think showed up both of those things in that song."
Then Sanchez and Cavanagh joined the other finalists, Joshua Ledet and Phillip Phillips, to perform Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl like You."
But it was Sanchez's last performance, as part of the "Songs I Wish I Wrote" theme, which proved to be the night's most impressive.
Dressed in a color-block dress with a single sleeve, Sanchez tackled a monster song, Jennifer Holliday's "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going," a song that helped former American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson win an Academy Award. From the get-go, Sanchez wowed the audience with her mesmerizing rendition of the emotional tune that she's been singing since she was 7—and earned a much-deserved standing ovation from the judges.
"With a performance like that… there's just nothing to say," confessed Lopez, who called Sanchez's performance a "real moment." "Your vocal ability, it's not something that you see all the time."
Meanwhile, Jackson complimented Sanchez on taking such a big risk.
"This is one of the hardest songs in the world to sing… It's been sung like crazy on this stage," explained Jackson. "And, you know what, you got up there and you just slayed it!"
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I don't cry – well, not very often, and usually only at sad movies or touching commercials. It's rare that I feel safe enough (or out of control enough) to cry when it counts. Yet, here I sit at work and tears are leaking from my eyes, as if of their own accord. I take long, shaky breaths, trying to calm the tears – to let them know that this is not the place or time. And it works – for a few moments I feel almost normal as I work on my tasks – and then I feel new moisture on my cheek – a tiny rivulet threatening to turn into a raging torrent. Be calm – I think as I close my eyes and breathe – it will pass, it will get better.
I've never given much credence to the "count your blessings" school of thought. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for many things in my life – but I don't consciously list them very often. I remember hearing Oprah Winfrey talk about keeping a gratitude journal and how it would change my life to write down five things I was grateful for each day. I never did it – it seemed almost self-indulgent and a little bit silly. Then, when I started blogging, I noticed that a lot of bloggers often posted the ten things they were thankful for. I read their lists with interest – but again, I didn't join in.
But today, I'm feeling sad and rather hopeless – and I wonder if focusing on the positive things in my life might be helpful and remind me that there is more to life than this one, particularly sad situation. So, if you'll indulge me…I'll give it a go.
1) I'm grateful for my children. I'm so lucky that, despite my personal emotional damage and the numerous times I fucked up, they turned out to be such wonderful people! They are all smart, witty, and share my slightly warped sense of humor, and I'm incredibly lucky that they seem to like spending time with me as much as I enjoy spending time with them!
2) I have the most wonderful granddaughter in the world! I was leery about being a grandma – it made me feel old and I don't love easily. But from the moment I saw this child emerge from her mother's womb, I had a deep, burning, protective attachment to her. I would kill or be killed for this tiny girl. She lives far away from me and I miss her every single day.
Wouldn't you also miss this face everyday?
3) I'm thankful for my job. If you know anything about my work and employer that may shock you – but while I may not love the actual work and I would, more often than not, like to throttle my supervisor, I'm appreciative that I have a steady job with good benefits when so many others do not. I'm also grateful that I'm in a position where I have my own area with a little bit of privacy – allowing me to work on personal tasks when there is downtime – and where I can cry a bit if I need to and no one will see (or if they do, my coworkers are cool enough to pretend they don't).
4) I love nature – it may sound trite, but some of the best moments in my life are when I'm enjoying a wonderful view – after hiking to the top of a mountain, bathed by the light of the full moon, or while sitting on a warm beach. I adore nature's aromas — the fragrance of jasmine, coming from seemingly nowhere, the smell of pine while walking through a deep forest, or the sharp scent of rain, just as it begins to hit hot sidewalks on a summer's day. The nearest I come to meditating is when I'm surrounded by all nature has to offer.
5) I'm grateful that I'm physically strong, relatively healthy, and that my mind is sharp. I have my physical and psychological problems, but when I see the patients who come into the medical building where I work – patients who cannot walk, have twisted or missing limbs, who need oxygen to survive, or who are desperately dependent on drugs and alcohol – I'm so thankful that my medical issues are not severe, only periodic, and more annoying than debilitating. I'm glad that I can climb mountains, carry my granddaughter, learn new things, and find happiness in my life.
Hmmm…perhaps there is something to this gratitude thing. I do feel better now – more focused on what is right in my life rather than just on that particular sad situation. My tears have dried, my breath is even, I'm thinking about going hiking in the mountains this weekend instead of staying cooped up in the house. Tomorrow is a new day – perhaps I'll carefully bank my tiny ember of hope and give it some time. Maybe, with some care, it might flare again.
your granddaughter is so pretty she doesn't even look real! She looks like one of those porcelain dolls. Gorgeous.
Thanks for the good thoughts, Beth. I agree about my grandbaby (of course, what kind of grandma would I be if I didn't?) — just looking at her face makes me smile, no matter how blue I am!
As you do so many times and not always know you do it, you have voiced how I have been feeling recently. You have also given me the kick up the rear end I needed. I to have alot to be grateful for.
Chin up girl! You are a survivor! This to shall pass!
I don't know what is going on but I hope you are feeling a little bit better. Practicing gratitude always makes me feel better too. And meditating. I don't know what is going on lately. It seems like everyone is having a hard time.
I am feeling better tonight — bawling and writing are cathartic, I guess. However — I DO want to try meditating. I just don't know if I get my chaotic mind to quiet down enough to do it.
This is so well-written, but I'm sorry you were feeling down Jana! I feel most at peace when I'm surrounded by trees. I hope you get your hike and that it refreshes you.
Awww Steph — thank you! I've got my hike all planned for this weekend and I'm taking one of my great kids with me!
You're physically strong, relatively healthy and your mind is sharp? Well, then, you've got me beat!!!
I love this. I feel a real kinship with you. I don't love easily, either…but when I do it is fierce.
Michelle, I feel the same towards you! We must meet someday — we'll probably discover we are long lost twins or something! I'll be at BlogHer in July if you happen to be going!
I think getting out of the house for a bit would help tremendously. I get depressed when I'm inside all the time—I need to be out in the sunshine and see people.
That is SO true! I've actually been trying to be more social — it's kind of out of my comfort zone, but my goal for this year was to do things that are not the "norm" for me.
Definitely bank that ember of hope, Jana. Sometimes that is all we can do. Just hunker down and get through it, knowing there is another side to it all. I'm sorry that you're feeling this way and I do hope that things start to look up. You are very right about the gratitude thing– I've found it to be so effective that sometimes I avoid it just so I can wallow more… that's when I know I need to do it most. Good thoughts your way!
Well, I had an excellent wallow — I actually disconnected from everything (including writing) for over a week. I think it may have been helpful to decompress and take stock, but I'm glad I'm feeling creative again!
That's good, I'm glad to hear you're "back." Wallows can be painfully necessary.
Kismet and I missed it! Now then Jana, won't you link this next weekend?
and now I find this brutiful post.
ach. I hope you're feeling better now…and SO glad the gratitude helped.
Love, LOVE your writing Lizzi! I'm glad you decide to tackle the whole Urban Fantasy thing — with great results! Thanks for your good wishes, I'm doing better now!


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A: Envelope your InputStream and OutputStream with a DataInputStream and a DataOutputStream. These classes have the method you need

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Porsches for Sale
One 1973 911T saved from the replica route
Story by Zachary Mayne
Photos by Zachary Mayne
I have always loved the early 911s, especially the early '70s models," says Colorado native Justin Erion. "I love their simplicity — basically a motor and four wheels. They're light and nimble, with classic 'form follows function' styling."
Erion knows something about function, having built a Sports Car Club of America GT2 racer out of a 911 SC. It has held a lap record in its class at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah for a couple of years now (Excellence September 2006). Four years ago, he was presented with the opportunity to buy a fairly rough 911T with low miles.
"I acquired the car, believe it or not, from a friend who owned an auto pawn business," he reveals. The price was right and the 911 appeared to be complete. "It was in running condition but cosmetically worn and faded, yet nice enough to believe the (claimed) 89,000 miles." It was a deal Erion couldn't pass up, especially since he has fond memories of Porsche's 911T.
"My first introduction to Porsches was when I was four years old and my father brought home a brand-new 1972 911T in Aubergine," says Erion as we admire his Gold Metallic 911T in the sparkling morning sunlight. Fittingly, it's parked in front of his parent's garage; Erion has enduring memories of his dad's Aubergine T.
"I remember being able to push it by myself a few feet while it was in the driveway — and the sound the engine made," he says. Erion also remembers an errant jaunt around the neighborhood on his tricycle. At just five years old, he was already developing a healthy appreciation for the freedom a set of wheels can bring. "I think I was out chasing some neighborhood girls around." He laughs. "My dad had to come find me." A few minutes after Justin had pedaled around the corner in pursuit of the fairer sex, his father pulled up in the 911T — ending Justin's first solo road trip.
While his father's 911T clearly left a big impression, Erion had other ideas for his own T: "My first thoughts were to build a really nice RS or RSR replica for street and track events for my wife, Marcie." The 911 was delivered to Arvid Unterseher of Classic Restorations in nearby Longmont so it could be stripped and any rust could be repaired before flares were welded on.
As Erion researched the car, however, he started to question his plan. "I discovered that, in '73, Gold Metallic was available only by customer special order — and that this car was ordered with many desirable options such as green-tinted glass, a leather steering wheel, Fuchs alloys, full S trim, and a front anti-roll bar." There was also a radio and antenna and what seemed to be the comfort package with more luxurious carpeting, heavy duty sound deadening, and rear defroster.
Erion noticed something else about the car, too: "No sunroof and no A/C led me to believe it was ordered by a true Porsche enthusiast wanting just a few options but nothing that would really affect performance. At least I like to think that's why the original owner opted not to add them, as it is how I'd have ordered it. I hate sunroofs."
The front and rear bumpers had small, black metal bumperettes instead of the larger rubber bumperettes seen on so many 1973 911s. That's because this was one of the earlier 1973 911s, which made its way down the assembly line in late 1972. There are other interesting differences, says Erion: "Being built in the later half of '72, it still has metal tabs in the right rear wheel well for mounting the '72 oil-cooler apparatus."
When he consulted the Porsche Technical Specification booklet as well as Patrick C. Paternie's Porsche 911 Red Book, he found there were only 1,252 1973 911Ts made with MFI before the switch to Bosch CIS fuel injection. "Surprisingly, there were almost 200 more 911S models produced for the 1973 model year, making this 1973 911T with MFI rarer than the coveted 911S," says Erion.
The more research he did, the more he was convinced the right thing to do was to restore the 911 rather than turn it into a hot rod. Plus, he had never done a proper restoration and relished the challenge. "I decided it would be just as fun to have a car done to concours level," explains Erion, who initialy equates his decision to a descent down a slippery slope, then says it was "more of a cliff from which I leapt."
Those familiar with restoring vintage cars know that restoring one correctly is usually more difficult than simply turning the car into a hot rod. It's a lot easier (and often cheaper) to work with what you have or add incorrect parts than it is to track down obscure, new-old-stock (NOS) or pristine used, date-correct components. As most who choose this "high" road tend to, Erion got quite an education: "I had no idea what this was going to take in terms of time and money. But I was committed to doing the project right, regardless."
The first step was tackling the paint and bodywork. Recalls Erion: "We found that it was very straight, with no accidents and (it) only required some of the usual rust repairs. It had some rust in the front suspension-pan area, which we replaced with parts from a rust-free 1973 911, and a little behind the driver's side door striker in the left-rear wheel area."
After the 911's shell was stripped to bare metal and its problem areas were rectified, it was resprayed in its original Gold Metallic, paint code #140. While he normally isn't a fan of gold cars, Erion has come to appreciate the shade. During the reassembly process, new glass was installed all around with the exception of the rear quarter glass, which he says can no longer be sourced as new with green tint.
When it came time to tackle mechanical aspects, Erion found himself at something of a crossroads. In original spec, a mechanically fuel-injected 2.4T pumped out a modest 140 bhp at 5700 rpm. That's an adequate amount of power, but it's certainly not scintillating. And while the restoration he was performing was diligently faithful to how it rolled out of the factory, the idea of a stock 911T engine left him a little, well, cold.
"The end goal was to have a car that in all visible areas was an exact replica of how the car was delivered," he says. "That said, I just could not bring myself to spend what I knew was going to be a lot of time and money on a concours-quality restoration and then rebuild the motor and gearbox to the same old 2.4T specs."
The 7R crankcase that the T's engine is based on was also used as the basis for the 2.7-liter flat six in 1973's iconic 911 Carrera RS. And, notes Erion, if you are already spending the money for a fully rebuilt 2.4-liter T, it only costs a few thousand dollars more to build an RS-spec 2.7. "The RS motor uses the same camshafts, cylinder heads, and intake size as the 2.4 S. The only real difference between a 2.4 S and a 2.7 RS are larger pistons and a different space cam in the MFI pump — that and the incredible sound of a 2.7 RS with MFI running through the rev range making its 210 horsepower."
The case was sent off to Competition Engineering in Lake Isabella, California, where it was machined for oil-system updates and a larger Carrera oil pump. By the time it came back, Erion had sourced new Mahle 2.7 RS pistons and cylinders as well as a set of used 911S cylinder heads. The heads were rebuilt with some mild porting and valve work, and would house a new set of 911S camshafts.
The Bosch mechanical fuel injection was converted to RS specs with a reconfigured injection pump as well as reworked throttle bodies, velocity stacks, and injectors. The engine breathes through SSI stainless-steel heat exchangers that lead to a stainless-steel Dansk muffler painted gray to look similar to the 911T's original muffler. The engine was reassembled with its original hardware, freshly cad-plated.
The 915 five-speed gearbox was sent to GBox in nearby Boulder, Colorado. It was restored inside and out, gaining new internals, gearing to RS Touring specifications, and a new limited-slip differential.
In keeping with the theme of originality in all visible areas, the suspension was completely rebuilt to original specs with new bushings, bearings, seals, and newly cad-plated hardware where applicable. New Bilstein dampers re-valved to RS specs were installed in the Boge front strut housings. In the rear, black-painted Bilsteins replaced the original Boges. The same methodology was applied to the brakes, where every component, down to the bleed screws on the calipers, was replaced, restored, or re-plated.
When Erion sent five Fuchs alloy wheels to Harvey Weidman at Weidman's Wheels in Oroville, California he got a positive response. "According to Harvey, it was the first time he'd ever seen five wheels with the same date stamps that were all straight and did not need truing," recalls Erion. Once the wheels and their center caps were refinished, they were wrapped in a set of Coker replicas of Michelin's XWX 185/70VR15s.
Originally, this 911T came with a rich-looking Brown interior. However, the intervening years had not been kind: The dash was cracked, the carpet and upholstery faded. Looking around the interior today, there are more NOS parts than you can shake a torsion bar at — including the shift knob, heater controls, door pockets, and turn-signal arm, to name just a few. There's also a NOS dash with the correct speaker grill, while all five gauges were faithfully rebuilt by North Hollywood Speedometer. There is one tweak, however: The tachometer is redlined to RS 2.7 specs.
"Using all or as many NOS parts as possible was a much bigger job than I ever expected in terms of the amount of time spent researching the 1972 and 1973 model years and then tracking down those parts," reflects Erion. In other words, he quickly discovered that restoring a 911 with new parts involves more than just throwing your checkbook at the project.
For instance, sourcing the correct carpet and upholstery for the seats and other interior panels proved to be a challenge. Erion found some unfaded carpet in the interior, samples of which were sent to Einmalig in California, which in turn sent the samples to its network of distributors in the hope of finding a match.
"After several months of looking and waiting, one supplier in Germany finally came up with a bolt of the correct carpet," explains Erion. The carpeting was handed over to John's Auto Upholstery in Longmont, Colorado, where a kit was made up based on the original carpeting.
The seats and side panels had originally been upholstered in vinyl, but the only matching material Erion could locate was real leather, so the Porsche received something of an upgraded interior. The interior refurbishment also included a new horn button and a re-covered steering wheel.
"There are only two things that were left alone and are in their original condition — the wiring harness and the seat hinges," says Erion, who says the fact that the seat hardware is unrestored is his only regret. And, when I train my camera on them, I can see why: Their patina stands out against so many nearby components that look brand new. It's something Erion says he may rectify down the road.
It's the smallest of nit-picks, though. The results of the time and effort that went into Erion's T are apparent in person. And though Gold is not a favorite color of mine on any car, there's no denying that the shade is stunning. Overall, the car looks like 1973 all over again. Peering into the engine compartment, I can't help but blurt out, "It looks brand new!"
"Well, it should," responds Erion. Now that his T is restored, he can start driving it — if he can just find the courage. "Right now, I just look at it in the garage for its artistic quality. I'm afraid to damage it or even get it dirty…which really goes against my philosophy, as I am really not a garage trophy kind of guy. I think that, as time goes on, I will forget just how much time, energy, and money I have invested in the car and start driving it in anger."
The culmination of the restoration also means Erion can turn his attention to the 1970 911E project sitting in the garage. "I haven't decided what to build yet, but it won't be a concours project!" he says. Let's just hope it doesn't have a rare and desirable list of options.
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We have different size boxes that we will use for your order, so ordering cases of any bags of snacks is not necessary.
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HISTORY ABOUT OLD DUTCH FOODS: "Old Dutch Foods, Inc." was founded as "Old Dutch Products Co." in 1934, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Potatoes were peeled, sliced, and fried, by one man, in his home. The finished product was hand packaged and the chips were then distributed and sold to the retail trade from his passenger car. By 1937 the business had grown enough to require larger quarters and operations were moved to a building at 412 So. Third Street, in Minneapolis. At that time Old Dutch employed about 25 people. During World War II the company name was changed to "Old Dutch Foods", to identify itself with the food industry, largely due to the fact that it was often confused with the unrelated nationally advertised household cleanser, "Old Dutch Cleanser". Old Dutch Foods added to its manufacturing facilities and sales territory in 1952 by purchasing the potato chip division of "Potato Products Co.", in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. This plant operated until 1983. In 1955, Old Dutch Foods began doing business with a Canadian candy and tobacco company in Winnipeg, Manitoba to distribute its products in Canada. This business grew rapidly and in 1959 Old Dutch opened a plant in Winnipeg to manufacture for the Canadian market. The Canadian company became known as "Old Dutch Foods, Ltd." in 1968. The United States company was incorporated under the name "Old Dutch Foods, Inc." in 1967. In 1968, Old Dutch Foods, Inc. moved its Minneapolis operation to a new plant, warehouse and office building in Roseville, Minnesota. It continues to operate from this facility and a new corn product production facility in St. Anthony, Minnesota. Today Old Dutch employs about 480 people at the United States office, plants and sales departments. By 1970, its Canadian business had expanded enough to require construction of a second plant in Calgary, Alberta. Today its Winnipeg and Calgary plants plus a corn production plant, in Airdrie, Alberta, produce Old Dutch products for distribution to all of western Canada. Old Dutch Foods, Inc. manufactures Potato Chips, Kettle Cooked Potato Chips, Popcorn, Tortilla Chips, and distributes other snack foods including: Dips, Salsas, Corn Chips, Pretzels, Nuts, Low/Reduced/No Fat Snacks, Bac'N'Puffs, Crunchy Curls, Caramel Corn, Meat Sticks and Puffcorn Curls. Its distribution area covers Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and parts of Illinois, and Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana. Old Dutch distributes its products via 200 company owned routes and several independent distributors. Old Dutch, Ltd. manufactures and distributes Potato Chips, Kettle Chips, Tortilla Chips, Corn Chips, Popcorn, and Extruded Snacks. Old Dutch also distribute PartyMix/Snack Mix, Low/Reduced/ No Fat Snacks, Trail Mix, Meat Snacks, Pretzels, Nuts, Dip Mixes, Salsa, Pellet Based Snacks, and Pork Rinds. Old Dutch products are distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, the Yukon Territory, and the Northwest Territory in Canada. Old Dutch distributes through approximately 250 dedicated distributor routes and through other independent distributors. The Canadian operation employs about 915 people.


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Zombieland Sequel Possibly Named in Teaser Poster, Rosario Dawson Joins Cast
It seems like the new film may be titled Zombieland: Double Tap.
January 29 2019, 7:10 PM EST
With all of the social media 10-year challenges going on, it was only fitting for others to jump on the bandwagon as well. The team behind Zombieland did just that and in the process revealed our very first teaser for the upcoming sequel, showing off the cast a decade later and revealing what just might be the name of the movie, although that much has yet to be confirmed in any official capacity.
Either way, this is your first look at what may or may not be titled Zombieland: Double Tap. See below for the tweet from the official account for the movie and speculate away!
#10YearChallenge? Challenge Accepted. #Zombieland2 pic.twitter.com/cA1DL1bVZQ
— Zombieland (@Zombieland) January 29, 2019
Whether this look at the cast also doubles as a title reveal remains to be seen, as the "Double Tap" placement falls in line with the tagline from the first movie's poster, but it does seem likely that this will be the name of the sequel. Regardless, it's fun to sneak a peek at the stars from the first film back in character once more, although only our youngest cast member looks much different, admittedly.
In addition, Deadline has reported that the wonderful Rosario Dawson has been added to the cast of the sequel, joining original stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, as well as fellow newcomers Zoey Deutch and Avan Jogia. You may recognize Dawson from pretty much every Marvel Netflix show, Sin City, and Clerks II, among plenty of other prominent roles over the years.
Ruben Fleischer is returning to the director's chair while the first film's screenwriters, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, penned the new script as well. Production on Zombieland 2 is slated to begin this week and the film is scheduled to hit theaters on October 11th, 2019. Stay tuned for all of the latest updates on the sequel here on Dead Entertainment.


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Smartphones may be delayed by a new outbreak of coronavirus
Due to covid restrictions in Shanghai, three major factories (Pegatron, Quanta and Compal) that assemble devices for Apple have been halted. Orders were diverted to Foxconn production lines.
But this option may not work. The fact is that the Chinese city of Zhengzhou recently imposed a local quarantine. The Chinese were sent to self-isolation, forbidding them to leave their homes. It is in the economic zone of the Zhengzhou airport, where the largest Foxconn plant for the assembly of iPhones is located. It is highly likely that it will suspend production of Apple smartphones. Earlier, Foxconn had to stop conveyors at its own plant in Shenzhen due to quarantine restrictions.
Experts say it's important for Apple to limit everything to a 2-week quarantine. Suspension for a longer period threatens failure to meet the production plan and disruption of the sales plan. The worst-case scenario is a 2-month quarantine and the inability to redirect orders to Foxconn. In this case we are talking about the production of about 6-10 million iPhones.
Foxconn recently began producing the latest generation of iPhones for Apple at its Chennai, India plant. At the same time, the production of the Pro-version has not yet started in the country.
According to iDropNews, Apple has begun planning a new pricing policy related to the fall release of the iPhone 14 line.
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Q: Mobile menu works on local XAMPP, but not on GoDaddy The following problem is confined to mobile views of this website. The non-mobile menu works fine.
For the life of me I can't figure out why, all things being equal -- except that my localhost is a Windows machine running XAMPP, and my remote host is GoDaddy WordPress LAMP hosting with SSL -- why the mobile menu does not work on the remote server, but does work on my local laptop server.
The code is identical. The js is identical. I've disabled (but re-enabled) the plugins to see if a plugin was the source of the problem, but there aren't many plugins, and there doesn't seem to be a conflicting plugin.
Even the resulting html output between the remote installation and the local installation is identical. I can switch tabs (in Chrome) and compare the developer panel, inspect elements, toggle the menu hamburger to see the changes between "toggle-on" and "aria-expanded=true", and I see no difference.
According to Chrome's element inspector, even though I can't actually see the menu, I can see that the container collapses and expands when you click the button. The developer element inspector shows that all the elements are there, they are just "invisible".
The two installations are identical, except for the url differences:
https://joyful-birthing.com
http://joyful-birthing/ (a local virtual server configuration in the Apache httpd.conf)
I've outputted the menu button click action, so I know the javascript is working on the remote server, as it is working on the localhost.
Even the menu elements and container are actually present in the remote installation, they are just invisible. I've tried making the background red, forcing a "display:block", "z-index:100", all in an effort to force the mobile menu to be visible, but it just won't show. I have no idea what's going on.
I may have to concede that the problem is theme related. I'm disabling the hamburger menu to the public for, will have to work on the problem in the sandbox. The reasons cited for closing the question aren't valid, since I can prove the javascript, jquery, and css aren't the issue. I'm not sure where the problem lies, but the comments below about "can't find the javascript," or "javascript is hanging on ReCaptcha", etc., are not accurate or useful. Thanks for trying, anyway.


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Golden Globes 2019: The Complete List of Nominees
Will "Black Panther," "BlacKkKlansman," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "If Beale Street Could Talk" or "A Star Is Born" win Best Movie – Drama?
Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas | December 6, 2018 @ 4:59 AM
The nominees are in for next month's 76th annual Golden Globes! Yes, Little Monsters: Lady Gaga got a nod. And also yes, Comic-Con dwellers: "Black Panther" has been nominated for Best Movie – Drama.
Find all of the nominees in each of the 25 categories below. "Vice" led the way for film, while "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" collected the most chances for a trophy on the TV side of the business.
The 2019 Golden Globe Awards take place Sunday, Jan. 6 starting at 8/7c on NBC. Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh are set to host the ceremony.
Also Read: Why Do the Golden Globes Think 'A Star Is Born' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Are Dramas, Not Musicals?
See the full list of nominees below.
Best Television Series – Drama
"The Americans" – FX
"Bodyguard" – Netflix
"Homecoming" – Prime Video
"Killing Eve" – BBC America
"Pose" – FX
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Caitriona Balfe – "Outlander"
Elisabeth Moss – "The Handmaid's Tale"
Sandra Oh – "Killing Eve"
Julia Roberts – "Homecoming"
Keri Russell – "The Americans"
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman – "Ozark"
Stephan James – "Homecoming"
Richard Madden – "Bodyguard"
Billy Porter – "Pose"
Matthew Rhys – "The Americans"
Also Read: Golden Globes Nominations by the Numbers
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
"Barry" – HBO
"The Good Place" – NBC
"Kidding" – Showtime
"The Kominsky Method" – Netflix
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" – Prime Video
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell – "The Good Place"
Candice Bergen – "Murphy Brown"
Alison Brie – "GLOW"
Rachel Brosnahan – "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Debra Messing – "Will & Grace"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen – "Who Is America"
Jim Carrey – "Kidding"
Michael Douglas – "The Kominsky Method"
Donald Glover – "Atlanta"
Bill Hader – "Barry"
Also Read: Golden Globe Nominees React: 'Delighted' 'Flattered' and 'Over the Moon' (Updating)
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"The Alienist" – TNT
"The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" – FX
"Escape at Dannemora" – Showtime
"Sharp Objects" – HBO
"A Very English Scandal" – Prime Video
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams – "Sharp Objects"
Patricia Arquette – "Escape at Dannemora"
Connie Britton – "Dirty John"
Laura Dern – "The Tale"
Regina King – "Seven Seconds"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Antonio Banderas – "Genius: Picasso"
Daniel Bruhl – "The Alienist"
Darren Criss – "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"
Benedict Cumberbatch – "Patrick Melrose"
Hugh Grant – "A Very English Scandal"
Also Read: Golden Globes Snubs and Surprises, From 'Handmaid's Tale' to Sacha Baron Cohen
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alex Bornstein – "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Patricia Clarkson – "Sharp Objects"
Penelope Cruz – "The Assassination of Gianna Versace: American Crime Story"
Thandie Newton – "Westworld"
Yvonne Strahovski – "The Handmaid's Tale"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin – "The Kominsky Method"
Kieran Culkin – "Succession"
Edgar Ramirez – "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"
Ben Whishaw – "A Very English Scandal"
Henry Winkler – "Barry"
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Also Read: 'Vice,' 'Assassination of Gianni Versace' Lead 2019 Golden Globes Nominations
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lady Gaga – "A Star Is Born"
Nicole Kidman – "Destroyer"
Melissa McCarthy – "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Rosamund Pike – "A Private War"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper – "A Star Is Born"
Willem Dafoe – "At Eternity's Gate"
Lucas Hedges – "Boy Erased"
Rami Malek – "Bohemian Rhapsody"
John David Washington – "BlacKkKlansman"
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
"Mary Poppins Returns"
Also Read: Golden Globes: Marvel Scores First Best Picture Drama Nod for 'Black Panther'
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt – "Mary Poppins Returns"
Olivia Colman – "The Favourite"
Elsie Fisher – "Eighth Grade"
Charlize Theron – "Tully"
Constance Wu – "Crazy Rich Asians"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale – "Vice"
Lin-Manuel Miranda – "Mary Poppins Returns"
Viggo Mortensen – "Green Book"
Robert Redford – "The Old Man & The Gun"
John C. Reilly – "Stan & Ollie"
Best Director – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron – "Roma"
Peter Farrelly – "Green Book"
Spike Lee – "BlacKkKlansman"
Adam McKay – "Vice"
Also Read: Golden Globes Announce New Honorary Award for TV
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Adams – "Vice"
Claire Foy – "First Man"
Emma Stone – "The Favourite"
Rachel Weisz – "The Favourite"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali – "Green Book"
Timothee Chalamet – "Beautiful Boy"
Sam Rockwell – "Vice"
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara – "The Favourite"
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly – "Green Book"
Also Read: Golden Globes Shatters Diversity Record: 4 of 10 Best Picture Nominees Have Non-White Directors
Best Motion Picture – Animated
"Incredibles 2"
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
"Capernaum" – Lebanon
"Girl" – Belgium
"Never Look Away" – Germany
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Also Read: Golden Globes 2019: See the Nominees (Photos)
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
"All the Stars" – "Black Panther"
"Girl in the Movies" – "Dumplin'"
"Requiem for a Private War" – "A Private War"
"Revelation" – "Boy Erased"
"Shallow" – "A Star Is Born"
Golden Globes Snubs and Surprises, From 'Handmaid's Tale' to Sacha Baron Cohen
The 2019 Golden Globes nominations certainly surprised, with "Vice" leading the way in nods among movies -- shutting out some other deserving nominees in the process. Here are some of the biggest surprises and snubs from Thursday morning.
SURPRISE: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Who Is America?"
Sacha Baron Cohen's nod for his controversial Showtime satire "Who Is America?" was quite the shock -- especially because the comedian's nom helped push Ted Danson out of the running for "The Good Place."
SNUB: No songs from "Mary Poppins Returns"
While Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda got nominated for their work in Disney's "Mary Poppins" reboot, none of the new, original songs in the musical got recognized, in favor of songs by Troye Sivan, Dolly Parton, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Annie Lennox.
SURPRISE: Rosamund Pike, "A Private War"
Rosamund Pike upset a huge field of actresses, including Viola Davis for "Widows," for her work as war correspondent Marie Colvin in "A Private War."
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SNUB: Ryan Gosling and Damien Chazelle, "First Man"
With the exception of Claire Foy and its score from Justin Hurwitz, Damien Chazelle's "First Man" was almost entirely shut out of the Golden Globes race, including star Ryan Gosling as astronaut Neil Armstrong.
SURPRISE: Elsie Fisher, "Eighth Grade"
The teenage Elsie Fisher has been a dark horse for her work in Bo Burnham's "Eighth Grade," but we're happy to see she made the cut in the comedy and musical category with the Globes. Gucci!
SNUB: Ethan Hawke, "First Reformed"
Ethan Hawke gave one of the best performances of his career in Paul Schrader's "First Reformed," leading many to believe he would be a dark horse contender. Not so this year.
SURPRISE: Lucas Hedges, "Boy Erased"
Lucas Hedges was great in two films this year, "Ben Is Back" and "Boy Erased," so we're glad the one didn't cancel out the other.
SNUB: Sterling K. Brown and "This Is Us"
NBC's ratings and critical darling got no love from the HFPA Thursday, shaking things up after Sterling K. Brown grabbed a Best Actor win last year. "This Is Us" scored several previous acting noms, along with a nod for Best Drama series for both of its first two seasons.
SURPRISE: "The Alienist"
TNT's drama "The Alienist" had a big showing, including for Best Drama and for Best Actor in a Drama series, star Daniel Bruhl. The series' inclusion in the possible winners pool is a bit of a surprise, seeing as "The Alienist" only grabbed one Emmy after receiving six nominations
SNUB: "The Handmaid's Tale"
While actresses Elisabeth Moss and Yvonne Strahovski both got nods, the Hulu adaptation did not, despite winning the award for Best TV series drama last year.
SURPRISE: John C. Reilly, "Stan & Ollie"
It was a good year for John C. Reilly, who starred in "The Sisters Brothers" and "Ralph Breaks the Internet" in addition to the not-yet-released "Stan & Ollie," in which he stars opposite Steve Coogan as one half of the famous comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
SNUB: "Cold War"
A luscious, foreign language darling from Poland and thought to be a strong contender in the Oscar race considering its director previously won the prize for "Ida," the black and white drama "Cold War" was left out in the cold by the Globes.
SNUB: Yorgos Lanthimos, "The Favourite"
"The Favourite" had a big showing for its actors Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, and even for its screenplay, but surprisingly not so for its director, the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos.
SURPRISE: Candice Bergen
Bergen's nomination for "Murphy Brown" is definitely out of left field, seeing as CBS' revival of the '90s sitcom's reboot has been seeing low Nielsen ratings and didn't receive a back order for additional episodes.
SNUB: "Atlanta"
While Donald Glover was nominated for his work as an actor, his show "Atlanta" failed to earn a nomination in the Best Comedy or Musical category, despite winning the prize for its first season two years ago.
Sterling K. Brown, Ryan Gosling and the songs of "Mary Poppins Returns" were some of those left out
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Working on farms, like those he grew up around in Wisconsin, has shaped restaurateur Joshua McFadden's approach.
When Joshua McFadden thinks about good food, his first thought is seasonality. It might just be the most important ingredient in his kitchen.
In fact, the James Beard nominated chef/owner at Ava Gene's in Portland, Ore. wants you to think not just about seasonality but also about microseasons. It's about eating vegetables when they're at their very best, and only then.
His journey begins while growing up in Waterford and Union Grove, where farms were part of the landscape and neighbors' gardens offered possibilities far from the boxes of mac 'n' cheese and processed foods at home. His cooking has taken him from Chicago's North Pond to Franny's, Momofuku and Blue Hill in New York; he even worked in Rome with Alice Waters' American Academy. But it is his time spent working on farms that has truly shaped his approach today.
A very public plea for eating within the seasons, McFadden's first cookbook is "Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables" (Artisan, $35). Aimed at cooks of all levels, McFadden's recipes aspire for teachable moments in the kitchen made possible by cooking through the six seasons: spring, early summer, midsummer, late summer, fall and winter.
Q. How did you get started cooking professionally?
A. I grew up in the Waterford/Union Grove area. I went to Columbia Film School in Chicago, and I fell in love with restaurants. I'd always been interested in cooking, but there is no real reason why. There is no aha moment. The more research I did on the whole restaurant industry, the more I fell in love.
Q. How did you end up establishing your restaurants in Portland?
A. Portland is such an exciting place. I think that was one of the things about the idea of working within the restaurant industry, I was able to move all the time and be able to work. It made it really exciting.
Q. This book makes a plea for eating within the seasons, and you give us six. Explain the concept of microseasons and how that became your focus.
A. The conversation of peak moments and the idea of not buying things out of season, that's most important. It is so easy to go to the super market when the farmers markets are out of season. Six seasons was always the idea.
I had a very clear idea. I'm still working on it and creating a series. I'm already working on fruit.
Q. How do you describe your approach to cooking?
A. Start with the seasonal, the best ingredients. There's no place to hide. You have to get the good stuff or it is not going to taste good. It is an honest way to eat. It's never boring.
Q. What are the most underrated vegetables?
A. New potatoes. People are always like potatoes are potatoes, but new potatoes in the spring are unbelievable. They're dense little nuggets that take barely any cooking in a pan with butter. They're just potatoes, but there's a whole world of potatoes.
Q. You give thanks to Tom Petty and Bob Dylan in the book. Did you send them copies?
A. If you have Bob Dylan's address, I will send him one. I'm actually going to see Tom Petty at Red Rocks and I'm going to give him a copy then.
Q. What's the starting point when teaching people how to enjoy vegetables?
A. I try to make them taste like more than vegetables. We always have this joke at the restaurant, about taking things taste like potato chips, because they're engineered to taste good whether through salt, acidity, thickening liquids. Start with the best seasonal produce.
Q. You admit you're fanatical about dressing salads. What do people need to know about dressing a salad properly?
A. I definitely don't do it the way I was trained. I like to dress it with the vinegar first, and make that taste great with salt and pepper all by itself, then add the olive oil as additional flavor. It's actually really light, so you can taste the greens, the vinegar, the oil.
Q. Do you have any memorable kitchen failures?
A. I remember in culinary school I came back and cooked Christmas dinner for family in Wisconsin. The meal was five hours late. They still don't let me live that down.
Q. Does Wisconsin play into your cooking?
A. Absolutely. I love all the crispy pizza, fish fries, all those secret traditions. I think that growing up around farms, Wisconsin is so beautiful it has to play an effect.
Q. What's in your plans looking ahead?
A. We are looking to buy a farm. We spend a lot of time sitting and talking with farmers to figure out what they will be growing for the season. We don't skip ahead. We wait for things to be in season. I can't wait to have my own farm.
Q. What do you see going forward?
A. We're opening another restaurant behind Ava Gene's, a fast casual concept. I'm working on another book. I'd love to take a break, but I don't think I have time.
Q. Is there a dish from childhood that sticks with you?
A. I love like the simple spaghetti dinners at grandma's house. The kringles, that was the best for every family outing. I like the walnut ones without glaze and the cherry with glaze. I look back, and that's how it started.


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Data Privacy Day 2020: New decade, new threats, same concerns
The last year was a busy one for hackers. 2019 saw globally-renowned businesses, public authorities, and even voting systems become victim to crippling instances of system outages, data theft and ransomware attacks.
As digital technologies continue to permeate just about every aspect of modern life, it goes without saying that the security of data is a global issue.
Data Privacy Day is aimed at spreading awareness of the hugely fundamental role that cybersecurity plays in the world. Here, industry experts delve into its importance further:
What's all the fuss about?
Tim Hickman, partner at White & Case claims that "the ICO's response to the Dixons Carphone data breach further emphasises the importance of properly protecting customer data. A clear trend has emerged in the past 18 months, with many of the ICO's most high-profile investigations focusing on data breaches involving financial data. Businesses that handle financial data therefore need to be especially careful to implement appropriate cybersecurity measures. In the past 12 months, the ICO has announced its intention to issue fines totalling hundreds of millions of pounds in respect of large-scale breaches involving financial data."
"It is always possible to report a data breach to the ICO with the option of providing additional information once an investigation has taken place. However, pre-emptively reporting a data breach can have serious adverse consequences because such a report effectively requires the company to admit that it has suffered a breach."
"Data Privacy Day [also] reminds us that customers are increasingly wary of how brands are using their data", comments Nicola Pero, CTO at Engage Hub.
"Research shows that 65% would stop using a brand that was dishonest about how it was using their data. This percentage seems poised to grow further and further in the years to come, driven by a core group of influencers for whom data privacy is a hot issue with political connotations, similar to climate change or gender inequality."
Pero speculates that "brands will increasingly be unable to establish an emotional connection with their customers if they abuse or misuse their data. Realising that one of your favourite brands has been sharing or abusing your personal data in ways that you didn't expect would for some customers be similar to finding that a close friend has revealed a secret that was supposed to be for their ears only."
David Higgins, EMEA technical director at CyberArk explains that "it's now well-established that data is the world's most valuable asset, and a tempting target for malevolent hackers with varying motivations. More often than not, they are pursuing credentials that they can use to infiltrate businesses and target sensitive and valuable data. Attackers seek ways to cause irreparable damage across a whole range of industries, from seizing companies' administration logins to hacking into medical data so as to hold individuals to ransom over the disclosure of sensitive personal information. As a tragic, but potentially realistic scenario, this could even result in a doctor being unable to perform a life-saving operation due to a lack of availability of the patient's records for example."
The role of technology
It may seem ironic, but Andrew Tsonchev, director of technology at Darktrace maintains that technology itself will also have a big part to play in working alongside humans. "Large-scale data breaches, from Capital One last year to Marriott in 2018, have opened consumers' eyes to the importance of holding businesses accountable. The question now being asked of organisations is not 'which data regulations are you compliant with?' but 'what exactly are you doing to keep my data safe?'
"Data, and the systems that hold data, will always be vulnerable. If organisations are to truly protect consumer data, artificial intelligence (AI) will be critical, not just a nice-to have. Only AI can constantly monitor where critical data is and automatically stop it leaking out of an organisation and into the wrong hands."
"Data privacy is an aspect of security that has become increasingly important to businesses and consumers alike," adds Chris Hodson, CISO at Tanium. "The enforcement of GDPR in 2018 followed by the CCPA in January of this year has shown that governments are prepared to proactively regulate organisations to implement higher standards of protection for personal data.
According to Hodson, "Companies often fail in privacy and information protection because they simply don't understand the volume, breadth and sensitivity of information contained within their IT environments." In an attempt to solve this issue, Hodson suggests that "understanding what is in an IT environment is a crucial step to ensuring data is effectively protected. It is the job of IT operations and security teams to unite to establish complete visibility of their ecosystem and implement the controls necessary to support data protection and information privacy."
"An issue that is often overseen in terms of GDPR", according to Chris Huggett, senior vice president for Europe and India at Sungard Availability Services, "is the result of an IT outage, which prevents businesses from keeping its services running. As a server or organisation's infrastructure is down, data is then at risk to exposure and therefore a company is at risk of failing compliance. IT and business teams will need to locate and close any vulnerabilities in IT systems or business processes and switch over to disaster recovery arrangements if they believe there has been a data corruption."
Huggett highlights that "an organisation's speed and effectiveness of response will be greatly improved if it has at its fingertips the results of a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) that details all the personal data that an organisation collects, processes and stores, categorised by level of sensitivity. Data Privacy Day is a great opportunity to expose unknown risks that organisations face but moving forward it is vital that business leaders embed privacy into every operation. This is the only sustainable way to ensure compliance on an ongoing basis."
The role of the people
"In the age of social media and the over-sharing of personal information, many forget that privacy is our right. It is protected by laws such as Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights", reminds David Warburton, senior threat research evangelist at F5 Networks.
As a one-stop piece of advice, Warburton suggests that "if you do anything this Data Privacy Day, make it a positive step to enhance your business' privacy stance by reinforcing the importance of cybersecurity and the dangers of social engineering. This should include robust employee awareness programmes that evolve in line with new social platforms and ensure a culture of responsible sharing.
"But it isn't just individual employees that need attention. Attackers can also target specific organisations via employee details on company and partner websites. Information such as ownership records, SEC filings for public companies, lawsuits, and social media, all provide insights that can be used maliciously. Every business should periodically review any information shared on associated websites and social media pages to determine if the content is essential."
In addition to taking proactive steps to preventing cyber threats, Euan Davis, European lead for Cognizant's Center for the Future of Work notes that "over the coming years, we will see new roles within security departments emerge, requiring different capabilities to the jobs that we see on offer today. Some of these were outlined in a recent report by Cognizant called "21 More Jobs of the Future" and include: Cyber City Analysts, Cyber Attack Agents, Juvenile Cybercrime Rehabilitation Counsellors and Cyber Calamity Forecasters.
Securing the future in the digital era
Higgins concludes, "hackers will inevitably be successful from time to time. Addressing this threat and limiting how far they can infiltrate a network after a successful breach is imperative in order to safeguard national security. Infiltration or compromise of CNI, for instance, could plausibly result in the loss of control of public services such as utilities, healthcare and government, posing a severe risk to public safety. This Data Privacy Day, we need to take a step back to not only understand the value in the data we hold, but also the importance of only allowing individuals and systems that need it to access it."
Data Privacy Day might sound like 'just another awareness day'. But there is a reason that this year it is being observed for the entire month rather than just one day. Despite new security technologies and tightening regulations, the goalposts are constantly shifting as the tactics and targets of hackers become even more ambitious and sophisticated. To have any chance at winning the digital battle, business leaders must ensure that data privacy is embedded into every aspect of the organisation.
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