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Biking is a popular sport right now. It is so hot that those who want a new bike or need one fixed are being burned by a most difficult supply chain.
âWe canât get bikes,â said David Poe, co-owner with his wife, Lori, of the Tandem Connection on the Montour Trail in Cecil Township. âThe (COVID-19) pandemic changed the entire supply chain.
âThey allocate bicycles as they see fit. Itâs made things very difficult.â
Tandem Connection sells, rents and repairs bikes.
It also serves ice cream and, refreshments, and Nobbyâs Subs and sandwiches.
The cybersecurity community wanders the trade show floor at RSA, interacting with vendors. The best vendor-customer relationships require mutual respect and open communication, experts noted to SC Media. (David Paul Morris/Getty Images)
The best vendor-customer relationships require mutual respect and open communication. End user organizations need to express their customer service needs and expectations, and security solution providers need to meet or exceed them.
Thatâs true for all phases of the partnership, from initial overtures and negotiations to installation and implementation to day-to-day operations and troubleshooting when problems surface.
After all, âif itâs not easy to do business with you, then why am I doing business with you?â said Dan Meacham, vice president of global security and corporate operations and CSO/CISO at film production company Legendary Entertainment. Thatâs why he encourages his vendor partners to âhelp me help you be
Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, to traveling actors David Poe Jr. (a Baltimore, Maryland, native) and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins (an emigrant from England). Poe was the couple’s second of three children. His brother, William Henry Leonard Poe, was born in 1807, and his sister, Rosalie Poe, was born in 1810. On December 8, 1811, when Poe was just two years old, his mother died in Richmond. His father, who had left the family in 1810, died of unknown circumstances. Henry, as William Henry Leonard was known, lived with his grandparents in Baltimore, while Rosalie and Edgar remained in Richmond. William and Jane Mackenzie adopted Rosalie, and Edgar became the foster son of John and Frances Allan. Poe received his middle name from his foster parents.