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Black Swallow of Death
Eugene (Gene) Jacques Bullard, first black fighter pilot, never flew for his country, America; instead, he flew for France in the Great War. Receiving many wounds and medals along the way, he finally returned to the land of his birth, there to live out his remaining years in relative obscurity – from the U.S. authorities anyway.
Born October 9 1894 in Columbus, Georgia, he was the seventh of ten children. His father came from Martinique; his mother Josephine, was a full-blooded Creek Indian. Although a former slave 'Black Ox' Bullard was an educated man and it was through his influence and tales told at bedtime that Gene determined his direction in life.
But he was compelled to leave home after the traumatic sight of the near-lynching of his father over an unfair charge. He was only eight and his future was set by a memory of his father's words: "Gene, in France a man is accepted as a man regardless of the colour of his skin."
Wandering through the south-eastern United States, mostly at night to avoid hostile white people, he learnt many skills to survive. With Gypsies for a year, he handled racing horses, becoming a successful jockey and winning many unofficial races. Working his way east, doing odd jobs to survive, it took him four years to reach Norfolk, Virginia. Here he managed to stow away on a German ship bound for Aberdeen.
Moving to Glasgow he earned pennies as a 'whistler' (lookout) for gamblers, before making his way to Liverpool. He became a longshoreman, worked on a fish wagon, an 'Aunt Sally' at an amusement park, dodging the balls thrown at him. The agility gained encouraged him to work out at the local gym.
Chris Baldwin's Gymnasium became his saviour, doing odd jobs and being pleasant to everybody, good and bad. Soon a few boxers saw his willingness to be coached and he caught the eye of a local manager, who set him up as a bantamweight. Within a year he had built his body up to qualify as lightweight. He was 16.
After a successful bout against Billy Welsh he became the protegee of the renowned Dixie Kid. He quickly moved up the poster bills, winning fights in England – and France – as a welterweight. Boxing in Paris on November 28 1913, he knew then this was the place to be and after his return to England he joined a travelling act called 'Freedman's Pickaninnies'. They sang and danced, made the audience laugh at their jokes and slapstick comedy. He signed on because one of their scheduled stops would be at the Bal Tabarin, Paris.
After a season touring Europe's capitals they reached Paris and when they left Eugene was not with them. He settled in the city and returned to boxing. Learning French and German, he was useful, translating for fellow boxers. He soon had money, the protection of French democracy and a growing conviction that God had indeed made all men equal. It was August 1914…
Before that year was out France had sustained casualties of half a million, some of them Eugene's comrades but he was too young to fight for his adopted country. On his 19th birthday he joined the French Foreign Legion, along with many other American expatriates. After five weeks training he was assigned to the Moroccan Division, which he later said contained 54 nationalities. Eugene and his comrades were sent to the Somme, where 300,000 Frenchmen were dead before Christmas. Bullard and his company did most of their fighting up close and personal – with bayonets.
He participated in heavy fighting through the next two years – Artois Ridge, Mont-Saint-Eloi, Souchez and Hill 119. Because of German atrocities orders were that no prisoners be taken. Eugene's Third Marching Regiment was so heavily reduced that it was dissolved, his company losing 80% of its strength. Even the traditional pre-battle drink of Tafia, a fighting spirit designed to "…make you want to fight, sing, dance or anything…" couldn't blank out the terrible losses.
After the Battle of Champagne losses were so severe that his regiment was disbanded and he was sent to the 170th Infantry, the 'Swallows of Death'. Already wounded several times the hell that was to be Verdun topped anything he had seen before: "I thought I had seen fighting in other battles but no one has ever seen anything like Verdun – not ever before or ever since."
The Germans codenamed Verdun 'Operation Execution Place'. In 10 months a quarter million French were dead, 100,000 mising and three times that number gassed or wounded. On March 5th Bullard sustained wounds that invalided him out of the infantry, being awarded the Croix de Guerre and Medaile Militaire. Convalescing in Lyons he was invited to join the French Flying Service and an American friend bet him $2,000 he couldn't make it as a pilot. He graduated from flying school in Tours May 17, 1917, the first black fighter pilot in history.
He was assigned to the famous Lafayette Escadrille, flying Spads. He was to say of that period: "I was treated with respect and friendship – even by those from America. Then I knew at last that there are good and bad white men just as there are good and bad black men." Over the city of Metz Sept 8 he claimed two 'kills', one Fokker unconfirmed, falling behind enemy lines. His mechanics counted 78 bullet holes in his aircraft! Next time there was no doubt; the German Pfalz went into a classic Immelmann turn but Bullard ducked into a cloud bank, emerging below and to the right of his foe, shooting him out of the sky with a sustained burst.
When the United States entered the war he tried to transfer. After passing the medical and watching several expatriate Americans transfer, his application was never even acknowledged. A dark period for him; he was transferred back to his old infantry unit, where he performed non-combat duties till the end of the war. He was almost courtmartialled for punching an officer who kicked him off a truck, Bullard knocking him into a ditch. Only his war record saved him.
Discharged as a war hero in 1919 he married a daughter of a French countess, fathering a boy and two girls. His marriage failed after the boy died and they separated. Through the '20s and '30s he ran a nightclub, Le Grand Duc, promoting the burgeoning jazz scene, entertaining the likes of Josephine Baker, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gloria Swanson and the Prince of Wales.
It was 1939 and France once again threatened by Germany. Bullard joined the resistance movement. He became a spy, the Nazis frequenting his club arrogantly believing that no Negro could learn German! Under suspicion he fled to Orleans with his two daughters, where he joined the troops in defending the city. In one attack most of his comrades were killed and he suffered a bad spinal wound. His espionage partner, Kitty, bound his wounds and smuggled him to Spain with his daughters. From there he was medically evacuated to the USA.
He got a job with Louis Armstrong, then as an elevator operator at the Rockefeller Center, a position he was to hold for the rest of his working life. America never recognised his worth in two wars but France never forgot. In 1954 he lit the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. In 1969 he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor in New York, interviewed on TV but still the U.S. Governemnt remained silent. Charles de Gaulle publicly embraced him as a true French hero in 1960.
On October 12 1961, after a long illness due to wounds received, Eugene Jacques Bullard passed away. Again France was there, draping his coffin with the tri-colour and full honours at Flushing Cemetery, New York.
On August 23, 1994 and 77 years after his flight physical the USAF posthumously commissioned him a Lieutenant.


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The Songs of James Taylor and Carole King
The Wests Group
88 Hobart Road, New Lambton, NSW, 2305
The Songs of James Taylor and Carole King is a wonderful celebration of the music of legendary singer/songwriters plus a selection of classic 70's hits from artists such as Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills Nash, Neil Young and more.
James Taylor and Carole King are two of the biggest selling artists of all time. With careers spanning over 5 decades, their songs have a special place in music history. Classic hits such as Fire and Rain, How Sweet It Is, It's Too Late, I Feel the Earth Move and You've Got a Friend are interspersed with other 70s hits such as Summer Breeze, Running On Empty, Woodstock and Heart of Gold.
The 7 piece band comprising award-winning singers and musicians, faithfully reproduces these timeless songs with immaculate harmonies and the highest level of musicianship.
Experience a night of timeless songs that formed the soundtrack of a generation.

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Practice Area: Financial Services
Managing Director
Managing Director
With nearly 20 years in executive search, Kent Rapp is a Managing Director in the St. Louis office, where he conducts executive-level searches for clients in consumer, industrial, business and financial services, healthcare and nonprofit sectors for general management and functional leadership positions in marketing and sales, operations, manufacturing, finance and human resources. He has built an extensive list of clients ranging from family-owned and private equity portfolio companies to global public corporations, and often serves as a trusted advisor in an ongoing capacity. Rapp joined the firm in 2019, following Diversified Search's acquisition of Grant Cooper.
Prior to entering executive search, Rapp's early career was spent in domestic and international general management, marketing, and sales leadership roles with Fortune 500 (Johnson & Johnson, Pet/Pillsbury) and privately held (Spectrum Brands) consumer product companies.
Rapp is active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors at Sherwood Forest, a member agency of the United Way, where he is the immediate past Board President. He also serves as the current Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School.
Vice President and Senior Associate
Vice President and Senior Associate
Corina Benitz is a Vice President and Senior Associate at Diversified Search. She joined the firm as a Research Associate in 2018.
Prior to entering the executive search field, Benitz worked as a Development Associate for the Board of Directors of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. There she was responsible for, among other things, Board management, major gift donor engagement strategy, and planning of fundraising events and the annual orchestra gala. Her research experience in this role included the identifying, researching, and profiling of prospective Board members and donors.
Benitz began her professional career in the arts world, first as a Sales and Client Relationship Manager for a prominent Virginia sculptor, and subsequently as a Sales and Auction Associate at The Potomack Company, an Alexandria, Virginia antiques and fine arts auction house.
Corina has her certification as a research associate from the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC).
Managing Director
Managing Director
Michael Sarnoff is the leader of Diversified Search's Financial Services Practice, and is based in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Diversified Search in 2018, he spent five years as Co-Founder and Partner at Highland Road LLC, a boutique executive search and capital advisory firm in Los Angeles, where his clients included asset and investment managers, hedge funds, private equity and private debt funds, and investment banks, among others. The roles he has filled include senior leadership (CFO, COO, General Counsel), investing and investment research, origination, capital raising, investment banking, and sales and trading.
Prior to co-founding Highland Road, Sarnoff served as a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles, where he concentrated on capital markets in the financial services sector, and as a Client Partner at Korn Ferry International, where he helped build the firm's global markets business. At Korn, he became the first senior associate under the age of 30 in the Financial Services Practice to ever be promoted to Client Partner.
Before entering the executive search industry, he was a manager of human resources for the University of Southern California, and began his career as the head of human resources at PBJ Digital, a North Hollywood web development and consulting start-up.
Managing Director
Managing Director
Molly A. Robb joined Diversified Search in 2018, working primarily in the life sciences sector and with BioQuest, the subsidiary of Diversified Search based in San Francisco. Robb works closely with healthcare venture capital and private equity firms, along with biopharma and medical technology portfolio companies, to place senior-level talent. She has more than 20 years of search leadership experience within both big box and boutique search firms, recruiting healthcare investment professionals and senior operators for a wide range of emerging and established life sciences companies.
Her clients on the investment side have included corporate venture capital funds, public and private Investment funds, global health, and impact investment funds. On the portfolio side, she has recruited senior leaders for emerging companies and worked with large cap, public life sciences clients. Her clients include companies in the biopharma, medical device, medical diagnostics, and digital health sectors.
Robb is a supporter of the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, the only philanthropy solely focused on accelerating the development of drugs to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer's disease, related dementias, and cognitive aging. She is also the co-Founder of the Boston chapter of C-Sweetener, a business mentoring platform dedicated to connecting female leaders on the path to the healthcare C-Suite.
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Dale E. Jones is the Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Search. His responsibilities include oversight and management of the firm and its global CEO Advisory Services.
A native of Dallas, Jones was the son of a shoe cobbler/janitor and a kindergarten teacher; beginning at age 10, young Dale would often join his dad and brother on weekends cleaning office buildings. Advised by a family pastor and influenced by the fact that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King had attended there, Jones enrolled at Atlanta's Morehouse College. He began his career in banking, before moving into executive search as a managing partner in the Atlanta office of Heidrick & Struggles International in 1999. Always looking for ways to give back, Jones took a hiatus from the search industry in 2007, relocating to Washington, D.C. to lead a philanthropic foundation, endowed by AOL founder Steve Case and his wife, Jean, that was dedicated to finding clean water in Africa.
Jones returned to executive search in 2009, rejoining Heidrick & Struggles to serve as Vice Chairman and Partner of the CEO and Board Practice, where he consulted CEOs and corporate boards on human capital issues including recruiting, retention, succession planning, and corporate governance. He also served as one of the firm's leaders in the Global Communications and Global Consumer Practice, and was later asked to oversee the CEO and Board Practice in the Americas.
In 2013, when founder Judith M. von Seldeneck moved into the role of Chairman at Diversified Search, Jones was named the firm's new CEO, based in Washington, D.C. His philosophy on great leadership is simple: "I think it is important that leaders have the ability to inspire and motivate people and to lead by example. I think the best leaders have been through some testing in their journey, so that they can really empathize, not only with the people that they lead, but with their customers."
Jones is a member of several notable national corporate and philanthropic boards, most notably those of Northwestern Mutual, Kohl's Inc., Princeton Theological Seminary, and his alma mater, Morehouse College. He is also a Global Board Member of AltoPartners. He formerly served as National Advisory Board Vice Chairman for The Salvation Army.
Senior Vice President, Quality and Talent
Senior Vice President, Quality and Talent
Mazza began her career with Diversified—and with the search industry itself—in 1981 as the company's very first Director of Research, over time developing, refining, and managing the company's key research and recruiting functions and processes. Over her years at Diversified she has been responsible not only for the oversight and management of the firm's researchers, recruiters, and databases, but perhaps more important, for their quality as well.
In her current role, Mazza is responsible for the planning, administration, and monitoring of consistent search quality within the firm, and for continually seeking improvements in operations that can achieve even more effective and efficient searches. Just as important, she is responsible for inculcating cultural imperatives—the very values that guide Diversified—to both our employees and our clients. In addition, she conducts select searches as designated by the Chairman and/or CEO; investigates and reviews new methodologies and technologies; and oversees the firm's internal talent management, from identifying and recruiting in-house professionals across administrative functions to developing, implementing, and assessing processes related to employees' orientation and onboarding, training, performance, and compensation.
Mazza is a Certified Practitioner of MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) and has completed the Leadership Program of The Leaders Lyceum. A member of the Philadelphia Film Society, she was also a Founding Member of the Philadelphia Executive Search Research Roundtable.
Managing Director
Managing Director
The leader of the firm's Board practice, J. Veronica Biggins brings more than 15 years of search experience to the firm—including several years working in the White House.
Biggins served as Assistant to the President of the United States and Director of Presidential Personnel under Bill Clinton, a role that tasked her with selecting and hiring all political appointees within the federal government. She worked directly with the President on appointments at all levels of the administration, including the placement of agency heads, ambassadors, and members of presidential boards and commissions.
Biggins has also served as Vice-Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. She also served as Chairman of the Czech Slovak American Enterprise Fund—a role that earned her a Points of Light Award from President George W. Bush for her leadership.
Biggins' background also includes 20 years' experience with NationsBank (now Bank of America) and its predecessor, The Citizens, and Southern National Bank. There, as Executive Vice President for Human Resources, she was one of the highest-ranking women in the banking industry.
Managing Director
Managing Director
Judy Boreham is a Managing Director at Diversified Search, where she manages a broad range of clients including those in the corporate and nonprofit sectors. As co-leader of the firm's Human Resources practice, she specializes and is engaged in placing senior executives at the local, regional, national, and global level, and has gained expansive experience covering a wide variety of human capital related roles including CHRO, compensation/total rewards, talent acquisition and development, learning and development, organizational development, workforce planning, shared services, and business partnering assignments with such clients as LabCorp, Ametek Inc., AstraZeneca, Radius Health, Barnabas Healthcare, and Lidl.
Prior to joining Diversified Search in 1995, Boreham worked for a search firm in Central London serving the consumer market. Working with a portfolio of blue-chip international clients such as Kraft, Duracell, McKinsey, AC Nielson, Guinness, and SmithKline Beecham, she managed key business assignments across the United Kingdom.
Prior to her search career, Boreham held various business and marketing leadership positions with the largest and fastest-growing division of Baxter Healthcare, Inc., where she was responsible for launching a range of product lines that gained worldwide recognition, and more recently as Business Manager for the Critical Care division at Johnson & Johnson, where she was responsible for the development of a patient monitoring technology product in the provider healthcare space.
Managing Director
Managing Director
Julie Kanak serves as a Managing Director in the firm's Chicago office, where she contributes expertise in global business, banking, and natural resources. She is active in the Industrial, Life Sciences, Consumer and Retail, and Natural Resources practices, as well as being a key member of the Board, CEO and CFO practices.
Kanak has recruited board, general management, and financial executives for public, private equity-backed and family-owned enterprises. Her clients range from Fortune 500s to emerging companies. Her banking activity encompasses senior level placements in coverage/corporate finance, treasury, risk management, investment banking, and capital markets for the world's leading financial institutions.
Prior to joining Diversified Search, Kanak spent four years with a leading global search firm and boutique global agribusiness firm. That work complemented her 26 years in banking and corporate finance, where she principally focused on agribusiness, food, and energy. The bulk of her global corporate and investment banking career was spent as North American head of AgriFoods at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. Her career also includes more than 10 years as a global banker and senior executive with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, and State Bank of South Australia in New York and Chicago.
Managing Director
Managing Director
Jim Langston is a Managing Director and leader of the Financial Officers practice at Diversified Search. After beginning his career in public accounting, Langston spent eight years with Prudential Financial in audit, finance, and treasury operations. He later founded a consultancy providing succession and estate plans for business owners and high-net-worth individuals and families. His executive search career began in 1995 with an at-that-time boutique firm—now Kenexa—where he was instrumental in starting their retained Financial Officers practice. He was later a Managing Director with both Heidrick & Struggles and Korn/Ferry, continuing to focus on Financial Officer searches. Although his business has often focused on Fortune 1,000 clients, working at the director, VP, and C-suite levels, he also works with international early-stage and venture-backed organizations to identify and recruit world-class management talent.
Langston's process is built on his varied and unique business experience. Using a consultative approach, insight, and intuition to understand an organization's dynamics and operating environment, he identifies leadership that is best suited to its particular needs. Having built management teams for both domestic and international clients, he has been retained by such premier global clients as Genworth Financial, IMS Health, Sun Life Financial, Cisco, AmeriHealth Caritas, EMC, Saint Gobain, Ascension Health, Drexel University, and Cigna.
Managing Director
Managing Director
Tony Leng is a Managing Director of Diversified Search and leads both the firm's CIO and Innovation and Transformation practices from the San Francisco office. Previously a Managing Partner of Hodge Partners, Leng has conducted C-Suite-level searches for organizations where leaders are transforming and/or building organizations that are taking advantage of digital technologies. His clients have included Aurora Healthcare; Axalta; Catholic Health Initiatives; Blue Shield of California; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan; Delta Dental; Dignity Health; Esurance; Kaiser Permanente; Novant Health; PG&E; Polycom; Sutter Health; Symmetricom; TE Connectivity; and Wellmark.
Prior to joining the executive search field, Leng served as a board member of three public companies and CEO of a $600 million public company. Prior to that, he ran a $1 billion division of a telephone company focused on corporate users. While there, he was founder and chairman of its ISP and a board member of its two-million-subscriber cell phone subsidiary.
Leng leverages his operating experience from being a CEO, his financial background as a CPA and CA, and his technical knowledge from work done for tech companies to drill down and understand, at a nuanced level, what his clients are seeking to achieve as they build their teams. He has written numerous papers on technology leadership and the challenges facing technology leaders today and authors a blog, Resources for the Modern CIO, at tonyleng.com.
For the past 12 years, Leng has also facilitated the Fisher CIO Forum, a monthly venue where CIOs and CTOs discuss topics of relevance in their daily lives, and which affords such leaders the opportunity to develop a close network to discuss current challenges in a peer group environment on a confidential basis. Participating companies in the Forum have included Blue Shield, Clorox, Cost Plus, Delta Dental, Dignity Health, Esurance, Facebook, FitBit, Franklin Templeton, Gap, Genentech, Kaiser Permanente, Levi Strauss, McKesson, Macys.com, Matson, Mulesoft, Okta, PG&E, Restoration Hardware, Ross Stores, Safeway, Salesforce.com, Schwab, Splunk, Uber, VMWare, and Williams-Sonoma, among others.
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor B.A. "Mackie" MacLean Jr. joined Diversified Search in 1992. His previous work includes serving as President and CEO of another Philadelphia-based executive search firm, and Partner with one of the world's largest executive search firms, Boyden International, Inc. His 25-plus-year search career has encompassed assignments for major investment and commercial banks, national consulting and investment companies, and senior-level work in manufacturing, technology, healthcare, education, and nonprofit. He has completed numerous C-suite searches and has had extensive experience in recruiting directors for both public and private company boards.
Prior to his career in search, MacLean spent more than two decades in finance, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Manager of New York operations of M&T Bancorp. Before that, he spent 20 years with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., an international private bank headquartered in New York City. His tenure there covered assignments in lending, operations, treasury and foreign exchange management, and consulting. In his last role, he was Manager of the firm's International Banking Division; he previously managed the banking operations in the firm's Philadelphia office.
Managing Director
Managing Director
John Mestepey is the Managing Director of the Miami Office of Diversified Search. Earlier, he ran the Miami Office of Edward Kelley & Partners, and for 19 years was the Managing Director of the Miami Office of A.T. Kearney Executive Search.
Mentioned as one of the top 250 executive search professionals in the U.S. in "The New Career Makers," Mestepey has focused his practice on key management assignments at the Board of Directors, CEO, COO and CFO levels across many industries, including the restaurant, retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, higher education, travel and leisure, technology, and biopharmaceutical sectors, among others.
Mestepey began his career in recruiting with AETNA Life & Casualty, where he was Director of Recruiting. He later co-led the in-house executive search firm, Career Development Corporation, at Lincoln National.
Following university, Mestepey was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, and served a tour in Vietnam, where he was a rifle platoon and rifle company commander. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He is a trustee of the Board of Directors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Orange Bowl Committee.


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The excitement builds every Friday afternoon in anticipation of…the selection of the new Museum Curator!
We pull out a name and then the space belongs to them for the following week. Students are able to display their collections, interests, artworks, artefacts and so on. The curator gives us a guided tour and their classmates love to point out all the personal connections they have made. It's been powerful way to get to know each other.
Some curators provide labels, or even informational handouts. Some change their display a number of times during their week. It's all up to them!


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HE Meles Zenawi
Prime Minister
Read speeches by and interviews with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi was born on 8th May 1955 at Adwa in northern Ethiopia.
He received elementary education at the Queen of Sheba Junior Secondary School and completed High School in 1972 at General Wingate School in Addis Ababa. He then joined the Medical Faculty of Addis Ababa University where he studied for two years.
Meles interrupted his studies in 1974 to join the Tigrai Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF). He was elected to the Leadership of the Leadership Committee of the TPLF in 1979 and to its Executive Committee in 1983. He is chairman of both the TPLF and the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) since 1989. EPRDF is a political alliance of the four main political organisations in the country.
Upon the defeat of the military junta, Meles became president of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and Chairman of the Council of Representatives (the legislative body of the transitional government) from 1991 to 1995. He was elected Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995 and re-elected for a second term in 2000.
He served as chairman of the Organisation of the African Union from June 1995 until June 1996. He is serving as co-chairman of the Global Coalition for Africa. He has also been actively involved in IGAD's efforts to end the conflicts in Sudan and Somalia, and Africa initiatives to seek a solution to the crises in Burundi. In 2004, he was appointed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as one of the Commissioners taking part in the Commission for Africa.
Meles acquired a First Class M.A. in Business Administration from the Open University of the United Kingdom in 1995 and an MSc. in Economics from the Erasmus University of the Netherlands in 2004.
The Prime Minister is married and is a father of three. His hobbies are reading, swimming and tennis.


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Image and Video Management
VICS standards are available free of charge to verified law enforcement agencies, NGOs and technology companies, allowing entities to become "Project VIC Certified" and become part of the VICS ecosystem.
The image-hashing standard is based on Microsoft's PhotoDNA and the video-hashing standard is based on Friend MTS' F1 video fingerprinting technology—both of which are freely available and non-proprietary.
The payload of the image and video hashing is delivered in a next-generation hash record based on an OData/Json record that can carry hundreds of data elements, including image and video metadata, classification and submission details.
Adoption Efforts
Most of the major law enforcement software providers dealing with image and video have already adopted, or are in the process of adopting, the VICS standard. This will enable law enforcement to import and export data from tools into the Project VIC hash cloud and exchange information between tools.
The process works seamlessly without manipulation, reducing instances of data corruption. In order to promote adoption, we have made all of the technology, instructions, sample code and testing URL's available in secured Project VIC development portals. In order to gain admission to these repositories, you must apply for access.


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In receiving members from another church, to what biblical principles should the receiving pastor and church adhere? Given that many leave their former church upset or hurt, does the receiving pastor and church have a responsibility to help them resolve such issues? What courtesies does a receiving church owe the former pastor and church? Listen as Brian and Jim address these and other critical issues related to rightly receiving members into our flocks.
The Pastor's Ministry: Biblical Priorities for Faithful Shepherds
How long should you attend a church before pursuing membership?


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3,051: Academic Advising
Revised: July 2012
All university freshmen are required to meet with an academic advisor within their college during their first and second semesters. If the student is pursuing a bachelor's degree in General Studies or if the student is undecided, he or she is required to meet with an advisor in the Academic Advising Center.
The mechanism by which advising is provided to students may vary by academic unit. However, it is the responsibility of faculty and staff who serve as advisors to:
- Be knowledgeable about the curriculum requirements for the program(s) for which they advise
- Assist students in selecting appropriate classes and developing an academic plan that meets degree requirements
- Assist students in linking program requirements with relevant career and other post-graduation opportunities
- Be familiar with campus resources and make appropriate referrals when necessary
- Support the achievement of campus-wide goals for increasing graduation and retention rates
- Clarify and provide accurate and timely information about university policies, regulations and procedures
- Be available and accessible to student advisees on a regular basis
- Maintain student confidentiality in accordance with FERPA
- Be proficient in the use of the university's student information system/computerized advising tools relevant to the advising process


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Egyptian actress Hanan Turk was nominated by director Safwat Al Qishery for the leading part in a new drama series "Al Qarar" (The Decision). The story revolves around how making certain decisions regarding social issues like divorce and separation affect the family circle and especially the children, the UAE based daily Al Bayan reported.
The series is written by Amirah Abu Al Futouh and costars Egyptian actors Sawsan Badr, Tawifiq Abdul Hamid, Manal Salameh, Said Abdul Ghani, Ulfat Imam, and Shams.
On a different note, Hanan has regretfully backed out of the film "Ghadab" (Anger) by Egyptian director Yousuf Shaheen for a kissing scene, which she refused to do. In the movie one of the scenes called for an intimate kiss between Hanan and new Egyptian actor Ahmad Yahia.
Hanan's refusal to act out the scenes forced her to give up her role in the film. The actress had demanded that the script be changed to exclude the intimate kissing scene, but the director refused any modifications especially being so tight on time.
Turk's latest TV work was the Ramadan drama "Ameera Fi Abdeen" (Ameera in Abdeen) alongside Egyptian actress Samira Ahmad. Her latest movie was "Al Secretera" (The Secretary), with director Mohammed Al Naggar and writer Naser Abdul Rahman, in which she expresses her happiness playing the lead role in a comedy.
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That image of something big moving in and out of the fog (before you knew it was the boat) sent shivers down my spine. If you'd been writing a fantasy, I can only image what it would have turned out to be.
It was the way the fog was moving too, Marcy. It would reveal a ghostly boat for a moment then whisk it away in a deeper mist then reveal it again moments later. The water was so still and the fog dampened the sound of the engines. Eerie stuff.
Prudence, I live along the Southern California coast so I do understand fog. I understand dreary gray misty days. Eerie stuff indeed. Usually we have what we call June gloom, but this year it cleared quickly and we've had beautiful sun shiny days. Can't complain. Good to see you Pru. I hope all is well with you. 🙂
The only time I have had to deal with fog is while driving. The fact that I am in clear skies and then round a bend and am smack into pea soup? This might be the cause of my fear of it. Or it could be that I drive in a state where the other drivers don't care what inhibits their vision. I rarely get to just enjoy the fog. With the wind we get here, they just don't stay. I do like the insulating quality of fog, so I think that if I wasn't worried about a two ton missle approaching at speeds in excess of 80mph, I might actually enjoy fog.
what incredible imagery, Prudence. I could feel the tension of that big thing moving out of the fog.
I live in Calgary, on the far edge of the Canadian prairies. WE don't get much fog here. rain is a different thing – it's been the rainiest june ever. glad to see you're still blogging
I've seen pictures of SoCal fogs. Yep, you understand fog alright. Good to see you too, Karen. All is well in my world. How are things with you?
Come on up, girl. We can spend a gentle foggy morning just listening to the waves on the shore.
I love these posts on your island, Prudence. The fog creeps me out. I've spent many winters driving to work in fog so thick, I could barely see the road. Fortunately our summers are virtually fog free.


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A qualified Children's nurse, Lynne returned from London having completed her training in St. Mary's, Paddington. After placement with a day nursery in London spotted that Belfast was lacking in quality childcare and from that Rascals was born.
From 1988, the family of nurseries and our family grew to what it is today, 8 nurseries and 3 little Rascals of our own, who enjoyed both the Ulsterville and Upper Lisburn Road Nurseries.
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I'm sure there is a parallel between the DOS attacks that mother nature periodically foists us and internet security. I'll take a stab at describing the parallels.
Predictability: Snow storms and hurricanes are very predictable (compared to tornadoes, where one has 0-10 minutes warning and rarely has accurate predictions). It is possible to prepare for weather that can be predicted. In certain regions, snow storms or hurricanes are a high enough probability event that you will certainly experience them. The probability of a major snow storm hitting my house in a particular winter is close enough to 'one' that it might as well be 'one'. Tornadoes, on the other hand, even though there are dozens per year in my region, are localized enough that I probably will never experience a direct hit on my house.
I might tend to be prepared for a predictable event (snow storm), but rest assured that I have not taken any significant precautions for a tornado. I'm playing the odds on that one.
Preparation: Many people prepare for predictable events, some do not. I'm a lifetime veteran of snowstorms, yet I was replacing shear pins and changing oil on my snow blower in the middle of the DOS attack (snow storm). I could have done that in summer, but man was it hot last summer. Way too hot to be changing oil on a snow blower. On the other hand, 2/3 of my vehicles are true 4wd and my 4wd's have dedicated winter tires, so I normally can get to where I have to go whether I clean my driveway or not. Local governments spend a fortune on DOS (snow storm) preparation. They have snow removal equipment, snow removal planning, emergency notification, etc. Their preparation allows me to function fairly well even when I am not prepared.
Preparation costs money though, as I can attest when I fill up the gas tanks on my 4wd's. They cost money every day I drive them; they have twice as many driveline parts and are expected to incur significant driveline maintenance costs, but I only really need them a couple days per year.
Preparation has limits though. Even though I may be able to make it down an unplowed street, my neighbor may not have made it down that street & may be blocking my path, or worse, my neighbor may lose control of his car and whack my car, disabling me in spite of my preparation. In rural areas – the wide open prairie around here – you will be limited by visibility (white out), not traction, so your 4wd vehicle will only serve to get you deep enough into trouble that you can't dig yourself out.
Don't ask me how I know.
As it turned out, 4wd vehicle #1, a Subaru with 7in of ground clearance ,was expected to be operable in an event of magnitude 'n' (4-5" of snow), or perhaps marginally operable in an event of '2n' (8-10 inches of snow). It was not expected to be operable in a '4n' event (16-20" of snow) and predictably was not operable on unplowed roads last weekend. My 4wd vehicle #2 on the other hand, a robust pickup truck, was expected to be operable in a '4n' event. After a half hour of trying to get the vehicle out to a plowed road so I could take my pharmacist neighbor to work at the 24 hour pharmacy, I concluded that getting 4wd vehicle #2 back into my driveway would be a far more reasonable outcome. Apparently I've either configured 4wd vehicle #2 wrong, or I didn't have an adequate pre-purchase test plan. The currently working theory is that even though it was purchased for a '4n' event, it is only configured for a '3n' event.
There is no doubt that one could prepare for a '4n' event like last weekend. I'd like to think that someone made a serious calculation on dollars spent versus level of preparation. Odds are though, that nobody did. It probably went more like 'here is how much money you can have, be as prepared as possible given that constraint'.
Or – in my case – spend whatever is necessary to prepare for a '4n' event, but then configure it wrong and inadequately test it, and watch as it fails to manage the event.
Incident handling: During a storm of magnitude 'n', a prepared person might conduct business as usual, perhaps with reduced capacity or response time. For example, one might still get to work on time, but suffer a longer commute. A storm of magnitude '2n' might cause a prepared person to have degraded operations, cancelling non-essential activities. A storm of magnitude '4n' might cause most activity to come to a halt. Preparation can affect the value of 'n'. A snow storm that would shut down Washington DC would probably have only a minor effect in Minneapolis or Buffalo.
Last weekends storm might have been a '4n' event – something that maybe occurs every 20 years or so. The round red signs in the above image are closed roads. You get a ticket if you try to drive on them. Odds also are pretty good that you'd fail to make it to the other end of that particular road. The MSP airport has probably the best winter capability of any airport, yet they ended up more closed than not. Most of the municipal snow plowing was halted during the worst of the storm, buses were halted, and even fire trucks and ambulances were severely affected. Operations were certainly degraded during the DOS.
Degraded operations: During the DOS attack, most local governments have some ability to operate in a degraded mode. For example, the State Patrol may close roads, shedding load by restricting traffic to emergency vehicles only. Snow plows may stop plowing streets and only venture out to open up streets for emergency vehicles, airports may restrict incoming flights, schools and business may close, etc. Degraded operations are an accepted outcome of large scale DOS attacks (snow storms), and most entities have a pretty good idea what service need to be maintained during a DOS attack (snow storm).
In my case, degraded operations mode means avoiding travel, maintaining power, heat, Internet and food in approximately that order. Food is the easiest. I still have my Y2K stash in the basement. Year 2038 is just around the corner & I'd hate to be caught unprepared.


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The TMCS PTA are in the process of organising a 'Girls Night Out' and would love to hear from you if you have a small local business that you would like to share with other ladies in our community.
The idea for the Girls Night Out is that we have a relaxing evening and catch up with friends, enjoy some wine and nibbles while showcasing local businesses, so we can all 'shop local' and support our community! We have a number of small mum-run businesses already signed up who are keen to show you what they have on offer and we are keen to hear from more. Space is limited but we would like to give everyone the opportunity to join in.. (We intend on having more of these events in the future).
The event will be held in early August, tentatively on Wednesday 10th August at The Narrows Landing. We are interested in any female or family focussed businesses, beauty, home wares, gardening, fashion, craft, art, anything that you think you want to share.... Just give us a call and we can explain to you what it is all about.
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Michael Kaplan is a Director of A&A at Smolin, Lupin & Co. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey and New York, accredited in assisting clients with their annual audit requirements in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, life sciences, construction, real estate, broadcasting, retail, restaurants, apparel, publishing, software, technology and professional services. He has practiced public accounting for more than 20 years.
Michael is dedicated to serving his clients. He has also served both public and private clients with audits of their employee benefit plans, including 401(k)'s, 403(b)'s, 11K's, and health and welfare benefit plans. He has been a speaker on employee benefit plans and had presented on national webcasts, at seminars and at Certified Professional Education courses. In addition, he has written articles on various employee benefit plan topics.
Michael is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Michael is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He practices out of the Fairfield, New Jersey office.
June is a NJ licensed CPA and received her CFF designation. She is also Certified Part 36 in NY. June is a frequent lecturer presenting on various topics to groups throughout NJ. She is a member of both the AICPA and NJCPA where she is active on various technical groups. Her clients include franchises, service and wholesale industries, multistate entities, nonprofits, estates/guardianships and litigation support/forensic accounting.
She holds a B.S. in Accounting from Rutgers University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
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The Monkees' fifth album gets the deluxe treatment by Rhino Records - three discs, 88 tracks. The third disc is all bonus tracks, most previously unissued.
For The Monkees' fifth album, Rhino Records went all out, releasing a box set with three discs (for a total of 88 tracks), a book and even a promotional button.
The third disc, titled "The Birds, The Bees & The Raritees," is all bonus material, most of it previously unreleased. This disc opens with a promotional spot with Davy Jones talking about Stereo 8 Tapes. Oddly, he seems to be selling the idea of the tapes in general, rather than the Monkees album specifically.
"Tear The Top Right Off My Head"
"Tear The Top Right Off My Head" is an excellent song written by Peter Tork. This is the version with Peter doing the lead vocals. Micky Dolenz does backing vocals. This version was included on the "Listen To The Band" box set.
"Auntie's Municipal Court"
"Auntie's Municipal Court" is one of the best Monkees songs. Though written by Michael Nesmith and Keith Allison, the version released on "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees" has Micky singing lead vocals. This version has Michael on lead vocals. Both versions are excellent.
Moog Synthesizer
Micky Dolenz plays Moog synthesizer on this version of "P.O. Box 9847." The Monkees were one of the first rock bands to use the Moog. It's prominent on songs like "Star Collector."
"War Games"
"War Games" was written by David Jones and Steve Pitt. Davy does lead vocals, and Michael Nesmith plays acoustic guitar. Davy sings, "You don't have to play the game if you don't want to/You can sit at home and hear it on the news/They will show you colored pictures of the killings/They want you to feel that you're part of it too." Also included on this disc is a second version, complete with strings and horns.
There are two versions of "Lady's Baby" on this disc (and four total in this set). The first is the version released on "Missing Links." Stephen Stills plays guitar on this song. The second version on this disc is an acoustic version.
"Tapioca Tundra"
"Tapioca Tundra" is one of the best songs from the album, and this version is just this side of incredible, with some interesting doubling up on vocals. Also on this disc is an acoustic version, which is slightly slower. That version is just Mike on vocals and acoustic guitar, and it's wonderful.
There is a strange version of "D.W. Washburn" on this disc, with another vocal repeated "D.W. Washburn," and popping up in a few other places. This song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
"Nine Times Blue" is a song written by Michael Nesmith. On this version, Davy sings lead. Davy's vocals change the tone of the song, but it totally works. Also included on this disc is a version with Michael Nesmith doing lead vocals.
"Shorty Blackwell" Rehearsal
This disc includes a rehearsal of "Shorty Blackwell," a song written by Micky Dolenz. This song has several false starts. Micky keeps starting on the wrong verse, then stops. The fourth start sounds great, but Micky is stopped by someone in the sound booth.
"My Share Of The Sidewalk"
"My Share Of The Sidewalk" is a song that Michael Nesmith wrote for Davy Jones to sing. It has that Broadway show tune feel, and so is perfect for Davy. This version, however, has Mike doing lead vocals - a very strage song for him to sing. He als plays piano on this one. This is a more pared down version - no horns. Eddie Hoh is on drums, and Rick Dey plays bass.
"Changes" was written by David Jones and Steve Pitts. "Changes" was the working title for the Monkees movie, later titled Head. Another version of this song was included on "Missing Links Volume Two" (1990). "Changes" was also the title of the 1970 Monkees release, though this song was not included on it.
"Magnolia Simms" by Michael Nesmith
There are also two versions of "Magnolia Simms." The first is a cool acoustic version, with just Michael Nesmith on vocals and guitar - no crackling or skipping on this one. The second version is a stereo remix, also without the skipping (but with some coughing at the end). To get the strange quality of Michael's vocals, he sang through his slightly open fist held close to his mouth.
"The Party" was written by David Jones and Steve Pitts. Hal Blaine plays drums. The song has a catchy hook. A different version of this song, titled "Party," was included on Missing Links (1988).
Easy Rider
Oddly, this CD concludes with a track on which none of the four Monkees appears. It's an instrumental backing track for "I Wasn't Born To Follow," written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. A version of this song recorded by The Byrds was used in the film Easy Rider.
Track List for Disc 3: The Birds, The Bees & The Raritees
- Monkees Adult Stereo 8 Spot
- Tear The Top Right Off My Head (Peter's Vocal)
- Auntie's Municipal Court (Mike's Vocal)
- P.O. Box 9847 (1968 Alternate Stereo Mix)
- War Games (Version One)
- Lady's Baby
- Tapioca Tundra (1967 Alternate Stereo Mix)
- D.W. Washburn (Alternate Mix With Bass Vocal)
- Nine Times Blue (Version Two - Davy's Vocal)
- Lady's Baby (Acoustic Version)
- While I Cry (Alternate Mono Mix)
- Shorty Blackwell (Rehearsal)
- Laurel And Hardy
- Seeger's Theme (Acoustic Version)
- Tapioca Tundra (Acoustic Version)
- Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)
- War Games (Version Two)
- (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love (Second Recorded Version)
- My Share Of The Sidewalk (Mike's Vocal Version)
- Shake 'Em Up And Let 'Em Roll (Alternate Vocal Version)
- Changes (2009 Mix)
- Merry Go Round (Version One)
- Magnolia Simms (Acoustic Version)
- I'm Gonna Try
- Seeger's Theme (Electric Version)
- Magnolia Simms (Stereo Remix)
- The Girl I Left Behind Me (Third Recorded Version)
- Merry Go Round (Third Recorded Version)
- Nine Times Blue (Version Two - Mike's Vocal)
- The Party (2009 Mix)
- I Wasn't Born To Follow (Backing Track)
This is the third disc. Disc One: The Original Stereo Album & More and Disco Two: The Original Mono Album & More both contain lots of bonus material as well. This box set was released on February 8, 2010. Here's hoping that Rhino will next release a great box set of the sixth Monkees album, "Head," complete with a widescreen DVD of the film.
(Note: I originally posted this review on May 8, 2010 - and since then, Rhino has released an amazing version of "Head," and Criterion has released the film on DVD.)


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2011 gift guide: grace's face must-haves
Early on during our 10 weeks on the road this fall, Amy and I started joking about starting a beauty blog. We both became obsessive about eye creams and face masks on the book tour in an attempt to cover up our lack of sleep and over-consumption of caffeine and sugar. Sadly this was nothing new to me, as I've been something of a skin-care lunatic ever since my first roommate in Brooklyn turned me on to the cheap student facials at Aveda in Manhattan. Since then I've managed to turn my quest for better skin into a full-fledged obsession and I'm always trying to find new ways to get rid of the years of damage I did to myself working at a tanning salon in high school (I know, yikes).
Image above (makeup), clockwise from top left: Nars Arabian Nights eyeshadow trio $45, Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer (with SPF 20) $42, Ooh La Lift under eye concealer $22, Ilia Lipstick (in Arabian Nights, Shellshock and Bang Bang) aka- the best lipstick in the entire world, Susanne Lang Midnight Orchid perfume $50, Fresh lip balms in Sugar Rose and Sugar Plum $22.50 each, Nars creme blush in Cactus Flower $27
To say I'm a perfectionist is something of an understatement (I'm working on that…constantly), so when I fully commit to a face product, it's the highest stamp of approval I can give. I sometimes mention my skincare obsession online and I got a decent chunk of emails this year asking if I'd include a roundup of skincare-based gifts in this year's guides. So I decided to take a break from my normal online window shopping and include an honest look at the products that I save up and invest in on a daily, weekly or yearly basis. I put these on my face every day of my life (except for the makeup, which I only wear under duress) and can vouch that they are worth every penny. If you have someone in your life that is into beauty products, I hope these can help supplement other gifts, act as stocking stuffers or be just the ticket if you're looking for something a little splurgy. Thanks again to Amy for putting up with my constant face-mask applying on the road. She never once made a joke about me looking like a green alien. xo, grace
*I couldn't resist using 'Grace' and 'face' together in this post title because it always reminds me of this cartoon. It made me feel terrible about the way I looked when I was younger and people used to tease me with the 'My name is Grace and my face is disgraceful!' line all the time. Thankfully my crazy skincare regime makes me feel better now- no teasing this Grace anymore.
Image above (skincare), clockwise from top left: Farmaesthetics Complexion Oil $48, Farmaesthetics Lavender face cleanser $36, Exfolikate (worth the cost) $19-$175, Ina's Restoratives Sleep Tincture $14, Bliss Oxygen Facial set (I love this) $75, 100% Pure Coffee Bean eye cream $19, Farmaesthetics Face Toner $28, Sonia Dakar Enzyme Peeling cream $85 (also totally worth it), Kiehl's Hand Salve $13-$20, Mario Badescu Azulene Calming Mask (best mask in the world) $18, Clarisonic Face Cleaner $149-$225 (depending on style)


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Are you irrational and demanding all the time, or just when you open your wallet?
Perhaps it's the impersonal nature of the internet that allows you to rationalize treating me like a tool - but tell me; if the internet is so impersonal - how was I able to determine with a simple name search that you have a string of failed business ventures and your favorite method of conflict resolution is threatenning legal action?
Did you realize your personal ad would be visible to people you routinely threaten?
Does your single Linkedn connection really constitute a trusted network?
You've been on facebook for awhile-haven't you told your friends?
Is using common courtesy with the person on the other end of your email really so hard?
My initial frustration has worn off, and now I just feel sorry for you. I hope you find this and recognize yourself, not just for your own sake - but for every other merchant on this board that you might encounter in the future.
I'm done with you, Terrible Customer, and this post is MY refund.
Most of the time when a customer gives us a hard time it is to cover up a mistake they've made because they didn't order a product in good time before they actually need to use it.
Every single email i've gotten I lay on the apologetic, nice, we screwed up voice even at times we havent screwed up and every single email has turned into a nice order.
Now for the phone customers, I want no part of that LOL
My favorite part: She emails at 4AM (my) local time demanding that I email her our return address. No matter that it is listed prominently on our site-she wants it emailed. At 6AM, she emails again, stating that the fact that all her previous emails to us were answered within 10 minutes makes her suspicious that we are trying to avoid accepting the return. She will initiate a chargeback if she doesn't get an email with our shipping address within the next hour.
Two hours later, (8AM local time) when I arrive at work and read her emails, I reply to her with the relevant information-noting that it is all readily available on our site, and that her emails were received at 4AM and 6AM respectively, local time.
But, my email address has been blocked.
So, now I'm waiting to get back the $1000 item she ordered, which I express shipped to her at no additional charge because she was in a hurry. And I'm waiting for a chargeback notice.
Reason for the return? She ordered the wrong size.
Corporate Apologist!
Its amazing that as soon as you admit fault the customer has nothing else to complain about and its back to closing the sale.
However, earlier this week I had a customer who was absolutely brutal, exactly as described in the first post. This person was a "professional complainer" and apparently was practiced in the art of getting stuff for free. There was nothing wrong with the product either, they just did not like the "look" of it. They suggested that because I was a Canadian I was purposely ripping off Americans with our substandard product. Which was hilarious ... because the product is American made ... and in their State 50 miles from where they live :-) . Then accused me of blaming the problem on Americans.
At that point I cut off the communication and said to return the item at their expense and we would issue a full refund. Never heard anything else.
Slightly off topic but on the forum for a British Columbia based hosting company I came across a post from a UK customer complaining that his monthly bandwidth hadn't been reset. Posted at five to midnight in Vancouver not to mention regular posts by people upset that their billing queries weren't sorted out at 3am on a Sunday morning. (Tech queries have 24*7 support, billing is down to the office staff)
I had to carefully explain to him that I did not own UPS, and that I had already filed a claim and prepared the replacement for his damaged one.... some people.........
They lose you time and money. My trick is to feel sorry for them - they'll be suffering from insecurity, ignorance or some other personality defect that will make their whole life a difficult struggle.
Offer them the quickest and easiest route out and don't take anything personally - it's their personality defects that are causing problem not you.
PS - for anyone selling on eBay that advice especially applies - they offer no protection at all against these people, and you will not be able to warn other sellers.
Not being able to remember the exact words, it was something like "the customer is always right when he chooses to buy from you". Not when he wants to return something, not when he complains, he is only right when he buys from you.
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Traditional furniture stores, car dealerships, other places where the owner has bend over backwards, dropped prices all along, kept double inventory so Joe could have it yesterday, to satisfy every customer need no matter the cost.
When the customers started cutting back, or going elsewhere, they we suddenly not always right anymore.
We try hard to follow the customer is always right and we are still strongly growing and are very profitable.
I cant say that we dont occasionally lose a customer, but we try very hard to make it right for them even when it hurts out bottom line for that specific customer. Most times that customer gives us much more business by word of mouth.
On the web, customer always right cant kill you fast if you fail to deliver or build you fast if you over deliver.
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Don't get me wrong- it's a very useful maxim. We use it ourselves-with the customers we want to keep.
Some customers are an asset, and others are a liability.
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For customers you are having problems with, or who keep bugging you, or if there is any personal tone in the dissatisfaction.
Reply to the email with a different name, so it looks like someone else or a co-worker is answering who happens to not be working that day, rather then yourself. I use an alias of someone I respected that I used to know.
The problems stop every time, immediately, with no further problems.
I would just slip out of the office, remove my glasses, and quickly change into my cape and spandex- but a proper phone booth is nearly impossible to find these days. Instead, I recommended she call FE with her tracking number.
I realize that posting all this here is quite self serving and passive-aggressive, but it's also cathartic. Thanks for listening!
Perhaps this thread can serve as cheap therapy for other vendors who have a customer who is not always right.
We get an email reaming us asking how we dare send a coupon the day after this guy places his order. He says I should send it right before he orders.
I calmly email him back and explain that we send to 15 thousand people at a time and we couldnt possibly send to each individual person individually. I gave him a coupon I know of and told him where he can find them on the web in between times we send them out.
He promptly apologized and said "I am a customer for life, thanks for your prompt reply".
Just wish I could deal with my distributors/manufacturers as easily :-/


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