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Chestnut Stuffing with Puff Pastry plus mushrooms, onions garlic, tarragon, pepper, shoyu or tamari inside tender puff pastry.
Recipe Ingredients
1 can pureed chestnuts
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Dash of Shoyu or Tamari Soy Sauce
1 package of puff pastry
One sheet parchment paper to line the pan
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Saute the onions and garlic in olive oil till soft and starting to brown. Add the mushrooms, and when they are almost cooked, add the tarragon, salt, pepper and a dash of tamari. When the mushrooms have finished cooking, stir in the can of chestnuts and set aside. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Roll out the puff pastry in to a 12-inch square, and place on the paper on the baking sheet. Spoon the chestnut mixture into the center of the pastry-dough square. Next, bring each of the four corners to the center of the pastry square thus covering the chestnut mixture. With your thumb and first finger pinch together the eight open edges, and it should now look like a pyramid.
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Mr Arthur has been charged with one count of murder, while his two housemates, Christine Lyons and Ronald Lyons, have each been charged with one count of being an accessory to murder after the fact over an alleged cover-up.
Mr Arthur had led police to bushland west of Bendigo on Thursday night where they found a body, believed to be that of Ms Kelly.
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The following day the trio had concocted a story to coverup the crime, a story that Ms Kelly had voluntarily left on January 23, and two days after the alleged murder, Mr Arthur and Mr Lyons had removed the body from the unit with a van, senior Constable Saulle said.
They had then told her young children that their mother "had abandoned them and that she had had enough," before re-enrolling one daughter at school under a made up name using their surname, he said.
Police allege that between January 27 and February 10 Mr Arthur withdrew a total of $3690 from Ms Kelly's bank account using ATMs in Bendigo and Sunbury, often in the company of his co-accused.
Police had visited the home on February 3 after Ms Kelly was reported missing by her interstate brother Michael Kelly but were told she had left voluntarily, Senior Constable Saulle said.
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Senior Constable Saulle also alleged that Mr Arthur and Mr Lyons removed a couch believed to contain evidence from the property using a rented trailer and dumped it at a tip.
Mr Arthur was not allowed to apply for bail because he has been charged with murder, while his two co-accused were denied bail after police argued each was an unacceptable risk.
All three were remanded in custody to appear in the Bendigo Magistrates Court on Monday.
They had appeared in the out-of-sessions hearing, after 24 hours in custody, still dressed in the clothes they wore when they agreed to be photographed by Fairfax Media shortly before their arrests on Thursday afternoon.
Detective Senior Constable Saulle said all three had admitted to their parts in the crime when they were interviewed by police.
While arguing for bail, Mr Lyons had told the bail justice: "yeah I helped him move the body from the unit to the van, that's it."
When Ms Lyons was asked if she understood what she had been charged with, she responded "yeah, yeah, the murder thing...after the murder of Samantha."
In applying for bail, she later said: "I haven't done anything, I haven't actually hurt anyone or done anything wrong."
Mr Arthur simply responded "nope," when asked if he wanted to raise anything.
Detectives scoured a remote area near Shelbourne - about 30km south west of Bendigo - on Friday afternoon following the discovery of human remains at about 11pm the night before.
The body was found wrapped in a blue tarpaulin in an embankment of a dry creek bed near the Bendigo-Maryborough Road.
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The last confirmed sighting of Ms Kelly alive was at about 3.20pm on Wednesday, January 20, when she was captured on CCTV cameras at an ATM on High Street, Kangaroo Flat.
Distraught family and friends, who have maintained Ms Kelly would never voluntarily leave her children, were notified of the grisly discovery on Friday morning.
Ms Kelly's father Kerry Kelly, who lives in Tasmania, said he felt "raw".
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"I am upset and I'd love to react, but it's all about what's best for these kids now, it's about looking after them," he said.
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Ms Stevenson said her and Mr Kelly were dedicated to providing a safe and loving environment for the children.
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BeschreibungThe aim of the present series of York Medieval Texts is to provide editions of major pieces of Middle English writing in a form which will make them accessible without loss of historical authenticity. Texts are chosen because of their importance and artistic merit, and individual volumes may contain a single work, coherent extracts from a longer work, or representative examples of a genre. The principle governing the presentation of the text is to preserve the character of the English while eliminating unnecessary encumbrances such as obsolete letters and manuscript errors. Glossary and explanatory notes operate together to clarify the text; special attention is paid to the interpretation of passages which are syntactically rather than lexically difficult. The introduction to each volume, like the rest of the apparatus, is designed to set the work in its proper literary context. The intention of the series is exclusively literary: the Editors hope to attract a wider audience not only for works within the accepted literary canon, but also for those which have until now been regarded as 'specialist' in appeal, or which have been presented as if they were. This volume adds to the series the complete text of a poem which, although an acknowledged masterpiece of medieval literature, makes abnormal demands upon the reader by reason of its subtle exploitation both of a difficult dialect of Middle English and of the special idiom of alliterative verse. There is no short cut through the difficulties - they are the poem itself - but the present edition is designed to enable the modern reader, and in particular the university student, to reach a sensitive first-hand understanding of the text asthe only basis for valid literary judgement. The introduction deals directly with the poems stylistic qualities and moral content. In conjunction with the select bibliography it describes the relevant Gawain-criticism of the past decade and advances independent critical judge
Untertitel: 'York Medieval Texts'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: NORTHWESTERN UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum: August 1970
Seitenanzahl: 171 Seiten
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By Zig Ziglar
THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERSCopyright © 2007 Zig Ziglar
All right reserved.
Chapter OneYou Made the Right Choice
A Career in the World's Oldest Profession
When the prospect reacted to the door-to-door Bible salesman's request to buy with "I'm broke," the salesman had a pretty fair response. Extending the Bible, he responded, "Would you put your hand right here and repeat that?"
Selling can be and should be fun, so let's make it clear from the beginning that a sense of humor combined with self-esteem that allows you to laugh at yourself will play a significant part in your success in your chosen profession. How I wish someone had made that fact clear to me when I got my start. Laughing more often and feeling better about myself would have prevented many of the bruises to my fragile ego during those difficult days early in my career when I was trying so desperately hard to survive.
I made my first sales call in 1947. After borrowing $50 (a considerable sum of money in those days) to buy a new $22 suit, a new dress shirt, a briefcase, and a hat (all professional salespeople wore hats in the late forties), I was prepared to enter the wonderful world of selling!
My mission was to seek out users of my product line to act as "centers of influence" for "referrals." I didn't really know what that meant except to say that if people were currently using my product, they might be able to direct me to someone else who would want to use it. Much to my great pleasure and eternal gratitude, the Redhead (my wife, Jean) agreed to come along.
After driving for a considerable length of time to find the "right" neighborhood, with fear and trembling I knocked on my first door. The weather was brutally hot that July day in Columbia, South Carolina, but I would have been sweating profusely even without nature's help. A grandmotherly looking lady who would have to rate among the top two or three least frightening or intimidating figures on earth came to the door. She smiled sweetly and acknowledged my presence. I started my "canned" (not planned) presentation and got out almost an entire sentence before I froze. Nothing would come out of my mouth. After about three hours (three seconds can seem like three hours in this situation), this dear, kind lady gently asked me if I would like a drink of water. I managed to nod my head in gratitude, and she invited me in.
I did eventually find out that she was not a current owner of our product, so rather than encourage her to become one or ask if she knew anyone who might be interested, I did the only sensible thing. I rushed back to the car and my waiting wife. Obviously, this was the wrong neighborhood!
Over the next ten days, poor self-esteem, fear of rejection, lack of confidence, and mediocre work habits led to experiences that were not a great deal more successful.
It didn't take long to reach the end of my financial rope, and my courage bucket soon went "bone dry." I was knocking on doors one hot August day on Adelia Drive, and as I looked down a particularly long block that ended the street, I said to myself, "Self, if we don't get into a house before the end of this block to at least make a presentation, I quit!"
I had been through too many days of not even being able to tell my story to get turned down for the sale.
In 1947 the overwhelming majority of wives were at home, so my chances for making a presentation seemed pretty good on a long block like this one. Logically, I knew that putting my destiny in other people's hands by determining to continue or quit in this way was not an overly bright decision. But emotionally, I knew that continuing to have doors closed in my face was unbearable. Regardless of who we are or what we do, everyone needs what psychologists call "accomplishment feedback"-some success, no matter how small-and I was yet to experience even the slightest hint of getting close to any form of success. The trend continued until only two houses were left.
The next to last home, I learned, belonged to a widow, Mrs. B. C. Dickert. I gave her my presentation at the door, and she told me to go next door to see her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Freeman. Those were the first words of hope I had heard in several days. I literally ran next door and enthusiastically told Mrs. Freeman what her sister-in-law had said and that Mrs. Dickert would like to be included if I could come back for a presentation. I got the appointment to come back for a presentation after dinner when Mr. Freeman would be home.
Later that evening, with cotton in my mouth and fear in my heart, I made my first sale: product #541 priced at $61.45! I finished writing the order and completely forgot Mrs. Dickert was sitting there. Finally, Mr. Freeman said, "Mr. Ziglar, I believe Mrs. Dickert is interested, too." With all the aplomb of a true professional, I blurted out, "What about it, Mrs. Dickert?" (Smooth, huh?) She said, "Well, I don't have my money with me." Again with considerable tact and diplomacy I said, "Well, shoot, you just live next door. Run get it!" Mrs. Dickert smiled and said, "Well, I think I will." Two sales-I couldn't believe my good fortune!
The Redhead and I bought a quart of ice cream to celebrate, and to the best of my recollection, there was none left the next day.
I decided to stay in the business of selling.
As we get under way in our journey through Ziglar on Selling, I would like to begin in a somewhat unusual manner. Let me encourage you to leave the sales profession if you can. Yes, you read it properly. Zig Ziglar is encouraging you to quit selling-if you can. Those last three words are the most important words you can face at this point in your sales career: if you can. Those who get into sales because they might make a little more money or might even help other people are "short-termers." You need to get into selling because your heart and your head won't allow you to do anything else!
In sales, you will be treated rudely. People will, on occasion, even slam doors in your face. They will hang up on you for no obvious reason. Some will avoid you at social gatherings. Your family (and even you) will question your sanity. You will see people whispering and know they are talking about you and your new profession. People in restaurants will laugh, and you will be sure they are discussing your last presentation.
As humorist and speaker Dr. Charles Jarvis says, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!" Yes, paranoia can be a side effect of the sales profession.
My good friend Walter Hailey is one of the most successful men in the world. I talked about his ability to find the good in people and situations in my book See You at the Top. In addition to being a "good-finder," Walter is a salesman par excellence (that means he's gooood!) and a winner who has spent his life helping others win.
Despite Walter's success, he had a rocky start in the world of selling. He faced frustration, anxiety, closed doors, low sales, nervous stomach, and virtually every other symptom associated with an individual who is uncertain of his future and how he is going to survive in the sales world. As a matter of fact, his discouragement was so bad, Walter went to his manager and told him he was quitting, getting out of the business. To this his manager responded, "You can't."
Walter dogmatically stated that he was quitting. The manager again told him, "You can't quit." By now Walter was getting a little hot under the collar, and he stated very firmly, "Well, I am going to quit!" To this his manager replied, "Walter, you can't get out of the insurance business because you have never really gotten into the insurance business."
Walter said the words hit him like the proverbial "ton of bricks." As he reflected on the truth of what his manager said, he realized for possibly the first time in his life that you cannot get out of something you have never been in. There are many people who "join" a sales organization but never get in the business of selling.
WHY NOT GET IN THE BUSINESS? One reason new salespeople never get "in the business" has to do with the information they receive. Are new salespeople told the truth about the job? A resounding "No!" was the answer, according to an article entitled "Shell-Shocked on the Battle Field of Selling" in the July 1990 edition of Sales and Marketing Management magazine in which senior editor Arthur Brigg interviewed a large number of salespeople in their first year of selling.
The respondents reported their early days in the field were more rigorous than they ever imagined and were filled with surprises they weren't prepared to handle. If you will permit an observation from someone who has been in their position as a new salesperson and who has hired and trained countless salespeople, ill-informed and ill-prepared salespeople are the rule rather than the exception.
Poor information and poor preparation may have always been the case, and that may never change. But you can do a few things to minimize the shock.
First: Realize that the majority of highly paid veterans in sales (or in any field) are hard workers. Look around and interview the top performers; ask them specifically about their work ethic. I have been present where the more the hiring managers reinforced the rigorous requirements, the more the candidates ignored the facts and assured the managers they could handle the job. They selectively listened and "heard" what they wanted to hear. Later, when their prospects did the same thing and complained that the salespeople hadn't "told them," the salespeople were amazed and even angered. Solution: Listen well to the entire message, not just the "benefits" portion.
The best-paying hard work in the world is selling, and the poorest-paying easy work in the world is selling!
Second: Remember, if you apply yourself to the job and absorb the training offered, your productivity will go up, and your stress and fatigue levels will go down. In your early days, you may be overwhelmed by the amount of time required for the job and the number of details you must manage. I recommend that you adopt a time management and productivity system along with the training required to understand and use the system (discussed in Chapter 15: "Organization and Discipline").
Third: Work to stay current with the all-important, ever-changing areas of product knowledge and communication skills. Understanding your product and knowing how to communicate that knowledge give a great sense of security in any selling situation. You will want to constantly study the product and any improvements made to it. Some product lines are so large and complex you will need to study daily to keep "up to speed." This is the information age, so take full advantage of your communication technology to stay ahead of the competition.
Important: When your technical knowledge is exhausted, feel free to say, "I don't know." Your company can provide the technical support you need, and you can become an authority on the subject for next time.
Please understand that you may have been presenting your product or service for years and still not have been "in the profession" of selling. "How can you tell when you are in the business?" you ask. Answer: When the profession is in you so completely that you can't get out of sales.
Lack of commitment is a primary reason that the sales profession has earned the reputation of having a high turnover rate. Fortunately this is changing, and the public is rapidly gaining respect for the true sales professional. Training methods are improving, and selling is attracting a higher caliber of recruit today than ever before. The benefits for joining the greatest profession in the world are growing on an almost daily basis.
Now I know you appreciate that last sentence-a completely unbiased statement from a man who is proud to say he has been a salesman all his life. I have a deep love for the sales profession and the selling professional, a sincere belief in the value of our profession, and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about becoming even more professional.
My sales career didn't begin in 1947. That was my first "official" sales call. It actually started in childhood when I sold vegetables on the streets of Yazoo City, Mississippi. I also had a paper route, and early in my sales career, it was my good fortune to work in a grocery store for several years.
At the University of South Carolina, I sold sandwiches at the dormitory in the evening to finance my marriage and education. I later moved into direct sales that have included stints in the securities business, life insurance, and home care products. I entered the world of personal growth and corporate development in 1964 and have been selling training and motivation since then.
Obviously, your experiences are not going to be exactly like mine. I would venture to guess that not many of you will take your spouse with you on sales calls. You will probably not be selling sandwiches in a dormitory, and you will probably ride more elevators than knock on doors. But before you discount these experiences, let me remind you that we are both on a pilgrimage. You and I are working together, and to repeat what I said in the "Introduction," our challenge is to learn from the past without living there, live and grow in the present, and look to the future with hope and optimism. Rarely a day goes by that I do not learn something new to help me become an even more effective sales professional. Come with me and learn with me on this journey.
As you enter professional sales (whether this is your first experience or you are rededicating yourself to a new level of professionalism), you must stop to realize that choosing to be a sales professional is a daily task. As a matter of fact, let me encourage you to make this first entry on your "to do" list: "Today I will be a successful sales professional, and I will learn something today that will make me even more professional tomorrow." If you will begin each day with this commitment to our great profession, there are many benefits that await you, the successful sales professional! Best of all, this procedure helps you make certain your tomorrows are better than your yesterdays.
One of the many great things about our profession is that you are truly your own boss. You are in business, as the saying goes, "for yourself but not by yourself." When you stand in front of the mirror each morning, you can look yourself right in the eye and say, "My goodness, you're such a nice, efficient, effective, hardworking, and professional person-you deserve a raise!" and the board just met. I might add that the raise will become effective as soon as you do.
The reality is that as a salesperson you are the chairman of the board, the general sales manager, the chief financial officer, the executive vice president; and yes, you're the janitor, chief cook, and bottle washer. In short, with the independence of being your own boss comes a tremendous responsibility, and this is the exciting part of the profession! Opportunity is born of independence handled in a responsible manner, and in the sales profession, your opportunities are unparalleled.
Although it's true that you do have to be versatile, strong-willed, organized, disciplined, enthusiastic, motivated, and possess a great attitude, these characteristics fall into place for the professional salesperson who has the most important characteristics of them all-the servant's heart, a humble spirit, and a willingness to grow.
Excerpted from ZIGLAR ON SELLING by Zig Ziglar Copyright © 2007 by Zig Ziglar. Excerpted by permission.
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R.I.P.: Algerian League Soccer Player Dies After Head Injury from Thrown Object [Details]
Cameroonian soccer player Albert Ebosse has died after an object thrown from the stands struck him in the head in his club JS Kabylie's match against USM Alger.
The Confederation of African Football confirmed that Ebosse, 24, died in the hospital on Saturday night. Kabylie said a police investigation would be opened.
Ebosse had scored Kayblie's lone goal in their 2-1 loss to Alger. He was hit with the object towards the end of the game. The identity of the object hasn't been determined yet, but a story on Kabylie's team website suggests that a "shower of stones" from home fans came down on the opening of the player tunnel following the match.
Ebosse was the leading scorer in the Algerian league last year with 19 goals. He has previously played in Malaysia and in his home country of Cameroon.
CAF president Issa Hayatou said "exemplary sanctions to be taken against this grave act of violence." Hayatou also said that they will take action because "African football cannot be the breeding ground for hooliganism whatsoever."
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Scrabulous Brand Naming Not Fabulous to Hasbro
The demise of the much loved Scrabble knockoff named Scrabulous, played by thousands of avid Facebook users, has sent a "cry of woe" through the blogosphere.
This blatent copy of Scrabble has finally been shut down by Hasbro after the two brothers who invented it refused to be bought off.
While some argue that this type of fighting between online/offline game creators should prompt companies to "give up trying to protect their brand altogether and just learn how to better compete with those that counterfeit their copyright," the more interesting question is how, exactly, did Scrabulous' get itself into trouble.
The answer is partly in the name. The entire fight centered around trademark and copyright infringement, and not patent infringement.
The Scrabble brand name goes back to 1954, but the actual copyright is in reference to the very well protected and recognizable board. This offers a lot of loopholes, mainly with the contention that the fifty-four year old "Scrabble" name should be in the public domain, which arguably came out of copyright in 1994, even though technically it is still protected for another 55 years (70 years after the death of the game's inventor in 1993).
The fact is, the Scrabble brand name is immensely valuable to Hasbro and they have a duty to protect it.
The side issue here is Facebook's culpability in this matter. Simply put, the Scrabulous game attracted users to the site, and that's trademark infringement. It appears that Hasbro has decided to not take the matter up with them, but sooner or later Facebook will likely suffer from a similar case.
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July 29, 2008
When Does Brand Naming Become UnCuil?
Giving an opinion on a name without knowing the strategy behind it leaves much to be desired.
At first blush, it is easy to understand why people are being critical of the new super search engine brand name Cuil, which is supposedly going to blow Google out of the water.
Started by some renegade engineers from Google, Cuil was launched yesterday and is meant to be the next big thing in search engines, but alas, it cannot even find its own name.
Yes, the name is an old Irish word for knowledge even though it actually comes from the alternatively spelled Finn mac Cumhaill.
Anyway, somebody who does not speak Gaelic or has never heard of Old Finn McCool (that would be pretty much all of us save for a few Irish scholars) is likely to initially pronounce it "quill."
Even if pronounced correctly, people will assumed it is spelled "cool," rather than "Cuil," which isn't great for a business that relies on the proper spelling of its URL to be able to use it. Everyone will have to tell you how to spell it, unlike say, Yahoo or Google, which are both spelled exactly the way they sound.
Already people are calling it UnCuil, which is to be expected, the name practically begs for its detractors to do so.
Others are just saying it's "not so hot," while several more have added that it will be hard to look for a word by "cuiling it" or trying to "cuil it."
Like Google, Yahoo and so many other internet related names, what is strange and unusual today becomes common place, accepted and emulated in the future.
I think we should give Cuil a chance. As a brand name. And as a search engine, which I think, does not yet measure up to Google.
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July 24, 2008
Sara Lee Forced to Embrace (Overly?) Accurate Food Naming and Branding
Sara Lee's recent problems with its Soft and Smooth labeling issues speak to an interesting dilemma: when does labeling cross into the realm of naming?
It has come out that Sara Lee cannot claim that the product contains "whole grain goodness" because the bread is made up primarily of white flour: it is only 30% "whole grain," a fact that now must be made clear on its packaging. Additionally, "As part of the agreement, Sara Lee will add copy to the label stating that two slices have 10 grams of whole grain and that (the U.S. Department of Agriculture) recommends consumption of 48 grams of whole grains daily."
This has set off a bit of derision on the blogosphere, with one group suggesting that this stuff is really "White Bread For People Who Hate Whole Wheat Bread And Like Lying To Themselves That White Bread Is Healthy."
The issue of not-so-healthy food being touted in "creative" ways to customers is not a new one, but it seems all the more insidious when it comes to health (or at least healthier) foods.
It's one thing when a candy bar company, for instance, tries to get you to eat more chocolate for the good of your heart, it's quite another when you think that your purchase is either good for you or for the environment.
And food labels are notorious for being tricky to read and have traditionally been rather far reaching with their claims. Items like Fiber One Chewy Bars and Nabisco Fig Newtons 100% Whole Grain Cookies (there's that pesky whole grain thing again) have raised the ire of various consumer groups.
Cereals aimed at kids often claim to be "low fat" or "low sugar" while even "whole grain" cereals slip in sugar, salt and fat.
Responsible product naming should also be accurate product naming. And yet, is Sara Lee really that far off the mark in saying that their bread contains "whole grain goodness," a tagline that seems rather unimaginative but serviceable?
Or is the problem here the word whole? Like it or not, the bread does indeed contain "whole grain goodness" but is NOT made wholly of "grain goodness."
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wanted to forbid the company from using these phrases: "made with whole grain," "good source of whole grain" and "now with 25 percent more whole grain," all of which do not seem overly misleading. We are, after all, talking about white bread.
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July 21, 2008
What Qualifies as a Naming Emergency?
It's hard to explain to people in other countries what's wrong with the US economy.
More precisely, it's hard to admit that two of the major mortgage lending institutions are called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. As one Canadian blogger put it, "Who in their right mind would name a bank something so ridiculous - or anything for that matter... even a hamster would cease running on its little wheel if named Fannie Mae."
This is really nicknaming that got out of hand, but points to the major problems financial institutions have had in naming and branding.
The names are actually nicknames that grew out of the acronyms. Freddie Mac comes from Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHMC); Fannie Mae comes from Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA).
Even worse, the CEO of Fannie Mae is named Naiel H. Mudd. As in, "Your name is Mudd."
While the brains behind Freddie Mac is named Richard F. Syron, which rhymes with "siren." As in "emergency."
Speaking of which, there may be a naming emergency going on in New York as Citi commits $400 million to secure the naming rights for the new Mets Stadium.
Recently, I wrote about Citi's decision to revitalize their 1977 tagline: "Citi never sleeps." Although, it appears that Citi may be set for a nightmare with their decision to get into stadium naming. Blogging Stocks says that there is actually a curse hanging over companies that name stadiums after themselves:
- The Pats' stadium was named after Gillette, which is now owned by P&G, though the brand name is still in use
- Fleet Center is named after a bank bought out by Bank of America
- Tweeter Center is named after a company that has since filed for bankruptcy
Given Citi's recent problems, it seems to many people - especially to those employees who have been fired - that this might be a sad waste of money.
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July 18, 2008
What's a Jihad When It's at Home?
The word jihad has been used in English to refer to doctrinal crusades since 1880.
The literal meaning of the word is struggle, as Professor John Esposito of Georgetown University explains in his series on Islam for The Teaching Company. The struggle in question doesn't have to be war.
Nevertheless, most Americans automatically equate jihad with violence.
When I first learned the term in high school, there was no suggestion that the word could mean anything but holy war. But depite that lack of nuance, no one at the time equated jihad with terrorism. As we saw it then, wars were declared by governments and terrorists were isolated individuals. (This was long before there was a war on drugs, never mind a war on terror.)
Yesterday's "Morning Edition" on NPR reported that someone has finally explained to the Bush administration that jihad "has very positive connotations in the Islamic world."
Linguistically, the multiple meanings and positive connotations of jihad should not come as a surprise. After all, when English speakers use the word "crusade," they're not often talking about having the Pope guarantee them admission to heaven if they take up the cross and head for the Holy Land to kill Muslims. Yet before 1786, that's exactly what the word meant.
Crusade, like crucifix, comes to us from the Latin word for cross.
Psychologically, the difference between the way English speakers use and understand the words jihad and crusade makes sense. Our holy war is good, but their holy war is bad.
Linguistically, however, the words are very much the same. If we keep that in mind, it might make for better relations between Muslims and Christians.
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Brand Naming is 60 Milliseconds?
"Even 60 milliseconds of exposure to a brand name" can affect a person's "shopping goals," which says volumes about how quickly we recognize brand naming and product naming as we go about our daily lives.
The authors of a recent article suggests that "this provides the first evidence that such brands can automatically activate purchase goals in individuals and that these behavior can influence consumers' product preferences without their awareness or conscious intent."
What is especially interesting is how one brand name like Walmart, for instance, affects the choices we make in regard to other brand names.
If I am going out to buy a microwave, even seeing the Walmart sign (but not going there) might encourage me to buy a lower priced, bargain brand name.
Matthew Hudson at Psychology Today has concluded that "Advertising is Magic" and extrapolates from this, as others have, that seeing a brand name like Apple might prompt our creativity, while seeing the North Face logo might push us up the stairs faster.
He points to a paper that claimed that people viewed an endurance activity as a "positive challenge" upon seeing a Gatorade bottle in front of them. That's right, after just seeing it.
The way brand naming works on our subconscious is a subject that has been thoroughly studied, but this new research seems to suggest that we are easily affected by the brand naming that surrounds us all whether we are aware of it or not, and that one brand may actually affect the sales of another.
If one thing is for sure, it's that good brand naming has an immediate and visceral affect on consumers, and their capacity to absorb thousands of these a day seems confirmed.
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July 17, 2008
Will Budweiser's Move Alter American Microbrewery Brand Naming?
Budweiser's recent acquisition by InBev has many Bud drinkers crying into their, well, beer, largely because the tagline "The Great American Beer" is no longer an accurate statement.
What once was Budweiser's major selling point is now lost. It no longer is an American brand name icon.
In addition, InBev also inherits Budweiser's famous naming dispute with the Czech Budejovicky Budvar, a subject that has developed into one of the classic trademark wars of the beer world.
And while the name is set to break new frontiers in Europe and Asia, back home there is likely to be a Bud backlash.
At least one blogger looks for the next in line to be considered the true American beer.
Miller is owned by South African SAB Miller and Molson Coors is Canadian. The answer is probably Sam Adams, which has a spectacular American brand name and is perfectly positioned to take Budweiser's place on the mantle.
In fact, this is a big opportunity for microbreweries in the USA to reposition themselves as true-blooded American as opposed to Bud, which is now forever married to Stella Artois.
I am expecting there to be a virtual flood of microbrewery brand naming that is intensely patriotic and strategically designed to attract disillusioned Bud customers.
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July 10, 2008
Joseph Abboud Learns the Hard Way About Naming, Branding and Goodwill
Famed designer Joseph Abboud is offering two new fall collections next month bearing the names Black/Brown 1826 and Jaz, a luxury menswear brand that is a clipping of the word "Jazz," originally suggested by his daughter.
The reason he doesn't have his own name on the label is because he's not allowed. He lost naming rights to his own name after selling his fashion company in 2000 for $65.5 million to JA Apparel Corp, which now owns "associated names, trademarks, etc., including Joseph Abboud, designed by Joseph Abboud, JOE, JA, and similar or derivative terms."
After the seven-year non-compete clause had expired, Abboud pushed to use his name "in an informational way" to indicate that he was the designer of Jaz. In fact, he wanted to have a tagline that said "a new composition by designer Joseph Abboud."
The courts have ruled that he cannot do this legally. He is only allowed to "be himself" and make media appearances as himself, but he cannot use his own name to promote goods and services.
That's harsh, but as the Likelihood of Confusion blog asks, "why did he think he was getting $65.5 million?"
This is the inherent danger in using a personal name as a trademark. When things go wrong, as they did for Mr. Abboud, you lose the rights to your name for your next venture.
But what is interesting here is the technicality around what the word name means legally. The court seems to have interpreted it stringently but fairly. The key clause in the contract states that Abboud agreed to sell "all of [his] right, title and interest in and to: ...names, trademarks, trade names... and the goodwill related thereto."
This really leaves little room for argument that $65.5 million deal stripped Abboud not only of his trademark, but use of his name and goodwill. Michael Lechter of the Start-Up Blog says that the lesson here is "if you (or your attorney) are careless in drafting the agreement, then you may lose the benefit of your reputation as well."
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July 7, 2008
Five Frog Species Await Your Naming - For a Price
There are five new frog species whose names are up for auction by TV personality Jeff Corwin and Amphibian Ark.
This promotion is designed to draw attention to the fact that of the approximately 6,100 amphibian species on the planet, some 2,600 are declining in number. The highest bidder will be able to name a "walking frog," which is "a newly discovered species in the genus Osornophryne."
Financing conservation by selling naming rights is becoming a popular way to raise money and since there are so many species of insects, amphibians and fishes that have yet to be named, it's a great idea.
Plus, it's worth big bucks: One butterfly name recently went for $40,800 and a monkey name, GoldenPalace.com Monkey, went for $650,000.
There is, however, some criticism around selling sea slug naming rights for $15,000 or auctioning names for a hydrothermal vent worm for $50,000. It all just seems so unscientific.
One mail room supervisor at the Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia had a catfish species named after him as a retirement gift, while a kind hearted math teacher in San Diego named Jeff Goodhatz paid $5,000 to have a sea worm named after himself (goodhartzorum).
Yes, there is some risk that some avid namer will actually make up a new species just to score naming rights, but it's not likely. The Census of Marine life is busy adding 1,400 new species each year to its lists, including the recently discovered, scarily hairy but reassuringly small "yeti crab."
Comedian Stephen Colbert and musician Neil Young each have trapdoor spiders named after them by East Carolina University biologist Jason Bond, who also named an arachnid in honor of Nelson Mandela.
That's all great, but not all creepy crawlies are created equal. Adolf Hitler has a blind cave beetle named after him, similarly to Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield, who have all unwillingly lent their names to beetles, as have Darth Vader and Pocahontas.
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July 3, 2008
Celebrating the 4th of July!
This weekend many of us will be consuming hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad and lemonade, before taking in the bright lights of fireworks bursting in the night sky, all in celebration of the 4th of July.
But we also don't want to forget about the origins of this summer holiday.
On the 4th of July in 1776, the United States' Second Continental Congress declared their right for freedom by approving the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
We hope that everyone safely enjoys their freedom to celebrate the memory of this historic event.
Happy 4th of July from the entire team at Strategic Name Development!
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Walmart Gets a Naming and Branding Facelift
Wal-Mart has given its brand name a facelift, dropping the old fashioned, clunky, all caps typography, the hyphen, the star and the red, white and blue color scheme in favor of a cleaner, more "dot-com" image.
Frankly, this almost counts as a name change, because we are all now expected to refer to the company as "Walmart."
They even have a new logo that looks like a sun, or a star, or maybe an asterisk (Walmart execs refer to it as a sunburst that "looks organic"). The idea is to get an image into the consumer's mind much like the Target logo, although Walmart's strategy is to appear friendlier.
They also have a new slogan that was unveiled last year: "Save Money. Live Better" which coincides with the company's attempt to equate low prices with a better, healthier life. Brand New has tracked all of the Walmart naming since 1962 and feels underwhelmed by this naming shift. And while the change seems precipitated by some troubles the company has had recently, many feel that the change was at least ten years overdue.
Walmart has some serious PR issues to contend with in my home state of Minnesota and they certainly need to work on their profile.
The Huffington Post reports that its corporate image suffered the third biggest drop on the Harris Interactive Poll over the last year. So a facelift is probably long overdue.
I'm not expecting any major strategy changes from Walmart, a company that is very successful in being blandly able to offer low prices to the consumer. Its name recognition and immediate association with its most powerful selling point, low prices, is unparalleled and I would expect the company to profit during the economy's downturn.
Finally, the Walmart "sunburst" reminds me of Apple's "loading" symbol.
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July 2, 2008
The Sound of Lying Around the House and other Japanese Naming Trends
Every language uses onomatopoeia: words made out of sounds that aren't ordinarily part of language (from Greek onoma, "name," and poiéō, "make").
And every language creates onomatopoetic names. The most famous in English is probably Meow Mix, while the most prestigious in Italian must be Ferrari. Okay, Ferrari is an eponym, named after a person, but it still sounds like a roaring sportscar engine, so perhaps Enzo's career was destined from birth.
However, Japanese may be fonder of onomatopoeia than any other language. David Mankin puts it this way: "The Japanese have words for sounds that cannot be heard."
Not only that, they reduplicate these sounds into word pairs-pairs. My favorite is garo garo, the sound of lying around the house, as described by Rebecca Milner of the CScout Japan trend research blog in her list of Japanese product names created with this technique.
If you're naming a product for the Japanese market, it might be a good idea to pick up a copy of Jazz Up Your Japanese with Onomatopoeia.
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July 1, 2008
Chinglish Linguistics: English as We Know It, Plans to Stick Around
It may or may not be surprising to you that more people in China are learning English as a second language than there are people in the US learning English as a primary language.
English is the international language of business and will only become more so in the future. It is interesting to note that the Chief Executive of LG Electronics, Yong Nam, recently declared that all business at LG will be conducted in English, even at its corporate headquarters in South Korea.
Michael Erard, in a recent Wired magazine article, has his own take on how the Chinese might influence the English language long term. English, according to Erard, "is happily leading an alternative lifestyle without us."
Actually, it's been doing that for a long time, as have other languages when they served as the language of commerce or scholarship. Julius Caesar would have been hard put to understand the Latin of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Very little of the French used as a lingua franca in North Africa would win the approval of the Académie française. And then there's George Bernard Shaw's joke about England and America being "two countries separated by a common language."
Thanks to the Internet, however, native speakers of a language are now much more aware of the way others (mis)use their language. We've pointed out a number of instances on this blog before, with discussions of "Konglish" and "Engrish."
Thanks to the upcoming Beijing Olympics, the variant provoking the most comment at the moment is "Chinglish," English as employed by the Chinese, familiar to many of us from restaurant menus.
On the same day Erard's essay appeared in Wired, the Telegraph in the UK asserted that "English will turn into Panglish in 100 years."
Frankly, I doubt it. Even the expert interviewed by the Telegraph reporter admitted that she couldn't predict whether there would be one version of "Panglish" used across the globe, or "scores of wildly varying Englishes, many or most of them heading toward mutual unintelligibility."
We might, in fact, end up with both and neither.
If the Chinese speaker and the Hindi speaker want to converse in English, they're likely to need to use something closer to American or British English than to the English they speak with their countryfolk. One of the reasons they'd both be using English is because their native languages are so different from one another, and would therefore influence their use of English in ways that are likely to cause more confusion than using Hollywood English.
Furthermore, the number of non-native speakers of a language doesn't seem to influence its use by native speakers.
While English has always been a voracious importer of foreign words, the only way Chinglish could come to dominate in America would be if there were suddenly more Chinese speakers than English speakers living here and they produced all of our movies, TV, and radio. And that still wouldn't be likely to stop the older generations from speaking the language they grew up with, any more than language reform movements in Germany or Holland have.
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Well, because we like to do our own thing, we at SWOP-NOLA decided that, instead of celebrating International Sex Workers' Rights Day with the rest of the world today (March 3rd), we're gonna celebrate this Saturday, March 7th.
At 3pm, to be exact. At City Park. Email email@example.com for the exact location.
Free Crawfish/Potluck/Clothing Swap!!
There will also be other food. It's a potluck, but you're not required to bring shit (other than your sexy little/big self, you!).
Bring clothes you don't want anymore. One harlot's trash is another's treasure. We should have a variety of sizes, from petite to voluptuous.
Facebook event:
SWOP SWAP and CRAWFISH POTLUCK in the PARK EXTRAVAGANZA
From the Facebook event:
"Hi everyone, It's that time again. We are having our annual meet and greet for sex workers and allies in the park.
The weather is supposed to be beautiful this weekend so feel free to bring a dish or a beverage or just bring yourselves!
Since Lent is our 'official' New Year here in NOLA we figured now would be a good time to clean out the closets, bring the clothes or costumes you no longer need and maybe find a new treasure.
We will be meeting in City Park. PM or email us for the location (firstname.lastname@example.com), and for screening purposes, please include a sentence or two about yourself. Hope to see you there!"
Also SWOP-Shreveport/Bossier City is having its first meeting tonight. Here's the Facebook event:
International Sex Workers' Rights Day and SWOP-Shreveport/Bossier City Inaugural meeting – March 3 2015
"We'll have the inaugural meeting of our chapter, with some take-away projects and committee assignments. Can follow meeting a sex worker film screening or social after the meeting."


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Lots of history, good and bad.
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I love shooting MP-40's smooth and slow.
Lots of history, good and bad.
Congratulations man!
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That which does not kill you, really really really hurts...
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Wow, that is an outstanding price, just about 1/2 market.Originally Posted by Bluejack
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Klaus is a tooth-pullers boy, rescued from the streets of a German town. His master is no ordinary tooth-puller though. Kusselmann has a dark side, taking teeth from corpses illegally in conjunction with Frau Drecht, who always seems to have a ready supply of bodies, all with shiny white teeth! One day Kusselmann discovers something unusual, even by his standards. One man's teeth were plaster models, concealing pieces of gold and a diamond. He swears Klaus to silence and takes them home, intending to sell them secretly. But Frau Drecht has other ideas.
After Kusselmann's brutal murder, and the theft of the gold, Klaus is on the run, but with the diamond somehow in his pocket, it's hard to stay hidden for long. Just as it seems like it's all over, the feathered man appears, a mysterious angel in a leather box, still alive after thousands of years. Things go from bad to apocalyptic and a sadistic plot is uncovered, that puts the lives of Klaus and everyone he knows in danger.
This is definitely not a bedtime read!! It was terrifying from start to finish even in daylight! Murders, ghostly visions, sacrifices, cruel punishments and dark secrets make for a fascinating and gripping plot, which, though not apparent at first, was all focused on one question - where life goes after we die.
Liesel, Frau Drecht's servant, was especially well characterized, perhaps more so than Klaus himself. She's really poorly treated, and I felt so sorry for her having to live with that and being punished if she said or did anything she wasn't told to. Yet despite that, she's really brave, freeing Klaus when her mistress has him imprisoned. She was definitely my favourite character, and certainly not just because she's the only girl!
The only, minor, negative point was that its German setting meant it was full of unpronounceable names and places. I find it really distracting from the actual plot if you have to keep wondering how to say, for example, Bergenstrasse or Diebenplatz - guess Spanish wasn't the right language choice for me here, but still time!
The book feels like it needs a sequel, as the ending was really unfinished. I don't think there is one at the moment, but I really hope de Quidt writes one, as I'd love to read it. I really can't recommend this book enough, but only in the middle of the day, with someone else around!
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Mr Mukherjee on Sunday campaigned for his candidature for the upcoming presidential poll in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Fire broke out in the stationery room of the hall shortly after Mr Mukherjee left the venue.
Mr Mukherjee Visited Jubilee Hall to attend a meeting of the Legislature Party of the state Congress. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy too was present at the venue.
Fire brigades were rushed to the place to douse the blaze. No injuries and casualties have been reported yet.
During his campaigning in Hyderabad, Mr Mukherjee was welcomed by a group of pro-Telangana agitators who planned to stop his convoy but could not succeed in their mission though.
Police intervened and foiled their plan to stop Mr Mukherjee. The agitators with 'Jai Telangana' slogans wanted to know Mr Mukherjee's stand on their demand of separate statehood of Telangana.
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