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Naming Your New Business »

 

One of the toughest things about starting a new business is, oddly enough, trying to figure out what to name the business. A good name can generate business for a company by getting the attention of customers. It can even get attention to websites because it includes the right keywords built into it so search engines will be more likely to notice it.

For example, if you were going to open up a cooking school then you would want to include the fact that it was a cooking school in the name of the school. You would also want to include the location of the school. So you would name it the Culinary Academy of California or the Cooking Institute of Chicago or something along those lines. This would get the attention of culinary students specifically looking at schools for cooking and also would please the search engines that recognize both the type of school and the location just from the name of the school.

Of course, not all businesses will have names that are this straightforward. Some businesses are edgier than others and their names will reflect this. Alliteration and a sense of humor may be used in naming the business. But trying to keep the purpose of the business and its location obvious from the name really helps in the long run.

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Return to the Rockies »

The Rocky Mountains in Alberta will always have a magical aura in my memories. Alberta is a territory of Canada, just north of Montana in the United States. I was born in Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, and lived there until I was six years old. We often drove to Banff and stayed in a resort that my grandparents owned and operated at the time. My mom loved to ski; she’d been doing it since she could barely walk, and my Dad, although a bit clumsy, was always right behind her, laughing and tottering.  Just last January I went back for the first time, on a Banff ski vacation. Some of the resorts have changed quite a bit; some of the more rustic ones are pretty much just as I remember them. I decided to try one of the Canada coach tours on the Internet, and I was glad I did. I suppose I was initially hesitant because I was in some way worried that the reality of the mountains wouldn’t match my romanticized and childish memories. When I arrived in Banff and caught my first glimpse of the mountains I remember thinking that memories can’t do them justice. It looked like some god or titan carved them out with furious strokes. Later I tried one of the Canadian Rockies vacations and found it to be even more relaxing and pleasant.
 

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Ready for Anything When It Comes to Traffic »

Traffic safety divisions are responsible for keeping roadways safe and open. That means they must be able to keep traffic flowing despite the many different kinds of delays that can occur. For example, road work or accidents can lead to serious traffic backlogs unless traffic is controlled. That is why it is important for traffic control departments to keep a supply of barricades and various traffic safety equipment on hand at all times. Maintaining the safety of roads and highways is difficult enough even when there are no interruptions to normal traffic flows.
 
There are many different kinds of barricades including steel and the water ballasted jersey barriers and even simple plastic barriers that fold. Of course the type of barriers used depends on the location involved and the type of traffic using the area of the accident or delay. When road construction is ongoing there are barriers designed to handle impact by a car in the event the car crosses over into the danger zone. Having a supply of the various kinds of barriers in stock enables traffic safety to respond quickly when called upon to keep traffic flowing. Even the orange traffic cones have become a universal symbol that care is needed when driving by a particular area. 
 

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Adding to the Tradition »

Since Missy was a puppy, six years ago, I have always dressed her up for Halloween. It always amused the kids that came to my house for candy and I always had fun finding the perfect dog costumes for her. She has been many things over the years and I have a lot of older kids coming to my door just to see what I had dressed Missy up as.
 
As a new mother, I had considered not dressing her up this year, as I had so much to do. But, I thought about how disappointed the kids were going to be when they came to the door to find just a dog waiting to greet them. I quickly decided that I needed to do it for the kids and I remembered seeing some really cute fairy costumes that would be a perfect fit for Missy.
 
Then I got the idea to add to the old tradition. I thought it would be cute if I could find some infant Halloween costumes and dress up the baby to match Missy’s costume. I knew that this would amuse the kids all that much more. I found the baby a fairy costume and it was a big hit. It kept me busy and I nearly forgot to buy the candy for the kids. I am glad that I decided to go ahead with it because the kids loved it and I think the day is all about them. Who am I to mess with Halloween tradition?
 
 

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A Tendency To Exaggerate »

My sister has this irritating trait. She likes to exaggerate absolutely everything that she’s talking about. This makes it difficult to know whether she’s really excited about something or whether she’s just moderately interested in it and exaggerating it beyond reason.

For example, she’s the kind of person who never tells you that she bought a new dark tanning lotion. She will tell you that she has found the best suntan lotion ever and you just absolutely have to throw out whatever you thought was the best tanning lotion because this one is a million times better.

If you don’t know her well, you might be inclined to hurry up and try this product since it seems so amazing. But if you know her, you know that there’s a good chance that she’s going to have a different tanning lotion next week that she loves just as much as the last one. That’s my sister.

It’s not a bad thing, really, I suppose. In fact, it’s kind of cute that she can continue to get so excited about every little thing that she encounters in life. It almost gives her a childlike sense of fun that is great to be around a lot of the time.

However, it can also get old. It’s kind of like the whole "crying wolf" thing. You just never know when something is really important or really matters to her because she’s always exaggerating the value of everything. This has resulted in hurt feelings on her part in the past because she thinks we should know something matters and we just blow it off.

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