Look up sale, sales, or for sale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Sale may refer to:

• Sales (disambiguation)
• Sale, discounts and allowances in the prices of goods, such as:
  • Fire sale, a drastic discount in prices
  • Loan sale, a sale under contract of all or part of the cash stream from a specific loan
  • Closeout, the final sale of an item or items to zero inventory

Places[link]

• Sale, Greater Manchester, England
  • Municipal Borough of Sale, a former local government district of Cheshire.
• Sale, Victoria, Australia
• Sale, Piedmont, an Italian commune in the province of Alessandria
• Salé, Morocco
• Sale Marasino, an Italian commune in the province of Brescia
• Sale Airport, Rabat, Morocco
• Sale (Tanzanian ward) a ward in Tanzania
• Shali, Republic of Tatarstan
• Saale, a river in Germany.

People[link]

• Chic Sale (1885-1936), American vaudeville performer
• Chris Sale, American baseball pitcher
• Forest Sale, American basketball player
• Freddy Sale, American baseball pitcher
• George Sale, 18th-century English orientalist
• Jamie Salé, Canadian pairs figure skater
• Kirkpatrick Sale, American environmental and human ecology scholar and author
• Sir Robert Henry Sale, GCB, British soldier
• Tim Sale (artist), American comic book artist
• Tim Sale (politician), Canadian politician
• Tommy Sale, English footballer
• Tony Sale, English computer hardware engineer and historian of computing

Music[link]

• The Sale, a record by the American progressive rock band Crack the Sky

Organisations[link]

• BOC Aviation, formerly Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE)

See also[link]

• Sales (disambiguation)
• Sail (disambiguation)

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"Zig" Ziglar
Ziglar in March 2009
Born	(1926-11-06) November 6, 1926 (age 85) Coffee County, Alabama
Nationality	American
Other names	Hilary Hinton Ziglar
Alma mater	University of South Carolina
Occupation	Salesman, motivational speaker, author

Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (born 6 November 1926) is an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.

Biography[link]

Zig Ziglar was born in Coffee County, Alabama, to parents John Silas Ziglar and Viola Ziglar. He was the tenth of 12 children.^[1]

In 1931, when Ziglar was five years old, his father took a management position at a Mississippi farm, and his family moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, where he spent most of his early childhood. In 1932, his father died of a stroke, and his younger sister died two days later.

Ziglar served in the Navy during World War II (circa 1943 to 1945). He was in the Navy V-12 Navy College Training Program, attending the University of South Carolina.

In 1944 he met his wife, Jean, in Jackson, Mississippi; he was 17 and she was 16. They married in late 1946.^{[2][citation needed]}

Ziglar later worked as a salesman in a succession of companies. In 1968 he became a vice president and training director for the Automotive Performance company, moving to Dallas, Texas.

In 1970, Ziglar went into the business of motivational speaking full-time, with an emphasis on Christian values. Until then, he had called himself by his given name, Hilary, but now started using his nickname, Zig, instead.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2010^[update], Ziglar still travels around taking part in motivational seminars, despite a fall down a flight of stairs in 2007 that left him with short-term memory problems.^[3]

Books[link]

• Ziglar, Zig (1975). See You at the Top. Gretna: Pelican Pub. Co. ISBN 0-88289-126-X.  Pelican publisher Milburn E. Calhoun reported his greatest succhess with See You at the Top, which had been rejected by some thirty publishers previously.^[4]
• Ziglar, Zig (1982). Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale. New York: Berkley Books. ISBN 0-425-08102-8. 
• Ziglar, Zig (1985). Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World. Nashville: Oliver Nelson. ISBN 0-8407-9039-2. 
• Ziglar, Zig (1986). Top Performance: How to Develop Excellence in Yourself and Others. New York: Berkley Books. ISBN 0-425-09973-3. 
• Ziglar, Zig (1994). Over the Top. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers. ISBN 0-8407-9112-7. 
• Ziglar, Zig (1998). Success for Dummies. Foster City, Calif: IDG Books. ISBN 0-7645-5061-6. 
• Ziglar, Zig; Hayes, John P. (2001). Network Marketing For Dummies. Foster City, Calif: IDG Books. ISBN 0-7645-5292-9. 
• Ziglar, Zig (2003). Selling 101: What Every Successful Sales Professional Needs to Know. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers. ISBN 0-7852-6481-7. 
• Ziglar, Zig (2004). Confessions of a Grieving Christian. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8054-2745-7. 
• Ziglar, Zig (2004). The Autobiography of Zig Ziglar. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-385-50297-4. 
• Ziglar, Zig (2006). Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Can't Wait to Live. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7852-8919-7. 
• Ziglar, Zig; Norman, Julie Ziglar (2009). Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life's Terms. New York: Howard Books. ISBN 978-1-4391-4219-6. 
• Ziglar, Zig; Ziglar, Tom (2012). Born to Win: Find Your Success Code. Dallas: SUCCESS Media. 

References[link]

1. ^ Cecil Johnson, "Hokey narration may motivate entrepreneurs", 28 March 2004 in Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Accessed 10 May 2012.
2. ^ Erin Casey. "Zig Ziglar's Lessons From The Top". Success Magazine. http://www.successmagazine.com/Zig-Ziglars-Lessons-From-The-Top/PARAMS/article/337/channel/19. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
3. ^ Vanderlaan, Jon (11 September 2010). "Zig Ziglar still making a difference". Plano Star Courier. http://www.planostar.com/articles/2010/10/05/plano_star-courier/plano_insider/398.txt. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
4. ^ Milburn E. Calhoun obituary, Monroe News Star, January 11, 2012

External links[link]

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• Booknotes interview with Ziglar on Zig: The Autobiography of Zig Ziglar, October 6, 2002.

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Logobi GT is a popular Logobi musical act in France, and one of the pioneers in making this genre of music from Africa popular in continental Europe. The group is signed to Five Music label and features Sisi-K on vocals with 6 dancers all originating from Africa and the Caribbean.

Members[link]

Logobi GT is composed of:^[1]

• Sisi-K - vocals - Central African Republic
• Cézar - dancer - Congo
• Gabana - dancer - Côte d'Ivoire
• Jojo - dancer - Cape Verde
• Lyas - dancer - Cape Verde
• Norton - dancer - Congo
• Sylja - dancer - Guadeloupe

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Facebook
• YouTube
• Skyrock

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MC Frontalot
MC Frontalot performing in April 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Damian Hess
Also known as	MC Frontalot
Born	(1973-12-03) December 3, 1973 (age 38)
Origin	San Francisco, California, USA
Genres	Nerdcore hip hop
Occupations	Songwriter, Rapper, Web Designer
Instruments	Rapping
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Level Up
Website	frontalot.com

Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), better known by stage name MC Frontalot, is a Brooklyn-based hip hop musician and self-proclaimed "world's 579th greatest rapper". He is best known in nerdcore hip hop and video game culture, for naming the nerdcore subgenre, and performing at Penny Arcade's annual Penny Arcade Expo. Hess graduated from Wesleyan University in 1996 with degrees in English and Electronic Music.

Career[link]

Early days[link]

Hess began releasing music as MC Frontalot in 1999. His first successes came through Song Fight!, an online songwriting and recording competition, where he became known for consistently beating opponents. Throughout his history at Song Fight!, he has never lost a competition as MC Frontalot, although he has entered only seven entries in that name.^[1] In one such song fight, entitled "Romantic Cheapskate", he likens Song Fight! to a neglected lover who favours him regardless of how he treats her.^[2] The song went on to garner a total of 614 votes, while the next closest song ended the round with 28.^[3]

Nerdcore[link]

In 2000 he released the song "Nerdcore Hiphop". The song became an immediate hit in the geek and nerd communities. The rap subgenre of nerdcore hip hop, which had already been in development by various performers, embraced the title and has since been expanding rapidly.

Many consider Hess the founder of nerdcore. However, he has pointed out on his information webpage that many artists came before whom he considers his peers.

Hess released his first studio album on August 27, 2005. Entitled Nerdcore Rising, the album contains six new songs, along with 10 remixed versions of past tracks. Some of the new tracks contain production by popular online musicians from Song Fight!, including indie rock and hip hop artist Doctor Popular.

Spotlight[link]

Performing live at PAX, 2004.

On March 18, 2002, popular webcomic Penny Arcade (whose creators were long-time fans of Hess) declared Frontalot their rapper laureate, directing fans to his website.^[4] He has acknowledged that single act made his popularity skyrocket. In appreciation, he wrote and recorded the "Penny Arcade Theme" a few months later, which was in his own (tongue-in-cheek) words: "an attempt to cash in on their huge and devoted audience."^{[citation needed]}

He has appeared at every Penny Arcade Expo from 2004 to 2011 and Nerdcore Rising is now sold through the Penny Arcade Store. "Penny Arcade Theme" and "Which MC Was That?" both appear in the dance video game In the Groove. He also features on the Baddd Spellah track "Rhyme of the Nibelung", which was the winner of CBC Radio 2's Remix the Ring contest.

A new track 'Final Boss' featured over the end credits in the 2008 game Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness- Episode 1.

MC Frontalot appears occasionally in the webcomic Overcompensating by Jeffrey Rowland

MC Frontalot has also been seen on commercials for G4 TV, as well as being on the show Freestyle 101 where he sang parts of his songs with freestyle lines connecting them.

Additionally, comic book illustrator Tony Moore became a fan of both Frontalot and fellow nerdcore artist MC Hawking, drawing both of them as zombies in an early issue of The Walking Dead series. Hess appears in a white shirt, tie and glasses, with the word "Front" written on his pocket protector; he is seen eating a deer.

A song written and performed by Frontalot based on the webcomic Achewood titled "Living At the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe" has been that website's theme song since 2006. On September 2, 2008 as part of a Penny Arcade download pack, "Living At the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe" was chosen for inclusion as a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band. The week of September 14, 2009 saw the release of "Origin of Species" (a satire of Creation Science) which was included in the Penny Arcade Expo track pack.

Live performances[link]

Although most of his fanbase is online, Hess gave a handful of live performances while living in San Francisco, and several more after moving to New York City. His first official tour started on May 12, 2006, with shows mostly in the Southeast United States.^[5] When he performs, he plays with a full ensemble, including keyboardist and frequent collaborator Gminor7, bassist Blak Lotus, and drummer The SturGENiUS. Other occasional band members include G.LATINusKY00B, The Categorical Imperative, Vic 20, and 56K. He finished a tour with Schäffer The Darklord as of 25 November 2007 and started another tour on 1 November 2008 with MC Lars and YTCracker. As of June 2010, he's been touring with alternative rock musicians, Wheatus, on their UK leg of their 10th anniversary tour; on occasion providing guest vocals on some of their live jams, as well as Wheatus offering musical accompaniment on some of his tracks.^[6]

Film[link]

Hess starred as "TP Factory Rapper" in the Sesame Street direct-to-video movie Elmo's Potty Time.^[7]

Nerdcore Rising is a documentary/concert film starring Hess and various other nerdcore artists such as mc chris, Optimus Rhyme and MC Lars with contributors such as "Weird Al" Yankovic, Prince Paul and Brian Posehn. The film, directed and produced by Negin Farsad, premiered at the 2008 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. It combines interviews about nerdcore and its origins, with footage of Frontalot's 2006 Nerdcore Rising national tour.^[8]

As the lead voice-box for nerd culture, Hess was interviewed in Alexandre O. Philippe's documentary, The People vs. George Lucas, which premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival. Hess attended the festival as a musician and panelist.

Musical influences[link]

Much of his earlier music features samples from other artists' works, many times using music acquired from famous artists such as Paul Simon, They Might Be Giants, James Brown, Fiona Apple, and many others.^[9] He addresses his borrowing of various drum beats in the song "Good Old Clyde", a song commenting on and using the popular "Funky Drummer" drum break by Clyde Stubblefield.^[10]

Since he began selling his albums commercially, Hess has collaborated on almost all his tracks with Baddd Spellah, an electronic musician and hip-hop beatsmith, and Gaby 'Gminor7' Alter, a composer and keyboardist whose playing was the basis for many of Frontalot's earlier songs. Hess has also collaborated with fellow rappers such as MC Hawking and Canadian rapper Jesse Dangerously.^[11]

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

• Nerdcore Rising (2005)
• Secrets from the Future (2007)
• Final Boss (2008)
• Zero Day (2010)
• Solved (2011)

Other Releases[link]

• Nerdcore Hiphop (freely available demo)

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Non-album tracks[link]

• "24 Hours" (abandoned demo)
• "Bitchslap" (by MC Hawking)
• "My Sister" (by Duboce Triangle with The JBB)
• "Oh, the Hilarity" (from Indie Pop Cares a Lot)
• "Rappers We Crush" (with Kompressor)
• "Rhyme of the Nibelung" (with Baddd Spellah)
• "Romantic Cheapskate" (with Baddd Spellah for Song Fight!)
• "Soda Water" (by Jess Klein)
• "Start Over" (for a compilation of songs for children)
• "Oneonta (Eli Porter)" (with YTCracker and MC Lars on The Digital Gangster LP)
• "O.G. Original Gamer (with MC Lars on the MC Lars album This Gigantic Robot Kills)
• "Don't Wear Those Shoes" (for the "Weird Al" Yankovic tribute album Twenty-Six and a Half)
• "Another First Kiss" (for the They Might Be Giants "Mink Car" tribute album.

Known recorded live sets[link]

• July 7, 2001: "Songfight Live West Coast" — Hot Lunch, San Francisco, California, USA (two songs)
• October 24, 2002: "Young Zombies in Love Release Party" — Voodoo Lounge, San Francisco, California, USA
• July 26, 2003: "Song Fight Wet & Wild" — Finn MacCool's Public House, Seattle, Washington, USA (two songs, incomplete recording, the infamous "drunk set")
• December 12, 2003: "Both Hands on the Mic" — The Accordion, San Francisco, California, USA
• August 2004: Penny Arcade Expo — Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, Washington, USA (a partial video recording of the set is available as well)
• May 15, 2004: Belladonna, Berkeley, California, USA
• June 15, 2005: Living Room, New York, New York City, USA (one verse of "unnecessary rap breakdown" during a Jess Klein show)
• June 23, 2005: The Bitter End, New York, New York City, USA
• August 27, 2005: Penny Arcade Expo — Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, Washington, USA (video recording believed to be upcoming)
• August 26, 2006: Penny Arcade Expo — Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, Washington, USA
• September 15, 2007: Kingdom of Loathing Convention - The Sets, Tempe, Arizona, USA
• November 25, 2008 Knitting Factory - Hollywood, California, USA

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official MC Frontalot website, includes official song lyrics, news, music, and forum
• Such a Scream, Hess's professional website
• MC Frontalot on Myspace
• MC Frontalot at the Internet Movie Database
• MC Frontalot convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• MC Frontalot discography at MusicBrainz
• Nerdcore Rising: The Movie Trailer on YouTube

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Brian Tracy (born January 5, 1944 in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada) is a self-help author and motivational speaker. He serves as Chairman of Brian Tracy International, a human resource company based in Solana Beach, California, with affiliates throughout the United States and thirty-one other countries.

Early life[link]

After dropping out of high school before graduation, Tracy got a job on a tramp steamer and traveled around the world for eight years, eventually visiting more than eighty countries on five continents.

When he could no longer find a job as a laborer, he went into sales. Struggling at first, he decided to ask other successful salesmen for advice, and then to emulate them. By the end of his first year, he attained the status of top salesman. After his second year, he was made a Vice President in charge of 95 people. At the time he was only 25 years old.^[1]

Professional life[link]

Beginning in 1981, Tracy assembled his "success system", which was initially called "The Phoenix Seminar." Three years later, in 1985, he released an updated version of this seminar as a self-help audio tape entitled "The Psychology of Achievement".

Tracy's book Maximum Achievement was included as one of 50 success, motivation and leadership classics in the book 50 Success Classics^[2] (2004) by Tom Butler-Bowdon.

Tracy is a member of the board of trustees for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington, D.C.-based public policy research institute.^[3]

His body of work is loosely based on a number of other success "gurus" such as Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn and Denis Waitley. He has recently^[when?] launched Brian Tracy University, an online course of study which is designed to assist entrepreneurs, business owners and sales professionals.

The Brian Tracy College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Andrew Jackson University (a distance learning school based in Hoover, Alabama), is named after him and based on his teachings. At the New York headquarters of ALM Media, a legal publisher, a motivational quote of Tracy's appears on the office wall: “excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.”

In March 2008, Brian Tracy and some of his business partners created iLearningGlobal, which is another online learning community.^[4]

In January 15, 2009, Forbes.com reported that Tracy's books and seminars make about $25-30 million. He said that the more you read, the more you grow.

Personal life[link]

Brian Tracy's wife is named Barbara, and they have four children (Christina, Michael, David, and Catherine). Brian Tracy has three brothers, Robin, Dalmar, and Paul (Tracy dedicated his book "Million Dollar Habits" to his three brothers).

In April 2010, Tracy officially announced on his blog that he is suffering from throat cancer, which eventually disappeared.^[5]

Quotes[link]

• "Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives is, and will be, a reflection of how well we develop, train, and utilize this precious gift."
• "Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes."
• "If you consistently and persistently do the things that other successful people do, nothing in the world can stop you from being a big success also."
• "You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Except the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.^[6]
• "Resolve in advance that you will never give up, no matter what happens."

Books[link]

• Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed (1993) ISBN 0-671-86518-8
• Advanced Selling Strategies: The Proven System of Sales Ideas, Methods, and Techniques Used by Top Salespeople Everywhere (1995) ISBN 0-684-82474-4
• The Psychology of Selling: The Art of Closing Sales (1995) ISBN 978-0-7435-2069-0
• Jones and the Salesman (1999)
• The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success (2000) ISBN 1-57675-126-0
• The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires: How to Achieve Financial Independence Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible (2001) ISBN 1-58376-205-1
• Eat that Frog: 21 Ways to stop Procrastination and get More Done in Less Time (2001) ISBN 1-58376-202-7
• Get Paid More and Promoted Faster (2001) ISBN 1-58376-207-8
• Focal Point (2001) American Management Association ISBN 0-8144-7278-8
• Victory!: Applying the Proven Principles of Military Strategy to Achieve Success in Your Business and Personal Life (2002) ISBN 0-8144-0750-1
• Be a Sales Superstar: 21 Great Ways to Sell More, Faster, Easier in Tough Markets (2002) ISBN 1-57675-175-9
• Create Your Own Future: How to Master the 12 Critical Factors of Unlimited Success (2002) ISBN 0-471-25107-0
• Goals!: How To Get Everything You Want—Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible (2003) ISBN 978-1-57675-235-7
• Turbostrategy: 21 Powerful Ways to Transform your Business and Boost Your Profits Quickly (2003) ISBN 0-8144-7193-5
• Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life (2003) ISBN 0-471-44858-3
• Getting Rich Your Own Way: Achieve All Your Financial Goals Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible (2004) ISBN 0-471-65264-4
• Time Power: A Proven System for Getting More Done in Less Time Than You Ever Thought Possible (2004) American Management Association ISBN 0-8144-7247-8
• Something for Nothing : The All-Consuming Desire that Turns the American Dream into a Social Nightmare (2005) ISBN 1-59555-038-0
• The Power of Charm: How to Win Anyone over in Any Situation (2006) American Management Association ISBN 0-8144-7357-1
• Crunch Point: The 21 Secrets to Succeeding When It Matters Most (2006) American Management Association ISBN 978-0-8144-7371-9
• Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success (2008) ISBN 1-57675-497-9
• The Miracle of Self-discipline: The "No-Excuses" Way to Getting Things Done (2010) ISBN 1-908364-04-1

References[link]

External links[link]

• Brian Tracy International Official website
• Brian Tracy's Blog
• The Brian Tracy Executive MBA at Andrew Jackson University
• Works by or about Brian Tracy in libraries (WorldCat catalog)