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Halloween

Halloween was not known as Halloween centuries ago.  Halloween is a 2000 year old holiday that dates back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.  On the last day, the 31^st of every October of the Celtic calendar, is a day to commemorate the dead and the lost souls that rises up from the dead and walks the Earth.  On the other hand, Halloween is interpreted by the Catholic religion as “All Hallows Eve” which occurs on November 1^st.  All Hallows Eve was considered a time to observe and honor saints.   Along the passing of these stories from generation to generation it has integrated and became known today as Halloween.

Halloween is an analogy of death.  As summer transitions to fall, the sun sets early, and winter takes it place, Halloween symbolizes death whereas Halloween decorations are in association with dark and spooky colors. 

Halloween dates back many centuries and is celebrated by a majority of the population from the youth to grown adults.  Halloween is a holiday between but now has become an innovative market.  It is considered one of the most lucrative holidays and rakes up nearly of $6 billion yearly.  Although the industry manufactures products from ghoulish costumes to spooky outdoor decorations, food essentially remain intact with ancient tradition. 

During Halloween, the shelves are stocked with sweets, treats, and other spooky accessories such as candy corns, ominous style makeup, and an abundance of pumpkin garnishes. 

If you are planning a party, why not spike up the excitement with ghoulish style edible assortments or turn your dishes into gruesome delicious meals for your guests. 

If you are planning a party, why not spike up the excitement with this severed hand raspberry chipotle cream cheese dip:

Ingredients:

    -one 8ounce package cream cheese

    -5 smoked almonds

    -1 cup raspberry preserves

    -one 1/2 tablespoons adobo sauce from canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

    -one 1/2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar

    -Wheat or Melba crackers

Method

Place cream cheese in center of serving platter. Using a sharp knife, cut 4 lengthwise slits in cream cheese, equally spaced, approximately halfway down the block of cream cheese, cutting all the way through the block of cream cheese. Using your hands, shape five “fingers” from the cut sections of the cream cheese. Round off opposite end of block of cream cheese to resemble palm. Place smoked almonds at the tip of each finger to resemble fingernails. In a small bowl, stir together raspberry preserves, adobo sauce, and raspberry vinegar. Pour raspberry mixture over palm end of cream cheese. Serve with wheat or melba crackers.

 

-To add more spooky ingredients to your Halloween recipe visit BetterRecipes.com

Thanksgiving

·         The first Thanksgiving was in 1621 and the pilgrims celebrated it every year thereafter.

·         In 1621 the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is now known as the first Thanksgiving. While cooking methods and table etiquette have changed as the holiday has evolved, the meal is still consume and is still consumed today with the same spirit of celebration and overindulgence.

·         Thanksgiving is about giving thanks but nowadays it is all about GRATITUDE - spirituality, relationships, abundance - it all works so much better when we are grateful.

·         When we are grateful, we are in a state of being where we can connect with the Divine, be inspired and inspiring, bless others, and live a joy-filled life.

·         Gratitude is an attitude of peace and hope as well as thankfulness.

·         Gratitude is an attitude of peace and hope as well as thankfulness. A grateful heart is one that is at peace and full of hope.

·         By practicing gratitude and loving kindness daily towards all around us we can help bring peace to the world.

·         We all have long days, too many things to do and so much stress.  Gratitude is a great stress reliever. Just saying, "Thank you" can go a long way.  It doesn't cost anything and it doesn't even take much time--but it could change the world!

During 1621 Plymouth colonists (known as Pilgrims) initiated the first interaction with the natives of the Americas, the Wampanoag Indians.  Wampanoag Indians and their new neighbors shared the first autumn harvest feast with exchanges of edibles goods.  Distant of European taste, the autumn feast was celebrated with an abundance of turkey, yams, sweet potatoes, mash potatoes, stuffing, corn, and cranberry sauce.  This social event marked November 28^th as the day to give thanks and recognized as Thanksgiving that which is annually celebrated annually through the world. 

What Thanksgiving is…?

Turkey, yams, sweet potatoes, mash potatoes, stuffing, corn, and cranberry sauce is among the majority which is accepted and comprises the main components of Thanksgiving, praising turkey as the main feature (as sometimes Thanksgiving is referred to as Turkey Day). 

Thanksgiving is of a significant meaning to all those who celebrate this day.  In essence, Thanksgiving acknowledges individuals to be thankful and grateful for “who you have” and “what you have”. 

Overall, Thanksgiving particularly enables individuals to renew weak ties with distant relatives, build new relationships, and most importantly it amplifies gratitude.  Gratitude is a state of thankfulness and gratefulness.  By showing an atmosphere of gratitude it moderates any malignant activity and promotes peace in the world. 

Cooking is one way to illustrate gratitude; chefs usually pour their heart and soul into a dish and fabricate it to their consumer’s preference. 

Below is a Thanksgiving recipe, visit BetterRecipes.com for more specialty suggestions

Roasted Herb Turkey

 Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning

2 Tablespoons garlic herb sauce mix

1 1/2 teaspoons crushed garlic

1 (32-ounce) bag celery and carrot party sticks

2 large onions, large dice

1 (32-ounce) container low-sodium chicken broth

12 pound turkey

1 Tablespoon salt

1 Tablespoon pepper

3 (3/4-ounce) packets fresh herbs poultry herb blend (sage, thyme and rosemary)

1 lemon, thickly sliced

Method

In a small bowl, combine softened butter, poultry seasoning, garlic herb sauce mix, and crushed garlic. Use a fork to mix together until well combined. Cover and put in the refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes, until firm but not hard. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Arrange celery, carrots, and half of the diced onions in the bottom of a roasting pan. Add chicken broth and set aside. Rinse the thawed turkey and pat dry. Use your finger to carefully loosen the skin around the entire bird. Take the butter mixture and cut into large pieces. Place the butter pieces under the skin of the entire turkey. Rub the remaining butter pieces on the outside of the skin and season with salt and pepper. Stuff the inside of turkey cavity with remaining onions, fresh herb poultry blend, and lemon slices (truss if necessary). Insert the pop-up thermometer at an angle about 3-inches down from the neck cavity and 2-inches from the breast bone, in the thickest part of the breast. Place turkey on the bed of vegetables in roasting pan. Place in the oven and reduce temperature to 325 degrees F. Roast for 1 hour, then baste with pan juices every 20 minutes until thermometer pops up or until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thigh registers 180 degrees F, about 3 hours.

Communication throughout the world, nationally or globally has been lingering behind the business-centric environment.  Business goals are always ever-changing adapting to the needs of their diverse customers, communication software need to be pliable and less time-consuming to facilitate improved productivity and functionality of businesses’ project collaboration and time. 

VoIP short for Voice over Internet Protocol has been an innovative technology that mainstream in the late 1990’s with introduction of internet services.  VoIP is a versatile new method that changes the way to communicate with affiliates including both clients and business partners.  VoIP is a comprehensive web-based project management tool application; the solution to inefficient communication and inadequate time supervision.  

Overview of VoIP Services

VoIP is a well established web-base collaboration software application which is not to be confused as the “typical” gadget hardware add-on.  VoIP can be directly integrated into most existing communication systems and synchronize all of these tools consisting of instant messaging, voice communication, videoconferencing, email, voicemail, and faxes into one service.  The services (VoIP) can be operated through a network that is setup through your computers proxy server (IP address) or through a landline phone.

VoIP is an intuitive communication component that is an efficient service to a business-centric environment.  Why?  Well, first and foremost you refrain from paying those individual ludicrous invoices and calling those ominous customer services representatives who never fully answer the question.  Synchronization of the different kinds of communication tools VoIP integrates all these services that manage team collaboration promptly improving responsive time saving procedure. 

How VoIP Works?

As stated earlier, VoIP can be access through an Internet Protocol (your internet connection) or through a landline phone that is compatible with the service.  Through the computer it works as though you are using the traditional instant messaging service or e-mail.  A dial tone initiates the connection and when accepted is can be transfer in two different methods.  Let’s imagine this situation; you are hosting a call through your “VoIP phone” which is connected to your recipient’s computer, as the signal is accepted by the recipient, speaking through “your” VoIP phone, voice input will be translated to a standardized text that is display through the recipient’s computer.  In essence, however in the case that a VoIP call is dial from your computer, an electronic artificial voice with repeat verbatim what is uttered into the microphone.

In another scenario, all subsequent services can be accessed by a wireless hand-held phone, much like the traditional pocket pc enable wireless phone.  Voice-mail and well as e-mail can be dialed in and heard through the VoIP hand-held phone’s speaker.  VoIP now also offer video conferencing capabilities with individuals globally, operate and connect to government agencies, listen to faxes without purchasing a additional device for each fax and each printer as well as wasting water, and best of all if you leave those important business files at the office it is possible to access and download these documents directly into your phone.  In order words, a wireless VoIP phone is essentially the most convenient walking computer and your best friend in the business.

Conclusion

Technology for the VoIP is drastically improving as business and IT platforms evolve.  VoIP remained innuendo for majority of its introduction roughly two decades but has only recently gained recognition for its relevance in the business-centric world.  VoIP allows business men and women to utilize their time efficiently increasing business agility and productivity.  With the ability to track and analyze the progress of their projects in the office, at home, or on the go, VoIP will definitely remain an efficient enterprise project management tool in the years to come. 

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an innovative software unit that optimizes existing applications to increase business services and productivity facilitating software reuse.  With an SOA approach, IT departments are capable of being more responsive to augmenting business needs and at the same time be more cost-effective. 

What makes SOA a fundamental aspect of business is its loose nature.  It is difficult to start a business from scratch and it will be a challenge to knowingly spend additional time and maintenance expenses to renovate or reconstruct to make it operational to current standards.  SOA diminishes all the aches and pain.  Through an SOA tactic preexisting information is revolutionized and will be directly integrated through a more efficient interface and updated information synched into on database silo for all users.  In essence, the effectiveness of SOA enables businesses to experience larger ROI (return on investment) gains and enhances productivity. 

Example of SOA

The main problem of IT professionals is to properly align IT resources with contemporary business goals.  SOA is not just another ephemeral business service; it will not disappear overnight.  Service Orientation is an intuitive service that has been around for roughly two decades.  However it has only main stream in the recent years with the introduction of web services. 

SOA essentially establishes business governance in a business-centric environment that stresses interoperability.  With the implementation of SOA into a business infrastructure, a business can work directly from existing information instead of reconstructing their empire from ground up. 

The integration of Service Oriented Architecture distinguishes proficiency in all areas of businesses big or small.  Take the automobile market for example.  Integrating SOA architecture into its system, global automobile manufacturers can seamlessly collaborate consistently with local dealers to supply and assures client satisfaction that services are expedited and maintenance can be done immediately.  For parties who assist clients, SOA enables them to instantly track any orders, review daily sales numbers, and scrutinize the entire lifecycle of an automobile to deploy exclusive customer service, all at once with a comprehensive fully integrated application. 

Why SOA?

With such a fast-pace growing economy and services that were once stationed locally which is now render internationally over the internet, there is a need for a comprehensive service that fabricates business agility and flexibility improving productivity and functionality of the entire infrastructure. Implementation of a Service Orientation application enables all companies to depend on the architecture itself rather than the current IT personnel or resources.  Essentially, due to the every-growing business needs it is difficult for IT leads to adequately align the proper resources with the augmenting business goals.  Thus, with the implementation of SOA companies can provide superior customer service, remain healthy and efficient to compete within their industry, and most importantly continue to grow with the economy.