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Oct31	History of Halloween; Pagan Roots, Costumes, and Business Tanya Payne October 31, 2007 Know More: Business, Holidays 2.0, Holidays I don’t like candy corn, we don’t get the day off work for it, and I don’t like spending money on costumes, but somehow Halloween always ends up being one of my favorite holidays. ~~All Hallows Even~~, I mean ~~All Hallows Even~~, I mean Halloween, has a storied history, full of name changes, pagan celebrations, and Christian appropriation. In short; the Celt festival of Samhain blended with Pomona Day, the Roman harvest celebration, and Feralia, a Roman holiday for the passing of the dead. There was food, there was magic, there were costumes, there was...the Catholic Church? Yes, as with many Christian holidays, including Easter and Christmas, the church proclaimed a holiday around the same time as a pagan festival to appease the Christians who still wanted to party yet also convert the pagans. I’m sure some of you will scurry to Google to seek out the history of Halloween, here let me help you. You can also just head to Wikipedia for the run down. Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct29	Hulu, Launched by Fox and NBC, Will Challenge YouTube But Probably Won't Topple the Video Giant Tanya Payne October 29, 2007 Hulu, a joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE:NWS.A) and NBC which will allow users to watch programming from Fox and NBC for free, launch today in beta, with content accessible by invitation only. Touted by some as the “YouTube Killer,”... Continue Reading Posted at 9:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct25	Red Sox v. Rockies in Game 2 of the 2007 World Series Tanya Payne October 25, 2007 Yesterday, the Boston Red Sox decimated the Colorado Rockies in the first game of the World Series at Fenway Park, bringing Colorado’s win streak to a grinding halt and landing in the record books themselves for scoring more than any... Continue Reading Posted at 7:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct23	Economic Impact of the California Mega Wild Fires Cannot be Underestimated Tanya Payne October 23, 2007 The various wildfires raging in Southern California have crossed 7 county lines, displaced approximately 1 million people, and destroyed over 1000 homes and businesses. The fires have also consumed $2 billion and rising. That’s what experts are estimating it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct22	AIMpromote Makes Managing Sales and Leads Easy and Affordable for Small Business Owners Tanya Payne October 22, 2007 Sponsored Review If you are a small or medium home based business owner, it is very likely you will benefit from AIMpromote, an on-demand web based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software offered by Active Internet Marketing, LLC. Though mortgage... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct21	The CommonSenseGuy is Running a "Use Your Common Sense Contest:" If I Had Some I'd Enter Tanya Payne October 21, 2007 From October 18 to November 4, one of KMMs most popular experts, Bud Bilanich, (author of the CareerSuperStar.com and CommonSenseGuy.com) is having a contest, “Use Your Common Sense Day” at his blog CareerSuperStar. Send Bud “examples of where you’ve... Continue Reading Posted at 9:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct17	Treatment for the MRSA Staph Super bug Is Costly Tanya Payne October 17, 2007 According to a government report released Tuesday, over 90,000 people in the United States develop potentially fatal infections from staphylococcus aureus, or staph, every year. Through genetic mutation staph has developed a resistance to many antibiotics, making it a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct16	Hallmark Holiday or Not, Today is Boss's Day 2007 Tanya Payne October 16, 2007 October 16 is Bosses Day, or Boss’s Day, National Boss Day, depending on your personal preference. Either way, it’s secular, it’s entirely forgettable, and it seems to serve no purpose other than boosting Hallmark’s coffers. Don’t get me wrong,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct15	Blog Action Day 2007: Organic Farming and the Environment Tanya Payne October 15, 2007 I try to do my part for the environment, and though I could do more, I feel good that I’m an adamant recycler, take water conserving measures my boyfriend considers extreme, buy “fair-trade.” When I can afford it, I try... Continue Reading Posted at 9:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct14	While the Major Music Companies do Need to Play Catch-Up They're Not Dead...Yet Tanya Payne October 14, 2007 With so many big time recording artists leaving the major labels behind, many are wondering if this signifies the death of the big four, Universal, Warner Music (NYSE: WMG), Sony BMG, and EMI (NYSE: ADR). My personal opinion says... Continue Reading Posted at 10:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct11	Bizwiki, a UK Business Directory - Improving the Wiki Model by Blocking Malicious Editing and Spam Tanya Payne October 11, 2007 WHAT BIZWIKI IS One of the newest, and I think best, adaptations of the Wiki model, made most famous by Wikipedia, is Bizwiki.co.uk, a free online business directory for the United Kingdom. Aiming “to become the largest, most comprehensive directory... Continue Reading Posted at 10:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct10	UAW Workers Begin and End Strike Today at Chrysler LLC Tanya Payne October 10, 2007 A strike by the United Auto Workers at Chrysler LLC, makers of the Dodge and Jeep brands, began and ended today. Union employees walked off the job at 11:00 EST, just after 5 pm it was announced the two... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 9	Miller Brewing Company and Molson Coors Announce Merger: New Company, MillerCoors, May Pose Challenge to Anheuser-Busch Tanya Payne October 9, 2007 Today SABMiller (LOP: SAB) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) announced a deal that would merge their U.S. and Puerto Rico operations, making the number 2 and 3, respectively, beer companies in the U.S. a major threat to Anheuser-Busch’s... Continue Reading Posted at 9:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 8	Columbus Day Is Another Example of History Distorted To A Eurocentric View Tanya Payne October 8, 2007 It really gets my goat that today is Columbus Day. After considering the audacity of European and Western society to claim discovery of lands already inhabited by Native Americas, I really don’t know what Christopher Columbus did that I'm... Continue Reading Posted at 8:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 7	Koreans and Latinos Need To Work On Being Allies Tanya Payne October 7, 2007 Though targeted at the Washington, D.C. area, I thought this article from the Washington Post business page brought up universal issues and was nationally relevant. Koreans and Latinos in the D.C. area are almost invariably forced to work together,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Furniture Industry Sales Slump Directly Related to Housing Market Tanya Payne October 7, 2007 I’m sure most of my readers are aware that our country’s in a serious real estate slump. Homes aren’t selling, lenders are closing shop left and right, and the rate of foreclosures is skyrocketing. It seems that this crisis... Continue Reading Posted at 9:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 5	Peter Burwash International Tennis Professional Justin Work Hired as New Tennis Director at Kapalua Resort Press Release October 5, 2007 Justin Work, a Peter Burwash International Tennis professional, has been hired as the new Tennis Director at Kapalua Resort’s Kapalua Tennis Garden.Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii (PRWEB) Oct 5, 2007 – Kapalua Resort recently announced that Justin Work has been... Continue Reading Posted at 5:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 4	Great Article From The Washington Post Explains Importance of Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlantic Decision Tanya Payne October 4, 2007 This Friday’s edition of the Washington Post, online business edition, features a quality article about an important case in U.S. Supreme Court’s docket, which, though it may sound like a legal issue, will impact business and international competition in... Continue Reading Posted at 11:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media is Sponsor and Media Partner of Blogworld & New Media Expo 2007 in Las Vegas, Nov 8-9 Press Release October 4, 2007 The business blog network, Know More Media, has become a media partner, exhibitor, and sponsor of the Blogworld & New Media Expo 2007 in Las Vegas, Nov 8-9.Orange County, CA (PRWEB) Oct 4, 2007 – Know More Media, an online... Continue Reading Posted at 10:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 1	Authors of Bestseller Crucial Conversations Bring Us, Influencer - The Power To Change Anything Tanya Payne October 1, 2007 I always thought the ability to influence and the ability to persuade were much the same thing. If you can influence someone’s behavior it’s probably because you persuaded them to see something your way, right? I headed to the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Oct31	History of Halloween; Pagan Roots, Costumes, and Business Tanya Payne October 31, 2007 Know More: Business, Holidays 2.0, Holidays I don’t like candy corn, we don’t get the day off work for it, and I don’t like spending money on costumes, but somehow Halloween always ends up being one of my favorite holidays. ~~All Hallows Even~~, I mean ~~All Hallows Even~~, I mean Halloween, has a storied history, full of name changes, pagan celebrations, and Christian appropriation. In short; the Celt festival of Samhain blended with Pomona Day, the Roman harvest celebration, and Feralia, a Roman holiday for the passing of the dead. There was food, there was magic, there were costumes, there was...the Catholic Church? Yes, as with many Christian holidays, including Easter and Christmas, the church proclaimed a holiday around the same time as a pagan festival to appease the Christians who still wanted to party yet also convert the pagans. I’m sure some of you will scurry to Google to seek out the history of Halloween, here let me help you. You can also just head to Wikipedia for the run down. Continue Reading Posted at 11:02 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct29	Hulu, Launched by Fox and NBC, Will Challenge YouTube But Probably Won't Topple the Video Giant Tanya Payne October 29, 2007 Hulu, a joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE:NWS.A) and NBC which will allow users to watch programming from Fox and NBC for free, launch today in beta, with content accessible by invitation only. Touted by some as the “YouTube Killer,”... Continue Reading Posted at 9:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct25	Red Sox v. Rockies in Game 2 of the 2007 World Series Tanya Payne October 25, 2007 Yesterday, the Boston Red Sox decimated the Colorado Rockies in the first game of the World Series at Fenway Park, bringing Colorado’s win streak to a grinding halt and landing in the record books themselves for scoring more than any... Continue Reading Posted at 7:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct23	Economic Impact of the California Mega Wild Fires Cannot be Underestimated Tanya Payne October 23, 2007 The various wildfires raging in Southern California have crossed 7 county lines, displaced approximately 1 million people, and destroyed over 1000 homes and businesses. The fires have also consumed $2 billion and rising. That’s what experts are estimating it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct22	AIMpromote Makes Managing Sales and Leads Easy and Affordable for Small Business Owners Tanya Payne October 22, 2007 Sponsored Review If you are a small or medium home based business owner, it is very likely you will benefit from AIMpromote, an on-demand web based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software offered by Active Internet Marketing, LLC. Though mortgage... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct21	The CommonSenseGuy is Running a "Use Your Common Sense Contest:" If I Had Some I'd Enter Tanya Payne October 21, 2007 From October 18 to November 4, one of KMMs most popular experts, Bud Bilanich, (author of the CareerSuperStar.com and CommonSenseGuy.com) is having a contest, “Use Your Common Sense Day” at his blog CareerSuperStar. Send Bud “examples of where you’ve... Continue Reading Posted at 9:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct17	Treatment for the MRSA Staph Super bug Is Costly Tanya Payne October 17, 2007 According to a government report released Tuesday, over 90,000 people in the United States develop potentially fatal infections from staphylococcus aureus, or staph, every year. Through genetic mutation staph has developed a resistance to many antibiotics, making it a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct16	Hallmark Holiday or Not, Today is Boss's Day 2007 Tanya Payne October 16, 2007 October 16 is Bosses Day, or Boss’s Day, National Boss Day, depending on your personal preference. Either way, it’s secular, it’s entirely forgettable, and it seems to serve no purpose other than boosting Hallmark’s coffers. Don’t get me wrong,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct15	Blog Action Day 2007: Organic Farming and the Environment Tanya Payne October 15, 2007 I try to do my part for the environment, and though I could do more, I feel good that I’m an adamant recycler, take water conserving measures my boyfriend considers extreme, buy “fair-trade.” When I can afford it, I try... Continue Reading Posted at 9:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct14	While the Major Music Companies do Need to Play Catch-Up They're Not Dead...Yet Tanya Payne October 14, 2007 With so many big time recording artists leaving the major labels behind, many are wondering if this signifies the death of the big four, Universal, Warner Music (NYSE: WMG), Sony BMG, and EMI (NYSE: ADR). My personal opinion says... Continue Reading Posted at 10:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct11	Bizwiki, a UK Business Directory - Improving the Wiki Model by Blocking Malicious Editing and Spam Tanya Payne October 11, 2007 WHAT BIZWIKI IS One of the newest, and I think best, adaptations of the Wiki model, made most famous by Wikipedia, is Bizwiki.co.uk, a free online business directory for the United Kingdom. Aiming “to become the largest, most comprehensive directory... Continue Reading Posted at 10:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct10	UAW Workers Begin and End Strike Today at Chrysler LLC Tanya Payne October 10, 2007 A strike by the United Auto Workers at Chrysler LLC, makers of the Dodge and Jeep brands, began and ended today. Union employees walked off the job at 11:00 EST, just after 5 pm it was announced the two... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 9	Miller Brewing Company and Molson Coors Announce Merger: New Company, MillerCoors, May Pose Challenge to Anheuser-Busch Tanya Payne October 9, 2007 Today SABMiller (LOP: SAB) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) announced a deal that would merge their U.S. and Puerto Rico operations, making the number 2 and 3, respectively, beer companies in the U.S. a major threat to Anheuser-Busch’s... Continue Reading Posted at 9:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 8	Columbus Day Is Another Example of History Distorted To A Eurocentric View Tanya Payne October 8, 2007 It really gets my goat that today is Columbus Day. After considering the audacity of European and Western society to claim discovery of lands already inhabited by Native Americas, I really don’t know what Christopher Columbus did that I'm... Continue Reading Posted at 8:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 7	Koreans and Latinos Need To Work On Being Allies Tanya Payne October 7, 2007 Though targeted at the Washington, D.C. area, I thought this article from the Washington Post business page brought up universal issues and was nationally relevant. Koreans and Latinos in the D.C. area are almost invariably forced to work together,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Furniture Industry Sales Slump Directly Related to Housing Market Tanya Payne October 7, 2007 I’m sure most of my readers are aware that our country’s in a serious real estate slump. Homes aren’t selling, lenders are closing shop left and right, and the rate of foreclosures is skyrocketing. It seems that this crisis... Continue Reading Posted at 9:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 5	Peter Burwash International Tennis Professional Justin Work Hired as New Tennis Director at Kapalua Resort Press Release October 5, 2007 Justin Work, a Peter Burwash International Tennis professional, has been hired as the new Tennis Director at Kapalua Resort’s Kapalua Tennis Garden.Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii (PRWEB) Oct 5, 2007 – Kapalua Resort recently announced that Justin Work has been... Continue Reading Posted at 5:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 4	Great Article From The Washington Post Explains Importance of Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlantic Decision Tanya Payne October 4, 2007 This Friday’s edition of the Washington Post, online business edition, features a quality article about an important case in U.S. Supreme Court’s docket, which, though it may sound like a legal issue, will impact business and international competition in... Continue Reading Posted at 11:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media is Sponsor and Media Partner of Blogworld & New Media Expo 2007 in Las Vegas, Nov 8-9 Press Release October 4, 2007 The business blog network, Know More Media, has become a media partner, exhibitor, and sponsor of the Blogworld & New Media Expo 2007 in Las Vegas, Nov 8-9.Orange County, CA (PRWEB) Oct 4, 2007 – Know More Media, an online... Continue Reading Posted at 10:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 1	Authors of Bestseller Crucial Conversations Bring Us, Influencer - The Power To Change Anything Tanya Payne October 1, 2007 I always thought the ability to influence and the ability to persuade were much the same thing. If you can influence someone’s behavior it’s probably because you persuaded them to see something your way, right? I headed to the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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