October Trivia

· October begins on the same day of the week as January in common years.

· October in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.

· October's birthstone is the opal or tourmaline.

· October's flower is the calendula or cosmos.

· Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.

· The month October has become famous as "Red October", due to the Russian October revolution of 1917.

· In the nineteenth century, the month of October was dedicated to devotion to the rosary in Roman Catholic countries.

· In the United States, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

· Columbus Day is celebrated in many schools and various organizations. It comes on the second Monday in October. Columbus Day honors Christopher Columbus' arrival in America on Oct. 12, 1492.

· Halloween is celebrated on the last night of October, with children dressing up in masks and costumes, going door to door, and asking for a treat.

October is….

· Health Literacy Month.

This October advocates around the world are encouraged to raise awareness about health literacy in their own communities. It is a grassroots campaign to promote the importance of understandable health communication, most needed in these stressful modern times.

• Positive Attitude Month.

There is nothing you cannot be. Nothing you cannot do. There is nothing you cannot have!

Once you learn the simple principles of mastering a positive attitude, you’ll love what you have even if you don’t have what you love. This October, let’s try and filter into ourselves, that slanting ray of positive attitude, until it fills our life with sunny days!

· Workplace Politics Awareness Month.

We find Politics in every workplace. Too often, we deal with it by suppressing it. Dealing with workplace politics openly and directly is a key to building a high performance organization.Mark your calendar! October is Workplace Politics Awareness Month! This October, plan something to help the people you work with come to peace with workplace politics. Happy cleaning cobwebs!

· Vegetarian Month.

Turning vegetarian was "trendy" in the 1980s and has since become more commonplace. Because vegetarian diets feature primarily plant foods, they tend to be richer in dietary fibre, carbohydrates and many vitamins and minerals.

Vegetarian diets enjoy a reputation for being low in fat and cholesterol. Compared to the general population, vegetarians appear to be at lower risk for heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure.

But be it for health, religious, moral or taste reasons, the extent to which individuals truly go vegetarian is highly variable. Here are the sub-sects of the vegetarian club:

• Pesco-vegetarian -include fish, dairy products and eggs.
• Lacto-ovo vegetarian -includes eggs and dairy products.
• Ovo-vegetarian -includes eggs.
• Vegan -excludes animal-derived foods of all types including honey.

· International Strategic Planning Month.

The various elements involved in Strategy Implementation reflect an organization's capabilities now and what will be needed to reach their strategic objectives. Effective Strategic Management as a continuing process that responds to competitive markets and changing environments by assessing and adjusting the organization's direction, providing a way to focus the organization's energy and ensuring that members of the organization are working toward the same goals.