The origins of Valentines Day
Every year February 14th is celebrated as a day for love, exchange of gifts, promises of eternal passion, and more. The inspired pen poems inspired by their love and admiration for the women of their dreams while others just go to shops and buy commercially available verses.
Valentines means candy, chocolates, perfume, red hearts, balloons, and more. Have you ever wondered when the celebration first originated? Well in ancient Rome, February heralded the coming to spring a time for rejuvenation, fertility, and growth.
In ancient times, Romans celebrated in February a festival to honor the god of fertility who provided them with progeny and ensured a god crop.
In Rome February 15th was celebrated as the feast of Lupercalla and Feb 14th as a holiday in honor of Juno the queen of Roman gods and goddesses. On the eve of Lupercalla a glass jar was filled to the brim with chits on which were penned the names of all eligible girls. Then young men would draw a chit each from the jar and the girl whose name was on the chit would be his partner for the celebration. This was a method by which ancient Romans introduced eligible boys and girls to one another.
Much later in the 3rd century BCE when Emperor Claudius II ruled Rome there lived a priest called Valentine. And when Claudius passed a decree that young men in his empire were not to marry, Valentine defied him and used to consecrate marriages secretly.
He was sentenced to death and thrown into prison. While awaiting his execution Valentine penned a letter to his love and signed it "from your Valentine." After his death Valentine became a martyr and saint and was popularly known as St Valentine.
Wonderful legends are woven around Valentine's Day. In Wales young people exchanged as gifts wooden spoons which were hand carved with decorations of hearts and key holes. The decorations conveyed "you hold the key to my heart or you unlock my heart." In other places women were given gifts of clothes and if they accepted the gift then it conveyed that they were wiling to marry the man who has sent the gift.
In 1415, Charles, the Duke of Orleans is known to have penned, from his prison in the tower of London , what were known as "poetical amorous addresses" to his wife in France, he is believed to be one of the earliest creators of valentines.
Just as companies like Hallmark sell cards for Valentines Day in the 15th century people bought little booklets with verse in them ---they then made their own valentines using the verse to express their thoughts. For example a valentine could have the hand drawn illustration of a knight and his lady with Cupid the god of love shooting arrows into the knight's heart.
In the US it was after 1723, that popularity of the celebration grew.
People imported the "booklets of verse" all the way from England and copied the verses on to gilt edged papers. Then a Ms. Ester Howard in around 1830 decided to be original and create American Valentines that were marketed as Worcester Valentines.
Since then with changing centuries and tastes the celebration has taken on new hues with young men and women, children, as well as older couples creating newer ways to celebrate and declare their undying love..
Recently Released Site Hopes to Raise the Bar for Competition between Large Online Discount Stores
(ContentDesk) December 13, 2005 -- http://discounts.ordermarketplace.com is allowing online shoppers to save about 35% on everything from car audio, to TV's, to perfume.
One customer is quoted saying, "Just became a member of http://discounts.ordermarketplace.com for free, and was amazd at the high quality products at such low prices.
Can't beat it."
This is because the website is offering huge savings throughout the whole store during this holiday season. The website hopes to soon lower its prices even further in the near future in order to beat the competition if it already hasn't.The savings at http://discounts.ordermarketplace.com are incredible.
For example, the customer can get a Samsung 43" LCD TV that normally costs $2159.98 for a discount...
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Men Claim They Plan to Leave Christmas Shopping to the Last Minute, Ciao Survey Shows
London, (ContentDesk) December 13, 2004 -- This Christmas, as the race to gain share of the Christmas pound among retailers has resulted in a large number of pre-Christmas sales and promotions, research from consumer review and comparison shopping website, Ciao (www.ciao.co.uk) shows that a third of men claim they plan to leave their Christmas shopping until the week before Christmas.Ciao's survey of 1,000 UK adults shows that 33% of men are planning to do their Christmas shopping the week before Christmas, compared to only 8% of women. In fact, seven times as many men (15%) as women (2%) say they are planning to do their Christmas shopping in the last couple of days.When planning to do Christmas shopping?%???????????????????????????????????????Men??????? WomenLast couple of days????????????????????????
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The Secret Law of Attraction
"Opposites attract" is a law of attraction, at least where electromagnetism is concerned. But are there laws about attraction between two people? "In a world that is full of strangers" as a line in a famous song of the 1980's goes, is there a clear set of rules that allows two people to fall for each other?
Is attraction a matter of chemistry?
Maybe. According to scientists, the attraction between animals of the opposite sex is all about chemicals called pheromones. The effect of pheromones in behavior of insects is the most studied to date. It has been observed, at least in some experiments, that pheromones are responsible for communication among same species and colony of ants.
The horrible odor released by skunks to ward off enemies is said to be a kind of pheromone. Some species of apes rub pheromone-containing urine on the feet of potential mates to attract them. Some scientists believe that animals (usually the females) such as insects and...
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The Image Of Women
Mass media and the killing campaign.Well it is certainly not old news that sex is what sells. I'm sick of advertisers using women to sell their products. Women are included in the traditional role of sex object in magazines, commercials, videos, TV, advertisements, etc. Media has made women obsessed with the way that we look. Women seen in advertisements and media are often seriously underweight.
The average fashion model weighs 25 percent less than the average woman?You would have to wonder just what a well known fast food company was selling, when they put images on them of a woman holding a salad. Well thank you Mickey D's for acknowledging that women have breasts. There is nothing that makes me want to run out and purchase a salad more than your recent advertising. Why is it that in music videos men are dressed and women appear half naked? What kind of message is marketing sending to the young boys and girls who watch these videos? What is it with all of Hollywood's attention...
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Helping Our Children Feel Good About Themselves and Create Positive Memories for Later
We have so much influence over the next generation! Lots of times we forget how much influence, as our children or grandchildren can appear to ignore us, forget us or even worse--run from us in one way or another. Sometimes, we must just accept the fact that lots of times positive actions happen without positive recognition! Therefore, it behooves us as the 'grownups' in our personal worlds to keep looking for ways to help the young ones experience good times, feel nurtured and loved and to walk away from situations just a little more one the road to developing as a whole person with a good sense of self. I can assure you that insistence on creating a meaningful world for our children does eventually pay off!I'd like to share with you how Lorna did just that with her daughter Sabrina. Here is some of what she wrote to me:Yesterday afternoon Sabrina, my six year old daughter, was helping me make Chinese sesame cookies for our church's girls' club. Sabrina attends weekly club meetings...
Helping Our Children Feel Good About Themselves and Create Positive Memories for Later
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Helping Our Children Feel Good About Themselves and Create Positive Memories for Later
We have so much influence over the next generation! Lots of times we forget how much influence, as our children or grandchildren can appear to ignore us, forget us or even worse--run from us in one way or another. Sometimes, we must just accept the fact that lots of times positive actions happen without positive recognition! Therefore, it behooves us as the 'grownups' in our personal worlds to keep looking for ways to help the young ones experience good times, feel nurtured and loved and to walk away from situations just a little more one the road to developing as a whole person with a good sense of self. I can assure you that insistence on creating a meaningful world for our children does eventually pay off!I'd like to share with you how Lorna did just that with her daughter Sabrina. Here is some of what she wrote to me:Yesterday afternoon Sabrina, my six year old daughter, was helping me make Chinese sesame cookies for our church's girls' club. Sabrina attends weekly club meetings...
Helping Our Children Feel Good About Themselves and Create Positive Memories for Later
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Cancer and Taking Care of your Skin
(ContentDesk) October 15, 2005 -- As we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a womens skin changes during radiation and chemotherapy. The usual products sting and make your skin redder.
Not not sure what to do&the good news skin problems are usually short term and easy to fix.
Something proactive to do, something to help you feel better.During this time of change, your skin needs
special attention.
First ask your doctor regarding the products, lotions, soaps, deodorants, sunscreen, cream, or perfume around the treatment area you can use.
If the areas are itchy or irritated, a light sprinkling of cornstarch help, but filmy skin products may hamper your treatment.Washing the skin on the face or treatment area, a mild soap like Dove may be used.
Wash using only warm water and use your hands, this is gentler.
Gently pat dry with a soft cotton towel.
You should not scrub, scratch or shave treated skin. Soak a soft,...
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