The History Of Valentine's Day

Written by Katy Luck


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It wasn’t long before Emperor Claudius found out about Valentine’s actions andrepparttar priest was imprisoned and eventually executed on February 14th, 270. Whilst in prison, Valentine was befriended by his jailer, a character called Asterius. Asterius had a blind daughter andrepparttar 110596 jailer asked Valentine to cure her, which he did. Shortly before his execution, Valentine asked for writing implements and signed a farewell message torepparttar 110597 jailer’s daughter “From your Valentine”, a phrase that has lived on, much torepparttar 110598 delight of modern day florists, rose growers and card companies!

Katy Luck runs a personalised gifts site http://www.personalised-gifts.net which specializes in personalized ceramics: greeting cards and commemorative plates.


Self Defense Education - Three Sure-Fire Ways to Teach Your Child About Safety

Written by Michelle Annese


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Our head is beginning to hurt and mom is a sleep… instead of waking and asking her for some medicine, we look inrepparttar medicine cabinet and find what appears to berepparttar 110595 aspirin she normally gives us… and we take it. This is defiantly a red light situation, because you could be takingrepparttar 110596 wrong medicine and become very sick. But if you had just woke mom up and told her you had a headache, you would have stayed safely inrepparttar 110597 green light.

Someone knocks onrepparttar 110598 door of your house. Anytime this happens, as a child you need to understand that this is a yellow safety light and you need to proceed with caution. First you never openrepparttar 110599 door unless you and your parents personally knowrepparttar 110600 person. Like a friend ofrepparttar 110601 family or a neighbor. If you do not knowrepparttar 110602 person, which means have you never seen your parents speak to this person, you never openrepparttar 110603 door. Even if they say they are a policeman, fireman, or repairman. The decision that you should make to put yourself inrepparttar 110604 green light, would be to go find your parents and let them openrepparttar 110605 door. If you openrepparttar 110606 door, you could be putting yourself in a red light dangerous situation. If your parents are not home you should never, never, openrepparttar 110607 door for anyone. This is always a safety red light.

A person at school that is known to be a bully is standing atrepparttar 110608 end ofrepparttar 110609 play ground. Knowing this your safety light immediately turns yellow. If you avoid that end ofrepparttar 110610 playground your light will return to green, if you go to that end ofrepparttar 110611 playground you may find your self in a safety red light.

By being aware of our surroundings and making smart decisions when we are in our yellow caution light, we can get back to our green safe light and avoidrepparttar 110612 red danger light.

Remember, it is OK to be afraid when our safety light turns yellow. Fear is what helps our intuition and instincts work. We should always trust our instincts and listen to our little voice inside. Remember, our little voice is always right.”

Parents, by arming our children with mental safety so they can make quick, safe decisions, it gives themrepparttar 110613 confidence and focus to handle any type of situation and safeguard them forrepparttar 110614 future.

Michelle Annese is a 3rd degree black belt with 15+ years experience teaching industry specific self defense and safety for women and children. She is author of The Realtor Survival Guide, Protection for Women, and The SafeGuard System for Kids. For more information on how to protect yourself and your family go to http://www.michelleannese.com Check out other articles by Michelle Annese and get her free safety tips e-newsletter.


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