February 14th

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... Barbie and Ken have decided to give love another chance ...
Feb 14 2011 12:01 AM ET
Valentine's Day Surprise! Barbie and Ken are officially back together
by Tanner Stransky
http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/02/14/ken-barbie-back-together-valentines-day/

... How does craft beer fit into roller derby? It’s ‘Kill The Bombers Night’ with half-price bombers of craft beer. We’ll feature the beanbag toss to win free beers, with proceeds going to the team. You can mingle with the team and there might be a kissing booth ...
February 14th, 2011 04:00am
For Valentine’s Day: beer, cupcakes and Roller Girls
by Alan Shaw
http://beergeek.blogs.heraldtribune.com/11209/for-valentines-day-beer-cupcakes-and-roller-girls/

... “Our business figure shoots up 100 percent on V-Day. Red roses have always been popular among lovers and one can’t just imagine how much red roses sell on this particular day. The sales are massive.” ...
Valentine’s Day a big draw for flowers, greeting card sellers
February 13th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/valentines-day-a-big-draw-for-flowers-greeting-card-sellers_100319447.html

... Saynt Valentyn, that art ful hy on-lofte
Thus singen smale foules for thy sake
Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe
That hast this wintres weders over-shake ...
The Parliament of Fowles
by Geoffrey Chaucer
http://omacl.org/Parliament/

... a romantic kiss prompts a rise in oxytocin ... Dopamine is another kissing hormone ... Seratonin is the hormone that makes you continuously think about this person ... Don't forget cortisol ...
A science geek's guide to locking lips
By MARILYN LINTON, Special to QMI Agency
Last Updated: February 14, 2011 2:00am
http://www.torontosun.com/life/healthandfitness/2011/02/12/17252571.html

... When her father imported some lacy valentines from England to sell in his store, she greatly admired them but thought she could make even prettier ones ... The work force kept increasing and had to move to larger quarters on the Howland’s third floor ... In 1880, Esther sold out to the George C. Whitney Company, also of Worcester, which became the largest valentine factory in the world. She lived until 1904 — unmarried ...
The Amorous Art of Esther Howland
by Joan P. Kerr
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1982/2/1982_2_25.shtml

... a team of NPR employees spent the past two weeks blind taste-testing more than 30 brands of chocolate from all over the world ...
A Bittersweet Guide to the Best V-Day Chocolate
by Melody Joy Kramer
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7132441

29 April
... with Germanus, martyred in Alexandria ...
St. Valentine
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=6939

May 2
307
Bishop of Genoa ...
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2156

July 16
305
Bishop of Trier ...
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2153

July 25
308
... executed in Palestine during the reign of .. Galerius ...
St. Valentina & Thea
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2154

September 2
4th century
Bishop of Strasbourg ...
St. Valentine
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2157

November 3
304
... beheaded at Viterbo .. under .. Diocletian ...
St. Valentine & Hilary
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2159

November 17
... executed .. at Carthage ...
St. Valentine and Dubatatius
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=6048

December 16
305
Martyr with .. Navalis, Concordius, and Agricola at Ravenna, Italy ...
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2155

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