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This Valentine’s Day you will probably either send or receive a Valentine from someone. More than a billion are expected to be given away in the United States alone. But just like many of our holidays, there’s a lot more behind it than just cards and gifts. Throughout the world, February 14th is often celebrated as “Valentine’s Day.” What is the truth about “Saint Valentine’s Day”? And what did Saint Valentine have to do with love notes and affection? The history of Valentine’s Day is obscure and shrouded in mystery due to various fanciful legends.
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To begin this festival, young girls’ names were written on slips of paper and thrown into jars to be picked out by the boys. Chooser and chosen would then be partnered for the duration of the festival. Such arbitrary pairing often resulted in lasting relationships. Later, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification. They would then strip the goat’s hide into strips, submerge them into the sacrificial blood and take to the streets, gently slapping women with the hide. Surprisingly enough, Roman women welcomed the touch of In the early martyrologies, three different Saint Valentines are the hides because it was believed to make them more fertile mentioned, all sharing February 14 for a feast day. Unfortunately, in the coming year. While Lupercalia survived the initial rise of the historical record is sparse and which St. Valentine Pope Christianity, Pope Galesius outlawed the festival towards the Gelasius I intended to honor remains a mystery. Most scholars end of the 5th century. The lottery system was then banned as believe that the St. Valentine of the holiday was a priest who being un-Christian and the Pope did his best to make people attracted the disfavor of Roman emperor Claudius II around forget about other un-Christian ideas such as fertility. He then 270. decided to dedicate the Eve of Lupercalia to the long-dead priest,Valentine. In the third century, Emperor Claudius II Gothicus ruled the Roman Empire. He was nicknamed Claudius the Cruel because When looking back historically, most people will cite of his harsh leadership and his tendency for getting into wars Christianity for Valentine’s Day’s origins. However, the and abusing his people. In fact, he was getting into so many first recorded instance of associating Valentine’s Day with wars during the third century that he was having a difficult time romantic love comes from Geoffrey Chaucer in 1382, from his recruiting enough soldiers. According to legend, Claudius II had “Parlement of Foules“ (Written to honor the first anniversary prohibited young men from marrying, claiming that bachelors of the engagement of King Richard II to Anne of Bohemia). His made more efficient soldiers. Valentine continued to secretly poem states, perform marriage ceremonies but was eventually apprehended by the Romans. It is said that he was arrested, condemned “For this was Saint Valentine’s Day, when every bird to death for his faith, beaten with clubs, and finally beheaded cometh there to choose his mate.” on February 14, AD 270. Archaeological digs in the 1500s and 1800s have found evidence of the tomb of St. Valentine. His In medieval France and England it was believed that birds relics now reside in the Church of St. Praxedes. mated on February 14. Hence, Chaucer used the image of birds as the symbol of lovers in poems dedicated to the day. The second St. Valentine was Bishop of Interamna (located In Chaucer’s “The Parliament of Fowls,” the royal engagement, about 60 miles from Rome). According to legends, he was the mating season of birds, and St.Valentine’s Day are related. imprisoned by Claudius and fell in love with the daughter of his jailer. Before he was executed for refusing to renounce Over the centuries, the holiday evolved, and by the 18th his religion, he allegedly sent her a letter signed “from your century, gift-giving and the exchange of hand-made cards on Valentine”. The third Valentine suffered martyrdom in Africa. Valentine’s Day had become a common tradition in England. However nothing further is known about this Saint. Hand-made cards of lace and ribbons eventually spread to the United States but did not become widespread until the 1850s, when Esther Howland began mass producing them. Today of course, Valentine’s Day has become a booming commercial success. According to the Greeting Card Association, 25% of all cards send each year are Valentines.
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In 1848, several New York Irish Aid societies decided to unite their parades to form one official New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Today, that parade is the world ‘s oldest civilian parade and the largest in the United States, with over 150,000 participants. Each year, nearly 3 million people line the 1.5-mile parade route to watch the procession, which takes more than five hours. Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Savannah also celebrate the day with parades involving between For starters, the real St. 10,000 and 20,000 participants each. Patrick wasn’t even Irish. He was born in Britain around A.D. 390 Sometime in the 19th century, as St. Patrick’s Day parades to an aristocratic Christian family were flourishing, wearing the color green became a show of with a townhouse, a country villa, commitment to Ireland. In 1962 the show of solidarity took and plenty of slaves. What’s more, a spectacular turn in Chicago when the city decided to dye Patrick professed no interest in a portion of the Chicago River green. The tradition started Christianity as a young boy. At when parade organizer Steve Bailey, head of a plumbers’ union, 16, Patrick’s world turned upside noticed how a dye used to trace possible sources of river down. He was kidnapped and pollution had stained a colleague’s overalls a brilliant green. sent overseas to tend sheep as Why not use the dye to turn the whole river green on St. a slave in the chilly, mountainous Patrick’s Day, Bailey thought. So began the tradition. countryside of Ireland for seven years. During these horrible times, he got a religious conversion while he was there and became a very deeply believing Christian.
According to folklore, a voice came to Patrick in his dreams, telling him to escape. He found passage on a pirate ship back to Britain, where he was reunited with his family. The voice then told him to go back to Ireland. He gets ordained as a priest and returns to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. His work in Ireland was tough—he was constantly beaten by thugs, harassed by the Irish royalty and admonished by his British superiors. Perhaps the most well known legend is that he used the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock, to explain the Christian holy trinity: the Today, people of all backgrounds celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. especially throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, After he died on March 17, 461, Patrick was largely St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in many other locations far from forgotten. But slowly, mythology grew around Patrick, and Ireland, including Japan, Singapore and Russia. centuries later he was honored as the patron saint of Ireland. Since around the 9th or 10th century, people in Ireland have In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day has traditionally been observing the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Patrick been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish on March 17. Interestingly, however, the first parade held to laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning honor St. Patrick’s Day took in 1995, however, the Irish government place not in Ireland, but in the began a national campaign to use interest United States. On March 17, in St. Patrick’s Day to drive tourism and 1762, Irish soldiers serving in showcase Ireland and Irish culture to the the English military marched rest of the world. Today, approximately through New York City. Along 1 million people annually take part in with their music, the parade Ireland ‘s St. Patrick’s Festival in Dublin, helped the soldiers and fellow a multi-day celebration featuring parades, Irishmen serving in the English concerts, outdoor theater productions army reconnect with their and fireworks shows. Irish roots.
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Each year, millions start off the holidays with a large meal on Thanksgiving, followed by several more days of leftover pies, cakes, and candies. Many gain a significant amount of weight. Some people can gain 5-7 pounds during the holiday season. No matter who you are, the weight-gain cycle can easily continue throughout the winter months, and by spring you can have 5-10 lbs to lose. Hold that pace for a decade and you will have gained 50-60 lbs. This is the way weight gain occurs - slowly, over the years. The good news: While it can take a few to several years to gain 50-60 lbs, it can only take 6-12 months to lose it. Without a lifestyle change, including daily exercise and proper food habits, the annual 1-2 lbs of weight gain can lead to obesity, which gives you a higher chance of contracting other related health problems such as hypertension, stroke, and diabetes. So how can people avoid adding holiday weight? Healthy food choices and more exercise - and a few extra tips: 1) Walk More Try to walk further than normal when going about your normal routine. Burning a few more calories by walking is one of the easiest ways to take off that extra weight. Just twenty minutes of brisk walking can burn over 100-150 calories. That equals a cookie or soda in calories! 2) Continue to Drink Water Water is going to naturally help you avoid eating as much if you drink a large glass 20-30 minutes prior to having a large dinner. Plus, water will keep you hydrated and help you burn fat more
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Handmade from Grain to Glass Rock Town Distillery is the first legal distillery in Arkansas since prohibition. Phil Brandon opened Arkansas’ only distillery in 2010 after becoming a casualty of Verizon’s takeover of Alltel. “I was working at Alltel, enjoying life. Alltel was doing great, and then Verizon bought us. Suddenly it became very apparent that a lot of jobs were going away. Mine was one of those.” If Brandon wanted to stay in his career field, he’d have to move out of state. But he refused to leave his Arkansas roots. With an appreciation for whiskey and an enterprising spirit, he founded Rock Town Distillery. “It was just something that I had a passion for,” he said. After doing a lot of research, experimenting with recipes, and remodeling a 1950s-era warehouse, he opened the distillery in 2010, and already his products have won awards.
With the distillery rapidly growing, Rock Town devised the ingenious idea of bottling parties. Whenever Rock Town is ready to bottle a new batch of one of their spirits, they send out a mass e-mail, and the first ten to twelve respondents are invited to partake in a night of bottling, pizza and cocktails. Phil likes that the bottling parties are not only a creative answer to having a small staff of four, but also serve as community builders. Having been born and raised in Little Rock, community is important to Phil. “One of the things about our bottle is we hand sign every bottle. So we put a batch number, a bottle number and a name. We let people come in and help us, and they get to sign bottles as they go out the door, so they can go out to a bar or restaurant and say ‘Hey, that’s my bottle on the shelf. I did that.’” In March 2013, Rock Town was awarded the rating of “Exceptional – Gold Medal” for both our Arkansas Young Bourbon and our Hickory Smoked Whiskey by the highly respected Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago. On March 21, 2013, Rock Town Bourbon was awarded Best Bourbon (no age statement) at the World Whiskies Awards in London, England. The World Whiskies Awards had more than 300 whiskies battling it out during three intensive blind tasting rounds, for the coveted title of ‘2013 World’s Best Whiskies’.
The main goal for Brandon was to make sure ever y possible element used to make Rock Town’s spirits comes from Arkansas. The white oak barrels the distillery uses come from a fourth-generation company in Hot Springs. “The wheat we use is soft bread winter wheat that’s farmed in southeast Arkansas. The corn we use is also Arkansas corn,” Brandon said. “For our bourbon we use corn and wheat, and for our vodka and gin, it’s all wheat. In the gin, we use seven organic botanicals, and we vapor infuse the gin to give it the juniper flavor that makes it distinctly gin,” Brandon said. “It’s a different flavor profile than you can get anywhere else, but that’s what we want to be — we want to be different.”
On March 24, 2013, Rock Town Bourbon won the top award of Double Gold Medal in the ‘Small Batch Bourbon up to 10yrs Old’ category at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. More than 1,400 spirits from 63 countries were judged this year. “Receiving these accolades really is a testament to the hard work, dedication and craftsmanship we put into our whiskies,” said Phil Brandon. “We’re very proud of the fact that we use locally sourced Arkansas grains to make world class whiskies”.
Everything done at Rock Town is similar to the old days when distilleries were all just farm distilleries, and they distilled what they had left over at the end of the year. If they had grains they hadn’t sold, they would distill them. That way they could have something to drink throughout the winter. Visitors can tour the distillery 7 days a week to discover the process of making spirits from grain to glass. On tour, guests learn how small batches of Arkansas-grown wheat and corn are ground, cooked, and fermented. Gin and vodka can be distilled relatively quickly, but Rock Town’s bourbon is aged six to eight months in oak barrels to produce its distinctive flavor and golden hue. “When the whiskey goes in the barrel, it’s clear and at the end of six months or so, it’s a nice golden brown,” Brandon said.
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Rock Town Distillery now offers two types of Vodka, Hickory Smoked Whiskey, Bourbon Whiskey, Gin, Arkansas Lightning (Moonshine made right!), and a variety of flavored Lightning including Apple Pie, Peach, Blackberry Cobbler, Grape, and Hot. Rock Town products are now available in 7 states as well as in the United Kingdom. While the Rock Town staff is definitely keeping themselves busy, “We are still making it happen one day at a time,” Brandon said. “But when you decide to pursue something you want to be passionate about, working 12 hours a day isn’t so bad because it’s what you want to do.” Rock Town Distillery located in downtown Little Rock at 1216 East 6th Street, Little Rock, AR 72202. The distillery is open for tours and tastings daily. For more information please visit:
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