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Brief History of St. Valentine’s Day
THINKING OF MAKING EXTRA PAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE? Do these things first... Paying extra on your mortgage helps pay it off faster. But before you start sending your spare change to your mortgage company, consider doing this with your extra money first: 1. Do you have high-interest credit card debt or loans? You’ll save a lot more by paying down your 16% interest-rate balances than by paying extra on a home loan that carries a 4% interest rate. 2. How long will you own the house? If plan to sell in 10 years, it doesn’t matter if you own 30% or 70%. What matters is whether you get a strong return on your investment, which depends on how much the home’s value has risen. You may be better off rolling your payment into an investment account with an 8% return than a home with a 3% return. 3. Are you contributing fully to your investment account at work? Your retirement account likely offers a higher rate of return than you’re paying for your mortgage. Maximize your work benefits first, especially if your employer matches. 4. Will the stock market be a better investment than your mortgage? If you only have enough to do one or the other, you may want to talk to a financial advisor about the return you would get if you invested extra payments for 20 years instead of paying your mortgage off faster.
Valentine’s Day, also called St. Valentine’s Day, holiday (February 14th) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. The holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included fertility rites and the pairing off of women with men by lottery. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day. Although there were several Christian martyrs named Valentine, the day may have taken its name from a priest who was martyred about 270 CE by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus. According to legend, the priest signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and, by some accounts, healed from blindness. Other accounts hold that it was St. Valentine of Terni, a bishop, for whom the holiday was named, though it is possible the two saints were actually one person. Another common legend states that St. Valentine defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war. It is for this reason that his feast day is associated with love.
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Grapefruit-Vanilla Shortbread Prep Time: 1 hour • Cook Time: 15 min • Total time: 1 hour 15 min
Valentine’s Day Wine Dinner
Ingredients • • • • • • • •
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 tablespoon finely grated grapefruit zest 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ⅓ cup plus 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more 2 tablespoons fresh grapefruit juice Himalayan pink salt, dried hibiscus flowers, red sprinkles or, dried rose petals (for serving; optional)
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Directions
1. Lightly butter pan. Pulse grapefruit zest, vanilla extract, ½ cup butter, and ⅓ cup powdered sugar in a food processor until smooth. Add flour and ½ tsp. kosher salt; pulse just to combine. Press dough evenly into prepared pan, smoothing top with a measuring cup. Chill until firm, about 1 hour. 2. Preheat oven to 350°. Prick shortbread all over with a fork 1”–2” apart, and bake until edges are golden and center is pale but firm to the touch, 15–18 minutes. 3. Remove band from pan and cut into 16 wedges. Let cool. 4. Whisk grapefruit juice, a pinch of kosher salt, and remaining 1 cup powdered sugar in a small bowl until smooth. Spread a thin layer of icing over shortbreads with a small offset spatula, leaving a thin border of crust exposed. Top as desired. Let sit 10–15 minutes to allow glaze to set.
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Firefly Lane (Season 1)
The Crew (Season 1)
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The story of Tully and Kate, two unlikely friends, who form a bond that weathers every milestone in their lives, leading up to a tragedy in the present.
Life in the garage swerves off track for a NASCAR crew chief and his tight-knit racing team when a new boss steps in and shakes things up.
War Dogs
Pelé
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Based on the true story of David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan.
The story looks back at the 12-year period in which, the only man to win three World Cup titles, went from young superstar to national hero.
To All the Boys: Always & Forever
Ginny & Georgia (Season 1)
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Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans - with and without Peter.
Ginny, an angsty fifteen-year-old, often feels more mature than her thirty-yearold mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia.
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Bliss
Master
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After recently being divorced and then fired, Greg meets Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.
An alcoholic professor who is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
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Drishyam 2
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A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
A family who lives in Goa have their lives turned upside down when their daughter has a skirmish with a boy at a nature camp. Anju’s father tries hard to protect his family.
The Family Man (Season 2)
I Care A Lot
Available for Streaming February 12th, 2021.
Available for Streaming February 19th, 2021.
A man who works for the National Investigation Agency to protect the nation from terrorists. He also has to protect his family from the impact of his secretive job.
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
The Mimic
Reunion
Available for Streaming February 5th, 2021.
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A man suspects his friend may be a sociopath and goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him and his wife, who he eventually begins to fancy.
A pregnant woman returns to her recently-deceased grandparents’ old home to spend time with her estranged mother, which slowly turns terrifying.
Cowboys
The Vigil
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A recently separated father runs off with his trans son into the Montana wilderness after his ex-wife’s refusal to let their son live as his authentic self.
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
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FEBRUARY QUIZ QUESTION: What was the first chocolate brand to produce a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day?
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