{"id":5337,"date":"2012-02-02T14:36:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T19:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2012-02-06T14:37:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T19:37:42","slug":"rosss-almanac-for-february-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2012\/02\/rosss-almanac-for-february-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"ROSS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S ALMANAC For February 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Compiled by Kirk Ross<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153After being seated at that counter for about 30 seconds I had the most wonderful feeling. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I felt like I could have walked on a cloud. I felt as if I had died at that moment life wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have cheated me out of anything. I would have had a full life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Franklin McCain, one of four students at the first sit-in at Woolworth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in Greensboro, on Feb. 1, 1969<\/p>\n<p>If the recent spell of warm weather has you thumbing through the seed catalogs, you may want to check out the new zone map site at the U.S. Department of Agriculture website, which has a nifty GIS-driven interface. Punch in your zip code and drill down. Both the USDA and NOAA are stepping up their climate-change monitoring, including the effect on plant hardiness. <\/p>\n<p>Around here, the maps say we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a warm Zone 7, but Zone 8 isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t far away, pushing up from the coast, with the line through parts of Harnett, Wake and southern Chatham. Regardless of zone, this month will feature its usual wild swings. Last year, the last day of the month was a record-setter, with a high of 81.<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sunrise: 7:15 a.m.; Sunset: 5:41 p.m.<br \/>\nFeb. 29 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sunrise: 6:49 a.m.; Sunset: 6:08 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Full Moon \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Feb. 7  Last Quarter \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Feb. 14<br \/>\nNew Moon \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Feb. 21  First Quarter \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Feb. 29<\/p>\n<p>The full moon in <strong>February<\/strong> is known as the Snow Moon, Wolf Moon and Hunger Moon <\/p>\n<p><strong>Planets &#038; Stars:<\/strong> Planets are in the night sky in February \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jupiter, Venus and the moon draw closer together throughout the month, crossing paths around the 24th, with Mercury finally visible after sundown.<br \/>\nFebruary is Black History Month and Heart Month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significant Dates<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Feb. 1 is National Freedom Day<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day and Candlemas<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Abraham Lincoln\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birthday is Feb. 12<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The Feast of Saint Valentine is on Feb. 14<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Feb. 17 is Random Act of Kindness Day<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Presidents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Day is Feb. 20<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Mardi Gras is on Feb. 21<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Ash Wednesday is Feb. 22<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 George Washington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birthday, and possibly Groundhog Day, is on Feb. 22<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Leap Day is Feb. 29<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>UNC home basketball games<\/strong> on Feb. 8 (Duke!), 11, 18 and 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compiled by Kirk Ross \u00e2\u20ac\u0153After being seated at that counter for about 30 seconds I had the most wonderful feeling. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I felt like I could have walked on a cloud. 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