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Almanac: Week: 06 \ Day: 033 
February Averages: 45°\19°
86004 Today: H 50°\L 25°
Average Sky Cover: 0%  Ave. humidity: 60%    
Wind ave:   7mph\Gusts:  23mph
Ave. High: 43° Record High:  62° (1976)
Ave. Low: 18° Record Low:  -14° (1922)

Observances Today:
Ayn Rand Day
Candelmas
Crepe Day—eat up
Groundhog Day
Imbolic
Marmot Day
Purification Day—for Jesus
Sled Dog Day
World Play Your Ukulele Day
World Wetlands Day

Observances This Week:
Feb 1-7
African Heritage & Health Week
Burn Awareness Week
Boy Scout Anniversary Week
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week
International Coaching Week
Just Say No to PowerPoint Week
Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
Women's Heart Week
Feb 2-8

National School Counseling Week 
International Networking Week
Publicity for Profit Week

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Quote of the Day 


US Historical Highlights for Today
1653 - New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)
1802 - 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents)
1811 - Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF
1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas California, New Mexico & Arizona for $15 million
1863 - Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time
1887 - A law is passed which will prohibit the use of Indian languages in schools.
1918 -Warned by Washington that the U.S. must save food if it is to win the war, Arizona flour mills began making barley and corn flour to conserve wheat.
1923 - Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
1927 - Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave & 54th St NYC
1942 - US auto factories switch from commercial to war production
1950 - 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV
1964 - GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy
1970 - Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
1980 - FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for political favors
2014 - Super Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks defeat Denver Broncos 42-8, most viewed television event in the United States with over 111 million viewers

Today’s World Events through History
1709 - British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
1852 - 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)
1922 - James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)
1962 - 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
1972 - Angry demonstrators burn the British Embassy in Dublin to the ground in protest at the shooting dead of 13 people on 'bloody sunday'
1986 - Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
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  Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today


My Rambling Thoughts
Ah, sunshine, no clouds, sanity has returned to our little mountain town. I’m sure not used to, nor I do I want to get used to, several overcast days in a row. The over an inch of rain was nice for the forest, but not for my sanity.
Getting ready for the Super Bowl. Should be a good game, especially if the Seahawks win.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Insert one word in each pair to link the two words together. The end of the first word is the beginning of the second.

1. Push __ __ __ Cushion
2. Digital __ __ __ __ __ __ Shy
3. Crystal __ __ __ __ Park
4. First __ __ __ __ __ Clown
5. Bed __ __ __ __ Candy

           
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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Easter Eggs…check it out…
Ready to make your screen do some gymnastics? You'll see what I mean. Just type "Do a barrel roll" into the Google search bar and watch what happens!

Eye Facts…
--The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
--Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.

Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO
F.O. Allen, commissioner of agriculture for Coconino County, advises that a big potato crop is expected in the North Country this year. There are 10 carloads ready; two are headed for Phoenix. The rest can be had for about $1.67 ½ a hundred weight.

Harper’s Index…
61
Percentage of all requests for Twitter user data that have come from US gov’t
3/4
That Twitter complied with

Rules of Thumb…
OFFENDING PEOPLE
--The people who offend others most easily are often the most easily offended themselves.

Unusual Fact of the Day…
Unlike a traditional toxin, viper venom functions by preventing the blood from clotting so that the victims bleed to death.

Valentine’s Facts…
--In Korea, if you do not receive any gift on Valentine's day then all the singles go to Korean restaurants and eat black noodles to celebrate (or mourn) their single status.
--On April Fool's Day in 1977, the UK newspaper The Guardian ran a 7 page feature on the discovery of the fictitious island nation of "San Seriffe."

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Joke-of-the-day
At a construction site on the 80th floor of a high rise building, the lone conservative on the crew was having a heated political discussion with the liberals on the project. Deciding to take a break, he called everyone over to the edge of the roof. "Did you know," he began, "that there are extremely violent invisible updrafts that are able to keep a body floating in mid-air? They only occur at certain times during the day between buildings. Here, I'll show you!"
He then leaped off the side of the building, and with arms spread-eagle, floated effortlessly on an unseen cushion of air, and then gradually steered himself back to the safety of the roof.
"That's awesome," one of the left-wingers shouted.
"I want to try it."
"Me too," another cried, and then another, and as they leaped over the side of the roof, one after the other, they fell 80 floors straight down to the ground, SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! 
A crowd rushed over to witness the carnage, and while doing so, one of the spectators looked up and remarked, "Boy, Clark Kent sure hates liberals!" 


Yep, It Really Happened
Spokane, WA
A couple from Spokane, Washington discovered that after a dispute with Comcast their billing account had been renamed with profanity. After Ricardo and Lisa Brown argued over their bill with a customer service representative from Comcast things went from bad to worse. On their next monthly bill Ricardo Brown's name had been changed to "A**hole Brown." When the Brown's attempted to have the profanity removed and Ricardo's name restored they were met with opposition. The Brown's then contacted a consumer advocacy writer, Christopher Elliott, and the incident was reported. "You know employees talk about customers behind their back and say things like this," Elliott told CBS News. "But I've never seen anyone put something like this in writing. This falls into the category of 'What were they thinking?'" Elliot then contacted Steve Kipp, Comcast's vice president of communications in Washington, who said, "We have spoken with our customer and apologized for this completely unacceptable and inappropriate name change," he said. "We have zero tolerance for this type of disrespectful behavior and are conducting a thorough investigation to determine what happened. We are working with our customer to make this right and will take appropriate steps to prevent this from happening again." "I'm a bit stunned by this" said Elliott. "Comcast is a big company. They can't control all their employees. But you'd think this is part of the basic training they give to their employees -- don't call your customers a-holes."
           
Somewhat Useless Information
Did you know that in the city of Dorset the mayor is less than 18 years old and is very distinctive?
Well, in the city of Dorset, which is obviously a town that does not take itself too seriously, the mayor is four years old and his name is Robert Tufts.
According to bringmethenews.com , the town that calls itself the Restaurant Capital of the World celebrates its gustatory delights annually at a festival called A Taste of Dorset and one tradition at the event is the selection of the next year’s mayor. Instead of electing one, the townfolk pull a name out of a hat. And whomever that name belongs to is the next mayor. Even if he or she is too young.
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Birthday’s Today
Tom Smothers, comedian (Smother Brother Show), is 78
Bo Hopkins, actor (Dynasty) is 73
Graham Nash, guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is 73
Christie Brinkley, [Ex-Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress is 61
Michael T Weiss, actor (Jarod-Pretender) is 53
Shakira [Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll], Colombian pop singer is 38
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Remembered for being born today
Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum) 1861-1949@88
James Joyce, Ireland, novelist/poet (Ulysses) 1882-1941@59
Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor/director (Mutiny on Bounty) 1888-1960@74
Frank McGrath, actor (Wagon Train) 1903-1967@64
Ayn Rand, Saint Petersburg, writer\philosopher 1905-1982@77
Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, swimmer (Olympic-gold)/actor  1908-1983@75
Elaine Stritch, actress (30 Rock,) 1925-2014@89
Stan Getz, jazz tenor saxophonist 1927-1991@64
Farrah Fawcett, actress (Charley's Angels) 1947-2009@62
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Historical Obits Today
Max Schmeling, German boxer, 2005, @99
Bertrand Russell, philosopher, 1970, @97
Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), 1996, @83
Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), 1969, @81
Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), cancer, 1992, @77
Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician, 1712, @72
John Cassavetes, US actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, cirrhosis, 1989, @59
John L Sullivan, heavyweight boxing champ, indulgences, 1918, @59
Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor (Capote), OD, 2014, @46
Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD, 1979, @21
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. Pin
2. Camera
3. Ball
4. Class
5. Rock

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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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