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Flagstaff Today 39°:
12° Week 5 Day 29 Air Quality: Fair Mostly Cloudy Wind 5 mph Gusts 8 mph slight chilly breeze Active
Fire: 69 miles away Risk of Fire:
Very Low Nearest lightning: 2074 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18°
Moisture: 4 Days |
Weekly Observations
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International Snow Sculpting Week: 24-29 |
National School Choice Week: 26-2/1 Link National Mentoring Summit: 29-31 Link |
Daily Observations
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Curmudgeons
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National
Corn Chip Day |
Today’s Quote
Today’s Memes
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Thoughts for the day
Snow is still expected. So far, not
even enough to cover the ground.
It costs around $800,00/flight to use
military planes to deport. A chartered plane would cost around $102,000 per
flight. Military planes make much better pictures. Of the 1200 deported
yesterday, about ½ had not committed any offense except crossing the border
illegally.
Trump fired career lawyers in DOJ if
they had prosecuted Trump, even though they were simply following orders.
Mayan Culture of Mexico and beyond…
An island Mayan city
survived until the 17th century.
Long after other Mayan
civilizations had been abandoned or destroyed, there was one that managed to
survive until the 17th century. Known as Nojpeten or Tayasal, it was the capital
city of the Itza Maya kingdom located in Lake Peten Itza in Guatemala.
Today, travelers may know
the town by the name of Flores. Approximately 2,000 people are thought to have
lived in the city, and the current-day street plan of Flores is said to be
based on the indigenous city's roots. It eventually fell to the Spanish in
1697.
Random Thoughts…
Biggest film of 1997: Titanic (Thriller) earned ~ $659,000,000
The boiling point of
water on top of Mt Everest is 160f (71c).
Since 1966 ‘Peaches
and Herb’ has had 7 different Peaches, but only
one Herb.
Origin of city nicknames…
Baltimore, Maryland: ‘Charm City’
There’s no doubt that Baltimore
had an image problem in the 1960s. The combined effects of industrial decline
and mass exodus to the suburbs saw it described as 'A loser’s town' or
'Yesterday town' in the press, much to the chagrin of Mayor William Donald
Schaefer who created a marketing campaign to promote the city’s history and
hidden treasures. The term 'Charm City' was coined in 1974 as part of this
campaign, and although many locals dismissed the campaign, the name has become
Baltimore’s most enduring nickname.
Historic Events
Click here to see 29 Jan
History
Birthdays
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Oprah
Winfrey, 71 |
@92 –
John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
@72 –
Thomas Paine, One of the Founding Fathers of the United States (d. 1809)
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