By Andries Hoogerwerf (29 August 1906 – 5 February 1977) – http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/images/javant3.gif, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1889781 Jon Emont reports A Late-Night Sighting, and a Single Hair, Rekindle Hopes That an Extinct Tiger Lives On (‘Against all odds, DNA analysis suggests that a giant predator may have survived in Java, one of the most densely populated places…
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South Dakota vs. Vermont: COVID Leadership Matters
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Monday Music: Woody Herman’s Jazz Version of Fanfare for the Common Man
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Daily Bread for 11.5.19
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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of thirty-eight. Sunrise is 6:34 AM and sunset 4:41 PM, for 10h 07m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 60.4% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1862, Pres.…
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Daily Bread for 9.15.19
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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of seventy-seven. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset 7:04 PM, for 12h 28m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1950, United Nations forces under the command of Gen. MacArthur land…
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On a Campus with Genuine Hunger, ‘Hungry’ Shouldn’t be a Marketing Tool
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One reads in an announcement from Assistant Vice Chancellor Sara Kuhl (that’s her title, truly) that a marketing firm is looking for students’ opinions, and will provide a free lunch or dinner. They’ve got quite the hook: Wanted: Opinionated and hungry students In a place of genuine hunger, with students using an on-campus food pantry,…
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Foxconn’s (Overwhelmingly) Low-Paying Jobs
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Residents of Whitewater (or at least the ones attracted to corporate welfare) had a chance this winter to hear a state operative extol the benefits of billions in public money for Foxconn. The local 501(c)(6) business league, the Greater Whitewater Committee, brought in a guest speaker to tout the project. See A Sham News Story on…
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Daily Bread for 1.23.18
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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy, with a few flurries, and a high of thirty-one. Wet snow last night means a two hour delay for Whitewater’s schools this morning, but Midwesterners are resilient and bounce back quickly. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 4:57 PM, for 9h 40m 19s of daytime. The moon…
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A Sign for Whitewater High School
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Whitewater Planning Commission – A High School Sign from John Adams on Vimeo. Anyone who thinks that small town politics is simple hasn’t watched small town politics. In the video above, the Whitewater Planning Commission took 28 minutes to approve conditions for the local high school to place an electronic sign on school property. (Whitewater…
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Daily Bread for 11.17.17
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Good morning. Whitewater’s Friday will be rainy with a high of forty-three. Sunrise is 6:50 AM and sunset 4:29 PM, for 9h 38m 42s of daytime. The moon is new, with 0.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}three hundred seventy-third day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the first day.{end-tooltip} On this day…
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Daily Bread for 1.8.17
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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of eighteen. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:39 PM, for 9h 14m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 80% of its visible disk illuminated. Today is the {tooltip}sixty-first day.{end-texte}Days since Trump’s election, with 11.9.16 as the first day.{end-tooltip}…
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Daily Bread for 4.22.16
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Daily Bread for 2.7.16
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Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in town will be partly cloudy and mild, with a high of forty-one. Sunrise is 7:01 and sunset 5:16, for 10h 14m 19s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Here’s schedule of posts for the week ahead, with other posts possible (if…
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Daily Bread for 1.31.16
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Good morning, Whitewater. Our month ends with a high of thirty-nine and a probability of late-morning, early-afternoon showers. Sunrise is 7:09 and sunset 5:06, for 9h 57m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 55.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Here’s schedule of posts for the week ahead, with other posts possible…