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Agriculture, AI, Daily Bread, Technology

Daily Bread for 9.16.23: Weed-Killing AI Drones May Be the Future of Farming

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/16/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with evening showers and a high of 77. Sunrise is 6:36 AM and sunset 7:02 PM for 12h 26m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1959, the first successful photocopier, the Xerox…

City, Daily Bread, University, UW System

Daily Bread for 9.15.23: UW-Whitewater Projects Enrollment Increase

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/15/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 77. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset 7:04 PM for 12h 28m 54s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1835, the HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galapagos Islands. The…

Courts, Crime, Daily Bread, Law, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.14.23: Allowing Prior Sexual Assaults as Evidence at Trial

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/14/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 72. Sunrise is 6:34 AM and sunset 7:06 PM for 12h 31m 46s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1994, the rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of…

Catspaw, CDA, City, Common Council, Conflicts of Interest, Council Leadership, Daily Bread, Foul Pursuits, Hubris, Local Government, Low Standards, Regulatory Capture, Self-Dealing, Sycophancy, Tantrums, That Which Paved the Way, Unfit

Daily Bread for 9.13.23: Who Holds the Leash?

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/13/2023 • 1 Comment

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 66. Sunrise is 6:33 AM and sunset 7:07 PM for 12h 34m 37s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 2.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1948, Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and…

City, Daily Bread, Education, School District

Daily Bread for 9.12.23: Lifetime Learning

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/12/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:32 AM and sunset 7:09 PM for 12h 37m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 5.5% of its visible disk illuminated. There will be a meeting of the Public Works Committee at 6 PM. On this…

Courts, Daily Bread, Law, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.11.23: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ‘Point of No Return’ Was Years Ago

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/11/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 67. Sunrise is 6:31 AM and sunset 7:11 PM for 12h 40m 21s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 10.6% of its visible disk illuminated. There will be a Whitewater Common Council and Whitewater Unified School District joint meeting at…

Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.10.23: Wisconsin Fall Color Report

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/10/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:29 AM and sunset 7:13 PM for 12h 43m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 17% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1846, Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.…

Animation, Cartoons & Comics, Daily Bread

Daily Bread for 9.9.23: Bugs

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/09/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:14 PM for 12h 46m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 25.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1947, it’s the first case of a ‘computer bug‘ being found:…

City, Daily Bread, Nature, WI DNR, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.8.23: Land Purchase Nearly Doubles State Wildlife Area Near Whitewater

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/08/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset 7:16 PM for 12h 48m 54s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 33.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1974, President Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any…

City, Common Council, Council Leadership, Daily Bread, Local Government, School District

Daily Bread for 9.5.23: The Fundamental Difference in Governance Between School District and City

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/05/2023 • 3 Comments

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 88. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:21 PM for 12h 57m 24s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 63.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. [spacer height=”50px”] On this day in…

CDA, City, Daily Bread, Development, Economy, Employment, Entitlement, Failure, Labor

Daily Bread for 9.4.23: Labor Day 2023

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/04/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 6:23 AM and sunset 7:23 PM for 13h 00m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 74.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1888, George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a…

Adventure, Cycling, Daily Bread

Daily Bread for 9.3.23: Gravel

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/03/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 93. Sunrise is 6:22 AM and sunset 7:25 PM for 13h 03m 02s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 83.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1783, the representatives of the United States and Great Britain sign…

Daily Bread, Good Ideas, Toys, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.2.23: Wisconsin Woman Makes Dolls for Underrepresented Kids

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/02/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 87. Sunrise is 6:21 AM and sunset 7:27 PM for 13h 05m 50s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 91.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, officials of the Japanese Empire sign the Instrument of…

Daily Bread, Good Ideas, Science/Nature, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.1.23: Wisconsin Farm Launches Tree Species Made to Clean Pollution

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/01/2023 • Comments

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 6:20 AM and sunset 7:28 PM for 13h 08m 37s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 96.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1939, J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the…