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Daily Bread for 10.5.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in town will be fair with a high of fifty-six. Sunrise today is 6:57 AM and sunset is 6:29 PM. The moon is in a waxing gibbous phase with eighty-nine percent of its visible disk illuminated. A camera crew in Iceland recorded the volcanic eruption of the Bardabunga Volcano using a…

Daily Bread for 10.4.14

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have about a one-third chance of showers, on a Saturday with a high of forty-six. Saturday Night Live has a suggestion for the NFL on player introductions. One can think of it as a version of truth-in-advertising: On this day in 1957, the Soviets launch Sputnik 1 into orbit: The Sputnik…

Daily Bread for 10.3.14

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have morning showers with a high of fifty-five. On this day in 1990, after decades of division and Communist oppression, East Germany is reunified with the West: The Volkskammer, the Parliament of East Germany, passed a resolution on 23 August 1990 seeking the accession (Beitritt) of the German Democratic Republic to…

Daily Bread for 10.2.14

Good morning, Whitewater. We’ll have a probability of thunderstorms today, with a high temperature of seventy-four. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. Wilson attends a 1918 parade. Via Wikipedia. On this day in 1919, Pres. Wilson suffers a stroke while in office: The immediate cause of Wilson’s incapacity in September 1919 was the…

Daily Bread for 10.1.14

Good morning, Whitewater. A new month begins, with partly cloudy skies and a high of seventy-one. Sunrise is 6:52 AM and sunset 6:36 PM. We’ll have a first quarter moon this afternoon. On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park: Yosemite National Park … is a United States National Park…

Daily Bread for 9.30.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Month’s end in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of sixty-two. On this day in 1954, America commissions the world’s first nuclear submarine: Nautilus passes under the George Washington Bridge during a visit to New York Harbor in 1956. Via Wikipedia. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered…

Daily Bread for 9.29.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday in town will be warm, with a high of eighty-one, accompanied by an even chance of late afternoon thundershowers. There will be a meeting of the Urban Forestry Commission at 2:15 PM. Later, at 6:30 PM, there will be an informational meeting about construction at the intersection of Center and Whitewater…

Daily Bread for 9.28.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of eighty. Sunrise today is 6:49 AM and sunset 6:42 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with nineteen percent of its visible disk illuminated. Here’s one lucky cyclist from Russia, in the midst of accidents and chaos all around, but able to…

Daily Bread for 9.27.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Saturday in the Whippet City will be partly cloudy with a high of eighty. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 6:43 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with eleven percent of its visible disk illuminated. Tim Bell, while racing in the Circuit of the Americas, lost the brakes on his Nissan…

Daily Bread for 9.26.14

Good morning, Whitewater Week’s end in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of seventy-nine. It’s the anniversary of the first Kennedy-Nixon debate, televised on this day in 1960: On this day in 1833, several tribes in Wisconsin cede land to the United States: 1833 – Indian Treaty Cedes to Government On this date…

Daily Bread for 9.25.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of seventy-seven. Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset is 6:47 PM. The moon is a waxing crescent with two percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Tech Park Board meets at 8 AM and the Community Development Authority at 5 PM. On…

Daily Bread for 9.24.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Midweek in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of seventy-four. The Wall Street Journal published a quiz matching respondents’ answers with different drawings (and the personalities those drawings are meant to represent). Which drawing are you? Which @WSJ dot drawing are you? Take our quiz: http://t.co/IDETmvEzCy pic.twitter.com/ou9ZVhaDv9 — Wall Street…

Daily Bread for 9.23.14

Good morning, Whitewater. It’s the first day of autumn. Google has a doodle to mark the change of season — Tuesday will be sunny in Whitewater, with a high of seventy-four. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset is 6:50 PM. We’ll have a new moon early tomorrow morning. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets this afternoon…

Daily Bread for 9.22.14

Good morning, Whitewater. Monday will be sunny and mild, with a high of sixty-nine. Sunrise is 6:42 AM and sunset is 6:52 PM. The moon is a waning crescent with just two percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, Pres. Lincoln first publicly announces the Emancipation Proclamation: In September 1862, the…