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Daily Bread for 3.10.13

Good morning. It’s a rainy Sunday for Whitewater, with a high of forty-one. On this day in 1927, Robert Kearns is born: Robert Kearns, who patented a design for a type of windshield wiper and later won multi-million dollar judgments against Chrysler and Ford for using his concept without permission, is born on March 10,…

Daily Bread for 3.9.13

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be a rainy day with a high of forty. We’ll have 11h 37m of sunlight, 12h 33m of daylight, and somewhere behind the clouds there’ll be a waning crescent moon. On this day in 1862, the U.S.S. Monitor battles the C.S.S. Virginia: ….one of the most famous naval battles…

Daily Bread for 3.8.13

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be a sunny day, with a high of thirty-eight. On March 8, 1917, before the Bolshevik Revolution, the February Revolution: In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd.…

Daily Bread for 3.7.13

Good morning. Whitewater will have a mostly sunny Thursday with a high of thirty-three. We’ll have 11h 30m of sunlight, 12h 27m of daylight, with three minutes’ more light tomorrow. The Landmarks Commission is set to meet at 6 PM tonight. On this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone. In Wisconsin history,…

Daily Bread for 3.6.13

Good morning. Whitewater will have a cloudy Wednesday, with a high of thirty-three. The Whitewater Tourism Council is scheduled to meet at 9 AM. On this day in 1899, Bayer patents aspirin: …the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer…

Daily Bread for 3.5.13

Good morning. Tuesday will bring snow to Whitewater, of about three to five inches during the day, with less than an inch additional this evening. The city now has a Bicycle & Pedestrian Steering Committee meeting scheduled for 4:30 PM, and a Common Council meeting for 6:30 PM (Update: Canceled). What does three feet of…

Daily Bread for 3.4.13

Good morning. Monday will be cloudy with a high of thirty-one. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets at 5 PM. On this day in 1789, government under the U.S. Constitution begins: The first session of the U.S. Congress is held in New York City as the U.S. Constitution takes effect. However, of the 22 senators and 59 representatives called…

Daily Bread for 3.3.13

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater brings sunny skies and a high of twenty-eight. We’ll have 11h 19m of sunlight, 12h 16m of daylight, and tomorrow will bring an additional two minutes. In Friday’s Catblogging post, one saw a video of a backyard bobcat. If one, then perhaps two – here are two pugnacious urban bobcats,…

Daily Bread for 3.2.13

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day with a high of twenty-four, and a north wind at 5 to 10 mph. Born this day in 1904, Dr. Seuss: On this day in 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such beloved children’s books as “The Cat…

Daily Bread for 3.1.13

Good morning. Friday brings a high of thirty, with a slight chance of flurries. We’ll have 11h 13m of sunlight, and 12h 10m of daylight, with three minutes more tomorrow. On this day in 1781, America has her first constitution: …the Articles of Confederation are finally ratified. The Articles were signed by Congress and sent to the…

Daily Bread for 2.28.13

Good morning. It’s a cloudy day with a high of thirty-four for Whitewater. On this day in 1953, a profound biological discovery: …Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. Though DNA–short for deoxyribonucleic acid–was discovered in 1869,…

Daily Bread for 2.27.13

Good morning. Snow today, with additional accumulations of one to two inches, and a high of thirty-five. On this day in 1991, Pres. Bush suspends combat operations against Iraq, declaring that “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated.” On 2.27.1904, a fire in Madison: 1904 – Second State Capitol Burns On this date fire destroyed the…

Daily Bread for 2.26.13

Good morning. Tuesday will be a snowy day, with a high of thirty-six, and a few inches of total accumulation. Whitewater’s Tourism Council meets today at 9 AM, and her Urban Forestry Commission at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1993, a bomb explodes at the World Trade Center, killing six, and wounding many others:…

Daily Bread for 2.25.12

Good morning. Monday brings partly sunny skies and a high of thirty-nine to Whitewater. Downtown Whitewater’s Design Committee meets at 8 AM, and the Community Development Authority at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1933, America launches her first ship built initially and expressly as an aircraft carrier: Ranger was laid down on 26 September…