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Daily Bread for 11.18.24: Wisconsin Octogenarian Desperate for Attention and Relevance

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Good morning.

Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:51, and sunset is 4:28, for 9 hours, 37 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 89.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

Whitewater’s Police and Fire Commission meets at 6 PM, and the Library Board meets at 6:30 PM.

On this day in 1928, the Walt Disney Studio releases the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.

Anything for an invitation:

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See Jessie Opoien, Tommy Thompson shows support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading Department of Health and Human Services, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 16, 2024.

Insurers say ‘bear’ that damaged cars was a person in a costume:

City, Health, Medicine

Daily Bread for 11.10.23: Edgerton Hospital Brings a New Clinic to Whitewater

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 Good morning.

Friday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 43. Sunrise is 6:41 and sunset 4:36 for 9h 54m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 7.8% of its visible disk illuminated.

  On this day in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

Each day, all around us, thousands work in ways that sustain or advance this community. Some efforts are small, some large, yet each and all are useful to this city. 

A new clinic, on the east side of town, offering family practice, psychiatry and behavioral health, and laboratory services for Whitewater, will meet a vital need. 

Embedded above are photos from the Wednesday, 11.8.23 ribbon-cutting ceremony.  

Welcome to Whitewater, and best wishes for a thriving practice. 

How did Saturn’s rings form? Icy moons collide in supercomputer simulations:

Cats, Good Ideas, Medicine

Friday Catblogging: Doctor Prescribes a Cat

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Embed from Getty Images Cathy Free reports A Virginia woman was feeling sad. Her doctor prescribed her a cat (‘Her doctor, Earl D. King, said he wrote it down ‘because people sometimes don’t follow your instructions’): Robin Sipe’s eyes filled with tears as soon as her doctor entered the examining room. “My cat had recently…

Daily Bread, Education, History, Ignorance, Medicine, Public Health, Vaccines

Daily Bread for 10.14.21: Ignorance and Fanaticism Threaten Mequon-Thiensville

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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 69.  Sunrise is 7:08 AM and sunset 6:12 PM for 11h 04m 23s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 64.6% of its visible disk illuminated.  Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM.  On this day in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt is shot in…

Local Government, Medicine, Public Health, School District

Daily Bread for 9.27.21: Good Public Health Policy is True Optimism

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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 86.  Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 6:41 PM for 11h 52m 56s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 64.9% of its visible disk illuminated.  The Whitewater Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, Downtown Whitewater’s Board of Directors meets…

City, Conspiracy Theories, Development, Disinformation, Economy, Ignorance, Local Government, Medicine, School District, Vaccines

Daily Bread for 9.26.21: The Vaccine Divide and the Economic Divide

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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 82.  Sunrise is 6:47 AM and sunset 6:43 PM for 11h 55m 49s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 73% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1789, George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary…

Disinformation, Ignorance, Medicine, Sen. Ron Johnson, Vaccines

Daily Bread for 9.25.21: Ron Johnson Descends Still Lower

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 69.  Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset 6:45 PM for 11h 58m 42s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 81.3% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1890, Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.  Molly Beck reports Despite guidance from…

Acculturation, Culture, Daily Bread, Medicine, Migrants, Populists, Reading, Right-wing Populism, Vaccines

Daily Bread for 9.8.21: Afghan Refugees More Sensible than Many Native-Born Americans

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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 75. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:15 PM, for 12h 47m 32s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.6% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1966, the landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired…

Books, Culture, Daily Bread, Education, Fact Checking, Law, Medicine, Populists, Reading, Reasoning, Right-wing Populism, School District, Science/Nature

Daily Bread for 9.7.21: Formation, General

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see morning thundershowers with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset 7:17 PM, for 12h 50m 22s of daytime.  The moon is new with 0.3% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater  Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1776, according to American colonial reports, Ezra…

Coronavirus, Daily Bread, Medicine, Vaccines

Daily Bread for 8.28.21: Vaccine Testing Falsely Equated with Thalidomide Development

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 94. Sunrise is 6:16 AM and sunset 7:34 PM, for 13h 18m 24s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 66.4% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1845, the first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.  Beatrice Dupuy reports…

Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Medicine, Public Health

Daily Bread for 8.24.21: Ron Johnson’s Push for Ivermectin

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see afternoon thundershowers with a high of 91. Sunrise is 6:12 AM and sunset 7:41 PM, for 13h 29m 20s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 95.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM.   On this day in 1909, workers start pouring concrete…

Daily Bread, Ethics, Free Markets, Law, Medicine, Misconduct, Police

Daily Bread for 8.21.21: Hundreds of Wisconsin Police Officers Back on the Job after Being Fired or Forced Out

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be variably cloudy with scattered thunderstorms and a high of 81. Sunrise is 6:08 AM and sunset 7:46 PM, for 13h 37m 26s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.9% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1911, the Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo…

Cats, Medicine, Science/Nature

Friday Catblogging: Cats’ Genomes

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In One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats, Katherine Wu writes about the similarities between feline and human genomes: Cats, it turns out, harbor genomes that look and behave remarkably like ours. “Other than primates, the cat-human comparison is one of the closest you can get,” with respect to genome organization, Leslie Lyons, an…