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Daily Bread for 10.24.21: The Otters of Singapore Offer a Lesson for Whitewater, Wisconsin

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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 51.  Sunrise is 7:20 AM and sunset 5:57 PM for 10h 36m 49s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 86.5% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1946, a camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket [from White Sands…

Bad Ideas, City, Daily Bread, Environment, Nature, Open Government, Press, Water

Daily Bread for 10.22.21: Reporting About Artificial Herbicides in Whitewater, Wisconsin

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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 51.  Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset 6:00 PM for 10h 42m 15s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 96.7% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1707, four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because…

Beauty, Daily Bread, Justice, Nature, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 10.21.21: If Beauty Assured Justice, All Wisconsin Would Be Fair

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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 54.  Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 6:01 PM for 10h 44m 58s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.3% of its visible disk illuminated.  The Whitewater School District’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM, Whitewater’s Community Involvement &…

Cats, Nature, Science/Nature

Friday Catblogging: Tabbies

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James Gorman reports How the Cat Gets Its Stripes: A team of geneticists reported Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications that it had identified a gene in domestic cats that plays a key role in creating the traditional tabby stripe pattern, and that the pattern is evident in embryonic tissue even before hair follicles start…

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Film: Treeline

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Patagonia Films presents: Treeline. Follow a group of skiers, snowboarders, scientists, and healers to the birch forests of Japan, the red cedars of British Columbia, and the bristlecones of Nevada as they explore an ancient story written in rings.

Cats, Nature

Friday Catblogging: Jaguars Could Make Make a Southwestern Comeback

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Embed from Getty Images Coral Murphy Marcos reports Jaguars could be reintroduced in US south-west, study says: Jaguars could be reintroduced in the south-western US, where hunting and habitat loss led to the big cats’ extinction, a new study says. Scientists and other environmentalists make the case for bringing back the third-largest big cat, after tigers…

Animals, Cats, Nature

Friday Catblogging: Cat-cus

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“Catcus?” You may be cool, but you’ll never be bobcat sitting in a cactus cool. Perched on a saguaro, this bobcat finds itself in a sticky situation @OrganPipeNPS. Perhaps it’s scanning the landscape for dinner or just enjoys lookin’ sharp? #NationalParkWeek pic.twitter.com/HLXXC4II74 — National Park Service (@NatlParkService) April 22, 2021 See also Bobcat in a…