Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 86. Sunrise is 5:16 AM and sunset 8:37 PM for 15h 20m 17s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 16.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1978, Charon, the first of Pluto’s satellites to be discovered, is first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
A reader kindly pointed me to recent statistics on the Whitewater Fire & EMS Department’s response times. They show a notable reduction in response times. A quicker response offers a better chance of preserving life and property. This blogger, along with a majority of the city’s residents, supported a referendum to fund a municipal fire and emergency services department. See In Support of Whitewater’s Fire & EMS Referendum and Fire & Rescue, Whitewater’s Most Important Public Policy Accomplishment of the Last Generation.
A successful community requires competent and responsive services. For Whitewater, that has meant the embrace of a municipal department.
Credit doesn’t go to those who supported a good idea, however; it goes to the men & women of the department who’ve proved that was a good idea.
Meet the artist who has invented the ‘ecovado’, an alternative avocado that might just trick you into thinking it’s the real deal. Arina Shokouhi was an avo-lover before realizing their farming process has a huge impact on the environment.
She decided to take action. With the help of food scientists at the University of Nottingham, UK, together they developed a more sustainable alternative using local ingredients.
Using broad beans, hazelnuts, apple juice and cold pressed rapeseed oil, she was able to create an alternative that closely matches a real avocado in look, texture, taste and even nutritional value.