Good morning. Whitewater’s Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high of forty, with a south winds at 5 to 15 MPH. We’ll see a sunrise at 7:17 AM, and sunset at 4:21 PM. Tomorrow will be roughly the same length as today, with 9h 4m of sunlight, and 10h 9m of daylight. Downtown Whitewater’s…
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 10.6.12
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Federal Government, Government Spending, Marketing
Why there’s Room and Reason to Reduce the Military Budget
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
There’s much worry – but not reasonable worry – about the imposition of sequestration, across-the-board cuts to reduce overspending, on America’s military budget. Our fundamental security will always come from a healthy economy that fosters the economic growth and innovation that makes a professional, well-equipped military possible. Second, we would still have an unmatched military…
Beautiful Whitewater, Books, City, Press Release
Young Auditorium receives grant to host 4th Community Big Read
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Young Auditorium receives grant to host 4th Community Big Read For the fourth year in a row, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a local partnership to bring the national Big Read initiative to Rock, Walworth, Jefferson and adjacent counties. Mark Twain in the Rock River Basin will be the focus of this…
Beautiful Whitewater, Books, Press Release
The Living Mississippi: From Twain to Today at the Roberta Avonn Art Gallery 3/9/12 to 4/4/12
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Opening reception on March 12, 2012 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. Historic photographs of the Mississippi River by Henry P. Bosse are juxtaposed with modern photos of river restoration projects completed by the non-profit group, Living Lands & Waters. Quotes from Mark Twain’s prose link the river’s past with the present. The exhibit is a partnership with…
Books, New Whitewater, Press Release, School District, University
Mark Twain T-shirt Art Contest for K-12 Students
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Best to all the contestants, and appreciation to those supporting the contest — Mark Twain T-shirt Art Contest for K-12 Students For the fourth year in a row, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded a local partnership to bring the national Big Read initiative to Rock, Walworth and Jefferson County. Mark Twain in…
City, Government Spending, Politics, Taxes/Taxation
Cuts to State Shared Revenue: Whitewater’s Politics of It All (First Take)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whether Gov. Walker’s proposal to restrict public-employee collective bargaining is victorious or abandoned, cuts to state shared revenue are on the way, for Whitewater and its school district. I have supported cuts to government spending, not as a matter of budget repair, but as a long term-goal — for smaller, more limited, more responsible government.…
Innovation Center/Tech Park
Defining Waste as a Phenomenal Accomplishment
by JOHN ADAMS •
At Whitewater’s December 7th Common Council meeting, City Manager Kevin Brunner, near the beginning of the meeting, gave an update on Whitewater’s publicly-financed technology park. I have embedded the video of the session below. Brunner begins talking about the park at 2:14 into the video, and continues until around 4:40. Below the video, I have…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 12-13-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a sunny day with a high temperature of twelve degrees. There’s no school in the Whitewater Unified School District today; the Aquatic Center will be open. There are two principal City of Whitewater public meetings today. At 4:30 p.m., the Community Development Authority meets, with an agenda…
Liberty, Press, Press Release
U.S. to Host World Press Freedom Day in 2011
by JOHN ADAMS •
As we should, as a free press is a fundamental part of our heritage — Press Statement Philip J. Crowley Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC December 7, 2010 The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 – May…
Science/Nature
Arsenic-Based Microbes Challenge Chemistry of Life – WSJ.com
by JOHN ADAMS •
Quite the innovation — Researchers on Thursday said they had created microbes that “very likely” use arsenic in their DNA in place of phosphorus, in what may be the first exception to the formula long thought to govern the basic chemistry of life. Force-grown in the lab, the bacteria use the notorious poison to replace…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 9-16-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a day of showers with a high of sixty-four degrees. The City of Whitewater’s Urban Forestry will hold another work session from 9 to 11 a.m. this morning. The agenda is available online, and lists two items under an “Urban Forestry Management Plan”: “A. Grasses/lawns/landscaping; quick overview…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 8-23-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a dense fog and a high temperature of eighty-three degrees. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority will meet today, at 4:30 p.m., at the 1231 Innovation Drive, in a construction trailer at the site of Whitewater’s eleven-million dollar publicly-funded project. The agenda for their meeting is available online. The…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 8-3-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a chance of showers with a high temperature of eight-five degrees. There’s a Common Council meeting tonight in Whitewater, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. Wired recalls that on this date in 1977, Tandy Corp of Texas announces that it will manufacture the first mass-produced personal computer.…