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Tag Archives: web sites
Dairy Month!
If it’s June, it’s time to celebrate dairy! Wisconsin is a great state to do that. If you’re looking for a dairy breakfast, check out Breakfast on the Farm, a web page from Travel Wisconsin. Learn more about dairy and … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, books, ebooks, fun stuff, National Dairy Month, web sites
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May 29: Wisconsin enters the Union
Celebrate May 29th! On this day in 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state. Did you know that the people voted against statehood four times? And then it took a while to agree on a constitution. Read more about “The State … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversaries, books, government info, history, statehood, web sites, wisconsin, wisconsin documents
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Friday fun: volcanoes
OK, so we had a little snow pelt us this week (my coworker says that stuff is called graupel), and the Library had to be evacuated because the fire alarms went off for a while on Tuesday. Would you prefer … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, books, disasters, environment, federal government, films, Friday fun, government info, movies, nature, news, volcanoes, web sites
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Hunger, Obesity & the Food System
Ellen Gustafson, a food system change advocate and author of We the eaters: If we change dinner, we can change the world, will talk about “A New Understanding of Hunger, Obesity and the Food System” on Mon., Apr. 20 at … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, articles, authors, books, contemporary issues lecture series, food, food additives, food policy, food supply, food system, lectures, malnutrition, nutrition policy, obesity, policy, poverty, web sites
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Friday Fun: WTMJ-TV News Search
The UW-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives, with support from WTMJ-TV and the Wisconsin Historical Society, recently launched WTMJ-TV News Search, “a catalog of nearly 50,000 news stories broadcast from 1950 to 1980 by WTMJ-TV, an NBC-affiliated station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stories … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, digital collections, fun stuff, history, journalism, mass media, media, milwaukee, news, reporting, research, television, web sites, wisconsin
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Bicycle Season Safety
The snow season seems to have made way for spring at last, so everyone’s bikes are emerging. It’s important to ride safely, however, and to share the roads and sidewalks lawfully and politely. The March 2015 newsletter from UW-Whitewater Police … Continue reading
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Tagged automobiles, bicycles, cars, driving, government information, law, motor vehicles, ordinances, police, roads, safety, web sites, whitewater, wisconsin government
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Friday Fun: Optical Illusions
Ah, Friday before Spring Break! And here’s a little fun that’s not of the beach variety. Optical illusions are fun and interesting, right? Look at the recent furor over “The [infamous] Dress!” Was it black and blue? Was it white … Continue reading
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Tagged art, books, brain, fun stuff, optical illusions, visual perception, web sites
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Friday Fun: Piano Staircases & Making Healthy Choices Fun
Oh, how I wish we had one of these around here! A piano staircase was installed in Odenplan plaza in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2009 as part of a competition to encourage healthy choices by making them more fun. 66% more … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, exercise, fun stuff, gamification, motivation, physical activity, web sites, wellness
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Watch WI agency budget briefings Mar 3-4
WisconsinEye provides you with the opportunity to livestream state agency budget briefings to the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance. These are briefings by representatives of the agencies, not public testimony. Here’s the schedule: Tuesday, March 3 (9:00 a.m.) Department … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, government information, state agencies, state government, web sites, wisconsin
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The Girls in the Band
The College of Arts and Communication will show the film The Girls in the Band at 7:30pm on Tues., Feb. 3, in the Greenhill Center of the Arts, room 30. The synopsis on the film’s web site says THE GIRLS … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, audio recordings, big bands, books, films, gender, history, jazz, music, sound recordings, videos, web sites, women
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