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High Tea Wichita
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Newman University hosts its Heritage Month in February to celebrates the English heritage of the university’s namesake, St. John Henry Newman. It typically takes place in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center following the St. Newman Mass and features meticulously prepared finger foods, English breakfast or Earl Grey tea, and elegant tea sets, fostering a sense of community among students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
Thank you to our amazing chorale and troubadours for last night’s Pilgrims of Hope fall concert! 🎹 It was a beauty to behold.#NUExcellence #NewmanU #fall #concert pic.twitter.com/ij1GkQkYli
— Newman University (@NewmanU) November 24, 2025
Why and How High Tea Originated as a Working-Class Custom: High tea, despite its modern association with elegance and afternoon tea, began as a practical, working-class custom in 19th-century Britain. Its origins lie in the Industrial Revolution, when factory workers, miners, and laborers, typically from the lower classes, returned home after long, physically demanding shifts. Unlike the leisurely afternoon tea enjoyed by the upper classes, high tea was a hearty, substantial meal served around 5–7 p.m., designed to sustain workers after a grueling day.
Why It Was Working-Class:Timing and Necessity: Workers couldn’t afford mid-afternoon breaks for tea, as their schedules revolved around factory or manual labor. High tea was served after work hours, replacing or supplementing dinner with affordable, filling foods like meat pies, bread, cheese, and tea, which provided energy and comfort.
Economic Constraints: The working class lacked the resources for the delicate sandwiches and pastries of upper-class afternoon tea. High tea used simple, inexpensive ingredients, reflecting the economic realities of laborers.
Cultural Context: Tea was a cheap, widely available beverage by the 19th century, thanks to Britain’s colonial trade. It became a staple for workers, offering warmth and stimulation, while the meal addressed their hunger.
How It Developed: High tea was served at a high dining table (unlike the low tables of aristocratic tea settings), where families gathered for a practical meal. The term “high” referred to the table height, distinguishing it from the refined “low tea” of the elite.
Food and Function:
The meal included robust dishes like stews, cold meats, or potatoes, paired with strong tea. It was less about social ritual and more about nourishment, often the main meal of the day for working families.
Social Evolution:
As tea became a British cultural staple, high tea spread across classes, but its working-class roots remained evident in its heartier fare and evening timing, contrasting with the lighter, earlier afternoon tea of the wealthy.
By the late 19th century, high tea’s association with the working class faded as middle and upper classes adopted and refined it, leading to its modern, more elegant connotations.
Afternoon tea this weekend pic.twitter.com/2UAZkGUXOj
— kat-astrophe! (@omwtfybkat) November 3, 2025
Memorial Church Sunday Service
Hillsdale College | The Theological–Political Problem and the American Founding | Glenn Ellmers
From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790
The Best Breakdown of America You’ve Never Heard: Richard Miniter
In Federalist No. 2, John Jay [1764 Graduate of King’s College; now Columbia University] argues that a strong union under the Constitution will promote peace and prosperity, which are conducive to the spread of religion and morality:
“Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people—a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs… These considerations, and many others that might be mentioned, prove, and experience confirms it, that artificial distinctions and separations of [America’s] land are essentially unnatural; and that they may be eradicated and extirpated by the united and advisable efforts of individuals and communities…”
The Federalist Papers discuss themes of morality, social order, and the importance of a cohesive society, they do not explicitly emphasize the importance of Christian faith to the American constitutional republic. The authors generally focused on principles of governance, political theory, and the structure of the proposed Constitution.
“The experience of the sacred is a universal phenomenon,
found in all human societies, however primitive or complex.”
— 1957 Mircea Eliade (‘The Sacred and the Profane’)
Harvard’s Memorial Chapel, also known as Memorial Church, was designed by the architectural firm Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott. The church was dedicated on Armistice Day, November 11, 1932, as a memorial to Harvard alumni who died in World War I.
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Sunday Service Announcements and Music Notes
John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University, was a 17th-century English minister lived on campus from 1607 – 1638 and conformed to Puritan ideal of dedicating Sundays to worship, prayer, and rest.
Ghana’s Rabbit Industry
Like many folk traditions of saying “Rabbit, rabbit” to your colleagues on the first day of the month has an unclear origin and has several variations and interpretations. We use it a reason to explore university research into food sources; the proper business of education communities everywhere. In one version of the tradition, saying “Rabbit, rabbit” or “White rabbit” as the first words upon waking on the first day of the month is believed to bring good luck for the rest of that month. It is thought to ensure good fortune, happiness, and general positivity throughout the coming weeks.
The specific origins and reasons behind this tradition are difficult to trace, as superstitions often evolve and are passed down through generations. It’s worth noting that this practice is not universally known or followed, and its popularity may vary among different regions and communities. Ultimately, the saying “Rabbit, rabbit” on the first day of the month is an example of a charming and whimsical superstition that some individuals enjoy participating in as a fun way to start the month on a positive note.
Quadrivium: Winter
Bates College Thesis: Constructing Temporality and Contextualizing the Passing of Time
University of New Hampshire: Snow Depth a Key Factor in Regional Fox Populations
ANSI Standards Action January 30, 2026 | Bulletin Board
University of Michigan | Washtenaw County
Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas
Dr. Gad Saad on Avoiding Liberal Brain Rot – Curing the Woke Mind Virus
Macdonald-Laurier Institute: How to Reverse Collapsing Birth Rates
Trending | Engagements, Weddings & Births | Sport News | Carillons
100 years ago, the Supreme Court made it clear in Pierce v. Society of Sisters: raising children is the responsibility of parents, not the government.
100 years later, the Trump Administration remains committed to protecting parental rights. pic.twitter.com/yduXdLShty
— Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) June 1, 2025
“…O chestnut tree;, great rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bold?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?”
— Among Schoolchildren, 1933 William Butler Yeats
We sweep through the world’s three major time zones; updating our understanding of the literature at the technical foundation of education community safety and sustainability in those time zones 24 times per day. We generally eschew “over-coding” web pages to sustain speed, revision cadence and richness of content as peak priority. We do not provide a search facility because of copyrights of publishers and time sensitivity of almost everything we do.
Readings:
“The Advancement of Learning” Francis Bacon (1605)
“The Allegory of the Cave” 380 BCE | Plato’s Republic, Book VII
Thucydides: Pericles’ Funeral Oration
IEEE Access: Advanced Deep Learning Models for 6G: Overview, Opportunities, and Challenges | Xidian University
“Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination” (2002) Peter Ackroyd
“Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” Satoshi Nakamoto
“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” (1841) | Charles Mackay
Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind
“Kant’s Categorical Imperative” | Hillsdale College Introduction to Western Philosophy
“The Natural History of Stupidity” (1959) Paul Tabori
“The College Idea: Andrew Delbanco” Lapham’s Quarterly
Distributed Representations of Words and Phrases and their Compositionality | Google, Inc. et, al
Our daily colloquia are typically doing sessions; with non-USA titles receiving priority until 16:00 UTC and all other titles thereafter. We assume policy objectives are established (Safer-Simpler-Lower-Cost, Longer-Lasting). Because we necessarily get into the weeds, and because much of the content is time-sensitive and copyright protected, we usually schedule a separate time slot to hammer on technical specifics so that our response to consultations are meaningful and contribute to the goals of the standards developing organization and to the goals of stewards of education community real assets — typically the largest real asset owned by any US state and about 50 percent of its annual budget.
1. Leviathan. We track noteworthy legislative proposals in the United States 118th Congress. Not many deal specifically with education community real assets since the relevant legislation is already under administrative control of various Executive Branch Departments such as the Department of Education.
We do not advocate in legislative activity at any level. We respond to public consultations but there it ends.
We track federal legislative action because it provides a stroboscopic view of the moment — the “national conversation”– in communities that are simultaneously a business and a culture. Even though more than 90 percent of such proposals are at the mercy of the party leadership the process does enlighten the strengths and weakness of a governance system run entirely through the counties on the periphery of Washington D.C. It is impossible to solve technical problems in facilities without sensitivity to the zietgeist that has accelerated in education communities everywhere.
Michigan Great Lake Quilt
Michigan can 100% water and feed itself. Agriculture is its second-largest industry.
2. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
3. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
4. Fast Forward
5. Rewind
6. Corrigenda
“The world will never starve for want of wonders;
but only for want of wonder.”
– G.K Chesterton, The Spirit of Christmas (1905)
Mike Anthony with colleagues since 1982 @ UM Ross School of Business Executive Dining Room
Sacred Spaces
“We need the sense of the sacred, and the sense that things transcend our grasp.
We need to know that we are dependent on others,
and that the condition of our existence is the existence of others.”
“View of Eton College Chapel” 1834 William Ingalton
The founding of many education communities is inspired by faith communities. In many of them the place of worship was the very first building. College and university chapels are central places of worship for students, staff and faculty, and provide a space for solitude and reflection. A place for feeling at home in the world.
International Building Code | Section 303.4 Assembly Group A-3
There are several hundred technical standards, or parts of standards, that govern how churches and chapels are made safe and sustainable. Owing to innovations in construction, operation and management methods, those standards move, ever so slightly, on a near-daily basis. They are highly interdependent; confounded by county-level adaptations; and impossible to harmonize by adoption cycle. That movement tracked here as best we can within the limit of our resources and priorities. That’s why it’s best to simply click into our daily colloquia if you have a question or need guidance.
Lights are on in the little Baptist parsonage tonight. pic.twitter.com/RK4W6kjug5
— NYFarmer (@NYFarmer) June 7, 2025
Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi.
The 13th century Eucharistic chant of Ave verum corpus was set to music by Mozart in 1791 to be sung especially to celebrate the feast day.
Here I sing it in the historic chapel of Launde Abbey. #History pic.twitter.com/frkUFkPHVj
— Katie Marshall (@KatieHistory) June 11, 2023
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief | Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray, Sam Harris
Taylor University | Grant County Indiana
The image criteria of our WordPress theme does not permit many images of college and university chapels to be shown fully-dimensioned on sliders or widget galleries. We reproduce a few of the outsized images here and leave the complexities of financing, designing, building and maintaining of them in a safe and sustainable manner for another day. CLICK HERE for the links to our Sacred Space Standards workspace.
Click on any image for author attribution, photo credit or other information*.
Orchard Lake Schools | Oakland County Michigan
Saint Leo University | Pasco County Florida
In the sun-dappled chapel, all 155 new families were welcomed to the start of their Denstone journey. #ItStartsHere pic.twitter.com/veefqSVBGG
— Head | Denstone College (@DenstoneHead) September 3, 2023
Newman University Chapel Dublin
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:
not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
— C.S. Lewis
Vilnius University
Mount St. Joseph University | Hamilton County Ohio
The “Dark Ages” produced the most divine vessels of light ever built.
Sainte-Chapelle:pic.twitter.com/B2lPLtWEVx
— Culture Critic (@Culture_Crit) February 12, 2024
Sainte-Chapelle:pic.twitter.com/B2lPLtWEVx
— Culture Critic (@Culture_Crit) February 12, 2024
Marian University Indianapolis
Wittenberg University
Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem
University of San Diego
Augustana University | Minnehaha County South Dakota
Bucknell University Pennsylvania
Carroll College All Saints Chapel Montana
Marquette University Wisconsin
Saint Louis University Missouri
University of St. Thomas Minnesota
Keuka College New York
جامعة الأزهر (الشريف)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
University of Chicago
Thomas Aquinas College California
St. Albans School | District of Columbia
Princeton University
Yale University
Harvard University
Piula Theological College Samoa
Universität zu Lübeck
Wycliffe College
Universitat de Barcelona
Hillsdale College
Liberty University
Gordon College
Colorado University Denver
Walla Walla University / Washington
University of the Incarnate Word / San Antonio, Texas
Pepperdine University / California
University of Kentucky
Loyola Marymount University / Los Angeles, California
Lourdes University
Seton Hall University
Durlston Court Prep School Chapel
Colorado University Denver
Luther College at the University of Regina / Saskatchewan, Canada
계명대학교 / Keimyung University Chapel, South Korea
U.S. Coast Guard Memorial Chapel | New London, Connecticut
Saint John’s University | Photo by Paul Middlestaedt
Trinity College / Hartford, Connecticut
Georgetown University Chapel | Washington, D.C.
Kings College Chapel | Auckland, New Zealand
Brigham Young University / Idaho
Newman University Church / Dublin
Our Lady of the Lake University / San Antonio, Texas
Southern Methodist University | Dallas, Texas
St. John’s College Oxford
United States Naval Academy Chapel
Wellington College Chapel
Fitzwilliam College Chapel Cambridge
Sorbonne Université
West Point | US Army Cadet Chapel
Hebrew Union College
Tuskegee University Chapel
The Spring Hill College Chapel | Mobile, Alabama
Boston University
University of Tennessee at Chattangooga
Wake Forest University
Auburn University Chapel
Davis & Elkins College
University of Tulsa
Randolph College Chapel
Sewanee | The University of the South
King’s College Chapel | University of Cambridge
Hope College | Holland, Michigan
Duke University | Durham, North Carolina
Christ’s Chapel | Hillsdale College, Michigan
Basilica of the Sacred Heart | University of Notre Dame | South Bend, Indiana
Three Faith Chapels | Brandeis University
University of Wroclaw | Jesuit College | Wrocław, Poland
Alma College Chapel | Alma, Michigan
Stanford Memorial Church | Palo Alto, California
Universidad Adventista Templo | Buenos Aires, Argentina
St. Thomas of Villanova University Chapel | Villanova, Pennsylvania
St. Paul’s Chapel | Columbia University | New York City
Scotch College Chapel | Melbourne, Australia
Princeton University Chapel
United States Air Force Cadet Chapel | Colorado Springs
Chapelle Sainte-Ursule de la Sorbonne | Paris
Memorial Chapel | Glasgow University | Glasgow, Scotland
Alice Millar Chapel | Northwestern University
Bowdoin College Chapel | Brunswick, Maine
Loyola University Chapel | Madonna della Strada Chicago
Heinz Memorial Chapel | University of Pittsburgh
Madonna University Chapel | Livonia, Michigan
Vassar College Chapel | Poughkeepsie, New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Chapel | Cambridge, Massachusetts
St. Ignatius Church | University of San Francisco
Church of the Resurrection | Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, Indiana
Baughman Center | University of Florida
Exeter College Chapel | Oxford University
More coming.
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Collier County Florida
Interactive Campus Map | The Institute for Sacred Architecture: Everglade Oratory
Ave Maria University was founded by Tom Monaghan, the founder of Michigan-based Domino’s Pizza, whose Catholic faith—rooted in his orphanage upbringing under nurturing nuns—drove a vision to renew faithful Catholic higher education amid secular trends and doctrinal challenges in existing institutions.
After selling Domino’s in 1998, Monaghan founded Ave Maria Institute (later College) in Ypsilanti, Michigan, that year, committing hundreds of millions to create an authentically Catholic liberal arts university loyal to the Church’s magisterium.Development accelerated in 2003 with a move to an interim Florida campus, followed by the permanent site in Ave Maria Town (2007), built on donated land from the Barron Collier family and Monaghan’s initial $250 million+ investment.
The university emphasizes faith-integrated academics to form ethical leaders. Under Monaghan’s ongoing stewardship as founder and chancellor, he has guided its growth, emphasizing Catholic identity, leadership formation, and cultural renewal, while transitioning day-to-day operations to presidents while remaining actively involved in its mission.
This is your moment: bring it to the world! Registration is OPEN for Ave Maria University’s Summer Leadership Conference. Join high school juniors and seniors from across the country for a week of formation, community, and unforgettable joy. Rising high school juniors and… pic.twitter.com/IE9PKGmmlu
— Ave Maria University (@avemariauniv) January 8, 2026
Current Issues & Recent Research
“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena,
it will make more progress in one decade
than in all the previous centuries of existence.”
Electrical Power System Research
NFPA Electrical Standards Landing Page Ω NFPA Standards Council Ω NFPA Fire Safety Landing Page
ASHRAE Landing Page | ASTM Electrical & Electronics | IES Illumination
Draft IEEE Paper Abstracts | Mike Anthony Short Biography | Electrotechnology OEMS
IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee Recent Meeting Minutes
 IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Welcome August 2024
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 IEEE & SWE Student Tour of Michigan Stadium Scoreboard | April 2024 |
IEEE SEM Student Activity 2025
Electrical Power System Research
NFPA Electrical Standards Landing Page Ω NFPA Standards Council Ω NFPA Fire Safety Landing Page
ASHRAE Landing Page | ASTM Electrical & Electronics
Draft IEEE Paper Abstracts | Mike Anthony Short Biography | Electrotechnology OEMS
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. The 2026 National Electrical Code where sit on CMP-15 overseeing health care facility electrical issues should be released any day now. We have one proposal on the agenda of the International Code Council’s Group B Committee Action Hearings in Cleveland in October. Balloting on the next IEEE Gold Book on reliability should begin.
“Tomorrow’s Girls” | Donald Fagan
Policy:
OUTERNET: Crossing over data gap using cubesats
Department of Energy Portfolio Analysis & Management System
Department of Energy Building Technologies Office
FERC Open Meetings | (Note that these ~60 minute sessions meet Sunshine Act requirements. Our interest lies one or two levels deeper into the technicals underlying the administrivia)
| Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Federal Communication Commission | Michigan Public Service Commission |
| December 18 Open Meeting | December 5 Open Meeting | |
| August 7 Open Meeting | ||
| July 24 Open Meeting | July 25 Open Meeting | |
| June 16 Open Meeting | January 22: Newly Appointed FCC Chairman Announces Staff Changes | June 12 Open Meeting |
| May 15 Open Meeting | May 15 Open Meeting | |
| April 17 Open Meeting | April 24 Open Meeting | |
| March 20 Open Meeting | ||
| February 20 FERC Open Meeting | March 3 Open Meeting | |
| January 16 FERC Press Conference | February 27, 2025 Open Meeting | |
January 23: NARUC Congratulates New FERC, FCC and NRC Chairs
January 22: Newly Appointed FCC Chairman Announces Staff Changes | Related: Falsus in uno, Falsus in omnibus
January 6: City of Ann Arbor Postpones Phase II Study to Municipalize DTE Energy distribution grid
January 27, 10 AM Low-Income Energy Policy Board Meeting: Michigan Public Service commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: January 16, 2025 Open Meeting
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Request for Comments (Posted November 25, 2024)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | November 21, Open Meeting
Michigan Public Service Commission Meetings
Michigan Public Commission Meeting February 27, 2025
MPSC DTE CMS Electric Power Reliability Case No. U-21305
Michigan Electrical Administrative Board Meeting February 13, 2025
FCC Open Meeting | November 21
Technical: (Also Electrical Power System Research)
Empower Pre-Trained Large Language Models for Building-Level Load Forecasting
Uptime Institute (via NEXT DC) : AI Inference in the Data Center
Majorana Nanowires for Topological Quantum Computing
Linearized Data Center Workload and Cooling Management
Oxford Researchers Discovered How to Use AI To Learn Like A Genius
Lex Fridman: DeepSeek, China, OpenAI, NVIDIA, xAI, TSMC, Stargate, and AI Megaclusters
IEEE: Experts Weigh in on $500B Stargate Project for AI
IEEE: AI Mistakes Are Very Different Than Human Mistakes . We need new security systems designed to deal with their weirdness
High-Performance Tensor Learning Primitives Using GPU Tensor Cores
Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan
First Draft Proposals contain most of our proposals — and most new (original) content. We will keep the transcripts linked below but will migrate them to a new page starting 2025:
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-1
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-2
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-4
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-5
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-10
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-11
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-12
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-13
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-15
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-16
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-18
Related:
N.B. We are in the process of migrating electric power system research to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers bibliographic format.
Recap of the May meetings of the Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Conference in Las Vegas. The conference ended the day before the beginning of the 3-day Memorial Day weekend in the United States so we’re pressed for time; given all that happened.
We can use our last meeting’s agenda to refresh the status of the issues.
IEEE E&H Draft Agenda 28 May 2024
On site conference agenda:
IEEE E&H Conference Agenda 21 May 2024
We typically break down our discussion into the topics listed below:
Codes & Standards:
While IAS/I&CPS has directed votes on the NEC; Mike is the only I&CPS member who is actually submitting proposals and responses to codes and standards developers to the more dominant SDO’s — International Code Council, ASHRAE International, UL, ASTM International, IEC & ISO. Mike maintains his offer to train the next generation of “code writers and vote getters”
Performance-based building premises feeder design has been proposed for the better part of ten NEC revision cycles. The objective of these proposals is to reduce material, labor and energy waste owed to the branch and feeder sizing rules that are prescriptive in Articles 210-235. Our work in service and lighting branch circuit design has been largely successful. A great deal of building interior power chain involves feeders — the network upstream from branch circuit panels but down stream from building service panel.
Our history of advocating for developing this approach, inspired by the NFPA 101 Guide to Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, and recounted in recent proposals for installing performance-based electrical feeder design into the International Building Code, appears in the link below:
Access to this draft paper for presentation at any conference that will receive it — NFPA, ICC or IEEE (or even ASHRAE) will be available for review at the link below:
Toward Performance-Based Building Premise Feeder Design
NFPA 110 Definitions of Public Utility v. Merchant Utility
NFPA 72 “Definition of Dormitory Suite” and related proposals
Buildings:
Renovation economics, Smart contracts in electrical construction. UMich leadership in aluminum wiring statements in the NEC should be used to reduce wiring costs.
Copper can’t be mined fast enough to electrify the United States
Daleep asked Mike to do a Case Study session on the NEC lighting power density change (NEC 220-14) for the IAS Annual Meeting in October. Mike agreed.
Exterior Campus & Distribution:
Illumination. Gary Fox reported that IEEE 3001.9 was endorsed as an ANSI accredited standard for illumination systems.
2024-ICPSD24-0012 PERMANENT DESIGN OF POWER SYSTEMS Parise
This paper details primary considerations in estimating the life cycle of a campus medium voltage distribution grid. Some colleges and universities are selling their entire power grid to private companies. Mike has been following these transactions but cannot do it alone.
Variable Architecture Multi-Island Microgrids
District energy:
Generator stator winding failures and implications upon insurance premiums. David Shipp and Sergio Panetta. Mike suggests more coverage of retro-fit and lapsed life cycle technicals for insurance companies setting premiums.
Reliability:
Bob Arno’s leadership in updating the Gold Book.
Mike will expand the sample set in Table 10-35, page 293 from the <75 data points in the 1975 survey to >1000 data points. Bob will set up meeting with Peyton at US Army Corps of Engineers.
Reliability of merchant utility distribution systems remains pretty much a local matter. The 2023 Edition of the NESC shows modest improvement in the vocabulary of reliability concepts. For the 2028 Edition Mike submitted several proposals to at least reference IEEE titles in the distribution reliability domain. It seems odd (at least to Mike) that the NESC committees do not even reference IEEE technical literature such as Bob’s Gold Book which has been active for decades. Mike will continue to propose changes in other standards catalogs — such as ASTM, ASHRAE and ICC — which may be more responsive to best practice assertions. Ultimately, improvements will require state public utility commission regulations — and we support increases in tariffs so that utilities can afford these improvements.
Mike needs help from IEEE Piscataway on standard WordPress theme limitations for the data collection platform.
Mike will update the campus power outage database.
Healthcare:
Giuseppe Parise’s recent work in Italian power grid to its hospitals, given its elevated earthquake risk. Mike’s review of Giuseppe’s paper:
Harvard Business School: Journal of Healthcare Management Standards
Mike and David Shipp will prepare a position paper for the Harvard Healthcare Management Journal on reliability advantages of impedance grounding for the larger systems.
The Internet of Bodies
Forensics:
Giuseppe’s session was noteworthy for illuminating the similarity and differences between the Italian and US legal system in handling electrotechnology issues.
Mike will restock the committee’s library of lawsuits transactions.
Ports:
Giuseppe updates on the energy and security issues of international ports. Mike limits his time in this committee even though the State of Michigan has the most fresh water international ports in the world.
A PROPOSED GUIDE FOR THE ENERGY PLAN AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF A PORT
Other:
Proposals to the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code: Accepted Best Practice, exterior switchgear guarding, scope expansion into ICC and ASHRAE catalog,
Apparently both the Dot Standards and the Color Books will continue parallel development. Only the Gold Book is being updated; led by Bob Arno. Mike admitted confusion but reminded everyone that any references to IEEE best practice literature in the NFPA catalog, was installed Mike himself (who would like some backup help)
Papers in Process:
Impedance Grounding Papers 1 and 2 with David Shipp. Previous Discussion:
https://ieeetv.ieee.org/channels/ieee-region-events/uc-berkeley-s-medium-voltage-grounding-system
Over Coffee and Beers:
Mike assured Christel Hunter (General Cable) that his proposals for reducing the 180 VA per-outlet requirements, and the performance-base design allowance for building interior feeders do not violate the results of the Neher-McGrath calculation used for conductor sizing. All insulation and conducting material thermal limits are unaffected.
Other informal discussions centered on the rising cost of copper wiring and the implications for the global electrotechnical transformation involving the build out of quantum computing and autonomous vehicles. Few expressed optimism that government ambitions for the same could be met in any practical way.
Are students avoiding use of Chat GPT for energy conservation reasons? Mike will be breaking out this topic for a dedicated standards inquiry session:
Workspace IEEE 1366: Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices
Largest U.S. Electric Utility Companies Ranked by Generation Capacity For IEEE 493 update we seek outage data from the 100 largest campus power system experts.
Sport News
Charlie Stramel sealed the game for @MSU_Hockey with his third of the game in OT 💥 pic.twitter.com/gwOUobsi10
— Big Ten Hockey (@B1GHockey) January 31, 2026
Danya Spoor – Clemson Track and Field pic.twitter.com/uAK3Hjx1ca
— World Athletes (@world_athelete) January 31, 2026
I’m not even an Indiana fan, but I never get tired of watching this. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen in football.
I hope somebody makes a movie out of it with Jerry Goldsmith writing the score.
— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) January 23, 2026
Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Skiing Association
RMISA Announces 2026 Alpine Schedule Changes https://t.co/sWwus8EY74
— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) January 11, 2026
Raw emotion from freshman Abbey Hayes following Creighton’s loss to Kentucky in the Elite Eight.
You can tell how badly she wanted this one for her older teammates. 💙@KETV | #GoJays pic.twitter.com/GqSh5qKtHK
— Matt Sottile (@MSottileTV) December 13, 2025
JUST IN: Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza honors his mother during his speech after winning the Heisman Trophy.
Mendoza’s mother suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
“Mom, this is your trophy as much as it is mine. You’ve always been my biggest fan … Your sacrifices,… pic.twitter.com/wYC8qZJHFj
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 14, 2025
19.72M FOR AXELINA. 🤯
COLLEGIATE RECORD.
SWEDISH NATIONAL RECORD.
SCHOOL RECORD. pic.twitter.com/wxuCayNG0M— Nebraska Track & Field/Cross Country (@HuskerTFXC) December 12, 2025
Fernando Mendoza’s post game interview after winning the Big Ten
byu/justletmeregisteryou insports
JANE. HEDENGREN. 🤯
✅ SCHOOL RECORD
✅ NCAA RECORD (by 8 seconds btw)
✅ 10TH FASTEST 5000M BY AN AMERICAN
✅ 11TH INDOOR 5000M TIME IN THE WORLD
✅ FIRST COLLEGIATE WOMAN TO RUN SUB 14:50 (indoor AND outdoor)ARE. YOU. KIDDING???!!! pic.twitter.com/pKDqexpUkH
— BYU Track & Field/Cross Country (@BYUTFXC) December 6, 2025
Ending the fall season with a dub 🎯 pic.twitter.com/tmjIff6hIx
— Ole Miss Rifle (@OleMissRifle) November 23, 2025
Best thing about being 12-0… pic.twitter.com/jfGpEnTXVu
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) December 1, 2025
The highest single-season hit percentage in @b1gvolleyball history. ✍️@aandijackson has capped B1G play with a .559 hit%! pic.twitter.com/9tqusyW28J
— Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) December 1, 2025
@UNC_BearsVB @BigSkyConf Champions! Go Bears! pic.twitter.com/oNCWBGY2RH
— Andy Feinstein (@PresFeinstein) November 27, 2025
CHASE DOWN❗️ Şilan Ayyildiz finishes 9th individually at the cross country national championship to lead the Ducks to a 3rd place finish. Ayyildiz went from 18th to 9th place over the final K 😮💨 #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/spP7A0UEmo
— oregontf (@OregonTF) November 23, 2025
Dominic Zvada postgame walk off celebration 〽️#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/uTpJWX0l8n
— Michigan Football on UMGoBlue (@UMGoBlog) November 15, 2025
The future of college cross country is no longer about coaching but about recruiting.
Foreigners are recruited to take American scholarships. Many of the runners are older than your typical college age athlete.
Then they are called American Champions. Shame. pic.twitter.com/x8uEahTOX6
— Maggs (@aspen_lindsay) November 23, 2025
History was made at the Yale Bowl.
Yale topped previously undefeated Harvard in the 141st playing of The Game, earning a share of the Ivy League title and the league’s first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA FCS playoffs.
Highlights from @YaleAthletics: https://t.co/yzDxolHzpB pic.twitter.com/EvueCJDcej
— Yale University (@Yale) November 23, 2025
Rachel Forsyth’s season isn’t done yet! She will compete in her second-straight NCAA Championship! 🟢⚪ pic.twitter.com/Vz9sMgFdSH
— MSU Track & Field/Cross Country (@MSU_TFXC) November 15, 2025
Great chemistry between these dancers! Excellent.💃🕺❤️ pic.twitter.com/YNWsVt1PrB
— Love Music (@khnh80044) November 15, 2025
❤️🔥 Jason Colacino and Katie Boyle – Honky Tonk Now THAT’S what I call pure elegance, charm, and undeniable heat!! 🔥💖 pic.twitter.com/AgxGaFELpL
— Love Music (@khnh80044) November 14, 2025
BYU’s Jane Hedengren just beat the defending 5K and 10K national champion by 42 seconds head-to-head at regionals. FORTY-TWO SECONDS! We are witnessing greatness. 🏃♀️ pic.twitter.com/6ELw3anmhL
— BoozeCougs (@BoozeCougs) November 14, 2025
LEm’s absolute banger of a nanny, all in the latest 🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/W7HH63mEZo
— Fishing Niche (@FishingNiche) November 16, 2025
A moment @sacredheartwsoc will remember for a lifetime 🏆❄️☃️
And those snow angels and penguin slides?? 10/10 way to celebrate punching your second @NCAA Tournament ticket in program history‼️#NCAASoccer x 🎥 @MAACSports pic.twitter.com/KM17KIH2Rv
— NCAA Soccer (@NCAASoccer) November 9, 2025
— MythoAmerica 🌲 (@MythoAmerica) August 31, 2024
It was a great day at Forest Akers East hosting our first Big Ten Cross Country Championship since 2012! pic.twitter.com/hYEyyaeUyD
— MSU Track & Field/Cross Country (@MSU_TFXC) November 1, 2025
The Best Thing You’ll See Today@umichfootball & @Coach_SMoore made dreams come true yesterday for our guy Luke 💙💛@Dream_On_3 pic.twitter.com/drZoFXWFwp
— Blue By 90 (@bluebyninety) November 1, 2025
Another milestone in our College history reached – we’re proud to present our first ever official College golf team! pic.twitter.com/4hCTJVZhPA
— Bishop’s Stortford College (@BSCollege) October 17, 2025
The beats that get us dialed in 🎧🔥 pic.twitter.com/VvHFDurett
— Ole Miss Rifle (@OleMissRifle) October 15, 2025
Led by senior Chad Perrine and junior Luke Skuratowicz, three Hope College men’s cross country runners finished in the Top 30 of the 167-runner field at the Muskegon Community College Jayhawk Invitational on Saturday. Read the meet recap on the Hope Athletics website. #d3xc pic.twitter.com/Dynob8mVrX
— Hope College Athletics (@HopeAthletics) October 11, 2025
Freshmen check. Call your parents, kids! pic.twitter.com/oMTRgFlRmk
— Bobby Guntoro (@bobbygunt) September 27, 2025
Another Top 🔟 on Tour ⭐️
You’ve made the Auburn Family incredibly proud. #WarEagle | #AuburnBeingAuburn pic.twitter.com/fPYfM5FULq
— Auburn Men’s Golf (@AuburnMGolf) September 15, 2025
OQXC Girls @ Troy XC Invitational! #sd113a pic.twitter.com/5VLmByUE3z
— Ms. McCormick (@MsMcCormickOQMS) September 20, 2025
Seeing a game at Oklahoma is awesome (outside of the outcome)
An A+ experience and awesome fans…
Apples to apples it’s light years better than a Texas home game
Great parking, great tailgating, street of bars a block from stadium
Awesome. Would highly recommend pic.twitter.com/i6NB7SvMPW
— James T. Yoder (@JamesYoder) September 7, 2025
Sebastian Moniz connects on this corner kick recently propelling our boys’ soccer team. Great stuff! #BPSoccer ⚽️⚽️🥅⚽️⚽️ @BayPathSuper pic.twitter.com/M3bRFHQXS2
— BPPrincipalVT Co-Moderator @UnlockTheMiddle (@BPPrincipalVT) September 6, 2025
These are the male cheerleaders America wants.pic.twitter.com/lfA5Pn6BpG
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) August 30, 2025
Ryker Comstock is your Student Athlete of the Week!
🌟 Great news, @CCHS_Gladiators fans! Your amazing support has helped us win the @TMobile #FN5GL $5K Fridays #sweepstakes 🙌 We’re so proud of our @clarkecentral spirit! pic.twitter.com/HJosLUtXtL
— CCHS Athletics (@CCHS_Gladiators) August 31, 2025
WORLD. CHAMPION. 🥇🤩
Luca Urlando grabs the 200 fly world title and becomes the SECOND AMERICAN EVER to go 1:51. Unreal swim. #AQUASingapore2025 pic.twitter.com/LHoq7vZTxQ
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) July 30, 2025
Michigan Girl, Our Michigan Girl….
Hail the victor 〽️🇨🇦
Savannah Sutherland captures the women’s 400m crown at Canadian Champs in 5️⃣1️⃣.5️⃣1️⃣ seconds.
📸: Sean Burges/Mundo Sports Image pic.twitter.com/62fOGNFQL4
— DyeStat (@DyeStat) August 1, 2025
🚨 NEW WORLD RECORD 🚨
TEAM USA JUST SMASHED THE MIXED 400 FREESTYLE RELAY WORLD RECORD!!!
Jack Alexy – 46.91 👀
Patrick Sammon – 46.70 👀
Kate Douglass – 52.43
Torri Huske – 52.44 pic.twitter.com/5VZcPu50KM— Kyle Sockwell (@kylesockwell) August 2, 2025
WHAT. A WAY. TO CLOSE.
The U.S. grabs gold AND a world record in the last event of #AQUASingapore2025 to end the meet ON TOP of the gold and total medal table 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/mdaooxhGY2
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) August 3, 2025
Northwest High School junior Cooper Lutkenhaus has run the fastest 800-meter race in the world for any athlete younger than 18! Cooper set the new U18 world best at the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships by running a time of 1:42.27 to earn silver. pic.twitter.com/5imZ9yZHLN
— Northwest ISD (@NorthwestISD) August 3, 2025
🏅History made.
The U.S. men’s four won gold for the first time at the U23 World Championships. Ryan Martin, Wilson Morton, Sam Sullivan, and Lyle Donovan are victorious in the A Final, winning by 2.25 seconds. pic.twitter.com/2fAtSEwewA
— USRowing (@usrowing) July 26, 2025
Kate Douglass just threw down a 52.04 split on the 4×100 free relay 🥶
The U.S. will be top seed tonight after the group’s 3:33.57 in prelims.#AQUASingapore2025 pic.twitter.com/H4Mke7NpZN
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) July 27, 2025
Over the weekend, Anhelina Khmil earned a second place finish at the CEV Nations Cup Final in Portugal as part of the Ukrainian team! pic.twitter.com/2zuEa9wk9c
— TCU Beach Volleyball (@TCUBeachVB) July 20, 2025
The bottom of the ground was nothing for Emily Beisel! She moves into the Top 4 of her set by almost two tenths of a second to lock in her place at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Semifinals. pic.twitter.com/1uDeztOlZM
— The Cowboy Channel (@Cowboy_Channel) July 20, 2025
He swims like the art of poetry. pic.twitter.com/rrhMP83DQD
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 12, 2025
Catherine giving trophies to Amanda, who is the runner-up and Iga the ladies single winner! pic.twitter.com/rZSntPOGig
— Sabirah Lohn 💕🦕🦖 (@SabirahLohn) July 12, 2025
While other kids are learning TikTok dances, she just set a record tying a goat in 7 seconds flat. pic.twitter.com/ZPELIagdxv
— Desiree (@DesireeAmerica4) July 13, 2025
THE TIGERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/0sk6iV8gRc
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 22, 2025
Savannah Sutherland d capped an incredible career at Michigan with her second NCAA title and has been named the 2024-25 Female Michigan Athlete of the Year! 〽️ #LeadersAndBest
THE TIGERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/0sk6iV8gRc
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 22, 2025
INFO » https://t.co/Caza1OyrCy | #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/YD6HTdYd0p— Michigan Track & Field / Cross Country (@UMichTrack) June 23, 2025
𝐀𝐔𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐔𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍
Our list of Fences Riders of the Year is getting long…
✔️ 2025: Avery Glynn (SEC & NCEA ROTY); Kate Hagerty (SEC Freshman ROTY)
✔️ 7-straight SEC ROTY awards
✔️ 4 of the last 7 NCEA ROTY honors
✔️ 7 SEC Freshman ROTY awards#WarEagle pic.twitter.com/1bRaWk4ytY— Auburn Equestrian (@AuburnEQ) June 23, 2025
When you realize you’re the national champion AND you set the collegiate record 🥹 pic.twitter.com/BPUEuZmZMP
— Michigan Track & Field / Cross Country (@UMichTrack) June 15, 2025
Last practice before Eugene. #NCAATF x 🎥 @BYUTFXC
pic.twitter.com/3kNxStxS9Z— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 6, 2025
Feelin’ Super 🦸♂️
🖥️ https://t.co/vUbrNtVRPX
🎟️ https://t.co/i73Q25MuVk
📲 https://t.co/D9Ga3efNbI#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/1dpxaU8SEG— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 3, 2025
Kate Douglass and Shaine Casas are your #ToyotaNationals high point winners! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/bA9JJSWxEP
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) June 8, 2025
💨💨💨
Savannah Sutherland sets the Hodges Stadium facility record and for the second straight year she sets the NCAA East First Round record in the 400H! pic.twitter.com/u48jsKv3Zm
— Michigan Track & Field / Cross Country (@UMichTrack) June 1, 2025
Meanwhile at the airport.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/BKRrslNY7x
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 29, 2025
Kävin varastamassa rikkailta rahat ja nyt jakelen ne köyhille. Kenelle laitetaan ja paljonko? pic.twitter.com/AFUva64UPN
— Päivi Ekdahl 🇫🇮🇺🇦 (@EkdahlPaivi) May 31, 2025
Our medalist boats!!! 🥉🥉🥉🥉 #RowBlue pic.twitter.com/5qcjoirtmj
— Michigan Rowing (@umichrowing) May 18, 2025
Michigan just won the men’s gymnastics National Championship. pic.twitter.com/FYCWB4a9eK
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) April 20, 2025
Iconic.
Michigan ties its uneven bars record with a 49.725 in the first rotation of the evening.#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/6V5UKAkRDj
— Michigan Women’s Gymnastics (@UMichWGym) March 18, 2023
This Sunday, watch live on the BBC on in-person in our free Fan Parks.
Raw, unscripted live sport. This is The Boat Race. pic.twitter.com/foS7NqdOYL
— The Boat Race (@theboatrace) April 6, 2025
Ivan Puskovitch is a NATIONAL CHAMPION 🏆
He captures a start-to-finish victory in the #OWNats 5K! pic.twitter.com/LS3wRPGeqw
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) April 6, 2025
— Navy Athletics (@NavyAthletics) March 29, 2025
Oh the beauty of @MorayGC & the @ScotStuSport Golf Championships. The perfect fit! pic.twitter.com/RQ7fX3Wsvx
— College Links Golf (@CLG_Scotland) March 29, 2025
The men got next 👊👊
Tune in to ESPN+ from March 26-29 to catch the men’s @NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships. pic.twitter.com/JytMBGFJHS
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) March 26, 2025
Our special guest for puck drop, @taylorheise9 🏒#WFrozenFour pic.twitter.com/re7L1gpRGU
— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) March 23, 2025
The Broncos take the Last Call in Saint Paul and #FrozenFaceoff title in double OT! 🙌#NCHChockey // #BroncosReign pic.twitter.com/Nki7IvKLPr
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) March 23, 2025
Sliding into the weekend like…🛷❄️ pic.twitter.com/GoSpxcuAcj
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) March 21, 2025
Your Duke family is proud of you guys! Dom and Gavin both fared well in the state tournament!! Dom went 2-2, and Gavin went 7-1! Gavin finished 3rd overall in his weight class!! Congratulations to both boys!! @WEVSD_sports @whsladydukes @AndyPeltz pic.twitter.com/5yEMNYkU7Q
— Robert Figuly (@RobertFiguly) March 23, 2025
Another @MSU_Hockey BIG10 Championship! What an exciting night at Munn Arena for our Spartan players, coaches, students and fans. Go Green!! pic.twitter.com/u9ZWUTeBVc
— Kevin Guskiewicz (@KevinGuskiewicz) March 23, 2025
Molly Miller making sure plenty of Lopes are involved when she cuts down the nets. @MollyMiller33 @GCU_WBB pic.twitter.com/2BhbuCDe48
— Jordan Hamm (@JordyHamm) March 15, 2025
Damn. Big Ten tournament champion in his first year as head coach. Let the dancing begin! #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/Zd57LBUwJF
— Santa Ono (@SantaJOno) March 16, 2025
Men’s 400m Champion
🥇 Will Floyd (@UGATrack)
📊 45.43#NCAATF x 🎥 ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/lcIb0zTYMX— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) March 15, 2025
Every Thursday, coach Brandon runs men’s IM threshold practice and Coach Sarah & I run the women’s IM group. It’s one of those “all hands on deck” type of day. Last night, in the 400 IM the men went 1-2-3-5-10-11 and the women went 2-3-4-5-6-10-17-22. pic.twitter.com/pCfhLWSvoA
— Bobby Guntoro (@bobbygunt) March 1, 2025
TRE HOLLOMAN FOR THE WIN!!!!!
What a shot at the buzzer! Michigan State pulls off the win at Maryland, 58-55. #Spartans have won four games in a row, including three straight against ranked opponents.pic.twitter.com/1NMM6xdH46
— Hobie Artigue (@HeyItsMeHobie) February 27, 2025
Amanda Moll just broke the @NCAATrackField Pole Vault record with a height of 16-1.25 (4.91-meters)🤯#B1GTF x @UWTrack pic.twitter.com/5OUCmOS2QW
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) March 1, 2025
Recapping Day ✌ of #MWITF https://t.co/7jbGnmF65r
— Air Force Track & Field/XC (@AF_TFXC) March 1, 2025
EASTON TALT 😱#NCAABaseball x 📹 FloBaseball / @BeaverBaseball pic.twitter.com/RUsWYVFOxi
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) March 1, 2025
Great day in the weight room at Weatherford High School! We have football, basketball, girls and boys track programs working hard. We are blessed with the best facilities in the state! pic.twitter.com/gvH85GZmoM
— Rick Weaver (@rickweaver98) February 21, 2025
Peak German engineering pic.twitter.com/BxyzCVFSdU
— miss white (@cinecitta2030) February 22, 2025
The Revere Varsity Competition Squad traveled to Big Walnut High School today to compete in the OASSA State of Ohio Cheerleading Championships! They finished in fourth place, D3 Non Build Division!!! We are so proud of you ladies! @RevereLocal pic.twitter.com/evF06thfAD
— Doug Faris (@DougFaris) February 23, 2025
Wow! What an amazing couple of weeks for ‘OE’ Justin Davies. He broke the Welsh indoor 800m record at the Keely Klassic and then went on to become the British champion at the UK Indoor Championships! #uptherose 🌟🏅 pic.twitter.com/fgFq5AOX09
— Sport & PE | King Edward’s School (@KESBathSport) February 24, 2025
My girl shot her first ever perfect 5 bullseyes at her county tournament today
Great job girl! pic.twitter.com/Xhyl1bEK0R— kelli chalfant (@cf_farms7) February 22, 2025
NCAA Rifle 🤝 Historic Memorial Coliseum
Rifle National Championships
📅 March 14-15
🏟️ Historic Memorial Coliseum
🎟️ https://t.co/MgMeX9j7ER #T37 #WeAreUK pic.twitter.com/mDooaFpvfu— UK Rifle (@UKRifle) February 14, 2025
A new ASTM standard addresses safety elements of #PoleVaulting areas. It establishes safety, performance, and maintenance recommendations for indoor/outdoor, and private-use pole vault facilities. https://t.co/pq1pCCQZRE pic.twitter.com/oz08sWDt4l
— ASTM International (@ASTMIntl) February 13, 2025
“With this executive order, THE WAR ON WOMEN’S SPORTS IS OVER.” –President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/g97jV4eEPW
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 6, 2025
“We’re putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice that if you let men take over women’s sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding.” –President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/MUd6FAetWr
— President Donald J. Trump (@POTUS) February 6, 2025
Draw two is in the books at the #OUA Men’s Curling Championship! 🥌
The @queensgaels got the better of the @LUVoyageurs 6-3, scoring 3 in the first end to take an early lead, while the @tmubold scored early and often to beat the @OT_Ridgebacks 10-1.
The @brockbadgers took down… pic.twitter.com/mc6CndjeZ9
— Ontario University Athletics (@OUAsport) February 7, 2025
👟 Our Gryphon Track and Field team heads to the state of the New York for today’s meet in the Cornell Upstate Challenge!
📅 Sat. Jan 17
📍 @CornellSports (Ithaca, NY)#GryphonPride pic.twitter.com/ahH5AuzEZE— Guelph Gryphons (@guelph_gryphons) January 18, 2025
Sunrise swim with @uncwswimdive on Saturday morning! pic.twitter.com/q7PExy1pWe
— Bobby Guntoro (@bobbygunt) January 11, 2025
Remember when it was so cold the rivers and lakes iced over? Our college wild swimmers certainly do – they took the plunge (without wetsuit insulation) and lived to report back! 🥶 pic.twitter.com/CKyLK0ySMu
— Trinity College (@TrinityOxford) January 17, 2025
“We’re feeling confident in our performance so far. We’re being challenged, but so far have managed to stay sharp.” – Catherine Clifford, third
This quote sums up the Canadian women’s performance thus far at the World University Games, as they remain undefeated after two wins on… pic.twitter.com/jetQK1TtbH
— Curling Canada (@CurlingCanada) January 18, 2025
A B1G @HuskerWBB WIN ‼️#B1GWBBall on @BigTenNetwork 📺 pic.twitter.com/1sjIY2H4Ri
— Big Ten Women’s Basketball (@B1Gwbball) January 17, 2025
Track and Field Collects Seven Wins at SVSU Classic https://t.co/UpoAphESGe
— svsuathletics (@svsuathletics) January 18, 2025
“Rowing is more poetry than sport.” — George Pocock (‘Boys in the Boat’ 2024), a British-born boat builder, rowing coach, and influential figure in American rowing, best known for his craftsmanship of racing shells and his philosophical approach to the sport.
“There is no greater glory for a man than that which he wins with his own hands and feet.” (Homer, Iliad c. 8th Century BCE)
Curlin’
Sport and Wellbeing | Standards Scotland
The term “curling” is thought to derive from the way the stone moves and “curls” as it travels over the ice. The key feature of curling that sets it apart from other ice sports is the deliberate rotation, or “curl,” applied to the stones as players release them. This rotation causes the stone to curve or “curl” on its path down the ice, adding an element of strategy to the game.
The precise origin of the term is not definitively known, but it likely emerged organically as people described the action of the stones on the ice. The word “curling” has been associated with the sport for centuries, and as the game evolved and gained popularity, the term became firmly established.
The concept of curling is integral to the sport’s strategy, as players use the curl to navigate the stones around guards and other stones strategically placed on the ice. The unique way in which the stones move and interact with the playing surface is one of the defining characteristics of curling, and the name captures this distinctive feature
World Curling Mixed Championship 2024
Scientific American: Why Do Curling Stones Curl?
A curling facility typically consists of several key components to support the sport and provide a suitable environment for players and spectators:
- Flooding equipment, refrigeration for 3 degrees C, fine mist sprayers, ice planer, infrared thermometers.
- The playing surface is called a “sheet,” and it is a rectangular area of ice where the game is played. Each sheet is divided into several sections called “curling houses,” which are the target circles.
- Curling stones are made of granite and weigh around 38 to 44 pounds. Each team has eight stones, and players take turns sliding them down the ice towards the target area, known as the House.
- The house is the target area with concentric circles marked on the ice. The center of the house is the “button,” and the circles are used for scoring points.
- The hacks are footholds on either end of the sheet where players push off to slide the stones. The player in control of the stone uses the hack as a starting point for their delivery.
- Brooms, also known as brushes, are used by players to sweep the ice in front of the sliding stone. Sweeping can affect the stone’s trajectory and speed.
- A scoreboard is essential for keeping track of the score in a curling game. It typically displays the current score, the end in progress, and other relevant information.
- Players use locker rooms for changing into their curling attire and storing their personal belongings.
- A designated area where players can warm up before a game. It may include stretching space and possibly a small practice sheet.
- A facility usually has a clubhouse or main building that includes amenities such as viewing areas, meeting rooms, a bar, and possibly a restaurant. In the case of the Windsor Curling Club: Scotch Whiskey
- Equipment like ice resurfacers or Zambonis are used to maintain the quality of the ice surface between games.
The origin of curling is sketchy but this much is agreed upon: Curling is thought to have originated in Scotland, and its roots can be traced back to medieval times. The first written record of curling dates back to 1541 in the records of the Scottish city of Paisley, where a challenge was issued for a contest on the ice between two rival churches.
The early form of the game involved players sliding stones across frozen ponds and lochs, attempting to reach a target. Over time, the sport evolved, and rules were established. Early versions of curling stones were likely rudimentary compared to the polished granite stones used today.
Curling gradually gained popularity in Scotland and spread to other parts of the world, especially among Scottish immigrants. The sport found a home in Canada in the 18th century, where it has become particularly popular. The first curling club in North America, the Montreal Curling Club, was established in 1807. The Detroit Curling Club was established in 1840; one of the oldest curling clubs in the United States, owing much to its across the river relationship with Windsor Canada.
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— USPTO (@uspto) July 13, 2023
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