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“Pumpkin Spice is as Popular as Ever”
ABSTRACT Timestamp October 1, 2024: A team of faculty and students from the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University today released a new study examining 2024 conversations, trends and sentiment on social media about pumpkin spice. With Starbuck releasing its popular Pumpkin Spice Latte one week earlier than last year, consumers took to social media to discuss the polarizing flavor.
Data Center Bust & Boom
We have followed development of the technical standards that govern the success of these "installations" since 1993; sometimes nudging technical committees -- NFPA, IEEE, ASHRAE, BICSI, Uptime Institute, TIOA, UL among others. From a codes and standards standpoint the topic improvises daily. Today we review open public consultations even though we know, at this pace, whatever standard stabilizes will soon be replaced. We can also poke at the Draft 2028 National Electrical Safety Code.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements are where people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. The catalog that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
Words Matter
"If you trust government, you obviously failed history class." -- Senator John Neely Kennedy (Louisiana)
English for Technical Professionals
A 14-hour online learning program designed to provide non-native English speakers with a working knowledge of English techniques and vocabulary that are essential for working in today’s global technical workplace.
Lingua Franca
A vast continually changing topic. Today at 16:00 UTC we limit our discussion to language changes in the catalogs of consensus standards developers whose titles have the most influence over the interoperability of safety and sustainability technologies that create and sustain the built environment of educational settlements. (With links to our coverage of facility naming and signage standards)
“All Applicable Standards”
Today @ 16:00 UTC we drill into representative design guidelines and specifications for buildings on educational campuses; including projects involving the spaces between buildings -- i.e. water, pathway, power and telecommunication infrastructure. We place particular emphasis on the General Conditions of a construction contract where most general purpose language referencing codes, standards and guidelines resides.
print(“Python”)
Python is an open-source programming language that enables applications across a wide range of domains; not the least of which are artificial intelligence platforms. In real asset facility management it is the "glue code" that binds the Internet of Things and Large Language Models. Python 3.14.0 was released for public use on October 7th.