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“Abide with Me”
A Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyte. A prayer for God to stay with the speaker throughout life and in death, it was written by Lyte in 1847 as he was dying from tuberculosis. It is most often sung to the tune "Eventide" by William Henry Monk.
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The Academy broadcasts live from the U.S. Air Force Academy with the support of cadet DJs from the Broadcast Club. The station can be heard locally in Colorado Springs, Colorado at 97.7 FM and streams live worldwide online.
What Is A Standard Drink?
“It’s a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning” – Jimmy Buffett
Daviess County Bourbon
"There’s no law mandating that bourbon must be produced in Kentucky, although it might seem that way given the state’s dominance in distilling the distinctive corn-based, barrel-aged whiskey. According to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, the Bluegrass State produces and ages approximately 95 percent of the world’s bourbon whiskey."
Diaz Compean Student Union
A mixed-occupancy condition occurs where two or more distinct occupancy classifications are determined to exist in the same building. Student unions are canonical examples. Under such circumstances, the architect has available several different methodologies in Section 508 of the International Building Code to address the mixed-occupancy building. Compliance with at least one of the methods is mandatory.
Syllabus: Winter
College campuses are the closest many people come to living in a beautiful city. The catalog of literature that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. Titles in this catalog are unstable, time-sensitive and copyright protected. We break down standards action every day, assign priorities, then schedule a separate teleconference to formulate responses to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR.
Ice Fishing
"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
Fireplace Safety
NFPA Standard 221 reduces fire hazards by ensuring the safe removal of flue gases, the proper installation of solid fuel-burning appliances, and the correct construction and installation of chimneys, fireplaces, and venting systems. The 2024 revision is in its final development stage, on the approval agenda of the NFPA Standards Council, and will be released for public use in the 4th Quarter of 2023.
Fast Forward
Rolling tabulation of public consultations from ANSI accredited, open-source, consortia, and ad-hoc standards-setting organizations.