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"On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night." -- Psalm 63:6
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Cornish Pasties
It is "Cornish Pasty Week" in the United Kingdom and the Upper Peninsula is where the tradition landed in the Americas. Executive Chef Eric Karvonen shares his kitchen hacks for an 1840's folk meal that traveled from Cornwall England to the Finnish settlements in Michigan's Copper Country.
‘CPanel’ Update Status
Since February 16 our website has been undergoing a major upgrade that enables instant updates across all time zones and all our social media platforms. Hopefully it will be complete by end of this month. We will still host our Daily Colloquia at the usual hour and our topics will remain as posted on our CALENDAR.
Limits of Inspection Authority
Today at the usual hour we update our understanding of the codes and standards that contribute to our safety and sustainability agenda of educational settlements everywhere. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Quadrivium: Winter
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. 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).
2029 National Electrical Code Panel 3
The University of Michigan has supported the voice of the United States education facility industry since 1993 -- the second longest tenure of any voice in the United States. That voice has survived several organizational changes but remains intact and will continue its Safer-Simpler-Lower Cost-Longer Lasting advocacy on Code Panel 3 in the 2029 Edition. Public Input will be received until April 9, 2026.
2028 National Electrical Safety Code
Today we review the proposed changes for the 2028 Edition that sets the standard of care for construction, operation and maintenance of power and telecommunication infrastructure on the supply side of the point of common coupling. The pre-print should be availably today but. alas, we're not seeing the package made available yet. Still, there is plenty to pick through ahead of its release. We have until 24 March 2026 to submit comments on proposed changes.