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Chocolate Cherry Breakfast Muffins & Cowboy Coffee
Medical student Abby Davis shares her recipe. Also: because today we sort fire safety standard catalogs during today's colloquium we would be remiss if we did not draw attention to OSU's top tier fire safety research enterprise; inspired by the proximity of the petroleum industry; with findings that carry over into fire protection of all occupancy classes.
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Today we update our understanding of the literature for fire safety in one of the largest non-residential building construction markets in the United States -- i.e. "ours". While respecting the priority for safety we are also vigilant for excess, market-making by conformance interests and insurance companies. Because fire safety is an assured item in public budgets, many fire safety professionals are tasked with responsibilities for risk management unrelated to fire.
“Stay safe this Bonfire Night”
Guy Fawkes Night, is celebrated annually on November 5 in the UK. It commemorates the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up Parliament and kill King James I. The plot was foiled, and effigies of Fawkes are burned on bonfires. Festivities include fireworks, bonfires, and communal gatherings, symbolising the preservation of Protestant rule.
The Bonfire
Professor Mark Lucas' constructed a replica of Henry David Thoreau’s handmade cabin from Walden on his own farm. Here, students in his American literature class recreate a “busk,” a favorite Thoreau tradition based on a bonfire purification ritual common in all cultures.
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 unstable, time-sensitive, copyright protected and land (sometimes invisibly) in public law. We explore the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Bonfire
The Princeton Bonfire (a tradition celebrating a sweep of football victories over Big Three rivals Harvard and Yale) has not yet occurred in 2025, as it depends on the outcomes of those games. If Princeton wins both (securing the "Big Three" title), the bonfire is traditionally lit on the Sunday evening immediately following the Yale game—that is, November 16, 2025, around 7 p.m. on Cannon Green. It would feature student-built stacks of wood, speeches, the Princeton University Band, and communal festivities.
International Fire Code
This title is the foundation of safety culture in the United States; incorporated by reference by enforcement agencies at all levels of government. It competes for hegemony in the fire safety domain with NFPA 1 Fire Code and the titles published by ISO Committee 92 and IEC Committee 79. We are waiting for complied result documents from the Committee Action Hearings that concluded last week in Cleveland.
Current Issues and Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. 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). We have one electrical proposal on the agenda of the International Code Council's Committee Action Hearings in Cleveland October 22-30. We begin coverage of satellite-based internet service to community colleges.
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NFPA 1 ("Fire Code", first published in 1897) sets the standard of care for life safety for the public and first responders as well as property protection by providing a comprehensive, integrated approach to fire code regulation and hazard management. Public comment on the Second Draft of the 2027 NFPA 1 will be received through the NFPA NITMAM process until March 26, 2026. (Links to bonfire safety)