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  • "When spring cam, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest" - Ernest Hemingway (A Moveable Feast) “I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure." -- Eric Liddell (Olympian, 1924 Paris)
  • "It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." — Charles Dickens (1860 'Great Expectations') "The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things." - Plato
  • pathway, spring, sts
  • "Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow." -- Anita Desai ('Journey to Ithaca' 1995)

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Sunday Brunch

"The University Club of Michigan State University is a private membership club serving the social, business, dining, fitness, and recreational needs of the Greater Lansing area and Michigan State University community, helping our members to connect with family, friends, and colleagues in an upscale, yet comfortable environment."

Mar 22, 2026

Pink Squirrel

Digital Archivist, and part-time bartender Susan Ivey, traces its origin to a Milwaukee cocktail bar in 1965 to its widespread popularity in the month of Valentine's Day. With links to the American Bartender School and attempts at an equivalent appellation d'origine contrôlée.

Mar 21, 2026

Six Week Priority

For the entirety of March, and until April 9th, we focus on preparing response to proposed changes to the IEEE 2028 National Electrical Safety Code, and to prepare fresh new ideas for the 2028 NFPA National Electrical Code. Topics coverage normally scheduled for this time of year will be accessible but our daily online meetings will start with work on those two standards. To join the "code-writing and vote-getting" use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Mar 20, 2026

Grandfather Provisions

Today at the usual hour we examine a few proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety that involve the degree to which merchant utilities should be required to replace system elements with elements meeting a higher standard than the standard to which the system element was originally built.  Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.

Mar 20, 2026

Bulletin Board

Curated updates posted by global standards developers.

Mar 20, 2026

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.

Mar 20, 2026

Backyard Sugaring

The sap is rising.

Mar 20, 2026

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).

Mar 20, 2026

Spring Equinox

Professor Adam Muzzin explains that the Spring Equinox is not just a day randomly chosen to mark the beginning of spring, but instead it is a day marking important astronomical events.

Mar 20, 2026
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