ALWAYS ON
Observatories & Planetariums
"The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden" -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, "Naturales Quaestiones" 62 A.D.
Bucolia 300
(OED adj. pl.) "pastoral, relating to country life or the affairs and occupations of a shepherd," 1610s, earlier bucolical (1520s), from Latin bucolicus, from Greek boukolikos "pastoral, rustic," from boukolos "cowherd, herdsman," from bous "cow" (from PIE root *gwou- "ox, bull, cow") + -kolos "tending," related to Latin colere "to till (the ground), cultivate, dwell, inhabit" (from PIE root *kwel- (1) "revolve, move round; sojourn, dwell").
Family Walking Tour
The University Botanical Garden is only one of two gardens in Africa to be accredited by Botanic Gardens Conservation International. The other University garden is in Ethiopia. This honour is bestowed on gardens recognised for its biodiversity horticulture conservation.
Quadrivium: Spring
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 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Water 330
Water standards make up a large catalog with a steady stream of proposals, rebuttals and resolutions by accredited and open source standards developers. With the backdrop of the USA Olympic Pro-Swim competition at Indiana University this week at Indiana University we examine best practice for swimming pools, hot tubs and spas in hospitals and athletic departments.
Water and Sanitation
Given the gift of a new day, our first interactions with it involve water.