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"Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow." -- Anita Desai ('Journey to Ithaca' 1995)
County Clare High School | Central Michigan
ALWAYS ON
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Corned beef and cabbage traditionally comprise a St. Patrick’s Day meal. While St Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world, corned beef is strictly an Irish-American tradition.
Wild Mountain Tyme
Also widely known as "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?" or "Purple Heather") is a beloved folk song with roots in both Scottish and Irish traditions. It's a romantic invitation to wander the hills and pick wild mountain thyme (a fragrant herb also called wild thyme or "purple heather" in some versions), symbolizing love and the beauty of nature.
Electrical Preventive Maintenance
Today we review, and prepare a response to one of the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code technical committees Call for Public Comment on CP 6026 (RE: vegetation management around power and communication infrastructure). During tomorrow's online meeting of the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee we will examine a first draft, put on the polish and then submit our comment ahead of next Tuesday's deadline.
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.
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.
Reaction: February 19 Open Meeting
Depending on interest the February 19th Open Meeting can be discussed during today's Open Door session. It is topically similar to provisions in the National Electrical Safety Code that support reliability during winter disasters and we are drafting comments on the 2028 NESC concurrently. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
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).
Open Commission Meeting
February 26, 2026 Open Meeting. Additional content: Why so many overlapping National Public Radio News Services beyond the boundaries of college towns? Why are these services competing with the private sector for advertising dollars? What happened to the "cultural content" which was the intent of the original Public Broadcasting Act of 1967? How do they get away with "Argumentum a Silentio" on the role and size of government?