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Kokkekaffe
A traditional Norwegian boiled coffee; identical to "Cowboy Coffee" -- coarsely ground coffee added to boiling water and left to steep until the grounds settle at the bottom. No filtering; meant to be chewed, Alas, University epidemiological studies confirmed the relationship between consumption of boiled coffee and an increase in LDL cholesterol.
Campus Child Day Care
Today at the usual hour we review the regulatory stack covering best practice for safety, accessibility, and functionality for day care facilities; with special interest in the possibilities for co-locating square footage into the (typically) lavish unused space in higher education facilities. We'll also include coverage of playground standards. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
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.
Children’s Rights Management
Attached herewith is the First Draft of an Icelandic Standards Association proposal for a new technical committee. We have until December 10th -- today to submit our comments to the American National Standards Institute. During today's session we will review a draft of our recommendations which will include a summary of lessons learned from nearly 20 other ISO projects in which we have been involved.
Public Comment Hearings Monograph
Linked here is the most recent ICC Public Comment Hearing Monograph used for the combined 2026 Public Comment Hearings (April 19–28, 2026, in Hartford, CT). Today we sort through the safety and sustainability concepts applicable to child care facilities operating in educational settlements.
Norwegians in Michigan
The 1943 American bombing of the hydrogen plant at Rjukan Norway -- so that the Germans could not make a heavy water hydrogen bomb -- resembles the 2026 American bombing of Operation Epic Fury. Inspired by Norwegian family immigration to the shores of Lake Michigan Professor Clifford O. Davidson collects stories of those families fleeing economic hardship. With link to free-use of 1963 film "The Heroes of Telemark"
Current Issues & Recent Research
Today at the usual hour we summarize the highlights of events and decisions made at the I&CPS Conference in Lexington, Kentucky last week. We always schedule it the week ahead of Mother's Day; our 62nd year.
School Bonds Iowa
Three representative bond issues from school districts released this month.