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“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape.” – Andrew Wyeth
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Cornbread & Coffee
"In the quiet moments between sips of coffee, one can hear the whispers of the stars" -- Mai Mochizuki ('The Full Moon Coffee Shop', 2024)
Thanksgiving Leftovers
"Join ISU Extension & Outreach Human Sciences Specialist Renee Sweers as she explains the safest approach to those Thanksgiving leftovers."
Optimization
This platform--some twenty years in the making--needs maintenance from time to time so today there will be no Daily Consultation (15:00/16:00 UTC) while we tidy up our firmware. We reconvene LIVE again Monday, December 1 during which time we scan codes and standards coalescing around building and maintaining architectural and engineering character of educational settlements.
Turkey Trot
Nearly 1000 Turkey Trots are hosted in the USA over the Thanksgiving Holiday, with nearly 1 million runners. These races—mostly 5K fun runs or walks—emphasize family participation, costumes, and community support, with over 90% held on Thanksgiving Day itself.
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 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.
Catcher in the Rye
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth”.
Children’s Rights Management
No meeting today but attached herewith is the First Draft of an Icelandic Standards Association proposal for a new technical committee. Let's discuss it during Wednesday's Security 300 session. We have until December 10th to submit our comments to the American National Standards Institute.
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).
Healthcare Organization Management
This relatively new committee administered by the United States provides business and government with a template for developing national healthcare policy. Public consultation on draft titles arrive on at a fairly brisk pace.