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“Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom as we bring them up.” -- Book of Common Prayer, 1549
St. Mary Student Parish at the University of Michigan
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Mixed Berry Galette
Berries are in season everywhere in Texas this time of year. Angie at Agrilife Extension shows what to do with them.
Colloquy (July)
Open agenda. We do this once every month. Whatever anyone wants to talk about. Keep in mind that we have a Monday deadline for commenting on the International Code Council Group A tranche of building codes.
How the Netherlands Prevents Flood Disasters
George Washington University November 19, 2019:Representative of the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands #NLintheUSA, Jan Peelen tells the story of the Netherland’s historic battle with flooding and shares how the Dutch are learning to live with water.
Quadrivium: Summer
Educational settlements are the closest many 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 unstable, time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We explore the action continuously; assign priorities, then schedule a separate teleconference to formulate responses to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR.
Flood Abatement Equipment
Seasonal severe weather usually spawns floods and inspire a revisit of relevant codes and standards for mitigating water damage. FM Global, an accredited standards developer, has posted updates of its flood management data sheets; available to the public for free.
Critical Operations Power Systems
The United States is high on the list of nations with weather related disasters. With 2005 Hurricane Katrina as primary catalyst a new article asserting best practice for protecting disaster management infrastructure was added to the National Electrical Code. Linked here are transcripts of the changes made by Technical Committee 13 that will appear in 2026 revision, ahead of release in the fall.
Current Issues and Recent Research
Next: Approval by the NFPA Standards Council for release of the 2026 National Electrical Code this week at the Annual Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. IEEE Release of the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code on July 1. Sorting the electrotechnology concepts appearing in the recent release of the International Code Council's "Group B Complete Monograph" ahead of the follow up meetings in Cleveland in October.
I-Code Group B Committee Action Results
We will sort through the results of last month's standardization action as it applies to health care facilities -- with particular interest in maternity and neo-natal intensive care technologies -- ahead of the follow up technical meetings in Cleveland in October. Today we examine the back and forth on solar and wind farms located on actual animal, produce and grain farms. Many educational settlements are co-located on these convergent enterprises.