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Well Water

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Fruit Pie Fillings

https://extension.psu.edu/lets-preserve-fruit-pie-fillings

https://extension.psu.edu/lets-preserve-apples

Reveille

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Schools turn to prefabricated classrooms to create space quickly

CBC News (The National): Canada is challenged by a surge in asylum seekers from failed nations entering irregularly via the U.S. border or overstaying visas, straining public services amid a housing crisis. With 57,440 asylum claims in early 2025—up 22% from 2024, including 5,500 from international students—overcrowded schools in provinces like Ontario and British Columbia face acute shortages, especially for English-language programs.

To address this, jurisdictions are deploying modular prefabricated school buildings as a rapid, cost-effective solution. These portable yet permanent structures, like those at B.C.’s David Cameron Elementary, add capacity for 190+ students in months, easing enrolment pressures without long construction delays.

National Building Code of Canada 2020

British Columbia School Building Construction

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— GreatLakesLady (@GreatlakesladyM) October 6, 2025

Canadian Parliament Debate on Standards Incorporated by Reference

Student Build Relocatable Classrooms

Granite School District

Utah

Modular Classrooms

Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities

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Beef Stew and Buttermilk Biscuits

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Perfect your omelette

A commercial kitchen is a kind of laboratory

Standards Australia

Kitchens 200

Fried chicken with sweet sauce and cabbage, mid sized portion of rice, okra with mustard and shredded chicken, sweet egg omelette with waffles and cream at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵

💶 752yen (~5,25€) pic.twitter.com/4jKnpNrQEy

— Mensa Scran (@MensaScran) October 30, 2022

Elevators & Lifts

The first elevator in the United States was installed at Harvard University in 1874. It was not a passenger elevator as we typically think of today, but rather a freight elevator used to move heavy items within a building. The installation of this elevator marked an important development in building technology and transportation within multi-story structures. It was based on the design of Elisha Otis, who is famous for inventing the safety elevator with a safety brake system that prevents the elevator from falling if the hoisting cable fails. Otis’ innovation played a pivotal role in making elevators safe and practical for everyday use, leading to their widespread adoption in buildings around the world.

Elevator design by the German engineer Konrad Kyeser (1405)

Education communities are stewards of 100’s of lifts, elevators and moving walks. At the University of Michigan, there are the better part of 1000 of them; with 19 of them in Michigan Stadium alone. The cost of building them — on the order of $50,000 to $150,000 per floor depending upon architectural styling — and the highly trained staff needed to operate, maintain and program interoperability software is another cost that requires attention. All building design and construction disciplines — architectural, mechanical and electrical have a hand in making this technology safe and sustainabile.

We start with international and nationally developed best practice literature and work our way to state level adaptations. Labor for this technology is heavily regulated.

Its a rarefied and crazy domain for the user-interest. Expertise is passionate about safety and idiosyncratic but needs to be given the life safety hazard. Today we review o pull together public consultation notices on relevant codes, standards and regulations today 11 AM/EDT.