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Lingua Franca
White House: Designating English as the Official Language of The United States
“The English genius is essentially eclectic;
it borrows from everywhere and from every time.”
— Peter Ackroyd | 2004 Albion: the origins of the English imagination
“The Tower of Babel” 1563 | Pieter Bruegel the Elder
“Wer von Fremdsprachen nichts versteht, kennt seine eigenen nichts.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Disagree with someone and cannot persuade them? Do you need to hide your intransigence or ulterior motive? Then change the basis of discussion by changing the subject with a different definition.
This happens routinely in political discourse and rather frequently in best practice discovery and promulgation in building construction and settlement infrastructure standards[1]. Assuming all parties are negotiating in good faith resolution may lie in agreement on a common understanding of what a satisfying agreement might look like.
Admittedly, a subtle and challenging topic outside our wheelhouse[2] hence the need to improve our organization of this topic starting with today’s colloquium; with follow on sessions every month.
Starting 2025 we will organize our approach to this topic, thus:
Language 100. Survey of linguistic basics for developing codes, standards and regulations. Many vertical incumbents have developed their own style manuals
Language 200. Electrotechnical vocabulary
Language 300. Architectural and Allied trade vocabulary
Language 400. The language of government regulations; the euphemisms of politicians with influence over the built environment
Language 500. Advanced topics such as large language models or spoken dialects such as “High Michigan” — arguably, the standard American dialect where it applies to the standards listed above.
It may not be obvious how profound the choice of words and phrases have on leading practice discovery and promulgation. For example, “What is Gender” determines the number, placement and functionality of sanitary technologies in housing, hospitals and sporting. The United States has a Supreme Court justice that cannot define “woman”
As always, we will respond to public consultation opportunities wherever we can find them. Some organizations are better than this than others.
Large Language Models
Examples of Variations in Translations of Homer’s Odyssey
The Surprising Factor That Determines English Fluency
Today we limit our discussion to language changes in the catalogs of ANSI-accredited standards developers whose titles have the most influence over the interoperability of safety and sustainability technologies that create and sustain the built environment of educational settlements.
American Institute of Architects: Definitions for Building Performance
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
National Fire Protection Association
Every building construction discipline has its own parlance and terms of art.
This is enough for a one-hour session and, depending upon interest, we will schedule a breakout session outside of our normal “daily” office hours. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΕΣ
Starting 2024 and running into 2025 we will break down this topic further, starting with construction contract language — Lingua Franca 300:
Asset management applies to any organization. As such, understanding its terminology, principles, and outcomes is key to an organization’s success. ISO 55000:2024 provides an overview of #AssetManagement and its expected benefits. @isostandards https://t.co/XZsWvJJ8r4
— ANSI (@ansidotorg) September 22, 2024
Large Language Models
Electropedia: The World’s Online Electrotechnical Vocabulary
Footnotes:
(1) The United States government defines a “Green Building” as a building that has been designed, constructed, and operated in a way that reduces or eliminates negative impacts on the environment and occupants. The government has established various standards and certifications that buildings can achieve to be considered “green.”
The most widely recognized green building certification in the United States is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, which is administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). To achieve LEED certification, a building must meet certain standards related to sustainable site development, water efficiency, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.
In addition to the LEED certification, there are other programs and standards that can be used to measure and certify the sustainability of buildings, such as the Green Globes rating system and the Living Building Challenge.
Overall, the goal of green building is to create buildings that are not only environmentally sustainable but also healthier, more comfortable, and more efficient for occupants, while reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. By promoting green building practices, the U.S. government aims to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment and move towards a more sustainable future.
(2) The U.S. Green Building Council is a conformance organization. See the discussion our ABOUT for background on incumbent stakeholders.
Language Family Tree pic.twitter.com/RREloueklh
— English Grammar (@GrammarUpdates) September 21, 2024
Artificial Intelligence Standards
U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute
ANSI Response to NIST “A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards”
On April 29, 2024 NIST released a draft plan for global engagement on AI standards.
Comments are due by June 2. More information is available here.
Request for Information Related to NIST’s Assignments
Under Sections 4.1, 4.5 and 11 of the Executive Order Concerning Artificial Intelligence
The National Institute of Standards and Technology seeks information to assist in carrying out several of its responsibilities under the Executive order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence issued on October 30, 2023. Among other things, the E.O. directs NIST to undertake an initiative for evaluating and auditing capabilities relating to Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and to develop a variety of guidelines, including for conducting AI red-teaming tests to enable deployment of safe, secure, and trustworthy systems.
Regulations.GOV Filing: NIST-2023-0009-0001_content
Browse Posted Comments (72 as of February 2, 2024 | 12:00 EST)
Standards Michigan Public Comment
Attention Is All You Need | Authors: Ashish Vaswani et al. (2017). This groundbreaking paper introduced the Transformer architecture, replacing recurrent layers with self-attention mechanisms to enable parallelizable, efficient sequence modeling. It laid the foundational blueprint for all subsequent LLMs, revolutionizing natural language processing by capturing long-range dependencies without sequential processing.
BERT: Pre-training of Deep Bidirectional Transformers for Language Understanding | Authors: Jacob Devlin et al. (2018). BERT pioneered bidirectional pre-training via masked language modeling, allowing models to understand context from both directions. As an encoder-only Transformer, it achieved state-of-the-art results on 11 NLP tasks and established the pre-training/fine-tuning paradigm that underpins bidirectional LLMs like those in search and classification.
Training Compute-Optimal Large Language Models | Authors: Jordan Hoffmann et al. (2022). Known as the Chinchilla paper, it revealed that optimal LLM performance requires balanced scaling of model size and data volume (e.g., 70B parameters trained on 1.4T tokens outperform larger models with less data). This shifted research toward data-efficient training, influencing efficient LLM development.
Did you know? If you’ve seen clocks advertised to consumers as “atomic clocks,” those are actually listening to NIST radio stations’ time signals so they can count the seconds accurately. pic.twitter.com/hTTO0smikl
— National Institute of Standards and Technology (@NIST) January 31, 2024
LLM Model Evaluation & Agent Interface
IEEE sponsors two AI and ADS projects that follow ANSI standardization requirements:
A cheat sheet explanation of how Large Language Models work: pic.twitter.com/CcPujRNvHi
— Abacus.AI (@abacusai) July 23, 2023
Title: IEEE P3119 – Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision Systems
Scope: The IEEE P3119 standard establishes a uniform set of definitions and a process model for procuring Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS). It covers government procurement, in-house development, and hybrid public-private development of AI/ADS. The standard redefines traditional procurement stages—problem definition, planning, solicitation, critical evaluation (e.g., impact assessments), and contract execution—using an IEEE Ethically Aligned Design (EAD) foundation and a participatory approach to address socio-technical and responsible innovation considerations. It focuses on mitigating unique AI risks compared to traditional technologies and applies to commercial AI products and services procured through formal contracts.
Purpose: The purpose of IEEE P3119 is to help government entities, policymakers, and technologists make transparent, accountable, and responsible choices in procuring AI/ADS. It provides a framework to strengthen procurement processes, ensuring due diligence, transparency about risks, and alignment with public interest. The standard aims to minimize AI-related risks (e.g., bias, ethical concerns) while maximizing benefits, complementing existing procurement practices and shaping the market for responsible AI solutions. It supports agencies in critically evaluating AI tools, assessing vendor transparency, and integrating ethical considerations into procurement.
Developmental Timelines:
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- September 23, 2021: The IEEE Standards Association (SA) Standards Board approved the project and established the IEEE P3119 Working Group. The Project Authorization Request (PAR) was created to define the scope.
- 2021–Ongoing: Development continues, with no final publication date confirmed in available sources. As of July 18, 2024, the standard was still in progress, focusing on detailed process recommendations.
- The standard is being developed as a voluntary socio-technical standard, with plans to test it against existing regulations (e.g., via regulatory sandboxes).
By Whom:
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- Working Group Chair: Gisele Waters, Ph.D., Director of Service Development and Operations at Design Run Group, co-founder of the AI Procurement Lab, and a human-centered design researcher focused on risk mitigation for vulnerable populations.
- Working Group Vice Chair: Cari Miller, co-founder of the AI Procurement Lab and the Center for Inclusive Change, an AI governance leader and risk expert.
- IEEE P3119 Working Group: Comprises a global network of IEEE SA volunteers from diverse industries, collaborating to develop standards addressing market needs and societal benefits. The group integrates expertise from government workers, policymakers, and technologists.
- Inspiration: The standard was inspired by the AI and Procurement: A Primer report from the New York University Center for Responsible AI.
The IEEE P3119 standard is a collaborative effort to address the unique challenges of AI procurement, emphasizing ethical and responsible innovation for public benefit
Title: IEEE P3120 – Standard for Quantum Computing Architecture
Scope: The IEEE P3120 standard defines a general architecture for quantum computers, focusing on the structure and organization of quantum computing systems. It covers the overall system architecture, including quantum hardware components (e.g., qubits, quantum gates), control systems, interfaces with classical computing systems, and software layers for programming and operation. The standard aims to provide a framework for designing interoperable and scalable quantum computing systems, addressing both hardware and software considerations for quantum and hybrid quantum-classical architectures.
Purpose: The purpose of IEEE P3120 is to establish a standardized framework to guide the design, development, and integration of quantum computing systems. It seeks to ensure consistency, interoperability, and scalability across quantum computing platforms, facilitating innovation and collaboration in the quantum computing ecosystem. By providing clear architectural guidelines, the standard supports developers, researchers, and industry stakeholders in building reliable and efficient quantum computers, bridging the gap between theoretical quantum computing and practical implementation.
Developmental Timelines:
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- September 21, 2023: The IEEE Standards Association (SA) Standards Board approved the Project Authorization Request (PAR) for P3120, initiating the project under the IEEE Computer Society’s Microprocessor Standards Committee (C/MSC).
- 2023–Ongoing: Development is in progress, with no confirmed publication date in available sources. As a standards development project, it involves iterative drafting, review, and consensus-building, typical of IEEE processes, which can span several years.
- The standard is being developed as a voluntary standard, with potential for testing and refinement through industry and academic collaboration.
By Whom:
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- Sponsor: IEEE Computer Society, specifically the Microprocessor Standards Committee (C/MSC), which oversees standards related to microprocessor and computing architectures.
- Working Group: The IEEE P3120 Working Group consists of volunteers from academia, industry, and research institutions with expertise in quantum computing, computer architecture, and related fields. Specific chairs or members are not detailed in available sources, but IEEE SA working groups typically include global experts from relevant domains.
- Stakeholders: The development involves contributions from quantum computing researchers, hardware manufacturers, software developers, and standardization experts to ensure a comprehensive and practical standard.
The IEEE P3120 standard is a critical step toward formalizing quantum computing architectures, aiming to support the growing quantum technology industry with a robust and interoperable framework.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Andrews University (Michigan West) : Cricket Calling Song Research
Mike Anthony with colleagues since 1982 @ UM Ross School of Business Executive Dining Room
“Harvest for the World” (Isley Brothers Cover) | New Swannington Primary School
Trending | Engagements, Weddings & Births | Sport News | Carillons
“Demeter Thesmophoros” Jean-Léon Gérôme
100 years ago, the Supreme Court made it clear in Pierce v. Society of Sisters: raising children is the responsibility of parents, not the government.
100 years later, the Trump Administration remains committed to protecting parental rights. pic.twitter.com/yduXdLShty
— Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) June 1, 2025
“…O chestnut tree;, great rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bold?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?”
— Among Schoolchildren, 1933 William Butler Yeats
We sweep through the world’s three major time zones; updating our understanding of the literature at the technical foundation of education community safety and sustainability in those time zones 24 times per day. We generally eschew “over-coding” web pages to sustain speed, revision cadence and richness of content as peak priority. We do not provide a search facility because of copyrights of publishers and time sensitivity of almost everything we do.
Readings:
“The Advancement of Learning” Francis Bacon (1605)
“The Allegory of the Cave” 380 BCE | Plato’s Republic, Book VII
Thucydides: Pericles’ Funeral Oration
IEEE Access: Advanced Deep Learning Models for 6G: Overview, Opportunities, and Challenges | Xidian University
“Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination” (2002) Peter Ackroyd
“Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” Satoshi Nakamoto
“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” (1841) | Charles Mackay
Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind
“Kant’s Categorical Imperative” | Hillsdale College Introduction to Western Philosophy
“The Natural History of Stupidity” (1959) Paul Tabori
“The College Idea: Andrew Delbanco” Lapham’s Quarterly
Distributed Representations of Words and Phrases and their Compositionality | Google, Inc. et, al
Our daily colloquia are typically doing sessions; with non-USA titles receiving priority until 16:00 UTC and all other titles thereafter. We assume policy objectives are established (Safer-Simpler-Lower-Cost, Longer-Lasting). Because we necessarily get into the weeds, and because much of the content is time-sensitive and copyright protected, we usually schedule a separate time slot to hammer on technical specifics so that our response to consultations are meaningful and contribute to the goals of the standards developing organization and to the goals of stewards of education community real assets — typically the largest real asset owned by any US state and about 50 percent of its annual budget.
1. Leviathan. We track noteworthy legislative proposals in the United States 118th Congress. Not many deal specifically with education community real assets since the relevant legislation is already under administrative control of various Executive Branch Departments such as the Department of Education.
We do not advocate in legislative activity at any level. We respond to public consultations but there it ends.
We track federal legislative action because it provides a stroboscopic view of the moment — the “national conversation”– in communities that are simultaneously a business and a culture. Even though more than 90 percent of such proposals are at the mercy of the party leadership the process does enlighten the strengths and weakness of a governance system run entirely through the counties on the periphery of Washington D.C. It is impossible to solve technical problems in facilities without sensitivity to the zietgeist that has accelerated in education communities everywhere.
Michigan can 100% water and feed itself. Agriculture is its second-largest industry.
2. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
3. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
4. Fast Forward
5. Rewind
6. Corrigenda
“The world will never starve for want of wonders;
but only for want of wonder.”
History of the English Speaking Peoples
| Since so much of what we do in standards setting is built upon a foundation of a shared understanding and agreement of the meaning of words (no less so than in technical standard setting) that time is well spent reflecting upon the origin of the nouns and verbs of that we use every day. Best practice cannot be discovered, much less promulgated, without its understanding secured with common language. |
Hanging with grandad just like the old days 😂 pic.twitter.com/fQVarEQ5Iw
— Alexandra Churchill ✌🏼⭐️⭐️ (@churchill_alex) December 2, 2023
Virginia Woolf: pic.twitter.com/8IPw1Fmevk
— Dr. Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) May 25, 2023
Cambridge: English language education in the era of generative AI
We must spread our accent further pic.twitter.com/qEc3Cqd2cH
— Midwest vs. Everybody (@midwestern_ope) April 3, 2025
Graduation, Dating, Engagements, Weddings, Births & Obituaries
Senior #hoco2025 💜 pic.twitter.com/grlzcSK7Tr
— Sloane Phillips (@SloaneJPhillips) October 13, 2025
Bulldog win in San Diego and my girl Madden is 3 months. A great weekend of football and family! pic.twitter.com/KgyZR9A0P4
— Kyle Kempt (@CoachKyleKempt) October 12, 2025
12 years ago, she drove 3.5 hrs without hesitation to save me from deep in the trenches of postpartum.
Last night, we got to celebrate this beautiful human. Baby H hit the mama jackpot. 💛 pic.twitter.com/ef6mn2RiI3
— Melissa Evans (@mrs_melevans) October 13, 2025
Our family grew by one this last week.
God is good 🙌 pic.twitter.com/ZlyMuCTO0e— Oliver – Blue Line Futures (@OliverSloup) October 3, 2025
Homecoming for my girls… time flies pic.twitter.com/2F5n36OvxR
— Lawrence Bubeck (@BubeckLawrence) October 4, 2025
Senior year prom! We all had such a great time. pic.twitter.com/v7e0yRdHsg
— Morgan Maske (@MorganMaske2026) October 5, 2025
Hoco ‘25 with the BEST! 💚🖤@MyersParkHS #JuniorSeason pic.twitter.com/VTshvISaUY
— Regan Godman ‘27 (@Regan55Godman) October 5, 2025
One week postpartum with the sweetest baby ever. I am blessed beyond measure to have had my 5th successful home birth and a very smooth recovery. God is so good! pic.twitter.com/bWBqAtOUkj
— Jenny (@rosary2battle) September 20, 2025
A South African man who recently picked up an abandoned baby in Mpumalanga suburb of Emalahleni is now applying for court permission to adopt the boy and get him a birth certificate
The man has two daughters and is now happy to have a boy pic.twitter.com/z9kPW3s1w5
— African Hub (@AfricanHub_) September 14, 2025
Top 10 proposal for sure pic.twitter.com/u8HZdOhwYy
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) September 19, 2025
t5rtrtr
Ten years after our wedding, our triplets have finally arrived… Thank you to everyone who sent us congratulations. These are our most precious treasures. #fblifestyle pic.twitter.com/AXKOj7vL7Q
— Maria Rose 🇱🇷 (@fuzia09) September 16, 2025
What a cute baby announcement! 🥰
🎥: dakotabaker84 on TT. pic.twitter.com/94cTKNLXr9
— Positive Side of 𝕏 (@positivesideofx) September 21, 2025
Yesterday was a dream.
So happy to officially be Mrs. Dasovic! pic.twitter.com/pwR41ZTq9V
— olivia dasovic (@oliviadasovic) September 7, 2025
Congrats, just have someone to yell what too. #farmlife #farmlifebestlife pic.twitter.com/k58Fd35VBT
— Natalie Cooper Kovarik (@natalie_kovarik) August 30, 2025
My mom got us a gift before we got married of a framed photo the reads
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
We have been doing our best to follow that advice for the last 13 years
Happy Anniversary to my forever wife pic.twitter.com/jdySWrHR8r
— Andrew Bragg (@AndrewBragg5555) August 31, 2025
“Beauty is needed only at a wedding, the mind – every day.”
Tatar proverb
🪡🧶
Good night pic.twitter.com/7Z5iLeF0b2— Cursive (@Pergament_F) April 7, 2025
No longer MissBuryTeach… but Mrs Jackson-Bury Teach? pic.twitter.com/I86fJmupet
— Miss Bury ⭐ (@MissBuryTeach) August 2, 2025
Some personal news:
Time to get married, have some Jewish babies, and raise them to love America. pic.twitter.com/Sqgu6g9PYh
— Jesse Arm (@Jesse_Leg) July 18, 2025
The body of 8-year-old Mystic camper Virginia Hollis was found along the Guadalupe River earlier this week, more than a week after the July 4 floods in Texas.
Yesterday, this angel’s favorite horse followed her casket through the streets to bid her farewell. 😭 pic.twitter.com/T8f8O6n4q3
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) July 18, 2025
Miss Italia Finals 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/3XgPWvZ6Lo
— TastefulLindy (@LindyTasteful) July 19, 2025
Remember what they took away from us pic.twitter.com/Dnzzk1Quzc
— ☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ (@SecretFire79) July 12, 2025
After 15 years of marriage, the first child is actually twins! 🥳Maybe no one will say it, but we want to share this joy anyway. 🌹 pic.twitter.com/T60zPJZ0tT
— Sania Obaid 🇺🇲 (@afra_art56) July 12, 2025
I’m in tears. Watch how respectful every firefighter is greeting Trump, taking their hat off for Melania
America has a True Leader who cares about each and every American again. These Firefighters feel it
Mainstream media will never show this pic.twitter.com/KxWNrry7dC
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) July 11, 2025
Women are the same at all ages😂 pic.twitter.com/x4Y95x7xQq
— The King (@xxxxTheKing) July 12, 2025
Taking a 12 hour sabbatical from the portal to get this young lady married tonight! pic.twitter.com/GXLzZWmdKA
— Ryan Gaines (@ryankgaines) June 28, 2025
He was with me almost every day for 12 years. The best living creature I’ve ever known including humans.
He protected children and loved his job out here.
I hope I can be half the man this dog was to our world. I buried him last evening in his beloved woods.Warrior
GUS🪓 pic.twitter.com/011cffq1xS
— Cattleman🪓 (@cattleguy92) June 29, 2025
Congratulations to my brother on graduating high school.
I can’t wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish at American University. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/UZJxVP56ro
— Isabella Maria DeLuca (@IsabellaMDeLuca) June 29, 2025
When your daughter wants to play catch instead of a first dance after she says I do. 🥺 pic.twitter.com/yjnobxxfcn
— Ryan Gaines (@ryankgaines) June 29, 2025
Married Friday, planting wheat on Monday! pic.twitter.com/GKqXA7SlMP
— FarmerDan (@farmerdan97) September 27, 2021
Enjoying every moment with my boyfriend 💕 pic.twitter.com/cKMsLIFgqm
— Ms. Jachymiak (@MsJachymiak) June 15, 2025
A heartfelt surprise for her best friend on graduation day.. She didn’t expect it because they hadn’t seen each other in so long, ever since her friend moved to another citypic.twitter.com/3pxswYFVNt
— Wolf of X (@tradingMaxiSL) June 7, 2025
Non-food post: It’s Prom Season! Our oldest daughter is off to McGill University this Fall. Two out of the house, two still at home.
Love ya, sweetie. pic.twitter.com/hwvQ5svT5Z
— The Food Professor (@FoodProfessor) June 8, 2025
Norman ROCKWELL • American 1894-1978
“𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝖬𝗂𝖽𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍”@NRockwellMuseumhttps://t.co/eccEsvTUsR pic.twitter.com/dkSIjuJu2N— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) March 8, 2025
My best experiment yet ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ymxggYZmTv
— César de la Fuente (@delafuentelab) April 9, 2025
It’s 6:53pm and I wish I had a little baby sleeping on my chest right now.
One day God willing. pic.twitter.com/Zbg0xfbDOJ
— 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝓈𝑒 (@crunchycozygirl) April 11, 2025
The Catholic Church has a new member today 🤍 pic.twitter.com/MviMoRMEUJ
— Kendall 🌷 (@kciolane) April 12, 2025
From couple matching to couple chief-ing!!!thrilled and honored to serve as chief residents together at the program that shaped us. Grateful for the journey and excited for what’s ahead! #HUH pic.twitter.com/lClrJpGABW
— Girma Moges, MD (@Girma_M_Ayele) April 10, 2025
Life in one picture ❤️ pic.twitter.com/LkZXvKcwCI
— Os 🧘🏾♂️ (@LifeOfBoch) March 22, 2025
20th March 2010
A couple – just married – choose to cycle from the church to their reception.
From my book ‘Cambridge – Town & Gown’. pic.twitter.com/Y9zzcUsHh4— A Cambridge Diary (@acambridgediary) March 20, 2025
Married 39 years today! Time flies pic.twitter.com/aiNxbxUBKB
— Pat Vanheule (@pvanheule) March 15, 2025
Got engaged today 🙂
Praise God! pic.twitter.com/fgWEKgSuME
— Peter Day (@Telerithis) March 15, 2025
She said yes. pic.twitter.com/iBnhNyzTs5
— RyanFJBLGB🇺🇸🦅 (@RyanPatrick1991) March 15, 2025
We got him moved into the new house! His bride-to-be is helping him decorate and put things away and will be joining him there on their wedding night! Today, only a few tears were shed (out of his sight). We are beyond happy for them! @BrandonLansdown pic.twitter.com/NSNmzg8hyG
— Kassy Lansdown (@Good_and_Glory) March 15, 2025
Naistenpäivän kunniaksi haluan jakaa, että minulla on onni ja siunaus odottaa omaa tytärtä. Toivon näyttäväni hänelle samanlaista naisen mallia kuin oma äitini on näyttänyt minulle. Nainen voi olla vahva ja lempeä, sitkeä ja kaunis, herkkä ja periksiantamaton. Nainen voi olla… pic.twitter.com/MivsLRh1wJ
— Martta Tervonen (@marttatervonen) March 8, 2025
The years go by. pic.twitter.com/gMtnRyeT0Y
— Brendan O’Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 (@ImtaBrendan) March 8, 2025
So a thing happened recently … 🥂 💍 pic.twitter.com/nClcEIHlQ3
— The Phoenix (@sueranson) March 8, 2025
I can confirm: she is beautiful.
‘The Birth of Venus’ by Botticelli (c. 1485) pic.twitter.com/JCWv0EGQXI
— Katherine Everitt 💥 (@katherineveritt) January 14, 2025
Happy almost 10 month wedding anniversary @AbdNicholasC
That chrism on her head smells amazing pic.twitter.com/WroqiDDLXc
— Erin Callaghan (@drerincallaghan) February 8, 2025
The only thing better than reading is holding a baby while reading. pic.twitter.com/jqlPdgHobg
— Michelle Kelso Kafer (@michellekafer) February 1, 2025
She had no idea…pic.twitter.com/COnW7TDmCg
— Be Believing (@Be_Believing) February 1, 2025
Hun School Of Princeton
I earnestly hope you have the opportunity one day to sit in a sunlit room with a baby in your arms, gently rocking in an old wooden chair.
I have traveled the world, climbed mountains, and had adventures I dare not tell you about.
This, however, is the peak. pic.twitter.com/IsRGf0N6FM
— Old Hollow Tree (@OldHollowTree) January 27, 2025
Good morning from East Tennessee.
It’s 33 degrees and raining on the mountain.
Have a great Monday.☕😊 pic.twitter.com/vGu9QqoOLg
— Tennessee Lady (@TennesseeLady85) January 27, 2025
27 years old.
A mom to a new baby.
The youngest person to serve as White House Press Secretary@karolineleavitt pic.twitter.com/5S1fmkGbqy
— Anna Lulis (@annamlulis) January 29, 2025
Several colleges and universities have “kissing benches” or similar traditions tied to romance on campus.
Michigan State University Beaumont Tower: Nick and Myra Kanillopoulos
Syracuse University. Kissing Bench: This bench on the Quad is steeped in tradition. Legend has it that if a couple kisses on the bench, they will eventually marry. Conversely, if a single person sits there alone, they risk staying single forever.
University of Idaho. Hello Walk and Kissing Rock: While not a bench, this area on campus features a large rock where students have historically kissed. It’s a romantic tradition for couples at the university.
Florida State University Kissing Bench
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clemson University Lover’s Lane
University of Cambridge: St. John’s College Bridge of Sighs
University of Oxford: The Bridge of Sighs
University of Bath Somerset County: Sham Castle
For members of Binghamton University’s Ballroom Dance Association, dance isn’t just a hobby; it’s an expressive, stress-relieving act. 💃🕺https://t.co/xrm8IIwalX pic.twitter.com/VRUMj9OeAC
— Binghamton University (@binghamtonu) January 17, 2020
It is so rare for people to see a normal, white family that lefties think it gives ”Third Reich vibes”. This really tells us that we need to make it less rare.
More babies! pic.twitter.com/j192eWhev5
— Evelina Hahne (@EvelinaHahne) February 15, 2025
Current Issues and Recent Research
“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena,
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than in all the previous centuries of existence.”
 IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section Welcome August 2024
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 IEEE & SWE Student Tour of Michigan Stadium Scoreboard | April 2024 |
University of Michigan Student Chapter to receive Outstanding Chapter Award at Michigan State University | October 18 (East Lansing)
IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee September 30 Final Agenda Ω Electrical Power System Research
NFPA Electrical Standards Landing Page Ω NFPA Standards Council Ω NFPA Fire Safety Landing Page
ASHRAE Landing Page | Soon: ASTM Electrical & Telecommunication Standard Development
Draft IEEE Paper Abstracts | Mike Anthony Short Biography | Electrical Industrial Conglomerates
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. The 2026 National Electrical Code where sit on CMP-15 overseeing health care facility electrical issues should be released any day now. We have one proposal on the agenda of the International Code Council’s Group B Committee Action Hearings in Cleveland in October. Balloting on the next IEEE Gold Book on reliability should begin.
“Tomorrow’s Girls” | Donald Fagan
Policy:
OUTERNET: Crossing over data gap using cubesats
Department of Energy Portfolio Analysis & Management System
Department of Energy Building Technologies Office
FERC Open Meetings | (Note that these ~60 minute sessions meet Sunshine Act requirements. Our interest lies one or two levels deeper into the technicals underlying the administrivia)
| Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Federal Communication Commission | Michigan Public Service Commission |
| August 7 Open Meeting | ||
| July 24 Open Meeting | July 25 Open Meeting | |
| June 16 Open Meeting | January 22: Newly Appointed FCC Chairman Announces Staff Changes | June 12 Open Meeting |
| May 15 Open Meeting | May 15 Open Meeting | |
| April 17 Open Meeting | April 24 Open Meeting | |
| March 20 Open Meeting | ||
| February 20 FERC Open Meeting | March 3 Open Meeting | |
| January 16 FERC Press Conference | February 27, 2025 Open Meeting | |
January 23: NARUC Congratulates New FERC, FCC and NRC Chairs
January 22: Newly Appointed FCC Chairman Announces Staff Changes | Related: Falsus in uno, Falsus in omnibus
January 6: City of Ann Arbor Postpones Phase II Study to Municipalize DTE Energy distribution grid
January 27, 10 AM Low-Income Energy Policy Board Meeting: Michigan Public Service commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: January 16, 2025 Open Meeting
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Request for Comments (Posted November 25, 2024)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | November 21, Open Meeting
Michigan Public Service Commission Meetings
Michigan Public Commission Meeting February 27, 2025
MPSC DTE CMS Electric Power Reliability Case No. U-21305
Michigan Electrical Administrative Board Meeting February 13, 2025
FCC Open Meeting | November 21
Technical: (Also Electrical Power System Research)
Empower Pre-Trained Large Language Models for Building-Level Load Forecasting
Uptime Institute (via NEXT DC) : AI Inference in the Data Center
Majorana Nanowires for Topological Quantum Computing
Linearized Data Center Workload and Cooling Management
Oxford Researchers Discovered How to Use AI To Learn Like A Genius
Lex Fridman: DeepSeek, China, OpenAI, NVIDIA, xAI, TSMC, Stargate, and AI Megaclusters
IEEE: Experts Weigh in on $500B Stargate Project for AI
IEEE: AI Mistakes Are Very Different Than Human Mistakes . We need new security systems designed to deal with their weirdness
High-Performance Tensor Learning Primitives Using GPU Tensor Cores
Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan
First Draft Proposals contain most of our proposals — and most new (original) content. We will keep the transcripts linked below but will migrate them to a new page starting 2025:
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-1
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-2
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-4
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-5
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-10
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-11
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-12
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-13
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-15
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-16
2026 NEC Standards Michigan proposals | Public Input Report CMP-18
Related:
N.B. We are in the process of migrating electric power system research to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers bibliographic format.
Recap of the May meetings of the Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Conference in Las Vegas. The conference ended the day before the beginning of the 3-day Memorial Day weekend in the United States so we’re pressed for time; given all that happened.
We can use our last meeting’s agenda to refresh the status of the issues.
IEEE E&H Draft Agenda 28 May 2024
On site conference agenda:
IEEE E&H Conference Agenda 21 May 2024
We typically break down our discussion into the topics listed below:
Codes & Standards:
While IAS/I&CPS has directed votes on the NEC; Mike is the only I&CPS member who is actually submitting proposals and responses to codes and standards developers to the more dominant SDO’s — International Code Council, ASHRAE International, UL, ASTM International, IEC & ISO. Mike maintains his offer to train the next generation of “code writers and vote getters”
Performance-based building premises feeder design has been proposed for the better part of ten NEC revision cycles. The objective of these proposals is to reduce material, labor and energy waste owed to the branch and feeder sizing rules that are prescriptive in Articles 210-235. Our work in service and lighting branch circuit design has been largely successful. A great deal of building interior power chain involves feeders — the network upstream from branch circuit panels but down stream from building service panel.
Our history of advocating for developing this approach, inspired by the NFPA 101 Guide to Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, and recounted in recent proposals for installing performance-based electrical feeder design into the International Building Code, appears in the link below:
Access to this draft paper for presentation at any conference that will receive it — NFPA, ICC or IEEE (or even ASHRAE) will be available for review at the link below:
Toward Performance-Based Building Premise Feeder Design
NFPA 110 Definitions of Public Utility v. Merchant Utility
NFPA 72 “Definition of Dormitory Suite” and related proposals
Buildings:
Renovation economics, Smart contracts in electrical construction. UMich leadership in aluminum wiring statements in the NEC should be used to reduce wiring costs.
Copper can’t be mined fast enough to electrify the United States
Daleep asked Mike to do a Case Study session on the NEC lighting power density change (NEC 220-14) for the IAS Annual Meeting in October. Mike agreed.
Exterior Campus & Distribution:
Illumination. Gary Fox reported that IEEE 3001.9 was endorsed as an ANSI accredited standard for illumination systems.
2024-ICPSD24-0012 PERMANENT DESIGN OF POWER SYSTEMS Parise
This paper details primary considerations in estimating the life cycle of a campus medium voltage distribution grid. Some colleges and universities are selling their entire power grid to private companies. Mike has been following these transactions but cannot do it alone.
Variable Architecture Multi-Island Microgrids
District energy:
Generator stator winding failures and implications upon insurance premiums. David Shipp and Sergio Panetta. Mike suggests more coverage of retro-fit and lapsed life cycle technicals for insurance companies setting premiums.
Reliability:
Bob Arno’s leadership in updating the Gold Book.
Mike will expand the sample set in Table 10-35, page 293 from the <75 data points in the 1975 survey to >1000 data points. Bob will set up meeting with Peyton at US Army Corps of Engineers.
Reliability of merchant utility distribution systems remains pretty much a local matter. The 2023 Edition of the NESC shows modest improvement in the vocabulary of reliability concepts. For the 2028 Edition Mike submitted several proposals to at least reference IEEE titles in the distribution reliability domain. It seems odd (at least to Mike) that the NESC committees do not even reference IEEE technical literature such as Bob’s Gold Book which has been active for decades. Mike will continue to propose changes in other standards catalogs — such as ASTM, ASHRAE and ICC — which may be more responsive to best practice assertions. Ultimately, improvements will require state public utility commission regulations — and we support increases in tariffs so that utilities can afford these improvements.
Mike needs help from IEEE Piscataway on standard WordPress theme limitations for the data collection platform.
Mike will update the campus power outage database.
Healthcare:
Giuseppe Parise’s recent work in Italian power grid to its hospitals, given its elevated earthquake risk. Mike’s review of Giuseppe’s paper:
Harvard Business School: Journal of Healthcare Management Standards
Mike and David Shipp will prepare a position paper for the Harvard Healthcare Management Journal on reliability advantages of impedance grounding for the larger systems.
The Internet of Bodies
Forensics:
Giuseppe’s session was noteworthy for illuminating the similarity and differences between the Italian and US legal system in handling electrotechnology issues.
Mike will restock the committee’s library of lawsuits transactions.
Ports:
Giuseppe updates on the energy and security issues of international ports. Mike limits his time in this committee even though the State of Michigan has the most fresh water international ports in the world.
A PROPOSED GUIDE FOR THE ENERGY PLAN AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF A PORT
Other:
Proposals to the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code: Accepted Best Practice, exterior switchgear guarding, scope expansion into ICC and ASHRAE catalog,
Apparently both the Dot Standards and the Color Books will continue parallel development. Only the Gold Book is being updated; led by Bob Arno. Mike admitted confusion but reminded everyone that any references to IEEE best practice literature in the NFPA catalog, was installed Mike himself (who would like some backup help)
Papers in Process:
Impedance Grounding Papers 1 and 2 with David Shipp. Previous Discussion:
https://ieeetv.ieee.org/channels/ieee-region-events/uc-berkeley-s-medium-voltage-grounding-system
Over Coffee and Beers:
Mike assured Christel Hunter (General Cable) that his proposals for reducing the 180 VA per-outlet requirements, and the performance-base design allowance for building interior feeders do not violate the results of the Neher-McGrath calculation used for conductor sizing. All insulation and conducting material thermal limits are unaffected.
Other informal discussions centered on the rising cost of copper wiring and the implications for the global electrotechnical transformation involving the build out of quantum computing and autonomous vehicles. Few expressed optimism that government ambitions for the same could be met in any practical way.
Are students avoiding use of Chat GPT for energy conservation reasons? Mike will be breaking out this topic for a dedicated standards inquiry session:
Workspace IEEE 1366: Guide for Electric Power Distribution Reliability Indices
Largest U.S. Electric Utility Companies Ranked by Generation Capacity For IEEE 493 update we seek outage data from the 100 largest campus power system experts.
Sport News
Led by senior Chad Perrine and junior Luke Skuratowicz, three Hope College men's cross country runners finished in the Top 30 of the 167-runner field at the Muskegon Community College Jayhawk Invitational on Saturday. Read the meet recap on the Hope Athletics website. #d3xc pic.twitter.com/Dynob8mVrX
— Hope College Athletics (@HopeAthletics) October 11, 2025
Freshmen check. Call your parents, kids! pic.twitter.com/oMTRgFlRmk
— Bobby Guntoro (@bobbygunt) September 27, 2025
Another Top 🔟 on Tour ⭐️
You’ve made the Auburn Family incredibly proud. #WarEagle | #AuburnBeingAuburn pic.twitter.com/fPYfM5FULq
— Auburn Men’s Golf (@AuburnMGolf) September 15, 2025
OQXC Girls @ Troy XC Invitational! #sd113a pic.twitter.com/5VLmByUE3z
— Ms. McCormick (@MsMcCormickOQMS) September 20, 2025
Seeing a game at Oklahoma is awesome (outside of the outcome)
An A+ experience and awesome fans…
Apples to apples it’s light years better than a Texas home game
Great parking, great tailgating, street of bars a block from stadium
Awesome. Would highly recommend pic.twitter.com/i6NB7SvMPW
— James T. Yoder (@JamesYoder) September 7, 2025
Sebastian Moniz connects on this corner kick recently propelling our boys’ soccer team. Great stuff! #BPSoccer ⚽️⚽️🥅⚽️⚽️ @BayPathSuper pic.twitter.com/M3bRFHQXS2
— BPPrincipalVT Co-Moderator @UnlockTheMiddle (@BPPrincipalVT) September 6, 2025
These are the male cheerleaders America wants.pic.twitter.com/lfA5Pn6BpG
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) August 30, 2025
Ryker Comstock is your Student Athlete of the Week!
🌟 Great news, @CCHS_Gladiators fans! Your amazing support has helped us win the @TMobile #FN5GL $5K Fridays #sweepstakes 🙌 We’re so proud of our @clarkecentral spirit! pic.twitter.com/HJosLUtXtL
— CCHS Athletics (@CCHS_Gladiators) August 31, 2025
WORLD. CHAMPION. 🥇🤩
Luca Urlando grabs the 200 fly world title and becomes the SECOND AMERICAN EVER to go 1:51. Unreal swim. #AQUASingapore2025 pic.twitter.com/LHoq7vZTxQ
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) July 30, 2025
Michigan Girl, Our Michigan Girl….
Hail the victor 〽️🇨🇦
Savannah Sutherland captures the women’s 400m crown at Canadian Champs in 5️⃣1️⃣.5️⃣1️⃣ seconds.
📸: Sean Burges/Mundo Sports Image pic.twitter.com/62fOGNFQL4
— DyeStat (@DyeStat) August 1, 2025
🚨 NEW WORLD RECORD 🚨
TEAM USA JUST SMASHED THE MIXED 400 FREESTYLE RELAY WORLD RECORD!!!
Jack Alexy – 46.91 👀
Patrick Sammon – 46.70 👀
Kate Douglass – 52.43
Torri Huske – 52.44 pic.twitter.com/5VZcPu50KM— Kyle Sockwell (@kylesockwell) August 2, 2025
WHAT. A WAY. TO CLOSE.
The U.S. grabs gold AND a world record in the last event of #AQUASingapore2025 to end the meet ON TOP of the gold and total medal table 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/mdaooxhGY2
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) August 3, 2025
Northwest High School junior Cooper Lutkenhaus has run the fastest 800-meter race in the world for any athlete younger than 18! Cooper set the new U18 world best at the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships by running a time of 1:42.27 to earn silver. pic.twitter.com/5imZ9yZHLN
— Northwest ISD (@NorthwestISD) August 3, 2025
🏅History made.
The U.S. men’s four won gold for the first time at the U23 World Championships. Ryan Martin, Wilson Morton, Sam Sullivan, and Lyle Donovan are victorious in the A Final, winning by 2.25 seconds. pic.twitter.com/2fAtSEwewA
— USRowing (@usrowing) July 26, 2025
Kate Douglass just threw down a 52.04 split on the 4×100 free relay 🥶
The U.S. will be top seed tonight after the group’s 3:33.57 in prelims.#AQUASingapore2025 pic.twitter.com/H4Mke7NpZN
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) July 27, 2025
Over the weekend, Anhelina Khmil earned a second place finish at the CEV Nations Cup Final in Portugal as part of the Ukrainian team! pic.twitter.com/2zuEa9wk9c
— TCU Beach Volleyball (@TCUBeachVB) July 20, 2025
The bottom of the ground was nothing for Emily Beisel! She moves into the Top 4 of her set by almost two tenths of a second to lock in her place at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Semifinals. pic.twitter.com/1uDeztOlZM
— The Cowboy Channel (@Cowboy_Channel) July 20, 2025
He swims like the art of poetry. pic.twitter.com/rrhMP83DQD
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 12, 2025
Catherine giving trophies to Amanda, who is the runner-up and Iga the ladies single winner! pic.twitter.com/rZSntPOGig
— Sabirah Lohn 💕🦕🦖 (@SabirahLohn) July 12, 2025
While other kids are learning TikTok dances, she just set a record tying a goat in 7 seconds flat. pic.twitter.com/ZPELIagdxv
— Desiree (@DesireeAmerica4) July 13, 2025
THE TIGERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/0sk6iV8gRc
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 22, 2025
Savannah Sutherland d capped an incredible career at Michigan with her second NCAA title and has been named the 2024-25 Female Michigan Athlete of the Year! 〽️ #LeadersAndBest
THE TIGERS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/0sk6iV8gRc
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 22, 2025
INFO » https://t.co/Caza1OyrCy | #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/YD6HTdYd0p— Michigan Track & Field / Cross Country (@UMichTrack) June 23, 2025
𝐀𝐔𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐔𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍
Our list of Fences Riders of the Year is getting long…
✔️ 2025: Avery Glynn (SEC & NCEA ROTY); Kate Hagerty (SEC Freshman ROTY)
✔️ 7-straight SEC ROTY awards
✔️ 4 of the last 7 NCEA ROTY honors
✔️ 7 SEC Freshman ROTY awards#WarEagle pic.twitter.com/1bRaWk4ytY— Auburn Equestrian (@AuburnEQ) June 23, 2025
When you realize you’re the national champion AND you set the collegiate record 🥹 pic.twitter.com/BPUEuZmZMP
— Michigan Track & Field / Cross Country (@UMichTrack) June 15, 2025
Last practice before Eugene. #NCAATF x 🎥 @BYUTFXC
pic.twitter.com/3kNxStxS9Z— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 6, 2025
Feelin’ Super 🦸♂️
🖥️ https://t.co/vUbrNtVRPX
🎟️ https://t.co/i73Q25MuVk
📲 https://t.co/D9Ga3efNbI#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/1dpxaU8SEG— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 3, 2025
Kate Douglass and Shaine Casas are your #ToyotaNationals high point winners! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/bA9JJSWxEP
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) June 8, 2025
💨💨💨
Savannah Sutherland sets the Hodges Stadium facility record and for the second straight year she sets the NCAA East First Round record in the 400H! pic.twitter.com/u48jsKv3Zm
— Michigan Track & Field / Cross Country (@UMichTrack) June 1, 2025
Meanwhile at the airport.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/BKRrslNY7x
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 29, 2025
Kävin varastamassa rikkailta rahat ja nyt jakelen ne köyhille. Kenelle laitetaan ja paljonko? pic.twitter.com/AFUva64UPN
— Päivi Ekdahl 🇫🇮🇺🇦 (@EkdahlPaivi) May 31, 2025
Our medalist boats!!! 🥉🥉🥉🥉 #RowBlue pic.twitter.com/5qcjoirtmj
— Michigan Rowing (@umichrowing) May 18, 2025
Michigan just won the men’s gymnastics National Championship. pic.twitter.com/FYCWB4a9eK
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) April 20, 2025
Iconic.
Michigan ties its uneven bars record with a 49.725 in the first rotation of the evening.#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/6V5UKAkRDj
— Michigan Women’s Gymnastics (@UMichWGym) March 18, 2023
This Sunday, watch live on the BBC on in-person in our free Fan Parks.
Raw, unscripted live sport. This is The Boat Race. pic.twitter.com/foS7NqdOYL
— The Boat Race (@theboatrace) April 6, 2025
Ivan Puskovitch is a NATIONAL CHAMPION 🏆
He captures a start-to-finish victory in the #OWNats 5K! pic.twitter.com/LS3wRPGeqw
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) April 6, 2025
— Navy Athletics (@NavyAthletics) March 29, 2025
Oh the beauty of @MorayGC & the @ScotStuSport Golf Championships. The perfect fit! pic.twitter.com/RQ7fX3Wsvx
— College Links Golf (@CLG_Scotland) March 29, 2025
The men got next 👊👊
Tune in to ESPN+ from March 26-29 to catch the men’s @NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships. pic.twitter.com/JytMBGFJHS
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) March 26, 2025
Our special guest for puck drop, @taylorheise9 🏒#WFrozenFour pic.twitter.com/re7L1gpRGU
— NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) March 23, 2025
The Broncos take the Last Call in Saint Paul and #FrozenFaceoff title in double OT! 🙌#NCHChockey // #BroncosReign pic.twitter.com/Nki7IvKLPr
— The NCHC (@TheNCHC) March 23, 2025
Sliding into the weekend like…🛷❄️ pic.twitter.com/GoSpxcuAcj
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) March 21, 2025
Your Duke family is proud of you guys! Dom and Gavin both fared well in the state tournament!! Dom went 2-2, and Gavin went 7-1! Gavin finished 3rd overall in his weight class!! Congratulations to both boys!! @WEVSD_sports @whsladydukes @AndyPeltz pic.twitter.com/5yEMNYkU7Q
— Robert Figuly (@RobertFiguly) March 23, 2025
Another @MSU_Hockey BIG10 Championship! What an exciting night at Munn Arena for our Spartan players, coaches, students and fans. Go Green!! pic.twitter.com/u9ZWUTeBVc
— Kevin Guskiewicz (@KevinGuskiewicz) March 23, 2025
Molly Miller making sure plenty of Lopes are involved when she cuts down the nets. @MollyMiller33 @GCU_WBB pic.twitter.com/2BhbuCDe48
— Jordan Hamm (@JordyHamm) March 15, 2025
Damn. Big Ten tournament champion in his first year as head coach. Let the dancing begin! #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/Zd57LBUwJF
— Santa Ono (@SantaJOno) March 16, 2025
Men’s 400m Champion
🥇 Will Floyd (@UGATrack)
📊 45.43#NCAATF x 🎥 ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/lcIb0zTYMX— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) March 15, 2025
Every Thursday, coach Brandon runs men’s IM threshold practice and Coach Sarah & I run the women’s IM group. It’s one of those “all hands on deck” type of day. Last night, in the 400 IM the men went 1-2-3-5-10-11 and the women went 2-3-4-5-6-10-17-22. pic.twitter.com/pCfhLWSvoA
— Bobby Guntoro (@bobbygunt) March 1, 2025
TRE HOLLOMAN FOR THE WIN!!!!!
What a shot at the buzzer! Michigan State pulls off the win at Maryland, 58-55. #Spartans have won four games in a row, including three straight against ranked opponents.pic.twitter.com/1NMM6xdH46
— Hobie Artigue (@HeyItsMeHobie) February 27, 2025
Amanda Moll just broke the @NCAATrackField Pole Vault record with a height of 16-1.25 (4.91-meters)🤯#B1GTF x @UWTrack pic.twitter.com/5OUCmOS2QW
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) March 1, 2025
Recapping Day ✌ of #MWITF https://t.co/7jbGnmF65r
— Air Force Track & Field/XC (@AF_TFXC) March 1, 2025
EASTON TALT 😱#NCAABaseball x 📹 FloBaseball / @BeaverBaseball pic.twitter.com/RUsWYVFOxi
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) March 1, 2025
Great day in the weight room at Weatherford High School! We have football, basketball, girls and boys track programs working hard. We are blessed with the best facilities in the state! pic.twitter.com/gvH85GZmoM
— Rick Weaver (@rickweaver98) February 21, 2025
Peak German engineering pic.twitter.com/BxyzCVFSdU
— miss white (@cinecitta2030) February 22, 2025
The Revere Varsity Competition Squad traveled to Big Walnut High School today to compete in the OASSA State of Ohio Cheerleading Championships! They finished in fourth place, D3 Non Build Division!!! We are so proud of you ladies! @RevereLocal pic.twitter.com/evF06thfAD
— Doug Faris (@DougFaris) February 23, 2025
Wow! What an amazing couple of weeks for ‘OE’ Justin Davies. He broke the Welsh indoor 800m record at the Keely Klassic and then went on to become the British champion at the UK Indoor Championships! #uptherose 🌟🏅 pic.twitter.com/fgFq5AOX09
— Sport & PE | King Edward’s School (@KESBathSport) February 24, 2025
My girl shot her first ever perfect 5 bullseyes at her county tournament today
Great job girl! pic.twitter.com/Xhyl1bEK0R— kelli chalfant (@cf_farms7) February 22, 2025
NCAA Rifle 🤝 Historic Memorial Coliseum
Rifle National Championships
📅 March 14-15
🏟️ Historic Memorial Coliseum
🎟️ https://t.co/MgMeX9j7ER #T37 #WeAreUK pic.twitter.com/mDooaFpvfu— UK Rifle (@UKRifle) February 14, 2025
A new ASTM standard addresses safety elements of #PoleVaulting areas. It establishes safety, performance, and maintenance recommendations for indoor/outdoor, and private-use pole vault facilities. https://t.co/pq1pCCQZRE pic.twitter.com/oz08sWDt4l
— ASTM International (@ASTMIntl) February 13, 2025
“With this executive order, THE WAR ON WOMEN’S SPORTS IS OVER.” –President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/g97jV4eEPW
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 6, 2025
“We’re putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice that if you let men take over women’s sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding.” –President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/MUd6FAetWr
— President Donald J. Trump (@POTUS) February 6, 2025
Draw two is in the books at the #OUA Men’s Curling Championship! 🥌
The @queensgaels got the better of the @LUVoyageurs 6-3, scoring 3 in the first end to take an early lead, while the @tmubold scored early and often to beat the @OT_Ridgebacks 10-1.
The @brockbadgers took down… pic.twitter.com/mc6CndjeZ9
— Ontario University Athletics (@OUAsport) February 7, 2025
👟 Our Gryphon Track and Field team heads to the state of the New York for today’s meet in the Cornell Upstate Challenge!
📅 Sat. Jan 17
📍 @CornellSports (Ithaca, NY)#GryphonPride pic.twitter.com/ahH5AuzEZE— Guelph Gryphons (@guelph_gryphons) January 18, 2025
Sunrise swim with @uncwswimdive on Saturday morning! pic.twitter.com/q7PExy1pWe
— Bobby Guntoro (@bobbygunt) January 11, 2025
Remember when it was so cold the rivers and lakes iced over? Our college wild swimmers certainly do – they took the plunge (without wetsuit insulation) and lived to report back! 🥶 pic.twitter.com/CKyLK0ySMu
— Trinity College (@TrinityOxford) January 17, 2025
“We’re feeling confident in our performance so far. We’re being challenged, but so far have managed to stay sharp.” – Catherine Clifford, third
This quote sums up the Canadian women’s performance thus far at the World University Games, as they remain undefeated after two wins on… pic.twitter.com/jetQK1TtbH
— Curling Canada (@CurlingCanada) January 18, 2025
A B1G @HuskerWBB WIN ‼️#B1GWBBall on @BigTenNetwork 📺 pic.twitter.com/1sjIY2H4Ri
— Big Ten Women’s Basketball (@B1Gwbball) January 17, 2025
Track and Field Collects Seven Wins at SVSU Classic https://t.co/UpoAphESGe
— svsuathletics (@svsuathletics) January 18, 2025
“Rowing is more poetry than sport.” — George Pocock (‘Boys in the Boat’ 2024), a British-born boat builder, rowing coach, and influential figure in American rowing, best known for his craftsmanship of racing shells and his philosophical approach to the sport.
Evensong “The Water is Wide”
“All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.”
“The Water Is Wide” is a traditional folk song with deep roots in the British Isles, particularly Scotland and England, before it became a beloved American folk song. Its origins are complex, as it evolved through oral tradition, with variations in lyrics, melody, and title across regions and centuries. Below is a detailed explanation of its origins and journey to becoming a classic American folk song with summer associations.1. British Isles Origins (17th–18th Century)
- Earliest Roots: The song likely derives from a Scottish or English folk ballad dating back to at least the 17th century. It is closely related to ballads like “Waly, Waly” (sometimes spelled “Wally, Wally”), a lament about love and loss. The earliest known versions appear in Scottish oral traditions, with references to broadsides (printed song sheets) from the 1600s.
- Melody and Structure: The melody associated with “The Water Is Wide” is a modal, haunting tune typical of Celtic folk music. It shares similarities with other traditional songs like “O Waly, Waly,” which was collected in Cecil Sharp’s English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1917). The song’s structure, with its simple, repetitive stanzas, made it adaptable for oral transmission.
- Lyrics and Themes: Early versions focused on themes of unrequited or lost love, with the “wide water” symbolizing an insurmountable barrier between lovers. For example, a common early stanza is:
“The water is wide, I cannot get o’er / And neither have I wings to fly / Give me a boat that will carry two / And both shall row, my love and I.”
This imagery of rivers and separation resonated in pastoral settings, often evoking summer landscapes.
2. Transmission to America
- Colonial Migration: The song crossed the Atlantic with British and Scottish immigrants, particularly during the 17th and 18th centuries, settling in regions like the Appalachian Mountains, where it became part of the American folk tradition. Scots-Irish settlers, in particular, brought ballads like “The Water Is Wide” to the American South, where they were adapted to local contexts.
- Appalachian Influence: In the Appalachians, the song’s lyrics and melody were shaped by oral tradition, with variations emerging in different communities. It retained its melancholic tone but often incorporated local imagery, such as American rivers or landscapes, which tied it to summer’s reflective, open-air mood.
- African American Influence: Some scholars suggest that African American spirituals influenced the song’s evolution in America, as its themes of longing and crossing water paralleled spirituals like “Deep River.” This blending enriched its emotional depth and melodic variations.
3. Documentation and Revival
- Early Collections: The song was first formally documented in the 19th century, with variants appearing in folk song collections. By the early 20th century, collectors like Cecil Sharp and Francis James Child (known for the Child Ballads) noted versions of “Waly, Waly” and related songs in both Britain and America.
- Folk Revival (20th Century): “The Water Is Wide” gained prominence during the American folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Artists like Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and The Kingston Trio popularized it, often performing it at summer folk festivals. Seeger’s version, in particular, standardized the modern American melody and lyrics, emphasizing its gentle, summery river imagery.
- Adaptations: The song was adapted into various forms, including gospel, pop, and classical arrangements. Its inclusion in school songbooks and campfires further cemented its place in American folk culture, with its river imagery evoking lazy summer days.
6. Historical Significance
- Oral Tradition: The song’s survival through oral tradition highlights its adaptability and emotional resonance, key traits of folk music.
- Cross-Cultural Exchange: Its journey from Scotland/England to America, with influences from African American traditions, exemplifies the blending of cultures in American folk music.
- Modern Legacy: Today, “The Water Is Wide” remains a staple in folk repertoires, performed by artists across genres and taught in music education, often evoking summer’s reflective mood.
The water is wide, I cannot cross o’er,
And neither have I wings to fly.
Give me a boat that will carry two,
And both shall row, my love and I.A ship there is, and she sails the sea,
She’s loaded deep, as deep can be;
But not so deep as the love I’m in,
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