December is National Eggnog Month
Historians’ best guess as to the origin of eggnog dates back to the English Middle Ages, where a warm, milky ale called ‘posset’, was consumed. Posset was often consumed with eggs and figs; eggs, figs, dairy, and sherry were products that only the wealthy could afford to enjoy at the time. Eggnog was thought to have arrived in the U.S. prior to the revolutionary war. Whereas most of the eggnog consumed in Britain was by the upper class (with sherry), as eggnog advanced throughout the U.S. like a milky river of frothy delight, it was generally consumed with rum or bourbon.
Because the agricultural-based colonies were flush with chickens and cows, the consumption of eggnog was not limited to crusty upper class Brits, but rather a drink that most people throughout the American colonies could enjoy. In fact, food historian, Emelyn Rude (2015), author of “How Eggnog (Almost) Changed the World”, explains that consumption of eggnog was a popular holiday pastime of many, even including West Point cadets, such as Edgar Allen Poe and Jefferson Davis.
“Big Brother is watching you.”
“Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed—no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull.”
“At any rate, they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”
“It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away.”
Hard upon conclusion of the fall semester, educational settlements ebb in population as students return to their home fires.
Today we pull together best practice in the systems — the people and the technologies — that sustain campus safety and stability during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays.
Join us at 16:00 UTC with login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986:
Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association A156.25 – 2023 Electrified Locking Systems
Open Network Video Interface Forum
IEC 62676-1-1: Video surveillance systems for use in security applications
ANSI C136 Series – Standards for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment
Park Point University Campus Security
(Night’s Rest) from the Times of Day series. (1889) Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) pic.twitter.com/FWv0zVmRqN
— Filipe Floyd (@FloydFilipe) September 12, 2023
The most widely cited standard on school security in the United States is the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design guidelines developed by the National Institute of Justice . CPTED is a multidisciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through the design and management of the built and natural environment. It emphasizes the importance of designing schools and their surroundings in a way that maximizes natural surveillance, territoriality, and access control, while minimizing opportunities for crime and creating a sense of ownership and community.
CPTED guidelines have been adopted by many schools and law enforcement agencies across the country and are often referenced in school safety plans, security assessments, and training programs required by the Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
Addendum av to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2022, Energy Standard for Sites and Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. This addendum creates more exacting provisions for envelope alterations. The new format is intended to better communicate the requirements, triggers, and allowances associated with performing an envelope alteration to promote energy efficiency within the impacted area(s). Consultation closes October 6.
ANSI Standards Action Weekly Edition | Given ASHRAE’s revision redlines are frequently uploaded here
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is an ANSI-accredited continuous-maintenance standards developer (a major contributor to what we call a regulatory product development “stream”). Continuous maintenance means that changes to its consensus products can change in as little as 30 days so it is wise to keep pace.
Among the leading titles in its catalog is ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Standard for Sites and Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. Standard 90.1 has been a benchmark for commercial building energy codes in the United States and a key basis for codes and standards around the world for more than 35 years. Free access to ASHRAE 90.1 version is available at the link below:
READ ONLY Version of 2022 ASHRAE 90.1
Redlines are released at a fairly brisk pace — with 30 to 45 day consultation periods. A related title — ASHRAE 189.1 Standard for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings — first published in 2009 and far more prescriptive in its scope heavily references parent title 90.1 so we usually them as a pair because 189.1 makes a market for green building conformance enterprises. Note the “extreme prescriptiveness” (our term of art) in 189.1 which has the practical effect of legislating engineering judgement, in our view.
25 January 2023: Newly Released ASHRAE 90.1-2022 Includes Expanded Scope For Building Sites
ASHRAE committees post their redlines at the link below:
Online Standards Actions & Public Review Drafts
Education estate managers, energy conservation workgroups, sustainability officers, electric shop foreman, electricians and front-line maintenance professionals who change lighting fixtures, maintain environmental air systems are encouraged to participate directly in the ASHRAE consensus standard development process.
We also maintain ASHRAE best practice titles as standing items on our Mechanical, Water, Energy and Illumination colloquia. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [Various]
Category: Mechanical, Electrical, Energy Conservation, Facility Asset Management, US Department of Energy, #SmartCampus
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Larry Spielvogel, Richard Robben
Under Construction: ASHRAE WORKSPACE
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ARCHIVE 2002-2016 / ASHRAE 90.1 ENERGY STANDARD FOR BUILDINGS
US Department of Energy Building Energy Codes Program
ASHRAE Guideline 0 The Commissioning Process
Why Software is Eating the World
* Many standards-developing organizations aim to broaden their influence by entering the product standard and certification domain. Although our primary focus is on interoperability standards (within a system of interoperable products), we also consider market dynamics when product performance specifications are incorporated by reference into public law.
Open agenda; Not Too Organized. Whatever anyone wants to talk about. We meet once a month like this. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
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Friendsgiving 2024 ♥️
Feeling incredibly grateful to have found friends who’ve become family, especially so far from home! pic.twitter.com/9IXfmbqmU4
— Vanessa Karlinski Vizentin, MD (@VizentinVanessa) November 20, 2024
Until next time, Big House. 👋 pic.twitter.com/Ondmusbay8
— Alumni Association of the University of Michigan (@michiganalumni) November 24, 2024
Without the Electoral College, the BLUE areas of this map would forever more control and ignore the RED areas! pic.twitter.com/vtUwd7zwew
— Jim Needham (@councilor408) November 21, 2024
President Donald Trump’s electoral map. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/BivliY0owT
— Eva McMillan ♥️ (@EvasTeslaSPlaid) October 3, 2024
Since y’all are enjoying these projection maps, here’s the Electoral College map if only women vote 🗳 pic.twitter.com/NIjU4lpbzG
— Heather K. Evans (@HeatherKEvans) August 25, 2024
Help us celebrate our 30th anniversary! We’ve put together a digital guestbook where you can share your reflections on what the Code Council & its mission have meant to you, your organization, & your stakeholders. Leave a note & read what others have said: https://t.co/ooln0FbBfv pic.twitter.com/Q8SmloOaqP
— IntlCodeCouncil (@IntlCodeCouncil) October 6, 2024
Time is running out! Don’t miss your chance to learn about groundbreaking ideas and implementation strategies shaping the future of Automotive Ethernet. Secure your spot today: https://t.co/L606mFiI7k pic.twitter.com/1Q8Q2vKkaL
— IEEE Standards Association | IEEE SA (@IEEESA) October 6, 2024
Big Ten football is back this weekend and fun fact, Badger fans! Precast has been involved in not one, but TWO revisions of your historic stadium, Camp Randall. First and ten, Wisconsin!#WisconsinFootball #CampRandall #MadisonArchitecture #HowPrecastBuilds #Precast pic.twitter.com/rHDeqiGq36
— PCI of IL & WI (@PCIofIW) August 29, 2024
Doing good science is 90% finding a science buddy to constantly talk to about the project. pic.twitter.com/rtuS4NqlPv
— Itai Yanai (@ItaiYanai) October 6, 2024
Warm congratulations to the new head of the Sagol School of #Neuroscience – Prof. Aya Meltzer-Asscher!@aya_meltzer https://t.co/SM3EUoOyMI
— Orly Segev 🎗️ (@orly_segev) October 6, 2024
New methodology for classifying “The Midwest” – Menards.
Menards stores only appear where a significant number consider themselves “Midwestern.” In the core, indisputably Midwest states, Menards is bigger than Lowes or Home Depot.
I love Menards!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rM5coNrmwC
— Max Meyer (@mualphaxi) October 5, 2024
I certainly don’t expect gifts from my advisees. But it’ll be hard to beat this one. pic.twitter.com/nvutBWr2Hz
— Connor Ewing (@ConnorMEwing) October 2, 2024
Interested in academic awards and teaching resources? A student looking for a discounted ASTM membership? An ASTM member interested in supporting students and other early career professionals? Come to our workshop on ASTM’s Academic Outreach Program, held virtually Nov 7th at… pic.twitter.com/Nom0r3UoHV
— ASTM International (@ASTMIntl) October 2, 2024
How does a book end up on the Internet Archive? 📕📖 Visit the Physical Archive in person on October 22 to see the lifecycle of physical books — donation, #preservation, digitization & access https://t.co/RtgGtIyZp8 #digitalbooks pic.twitter.com/AT0l6e6O6v
— Internet Archive (@internetarchive) October 1, 2024
This year’s award cycle closed in June.
The next revision cycle will begin again during Worlds Standards Week in November.
For nearly twenty years now, the American National Standards Institute Committee on Education administers a student paper competition intended to encourage understanding of the global standards system that also provides a solid prize — in the $1000 to $5000 range. The topic of the 2024 Student Paper Competition will be What Role Do or Could Standards Play in Safe and Effective Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Applications/Systems?
Student Paper Competition Flyer 2024 – Entries due 7 June 2024
For the past six years Standards Michigan has hosted Saturday morning workshops to help students (and faculty) interested in entering the contest. We will soon post those dates on our CALENDER. We typically host them — three sessions ahead of the deadline — on Saturday mornings.
We provide links to previous paper winners and refer you to Lisa Rajchel: [email protected] for all other details.
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ANSI Accredited Standards Developers | Contact Information
ANSI 2019 Student Paper Winner: Cybersecurity & Ukraine Power Grid Attack
2019 Student Paper Winner / Standards in Crisis Prevention & Response:
2016 Student Paper Winner | Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
New update alert! The 2022 update to the Trademark Assignment Dataset is now available online. Find 1.29 million trademark assignments, involving 2.28 million unique trademark properties issued by the USPTO between March 1952 and January 2023: https://t.co/njrDAbSpwB pic.twitter.com/GkAXrHoQ9T
— USPTO (@uspto) July 13, 2023
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