University of Oxford | Geoffrey Chaucer: The Father of Modern English?
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— Dr. Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) May 20, 2023
University of Oxford | Geoffrey Chaucer: The Father of Modern English?
Emily Dickinson: pic.twitter.com/yXxEWct3Da
— Dr. Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) May 20, 2023
The National Fire Protection Association is one of the first names among ANSI accredited standards setting organizations developing consensus products to meet the demand of education communities. Free access to one of its parent titles in this domain is linked below:
Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Even Response Program
Much of the concepts in this expanding literature are informed by a product from the American College of Surgeons which presents a template for the formulation of policies and procedures to enhance survivability from intentional mass casualty and active shooter events.
We respond to live public consultation notices for best practice titles relevant to education community safety during any of our Risk and Security teleconferences. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone
“Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices,
a rottenness begins in his conduct.”
Thomas Jefferson
The digital assets market—and related products and services—has grown at a rapid rate in recent years. Digital assets include (but are not limited to) convertible virtual currency and cryptocurrency, Stablecoins, central bank digital currency (CBDC), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A substitute for real currency—cryptocurrency, for example—can be used as payment for goods and services, digitally traded between users, and exchanged for or into real currencies or digital assets.
While digital assets could help facilitate faster payments and make financial services more accessible, the government recognizes that more work is necessary to ensure that digital assets benefit underserved consumers and do not lead to predatory financial practices. The White House reported that unique and varied features of digital assets can pose significant financial risks to consumers, investors, and businesses if suitable protections are not in place: “In the absence of sufficient oversight and standards, firms providing digital asset services may provide inadequate protections for sensitive financial data, custodial and other arrangements relating to customer assets and funds, or disclosures of risks associated with investment.”
CLICK HERE to access the entire document and to key in your comments before 5 P.M. March 3, 2023.
Although this issue is not directly in our wheelhouse, the meaning and value of US currencies in the largest non-residential building construction market in the United States is in our wheelhouse. We report our findings and understanding during our periodic Finance colloquia. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Nearly every college and university has a business school. Additionally, most states have a requirement for all secondary school students to receive instruction in basic economics. For this reason, we step slightly outside our wheelhouse to forward this proposed regulation’ although we have tracked digital ledger technology applications to the construction industry.
Digital currency regulation by the US federal government has both potential benefits and drawbacks
Pros:
Cons:
School Board voted to approve an upcoming bond referendum on April 11, 2023
SW newsmedia: Jordan School Board approves spring vote on bond referendum
Ballotpedia: This referendum does not track
*In the United States, requirements for school bond millage elections vary by state and jurisdiction. In some states, school boards are required to show school bond millage on voter ballots, while in others, it is not required.
For example, in Michigan, school bond millage proposals must appear on the ballot with a specific title, such as “School Bond Proposal” or “School Building and Site Proposal,” along with a description of the proposed millage rate and how the funds will be used. In other states, such as California, the ballot must include the total amount of the bond measure and an estimate of the tax rate levied to repay the bond.
It’s important to check with the specific state and jurisdiction where the school bond millage election is taking place to determine the exact requirements for the ballot.
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Proposed changes are (typical) administrative changes but also seating details, fittings, vacuum breakers and backflow prevention — all technologies present in abundance in education communities that depend upon the wastewater systems of the host community and technologies that appear more frequently with an international student population.
The redline is accessible in the link below, along with instructions about how to submit comments.
ASME Proposals Available For Public Review
We cover the ASME catalog periodically during our Mechanical colloquia. See our CALENDAR for the next online meetings
The Construction Specifications Institute owns the most widely used catalog of building construction literature for commercial and institutional building projects in the United States and Canada. Standardizing the presentation of such information improves communication among all parties involved in the planning, design, construction and commissioning Before 2004 MasterFormat consisted of 16 Divisions and has since expanded to 50 Divisions
We provide links to a few model specifications used by facility managers in education communities to enlighten understanding of the complexity of systems that have traditionally been called “mechanical” systems but have involved into “embedded” systems because of their integration with related architectural, fire safety, water, electrical and information technologies.
Arizona State University (Enrollment 119,951)
Michigan State University (Enrollment 49,695)
Ohio State University (Enrollment 66,444)
Texas A&M University (Enrollment 69,465)
University of Central Florida (Enrollment 72,179)
University of Michigan (Enrollment 48,531)
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With about one hundred technical committees administered by accredited standards developers globally, the stream of standards action in the building energy conservation space is one of the fastest-moving; and a space that demonstrates remarkable adaption. As the largest non-residential building construction market in the United States the education facility industry is on the receiving end of prescriptive and performance requirements produced by these technical committees that are enforced by state agencies and/or sustainability consortia. There is market-making by incumbents whose revenue stream runs close coupled to the US education industry’s green agenda. We do our best to keep pace.
We find several redlines from ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1 Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings now open for public review at the link below:
Public Review Draft Standards / Online Comment Database
Public consultation periods run April 3 through April 23.
We maintain ASHRAE 189.1 on the standing agenda of our Mechanical Engineering, Energy 200, Health and Nota Bene teleconferences. If you would like to pick through these mark ups see our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone.
Issue: [13-162, 18-3, et. al]
Category: Mechanical, Electrical, Energy
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Richard Robben, Larry Spielvogel
“Others, again, shall hammer out bronze more delicately, and bring living faces from marble;
plead causes better; measure the movement of the heavens with a wand, and name the rising stars:
Remember, Roman, these will be your arts, to impose the ways of peace, to spare the defeated,
and to crush the proud” — Virgil (Aeneid, VI.847-853).
Marvin Gaye wrote “What’s Going On” while he was at Motown, although the song initially faced resistance from Berry Gordy and other label executives. Motown had been known for producing mostly love songs and upbeat pop hits, and Gaye’s introspective and socially conscious lyrics were considered risky for the label’s commercial success. The song became an instant hit, and it went on to become one of Gaye’s most famous and enduring works.
Mother, mother
There’s too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There’s far too many of you dying
You know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some lovin’ here today, yea
Father, father
We don’t need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some lovin’ here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don’t punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what’s going on
What’s going on
Ya, what’s going on
Ah, what’s going on
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on
Father, father, everybody thinks we’re wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we’ve got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don’t punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
What’s going on
Ya, what’s going on
Tell me what’s going on
I’ll tell you what’s going on – Uh
Right on baby
Right on baby
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