A plausible explanation for Harvard’s rank as the least accommodating in free expression supports its institutional lust to remain the most iconoclastic educational settlement in the world.
Michigan Technology University ranks highest in free speech atmospherics in the United States (followed by Auburn University Alabama) according to the organization with the most experience in this domain.
Topics of this nature are generally outside our wheelhouse but since so many young people die in wars for freedom of speech, it seems appropriate for weekend reading when Veteran’s Day is observed around the world.
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a handheld device that can extract water from the air using only the power of sunlight, even in arid conditions: https://t.co/JgXH1psevJpic.twitter.com/1A3CSrgWzX
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Civilization has historically flourished around rivers and major waterways. Mesopotamia, the so-called cradle of civilization, was situated between the major rivers Tigris and Euphrates; the ancient society of the Egyptians depended entirely upon the Nile. Rome was also founded on the banks of the Italian river Tiber. Large metropolises like Rotterdam, London, Montreal, Paris, New York City, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, Tokyo, Chicago, and Hong Kong owe their success in part to their easy accessibility via water and the resultant expansion of trade. Islands with safe water ports, like Singapore, have flourished for the same reason. In places such as North Africa and the Middle East, where water is more scarce, access to clean drinking water was and is a major factor in human development.*
With this perspective, and our own “home waters” situated in the Great Lakes, we are attentive to water management standardization activity administered by International Organization Standardization Technical Committee 224 (ISO TC/224). The scope of the committee is multidimensional; as described in the business plan linked below:
Water-related management standards define a very active space; arguably, as fast-moving a space as electrotechnology. The ISO TC/224 is a fairly well accomplished committee with at least 16 consensus products emerging from a 34 nations led by Association Française de Normalisation (@AFNOR) as the global Secretariat and 34 participating nations. The American Water Works Association is ANSI’s US Technical Advisory Group administrator to the ISO.
We do not advocate the user interest in this standard at the moment but encourage educational institutions with resident expertise — either on the business side or academic side of US educational institutions — to participate in it. You are encouraged to communicate directly with Paul Olson at AWWA, 6666 W. Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235, Phone: (303) 347-6178, Email: polson@awwa.org.
The work products of TC 224 (and ISO 147 and ISO TC 282) are also on the standing agendas of our Water, Global and Bucolia colloquia. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting, open to everyone.
“Electric Production and Direction” 1933 / William Karp / Smithsonian American Art Museum
We collaborate with the IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee in assisting the US Army Corps of Engineers in gathering power system data from education communities that will inform statistical solutions for enhancing power system reliability for the Homeland.
We maintain status information about this project — and all projects that enhance the reliability of education community power reliability — on the standing agenda of our periodic Power, Risk and Security colloquia. See our CALENDAR for the next online meeting; open to everyone
Issue: [19-156]
Category: Power, Data, Security
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Robert G. Arno, Mark Bunal, Jim Harvey, Jerry Jimenez, Paul Kempf. Richard Robben
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Faculty of Electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana Slovenia
Abstract: Improperly lit architectural heritage sites contribute to intrusive light, impacting the environment. To combat this, a methodology using specialized luminaires with silhouette-based aperture was implemented during the renovation of Slovenian churches. By precisely directing light and minimizing spillage, this approach significantly reduced intrusive light. Real-life example of the Church of St. Thomas exemplifies its success. Such sustainable strategies ensure the preservation of cultural heritage while minimizing environmental impact.
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Alysha Newman | University of Miami | World Athletic Championships
Today we review the literature informing the safety and sustainability agenda of sport enterprises in education communities; in the United States at least — one of the last, if not the last, meritocracies in academia at large. School districts have hundreds of playgrounds, gymnasiums and playgrounds. Athletic departments are very visible enterprises; particularly at large colleges and universities with varsity teams that have long been “farm clubs” for professional sport companies.
This facility class is far more complicated (technically) than classroom facilities; closer to research and healthcare delivery enterprises in risk aggregation when you consider how many people are involved as spectators. This facility class resides proximate to the actuality of rehabilitated or additional sanitary facilities which we cover in our periodic Water 200 colloquia.
Throughout 2024 we will break down our coverage thus:
We will also explore best practice codes and standards for recreational activity:
Rock Climbing: In the sport of rock climbing, technical skills, grip strength, and body positioning are crucial for both indoor and outdoor climbing. Climbers must navigate a variety of challenging terrains and routes.
Fencing: Fencing requires quick thinking, precise footwork, and precise blade work. Fencers need to anticipate their opponent’s moves and respond with well-timed and accurate attacks and parries.
Quidditch: Once a fictional sport; now widely played as “Quadball”.
There are no fewer than 25 ANSI-accredited standards-setting organizations with a catalog of titles in this domain. We expanded the detail to some of the titles to enlighten understanding the complexity of these spaces:
§ Section 302 Occupancy Classification and Use Designation
§ Section 303 Assembly Group A
§ Section 305 Educational Group E
International Energy Conservation Code
Class IV facilities consisting of elementary school and recreational facilities; and amateur league and high school facilities without provisions for spectators
* Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973) was a German-American philosopher, social thinker, and linguist. He was born in Berlin, Germany, and was raised in a Jewish family. Rosenstock-Huessy studied law, theology, and philosophy in Berlin, but his studies were interrupted by World War I. During the war, he served as a lieutenant in the German army and was taken prisoner by the Russian army.
After the war, Rosenstock-Huessy continued his studies and became a professor of law and sociology at the University of Breslau. He was forced to leave Germany in 1933 because of his opposition to the Nazi regime, and he emigrated to the United States. In the United States, Rosenstock-Huessy continued his academic work and became a professor of social philosophy at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Rosenstock-Huessy’s work focused on the role of language in shaping human culture and social institutions. He believed that language was not just a means of communication but was also a way of creating and organizing social relations. His ideas had a significant influence on the development of linguistic phenomenology and hermeneutics.
Some of his notable works include “Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man”, “Speech and Reality”, and “The Christian Future, or the Modern Mind Outrun”.
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/njrDAbSpwBpic.twitter.com/GkAXrHoQ9T
