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Dining options available for Passover https://t.co/U2l5xxJwSv
— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) April 2, 2026
Standards Ohio
Dining options available for Passover https://t.co/U2l5xxJwSv
— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) April 2, 2026
“Europe today has little desire to reproduce itself,
fight for itself or even take its own side in a argument.
By the end of the lifespans of most people currently alive,
Europe will not be Europe and the peoples of Europe
will have lost the only place in the world we had to call home”
– Douglas Murry (“The Strange Death of Europe”)
Large European universities such as Rijksuniversiteit Groningen are integrated into the fabric of the surrounding city. There are several ways in which this integration takes place:
Physical location: Many European universities are located in the heart of the city, often in historic buildings that have been repurposed for educational use. This central location means that the university is easily accessible to students and the general public, and that it is often surrounded by other cultural institutions, such as museums, theaters, and libraries.
Student life: The presence of a large student population can have a significant impact on the city’s culture and economy. Many European cities have developed a vibrant student culture, with cafes, bars, and other venues catering to the needs and interests of young people. This can help to create a sense of community between the university and the city, and can also bring economic benefits to local businesses.
Research and innovation: Large European universities are often at the forefront of research and innovation, and they can be important drivers of economic growth in the surrounding region. Many universities work closely with local businesses and industries, and they may also collaborate with other universities and research institutions in the area.
Cultural exchange: Universities can be important centers of cultural exchange, both for international students and for local residents. Many European universities offer language classes and other cultural programs that are open to the public, and they may also host lectures, concerts, and other events that are designed to promote cross-cultural understanding.
Overall, the integration of large European universities into the city is a complex and multifaceted process that can have a significant impact on the social, cultural, and economic life of the surrounding region.
The origin of brown cafés can be traced back to the 17th century, during the Dutch Golden Age. At that time, the Netherlands was a prosperous and influential trading nation, and Amsterdam was a bustling city with a thriving port. Sailors, merchants, and locals needed places to socialize, relax, and conduct business, leading to the emergence of taverns and pubs.
The term “brown café” is believed to have originated from the brownish stains that formed on the walls and ceilings due to tobacco smoke, candle soot, and other atmospheric elements. These stains gave the cafés a distinct, cozy ambiance and a sense of history.
Brown cafés became an integral part of Dutch culture, serving as communal gathering spots for people of all walks of life. They were places where locals would meet friends, engage in conversations, enjoy a drink, and sometimes play board games like chess or backgammon. Over time, brown cafés became associated with an authentic, unpretentious, and relaxed atmosphere, attracting both locals and tourists.
The unique charm of brown cafés lies in their preserved historical interiors, with old wooden furniture, dim lighting, and a wide selection of local beers and spirits. Many brown cafés still retain their original character, transporting visitors back in time and providing a cozy retreat from the hustle and bustle of modern life.
While the concept of brown cafés originated in the Netherlands, similar types of establishments can also be found in other European countries, such as Belgium and parts of Germany. However, the term “brown café” is primarily associated with the Dutch tradition of cozy, atmospheric, and convivial drinking establishments.
Of Beauty and Consolation: Roger Scruton
These beautiful Dutch will not be around if they keep on importing Muslims pic.twitter.com/YsRYQp1YgD
— Evil Feynman (@evilfeynman) March 22, 2026
Studenten van @RSMErasmus passen het vak #standaardisatie toe in de praktijk. Komende maand helpen zij vijf ondernemers van @TheGrnVillage met #normalisatie vraagstukken rondom hun #innovatie.
Wij zijn benieuwd naar de resultaten.#learningcommunity #praktijkonderwijs pic.twitter.com/OIpPXQpGsf
— NEN (@NEN_nl) February 13, 2023
Standards New Jersey | Montclair State University Net Position: $404.5M
New Jersey College Faculty Pensions
Saxbys Coffee at Montclair State University is a fully student-run experiential learning cafe located on the first floor of the Feliciano School of Business. Launched in April 2024 as part of Saxbys’ Experiential Learning Platform (ELP), it is designed for students, by students.Students handle every aspect of operations: baristas, food service, inventory, marketing, and daily management.
Each semester, a student serves as the Student Cafe Executive Officer (SCEO), gaining real-world entrepreneurial experience while earning academic credit and wages. This hands-on model supplements classroom learning, builds leadership skills, and boosts post-graduation success rates.
The cafe creates a vibrant campus hub with student-friendly pricing, all-day breakfast, and specialty drinks. It fosters community and practical business training in a supportive environment.
The Early Swedes in New Jersey
Alumni Network
This is….BCMSU 🐻❤️🏠
What a beauty 😍 pic.twitter.com/oaTmX4P0ni— Bloomfield College of Montclair State University (@montclair_bc) June 24, 2024
Red Lion Cafe | College Avenue | Financial Position 2024 | $2.914B
Institutional Planning & Operations
Proud of who we are and excited for our future. We’re thrilled to welcome our newest Scarlet Knights! #upstreamredteam
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.#NationalSigningDay #NSD #ScarletKnights #RutgersRowing #ncaarowing #bigtenrowing #bigten pic.twitter.com/CyXhRdpEV7— RutgersWomensRowing (@RutgersWRowing) November 14, 2024
Standards Indiana | Indiana University Total Net Position: $5.223B
Evie Mendelsohn: Campus Symphony – The Art and Architecture of Indiana University
“Beau Soir” 1878 Claude Debussy
Abhik Mazuimder & Bryson Karrer
Indiana University @IUJSoM
print(“Evensong”)https://t.co/vgfbVyudWM pic.twitter.com/fznFUJZHMK— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) September 26, 2022
I taught these boys (grown men!) when they were just 6 and now they are graduating from college 😮 pic.twitter.com/eNmVf6HiXy
— Sarah Oberle (@S_Oberle) May 21, 2024
For the entirety of March, and until April 9th, we focus on preparing response to proposed changes to the IEEE 2028 National Electrical Safety Code, and to prepare fresh new ideas for the 2029 NFPA National Electrical Code (where we have had tenure on technical committees since 1999 on behalf of the second largest building construction market in the United States).
Content normally scheduled for this time of year (which traditionally tracks the cultural calendar of educational settlements everywhere) will be accessible but our daily online meetings will start with work on those two standards. To join the “code-writing and vote-getting” use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Related:
IEEE Education & Healthcare Facilities Committee
The National Electrical Safety Code is normally revised on a 5-year cycle to incorporate industry and technological changes while ensuring safety for utility workers and the public.
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted this schedule by delaying meetings, subcommittee reviews, public input processes, and collaboration due to lockdowns, remote work challenges, and resource strains.
As a result, the typical cycle extended to six years for the 2023 edition (from the 2017 edition), which was published in August 2022 and became effective February 1, 2023.
This adjustment allowed necessary time to complete revisions safely and thoroughly amid pandemic constraints.
Matthew Weathers Happy Easter@biolauhttps://t.co/ewgpOJHO8n pic.twitter.com/ogfnMSO2tb
— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) March 30, 2024
"King Lear and the Fool in the Storm" 1850 | William Dyce@NatGalleriesSco
"Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise." | (Act 1, Scene 5, King Lear)https://t.co/OKq2OaqDVVhttps://t.co/oME0YrsVjy pic.twitter.com/o7YEu5MefW— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) April 4, 2024
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”@Quorahttps://t.co/I6ofX6a28k
"Stańczyk" 1862 Jan Matejkohttps://t.co/kYi25DHgzw pic.twitter.com/kQHXzVIh0T— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) March 31, 2021
Hillsdale College | The Theological–Political Problem and the American Founding | Glenn Ellmers
From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790
The Best Breakdown of America You’ve Never Heard: Richard Miniter
In Federalist No. 2, John Jay [1764 Graduate of King’s College; now Columbia University] argues that a strong union under the Constitution will promote peace and prosperity, which are conducive to the spread of religion and morality:
“Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people—a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs… These considerations, and many others that might be mentioned, prove, and experience confirms it, that artificial distinctions and separations of [America’s] land are essentially unnatural; and that they may be eradicated and extirpated by the united and advisable efforts of individuals and communities…”
The Federalist Papers discuss themes of morality, social order, and the importance of a cohesive society, they do not explicitly emphasize the importance of Christian faith to the American constitutional republic. The authors generally focused on principles of governance, political theory, and the structure of the proposed Constitution.
“The experience of the sacred is a universal phenomenon,
found in all human societies, however primitive or complex.”
— 1957 Mircea Eliade (‘The Sacred and the Profane’)
Harvard’s Memorial Chapel, also known as Memorial Church, was designed by the architectural firm Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott. The church was dedicated on Armistice Day, November 11, 1932, as a memorial to Harvard alumni who died in World War I.
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Sunday Service Announcements and Music Notes
John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University, was a 17th-century English minister lived on campus from 1607 – 1638 and conformed to Puritan ideal of dedicating Sundays to worship, prayer, and rest.
First week of classes and it’s good to see our common room blackboards covered in math again! Welcome home to all our mathematicians! #harvardmath pic.twitter.com/Jm7OauGA6r
— Harvard Department of Mathematics (@HarvardMath) September 3, 2025
The central element in any educational space is the writing board; sometimes a “blackboard”, “chalkboard” or a “dry-erase board” — all used for teaching. During today’s session we survey the product and the installation standards with special attention to optics, illumination, mounting heights and distances.
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Some state level procurement and installation standards — Kansas and Connecticut, for example — are de facto standards for visibility, accessibility and mounting hardware.
Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
School stuff from reindeers to guest readers. We’re having a blast in 2nd grade! 🫶🏼 pic.twitter.com/TnRaWXHRC0
— Jenny (@RiseShineJenny) December 4, 2025
2024 / 2025 / 2026 Code Development | Calendar
The hearings officially run from April 19–24 (or up to April 28 in some references), with daily sessions typically from morning into the evening. This is part of the 2024–2026 code development cycle for the 2027 editions of the International Codes (I-Codes). Stakeholders discuss and testify on public comments submitted for proposed changes to building, residential, mechanical, plumbing, fire, energy, and related codes. It is the first combined Public Comment Hearing under ICC’s updated process.
Complete Monograph for this week’s hearings
Archive
The International Code Council (ICC) Group B Committee Action Hearings — soon to take place in Albuquerque New Mexico, April 28 through May 8 — signals the beginning of a new (every three year) revision cycle for its Group B suite of consensus products detailed in the link below:
ICC Group B Code Development Schedule
The Group B suite now under consideration is listed below: .
We have covered noteworthy concepts in all of the foregoing codes and standards in previous posts and during our daily and monthly coverage of commenting opportunities the ICC makes available to its stakeholders. Today we are simply providing a link to the webcast of the hearings that will take place for the better part of 10 days for about 10 hours per day. The webcasts proceed on two tracks and may be accessing by clicking on the image below:
USE TRACK 2
The agenda of the hearings generally proceeds according to the core document for this phase of the Group B consensus product development; linked below:
2019 GROUP B PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE I-CODES ALBUQUERQUE COMMITTEE ACTION HEARINGS
We encourage education industry facility managers (especially those with operations and maintenance data) to participate in the ICC code development process. The business models of education industry trade associations as “opinion aggregators” is limited by many factors so we encourage direct participation by workpoint experts involved with individual school districts, colleges, universities, university-affiliated healthcare systems and trade schools.
Issue: [19-Various]
Category: Architectural, Facility Asset Management
Colleagues: Mike Anthony, Jack Janveja, Richard Robben
#StandardsNewMexico #StandardsVirginia #StandardsMaryland
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Plan now to participate in the International Code Council's 2019 Committee Action Hearings in Albuquerque, April 28 – May 8. Your expertise & participation in this year's code hearings are vital. Register for FREE now! https://t.co/kuLDyCiOH6 #CodeHeroes #BuildingSafety365 pic.twitter.com/SpZuehOmd8
— IntlCodeCouncil (@IntlCodeCouncil) March 6, 2019
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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