National Balloon Ascension Day. Celebrated on January 9th, this day commemorates the first balloon flight in the United States, which took place in 1793. Balloons Around the World Day. Observed on October 1st, this day encourages people to spread joy by sharing balloons and balloon art globally. Hot Air Balloon Day. Celebrated on June 5th, this day honors the history and impact of hot air balloons on travel and leisure.
ISO 8124 – Safety of Toys: Sets global safety standards for toys, including balloons, which are classified as toys for children. Covers choking hazard warnings, small parts testing, and labeling requirements.
EN 71 (Europe): European Union safety standards for toys, including balloons. EN 71-1 specifically deals with mechanical and physical properties, such as (1) Thickness of material to prevent bursting under pressure, (2) Testing for small parts to prevent choking hazards.
ASTM F963 (United States): American safety standard for toys, including requirements for labeling, flammability, and material safety.
We follow the construction spend rate of the US education industry; using the US Census Bureau Construction Spending figures released the first day of every month. (We encourage our colleagues in the education facilities industry to respond to Census Bureau-retained data gathering contractors in order to contribute to the accuracy of the report.)
We will scan noteworthy releases of tax advantage financial instruments that finance this construction.
Wonder what it takes to build a modular school structure? Students at Richard Bulpitt Elementary are getting the opportunity to see it in the works. The first-ever modular expansion project in @LangleySchools is underway. You can read more about from @LangleyTimes. pic.twitter.com/cSOrIikXqf
With activity at a low ebb in educational settlements so we will work on system maintenance, security upgrades, content organization, installing new widgets, plug-ins, etc.
“Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people.
Let your memory be your travel bag.”
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (From “The Gulag Archipelago”)
Today we explain our collaboration with other education settlements in the US and other nations. We conform to participation requirements set by ANSI US Technical Advisory Groups to the International Organization for Standardization but we also have liaison with other universities in the European Union who conform to the participation requirements of their own national standards bodies.
“Composition in red, yellow, blue and black” (1921) / Piet Mondrian
Status check on open source consensus products — and practical applications — evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.
Status check on standards action that guide laboratory safety and sustainability in all building disciplines. There are about ten standards developers in this space and they do not all move in a coordinated manner among themselves; much less from state-to-state. Anyone is welcomed to join this teleconference with the login information below. For an agenda, please join our mailing list.
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
