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July 1, 1993

mike@standardsmichigan.com

“Education is the process of drawing and leading children toward what is right according to law…

and the most effective way is when a child plays in the midst of fine things.”

Plato (Laws 360- B.C.)

Vilniaus universitetas

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Beaujolais Nouveau Day
All day
2025.11.20
https://standardsmichigan.com/beaujolais-nouveau/
Université de Bourgogne | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Schenkingen
All day
2025.11.20
“For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man
standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”
— Paraphrase by Winston Churchill

University endowments are comprised of money or other financial assets that are donated to academic institutions. Charitable donations are the primary source of funds for endowments. Endowment funds support the teaching, research, and public service missions of colleges and universities. In the case of endowment funds for academic institutions, the income generated is intended to finance a portion of the operating or capital requirements of the institution. Today we will pick through few reports where safety and sustainability claims are listed and described.
https://standardsmichigan.com/schenkingen/
"Mack the Knife" Columbia University Uptown Vocal
All day
2025.11.20
Reflection on the degree to which large research universities are Non-Government Organizations (Quangos, in the United Kingdom) or Hedge Funds with a side operation in education.
“Mack the Knife” (original German title: “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer”) seems like a jaunty swing tune, especially in Louis Armstrong’s or Bobby Darin’s famous versions, but its lyrics are actually about a charming, elegant, and utterly ruthless gangster/criminal named Macheath (“Mack the Knife”) from Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s 1928 play The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper).
This popular jazz standard disguises the cynical statement about how money, greed, corruption, robbery, and murder are intertwined — and how the biggest crooks wear suits and are celebrated instead of punished.