For if you’re young,whatever life you wear
it will become you;and if you are glad
whatever’s living will yourself become…
Punxsutawney High School | Jefferson County Pennsylvania
- 0707.December.Sunday
Miami University "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)* is set in a Japanese POW camp on Java in 1942 during World War II. The film explores the clash of cultures and moral codes between British/Allied prisoners and their Japanese captors under the imperial ideology of Bushido and unconditional loyalty to the Emperor. The Japanese officers, led by the traditionalist Captain Yonoi and the more pragmatic Sergeant Hara, view surrender as the ultimate dishonor and treat prisoners harshly, yet are themselves trapped by rigid military honor that forbids mercy or personal emotion.
The British prisoners, represented by the defiant Colonel Lawrence and the spiritually scarred Major Celliers, embody a Western individualism that baffles the Japanese command. Beneath the surface, the film critiques both Japanese militarism (which demanded suicidal obedience) and the hypocrisy of colonial empires that condemned Japanese brutality while ignoring their own.
The political heart of the story lies in the fatal incompatibility of two imperial systems during total war, where neither side can truly understand or forgive the other. It offers some modest insight into why Americans eschew getting involved in the wars of other nations.
David Bowie played Major Jack “Strafer” Celliers, a charismatic, haunted British (New Zealand in the original novel) officer captured by the Japanese in 1942.Celliers is the enigmatic newcomer to the POW camp whose defiance, moral courage, and almost mystical aura deeply affect both the prisoners and Captain Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto), who becomes quietly obsessed with him. His backstory—revealed in a powerful flashback—involves betraying his younger brother to avoid bullying at boarding school, a guilt he carries for the rest of his life and ultimately redeems through a sacrificial act in the camp. Bowie’s performance is widely regarded as one of his finest on screen¥* Several trailers claim to the “Official” trailer. History is not about what happened. History is a story about what happened.
https://standardsmichigan.com/flying-tigers/
- 0808.December.Monday
Christmas from Claire College
https://youtu.be/MsvwEUrEqyw
https://standardsmichigan.com/christmas-music/
Health 400 | OB-GYN
With emphasis on OB-GYN because educational settlements are where families begin and grow among the young.
Many research universities have large medical research and clinical delivery enterprises that provide significant revenue. We periodically scan public consultations for literature that sets the standard of care for the facilities and technologies in these enterprises in education communities.
- 0909.December.Tuesday
- 1010.December.Wednesday
Home Economics
https://standardsmichigan.com/home-economics-2/
“The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career," – C.S. Lewis.
Imagine if our education system taught this instead of the opposite. pic.twitter.com/2CiQp3Ji3z
— Jeremy Wayne Tate (@JeremyTate41) November 27, 2025
Salutariness
“The Country School” | Winslow Homer
Periodic review of best practice literature that sets the standard of care for interior furnishing specification, installation and maintenance.
https://standardsmichigan.com/salutariness/
Accurate measurement of “cleanliness” w/ adenosine triphosphate (ATP) testing apparatus
Chespack Academy UK@ChespackHygiene
print(“Salutariness”)https://t.co/xfF9Z6ty21 pic.twitter.com/v7OoKEa6h4— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) January 10, 2022
- 1111.December.Thursday
Du Froid
Sixteen Dogs Cozying Up Next to the Fireplace
Status check on the catalog of best practice titles covering the management of education community snow and ice management during the coldest months in the Northern Hemisphere.
https://standardsmichigan.com/snow-ice/
Ilisimatusarfik | University of Greenlandhttps://t.co/7bqLFzinAMhttps://t.co/WuWVtTcahB
“Off the Greenland Coast under the Midnight Sun” 1873 |William J Bradfordhttps://t.co/3OsdWPoAdJ
A payment of $1 million to all Greenland citizens is less than $70B GDP of Alaska pic.twitter.com/JRahSNeOrF— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) February 27, 2025
Reliability Centered Maintenance
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Summary of our work in rationalizing maintenance intervals in the NFPA stack.
- 1212.December.Friday
Radio 300
The IT Law Wiki: Spectrum Allocation
https://standardsmichigan.com/radio-300/
HAM operators are priceless during a disaster. Listen! pic.twitter.com/pQDv1K29ID
— Jessica Rojas 🇺🇸💪 (@catsscareme2021) October 6, 2024
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" Exeter University Singers
We asked students from all our campuses and subjects to tell us what it’s like at the University of Exeter – we took their words, photos, lists, drawings and more, and turned them into this – a guide for students, written entirely by students.
👉 https://t.co/yCUWDUFZ3p pic.twitter.com/f1yOnnHSGB
— University of Exeter (@UniofExeter) July 7, 2023
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12 Days of Trading
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This counts regular US stock market trading days (weekdays when the NYSE and Nasdaq are open, excluding holidays). December 2025 has no closures except Christmas (Thursday, December 25). December 24 and 31 are open (though with early closes), and they count as full trading days.Here are the first 12 for reference:
- Dec 1 (Mon)
- Dec 2 (Tue)
- Dec 3 (Wed)
- Dec 4 (Thu)
- Dec 5 (Fri)
- Dec 8 (Mon)
- Dec 9 (Tue)
- Dec 10 (Wed)
- Dec 11 (Thu)
- Dec 12 (Fri)
- Dec 15 (Mon)
- Dec 16 (Tue)
This date falls well before the option market close (typically 4:00 PM ET for equity options on regular trading days) and before the end of the year.
- 1313.December.Saturday
Luciadagen Hanseatics
Lunds universitet | Skåne län
December 13 is St Lucia’s Day, a Christian tradition celebrated mostly in the Nordic countries. This annual tradition is a symbol of bringing light in the darkness of winter, warming the hearts, and offering joy. Happy St Lucia’s Day! pic.twitter.com/FHUlEfcS2y
— Riku-Matti Kinnunen (@rmkinnunen) December 13, 2023
Lunds universitet | Scania
Happy Santa Lucia Day! Lucy is a symbol of light and hope in the darkness of winter. May we all find her when we need her, and bear her light and hope for others when we find we have some to spare. As is tradition, I made Lussekatter, or St. Lucia S-shaped rolls. ❤️🕯️❤️🕯️❤️ pic.twitter.com/3dfFrYefin
— Katie Carlson (@katiehc) December 13, 2023
Army-Navy Game
AMERICA IS BACK.
Our National Anthem as good as it gets.#ArmyNavy 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/5KPcImecAL
— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) December 14, 2024
IT’S GAMEDAY 🇺🇸!
⏰ 3 PM
📺 CBS#ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/WNNzl30fjW— Army-Navy Game (@ArmyNavyGame) December 14, 2024
On Saturday, @CBSSports will proudly present the 125th Army-Navy Game.
It’s a tradition that will continue for many years to come, following today’s announcement that CBS will remain the home of this historic and revered rivalry through 2038. pic.twitter.com/E0y69kMV7H
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) December 9, 2024
🤩🇺🇸🏈🫡 #ArmyNavy pic.twitter.com/iW7jvhxMdy
— Army-Navy Game (@ArmyNavyGame) December 12, 2024
https://standardsmichigan.com/dahlgren-hall-coffee-stories/
https://standardsmichigan.com/egg-nog-riot-of-1826/
We’re “organized” but not too organized; like the bookseller who knows where every book can be found.
at a conference where you don’t have to present
— Peyman Milanfar (@docmilanfar) April 4, 2025
#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
Academics be like 👇 pic.twitter.com/6cpVEw3PVS
— Reviewer 2 (@GrumpyReviewer2) April 2, 2024
