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Release Calendar 2025

Final Results for October 2025

⛔️UMich Consumer #Sentiment relapsed in August amid new tariff announcements & higher expected inflation -- across age, income & stock wealth groups

🔻Sentiment: -5.7%
🔻Current Conditions -9.3%
🔻Expectations -3.1%

⚠️"Perceptions of many aspects of the economy slipped" pic.twitter.com/4wYXLRPfAN

— Gregory Daco (@GregDaco) August 29, 2025

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MCSI) is released twice a month:

1. Preliminary Report – Released mid-month (usually the second Friday of the month).
2. Final Report – Released at the end of the month (usually the fourth Friday of the month).

Both reports are published at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET).

Consumer sentiment down amid disagreements on new government policies

Consumer sentiment fell for the first time in six months, edging down 4% from December.

While assessments of personal finances inched up for the fifth consecutive month, both the short- and long-run business… pic.twitter.com/r2mPTc5XiO

— Michigan News (@UMichiganNews) January 24, 2025

https://youtu.be/D0xSuqKoByQ?si=-pawPMfA1bnY3-FM

https://youtu.be/GxbKuek88NQ?si=v249UC4EAG2qJXlh

https://youtu.be/JkQauI15hlE?si=uAm42E0eGtSCtJPH

"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."
-- Franny and Zooey" (J.D. Salinger)

Periodic walk-through of Human Resource best practice catalog for labor markets generally; and units within the education facility industry specifically.   We inform our discussion based upon today's release on the Employment Situation Summary from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Recommended Reading:

"The Human Side of Enterprise" 1960 Douglas McGregor

University of Chicago Press: Readings in Managerial Psychology

For an advance agenda send a request to bella@stanardsmichigan.com.   Use the credentials at the upper right of our home page to log in.

Alone is where the magic happens…apparently although I got so bored. This 10 mile run was the first time I’ve ran double digits since October 2021! The last two miles felt dreadful however, it’s done. I’m now going to smash a 🍕 #ukrunchat #training pic.twitter.com/fUP43c5yGi

— Lil Morris 🏃‍♀️ (@BlondeLilmo) February 3, 2024

My biggest wins come when I do things out of discipline even when I have no motivation. pic.twitter.com/ozSDYqdwiQ

— Travis Harrison (@TJHarrison22) February 9, 2025

Children should be proud that Whites in the West ended slavery worldwide, which had existed for thousands of years
pic.twitter.com/cf7EnWRKfh

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 8, 2025

“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.

Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.  Because a great deal of content is copyright protected by the International Electrotechnical Commission, International Organization for Standardization and International Telecommunications Union.

Don’t say ‘right-wing’, say ‘pattern recognizer’ https://t.co/0s5FNnlCOB pic.twitter.com/s0YuVy4jw6

— 𝒩𝒶𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝒶 (@classicspilled) November 3, 2025

Happy #WorldStandardsDay! 🎉

Standards connect people, systems and nations — building trust through quality.

This year we focus on SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals 🤝🌎

Together, we raise standards for a better world.#BSJ #WorldStandardsDay2025 #StandardsInAction #SDG17 pic.twitter.com/vWKHGW75p4

— Bureau of Standards (@StandardsJa) October 14, 2025

New Modern Methods of Construction Toolkit from the NSAI!

For helpful guides, practical resources and free tools, access NSAI’s #MMC toolkit for the Irish construction industry at https://t.co/X8zPrOoSaw

In support of the government’s Housing for All strategy, the goal of… pic.twitter.com/Oyyt3LOq6z

— NSAI (@NSAI_Standards) June 26, 2025

https://standardsmichigan.com/international-standards-teleconference-today-11-am-eastern/

17 equations that changed the world pic.twitter.com/69jV97p8mM

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 21, 2024

https://standardsmichigan.com/iso-tc-309/

https://standardsmichigan.com/itu-academia/

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https://standardsmichigan.com/time-frequency-services/

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https://standardsmichigan.com/readability-of-design-standards/

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Status check on open source consensus products -- and practical applications --  evolving around distributed ledger technologies for financing, planning, design, operation & maintenance of the #WiseCampus.

“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/

Review of development in safety and sustainability best practice catalogs for education community outdoor environment.

My Weeping Higan Cherry tree is at true peak today - such a beautiful soft pink and dainty blossoms dancing in the breeze. #gardendc #dcgardens #cherrytree #dmv #dc #petalporch #weepingcherry #higancherry #cherryblossfest #cherryblossomdc #cherryblossom #flowerfriday 🌸🌸🌸 pic.twitter.com/abeJoNRwok

— Washington Gardener (@WDCGardener) March 31, 2023

"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."
-- Franny and Zooey" (J.D. Salinger)

Periodic walk-through of Human Resource best practice catalog for labor markets generally; and units within the education facility industry specifically.   We inform our discussion based upon today's release on the Employment Situation Summary from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Recommended Reading:

"The Human Side of Enterprise" 1960 Douglas McGregor

University of Chicago Press: Readings in Managerial Psychology

For an advance agenda send a request to bella@stanardsmichigan.com.   Use the credentials at the upper right of our home page to log in.

Alone is where the magic happens…apparently although I got so bored. This 10 mile run was the first time I’ve ran double digits since October 2021! The last two miles felt dreadful however, it’s done. I’m now going to smash a 🍕 #ukrunchat #training pic.twitter.com/fUP43c5yGi

— Lil Morris 🏃‍♀️ (@BlondeLilmo) February 3, 2024

My biggest wins come when I do things out of discipline even when I have no motivation. pic.twitter.com/ozSDYqdwiQ

— Travis Harrison (@TJHarrison22) February 9, 2025

How you know we haven’t had rain for awhile… pic.twitter.com/5zb84HeDUR

— Allison farms (@Allisonfarms) August 5, 2024

https://youtu.be/zisnPchVYKs

https://standardsmichigan.com/rain-2/

Good-quality cycling infrastructure makes cycling attractive in all weather conditions. The Dutch🇳🇱 aren't made of sugar!

(🎞️ by Carl Sveen—winner of the Most Dutch Picture 2025 of the Summer School Planning the Cycling City) pic.twitter.com/bYUipg5F1W

— Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  (@fietsprofessor) July 13, 2025

"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody."
-- Franny and Zooey" (J.D. Salinger)

Periodic walk-through of Human Resource best practice catalog for labor markets generally; and units within the education facility industry specifically.   We inform our discussion based upon periodic release on the Employment Situation Summary from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

University of Michigan Facilities & Operations Organization Chart

Recommended Reading:

"The Human Side of Enterprise" 1960 Douglas McGregor

University of Chicago Press: Readings in Managerial Psychology

Alone is where the magic happens…apparently although I got so bored. This 10 mile run was the first time I’ve ran double digits since October 2021! The last two miles felt dreadful however, it’s done. I’m now going to smash a 🍕 #ukrunchat #training pic.twitter.com/fUP43c5yGi

— Lil Morris 🏃‍♀️ (@BlondeLilmo) February 3, 2024

My biggest wins come when I do things out of discipline even when I have no motivation. pic.twitter.com/ozSDYqdwiQ

— Travis Harrison (@TJHarrison22) February 9, 2025

Children should be proud that Whites in the West ended slavery worldwide, which had existed for thousands of years
pic.twitter.com/cf7EnWRKfh

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 8, 2025

All because two ppl fell in love 😍😅 pic.twitter.com/sGWGIJyLdu

— Catarina Senora Gatita (@WyattCatarina) January 17, 2026