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Lingua Franca

"Language is the only homeland" - Czesław Miłosz (Nobel Laureate 1980)

May 06, 2024

Evensong “Adagio: Concierto de Aranjuez”

Morgan Szymanski plays the Second Movement from Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo in South Africa with the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Corvin Matei during Woordfees 2018 at the Endler Hall.

May 05, 2024

Homemade Guacamole & Avocado Toast

Guacamole is traced back to ancient civilizations in Central America, where the avocado is native. The word "guacamole" itself is derived from the Aztec Nahuatl word "ahuacamolli," which roughly translates to "avocado sauce."

May 05, 2024

The Science of Balloon Fiesta

The School of Architecture & Planning teamed up with a local museum to help New Mexicans understand the science of balloon fiesta.

May 05, 2024

Rhubarb | From the Ground Up

The University provides information and resources on topics such as crop production, livestock management and farm business management. It is part of the network of colleges and universities resulting from the Land-Grant Act of 1865; the original inspiration for the build-out of higher education in the United States which contemplated self-sufficiency through the agricultural and mechanic arts.

May 05, 2024

Quadrivium: Spring

Educational settlements are the closest many people come to feel at home in beautiful surroundings. The catalog that informs the safety and sustainability of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day. By design titles are unstable, time-sensitive and copyright protected. We explore the action continuously; assign priorities, then schedule a separate teleconference to formulate responses to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR.

May 05, 2024

“Music does an end run around language” — James Taylor

"...I’m so proud to have been offered this honorary degree by the New England Conservatory of music. When I learned that my friend Manny Axe was also being honored, I thought: some great company. But my mother would be proud. She studied here in the early 1940s...."

May 05, 2024

2028 National Electrical Safety Code

This title sets the standard of care for construction, operation and maintenance of power and telecommunication infrastructure on the supply side of the point of common coupling. It is the first title to reach for when disasters happen; with most public utilities bound to its best practice assertions by statute. Proposals for changes to appear in 2028 Edition will be received until 15 May 2024.

May 04, 2024

Electrical Resource Adequacy

Link to the April 25th Open Meeting. Previous discussions linked here center on supply, transmission and distribution reliability. Our interest lies in closing a technical gap that exists upstream from the building service point and downstream from the utility supply point. Some, not all of it, can be accomplished with titles in the IEEE catalog. Given the strength of vertical incumbents in the electric power domain, it is time to expand reliability concepts into the ASHRAE, NFPA and ICC catalogs

May 04, 2024
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