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Evensong “Knoxville: Summer of 1915”
"Porch sittin'" music. Composed by Samuel Barber set to the prose poem by writer James Agee. The composition is scored for soprano voice and orchestra and is one of Barber's most frequently performed vocal works. The lyric is a poignant reflection on childhood memories of a summer evening in a bygone era. The piece has been performed by many renowned sopranos and has become a standard in the American vocal repertoire.
Reflections / John Nash
Gregory A. Burton speaks about John Nash's influence, including the 1950 paper "Non-Cooperative Games" which inspired entirely new fields of inquiry for which Nash won the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics.
Standards for American Prosperity
In introducing the session, the first in a series of virtual conferences hosted by the Langone Chair at CSIS, Dr. Hamre drew attention to standardization as a foundation for American prosperity, pointing to President George Washington’s call, in his first message to Congress, for a uniform system of weights and measures in order to unify the 13 colonies into one common economic entity.
Quadrivium: Summer
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. Titles are unstable, time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. 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.
MIT Chapel,1954
Eero Saarinen aimed to capture an environment "which was not derived from a particular religion but from basic spiritual feelings."
Graduation, Dating, Engagements, Weddings, Births & Obituaries
Pairing young people with a lifetime bond may be the most enduring reason for educational settlements to exist; and one that has received subtle disregard from some of its cultural overlords.
Current Issues and Recent Research
Next: Approval by the NFPA Standards Council for release of the 2026 National Electrical Code this week at the Annual Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. IEEE Release of the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code on July 1. Sorting the electrotechnology concepts appearing in the recent release of the International Code Council's "Group B Complete Monograph" ahead of the follow up meetings in Cleveland in October.
Sport News
“Rowing is more poetry than sport.” -- George Pocock ('Boys in the Boat' 2024), a British-born boat builder, rowing coach, and influential figure in American rowing, best known for his craftsmanship of racing shells and his philosophical approach to the sport.