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  • 4th of July
  • "In this life you have to perfect one human relationship in order to really know God" -- Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (Isak Dinesen)
  • "Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability" -- Anon

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Eggs, Bacon, Hash Browns, Toast & Coffee

The classic American breakfast emerged from a foodway path that began in the 1800's, eventually landing on farmhouse tables, railroad restaurants, neighborhood diners, and grand hotel dining rooms. Its journey from field to table traces a remarkable foodway in which American farms, railroads, mills, smokehouses, creameries, and coffee roasters converge each morning in a single meal.

Jul 04, 2026

Global Positioning System: A Generation of Service to the World

Major Ben Calhoon, Chief of the Positioning, Navigation and Timing Branch within the Space Operations Division of Headquarters Air Force discusses the astonishing speed at which the world has accepted the global positioning system as the central element in time and space identification and measurement.

Jul 04, 2026

Technical Requirements for Weighing & Measuring Devices

In January 1790, President George Washington, in his first annual message to Congress stated that, "Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to."

Jul 04, 2026

Flags

The flag -- a central fixture in educational settlements everywhere -- stands for a set of principles -- the reach for the ideals of a civilization -- not for the lapses of adherence to them. Here we have collected a few examples.

Jul 04, 2026

Quadrivium: Summer

Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.

Jul 04, 2026

Code for Fireworks Display

We track but do not advocate in this code because while most educational institutions prohibit fireworks on campus, public safety departments are required to understand best practice when pyrotechnics and flame effects are used before a proximate audience in theaters and stadiums. Public input on the next 2030 Edition will be received until June 2, 2027

Jul 04, 2026

Readings / PYROTECHNIC ARTS & SCIENCES IN EUROPEAN HISTORY

Fireworks are synonymous with celebration in the twenty-first century. But pyrotechnics—in the form of rockets, crackers, wheels, and bombs—have exploded in sparks and noise to delight audiences in Europe ever since the Renaissance. Author Simon Werrett] shows that fireworks helped foster advances in natural philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and many other branches of the sciences.

Jul 04, 2026

Current Issues & Recent Research

We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.

Jul 04, 2026

How The States Got Their Abbreviations

Iconic comedy bit. Great hang.

Jul 04, 2026
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