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Chilled Banana Pudding Overnight Oats
"Banana pudding has been a beloved dessert in the Southern culinary tradition for many years and is often associated with comfort food and home cooking. The concept of adding oats so that they absorb liquid to soften overnight creates a no-cook and make-ahead breakfast for any morning." -- Natasha Haynes MSU Extension Agent
“Adagio for Strings” Samuel Barber
In Western classical music, Barber's "Adagio" is a high point in 20th-century American romanticism. Without it, the soundtrack of modern Western tragedy—from WWII to contemporary crises—would lack its most poignant voice. Here performed as an entirely vocal piece by the youth of The Netherlands in Rotterdam's Sint-Janskathedraal.
Dia de los Muertos 2025
A Mexican tradition honoring deceased loved ones this weekend in the second largest high school in the United States. Families create colorful ofrendas—altars adorned with marigold flowers, candles, photos, "pan de muerto", and the deceased’s favorite foods and drinks to guide and welcome spirits back. Rooted in Indigenous and Roman Catholic beliefs, it affirms life’s continuity beyond death.
2025-2026 Student Paper Competition
ANSI's Annual Student Paper Competition was paused last year; but now resumed with the topic ""Imagine a World Without Standards or Rules—What Would Happen?". Word limit ~2000. Receivable before June 5, 2026. Cash prizes are non-trivial and can involve a travel stipend attend ANSI's Annual Conference to receive the prize. Additional details -- including the papers to previous winning papers -- are linked herein.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements are where 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 (sometimes invisibly) in public law. We explore the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Daily colloquia topics appear on our CALENDAR. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
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 by higher education administrators and marketers of the "college experience".
Current Issues and Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026). We have one electrical proposal on the agenda of the International Code Council's Committee Action Hearings in Cleveland October 22-30. We begin coverage of satellite-based internet service to community colleges.
Sport News
“Man’s life is brief, but through contests he touches the eternal.” -- Pindar, 'Nemean Ode 6.23-24'
The Halloween Problem
The Halloween Problem refers to a phenomenon in databases in which an update operation causes a change in the physical location of a row, potentially allowing the row to be visited again later in the same update operation. Named after an October 31 discovery, it’s fixed by separating read and write phases using temporary tables or snapshots, ensuring each row is touched exactly once