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Birds in Winter
The first book devoted to the ecology and behavior of birds during this most challenging season. Birds remaining in regions with cold weather must cope with much shorter days to find food and shelter even as they need to avoid predators and stay warm through the long nights, while migrants to the tropics must fit into very different ecosystems and communities of resident birds.
“Tea, Earl Grey, Hot”
American Institute of Physics: The command issued by the character Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" finds its way into the archive of photographs of Nobel Laureates consorting with politicians at the University of Michigan and elsewhere.
The Sacred and the Profane
"The experience of the sacred is a universal phenomenon, found in all human societies, however primitive or complex." -- 1957 Mircea Eliade ('The Sacred and the Profane')
Twixmas
"It's a weird time isn’t it – you barely know the date, or the time of day, let alone which part of the Christmas dinner leftovers to eat next. It's a time when many of us return to the reality of home life, where we know that family can be the best thing about Christmas, but they can also be the worst things about Christmas. A time when we can feel guilty for not working on uni assignments despite the need for a restful break."
Home for the Holidays
The first university in Ohio and the oldest in the Northwest Territory, was established in Athens, Ohio, for a combination of legal, practical, and symbolic reasons. Naming the town Athens and the university after the idea of ancient Greek learning was intentional—many of the founders were New Englanders with a strong classical education and admiration for Greek democracy and scholarship.
Quadrivium: Winter
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 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Catcher in the Rye
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth”.
Christmas Rewind
“And so we sit here in the midst of the end of the year, waiting for the bell to ring.” – Thomas Hardy (The Return of the Native)
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. 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). Next Tuesday the 30th, we review the financial reports of Original Equipment Manufacturers that influence electrotechnology standards setting.