ALWAYS ON
We Plough the Fields and Scatter
For the Canadian Thanksgiving today. The lyrics were originally written in German by poet Matthias Claudius in 1782 as part of a larger work titled "Paul Erdmanns Fest" reflecting the agricultural cycle. The melody most commonly associated with the hymn is a traditional German tune, adapted by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz; performed here by the young ladies from Toronto Ontario.
Intellectual Property
It is impossible to overestimate the sensitivity of this topic but poke at it we will. As the "Rogers Curve" illustrates innovators will be smartly outnmbered by the partisans of the "Administrative State" that has found comfort in government and education communities. During today's colloquium we limit our inquiry to leading practice discovery and promulgation that informs the effectiveness of real assets of educational settlements everywhere.
2026 National Patent Application Drafting Competition (Results)
Winners of the 2026 Competition: (1st) University of California, Berkeley School of Law, (1st) Harvard Law School (2nd), Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (3rd). Registration for the 2027 competition will likely be announced later in 2026.
90 Second Lecture: Was Christopher Columbus a Genius or Was He Just Lucky?
A private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The university's campus is in the city's southern portion and spans 388 acres on both sides of the Great Miami River. The campus is noted for the Immaculate Conception Chapel and the University of Dayton Arena.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC.
Bulletin Board
Curated list of open consultations and calls for information from state, federal and global agencies.
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 & 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.
