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St. George’s Day
St. George’s Day — Patron Saint of England — is celebrated on April 23 to honor England’s patron saint, St. George, a Roman soldier martyred in 303 AD for his Christian faith. His legend, particularly the slaying of a dragon, became emblematic of good triumphing over evil, resonating deeply in medieval England. By the 14th century, St. George was officially recognized as England’s patron, with his feast day marked by religious observances and chivalric celebrations.
In UK educational settings, the day’s history reflects evolving cultural and pedagogical priorities. During the medieval period, schools tied to monasteries or cathedrals included St. George’s Day in religious curricula, emphasizing moral lessons through hagiographies. The Reformation diminished saintly feasts, but St. George’s Day persisted in schools as a symbol of English identity, especially in the 19th century amid imperial pride. Victorian-era schools celebrated with pageants, plays, and readings of patriotic tales.
In USA educational settings multiculturalism and secularism reduced its prominence in schools, with observances often limited to assemblies or history lessons; most commonly observed in the American South and Midwest.
Happy St. George’s Day!
Featured in my Talking Pictures TV series, once arranged by composer Edward German in his ‘Old English Melody’ series and my regular vocal warm up song before a gig! Here’s Early One Morning’ #StGeorgesDay pic.twitter.com/WT0BK50bBD— Kate Garner (@KateGarnerMusic) April 23, 2025
Last week, we marked the 100th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the St. George’s Chapel. As seen below, students outlined the space where the Chapel would be built.
The Chapel was donated by John Nicholas Brown Jr., St. George’s Class of 1918. pic.twitter.com/wHh9woPYJh
— St. George’s School (@DragonsofSG) April 29, 2024
“We Built This City” McKinney High School
Teacher of the year-Candace O’Brien pic.twitter.com/oLVMAXMX2t
— McKinney High School (@MHSLions) January 24, 2019
Playgrounds
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Energy 400
“The City” 1952 | Edward Bawden https://t.co/An3zzyTSvdhttps://t.co/V0nw80umD4 pic.twitter.com/zm0yvDAdnl
— Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) November 29, 2023
Review of all consensus, consortia and open source codes, standards and regulations regarding energy production and conservation relevant to the education facility industry.
Faculty and staff in the education industry in all nations provide basic research, application research in energy technologies. The “cities-within-cities” we call the #SmartCampus” also provide crucibles for new testing new technologies as well as provide energy load for utilities operating under all ownership regimes.
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Rain & Lightning
How you know we haven’t had rain for awhile… pic.twitter.com/5zb84HeDUR
— Allison farms (@Allisonfarms) August 5, 2024
Lightning flash density – 12 hourly averages over the year (NASA OTD/LIS) This shows that lightning is much more frequent in summer than in winter, and from noon to midnight compared to midnight to noon.
Good-quality cycling infrastructure makes cycling attractive in all weather conditions. The Dutch🇳🇱 aren’t made of sugar!
(🎞️ by Carl Sveen—winner of the Most Dutch Picture 2025 of the Summer School Planning the Cycling City) pic.twitter.com/bYUipg5F1W
— Urban Cycling Institute 🚲 (@fietsprofessor) July 13, 2025
NESC & NEC Proposal Review
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Intellectual Property
“If you steal from one person that is plagiarism.
If you steal from many people, that is research”
Missed it live? We planned for that!
At a recent USPTO Hour, America’ Branding Agency dives into how name, image, likeness (NIL) connects with branding and trademarks – on the field, off the field, and everywhere between.
Catch the recording here: https://t.co/b3fh7aVOy7 pic.twitter.com/gvgn5HCJmH
— USPTO (@uspto) February 25, 2026
Chronicle of Higher Education: The Campus Cold War — Faculty vs. Administrators
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Student Art
Innovation – Standardization – Commoditization run along a continuum. Today we unpack some of the ideas that hasten (and prohibit) leading practice discovery; how quickly goods and services become a “human right”; why all of this is relevant to education communities and why some believe that commoditization is a myth.
From the Wikipedia
In business literature, commoditization is defined as the process by which goods that have economic value and are distinguishable in terms of attributes (uniqueness or brand) end up becoming simple commodities in the eyes of the market or consumers. It is the movement of a market from differentiated to undifferentiated price competition and from monopolistic competition to perfect competition. Hence, the key effect of commoditization is that the pricing power of the manufacturer or brand owner is weakened: when products become more similar from a buyer’s point of view, they will tend to buy the cheapest.
Related:
Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating
After months of hard work, the top five teams met at USPTO headquarters today for the final round of the 2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition. 🏆 And the winners are … ⬇️
🥇 First place — @UofMNLawSchool pic.twitter.com/uwNSJR0oBy
— USPTO (@uspto) April 4, 2025
From creating a race car safety device that protects drivers from injury to revolutionizing chemotherapy, Spartans have contributed to more than 3,300 inventions. #SpartansWill pic.twitter.com/dchCs0BFBx
— MSU (@michiganstateu) February 21, 2025
For 58 years, 7-Eleven has been protecting its iconic semi-frozen soft drink, the Slurpee. But it doesn’t stop there. The store has more than 200 registered trademarks to protect its goods and services, including “Oh thank Heaven for 7-Eleven” in 1978 and “Brainfreeze” in 1993. pic.twitter.com/b9bkkcijGg
— USPTO (@uspto) July 11, 2025
New update alert! The 2022 update to the Trademark Assignment Dataset is now available online. Find 1.29 million trademark assignments, involving 2.28 million unique trademark properties issued by the USPTO between March 1952 and January 2023: https://t.co/njrDAbSpwB pic.twitter.com/GkAXrHoQ9T
— USPTO (@uspto) July 13, 2023
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