Corpus Christi College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
Diliff - Own work
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Commentary
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Our child’s concern for selecting and gaining entry into college is well-founded.
The pinnacle of education for most of us.
What often decides what we do for a career; a life’s journey.
It’s the first important decision she must make.
So she embarks on a search.
What’s she searching for?
Often, too often, our children search for an objective standard to judge the ‘best college in the world.’
Totally misdirected.
No such measure exists.
Would that it be so easy.
The well-directed search has as its goal the college that promises to be the best fit for the child.
And so the search can’t begin until our child formulates the parameters of her preferences.
In what environment will she thrive?
What environment provides the best backdrop for her to continue her transition into independent womanhood?
Will she do better in a rural or urban setting?
Within a large or small student body?
Is she looking for a sports program?
What extra-curricular opportunities are offered of which she will take advantage?
The answers to these and a dozen questions like them enables the child to embark on an intelligent college search.
The ‘best’ college experience will fit her like a perfectly tailored dress, make her comfortable, highlight her attributes, give her the confidence of putting her best foot forward, watch her thrive.
And that fit makes it the best college in the world.
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Tip
Sunday, May 19, 2019
With the falling prices at Whole Foods, Eataly now boasts Boston’s highest priced meat and fish counters.
We’re in a warm stretch.
What fun!
Let’s enjoy this weather, each day of it.
The hours are ticking away and if we don’t make the most of our time another day will soon click past.
Unnoticed.
Unappreciated.
Tick Tock.
In clock language:
Enjoy today.
Enjoy the week.
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Postings Count, Weather Brief, and Dinner
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Our 408th consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 408 posts we’re at the 8.16 percentile of our commitment, the commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.
Time is 4.01am.
On Sunday, Boston’s temperature will reach a high of 72* with a feels-like of 75* and partly cloudy skies.
Dinner tonight is at Uni, to celebrate daughter Kat’s terrific year at a college that fits her perfectly..
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Question of the Day:
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
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Chuckle of the Day:
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married.
The ceremony wasn’t much, but the reception was excellent.
Q: Do you know the punishment for bigamy?
A: Two mothers-in-law.
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One Picture with caption
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Common yellowthroat, injured
Uncommonly found darting about on the grass instead of in the trees.
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Answer to the Question of the Day:
What is the Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reef and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometers (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (133,000 sq mi).
The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
It can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms.
This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps.
It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981.
CNN labelled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
The Queensland National Trust named it a state icon of Queensland.
A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which helps to limit the impact of human use, such as fishing and tourism. Other environmental pressures on the reef and its ecosystem include runoff, climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching, dumping of dredging sludge and cyclic population outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish.
According to a study published in October 2012 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the reef has lost more than half its coral cover since 1985.
A Striped surgeon-fish among the coral on Flynn Reef
Toby Hudson - Own work
A Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) resting on hard Acropora and Porites corals.
Copyright (c) 2004 Richard Ling
The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a very popular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions.
Tourism is an important economic activity for the region, generating over AUD$3 billion per year.
In November 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View in 3D of the Great Barrier Reef.
A March 2016 report stated that coral bleaching was more widespread than previously thought, seriously affecting the northern parts of the reef as a result of warming ocean temperatures.
In October 2016, Outside published an obituary for the reef; the article was criticized for being premature and hindering efforts to bolster the resilience of the reef.
In March 2017, the journal Nature published a paper showing that huge sections of an 800-kilometre (500 mi) stretch in the northern part of the reef had died in the course of 2016 due to high water temperatures, an event that the authors put down to the effects of global climate change.
The percentage of baby corals being born on the Great Barrier Reef dropped drastically in 2018 and scientists are describing it as the early stage of a "huge natural selection event unfolding". The reason behind low birth of new corals is that many of the mature breeding adults died in the bleaching events of 2016-17, and thus could not produce offspring. The types of corals that reproduced changed too, which points towards the fact that there will be long-term reorganization of the reef ecosystem if the trend continues.
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I have a list of colleges here that I think will suit me.
It’s a long list.
Good Morning on this Sunday, the nineteenth day of May, 2019
Our commentary points out that the best college is the one best positioned to suit our child’s personality.
We posted the weather report and calendar, and tracked the number of postings.
We posted an announcement that Eataly now is the highest priced fish and meat markets and posted our first ever One Picture One Word section: and injured common yellowthroat.
We posted a couple of short chuckles.
The q and a called attention to the Great Barrier Reef.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.