Marilyn's Photos - June 26 2025 - Harvard North Arrives

 

At the breakfast table a few weeks ago, I proposed that Harvard could move north to Canada and set up in conjunction with the University of Toronto - the most likely ally.  There doesn't seem to be a requirement that an educational institution be one nationality or another.   There would be various things to work out - there are jurisdictional differences in what constitutes various degrees.  Take the sticky situation of qualifying as a doctor in one country and trying to practice in another.  Engineers and architects have this dilemma as well.  One jurisdiction hcan have more stringent qualifications for graduation than another.  Particularly where the degree translates into a professional career that can impact lives in various ways.  Today's Globe and Mail has the front page headline of Harvard and the University of Toronto coming to an agreement for students to be able to finish their degrees at the University of Toronto.  This is for the Kennedy School of Government Affairs. It is the international student community that is at risk.   The Munk School has published a welcome to second year students to continue their program should they be unable to remain or re-enter the U.S. due to visa restrictions.  The announcement is HERE.  Isn't it ironic that it is the school educating people in Global Affairs & Public Policy that wants to make sure students can complete their education to graduate and make contributions in the field of government and public policy.

This must have been a black and white assignment at Ryerson when I took photography courses.  These are two pictures from the U of T campus.

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Marilyn's photos - June 25 2025 - Is this heart attack season?

 

That's my question from the numerous headlines offering heart attack symptom advice.  Myheart.net says "No" - heart attack season is winter. They are least likely to occur in summer. And the most likely time of winter is over the Christmas and new years period.   And the day of the week?  Monday.  That's the case for various heart diseases and problems.  In the Middle East, it is Fridays and in Japan it is the weekend.  And the most likely time of day?  It is the mornings, and within the first few hours of waking.   So the worst scenario would be "a winter Monday morning in the setting of a natural disaster acting as a trigger" So we're home-free, aren't we?  It seems not so - the heat dome is dissipating slowly.  While the temperatures are going into the high 20s today, they will feel like the mid-30s.   And heat is a contributor to heart attacks. One article says that "experiments have discovered that for every increase in temperature of 1°C (1.8°F), the chances of a heart attack raise by about 2-4%. Every day, throughout lengthy heat waves, this danger adds up..."   There aren't that many terms related to heat in the weather dictionary - heat index, humid, heat wave, heat stress, and heat dome. There is a wet-bulb temperature - the combination of heat, humidity, wind strength, sunlight angle and cloudiness. To quantify this, scientists turn to the “wet-bulb temperature,” which is based on a reading taken using a thermometer wrapped in a damp cloth. So much for summer heart attacks.  What was the winning bid for the piano on which Freddie Mercury composed Bohemian Rhapsody?  Sotheby's auction says it was £1.74m.  That was in 2023.

Here's my summertime heat dome abstract.

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