Sunday, April 10
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
My Sweetie thinks he might have the septic tank sorted. I sincerely hope so.
The ponies and goats had some time in the bigger pasture, and seemed to enjoy it.
We went to see River at the barn, and that was good. It was very windy again, and the fabric of the cover for the arena was snapping a lot, but he was calm. He did well on our ground work over the obstacles, and well with Liberty, though he does often lag behind at the walk. Our riding went well. His breathing was good today.
There was another rider there, and she is a lot of fun to talk with. She has a giant Wolfhound that she brings with her, and he is a big, playful dufus.
We came home and made supper, and watched the next episode of Sherlock, and it was very good. I marvel at the amount of effort put into the writing and execution of these shows, and the sheer complexity of the ideas, the dialogue, and the nuanced acting required. I often go back and watch Sherlock again after a while, and I always find something I missed, or new details to appreciate.
I learned that the very anti-semitism of Nazi Germany held them back from having an effective nuclear program.
From Wikipedia: "It is occasionally put forth[12] that there is a great irony in the Nazis' labeling modern physics as "Jewish science", since it was exactly modern physics—and the work of many European exiles—which was used to create the atomic bomb. Even if the German government had not embraced Lenard and Stark's ideas, the German antisemitic agenda was enough by itself to destroy the Jewish scientific community in Germany. Furthermore, the German nuclear weapons program was never pursued with anywhere near the vigor of the Manhattan Project in the United States, and for that reason would likely not have succeeded in any case.[13] The movement did not actually go as far as preventing the nuclear energy scientists from using quantum mechanics and relativity,[14] but the education of young scientists and engineers suffered, not only from the loss of the Jewish scientists but also from political appointments and other interference. In 1938, Himmler wrote to Heisenberg that he could discuss modern physics but not mention Jewish scientists such as Bohr and Einstein in connection with it.[15]"
Lenard and Stark were "Aryan physicists".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Physik#Under_the_Third_Reich
My Sweetie thinks he might have the septic tank sorted. I sincerely hope so.
The ponies and goats had some time in the bigger pasture, and seemed to enjoy it.
We went to see River at the barn, and that was good. It was very windy again, and the fabric of the cover for the arena was snapping a lot, but he was calm. He did well on our ground work over the obstacles, and well with Liberty, though he does often lag behind at the walk. Our riding went well. His breathing was good today.
There was another rider there, and she is a lot of fun to talk with. She has a giant Wolfhound that she brings with her, and he is a big, playful dufus.
We came home and made supper, and watched the next episode of Sherlock, and it was very good. I marvel at the amount of effort put into the writing and execution of these shows, and the sheer complexity of the ideas, the dialogue, and the nuanced acting required. I often go back and watch Sherlock again after a while, and I always find something I missed, or new details to appreciate.
I learned that the very anti-semitism of Nazi Germany held them back from having an effective nuclear program.
From Wikipedia: "It is occasionally put forth[12] that there is a great irony in the Nazis' labeling modern physics as "Jewish science", since it was exactly modern physics—and the work of many European exiles—which was used to create the atomic bomb. Even if the German government had not embraced Lenard and Stark's ideas, the German antisemitic agenda was enough by itself to destroy the Jewish scientific community in Germany. Furthermore, the German nuclear weapons program was never pursued with anywhere near the vigor of the Manhattan Project in the United States, and for that reason would likely not have succeeded in any case.[13] The movement did not actually go as far as preventing the nuclear energy scientists from using quantum mechanics and relativity,[14] but the education of young scientists and engineers suffered, not only from the loss of the Jewish scientists but also from political appointments and other interference. In 1938, Himmler wrote to Heisenberg that he could discuss modern physics but not mention Jewish scientists such as Bohr and Einstein in connection with it.[15]"
Lenard and Stark were "Aryan physicists".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Physik#Under_the_Third_Reich
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Date: 2022-04-11 10:30 pm (UTC)Here, the sunroom looks like a bomb went off. But I've discovered that some of the windows appear to have replacement frames, and those won't need thorough stripping, just sanding.
What felt like a never-ending task is slowing showing signs of progress. But I've a headache from the stripped paint smell.