Wednesday, February 28
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
A little milder today, though we had a brutal wind.
I was able to trim Sasha's (goat) hooves today, while she was in the small pen in the garage. Better than trying to catch her and hold onto her out in the big pen.
I took the goats back out to their normal pen with the ponies. It should be okay for them now.
River and I had our lesson today.
I also brought some more fabric for R's daughter, L, who sews. Always with the caveat of "you don't have to take it if you don't think she needs it".
Our lesson went well today. We practiced the two patterns we've been working on, and River did well with those. We're doing a lot of work with improving his lateral movement in just about every direction, doing lots of ground work.
We did some riding too.
I came home and my Sweetie got there about the same time (he went rock climbing).
We had just sat down with our supper to watch an episode, when Hans (cat) got all up in my food business and it all fell on the floor. We had a mad scramble to grab him before he ate a bunch of human food that probably wouldn't have killed him but he didn't need the reward for his behavior.
Hans had some VERY strong food issues when we first got him, and we will always have to be on our guard with him. He sometimes make you think he's past his pirating ways by leaving you alone when you eat, or sitting nearby but being polite, but then he will catch you off guard and you might forget to guard your food on the counter for just a moment, or he'll dive for your food as you're eating.
Not long ago he tried to snatch a chip as I was putting it in my mouth, and he literally wouldn't give it up. He had his paw inside my mouth for a moment. I'm lucky I didn't get hurt.
Then we had to clean it all up. Have you ever tried to clean up quinoa off of an area rug? That stuff gets everywhere.
When I finally found more food, Hans was secured in his kennel for the duration. THEN we watched an episode of "Succession".
I've long voted for just putting Hans in his kennel when we're eating, and my husband keeps saying "but he'll never learn if he's just put in there all the time". Personally, I don't think he's EVER going to be perfect, and I would rather not have to worry about him destroying my meal again, ripping food out of my mouth, or eating something bad for him.
Pakistan is the fifth most populated country in the world with a population of 241.5 million people, and because they are mostly Muslim; it is the largest Muslim population.
If you're into archaeology/anthropology at all, Pakistan is where the Indus Valley Civilization existed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation
I'm going to focus on the events that created Pakistan (more lines drawn by the British).
Pakistan was carved out of British India in 1947 to give the Muslims their own country (remember how it was considered to be a single country with what is now Bangladesh, even though they didn't touch?). So, for a while this was known as West Pakistan, and Bangladesh was East Pakistan.
There was tremendous death and suffering from all the civil war/unrest before Independence, and also afterwards. "Pakistan has been ruled by governments whose descriptions, although complex, commonly alternated between civilian and military, democratic and authoritarian, relatively secular and Islamist.[20] Pakistan elected a civilian government in 2008, and in 2010 adopted a parliamentary system with periodic elections.[21]"
It's a busy place, with the world's sixth largest standing army, nukes, and a growing economy that is building a decent middle class.
Pakistan also has diverse ecosystems and the plants and animals to go with it. Once again, it has higher, cooler mountain area that go southward to plains, then subtropical/tropical deltas. Lots of estuary/delta regions, marshes. Many birds migrate to this area.
So, along those lines, one of the biggest issues with Pakistan is the dispute over part of their border, which was marked by the path of the Sir Creek.
This video will do a much better job of explaining this than I can: https://youtu.be/dJZw5s_GFy4?si=xC_DOUgxMfe86uAz
Another important ongoing issue for Pakistan, is the conflict with India over the territory of Kashmir. Kashmir used to be an independent princely state, but after the division of new borders by the British, the issue arose over whether it should belong to Pakistan, or India. For some time it was divided between the two nations, but recently new issues have arisen, causing the two countries to fight for control again.
https://youtu.be/d1iaB2bnJy8?si=Z5ACZwCkySkz31t4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
A little milder today, though we had a brutal wind.
I was able to trim Sasha's (goat) hooves today, while she was in the small pen in the garage. Better than trying to catch her and hold onto her out in the big pen.
I took the goats back out to their normal pen with the ponies. It should be okay for them now.
River and I had our lesson today.
I also brought some more fabric for R's daughter, L, who sews. Always with the caveat of "you don't have to take it if you don't think she needs it".
Our lesson went well today. We practiced the two patterns we've been working on, and River did well with those. We're doing a lot of work with improving his lateral movement in just about every direction, doing lots of ground work.
We did some riding too.
I came home and my Sweetie got there about the same time (he went rock climbing).
We had just sat down with our supper to watch an episode, when Hans (cat) got all up in my food business and it all fell on the floor. We had a mad scramble to grab him before he ate a bunch of human food that probably wouldn't have killed him but he didn't need the reward for his behavior.
Hans had some VERY strong food issues when we first got him, and we will always have to be on our guard with him. He sometimes make you think he's past his pirating ways by leaving you alone when you eat, or sitting nearby but being polite, but then he will catch you off guard and you might forget to guard your food on the counter for just a moment, or he'll dive for your food as you're eating.
Not long ago he tried to snatch a chip as I was putting it in my mouth, and he literally wouldn't give it up. He had his paw inside my mouth for a moment. I'm lucky I didn't get hurt.
Then we had to clean it all up. Have you ever tried to clean up quinoa off of an area rug? That stuff gets everywhere.
When I finally found more food, Hans was secured in his kennel for the duration. THEN we watched an episode of "Succession".
I've long voted for just putting Hans in his kennel when we're eating, and my husband keeps saying "but he'll never learn if he's just put in there all the time". Personally, I don't think he's EVER going to be perfect, and I would rather not have to worry about him destroying my meal again, ripping food out of my mouth, or eating something bad for him.
Pakistan is the fifth most populated country in the world with a population of 241.5 million people, and because they are mostly Muslim; it is the largest Muslim population.
If you're into archaeology/anthropology at all, Pakistan is where the Indus Valley Civilization existed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilisation
I'm going to focus on the events that created Pakistan (more lines drawn by the British).
Pakistan was carved out of British India in 1947 to give the Muslims their own country (remember how it was considered to be a single country with what is now Bangladesh, even though they didn't touch?). So, for a while this was known as West Pakistan, and Bangladesh was East Pakistan.
There was tremendous death and suffering from all the civil war/unrest before Independence, and also afterwards. "Pakistan has been ruled by governments whose descriptions, although complex, commonly alternated between civilian and military, democratic and authoritarian, relatively secular and Islamist.[20] Pakistan elected a civilian government in 2008, and in 2010 adopted a parliamentary system with periodic elections.[21]"
It's a busy place, with the world's sixth largest standing army, nukes, and a growing economy that is building a decent middle class.
Pakistan also has diverse ecosystems and the plants and animals to go with it. Once again, it has higher, cooler mountain area that go southward to plains, then subtropical/tropical deltas. Lots of estuary/delta regions, marshes. Many birds migrate to this area.
So, along those lines, one of the biggest issues with Pakistan is the dispute over part of their border, which was marked by the path of the Sir Creek.
This video will do a much better job of explaining this than I can: https://youtu.be/dJZw5s_GFy4?si=xC_DOUgxMfe86uAz
Another important ongoing issue for Pakistan, is the conflict with India over the territory of Kashmir. Kashmir used to be an independent princely state, but after the division of new borders by the British, the issue arose over whether it should belong to Pakistan, or India. For some time it was divided between the two nations, but recently new issues have arisen, causing the two countries to fight for control again.
https://youtu.be/d1iaB2bnJy8?si=Z5ACZwCkySkz31t4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
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Date: 2024-02-29 08:31 am (UTC)I checked on both Ancestry and 23andMe, but I do not have Pakistani DNA.