Wednesday, April 17
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Most of the snow from last night's storm is mostly gone.
It's still a little cool, but the air is cleaner now.
I managed to make some very simple peanut butter squares to take to the Love of Liberty event this upcoming weekend. It is a fund raiser for the Parson's Animal Rescue group that R works with (where Quidley and other rescue horses that she works with come from).
It's pretty rich stuff. More or less peanut butter, butter, chocolate, and graham wafers.
I had to clean the kitchen first, then make it, then clean it again and do the dishes.
I spoke with Sister E for a while, and she's doing okay. We both had to question the posts our nephew has been putting on Facebook lately, about "family trauma" or something. Over and over, posts like "it ends with me" and such. I texted him out of curiosity to see if he's going through something, and he said "yes, but I'm not ready to talk about it".
This is a young adult male, about 20, and unless there is something I really didn't know about going on, he was the most beloved and adored kid that has ever been born into our family. He had, as far as I know, the love and support of both his parents, my Mom worshiped the ground he walked on, he had a loving aunt and her partner who also spoiled him rotten.
I am having a very hard time imagining that this kid has suffered much trauma, but who knows. I personally think he's just having a hard time living in the real world, needing to get a job and not smoke pot all day long.
Anyhow, Sister E and I both wondered the same thing; what could he be talking about?
I went to see River, we had a lesson today.
Once again, R suggested that I work on "projecting more energy" to get him to be more forward, and I'm having a tough time with this.
We then worked on riding, the straight forward barrel pattern I mentioned from yesterday. I did try it without the bridle at a trot, and he did okay with it. He was calm and relaxed.
Which does make you wonder why working on smaller trot circles was so stressful for him, when he seems to not be stressed out doing the same thing but around a barrel.
Anyhow, it was good.
I came home and let Wonder and the goats/ponies out into their pastures for a while. Not all that long, but better than nothing.
Then we watched more "Boardwalk Empire".
"Modern-day Jordan has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period. Three kingdoms emerged in Transjordan at the end of the Bronze Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established their Kingdom centered in Petra. Later rulers of the Transjordan region include the Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and the Ottoman empires. After the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottomans in 1916 during World War I, the Greater Syria region was partitioned by Britain and France. The Emirate of Transjordan was established in 1921 by the Hashemite, then Emir, Abdullah I, and the emirate became a British protectorate. In 1946, Jordan gained independence and became officially known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.[c] The country captured and annexed the West Bank during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until it was occupied by Israel in 1967. Jordan renounced its claim to the territory to the Palestinians in 1988, and signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994."
It is a Constitutional Monarchy, meaning there is a Monarch, but also a Prime Minister (appointed by the King, and the PM appoints their own cabinet), though the Monarch holds great influence in all areas.
It is a very, VERY dry nation, and water is a huge issue. The North is a bit more temperate, and that's where most of the agriculture happens.
" Jordan is among the most water-scarce nations on earth. At 97 cubic metres of water per person per year, it is considered to face "absolute water scarcity" according to the Falkenmark Classification.[216] Scarce resources to begin with have been aggravated by the massive influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan, many of whom face issues of access to clean water due to living in informal settlements (see "Immigrants and Refugees" below).[217] Jordan shares both of its two main surface water resources, the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers, with neighbouring countries, adding complexity to water allocation decisions.[216] Water from Disi aquifer and ten major dams historically played a large role in providing Jordan's need for freshwater.[218] The Jawa Dam in northeastern Jordan, which dates back to the fourth millennium BC, is the world's oldest dam.[219] The Dead Sea is receding at an alarming rate. Multiple canals and pipelines were proposed to reduce its recession, which had begun causing sinkholes. The Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance project, carried out by Jordan, will provide water to the country and to Israel and Palestine, while the brine will be carried to the Dead Sea to help stabilise its levels. The first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in 2019 and to be completed in 2021.[220]"
Desalinization is helping, but it's expensive.
It does not have the huge oil and gas resources of other Arabic nations, so it's not as wealthy. Yes, there are SOME reserves, but it's whether or not you can get any interest in developing them when other reserves are better investments.
Tourism is a big industry here, and a lot of medical tourism (where people come to get surgeries etc. done). There is also other industry, like construction, the production of potash and fertilizer, clothing, and pharmaceuticals. The Science and Technology sector is growing rapidly.
As mentioned above, there are a LOT of refugees. Something like nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in a country with only ten million or so inhabitants. It puts a huge strain on the country of Jordan to feed/water them, and hygiene issues, and so on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan#External_links
https://youtu.be/aWfu0BKOZ5g?si=M9vVldZ0xlAyplkE
Most of the snow from last night's storm is mostly gone.
It's still a little cool, but the air is cleaner now.
I managed to make some very simple peanut butter squares to take to the Love of Liberty event this upcoming weekend. It is a fund raiser for the Parson's Animal Rescue group that R works with (where Quidley and other rescue horses that she works with come from).
It's pretty rich stuff. More or less peanut butter, butter, chocolate, and graham wafers.
I had to clean the kitchen first, then make it, then clean it again and do the dishes.
I spoke with Sister E for a while, and she's doing okay. We both had to question the posts our nephew has been putting on Facebook lately, about "family trauma" or something. Over and over, posts like "it ends with me" and such. I texted him out of curiosity to see if he's going through something, and he said "yes, but I'm not ready to talk about it".
This is a young adult male, about 20, and unless there is something I really didn't know about going on, he was the most beloved and adored kid that has ever been born into our family. He had, as far as I know, the love and support of both his parents, my Mom worshiped the ground he walked on, he had a loving aunt and her partner who also spoiled him rotten.
I am having a very hard time imagining that this kid has suffered much trauma, but who knows. I personally think he's just having a hard time living in the real world, needing to get a job and not smoke pot all day long.
Anyhow, Sister E and I both wondered the same thing; what could he be talking about?
I went to see River, we had a lesson today.
Once again, R suggested that I work on "projecting more energy" to get him to be more forward, and I'm having a tough time with this.
We then worked on riding, the straight forward barrel pattern I mentioned from yesterday. I did try it without the bridle at a trot, and he did okay with it. He was calm and relaxed.
Which does make you wonder why working on smaller trot circles was so stressful for him, when he seems to not be stressed out doing the same thing but around a barrel.
Anyhow, it was good.
I came home and let Wonder and the goats/ponies out into their pastures for a while. Not all that long, but better than nothing.
Then we watched more "Boardwalk Empire".
"Modern-day Jordan has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period. Three kingdoms emerged in Transjordan at the end of the Bronze Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established their Kingdom centered in Petra. Later rulers of the Transjordan region include the Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and the Ottoman empires. After the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottomans in 1916 during World War I, the Greater Syria region was partitioned by Britain and France. The Emirate of Transjordan was established in 1921 by the Hashemite, then Emir, Abdullah I, and the emirate became a British protectorate. In 1946, Jordan gained independence and became officially known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.[c] The country captured and annexed the West Bank during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until it was occupied by Israel in 1967. Jordan renounced its claim to the territory to the Palestinians in 1988, and signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994."
It is a Constitutional Monarchy, meaning there is a Monarch, but also a Prime Minister (appointed by the King, and the PM appoints their own cabinet), though the Monarch holds great influence in all areas.
It is a very, VERY dry nation, and water is a huge issue. The North is a bit more temperate, and that's where most of the agriculture happens.
" Jordan is among the most water-scarce nations on earth. At 97 cubic metres of water per person per year, it is considered to face "absolute water scarcity" according to the Falkenmark Classification.[216] Scarce resources to begin with have been aggravated by the massive influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan, many of whom face issues of access to clean water due to living in informal settlements (see "Immigrants and Refugees" below).[217] Jordan shares both of its two main surface water resources, the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers, with neighbouring countries, adding complexity to water allocation decisions.[216] Water from Disi aquifer and ten major dams historically played a large role in providing Jordan's need for freshwater.[218] The Jawa Dam in northeastern Jordan, which dates back to the fourth millennium BC, is the world's oldest dam.[219] The Dead Sea is receding at an alarming rate. Multiple canals and pipelines were proposed to reduce its recession, which had begun causing sinkholes. The Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance project, carried out by Jordan, will provide water to the country and to Israel and Palestine, while the brine will be carried to the Dead Sea to help stabilise its levels. The first phase of the project is scheduled to begin in 2019 and to be completed in 2021.[220]"
Desalinization is helping, but it's expensive.
It does not have the huge oil and gas resources of other Arabic nations, so it's not as wealthy. Yes, there are SOME reserves, but it's whether or not you can get any interest in developing them when other reserves are better investments.
Tourism is a big industry here, and a lot of medical tourism (where people come to get surgeries etc. done). There is also other industry, like construction, the production of potash and fertilizer, clothing, and pharmaceuticals. The Science and Technology sector is growing rapidly.
As mentioned above, there are a LOT of refugees. Something like nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in a country with only ten million or so inhabitants. It puts a huge strain on the country of Jordan to feed/water them, and hygiene issues, and so on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan#External_links
https://youtu.be/aWfu0BKOZ5g?si=M9vVldZ0xlAyplkE
