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In politics, sometimes nothing succeeds like deceit.
Thus, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is again warning Canadians that if voters don't give him a majority government on May 2, they can expect an undemocratic conclusion to his administration. That is, an unholy trinity of "socialists and separatists" will oust him from office.
It's not surprising that Harper should peddle this malarkey again, for it worked like a charm last time, in December 2008, allowing him to secure an unnecessary prorogation of Parliament and buy him (and his propagandists) time to demonize the opposition parties as spoilers and traitors.
This claptrap was so successful that the opposition was pushed back onto the defensive, and Harper got into the habit of phoning in his prorogation requests.
That was actually an insult to the body politic, but the Harper Republicans could rest easy in the assumption that most of us wouldn't bother to examine the big lie that the prime minister is somehow appointed by God - or is directly elected or superior to Parliament.
No, the prime minister is only the person who commands the loyalty of the greatest number of Parliamentarians - not necessarily (or not only) members of his or her party. The prime minister doesn't even have to have a seat in the House of Commons.
When John Turner became the leader of the then governing Liberal party in July 1984, he became prime minister even though he wasn't elected to the House until two months later.
Similarly, but in reverse, Jean Chretien lost his prime ministership when he lost the loyalty of the greatest number of parliamentarians: his own caucus. They forced him to resign and installed Paul Martin in his place.
Harper is only prime minister because the majority of Parliamentarians granted him their support - until he was found in contempt of Parliament, that is.
So if, on May 3, the morning after the election, it appears that the Liberals, the New Democrats and the Bloc Quebecois (and maybe even a Green party member or two) once again, together, hold more seats than do the Republican-Tories, this new assembly of Parliamentarians has every right to defeat Harper and his program of Tim Hortons for photo ops and tasers for his foes, and to propose a different government, a different prime minister and a different program.
Indeed, the great - and maybe only - genius of parliamentary democracy is that multiple alternative governments are always available to be summoned into action by the governor general (federally) or the lieutenant governor (provincially).
Ontarians have had some experience with this boon of being able to change a government without having to call an election (or shoot anyone).
In June 1985, Premier Frank Miller, having just won more seats in the provincial election than the Liberals or the New Democratic Party, but not more seats than the two parties combined, attempted to govern.
However, the other parties passed a no-confidence motion and Miller was defeated.
No new election was ordered. Instead, Lieutenant Governor John Black Aird called upon Liberal party leader David Peterson to form a government, and he did so, with New Democratic Party support.
Miller resigned, thus ending 42 years of Progressive Conservative government in Ontario.
Harper's fear-mongering, then, about his potentially facing the same fate as Miller has to be seen for what it is: sheer contempt - for Parliament, for our democratic traditions and for the Canadian people.
But contempt is the hallmark of his premiership, from the G20 lockdown of Toronto last year to the ladling out of corporate tax cuts (that likely bring handsome kickbacks to Conservative coffers) that imperil public finances.
If voters, in their wisdom, refuse Harper a majority again, perhaps the opposition parties will finally unite around a progressive platform and try their hand at governance. Prime Minister Layton, anyone?
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I have to disclose at the very beginning (in case you haven't noticed from my previous posts here) that this was so not my week. It was tough and depressing and just plain annoying.
However, I can see how much love lettering my world has helped with balancing my mood throughout the week.
I searched for words which touched my heart. Quotes which lifted my spirits. And they helped. A lot.
I just hope they also helped turn around someone else's week as well!
You can take a look at and read my love letters in my guest post on MoreLoveLetters.com.
You can also find them in this Facebook album, and below is the list of places where I've left them behind.
– At the administrative offices of Házsongard Cemetery
– For the teachers at the kindergarten
– On the playground (because I babysit = spend a lot of my afternoons on playgrounds)
– On a park bench
– On someone's garage door
– In someone's parking spot
– In a handbag I looked at, at a thrift store
Hope you all have a fabulous, love-filled Friday! ;)
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This is why the Professional Labor Conciliator Fee Unit ("UHOCOL", after its Spanish acronym) was created,, whose value is equivalent to 12 Retributive Units of the National Public Employment System ("SINEP", after its Spanish acronym), equating the same criterion adopted for Mediators.
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We had a great time climbing the 40 flights of stairs as a team, rooting each other on and being there for each other at the finish line to dole out high-fives as each of us finished. We all managed the climb. Ryan's 3-year old son, Jack, did all 40 flights as well. After finishing Jack liked it so much he wanted to do it again. We got on the elevator and returned to the lobby proud of what we had accomplished as a team. As we were about to exit to the post-climb party we saw the first responders reporting for their climb. They entered the lobby of the Metropolitan building in shorts, sandals and t-shirts but then started to gear up for their climb to the top. We all felt pretty good about our climbs but couldn't imagine doing it with all that gear on.
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With Facebook battling more than one government, Instagram growing its ad space and changing the algorithm, and Twitter in a constant tailspin, brands are finding newer social media platforms to be attractive alternatives -- at least the idea of them.
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Let's look at two of the latest additions to the social media space to see what they're about, and consider whether or not they deserve a spot on your dance card.
It's no longer breaking news that video content is a powerful medium for marketers. By 2022, Cisco predicts that internet video traffic will account for 82 percent of all consumer internet traffic. All the major social players are already invested in video content, and 73 percent of marketers are creating at least two videos a month for social media marketing. Ninety-three percent of those said the videos drive results in the form of getting new customers.
So if we already have video platforms delivering results, why do we need to look at yet another social video platform? Because some users are leaving the bigger platforms in favor of smaller, less encumbered places -- like TikTok, for example.
TikTok is already well-established in China (where it's known as Douyin and has 300 million monthly active users (MAU)), but the short-form video app is one of the newer social media platforms in the western world. In the U.S., TikTok has 27 million MAU who spend 46 minutes per day in the app. By comparison, Instagram users spend nearly 53 minutes per day in the Android version of the app, with a projected 111 million MAU in the U.S. in 2019.
Last year, the TikTok app crossed the 1 billion mark for worldwide installs; 663 million of those happened in 2018, many of them after merging with the Musical.ly app. By comparison, Facebook had 711 million installs, and Instagram had 444 million installs, in the same year.
TikTok is popular with teens, though it is also catching on with older audiences. Considering only about half of U.S. teens are now on Facebook, it could make sense to transition some of your efforts over to an app like TikTok, especially if you're eager to share video content or leverage influencers who can increase awareness for your brand. For those of you with older audiences, keep your eyes and ears to the ground; TikTok is a promising venue for video marketing.
Keep in mind, TikTok is a short-form video app, so videos can only be 15 seconds or shorter. The app also has controls in place for profile and content privacy, so we will have to see how well targeting works when the app inevitably offers advertising to marketers (while already in place in China, it's testing ads elsewhere).
You may have heard of the Vero app, especially since it hit #1 in the App Store just over a year ago and has amassed more than 5 million users.
As a marketer, however, you may not understand if this newer social media platform is actually worth your time -- today. After all, new social apps can take time to catch on, especially with behemoths like Facebook and YouTube in use by most Americans.
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Here's my card for Kortskissen's flower themed sketch #521. Papers from LemonCraft's Fresh Summer, and stamp from Slöjd-Detaljer.
Here's my card for last week's sketch at Kortskissen. Which you can still make a card for, we don't have any deadlines. 🙂
I've used papers from Stamperia's Blue Land, and a stamp from a clear stamps set from Slöjd-Detaljer.
Long time no see AGAIN. I'll do my best to get back into updating the blog more often. I have a couple of weeks vacation right now, so that'll give me some time to spend on my blog (and cardmaking and other crafty things).
We have a new sketch at Kortskissen, the last sketch with flower theme (which we've had for all sketches during July). I made a bright yellow card. Flowers are cut out from a designer paper I've had for many years and outlined with black Posca pen. Stamp is from a clear stamp set from Slöjd-Detaljer (and designed by yours truly 😉 ).
I've joined a Swedish Facebook group which is about sending cards to other group members. Most members send postcards, but as I'm an avid cardmaker I want to send my own cards. Keeping up with the cardmaking for it, I made a bunch of similar cards using various paper scraps I had. Sentiment is from a clear stamps set I designed for Slöjd-Detaljer, and says something like "Pull yourself together and do something unnecessary".
Four months. It's almost four months since I last blogged. I guess things just have been too much, and I have basically only updated my (personal) Instagram. I'll try and see if I'm ready to start blogging on a regular basis again.
First out is my card for this week's sketch at Kortskissen. As always we would love you to participate and show us your take on the sketch. You simply just post a link to your card as a comment to the blog post. Kortskissen's blog post that is, not mine here! 🙂
I have used papers from Stamperia's Garden on my card. Here in Sweden they can be purchased at Slöjd-Detaljer, so can also the Grattis clear stamp I have used.
Today we have a new sketch at Kortskissen, and this is my take on it. I've used papers from my beloved Stamperia. The text stamp is from Slöjd-Detaljer, where you also can purchase the Stamperia papers.
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For sketch #439 at Kortskissen, I made a clean and simple card with silver snowflake stickers. The Merry Christmas stamp is from Slöjd-Detaljer.
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It's been a while again. Being sick plus work being really exhausting, I've completely forgot (!) to blog. So, a week late, here's my card for Cardz 4 Guyz challenge #184 Snowman. My snowman is from a several years old designer paper. God Jul is from a clear stamp set by Slöjd-Detaljer.
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Meghan King Edmunds is no longer on the show, nor is Lydia or Peggy. We have two new girls but have only met the lawyer who was proposed to on Google Chat. Can't make that up. Her husband, not so surprisingly, gives me the creeps.
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Died in this city, on the 1st inst., in his 87th year, Mr. John Tweedie, Gardener and Botanist.
Deceased was a native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and his profession, properly speaking, that of a landscape-gardener. His intelligence and activity, added to the thorough practical training he had received, under some of the ablest masters of that time soon brought him under the notice of the leading men of the profession. At an early stage in his career he attained the situation of foreman in the Dalkieth Gardens, and subsequently the same rank in the Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh. In both of these he had many precious opportunities both of seeing and acting, under the ablest superintendence; and with his natural predisposition for the pursuits in which he was engaged, these opportunities were not thrown away. These were subordinate posts, though of great trust and responsibility. But the term of probation approaches it close, and he must now assume a leading part, relying on his own resources, and directly accountable for the results.
About the close of the last century, a new garden and pleasure grounds were to be formed at Castle-Hill, in the immediate vicinity of Ayr, and the subject of this hurried memoir was selected for the purpose. Here he had a long and arduous struggle with an uncongenial soil and bleak climate, but the munificence of the proprietor, and the skill and indomitable perseverance of this juvenile gardener, at last prevailed. This undertaken he ever after, regarded as the crowning triumph of his professional career. The mention of recollection of Castle-Hill seemed as grateful to him, as we may suppose that of Waterloo or Marengo to have been to the greatest captains of our age. Ten years of this rugged but pre eminently successful enterprise.
His success at Castle-Hill next recommended him to the proprietor of the adjoining estate of Sundrum, were he was employed for about seven years, in remodelling and extending the garden and pleasure-grounds of the venerable and princely mansion.
His mission at Sundrum fulfilled, he removed to Blairquhan Castle, the property of the late Sir David Hunter Blair. Here he had to renew a struggle similar to that at Castle-Hill, though on a smaller scale, and of a shorter duration. About six years sufficed to put the garden and pleasure-grounds of Blairquhan in working order; and then the charm for Mr. Tweedie was gone. His genius was essentially invented and creative, and consequently opposition and obstacles his true element; just as there are seamen who prefer the excitement of the tempest to the monotony of the calm.
His next and last appointment in Scotland, was that of gardener at Eglinton-Castle, during the minority of the late lamented Earl. He had now attained the acme of his profession in his native land; and at the mature age of fifty, most men would cheerfully have settled down, to enjoy the quiet and comforts of declining life. He might have done so, with the best of prospects, under the auspice of a generous and patriotic nobleman, whose memory will be long cherished with grateful veneration, throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
But Mr. Tweedie had aspirations not yet satisfied. He had heard of the botanical and floral riches of South America, and felt attractive towards them, as by some magnetic influence, that to his ardent temperament was quite irresistible. In consequence, he abandoned his snug retreat at Eglinton Castle, and in 1825, arrived in the port of Buenos Aires.
During the residence of 37 years in this country Mr. Tweedie prosecuted his professional avocations, so long as health and strength permitted, with enthusiastic zeal and perseverance. Of his taste as a landscape-gardener, Santa Catalina, in the vicinity of this Capital is still a noble monument after all the vicissitudes era. His gorgeous plantations, that in Great Britain, and most other parts of Europe would have required centuries of careful cultivation, show at least the capabilities of our soil and climate; and we may add, that were his original plans revived and carried out, Santa Catalina might easily be made a suburban Villa, fit for prince or president.
Latterly, his attention chiefly directed to botanical and floral productions of the Republics of the Plate and of the Empire of Brazil. In quest of these, his peregrinations, at his own risk and cost, extended from Bahia Blanca in the south, to Tucumán in the north, embracing the coasts of the Plate, the Paraná, the Uruguay, the Rio Negro, &c, and that of the Atlantic as far north as Rio de Janeiro. With what success he fulfilled his arduous mission, may be seen in the botanical record of the United Kingdom and inferred from the active correspondence maintained for many years with Bonpland, Sir William Hooker, Dr. Gillies, of Mendoza, Dr. Gordon of Cordoba and other names distinguished in these departments of natural science.
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Ecostat's TOP 100 index, a measure of confidence at Hungary's 100 biggest companies, fell 1 percentage point to 53% in May compared to April, but was still 3 points over its rate in May 2005.
Managers at Hungary's biggest companies said the economy's prospects were hurt by the country's poor balance and uncertainty about government reforms. A little more than a third said they expected Hungary's economic situation to improve in the coming six months, and a little less than a third said they expected things to get worse.
About 40% of managers were positive about the present situation of their businesses, and half projected an improvement in the coming six months. Just a tenth said their situations would worsen.
Almost half of the managers said export orders were growing, and more than half said they expected exports to grow in the coming six months. Asked to assess their domestic sales, 35% of managers said the market had narrowed, the highest ratio in twelve months, while just 23% said sales in Hungary had improved.


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Mnajdra temple complex
Malta is associated in the public mind with many images, holiday beaches, The Knights of St. John, The Grand Harbour of Valletta, grandiose churches but few are aware that it has some of the earliest and most developed Neolithic sites extant including at Gigantija on the island of Gozo the world's oldest stone building. The list of Malta's heritage sites is dominated by the Islands' prehistoric megalithic temples and underground chambers. This small island of 243 square kilometers has a far greater importance in European prehistory due to this extraordinary collection of megalithic temples.
It is on Malta and Gozo you find the oldest man-made free-standing constructions on Earth. Borg in-Nadur, Xrobb l-Ghagin, Tas-Silg, Tarxien, Kordin, Hal-Saflieni Hypogeum, Hagar Qim, Mnajdra, Ta' Hagrat, Skorba, Tal-Qadi, Bugibba, Ggantija.
Situated 90 kilometers south of Sicily and 370 kilometers east of the Tunisian coast, the island of Malta appears to have been first settled during the early Neolithic period by a wave of immigrants from the island of Sicily. Several thousand years before the arrival of the Phoenicians, the Maltese Islands were the home to a remarkable culture. These people acquired the skills, and had the strength of spiritual devotion, to mobilise men and resources to build megalithic structures and hew out living rock into burial chambers. This culture was to vanish from the Islands whether through famine, fire, natural disaster or routed by invasion no one knows. The remains seen today are both fascinating and perplexing for there are no definite answers to how and why they were built or for what they were used.
Malta's temples and the Hypogeum are designated UNESCO World Heritage sites.
The ruins which remain are the bare skeletons of once magnificent structures, mostly roofed over, paved, furnished with doors and curtains, and beautifully decorated with sculptures and paintings. Some archaeologists assume that the period in which the early Maltese progressed from their first rock-cut common graves to their last massive temple complexes was between 3800 and 2400 BC. Around 2300 BC this extraordinary megalithic culture went into rapid decline. A major cause seems to have been the extreme deforestation and soil loss that accompanied the increase in population and the attendant clearing of land for agriculture. Other causes may have been famine, social disruption in response to an oppressive priesthood, and the arrival of foreign invaders. Following the decline of the temple culture, Malta may well have been deserted until the arrival of Bronze Age peoples around 2000 BC.
Statues – National Archaeological Museum
On the islands of Malta and nearby Gozo, the remains of 50 temples have been found, with 23 in various states of preservation. Nearly all of the Maltese temples are constructed in the same basic design: a central corridor leading through two or more kidney-shaped (ellipsoidal) chambers to reach a small alter apse at the far end. The earliest interiors were plastered and painted with red ochre. Later interiors were decorated with intricately carved spirals on steps and altars, friezes of farm animals, fish and snakes, and a simple pattern of pitted dots. Still evident are wall sockets for wooden barriers or curtains and niches for ritual activities. Some of the relief decoration is of such delicate work that it is difficult to understand how it could have been carried out using only stone tools. Artifacts and furnishings (now removed from the temples and placed in museums) indicate ancestor worship, oracular and fertility goddess cults. The temples seem to have been used only for ritual activity and not as cemeteries, for no burials have been found. Sacrificial flint knives are among the artifacts discovered in the temples but no human bones, indicating that sacrifices were solely of animals and not humans.
A good place to start the exploration of Neolithic Malta is the National Museum of Archaeology in the Auberge de Provence in Valletta. This is one of the "inns" or Auberge of the eight Langue or tongues of the Knights of St John which are represented on the eight pointed Maltese Cross.
Auberge de Provence, Valletta, now National Museum of Archaeology
Ceiling – National Museum of Archaeology
National Museum of Archaeology.
The National Museum of Archaeology displays an exceptional array of artifacts from Malta's unique prehistoric periods starting with the first arrival of man in the Ghar Dalam phase (5200 BC) and running up to the Tarxien phase (2500 BC). The collection is housed in the Auberge de Provence, one of the first and most important buildings to be erected in Malta's baroque capital city, Valletta, after the Great Siege in the late 16th century. The main hall is devoted to temple carvings, in particular the giant statue and altar blocks of Tarxien Temples. The collection continues with representations of animals, temple models, and the remarkable human figures. Of particular note are the exquisite figures of the 'Sleeping Lady' from the Hypogeum, and the 'Venus' of Hagar Qim.
'Mother Goddess' from Tarxien
Heading from Valletta to the "three cities" on the far side of the Grand Harbour just outside the Cottonera Line, the defensive bastion encircling the cities you come to the suburb of Paola where a short distance apart you find the Tarxien Temples and the Hypogeum at Hal Saflieni.
The Tarxien site (pronounced "tar-sheen"), discovered by a farmer in 1915 comprises three temples, one of which contains a famous statue of the lower body of a standing figure. Sometimes interpreted as a goddess statue by feminist writers (there is really no way of knowing this as the gender is indeterminate), it is one of the world's earliest known and most powerful representations of a deity.
This site, dating from 3600 to 2500 BC, is the most complex of all temple sites in Malta and consists of four megalithic structures. The temples are renowned for the detail of their carvings, which include domestic animals carved in relief, altars, and screens decorated with spiral designs and other patterns. Of particular note is a chamber set into the thickness of the wall between the South and Central temples, which is famous for its relief of two bulls and a sow.
The site seems to have been used extensively for rituals, which probably involved animal sacrifice. Tarxien is also of great interest because it offers an insight into how the temples were constructed: stone rollers left outside the south temple were probably used for transporting the megaliths. Remains of cremation have also been found at the centre of the South temple at Tarxien, which indicates that the site was reused as a Bronze Age cremation cemetery.
Hypogeum at Hal Saflieni.
Another important temple, the Hypogeum at Hal Saflieni, departs from the norm of Maltese temples. Located close to the Tarxien temple complex in the modern suburb of Paola, it was discovered by chance in 1902 during the digging of a well. The Hypogeum is a multi-storey underground labyrinth (25 x 35 meters) consisting of chambers, halls, corridors and stairs, which over the centuries were extended deeper and deeper in to the soft limestone. Constructed (according to the orthodox chronology) between 4000 and 5000 years ago, the Hypogeum was both a sanctuary and a cemetery, and the bones of some 7000 humans have been found.
Plan of Hypogeum at Hal Saflieni
The most impressive chamber, commonly called "the holy of holies" has pillars and lintels that are architecturally remarkable. With its walls coated in red paint, it has been suggested that the chamber was used for animal sacrifices. Another chamber, the so-called Oracular room, has a square niche cut into the wall that may have been used so that a priest's voice could echo around the temple. A mysterious quality of this particular room is that a man's voice will powerfully reverberate around the chamber while a woman's voice is all but absorbed by the ancient stones.
Heading to the south coast of the island on a cliff top you come to the sites of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra.
The massive ruins of Hagar Qim (pronounced "agar-eem") and Mnajdra (pronounced "eem-na-eed-rah") stand on a rocky plateau on the southwest coast of Malta, overlooking the sea and facing the uninhabited islet of Filfla, 4.8 kilometers away. This plateau is composed of two types of limestone; the lower, harder stone (gray coralline limestone) out of which Mnajdra is constructed, and the upper, softer stone (pale globigerina limestone) from which Hagar Qim is built.
Shrine altar – Hagar Qim
Model of Hagar Qim
The name Hagar Qim means 'standing stones' and previous to the excavations of these ruins all that could be seen was a mound of earth from which only the tops of the tallest stones protruded. Hagar Qim, possibly constructed in several phases between 3500 BC and 2900 BC, is built with some of the largest stones of any temple on Malta; one massive stone is 7 meters by 3 meters (22 ft by 10 ft) and weighs approximately 20 tons. The temple's soft globigerina limestone walls have weathered badly over the millennia and later temple builders used the harder coralline limestone such as is found at Mnajdra complex just down the hill.
The Mnajdra temple complex is located about 500 meters to the west of Hagar Qim, closer to the edge of the promontory facing the sea. Mnajdra consists of two buildings, a main temple with two ellipsoidal chambers and a smaller temple with one chamber. Among their other possible uses, the temples of Mnajdra fulfilled astronomical observation and calendrical functions. The main entrance faces east, and during the spring and autumn equinoxes the first rays of light fall on a stone slab on the rear wall of the second chamber. During the winter and summer solstices, the first rays of the sun illuminate the corners of two stone pillars in the passageway connecting the main chambers. In the case of Mnajdra, the alignment today is good, but not quite perfect
Heading now across to the neighbouring island of Gozo we find many other Neolithic remains including the remarkable temple which is the oldest standing stone monument in the world named after the Maltese word for "gigantic".
The largest and best preserved of all the Maltese temples is on Gozo (a 20-minute ferry ride from Malta). Constructed (according to the assumptions of conventional archaeology) between 3600 and 3000 BC, the temple of Gigantija covers 1000 square meters and its astonishing rear wall still rises 6 meters and contains megaliths weighing in at 40-50 tons. According to local legends, the massive blocks of Gigantija (the word means gigantic) were carved in the south of Gozo by a female giant.
How do we explain the fact that the oldest free-standing stone monuments in the world, which by virtue of there size and sophistication declare themselves to have been built by a people who had already accumulated long experience in the science of megalithic construction, appear on the archaeological scene on a group of very small islands – the Maltese archipelago – that had not even been inhabited by human beings until 1600 years ago? Wouldn't you expect a "civilization history" to show up in the Maltese archaeological record documenting ever-more sophisticated construction techniques – and indeed wouldn't you also expect an extensive territory capable of supporting a reasonably sized population (rather than tiny barren islands) to surround and nourish the greatest architectural leap forward of antiquity?
Neolithic carvings
Paleoanthropologists excavating in the caves of Ghar Hasan and Ghar Dalam on Malta found evidence of Neanderthal humans along with the skeletal remains of animals (European deer, bear, wolf and fox) known to be extinct long before the end of the Paleolithic era. While the Neanderthal could conceivably have made the sea voyage from mainland Europe to Malta during early Paleolithic times (though there is absolutely no evidence of such sea migrations anywhere in the Neanderthal record), the animals could not have made such a sea journey and would therefore had to have somehow walked to the region of Malta. But isn't Malta an island remotely located in the midst of a vast sea?
Malta has not always been an island and this fact we learn from oceanographers and the new science of inundation mapping. Around 17,000 years ago, at the time of the Last Ice Age, when the level of the world's oceans was more than 120 meters lower than it is today, the islands of the Maltese archipelago were the mountain tops of one landmass joined by land-bridge to Sicily (90 kilometers to the north), which itself was joined to the southern end of what is today the Italian mainland. Therefore, until 16,400 years ago, Paleolithic humans and the animals they hunted could simply have walked from Europe all the way to Malta. These people would have lived, hunted (and perhaps farmed) mostly in the lowland areas and (like so many other cultures of antiquity) might have constructed some of their temples upon the peaks of sacred mountains. Given the many thousands of years of time during which Malta was connected by land to mainland Europe and the likelihood of information exchange from other cultural regions of prehistoric Europe, it is eminently possible that the extraordinary architectural style of the Maltese temples could have been developed.
Then the ice caps began to melt and the level of the oceans slowly rose, relentlessly inundating coastal areas and the land-bridges between higher altitude regions. By 14,600 years ago, the land-bridge to Sicily had disappeared beneath the sea and by 10,600 years ago the waters had risen so high that only the peaks of Malta were above the seas, forming the islands we have today of Malta, Gozo and Comino. In the process of this inundation the social centers in the lowland regions would have been lost beneath the waters and the people would have retreated to the higher altitudes of the Maltese peaks or would have migrated northward to Italy and the mainland of the European landmass. The Maltese archipelago would henceforth be completely isolated from European cultural influences and would therefore display unique developmental characteristics, which is exactly the case found in the archaeological record.
Perhaps the great temples of Malta were not actually constructed during Neolithic times but are in fact artifacts of a much older Paleolithic civilization (remember, there is no radio-carbon or other archaeological dating to substantiate the current assumption of a Neolithic origin of the Maltese temples). Perhaps the elegant astronomical alignments of the temples and the presence of advanced mathematics in their construction indicate that the island of Malta was once part of a pan-regional (or global) sacred geography, itself formulated by a long lost civilization of high scientific and spiritual achievement. To determine the answers to these questions it will be necessary to conduct much more extensive archaeological excavations on Malta and, equally important, at the many underwater archaeological sites known to exist in the waters surrounding the islands. Whatever their ultimate origin however, the Maltese temples are places of power not to be missed by any serious pilgrim and earth mysteries aficionado and a source of curious fascination to visitors.
"Venus" of Malta
See also;
- Year of the Whores - February 7, 2014
- Pete Seeger - January 30, 2014
- Sherlock's Mysterious Underground - January 22, 2014


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Many months ago, I went to a café and I ate a pear, walnut and maple muffin – which turned out to be the most amazing muffin I had ever tasted. It was so good that I felt, in that moment, that if I died right then, my life would still have been complete.
So of course, I went home and googled for a similar muffin recipe.
I managed to find and test 2 recipes – but they just weren't great. I have since tried 4 more times, changing the recipes slightly, in order to perfect the PERFECT Pear, Walnut and Maple Muffin.
The different thing about this recipe below is, it uses maple syrup instead of sugar. I did try different variations, half maple, half brown sugar. I even tried with an extra egg, less flour, less milk, more butter.
I think I've got it right! Hope you enjoy it!
Pear, Walnut and Maple Muffins
1 ½ cups self raising flour
½ teaspoon of baking power
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
60g butter, melted
½ cup of pure maple syrup
1 egg, beaten
½ cup milk
2 small pears, cored and diced
½ cup walnuts, chopped
1. Line a muffin pan with 10 paper cases.
2. Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a mixing bowl. Add maple syrup, butter, egg and milk, and stir until just combined.
3. Mix pear and walnuts into the mixture.
4. Spoon into prepared pans and bake in a moderate oven 180C for 25 minutes or until cooked when tested.
(Pure maple syrup is a bit expensive, but it really does taste amazing!)


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Insects and other foods the trout may be eating:
1. Blue-winged Olives (See Below)
2. Mahogany Duns
3. Little Yellow Stoneflies - Summer Stones
4. Slate Drakes
5. Needle Stoneflies
6. Little Yellow Quills
7. Ants
8. Inchworms
9. Beetles
10. Grasshoppers
11. Hellgrammite
12. Craneflies
13. Sculpin, baitfish and small crayfish (Imitate with streamers)
Current Conditions In The Smokies
I doubt I have to remind anyone living in the Southeast that weather is still in the hot
summertime mode. The recent break in hot daytime temperatures was great but
much more shorter lived than forecast. It will again be in the low nineties, even in
Gatlinburg at 1600-1800 feet elevation, for most of this week.. The water levels are
back to their normal low levels for this time of year, and if fact are probably lower
than average. While I enjoy fishing low water, many anglers don't. It's a little more
difficult to catch trout.
What is in the forecast this coming Labor Day weekend is anyone's guess
depending on what the newest tropical development ends up doing. I'm not referring
to Danielle or Earl. I am referring to one yet to develop that may not follow the same
course of the last few. Maybe that is what we need to break the hot cycle - heavy
rain from a hurricane but on second thought, that can be good or very bad. On third
thought, I will be happy with what Mother Nature has in store for us.
You should still be able to catch plenty of brook trout in the high elevations. You
also may do well in the mid-elevations as long as you are fishing early in the
mornings. Our "Perfect Fly" business is staying very busy but it is mostly coming
from the Western States or those planning trips to go there.
Mahogany Dun - Nymphs
The Mahogany Dun nymphs are crawler nymphs that prefer slow to moderate water
not fast water. They usually stay in the deeper pockets and pools in the streams of
the Smokies but when they get ready to hatch, they move into shallow water usually
near the banks or tail ends of pools. They can be found in very shallow water at this
time around the margins of runs and riffles in pocket water as well as small pockets
against the banks and shallow pockets behind rocks and boulders. You can catch
trout year-round on these nymphs because crawler nymphs can't hide near as well
as the clingers. However, the most effective time to use an imitation of them is just
prior to the hatch.
You can use a an upstream or an up and across presentation, with or without a
strike indicator depending upon the water conditions and your preference in most
situations. However, there are places you may want to use a downstream
presentation. The trout will spook easily when they are feeding on nymphs in
shallow water. Use lighter, longer leaders and tippet than you normally use.
You may want to use added weight to get the fly down near the bottom but most of
the time, the fly will work great without any added weight because the nymphs tend
to stay in shallow water. I will mention again, that you don't want to fish this nymph in
the fast water of the runs and riffles like you would a traditional generic nymph in
the Smokies. That isn't where the Mahogany Dun nymphs hatch. You want to fish
them in the areas described above.
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"Perfect Fly" Mahogany Dun Nymph.
Notice the EMU feathers that imitate
the gills. These flare out in the water as well as the partridge that imitates the
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Instagram will start testing to remove likes in the US by next week
It was in April this year, that Instagram was first reported to be working on removing likes from its platform. In July, Instagram had officially come out to say that it's "running a test that hides the total number of likes and video views for some people" in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand.
Now, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has announced at the Wired25 conference that it will start testing hide likes in the US as soon as next week.
WATCH: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri announces that the platform will start hiding likes for US audiences starting next week. It's the latest step in Instagram's quest to become the safest place on the internet. https://t.co/BGkMG57rdk #WIRED25 pic.twitter.com/WNTyAPVhaD
— WIRED (@WIRED) November 9, 2019
In tests that have been rolled out in other countries so far, likes are hidden from public posts in the Feed, on the web, and in profiles. However, the owners of the accounts will still be able to see how many likes they got on a post it's only other people that won't be able to.
When Instagram first announced about removing likes from the platform, a spokesperson from the company had said in a statement, "We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get."