Ancient Glass

Glass is common today. In ancient times it was reserved for kings and the elite, valued only slightly lower than silver and gold and about the same as precious gemstones.

Archaeologists have found glass beads dating to as early as the third millenium BCE. Glazes and technology date earlier still. In the Late Bronze Age, 1600 to 1200 BCE, the use of glass took off. Glass of those times was opaque and saturated with color. The source of the silica was crushed quartz pebbles, not sand. Ancient glass makers used ash of desert plants, which contain high levels of salts such as sodium carbonate or bicarbonates. The plants also contain lime, calcium oxide, that made the glass more stable. They also added materials to color glass, such as cobalt for dark blue, or lead antimonate for yellow.

Egypt is favored as the birth place of glass making. But by the 1980s, thinking changed to the Near East after loads of glass was found at Nuzi, a Late Bronze Age provincial town in modern-day Iraq, thought to date from the 1500s BCE.

The raw glass blocks were Egyptian, based on the concentration of trace metals.

Glass was a cornerstone of international trade. In the early 1980s, divers found a sunken vessel from the 1300s BCE off the coast of Turkey. The Uluburun shipwreck contained a load of colored glass — 175 unfinished blocks, called ingots, for glassworking. Most of the ingots were cobalt-colored deep blue, but purple and turquoise ingots were also found.

Salt Mining

Halite rock salt (NaCl)

Salt is a mineral made up of cube-shaped crystals composed of two elements, sodium and chlorine. It is translucent, colourless, and odourless. For centuries salt had a permanent place in the life of human beings. Salt was considered sacred, a gift from the Gods; it was used to confirm oaths and sacrifices. Salt served as money at various times and places, and the quest for salt has been the cause of warfare. Offering bread and salt to visitors is a sign of hospitality.

Prior to industrialization, it was expensive and labor intensive to harvest the mass quantities of salt necessary for food preservation and seasoning. This made salt a valuable commodity throughout history. Mining salt caused rapid dehydration. Other problems related to accidental excessive sodium intake.

Entire economies were based solely on salt production and trade.

The 'Man in Salt' greets visitors at the Salzwelten Hallstatt Mine, Austria. In 1734 a corpse preserved in salt was discovered in the deposit.

At the Chehrabad Salt Mine, Iranian miners recently uncovered the 6th salt man to be found in the last 15 years. Salt men are ancient corpses killed or crushed in the cave and mummified by the extreme conditions. Hair, flesh and bone are all preserved by the dry salinity of the cave, and even internal organs have been found intact. The first salt man, dated to 300 A.D., was discovered in 1993, sporting a long white beard, iron knives and a single gold earring. In 2004 another mummy was discovered 50 feet away, followed by another in 2005 and a "teenage" boy later that year. The oldest of the salt men found is truly ancient and has been carbon dated to 9550 B.C.

Egyptians may have been the first civilization to preserve fish and meat with salt. Food that could be preserved was highly valuable. Recognizing the worth of preserving food, Egyptians turned to trade. The Egyptians did not export salt by itself, it was bulky and difficult to transport, but rather food that was salted, which transported easily without spoiling and had a value added. Ancient Egypt's trade started a 4000 history of trade involving salt and food.

Boiling brine into pure salt in China.

In the Iron Age evaporated salt was obtained by boiling seawater or brine in clay pots over a fire. Roman salt making entailed boiling seawater in large lead-lined pans. In ancient Rome, salt on the table was a mark of a very rich patron; those who sat nearer the host were "above the salt," and those less favored were "below the salt". Roman salt mining was often done by slave or prison labor, and life expectancy was low.

Malta Roman salt flats

Ancient Roman Glass Salt Dishes

The Roman historian Pliny the Elder stated as an aside in his Natural History's discussion of sea water, that "[I]n Rome ... the soldier's pay was originally salt and the word 'salary' derives from it ..."

Roman Salt Pans in Hortales.

Nemesis

Nemesis brought great sorrow to mortals.

To ancient Greeks, Nemesis is the goddess who enacts retribution for evil deeds, undeserved good fortune, and against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). Her name was derived from the Greek words nemêsis and nemô, meaning "dispenser of dues." A purveyor of justice, Nemesis was often depicted with a sword and scales. She is a winged goddess often wielding a whip or a dagger. Her Roman counterpart was Invidia, the goddess of jealousy and vengeance.

Justice (Dike, on the left) and Divine Vengeance (Nemesis) are pursuing the murderer. Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1808

Happiness and unhappiness were measured out by her, care being taken that happiness was not too frequent or excessive. If this happened, Nemesis could bring about losses and suffering. She was an avenging agent and punishing power of fate, who, sooner or later, overtakes the sinner. She was a popular choice among elite Romans seeking to decorate their homes.

How Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference

In modern times, satellites determined the exact circumference of the Earth at 40,030 km. 2,000 years earlier in ancient Greece, a man arrived at nearly that exact figure by putting a stick in the ground. Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician and the head of the library at Alexandria. The idea of a spherical Earth was floated by Pythagoras around 500 BC and validated by Aristotle a few centuries later.

The method of measuring the Earth's circumference was carried out in Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. Eratosthenes read that there was no shadow at the stick-erected upright at noon on June 21 in the city of Syene near the Nile River. There was a shadow of the stick at noon on June 21st in the city of Alexandria. Why were the shadows of the sticks different in the two cities? There was only one answer: The Earth was curved. The distance between Alexandria and Syene had to be 7 degrees on the surface of the Earth according to the difference between the shadow lengths of the two sticks.

Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal

The royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal is shown on a famous group of Assyrian palace reliefs from the North Palace of Nineveh. They are widely regarded as "the supreme masterpieces of Assyrian art". They show a formalized ritual "hunt" by King Ashurbanipal. They were made about 645–635 BC.

By 612, perhaps as little as 25 years after they were made, the empire had fallen apart and Nineveh was sacked. There are some two dozen sets of scenes of lion hunting in recorded Assyrian palace reliefs.

Ralph van der Walle - Confidence man

Purchasers have a right to walk away because Mike Fowler did not disclose the $8m judgement against him. It was his numbered company, ahuck, doh. The document was amended in August. (https://www.sedar.com/DisplayCompanyDocuments.do?lang=EN&issuerNo=00045174) Folks can walk away with their money, as long as they do it pronto.

Posts have on Facebook disclosing the death of Mike Fowler have been censored. He was a principal of 'Beach House at Saratoga General Partner Inc.' There are no SEDAR filings of Fowler's demise either. Nondisclosure of a material fact is a securities offense. https://www.facebook.com/saratogabeachhouse.ca/

Mike Fowler

Mr. Mike Fowler dropped dead around Sept 11. In late 2017 Mr. Mike Fowler was sued successfully for $8m after buyers of the property he peddled found out only 33% of the 51 acres could be developed. His warranty breach came from a sale to SmartCentres Inc., Salmon Arm Shopping Centres Limited, and Calloway Reit (Salmon Arm) Inc. on Oct. 15, 2007 for $14.7m.

The plan is 29 units and 1 'caretaker unit'.

The 30 units of the 'Beach House at Saratoga' are drawing water from Black Creek watershed. In order to mitigate draw, above ground cisterns are proposed. The area doesn't have infrastructure for high density development. The boys tried for 36 units and were foiled. Sewage is septic drainage with facebook claiming a treatment plant is imminent.

The group's GC (General Contractor) isn't. Island West Coast Developments Ltd., a well established and respected builder, was shown on the development permit. They have indicated they have nothing to do with 'Beach House at Saratoga'. Without a general contractor in place (and building permit) these tards are whistling out their assholes.

Lot 1, District Lot 221, Comox District, Plan VIP76726, PID 025-897-977 (9022 Clarkson Avenue)

The approved development application for 9022 Clarkson Ave. HERE The development permit says the project must be "substantially started" before March 30th 2022, 6 months hence. Boyos require a $10m+ builder's loan NOW. The claim to be 'sold out' is for the benefit of this lender. UNLESS construction is "substantially started" the permit will expire, voiding the contracts, and these dopes will need to start over. Condos are 10 to 15 feet above ground. At a minimum, hundreds of steel piles need to be driven to an unknown depth, taking months.

Beach House at Saratoga General Partner Inc. was incorporated Aug 17, 2017.

Saratoga land was purchased from 1069585 B.C. Ltd. (Insider Ralph van der Walle) for $1.5m (a $440k+ markup) There is a $800k mortgage carried at prime plus 6. 9022 Clarkson Ave. is zoned Tourist Commercial One. (TC-1) Owners may live in their condo no more than 6 months in a year. Capitalists require $10m to $12m to break ground. Boys don't have it. A-holes are STILL telling the public their project is 'Sold Out'. We say not. https://www.saratogabeachhouse.ca/

While claiming condos are sold out @$700 (sq ft), assholes listed 3 condos on MLS for more than that. MLS® 881336 for unit #28 @ $759k ($761 sf), MLS® 881337 for unit #23 @ $869k ($816 sf), and MLS® 881398 for Unit #6, @ $859k. ($807 sf) "We are excited to announce that The Beach House is now Sold Out.

"We welcome our new owners and can’t wait to build something amazing together! Stay tuned for construction updates and The Beach House Resort updates. Giving you an opportunity to be one of the first to book your vacations here in 2023. Thanks everyone and we’ll be seeing you at the Beach!" https://www.facebook.com/saratogabeachhouse.ca/

Mike Fowler Warren Stevenson Saratoga Oceanfront Ltd. was incorporated in 2014. It was sued in 2016 for $762,384 by Liberty Investments Limited. 0907144 B.C. sued it for $151k. Saratoga Oceanfront Ltd. was dissolved in 2017.

"Can. Corp. is involved as part of the General Partnership Group developing the project."

How does a wood frame, 1000 sq foot, 2 bedroom strata condo built on piles in a windy flood plain in Northern Vancouver Island for $700k to appear (maybe) in 2023 sound? It doesn't matter because they are sold out. We pointed out to the promoter that claiming '95% sold' was impossible because that would be 28.5 units, and this is strata making half units impossible. The next day they claimed 100% sold.

9022 Clarkson Ave, Black Creek, B.C.

https://www.facebook.com/saratogabeachhouse.ca/

" Over 50% sold!" Facebook May 5, 2021.

"Over 50% sold in ten days." Facebook on June 3.

"Only 10 luxury beach homes left! Priced from $729,000." Facebook on June 10, 2021.

This operation is NOT connected to the established Cancorp Property Group in Calgary.

One of their projects is "Multi-family Lands (Salmon Arms BC)" One assumes that ought to be Salmon Arm, B.C. https://www.cancorp.com/projects Photos are stock and appear hundreds of times on the internet. These cowboys did NOT build the projects displayed in their promotional materials.

This photo has nothing to do with "Cancorp".

It's clear these confidence men a) have never built anything, and b) have no problem pretending otherwise.

The photo used for "The Summit (View Royal Victoria BC)" is "Coho Living" and that project was built by Omicron.

Corporate 'Head Office' is #128 - 6033 London Rd Richmond, BC. There is no historical record of any business ever being there. No business license applications, no unit sales, and that location hasn't been offered for rent. Unit numbers don't seem to go that high. The highest shown is #118.

The marsh is adjacent to Miracle Beach Provincial Park and alteration of the habitat to reduce mosquito breeding isn't an option.

Adria Cowan's family moved into their dream house near Miracle Beach on Vancouver Island in 2018. The dream became a nightmare. The area's summer mosquito problem has reached the point where they can't step outside. The Black Creek salt marsh near Miracle Beach is prime habitat for breeding mosquitoes. Experts say the increase is due to increased development disrupting mosquito habitats, and climate change.

'The developer' tried to unload 'sold out' units. $759,000 #28 9022 Clarkson Ave MLS® 881336 (MLS was removed 8/24/21) $869,000 - MLS® 881337 (removed) #23, 9022 Clarkson Ave, Black Creek. MLS 881398 Unit #6, 9022 Clarkson Ave. $859,000 - $807 per sq ft

"Why are u dragging my name thru mud.. Im not flipping anything.. im listing a unit in here on behalf of the developer Viet"

Stonehaus Realty Corp. 103 - 20353 64 Avenue. Langley, British Columbia V2Y1N5

Our gatekeeper liartard is one Michael L. Warsh of Nanamio.

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