Classical science fiction is a rare item these days. Most of the time explosions and karate chops steal the center stage of things Sci-Fi. But in 2017 the Infinity Chamber came to be; it was Sci-Fi to the max. Carried by a plot line and on the mark acting and directing, it is something of a quirk in today's cartoony Sci-Fi. Infinity Chamber takes points a finger at the potential pitfalls of power, combined with AI and sheep society.
It says a lot on a shoe string budget, and the depth is something the young and stupid will find boring. A dash of 12:01 pm, a bit of the Matrix, and "Vawallah."
Of vexilological interest is the arm band of the inmate. It resembles a flag or is could just be a bar code. We really don't know, the movie never explains, and this is okay. Since it is on the arm badge/flag position it could have any meaning: type of prisoner, jail unit, listed crimes, etc. The badge also appears on the collar, but at 90 degree angle. It could easily be mistaken as military uniform.
AI in the workforce is a common theme in many movies, but we are already there and it will continue to expand. Someday much of the prison staff will be replaced by Alexa or Cortana. In 20 years, one can only imagine how much smarter AI will become.
The Republic of Ezo existed from about 2 Mercury Years, that's six months for you Earthlings. From January 17, 1860 until June 27, 1869 this Northern Japanese Republic made an effort to break away from the Imperial Clan of Southern Japan. Its capital was in Hokkaido Island in the city of Hokadate. French Republicans were a key Western catalyst to help create this forlorn nation.
In the second half of the video below you can learn about it, and about how this Japanese Civil War is connected to the US Civil War.
蝦夷 共和国 は 約 2 水星年 から 存在 しました。
Ezo kyōwakoku wa yaku 2 suisei-nen kara sonzai shimashita.
それは あなたにとって 地球人 にとって 6ヶ月です。
Sore wa anata ni totte chikyūjin ni totte 6-kagetsudesu.
1860年 1月 17日 から1869年 6月27日まで、
1860-Nen 1 tsuki 17-nichi kara 1869-nen 6 tsuki 27-nichi made,
この 日本 共和国あるい はむしろ 北日本 は、 南日本 の
kono Nihon kyōwakoku, aruiwa mushiro Kitanihon wa, minaminihon no
帝国 一族 から 脱却 する ため の 努力 を しました。
teikoku ichizoku kara dakkyaku suru tame no doryoku o shimashita.
首都 は 北海道 の 函館 に ありました。フランスの 共和党員は、
Shuto wa Hokkaidō no hakkodatte ni arimashita. Furansu no kyōwatō-in wa,
この国 を 作る のを 助ける ための 重要な 西洋 の 触媒でした。
kono kuni o tsukuru no o tasukeru tame no jūyōna seiyō no shokubaideshita.
下 のビデオ の 後半で は,それ に ついて、そしてこの 日本の
Shita no bideo no kōhande wa, sore ni tsuite, soshite kono Nihon no
内戦 が 米国 の 南北戦争 とど のように 関連して いるか
naisen ga Beikoku no nanbokusensō todo no yō ni kanren shite iru ka
Lancaster County flag feathers a Conestoga Wagon on a seal within an outline of a red heart. Over the wagon are two long guns and the outer wing ring it is written:
• County of Lancaster ~ Pennsylvania • Founded May 10, 1729
It looks like there is some corn cobs laying infront of the wagon.
Lancaster was the 4th county carved in William Penn's Colony of Pennsylvania. Besides the Connestoga Wagon, Lancaster is famous for Shoefly Pie, and abundant Amish community.
Note that Lancaster City has its own flag, nonetheless Lancaster City can fly the Lancaster Conestoga County flag, Pennsylvania flag and the national stars and stripes flag.
The Goodwin-Baylor Line flag is based upon a fusion of the old Maine flag with the Kentucky Orphan's Brigade. Since the first Territorial Governor is debatable.
On August 1, 1861 John Robert Baylor became the first Territorial Governor of Arizona as recognized by the Confederacy. And carved out a south bound Arizona out of New Mexico Territory such that Arizona would have hogged the border with Mexico, spanning the distance from Southern California to West Texas.
However in 1863 the Union government divided New Mexico Territory along the 107th meridian. In the northern, and subsequently official case, John Noble Goodwin became the 1st official governor of Arizona Territory on December 29, 1863.
Since Goodwin was born in Maine, we have to old Maine flag that had a pine tree. Since Baylor was from Kentucky and fought for the Confederacy a few design ques were taken from the Orphan's Brigade of Kentucky.
As one reckons with a proper orientation of map to flag, the blue quadrants are where the Union and Confederacy agreed that this area would become Arizona and New Mexico, but along the buff areas are where they didn't see eye to eye.
Remember homepages? What about upgrading your phone? The internet changes so quickly. Someday the QR Code will be just as quaint. In any case this is the QR for this ホームページ.
Here is the second version of Algeria's Tennessee Tilt flag. What is a Tennessee Tilt? Basically when a state, nation, or county is on par with latitude of Europe and Africa, but it has certain tilt towards Africa, that is a Tennessee Tilt.
The first presentation for the Area Interest Meeting; Flag Design Gauntlet was by Russ Adams. Adams gave an insightful presentation of his proposed flag for NAVA 55. His proposed flag played a clever trick by turning the V in the NAVA flag into a Roman numeral V and adding a white L along the hoist and bottom. Unfortunately Adam's flag was not chosen. One observation was that it looked too much like the NAVA flag.
To the left are several other flags that were proposed to represent NAVA's 55th meeting. Ted Kaye also shared a simple memory trick as to know which NAVA meeting is next. Just think of the most recent Superbowl. NAVA meetings are providentially synced to the number of the Superbowl. NAVA's first meeting and the first Superbowl took place in 1967. Ergo Superbowl LIX and NAVA LIX will take place in the year 2025.
The second presentation was by about the recently adopted (99.98% official) flag for Yorba Linda, California. It was graciously presented by a former Mayor of Yorba Linda — Beth Haney. Haney was also on the committee that led the process for the adopted a flag for this municipality.
To Beth's surprise her submission nearly became the official flag of Yorba Linda, as a runner up. However the official is the one with a yellow star on navy blue with an uneven, curved, white division towards the fly. There were several submissions for the flag and much of the community was engaged. The winning design was slightly modified, the original designer had the yellow star towards the fly. So in a way the flag of Yorba Linda is a syncretic design, where more than one person is responsible for the design.
Mayor Haney also presented some the submissions by children. This flag was been digitized to the left. Perhaps if this submission made into a 'crisp computer' version, it could have become the official flag of Yorba Linda, California?
In the third presentation the winner of the Official Flag for the City of Old Town, Maine was given by our talented host, Joe Gorman. In the center is a red canoe on horizontal tri-bar of green, white, green.
This flag was so poplar that it inspired heraldic organizations to create coats of arms and other versions of the flag.
Finally our host Joe Gorman gave presentation by proxy for Brian Cham. Cham is graphic designer in New Zealand and has taken a special interest in designing a new flag for state of Massachusetts.
The flag of Labrador up top and Newfoundland and Labrador below. This image is from Justin Barbour's video when he trekked across Labrador towards the Quebec border.
To clarify Labrador is a part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland is the island that looks like its pinky is sticking out, while Labrador is the eastern coastline of continental Canada. Perhaps someday when there is population explosion in Labrador, it could become the 14th province or territory of Canada.
And yes, Labrador dogs get their name from this region. They were bred mostly in Newfoundland, so a better name would be Newfoundland Retriever? Nonetheless, the beloved and loyal Canadian dog from Labrador has captured the hearts of many Americans, American than live in the suburbs. In contrast, Americans that live in an urban atmosphere typically have a love affair with the Pitt Bull.
Funny thing is that there are more Labrador Retrievers than there are people in Labrador. Labrador is certainly off radar of people in the US.
The Labrador flag is an uneven horizontal tribar of white, green, and sky blue.
In 1987 the true American version of Pinnochio was born. Remember, the tale of Pinnochio is not a Disney Property, however Mannequin is. Born in the heart of the 1980s, and released in 1987. Mannequin was far from the 1970s and 1990s, that it just oozes the spirit of the 1980s. A theme from the movie it to create art of substance and character, and indeed this gem from 1987 was totally outrageous.
Flags appear in the introductory cartoon montage. In it we get a short history of the world, from ancient Egypt to modern days. Our lucky heroine is given a gift from the Gods to travel through time to see the world in its varied forms. In one spice she is seen leading a navigator in Medieval Italian dress across an ocean. The fore mast has a green pennant while the aft mast has a red pennant. Finally the navigator in the stern is holding a flag with has an American style motif.
Here you can see the classic Key Stone Cop-Night Security officer is played by George W. Bailey. The badge on the his shoulder read Prince Security for the fictional Prince and Company Department Store that was located in Center City Philadelphia, next to Philadelphia's City Hall.
The US flag and 'county-city' flag of Philadelphia can be seen in the background. These are also known as the iconic Rocky Steps of Philadelphia. Mannequin is fairly tale from Pennsylvania. It was constructed with a patient heart and soul, full of character. This is one of America's best Valentine's Day's movies, as least from the 1980s.
AMC produced an excellent show about the American Revolution called TURИ Washington's Spiesthat originally aired from 2014 to 2017. They get a lot right and take a few creative liberties. However, like any production that reproduces the past little errors sneak in, that only a few would recognize. Иonetheless, if you want to get the feels of 1776 this series puts the flavor of the action on a delightful stage.
The most unique flag to appear in the show is during the opening animated sequence, whereby an AMC flag is waved. Иote the background is assumed to be white and the first letter from AMC is lower case, while the second letter is an upper case M, followed by a letter c.
The neat thing is, as the computer generated aMC flag waves it turns into different kinds of flag. It become the Betsy Ross flag, followed by the UK flag. However the UK flag is that of the modern version. During the US Revolution/Colonial Rebellion, the UK flag did not have St. Patrick's Cross. Иonetheless it should not take you out the wonderful story. A 50 US starred flag would, but this small anachronistic detail can be easily overlooked, likewise most people in the US usually overlook this fact as well. This is must watch for any student of history.
And then there was one. Tonight the last glimmer of 2020 streaks across the heavens. Look up because the last Moon of 2020 fades to darkness. After a day of waiting, on January 14, 2021 will the first Moon of 2021 begin.
Since we started with a Japanese artist to contemplate Lunar Twilight, it only makes sense to close with another. The follow song stems from men from Yamanashi Prefecture. It is on the other side of Mt. Fuji. However, this song stems from a folk song from Okinawa as converted into modern music in 1993.
It is sad song of love and letting go, as we transition from one year to the next, it is more than appropriate. This is an accumulation of the themes for Lunar Twilight 2020.
Lunar Twilight will be gone in a night or two. The final embers of yesteryear is upon us. When the last Moon of 2020 finally fades from the night sky on January 14, 2021, the first Moon of 2021 shall being anew with 2021.
Of vexillological note in Deadpool 2, the ionic national symbol of Canada can be seen in the background: a red maple leaf on white.
Coincidentally the scene is reflective of the original Aha! video where a man of artistic dimensions crosses over into another reality to invite a lovely lady upon a wonder lust adventure of the heart. Although the hero of graphic novel will be gone in a day or two, they share a special moment in this realm of stories.
Thus it is of perfect concord that a comic book movie should reprise for that ever enchanting song from 1984. It is song that beckons us to follow our hearts and make that leap to the other side of mystery and the unknown. Although danger may be present, this unreal dream of art is able to make an impression more real than reality itself.
Like memories past that gain a certain gravity after they are gone, Lunar Twilight is that extra goodbye kiss from yesteryear that can sooth the aching heart.
Lunar Twilight 2020 is almost ended. We have less than five more days until the first Moon of 2021 is created. Right now, the last Moon of 2020 is nearly at an end.
In Enya's video Only Time, there is some writing and what looks like several crosses and or other symbols. As Enya walks through the seasons you can see direct symbolism with her song.
Much of Enya's work harmonizes totally with the Spirit of Lunar Twilight. Enya's music is especially appropriate during Lunar Twilight.
This song resonates especially with Lunar Twilight. A crystal clear resonance is conveyed with Enya's poetic rhythms painted hypnotic tones of pondering grace.
The final approach 2021's first full night is upon us. On January 14, 2021 will then, only, the nights of 2021 begin in earnest; since the first cycle of a 2021 Moon will start on that evening. Until then, after sunset, the knights of 2020 trespass into the New Year.
Time Suspension Crystals - a symbol?
During this transgression of yesteryear, one can savor the graces and gifts of long lost memories. It is also a time of clemency, and of a time to say goodbye.
Never forget about the gleaning gems of the past. To pine for the past, upon wishes granted, during Lunar Twilight is good. For the dark times of the now allow the enchanting echoes of previous wonders to cast a spell upon memory.
Cherish with loving detachment all of yesteryear's good. Amen.
Above this the Lunar Twilight Candlemast. It is starts out as row of candles at different lengths. These candles countdown the remaining nights of last years Moon. Ya see, for the first few nights of January, the nights is revert back to the 2020 after sunset, because first Moon of January is always born in December, unless there is a New Moon on New Years Eve.
It will not be until January 15, that the first Moon of 2021 will begin its cycle. So at the beginning of Lunar Twilight, which starts on the first evening of January 1, 2021 at sunset when it gets dark, the entire candlemast is lit. Until the shortest candle burns out, then all the candles are blown out till the next evening. Thus the first few nights of January always revert back to yesteryear, allowing extra time for clemency and to say goodbye.
Lunar Twilight is a time to reflect and ponder that gift that was yesteryear. 2020 was a lovely year, although a tragedy for some it was blessing for all. Things can always get worse, and the gift of each year of life is something to cherish, no matter what.
Of vexillological note is the one flag that appears. In the picture of the cow jumping over the Moon, one can see a little mailbox with flag. Also notice that the artwork is of the shapeshifting type, that varies page by page, as if the book were like a dream.
2020, I got your back! You were the best year yet, Good Night 2020!
The last Moon of 2020 is in its final phase. Although by the solar point of view, 2021 has become. Yet at night, a remaining fraction of 2020 lights up the night sky. Reason being, the first Moon of January was created last year on December 14, 2020. Until, this last ember dissolves from the night's sky, then the days of and nights of 2021 will begin anew.
In the video of the live performance at the Mercury, you can see a video watermark in the lower right hand corner. This little design is an indicator of ownership. In this case, the video mark is a lower case b to represent the band Black Lab.
In this video, the song Wash It Away is performed. This song beseeches Grace. One of the most uncomfortable trials of life is that of regret and attaining the skill of simply letting go. Consequently this is a deep theme, to touch upon, during any Lunar Twilight.
In the end, some jewels of the human experience are forged in misery. Upon a certain time, they are released and healed by mysterious forces. What it becomes is something beautiful, precious, and powerful. For, to attain these blinding jewels, one must suffer a humiliating, dreadful failure. This humiliation can not be artificially forged, but comes upon the smile of the Fates, and delivered only whence the proper choice is made. Father Time and the Mother of Graces stand by to allow such tragedies to crystalize into something good.
As the candelmast grows shorter, it indicates the ending of the last lunar cycle from 2020. Remember that the Sun and Moon are our cosmic timepieces. The Sun rules the over the day for the change of year, but Moon rules the night. For the last Moon of 2020 in nearing its completion and within a week, will only then the first Moon of 2021 will begin.
In the episode of Inner Light, Captain Picard lives another lifetime from a civilization that has long vanished. A 'matrix' like probe-device was the last of this dying civilization that sought out to be remembered.
After the probe sent its message, it went off line. After this trip across space and time, a single item was left, a flute with a tassel. Tassels are often found on flags, when fully dressed.
All of 2020 is yet to be gone, for the last Moon carries a fading light. We still have a week till the first Moon of 2021 is born. Until then, when the Sun rests, the fading Moon of 2020 returns, and allows to us make peace with past and recognize any necessary course corrections.
The New Year's Celebration in the West is often a loud and ruckus affair, but in other cultures, there is more peaceful and somber fading of the old year. During Lunar Twilight one can reflect back upon the past and hope for the upcoming future.
As the Moon is the ruler of night, the last shadow of 2020 returns with a lunar glow.
Of vexillological note in the original video from 1984 there is poster next to he band announcing happy hour from 5-7pm. It is yellow and decorated with martini stencils.
The tone of the song and video resonate wholly with the spirit of Lunar Twilight, as inner reflection and facing the truth are matters to ponder during Lunar Twilight. This inner reflection is often lacking in today's modern world.
It is the 4th night of 2020 when an ember of yesteryear's light returns for a visit. In the video for Airplanes by B.o.B in 2010 the spirit of Lunar Twilight is recognized. This song echoes the longing for the past, whence the memory of what was fades.
Aged for more than a decade, this song resonates with the spirit of Lunar Twilight. In the video you can see a letter D, which is represents officially a corporation, but it is also the icon of city in Michigan, Detroit.
Officially the European Biblical D represents a local baseball team. More so than a group of athletes, the 'D' also represents the a certain sector, feeling, and ethos for a community in Detroit.
Lunar Twilight is the kind of like a wake/celebration for the transition of 2020 to 2021. It is unique time when an afterglow of 2020 shines, after sunset for the first few weeks of the New Year. For the Moon was declared the ruler of the night, and the last Moon of yesteryear remains for just a bit into the new year. The current Moon will not fade until January 13, 2021. Until then, in a certain way the nights revert back to 2020, to honor the memory that was and allow for that transitioning serenity and hope for tomorrow.
Speaking of the time and the past, a seminal game that rode the mystic's adventure to the ancient world came into being in 2005—The Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones.
In the opening sequence, you can see the enchanted medallion that controls aspects of time. It is engraved with a Moon. In the Far West, we have forgotten to notice the clockwork magic of the Moon, that sets the months and counts the passing of time. It is no wonder that people of the clear desert skies would be more aware and take notice of the Moon's transition with the passage of time.
The Prince of Persia was something of an interactive dream, that had a particular spark on the history of time and its connection to the Moon. The ending credits song is thematic of the Lunar Twilight's passage of yesteryear's time.
As we begin 2021, people often expect and instant change of mood and being. However, this is rarely the case. Instead, there is a fading transition from year to year as it is with the decades. Did you ever notice that the 1970s bleed over into the early 1980s, as the 80s bled over into the 1990s, etc...
Alas, an echo of 2020 returns for the first 12 nights of 2021. Reason being, the cycle of the Moon started on December 15, 2020. It won't be until in January 13, 2021 that this last light of 2020 fades from the heavens.
So take time to reflect upon the beauty and peace of what once was. Things can always get worse, likewise the blessings of yesteryear are often overlooked, yet are always blessings, no matter when. The following song is thematic of this after hours party in remembrance of the gift of 2020. Indeed 2020 was a gift, contrary to the prevailing pessimistic views of 2020. This website is a single counterpoint to the positivity and joy presented by 2020, in remembrance of 2020's beauty.
Of vexillological interest is the lighting of lighters during the soft and serene melodies during a musical concert. Whenever a band or musician plays a touching song, many in the audience will ignite their lighters. In this case, we can see the lighters of the audience light up for Chris de Burgh's Lady in Red song, a timeless gem that has touched nations across the world as an anthem for winning Love's Grace.
The coston signals are an ancient kind of device. They have been used on battle fields since time began, in all cultures. There were even able to colourize some signals with red, green, and white patterns.
Anyone who has attended a concert will remember is this simple fire signal of serenity. This is, indeed, one form of vexillology where the signal and spirit communicate something beautiful.
AI in the workforce is a common theme in many movies, but we are already there and it will continue to expand. Someday much of the prison staff will be replaced by Alexa or Cortana. In 20 years, one can only imagine how much smarter AI will become. 
