The Grid Geographic Flag for the tallest point in all of the United States of America uses the colours: red, blue, indigo, yellow, and black. The tribar represents longitude while the stars represent latitude. The colours are coded to a number, which is based upon the order of the rainbow.
Since red is the first colour of the official rainbow, it represents 1. Likewise blue is the fifth colour, that represents 5. Thus the tribar represents 151. Likewise Mt. Denali rests on 151th West. Additionally the central white pentagon indicates this is a Western Meridian, otherwise if it were yellow it would indicate an Eastern Meridian.
Since indigo is the sixth colour, it represents 6. Finally as yellow is third colour, it represents 3. Thus 63 is the latitude. Its northern parallel is indicated since the dominant star points upwards. Thus if the dominant star were pointing down, it
would indicate a southern parallel.
Note this mountain's middle name is Mt. McKinley and stands at 6190 Meters above sea level.
The most western point of the United 48 States of the USA is in Washington State. This is non-political truly scientific flag that has the colours ordered to numbers. The numbers themselves represent latitude and longitude. In this case red is 1, since it is the first colour in the rainbow. Orange is 2, as it is the second colour of the rainbow, while green is 4, you guessed it, as it is the 4th colour of the official rainbow. Thus 124 represents the longitude. The white pentagon represents the Western Hemisphere, otherwise it'd be yellow for the Eastern Hemisphere.
The stars represents lines of latitude. In this case it is 48. As the dominant star is pointing upwards, it indicates the Northern Hemisphere.
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The most eastern point in the USA United 48 is at West Quoddy Head, Maine. Its longitude and latitude are 66 Degrees West by 44 Degrees North. The colours are coded to numbers as ordered by the rainbow. Since indigo is the 6th colour of the rainbow it appears twice as double. Likewise green is the 4th colours of the rainbow and 44 makes two green stars. Please see the key below. Note these types of flags are scientifically objective. True blue blooded vexillological flags.
The Middle Rocks are in the Pacific Ocean and a disputed claim between Malaysia and Singapore. Here is a non-national affiliated flag that represents the geographical area of the space. The colours are coded to numbers as set by the rainbow. Red is 1 and the 1st colour of the rainbow. Green is 4 as is the 4th colour of the rainbow, while white represents 0, since it is not a part of the official rainbow. Thus the colours red, white, green read as 104 East. The East designation is discerned by the central yellow pentagon, otherwise a central white pentagon represents a Western line of longitude.
The stars indicate latitude. Here it is 01 degrees. The dominant star is white, while the lesser star is red. This translates to 01 North. It is North because the dominant star is pointing upwards, otherwise it'd be South. Capeesh?
Ukatny Island is a disputed place in the Caspian Sea, between Russia and Khazaktan. Here the tribar is coded to longitude, while the stars are coded to latitude. The tribar reads as white, green, pink which matches up to 049. As the tribar makes vertical lines it makes sense to have it represent the longitude, which is 049 degrees. The yellow pentagon represents the Eastern Hemisphere, otherwise it'd be white for the Western Hemisphere.
The dominant upward star indicates it is in the Northern Hemisphere. The dominant green star represents the 10s portion of latitude, while the lesser five pointed star represents the 1s portion of the latitude: thus green, blue represents 4,5. Because green is the 4th color of the rainbow, while blue is the 5th color of the rainbow.
Springfield, Illinois can fly this flag because it is a part of the 89W by 89N. The tribar is coded to the longitude, while the stars are color coded to the latitude.
Flag for UK persons born in UK when it was a part of the EU
It's official the UK has declared its Independence!
Who would have thought the USA would witness a "UK Declaration of Independence!?"
We're so used to the American-USA 1776 Declaration of Independence. Now we have the 2016 UK Declaration of Independence.
So what about people who were born in the UK when it was still a part of the EU? Are they still EU citizens?
So is Europe now a British Colony? Can we call it Europia or: Euroland, Euorlandia, Eurostein, Euromania, Euroberg, Euroweden, Euroslavia, Eurolavania. Many hard line right wing Englishman wanted to leave because the didn't want be become a part of "Europistan" with the capital of Brussels as "Euroalabad."
Certainly, Russia is just smiling with sweet smug confidence now.
Is this the start of WW IV? Will Greece, cut and run? Will Germany make the Greeks pay?
Note the Cold War was WWIII, which was fought all over the world on the seven seas, seven continents, and outer space.
This is certainly an affirmation that change is on the way, and heralds a Trumpet for Trump.
In any case this flag is for British persons born in the EU when it was a part of the EU.
Currently the deepest part of the Ocean belongs to the United States of America - the sea bottom leagues below Bikini Bottom: Challenger Deep. It is with Guam and the Mariana Islands that the USA lays claim to an ultimate title of geographic titles. With a depth of ~10,900 meters or ~35,900 feet, the USA can limbo lower and longer than any nation on Earth, thanks to Guam and the Mariana Islands. Challenger Deep is more than 10 Kilometers below sea level and 20,000 leagues lower than the Dead Sea and a greater distance- than to the top of Mt. Everest.
This flag is a geographic flag that indicates the latitude and longitude of this special spot on planet Earth at 142 Degrees East by 11 Degrees North. The yellow pentagon in the center indicates that this place is in the Eastern Hemisphere. The tribar of red, green, and orange indicates the number 142 which is the longitude of this area. The two red five pointed stars indicates the number 11.
The key below explains who these type of flags are read. The central stars are coded to the latitude while the tribars is coded to the longitude. The colour to number code is based upon the order of the rainbow. Since red is the first colour it represents 1, orange is the second colour that represents 2, green is the fourth colour which represents 4.
The men from the Apollo 11 mission landed at 169 Degrees West by 13 Degrees North. This flag is coded to colours that indicate this position. See the key below.
The resting latitude of the Titanic is at 49 Degrees West by 41 Degrees North. This flag represents those coordinates. See the key below to make sense.
Trindade and Martim Vaz are small isles in the middle of the Atlantic owned by Brazil. This is the Metric Grid flag for their latitude and longitudes coded to colours. It includes the colours orange, white, pink, and black. The tribar of white, orange, and pink indicate a longitude of 029 degrees. Its Western designation is indicated by the central white pentagon. The dominant five pointed star that is orange indicates 20 while the lesser white star indicates 0, thus the latitude is 20 degrees.
The Metric Grid flag for Mt. Everest uses the black, indigo, orange, yellow, purple, and white. The Tri-bar portion represents the Longitude while the central star represents Latitude. Black is coded to 8 and indigo is coded to 6, thus 86 for 86 degrees. The central yellow pentagon indicates this is the Eastern Hemisphere. The orange dominant star represents 20 while the lesser star represents 7, thus 27 which is 27 degrees North. Since the dominant star is pointing up, this is the Northern Hemisphere.
London lies mostly at 0 Degrees West and 51 Degrees North, this is the subsequent Metric Longitude Latitude Flag. It coincidentally reflects the colours of the UK. The part of London that straddles on the Eastern Hemisphere has the central pentagon coloured yellow.
Paris, France sits on the grid at 002 Degrees East and 48 Degrees North. Here is the subsequent Metric Longitude Latitude flag. It has the colours white, orange, green black, and yellow. Since Paris is in the Eastern Hemisphere, the central pentagon on the star is yellow. Also since Paris is in the northern hemisphere front of the star point upwards.
The original spirit of the new games was to come together in healthy
competition and community, not necessarily for a medal count. So here
is a suggestion, since there are five rings why not five medals?
Fourth
and fifth place certainly deserve something for their fortitude and so
close effort! They don't even have to stand on the podium or get their
flags raised. But maybe they can stand on the flanking left and right
sides? Also if it's a team sport then only one member of the team can
stand by the podium. When the Olympics started in 1896 there weren't as
many nations participating as their are today. In fact their were only 14 nations, now there are over 200 participating nations.
5 Olympic Rings match with 5 Olympic Medals
So
what would the metals be made up of? It really does not matter but it
would make sense to have them made up of the constituent elements of
bronze. Thus fourth place gets copper while fifth place gets tin.
So that would make 6th place the unlucky duck who just missed out..... but not completely!
Another
idea that would take focus away from national obsession for trophies,
is to give out awards to the best 24 competitors. Since the Games are
based on Greek culture why not give out ring trophies to the top 24
competitors? Just wait till you hear how we would do this!
24 Olympic Achievement Rings based on the Greek Alphabet from Alpha to Omega, for the top 24 places.
First
it will promote Greek Culture, and thus the world will become familiar
with Greek letters. Second, we all enjoy the games because of the
Greeks, it's the right thing to do to honor the Greeks. Finally all
those athletes who sacrificed so much certainly deserve something.
Thus 1st place gets the Alpha ring, the 2nd place gets the Beta ring, 3rd gets a Gamma ring, 4th gets a Delta ring, and 5th gets an Epsilon ring in addition to their medals the receive already.
6th place to 24th would not get a medal but only rings of their respective position. 6th gets a ring with Eta on it while 24th position gets a ring with Omega on it. The person or team in 25th does not get a Greek Ring, but only a token participant ring.
Doing
this is in the spirit of the games for community and healthy
competition, and in respect to the Greeks who started these games. If
this is done, people all over the world will eventually know the Greek
Alphabet through osmosis (my favorite Greek word).
If
they ever expand the medal reward system, why not also crown 1st place
with a wreath of olives too? Apparently in the original Greek Games
only the winner received this olive branch token. Medals for 1st let
alone 2nd and 3rd were modern contrivances.
Besides, wearing an Olympicmedal in public after the games are over is a wee bit ostentatious, no? But the athletes who placed in the top 24 positions can still strut their stuff and inspire others with "Official Place Position Olympic Rings."
The rings of fist five places should match their medal position. Thus 1st place gets a golden ring, 2nd a silver ring, 3rd a bronze ring, 4th a copper ring, and 5th a tin ring. Places 6th and below get a regular ring made out of a less expensive metal than tin or some alloy of it.
These
men and women worked hard and sacrificed time, money, and certain
aspects of their youth. They deserve something. If any of these ideas
are adopted then former Olympicathletes can easily show others a humble memento and inspire.
They can keep the fire of the Olympics shining wherever they go.
Did you know that expanding the medal reward system has already happened for the modern Olympics?The first two Olympics at Athens & Paris only gave out official medals for first and second.And they did not give out any gold.Instead first place received a silver medal and second place got a bronze medal.If you placed third – you got nada.
It wasn’t until the first American Olympics in St. Louis that gold medals were handed out. So
if you think we shouldn’t add medals for fourth or fifth just because
it breaks with tradition – tradition has already been broken.
Furthermore, when you do the math on the ratio of prizes to participating nations the shift in numbers is staggering.During the first modern Olympics there were 14 participating nations competing for 2 medals (first and second).This
leads to a 1 out of 7 chance of randomly winning a medal. Basically, if
things were led to chance a nation had a 14% chance of winning a
medal.*When
they started handing out gold medals for first place at the St. Louis
Olympics the ratio actually increased to about 1 to 4, because there
were 3 medals to win for 12 participating nations (25% chance). Fast
forward to the Rio-2016 Olympics with 206 participating nations –
the ratio of winning a medal is about 1 to 69.In terms of a percentages that’s about a 1% chance of winning a medal.
Let’s
say they expand to five medals for the top five places, the ratio
changes to about 1 to 42, raising the chances of winning a medal a
measly 2%.So if you are worried that giving fourth and fifth a medal will devalue 1st, 2nd or 3rd - is one percent a big fuss?
Now
when you calculate the 24 ring-alphabet awards with 2016-Rio
Olympic numbers the pure chance ratio of winning ring is about 1 to 8.5 –
which is only 12%. Note 12% is a lot closer to the original ratio or percentage of the first modern Olympics at Athens.
So why not!?Think of all that hard work and sacrifice those athletes put into their training – the heartache, time, tears, sweat, and blood.Certainly they deserve a better shot at winning a medal or at least snatching a humble token of their dedication and fortitude.The time has come to expand the Olympic medal reward system.
An
expanded idea for the Olympic rings is that all participants get a
ring. If they place 24 or higher they get a Greek letter carved in it,
if they place 5th or higher they get a medal. Athletes who place 25th
or below get a ring with logo of the host nations choosing, perhaps the
year, place, and logo. Thus all athletes get a ring, some will get the
generic participant ring, some will get a Greek lettered ring, while a
few will get a coveted gold, silver, bronze, copper, and tin ring.
Finally since the Olympic flag has five rings - five medals make a
harmonious whole for the five 'official' continents. This idea is consistent with
the official Olympic Creed:
"THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE OLYMPICS IS NOT TO WIN BUT TO TAKE PART,
JUST AS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE IS NOT THE TRIUMPH BUT THE
STRUGGLE. THE ESSENTIAL THING IS NOT TO HAVE CONQUEORED BUT TO HAVE
FOUGHT WELL" -PIERRE DE COUBERTIN
