This island was discovered by France in 1838 by Jules Dumont U'rville. It features the most southern constellation - Octans the 8 sided star compass. The four pointed star is the celestial south star.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Flag of Joinville Island, Antarctica
Flag of Joinville Island
This island was discovered by France in 1838 by Jules Dumont U'rville. It features the most southern constellation - Octans the 8 sided star compass. The four pointed star is the celestial south star.
This island was discovered by France in 1838 by Jules Dumont U'rville. It features the most southern constellation - Octans the 8 sided star compass. The four pointed star is the celestial south star.
Flag of Siple Island Antarctica
Flag of Siple Island
Antarctica
The flag of Siple island is based on the design of Ohio State's flag. The pattern is a reflection of the islands namesake - Paul A Siple - who was born in Montpelier, Ohio in 1908. Siple was a part of the American expeditions to Antarctica in the 1930s. Siple also helped coined the term "wind chill" with Charles F. Passel.
The colours of the flag are black, white, orange, yellow and red. The pallet comes from typically colours found on a penguin. Four stars are visible along the upper and middle sections that represent the most southern constellation - Octans the eight pointed star compass. The central red eight pointed star represents sigma Octans which the opposite of it more famous northern cousin as the the "South Star."
Antarctica
The flag of Siple island is based on the design of Ohio State's flag. The pattern is a reflection of the islands namesake - Paul A Siple - who was born in Montpelier, Ohio in 1908. Siple was a part of the American expeditions to Antarctica in the 1930s. Siple also helped coined the term "wind chill" with Charles F. Passel.
The colours of the flag are black, white, orange, yellow and red. The pallet comes from typically colours found on a penguin. Four stars are visible along the upper and middle sections that represent the most southern constellation - Octans the eight pointed star compass. The central red eight pointed star represents sigma Octans which the opposite of it more famous northern cousin as the the "South Star."
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Ground Hog Day 1993 - Ground Hog Day Flags
Notice black and blue ground hog flag
The essential pre-valentines classic film that brings in February. Ground Hog Day 1993 is based on a Pennsylvania tradition determining the length of winter with the behavior of a rodent.
The essential pre-valentines classic film that brings in February. Ground Hog Day 1993 is based on a Pennsylvania tradition determining the length of winter with the behavior of a rodent.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Iowa and Missouri - Fraternal Twins
Flag of Iowa
When you compare the flag of Iowa with the flag of Missouri you can see a striking similarity. Some people would rub this off as mere coincidence, but I go 2 steps further and gave this particular kind of happenstance a name. This is no accident, somehow it seems in our collective unconscious flags are chosen with a subconscious need for peculiar kind of symmetry.
Basically every flag in our Union has a near look a like that I call a 'Fraternal Twin.' To spell it out the 'fraternal flag twin' of Iowa is Missouri. If you have trouble wrapping your head around that then just take a look at a few other examples here for some southern states and here for northern states.
These are the only two states with tri-bars. Iowa's bars go up n' down, and Missouri's goes from side to side or left to right. They are 90 degree pattern inverts of each other. Iowa's flag is a dead ringer for France and a wee northern portion is with matching latitude to southern France, likewise Missouri's flag looks like the Netherlands' Flag, but no part of Missouri is parallel to this country.
Now for the interesting part, their are all sorts neat parallels that can be drawn between each of the paired states. Missouri and Iowa are both in the heartland of America in between the Old Establishment on the East and the New Age west coast. Although they are next to eachother, Missouri and Iowa differ like night and day. You can think of Missouri as being the older brother who went on more sordid and wild adventures making a little trouble for Ma and Pa, while Iowa is the younger brother who didn't feel the need to test his borders and go hog wild so to speak.
Iowa is American Gothic
Missouri is the central state at the cultural heartland of America. North, South, East and West all collide with Missouri. Missouri has parts more southern than Nashville, Tennesse, parts more northern than Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, parts more western than Houston, Texas and finally parts more eastern than western Michigan. Making Missouri the jack of all American trades. Because Missouri can cowboy up more than Houston, Yankee up more than Philadelphia, sing more southern than Nashville, and act more industrial than the west side of Michigan. Iowa may not jack it up like Missouri, and the only direction they can lord over Missouri is north.
And this fits Iowa so, as the loyal cherry and blueberry pie with white whipped cream. Iowa was the state that brought us all American Art such as American Gothic and as apple pie in the in sky Field of Dreams. Iowa is the natural homebody state to balance the whip wild joyride ethos of the Show Me State.
Even the flag of Missouri tries to do it all. It has elements from states all over. Like New Jersey they are the only two to have a heraldic helmet with mantling. Missouri goes east and west with her central badge. There are bears like California and a crescent moon like South Carolina. A belt like Wisconsin and stars like Kansas. And finally it shares the American eagle on white like its little brother up north - Iowa and cousin to the east, Illinois. Is it Missouri trying to be like everyone else or is everyone trying to be like Missouri?
Missouri is also famous for her boot heel that digs into Arkansas, likewise Iowa has a little nub than pokes down into Missouri. It's Iowas way of digging at Missouri for digging into Arkansas.
It's interesting to note that it was on the USS Missouri that the Japanese unconditionally surrendered the United States. The cosmic coincidence is that the USS Missouri was an Iowa Class battleship, which was the biggest of all US battleships to be constructed. What this means is, when somebody picks on Missouri's little brother Iowa, you better look out. Although Iowa and Missouri may bicker like hot headed brothers there ain't to stopping them when fight together against a common foe. They'd put Wolverine and Sabertooth to shame.
When you compare the flag of Iowa with the flag of Missouri you can see a striking similarity. Some people would rub this off as mere coincidence, but I go 2 steps further and gave this particular kind of happenstance a name. This is no accident, somehow it seems in our collective unconscious flags are chosen with a subconscious need for peculiar kind of symmetry.
Basically every flag in our Union has a near look a like that I call a 'Fraternal Twin.' To spell it out the 'fraternal flag twin' of Iowa is Missouri. If you have trouble wrapping your head around that then just take a look at a few other examples here for some southern states and here for northern states.
Flag of Missouri
These are the only two states with tri-bars. Iowa's bars go up n' down, and Missouri's goes from side to side or left to right. They are 90 degree pattern inverts of each other. Iowa's flag is a dead ringer for France and a wee northern portion is with matching latitude to southern France, likewise Missouri's flag looks like the Netherlands' Flag, but no part of Missouri is parallel to this country.
Now for the interesting part, their are all sorts neat parallels that can be drawn between each of the paired states. Missouri and Iowa are both in the heartland of America in between the Old Establishment on the East and the New Age west coast. Although they are next to eachother, Missouri and Iowa differ like night and day. You can think of Missouri as being the older brother who went on more sordid and wild adventures making a little trouble for Ma and Pa, while Iowa is the younger brother who didn't feel the need to test his borders and go hog wild so to speak.
Iowa is American Gothic
Missouri is the central state at the cultural heartland of America. North, South, East and West all collide with Missouri. Missouri has parts more southern than Nashville, Tennesse, parts more northern than Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, parts more western than Houston, Texas and finally parts more eastern than western Michigan. Making Missouri the jack of all American trades. Because Missouri can cowboy up more than Houston, Yankee up more than Philadelphia, sing more southern than Nashville, and act more industrial than the west side of Michigan. Iowa may not jack it up like Missouri, and the only direction they can lord over Missouri is north.
And this fits Iowa so, as the loyal cherry and blueberry pie with white whipped cream. Iowa was the state that brought us all American Art such as American Gothic and as apple pie in the in sky Field of Dreams. Iowa is the natural homebody state to balance the whip wild joyride ethos of the Show Me State.
Even the flag of Missouri tries to do it all. It has elements from states all over. Like New Jersey they are the only two to have a heraldic helmet with mantling. Missouri goes east and west with her central badge. There are bears like California and a crescent moon like South Carolina. A belt like Wisconsin and stars like Kansas. And finally it shares the American eagle on white like its little brother up north - Iowa and cousin to the east, Illinois. Is it Missouri trying to be like everyone else or is everyone trying to be like Missouri?
Missouri is also famous for her boot heel that digs into Arkansas, likewise Iowa has a little nub than pokes down into Missouri. It's Iowas way of digging at Missouri for digging into Arkansas.
It's interesting to note that it was on the USS Missouri that the Japanese unconditionally surrendered the United States. The cosmic coincidence is that the USS Missouri was an Iowa Class battleship, which was the biggest of all US battleships to be constructed. What this means is, when somebody picks on Missouri's little brother Iowa, you better look out. Although Iowa and Missouri may bicker like hot headed brothers there ain't to stopping them when fight together against a common foe. They'd put Wolverine and Sabertooth to shame.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Babe - Sheep Dog Flag
Babe Sheep Dog Flag and Banner
The flag is on the right side of the banner
A sheepdog banner and flag appear in Babe 1995, an academy award winning Australian film about a pig that grows beyond his expectations.
The flag and banner use the same colours - yellow-green, white, black, and yellow. The flag features a yellow-green background. Upon the center is the seal of the sheepdog Championships, which is a black and white sheep dog with yellow winners wreath the surrounds the sheepdog.
The flags as seen though a camera covering the sheep dog competition. On the left and right sides of the banner are the flags.
The flag is on the right side of the banner
A sheepdog banner and flag appear in Babe 1995, an academy award winning Australian film about a pig that grows beyond his expectations.
The flag and banner use the same colours - yellow-green, white, black, and yellow. The flag features a yellow-green background. Upon the center is the seal of the sheepdog Championships, which is a black and white sheep dog with yellow winners wreath the surrounds the sheepdog.
The flags as seen though a camera covering the sheep dog competition. On the left and right sides of the banner are the flags.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Angry Birds Flag - Green Piggy Flag
The Green Piggy Flag
Angry Birds is a smart phone app that has reached a kind of Pac-Man Fever or rather Angry Bird Fever for the age of the smart phone.
It came out of Finland in 2009, the nation that brought us Nokia Phones. The object of the game is hurl birds from a slingshot, which then crash into Green Piggy structures. The Piggies apparently stole the birds eggs and now the avian feathered friends want payback.
Extremely addictive, its like hurling paper balls or airplanes. A flag makes an appearance in the game, that of the Green Piggies. It is oddly modeled after the Finnish Flag.
Angry Birds is a smart phone app that has reached a kind of Pac-Man Fever or rather Angry Bird Fever for the age of the smart phone.
It came out of Finland in 2009, the nation that brought us Nokia Phones. The object of the game is hurl birds from a slingshot, which then crash into Green Piggy structures. The Piggies apparently stole the birds eggs and now the avian feathered friends want payback.
Extremely addictive, its like hurling paper balls or airplanes. A flag makes an appearance in the game, that of the Green Piggies. It is oddly modeled after the Finnish Flag.
Flag of Finland
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Big Bang Thoery - Sheldon Cooper, presents Fun with Flags
Sheldon Cooper from the Television Show
Big Bang Theory - with show about Vexillology
Vexillology recently made it into prime time when Sheldon showed an interest in Vexillology. The show centers on Gen-X Academia at Caltech. The essential yin and yang component relies on the dynamic of four egg headed intellectually acute yet socially awkward men with a sultry blonde waitress.
In this episode Sheldon Cooper the research physicist becomes enchanted with vexillology and decides to make 52 part educational series about vexillology on YouTube.
Here is an original flag created for the show known as "Ferdinanty Flag," which is supposed to garner interest for younger viewers. This flag was designed by the fictitious Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler played by Mayim Bialik, who in real life holds a PhD in neuroscience.
You can watch the complete episode here on Hulu
Big Bang Theory - with show about Vexillology
Vexillology recently made it into prime time when Sheldon showed an interest in Vexillology. The show centers on Gen-X Academia at Caltech. The essential yin and yang component relies on the dynamic of four egg headed intellectually acute yet socially awkward men with a sultry blonde waitress.
In this episode Sheldon Cooper the research physicist becomes enchanted with vexillology and decides to make 52 part educational series about vexillology on YouTube.
Dr. Fowler-Bialik Ferdinanty Flag
Here is an original flag created for the show known as "Ferdinanty Flag," which is supposed to garner interest for younger viewers. This flag was designed by the fictitious Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler played by Mayim Bialik, who in real life holds a PhD in neuroscience.
You can watch the complete episode here on Hulu
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