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Friday, August 19, 2016

Life Guard Flags at Ocean, City NJ

 Green marker beach flags are used at beaches in New Jersey.  They indicate the safe area that swimmers should swim in between for life guard supervision.












 
     
These flags are currently made of a plastic material, which gives them a sturdy water proof aspect.  Red flag are the no swim zone, outside of the life guards view.

Ocean City, NJ Public Golf Course Flag


Golf flags come in a variety of colours and shapes.  At the Ocean City, NJ public golf course, 4 by 4 red checker flags mark the the target.

This course is a fun rookie to amateur course, worth ones while.  But remember to bring bug spray, since it is right on the bay by Bay Avenue and Tennessee Avenue.

Ocean City, NJ Golf Website:http://www.ocnj.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.pageDetails&id=6029&typeID=179

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Rhythmic Gymnastics, The Flag of Olympic Elegance



Rhythmic gymnastics has the athele use a flag more explicitly than any other sport in the Olympics.  In this case a long streamer is held by the athelete. This vexiloid is intergral to the performace.  Like always these experts make this sport look easy, when infact it takes alot of concentration and effort.

Here Natalia Gaudio from the host nation of the 2016 Olympic Games, Brazil, is struting her talent with this highest of elegant flags in this demostration of artistic excellence.









Another shot of this beautiful of sports that is part dance, part art, and part gymnastics.









Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Wisconsin Flag in that 70s Show


 That 70s Show was a classic home town show about life in the midwest.  More or less focused on the latter half of the 1970s.  It effectively captures teenage basement culture.

Here our heroes sit in a classroom on photo, day.  In the corner is the Wisconsin State Flag. 



 
Here is another angle of the Wisconsin, State Flag.  Wisconsin really is in the middle of the world since a 45th Parallel North crosses its state lines. 

Friday, August 12, 2016

Prince Edward Islands Flag - South Africa


A flag for a small remote uninhabited isles of the coast of South Africa.  Not to be confused with Prince Edward Island of Canada. The Prince Edward Islands belong to South Africa.  

Instead of an oak, an acacia tree stands alone on the center.

Goblin Lance Pennons and flags from Labyrinth 1986



 All sorts of flags appear in the 1980s classic, over the rainbow type of adventure - Labyrinth 1986.





David Bowie is the Goblin King.  A Goblin with a red helmet pennon is seen in front of the King.  Also note the king carries a crystal ball staff.
 Another larger Goblin flag, were the Goblins rally to attack our heroes.
 Apparently in the Goblin King's chamber has the royal standard, that has purple with heraldic border of orange.


Here the Scare Crow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion with Toto look longingly at our heroine.  Oops, I meant the Cranky Hobbit with a heart of Gold, the Brave Tiny Humanoid Dog ,and Friendly Magical Hairy Oger, and the Shaggy Dog, Merlin. 





Thursday, August 11, 2016

Vexilloids in Synchronicity film - 2016


The film Synchronicity 2016 pays effective homage to that Ridley Scott movie about that...movie...called....ummm Knife Jogger? Sword Sprinter? Dagger Dasher? or was it a Blade Booker?   There is one conversation about the Jungian concept of things happening out of groovy coincidental happenstance, but rather sci-fi time traveling hijinks of a Doc and Marty porportions are the main theme of the story.  Perhaps a better name for this movie would have been Temporal Dimensions or Time Runner 2016?

Maybe the underlying unsaid theme is that synchronicity events are actually waves of disturbance from parallel dimensions?

Nonetheless, this movie really captures the feels of the old 1980s sci-fi adventure.  A true blue blooded, shot in blue tones, sci-fi movie without CGI, less a cartoon and more a thoughtful diddy.  Of vexillological significance is the Japanese banner on the upper crosswalk.