This holiday has been somewhat muted due to a viral outbreak. Nonetheless, Pi Day is celebration any person of any creed, gender, ethnic, or citizenship can celebrate. Somewhat silly, it is fun day to eat a pi.
Of vexillological note, the most famous imaginary sorority of π▲π (Pi Delta Pi) has flag that appears as a racing pennant in the classic movie of Nerdhood, Revenge of the Nerds. The flag has a blue field with the Greek letters in white. The sorority members are also wearing letters on their shirts.
The leader of Pi Delta Pi Sorority is Betty Childs as played by Julia Montgomery. She is wearing the Greek Letters of her sorority. The letters are dark blue.
Currently, the sorority Pi Delta Pi only exists in our imagination. Maybe someday it will become a real institution.
Pi Day is honestly the Nerdiest of Nerd Holidays. Thus the official anthem of Pi is the Talent show of the Nerds 'Everybody Clap Your Hands' song.
The flag for disputed Kuril Islands is based upon the Nagorno-Karabakh flag with the shattered step pattern. Russia has promised to return a small portion of the islands back to Japan.
Perhaps there is a way to save face for both sides? A good trade is in order! Russia could give Japan one of its Arctic Circle Islands and Japan could give Russia one of its tiny South Pacific Islands. Thus Japan would join the nations of the Arctic Circle, while Russia would have her first warm water territory. In the middle of the transaction, the disputed Kuril Islands can be split. Thus both sides will get a win, an expansion into waters and islands beyond their traditional reach.
If the Russo-Japanese Expansion-Trade Peace Settlement Deal takes place, both countries gain something new! Japan joins the club of Arctic nations of Norway, Sweden, Canada, and the USA while Russia finally gets a warm water port she has always been dreaming about.
Japan and Russia already have a tight border, likewise Russia already has tight border with the USA. As Palin put it, you can see Russia from Alaska, or rather Russians can see Alaska from Russia.
Remember that Russia is no stranger to the area. Russia has a long border with China and is neighborly with the Koreas.
No doubt Japanese scientists would love to have a permanent base in the Arctic, as Japan gets explore a whole new winter wonderland.
If Russia really wanted to sweeten the deal, perhaps a little slice of Kaliningrad in Europe could be given to Japan, making Japan a Eurasian nation. Heck, even a Monaco sized slice somewhere in Black Sea would be nice.
No matter the conflict or game, when you surrender you gain something intangible and when you win, you also loose an opportunity. There are no 'no win' situations, because every situation is a win for all, from a certain point of view.
Флаг для спорных Курильских островов основываются на нагорно-карабахском флаг с разбитым шагом рисунком. Россия пообещала вернуть небольшую часть островов в Японию.
Может быть , есть способ сохранить лицо для обеих сторон? Хорошая торговля в порядке! Россия
может предоставить Японии один из арктических островов Окружность и
Япония могла бы дать России один из своих крошечных южно - тихоокеанских островов. Таким образом , Япония присоединится к народам Северного полярного круга, в то время как Россия будет иметь свою первую территорию теплой воды. В середине сделки, спорные Курилы может быть разделены. Таким образом , обе стороны получат выигрыш, расширение в воды и острова за пределами их традиционной досягаемости.
Если русско-японской Expansion-Trade мира Урегулирование сделки происходит, обе страны получают что - то новое! Япония присоединяется к клубу арктических народов Норвегии, Швеции, Канады и США , а Россия , наконец , получает теплый порт воды она всегда мечтала о.
Япония и Россия уже имеют границ герметичные, также Россия уже имеет плотную границу с США. Как Пэйлин выразился, вы можете видеть Россию с Аляски, или , скорее , русские могут увидеть Аляску из России.
Помните , что Россия не привыкать к области. Россия имеет протяженную границу с Китаем и добрососедские с Корей.
Без сомнения , японские
ученые не хотели бы иметь постоянную базу в Арктике, так как Япония
получает исследовать совершенно новую зимнюю сказку.
Если Россия действительно хочет , чтобы подсластить сделку, возможно, небольшую часть Калининграда в Европе может быть предоставлено в Японию, что делает Японию евразийской нации. Heck, даже Монако кусочек размером где - то в Черном море было бы неплохо.
Независимо от того , конфликта или игры, когда вы сдаетесь вы получаете что - то нематериальное , и когда вы выигрываете, вы также потеряете возможность. Есть нет «не выиграть» ситуация, потому что каждая ситуация является победой для всех, с определенной точки зрения.
The Alexandria-DC Union flag is based upon the Artsakh, a region in Azerbaijan that is mostly Armenian. Basically the Blue Atari Spaceship pointed towards the hoist is the key element that represents a return to Motherland. The Nargorno-Karabakh flag is the Armenian flag with a white Atari Space Ship that indicates Nargorno-Karabakh wants to become a part of Armenia. Thus the blue arrow point indicates that the 'lost quarter' of DC should be returned to DC in a reparation kind of way.
When DC was first chosen by George Washington, it was perfect diamond. But then the issue of slavery saw this beautiful 'dark crystal' shatter, when slave holders in Alexandria thought it was more keen to return to Virginia.
The basis of the Alexandria-DC Reunion flag stems from the semi-official flag of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azeri and Amenian go together like salt and pepper. Their names are so similar, yet they are people so different. There were drafted into Soviet Union, but when freedom tolled across the land a deadly game of payback between peoples commenced. Like Yugoslavia, a brutal ethnic cleansing left deep scars on Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, the war between these old roommates received little notice in the Western Media. In the aftermath, a divided land like Israel-to-Palestine or Cyprus-to-Northern Cyprus has put a barrier between to ancient sisters.
Officially the Nagorno-Karabakh flag has higher recognition as the other Armenian flag with an Atari Space Ship pointed toward the hoist. Now Azerbaijan has flag with an Atari Space Ship pointing toward to fly. It is the Yukhari-Bukhudarli Flag, that represents the enclaves that were once Azeri, that are now under Armenian control.
The North Kosovo flag is based upon the Serbian flag mixed in with an element of Norgono-Karabakh flag. The Norgono-Karabakh element is the Atari Age nine pointed arrow that points towards the hoist. Basically this 2 bit graphic represents a region that outside of the 'Motherland.' In this case, the northern region of Kosovo is populated with Serbs who would rather be a part of Serbia, rather than Kosovo.
This flag is meant to educate and connect, provoking thought that all nations have parallel issues that can be resolved peacefully. As the trite expression We are All Connected expounds, we are all connected to Serbia and Kosovo. Remember WWI? Hopefully this flag shows that no nation suffers alone. Rather it is the hope that all parties involved, recognize that we are in this together. God Bless Serbia and Allah Bless Kosovo.
If not provoke a different way of looking at an old problem, this flag should bring a smile or chuckle.
The Cardinal Animal Poles are an organic system poles that point in the direction of North, South, East, and West. The animals on the finials always point toward the direction of the origin. Since Polar Bears are native to the North Pole they point Northward. On the other hand, Penguins are native to the Southern Hemisphere, thus they point Southward. Consequently, the Polar Bear and Polar Penguin are facing opposite directions.
Likewise the Rooster is associated with the East due to the rising of the Sun in the East. Also, chickens all over the world are though to have been domesticated from the Jungles of East Asia, namely Thailand. The wild bird that looks remarkable like the standard cartoon Rooster is the Gallus gallus. "On the other foot"... the Jaguar is native to the Western Hemisphere. Specifically the Black Jaguar is the best fit. Reason being West is associated with coming of Night. The Sun always sets in the West and the Jaguar is native to the Western Hemisphere, get it?
These Cardinal Animal poles should be placed on the most Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern point of schools and universities. Or at the compass head of an immobile direction indicator.
Also the colours of the pole should follow the pattern. They don't have to be exact copies. But since red pole of North is red due to the Northbound Red Star of Orion, known as "Beetle Juice." Also Santa is associated with the colour red. Thus the Blue South Pole is associated with the Southbound Blue Star of Orion, known as Rye-Jell." The Yellow Pole of the East is associated with a risen Yellow Sun of Morning. Finally a rainbow motif should be found on the Western Pole, as to represent the many colours of the setting sun, as the black darkness of night takes over from day.
So there we have it, you can finally show off your East Pole with Rooster or West Pole with Jaguar.
Every two years, the arguments for a 4th place medal arise. This persistent expansion, is loved by many. There are several good reasons for expansion. Namely it fits the way of the Olympics and mirrors the flag of the Olympics. There are five rings so let's have five medals? Note that Pewter like silver, gold, bronze and copper is mostly made of tin and was known to the ancients.
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 the 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.
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Look
at my fingers! One, two, three, four, and five! I said five medals for
the next Olympics! There are five rings! Thus the top five athletes get a
medal! Otherwise you'll get a lightening bolt up your... you know
where!
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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 Image Source Podium:https://www.rt.com/news/russia-figure-skating-win-770/
Medals Awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th - Matching the 5 Rings, Medals - Mantra : Russian 2014 Olympics
Of vexillological note, the most famous imaginary sorority of π▲π (Pi Delta Pi) has flag that appears as a racing pennant in the classic movie of Nerdhood, Revenge of the Nerds. The flag has a blue field with the Greek letters in white. The sorority members are also wearing letters on their shirts.
