Yankee and Zulu - Internatoinal Maritime Flag Concordance

Yankee and Zulu are the last pair of conceptual international flag partners.  They align as tribal people-groups.  Yankees are considered to be a certain group of North Americans, while Zulus are a certain group of people in South Africa.  Both labels refer to fierce warrior groups.

Yankee was originally an negative stereotype for low born American colonists who were acted above their station.  They were the first upwardly mobile class of peoples, the first yuppies so to speak.  In fact people who rise above their class to a well-to-do are known as yuppies.  However people who fall from out of the rat race are known as hippies or beat nicks, a kind of downwardly mobile folk.  But getting back to Yankees, this was originally applies to the freemen of the 13 English colonies.

Later it became a regional pejorative for Americans from the Northern states who supported the outcome of the fair and legal election of 1860 and were charged with putting down the army that attacked a US military base in South Carolina on 4/15.  

Currently within the USA, Yankee is associated with people a professional baseball team, the NY Yankees, who go through stages of Winning, Winning, Winning every so often.  But outside of the USA to the dismay of Southerners, all US Citizens are referred to as Yankees.   Perhaps a remedy would is to have Montgomery Alabama host a baseball team called the Rebels.  How does it sound: the Mobile Rebels.  Thus when they play a game against the NY Yankees, we can all watch the Rebs and Yanks swing it out. 

Instead of the baseball bat and glove, the Zulu has a spear and shield. In a way the baseball bat is like weapon of offense while the glove is like a weapon of defense.  This analogy works for cricket as well. 




yankee
https://womenofageridinghorses.com/training/features/yankee-doodle-doofus/

zulu
https://womenofageridinghorses.com/training/features/yankee-doodle-doofus/

Gadsden Purchase Heritage Flag

The Gadsden Purchase Heritage flag is based upon the Gadsden flag.  However, there are a few differences.  Instead of a rattlesnake, there is a black scorpion.  Also the patch of grass has become a rocky outcrop with Mexican prickly pear cactus.  There are four flowers on the cactus that represent the four states connected to the Gadsden Purchase: Arizona, New Mexico, Chihuahua, and Sonora. The two flowers are separated by the rock since they represent two different nations.  The lower flowers with the root stem towards the fly represent Mexico's Sonora and Chihuahua, while the upper flowers towards the hoist represent the US states of Arizona and New Mexico.

The expression Don't Tread on Me is replaced with a Spanish as ¡No Hay Huellas En Me!  which is akin to No Footprints on Me!  This flag commemorates the spirit of the Gadsden flag but with a Latino twist that pays homage to Mexican and American Heritages.  The Mexican heritage is duly noted with the prickly pair cactus that can be found on the official Mexican flag.  Likewise the Spanish text honors Spanish heritage in the region.  On the other hand, the scorpion is reflective of the American rattlesnake of the Gadsden flag, and of course, the colours and overall pattern is like the Gadsden flag.


This flag can be flown over any area of the Gadsden Purchase.  It is also an fun educational flag to help bring this minor fact of US history alive.  The Gadsden Purchase took place in 1853-1854, during the Franklin Pierce Administration.  Perhaps the most famous cities to become 'American' were Yuma and Tucson.  New Mexico was able to get her distinguished Chihuahua Boot Heel in the South West.  Finally Tombstone, Arizona is a part of the Gadsden Purchase legacy, subsequently we now have Tombstone frozen pizza.

Another fun coincidence is that both Mr. Gadsdens were from South Carolina, and the area of the Gadsden Purchase is nearly the same land area of South Carolina.  When you round them out they both equal 30,000 km².

Funny thing is, this purchase was made by a man named James Gadsden from South Carolina, born the year the US Government went on line, with the Constitution of 1788.  Jimbo Gadsden was born May 15, 1788.  Within a fortnight, South Carolina would ratify the Constitution on May 24, 1788.   As fate would have, Jimmy G. was indeed the grandson of Christopher Gadsden, whom the original Gadsden flag was named after, go figure?  Sometimes the Fates often leave little love notes like this, to remind us that higher powers are working.  If you try usin' your rational sphere of your mind, you'll never understand.  Likewise, usin' your emotional side of mind to solve a college level bio-calculus problem with your heart and feelings...just wont work.   As of yet you can not feel your way through calculus problems, just as you can not rationalize divine manifestations.  And the cherry on top, is that General Santa Anna negotiated the purchase, to the dismay of Mexican Government; he almost sold Baja California in the original deal.  Imagine that!?

And speaking of the Fates and Destiny...perhaps the most renowned love letter from Destiny was the simultaneous death of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on America's Year of Jubilee—July 4, 1826.

Scorpion Drawing
https://www.drawingtutorials101.com/how-to-draw-an-emperor-scorpion

November and Mayday - Internatoinal Maritime Flag Concordance

The flag for the Letter N and Emergency match up as conceptual congruent partners, within the naming framework of International Maritime Flag Signals.  Upon close inspection of their names, you should notice that both are named after months.  The letter N is called November, and the Emergency Pennant can be used as a Mayday symbol.  Seems like an odd connection, but this connection of concepts is apparent with all the International Maritime flags.  Previous examples on this blog include: Alpha-Delta, Foxtrot-Tango, Romeo-Juliet, Papa-Uncle, Charlie-Mike, Quebec-India, and Oscar-Victor. 

Fatefully both the N flag and Mayday flag have checker patterns.  November has blue checkers on a square or rectangular field, while Mayday-Emergency has red checkers on a pennant-triangular field.

Additionally, they are like opposites of the seasons.  November marks the heart of Fall and Mayday is within the heart of Spring.  November is 100% month of Fall, while May is 100% month of Spring, that is assuming you live in the Northern Hemisphere within a temperate climate. 
 



Mayday
https://www.amazon.com/Mayday-Asking-Help-Times-Need-ebook/dp/B005M0CZOM

Hotel and Unit - Internatoinal Maritime Flag Concordance

There is Romeo & Juliet, Tango & Foxtrot, Delta & Alpha.  Do you see the pattern with the names of the signal flags?  It like a yin and yang thing.  More done to earth examples would be: salt & pepper, ketchup & mustard, or peas & carrots.  Hotel matches up with Unit, officially.  However, off the record, people often like to use igloo to I.   

The letter H has had many names.  Initially in 1913 it was called Have, then Hypo from 1927, then How during WWII, and finally Hotel in 1957. The letter U initially called Unit in 1913, then Uncle during WWII, and finally Uniform in 1957.

Regardless of all the name changes, Hotels are made up of several Units.  Without the each Unit there is no Hotel. 

 Hotel
 https://backpackerverse.com/hollywood-roosevelt-hotel/

Unit

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g635749-d1116738-i164990379-Club_Mahindra_Mahabaleshwar_Sherwood-Mahabaleshwar_Satara_District_Mahar.html

Echo and X-Ray - International Maritime Signal Flag Concordance

The letter X and letter E, are called X-Ray and Echo.  In the modern day, Echo location and X-ray vision are important tools in science and military technologies.  When you take an X-ray picture, you are basically looking at an Echo of high frequency radiation.

The queer thing is that the names for the flags for Echo and X-Ray create a concordance, as a names of the flags pair up like salt n' pepper, Romeo n' Juliet.





Image X-ray
https://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/x-rays

Image echo
https://www.yousigma.com/interestingfacts/whatisecho.html

Uniform Option - International Maritime Flag Concordance

There are times to be in Uniform and times to take in the Options.

But oddly the names of the International Maritime flags match up in a quirky way.  Uniform is name for U and Option was the name for O.  Option became Oscar in 1957, but it original name in 1913 was Oboe.  Option was the name for O for 30 years from 1927 until 1957.

U was first called Unit in 1913, but changed to Unit in 1927, then changed again to Uniform in 1957.  Maybe they will change U again?

Nonetheless, Uniform matches with Option, as options disturb a uniform process or structure.  Too many options leads can disrupt the power being in Uniform, be dress, attitude, look, or state of mind.


Uniform Image
https://medium.com/@abhishekvpaul/slaves-in-suits-b22ed13ed418

Options Image
https://www.stockinvestor.com/37098/long-call-vs-short-call-option-trading-strategies/

Five Night's at Freddy's Republic - A Fun California Flag

A video game that captures the feels of the 20-teens, or rather a game that enveloped the tweens of the 20-teens.  The big hits of the 20-teens include the Hungry Games and Minecraft.  Just for fun the 20-ohs were Harry Potter's Decade.  But the first generation born after 9/11 would get their first taste of anxiety and fear from a retro-90s look video game based upon a dystopian Chucky Cheese restaurant video game: Five Nights at Freddy's.

In the game you must monitor and keep an eye on frightening semi-sentient deadly animatronic robots gone haywire. So addictive like an interactive scary movie, when the youth of the 20-teens attains formal command of the movie making films, the lauded Five Night's at Freddy's movie will deliver an epic dose of nostalgia sometime in the 2030s.

The lead animatronic is Fazbar Freddy.  Since we have a bear, it makes a wonderful sub in for the California flag.

Also if you like jump scares and pattern puzzles, this is the game for you!