Big Time
You may be interested to note, Dear Reader, that
our host, Applied Innovations,
recently moved our website (OK, along with a few others) to the
Miami NAP of the Americas. Please read more about this
remarkable enterprise on
AI's website;
to quote a bit here:
The facility is considered
part of the critical infrastructure of our nation, and is
properly provisioned as such.
It's our pleasure and honor to be a small part
of this.
Flag
Animals
Part
II: The Dragons
Last issue, we looked at a few flags with birds on them. Let's now
look at a couple with dragons on them.
In the occident, dragons are most often looked upon as being
fierce and dangerous (Puff being an exception.); particularly
dangerous to damsels and always worthy of being slain. In the
orient, dragons are more often seen as auspicious symbols of
good fortune.
(As usual, try to guess the flag before moving the cursor over the images.)
Sanguinary Strife
You may recall
last issue we introduced
National Geographic Magazine's publication,
Our Flag Number or Flags of the World, a copy of
which we recently acquired. Here follows another quote from the
introduction:
Today,
while it is true that we are thinking of the flags of our
own and of other nations in relation to sanguinary strife,
these emblems of armies and navies have a deep and noble
significance far removed from their use in leading men to
battle. In reality flags are the bulwarks of idealism.
Recall that this was written
nearly 90 years ago in 1917. Plus ça change, plus c’est la
même chose.
