I originally designed this flag in late 2021, minus the Canadian maple leaf, with feedback from NAVA’s Flag Design Gauntlet (Interest Area Meeting), to represent the Vietnamese diaspora— because the flag of the Republic of Viet Nam (RVN, also known as South Viet Nam) that members of the diaspora have used since 1975 was being regularly co-opted at extremist events, like the January 6 United States Capitol attack. However, I was strongly warned, against the idea as many of the diaspora were still willing to die for that RVN flag that the current Communist government Viet Nam would love never to see again. It was sound advice that I had not expected to be so strong, but I understood well enough to heed.
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Proposed Flag for Mahone Bay – Design 4b
MAHONE BAY, NS (Canada)
Design 4b
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Why the Toronto Maple Leafs did NOT Draft in 1965?
Really, who cares? Right? I wonder how many Maple Leafs fan even know the Leafs didn’t draft in 1965… let alone why?
I didn’t know, though there was no reason I should have known. I like NHL hockey but not THAT much to know such trivia. I wouldn’t have cared, either, except that in doing my first post for a Athletic Analytics, a sports analytics blog I’m starting with JavaScript visuals I can’t embed here, I saw an anomaly in the visual. Curiosity then got the better of me.
In the first post about the number of drafts in which NHL teams participated, I saw that the Toronto Maple Leafs had one fewer year of participation than the other five Original Six teams. I’m not a hockey historian but I know the Leafs had been around long before 1963 when the drafts started, so what was going on?
MAPLE Mittens and CANADIAN Winter Gift Set
I recently devised my own way to make double layered mittens where all the seams are on the inside after inversion. The double layer also allowed one for show on the outside, like with spandex of many funky patterns, and one for warmth on the inside like with generic fleece, or both of fleece for warmth. I did the latter and added a matching double layered tuque I also devised my own way of doing with similar principles, to make a “Canadian” winter gift set for a friend who happens to have the same head and hand size as me. Very convenient!
LEAFS Tennis Shorts (Innovative and Practical Design)
I am embarrassing myself for the sake of a visual and innovative tennis shorts design in these Toronto Maple Leafs shorts, so I hope you appreciate it! 🙂
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