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The Sandman es una serie de historietas escrita por Neil Gaiman e ilustrada por una amplia gama de artistas de variados estilos, limitados hacia arcos argumentales o episodios sueltos, publicada por DC Comics. Además del cocreador Sam Kieth, otros ilustradores que participaron incluyen a Colleen Doran, Mike Dringenberg, Marc Hempel, Miguelanxo Prado, Kelley Jones, Jill Thompson, Yoshitaka Amano y Michael Zulli. La serie consistió en 75 números, publicándose su primer número en Estados Unidos en enero de 1989, y el último en marzo de 1996.

Es ampliamente considerada como una de las más originales, sofisticadas y artísticamente ambiciosas series de comic books. Cuando la historia concluyó y se dejó de publicar, ya se había convertido en un ícono popular. The Sandman no pertenece al subgénero superheroico; el primer tercio de la serie se concentra en historias de terror, pero posteriormente evoluciona al género fantástico, incorporando elementos de mitología clásica y contemporánea.

Aclamada por la crítica, The Sandman fue una de las primeras novelas gráficas que estuvo en la lista de best sellers del The New York Times, junto a Maus, Watchmen y el Caballero de la noche regresa. Fue una de las cinco novelas gráficas en ser incluidas en la lista de "100 mejores lecturas de 1983 a 2008", de Entertainment Weekly. La serie ha ejercido una influencia considerable en el género de la fantasía y la novela gráfica desde que se publicó, siendo considerada una de las mejores novelas gráficas de todos los tiempos.

Argumento

El protagonista de The Sandman es Sueño, la personificación antropomórfica de los sueños mismos. Es conocido por una amplia variedad de nombres, encabezados por Morfeo, pero también Oniros, el Formador, el Príncipe de las Historias, y muy raramente por el Arenero (por la leyenda celta acerca de un duende que arrojaba arena a los ojos de los durmientes permitiéndoles así el sueño). Este último nombre da título a la serie (The Sandman), aunque prácticamente es una herencia de otro personaje con el mismo nombre dentro del universo de DC.

La personalidad fría, a veces cruel, de Sueño en las historias que transcurren en el pasado, va evolucionando hasta las historias en la actualidad, donde tras los años de aprisionamiento tiene la oportunidad de replantear sus errores. Pero ¿cuánto puede cambiar una criatura tan vieja como el universo? Un tema importante dentro de la serie es el de la responsabilidad y sus consecuencias; el contraste entre los deberes que Sueño se impone a sí mismo, y la renuncia a la obligación que Destrucción elige. Gaiman resumió el argumento de la serie como «El rey de los sueños aprende que uno debe cambiar o morir y toma su decisión».

Sueño pertenece a una familia conocida como los Eternos formada por siete hermanos; cada uno es la representación antropomórfica de un concepto. Ellos son, de mayor a menor: Destino, Muerte, Sueño, Destrucción, Deseo y Desespero (quienes resultan gemelos), y Delirio (antes Delicia). En inglés, todos estos nombres comienzan con la letra D (Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair y Delirium, respectivamente; lo cual podría suponer el conjunto al nombre familiar como un anagrama [siendo la palabra traducida del idioma inglés con su respectivo artículo, the Endless, el cual en anteposición a una palabra que comience con vocal hace de su pronunciación similar con la de dicha letra {/ˈdiː/}: «D eterna»;... En una introducción de la serie aparece una cita: «D puede significar muchas cosas»]).

La mayoría de las historias transcurren entre el Sueño, el reino de Morfeo, y el mundo de la vigilia; aunque hay frecuentes escenas en dominios alternos como el Infierno, Alfheim, Asgard, y los reinos de otros Eternos. Muchas de las historias en el mundo consciente transcurren en los Estados Unidos y Reino Unido actuales, pero en las historias que transcurren en el pasado se visitan lugares como China, Rusia o África.

Historia de publicación

Creación
The Sandman nació de la propuesta de Neil Gaiman de revivir la serie de DC con el mismo nombre de la publicada de 1974 a 1976, escrita por Joe Simon y Michael Fleisher e Ilustrada por Jack Kirby y Ernie Chua. Gaiman había considerado incluir personajes de "dream stream" (incluyendo a Kirby Sandman, Brute, Glob, y los hermanos Cain y Abel) en una escena del primer tomo de su miniserie de 1988 "Black Orchid". Aunque la escena no se incluyó en borradores posteriores porque Roy Thomas los estaba usando en "Infinity Inc.", Gaiman pronto empezó a imaginar un trato para una nueva serie. Gaiman mencionó su trato en su paso al editor Karen Berg de DC. Meses después, Berg le ofreció a Gaiman un cómic en el que trabajar; él estaba inseguro si su pitch sería aceptado. Semanas después Berg le preguntó a Gaiman si estaba interesado en una serie de Sandman. Gaiman recuerda «Dije 'Um... Sí. Sí, definitivamente. ¿Cuál es el truco? [Berger dijo] 'Solo hay uno. Queremos un nuevo Sandman. Conserva el nombre. El resto depende de ti'».

Gaiman creó el nuevo personaje de la imagen inicial de «Un hombre, joven, pálido y desnudo, encarcelado en una pequeña jaula, esperando a que sus captores mueran... Delgado enfermizo, con cabello largo y oscuro, y ojos extraños». Gaiman basó el atuendo negro del personaje de un kimono japonés, así como de su propio guardarropa. Gaiman escribió el esquema de ocho temas y se lo dio a Dave McKean y Leigh Baulch, quienes dibujaron esbozos de los personajes. Berger revisó los esbozos y sugirió que Sam Kieth fuera el artista de la serie. Mike Dringenberg, Todd Klein, Robbie Busch y Dave McKean fueron contratados como entintador, rotulista, colorista y artista de portada, respectivamente. La propuesta de McKean acerca de la porta de cómics era poco convencional, y convenció a Berg que el protagonista de la serie no tenía que aparecer en cada portada.

El acercamiento de Gaiman al guion de la serie se volvió más difícil mientras que la historia compleja y los personajes se desarrollaban. «Cuando empecé a escribir Sandman, me tomaba un par de semanas escribir un guion. Mientras pasaba el tiempo se volvió más y más lento, hasta que un guion me tomaba entre un mes y seis semanas de escribir».

Serie original.
El debut de The Sandman salió a la venta el 29 de noviembre de 1988. Gaiman describió los primeros tomo como «raros», ya que él, al igual que Kieth, Dringenberg y Busch nunca habían trabajado en una serie regular antes. Kieth renunció después del quinto tomo; fue remplazado por Dringenberg como dibujante, quien fue reemplazado por Malcom Jones III como entintador. Dave McKean fue el artista de portada de la serie durante toda su duración.

El personaje después apareció en dos de los títulos «sugerido para lectores mayores» de DC. En Swamp Thing vol. 2 No.84 (marzo 1989), Sueño y Eve permitieron a Matthew Cable vivir en Dreaming, porque murió ahí, resucitando como un cuervo. También después conoció a John Constantine en Hellblazer No.19 conduciendo a su aparición en Sandman No.3 (marzo 1989).

Gaiman revisó el Infierno como fue representada por Alan Moore en Swamp Thing, empezando con la aparición como invitado de Etrigan en el volumen No.4 (abril 1989). La historia introduce la jerarquía del infierno, liderado por Lucifer (quien después tendría su propia serie spin off), Beelzebub y Azazel, a quien Sueño derrotó más tarde en la serie. Sueño visitó la Liga de la Justicia Internacional en el siguiente volumen, No.5(mayo 1989). Aunque múltiples personajes de DC aparecieron durante la serie, tales como Martian Manhunter y Espantapájaros, esta no sería la norma. Gaiman y el artista Mike Dringenberg introdujo a Muerte, la hermana mayor de Sueño en el tomo No.8 (agosto 1989).

Gaiman empezó a incorporar elementos de la serie Sandman de Kirby en el volumen No.11 (diciembre 1989), incluyendo los cambios implementados por Roy Thomas. Joe Simmon y Michael Fleisher habían tratado al personaje, quien parecía más un superhéroe, como el «verdadero» Sandman. Las historias de Thomas y Gaiman revelaron que la existencia de esa versión era una impostora creada por dos pesadillas que habían escapado del reino de los sueños. Brute y Glob después volverían a intentar esto en Sanderson Hawkins, Sidekick a Wesley Dodds, el Sandman de la era de oro. Gaiman le dio a Jed Walker un sobrenombre e hizo que se relacionara con varios nuevos personajes.

The Sandman se convirtió en un éxito de culto para DC Comics y atrajo una audiencia diferente de la convencional de los cómics: muchos de los lectores eran mujeres, muchos estaban en sus veinte, y muchos no leían otros cómics. El historiador de cómics Les Daniels describió el trabajo de Gaiman como «asombroso» y a punto que The Sandman era «una mezcla de fantasía, horror y humor irónico como no se había visto antes en comics». El escritor y ejecutivo de DC Comics Paul Levitz observó que «The Sandman se convirtió en el primer éxito extraordinario como una serie de novela gráfica, alcanzando y mudando nuevos lectores al medio, particularmente jóvenes mujeres en universidades, y convirtiendo a Gaiman en un icono cultural». Gaiman tenía en mente una serie finita que concluyó con el tomo No.75. Gaiman dijo en 1996 «¿Pude haber hecho otros cinco tomos de Sandman? No. Es tiempo de parar porque alcancé el final, sí, y pienso que prefiero dejarlo mientras sigo enamorado». El tomo final, No.75, tiene fecha de marzo de 1996.

Adiciones y spin-offs
The Sandman inspiró numerosos spin-offs. Aunque la mayoría de estos no fueron escritos por Gaiman, sí escribió dos miniseries centradas en el personaje Muerte. Muerte: El alto coste de la vida fue publicado de marzo a mayo de 1993 y estaba basado en la fábula que Muerte toma una forma humana cada cien años para permanecer en contacto con la humanidad. Esta fue seguida en 1996 por Muerte: lo mejor de tu vida. Otros spin-offs incluyen The Dreaming, Lucifer y Dead Boy Detectives.

En 1999, Gaiman escribió The Sandman: Cazadores de sueños, una novela ilustrada por Yoshitaka Amano. Como en muchas historias a través de The Sandman, Morfeo aparece en Dream Hunters, pero solo como un personaje de apoyo. En el epílogo del libro Gaiman describe la historia como un recuento de una ya existente leyenda japonesa. La novela fue después adaptada a una miniserie de cuatro tomos por P. Craig Russel y lanzada por Vertigo desde enero de 2009 a abril de 2009.

Gaiman y Matt Wagner coescribió Sandman Midnight Theatre, una historia con formato one-shot en la que Sueño y Wesley Dodds se encuentran en persona después de los eventos de la serie.

Gaiman escribió varias historias sobre Morfeo y sus hermanos, una historia para cada uno, que fueron publicadas en 2003 bajo el título Sandman: Noches eternas antología. Los relatos están colocados a lo largo de la historia, pero dos toman lugar después de los eventos finales de la serie regular. Presentaba un ilustrador diferente por cada relato.

El escritor y artista Jill Thompson escribió e ilustró varias historias presentando los personajes de Sandman. Estos incluyen el libro con estilo manga Death: At Death's Door y The Little Endless Storybook, un libro para niños que usa versiones infantiles de los personajes.

Para conmemorar el veinticinco aniversario de The Sandman, Gaiman escribió un nuevo cuento implicando la batalla que tenía exhausto a Morfeo antes del inicio original de la historia. Con arte de J. H. Williams III, Sandman: Obertura cuenta la antes ya insinuada historia sobre la aventura de Sueño antes del primer volumen, que lo había desgastado tanto que permitió fuera capturado. La serie limitada tuvo seis tomos. El tomo número 1 fue lanzando el 30 de octubre de 2013. Ediciones especiales fueron lanzadas aproximadamente un mes después de su edición original, que contenían entrevistas con el equipo creativo, junto obras de arte raras.

En 2018 DC anunció The Sandman Universe, una nueva línea de cómics explorando la parte del universo DC de Sandman. Empezó en agosto de 2018.

Historia editorial

Serie regular
La serie regular de The Sandman fue publicada por DC Comics desde enero de 1989 hasta marzo de 1996. Con el tiempo se integró a Vertigo, sello de la misma editorial estadounidense, fundado en 1993. Constó de 75 números, de generalmente 24 páginas (si bien hay algunos números más extensos), publicados más o menos mensualmente. Todas las portadas fueron diseñadas por Dave McKean, utilizando técnicas mixtas de dibujo, pintura, texturas y collage.

Debido al éxito de la obra, DC Comics comenzó a reeditar los números, inicialmente publicados en rústica (tapa blanda), en tomos recopilatorios de rústica y cartoné (tapa dura). La primera recopilación fue la del arco argumental de La casa de muñecas, en un tomo que se llamó simplemente The Sandman. Finalmente, la quedó dividida en diez tomos recopilatorios, que además permitieron integrar dos números publicadas al margen de la serie regular:

Especiales

Recepción y legado
The Sandman No.19 "Sueño de una noche de pleno verano" ganó el premio World Fantasy Award en 1991 por Mejor Ficción Corta. The Sandman y sus spin-offs han ganado más de 26 premios Eisner, incluyendo tres por Mejor Serie Continua, uno por Mejor Historia Corta, cuatro por Mejor Escritor, siete por Mejor Lettering (Todd Klein), y cuatro por Mejor Dibujante/Entintador (uno para cada para Charles Vess y P. Craig Russell). The Sandman: Cazadores de sueños fue nominado al premio Hugo de Mejor Libro Relacionado en el 2000. Cazadores de sueños y Noches eternas ganaron el premio Bram Stoker de Mejor Narrativa Ilustrada en 1999 y 2003 respectivamente. En 2005 IGN declaró a The Sandman como el mejor cómic de Vertigo. Sandman: Obertura, la miniserie precuela, ganó en 2016 el premio Hugo a Mejor Historia Gráfica.

Temas y género
La serie de cómics The Sandman cae dentro del género fantasía oscura, aunque en un entorno más moderno y contemporáneo. El crítico Mac Buxton describe el libro como "Un cuento magistral que creo un movimiento de fantasía oscura maduro." que no había sido visto en trabajos anteriores de fantasía. El cómic también cae dentro de los géneros fantasía urbana, fantasía épica, drama histórico, y superhéroe. Esta escrito como una examinación metafísica de los elementos de ficción, lo cual Neil Gaiman logró a través del uso artístico de personificaciones antropomórficas únicas, mitología, leyendas, figuras historias y la cultura de lo oculto, que conforman la mayoría de los personajes principales y secundarios, así como dispositivos de la trama e incluso la colocación de la historia.

El crítico Hilary Goldstein describió el cómic como "El concepto de los sueños más que el acto de soñar". En los primeros tomos, la responsabilidad y el renacimiento fueron los principales temas de la historia. Cuando Sueño finalmente se libera de sus captores ocultistas, el regresa a su reino que ha caído en tiempos difíciles dado su ausencia, mientras que se enfrenta a sus otros hermanos, quienes tienen su propia reacción a su regreso. La historia está estructurada no como una serie de eventos desconectados tampoco como un sueño incoherente, si no teniendo cada panel con un propósito específico en el flujo de la historia. Sueño se convirtió en el núcleo de cada arco de la historia escrito en la serie, y los viajes del protagonista se volvieron más distinguidos y deliberados. Muchos libros de Vertigo desde entonces, como Transmetropolitan y Y: El último hombre, han adoptado esta clase de formato en su escritura, creando una prosa tradicional solo vista en la imprenta.

En otros medios

Televisión

Warner Bros. dijo estar interesada en adaptar el cómic a una serie de televisión. En el proyecto estaría implicado Eric Kripke, creador de la serie Supernatural. Neil Gaiman dijo que le gustaría que Terry Gilliam dirigiese la serie.

En junio de 2019, Netflix anunció que había llegado a un acuerdo con Warner Bros para desarrollar una serie de televisión sobre The Sandman, con Allan Heinberg como showrunner y Neil Gaiman y David S. Goyer como productores ejecutivos. La serie se estrenó finalmente el 5 de agosto de 2022 y barre el primer arco argumental de la serie y parte del segundo (Preludios y nocturnos y La casa de muñecas). Durante la San Diego Comic Con se presentó el último tráiler de la serie antes de su estreno.

Audio
El 15 de julio de 2020, Audible lanzó una adaptación del cómic como un audio dramático dirigido por Dirk Maggs con música de James Hannigan. El elenco de voces incluye a Gaiman como narrador, James McAvoy como Sueño, Kat Denning como Muerte, Taron Egerton como Jhon Constantine, Michael Sheen como Lucifer, Riz Ahmed como Corinthian, Andy Serkis como Matthew el Cuervo, Samanta Mortin como Urania Blackwell, Bebe Neuwirths como El gato siamés, Arthur Darvill como William Shakespear, y Justin Vivian Bond como Deseo.

La segunda parte, The Sandman: Act II fue lanzado en septiembre de 22 de 2021 y presentaba la mayoría del elenco original. Nuevas inclusiones al elenco incluyen a: Regé-Jean Page como Orfeo, Jeffrey Wright como Destino, Brian Cox como Augustus, Emma Corrin como Thessaley, Jhon Lithgow como Joshua Norton, David Tennant como Loki, Bill Nighy como Odin, Kristen Schaal como Delirio, Kevin Smith como Merv Pumpkinheaf, y Niamh Walsh como Nuala.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Vertigo Comics
The Sandman
Obras de Neil Gaiman
Historietas de 1989

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Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was alarmingly accident-prone as a child:
Before he was two, he fell headlong down three flights of stairs and cracked his head on a stone floor. When only three he almost expired through drinking a mixture of vitriol and water in mistake for milk, being narrowly saved by the application of liberal doses of olive oil. Three other poisoning mishaps followed involving white lead, copper oxide and arsenic as well as the swallowing of a pin. A gunpowder explosion gave him severe burns and threw him a considerable distance; he was again burned when a frying pan was knocked over. A lifelong scar on his head was caused by a falling roof-stone. Once he went to bed in a room where some newly varnished objects were drying, being found in time to prevent asphyxiation from the fumes. No wonder the people of the locality called him, 'Young Sax, the Ghost!'
When he was pulled, nearly drowned, from a river, his mother said, "He's a child condemned to misfortune; he won't live!" But he survived to 79 and died in 1894.
(From Wally Horwood, Adolphe Sax 1814-1894, 1980.) (Thanks, Jonathan.)
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The Cheshire Minstrels
In the 13th century, when the Earl of Chester was imprisoned by the Welsh in Rhuddlan Castle, his constable, Roger de Lacy, rescued him by mustering "a multitude of the shoemakers, fiddlers and loiterers" from the local fair. Pleasingly, in return he was given jurisdiction over all the minstrels and "disorderly characters" in Cheshire. In 1216 de Lacy handed down this privilege to his tenant, Hugh Dutton, and it remained in Dutton's family, generally recognized as a right to license county musicians, for 500 years. From E.M. Leonard's Early History of English Poor Relief, 1900:
It was the custom for the lord of Dutton to hold a Court at Chester on Midsummer day and in 1498 he received from the whole body of minstrels four flagons of wine and a lance with fourpence halfpenny from each of them. A Court of this kind was held as late as 1756. In nearly all the statutes concerning vagabonds until that of 1822, the rights of John Dutton's heirs were preserved, so that in the seventeenth century the minstrels of Cheshire, license by the lord of Dutton, might wander without fear of the penalty inflicted on wanderers elsewhere, — a curious but direct consequence of an incident of border warfare in the early part of the thirteenth century.
"Few facts illustrate better both the continuity of English history and the toleration of anomalies by English law than this perpetuation of the quaint jurisdiction of the house of Dutton for more than six centuries." (More here.)
(Thanks, Keith.)
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Podcast Episode 193: The Collyer Brothers
In the 1930s, brothers Homer and Langley Collyer withdrew from society and began to fill their Manhattan brownstone with newspapers, furniture, musical instruments, and assorted junk. By 1947, when Homer died, the house was crammed with 140 tons of rubbish, and Langley had gone missing. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the strange, sad story of the Hermits of Harlem.
We'll also buy a bit of Finland and puzzle over a banker's misfortune.
See full show notes …
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A Quick Walk
The world's shortest St. Patrick's Day parade starts at 11 a.m. today in the Village of Carmangay in Alberta. It should be over by 11:02.
Mayor Kym Nichols told the Calgary Eyeopener, "About 32 years ago, the owner of the hotel, who was Irish, came over to the village office with his shillelagh stick on St. Paddy's Day and said to the mayor at the time, 'Why don't you come across and have a beer with me for St. Patrick's Day?' And that started it."
The Carmangay parade covers less than 100 meters, but Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas holds a 29-meter parade that starts at 7:30 tonight. Presumably there are also quantum parades that are too short to measure.
(Thanks, Dan.)
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Near the village of Katashina in Japan's Gunma Prefecture, workers have cut 2,559 grooves into a 175-meter stretch of roadway so that motorists hear the tune "Memories of Summer":
Japan has now built 30 such "melody roads," and they're proliferating. The Singing Road in Anyang, South Korea, plays "Mary Had a Little Lamb":
And the Civic Musical Road in Lancaster, California, plays the William Tell Overture:
A commenter on the last video wrote, "If you drive it in reverse it says Paul is dead."
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In September 1914, a crater wall collapsed on the marine volcano Whakaari, east of New Zealand.
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A saxobone, below, is a trombone played with the mouthpiece of a saxophone.
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Every year hundreds of thousands of people gather on Jindo Island at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula to watch the sea part, revealing a 1.8-mile causeway that permits them to walk to the nearby island of Modo, where they dig for clams.
Legend tells that Yongwang, the ocean god, split the sea to permit an old woman to rejoin her family. But National Geographic explains that the truth lies in tidal harmonics.
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        await props.onSubmit(values, helpers);
        setCompleted(true);
      } else {
        setStep((s) => s + 1);
        helpers.setTouched({});
        if (step === 1) {
          await props.getCustomerId(values.billingEmail);
        }
      }
    }}
  >
  {... map over the steps, then the Back/Next/Submit buttons}
  </Formik>

At the formStepper creation, I call on useStripe() and useElements() and create a CardElement which gets passed into Step 3:
    const stripe = useStripe();
      const elements = useElements();
      let stripeCard = CardElement;

    <FormikStepper
                    initialValues={{ ...billingValues }}
                    onSubmit={(values, helpers) => {
                      createCustomer(values); //successfully sends formValues to be processed
                    }}
                    // I tried adding this here, but it isn't accessible inside the steps
// ETA: I put stripeProps inside the FormikStepper, which passes its properties down to the FormikStep inside. For non-Formik users, this works for the onBlur, onFocus, etc. as well as passing the initialValues.  Basically, I was hoping the card element could hitch a ride
                    stripeProps={{ card: stripeCard }}
                    getCustomerId={async (billingEmail) => {
                      await fetchCustomerId(billingEmail);
                    }}
                  >
                    <FormikStep
                      label="Billing Info"
                      validationSchema={object({ ...validationSchemaUsingYup })}
                    >
                      <Grid container item spacing={1}>
                        <CompanyProfile />
                      </Grid>
                    </FormikStep>

                    <FormikStep label="Choose Subscription">
                      <Grid container item spacing={1}>
                        <ChooseSubscription />
                      </Grid>
                    </FormikStep>

                    <FormikStep label="Review & Pay">
                      <Grid container item spacing={1}>
                        <StripePayment card={stripeCard} />
                      </Grid>
                    </FormikStep>
                  </FormikStepper>

Inside Step 3 I can render and use the CardElement as expected with this:
<props.card
    options={{
      style: {...styling}
    }}
  />

My confusion is in how to access this element in order to submit the data to Stripe?? How to I access the props that I passed into Step 3 and use that to process payment?
I tried putting the Stripe functions inside the function of Step 3, but they never got called, as the onSubmit functions are on the Parent of the step. I can't put the card number into the Formik initialValues without ruining the security aspect of using Stripe Elements. The closest I can get to anything is this error:
Warning: An unhandled error was caught from submitForm() IntegrationError: A valid Element name must be provided. Valid Elements are:
  card, cardNumber, cardExpiry, cardCvc, postalCode, paymentRequestButton, iban, idealBank, p24Bank, auBankAccount, fpxBank; you passed: object.

Updates in response to comments:
The stripeProps was a failed attempt to package info into FormikStepper, which passes props down to the children, FormikStep.
The onSubmit calls createPaymentMethod, below:
    async function createPaymentMethod(
    values,
    stripeData = stripeCard,
    customer = customerId
  ) {
    if (customer === undefined) {
      customer = fetchCustomerId(values.billingEmail);
    }

    return stripe
      .createPaymentMethod({
        type: "card",
        card: elements.getElement(stripeData), //no errors with CardElement, but not sure that's the SAME element from the form
      })
      .then((result) => {
        if (result.error) {
          console.log(result.error);
        } else {
          createSubscription({
            customer: customer,
            paymentMethodId: result.paymentMethod.id,
            items: [
              {
                price: values.TCPlan,
                quantity: values.TCPlanQuantity,
              },
            ],
          });
        }
      })
      .catch((err) => console.log(err));
  }

  // Step 2 of the Stripe process;
  // Called if createPaymentMethod is error-free
  function createSubscription({ customer, paymentMethodId, items }) {
    console.log(customer, paymentMethodId, items);
    let created = fetch(
      "https://xxxxxx.amazonaws.com/xxx/xxxx", // My API Gateway endpoint
      {
        method: "post",
        headers: {
          "Content-type": "application/json",
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          customerId: customer,
          paymentMethodId: paymentMethodId,
          priceId: items,
        }),
      }
    );

    created
      .then((response) => {
        console.log(response.json());
      })
      // various error-handling offered by Stripe...
  }

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Home Food & Drink Recipes Kerala Seafood Culture
Kerala Seafood Culture
The Land of coconuts, Kathakali and Mohini Aattum, exquisite beaches and serene backwaters with house boats, Kerala is also home to some of the more delightful seafood. Kerala happens to be one of the leading exporters of seafood in India and abroad.
Known for its extensive use of coconut – be it coconut milk, the scraped coconut shred, slices et al, the food in Kerala has a very authentic and distinctive taste from seafood cooked anywhere else. The sea food in Kerala mainly consists of a huge variety of fish, prawns, crabs and small lobsters.
The Types of Fish
The most commonly used fish for cooking are Pomfret – Avoli, Sardines – Mathi, Indian Salmon – Kaalaa, King Fish or Seer Fish – Surma or Surmai, Mackeral – Ayala, Cod – Mullan or Sarghan, Shark – Sravu meen, Prawns – Chemmeen, JewFish – Neimeen and many more.
Fish a staple diet
From olden times in Kerala, the population of people have consisted of mainly 3 groups – The Hindus, the Muslims and Christians. In general, the Brahmin hindus do not eat fish or meat and are purely vegetarians. However, now with the advent of modernization, some of them have adapted eating non-veg food. Fish has always been a staple diet for the people of Kerala in all strata of society. And each groups have their own style of preparing sea food. The availabity of fish also differs from place to place.
A simple diet would consist a sumptuous fish curry is prepared with garlic paste, onions and red chilies and flavored with mustard seeds and curry leaves with rice gruel. During marriage ceremonies or other festivals, fish curries are prepared a day before so that all the flavour and color sets in.
Places of Fishing in Kerala
The state of Kerala has a huge coastline on the Arabian Sea. Places like Kochi and Allapuzha(once referred as the Venice of the East) are famous for having Fishing harbours since olden times. These are also main areas of business for fisheries and port for many international cruises and ships. The State government is now currently taking steps to export ornamental fish. An oceanarium is to be set up in Kochi that would be of immense help to marine research projects.
The Chinese Net in Kochi
In Kerala, fisheries are a major source of employment, income and food, and small-scale fisheries and aquaculture. Fish is the cheapest and most substantive source of animal protein poor fishing communities. In the habour of Fort Kochi, there are about 600 boats that set out for fishing expeditions which lasts for 2 to 4 days. Other than the boats, a lot of supporting services on shore like ice plants and marine fueling stations are also present.
Monsoons are the seasons when there is a flurry of activities on the harbour. In case of low rainfall, business goes down and gives rise to cost of fishing which in turn are the common problems that the fish operators face.
Seafood Tourist Attraction
As mentioned before, Kerala has many branded leading seafood exporters. This is a big industry and a source of revenue for the government. At a time when the money spinning seafood exports from India have registered a record growth, Kerala's share in the pie has fallen from Rs 11.37 billion to Rs 10.31 billion. Export of seafood is likely to be worth over $4 billion by 2010 from the current export estimates of $2 billion, provided the capacity of its fleet of fish catching vessels are expanded, more accurate remote sensing tools are deployed and the fiscal assistance to seafood exporters through the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) is substantially enhanced.
Fish Markets in Kerala
Fish markets in Kerala are called 'Meen Chantha'. These are mainly located at the bazaar areas of cities and towns. Fresh fish comes here from all over the ports in Kerala.
There are also fish sellers who sell fish door-to-door in residential areas. They carry a basket of fish and tie it behind the carrier of a bicycle on which they travel extensively through villages and towns.
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Port of Oakland on track for another record year
Cargo volume at the Port of Oakland is set to hit a third straight record year, but it's unclear whether or not the momentum will continue into 2019, port officials said in early November.
Although the strong U.S. economy and seasonal demand heading into the holidays helped drive growth through October, officials said shippers are accelerating orders to avoid the impact of tariffs on Chinese imports set to take effect in January, a factor that may hinder volume early in the New Year.
"Imports are a good story, but the reason for the growth is still something of a mystery," Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll said in a statement following the quarterly meeting of the Port Efficiency Task Force this month. "We suspect frontloading is part of the answer."
Some task force members predicted declining container volume in January, while others said volumes should continue to climb until then.
"We're peaking," a West Coast freight forwarder added, "but it may not go on much longer."
Oakland's port volume is up 2.7 percent over 2017, which was a record year for containerized cargo at the port, officials said, adding that Chinese imports have increased 5 percent this year. The port's exports to China have fallen 33 percent in 2018, officials said, due largely to China's tough new restrictions on wastepaper shipments.
Other Asian nations are picking up the slack as China exports decline, however, with exports to Vietnams rising 96 percent and exports to Taiwan rising 37 percent in September, officials said.
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Auditorio Nacional (Mexico), Mexico City
Metro Auditorio, a Metro station
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Outbreak of drug resistant strain in Cambodia could kill millions, scientists warn.
In the study conducted at Radboud University in the Netherlands volunteers using the drug chloroquine were given gradual exposure to malaria-infected mosquitoes.
The experiment produced dramatic results, with all 10 subjects in the vaccine group all acquiring immunity to malaria, while five others in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not.
Scientists warned, however, that the trial, while significant, was not practical on a large scale, although it did show that the principles involved offered one of the best hopes yet of developing an effective malaria vaccine.
Malaria strikes hundreds of millions of people each year and kills more than 880,000, mostly children under five.
It is the world's third-deadliest infectious disease, behind Aids and tuberculosis.
Global malaria hotspots include South and Central America, rural Southeast Asia and much of Africa, where most deaths from the disease occur.
Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes.
When an infected insect bites a person, the parasites travel to the liver, multiply and enter the bloodstream.
The parasites attack red blood cells, causing them to stick to the walls of capillaries, slowing blood flow.
Without treatment sufferers can die from organ failure.
The Cambodian study focused on malaria cases around the town of Pailin, a former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge, close to the border with Thailand.
The region has long been known as a hotspot for drug-resistant malaria, with the drugs chloroquine and fansidar losing effectiveness there in the 1950s and 1960s, before becoming ineffective elsewhere.
News that the same region is now developing a resistance to artemisinin, has raised fears that one of the world's frontline drugs used in combating the disease could soon become ineffective.
The drug, commonly given as artesunate, only became widespread in the treatment of malaria about a decade ago.
Among the biggest worries, scientists say, is that artemisinin resistance could spread to Africa, where 90 per cent of the world's malaria deaths occur.
"Artemisinins are essential weapons in our war against malaria," said Nick White, one of the scientists involved in the study.
"If they become ineffective, we have no immediate replacement. The consequences could be devastating. Elimination of malaria will not be possible and millions of lives could be lost."
Derived from an ancient Chinese herbal remedy, artemisinin had been considered a wonder cure for malaria because it was fast-acting, had few side effects and was almost 100 per cent effective.
The drug, produced from the sweet wormwood tree, had been used in Chinese traditional medicine for centuries and was reportedly given by China to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, when its use as a malaria treatment was rediscovered.
According to scientists involved in the Pailin study, this, and the fact that it is possible to buy artemisinin unregulated from street vendors in the area, has probably fuelled the emergence of drug resistant malaria in the region.
Arjen Dondorp, the leader of a WHO-backed study, said that while 100 per cent resistance had not yet emerged in Pailin, it was taking significantly longer for the drug to clear the parasite from a patient's bloodstream than elsewhere.
"It is a very worrying trend because instead of being able to kill the parasite in 48 hours it now takes about 84 hours," he said.
"This longer time means that in some patients the parasite is not completely eradicated from the body, allowing the few parasites that are left to grow and reappear weeks later."


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Unidentified Flags or Ensigns (2004)
Flags submitted in 2004
Last modified: 2021-01-02 by pete loeser
Keywords: ufe | unidentified flags |
Please note our Policy for Submissions and Enquiries.
Below is a series of images of flags that have been provided to FOTW; some we have recognized, and some we have been unable to recognize. If you can help us identify any of these flags, please let us know! Contact the: UFE Editor.
Identification Key: = Positive ID (Positive Identification)
= Tentative ID (Tentative Identification)
= Some Speculation
Flags on this page
White with Red Cross
Blue with Red X Castle Flag
Orange-White-Blue-Yellow-Lime Green
St. George's Cross Branchee
Flag in Monet Painting
Southern Cross Flag
Nine-Stripe Flag in South Africa
Morocco - Colours Reversed
Red Eagle Flag
World War II Flag
Unknown Flag with Flames
UFE seen in Antique Store in California
British White Ensign with Golf Clubs?
Flag seen in a Neighbourhood in Sweden
Flag on the Ship Cadzow Forest
Black Flag, Yellow Rectangle
Naval Cap Badge?
Blue Field - White Disk on Roy Cross Painting
Football Flag in Sfax, Tunisia
Flags on other pages
Unidentified flags submitted in 2002 or earlier
Unidentified flags submitted in 2003
Index of Unidentified Flags or Ensigns
04-1. White with Red Cross
Image by Devereaux Cannon
I have been sent a UFE which might be described as a St. George's flag, but with the cross shifted toward the hoist and also toward the top. The correspondent who sent this to me had seen it in several locations in Georgia (US), and in North and South Carolina. He has seen it flown in connection with the Confederate battle flag, and assumed it had a Confederate connection. I am not familiar with the use of such a flag in any connection with the CSA Can anyone identify this flag?
There is a flag for "The North of England" which is similar. The red cross on the white field is a Scandinavian style cross, but this UFE also seems to have the cross ride up towards the top of the flag. In any event, I have no idea why any such flag (other than the St. George of England) would be seen in several locations in Britain's former coastal provinces south of Virginia!
Devereaux Cannon, 10 December 2004
Well, it's not an identification, but the North of England flag mentioned above in the second paragraph is a flag proposal, not an actual flag. This enquiry is really just about the UFE shown here, not the second flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 30 November 2011
04-2. Blue with Red X Castle Flag Some Speculation
Image by Wendy Wilkinson
The flag appears to be a red X in the upper left-hand corner on a medium blue field. My great-grandfather Adolf was in US Cavalry in the Spanish American war stationed in Cuba, 1898. While there, a comrade (who was an architect's assistant) made him a present of these architectural plans of a castle painted by a senior associate. The plans are dated 1822, but otherwise have no other information. The plans do not indicate the country in which the castle is located. My grandmother told me the castle was "owned by a Spanish prince." But Spain was in control of many countries in those days. The blueprints are in English. I was wondering if the flag (if it is genuine, and not an artist's rendition of a banner) could be a possible clue to the location of this castle. Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated!
Wendy Wilkinson, 30 November 2004
The first thing that popped in my mind was "badly rendered British blue ensign".
Marc Pasquin, 1 December 2004
04-3. Orange-White-Blue-Yellow-Lime Green Some Speculation
Speculative Image by Pete Loeser, 6 January 2010
I have someone who called me about a flag they are flying. They said it has 5 horizontal stripes of Orange-White-Blue-Yellow-Lime Green. I have no further information.
Lee Herold, 9 February 2004
A pure hypothesis, some kind of Chinese flag. There have been quite a few imperial rank flags with various colours so this arrangement might just be one we haven't got yet (especially if the orange bit is a faded red).
Marc Pasquin, 10 February 2004
If this is an old flag, especially if it is one made of wool bunting and the orange and green are faded, then it may be of great interest. During the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, Transvaal and Orange Free State forces combined against the British. This involved also the fielding of mixed units with men from both states. Some of these units used flags to designate headquarters which combined the colours of the two countries. The Transvaal colours were red, white, blue and green; those of the orange Free State were red, white, blue and orange. In one or two cases, the orange was replaced by yellow (perhaps through inability to obtain orange-coloured material). Several of these so-called "vyfkleur" (five-coloured) flags exist. This may be one of them. I would need to see a picture of the flag or (better still) to examine the actual item to be more certain of this.
Michael Faul, 18 July 2005
04-4. St. George's Cross Branchee Some Speculation
Image by Andres Burgers
While watching the third day of the first cricket test between England and South Africa at St Georges Park in Port Elizabeth on TV this afternoon my attention was occasionally distracted by the Barmy Army. They were there in some strength, well tanked up and in good voice. Many St. George crosses waving about especially when the English team did something they approved of. There were among Barmy Army many members wearing the cross of St George on their T-shirts. There were also a few who wore a red cross Branchee or Fichee also on their T-shirts. Would this be only a private variation of St. Georges cross among this crowd or has it some sporting connection like a cricket club flag that you know of?
Andries Burgers, 19 December 2004
I suggest that this flag may be a remnant of either the Knights Templar or the Knights Hospitalier.
Carmel, 25 June 2005
04-5. Flag in Monet Painting Positive ID
The flag in question (on left) has been positively identified and moved to its permanent location on FOTW as "Claude Monet's Terrasse à Sainte-Adresse."
04-6. Southern Cross Flag Some Speculation
Image by Tyler Dykstra
I saw this flag recently, but I can't identify it. It's divided diagonally from the lower-hoist corner to the upper-fly corner. The upper triangle is blue and the lower is red, with a yellow stripe dividing the triangles. The southern cross is in the canton. I think it's Australian, but I'm not sure.
Tyler Dykstra, 10 October 2004
This might be one of the entries to the Australia Flag Competition to design a new flag for Australia, although I can't find an exact match on the web page.
Brendan Avis, 9 September 2005
04-7. Nine-Stripe Flag in South Africa Positive ID
This flag was identified as a variant of the nine-striped Princevlag and is now located on its proper page.
04-8. Morocco - Colours Reversed Tentative ID
Image by Rich Bono
Yesterday I saw a car that had a license tag with what was compositionally the flag of Morocco but instead of a green star on plain red background, the colors were reversed—I modified the Morocco flag to obtain pretty much exactly the emblem I saw on this fellow's car. Do you know what the flag represents? Is it some nation close to Morocco or a region within Morocco or something else? It just bugged me that I couldn't find out what it is! I would be grateful for any help you can give me.
Rich Bono, 28 December 2004
Among your list of unidentified flags I found the Moroccan flag but reversed, (green with a red star). When I visited Morocco back in 1973 I saw this flag and asked what it was. It was flying over a building in Tetuan. I was told that it was a religious flag in Morocco.
Ernst Althin, 21 June 2006
04-9. Red Eagle Flag Some Speculation
Image by Ivan Sarajcic
Any idea what this flag represented? It measures 2' by 2'. I thought the three stars and five arrows would be a clue, but couldn't find anything like it.
Ivan Sarajcic, 4 October 2004
This is the late 19th century to pre-WW-I period, War Department HQ standard for 3-star US Army General Officers. Flag was generally stood at his HQ office along with the USA National flag, US Army flag, and his Army Field Command (Corps or Group) flag. Some Generals also had present their home state Flag present in their office. (USA Military History: West Point Museum)
Grendel Night, 14 October 2005
I very much doubt this identification. The eagle looks nothing like any eagle that ever appeared on a US Army flag of this period (see the North Dakota state flag for the normal portrayal of the time); no such flag appears in any edition of Army Regulations from the 1820s onward, or in any War Department General Order; a 2 x 2 foot (60 cm square) flag seems awfully small for the purpose stated; and, most tellingly of all, if "late 19th century to pre-WWI" means 1875 to 1914, there was never at any time more than one 3-star (lieutenant) general in the Army, and for 19 of the 39 years none at all. Not to mention that there were no corps headquarters in the US Army between the Civil War (1865) and the Spanish American War (1898) or from then until American troops started arriving in France in large numbers in 1918. Or that the one state that both the 19th century lieutenant generals came from--Ohio--didn't adopt its state flag until 1902.
Joe McMillan, 14 October 2005
The flag is a square, this indicates that it is a military flag. There is no eagle depicted, but a falcon instead. The Saladin falcon or the Quraish falcon is depicted in the coat-of-arms of those Arabian states, that built the so-called "United Arab Republic", i.e. Egypt, Libya, Syria and Iraq, also in the flag of Egypt. The Quraishis are the tribe the prophet Muhammad belonged to. The red colour shows that it is neither air force (celestial blue) nor navy (dark blue). So it has to be army or ministry of defence. The heraldry of the depicted flag is influenced by the heraldry of US-flags, see for example ZNAMIEROWSKI: "Flaggen-Enzyklopedie" (ISBN 3-7688-1251-0) p.69 and p.70. There are depicted the flags of the Secretary of War (p.69) and the Secretary of Defense (p.70) which seems to be the same. Like the eagle in the US-flags the falcon holds a bundle of thunderbolts or arrows in his left claw (fly end) as a symbol of war and a branch of an olive tree in his right claw (hoist) as a symbol of peace. I suppose, it is a flag of the new armed forces of Iraq which are rebuilt by the US-forces since 2001. There are only three stars. This seems to indicate a lower rank than the Iraqi Secretary of Defense. It may also be the rank flag of a 3-stars general of the Iraqi army.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2005
This image appears as avatar for some guy calling himself "Scooterdog" from Montana who claimes to be a "Slayer of mythical creatures." on the The Law Network blog.
Valentin Poposki, 11 April 2012
Scooterdog's profile ...[would indicate]...it is very likely he got the flag image from us, not the opposite. Ivan, did you get (and keep) a larger image? Does it look like a photo of an actual flag? Is it possible to contact the original poster?
António MARTINS-Tuválkin, 11 April 2012
04-10. World War II Flag Some Speculation
Image by Philippe Rault
This is a picture of a WW II "patchwork" flag that an English patient of mine found in her attic, and that she wishes to sell. I have already seen pictures of patchwork flags, mainly of WW I, but in 40 years of study of vexillology I had never seen a flag like this. It is in wool, 4x6', and in good condition. Any information and comments about this flag would be welcome.
Philippe Rault, 3 October 2004
That's not so much an "unknown" flag -- it doesn't stand for an entity -- but is rather a pastiche of allied flags in WWII (UK, US, China, and USSR with the Free French Cross of Lorraine in the center.) It likely hung on a wall rather than flew free.
Albert S. Kirsch, 23 June 2007
My guess is that it's a flag for the Free French Forces (or supporters of them) during WWII. The Lorraine cross in the middle hints at this, and the use of the flag of the main allied nations could be a way to emphasize the joint effort in the war and also the French tricolor could probably look to much like the flag of Vichy France.
Elias Granqvist, 23 June 2007
Mastai's book of American flags has similar banners for World War I (even including Japan, which was on the Allied side.)
Nathan Lamm, 23 June 2007
04-11. Unknown Flag with Flames Some Speculation
Image from Renaud, 30 August 2004
I am a French militaria collector and I possess this flag. Could you help me to identify it? Perhaps it is a XIXth century, German flag?
Renaud, 30 August 2004
The flames strongly suggest a Swiss regiment in foreign service, but I am afraid I cannot place it. It is not French. The two-headed eagle doesn't seem quite right for the Austrian Empire.
T.F. Mills, 1 September 2004
Just a wild guess: The county of Hohenberg (which was located in what is now central Baden-Württemberg in Germany) used a white-red shield like the breast shield on the eagle. Hohenberg belonged to Austria until 1805. The double eagle could be Austrian. However, that's my complete extent of knowledge on this matter.
Stefan Schwoon, 1 September 2004
The flamed gyronny flag is traditional in Central-Europe, but the arms are also of the Hanzestadt Luebeck in Northern-Germany. And in the Regions in East-Schleswig-Holstein one can find shields gyronny in white and red.
Hans van Heijningen, 30 October 2004
The double eagle seem to suggest Russia. The crowns on the heads are however, not Russian. The colours indicate Poland, and the crowns seem similar to the crown on the Polish eagle. Hence, my guess is, that there is a Polish connection here, e.g., Poland during the time of Russian "occupation" prior to WWI.
Lennart Eriksson, 25 January 2005
At the first glance for me it was a military flag of the Hansestadt Lübeck. The crowned double eagle is the symbol of the Holy Roman Empire. The bicolour inescutcheon is the distinction mark of Lübeck. The gyronny pattern was used by the Swiss, also of those regiments in foreign services. This is affirmed by ZNAMIEROWSKI and NEUBECKER. But for me it is hard to believe, that Swiss soldiers were in service of a sea power like Lübeck. In addition red and white have been the colours of Hansa league.
There is another detail, I cannot recognize properly. I can't see, whether the eagle has two halves of a torn chain at both feet or they are simply the fourth toes of the eagles claws. If it was a torn chain, than the flag could belong to the Hanseatic Legion, a militia that joined the alliance against France in times of French occupation(1810-1813). You can see a flag of that militia in "Die Welt in Bildern, Band 8, Historische Flaggen" p.48, image 176. The depicted flag is white with a golden border of fringes. In the middle is a red Latin cross with a golden "1813" upon the horizontal crossbar. In the hoist corners there are eagles of Lübeck with their tails pointing to the flags corners. Below the cross is a golden inscription (half circle) "Deutschland oder Tod!" (Germany or death).
Sources: Alfred Znamierowski (2001) "Flaggen Enzyklopädie," Bielefeld 2001; ISBN 3-7688-1251-0, p.80-81
Otfried NEUBECKER: "Fahnen und Flaggen", Leipzig 1939 [Editorial Note: it is not a chain, merely the fourth toes of the eagle.]
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2007
From the image alone it is basically impossible to know what this flag is. One would have to do some (at least superficial) analysis of the textile material and the colours etc. to find out the age of the flag first. It is quite probable that it is not a true military flag, but some flag of a veterans' association or the like. These are single items and therefore difficult to identify.
Marcus E.V. Schmöger, 12 July 2007
I'm the owner of the flag visible here and I would like to answer to the kind persons who tried to identify the flag :
the fabric is pure cotton. The flag features an obvious patina which is not visible on the picture, but the lack of parts probably eaten by a rodent. I have other cloth relics and I think that this kind of patina would appear after 50 or 100 years at least. The cotton is quite grimy! Some of the colors have not been printed exactly into the drawing, as colored illustrations in old illustrated books. Anyway, thanks to all for the answers.
Renaud Berthet, 12 April 2009
It is, definitely, neither a Polish or a Russian flag. The eagle appears to be an Austrian one, but, most likely is representing the Holy Roman Empire, and the shield is that of Lübeck, so, the speculation of Klaus-Michael Schneider seems to be the most plausible, although not a conclusive one. Sorry for not being able to untangle the mystery.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 12 January 2010
This flag could have a link to the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. The red part of the shield looks larger than the white, like Lausannes (gueules chappé d'argent in heraldic French), and the district of La Palud in Lausanne had the imperial eagle on its banner in medieval times.
Phil Fry, 12 September 2010
I am also sure that this unknown flag is a flag from the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. The flag shows in the middle the coat-of-arms of Lausanne and there is an imperial eagle of the German Empire. Emperor Sigismund gave Lausanne the liberties of a city, so they sometimes used the imperial eagle. It can also seen on some monuments in Lausanne. The flames are typical for a Swiss flag of the period. (source #1 and source #2)
Philipp Ammann, 6 November 2018
04-12. UFE seen in Antique Store in California Some Speculation
Image by Michael Smuda
I spotted the attached flag in an antique store here in Woodland. It is unidentified and is priced at $50.00 US. It is a swallowtail. Starting at the hoist are red, white and blue vertical bands approx 4-1-4 to about half the lenght. The tail portion is divided into red, white and blue horizontal bands at about the same ratio of 4-1-4. I didn't get exact measurements, if they are important I can go back. Any ideas?
Michael P. Smuda, 12 August 2004
I believe the flag is actually a yacht club pennant from a Bay area club. I'm not sure which one. This info is only slightly better than a guess, I just recall seeing a similar scheme on yachts in SF bay.
Annie Ogborn, 18 October 2006
This is pure speculation, but I've been looking at this image for some time and always wondered if it was actually two signal type flags sewn together instead of one, like illustrated above? What they would mean is anybody´s guess, but the top one is the ICS signal flag for Tango.
Pete Loeser, 15 February 2011
04-13. British White Ensign with golf clubs? Some Speculation
Speculative image by Pete Loeser, 7 December 2011
During BBC coverage of the Open at Troon (Scotland) I noticed a flag on the clubhouse flag pole which seemed to be a White Ensign with crossed golf clubs in the bottom left hand quadrant. I suspect it might have a connection to Duke of York who is president (?) of the Royal & Ancient, but haven't found anything to confirm this. Can any of your experts shed any light on this?
Jim Drysdale, 21 July 2004
[Note: A similar flag to this would be that for the St. Andrews Golf Course, also in Scotland. - UFE Editor.]
04-14. Flag seen in a Neighbourhood in Sweden Some Speculation
Image from Martin H.
I frequently see a flag on a house in my neighbourhood that is decidedly out of place. It looks like a standard Czech flag, but has a single rather large 5-pointed white star in the middle of the blue triangular field.
Martin H., 28 June 2004
It looks a lot like Texas too.
Roger Yonkin, 09 January 2006
04-15. Flag on the Ship Cadzow Forest Positive ID
Images from Jamie F. Hubbs, 31 October 2014
Looking for assistance in identifying the shipping line for which the Cadzow Forest sailed. She was a bark, built in Glasgow, Scotland, by Russell & Co. in 1878 and hauled cargo between Britain and Australia from 1878-1896. She was eventually wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River (USA) in 1896. The flag is described as "A house flag, of a white ground, with a red cross edged with blue, and blue letters.
George Hubbs, 29 April 2004
Interestingly, we are quoted, and sourced, at Rootsweb, which includes the additional "CADZOW FOREST was a 1,068 gross ton bark, built 1878 and owned by J. Pollock & Co, Glasgow. Later owned by J. C. King & Co, Glasgow."
Assuming this is correct, it would more or less answer the original question about the shipping line. It doesn't answer our specific interest of what the flag might have looked like. Quite the contrary: We now have two companies to find flags for, of which the description most likely covers only one.
The original question, as we have it, says: "The flag is described as"; I wonder: does that mean that's a quote from a source writing about that ship, and flag? As it happens, the person originally starting the topic at rootsweb, a John Kirkwood, was wondering about the flag on the ship too: "I am interested if she carried a flag of the duke of Hamilton".
Do we know what such a flag would have looked like?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 18 February 2012
My name is Jamie Hubbs and I am George Hubbs' son. I would like to apologize for gross delay in answering everyone's responses. My father was new to a MAC computer at the time and may have not seen your e-mail update. Here are some b/w and color e-drawings of the flag. Thank you for all the research done by the FOTW members concerning the identification of the flag flown by the Cadzow Forest.
In answer to one of the members questions: The source of the flag's design was a copy of Russell & Co.´s original "Cost Book," for the ship. A cartoon of the flag, and written instructions for the colours and the placement of the letters was provided on a page of the Cost Book.
So, I on my own behalf, I would like to ask the members of the FOTW for help in identifying the actual name of the passenger and/or freight company the ship was sailing under.
Jamie F. Hubbs, 31 October 2014
Well, if the builder's cost book shows the flag, but gives no hint of the owner, that doesn't give us much. Still: According to an article from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic, Wednesday, 24 July 1878), the ship sailed the White Star Line of Packets, under J. Pollock.
At Wreck Site, J. Pollock & Co., Glasgow are given as 1878 and later owners.
In all I would say the Cadzow Forest was a captain-owned ship, probably financed with private shares. As such, the letters G and F could refer to anything in the Glasgow and Firth area, and it would be a lucky hit to find a matching company name. But I would like to single out the one thing that would be verifiable: Are we sure the letters aren't C F S Co - Cadzow Forest Shipping Company?
At some point the ship apparently was sold, but the flag in the Cost Book would have been that of the first company.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 8 November 2014
04-16. Black Flag, Yellow Rectangle
I've seen a flag, hoisted on a big motorboat, in the Netherlands. It's a black flag, with a yellow rectangle in the middle. I hope you know what this flag stands for.
Dion van der Born, 15 June 2004
04-17. Naval Cap Badge? Positive ID
I recently came across this officers cap at a sale and I have made quite a few enquiries but nobody seems to know anything about it, some have said it looks Japanese. Have you come across this badge at all. The arm in the centre of badge is wearing armour.
Ken Katsina, 22 July 2004
The flag is the one of JOSEPH L. THOMPSON & SONS Ltd.: a famous ship yard at Sunderland, England. This company was involved in the first design of the Liberty Ships. Why did a shipyard have to use an officer cap badge? Certainly for the test & trial crew before official flagging of the new ship to her owner. Source: Loughran (1979), page 79.
Alan Coutret, 22 October 2004
04-18. Blue Field - White Disk on Roy Cross Painting Some Speculation
I would like to identify a Naval flag that is depicted in a Roy Cross painting of a Clipper ship in the Arctic. The flag in question is flying at the top of the main mast, is square, has a blue field and a white circle in the centre. The only things that I can find that are similar is either the "Blue Peter' or a pendant representing the number 2. Have you any ideas?
Austin Smith, 13 February 2004
Since a blue flag with a white circle does not appear in either Marryat's code of 1824, or in the Commercial (International) Code of Signals of 1857-1900 (although there is "a pendant blue with a white ball" as Austin indicates above), can we reasonably assume that it is either a private signal of some sort, or a house flag?
Christopher Southworth, 13 February 2004
A single flag at a masthead is probably a house flag rather than a signal flag. Four or five steam-ship companies had a house flag like this.
David Prothero, 14 February 2004
Hardee Image by Pete Loeser, 8 January 2010
The flag mentioned, ( I have a copy of the print Austin is referring to) is very similar to what my family uses as a "family flag". I don't know the exact origin of this flag, but I do know the flag was used as far back as 1797 at an ancestors home in Camden County, Georgia. Major Joseph Hardee was the son of a Captain John Hardy, who patrolled the coast in the galley Washington. The flag has flown at my home, Father's home, Grandfather's, etc., for as long as I can remember. All of my vehicles also have the flag on the license plate, as did my father's. My father is gone, but I am keeping his tradition. The flag was used during the American Civil War as a battle flag with several variations, but was called the Hardee Flag. (The Confederate "Hardee" Battle Flag many times had unit identification and battles written upon it - UFE Editor)
Gourm Hardee, 9 August 2004
04-19. Football Flag in Sfax, Tunisia Tentative ID
Image provided by Ivan Sache
A red flag with a thin white cross and a thin white saltire was prominently displayed in the stand of the stadium of Sfax, during the quarter finals Morocco-Algeria of the Africa Nations' Cup last Sunday. The flag is probably a club supporters´ flag, but I have no clue on the club it represented. The Algerian supporters outnumbered the Moroccans, but such a red flag looks, at first sight, rather Moroccan than Algerian. An element of answer might be given during the semi-finals: if the flag is still there, it is Moroccan, if it is no longer there, no straight conclusion is possible.
Ivan Sache, 9 February 2004
The football flag from Tunisia looks like a flag belonging to The Wydad of Casablanca.
Neil Boulton, 24 October 2004
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Research organisation: School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001.
To understand and document societal responses on Eyre Peninsula over the period 1900 to 1990 to the periodic climatic fluctuations which have been experienced.
Historical geographical research using archival official statistical sources for agricultural production, population data, departmental records for policy issues, local government archives for decision making, oral histories, newspapers etc. Time series analysis; content analysis.
Progress: about one-third complete.
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Q: after preg_match_all, how to get the value if it is in another row My mission is to get the desired date when a specific word is mention. I want the date when for exampel "spelmissbruk" is mention, so i would want the 29/7/2014, and that is working as i want.

22/10/2013 ånger, ska bet 6,428:-,
bet 6428, 2109+2016+2303 inlagt
23/5/2014 bl 26/5, medd inga avgifter)
29/7/2014 spelmissbruk
29/12/2014 föreslår godkänn
27/4/2016 Föreslår godkänn

My problem is that in some cases the date can be in another row.

spelmissbruk
29/7/2014

This is code im using now to extract the desired date. Any tips would be appreciated.

  $subject = $row['anteckning'];

$pattern = $wordToFind;
        if(preg_match_all("/(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}).*$pattern.*/i",$subject, $matches))  {

            $date = $matches[1][0];

        }

Below is an example of a date that will not be saved as i want

            12/7/2018 -  kund ringer in, har fått hem fakturan men känner ej igen den. Kund uppger att det ej är han som tagit lånet. Kund har ej fått hem andra fakturor eller någon kreditupplysning. Swedbank hade hört av sig till kund och meddela tom ett belopp på 15000:- som hade kommit in på hans konto och sedan förts iväg igen till okänt konto. Meddelat att ansökan är identifierad.
Bett kund tag kontakt med sin bank, bisnode, polisanmälan och skicka polisanmälan till oss.

This is what i have tried to do

 $move_date = preg_replace("(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4})", "-", $subject)

$explodeDate = explode("-",$move_date);
        print_r($explodeDate);

My idéa is to explode it and some how remove all the rows.
Here i have an example text when a date will not be saved, it is because of the rowformating. What im searching for is the word "polis" and if it is a match stop and get the date.

12/7/2018 - Sofi: kund ringer in, har fått hem fakturan men känner ej igen den. Kund uppger att det ej är han som tagit lånet. Kund har ej fått hem andra fakturor eller någon kreditupplysning. Swedbank hade hört av sig till kund och meddela tom ett belopp på 15000:- som hade kommit in på hans konto och sedan förts iväg igen till okänt konto. Meddelat att ansökan är identifierad.
Bett kund tag kontakt med sin bank, bisnode, polisanmälan och skicka polisanmälan till oss.

here is a text that will save the date as i want

25/7/2018 - Sofi: detta är bedrägeri, kund son hade gjort bedrägeri på kund, kund har polisanmält, spärrat sin bankdosa osv. Pengarna finns kvar på kunds konto, även ifrån andra bolag. Meddelat 25000:-, därefter slutbetalt. Kund betalar detta idag. Lagt in spärr på kunds begäran

A: First, you need to use the s modifier so that the. symbol searches for a multi-line match. Secondly, don't use .* because in your case it will always match only the first date. Third, use preg_quote to quote special characters from the string you want to find.
As a complete example, try this one:
// To avoid errors or unexpected results, we must escape regex characters
// For example, without this we cannot find some punctuation marks
$search = preg_quote('polis', '#');

// A simple regular expression to find the date
// Since we have to use it twice, we do not repeat ourselves
$date_rgxp = '\d{1,2}/\d{1,2}/\d{4}';

// Now it's time to capture our date, for this we are using a more complex regex
// - Use "#" as delimiter, as it will allow do not escape "/" from the $date_rgxp
// - Use a named group to capture the date (it can be written as "($date_rgxp)", but in this case we should print it as "$m[1]" which is not so good for readability)
// - There can be any characters between the date and search word, but it should not contain another date (to solve this we are using negative lookahead "(?:(?!{$date_rgxp}).)+" instead of ".*")
// - Use the "si" modifiers to perform a case-insensitive multi-line search
if (preg_match("#(?P<date>{$date_rgxp})(?:(?!{$date_rgxp}).)+{$search}#si", $subject, $m)) {
    echo $m['date'];
}

A: Here is working code, that I've tested with three cases:

*

*Case 1, the date in the front, which you already did.

*Case 2, the date in the end, I just did small modification to the first one.

*Case 3, the date is in new line, which explained below.

preg_match_all has a flag called PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE which will return the offset of the captured pattern, then the same function has offset parameter that can be set, so what I did is, I searched for the pattern for case 1 and 2, if not found, then search the pattern with the PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, then do a second search, this time use the output of the PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE flag as offset, and return the date that is the only in the line.
Hope this solution helps you.
<?php

    $subject = "22/10/2013 ånger, ska bet 6,428:-,
    bet 6428, 2109+2016+2303 inlagt
    23/5/2014 bl 26/5, medd inga avgifter)
     spelmissbruk
     29/7/2014
    29/12/2014 föreslår godkänn
    27/4/2016 Föreslår godkänn
    CUSTOM TESTx 27/12/2018
    27/12/2018 - CUSTOM TEST
    TESTVAL
    05/12/1987";
    $pattern = '- CUSTOM';
    $search = TRUE;

        /*Make sure you are searching a valid pattern*/
        if(!preg_match_all("/.*$pattern.*/",$subject, $matches)){
            echo "NO PATTERN MATCH";

        }
        /*Search the case that the date infront of the text*/
        if(preg_match_all("/(\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}).*$pattern.*/i",$subject, $matches))  {
            $date = $matches[0][0][0];

        }
        /*Search the case that the date is after the text*/
        if(preg_match_all("/.*$pattern.*(\d{1,2}.\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4})/",$subject, $matches))  {
            //echo "MATCH LAST";
            $date = $matches[0][0][0];
        }
        if(preg_match_all("/.*$pattern.*/",$subject, $matches,PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE )){
            //echo " CAPTURED OFFSET ".$matches[0][0][1];
            if(preg_match_all("/(\d{1,2}.\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4})/",$subject, $dateMatches,PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE,$matches[0][0][1]))  {
                //echo " CAPTURED OFFSET DATE";
                $date = $dateMatches[0][0][0];
            }

        }

    if(isset($date)){
        echo $date;
    }

    ?>


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As a First Year (2012-13):
Named second-team all-conference ...Set a handful of school single season records - points (374), scoring average (15.0 ppg), three-pointers made (66), field goals made (131)...In addition, led the team in minutes played (36.8), steals (43), and free throws made and attempted (46-76)…Had a 20 point six steal game on 12/1 at Cal Lutheran, hitting five threes…Scored 28 points on 11-22 shooting at Franciscan University (12/17)…Poured in a season-high 29 against Emerson on 12/29, hitting six threes…Ended the season with 15 games of 15 points or more.
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2. Do you sing in the shower and if so what do you usually sing? No, for fear of shattering the shower glass.
3. What scary creatures did you think were in your bedroom as a child? I didn't think there were any scary creatures in my bedroom, but I did believe there was such thing as a Bath Ghost that lived in the shower. I would always close the shower door really quickly after I got out so it wouldn't escape.
4. What was the chore you hated doing and you loved doing as a child? I didn't like taking out the trash because it was dirty and smelly; I liked folding laundry because it was clean and fresh.
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To quote Don (Michael) Corleone in Godfather Part III, "Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in!". Just when I thought that this Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo would keep me quiet for some time, my watch friend Michael (not Corleone) mailed me a few days ago, that he pulled the trigger on this fabulous blue dial Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph ref.25860. This predecessor of the current AP ref.26300 chronograph, is mighty interesting. Priced a bit more friendly than its successor, it doesn't differ that much watch wise. Although I can't get it confirmed, the bezel of the newer 26300 is a bit wider than the 25860's bezel. Not in terms of diameter, but the bezel itself, making the dial of the 25860 chronograph looking a bit larger then the one on it's successor.
The movement in this baby isn't a module as with the Off-Shore models, but a true chronograph movement based on F.Piguet's caliber 1185. Another example of a time piece using this movement is the Vacheron Constantin Overseas chronograph I recently covered here (click here for the article). Although I wouldn't mind owning an Off-Shore Chronograph, this movement makes this watch more interesting technically speaking. There is nothing wrong with an add-on chronograph module, but the fact that the date needs a cyclops on the Off-Shore models because the chronograph module has been fitted between the base movement and the dial would annoy me too much I guess.
If you haven't tried a Royal Oak yet, please do. The bracelets are so comfortable and the polished and brushed parts of the case and bracelet are truly delightful to look at, especially when you let the (sun)light play with them.
Did you notice what's wrong with Michael's chronograph though? If you want to get an Audemars Piguet catalogue from 2000 (the Audemars Piguet #1 book) for free – including shipping – leave a comment with what you think is not correct on this watch. I will randomly select a winner at the end of this week.


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Dear President Buhari,
Your ascension to the office of the president of Africa's largest economy was by constitutional design, making you a creation of our constitution; therefore you owe it a duty to protect its integrity and sanctity. Remember that while taking the Oath of Office, you swore to preserve, protect and defend the constitution in the discharge of your duties as president. You therefore owe us a duty to ensure all your actions are in conformity with this most scared of our documents. This is why I am writing this open letter as a Constitutional enthusiast and election watcher to urge you to immediately constitute the full board of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Section 154 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended (hereinafter to be referred to as the Constitution) vests the power to appoint the INEC Chairman and members of the Commission on the president. Section 14 to the 3rd Schedule of the Constitution also empowers the president to appoint INEC's Resident Electoral Commissioners. These are exclusive powers vested on the president to appoint persons of unquestionable integrity to the helm of affairs at the electoral commission. This is a power that must be exercised in the interest of the public and preservation of democratic ethos.
I urge you in the spirit of the rule of law and constitutionalism, to fully constitute the membership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, as we are approximately 940 days to the 2019 general elections.
Since the tenure of former Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega came to an end in June 2015 and you appointed Mrs. Amina Zakari as acting Chair of the Commission – a position she held for three months before the appointment of the substantive Chair and other Commissioners in an apparent move to avert what many have referred to as a constitutional or electoral impasse ahead of the Kogi governorship election. This move was predicated on the inability of the former Commission led by Mrs. Zakari to form a quorum in accordance with the provisions of section 159(1) of the 2010 Electoral Act (as amended).
Nine months since the appointment of the current seven national commissioners, vacancies still exist as six remaining commissioners are yet to be appointed. In the same vein, there exists another 20 vacancies in 20 states where the tenure of their Resident Electoral Commissioners have expired. I would like to remind you Mr. President that the Constitution does not contemplate piecemeal or staggered appointments to the electoral commission, as elections are processes not events. Elections are cumbersome enterprises involving strategic and long-term planning within the spectrum of the electoral cycle. The task of providing effective electoral service delivery is predicated on early planning. It is important to underscore the fact that the end of one general election announces the beginning of another, thus the preparations for the 2019 general elections commenced immediately after the 2015 general elections.
Your Excellency may wish to note that the elections that brought you to power are an outcome of early preparations and reforms undertaken by INEC and other stakeholders.
INEC cannot function effectively without the full complement of its members, as the absence of six other national commissioners and the 20 Resident Electoral Commissioners as contemplated by the Constitution undermines its efficiency and productivity. This obviously has overburdened the current members of the Commission with additional responsibilities, potentially impacting negatively on effective electoral service delivery. For instance, a supervisory officer as against a substantive REC will manage the forthcoming rerun elections in Kogi State.
Mr. President, the delay in fully constituting the membership of the electoral commission has grave implications for the 2019 elections. First, it affects the planning, since the management of elections involve the establishment and operationalisation of integrated systems and infrastructure. This is reflected in the structure of the INEC with its nine departments. For the purposes of efficiency and professionalism, INEC constitutes fifteen standing committees spanning all components of election management and institution building. Each National Commissioner superintends over one or more committees. You will agree with me that having seven persons perform the job of thirteen is an arduous task capable of diminishing impact and productivity. It might interest you to know that some of the committees have not been fully constituted due to this unnecessary delay in appointing members of the Commission.
Mr. President, there's no moral compulsion on my part to remind you of the importance of an independent umpire for credible elections as you have publicly proclaimed on different occasions that you are a beneficiary of an independent electoral commission…
Mr. President, the failure to fully constitute the electoral commission nine months after the appointment of the Chairman and five other national commissioners casts doubt on your commitment to institution building and the rule of law. This singular action or inaction is perceived as a lack of respect for institutions and a deliberate ploy to undermine the electoral commission and by extension the 2019 general elections. Without the full complement of its membership, INEC is weakened and incapacitated to fully prepare for the 2019 elections. While it's a given that a quorum (still questionable) is formed for decision-making purposes, the quality of execution and implementation is jeopardised due to limited supervision and manpower. This trend justifies the unending call by different stakeholders that the power to appoint the Chairman and members of the Commission be divested from the office of the president as recommended by the Justice Uwais Committee on Electoral Reform.
Mr. President, there's no moral compulsion on my part to remind you of the importance of an independent umpire for credible elections as you have publicly proclaimed on different occasions that you are a beneficiary of an independent electoral commission headed by former INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega. It will therefore be morally and ethically iniquitous to turn around and undermine the same institution that conducted the elections that brought you and your party to power.
Mr. President, please be reminded that you swore on oath to discharge your duties faithfully and in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well being and prosperity of Nigeria. You also vowed to protect and defend the Constitution whilst not allowing your personal interest influence your official conduct or official decisions.
Samson Itodo, a elections enthusiast, works with the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement (YIAGA). He tweets @DSamsonItodo
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