Monday, May 28, 2018

OTI:notes:5/28/18

Open To Interpretation

Notes: game on...on the radio...twenty second in a series...see previous...Angels and Tigers...91 degrees and noontime in Detroit....hereabout seventies high overcast...two out one on bottom of 1st...Skaggs pitching...browsing about, I found a blog post that goes over America Unearthed's first episode almost word for word...this back in 2012 when the Mayan calendar end doomsday stressed everyone!...brb...3-2...K...Ohtani isn't in the lineup...likely to pitch tomorrow?!...Simmons lead off single...top of 2nd...."Archaeological Fantasies, Where Archaeologist and Reality Meet"... Marte fly out...Kinsler up...that site has a lot of stuff!...and extensive comment section...I happened on it looking up Mayan Blue...the pigment thought to have been made from a clay in Georgia...it's a back and forth...and the paint evidence of contact between Mexico and North America...the bottom of the cenote at Chichen Itza is said to have 14 feet of Maya Blue at the bottom...this from the sacrifices thrown in that were painted blue...fly out...to bottom of 2nd...14 feet seems a bit much...one site suggests the sediment at the bottom was tinted by the paint...it's an unusual paint...very durable and color fast...lot of sites going on about it...anyway, I clicked on a link at that blog to another blog, just as extensive, and found this:...lead off single for Tigers...covering for steal, ball went through the hole...runners first and third...and then a double play...run scored...Tigers 1-0...ground out...top of 3rd...Trout up...one out one on...

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 In these same areas numerous clay figurines similar to those produced by the Chimu and Mochica cultures of northern Peru, as well as star-shaped maceheads reminiscent of the same region, have been discovered (Krickeberg 1982,354).

https://haecceities.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/2012-about-the-supposed-maya-site-in-georgia/

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large boom shook the booth...looper on broken bat...'wonderful pistachios...'let's get crack'n!...Trout out...then Young steals second...two out..."haecceities"?...brb...."that property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “this (one).”."...hmmph...that's a curio, the mace head, to go along with Bower's Museum cog wheel...Upton K...on to bottom of 3rd...Mesoamerican mace heads are common, I find...and find myself reading about Mesoamerican weapons!...

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According to conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, the macuahuitl was 3 to 4 feet (0.91 to 1.22 m) long, and three inches (75 mm) wide, with a groove along either edge, into which sharp-edged pieces of flint or obsidian were inserted and firmly fixed with an adhesive.[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl

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hmmph...two runners on with one out...Simmons a tough stop...infield hit...bases loaded...one out...geez...home run..."grand slam for James McCam"...sigh...Tigers 5-0...ground out...3rd out...on to top of 4th...images on google images search Mesoamerican mace head...lot's of them!...no shortage of fantasy designs, but they all have holes...cog wheels are solid...Simmons up...

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One of the most interesting early arms of Hawaii is the shark toothed club. Although this name is some what a misnomer, due to the fact that the shark toothed weapons were used for slashing weapons. A round weapon may have 30 or more shark teeth around the edges, other varieties featured as few as 3 in a claw shape. Shark tooth also a proffered weapon of ancient Hawaiian nobles. Many weapons were hooked to grab limbs.
Short spears and stone clubs made up the bulk of Hawaiian close melee weapons. Short spears were not larger at the base like the longer pikes

http://www.mythichawaii.com/weapons.htm

that from search 'Polynesian stone maces"...eesh...Hawaiians fought like Romans!...

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 The weighted part of the rope was thrown at an opponent's legs to trip him, and then another weapon, perhaps a stone hand club shaped like today's hand-held weights with bulbous ends and a slimmer connecting section to grasp, would be used to finish off the tripped enemy.

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Tigers lead off double...there's a pic of maces with the head tied to the end of the shaft...don't know but a Hawaiian warrior might make an Aztec cringe!!!...sheesh...onward...Young a hit...and a balk...reaches second...heck...whole bunch of photo folders missing...or somewhere not normal...hmmph...diverted...that program 'dropbox' has been snagging them...usually they're saved from camera uploads under 'pictures'...wanted to check where the mace was I saw at Bowers...New Guinea...bottom of 5th...Tigers 5-0...well, thought is that prehistoric warrior clans had each their own logos...that much we see as 'religion' was the rituals of combat...and the iconography derived from combat...those shield designs...and the pectorals...Tigers made out...top of 6th...I think...Valbuena up...'Angels lineup stuck in neutral'...on paper it is great...K...Kinsler up...oh...top of 7th!...one out hit...

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The Aztec armed forces were typically composed of a large number of commoners (yāōquīzqueh [jaː.oːˈkiːskeʔ], "those who have gone to war") who possessed only basic military training, and a smaller but still considerable number of professional warriors belonging to the nobility (pīpiltin [piːˈpiɬtin]) and who were organized into warrior societies and ranked according to their achievements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare

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Maldanado K...someone tossed...questioning call...oh, a dustup...'bout time...Angels need a lift!...Maldanado and Scocia gone...'things boiling...Angels not doing anything offensively...'....one looking for self similarities of ancient cultures world wide one need look no further than the warriors!...diffused or convergent...they're all alike!...but the modern ones seem much less 'ornamental'...don't know what word to use...war developed warrior societies...

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 Each society had different styles of dress and equipment as well as styles of body paint and adornments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare#Warrior_societies

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Warfare amongst the tribal chieftains (ali'i) of the Hawaiian islands was common, with fierce battles typically fought to establish political boundaries and during succession disputes. Raiding was frequent. As the scale of warfare increased, the chieftains of Hawaii and Maui became increasingly powerful as they could draw on the larger populations and resources of their islands to support military operations. By the 1780s warfare was increasingly institutionalized, with formal rules and rituals. The ali'i built and consecrated luakini (state temples) and conducted sacrifices, prayers, and ceremonies before launching campaigns.

http://www.mythichawaii.com/ancient.htm

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well, the 'ancient astronaut' all the back and forth Mysterions are looking for is 'warfare'....home run for Martin...Tigers 6-0...bottom 0f 7th...hmmph...

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As the retiring Oahuans reached the head of the valley, they were trapped with the 1,200 foot Nu'uani Pali cliff at their backs. Kamehameha committed his pike, whose advance literally pushed the Oahu warriors off the cliff to their deaths.
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After 28 years of campaigning, Kamehameha now ruled all the islands of Hawaii. Governing from Oahu, he issued the famous Mamalahoe Kanawai or Law of the Splintered Paddle, which decreed that old men and women and children should not be subjected to wanton attacks, and passed a series of laws against murder, theft and plundering. Conquered lands were divided among his high chieftains in widely dispersed parcels to minimize the risk of rebellion. In 1812, he took a final tour of his kingdom and then settled at Kailua-Kona, where he mixed avid sport fishing with statecraft until his death in 1819.

http://www.mythichawaii.com/ancient.htm

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'4th walk of the day for Angels pitching'...Verlander winning for the Astros...passed ball...ball gets by Calhoun...triple...run scores...Tigers 7-0..."splintered people'...hmmph...that's us all over...Trout up...top of 8th...Pujols with an rbi double...Upton scored...Tigers 8-1...Simmons up...rbi single...Tigers 8-2...

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Malietoa King (Samoan pronunciation: [maːɾiɛˈto.a] Mālietoa, of Samoa colloquially [maːɾieko'a]) is a state dynasty and chiefly title in Samoa. Literally translated as "great warrior," the title's origin comes from the final words of the Tongan warriors as they were fleeing on the beach to their boats, "Malie To`a, Malo e tau".. great warrior, thank you for the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malietoa

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Valbuena up...something happened...Angels rallying...long way to go!...Kinsler up...fly out...Simmons to third...Angles make out...two runners stranded...

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The name “Zapotec” was given them by their rivals to the north, the Aztec. However, their creation tales spoke of their origins from supernatural beings from above, hence their native name Be’ena Za’a, or “people of the clouds.”"

http://ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/Zapotec

from a war game, I think...Age of Empires...brb...

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Age of Empires focused on events in Europe, Africa and Asia, spanning from the Stone Age to the Iron Age; the expansion game explored the formation and expansion of the Roman Empire. The sequel, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, was set in the Middle Ages, while its expansion focused partially on the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The subsequent three games of Age of Empires III explored the early modern period, when Europe was colonizing the Americas and several Asian nations were on the decline. The newest installment, Age of Empires Online, takes a different approach as a free-to-play online game utilizing Games for Windows Live. A spin-off game, Age of Mythology, was set in the same period as the original Age of Empires, but focused on mythological elements of Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythology. A fourth main installment in the series, Age of Empires IV, is under development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires

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hmmph...missed that one!...I think it's small enough for phones and tabs?...brb...shot up the middle...rbi hit...Tigers 8-2...thought they had already gotten to 8!...prescient...and a double by Machado...Tigers 9-2...it looks to be playable on androids...double play line out...top of 9th...well, my computer too old for newest...this game from the nineties to begin!...brb...I guess not...doesn't play on my Samsung tab...Trout up...home run!...leads AL with 18...Tigers 9-3...line out...'game one of this series goes to the Tigers'...malietoa...

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