Notes: game on...on the radio...Angels at A's...Heaney on the mound...bottom 1st...pop out...Angels made out, leaving a runner, Trout at second...Angels lost yesterday's game...see previous post...this thirty seventh in a series...K...and, and yesterday evening I refereed four games...three were big kids...varsity...kind of a treat, as during the season I just do freshman/sophomore...and games went fine...though I made an iffy call that caused consternation!...game was close, and at the baseline I made a short toss of the ball for the inbound to the player standing close to me...and, and, I've never had this happen!...he fumbled the ball, and it slipped away going inbounds, and he reached for it...I'm pretty sure he stepped inbounds trying to retrieve it, and my referee instincts told me 'violation'...a pass to oneself by the in bounder...but while my instinct was saying that, my brain was saying he just didn't catch the ball...make a do over...whistle the play dead, and get the ball, and deliver it to him again...and of course the two opposing coaches want the call to go their way...the defense a violation, change of possession, the offense no violation, just a fumble kind of thing...these happen often enough...but the play had been clean, nothing untoward in my little pass...I don't know why the kid fumbled it...or even if he did...he may have thought to pass it quick to beat the defense, and fumbled...but on reflection...I have a very visual sort of memory...terrible with names, stats, numbers and such...I 'see' he just fumbled it...nonetheless, my hand had gone up on my instinct, and whistle blown...change of possession...it was an important play, as the defense was down just five with like three minutes to go...maybe less...and, and they came back and won by a point...a barn burner finish!...good game...so, so that game finished, and during the break between the games before the next one is started, I was outside of the gym, and this kid approaches me with his cell phone...he's surrounded by his friends...and he's holding out his cell phone, asking if I'll sign it...autograph the 'worst call ever'...lol...refs nowadays are in clips all the time for goofs...I smiled, said, 'oh, you're just having some fun with me' and went back in the gym, imagining he could youtube the play, and I would be part of the youtube compilation of bad ref calls!...refs have thick, yet sensitive skins...but upon reflection, I thought of the import of that moment...it's become a kind of 'something' to catch people making errors and youtubing them...what was that show?...America's Favorite Videos...bloopers I always found painful to watch, but funny......A's made out, but not without Heaney giving up a homerun...A's 2-0...to top of 3rd...(wrote right through an inning!)...Maldonado leadoff K...Young up...Home Run!...A's 2-1...anyway, somewhere on the web are the games I did...bigballervideos was streaming, or posting up, the games...there's enough 'room' on the web now for unlimited postings...enough room for everyone's vanities!...two out...Trout up...W...Upton up...battlements, entablatures, crow steps, crenelated, corbelled, steps...there's probably some other names for them...I was trying to search out those steps on the Nabataean tombs...see previous post...most all the tombs just have the checkerboard pattern like the Inca's army tunic...Pujols up...what happened to Upton?...oh...runners first and second...full count?...oh...1-2...ball gets by outfielder...run scores...rbi single...Angels 2-2...but, I noticed a tomb that just had a row of little steps, like pointed teeth on top of the tomb...line out...to bottom of third...
https://www.google.com/search?q=nabatean+tombs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiolpzjytvbAhUDGKwKHdaVCl4Q_AUICigB&biw=1079&bih=372#imgrc=MqQKZmAkRk4fqM:&spf=1529268952333
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now, those I've seen before...at Pesepolis, the Ishtar Gate, and atop the replica models of the Jerusalem's Temple...and there were some Nabataean tombs, not in rock walls, free standing, and temples, at Palmyra that have these crowsteps...these got blown up during the recent wars...one site noted them on king's crowns...which is apt...brb...A's made out...Simmons makes out...SImmons back!...one out top of 4th...Valbuena up...Angels made out...to bottom of 4th...Oh!...I found a 'side by side'...
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A diadem is a type of crown, specifically an ornamental headband worn by monarchs and others as a badge of royalty. The word derives from the Greek διάδημα diádēma, "band" or "fillet",[1] from διαδέω diadéō, "I bind round", or "I fasten".[2]
The term originally referred to the embroidered white silk ribbon, ending in a knot and two fringed strips often draped over the shoulders, that surrounded the head of the king to denote his authority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diadem
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The Royal Headband: A Pan-Mesoamerican Hieroglyph
http://media.bloomsbury.com/rep/files/primary-source-57-narrative-of-the-conquest-of-peru.pdf
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The Mascapaicha was the imperial symbol, worn only by the Sapa Inca as King of Cusco and Emperor of the Tawantinsuyu. It was a chaplet made of layers of many-coloured braid, from which hung the latu, a fringe of the finest red wool, with red tassels fixed to gold tubes. It was decorated with gold threads and a tuft bearing two or three upright feathers from the mountain caracara, a sacred bird called Corequenque in Spanish, it was the physical expression of ultimate political power in the Inca Empire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascapaicha
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hmmph...crowns for sometime!...Trout with a one out hit...there is 'something' to the overall dimensions of the rock cut Nabataean tombs, and the face of Jerusalem's Temple...add to that the crowsteps on the roof top, and it becomes an 'import'...lol...I'm coming up with my own vocabulary!...side by sides, imports, somethings, self similar, dogears, curios, keeping, bookends...hooey...batteries ran out...I need to go get a plug in radio...brb...bk...bottom of 7th...play at third under review...Trout throw after fly ball...one out...was a lead off double...safe...Target didn't have any little plug in radios!...clock radios with batteries...a conspiracy I'd say...all our phones should have am fm radio...in fact, I think they do, but the 'app' just isn't activated...Angels make out top of 8th...to bottom of 7th...
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Why can’t your fancy-schmancy iPhone do what that cheap little transistor radio did half a century ago?
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2019162
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there are ways...but my iphone is out of date...maybe my new Samsung tab has a way...hmmph...it's problematic too...and limited to FM?...all our phones should have am...then we can hear the civil defense warnings when the Hawaii volcano goes off and inundates Pacific shores with the giant tsunami!...something that doesn't get much notice, is that the islands are entirely made of lava...millions of years in the making, sure...but still...fissure 8 is like 200 feet tall now, how long will it spew?, and how high will it grow?...Angels 5-3...A's up bottom of 7th...Xerex described the the parade, the Sapa Inca arriving to see the 'Governor'...Pizzaro...leading the way were the warriors in the checkerboard tunics, and they were sweeping the road...one can see now this in grand procession on youtube...there are youtube clips of Andeans re-enacting the festival of the sun...originally there were four like this for the solstices and equinoxes...
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In 1944, a historical reconstruction of the Inti Raymi was directed by Faustino Espinoza Navarro and indigenous actors. The first reconstruction was largely based on the chronicles of Garcilaso de la Vega and only referred to the religious ceremony. Since 1944, a theatrical representation of the Inti Raymi has been taking place at Saksaywaman, two kilometers from its original celebration in central Cusco on June 24 of each year, attracting thousands of tourists and local visitors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inti_Raymi
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having only read, and seen pics, it's really cool to see the costumes and the dancing on youtube...the warriors carry the square shields with the tocapus!...Heaney strikes them out in order...to top of 9th...Angels 5-3...need like three insurance runs!...Kinsler up...Trout has been on base each at bat...he's up next...fly out...here's link to google images, inca festival of the sun...
https://www.google.com/search?q=inca+festival+of+the+sun&rlz=1T4TSNJ_enUS440US440&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV_5eE4NvbAhVNmK0KHUJFBtMQ_AUICigB&biw=1079&bih=372
seagulls descending on the stadium in Oakland...what?...Kinsler on on short hopped ground ball...error...oh...batter before Kinsler made out...one out...Trout up...'when the game is over...' the seagulls sweep in for snacks...'hundreds of seagulls'...Trout infield hit...runners first and second...Pujols up?...Pujols has a home run earlier, while on foray to Target...here's a link to youtube clip...Pujols K...to bottom of 9th...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INy0-pyiDEM
and, and it shows the festival dancers going about atop the Inca polygonal walls...a mystery is why the polygonal walls don't really look like they are part of buildings...oh, some are...but a lot of them look like some kind of modern sculpture...well, looking at that clip, the dances suggest the walls were platforms and such, part of a grand stage set for the celebrations...oh...that must be it...and those ruins at Lake Titcaca too...all the temple compounds in the Mesoamerica were stage sets...dancers going up and down the stairs...dancers on the terraces...of the pyramids...this too in ancient Egypt...what archaeology doesn't recreate is the huge crowds preforming in the ceremonies at these temple complexes...A's have runners...Heaeny still on mound...trying to repeat earlier ninth inning success against Royals...game I was at last week...K...one out...runner on first...at 11:27 in that clip one can see the warriors sweeping the ground...tying run at second...is someone on third?...Parker pitching...Heaney must have given up a run...one runner on...full count...heck...needed those insurance runs!...W...Alverez to come in...double play possible...so walk not all bad...
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A British team of archaeologists on expedition in the Peruvian Andes has hailed as “sensational” the discovery of some of the most sacred objects in the Inca civilisation – three “ancestor stones”, which were once believed to form a precious link between the heavens and the underworld.
http://www.kimmacquarrie.com/discovery-of-sacred-inca-stones-linking-the-heavens-with-earth/
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from search: inca walls ceremony platforms....that, that, is cool...I noted but didn't post about these three stones...I think they're in Mesoamerica too...have to retrace a lot of steps!...for sometime...1-2 the count...Parker had given up a home run...Alverez gets a K...and now Bedrosan comes in with two outs...Angels would have best record in baseball if they had a closer!...bloop single...tie game...Angels 5-5...
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same site as previous
The sites for ceremonial platforms were chosen for their vistas of the snow-capped peaks, which were worshipped as mountain deities. It was at such sites that the Incas sacrificed children – the ceremony of capacocha – at moments of potential instability.
These structures also had sacred central spaces known as the ushnu, with a vertical opening into “the body of the earth” into which libations such as maize beer were poured. The ushnu platforms served as a stage from which the Inca king and his lords could preside over seasonal festivals and ceremonies.
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Ancestor stones represented deities, ancestors and the sun, and were imbued with supreme symbolic significance. They were greeted with incomprehension by Spanish chroniclers of the early 16th century, who sacrilegiously likened their shape to sugar loaves, pineapples and bowling pins. The insult, however, was returned: when the 16th-century Inca ruler Atahualpa was shown a copy of the Bible by the Conquistadors, he reacted with similar contempt.
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fly out...to top of 10th...sigh...good game though...another one...'three stones' harks over to the Indiana Jones movie...and omphalos stones...hmmph...found a side by side!...Valbuena up...A's outfielder made a great catch...Angels made out...to bottom of 10th...
Inca 'Hitching post of the Sun'
Intihuatana was damaged on September 8, 2000 when a crane being used in an ad shoot toppled over and chipped off a piece of the granite.[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intihuatana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingam
story in the news feed today about vandals knocking over of rock outcrops in England...
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But after withstanding the elements for tens of thousands of years, the balancing sandstone rocks – also known as Millstone Grit – have fallen victim to a greater foe: vandals.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/13/rocks-balanced-since-ice-age-have-toppled-destroyed-yobs/
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stuff like this happening everywhere...A's made out...to top of 11th...I will have to go to a Dodger game at Dodger stadium, where I should get a seat for like twenty dollars, plus parking, snack, drive to LA...I have in mind to go to Angels game and see at least once every opponent!...Dodgers in town soon, but cheapest seat is fifty dollars...this a few days back, when I picked up tickets for D'Back, and, Blue Jays...one is Trout's Nutrcracker doll night...twenty bucks for 500s ticket...a bargain!...I won't pay fifty for a normally eleven dollar seat!...twenty on a giveaway night is okay...Angels made out...hmmph...
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The Sankara Stones were five smooth-polished stones shaped like lingams, rounded columns used as a symbol of the fertility aspect of Shiva.
http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Sankara_Stones
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3-1 count...no one out...lead off hit...now the pain...home team advantage...hit by pitch...first and second, nobody out...no chance to come back if they score in bottom part of inning...bottom of ninth...there's a conflating of fantasy archaeology and 'real' archaeology!...
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Omphalos Syndrome refers to the belief that a place of geopolitical power and currency is the most important place in the world.[3][
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos
full count...bases loaded?...no...but a fly out send runner to third...one out...change of pitcher...was trying to remember something...and it came to me...during the Nazi's reign in Germany, the SS built a castle, or repurposed one...it has an emblem in the stone tile floor, which was thought to be the 'center of the world'...
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The Black Sun (German Schwarze Sonne), also referred to as the Sonnenrad (German for "Sun Wheel"), is a symbol of esoteric and occult significance. Its ancient design is also found on a sun wheel mosaic incorporated into a floor of Wewelsburg Castle during the Nazi era.
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During the Third Reich the castle became the representative and ideological center of the order of the SS. Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS, wanted to establish the "Center of the New World".[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sun_(occult_symbol)
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now bases loaded...five man infield...Paretta on the mound...walked his batter...bounces off the wall...walk off single...neo-Nazis use the symbol to get around the swastika being outlawed in Germany...the mosaic, though, may predate the Nazis...as the swastika certainly does...such are 'vandals'...A's 6-5...Angles home tomorrow...my ticket might be for Monday...have to check...onward...cue the Seagulls...
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