Saturday, October 22, 2011

L'EVOLUZIONE DELL'IMBARCAZIONE / EXPONET. Online Maximaphily exhibit about the "History of Watercraft", by my Facebook friend Celeste Barducci (Italy)

Enjoy this interesting exhibit of maximaphily: L'EVOLUZIONE DELL'IMBARCAZIONE / EXPONET:

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Valuable Postcards - hundreds of dollars each

Explore the$e, maybe they are in YOUR "league": Valuable Postcards

MAXIMUM CARD from TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA, not PRC) made for me by my friend Shu-i. Thank you, again! "The Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in China and Taiwan." - Wikipedia

MAXIMUM CARD from TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA, not PRC) made for me by my friend Shu-i. Thank you, again! "The Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in China and Taiwan." 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petaurista_alborufus

It's actually GLIDING, NOT FLYING.
ONLY BATS can actively fly, of all mammal species, by flapping their wings.


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Please visit "Pretty in pink"/ "Show us your pink" [objects, that is :)] meme here:



Friday, October 21, 2011

The Postmark Sample Site

The Postmark Sample Site

Special Series (Part 1): Assessing the Damage of the European Banking Crisis | STRATFOR

Special Series (Part 1): Assessing the Damage of the European Banking Crisis | STRATFOR

Will The Real 99% Please Stand Up? | Fast Company

Will The Real 99% Please Stand Up? | Fast Company

Krokodil is the worst illegal drug. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED. Amenințare teribilă asupra Europei: noul drog la doar 2 euro este cel mai puternic din câte se cunosc IMAGINI ȘOCANTE | BuzzNews

Watch and stay away: Amenințare teribilă asupra Europei: noul drog la doar 2 euro este cel mai puternic din câte se cunosc IMAGINI ȘOCANTE | BuzzNews


"Krokodil"

Desomorphine attracted attention in 2010 in Russia due to an upsurge in clandestine production, presumably due to its relatively simple synthesis from codeine.[8] The drug is easily made from codeine, iodine and red phosphorus,[9] in a similar process to the manufacture of methamphetamine from pseudoephedrine, but desomorphine made this way is highly impure and contaminated with various toxic and corrosive byproducts. The street name in Russia for home-made Desomorphine made in this way is "krokodil" (crocodile), reportedly due to the scale-like appearance of skin of its users, and it is used as a cheaper alternative to heroin, as codeine tablets are available without a prescription.[10] Since this mix is routinely injected immediately with little or no further purification, "Krokodil" has become notorious for producing severe tissue damage,phlebitis and gangrene, sometimes requiring limb amputation in long-term users. The amount of tissue damage is so high that addicts' life expectancies are said to be as low as two to three years.[11][12][13]
Abuse of home-made desomorphine was first reported in eastern Siberia in 2002, but has since spread throughout Russia and the neighboring former Soviet republics. In October 2011, "Krokodil" was found in Germany.[14]"

Subway's $5 Footlong Guy Thinks Fresh On Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Branding | Fast Company

Subway's $5 Footlong Guy Thinks Fresh On Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Branding | Fast Company

What Designing The New Girl Scouts Innovation Badges Taught Us About Raising Leaders | Co. Design

What Designing The New Girl Scouts Innovation Badges Taught Us About Raising Leaders | Co. Design

Why Google And Microsoft Are Bad-Mouthing Apple's Chatty Siri | Fast Company

Why Google And Microsoft Are Bad-Mouthing Apple's Chatty Siri | Fast Company

BARBARY SHEEP (Ammotragus lervia) "is a species of caprid (goat-antelope)" [Wikipedia]. Then what is it: a goat? A sheep? An antelope? A "Barbarian", like Conan? I show you WWF MAXIMUM CARDS / MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS from CHAD [that's a country here, not your buddy]

BARBARY SHEEP (Ammotragus lervia) "is a species of caprid (goat-antelope)" [Wikipedia]. Then what is it: a goat? A sheep? An antelope? A "Barbarian", like Conan? I show you WWF MAXIMUM CARDS / MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS from CHAD [that's a country here, not your buddy]
"The Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is a species of caprid (goat-antelopenative to rockymountains in North Africa. Six subspecies have been described. Although it is rare in its native North Africa, it has been introduced to North America, southern Europe and elsewhere. It is also known as aoudadwaddanarui, and arruis."

"They are very agile and can achieve a standing jump of over 2 metres (7 ft)
Barbary Sheep are very gregarious, and freeze in the presence of danger, probably in order to happen unnoticed to predators."

You think about doing the same?
Republic of Chad
République du Tchad
جمهورية تشاد
Ǧumhūriyyat Tšād
FlagCoat of arms
Motto: "Unité, Travail, Progrès"  (French)
"Unity, Work, Progress"
Anthem: "La Tchadienne"
The Chadian Hymn
Capital
(and largest city)
N'Djamena

Official language(s)FrenchArabic
DemonymChadian
GovernmentPresidential republic
 - PresidentIdriss Déby
 - Prime MinisterEmmanuel Nadingar
Independence
 - from FranceAugust 11, 1960 

"Chad Listeni/ˈæd/ (FrenchTchadArabicتشاد‎ Tšād), officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate, the country is sometimes referred to as the "Dead Heart of Africa"."

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

"No woman, no cry - it's not worth the effort, aggravation or injury" seems to be the philosophical attitude of a male ELAND (Taurotragus derbianus), the largest species of antelope in the world. "There is no evidence of territoriality, and males rarely display aggression, even during the breeding season." - Wikipedia. I show you WWF MAXICARDS from MALI



Can you see some heart shapes in the above images? Enlargement is strongly recommended.
Republic of Mali
République du Mali (French)
Mali ka Fasojamana (Bambara)
(browse)
FlagEmblem
Motto: "Un peuple, un but, une foi"
"One people, one goal, one faith"
Anthem: Le Mali
"Mali"[1]
Capital
(and largest city)
Bamako
12°39′N 8°0′W
Official language(s)French
Vernacular languagesBambara
DemonymMalian
GovernmentSemi-presidential republic
 - PresidentAmadou Toumani Touré
 - Prime MinisterCissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé
Independence
 - from France as theSudanese Republic, with Senegal as theMali Federation4 April 1960 
 - as Mali22 September 1960 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011


Guest Heart Thursday #80


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A place to share YOUR heart!


Silicon Valley's New Hiring Strategy | Fast Company

Silicon Valley's New Hiring Strategy | Fast Company:

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Gruesome Details Emerge in Philadelphia Dungeon Case. Fourth Alleged Kidnapper Worked In Elderly Care Facilities

Fourth Alleged Kidnapper Worked In Elderly Care Facilities:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/19/police-investigating-philadelphia-dungeon-rescue-10-others-including-children/

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What would Jesus/God/Allah/Yahweh/[what-have-you] do to these criminals, on Judgment Day?
Would that punishment be of ANY good to the tortured victims?

Philly Man Cuts Off His Own Arm

Philly Man Cuts Off His Own Arm:

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Disturbing...

BBC News - Libyan forces 'capture Gaddafi'. Also, some interesting info about him from Wikipedia

BBC News - Libyan forces 'capture Gaddafi':


"1330: 
"We are waiting for clear confirmation from the NTC in Benghazi," says Mahmoud Shammam, an NTC spokesman in Tripoli. "I can confirm there was a convoy," he told BBC World Service. "But I cannot confirm what the big fish was".

  1. 1329: 
    Libyan TV is now reporting that Col Gaddafi has been killed and his body is being taken to Misrata."

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1326: 
A fighter in Sirte has told the BBC his account of the reported capture. Mohammed, a young fighter in his 20s, wearing a blue T-shirt and a New York Yankees baseball cap, said he had found the colonel hiding in a hole in the ground in the city of Sirte. He told the BBC that the former Libyan leader said to him simply: "Don't shoot"."







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Muammar Gaddafi
مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي
Gaddafi at the Addis Ababa AU summit (2009)
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya
In office
1 September 1969 – 20 September 2011 [1] [2][3]
President
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMustafa Abdul Jalil (Chairman of the National Transitional Council)
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya
In office
1 September 1969 – 2 March 1977
Prime MinisterMahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Abdessalam Jalloud
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Preceded byIdris (King)
Succeeded byHimself (Secretary General of the General People's Congress)
Secretary General of the General People's Congress of Libya
In office
2 March 1977 – 2 March 1979
Prime MinisterAbdul Ati al-Obeidi
Preceded byHimself (Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council)
Succeeded byAbdul Ati al-Obeidi
Prime Minister of Libya
In office
16 January 1970 – 16 July 1972
Preceded byMahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Succeeded byAbdessalam Jalloud
Chairperson of the African Union
In office
2 February 2009 – 31 January 2010
Preceded byJakaya Kikwete
Succeeded byBingu wa Mutharika
Personal details
Born7 June 1942 (age 69)
SirteItalian Libya
(now Libya)
Political partyArab Socialist Union (1971–1977)
Spouse(s)Fatiha al-Nuri (1969–1970; divorced)
Safia el-Brasai (1971–present)
Children
Alma materBenghazi Military Academy
ReligionIslam
Signature
Military service
AllegianceLibya Kingdom of Libya (1961–1969)
Libya Libyan Arab Republic(1969–1977)
Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya(1977–2011)
Service/branchLibyan Army
Years of service1961–2011
RankColonel
CommandsLibyan Armed Forces
Battles/warsLibyan-Egyptian War
Chadian-Libyan conflict
Uganda-Tanzania War
2011 Libyan civil war
AwardsOrder of the Yugoslav Star
Order of Good Hope"


[Female] Journalists Without Frontiers?
"Gaddafi frequently made sexual advances on female journalists, and successfully bedded a few in exchange for interviews.[327][328]"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muammar_Abu_Minyar_al-Gaddafi_in_Dimashq,_Syria.jpg

"In Damascus, Gaddafi travels with hisAmazonian Guards, an armed all-female military troupe."


"Unlike some other military revolutionaries, Gaddafi did not promote himself to the rank of general upon seizing power, but rather accepted a ceremonial promotion from lieutenant to colonel[330] and remained at this rank. While at odds with Western military ranking, where a colonel would not rule a country or serve as commander-in-chief of its military, in Gaddafi's own words Libya's society is "ruled by the people", so he did not need a more grandiose title or supreme military rank.[8]"



Now, the people have spoken. And seized him.
But, like Jerry Seinfeld said, "WHO ARE these people???"
Are they truly the Libyan revolutionaries...or somebody's operatives?
Like Enya said, "Only time will tell..."
If post-Gaddafi Libya will turn out to be worse...then, like Britney Spears said: "Oops!..."
:)

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"Dorincard: Blogger Dorin C is a stamp and postcard fanatic, and luckily he's more than pleased to write prolifically and charmingly about his obsession. He has a particular bent for stamps with wild mammals on them, but his blog demonstrates an affinity for stamps of all forms and backgrounds, as long as they offer a special narrative that's worth sharing with his readers.


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