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Happy Pink Saturday! (still open on Sunday!)
Please visit "Pretty in pink"/ "Show us your pink" [objects, that is :)] meme here:
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Pink flowers around ROE DEER (Capreolus capreolus). MAXICARD from ISRAEL
► Last [MY NOTE: I would say THE LATEST, not LAST] issue philatelica.ro – no 16 | StampLand
► Last issue philatelica.ro – no 16 | StampLand
Download the cool flip-book of this issue no.16, and read especially the article at page 31:
http://www.stampland.net/wp-content/uploads/philatelica.ro/16/philatelica.html
Download the cool flip-book of this issue no.16, and read especially the article at page 31:
http://www.stampland.net/wp-content/uploads/philatelica.ro/16/philatelica.html
Friday, November 18, 2011
I like this! "The Brick Testament is a project created by Brendan Powell Smith in which Bible stories are illustrated in parody using still photographs of dioramas constructed entirely out of Lego bricks. The project began as a website in October 2001 that featured six stories from the book of Genesis.[1] There is also a Brick Testament book series" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Testament
Please visit the original website: The Brick Testament
Now, from Wikipedia:
"The Brick Testament is a project created by Brendan Powell Smith in which Bible stories are illustrated in parody using still photographs of dioramas constructed entirely out of Lego bricks. The project began as a website in October 2001 that featured six stories from the book of Genesis.[1] There is also a Brick Testament book series.[2]
Now, from Wikipedia:
"The Brick Testament is a project created by Brendan Powell Smith in which Bible stories are illustrated in parody using still photographs of dioramas constructed entirely out of Lego bricks. The project began as a website in October 2001 that featured six stories from the book of Genesis.[1] There is also a Brick Testament book series.[2]
The retelling of the action is essentially straight, although Smith takes care to bring out any elements of sex and violence or destruction in the story. The illustrations often make a sharply ironic commentary on the text, particularly on instructional passages. For example, the images used to illustrate the Ten Commandments focus on the original capital nature of the offences;[3] the injunction to suffer no false prophets is juxtaposed with scenes of the Jews applying the verse to Jesus;[4] and modern-day extremes are presented to test the limits of the command to "love one's enemy".[5] Throughout stories are retold using passages from the Bible, with chapter and verse cited, the wording being a free adaptation that Smith says is based on a number of public domain Bible translations.[6] Occasionally, mostly when images are being used to contrast with the underlying scripture, Smith dramatises the images with his own additional text. Such text is displayed in gray instead of the usual black."
I should combine LEGO with maximaphily...:)
AMERICAN MINK (Neovison vison). Get fur? No, fur get it! You should be beautiful even without fueling the sacrification of fur animals...Non-traditional, page-size MAXICARD, made with an educational page from a great book
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| See also my previous blogpost about The AMERICAN MINK http://dorincard.blogspot.com/2011/11/vison-with-vision-unlike-stoat-it.html |
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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!
Please visit: http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ (wait until Beth posts the today's Linky tool for the meme, then make your entry, if you want to join).
You don't have to be an ex-hippie...Flower Power and all (Summer of Love?) to remember fondly those times and relive them by building cool items like this: Volkswagen T1 Camper Van | LEGO Shop
Volkswagen T1 Camper Van | LEGO Shop
"The Volkswagen Type 2, officially known as the Transporter or Kombi (campers, short for Kombinationskraftwagen) informally as Bus (US) or Camper (UK), was a panel vanintroduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.[1]
As one of the forerunners of the modern cargo and passenger vans, the Type 2 gave rise to competitors in the United States and Europe, including the Ford Econoline, the Dodge A100, and the Corvair 95 Corvan, the latter adopting the Type 2's rear-engine configuration. European competition included the Renault Estafette and the Ford Transit. As of January 2010, updated versions of the Type 2 remain in production in international markets— as a passenger van, as a cargo van, and as a pickup truck.
Like the Beetle, the van has received numerous nicknames worldwide, including the "microbus", "minibus",[2] and, due to its popularity during the counterculture movement of the 1960s, "hippie van"."
Thursday, November 17, 2011
A VISON with a vision [unlike a stoat, it believes that "surplus killing" is a stupid idea]...Do you see a heart shape in this non-traditional MAXICARD about The AMERICAN MINK (Neovison vison)? Don't let cuteness fool you - this is a ferocious little beast
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| Do you see a heart shape in this non-traditional MAXICARD about The AMERICAN MINK (Neovison vison)? |
You think this animal is cute? Like a ferret "or something"?
Hmm...You don't know squat.
:)
This is a violent, fierce creature.
Passive/aggressive? No: aggressive/aggressive.
Only the grizzly bear, the wolverine and the shrew are more of a "terrorist" in the North American animal kingdom, I would say...
FEROCITY.
"The American mink (Neovison vison) is a semi-aquatic species of Mustelid native to North America, though human intervention has expanded its range to many parts of Europe and South America. Because of this, it is classed as Least Concern by the IUCN.[1] Since the extinction of the sea mink, the American mink is the only extant member of the genus Neovison. The American mink is a carnivore which feeds on rodents, fish, crustaceans, frogs and birds. In its introduced range in Europe, the American mink has been linked to declines in European mink [USA 1 - EUROPE 0, in Battle of the Mink(s) (no, not Minsk of Belarus)...] and water vole.
It is the most frequently farmed animal for its fur,
outdoing in economic importance the silver fox [outfoxing it],sable [disabling it], marten [smarten up, marten!] and skunk [minks are more skunkworks than the skunks :)...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works".
Advice for the ANALytically-inclined:
keep back 30+ cm from a mink!
"The American mink has two anal glands, which are used for scent marking, either through defecation or by rubbing the anal region on the ground. The secretions of the anal glands are composed of 2,2-dimethylthietane, 2-ethylthietane, cyclic disulfide, 3,3-dimethyl-1,2-dithiacyclopentane, and indole. When stressed, the American mink can expel the contents of its anal glands at a distance of 30 cm.[12] Scent glands may also be located on the throat and chest."
"Intelligence
An early behavioral study was performed in the 1960s that assessed visual learning ability in mink, ferrets, skunks, and house cats. Animals were tested on their ability to recognize objects, learn their valences and make object selections from memory. Mink were found to outperform ferrets, skunks and cats in this task, however this letter (short paper) fails to account for a possible conflation of a cognitive ability (decision making, associative learning) with a largely perceptual ability (invariant object recognition)."
No, Rodney King, mink individuals "can't all get along"
" Mink are solitary, territorial animals and are intolerant of other mink. In times of overpopulation, mink control their own numbers by either killing each other through direct conflict or by causing weaker mink to be driven from territory until starvation sets in."
Beware the hatred of a mink, even when trapped!
" Minks caught in traps cling to life with great tenacity, having been known to break their teeth in trying to extricate themselves from steel traps.[53] Elliott Coues described a trapped mink as thus ;
One who has not taken a Mink in a steel trap can scarcely form an idea of the terrible expression the animal's face assumes as the captor approaches. It has always struck me as the most nearly diabolical of anything in animal physiognomy. A sullen stare from the crouched, motionless form gives way to a new look of surprise and fear, accompanied with the most violent contortions of the body, with renewed champing of the iron till breathless, with heaving flanks, and open mouth dribbling saliva, the animal settles again, and watches with a look of concentrated hatred, mingled with impotent rage and frightful despair. The countenance of the Mink, its broad, low head, short ears, small eyes, piggish snout, and formidable teeth, is always expressive of the lower and more brutal passions, all of which are intensified at such times. As may well be supposed, the creature must not be incautiously dealt with when in a such a frame of mind."
As pets
Wild mink can be tamed if caught young, but can be treacherous, and are usually not handled bare-handed.[61]In the late 19th century, tame American minks were often reared for ratting, much as ferrets were used in Europe. They are more effective ratters than terriers, as they can enter rat-holes and drive rats from their hiding places."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_mink
Mink are more terri-fic than terri-ers at ratting out the rats.
George W. Bush said "smoke them out", but MINK say "go personally after them in their ratholes" - much like in the case of Saddam and Gaddafi...
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Cats on stamps. See catstamp.org News Archive July-December 2010
News Archive July-December 2010
Cats on stamps. See catstamp.org
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
R is for ROSES. Non-traditional MAXICARD with a greeting card and an AMERICAN MENSA pictorial postmark showing a rose
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| R is for ROSES. Non-traditional MAXICARD with a greeting card and an AMERICAN MENSA pictorial postmark showing a rose. |
"Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world.[2][3][4] It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.[5][6] Mensa is formally composed of national groups and the umbrella organisation Mensa International, with a registered office in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England.[7]
Mensa (
/ˈmɛnsə/; Latin: [ˈmensa]) means "table" in Latin, as is symbolized in the organization's logo, and was chosen to demonstrate the round-table nature of the organization; the coming together of equals."
/ˈmɛnsə/; Latin: [ˈmensa]) means "table" in Latin, as is symbolized in the organization's logo, and was chosen to demonstrate the round-table nature of the organization; the coming together of equals.""
Membership requirement
Mensa's only requirement for membership is that one score at or above the 98th percentile on certain standardised IQ or other approved intelligence tests, such as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. Because different tests are scaled differently, it is not meaningful to compare raw scores between tests, only percentiles. For example, the minimum accepted score on the Stanford-Binet is 132, while for theCattell it is 148.[8] But most IQ tests are designed to yield a mean score of 100 with a standard deviation of 15; the 98th-percentile score under these conditions is 130.82.
Mensa also has its own application exam, and some national groups offer alternative batteries of culture-fair, non-language tests. These exams are proctored by Mensa and do not provide a quantified score; they serve only to qualify a person for membership. In some national groups, a person may take a Mensa offered test only once, although one may later submit an application with results from a different qualifying test.[8] For some national Mensa groups, such as American Mensa, having a high enough score on some graduate school admissions exams is enough to qualify for Mensa membership.[8]"
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