Happy New Year! Health, and then some more! Two WOLF PICTORIAL POSTMARKS on MAXICARDS from USA and BELARUS. In 2012, chase your dreams with more success!

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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:}

^{http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/}

Happy New Year, everybody! Polar bear cubs and moms: I show you 2 DORINCARDS / MAXICARDS made with American greeting cards (folded cards) and...British stamps and postmarks; also, a future MAXICARD with a cute bear cub hugging his Mom, his only playpal around, in the frozen Arctic

Happy New Year, everybody! Polar bear cubs and moms: I show you 2 DORINCARDS / MAXICARDS made with American greeting cards (folded cards) and...British stamps and postmarks; also, a future MAXICARD with a cute bear cub hugging his Mom, his only playpal around, in the frozen Arctic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_new_year

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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).

BBC News - Scientists tickle animals to find laughter clues

BBC News - Scientists tickle animals to find laughter clues

Want to Build a New App? There's an App for That, Too

Want to Build a New App? There's an App for That, Too:

'via Blog this'

"App Cooker provides that clickable mock-up prototype and gathers up all of the key components of an app before any coding and polished design starts. It helps designers to conceive, design and test interfaces without a single line of code in the context of an iOS device. For example, you can rotate the screen and the mockup will display another version of the design. It’s extremely valuable for app designers at all skill levels."


"Where do you see app design going in the next few years? 
This is the golden age of app design. Yesterday, everyone wanted a website, and now everyone wants an app. App design is going to help evolve us more into a prosumer environment, where the consumer produces the content they want. We’re positioning ourselves to help the future app makers of the world, and it’s an exciting place to be."

6 Game-Changing Digital Journalism Events of 2011

6 Game-Changing Digital Journalism Events of 2011:

'via Blog this'

The DANUBE DELTA (ROMANIA), an UNESCO WHS (WORLD HERITAGE SITE), in the shape of a heart. Vital flow, in both cases...My MAXICARD from ROMANIA

"The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta Dunării pronounced [ˈdelta ˈdunərij]; Ukrainian:Дельта Дунаю, Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent.^[1] The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania (Tulcea county), while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine (Odessa Oblast). The approximate surface is 4152 km², of which 3446 km² are in Romania. If one includes the lagoons of Razim-Sinoe (1015 km² of which 865 km² water surface), which are located south of the delta proper, but are related to it geologically and ecologically (their combined territory is part of the World Heritage Site), the total area of the Danube Delta reaches 5165 km²."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_delta

Please visit http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011

Guest Heart Thursday #90

Welcome to a Special Creepy Crawly Edition ...
of Guest Heart Thursday!
A place to share YOUR heart!

BBC News - British teenage designer of Summly app hits jackpot. Bravo! :) "Summly is an iPhone app which summarises and simplifies the content of web pages and search results. Currently it can condense reference pages, news articles and reviews but has the potential to go a lot further."

BBC News - British teenage designer of Summly app hits jackpot

"Summly is an iPhone app which summarises and simplifies the content of web pages and search results. Currently it can condense reference pages, news articles and reviews but has the potential to go a lot further.

Mr D'Aloisio - the son of a lawyer and an investment banker - had the brainwave for it while studying.

"I was revising for a history exam and using Google, clicking in and out of search results, and it seemed quite inefficient. If I found myself on a site that was interesting I was reading it and that was wasting time," he said.

"I thought that what I needed was a way of simplifying and summarising these web searches. Google has Instant Preview but that is just an image of the page. What I wanted was a content preview," he says."

My non-traditional MAXICARD (with a real photo print, not postcard) showing a museum diorama about a MORTAL COMBAT between a SABER-TOOTHED CAT and a GROUND SLOTH. Let me tell you: that was not a GROUNDHOG DAY, but a "GROUNDSLOTH DAY" for the CAT, who "slothered" its prey

My non-traditional MAXICARD (with a real photo print, not postcard) showing a museum diorama about a MORTAL COMBAT between a SABER-TOOTHED CAT and a GROUND SLOTH. Let me tell you: that was NOT a GROUNDHOG DAY, but a "GROUNDSLOTH DAY" for the CAT, who "slothered" its prey.

See? The point is NOT to have NINE INCH NAILS...or CLAWS.

The point is HOW FAST can you deploy them in action?

If it takes you forever to move your claws towards the aggressor, then...you're not WINNING!

XENARTHRA...no, that's NOT a rare form of arthritis developed in border-patrolling xenophobes...

"The superorder Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals (infraclass Eutheria), extant today only in the Americas and represented by anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos" - Wikipedia.

Reconstruction of a GROUND SLOTH based on Megalonyx jeffersonii, Iowa Museum of Natural History, University of Iowa.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_ground_sloth_Iowa.JPG

"Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths, in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. Their most recent survivors lived in the Antilles, where it has been proposed they may have survived until 1550 CE;^[1] however, the youngest AMS radiocarbon date reported is 4190 BP,calibrated to c. 4700 BP for Megalocnus of Cuba.^[2] They had been extinct on the mainland ofNorth and South America for 10,000 years or more.^[3] The term "ground sloth" is used as a reference for all extinct sloths because of the large size of the earliest forms discovered, as opposed to the extant "tree sloths." However, this is a historical convention and does not imply that all extinct sloths were strictly terrestrial in nature."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_sloth

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Please visit and join the ABC Wednesday meme!

http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/

My entry for the Orange Tuesday meme: another one of my cat MAXICARDS from USA. Yes, that postmark is applied with my own MPP (MAILER'S POSTMARK PERMIT) canceller. More info: http://mppclub.org/

My entry for the Orange Tuesday meme: another one of my cat MAXICARDS from USA. Yes, that postmark is applied with my own MPP (MAILER'S POSTMARK PERMIT) canceller. More info: http://mppclub.org/

Please visit the Orange Tuesday meme:

http://www.shengkaysjournal.info/

BBC News - Human zoos: When real people were exhibits

BBC News - Human zoos: When real people were exhibits

The smallest is...in the Occident. "The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard." - Wikipedia. One of my PELICAN MAXICARDS from USA

"The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard." - Wikipedia. One of my PELICAN MAXICARDS from USA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_pelican

And that concludes my PELICAN BRIEF...

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Happy Blue Monday! (meme)

Please visit:  http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

"Man Awakens From Coma After 2 Months" - miraculous true story. "I just want to be normal"

Sports Pictures of the Year - 53 Photos - SI.com [Sports Illustrated]. LUCIAN BUTE, LeBRON JAMES...even a reference to SHAKIRA

Thumbnail gallery:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1112/pictures-of-the-year/content.1.html

Glen Johnson [Jamaica] and Lucian Bute [Romania/Canada]

IBF Super Middleweight Championship

IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute punches Glen Johnson during their title bout in November. The 31-year-old Bute won the fight to improve to 30-0.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1112/pictures-of-the-year/content.41.html#ixzz1hecoW0AH

"Lucian Bute (born February 28, 1980)^[1] is a Romanian professional boxer fighting out of Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion. 

BoxRec has ranked Bute as the 8th pound for pound best boxer in the world and number 1 at the Super Middleweight in 2011.^[2]"

Lucian Bute
Statistics
Real name	Lucian Bute
Nickname(s)	Le Tombeur Mister KO
Rated at	Super Middleweight
Height	6 ft. 1½ in. (188 cm.)
Reach	72" (183 cm.)
Nationality	Romanian  Canadian
Born	February 28, 1980 (age 31) Pechea, Galaţi County, Romania
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	30
Wins by KO	24
Losses	0
Draws	0 Official Site

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Bute

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LeBron James and Rajon Rondo

Heat at Celtics

Celtics' 6-foot-1 playmaker Rajon Rondo eyes up 6-foot-8 LeBron James during a regular season game in February. Boston and Miami would clash again in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, with the Heat advancing four games to one.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1112/pictures-of-the-year/content.4.html#ixzz1hegnOfE6

LeBRON JAMES' hips don't lie? Is that why RAJON RONDO stays close? 

But LeBron is no SHAKIRA - his hips may lie, launching into a deceiving move on the court...

Besides, Rajon should aim for "the shoulder of giants", not...

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More "rond" than RAJON RONDO is SHAKIRA:

"Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( /ʃəˈkɪərə/,^[2] Spanish: [t͡ʃaˈkiɾa]; born February 2, 1977),^[3] known professionally as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira began performing in school, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Arabic influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as some Italian, French, Catalan and Arabic.^[4] [5]"

Shakira
Shakira at the Rock in Rio festival in September 2011
Background information
Birth name	Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Born	February 2, 1977 (age 34) Barranquilla, Colombia
Genres	Latin pop, pop, dance, world,electronic, pop rock, alternative rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, philanthropist, dancer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, harmonica,[1]drums, percussion
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Sony Music Colombia, Sony Music Latin, Epic, Live Nation Artists
Website	shakira.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakira

If any of the above stars wants a cool personalized stamp in their honor - I'm ready :) .

Insect-inspired Material That Could Solve Our Plastic Problem | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Insect-inspired Material That Could Solve Our Plastic Problem | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

5 Lessons From The Best Interaction Designs Of 2011 | Co.Design

5 Lessons From The Best Interaction Designs Of 2011 | Co.Design

“What Will Your Business Look Like In 2012?” | Fast Company

“What Will Your Business Look Like In 2012?” | Fast Company

The Leadership Hall of Fame | Fast Company

The Leadership Hall of Fame | Fast Company

"We have spent a year looking at the most influential business books and authors. Here is a complete syllabus for an education in being a leader. Which are your favorites? And which leadership classics did we miss?"

BBC News - A Point of View: The endless obsession with what might be

BBC News - A Point of View: The endless obsession with what might be

"Attached you will find a copy of the most recent edition [4] of North American Maximaphily; Journal of the Maximum Card Study Unit."

"Dear Maximaphilist,

Attached you will find a copy of the most recent edition of North American Maximaphily; Journal of the Maximum Card Study Unit.Currently, this Journal is free to you and we would like for you to pass it on to all of your collector friends. Please consider becoming a member of the Maximum Card Study Unit (MACSU). Membership is a bargain at only $12 per year. Membership information can be found on the last page of the Journal.

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