Showing posts with label dolphin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dolphin. Show all posts

Monday, December 27, 2010

Our highly-intelligent relatives, the dolphins. WWF maximum cards/ maxicards/dorincards about Montserrat, showing 4 different species of dolphins!


"(UL=Upper Left) The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) is a dolphin found in the Gulf Stream of the North Atlantic Ocean. Older members of the species have a very distinctive spotted coloration all over their body. 

* (UR) The Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which they spin longitudinally along their axis as they leap through the air. 

* (LL) The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is a species of common dolphin. It has a larger range than the long-beaked common dolphin (D. capensis), occurring throughout warm-temperate and tropical oceans, with the possible exception of the Indian Ocean.[4] There are more short-beaked common dolphins than any other dolphin species in the warm-temperate portions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.[5] It is also found in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. 

* (LR) The Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is an extensively studied dolphin that is found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans."

"Montserrat (pronounced /mɒntsəˈræt/) is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. It measures approximately 16 km (10 miles) long and 11 km (7 miles) wide, giving 40 kilometres (25 mi) of coastline.[3] Christopher Columbus gave Montserrat its name on his second voyage to the New World in 1493, after Montserrat mountain located in Catalonia. Montserrat is nicknamed the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish descent of its inhabitants.

Montserrat has an active volcano, which is monitored by the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. The volcano began showing signs of erupting in the early 1990s; now considered active, it is closely watched. Montserrat's Georgian era historic capital city of Plymouth was destroyed and two-thirds of the island's population were forced to flee abroad by an eruption of the previously dormant Soufriere Hills volcano that began on April 26, 1995.[4] The eruption continues today on a much reduced scale, the damage being confined to the areas around Plymouth, including its docking facilities and the former W.H. Bramble Airport, the remnants of which were buried by flows from volcanic activity on February 11, 2010."


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Friday, March 5, 2010

Fragment from http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard, translated from English into Chinese (Simplified)












I will re-post the above maxicards/ maximum cards, with more details and comments. For now, I'll just display them as a sample of MCs from PR China, either officially produced by China Post or custom created by me with Chinese partners/friends.
English to Chinese (Simplified) translationShow romanization
片段http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard,从英文翻译成中文(简体)
maximaphily =收集极限明信片(明信片+印花税+邮戳)Maximaphily
Maximaphily是一个集邮分公司或集邮,这意味着收集极限明信片。一般来说,最大卡是一张明信片,以邮票和图片上的一面邮戳。理想情况下,所有这些三要素应该一致的,但不完全相同的。传统的方法是符合国际集邮联合会(国际集邮联合会)的规则。http://www.maximaphily.info非传统的方式,因为我把它称为,是按照人的规则!除非你想它,当然。我呼吁DORINCARD任何被加入对明信片图片一侧邮票和邮戳,个性化的明信片。传统的方法,或没有。 :)
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Fragment from http://www.squidoo.com/dorincard, translated from English into Chinese (Simplified)








maximaphily = collecting maximum cards (postcard + stamp + postmark)










Maximaphily




Maximaphily is a branch of philately, or stamp collecting, that means collecting maximum cards.
Generally, a maximum card is a postcard, with a stamp and a postmark on the picture side. Ideally, all these 3 elements should be concordant, but not identical.
The traditional way is to comply with the rules of FIP (International Philatelic Federation).
http://www.maximaphily.info
The non-traditional way, as I call it, is to follow nobody's rules! Unless YOU want it, of course.
I call DORINCARD any postcard that was personalized by adding a stamp and a postmark, on the picture side of the postcard. Traditional way, or not. :)









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    Postcards and stamps, mainly featuring mammals and birds but Dorincard also has other creations
    and interests he likes to share.
    His enthusiasm for Maximum cards (a postcard and a similar themed stamps sent through the
    postal system) shines through.
    He shows how he gets the right card, stamp and postmark together.
    Visiting his site you will also learn things about the natural world told with a dry sense of humour,
    possibly with a play on words, and a unique style of headings.
    Topical and informative both for the enthusiast and casual visitor.
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