Saturday, September 17, 2011

BBC News - German police seek help over mystery 'forest boy'. Also, I give you info about worse cases: FERAL CHILDREN. Many famous examples were proven to be HOAXES, but here's a TRUE CASE: "Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, the Wild Girl of Songi, also known as the Wild Girl of Champagne (France, 1731).[9]:41-48[10] This is the only case of a child having survived 10 years in the forests (from November 1721 to September 1731),[citation needed] and the only feral child who succeeded in a complete intellectual rehabilitation,[citation needed] having learned to read and to write. According to biographer Serge Aroles, Marie-Angelique was 19 years old when she was captured, learned to read and write, and died rich on December 15, 1775 at the age of 63.[14] An Amerindian from Wisconsin (then a French colony), she was brought to France by a lady living in Canada and then escaped into the woods of Provence in 1721.[citation needed]". Also, I show you 3 MCs /DORINCARDS with MOWGLI, from DISNEY & KIPLING

BBC News - German police seek help over mystery 'forest boy'

Also, I give you info about worse cases: FERAL CHILDREN.
Many famous examples were proven to be HOAXES, but here's a TRUE CASE:

"Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, the Wild Girl of Songi, also known as the Wild Girl of Champagne (France, 1731).[9]:41-48[10]
This is the only case of a child having survived 10 years in the forests (from November 1721 to September 1731),[citation needed] and the only feral child who succeeded in a complete intellectual rehabilitation,[citation needed] having learned to read and to write.
According to biographer Serge Aroles, Marie-Angelique was 19 years old when she was captured, learned to read and write, and died rich on December 15, 1775 at the age of 63.[14]
An Amerindian from Wisconsin (then a French colony), she was brought to France by a lady living in Canada and then escaped [at age 9] into the woods of Provence in 1721.[citation needed]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_children

"Mowgli syndrome is a term used by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty in her 1995 book Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes to describe mythological figures who succeed in bridging the animal and human worlds to become one with nature, a human animal, only to become trapped between the two worlds, not completely animal yet not entirely human.[1]

It is also a rarely used descriptive term for so-called feral children; "Mowgli syndrome" is not a recognized psychological or physiological malady. The term originates from the character Mowgli, a fictional feral child from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book."
Now, my 3 non-FIP MCs with 3 different stamps from BHUTAN and a Disney stamp from USA, just to get the Disney pictorial postmark:
My non-traditional MAXIMUM CARD / MAXICARD / DORINCARD with MOWGLI, from DISNEY & KIPLING.
At the time of that postmarking, 2006, USPS did not have yet a JUNGLE BOOK stamp, so I used one from BHUTAN.
USPS (unlike Royal Mail UK) officially allows a foreign stamp to be postmarked in the same stroke with one of its own (American, in this case).
My non-traditional MAXIMUM CARD / MAXICARD / DORINCARD with MOWGLI, from DISNEY & KIPLING.
At the time of that postmarking, 2006, USPS did not have yet a JUNGLE BOOK stamp, so I used one from BHUTAN.
USPS (unlike Royal Mail UK) officially allows a foreign stamp to be postmarked in the same stroke with one of its own (American, in this case).



My non-traditional MAXIMUM CARD / MAXICARD / DORINCARD with MOWGLI, from DISNEY & KIPLING.
At the time of that postmarking, 2006, USPS did not have yet a JUNGLE BOOK stamp, so I used one from BHUTAN.
USPS (unlike Royal Mail UK) officially allows a foreign stamp to be postmarked in the same stroke with one of its own (American, in this case).


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Friday, September 16, 2011

Obama signs 1st major patent law change since 1952 - WTOP.com. Also, I present you info about the place where President OBAMA signed this today: the best PUBLIC high-school in America - Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson). Also, I show you my new MAXIMUM CARD with The THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

Obama signs 1st major patent law change since 1952 - WTOP.com
"The bill is meant to ensure that the patent office, now facing a backlog of 1.2 million pending patents, has the money to expedite the application process. It now takes an average of three years to get a patent approved. More than 700,000 applications have yet to be reviewed.

"Somewhere in that stack of applications could be the next technological breakthrough, the next miracle drug," Obama said. "We should be making it easier and faster to turn new ideas into jobs.""

"The president signed the bill after touring Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., where he examined student projects, including a wheelchair that responds to brain waves"


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Now, ladies and gentlemen, have you ever heard of TJHSST?
I did.
My wife and I went there numerous times, between 2004-2008, for some reasons. 
Parental reasons. :)

"Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST, TJ, Jefferson) is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located in Alexandria, Virginia, United States.[2] 
It is a regional high school operated by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS).

As a publicly funded and administered high school with selective admissions, TJHSST is often compared with notable public magnet schools, although it did get rid of non-application based admission after the class of 1988. Attendance at TJ is open to students in six local jurisdictions based on an admissions test and prior academic achievement. 
The selective admissions program was initiated in 1985 through the cooperation of state and county governments, as well as corporate sponsorship from the defense and technology industries. 
TJHSST occupies the building of the previously FCPS non-selective Thomas Jefferson High School (constructed in 1965). 
U.S. News & World Report ranked the school the best public high school in the nation in 2007,[3]2008,[4] 2009,[5] and 2010."
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Address
6560 Braddock Road
AlexandriaVirginia 22312
Information
School typePublicmagnet high school
Founded1985
School districtFairfax County Public Schools
PrincipalEvan Glazer[1]
Staffapproximately 180
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,812  (2010-2011)
LanguageEnglish
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Blue, red and white       
MascotColonials
NewspapertjTODAY
YearbookTechniques
Feeder schoolsNorthern Virginia schools
Athletic conferencesLiberty District
Northern Region
Website

"It was also ranked #1 among "America's Best High Schools" in a study by U.S. News and World Report since 2007.[3][4][5][22] 
Each year, over a quarter of its graduating class accepts admission to the University of Virginia
The other major schools attended by graduates are College of William and Mary,
 Princeton University in that order. [MY NOTE: Princeton campus became familiar to my family, in the past 3 years...:) ]
Other graduates attend Ivy League schools and high-ranking public and private schools across the nation.

For schools with more than 800 students in grades 10-12, TJHSST was cited as having 
the highest-performing AP Calculus BC, 
AP Chemistry, 
AP French Language, 
AP Government and Politics: U.S., 
and AP U.S. History courses 
among all schools worldwide."
Truth be told: there are several PRIVATE high-schools in America who are also VERY good. :)
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I show you my new MAXIMUM CARD with The THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL


"The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third President of the United States. The neoclassical building was designed by John Russell Pope. It was built by Philadelphia contractor John McShain. Construction began in 1939, the building was completed in 1943, and the bronze statue of Jefferson was added in 1947.[3]
The Jefferson Memorial is managed by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks division. In 2007, it was ranked fourth on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects."
Jefferson Memorial

Jefferson Memorial is located in District of Columbia
Location:Washington, D.C.
Area:18.36 acres (74,300 m²)
Built:1938
Architect:John Russell PopeEggers & Higgins
Architectural style:Classical Revival
Visitation:2,312,726 (2005)
Governing body:National Park Service
NRHP Reference#:66000029
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NMEM:April 13, 1943[2
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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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    Some feedback received about me and my blog here

    [DORIN'S NOTE: There are over 100 million websites.]

    From alexa.com traffic rank site

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    About 43% of visitors to the site come from France, where it has attained a traffic rank of 152,077.
    About 80% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces).
    Dorincard.blogspot.com's visitors view an average of 1.5 unique pages per day.
    Visitors to the site spend roughly two minutes on each pageview and a total of three minutes on the site during each visit."



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    Postcards and stamps, mainly featuring mammals and birds but Dorincard also has other creations
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    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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