Voci pentru România - http://www.vocipentruromania.ro/ . I spread the word about this because it shows that Romania, like many other countries ("your mileage may vary") produces valuable people, too, even if it takes yet another (Western?) country to offer development opportunities for them. Also, a MAXICARD about the aviation pioneer TRAIAN VUIA, a ROMANIAN-and-FRENCH citizen who demonstrated "the first well-documented unassisted takeoff and landing on a level surface by an engine-driven monoplane with a completely wheeled undercarriage"

With my edited (in capital letters and striketrough) translation from translate.google.com [ :) ]:
"About THE project


The purpose of the "Voices for Romania" is to promote the "voices" OF Romanian professionals from different fields, who BECAME SUCCESSFUL said  IN the country and / or abroad. WE Pursued PURSUE in this way THE facilitatION of the linkING between young people and those in early stages of AND THOSE Romanian professionals WHO can offer these young people a role model, by sharing their successful experience, can offer these young people a role model.

Human capital is one of the trump cards that Romania is HAS, so THE team members "Voices to Romania" TEAM MEMBERS want to contribute, by carrying out this project, TO the promotion and dissemination of this potential.

The "Voices for Romania" is released BY GRSPSociety (Global Society  OF Romanian Students and Young Professionals) in conjunction with Junior Achievement Romania and Romstudyabroad. The project is supported by the Publishers Association of Local Employers Employers' Association of Local Publishers, the Independent Journalism Center and the newspaper Evenimentul Zilei."

Voci pentru România

Scopul proiectului “Voci pentru România” este acela de a promova “vocile” profesioniştilor români din diferite domenii care s-au afirmat în ţară şi/sau peste hotare. Urmărim în acest mod facilitarea legăturii dintre tinerii aflaţi la început de drum şi acei profesionişti români care, împărtăşind din experienţa reuşitei lor, pot oferi acestor tineri un model de urmat.

Potenţialul uman reprezintă unul din atu-urile pe care România le are, de aceea membrii echipei  ”Voci pentru Romania” doresc să contribuie,  prin desfăşurarea acestui proiect, la promovarea şi mediatizarea acestui potenţial.

Proiectul “Voci pentru România” este lansat de GRSPSociety (Societatea Globală a Studenţilor şi Tinerilor Profesionişti Români) în colaborare cu Junior Achievement România şi Romstudyabroad. Proiectul se bucură de sprijinul Asociației Patronale a Editorilor Locali, a  Centrului pentru Jurnalism Independent şi a ziarului Evenimentul Zilei."

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"Traian Vuia (Romanian pronunciation: [traˈjan ˈvuja]; August 17, 1872 - September 3, 1950) was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built and flew an early aircraft. 

His first flight traveled about 12 m (40 feet) at Montesson, France on March 18, 1906. 

This was the first well-documented unassisted takeoff and landing on a level surface by an engine-driven monoplane with a completely wheeled undercarriage.^[1][2][3]

A French citizen since 1918, Vuia was associated with the French Resistance during World War II. 

He returned to Romania in 1950."

"Vuia then presented his plan to the Académie des Sciences in Paris on February 16, 1903 and was rejected with the comment:

The problem of flight with a machine which weighs more than air can not be solved and it is only a dream.^[5]

Undeterred, Vuia applied for a patent which was granted on August 17, 1903 and published on October 16, 1903. He began to build his first flying machine in the winter of 1902–1903. 

Overcoming more financial difficulties, he also started construction of an engine of his own design in autumn 1904 and received a patent for it that year in the United Kingdom."

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

My postcard from BRAZIL showing the statue of Cristo Redentor ("Christ the Redeemer") atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro. Also, a MAXIMUM CARD from BRAZIL with The BUSH DOG (Speothos venaticus)

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

"The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is a canid found in Central and South America, includingPanama, Colombia (west of the Andes), Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru , Ecuador, the Guianas,Paraguay, northeast Argentina (Misiones province) and Brazil (from the Amazon rainforest to the state of Amazonas)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_dog

Federative Republic of Brazil República Federativa do Brasil(Portuguese)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Ordem e Progresso" (Portuguese) "Order and Progress"
Anthem: Hino Nacional Brasileiro (Portuguese) "Brazilian National Anthem"
National seal Selo Nacional do Brasil  (Portuguese) "National Seal of Brazil"
Capital		Brasília 15°45′S 47°57′W
Largest city		São Paulo
Official language(s)		Portuguese
Ethnic groups (2008  [1] )		48.43% White 43.80% Brown(Multiracial) 6.84% Black 0.58% Asian 0.28%

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

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Happy Sunday Stamps meme!

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

From Peter M. - Scandinavian Stamps: A New Forum for Stamp Collectors: Stamp Bears

I agree! :)

Scandinavian Stamps: A New Forum for Stamp Collectors: Stamp Bears:
"A hobby-- on a large scale-- is also a community. And when it comes to communities, the ones that thrive are the ones that appear vibrant and "happening." I realize a lot of old-timers would be set in their ways and dismiss "vibrant and happening" as nonsense... because THEY don't need it. True enough.

But attracting new people to stamp collecting isn't about what appeals to "old philatelists," but about what appeals to youngsters and newcomers.


What I like about the Stamp Bears community is that its intent is to be a "family forum" for stamp collectors... and NOT "yet another forum for Serious Philatelists." The forum's focus and mission is very much about the fun and joy of simply "collecting stamps." This is not to say that you wouldn't enjoy it, if you were a "serious" collector... nor that "serious" philately isn't discussed.


The community was created and is run by a 30-something couple who are both stamp collectors, and they have two young daughters, who are also getting into collecting... thereby being a living example of a stamp collecting family.


As a collector with 40-something years of experience, I found the "atmosphere" of the forum very refreshing and friendly-- and I'd like to encourage you to click here and check it out!"