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Maximum card from Mongolia (no, not the Chinese province Inner Mongolia / Mongol Breast), the most sparsely populated independent country in the world
"Ulan Bator, the capitol of Mongolia, is perhaps the most technologically up-to-date city in the world, totally digital. With the fall of the Soviet Union, a free and independent Mongolia benefited from numerous sources of foreign aid, and with no infrastructure to upgrade, it leapfrogged about three generations of technology. The whole city is wired with fiber-optic cable, enabling you to jack into the Web from almost any phone in town... Everybody in Mongolia has a digital cell phone. The nation's nomads, crossing the country on horseback, carry them. There is a cell phone in most yurts."
Please read the fascinating books by globetrotter/investor Jim Rogers:
4.4 inhabitants per square mile...
| 238 |  Mongolia | 2,671,000 | 2009 | 1,564,116 | 603,909 | 1.7 | 4.4 | [3] |
| 239 |  Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) | 3,140 | 2009 | 12,173 | 4,700 | 0.26 | 0.67 | [3] |
| 240 |  Greenland (Denmark) | 57,000 | 2009 | 2,175,600 | 840,000 | 0.026 | 0.067 | [3][79] |
| Rank | Country/region of special position | Population | Date last updated | Area (km2) | Area (mi2) | Density (/km2) | Density (/mi2) | Notes |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulan_Bator
The Chinese province Inner Mongolia is named, in Mongolian language, Mongol Breast, among other meanings.
"In Chinese, the region is known as "Inner Mongolia", where the terms of "Inner/Outer" are derived from Manchu dorgi/tulergi.
Inner Mongolia is distinct from Outer Mongolia, which was a term used by the Republic of China and previous governments to refer to what is now the independent state of Mongolia plus the Republic of Tuva in Russia.
In Mongolian, the region is known as öbür mongγol where öbör can mean south, inner, front, bosom, breast. Some Mongolians use the name "Southern Mongolia" in English as well."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_mongolia
The Chinese province Inner Mongolia is named, in Mongolian language, Mongol Breast, among other meanings.
"In Chinese, the region is known as "Inner Mongolia", where the terms of "Inner/Outer" are derived from Manchu dorgi/tulergi.
Inner Mongolia is distinct from Outer Mongolia, which was a term used by the Republic of China and previous governments to refer to what is now the independent state of Mongolia plus the Republic of Tuva in Russia.
In Mongolian, the region is known as öbür mongγol where öbör can mean south, inner, front, bosom, breast. Some Mongolians use the name "Southern Mongolia" in English as well."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_mongolia
What's in a name, like MONGOLISM? A bad connotation.
Some felt that the medical terminology has let them down by using such a politically incorrect term.
So MONGOLISM was changed to...DOWN SYNDROME.
"In 1961, 18 geneticists wrote to the editor of The Lancet suggesting that Mongolian idiocy had "misleading connotations," had become "an embarrassing term," and should be changed.[99] The Lancet supported Down's Syndrome. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially dropped references to mongolism in 1965 after a request by the Mongolian delegate.[100] However, almost 40 years later, the term ‘mongolism’ still appears in leading medical texts such as General and Systematic Pathology, 4th Edition, 2004, edited by Professor Sir James Underwood. Advocacy groups adapted and parents groups welcomed the elimination of the Mongoloid label that had been a burden to their children. The first parents group in the United States, the Mongoloid Development Council, changed its name to the National Association for Down Syndrome in 1972."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome
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V, as in VARIOUS.
"The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires"."
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
No, it's not about passing a BILL that CROSSes the party lines, so that both Dems and Reps can BAR the likes of Weiner (on the FRINGE of adultery)..."The TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL (Loxia leucoptera), known as the White-winged Crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family FRINGillidae". I show you a maxicard from Romania
"The Two-barred Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), known as the White-winged Crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has two subspecies, White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera leucoptera in North America, and Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera bifasciata in NE Europe and N Asia.
This bird breeds in the coniferous forests of Alaska, Canada, northernmost USA and across Asia
extending into northeast Europe. It nests in conifers, laying 3-5 eggs.
The American race seems to wander more frequently than the Eurasian subspecies.
This species will form flocks outside the breeding season, often mixed with other crossbills. It is a rare visitor to western Europe, usually arriving with an eruption of Common Crossbills.
The crossbills are characterised by the mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group its English name. They are specialist feeders on conifer cones, and the unusual bill shape is an adaptation to assist the extraction of the seeds from the cone.
Two-barred Crossbill has a strong preference for larch (Larix), in Eurasia using Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) and Dahurian larch (L. gmelinii), and in North America Tamarack larch (L. laricina).
It will also take Rowan Sorbus berries, and in North America, also Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and White spruce (Picea glauca) cones.
Adult males tend to be red or pinkish in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation. "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-barred_Crossbill
See more stamps with this species, from a world-class website of birds on stamps. Roll your mouse over each stamp to see a bigger image:
http://www.birdtheme.org/species/imagespage.php?spec=2337&fl=L
See more stamps with this species, from a world-class website of birds on stamps. Roll your mouse over each stamp to see a bigger image:
http://www.birdtheme.org/species/imagespage.php?spec=2337&fl=L
The postmark of the maximum card is from this beautiful resort, which I have visited: "Slănic Moldova is a town and a spa resort in Bacău County, Romania. The town administers two villages, Cerdac and Cireşoaia."
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About 43% of visitors to the site come from France, where it has attained a traffic rank of 152,077.
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- Feb 21, 2011
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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