Monday, September 26, 2011

BBC News - Gamification time: What if everything were just a game?

BBC News - Gamification time: What if everything were just a game?:

'via Blog this'

Some of my MAXIMUM CARDS about UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93, crashed on 9/11/2001. "Let's roll!"

These maximum cards were created with my custom postcard from Zazzle, shown below without stamp. Because I knew that the pictorial postmark will not be very visible on the dark background of the glossy Zazzle postcard, even if I scratched with hard plastic dishpad , I asked to get  that postmark also on the back - now we can see it! Notice that the MC from lower-right was actually mailed as a postcard to me, per my request, having the postage (my Zazzle stamp "We'll never forget!" - 44 cents) only on the front-side.


http://www.zazzle.com/shanksville2_postcard-239704125727068181?rf=238693463283865848

"United Airlines Flight 93

UA 93's flight path on September 11, 2001 from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
Hijacking summary
DateTuesday, September 11, 2001
TypeHijacking
SiteStonycreek Township,
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Passengers33 plus 4 hijackers
Crew7
Fatalities40 plus 4 hijackers
Survivors0
Aircraft typeBoeing 757–222
OperatorUnited Airlines
Tail numberN591UA
Flight originNewark International Airport (now Newark Liberty International Airport)
DestinationSan Francisco International Airport"

"United Airlines Flight 93 was United Airlines' scheduled morning transcontinental flightacross the United States from Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport in California. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757–222 aircraft operating the route was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists as part of the September 11 attacks. It subsequently crashed into a field near Shanksville in Stonycreek Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, during an attempt by some of the passengers to regain control.

The hijackers breached the aircraft's cockpit and overpowered the flight crew approximately 46 minutes after takeoff. Ziad Jarrah, a trained pilot, then took control of the aircraft and diverted it back toward the east coast of the United States. Although the evidence remains inconclusive, it is widely presumed the intended target was the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.[1]
After the hijackers took control of the plane, several passengers and flight attendants were able to make telephone calls and learn that attacks had been made on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia. Some of the passengers then made an attempt to regain control of the aircraft. During the attempt, however, the plane crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township, near Shanksville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Pittsburgh and 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C. All on board, including the four hijackers, were killed. A few witnessed the impact from the ground and news agencies began reporting the event within an hour.
Subsequent analysis of the flight recorders recovered from the crash site revealed how the actions taken by the passengers prevented the aircraft from reaching the hijackers' intended target. Of the four aircraft hijacked on September 11 – the others were American Airlines Flight 11American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines Flight 175 – United Airlines Flight 93 was the only one that failed to reach its hijackers' intended target.
A temporary memorial has stood on the site since the attacks; construction of the first phase of a permanent memorial at the crash site was dedicated on September 10, 2011."

"Are you guys ready? Okay. Let's roll!"
Todd Beamer's last words heard by operator Lisa Jefferson at 09:55.[51]

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Maximum card with the railway station from Oran, sent to me by my friend Zine (ALGERIA). Merçi beaucoup!

Maximum card with the railway station from Oran, sent to me by my friend Zine (ALGERIA). Merçi beaucoup!


"Algeria Listeni/ælˈɪəriə/ (Arabicالجزائر‎, al-Jazā'irBerber and Algerian Arabic: Dzayer or Ldzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah), also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria,[11][12][13][14] is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.
In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa, the Arab World and of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea; it is also the tenth-largest country in the world."
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشّعبية  (Arabic)
al Jumhuriyya al Jazā'iriyya ad-Dīmuqrāţiyya ash Sha'biyya
[note 1]
FlagEmblem
Motto: " بالشّعب وللشّعب "  (Arabic)
"By the people and for the people"
[1][2]
Anthem: 
Kassaman instrumental.ogg

"Kassaman"
We Pledge
Capital
(and largest city)
Algiers
36°42′N 3°13′E
Official language(s)Arabic[3]
National languagesBerber
DemonymAlgerian
GovernmentSemi-presidential republic
 - PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika
 - Prime MinisterAhmed Ouyahia
History
 - Numidiafrom 202 BC 
 - Roman Republicfrom 46 BC 
 - Vandal Kingdomfrom 430 
 - Rustamid dynastyfrom 767 
 - Zirid dynastyfrom 973 
 - Hammadid dynastyfrom 1014 
 - Abdalwadiddynastyfrom 1235 
 - Ottoman Empire from 1516 
 - French rulefrom 1830 
 - Independence from France3 July 1962 (recognized by France) 
 - Independence from France5 July 1962 (declared by Algeria) 

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