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Roger Federer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A great sports champion, and a wonderful activist and humanitarian!

Roger Federer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roger Federer

Federer at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships
CountrySwitzerland
ResidenceBottmingen, Switzerland
Born8 August 1981 (age 30)
Basel, Switzerland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1998[1]
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize moneyUS$66,804,935
Singles
Career record807–186 (81.27%)
Career titles70
Highest rankingNo. 1 (2 February 2004)
Current rankingNo. 3 (28 November 2011)
"Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːdəʁɐ]) (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks,[2] and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also the final at each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 Tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time."


"Outreach and charitable efforts
Federer supports a number of charities. He established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports.[30][31] In 2005, he auctioned his racquet from his US Open championship to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.[32] He was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by UNICEF in 2006.[33] At the 2005 Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Federer arranged an exhibition involving several top players from the ATP tour and WTA tour called Rally for Relief. The proceeds from the event went to the victims of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Since then, he has visited South Africa and Tamil Nadu, one of the areas in India most affected by the tsunami.[34] He has also appeared in UNICEF public messages to raise public awareness of AIDS. In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Federer arranged a collaboration with fellow top tennis players Rafael NadalNovak DjokovicAndy RoddickKim ClijstersSerena Williams,Lleyton Hewitt, and Sam Stosur to forgo their final day of preparation for the 2010 Australian Open to form a special charity event called Hit for Haiti, in which all proceeds went to Haiti earthquake victims.[35] 
He was named a 2010 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in recognition of his leadership, accomplishments, and contributions to society."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federer




http://gototennis.com/2009/09/28/lick-it-austrias-roger-federer-postage-stamp/

This is a UNICATE / UNIKAT greeting card with some unorthodox philatelic collage on it. First, I saw the available pictorial postmark with the 3 MAGI. Then, I found the unusual greeting card made with BANANA BARK onto it. Then, I did NOT find a matching USPS stamp - so I used other stamps, just to get the postmark

This is a UNICATE / UNIKAT greeting card with some unorthodox philatelic collage on it. First, I saw the available pictorial postmark with the 3 MAGI. Then, I found the unusual greeting card made with BANANA BARK onto it. Then, I did NOT find a matching USPS stamp - so I used other stamps, just to get the postmark.


Initially, I wanted to use only a label cut-out with the bird of prey [American kestrel, if you are taxonomically-inclined] only because I wanted THAT postmark onto the card, as they are concordant, somewhat.
Also, falconry is revered by the Arab world.

I did not like how it came out, because I wanted to leave unobscured the STAR from the card - but placing the label onto the black shapes in the bottom-right corner has rendered the postmark not visible enough.
So I did it again.
I affixed another label cut-out over the STAR, so now the details of the postmark are visible.

The point of this contraption, for me, is that even the poorest of the poor persons on Earth could and should have a chance to create something [arts and crafts] for a living (like a banana bark shape for a greeting card).
And the result can be further modified, beautified, enhanced...:)

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Happy Sunday Stamps meme!



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#2:
"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

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    Dorincard.blogspot.com's visitors view an average of 1.5 unique pages per day.
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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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