The world's largest butterfly: Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) - WWF maximum cards from Papua-New Guinea

The above image shows the male of Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae).

The above image shows the female of Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae).

They are as big as some birds, and they fly like some birds - but they are butterflies!

"Birdwings are papilionid butterflies native to the Indian Subcontinent, mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia and Australasia, and are usually regarded as belonging to three genera:Ornithoptera, Trogonoptera and Troides. Some authorities include additional genera. The exact number of species is debated, but most recent authorities recognize between 30 and 40. Birdwings are named for their exceptional size, angular wings, and birdlike flight."

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

The females of Queen Alexandra's Birdwing are bigger than the males.

Here's an image of a female:

Hovercraft:

"Courtship is brief but spectacular; males hover above a potential mate, dousing her with a pheromone to induce mating. Receptive females will allow the male to land and pair, while unreceptive females will fly off or otherwise discourage mating. Males are strongly territorial and will see off potential rivals, sometimes chasing small birds as well as other birdwing species."

No more shotgun approach:

"The species is also highly prized by collectors, with illegally traded specimens selling for thousands of dollars. Although collectors are often implicated with the decline of this species, habitat destruction is the main threat. Early collectors, frustrated by the height at which adults fly during the day, often used small shotguns to down specimens. but because collectors demand high quality specimens for their collections, most specimens are reared from larvae or pupae."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Alexandra's_Birdwing

Gallo, Ozon, Reichardt, Schnabel, Hellman, Kechiche, Coppola, etc, Screening at Venice

The complete line-up of the 67th Venice Film Festival was announced yesterday, with twenty-two films competing for the the Golden Lion, the festival's highest honor which was awarded to Samuel Maoz's Lebanon last year. Not paying attention to films in production has its benefits; quite a few of the filmmakers presenting their works this year came as a pleasant surprise. Among those surprises: Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff which re-teams the director with her Wendy & Lucy star Michelle Williams; a brand new film written, directed, starring, composed and edited (naturally) by Vincent Gallo called Promises Written in Water; Pablo Larraín's follow-up to Tony Manero, Post mortem; Abdellatif Kechiche's Vénus noire [Black Venus], his first film since La graine et le mulet [The Secret of the Grain] which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 fest; Tran Anh Hung's adaptation of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood; and Road to Nowhere, the first feature-length film from Monte Hellman in twenty-one years (following, uh, Silent Night, Deadly Night 3) which stars two former "It" girls Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique Swain. Gallo will also be presenting a short entitled The Agent as part of the Horizons sidebar, which–like Promises–stars Sylvester Stallone's son Sage. Other high profile filmmakers in competition: Sofia Coppola with Somewhere; Julian Schnabel with Miral; François Ozon with Potiche; Tom Tykwer with Drei [Three]; Tsui Hark with Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame; Takashi Miike with 13 Assassins; Darren Aronofsky with Black Swan; and Álex de la Iglesia with Balada triste de trompeta [A Sad Trumpet Ballad]. Four Italian films will be screening in competition, and unfortunately the national titles have proven to be the weakest entries in recent history. The sore thumb of the lot appears to be Barney's Version, whose fine cast feels overshadowed by the fact that the last film outing from the director, Richard J. Lewis, was a direct-to-video sequel to the buddy-cop-and-dog classic K-9 (starring, uh, Jim Belushi). Tran Anh Hung and Darren Aronofsky are the only past Golden Lion winners in competition, for Cyclo in 1995 and The Wrestler in 2008 respectively. The competition line-up can be found below. The festival runs from 1-11 September.

- 13 Assassins, d. Takashi Miike, Japan
- Attenberg, d. Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, w. Yorgos Lanthimos
- Balada triste de trompeta [A Sad Trumpet Ballad], d. Álex de la Iglesia (Dance with the Devil), Spain/France, w. Carmen Maura, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Antonio de la Torre
- Barney's Version, d. Richard J. Lewis, Canada/Italy, w. Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver
- Black Swan, d. Darren Aronofsky, USA, w. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, Bruce Greenwood, Scott Speedman
- Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame, d. Tsui Hark (Once Upon a Time in China), China/Hong Kong, w. Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Li Bingbing, Tony Leung Ka-Fai
- Drei [Three], d. Tom Tykwer, Germany, w. Devid Striesow
- Happy Few, d. Antony Cordier (Douches froides), France, w. Marina Foïs, Élodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Jean-François Stévenin
- Meek's Cutoff, d. Kelly Reichardt, USA, w. Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson
- Miral, d. Julian Schnabel, France/Israel/UK/Italy/USA, w. Hiam Abbass, Freida Pinto, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave, Alexander Siddig, Stella Schnabel
- Noi credevamo, d. Mario Martone (L'odore del sengue), Italy/France, w. Luigi Lo Cascio, Toni Servillo
- Norwegian Wood, d. Tran Anh Hung, Japan, w. Rinko Kikuchi
- La passione, d. Carlo Mazzacurati (La lingua del santo), Italy, w. Stefania Sandrelli
- La pecora nera, d. Ascanio Celestini, Italy, w. Maya Sansa
- Post mortem, d. Pablo Larraín, Chile/Mexico/Germany
- Potiche, d. François Ozon, France/Belgium, w. Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèche, Jérémie Renier
- Promises Written in Water, d. Vincent Gallo, USA, w. Gallo
- Road to Nowhere, d. Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop), USA, w. Shannyn Sossamon, Dominique Swain, John Diehl, Fabio Testi
- Silent Souls, d. Aleksei Fedorchenko (First on the Moon), Russia
- La solitudine dei numeri primi [The Solitude of Prime Numbers], d. Saverio Costanzo (In Memory of Me), Italy/France/Germany, w. Filippo Timi, Isabella Rossellini
- Somewhere, d. Sofia Coppola, USA, w. Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Benicio del Toro, Michelle Monaghan, Benicio Del Toro
- Vénus noire [Black Venus], d. Abdellatif Kechiche, France/Italy/Belgium, w. Olivier Gourmet

Out of competition, you'll find directorial efforts from both the Affleck brothers. The elder will follow his well-received (but, still, not that good) Gone Baby Gone with The Town, a crime thriller about a Boston-area gang of thieves. Casey's directorial debut is I'm Still Here, a documentary that received a lot of press last year which follows Joaquin Phoenix's retirement from acting to pursue a career as a rapper. In addition to 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike's Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City will premiere, likely as part of the festival's midnight screenings, which will open with Robert Rodriguez's star-and-"star"-studded Machete. Julie Taymor's return to Shakespeare, The Tempest, will close this portion. Below you'll find a selection of the films playing out of competition.

- 1960, d. Gabriele Salvatores (I'm Not Scared), Italy
- The Child's Eye 3D, d. Oxide Pang, Danny Pang, Hong Kong/China
- I'm Still Here, d. Casey Affleck, USA, w. Joaquin Phoenix
- The Last Movie, d. Dennis Hopper, USA, w. Hopper, Tomas Milian, Samuel Fuller, Sylvia Miles, Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Henry Jaglom, John Phillip Law, Michelle Phillips, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Toni Basil
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, d. Andrew Lau, Hong Kong/China, w. Donnie Yen, Shu Qi
- A Letter to Elia, d. Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones, USA
- Lope, d. Andrucha Waddington (House of Sand), Spain/Brazil, w. Leonor Watling, Pilar López de Ayala, Sonia Braga, Luis Tosar
- Machete, d. Robert Rodriguez, USA, w. Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson, Rose McGowan, Tom Savini
- Passione, d. John Turturro, Italy
- Přežít svůj život [Surviving Life], d. Jan Švankmajer, Czech Republic/Slovakia
- Raavanan, d. Mani Ratnam, India, w. Aishwarya Rai
- Reign of Assassins, d. John Woo, Su Chao-Bin, China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, w. Michelle Yeoh, Kelly Lin
- Shock Labyrinth 3D, d. Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on), Japan
- Showtime, d. Stanley Kwan (Lan yu), China, w. Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka-Fai
- Sorelle mai, d. Marco Bellocchio, Italy
- The Tempest, d. Julie Taymor, USA, w. Helen Mirren, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Djimon Hounsou, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper, Alfred Molina, Alan Cumming, Ben Whishaw
- That Girl in Yellow Boots, d. Anurag Kashyap (Dev.D), India
- The Town, d. Ben Affleck, USA, w. Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively
- Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male, d. Michele Placido (Romanzo criminale), Italy/France, w. Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Moritz Bleibtreu, Paz Vega
- Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City, d. Takashi Miike, Japan

The Horizons portion of this year's selection will open with La belle endormie [Sleeping Beauty], another fairy tale adaptation from Catherine Breillat following last year's Barbe Bleue; like its predecessor, La belle endormie was produced by Arte Télévision and employs a cast of unknowns. Hong Sang-soo's Oki's Movie will close the section; Oki's Movie is Hong Sang-soo's second film to premiere in 2010 following Ha Ha Ha, which was awarded the Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes in May. Not a whole lot of information was available about the rest of the films (some of them shorts), but I listed below the films from directors I knew. And following that is a selection of the films screening as part of the Venice Days, one of the festival's autonomous sidebars.

Horizons

- The Agent, d. Vincent Gallo, USA, w. Sage Stallone, Gallo
- La belle endormie [Sleeping Beauty], d. Catherine Breillat, France
- Better Life, d. Isaac Julien, UK/China, w. Maggie Cheung
- Cold Fish, d. Sion Sono, Japan
- Guest, d. José Luis Guerin, Spain
- The Leopard, d. Isaac Julien, UK/Italy
- A Loft, d. Ken Jacobs, USA
- News from Nowhere, d. Paul Morrissey, USA
- Oki's Movie, d. Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
- Painéis de São Vicente de Fora, Visão Poética, d. Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal, w. Ricardo Trêpa
- Red Earth, d. Clara Law, Hong Kong/China

Venice Days

- L'amour buio, d. Antonio Capuano (Luna rossa), Italy, w. Valeria Golino
- Le bruit des glaçons [The Clink of Ice], d. Bertrand Blier (Beau-père), France, w. Jean Duhardin, Albert Dupontel
- Cirkus Columbia, d. Danis Tanović (No Man's Land), Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/UK/Slovenia/Germany/Belgium/Serbia, w. Miki Manojlović, Mira Furlan
- Hitler à Hollywood [Hitler in Hollywood], d. Frédéric Sojcher, w. Maria de Medeiros, Micheline Presle
- Incendies, d. Denis Villeneuve (Polytechnique), Canada/France, w. Lubna Azabal
- Noir océan, d. Marion Hänsel (The Quarry), w. Adrien Joliver
- La vida de los peces, d. Matías Bize (En la cama), Chile, w. Santiago Cabrera, Blanca Lewin

White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on maximum cards from USA, Romania and Netherlands Antilles

I created this non-FIP maximum card with a real photo postcard.

I shot it (the photo, not the deer :)... ) in the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA. 

At arm's length, from my car, as this doe came to see if I have any food for her.

"The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia deer or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States (all but five of the states),Canada, Mexico, Central America, and in South America as far south as Peru. It has also been introduced to New Zealand and some countries in Europe, such as Finland and the Czech Republic."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer

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I'll add later other maximum card images.

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In Romania there is no wild population of white-tailed deer, but there was a stamp series honoring/celebrating/"exploiting" the fauna of the arctic region. Just as so many countries issue stamp with giant panda, when there is NO connection with the local fauna. :)

"In Valerius Geist's book Mule Deer Country he explains that by testing the mitochondrial DNA of the three species (blacktail, whitetail and mule deer), researchers have now determined that it was the mating of whitetail does [DOEs] and blacktail bucks that gave rise to the mule deer, and not the opposite as was once suspected, therefore not falling under a subspecies of O. hemionus and rather as its own species O. columbianus.^[2]"

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Bambi, "the artist formerly known as Roe Deer", now known as White-tailed Deer

I have created this maximum card.

Sure, it would have been better to have a Bambi postmark, but hey!...still Disney world...

Is Bambi as American as apple pie?

Uh, no.

A naturalized American, formerly a "Non-resident Alien" - OMG!...sounds alien...

A foreign national...

Then again, in North America (most) everybody is from somewhere else, one or MORE generations ago.

Except maybe the likes of the Kennewick Man.

Don't worry, all the other continents were basically populated by migrants as well, throughout history.

Immigrant aliens. 

Undocumented aliens, I might specify. 

But WE have proof of that.

Moreover, WE ALL come from AFRICA, according to the fossil record.

CSI Oldupai, so to speak.

Olduvai is a mispronounciation of Oldupai.

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

See the post below, about Roe Deer.

Old (1973) maximum card from Romania: The European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), also known as the Western Roe Deer or chevreuil, is an Eurasian species of deer.

This photo image shows a very delicate fawn of the Roe Deer species.

The Americanization of Bambi:
"The world famous deer Bambi (the eponymous character of the books Bambi, A Life in the Woods, and its sequel Bambi's Children, by Felix Salten) is originally a roe deer. It was only when the story was adapted into the animated feature film Bambi, by the Walt Disney Studios, was Bambi changed to a white-tailed deer. This change was made due to the white-tail being a more familiar species to the mainstream U.S. viewers. Consequently, the setting was also changed to a North American wilderness."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capreolus_capreolus

2010 Beautiful Hairstyles Trends

2010 Cute Hair Trends presents 2010 Beautiful Hairstyles Trends


Here you can see what hairstyles are trendy for 2010. Many of these hairstyles are created popular through the highly fabricated celebrities. You are able to choose the right hairstyle meeting your own oval, round, square, long or oblong face shape what ever it may be. So, enjoy these types of stylish as well as young-looking hairstyles for 2010 . 2010 hairstyles tend to be hotter than ever before along with developments including short and sexy haircuts to long waves.Bangs are among the top 2011 hairstyles that is gonna rock and roll next year too.These were among the actual must-have improvements for nearly all of the haircuts in 2010 which year appears to be the same.

 2010 Beautiful Hairstyles Trends

 2010 Beautiful Hairstyles Trends

Bridesmaid Hairstyle for All the Bridesmaids

Bridesmaid Hairstyle for All the Bridesmaids

It will soon be your wedding day and you have decided on your bridesmaids, their dresses and their shoes, but what about their hair style? You probably have thought a lot about your hair style but perhaps not your bridesmaids’ hair style.
You certainly don’t want to dictate a hairstyle to your bridesmaids. That is not a good idea. However you could make some suggestions that they certainly will give some thought to. If all of your bridesmaids have about the same length hair, and this is a possibility, then you could suggest they all wear an up do or a down do. Or even a combination of both.
But it is more likely that your bridesmaids will all have different hair lengths. If that is the case, then you really can’t have them all wear a similar hair style. But you do want them to all have a similar appearance so you could have them wear matching sparkly hair clips or flowers caught up in their hair. You don’t want them to have to be worrying whether their hair is going to fall down or that pins will come flying out of it. So try to keep their hair style simple. If they are wearing it up, make sure they have used lots of hair spray so it is a controlled hair style.
Ideally you want them to look pretty and not clash with you. It is your special wedding day and they are all happy for you.

Personalized stamps - stringent design policies postcard from Zazzle.com

Personalized stamps - stringent design policies postcard from Zazzle.com

So this is a custom postcard that I created at zazzle.com. Not that I expect anybody to buy it; I'm just making a point. A bon entendeur, salut! :)

Blonde Cute Hairstyles for women 2010

2010 Cute Hair Trends presents Blonde Cute Hairstyles for women 2010


Long Blonde hairstyles for women are great but you can have some very nice short haircuts also like the bob a very popular hairstyle among blonde celebrities, such as Nicole Richie, Victoria Beckham and Christina Ricci. Bob haircuts for short hair don't require a lot of maintenance, which adds to their overall appeal.Many hairstyles that tend to look great on blondes. Whether you choose one of these hairstyles or another hairstyle, your blonde hairstyle is bound to look great. 

 Blonde Cute Hairstyles for women 2010

 Blonde Cute Hairstyles for women 2010

Curly Short

Features New Dhaihatsu Charade

There is no doubting the game Daihatsu has the world's most efficient 1.0-liter gasoline engine with an unmatched fuel, emissions and performance combination. By example, Daihatsu is a British dramatist No one of four passengers to economy-petrol engine with Urban / Extra Urban and Combined figures 47.1/68.9, and 58.9 mpg in manual form. Figures 14.1 mpg 58.9 mpg is surprisingly better than Amica, Hyundai excel 1.0 to 11.8 mpg, Fiat Seicento and led the SEAT Arosa 1.0 liters of 11.2 mpg.

Daihatsu charade top speed of 93.1 mph maximum manual or automatic - and with CO2 emissions are much higher. In fact, Daihatsu charade manual emissions from 114 g / km qualify for the lowest possible cost the owner of Road Permit Fund for £ 70 for 12 months (AA band up to 120 g / km).

Not to be outdone, "Daihatsu game also auto-class leader with Urban / Extra Urban Combined figures fuel economy 38.7/55.4 and 47.9 mpg. Its CO2 emissions are ultra-low 140 g / km. Of course, cars Euro4 new emission standards. Three Cylinder, Twin-Cam With Dynamic Variable Valve Timing.

Daihatsu has long experience in the art of efficient production of small-capacity three-cylinder engine currently offered in both large and small Cuore. Compared with the Cuore and Sirion, Daihatsu charade has a new five-speed manual transmission is enhanced with more precise feel and direct linear shift.

Daihatsu refers to the larger Renault Clio for a ride and smooth, with extensive construction work carried out on the streets of Europe. The result is a long suspension stroke, especially for the front and setting the game back, both in compression and rebound. This gives a lift, smooth controls compliant with the strong but to float damping decreases.

Persembahan Daihatsu Pada Tahun 2010

At last year's market share of 15.4% daihatsu obtained. In the year 2010 is the newest products such daihatsu Terios TS A / T and Gran Max Improvement and also Anyar other products, such as the White Cruiser, Terios, Luxio White Premier, Xenia Matic, and Sirion slalom. No less interesting, Daihatsu stand also comes with the concept of urban gardens are laid out attractively.

However, as the main agenda Daihatsu New Year Exhibition, this time was launched the latest variant Terios ie TS A / T as the most affordable SUV matic current. Daihatsu introduced a variant of the main reasons is the increasing demand for affordable automatic transmission in the SUV segment.

Terios TS Matic itself remains Terios TS adopt the basic concept, that is a tough city cruiser, with the added convenience of extra concepts, such as automatic transmission, side step, and air conditioning blower singles. With the addition of the empty weight of 15 kg, TS Matic remains responsive and efficient fuels, such as the manual version.

In an era where more and more demanding consumers, the demand for comfort in driving is also found in the commercial segment. It is the background for introducing Daihatsu Gran Max Improvement, which has increased the comfort features and materials used, such as an arm rest in the front row, central-door-lock for the Front-Facing MB, and a sliding seat for MB type D. In addition, it introduces additional variants Daihatsu Gran Max Blind Van 1.5L.

Marketing Director of PT ADM, Amelia Tjandra, said, "Daihatsu consistent to continue to provide excellent comfort in driving, but it remains affordable for all segments, with the presence of TS Matic and Gran Max this Improvement. New Year Exhibition, we also held to show our best products to the public. "

In addition, Daihatsu also recently launched sales packages early years 'Daihatsu Maximize Your Life', is an attractive package for the purchase of all Daihatsu models, with interest from 0%, DP 10%, and the free GPS for Xenia (certain types) and the Terios, as well as Free one year subscription package to YesTV Luxio and Sirion.

"With a very affordable price of USD 166.6 million for the TS Matic, we are targeting these variants can be sold around 70 units per month. Meanwhile, with prices starting at USD 85.4 million, we believe we can achieve sales targets Gran Max about 1500 units per month. In addition to our latest package Maximize Your Life, will make customers more easily own a car, "said Suparno Djasmin, CEO of PT. AI-DSO Page

Maximum card from Belarus: The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, foumart, or foulmart

This species is the wild ancestor of the domesticated ferret, that you can see in pet shops.

"It s a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, and minks."

The Romanian word for Polecat is Dihor.

While in high school in Romania, we used to have fun about that.

If something stinks, then "it smells like Christian Dihor" - in joking reference to the famous brand name of fine perfumes Christian Dior.

The pictorial postmark shows not a polecat, but a fox. 

I love http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, despite all its imperfections and controversy. You can read and research deeper and deeper, as you like, by clicking on hyperlinks.

WARNING!

If you click on certain hyperlinks below, you'll discover some mind-boggling facts, concepts, expressions and terms, all the way to the Bruce Effect and the Coolidge Effect.

There's a minefield of juicy comments that can be made, but this blog is rated G.

If there is such a thing as the Freedom of Speech, maybe I should create another blog, too.

With no speech restriction, like a stand-up comedian affords to do. :)

"Though polecats are chiefly polygynous, females can be polyandrous.^[5] The sexual conflict of the mating system can change with environmental conditions. Sexual conflict may result in sexually antagonistic co-evolution, in which one sex evolves a "manipulative" character which is countered by a "resistance" trait in the other sex."

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

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The selling of kibudim (honors) in London synagogues denounced in 1796.

In 1796 an anonymous book called A Peep into the Synagogue; or a Letter to the Jews appeared in London. Although it is assumed that it was written by a Jew (and indeed must have been, although perhaps one who converted to Christianity) I don't think it is known who wrote it to this day. Furthermore, copies are hard to come by. None of the digital archives seem to have it. However, below is a review which gives some interesting content:



And here's another review which takes the obnoxious tone by the author to task, calling it a "rude and illiberal attack." Even if the things are true, notes the reviewer, they ought to "be reproved by the gentle voice of candour":

Le faux Messie

Here's a copy of the famous eyewitness portrait of שבתי צבי, "Sabetha Sebi", included in Thomas Coenen's 1669 book Ydele verwachtinge der Joden getoont in den persoon van Sabethai Zevi. The copy of that portrait, depicted below, is in the 1728 book Les Imposteurs Insignes by Jean-Baptiste de Rocoles.:



The original can be seen here.

Maximum card from Romania: a subspecies of The Marbled Polecat, near Pontus Euxinus/The Black Sea (Vormela peregusna euxina)

I salute the passionate and experienced members of  The Maximaphily Club from Bucharest, who created this interesting maximum card about a rare animal in Romania! Toate cele bune ~ Best wishes! :)

MC with triple concordance, perfectly FIP-compliant.

However, the postcard they used was printed by the Sibiu Polygraphic Enterprise, in cooperation with the Buzau County Museum.

The backside of the postcard says Vormela peregusna cuxina.

But I know better. :)

It should be Vormela peregusna euxina, 'cause it's a subspecies that lives near Pontus Euxinus/The Black Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus_Euxinus

"The marbled polecat (V. peregusna) is a small mammal belonging to the monotypic genus Vormela within the  Mustelinae subfamily. Vormela is from the German word Würmlein^[1], which means "little Worm". The term peregusna comes from pereguznya, which is Ukrainian for polecat.^[2] Marbled polecats are generally found in the dryer areas and grasslands of south-eastern Europe to western China. Like other members of Mustelinae, it can emit a strong smelling secretion from anal sacs under the tail when threatened."

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

In an unrelated story: the world economy, including any gold-man (man with a lot of gold), can emit a strong smell of recession from gold-man sacs (under the radar) when threatened.

An Egyptian Pasha accuses Egyptian Jews, in 1700, of robbing Egypt in biblical times.

The newspaper the English Post Giving an Authentick Account of the Transactions of the World Foreign and Domestick on November 6, 1700:



Also see this post, this one, and this purported news story from 2003.

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Not a stripper, not a pole dancer, not a "Cat" on the catwalk, not "The 400-pounds Zorilla" - The Striped Polecat (Ictonyx striatus, also called the African Polecat, Zoril, Zorille or Zorilla)

It stinks worse than some politicians' hidden agenda. Certain exceptions apply.

"The Striped Polecat (Ictonyx striatus, also called the African Polecat, Zoril, Zorille or Zorilla) is a member of the Mustelidae family (weasels) which somewhat resembles a skunk. It is found in savannahs and open country in southern and west Africa."

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

Maximum card from Bophuthatswana, ex-bantustan, now part of the Republic of South Africa.

If a bantustan was able to have such nice pictorial postmarks, why can't ALL the "First World" postal administrations?

Notice the triple concordance: stamp, postcard, pictorial postmark. :)

Now, let's verify concordance from the standpoint of the FIP Commission for Maximaphily.
http://maximaphily.info/Articles/Regulations/MXLY%20regulations%20approved%20in%20Malaga%20conference.%20English%20version.pdf


"• The concordance of subject is the essential characteristic of a real maximum
card. This concordance between the illustration of the postage stamp and the one of the
picture postcard must be as close as possible and visually verifiable."
We already established that the subject is present here even on the pictorial postmark, right?

"• The concordance of place requires a connection between the name of the place or
the locality written in the postmark and the subject of the postage stamp and of the postcard.
The "first day cancellation" can only be used when it is in accordance with the above-mentioned condition."
Now, what about the place of postmarking? Is Mogwase good enough?
I don't know. Do you? How the hell should I know? :)
"Mogwase is a rapidly developing town located close to Sun City.
Attractions

Tourist attractions include Sun City and Pilanesberg National Park."

Well, that's good enough for me - close to a national park. Or you want me to find a post office right near a zorilla?


• "The concordance of time is defined by the date of the postmark, within the period

of validity of the postage stamp."

This zorilla stamp should be valid, for all I know (and for all I care).

After all, this is an official maximum card, issued by the Postal Administration.

Accessorizing Your Hair with Class

Accessorizing Your Hair with Class

You’ve seen those women. The kind that have so many barrettes, pony tail holders, clips and bows in their hair that you can’t see the actual hair. Unfortunately, sometimes women feel as if their hair just isn’t pretty unless it is decorated as much as possible. When accessorizing your hair, there are a few rules that are important to remember so that you look elegant and classy rather than gaudy and child-like. Think about it – children love to over-decorate their hair, right? It’s just not pretty on adults.

DON’T overdo it on the hair accessories. Whether you are using glue-in sparkles and glitter or just small hair holding clips, it is important to find out what is tasteful and what is too much. A few colorful clips for a fun occasion, or a few glue-in sparkles for a night on the town may be elegant and tasteful, but anything more than that and it’s important to consider how much is too much. DO find other ways to hold your hair into place. One of the biggest reasons women overdo it on hair clips is that they have small wisps of hair that need to be held into place, and think this is a colorful and fun way to do it. Unless you have fewer than a few wisps, however, try using bobby pins that match the color of your hair to hold it in place without being conspicuously bright and gaudy. Following these few tips can help you greatly in accessorizing your hair with class and elegance.

Cute 2010 Summer Hairstyle With Bangs for Women

2010 Cute Hair Trends presents Cute 2010 Summer Hairstyle With Bangs for Women


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Cute 2010 Summer Hairstyle With Bangs for Women