June 12, 2011

Milky Way

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  • Milky Way - "The Milky Way Galaxy... is the home galaxy of the Solar System, and of Earth. It is agreed that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, with observations suggesting that it is a barred spiral galaxy. It contains 100-400 billion stars and is estimated to have at least 50 billion planets..." - Wikipedia
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June 11, 2011

Solar system

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  • Solar system - "The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects bound to it by gravity, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago." - Wikipedia
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June 6, 2011

Potato

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  • Potato - "Potatoes were first introduced outside the Andes region four centuries ago, and have become an integral part of much of the world's cuisine." - Wikipedia
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  • June 7, 2011
Today i harvested the first potatoes of the season. I grew them in a greenhouse but they're still very small, from one plant only 450 grams. So i'll have to wait still a few weeks. I always grow some potato plants in my greenhouse of a species that gives an early harvest. They cannot be kept long but are still much better than the old potatoes of last year.
Also today i discovered Colorado beetle larvae on some of my potato plants. I've never had this problem before and hope that they won't become a pest. By hand i take off the larvae and i hope i can contain their spread. Far left on the picture there's also a greenfly (i think that's what it is).
Below a picture of potatoes that grow outside. They're of a sturdy species that are not susceptible to Phytophthora infestans. The blue flowers on the photo is linseed and the yellow one is rape.

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June 5, 2011

India

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  • Economy of India - Wikipedia
  • History of the Republic of India - "The history of the Republic of India began on 26 January, 1950. The country became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth 15 August 1947." - Wikipedia
  • India - "... is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world." - Wikipedia
  • Politics of India - "The politics of India takes place within the framework of a federal constitutional republic, in which the President of India is head of state and the Prime Minister of India is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President and is independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the Parliament of India..." - Wikipedia
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  • Anti-Graft Guru Begins Fast to the Death - "One of India's most popular yoga gurus is leading followers in what is being called a fast to the death, part of a populist campaign to fight corruption. Swami Baba Ramdev... - VOA - June 4, 2011



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