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Green & Yellow
December 3rd, 2009 | 
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Green & Yellow, originally uploaded by weir2x.
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A nettle looking cute (just don’t try to pet it!), on a walk in the Chiltern hills.
Understanding Tulipomania
Understanding Tulipomania, originally uploaded by weir2x.
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Tulip mania or tulipomania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed. At the peak of tulip mania in February 1637, tulip contracts sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble (or economic bubble). The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble (when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values).
Not particularly displeased about his captivity
Here’s someone who knows how to treat what life throws at him with the detachment of a Buddhist monk. He’s not troubled about where fate has ended him up, he quite likes his quiet cage, thankyouverymuch, and the regular feedings ain’t bad either.
(If any ornithologist — or even just avian-enthusiast! — has any idea what this fellow is called, please leave a comment. And no, don’t be posting, “Yes, I know him, he’s called Bill.” Just don’t go there!)
