Daily Archives: June 13, 2012

Jun
13
2012

by James
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Thousands in Moscow march against Putin.

Despite happening halfway around the globe, this strikes a little too close to home. Does it seem as though the more the ruling elite tighten their grasp, the more spills out of their hands? During the March of Millions in Moscow on May 6, the day before Vladimir Putin’s inauguration, 700 protestors were arrested and more than 150 others, resisting nonviolently, were injured in a clash with riot police. The protests took place one day after Russian police conducted raids on homes of several prominent critics of Putin. … Continue reading →

Jun
13
2012

by James
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Fibonacci numbers: Mathematical proportions found in nature.

In nature, there are inherent similarities and patterns found in a plethora of life, spanning plant and animal kingdoms. Despite scale we see the same proportions in such things as arrangement of leaves in plants, patterns of the florets on a flower, the bracts of a pinecone, or the scales of a pineapple. It is seen in the cochlea of the inner ear, the shell of the chambered Nautilus and the proportions in the sections of a human finger or ratio of a hand to forearm. The size … Continue reading →