Big gay beatdown in Moscow

from cnn:

Russian police detained gay protesters calling for the right to hold a Gay Pride parade in central Moscow on Sunday while nationalists shouting "death to homosexuals" punched and kicked the demonstrators.

Cypripedium acaule

Cypripedium acaule
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The pink lady slipper requires a rare symbiotic fungi to grow:

"It takes years for the new plant to develop leaves for supplying its own energy. The plant requires low pH, nutrient poor soil and other special conditions for successful establishment."

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A bored mathematician discovers an unusual numerical pattern while doodling

The "Ulam sprial" reveals diagonal patterns in prime numbers plotted in a spiral. Isn't this what you're supposed to run through a supercomputer that folds it into a shape that reveals alien plans to build a trans-dimensional gateway?

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

Rocky

Kitty
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