The Golden Rush was the digging struggled with success and failure. The gold of California was the attraction to the eyes of the world; the perfect land with all the possibilities to get richness in a short time. Argonauts undertook a dangerous journey to arrive after several days in California‚ some of them did not make it to their destiny for hunger or diseases. Others took advantage of the situation and made business such selling jerked beef‚ blankets‚ medicines‚ axes‚ and many items necessaries
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The Golden Ratio The golden ratio is a unique number approximately equal to 1.6180339887498948482. The Greek letter Phi (Φ) is used to refer to this ratio. The exact value for the golden ratio is the following: ` A popular example of the application of the golden ratio is the Golden Rectangle. Interestingly enough‚ many artists and architects have proportioned their works to apply the golden ratio in the form of the golden rectangle. A golden rectangle is a rectangle where the ratio of the
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Eldar Uzicanin 8/23/2013 Golden age AP US history We see evidence of it everywhere we look‚ lush wilderness and amazing animals. That is what the colonists saw when they arrived to the Americas. A land that no one else had been to or experienced before‚ this is where America took its first breath. When the colonists arrived there were many people looking for a new life and retreat from the harsh rule of the queen. Both men and women looking to start a new life but women were
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“Behind everyone’s favorite song‚ there is an untold story.” “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood has always been my favorite. Growing up‚ I can remember singing this song at the top of my lungs every single day‚ my siblings hated it. I remember the first time I ever heard the song‚ I was in Camp Adventure here on Kwaj one summer. We had counselors who came from the United States‚ and every day before we left we would sit in a circle and sing. This song was one I learned and I really enjoyed
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Throughout the ancient history of the different countries each and every one of them had a period of time where it known as the “golden age” for them‚ in which they achieved a lot for their country. A golden age is a period of time in a specific field where there are great achievements that are accomplished‚ as thegolden age brought better times for many individuals including individuals whose lives may be very industrious due to the hard work they have to do every day. This is the most flourishing
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Golden Girl Gordon Lee McCallum’s perspective The drive to the school was quite smooth; the weather was nice‚ and there were no traffic. As I approached the school‚ I began to recognize a few of my colleagues’ cars. After having parked my car‚ as I got out‚ I noticed Miss Grainger‚ from the corner of my eye‚ waving at me. I waived back‚ and quickly joined her. She greeted me enthusiastically‚ and led me to the dance. Just
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The Golden Number 1.61803 39887 49894 84820 is by no means a number of memorization. However‚ it is a recognizable one. Never will you find a combination of numbers that is more significant than this one. This ratio is known as the Golden Number‚ or the Golden Ratio. This mystery number has been used throughout different aspects of life‚ such as art‚ architecture‚ and of course‚ mathematics. One may wonder where the Golden Ratio came from? Who thought to discover it? When was it discovered? And
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What is the Golden Ratio The golden ration can occur anywhere. The golden proportion is the ratio of the shorter length to the longer length which equals the ratio of the longer length to the sum of both lengths. The golden ratio is a term used to describe proportioning in a piece. In a work of art or architecture‚ if one maintained a ratio of small elements to larger elements that was the same as the ratio of larger elements to the whole‚ the end result was pleasing to the eye. The ratio
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Golden Parachutes Often in a stack of current newspapers‚ the front page topics that will catch your attention are ethical issues behind upper management compensations; in this case‚ on March 30th 2009‚ the issue that surfaced was Rick Wagoner’s leave from GM and his retirement package and how his actual/ base compensation doubled in his last year from approximately $7M to $15M.(7) With the current economic crisis‚ many people outside the business society have become aware of the ridiculously
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GOLDEN MEAN It all started from this very smart man named Leonardo Bonacci‚ also known as Fibonacci. Fibonacci was a very important mathematician in Europe; he is believed to be the first. He learned with Arabic mathematicians and had an Arabic learning background to math. Fibonacci had this idea of counting how many rabbits are produced in a yearí ĉ. Fibonacci started with a pair of rabbits. The next month he had a new pair‚ as well the next one too. Fibonacci started working for a solution
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