Tourısm & Society | SPAIN | Tourısm & Society | SPAIN | SPAIN 1. General Information About Spain 1.1. Geography Spain is a country located in South Western Europe. It borders two different seas‚ the Mediterranean Sea and the Balearic Sea‚ and the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land-based borders with France and Andorra to the North‚ and Portugal to the west. It is a member of the European Union. The Canary Islands and that the Balearic Islands also belonged to Spain. It is the second-largest
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Golden rice Vitamin A is one of the most important vitamins to humans‚ and it plays an inevitable role in our daily life‚ thus Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects millions of people‚ causing serious health problems. Therefore‚ scientists are searching for the most effective method to let people obtain enough Vitamin A as possible. As a consequence‚ the scientific program of cultivating Golden Rice has attracted people’s attention. “Golden Rice is a new type of rice that contains beta-carotene‚ a
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The Golden Ratio The theory of the Italian mathematician Leonardo Pisano is extremely present today. While he was trying to sort out the number of rabbits that mated in a year‚ he discovered a series of numbers‚ that are profoundly consistent in man‚ nature & animals. This discovery was extraordinary‚ but he also found that the ratio always resulted in 1.618. Although it is called differently‚ this ratio is often called „the golden ratio“
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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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Goa the narrow stretch of land on the western coast of India has become the destination for a large number of nature lovers and solitude seekers in recent times. The magnificent golden beaches stretching over a hundred kilometres of coastline have been the main attraction. The soothing greenery of the state and the warm hospitality of the people make for a comfortable stay. Goa may be one of the tiniest states of the Union‚ but it can be termed as one of the most fascinating. Here‚ a multitude of
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The Golden Ratio The Golden Ratio is a term (with an astounding number of aliases‚ including Golden Section and Golden Mean) used to describe aesthetically pleasing proportioning within a piece. However‚ it is not merely a term -- it is an actual ratio. The Golden ratio is a special number found by dividing a line into two parts so that the longer part divided by the smaller part is also equal to the whole length divided by the longer part. It is often symbolized using phi‚ after the 21st letter
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Mark Rydell’s “On Golden Pond” is a drama that emphasizes the stages people of various ages endures. Utilizing Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages as learned in Dr. Malone’s class‚ each of the main characters can be placed within a stage and their age-related crises analyzed. As this film is a drama‚ it was relatable to the audience‚ prompting personal reactions as well as implementing life examples of some of the theories studied in Malone’s class. Perhaps the most significant character‚ Norman
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Marriage at age fourteen is legal in Spain and has recently got world attention. Health Minister Leire Pajin said: “There is a technical discussion of a law that we want to present to protect minors... and in that discussion‚ children’s organizations point out that the United Nations." He recommends raising the minimum age from fourteen to sixteen in Spain. Spain said on February 3rd‚ 2011‚ that the government has no immediate plans to raise the minimum legal age for marriage from fourteen‚ one of
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There were three key elements that assisted in the spread of vernacular languages. They were the need to spread the beliefs of religions‚ technological advances‚ and the role of women in society. Historical Foundations Among the first to begin the spread of the vernacular language was the French. Around the fourteenth century the vernacular works began to make their way around Europe. The conversion to vernacular language from Latin demonstrates an important
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