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    Golden ratio

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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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    Golden Ratio

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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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    Islamic Art

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    Kelsey Pendleton 8 Nov 2010 Option 2 – Islamic Art In traditional Islamic architecture the Gibla was the wall facing in the direction of the Mecca‚ and contained a Maqsura‚ the place where the emir or caliph would pray. The Mihrab was usually a concave niche in the Gibla‚ indicating it as the Mecca-oriented wall of the mosque. However‚ the word Mihrab has been used to refer to a variety of architectural elements that vary in size‚ shape‚ and elaboration. This meaning of the word make the true

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    The golden serpent

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    Narrator: there was once a very wise man. He lived on a high mountain and was called Pundabi. With him lived a young boy. The boy’s name was Ali. (the camera is on a man with a long beard‚ with a boy sitting beside him) narrator: each morning ali would come down the mountain. He would sit on a shade of a fig tree . Many people would come to him. They brought him loavesof bread. In the bread were peices of fine linen. (the camera is on a bread that is cut from the middle‚ and a linen paper is showing)

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    Golden Ratio

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    The Golden Ratio Body‚ art‚ music‚ architecture‚ nature – all connected by a simple irrational number – the Golden Ratio. According to Posamentier & Lehmann in their work The (Fabulous) Fibonacci Numbers‚ there is reason to believe that the letter φ (phi) was used because it is the first letter of the name of the celebrated Greek sculptor Phidias (490-430 BCE). He produced the famous statue of Zeus in the Temple of Olympia and supervised the construction of the Parthenon in Athens

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    Islamic Fiqh

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    Selected Text for Islamic Studies Atta-ur-Rahman Arif Institute of Business Management CHAPTER ONE What is Fiqh? Fiqh is the understanding and comprehending of the object of nusoos (text). This is something which Allah Ta’ala had bestowed the pious predecessors with. Imam Abu Hanifah‚ Imam Shaafi (rahmatullah alaihima)‚ etc. were Imams because of their deep understanding of this knowledge. All the Aimmah-e-Mujtahiddeen excels in this quality and field of knowledge. None (in present

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    Golden Parachute

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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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    The Golden Ratio

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    The Golden Ratio The golden ratio is a number used in mathematics‚ art‚ architecture‚ nature‚ and architecture. Also known as‚ the divine proportion‚ golden mean‚ or golden section it expresses the relationship that the sum of two quantities is to the larger quantity as is the larger is to the smaller. It is also a number often encountered when taking the ratios of differences in different geometric figures. Represented mathematically as approximately 1.618033989‚ and by the Greek letter Phi

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    Golden dawn

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    Greece’s Golden Dawn: Firebrand right-wingers accused of being criminals CNN) -- They raise their arms in a fascist salute‚ waving flags in a show of fervent national pride. It is a scene reminiscent of Nazi Germany but this is the Golden Dawn party faithful‚ and they’re in a far more modern setting: Greece‚ the cradle of democracy. Golden Dawn’s firebrand leader‚ Nikos Michaloliakos‚ captured the fury of an exhausted constituency and won his party 7% of the vote in the last Greek elections. Now

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    Golden Temple

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    A visit to The Golden Temple Submitted by Siddhant Walia B.Com 0211078 The Golden Temple is quite possibly the best sight in North India. But the Golden Temple is more than a sight. It’s an experience. From the moment one walks through the shallow water (to wash your feet) into the inner compound‚ one can tell that there is something holy about the place. It’s an incredibly moving experience to see the devoutness and solemnity with which

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