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    Roseville, California

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    Roseville‚ California Ashley Parker ETH 316 January 18‚ 2013 William Salyards‚ PhD. Roseville‚ California Roseville is a city in Placer County‚ located in the metropolitan area of Sacramento. The 2010 U.S. Census stated that Roseville’s population was 118‚788. Originally Roseville was known by a stage coach station called Grinders. As it started to develop‚ the name was changed to Junction due to the construction of the railroads. Roseville was incorporated as a city in 1909. According

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    Hotel California

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    April Penn English 102 Section 69s Critical Response Hotel California I powered on my Nintendo Wii to get a quick game of guitar hero’s world tour‚ as I was sitting at home alone and bored. I flicked through the available tracks‚ and came across Hotel California by the Eagles; a song I had never heard before by a group I had no knowledge of. Since I had never heard the song before‚ I decided to go for it. I choose that track to play on the easy level being that it was my first time hearing

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    The short documentary film‚ which won the 85th Academy Award for best documentary (Short Subject)‚ that chronicle Izucar life; a homeless‚ and undocumented teenager with a stirring artistic gift from San Diego‚ California. As Chris Dart‚ Torontoist remarks‚ “Both heartbreaking and uplifting‚ Inocente isn’t the story of a girl who is trying to make something of herself in spite of her tough circumstances. It’s the story of a girl who is already a thoroughly impressive human being and artist‚ whether

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    The Golden Ratio

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    The Golden Ratio By : Kaavya.K In mathematics and the arts‚ two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant‚ approximately 1.6180339887. Other names frequently used for the golden ratio are the golden section and golden mean. Other terms encountered include extreme and mean ratio‚ medial section‚ divine

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    Golden Rice

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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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    Golden Ratio

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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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    Agrotourism in California

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    The Growth of Agrotourism in California. I choose for my assignment an article in the April/May 2011 California Agriculture Journal entitled “California Agrotourism operations and their economic potential are growing.” Being a native Californian and having experience working on farms in the central valley I am aware of the struggles many farmers have operating their farm. There is a very slim profit margin. There is an increase in regulations and permits that are required. Many farmers are

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    The Golden Ratio

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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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    Missions in California

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    Casey Eynon US History Roselle November 20‚ 2012 In the early days of the North American continent more than one different groups of people were trying to settle the land and claim it as their own. One group in particular was the Spanish. They built missions in California to make their presence in the area known and to convert the Native Americans into Christianity. They served as religious and military outposts. These missions were established to convert Native American into Christianity

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    Golden Rectangle

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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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