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Lakeside School Its most famous alumni are Bill Gates and Paul Allen, founders of Microsoft, who got their start programming tic-tac-toe on a time-shared computer provided by the Lakeside Mothers' Association and the Lakeside Mathematics Department. Other famous alumni include the McCaw brothers, who built a family business into the McCaw Cellular telephone empire which they eventually sold to AT&T Wireless; actor Adam West; bestselling author Po Bronson; and former Washington State Governor Booth Gardner. History[edit] Lakeside sends 100% of its graduating class to four-year colleges.[3] Global Service Learning[edit] Established in the summer of 2005, the school's Global Service Learning Program aims at helping students gain a broader view of the world while helping the underprivileged around the world. The Global Service Learning Program is one piece of a broad change in curriculum and administrative policies aimed at increasing diversity. Notable alumni[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden section and the Golden String Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section This is the Home page for Dr Ron Knott's multimedia web site on the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden section and the Golden string hosted by the Mathematics Department of the University of Surrey, UK. The Fibonacci numbers are The golden section numbers are 0·61803 39887... = phi = φ and 1·61803 39887... = Phi = Φ The golden string is 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 ... a sequence of 0s and 1s that is closely related to the Fibonacci numbers and the golden section. If you want a quick introduction then have a look at the first link on the Fibonacci numbers and where they appear in Nature. THIS PAGE is the Menu page linking to other pages at this site on the Fibonacci numbers and related topics above. Fibonacci Numbers and Golden sections in Nature Ron Knott was on Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time on BBC Radio 4, November 29, 2007 when we discussed The Fibonacci Numbers (45 minutes). listen again online or download the podcast. and phi . The Golden Section
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[b] ( i/ˌsaʊdi əˈreɪbi.ə/ or i/ˌsɔːdiː əˈreɪbi.ə/), officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA),[c] is the largest Arab state in Western Asia by land area (approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula) and the second-largest in the Arab world (after Algeria). It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen in the south. It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast. Etymology[edit] Following the unification of the kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, the new state was named al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah as-Suʻūdīyah (a transliteration of المملكة العربية السعودية in Arabic) by royal decree on 23 September 1932 by its founder, Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud). History[edit] Before the foundation of Saudi Arabia[edit] The Arabian Peninsula in 1914 Post-unification[edit]
Three language lessons you can learn from the word “schlemiel” In honor of National Poetry Month, let’s tackle some of the trickiest aspects of meaning — after all, poetry is one of the great ways to express subtle and slippery thoughts. Our focus today is translation. How can someone convey the meaning of a word that has no equivalent in another language? Among the toughest words to translate, and there are some doozies, schlemiel is a top contender. It is a Yiddish word for a chronically unlucky person. The trouble behind “schlemiel” presents us with a common translation problem – the translator will inherently run into words in one language that may not have an equivalent word in the other language. (Curious to learn some of the toughest words to convey in English, like prozvonit and hyggelig? Here are three tools that the skilled translator keeps at hand when faced with an untranslatable word. When confronted with a lacuna (a gap in a piece of writing), a translator may resort to free translation or adaptation. Dr. Mrs. Anonymous
Codage de Fibonacci Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Le codage de Fibonacci est un codage entropique utilisé essentiellement en compression de données . Il utilise les nombres de la suite de Fibonacci , dont les termes ont la particularité d'être composés de la somme des deux termes consécutifs précédents, ce qui lui confère une robustesse aux erreurs. Le code de Fibonacci produit est un code préfixe et universel . Dans ce code, la séquence « 11 » apparaît uniquement en fin de chaque nombre encodé, et sert ainsi de délimiteur. Principe [ modifier ] Codage [ modifier ] Pour encoder un entier X : Créer un tableau avec 2 lignes. Exemple décomposition de 50. Les éléments de la 1 re ligne du tableau sont : 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 50 = 34 + 13 + 3 (50 = 34 + 8 + 5 + 3 est incorrect car le 13 n'a pas été utilisé) D'où le tableau : Il reste à écrire le codage du nombre 50 : 001001011 Décodage [ modifier ] Premier exemple Décoder le nombre 10001010011 On effectue la somme : 1 + 8 + 21 + 89 = 119 Deuxième exemple
Cambodia Cambodia ( i/kæmˈboʊdiə/;[8] Khmer: កម្ពុជា, Kampuchea, IPA: [kɑmˈpuˈciə]), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (Khmer: ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa) and once known as the Khmer Empire, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Its total landmass is 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 sq mi), bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. Cambodia's ancient name is "Kambuja" (Sanskrit: कंबुज).[10] In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king marking the beginning of the Khmer Empire which flourished for over 600 years allowing successive kings to dominate much of Southeast Asia and accumulate immense power and wealth. Cambodia became a protectorate of France in 1863, Cambodia later gained independence in 1953. Name[edit] History[edit] Pre-history[edit] Glazed stoneware dating back to the 12th century. Dark ages of Cambodia[edit]
EarthrootsFieldSchool.org | Cultivating a sense of care & connection with the natural world. Suite de Fibonacci The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers: The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. The 2 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+1) Similarly, the 3 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+2), And the 5 is (2+3), and so on! Example: the next number in the sequence above is 21+34 = 55 It is that simple! Here is a longer list: Can you figure out the next few numbers? Makes A Spiral When we make squares with those widths, we get a nice spiral: Do you see how the squares fit neatly together? The Rule The Fibonacci Sequence can be written as a "Rule" (see Sequences and Series). First, the terms are numbered from 0 onwards like this: So term number 6 is called x6 (which equals 8). So we can write the rule: The Rule is xn = xn-1 + xn-2 where: xn is term number "n" xn-1 is the previous term (n-1) xn-2 is the term before that (n-2) Example: term 9 is calculated like this: Golden Ratio And here is a surprise. Using The Golden Ratio to Calculate Fibonacci Numbers
Mormon (Book of Mormon) Mormon /ˈmɔrmən/ is believed by followers of Mormonism to have been the narrator of much of the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which describes him as a prophet-historian and a member of a tribe of indigenous Americans known as the Nephites. According to the Book of Mormon, the prophet Mormon engraved an abridgement of his people's history on golden plates. Based on the chronology described in the book, Mormon lived during the 4th century AD. As a narrator in the text, Mormon presents himself as a redactor. He quotes and paraphrases other writers, collects and includes whole texts by other authors, contributes running commentary, and also writes his own narrative. He writes about the process of making the book, both in terms of compiling the works of other prophets and also in terms of engraving the words on metal plates. According to Mormon's record in the Book of Mormon,[1] he was born in about AD 311 to a father whose name was also Mormon.
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The Fibonacci Numbers and Golden section in Nature - 1 This page has been split into TWO PARTS. This, the first, looks at the Fibonacci numbers and why they appear in various "family trees" and patterns of spirals of leaves and seeds. The second page then examines why the golden section is used by nature in some detail, including animations of growing plants. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987 ..More.. 1 Rabbits, Cows and Bees Family Trees Let's look first at the Rabbit Puzzle that Fibonacci wrote about and then at two adaptations of it to make it more realistic. 1.1 Fibonacci's Rabbits The original problem that Fibonacci investigated (in the year 1202) was about how fast rabbits could breed in ideal circumstances. Suppose a newly-born pair of rabbits, one male, one female, are put in a field. How many pairs will there be in one year? At the end of the first month, they mate, but there is still one only 1 pair. The number of pairs of rabbits in the field at the start of each month is 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
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Les retracements de Fibonacci : Analyse technique Vous avez surement un jour entendu parlé de la suite de Fibonacci, rappelez vous : 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144 …… Pour les obtenir c’est très simple. Vous additionnez les deux premiers chiffres pour calculer le 3eme. Ainsi 1+1=2 ;1+2=3 ;2+3=5… quelques souvenirs vous reviennent ? Venons en aux nombres d’or maintenant. Les retracements de Fibonacci : Parlons maintenant de ce pourquoi vous êtes venus, les niveaux de retracements de Fibonacci : 23,6%, 38,2%, 50,0%, 61.8%, 100%. - Une tendance haussière est marquée par des phases de corrections - Une tendance baissière est marquée par des phases de rebonds. Ce sont ces corrections ou rebonds qui sont appelés des retracements. Pour déterminer le retracement 50.0% de l'exemple précédent, vous ferez ainsi le calcul suivant : 1.4110 - (0.0100 * 50%) = 1.4060 soit un retracement de 50 pips. Pour le retracement 38.2%, vous ferez le calcul suivant : 1.4110 - (0.0100 * 38.2%) = 1.4072.