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		<title>Finding the Right Copy Machine at the Right Price</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A key element of most business facilities is a dependable copy machine for making multiple copies of vital corporate files and legal paperwork. Depending on the size of the business and the types of copy jobs the machine will be used for, you may be in the market for a large stand-alone copier or a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A key element of most business facilities is a dependable <a href="http://www.copier-source.info">copy machine</a> for making multiple copies of vital corporate files and legal paperwork. Depending on the size of the business and the types of copy jobs the machine will be used for, you may be in the market for a large stand-alone copier or a smaller desktop model.</p>
<p>Copy machines intended for large jobs come equipped with bulk processing features such as high-speed paper feeders, collaters, and staplers. While these cost substantially more than compact copiers that will fit on your desk, they enable fast and efficient processing of large copy jobs.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you need a copier for small or infrequent copying in a small business or home environment, a compact <a href="http://www.find-copiers.info">multifunction copy machine</a> is probably your best bet. These affordably-priced devices combine copiers, printers, scanners and faxes in one handy desktop machine, allowing you to perform all your office document processing in one convenient place.</p>
<p>Whichever copier size and style suits your needs, you have a vast selection of copy machines to choose from by such manufacturers as Canon, HP, Ricoh, Xerox, Konica, and Kyocera. Keep in mind that your best copier value may not be a brand-new model. Auction sites such as eBay offer many excellent <a href="http://www.my-copier.info">reconditioned copiers</a> that will take care of all your copying needs at a substantial savings over new machines.</p>
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		<title>Is This The Ultimate Mind Power Solution?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have now discovered that different mental states correspond to different brainwave states. What does this mean? Here is a brief neuro-science lesson for you.
There are 4 different brainwave states that every brain is in at any given time. These 4 states are, Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta. Each of these states exist at a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scientists have now discovered that different mental states correspond to different brainwave states. What does this mean? Here is a brief neuro-science lesson for you.</p>
<p>There are 4 different brainwave states that every brain is in at any given time. These 4 states are, Beta, Alpha, Theta, and Delta. Each of these states exist at a different brainwave frequency. For example, from fastest to slowest:</p>
<p>Beta - 12Hz to 38Hz,<br />
Alpha - 8Hz to 12Hz,<br />
Theta - 3Hz to 8Hz,<br />
Delta - 0.2Hz to 3Hz.</p>
<p>In simple terms, the lower the brainwave frequency, the slower the brainwave activity. Why is this significant? Using a principle called the &#8220;Frequency Following Effect&#8221;, which states that the brain will follow or &#8220;entrain&#8221; to the particular frequency that it hears, we can now alter the brain&#8217;s frequency by listening to the desired frequency.</p>
<p>We already know that certain brainwave states are ideal for certain types of activities. For example, Alpha is conducive to <a href="http://www.mind-optimizer.com/FreeReport">visualization</a> and healing, and Theta is conducive to super-learning and dreaming.</p>
<p>Allow me to illustrate just one powerful and immediate benefit of listening to a specific Mind-Optimizer <a href="http://www.mind-optimizer.com/FreeReport">brainwave entrainment CD</a> that takes your brain into a Theta state.</p>
<p>We now know that your brain&#8217;s Sodium/Potassium Ratio resets itself while in the Theta state. These elements are involved in Osmosis, which is the process that transports chemicals in and out of your brain cells. After a period of time in the Beta state, the potassium and sodium levels are out of balance. This is the main reason and cause of the &#8220;mental fatigue&#8221; which we have all experience at times.</p>
<p>A brief 5 to 15 minute session in the Theta state can completely restore your sodium/potassium balance and quickly refresh your mind.</p>
<p>Everyday, more and more people are discovering the wonderful technology of brainwave entrainment and how it can help everyone in ways never imagined before. Entrainment is the ultimate <a href="http://www.mind-optimizer.com/join.html">mind power</a> tool to help achieve your dreams.</p>
<p>Hanif Khaki</p>
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		<title>Super Tips to Get Your Affiliate Sales Rolling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve created a website. You&#8217;ve joined affiliate programs. The ads are up and running, but the money isn&#8217;t rolling in. 
What now? 
If you really want to get your affiliate marketing sales rolling, the next step involves making sure your website is appealing, that it gets traffic and that the content converts visitors into willing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve created a website. You&#8217;ve joined affiliate programs. The ads are up and running, but the money isn&#8217;t rolling in. </p>
<p>What now? </p>
<p>If you really want to get your <a href="http://www.malkeenan.com/">affiliate marketing</a> sales rolling, the next step involves making sure your website is appealing, that it gets traffic and that the content converts visitors into willing and repeat buyers. </p>
<p>While this might sound simple on the surface, it does take a little work. You cannot slap things together and expect to be able to quit a full-time job, thanks to your new online revenue. The fact is you&#8217;re going to have to work at it a little. The most successful <a href="http://www.malkeenan.com/">internet marketing</a> websites are those owned by people who aren&#8217;t afraid of using a little ingenuity and resourcefulness to increase their affiliate profits. </p>
<p>Here are some of the best tips out there to help affiliate partners make money with their sites: </p>
<p>Limit <a href="http://www.malkeenan.com/">affiliate programs</a>. You don&#8217;t need 100 ads on a single website to make money. Plus, promoting too many programs at once is just not effective and does not pay off. The reality is it is smarter to limit affiliate partners to a select few and tailor a website&#8217;s content around promoting those products or services directly or indirectly. </p>
<p>Create a name for yourself. If you&#8217;re using a blog, for example, make sure to register a domain name. Your own name as a domain name is a good way to brand yourself. This can help create identity and make your website a destination rather than a place people stumble on by accident. </p>
<p>Make sure content is relevant and updated. If you want to reap the rewards that online affiliate marketing has to offer, you need to promote your affiliate programs a little. A great way to do this is to write and submit articles to the numerous article databases. </p>
<p>While many article databases don&#8217;t appreciate direct selling, they do allow for informative articles and information that indirectly promote the products touted on a web site. </p>
<p>When adding unique content to your site for example, articles, eBooks, reports and so on that are relevant to the products advertised are more than okay. The more content the better, too. </p>
<p>A lot of people achieve this by creating content that&#8217;s informative and compelling that happens to have particular keywords worked into the mix. This can really help boost affiliate advertising returns. </p>
<p>Increase traffic. The only way to get people to visit a website is to promote that site. Super affiliate moneymakers achieve this by submitting their sites to search engines, taking part in social networking site and even by writing articles for other websites. Anything that gets your link out there in a good way can increase traffic and in turn help your affiliate business. Just don&#8217;t spam people or posting sites to the point of annoyance. </p>
<p>Making the most out of your affiliate programs will take a little time and effort, but those who manage to do it well see some pretty good returns.</p>
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		<title>What Has the Law of Attraction To Do With Meeting Expectations?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve met this person in your life, Debbie Downer.
No matter what happens it&#8217;s for the worse. There is no silver lining to the clouds, only muddy boots and wet clothes. Her job is a grind and she only goes because she desperately needs the money. Besides she&#8217;s not educated enough, or experienced, or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve met this person in your life, Debbie Downer.</p>
<p>No matter what happens it&#8217;s for the worse. There is no silver lining to the clouds, only muddy boots and wet clothes. Her job is a grind and she only goes because she desperately needs the money. Besides she&#8217;s not educated enough, or experienced, or has the right connections, to get a better one.</p>
<p>She&#8217;s been looking for a significant other, but it&#8217;s useless: All the good men are taken. Besides who would be interested in a frumpy, fat, nearly forty year old. And even if she would find herself in relationship, it wouldn&#8217;t work. Sound familiar?</p>
<p>Debbie expects the worst out of life and so she gets it. She attracts the wrong sort of men because that&#8217;s what she expects and therefore attracts. Her job is the job that she expects.</p>
<p>But what if Debbie Downer decided to change her expectations, would her life change?</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.abundancelaw.com/">Law of Attraction</a> is simply that you get what you think about. Thoughts are a form of energy and like energy attracts like energy. All forms of matter and energy are attracted to that which is of a like vibration. You receive what you put your focus and energy on, whether it&#8217;s wanted or unwanted. Focus on happiness and it&#8217;s yours. Focus on preventing unhappiness and you get unhappiness.</p>
<p>Your thoughts are a magnet to attract what you&#8217;re thinking about.</p>
<p>Everything draws to itself that which is like itself.</p>
<p>If you are told &#8220;don&#8217;t think of a pink elephant&#8221; that&#8217;s exactly what you do think about. If you want to lose weight you are focused on not eating which is exactly why you won&#8217;t lose weight. Thinking about not eating makes you want to eat.</p>
<p>Your mind has difficulty telling the difference between something you think about and you do want and something you think about and you don&#8217;t want. The negative, or lack of something, is a void concept. The mind doesn&#8217;t like void concepts so it interprets the void into the opposite of what you want. And that&#8217;s why you immediately picture a pink elephant when you think &#8220;don&#8217;t think of a pink elephant.&#8221;</p>
<p>Turn the void concept into a positive concept. If you want to lose weight for example, picture yourself as having lost the weight. Focus on how comfortable your clothes are. Think of the extra energy you have. Think of your heart being healthy and beating strongly. Picture yourself at the beach, thin and trim.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.abundancelaw.com/">Law of Attraction</a> is a universal concept that works in all forces.</p>
<p>It is not a secret. It is &#8216; <a href="http://www.abundancelaw.com/">The Secret</a> &#8216; which people like Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Degeneres embrace so readily in front of millions.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to recognize it, accept it or have faith in it. It&#8217;s there as a constant.</p>
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		<title>Lose Weight With Hypnosis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you really lose weight with hypnosis? It sounds just too good to be true doesn’t it? Well, it turns out that very many people have actually managed to shed those extra pounds by using this simple technique. So it certainly sounds like something worth looking at. In this article, we will take a brief [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you really <a href="http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/blog">lose weight with hypnosis</a>? It sounds just too good to be true doesn’t it? Well, it turns out that very many people have actually managed to shed those extra pounds by using this simple technique. So it certainly sounds like something worth looking at. In this article, we will take a brief look at what’s involved.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/blog">Hypnosis</a> basically works by putting the inner voice that is sometimes called your inner-critic, to sleep. Your inner-critic is normally fully awake and active filtering out all kinds of ideas from your environment , allowing into your mind only those thoughts that are congruent with your beliefs.</p>
<p>Normally, it’s just not possible for you to change your beliefs instantly; and that’s because of the work of this inner voice. Changing your beliefs about yourself however, is absolutely central to the whole business of you losing the excess weight you are carrying “ and keeping it off too! And that’s exactly what can be accomplished through hypnosis.</p>
<p>Once you believe that you are a fit and healthyindividual &#8220;inside&#8221; then your subconscious mind will see to it that you eat and behave like that fit and healthy person. The results that follow can not only be quite astonishing, but they are also sustainable as they are permanent.</p>
<p>Hypnosis is by far the easiest method to use for changing your beliefs. It involves becoming very relaxed  &#8220;a lovely feeling initself&#8221; and then, whilst actually in that state of relaxation, taking in one or more suggestions that you like. Suggestions like I have a fit and healthy body or I am calm, cool and confident or perhaps I am a healthy non-smoker.</p>
<p>Once your brain accepts one of those suggestions &#8220;which we can simply sneak past that inner, critical voice using hypnosis&#8221; your subconscious will take over; and you will gradually transform yourself into that fit and healthy person you have imagined.</p>
<p>By using auto-suggestion techniques though hypnosis, you can quit smoking, <a href="http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/blog">lose weight</a>, improve your self-confidence and make many other welcome changes to your life “ simply by changing your beliefs.</p>
<p>Never underestimate the power of belief!</p>
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		<title>Selecting the Right Projector for Business Presentations or a Home Theater System</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the key devices in a business&#8217;s equipment inventory is an LCD or DLP projector. Digital projectors like these enable important documents and data to be clearly presented in meetings, conferences, seminars and other events requiring efficient and persuasive communication to multiple individuals. They are also popular for home theater systems, providing large scale [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the key devices in a business&#8217;s equipment inventory is an <a href="http://www.projector-search.info">LCD or DLP projector</a>. Digital projectors like these enable important documents and data to be clearly presented in meetings, conferences, seminars and other events requiring efficient and persuasive communication to multiple individuals. They are also popular for home theater systems, providing large scale video images that replicate the movie theater experience in your own home.</p>
<p>When shopping for a digital projector, you have a number of brands and designs to choose from. Among the most popular models are projectors by Optoma, InFocus, Sony and Sharp, which offer DLP and LCD projectors for just about any home theater or corporate communications suite.</p>
<p>What do the acronyms DLP and LCD mean, anyway? DLP stands for Digital Light Processing, while LCD is an acronym for Liquid Crystal Display. While both technologies can deliver excellent image quality, they each have certain advantages. LCD projectors can generally provide sharper images and better color saturation than DLP models. On the other hand, DLP projectors have definite advantages in image contrast, particularly for videos, and project a less pixilated image than their LCD counterparts. They also tend to be more compact, a real advantage for users who need an easily <a href="http://www.projector-source.info">portable projector</a> to carry to client meetings. </p>
<p>Last but definitely not least, cost is a significant factor to consider in your projector purchase. While it may be tempting to buy a brand new projector, keep in mind that excellent used and refurbished projectors are also available at very reasonable prices. So be sure check out the auction listings at a site like eBay to see how much you could potentially save by opting for a previously-owned projector. With the resources of the web at your fingertips, researching a <a href="http://www.projector-focus.info">digital projector</a> couldn&#8217;t be easier!</p>
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		<title>Air Compressors: A Pneumatic Necessity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An essential tool for many construction crews, handymen, industrial workers, and amateur power tool users such as woodworkers, carpenters and other craft hobbyists is the air compressor. By providing a steady supply of compressed air at the necessary PSI (pounds per square inch) air compressors can run a variety of pneumatic implements, including jackhammers, belt [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An essential tool for many construction crews, handymen, industrial workers, and amateur power tool users such as woodworkers, carpenters and other craft hobbyists is the air compressor. By providing a steady supply of compressed air at the necessary PSI (pounds per square inch) <a href="http://www.compressor-search.info">air compressors</a> can run a variety of pneumatic implements, including jackhammers, belt and disc sanders, nail guns, and power drills. </p>
<p>Air compressors operate according to one of three basic design principles: reciprocating, rotary screw, and rotary centrifugal. <a href="http://www.compressor-source.info">Reciprocating air compressors</a> can be divided into two further subcategories: single-stage and two-stage compressors, with the two-stage models engineered to produce higher PSI levels through a second pressure-producing piston.</p>
<p>In addition to crafts, carpentry, construction and industrial applications, air compressors are also used to inflate car and truck tires as well as inflatable boats and toys, and for recreational purposes like pressurizing SCUBA tanks and recharging paintball air guns. They also play an important role in the operation of air conditioning units.</p>
<p>Leading makers of air compressors include Ingersoll Rand, Black &#038; Decker, Dayton, Quincy, Eagle, Porter-Cable, Leroi, Sullair and Champion. When shopping for a new or used compressor online, make sure to check out the latest deals available at auction sites like eBay, and to request free price quotes from business-to-business procurement services such as BuyerZone. Some sellers will even provide free shipping of your air compressor order. With a bit of diligent research and comparison, you&#8217;re bound to find a <a href="http://www.compressor-sales.info">reliable air compressor</a> at a competitive price.</p>
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		<title>Monetizing A Forum by Willie Crawford</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many webmasters add a forum to their website thinking that this will increase the traffic, stickiness, and profitability of their website. Often, adding a forum to your website does accomplish the first two. However, the forum often proves NOT to be a profit center.
I personally have found this to be true of my forum. By [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many webmasters add a forum to their website thinking that this will increase the traffic, stickiness, and profitability of their website. Often, adding a forum to your website does accomplish the first two. However, the forum often proves NOT to be a profit center.</p>
<p>I personally have found this to be true of my forum. By comparison, I have a blog that is much more profitable. The blog format such as mine at <a href="http://williecrawford.com/blog/">http://WillieCrawford.com/blog/</a> encourages subscribers, and when I post, RSS notifications bring the subscribers back (where the do often make purchases right from the blog).</p>
<p>Webmasters also often discover that visitors to the forum rarely visit other pages of the websites. They enter and exit the website through the forum.</p>
<p>Webmasters then search for ways to monetize the website such as selling affiliate products, using Google AdSense, and selling links. These can generate revenue, but in proportion to the percentage of the site&#8217;s traffic that they generate, forum profitability is often very disappointing.</p>
<p>If you own a phpBB discussion board, you can use a new tool Forum AdManager to earn you advertising revenue which will dwarf what you receive from Google AdSense, and all of the other revenue streams mentioned above.</p>
<p>Forum AdManager will create ad slots on every page of your forum, which you can sell to advertisers. Astonishingly the whole selling process is automated from payment to ad submission to the ad going live. This tool removes all of the administration.</p>
<p>Forum AdManager is a free download. The product&#8217;s developers can install it for you for free and you could be up and running in less than five minutes. Your revenues can easily be many times your AdSense revenue.</p>
<p>You can get all of the details on Forum Ad Manager and get it free here: <a href="http://forumadmanager.com/go.php?af=jvyyvr@jvyyvrpenjsbeq.pbz">http://forumadmanager.com/go.php?af=jvyyvr@jvyyvrpenjsbeq.pbz</a></p>
<p>For more great tips like this visit Willie Crawford on his top rated blog at: <a href="http://williecrawford.com/blog/">http://WillieCrawford.com/blog/</a></p>
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<p>Thanks,<br />
Willie Crawford</p>
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		<title>Classroom Management that Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classroom management that works  is the holy grail for many tired, and stressed out teachers. So how exactly do you go about finding an effective classroom management plan that actually works to reduce inappropriate student behavior?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Classroom management that works </b> is the holy grail for many tired, and stressed out teachers. So how exactly do you go about finding an <a href="http://www.ClassroomManagement101.com/blog">effective classroom management</a> plan that actually works to reduce inappropriate student behavior?</p>
<p>Well, there is no one size fits all <b>classroom management</b> solution. All teachers are unique, with differing personalities and teaching styles, and so each teacher needs a different classroom management plan. However, even though each teacher needs a different solution to help reduce inappropriate student behavior, there are some core ideas that every teacher can implement in the classroom to help them find <a href= "http://www.ClassroomManagement101.com/blog">classroom management </a> skills that works for them.</p>
<p><i>1. Be consistent</i></p>
<p>If you want to enjoy a peaceful classroom environment, then you must be consistent. If you are not, you will quickly lose the respect of the students that your teach, and the <a href="http://www.ClassroomManagement101.com/blog">classroom management </a> in your classroom will deteriorate fast.</p>
<p><i>2. Be positive </i></p>
<p>If you are looking for <b>classroom management that works</b>, then being positive is a core skill. Approach each lesson in positive frame of mind and expect the best from the students that you teach. And when your students reach the standards that you expect, make sure they know it. Walk into the classroom fearing the worst, and acting negative towards the students that you teach, and they will act negative towards you. And that&#8217;s not a recipe for effective classroom management that works.</p>
<p><i>3. Be proactive </i></p>
<p>The teachers with the most effective classroom management skills are the teachers who proactively deal with classroom management problems before they occur. If you anticipate the problems that usually occur, you can go some way towards implementing<br />
solutions which prevent them from happening in your classroom. Classroom management problems prevention is much better than cure.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for <b>classroom management that works</b>, then there isn&#8217;t a one size fits all solution. But if you follow the three top effective classroom management tips above, then you will experience an improvement in the behavior of the<br />
students that you teach.</p>
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		<title>Number crunching the Vedic Way!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vedic Mathematics is the name given to an ancient system of Mathematics which was rediscovered from the ancient Indian Scriptures called Vedas meaning ‘knowledge’ between 1911 and 1918 by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (1884 - 1960) who was the Sankaracharya of Govardhan Matha Puri. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vedic Mathematics is the name given to an ancient system of Mathematics which was rediscovered from the ancient Indian Scriptures called Vedas meaning ‘knowledge’ between 1911 and 1918 by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (1884 - 1960) who was the Sankaracharya of Govardhan Matha Puri. </p>
<p>In the beginning of the twentieth century, when there was great interest in the Sanskrit texts in Europe, some scholars ridiculed certain texts which were headed Ganita Sutra which means mathematic formulas. They could not decipher any mathematics in the translations and therefore dismissed the texts as rubbish. Bharati Krishna, who himself was a scholar of Sanskrit, Mathematics, History and Philosophy, studied these texts and after lengthy and careful investigation was able to reconstruct the mathematics of the Vedas in 1918. </p>
<p>Bharati Krishna wrote sixteen volumes expounding the Vedic system but these were unaccountably lost and when the loss was confirmed in his final years he wrote a single book - Vedic Mathematics. It was published in 1965, five years after his death.<br />
According to his research all of mathematics is based on sixteen Sutras, or word - formulae. For example, ‘Vertically and Crosswise’ is one of these Sutras. These formulae describe the way the mind works naturally and are therefore a great help in directing the student to the appropriate method of solution. They are intuitive and fun to work with.</p>
<p>In the Vedic system difficult problems or huge sums can often be solved immediately by the Vedic method. These striking and beautiful methods are just a part of a complete system of mathematics which is far more systematic than the modern system. Vedic mathematics manifests the coherent and unified structure of mathematics and the methods are complimentary, direct and easy. </p>
<p>The simplicity of Vedic Mathematics means that calculations can be carried out mentally (though the methods can be written down). There are many advantages in using a flexible, mental system. Pupils can invent their own methods; they are not limited to the one correct method. This leads to more creative, interested and interesting pupils. </p>
<p>But the real beauty and effectiveness of Vedic Mathematics cannot be fully appreciated without actually practising the system. One can then see that it is perhaps the most refined and efficient mathematical system possible.</p>
<p>One can visit the website of The Vedic Maths Forum India at <a href="http://www.vedicmathsindia.org/">http://www.vedicmathsindia.org</a> and go through the slide shows and videos at the tutorial section of the website.</p>
<p>Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/vedic+maths" rel="tag">Vedic Maths</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/vedic+mathematics" rel="tag">Vedic Mathematics</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/mental+math" rel="tag">Mental Math</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/rapid+calculations" rel="tag">Rapid Calculations</a></p>
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