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Pebble Maths
Vera E. Stevens, 2012
Available at: www.pebblemaths.org
A new and successful way to teach Vedic maths to beginner learners of all ages and abilities.
N.B. there are a range of videos that go along with the book, that can be found here on the website.
The Curious Hats of Magical Maths, Books 1 & 2
The Curious Hats of Magical Maths are introductory workbooks on Vedic Mathematics. They lead you into some unique, enjoyable and very quick methods of working with numbers. There are full descriptions of these methods together with worked examples for you to follow and plenty of practice exercises. They are in workbook style so answers can be written in the spaces provided. The answers are at the back of the book to check your work. The problems and methods are suitable for any age but probably most apt for 11 – 13 year-olds, Indian Class VI – VII, UK Years 7 – 8. The aim is to introduce some of the Vedic mathematical techniques and not to cover the whole of the mathematics syllabus for 11 - 13 year-olds. The books can be used for support material, extension material or simply by those wishing to find fast techniques for solving problems.
Vedic Maths is based on a few simple rules that enable you solve all types of mathematical problems. In this series, each rule is represented by a hat specifically designed to convey something of the meaning of the rules.
Book 1 covers fast methods for multiplication, division, addition and subtraction puzzles, number patterns, stories, digital roots and decimals. Book 2 develops further the methods for multiplication and division and includes squaring, products and factors, fractions, algebra, equations, decimals, ratio and proportion, percentages, averages, problems.
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Vedic Mathematics for All Ages: A Beginners' Guide
Vandana Singhal, 2007
Published by Motilal Banarsidass
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Forword vii
Preface ix
Feedback xi
Introduction xv
1. Complement 1
2. Subtraction 7
3. Multiplication by Specific Numbers 35
4. Base Multiplication 59
5. Working base Multiplication 87
6. Multiplication 97
7. Algebra
8. Digital Roots 139
9. Divibility 143
10. Division I 151
11. Division II 175
12. Squares 193
13. Straight Squaring 221
14. Cubes 237
15. Square roots of exact squares 257
16. Cube roots of exact cubes 263
18 Square Roots II 283
Sutras 293
Glossary 295
index 296
This book teaches you to calculate fast and in straight steps. The graphics and colours used in the book make it user friendly and easy to understand. The fun filled activities in each chapter make the process of learning Vedic Mathematics enjoyable for all ages. this book of Vedic Mathematics will help you to become confident and skilled mathematicians without calculators. [from the back cover]
Vedic Mathematics for Schools - Books 1, 2 and 3
J T Glover, 1995, 1999, 2002
Published by Motilal Banarsidass
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Contents Book 1
Chapter 1 Simple practice of number 1
Place value. Patterns in number. Addition and subtraction. Multiplication practice. Division practice.
Chapter 2 Multiplication by Nikhilam 9
What is multiplication? Complements. Multiplication of single digit numbers. Multiplication using a base of 100. Multiplication using a base of 1000. Multiplication above the base.
Chapter 3 Division 19
Simple division. Division with remainders. Naming the parts of a division sum. Dividing by Nine. Nikhilam division. Divisors with base 100 and 1000. Nikhilam division with any base.
Chapter 4 Digital Roots 27
Adding the digits of a number. Digital roots for the times tables. Casting out nines. The 9X table.
Chapter 5 Multiplication by Vertically and Crosswise 32
Two-digit by two-digit multiplication. Multiplying by a single digit. Multiplying larger numbers.
Chapter 6 Subtraction by Nikhilam 39
Complements. Subtraction using complements. Starting with complements in the middle of a sum. Finishing with complements in the middle of a sum. The general case of subtraction.
Chapter 7 Vulgar Fractions 46
What is a fraction? Naming fractions. Denominator. Numerator. Fractions of shapes. Finding a fraction of a quantity. Adding Fractions. Equivalent Fractions. Fractions to infinity.
Chapter 8 Decimal Fractions 58
About decimals. Naming, reading and writing decimal numbers. Addition of decimals. Column addition with decimals. Subtraction of decimals. Using nought to fill the space. Multiplication of decimals. Multiplying and dividing multiples of ten. Division of decimals. Working with money.
Chapter 9 The Meaning of Number 72
The circle of nine points. The number one. Product. Factors. Divisibility. Prime numbers. The Sieve of Eratosthanes. Number two. Odd and even numbers. Multiples. The number ten. Summary.
Chapter 10 Vinculums 83
Adding and subtracting ten and other numbers ending with nought. Vinculum numbers. Adding and subtracting vinculum numbers.
Chapter 11 Algebra 91
Codes. Finding the value of expressions. Equations. Solving equations. Simplifying.
Contents Book 2
1 Multipying by All from 9 and the last from 10
Complements, Using complements in calculations, Multiplication using All from nine and the last from ten, multiplying numbers above a base, How does it work? Above and below
2 Vertically and crosswise multiplication
The general case, Multiplying large numbers, Multiplication by 11, Multiplication by 12, Multiplying numbers with final noughts
3 Division
The nature of division, Simple division, Division by All from 9 and the last from 10, Division by Transpose and Adjust
4 Subtraction by All from 9 and the last from 10
Subtraction using complements, Starting with complements in the middle of a sum, Finishing with complements in the middle of a sum, The general case of subtraction, Turbo Subtraction
5 Prime and composite numbers
Highest common factor, Prime numbers, Composite numbers, Lowest common multiple, Coprime numbers, Summary of definitions for primes and composite numbers
6 Fractions
Equivalent fractions, Improper fractions and mixed numbers, Multiplying fractions, Multiplication of mixed numbers, Division of fractions, Division of mixed numbers
7 Algebra
First Principles, Simplifying, Simple equations, Solving equations by Transpose and Adjust, Multiplication, Brackets, Simplifying with indices
8 Practice and Revision 1
9 Geometry 1
Dodecahedron, Notes on drawing, To construct the internal angle for the dodecahedron, Exterior model, To draw a straight line any number of times as long as a given straight line, To draw a perpendicular near the end of a straight line, To bisect a straight line perpendicularly, To drop a perpendicular from a point to a given straight line, To bisect a given angle, To copy a given angle, To divide a given line into any number of equal parts, To construct a triangle given the lengths of the three sides, Touching circles
10 Digital roots
Summing digits, Casting out nines, Using digital roots to check answers
11 Divisibility
First Principles, Two, five and ten, Four and eight, Nine and three, Divisibility rules, Divisibility rules for composite numbers
12 Addition and subtraction of fractions
Adding with the same denominator, Adding when one denominator is a factor of the other, Addition using Vertically and crosswise with coprime denominators, Vertically and crosswise for non-coprime denominators, Subtraction with the same denominators, Subtraction when one denominator is a factor of the other, Subtraction using Vertically and crosswise with coprime denominators, Vertically and crosswise with non-coprime denominators, Summary, Practice with mixed numbers
13 Decimal fractions
Place Value, Decimal Point, Addition and subtraction of decimals, Three types of remainder, Converting decimal fractions into vulgar fractions, Converting vulgar fractions into decimal fractions
14 Perimeters and areas
Perimeters, Area, Areas of rectangles, Compound areas, Areas of triangles
15 Straight division
Straight division, Altered remainders, Straight division with altered remainders
16 Practice and revision 2
17 Working base multiplication
Using a working base
18 Ratio and proportion
Ratio, Proportion, Solving Ratio Equations, Problems in Direct Proportion, Problems in Indirect Proportion
19 Geometry 2 - The Rectangle Propositions
The characteristics of a rectangle, Triangles in Semicircles, To construct a perpendicular at a given point on a straight line, To construct a square on a given base, To draw a rectangle within a circle, To draw a rectangle with a given base, To draw a rectangle with a given base and a given height, The golden rectangle, Any triangle is half a rectangle, Through a given point to draw a line parallel to a given line, To draw a square twice as large as a given square
20 Order of Operations
Multiple products, Mixed multiplying and dividing, Mixed additions and subtractions, Collecting like terms, Mixed operations, Brackets
21 Multiplication and division of decimals
Multiplication and division by powers of ten, Factors and multiples of powers of ten, Single digit multipliers and divisors, Multiplication of decimals by Vertically and crosswise, Problems, Straight decimal division, Moving the decimal point
22 Percentages
What is a percentage? Finding a percentage of a given quantity, Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another, Percentage increase and decrease
23 Averages
Finding the average, Using a module to find the average
24 Graphs
Distance/Time Graphs, Frequency tables, Bar charts
25 Calculations using vinculums
Multiplication, Further multiplication using vinculums, Rules for multiplying vinculums, Adding and subtracting vinculums, Vertically and crosswise multiplication with vinculums
26 Geometry 3 - Angles
Types of angle, The unit for angles, To draw an angle equal to 60˚, To draw an angle of 30˚, Measuring angles, Types of angle, Angles about a point, Angles on a straight line, Naming angles
27 Practice and Revision 3
Appendix - Tables of weights and measures 231
Contents Book 3
Chapter 1 Simple arithmetic
Addition; subtraction; multiplication; division; problems; rules for signs in addition and subtraction; rules for signs in multiplication and division
Chapter 2 Multiplication by All from 9 and the last from 10
Multiplying below the base; multiplying above the base; multiplying above and below the base; squaring numbers close to a base; squaring numbers ending in 5; when the final digits add up to 10
Chapter 3 Division
Simple division; division by 9; division by All from nine and the last from ten; division by Transpose and adjust
Chapter 4 Algebra
First principles; solving equations; two-stage equations by Transpose and adjust; expanding brackets; equations with brackets; making up expressions; dealing with minus signs; solving equations with minus signs
Chapter 5 Coordinate geometry
Coordinates; straight lines on graphs; coordinates which satisfy an equation; plotting a straight line from a given equation
Chapter 6 Approximations
Rounding off; decimal places; significant figures; working to a given number of decimal places
Chapter 7 Practice and revision 1
Chapter 8 Geometry
Revision of basic constructions; angles in relation to a circle; angles in a triangle; parallel lines
Chapter 9 Arithmetic practice
Tuning up practice; multiplying and dividing by powers of ten; using the Proportionately rule; further use of Proportionately
Chapter 10 Compound arithmetic
Addition; subtraction; multiplication of compound quantities; division; compound arithmetic with metric units
Chapter 11 Indices
Indices; laws of indices; areas and volumes
Chapter 12 Further division
Two-digit divisors with whole number remainders; altered remainders; straight division with altered remainders
Chapter 13 Factors and multiples
Summary of definitions; divisibility; divisibility rules; test for 11; prime factors; highest common factor; using prime factors to find the HCF; finding the HCF by Elimination and retention; finding the LCM by Vertically and crosswise; investigation into primes
Chapter 14 Triangles
Construction of triangles
Chapter 15 Vulgar fractions: addition and subtraction
Naming terms; equivalent fractions; improper fractions and mixed numbers; addition and subtraction; comparing fractions
Chapter 16 Vulgar fractions: multiplication and division
Multiplying fractions; dividing by a fraction; mixed practice
Chapter 17 Discrimination in division
Extending simple division; division by nine; division by All from nine and the last from ten; division by eleven; division by Transpose and adjust; dividing by 5; proportional division; straight division with altered remainders; using a vinculum in the flag; choosing which method to use
Chapter 18 Further algebra
Simplifying in addition and subtraction; simplifying in multiplication and division; using brackets; factorising expressions; multiplying binomials by Vertically and crosswise; construction of formulae; substitution; using formulae
Chapter 19 Ratio and proportion
Ratio; proportion; solving ratio equations; problems in direct proportion; problems in inverse proportion; dividing a quantity in a given ratio; percentages; percentage increase and decrease; pie charts
Chapter 20 Fractions to decimals
Large recurring decimals of a particular type; converting fractions to decimals by division; how to write recurring decimals; Proportionately; one seventh
Chapter 21 The octahedron
Octahedron; internal model for octahedron; truncating the octahedron
Chapter 22 Practice and revision 2
Answers 197
Vedic Mathematics For Schools, in three books, contain many introductory elements of Vedic mathematics as well as dealing with topics required for teaching mathematics to 11 – 13 year-olds.
Each method used for numerical calculations is introduced separately and exercises are carefully graded to enable the distinct developmental steps to be mastered. Each technique is denoted by one or more of the sutras. The text incorporates explanations and worked examples of all the methods used and includes descriptions of how to set out written work.
The course has been written in conjunction with teaching groups of children in the first three years of high school. The main emphasis at this stage is on developing numeracy and its principal fields of application, since this is the most essential aspect of mathematics. The books concentrate on these areas of mathematics and treats them as the core curriculum of the subject.
Experience has shown that children benefit most from their own practice and experience rather than being continually provided with explanations of mathematical concepts. The explanations given in this text show the pupil how to practise so that they may develop their own understanding.
It is to be hoped that teachers may provide their own practical ways of demonstrating this system or of enabling children to practise and experience the various methods and concepts. It is difficult to appreciate the full benefits of Vedic mathematics unless one gets immersed in the techniques, leaving behind all previous personal paradigms and prejudices about mathematics.
The sutras embody laws, principles or methods of working and do not always easily succumb to rigid classification. Some of them have many applications. Transpose and adjust is one such rule. It applies to solving equations, division in fractions and dividing numbers close to a base. It has many other uses at later stages in mathematics and indicates, not a single or particular algorithm, but a general mental procedure. There are other sutras, such as, When the final digits add up to ten, for which the uses appear to be very limited.
It is because of the many faceted quality of the sutras, and that there are so few of them, that the subject becomes greatly unified and simplified.
Math is not a Four Letter Word - An Introduction to the Study of Vedic Mathematics
Chapter 1 – What is Vedic Math? 1-3
Chapter 2 – Vedic Addition
- Basic Left to Right Addition 4-7
Chapter 3 – Vedic Subtraction
- Basic Left to Right Subtraction 8 -12
- Subhendo Sen's Method of Subtraction 12-16
- Vinculum Subtraction 16-21
- Dot Subtraction 21-25
- Comments 25
Chapter 4 – Fractions
- Addition of Fractions 26-28
- Subtraction of Fractions 28-29
Chapter 5 – Vedic Multiplication
- Vertically and Crosswise 30-33
- Algebraic Multiplication 33-34
- Vertically and Crosswise Chart 35
- Multiplication of 2 Numbers Close to 10 36-39
- Multiplication of 2 Numbers Close to 100 39-44
- Multiplication of 2 Numbers Close to 1000 44
- Algebraic Proof of Base Multiplication Method 44-45
- Multiplication of Numbers Near Working Bases 45-51
- Multiplication Near Different Bases 51-55
- General Case – Multiplying Different Multiples of Different Bases 55-56
Chapter 6 – Vedic Division
Division By 9 57-61
- Division By 8 61-63
- Algebraic Division by x-1 and x-2 63-66
- Division By 11 66-69
- Division By 12 69-71
- Division By x+1 and x+2 71-72
- Division by a Higher Base 72-79
- On the Flag Division 79-82
- Dividing into Larger Number 82-84
- Decimalizing the Remainder 84-85
Richard Blum has been studying and teaching Vedic Mathematics for almost 20 years. This book covers Vedic techniques that will greatly accelerate one's ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Mr. Blum's informal style of explanation makes these techniques easy to learn and immediately useable in practical situations.
Modern Approach to Speed Math Secret - Key to Master Speed Mathemagic
Author: Vitthal Jadhav
Page count ;- 325
Edition :- Second Edition (24 November 2013)
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Inter Base Conversion Method
Monodigit Number
Faster division by 10n 1 or monodigit number
Global Number System
Ripple operator
Derivation of Trachtenberg Formulae to Multiply
any Number with 3-12
Square of number close to 10n having tens digit
as x=7, 8 or 9
Square, Square Root and Cube of Specific Number
Recursive Square Method
Sliding Ruler Multiplication Method
( Unification of Vertically Crosswise and Trachtenberg
Multiplication Method )
Duplex square made easy
Osculation based divisibility Test
Divisibility by 10n ± 1 and Its Application
Remainder Corollary
VJ's Universal Divisibility Test
Divisibility Chart
Nth power of two digit number made easy
Novel Approach for Multinomial Expansion
Computing mth Root of n digit number
Magical Game
Calendar calculation made easy
Why 0.999...... =1 ?
Common Balance Puzzle
Shift Add Representation and its Application
VJ's Multiplication Method
Modified Quine-McCluskey Method
( For engineering student )
Learn and Teach Vedic Mathematics
By Dr S K Kapoor,
Publisher: Lotus Press (30 Sep 2007)
Language: English
Book can be obtained at www.starpublic.com
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I. Ancient wisdom
1. Urge to know.
2. Learn and teach.
3. Four courses first course learn and teach Vedic mathematics on geometry formats.
4. Second course Vedic mathematics for beginners.
5. Third course mathematics chase of Sanskrit.
6. Fourth course transcended basis of human frame.
7. Why Vedic mathematics.
8. Glimpses of Vedic mathematics.
9. Multi dimension of time space and time and space in Mansara.
II. Ganita Sutras geometric formats
1. Ganita Sutras text.
2. Format of Ganita Sutra 1.
3. Format of Ganita Sutra 2.
4. Format of Ganita Sutra 3.
5. Format of Ganita Sutra 4.
6. Format of Ganita Sutra 5.
7. Format of Ganita Sutra 6.
8. Format of Ganita Sutra 7.
9. Format of Ganita Sutra 8.
10. Format of Ganita Sutra 9.
11. Format of Ganita Sutra 10.
12. Format of Ganita Sutra 11 16.
III. Space book
1. (English pairing).
2. A An The.
3. That this
4. One.
5. Two.
6. (Mirror content).
7. (Linear order).
8. (The end Be end God).
9. Seed Space seed Seed space seed.
10. Vedic mathematics operations.
11. Space book chapter order/four sequential formulations first second third and so on.
IV. Sun God creator
1. Sequential formulations one two three and so on.
V. Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta
1. Geeta study zone chase step I.
2. Geeta chapter 1.
3. Tables.
4. Electronic configurations tables (chapters 1 to 18).
5. Chase as manifestation layer (3 4 5 6).
VI. Features of basics
1. Basics features formulations.
VII. Initial lessons
1. Lesson 1 Ganita Sutras.
2. Lesson 2 Ganita Upsutras.
3. Lesson 3 Ganita Sutra 1.
4. Lesson 4 Number cone.
5. Lesson 5 Domain boundary ratio.
6. Lesson 6 Geometric components formulation.
7. Lesson 7 Existence of higher spaces.
8. Lesson 8 Outward and inward expansions.
9. Lesson 9 Geometries of 3 space.
10. Lesson 9 (2n+1) geometries for n space.
11. Lesson 11 Requirement of 960 cubes to net 6 space domain.
VIII. For cosmic intelligence learning from Stage I
1. Text.
2. Mathematics activity.
3. Lesson 1 Counting with rule from 1 to 10.
4. Lesson 2 Number line.
5. Lesson 3 Counting with rule from 10 to 19.
6. Lesson 4 Counting with rule from 20 to 29.
7. Four weeks training course for first stage Vedic mathematics teacher.
8. Group one Lesson 1 to 10 for first week of first semester of training course.
IX. Appendices.
This is another book in series of five previous books of Dr. S.K. Kapoor. This very gently is taking us towards is intuition and conviction as that Vedic knowledge is lively within rays of the sun. In his words Vedas are written on rays of the sun. He feels blissfully about everything all as a single domain and a single discipline of knowledge. Step by step his thesis about nature as common source of all ancient wisdom is unfolding blissfully. The beauty with which the ancient wisdom unfolding as Ganita Sutras and number value formats as organization formats of orthodox and classical English Vocabulary is preserving is enchanting. It stimulates the intelligence. It stimulates and perfects the intelligence transcending the manifested formats of formulation as English Vocabulary has started unfolding through this approach. It is wonderfully embracing humbleness to get posed with uncomfortable situation eluding answer as to how it all stood designed and then at what point of time and then further by whom. 308 pp.
This book is an abridged version of the Cosmic Calculator books which form part of a full course based on Vedic Mathematics. It will appeal to teachers, parents, pupils of all ages from eight upwards and anyone who enjoys the beauty and precision of mathematics. An excellent introduction to the Vedic system.
The book is beautifully illustrated with a striking full-colour picture of a painting on the front cover and is almost A4 in size. It is written to the student, has many examples, and exercises with answers.
200 + xi pages.
Size: 27cm by 21cm.
Paperback. 1997
Authors: Kenneth Williams & Mark Gaskell
Revised edition 2010.
Currently out of print.
"This book is a delight" - Andrew Nicholas, Maths teacher
"Congratulations . . . a beautiful exposition of the essential elements of Vedic Mathematics" - Brian McEnery Ph.D.
"My nine year old daughter always looks forward to working from the book. She is not particularly keen on maths at school but she enjoys the book so much she doesn't want to stop" - Bernard Bence
"This book is really well set out and very easy to read" - Peter Harrison, Bookseller
This book is an abridged version of the Cosmic Calculator books which form part of the Vedic Mathematics course written for schools which covers the National Curriculum for England and Wales.
This shortened version is a response to a demand for some of the Vedic Mathematics content of the course to be made available in a single volume. Consequently it contains much of the material which is especially original, but it is not intended as a complete course. So, for example, there is no introduction to decimals or algebra. The book covers a considerable range from simple addition and subtraction to quadratic equations. There are plenty of exercises to practice the easy Vedic methods and answers are included.
The original course is aimed at 11-14 year old pupils and is a complete course covering Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and Statistics. It also includes, in the Teacher's Guides, hundreds of specially designed mental tests, about 45 extension sheets, teacher's notes, revision tests, games, worksheets etc. and a Unified Field Chart which shows the development of the parts of mathematics in relation to the whole.
Vedic mathematics was rediscovered from ancient Indian texts, called the Vedas, by Bharati Krsna Tirthaji (1884-1960) between 1911 and 1918. His book 'Vedic Mathematics', 1960, is currently available and the Cosmic Computer course has been developed over many years from this work.
Anyone familiar with the Vedic system will be aware of the remarkable techniques: 'difficult' problems or huge sums which can be solved immediately by the Vedic method. These striking and beautiful methods are part of a complete system of mathematics which is far more systematic than the modern 'system'. Vedic Mathematics brings out the coherent and unified structure of mathematics and the methods are complementary, direct and easy.
The simplicity of Vedic Mathematics means that calculations can be carried out mentally and this is very much encouraged in the course. The Vedic system develops creativity in the students partly through encouraging mental calculation; students like to devise their own methods. The Vedic system also cultivates intuition so that both hemispheres of the brain can work together- having a conscious proof or explanation of a method or result is not essential (although all methods shown in the course are fully explained). Students are shown general methods and also special methods which apply in special cases. This means they do not rigidly have to follow a certain procedure but have a choice and can invent their own methods. As in life every problem is unique and invites its own method of solution.
The use of the Vedic formulae or Sutras is a great help. They describe the various ways that the mind can be used (extending, reversing, combining ideas, generalizing etc.) and thereby help in developing these faculties. It is not necessary for the pupil or teacher to learn these- they become familiar after a while and seem quite natural.
The title of this book, The Cosmic Computer, is from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who said some years ago that the Sutras of Vedic Mathematics are the software for the Cosmic Computer: it is the Cosmic Computer that determines the outcome of every event in the universe, according to the laws of nature.
Vedic mathematics is being taught in some schools with great success. Pupils progress faster and very much enjoy their work under this system, which has rightly been called "Mathematics with Smiles".
2 THE DIGIT SUM CHECK [checking sums using digit sums]
3 ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION [some special methods]
8 NIKHILAM MULTIPLICATION [for numbers near a base]
9 ON THE FLAG [calculating from left to right]
10 BY ONE MORE THAN THE ONE BEFORE [special multiplication devices]
16 VERTICALLY AND CROSSWISE [combining fractions, equation of a line]
17 SPECIAL DIVISION [dividing by numbers near a base]
18 RECURRING DECIMALS [converting fractions to decimals]
21 STRAIGHT DIVISION [general division]
22 AUXILIARY FRACTIONS [further recurring decimals]
25 SQUARE ROOTS [general method]
27 TRIPLES [introduction to Pythagorean triples]
Back Cover
The remarkable system of Vedic Mathematics was rediscovered from ancient Vedic texts earlier this century. The Vedic system with its direct, easy and flexible approach forms a complete system of mental mathematics (though the methods can also be written down) and brings out the naturally coherent and unified structure of mathematics. Many of the features and techniques of this unique system are truly amazing in their efficiency and originality.
Being a mental system, Vedic Mathematics encourages creativity and innovation. Mental mathematics increases mental agility, improves memory, the ability to hold ideas in the mind and promotes confidence, as well as being of great practical use.
With the growing popularity of Vedic Mathematics in schools, a full Vedic Mathematics course, The Cosmic Computer course, has now been written which covers the National Curriculum Key Stage 3. This book is a shortened version of that course, containing the most striking of the Vedic methods. Though written for 11-14 year old pupils some of the earlier chapters would be appropriate for younger children and all of the material is suitable for older students as the content is so original. The coherence and freshness of the Vedic system will appeal to anyone who enjoys the beauty and precision of mathematics.
25 Math Short Cuts
Algebra Made Easy as Arithmetic
Inspirational Maths from India


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I was flicking through Wikström's «Functional Programming Using Standard ML», when I noticed he describes the problem of making up change for an amount of money m using coins of certain denominations (18.1.2, page 233). He says we "want a function change that given an amount finds the smallest number of coins that adds to that amount", and "Obviously, you first select the biggest possible coin". Here's his solution in ML:
exception change; fun change 0 cs = nul | change m nil = raise change | change m (ccs as c::cs) = if m >= c then c::change (m-c) ccs else change m cs;
It's pretty neat. The recursion proceeds by either reducing the magnitude of the first argument (the amount we are giving change for), or reducing the size of the list that is the second argument (the denominations of the coins we can use); so we can tell that the recursion must terminate. Yay.
It's not right though. Well, it gives correct change, but it doesn't necessarily find the solution with fewest number of coins. Actually, it depends on the denominations of coins in our currency; probably for real currencies the "biggest coin first" algorithm does in fact give the fewest number of coins, but consider the currency used on the island of san side-effect, the lambda. lambdas come in coins of Λ1, Λ10, and Λ25 (that's not a wedge, it's a capital lambda. It's definitely not a fake A).
How do we give change of Λ30? { Λ10, Λ10, Λ10 } (3 tens); what does Wikström's algorithm give? 1 twenty-five and 5 ones. Oops.
I didn't work out a witty solution to the fewest number of coins change, but I did create, in shell, a function that lists all the possible ways of making change. Apart from trivial syntactic changes, it's not so different from the ML:
_change () { # $1 is the amount to be changed; # $2 is the largest coin; # $3 is a comma separated list of the remaining coins if [ "$1" -eq 0 ] ; then echo ; return fi if [ -z "$2" ] ; then return fi _change $1 ${3%%,*} ${3#*,} if [ "$1" -lt "$2" ] ; then return fi _change $(($1-$2)) $2 $3 | while read a ; do echo $2 $a done } change () { _change $1 ${2%%,*} ${2#*,}, }
Each solution is output as a single line with the coins used in a space separated list. change is a wrapper around _change which does the actual work. The two base cases are basically identical: «"$1″ -eq 0» is when we have zero change to give, and we output an empty line (just a bare echo) which is our representation for the empty list; «-z "$2″» is when the second argument (the first element of the list of coins) is empty, and, instead of raising an exception, we simply return without output any list at all.
The algorithm to generate all possible combinations of change is only very slightly different from Wikström's: if we can use the largest coin, then we generate change both without using the largest coin (first recursive call to _change, on line 12) and using the largest coin (second recursive call to _change, on line 16). See how we use a while loop to prepend (cons, if you will) the largest coin value to each list returned by the second recursive call. Of course, when the largest coin is too large then we proceed without it, and we only have the first recursive call.
The list of coins is managed as two function arguments. $2 is the largest coin, $3 is a comma separated list of the remaining coins (including a trailing comma, added by the wrapping change function). See how, in the first recursive call to _change $3 is decomposed into a head and tail with ${3%%,*} and ${3#*,}. As hinted at in the previous article, «%%» is a greedy match and removes the largest suffix that matches the pattern «,*» which is everything from the first comma to the end of the string, and so it leaves the first number in the comma separated list. «#» is a non-greedy match and removes the smallest prefix that matches the pattern «*,», so it removes the first number and its comma from the list. Note how I am assuming that all the arguments do not contain spaces, so I am being very cavalier with double quotes around my $1 and $2 and so on.
It even works:
$ change 30 25,10,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 10 25 1 1 1 1 1

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March 4, 2008 (REVISED March 6, 2008) Library of Congress To Offer Junior Fellows Summer Internships
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A 1900 blueprint for a proposed expansion of the White House, a 1906 photograph of baseball great Cy Young, an orchestral score for the 1968 film "Planet of the Apes" by award-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith and a 1972 television interview with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie: These are just a few of the examples of treasures found in the Library's copyright- deposit collections by Junior Fellows Summer Interns. This summer the Library of Congress, home of the U.S. Copyright Office, is once again offering special 10-week, paid internships to college students. For a stipend of $3,000, Junior Fellows Summer Interns will work full-time, starting on June 2 and ending on Aug. 8, to help locate and itemize uncataloged materials submitted to the office as part of the copyright registration process. In the past, summer interns have identified hundreds of literary, artistic, film and musical gems among the Library's copyright deposits and gift collections. The application deadline is midnight, Monday, March 31. Applications will be accepted only online and should be sent to the 2008 Summer Intern Program Coordinating Committee at firstname.lastname@example.com. For information on how to apply, visit www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows. The interns will be exposed to a broad spectrum of library work: preservation, reference, access standards, information management and the U.S. copyright system. Working closely with Library staff and curators, they will be given the task of delving deeply into key parts of the Library's unparalleled non-book collections, producing an inventory and identifying literary, artistic and musical examples of past American creativity. The Library of Congress, through its U.S. Copyright Office, has served as the national registry for creative works since 1870. During the past 138 years, more than 32 million works of authorship — most of which represent forms of creativity that are uniquely American — have been registered for copyright protection. The program, which is an extension of the Library's Junior Fellows Program, is made possible through the generosity of the late Mrs. Jefferson Patterson and the James Madison Council, a private-sector advisory group. Selected interns will receive a stipend of $300 per week. Interns, however, are temporary employees of the Library, so they are not eligible for federal employee benefits and privileges. The Library of Congress is an equal-opportunity employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities who meet eligibility requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.


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Liberty's club to host first triathlon on campus Sept. 21
August 16, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Triathlon is one of the fastest growing sports in the world and Liberty University seeks to capitalize on the exciting race atmosphere it creates by hosting its first-ever all-collegiate and junior sprint triathlon on campus Sept. 21.
"We in Club Sports are very, very excited for the opportunity to host our first collegiate triathlon right here on Liberty's campus," said Kirk Handy, senior director of campus recreation.
It will be one of only a few triathlons in the country held on an actual university campus, avoiding the use of surrounding county or Lynchburg City police departments or the closing of area public roads.
"Others may have hosted an event, but it was held out on a lake or something, like if we did it at Ivy Lake," Liberty triathlon head coach Beth Frackleton said. "We'd be hosting it, but it wouldn't be on our own campus."
|Members of last year's Liberty triathlon club team pose in front of the LaHaye Student Union Aquatic Center, where the race is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Sept. 21.
The Liberty University Collegiate Triathlon, which has received sanctioning from USA Triathlon, will be shorter than a standard sprint triathlon such as the annual Angels Race Triathlon, which members of Liberty's teams have competed in in the past.
Similar to that event, which starts in the Downtown Lynchburg YMCA pool, the race will begin with a 274-meter (300-yard) snake swim through the six 25-yard lanes in the LaHaye Student Union Aquatic Center pool.
The swimming leg will be followed by a three-loop, rolling 18.5-kilometer (11.5 mile) cycling stage around Liberty's scenic campus before concluding with a 5.15K (3.2-mile) run.
|Liberty's first home triathlon will conclude with a 5.15K run that starts in the transition area outside Green Hall and ends near Williams Stadium.
"The course will not be overly hilly, but the race will be extremely spectator-friendly," Frackleton said. "That's really an excitement piece to it. Really, you'll have more spectators than usual. It's almost like a (cycling) criterium because it's up close and it's three laps."
Liberty University Police Department will monitor the race as well as coordinating the necessary road closures.
Frackleton is in the process of lining up a maximum of 100 competitors from any of a number of schools who compete in the Mid-Atlantic region. One of USA Triathlon's 10 regions, it consists of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Frackleton anticipates entering the majority of her men's and women's club teams, though she doesn't expect them to have a major home-course advantage since they don't normally train on campus, but on back roads and off-road trails.
A pre-race packet pickup and dinner for all of the incoming athletes as well as Liberty's participants will take place on Friday night. Race-day registration also will be available from 6-7 a.m. prior to a 7:30 a.m. course walk-through and 8 a.m. race start.
Liberty has secured a timing system through Jeff Fedorko, race director for the Virginia 10 Miler, which will use the same equipment for its races the following weekend (Sept. 27-28).
"About a week before the event, he said we could do, not a trial run, but kind of a run-through of where the timing is," Club Sports assistant director Dave Semenyna said. "He'll be able to set it up, so that's good."
Due to the staggered start, with one triathlete entering the pool at a time, rather than the typical mass start in a larger body of water, the race leaders may not be obvious to spectators and the winners won't be announced until all of the competitors have completed all three phases of the course.
When the results are finalized, there will be a post-race awards ceremony with medals for individual place winners and trophies for the top overall teams.
Because the race is USAT-sanctioned, participating triathletes will earn points toward their overall USAT rankings.
For more information, interested collegiate and junior triathletes may contact email@example.com or visit the triathlon team's Club Sports page and click on the link, LU Triathlon Register Now. Race updates are also available on the team's Facebook page.


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Which of the two would you recommend for that Dsnuts?
The Isurus is more in line with a higher end sound. They have a wider stage, the clarity and detail is exceptional on the Isurus. It is a brighter more analytical sound signature. The SHE3580 is a very smooth listen but you want sparkle AT is known to have that. As for bass dynamics. Both earphones are great in this department I didn't find either of them to have anything muddy at all. The bass on the isurus is a bit more tighter and complete over the She3580. But the SHE3580 is very satisfactory even for guys that like bass heavy iems. I have grown to hate muddiness in bass. That SHE9550 or even the MEElectronics CC51 which is supposed to be clear.. Not the bass..
Dsnuts, I think the TT are using the CKM77's driver. The CKM77 have a 13mm driver like the TT and have the same sound sig as the CKM99 (which you say the TT sound just like).
You are right in that it could be the CKM77 as well. It is using one of the 2 as the Isurus is right in the middle but since these use Aluminum housing just like the Isurus these might be more closer to the sound of the Isurus. I think all these have similar sound signatures and marginal improvement in sounds over material and sound tweeks but once you guys get your Isurus read the many reviews on the CKM99.. Especially Jokers..You never know the Isurus could be a hybrid of the 2 that AT developed just for Thermaltake. Who knows. The only real way to know if someone cracked open the housing and took a look at the drivers themselves. I do know that they are AT drivers I am certain of it.


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The 38th Annual Daytona Beach Turkey Run Makes History
All Numbers were Record Setting
The 38th Annual Daytona Beach Turkey Run is history, and history was made. Car count was up from last year by over 300 cars topping out at 4,845, the 3,000 assigned swap meet/vendor spaces were all taken, and additional swap meet spaces were set up in the over flow area, and the over 1,500 spaces car corral was full. The weather was picture perfect for four days making the Florida Thanksgiving weekend perfect for the many visitors from the chilly North. Add 125,000 spectators and this year's Turkey Run broke all records.
The Daytona Beach Racing and Recreational Facilities District and the Daytona Beach Street Rods have been producing the Turkey Run for many years and as such the event runs smoothly and is hassle free. Traffic flows well in and out of the event, as well as within the massive Daytona International Speedway, as staff is assigned to direct traffic. The giant food midway always features a great selection of foods, as do the various food vendors located throughout the grounds. The entire event takes on a county fair atmosphere.
The event contributes all proceeds to local parks, recreation facilities, and charities. Over 4.5 million dollars have been generated over the years.
As we walked the Southeast's Largest Swap meet we saw all of the major vendors and thousands of tables full of every part imaginable. In addition, there was a fair share of old tin just waiting for a new owner to take it home and turn into a hot rod.
The car corral was an event in itself, with, in our opinion, the highlight being the December, 1987 Street Rodder Magazine cover car built by Dick 'Magoo' Megugorac. The turbo charged, V6 powered, Red Model A roadster, was a real trendsetter in 1987.
This year the show and shine area appeared to have a serious number of high end, well done street rods, and customs, as well as some great homebuilt cars. With no awards, no pro's picks, etc. the laid back atmosphere within the infield of the Daytona Beach International Speedway, makes for four days of great fun for participants and spectators alike.
Daytona Beach is strong on automotive culture and a well-known tourist destination, thus Thanksgiving week is a great time for automotive enthusiasts to gather up the family and head to the World's Most Famous Beach. For Turkey Run information: www.turkeyrun.com.


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Viking linebacker Chad Greenway is going back to the Pro Bowl. Greenway was announced by the Vikings as an injury replacement for Dallas outside linebacker Demarcus Ware. Greenway led the Vikings in tackles with 148 in 2012.
Greenway is the first Viking linebacker to appear in back to back Pro Bowls since Scott Studwell did it in 1987-1988. Last season Greenway was chosen as an injury replacement for Lance Briggs of the Bears.
Viking General Manager Rick Spielman Thursday indicated the Vikings have "no issues" with receiver Percy Harvin and he says Harvin works as hard if not harder than any NFL player. Harvin enters the final year of his rookie contract and there have been reported rumors of his unhappiness.


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Brad Paisley Releases Song Written By Disabled Friend for Charity
Brad Paisley has recorded and released a new song called 'Hard Life,' which was penned by his friend, 23-year-old Joe Kindregan. Kindregan suffers from A-T (ataxia-telangiectasia), which is a rare, fatal and genetic disease where symptoms of disorders like cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, immune deficiencies and cancer are manifested.
The song, which is available for purchase here and via other digital platforms, is part of a special initiative for the non-profit dubbed A-T Children's Project. The project will receive all of Paisley's digital royalties for the song for a year.
In a statement, Paisley said, "I've known Joe for several years and he is one of my favorite people. His disease is physically debilitating but obviously creatively and mentally Joe has such tremendous depth. It's an honor for me to be the person to give voice to his creativity and cause."
Here's a little back story on how this collaboration came to be: Paisley met Kindregan at a fundraising event way back in 2005. One of Kindregan's music-loving friends, also afflicted with A-T, convinced Joe to join him onstage and sing with Brad. A friendship between Kindregan and Paisley ensued. When Joe's friend died of A-T, he decided to put their story of physical struggle into a song, with encouragement from Paisley.
Kindregan knew he wanted to crystallize life with A-T, both good and bad, in the form of a song. He showed the words to Paisley, who was struck by them, and knew they had something important. Kindregan visited Paisley's Nashville studio twice to be a part of the process and finished product. Now, it's available for all of Paisley's fans to enjoy while educating themselves about this disease.


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A Vote For Cliff Lee…
The calendar is getting ready to turn the page to July so that means we'll be on the home stretch for the trading deadline.
Of course, there have been so many rumors about Seattle's Cliff Lee and whether or not the Yankees will make a play. If it meant raiding the farm system, then a deal for Lee doesn't make sense. He'll be a free agent at the end of the season, so as long as he doesn't sign a pre-trade extension with another team, he should be there for the Yankees to pursue in the off-season.
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Now, if they can put together a package now that makes sense without sacrificing the future, they should do it. The Yankees could easily free up a spot in the rotation by trading Javier Vazquez to a National League club, and getting Lee would be a hedge against Andy Pettitte retiring in the off-season. Right now, the Yankees really have only one shutdown ace…CC Sabathia. A.J. Burnett has decided to become a batting practice pitcher, Andy is always going to give up runs although he'll keep it close, and Phil Hughes is handicapped by the innings limit placed on him by the team so there are no other guarantees in the rotation. A rotation led by the former Indians duo of Sabathia and Lee would be very formidable. So, here's hoping the team can find a way, although admittedly, another bat is probably the wiser route to take.
The Yankees have the lead in the American League but it is by the slimmest of margins. Entering play tonight, they were just a game ahead of the injury-decimated Boston Red Sox and three games up on the Tampa Bay Rays. The injuries have been tough, but I'd say that the Red Sox have had it worse yet they are playing the better baseball despite a lineup of players that you may not have heard of prior to the season. I am not sure what the Yankees should do, but complacency is not the answer.
Well, it's time for the third installment of my lost wager with Julia of Julia's Rants. We bet on last Sunday's Red Sox-Giants game, and I lost. Being a Bay Area resident, I was pulling for the home team as if there was any question about which team a Yankee fan would pull for. With the loss, I have to include a paragraph about every player on the Red Sox roster (as of the game day when the Giants lost).
For my third player, I will go with the player who started the scoring for the Red Sox last Sunday with a deep smash to right…
#34 David Ortiz
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Over the years, there have been players released that surprised me but probably none more than when the Minnesota Twins let Ortiz go. I was not close to the situation so I do not know the exact reasons behind his release, but the move helped ensure the end of the Curse of the Bambino.
David Americo Ortiz Arias was born November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was originally drafted by the Seattle Mariners, and after spending four years in their farm system, he was traded to the Twins for Dave Hollins. Ortiz showed glimpses of his power in Minnesota, but injuries and inconsistency held him back, ultimately leading to his release.
He signed with the Red Sox on January 22, 2003, and the Red Sox Nation has never been the same. One of the greatest free agent signings in Boston's history (in any team's history), Ortiz hit .301 in 2004 with 41 home runs and 139 RBI's in helping lead the Red Sox to their first World Championship in 86 years. Three years later, with 35 home runs and 117 RBI's, Ortiz would be hoisting the championship trophy over his head once again.
Ortiz has started the downward descent of his career that comes with age, but he'll forever be interlinked into the fabric of Red Sox history.
I personally won't miss those walk-off home runs when his Boston career comes to an end…


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I need to find some time to write something up about our CPH:DOX Border Documents event (AHRC Beyond Text: Creativity Beyond Borders Network event #3)… It was great fun, though we were decimated by various illnesses (Mette, Frederik, Mary Claire – be well). I have to say first, it was really cold in Copenhagen, and the DOX event was wildly dispersed, so we shivered a lot. Actually, we did not meet any of the CPH.DOX organisers as they were really busy, though our link through the tent bar-staff meant I got a poster and a booklet. They were plagued by power cuts and floods, but the room at the Akademie that we used was perfect. Of course our very own Mathias Danbolt was the hero of it all – starting us off with some context about the protests against the absurd deportations of Iraqi asylum seekers from Denmark to Iraq, and then on Queer activism. Hito Steyerl showed some really really interesting clips, and Maria Finn's presentation was fabulous and moving. Khushwant Singh's film in diasporic Sikhism generated a really great discussion, as did Ananya Chatterjee's film on sex workers in South Asia the next night. By no means were these received uncritically, and I think its a good thing that were were able to have a 'full and frank debate', as they say. On the first day the Akademie students and some festival guests joined us, on the second and third days it was just us lot and some people from the festival – so on average we were mostly 20-25 persons. Very good group, very high level of debate – I think it works well like this. Abhijit Roy's presentation was masterful on frontality address in cinema, while Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay gave a very detailed introduction to the cinema of Ritwik Ghatak, which has to do with the border between Bengal (ie, btw West Bengal and East Pakistan, later Bangladesh). the Goldsmiths students work was all very insightful, and sometimes incredibly lyrical – Elena Papadaki with some difficult video art, Heidi Hasbrouk provoking intense discussion of ethics of family video, Jennifer Otter stealing the show with her just complete Joy Division tribute band doc, and Ray Ganz tempting ears and minds. On the last day, we started with info-sessions from Ruth Hogarth of the Beyond Text scheme and Mary Claire Halvorson From Goldsmiths. Then Renata Woehrer, Dietmar Kammerer and Raul Gschrey engaged us with high level political issues from Germany – really adding something, and we lost count of the number of bits of film work or images people wanted to take home, linger over, replay. Of course we ate some fine food (Cafe Sebastapol, and Pate Pate), and had a few beers (so far as we could afford) and everyone seemed to have a grand time. The final discussion of what to do next I thought was especially useful – let's see.
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Carter Boulder Commercial Lift Bags Boulder Bags derive their name from gold dredgers and nugget hunters who use them for lifting boulders in the shallow rivers of California's mother-lode country. They are designed to get a maximum amount of lift from a single lift-point in a minimum depth of water. For example, the 2000 pound Boulder Bag gets its total lift in less than 3 feet of water, whereas the 2000 pound Open Bottom Bag requires almost 8 feet of water. These bags are very durable and have been used as air jacks capable of exerting several thousand pounds of force over a large area.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (May 12, 2014) - John R. Lewis, a civil rights icon and senior Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, will speak to nearly 500 graduates and 4,000 family members and friends Friday at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's 127th Spring Commencement.
Lewis, considered one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, spoke to some 250,000 protesters in August 1963 at the March on Washington where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. He was arrested some 40 times and endured physical attacks during non-violent marches-most notably "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Ala.-a formative moment of the Civil Rights Movement. He is co-author of the best-selling graphic-novel, "March," that recounts his Civil Rights experiences.
For his dedication to human rights and civil liberties, Lewis will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters from UMES. He holds over 50 honorary degrees and is the recipient of numerous awards from national and international organizations, including the Medal of Freedom from President Obama.
The university will also award Doctor of Public Service honorary degrees to local notables Freddy Mitchell, the chief executive officer of SHORE UP! Inc. and Peggy Naleppa, president and chief executive officer of Peninsula Regional Medical Center and Peninsula Health Systems.
Mitchell is credited with expanding SHORE UP!, a Community Action Program, from four programs to 25 and a budget of less than $1 million to that of $25 million. The organization employs over 300 people, who provide community services within seven counties on the Shore to over 15,000 individuals and families each year.
Naleppa, a healthcare executive for over 30 years, leads the region's largest and most advanced tertiary trauma care facility. PRMC is an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network, a group of academic and community-based clinical researchers collaborating on new advances in diagnostic, treatment and disease prevention. The medical center in the past six years has received over 125 national recognitions.
The Daily Record in Baltimore named her one of Maryland's Top 100 Women in 2013. She was also named for two consecutive years as One of the 130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know by Becker's Hospital Review among other accolades.
Among this year's graduating class at UMES are 55 candidates receiving the university's unique three-year PharmD degree-the second graduating class from the program. The other top programs by numbers are criminal justice, hospitality and tourism management (formerly Hotel and Restaurant Management) and biology.
Some 316, or 67 percent of the 2014 graduates, are Marylanders; 79 of which are from the lower Eastern Shore.
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USEA Educational Activities further the mission of the USEA to make the sport of eventing safe, fun, fair, and affordable for all.
Educational activities include clinics, seminars and camps that provide opportunities for anyone involved in eventing to increase their knowledge base and meet new people. The USEA highly encourages both members and non-members to take advantage of the learning opportunities offered in their Area. Most clinics now offer introductory through advanced levels - so there's something for everyone! Clinics can be a great opportunity for those new to the sport and wanting to get a taste of eventing in a no-pressure environment.
Activities can also include schooling shows which provide an unrecognized, low-key environment for less experienced riders and horses to practice their skills, and for new officials in the sport to hone their expertise. Schooling shows can include horse trials, combined tests, derbies and riding tests.
To qualify for USEA registration and for coverage under the USEA Insurance Program, the Organizer of a proposed educational activity must agree to and comply with USEA requirements. Failure to comply may invalidate insurance coverage and result in denial of future registration, more information on this can be found here. Please see the Organizers' Guide for Educational Activities for more information on hosting a USEA Educational Activity.
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Domestic medical tourism is the latest concept in the medical tourism industry. When a patient travels from one city to another or one state to another within his own country for medical care then domestic medical tourism is said to have taken place. Patients usually conduct domestic medical travel to avail of major discounts on elective surgical procedures or to seek procedures that are not available in his neighborhood.
Domestic medical tourism goes by several other names, such as, medical tourism within US, local medical tourism, inbound medical tourism, out of state medical travel, in-country medical travel, etc.
Watch the video below to learn more about this cost-effective way of receiving medical care within the US.
Benefits of domestic medical travel within USA
- Low cost for elective high-cost major surgeries
- High quality of care as hospitals are accredited by the Joint Commission (JCAHO)
- Shorter traveling distance compared to international medical tourism
- No language or cultural barriers
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Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century
Implementation of the Report of the Commission
The New York State Department of Health has prepared a Report on Implementation of the Report of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the Twenty-First Century for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Final Report
The Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century is a broad-based, non-partisan panel created by former Governor Pataki and the New York State Legislature to undertake a rational, independent review of health care capacity and resources in New York State. It was created to ensure that the regional and local supply of hospital and nursing home facilities is best configured to appropriately respond to community needs for high-quality, affordable and accessible care, with meaningful efficiencies in delivery and financing that promote infrastructure stability.
The mandate of the Commission is to consider and be sensitive to local needs throughout its deliberations. To ensure that the particular needs of each region will be fully considered, the Commission is comprised of 18 statewide members and 36 regional members (6 from each of six regions). In addition, the Commission will work with six Regional Advisory Committees (RACs). Each RAC is charged with issuing its own, non-binding recommendations for rightsizing the hospital and nursing home systems in its respective region.
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Family names of Wenger Mennonites
Donald B. Kraybill and James P. Hurd cite the following surnames as the most common among Wenger Mennonites:
19% --Martin
18% -- Zimmerman
8% --Hoover
7% -- Nolt
6% -- Burkholder
5% -- Shirk
4% -- Weaver
3% -- Newswanger
29% -- Other names (37)
The complete table appears on page 158 of Horse-and-buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humiility in a Postmodern World.
Every one of these family names is found within the Mennonite community in which we live. In fact, the above list of the top Wenger names reads like a list of our Mennonite neighbors.
Dr, Donald Kraybill has written dozens of excellent books about Mennonite and Amish culture. The surname Kraybill probably appears within the group of "other names". Dr. Kraybill grew up in a Mennonite family in Pennsylvania. I am familiar with the Kraybill name from the Hutchinson, Kansas area, and it is associated with Mennonite lineage there, also.
On the web:
Interview with Donald Kraybill on the always-interesting Amish America blog
Hinkletown, Pennsylvania (vicinity).
Mennonite church yard on Sunday morning
Image from Library of Congress FSA/OWI Collection
John Collier (1913-1992), photographer


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The best books I've read this year, by order of author's surname:
- Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (review)
Mantel's follow-up to the well-received Wolf Hall (which I placed on 2009's year's best list, though with some reservations) arguably has an easier job than its predecessor. Charting the downfall of Anne Boleyn, and the role that Mantel's hero Thomas Cromwell played in it, it tells a more compressed, and more tense, story than Wolf Hall did. But if the material was more congenial for dramatization, that doesn't make the end result any less enjoyable or riveting. Bring Up the Bodies continues Wolf Hall's project of not only humanizing Cromwell but making him a standard-bearer for humanism, and perhaps even the modern way of thought, but in this volume of the trilogy there is less of a sense that Mantel is willing to let her hero get away, literally, with murder. She opens up our understanding of Cromwell's thought process in such a way as not only to shed a new light on his supposedly virtuous, forgiving attitude in Wolf Hall, but to suggest a person so controlled that they can literally suppress their own vengeful, bloodthirsty thoughts--and then unleash them when, as Cromwell does in Bring Up the Bodies, they gain enough power to indulge them. The figure that emerges from Bring Up the Bodies is very similar to Wolf Hall's mingled hero and villain--the champion of reform who thinks nothing of judicial murder--but in this second novel it's easier to see the seeds of Cromwell's downfall--both his moral dissolution and his eventual loss of favor and execution. The third part of this trilogy can't come soon enough.
- The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
Rogers's Clarke-winning novel has a premise that could easily have gone very wrong: in the near future, a bioengineered virus renders pregnancy fatal in its early stages, and seems to herald the end of the human race. The eponymous heroine is a teenager who decides to dedicate her life to what she believes is humanity's last hope for survival, a procedure that will cost her life. What makes Testament work is how deftly and persuasively Rogers sketches Jessie, a teenager whose horror at what the adults who came before her have made of the world, and at her own lack of control even as she approaches adulthood, feels as principled and righteous to her as it is priggish and judgmental to us. It's Jessie's misfortune to live in a moment of history where her self-righteousness can be perceived as nobility, and where her willingness to sacrifice herself is matched by society's willingness to discard her. But Testament isn't a straight-up tragedy either. As short-sighted and given to thinking in absolutes as Jessie is, the novel leaves us in no doubt that she makes the decision to sacrifice herself freely, willingly, and with a full understanding of what it means--even as it strongly suggests that her sacrifice is unnecessary, and that humanity's salvation does not rest in her hands. The result is horrifying and masterful, the chronicle of a young woman coming to adulthood and self-awareness only to use her newfound freedom and responsibility to destroy herself.
- MetaMaus by Art Spiegelman
At first glance, it's easy to suspect MetaMaus of being little more than a handsome coffee table book, a way for Art Spiegelman to rest of his laurels for having revolutionized, in one fell stroke, both graphic novels and Holocaust literature, producing the novelistic equivalent of DVD commentary. But MetaMaus is a work in its own right, a book length interview with Spiegelman, clustered around the three central questions evoked by Maus--why comics? Why the Holocaust? Why mice?--but which through them gives readers an intimate, fascinating glimpse at the creative process that led to Maus's creation. Even if you haven't read Maus, MetaMaus is engrossing as a narrative of creation, charting the conscious, deliberate way in which Spiegelman crafted his work, the choices he made and the circumstances that imposed upon him, together working to explode the all-too-prevalent romantic notion of art emerging, fully formed, from the artist's mind, and replacing it with a vision of art as work. The artist himself, too, emerges from this narrative, and Spiegelman comes off as prickly, opinionated, and deeply protective of his work, a fascinating (if, at points, not terribly appealing) figure. To top all that off, MetaMaus is also a handsome coffee table book, beautifully crafted and containing trial sketches, examples of Spiegelman's previous work, and documents from Vladek and Anja Spiegelman's life and experiences during WWII, all of which serve to expand on both Spiegelman's narrative and Maus itself. If MetaMaus is DVD commentary, it is the kind that not only makes you appreciate the original art all the more, but turns out to be art in its own right, and it is essential to anyone who loves Maus, or who wants to know why it deserves to be loved.
- Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Spufford's strange, difficult to categorize book is either a very dry historical novel or a very creative work of nonfiction. Stopping at various points along the history of Soviet Union, Spufford lays out the grand experiment of that nation along economic, rather than political or ideological, lines--the attempt to create an entirely planned economy, to achieve prosperity and economic growth without recourse to the free market, or indeed any market at all. Alternating between overviews of how this goal was approached and narrative chapters in which Soviet citizens--scientists, economists, apparatchiks, fixers, party leaders--interact with that goal and its consequences, Spufford is both wistful about this experiment and clear-eyed about the reasons for its failure. Red Plenty is at once a work of history, albeit a history that Western readers don't tend to know much about, especially when glimpsed through Spufford's economic perspective (as such it has inspired a fascinating, insightful roundtable at the group blog Crooked Timber, which expands on the book's discussion of history and economics from several points of view), and a work of fiction whose concerns seem particularly generic--its characters are involved in the process of worldbuilding, even if the tools, and the science, through which they build their world are economics. As uncategorizable as it is, Red Plenty is nevertheless engrossing, and a must-read for anyone interested in either Soviet history or the outer limits of what the novel format can do.
- A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge (review) - Yet more proof, if any were needed, that Hardinge is one of the finest writers currently working in YA. A clever novel about tradition, class, and social conditioning, set in one of Hardinge's trademark elaborately realized fantasy worlds.
- Sea Hearts (The Brides of Rollrock Island) by Margo Lanagan - Typically limpid prose, and a typically deft and idiosyncratic handling of a familiar fairy tale from Lanagan, who through alternating perspectives tells the story of a community whose women are superseded by transformed seal-wives.
- Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey - A cracking story, beautifully realized, sees an orphan pretending to the be long-lost son and heir of a wealthy English family, and beginning to suspect a darker truth about his counterpart's disappearance. Tey makes a shlocky plot work through compelling characterization and effortless writing.
- The End Specialist (The Postmortal) by Drew Magary - Perhaps the most baffling of this year's Clarke nominations, this indifferently written, lightweight novel about a world which discovers a cure for aging is the epitome of outsider SF--thoughtless, unimaginative, and prone to hysteria. That the narrator is congenitally incapable of relating to women as people, and that his story revolves around his decades-long obsession with a woman who, naturally, turns out to be the answer to his prayers, is only icing on the rancid cake.
- The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (review) - Eugenides's profoundly disappointing follow-up to the Pulitzer-winning Middlesex is a smug, unconvincing treatise about its title form that claims to modernize the likes of Austen and Eliot while actually producing something a great deal more regressive than anything these 19th century authors created. Complete with a bland, passive heroine, a wrong man whose wrongness stems from his crippling mental illness, and a right man whose all-consuming misogyny is matched only by Eugenides's fondness for him, The Marriage Plot falls far short of the many inventive, thought-provoking modernizations of its format that currently exist--not that Eugenides seems to be aware of this fact.
- Black Heart by Holly Black - After the first two volumes in her Curse Workers trilogy seemed to concentrate equally on the forces--criminal and legal--trying to control hero Cassel Sharpe, and on his own conviction that because of his criminal past he is unworthy of love and friendship, Black drops the ball on the latter point in her concluding volume. Black Heart seems aimed primarily at Cassel's triumph, and thus ignores the question of whether he deserves that triumph (we never find out, for example, how his brothers persuaded him to kill repeatedly for them, and don't seem to be expected to be bothered by this lack of explanation), and whether that triumph is worth the effort--a great deal of the book is taken up with Cassel finally getting together with his childhood sweetheart Lila, and we're apparently not supposed to be bothered by the fact that Lila is planning to take over her father's criminal empire and, over the course of the book, kills two people in cold blood. Black Heart is as engaging and well written as White Cat and Red Glove, but a great deal less brave in its handling of questions of morality.


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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks and Cleanup
California Orphan Site Cleanup Subaccount
Funds are available in California for the cleanup of brownfields sites contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks where there is no financially responsible party.
On This Page:
- Van's Trading Company Returns to Compliance
- Indian Country LUST Corrective Action
- Brownfields/Redevelopment Stories
- Ongoing Cleanups in Region 9
- Accelerated Cleanup Project
EPA's federal underground storage tank (UST) regulations require that leaking underground storage tank (LUST) sites must be cleaned up to restore and protect groundwater resources and create a safe environment for those who live or work around these sites. These sites were found to be contaminated not just from leaking underground storage tanks, but also from spills and overfills.
USTs leak for a variety of reasons. Some tanks are made of steel, which is likely to corrode over time, causing tank contents to leak into nearby soils and groundwater. Faulty installation, negligence, or inadequate operation and maintenance of UST systems also can cause a leak or a spill.
Van's Trading Company Returns to Compliance
Consent Agreement and Final Order with Van's Trading Company finalized on Sept. 5, 2006 - Van's Trading Company will pay a penalty of $7,600 for underground storage tank violations relating to inadequate leak detection for pressurized piping, and not addressing the financial responsibility requirements for cleaning up accidental releases of fuel from its underground storage tanks. A RCRA inspector discovered these violations during an inspection of this facility in April 2005, and the facility has since returned to compliance. News release regarding the initial violation
Indian Country LUST Corrective Action
Since its launch in 2005, EPA's Indian Country LUST Corrective Action Initiative continues to make significant progress. A team of scientists, engineers and attorneys has worked closely with six tribes to select 22 abandoned LUST sites on tribal lands in EPA's Pacific Southwest Region for site assessment, cleanup and closure activities. To date, EPA has closed out 15 sites and spent over $2.5 million of the Federal LUST Trust Fund.
New Policy Expands Federal
Fund Use for LUST Cleanups
With this initiative, EPA strives to quickly and efficiently clean up the eligible LUST sites in Indian Country. A 2005 policy decision from EPA Headquarters helped kick-start this nationwide effort. More information about the fund.
Teaming Up with Tribes and
Over the past two years, EPA's Pacific Southwest Regional Office and the tribes have worked to determine site eligibility, and to obtain historical preservation and ecological clearances prior to assessing and cleaning up contaminated contaminated facilities. These tribes include the following:
- Colorado River Indian Tribes
- Gila River Indian Community
- Hopi Tribe
- Navajo Nation
- San Carlos Apache Tribe
- Tohono O'Odham Nation
Progress Since Last Year
Since May 2006, EPA and the tribes have
- Obtained approvals for assessment activities at seven sites. These activities include gathering groundwater and soil samples to determine the extent of contamination.
- Completed cleanup activities at six sites, pulling 15 tanks and removing over 500 cubic yards of contaminated soil.
- Begun conducting assessments at six additional sites.
First Large-Scale Treatment
System Activated
One of the notable projects is the treatment system at the Arizona Traders LUST site, a former trading post on the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC). The system began operation in September 2006, and was featured in the February 2007 issue of LUST Line, a bulletin published by the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission .
Need More Information?
U.S. EPA Region 9
Steve Linder
Manager, USTPO
Pursuing Additional Sites
EPA will continue working with tribes to select additional sites for assessment and cleanup. Input and information regarding potential eligible sites is highly valued and important to continue the success of this project.
Redevelopment Stories
- Flagstaff Route 66 Corridor Assessment Grant
- Merced, City Cleanup
- Culver City Dog Park
- El Cajon Petroleum Assessment
- Tucson, AZ UST cleanup completion
- Tuba City Cleanup Project
- Arizona Traders Cleanup Project
- Accelerated Cleanup Project
- Also see the Charnock MTBE Project (Santa Monica, California) page
USTfields is the term applied to Brownfields projects involving contamination from USTs. In March 2001, Region 9 USTPO awarded its first USTfields grant to the City of Oakland to address abandoned or underutilized properties with real or perceived petroleum contamination from USTs. USTPO subsequently awarded three additional USTfields grants to the Gila River Indian Community, the City of Los Angeles, and Mineral County, Nevada.
Petroleum brownfields are sites similar to USTfields that address additional sources of petroleum contamination, such as aboveground storage tanks and oilfields. Since October 2002, USTPO has been working closely with the Region 9 Brownfields Program to manage a number of petroleum brownfields grants.
We are now beginning to see the completed redevelopment efforts for some of our USTfields and petroleum brownfields projects. Reuses include such diverse plans as affordable single-family homes, an off-leash dog park, a dance theatre and studio, and a diabetes education and research center.
Flagstaff Route 66 Corridor Assessment Grant
On September 8, Jeff Scott, Director of the Waste Management Division, presented a check to the Mayor of Flagstaff, Arizona for a $200,000 Brownfields grant to conduct community-wide assessment activities along Route 66. David Lloyd, Director of EPA's Office of Brownfields; Carolyn Hoskinson, Deputy Director of EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks; and Steve Owens, Director of ADEQ, also attended and spoke at the event, which took place during Flagstaff's Annual "Route 66 Days." The City of Flagstaff will use the grant funds to conduct community outreach, inventory sites, perform environmental site assessments, and develop a plan to redevelop cleaned up sites. Thus far, the city has not made any definitive plans for reuse but expects that many of these properties will be reused for mixed use residential and commercial purposes.
Merced Redevelopment Agency - Brownfields Assessment Grant for Downtown Site
On April 26, Wayne Nastri presented a check to Mayor Ellie Wooten of Merced recognizing the award of a $200,000 Brownfields petroleum assessment grant. Merced will use the funds to assess the Simpson's Cleaners property, formerly a dry cleaners with several nearby gas stations. Additionally, the City of Merced Redevelopment Agency plans to assess human health risks and conduct community outreach activities. After the assessment, the city plans to proceed with site remediation and redevelopment. No definitive plans for reuse have been made at this point, but the city envisions the creation of a greenspace to complement the eventual structure at the site. Approximately 30 people attended the event including local print and televised media.
Culver City Dog Park -- Industrial Graveyard Turned into Pooch Playground
On Earth Day, April 22, 2006, EPA and the City of Culver City, California celebrated the grand opening of "The Boneyard," an off-leash dog park. The park is built on a former oil pumping site and was financed with $85,000 raised by the Friends of the Culver City Dog Park, a non-profit group of Culver City residents, and with two EPA Brownfields grants totaling $290,000. Jeff Scott, Director of EPA's Waste Management Division, provided remarks and participated in the ceremonial "throwing out of the first tennis ball". About 100 dogs and 300 humans attended the event.
City of Culver City Dog Park Site
Press release (4/25/06)
El Cajon Petroleum Assessment Grant
On December 13, 2005, Jeff Scott, Director of the Waste Management Division presented a check to the Mayor of El Cajon, California recognizing the award of a $200,000 petroleum assessment grant. El Cajon will use the funds to assess over 100 potential LUST sites within the downtown area. Eventual redevelopment of the sites will result in downtown improvements. Jeff toured some "picturesque" LUST sites and then presented the check during a televised City Council meeting.
Thank you, EPA: The EPA recently awarded the city of El Cajon, Calif. $200,000 for downtown
UST Cleanup Completed in Tucson, Arizona
On December 12, 2005, Jeff Scott, Director of the Waste Management Division, participated in a Brownfields event celebrating the completion of a UST cleanup in Tucson, Arizona. Jeff and the Mayor of Tucson jointly shut off the soil vapor extraction unit officially ending the site cleanup activity. The site, located in Tucson's Historic Warehouse Arts District, will be redeveloped into an alternative high school with an arts focus. There were approximately 50 attendees including several members of the press.
Ongoing Cleanups in Region 9
Tuba City Cleanup Project
U.S. EPA, the Navajo Nation, and the Hopi Tribe directed the operators of two gas stations at the intersection of Arizona Highways 160 and 264 to assess and clean up the petroleum contamination from leaking USTs. One of the stations, Thriftway, leaked approximately 1300 gallons into soil. The quantity of leaked petroleum at the other station, Sunshine-Western, is not known. The final cleanup plan was selected after consultation with both tribes and based upon input obtained at a number of public meetings.
The leaked gasoline soaked into the soil and some chemicals entered groundwater. These chemicals flowed several hundred feet south of the site, forming a plume of contamination in the groundwater. The main chemicals of concern are benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX), and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). The leaking USTs were removed and replaced with new tanks.Documents
The following documents on the Tuba City cleanup are available in pdf format:
|Response to Comments & Final Cleanup Strategy (PDF)
(52 pp, 1.6M))
|Tuba City Fact Sheet June 2003 (PDF)
(8 pp, 700K)
|Tuba City Fact Sheet March 2003 (PDF)
(2 pp, 225K)
|Tuba City Fact Sheet October 2002 (PDF)
(3 pp, 220K)
Arizona Traders Cleanup Project
The Arizona Traders Trading Post in Sacaton, AZ is a leaking UST site with ongoing remediation. EPA determined the trading post site to be high priority based on extensive hydrocarbon releases to soil and groundwater. This is the first leaking UST site in Region 9 that met both the environmental significance and owner inability-to-pay criteria, thus making it eligible for LUST Trust Fund monies to be used. EPA is taking the lead in identifying the lateral and vertical extent of contamination from the former UST systems at this site.
Update: EPA-lead corrective action begun at the Arizona Traders underground storage tank cleanup site - On September 7, 2006, the cleanup system for the Arizona Traders underground storage tank site was activated. The cleanup system, known as soil vapor extraction, is currently removing gasoline vapors from subsurface soil by means of extraction wells, buried piping, and a vacuum pump. The extracted vapors are being treated with a portable catalytic oxidation device prior to being released to the atmosphere. News release
Accelerated Cleanup Project
For California-specific information, see the California Accelerated Cleanup Project page.
The National strategic goal is to clean up and reduce the accumulation of leaking UST sites by 50% (approximately 70,000 sites nationwide) by 2008. Region 9's goal is to complete 2,800 cleanups annually. Most of these, over 2,100 per year are to be cleaned up in California. While Region 9 met this goal in FY 2003, future years may be more difficult due to such factors as a decrease in releases due to improved tank standards, more complex cleanups remaining, often involving oxygenates such as MTBE which take longer to remediate, and reductions in state staff conducting oversight of cleanups.


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GRANITE FALLS — Carl Cary's on a mission to save school lunches this summer.
He has three weeks to do it.
In the Granite Falls School District, where Cary serves on the board of directors, the summer school lunch program fell victim to federal Census data, which the government uses to determine which areas are eligible to receive funding.
That was surprising to Cary, who compared the finding to reports about how well the economy has recovered while most people weren't seeing it.
"I could certainly introduce you to a lot of people who are struggling right now," Cary said. "It's unfortunate."
Linda Hall, superintendent of the Granite Falls School District, explained that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which reimburses school districts for summer lunch programs, said the government looks for concentrated population areas, not districts as a whole, to determine which communities qualify.
"We don't have big low-income housing development," Hall said.
The Granite Falls School district has about 2,000 students, 45 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced lunches, Hall said.
The summer lunch program last year averaged 55 kids a day but on some days served as many as 120, she said.
The decision forced the school board to cancel the program, but Cary decided to lead an attempt to save summer lunches outside of the federal reimbursement program.
Marci Volmer, an area director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County, said that the Granite Falls club typically would send dozens of kids over to the school for lunch during the summer.
"In most of our communities, the school district hosts a summer lunch program, and Boys and Girls Clubs are a partner of that," Volmer said.
"Generally our demographic is weighed fairly heavily on kids who qualify for free or reduced lunch during the school year," Volmer said.
Under the non-profit umbrella of the Granite Falls Community Coalition, Cary, who is also the board's community liaison, is trying to raise enough money to keep the program running this year before the first lunches of the summer are to be served June 16.
A fundraising site has been set up, raising a few hundred dollars so far. Food drives are under way at local stores, and the food bank is taking donations. But most important, Cary has been talking to people in the community.
Some of that outreach has paid off. Holy Cross Catholic Church, which is affiliated with the food bank in Granite Falls, has pledged $5,000 to support summer school lunches.
That gets them almost halfway to their goal of $12,000, which is the minimum needed to buy enough food and hire one person to serve it five days a week, Cary said.
"We don't want it to be a sandwich and chips and a pop," Cary said. "We want it to be a hot lunch and nutritious."
Even if he doesn't reach that monetary goal, a lunch program will still run, but it might not be for five days a week, he said.
The multi-purpose room at Granite Falls Middle School is already reserved for the lunch program for five days a week through Aug. 29.
All kids are welcome, and because federal reimbursements aren't involved, the program won't turn anyone away who needs a hot lunch, Cary said.
"If we pull this off, as far as service to the kids in the area, there would be no difference in service," Cary said.
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