The multiplication method using lines is a visual illustration of “Vertically and Cross-wise”, a Vedic Maths trick that Alex Bellos writes about in his book Alexs Adventures in Numberland. Alex went to India to learn about Vedic Maths, a controversial style of maths trickery that supposedly dates back thousands of years. Heres some more info about the book: In Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks. Covering subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics, and from logarithms to logical paradoxes, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the strategy of how best to gamble it in a casino. He shines a light on the mathematical patterns in nature, and on the peculiar predictability of random behaviour. He eats a potato crisp whose revolutionary shape was unpalatable to the ancient Greeks, and he shows the deep connections between maths, religion and philosophy. Alex weaves a journey from primary school to university level maths, from ancient history to the computing frontline, and from St Louis, Missouri, to Braintree, Essex. He meets the worlds fastest mental calculators in Germany, consults a numerologist in the US desert, meets a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan, and seeks advice from a venerable Hindu sage in India. An unlikely but exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical …
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Alex Bellos demonstrates a very cool, and strange way to multiply
Friday, September 10th, 2010Paul Watson Discusses TSA Agents Gone Wild on The Alex Jones Show 2/2
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Transforming TSA into a Military Intelligence Operation Kurt Nimmo www.Infowars.com March 23, 2010 Obamas nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration told Congress on Tuesday he wants US airport security to more closely resemble security at Israeli airports, according to CNN. We should move even closer to an Israeli model where theres more engagement with passengers, Robert Harding told members of the Senate Commerce Committee. The Israelis are notorious for racial profiling Arabs at their airports. Is that what Harding is suggesting we do in the United States? TSA nominee Harding tells senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas intelligence operations need to be expanded to trains and buses. Arab Labor MK, Nadia Hilou, and countless others have accused the Israelis of employing humiliation techniques against Arabs. After prominent Israeli Arabs complained about abusive treatment at airports, Shin Bet announced that the procedures would change. Of course, here in America, where Arabs are few and far between and Arab terrorism is not really an issue, individuals likely to be singled out will be supporters of rightwing extremists like Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin. In fact, this has already happened. TSA notorious for Gestapo interrogation In 2009, Steve Bierfeldt, director of development for Campaign for Liberty, was detained by the TSA and subjected to the sort of additional screening the Israelis put Arabs through. Bierfeldt was carrying Campaign for Liberty …
Paul Watson Discusses TSA Agents Gone Wild on The Alex Jones Show 1/2
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Transforming TSA into a Military Intelligence Operation Kurt Nimmo www.Infowars.com March 23, 2010 Obamas nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration told Congress on Tuesday he wants US airport security to more closely resemble security at Israeli airports, according to CNN. We should move even closer to an Israeli model where theres more engagement with passengers, Robert Harding told members of the Senate Commerce Committee. The Israelis are notorious for racial profiling Arabs at their airports. Is that what Harding is suggesting we do in the United States? TSA nominee Harding tells senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas intelligence operations need to be expanded to trains and buses. Arab Labor MK, Nadia Hilou, and countless others have accused the Israelis of employing humiliation techniques against Arabs. After prominent Israeli Arabs complained about abusive treatment at airports, Shin Bet announced that the procedures would change. Of course, here in America, where Arabs are few and far between and Arab terrorism is not really an issue, individuals likely to be singled out will be supporters of rightwing extremists like Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin. In fact, this has already happened. TSA notorious for Gestapo interrogation In 2009, Steve Bierfeldt, director of development for Campaign for Liberty, was detained by the TSA and subjected to the sort of additional screening the Israelis put Arabs through. Bierfeldt was carrying Campaign for Liberty …
Alex Gaskarth drumming
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Killing some time before their set at Six Flags in St. Louis. Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low rocking out on the drums
