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...Lyon, researchers have found that problems with phonemic awareness correlate extremely closely with reading failure. Other NICHD studies have reaffirmed the conclusions reached by Chall and Adams--that programs with some systematic phonics instruction lead to better outcomes. Finally, brain-imaging studies are beginning to show how poor readers differ neurologically from good readers, and the indication so far is that the former have less activity in the brain's "phonological processor...
Money Daily begs to differ...
...plumber who came to save the party did so in more ways than one. The plumber recognized Biggs from his TV appearances and immediately commenced quizzing him on the market. "I told him I would be cautious at this point," Biggs says. The plumber begged to differ. To the amusement of all within earshot, "he told me I was as full of it as my septic system." The plumber went on to say he was plumbing part time now because he made more money trading stocks...
Make that Thomas Jefferson. Two Pennsylvania State University lecturers, at work on a book about Stewart, liken her influence to that of Jefferson, the Founding Father of the home-and-garden set, also a dabbler in politics. Stewart, while pleased, begs to differ. "I'm reaching more people than he," she explains...
...living creatures share a certain genetic heritage. But comparing a 378-unit sequence of DNA taken from mitochondria within a Neanderthal cell to modern DNA, Paabo's team found striking differences. Contemporary humans differ from one another by an average of eight variations in that sequence. The Neanderthal specimen differed in 27 places. By comparison, there are only 55 differences between modern humans and chimpanzees...