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Imagine a child at age 10 needing to count on fingers to tell you whether 6 is bigger than 5. That's not as rare as you might think. Affecting some 2.5-7.5% of the population, researchers say, the learning disability dyscalculia prevents people from comprehending or manipulating numbers, even small ones, easily. Though you may have never heard of it, the condition is much more than being bad at math. "You need to hear people suffering from dyscalculia, how hard it is for them to do everyday things, just going to the shop, counting change," says Roi Cohen Kadosh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down for the Count | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...have. Vegetarian options. It’ll be good, we’ll make sure of it. FM: Is there anything you remember you’re excited about?A: I don’t remember...I’m excited about food generally.7. FM: Please tell me there will still be sumo suits.A: That remains to be decided. Would you like there to be sumo suits? FM: Yes.A: Definitely lots of fun stuff, much of it inflatable.FM: Will there be tire swings? A: There will be tire swings.FM: How about the detailed instructions for the tire swings...

Author: By Elizabeth B. Rose, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Adam Goldenberg and Kai Wu | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

...Corpus Christi small business owner, and her boyfriend, Jim Sedwick, drove to Austin and began the search. When a tip led them to Pitonyak's apartment, police declined to enter the locked door with no evidence of a crime. Instead, Sedwick broke in and soon came out to tell Cave he had found Jennifer, recognizing the freckles on her daughter's feet. At first Cave said she did not understand - "Why her feet?" - that Sedwick was simply trying to cushion her from the horrible truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Jurors on the Couch | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...definitely a volume business," he says wearily. When I press him on where his middleman gets his product - that is, who's actually making these pirated DVDs - Zhou smiles and plays dumb. He knows I'm a journalist and there are things he's not going to tell me. "I think they're made somewhere here in Shanghai," he says, "but I'm not really sure; I just deal with my supplier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Losing Battle Against Chinese Piracy | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...Marxist will tell you, real solidarity can only exist within class groups: We have more in common with our class peers, with whom we will share the whole four year Harvard experience. It makes sense for the College’s housing to reflect that fact, instead of introducing unnecessary barriers to the groups and friendships we have formed freshman year...

Author: By Vanessa J. Dube | Title: Home Is Where Your Class Is | 4/9/2007 | See Source »

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