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what’s your solution? the current path is not the answer. a return to the drachma for example would, as you pointed out, be lots of short term pain, but would in the long run balance out and help bring Greece, along w/ many other measures, back on course. |
Teachers who understand the research on the five core components of comprehensive literacy—and how each is related to students’ oral-language development—are better equipped to tailor instruction to meet individuals’ needs. Some Reading First schools have done a superb job of ensuring that teachers receive this requisi... |
Reading is a very complex skill, one that our brains are not hard-wired to do. If we continue to pit educators against each other over a false dichotomy (phonics or comprehension), the ones who will suffer the most are children—the very ones who have the most to lose. |
Clearly, some children learn to read with relative ease and very little direct instruction. The initial quest for reasons why by G. Reid Lyon, who helped draft the Reading First legislation as the former head of reading research at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, was governed by the though... |
The very thought that learning to read was not a natural process, like learning to walk or talk, was taken as a stab at the heart of those whose life’s work was based on easy, empowering, charismatic solutions to difficult problems. Stephen Krashen writes in his letter that “we learn to read by understanding what is wr... |
Mr. Lyon is guilty of doing nothing more than asking a question. Did he care what the answer was, other than that it should be the truth? Unfortunately, it turned out that teaching children to read was not as simple as giving them something pleasing to read. In this case, a simple question revealed a complex answer tha... |
Having been one of the first to question the substance of the emperor’s clothes, Mr. Lyon has been vilified and abused. All he did was ask; science provided the answer. Learning to read, as it turns out, is not natural or easy. Those who continue to maintain otherwise proclaim the beauty of the emperor’s clothes that t... |
Mr. Lyon is a true hero who deserves our praise and gratitude. |
The writer is an attorney and the immediate past president of the International Dyslexia Association, based in Baltimore. |
House Democrats' Campaign Chief Likes Party's Chances For Retaking Control : It's All Politics Rep. Steve Israel, the New York Democrat who chairs his party's congressional campaign committee, had more reasons to sound upbeat in a conversation with All Things Considered co-host Melissa Block than he might have had only... |
Rep. Steve Israel, the New York congressman who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. |
The lawmakers who are chosen to lead their party's efforts to pick up seats in Congress seem congenitally wired to exude confidence about their prospects. That's why their colleagues chose them to play that role, in the first place. |
So it's usually wise to discount their optimism to some degree. Still, Rep. Steve Israel, the New York Democrat who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, had more reasons to sound upbeat in a conversation with All Things Considered co-host Melissa Block than he might have had only a few months ago. |
House Democrats, for instance, outraised their Republican counterparts in the third quarter $14.2 million to 10.7 million. |
Still, On the way to losing majority control of their chamber, House Democrats lost 63 seats in 2010. |
To regain sway over the House, they would need to pick up more than two dozen seats. That's a lot of ground to make up and a number of political analysts have doubted they could do so. |
MELISSA: You'd need to pick up 25 Republican seats if you're going to get back the majority. It's pretty daunting. How do you get there? |
ISRAEL: Well, actually, it's not that daunting. Look, we did get shellacked we got thumped in 2010. |
And as a result of the fact that we have fought back, we are in line to take the House back, the House is in play. |
We have outraised the House Republican by almost $4 million, year to date. That is unprecedented that the party in the minority would outraised the Republicans. |
We have out-recruited them. We have 60 districts filled with strong recruits in competitive races and we only need 25. |
And the reason for those successes quite honestly is not just that we're that good but that the Republican voting records are that bad. |
There's buyers' remorse that has set in among voters throughout the country because of the House Republicans' voting record, because of their extremism. That's why we believe we have a shot at taking back the House. |
Israel's interview is complemented by a piece by Andrea Seabrook, also on All Things Considered, which reported on the less-than-impressive fundraising results of House Republican freshmen like Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina. |
REP. ELLMERS: Well you know I did have a slow third quarter, I definitely could have done better. |
ANDREA: North Carlina's Renee Ellmers. For the months of July, August and September, she raised roughly $97,000. |
REP. ELLMERS: It wasn't as high a priority for me, I will say that my fourth quarter will be much better though. |
REP. ELLMERS: I have to work it. I have to work it. |
ANDREA: Ellmers says she's gotten a lot of advice in the week since her numbers came out. Mentors, she says, explaining to her that she has to work much harder. |
REP: ELLMERS: That's quickly one of the things that I noticed when I got here. |
Days after Britney Spears confirmed she has a new beau, the pop star took to Instagram to show off a cute moment with Charlie Ebersol. |
Spears, 32, shared a sweet snapshot of the couple cuddled close while flashing their matching smiles to the camera. |
But it was the singer’s short caption that said it all: a single heart emoticon. |
Shortly after a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the pair were taking their new romance “slow,” Spears spoke briefly about the producer and writer. |
“Yes, there is someone special. It’s very new,” she told Extra of Ebersol in Las Vegas during Britney Spears Day festivities (see video below). |
Paul Pierce will be out two to four weeks with a broken bone in his right hand, the biggest loss yet for the injury-plagued Brooklyn Nets. |
Pierce has been diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture of the third metacarpal of his right, shooting hand, the team said Monday. He was hurt Friday in the first half of a loss at Houston. |
Pierce has struggled badly in his first season in Brooklyn, but the disappointing Nets can hardly afford another injury. They just got back All-Star center Brook Lopez but have still been playing without starting point guard Deron Williams and key reserves Andrei Kirilenko and Jason Terry. |
Pierce is on pace for the worst season of his 16-year career. His average of 12.4 points and .368 shooting percentage would easily be the lowest ever for the No. 2 career scorer in Boston Celtics history. |
The Celtics dealt Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets in a summer blockbuster that hasn’t worked out nearly the way the Nets hoped. |
They are 5-12, barely ahead of the New York Knicks for last place in the Atlantic Division. Joe Johnson is the only starter on a roster worth more than $180 million in salaries and luxury taxes who has appeared in every game. |
Pierce will miss the first matchup against the Knicks on Thursday. Next week, he was scheduled to face the Celtics for the first time Tuesday and former coach Doc Rivers, now with the Clippers, two nights later. |
The 36-year-old Pierce has made just 27 percent of his 3-point attempts, including a potential tying miss in the closing seconds of a loss to the Lakers last Wednesday. |
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A letter from a congressional doctor who has examined Republican Michele Bachmann described the presidential candidate’s migraines as occurring “infrequently” and controlled by prescription medication. |
Bachmann’s campaign distributed the letter yesterday from Dr. Brian Monahan, the attending physician in Congress. |
The letter, written at Bachmann’s request, is the latest step in her effort to combat reports that her severe headaches have hindered her work in Congress and could pose problems if she were president. |
The five wild wolves in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania can gorge themselves on up to €150,000 worth of sheep and other livestock, Agricultural Minister Till Backhaus said on Wednesday. |
The sum earmarked in the state budget is meant to cover damages to farmers' livestock herds and prevent the wolves from being killed to protect their prey, Backhaus said. |
The wolf management plan also includes funding for livestock owners who want to use special fences, huts and dogs to protect their herds. |
Several sheep have already been killed by the carnivorous canines, who returned to the region in 2000. |
The Canis lupus, or grey wolf, was hunted in Germany beginning in medieval times. The species disappeared from the country in the 19th century, when they were driven east to Poland and Russia. |
But the wolf has been making a slow return to Germany despite residents' fears and several poaching incidents with hunters. Experts estimate there are about five packs totalling in some 45 wolves in the northeastern part of the country. The five wolves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are believed to have wandered into... |
In June a hunter in Saxony-Anhalt was charged with killing a male wolf that lived with a female and their young cubs at the military training facility in Altengrabow. |
Published: July 5, 2014 12:00 am Updated: July 5, 2014 8:55 a.m. |
A man dressed as Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, left, poses with cycling fans prior to the start of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 190.5 kilometers (118.4 miles) with start in Leeds and finish in Harrogate, Britain, Satu... |
LEEDS, England — The 198 competitors in the 101st Tour de France have started their grueling three-week ride through four countries before ending the world's greatest cycling race in Paris on July 27. |
Saturday's 190.5-kilometer (118.4-mile) Stage 1 takes the pack on a rolling loop along the bucolic English countryside from Leeds to Harrogate — a layout that could be tailormade for a sprinter to win. |
Many enthusiastic Union Jack-waving fans on the course are hoping that Britain's Mark Cavendish, one of the world's great sprinters, will win this first of three tour legs in England before the race enters France. It would be Cavendish's first ever yellow jersey. |
Kate, the Duchess of Cornwall, was expected to bestow the first race leader's yellow jersey at the day's awards ceremony. Watched by her husband Prince William and his brother Prince Harry, the duchess cut the race ribbon at the start of the first leg which also featured a flyover by aeronautical display team the Red A... |
Overall race favorites are defending champion Chris Froome, a 29-year-old Kenyan-born Briton who leads Team Sky, and two-time champ Alberto Contador. |
In all, the riders will cover 3,664 kilometers (2,277 miles) of roads in England, France, Belgium and Spain. |
The Adelaide Pride march snaked its way through the Adelaide CBD on November 10, bringing traffic to a standstill with blasting music, dancing and some wild outfits. |
The annual march celebrates the opening night of the Feast festival but, according to some attendees, it is also an opportunity for self-expression. |
“It allows us to be us. [We] don’t have to hide who we are,” marcher Sasha Delight told Green Left Weekly. |
Although the march maintained a focus on celebrating diversity and culture, many attendees expressed concern about the slow progress made nationally on issues affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) community. |
Long-time equal rights campaigner Natasha Godfey agreed. “I don't get why they [the government] stop gay marriage,” she said. |
A new addition to this year’s Pride March was the Rainbow Youth Collective. Supported by members of Resistance Adelaide, the collective was formed in August to “unite and organise all young people in high schools, universities and the wider community in order to fight against homophobia and other forms of discriminatio... |
High school student Bethany Brown said the Rainbow Youth Collective presence at the march was focused on delivering an anti-homophobia, pro-marriage equality statement. |
“If we make enough noise, it might just get through to the government — we just want the same rights as everyone else,” she said, while carrying a banner saying, “homophobia hurts young people”. |
The members of the Rainbow Youth Collective felt empowered by the march, but not all LGBTI rights advocates were able to join in as they had hoped. |
South Australian police officers were banned from marching in uniform, despite a petition against the move that collected at least 2400 signatures. |
SA police has previously confirmed there were 44 openly gay and lesbian officers serving in the state, and a spokesperson told media outlets on November 7 that police could take part in the march independently. |
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The scumbag who stabbed 2-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova during a 2016 home invasion robbery has been sentenced to serve 8 years in a Czech Republic prison, officials say. |
Kvitova was slashed badly during the Dec. 2016 incident at her C.R. apartment -- suffering major damage to her left hand while trying to fend off her attacker. |
While bleeding all over her apartment, Kvitova offered the attacker 10,000 Czech crown (roughly $440) ... which he took and left. |
The suspect was eventually identified as Radim Zondra -- and he was captured in May 2018. The trial took place in February and Kvitova personally testified against him. |
As for her injuries, Kvitova underwent surgery to repair damage to the tendons in her left hand and 2 nerves. All five of her fingers on her left hand were also injured in the attack. |
What was even worse for Kvitova -- she's known for having a powerful left hand ... so the attack could have derailed her career. |
The good news ... 29-year-old Kvitova returned to tennis less than 5 months after the attack and has already climbed her way back to the #2-ranked women's tennis player in the world. Amazing. |
As for the criminal, in addition to prison -- he was also ordered to pay back the $440 he stole. |
Kvitova has been dominating this year -- she reached the final at the Australian Open and is currently competing in the Miami Open. |
She won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014. |
SeaWorld Orlando is expected to announce today what park officials call the biggest expansion in the resort's history, with three new attractions to be built over the next two years. |
The plans include two additions scheduled to debut next spring: TurtleTrek, a manatee and sea-turtle habitat that will include a first-of-its-kind, three-dimensional and 360-degree movie experience; and Freshwater Oasis, a new area in SeaWorld's limited-admission park Discovery Cove. Oasis guests will be able to swim, ... |
Those two projects will be followed a year later by the biggest addition of all: Antarctica — Empire of the Penguin, an area within the main park themed to the snowy continent that will include a new attraction that SeaWorld says will feature never-before-used ride technology. |
Although company officials did not disclose a price tag, SeaWorld Orlando President Terry Prather said the additions, taken together, represent the largest expansion in the marine park's 38-year history, both in terms of cost and footprint. |
With the expansion — which has been urged by SeaWorld's corporate owner, the private-equity firm Blackstone Group — SeaWorld hopes to win back some of the ground it has lost during the past two years to Walt Disney World and, particularly, to Universal Orlando, which in June 2010 opened its wildly popular Wizarding Wor... |
SeaWorld Orlando attendance fell an estimated 12 percent in 2010, even as the number of visitors overall to Orlando soared above 50 million for the first time. |
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