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<item><title><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t like reading? Read on&#8230;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just because you don&#8217;t enjoy reading a good book, doesn&#8217;t mean there aren&#8217;t many other uses for all of those books piled up in the attic.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/80973/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/80973/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden method of reading revealed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mystery of how we read a sentence has been unlocked by scientists. Previously, researchers thought that, when reading, both eyes focused on the same letter of a word. But a UK team has found this is not always the case. In fact, almost 50% of the time, each of our eyes locks on to different letters simultaneously.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/35140/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/35140/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Thumb Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you like to read, here&#8217;s &#8220;Thumb Thing&#8221; you must have! Simply put the Thumb Thing on your thumb and pick up a book; the two wings will hold the pages open more easily than if you just used your hand, making reading more comfortable.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81539/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81539/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[ Female tutors best for boys' reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[The reading skills of young male students may improve more when boys are tutored by women, a Canadian study shows, contradicting some school policies to hire male teachers to improve boys' literacy.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32932/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32932/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[How Is Babby Formed - Dramatic Reading Of A Yahoo Answer]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think this is the same guy who did the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dramatic Reading Of A Breakup Letter</a><br/><br/>Make sure you have volume turned on.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/67343/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/67343/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Slow reading in dyslexia tied to disorganized brain tracts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency &#8212; slow and choppy reading &#8212; may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers. Their study, using the latest imaging methods, gives researchers a glimpse of what may go wrong in the structure of some dyslexic readers&#8217; brains that makes it difficult to integrate the information needed for rapid, &#8220;automatic&#8221; reading.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43318/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43318/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[New Toys Read Brain Waves]]></title><description><![CDATA[A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18493/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18493/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading Through The Write Window]]></title><description><![CDATA[A wonderful site with a very large and diverse collection of authors providing a vast collection of poetry and prose for adults and children.<br/><br/>Sadly the site shut down, but is still up and still hosts the authors' works. There won't be any new offerings however. Read it now while you can.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/62695/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/62695/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Speed Reading Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[How many words can you read per minute (wpm)? 1) Click the START button (2) Read the text (3) Click on the FINISH button to see your results.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/13244/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/13244/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's love of reading costs him his home]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities in Wilkes-Barre, condemned John Puchniak's apartment this year when a routine inspection raised concern the bookstore owner's collection of nearly 3,000 texts could cause a fire]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28960/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28960/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading Minds?]]></title><description><![CDATA[60 minutes???? Mike Wallace?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/48716/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/48716/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Read a Book (NSFW)]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;In a gloss on the hip-hop videos frequently shown on BET, an animated rapper named D&#8217;Mite comes on with what looks like a public service message about the benefits of reading, but devolves into a foul-mouthed song accompanied by images of black men shooting guns loaded with books and gyrating black women with the word &#8220;book&#8221; written on the back of their low-slung pants. The uncensored cut is making the rounds on YouTube, while a cleaner version was shown on BET.&quot;<br/><br/>Some more info and discussion at <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://blog.acton.org/archives/1890-BETs-Read-A-Book-Is-Satirical-Not-Racist.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.acton.org/archives/1890-BETs-Read-A-Book-Is-Satirical-Not-Racist.html</a></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/59014/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/59014/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby Can Read at 17 Months]]></title><description><![CDATA[This kid is amazing. I would love to see her in another 2 years.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53373/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53373/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Brainstorm Your Reading Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21038/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21038/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondering what to read?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Search engine that takes a book you like and gives you recommendations from other readers.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16504/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16504/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Doherty saves the day at Reading festival]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Media at it's best!<br/><br/>A 'hero' because he phoned the fire brigade!]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73595/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73595/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading This Will Change Your Brain--The Ultimate Gadget]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dramatic shift in how we gather information and communicate with one another has touched off an era of rapid evolution that may ultimately change the human brain as we know it]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/82385/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/82385/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bible-Reading Woman Kicked Off Fort Worth Bus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reading to her kids on the way to church.<br/><br/>(Theme pic not related to story, but it is an attention getter.)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45740/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45740/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dramatic Reading of a Real Breakup Letter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Very, very dramatic.<br/><br/>(make sure your volume is up)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/72428/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/72428/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Harry Potter And The Price Of Greatness: A Convert Worries About The Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three years ago, I banned my then 10-year-old son from reading the fourth Harry Potter book. Or rather, I refused to read it to him, as had been our custom with the first three. The wonderful world of magic and spells, imagination and dreams-come-true mixed with ordinary kids struggling with life&#8217;s challenges, had become too dark for my tastes.<br/><br/>Having heard rumours of unsuitable material, I read The Goblet of Fire before sharing it as bedtime reading, and was horrified at Wormtail&#8217;s self-mutilation in subservience to evil...<br/>Read the full story at www.orato.com.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30582/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30582/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>