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Blue Publishing, the publisher of Loaded magazine, has gone into administration months after plotting mass expansion into the magazine market.
Loaded, along with Superbike magazine, is now being printed under a new company, Loaded Media Limited.
Loaded Media Limited is also in discussions to sell Formula 1 lifestyle magazine Formula.
Press Gazette understands a number of staff across owner Paul Baxendale-Walker's titles have been axed by the publisher.
Companies House is unaware that Blue Publishing Limited has gone into administration at this stage – but companies are given 15 days to notify. Baxendale-Walker is listed as a secretary and director of the company.
Loaded Media Limited was encoporated on 25 April this year, and lists Baxendale-Walker as its director.
Earlier this year Blue Publishing launched men's weekly Zip magazine before scrapping it after nine issues.
Press Gazette was told that Zip would continue to exist in digital form. It appears that no new content has been uploaded on to its website since 24 May.
Last month, former News of the World journalist Ian Edmondson stood down as editor of Loaded.
Press Gazette understands he is now in charge of PR for Loaded Media Limited.
The new Loaded editor, Jamie Wallis, was appointed after initially being one of around ten journalists and photographers made redundant from Zip magazine.
In an interview with Press Gazette earlier this year, owner Baxendale-Walker unveiled plans for a number of new titles, including a Loaded magazine for women.
When asked about the risk of investing in the magazine market so heavily, he said: "What's the risk in having fun?"
He was also dismissive of the suggestion that his ventures might not work out, saying: "We've got such a low cost of operation it's very difficult for that to happen."
Managing director Ray Kidd, who sat in on the second half of the interview, said: "When you look at back the back of Nuts and Zoo you see 35 people putting that magaizne together. Bauer or IPC with their costs.
"And you look at us, and we've got a fraction of that. We've got like six people that are on permanent staff and then pool in the talents from the other team members. Our overheads are nowhere near."
Kidd was listed as a secretary and director of Blue Publishing until 1 May this year.
Kidd could not be reached for comment, but Edmondson sent Press Gazette the following statement: "Over the past twelve months the Loaded team has worked hard to bring new life to the quintessentially British men's lifestyle magazine.
"Loaded – which next year celebrates its twentieth birthday – now looks forward to the next chapter in its exciting history.
"This transition has resulted in the restructuring of the company which is now called Loaded Media Ltd and sees the formation of a new team.
"The next challenge is to embrace the opportunities of publishing in a digital age. Loaded magazine will continue as a printed magazine but the team will start the transition to digital platforms whilst capitalising on all commercial opportunities."


Donald Trump Jr. rallies for Brian Kemp in Athens.
Kemp has received support from the president throughout the race. It was a President Donald Trump tweet that Kemp credited for giving him a decisive victory over Casey Cagle in the primary runoff.
Trump Jr. spoke for about 12 minutes and spent most of his time criticizing President Barack Obama and touting his father's successes.
Trump Jr. also implored the crowd to get out and vote saying that would set the tone for Trump's re-election bid.
"We need you to get Brian Kemp in the governor's office," Trump said. "Because that's going to matter not just for 2018 but it's going to play a big part in how Trump performs in 2020."
Neither Trump Jr. nor Kemp spent much time discussing policy or his opponent, Stacey Abrams. But Trump Jr. did praise Kemp as a fighter against the far-left agenda.
Kemp took one shot at Abrams, criticizing her for raising money in California, saying their money won't be able to buy a Georgia election.
Earlier in the day, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren rallied with Stacey Abrams in Clayton County.


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This item arrived in 3 days and it was packaged nicely by Amazon. The material, color and design were as described by the seller. I love how you have three viewing angles and though I have the iPad 2, all the cutouts lined up just fine. I just had to push the iPad 2 further inside so the back camera is not showing a portion of the metal rim and secure the iPad 2 with the velcro closure on the side. Other reviewers mentioned that there was this leathery smell to it and it did have it when I first opened it but it was not a smell that is overpowering. The new faux leather smell is very subtle (unless you deliberately put your nose to it and sniff it) and in the two days that I have it, I don't notice any smell at all. This folio made my iPad 2 heavier and bulkier than my old silicone back cover + Apple Smart Cover but I would still prefer this case because it has a stylus holder attached to it and this cover keeps my iPad 2 stable when it is propped up on my lap but closer to my knees and I'm typing on my lap with my Logitech K760 keyboard in front of it. The back panel of this cover is thicker and a lot more sturdy than the flimsy back of the Speck iPad folio case that I purchased for my husband's iPad 4. The magnets on the front part of the case automatically wakes and sleeps the iPad 2 when I open/close the cover and when it is closed, I just love how my iPad 2 looks just like a very nice and sophisticated journal.
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Two Federal Courts Uphold Coronavirus-Related Restrictions on Abortion Clinics
Federal Courts Uphold Texas, Arkansas Abortion Orders AmidCOVID-19
Two federal circuit courts this week upheld coronavirus-related restrictions on abortion clinics in Texas and Arkansas, offering some legal victories in the larger national debate over whether abortion is an essential medical procedure.
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Federal District Judge Kristine Baker in Little Rock, Arkansas, erred in granting a preliminary injunction against Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson's order prohibiting surgical abortions during the pandemic. The Arkansas victory will be of short effect, however, as the state prepares to open up for elective medical procedures next week.
Meanwhile, a U.S. Fifth Circuit panel, in a 2-1 ruling Monday, allows Texas to restrict medication abortions during the crisis. A week ago, the Fifth Circuit ruled that Texas could prohibit surgical abortions because of public health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, turning back a lower court ruling, while delaying a ruling on medication abortions.
In Arkansas, questions quickly swirled Wednesday as Gov. Hutchinson, feeling pressure from hospitals and medical practices trying to avoid layoffs, announced the state would seek to open up for elective medical procedures as early as Monday, provided certain public health requirements are met. One of those requirements is that medical patients be tested for coronavirus 48 hours in advance of being treated for an elective procedure.
Jerry Cox, president of Little Rock-based Family Council, says although the federal court ruling victory will only be effective until Monday, the governor's order on the Little Rock Family Planning Clinic, the state's only surgical abortion provider, and the subsequent ruling plowed some important ground for future cases. Planned Parenthood had joined with the clinic to challenge the governor's order.
"The ruling by the Eighth Circuit yesterday was a huge pro-life victory," Cox said, "and here's why: It allowed the governor's cease and desist order to stand, which means the clinic had to stop doing surgical abortions; and two, they severely slapped the hand of a federal judge here in Little Rock named Kristine Baker, and she has been very prone to rule in a pro-choice direction. … I think the court is sending a very strong message to her that she is out of bounds." Baker was an Obama appointee.
Cox also mentioned that a group of pro-life legislators visited the Little Rock abortion clinic after the governor's order and prayed as a group outside, which he said was unprecedented and drew significant attention to the clinic. "The exposing of evil that has been done has been a huge benefit," Cox said. "The clinic may get back to business as usual, but they have lost big-time in the court of public opinion."
In Texas, meanwhile, the Fifth Circuit's ruling vindicates pro-life GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's contention that abortions, whether medication abortions or surgical abortions, don't rise to the level of a medically necessary procedure.
Trump appointee Kyle Duncan cast the deciding vote in the 2-1 decision, something abortion proponents were quick to note.
The court agreed with the state that a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) was a valid reason to disallow abortion procedures, even those using medication methods. The judges opined that abortion proponents had failed to show that PPE wouldn't be necessary to at least examine women seeking medication abortions.
Conservative group Texas Values reports that because of Abbott's executive order, "an estimated 1,800 babies' lives at least have been saved from abortion to date. On average, abortionists perform 144 abortions per day in Texas."
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Karl Pearson (; born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an English mathematician and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first university statistics department at University College, London in 1911, and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics and meteorology. Pearson was also a proponent of social Darwinism, eugenics and scientific racism. Pearson was a protégé and biographer of Sir Francis Galton. He edited and completed both William Kingdon Clifford's ''Common Sense of the Exact Sciences'' (1885) and Isaac Todhunter's ''History of the Theory of Elasticity'', Vol. 1 (1886–1893) and Vol. 2 (1893), following their deaths. Provided by Wikipedia
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90' - Second Half ends, Sparta Prague 1, Southampton 0.
90' - Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90' - Attempt blocked. Charlie Austin (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shane Long with a headed pass.
90' - Sam McQueen (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90' - Foul by Filip Havelka (Sparta Prague).
90' - Foul by Cuco Martina (Southampton).
90' - Costa Nhamoinesu (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+3 - Substitution, Sparta Prague. Daniel Köstl replaces Lukas Julis.
90' - Offside, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse tries a through ball, but Maya Yoshida is caught offside.
90' - Charlie Austin (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+1 - Substitution, Sparta Prague. Vaclav Dudl replaces Daniel Holzer.
88' - Foul by Sofiane Boufal (Southampton).
88' - Borek Dockal (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88' - Substitution, Sparta Prague. Filip Havelka replaces David Lafata.
85' - James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85' - Foul by David Lafata (Sparta Prague).
84' - Foul by Maya Yoshida (Southampton).
84' - David Lafata (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
83' - Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83' - Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
82' - Foul by Cuco Martina (Southampton).
82' - Costa Nhamoinesu (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80' - Offside, Southampton. Maya Yoshida tries a through ball, but Charlie Austin is caught offside.
79' - Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Southampton) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
79' - Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Ondrej Mazuch.
78' - Attempt missed. Shane Long (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.
76' - Hand ball by Charlie Austin (Southampton).
75' - Delay in match Tomas Koubek (Sparta Prague) because of an injury.
74' - Tomas Koubek (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74' - Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
73' - Shane Long (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73' - Foul by Ondrej Mazuch (Sparta Prague).
72' - Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Austin replaces Jordy Clasie.
71' - Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Mario Holek.
71' - Shane Long (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
71' - Foul by Borek Dockal (Sparta Prague).
70' - Virgil van Dijk (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70' - Foul by David Lafata (Sparta Prague).
68' - Attempt saved. Borek Dockal (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
66' - Hand ball by Oriol Romeu (Southampton).
65' - Attempt missed. Lukás Marecek (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Vyacheslav Karavayev.
63' - Ondrej Mazuch (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63' - Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
57' - Delay in match Costa Nhamoinesu (Sparta Prague) because of an injury.
56' - Dangerous play by Sofiane Boufal (Southampton).
56' - Costa Nhamoinesu (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
56' - Attempt saved. Vyacheslav Karavayev (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lukás Marecek.
55' - Substitution, Southampton. Sofiane Boufal replaces Jay Rodriguez.
55' - Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Pierre-Emile Højbjerg because of an injury.
54' - Delay in match Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) because of an injury.
52' - Attempt missed. Lukás Marecek (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Lafata.
50' - Foul by Daniel Holzer (Sparta Prague).
50' - Cuco Martina (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49' - Attempt missed. Maya Yoshida (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
48' - Jordy Clasie (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
48' - Dangerous play by Mario Holek (Sparta Prague).
45' - Second Half begins Sparta Prague 1, Southampton 0.
45'+1 - First Half ends, Sparta Prague 1, Southampton 0.
44' - Attempt saved. Jordy Clasie (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
41' - James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41' - Foul by Lukás Marecek (Sparta Prague).
39' - Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39' - Foul by Borek Dockal (Sparta Prague).
36' - Offside, Southampton. Jordy Clasie tries a through ball, but Jay Rodriguez is caught offside.
35' - Offside, Southampton. Cuco Martina tries a through ball, but Shane Long is caught offside.
32' - Mario Holek (Sparta Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32' - James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
32' - Foul by Mario Holek (Sparta Prague).
31' - Offside, Southampton. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg tries a through ball, but Shane Long is caught offside.
30' - Hand ball by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton).
28' - Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
28' - Daniel Holzer (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28' - Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Borek Dockal.
24' - Attempt missed. Sam McQueen (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left.
24' - Attempt blocked. Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam McQueen.
22' - Attempt missed. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordy Clasie.
21' - Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Michal Kadlec.
20' - Attempt blocked. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
19' - Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Tomas Koubek.
19' - Attempt saved. Shane Long (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
18' - Shane Long (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18' - Foul by Ondrej Mazuch (Sparta Prague).
18' - Attempt blocked. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
16' - Foul by Jordy Clasie (Southampton).
16' - Daniel Holzer (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16' - Attempt saved. Sam McQueen (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathan Redmond.
11' - GOAL!!! Sparta Prague 1, Southampton 0. Costa Nhamoinesu (Sparta Prague) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Borek Dockal following a set piece situation.
10' - Lukas Julis (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
10' - Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Southampton).
10' - Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10' - Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
7' - Offside, Southampton. Shane Long tries a through ball, but Jay Rodriguez is caught offside.
4' - Attempt saved. David Lafata (Sparta Prague) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.


Dear God, every day is the same length. When I face each one I gaze out upon an equal duration. Yet some days stretch before me as a yawning chasm and I am filled with fear and misgiving. Others appear short and I wish they were longer. Some seem filled with too much to do; others empty.
Lord, let me see these all with the same, even attitude. Each day is filled with moments, and you stand beside me at each one. Let me trust that you will provide enough strength and resources, moment by moment, to act as you would have me do.
I may be fearful of what I anticipate coming my way, but in reality it is almost always just one or two things that I fear. An isolated task I am unsure I can do. Yet I allow this one moment, which may not even occur, to cast a shadow on the whole day.
Lord, let me live in a series of moments. Let me not think of the day ahead but of the one single thing that faces me here and now. Let me act in this present moment exactly as I ought, your obedient servant. You have already delivered to me exactly what I need, right here. Let me recognize it.
Today, let me be kindly to all I greet. Every single moment, let me carry your message of love. Show me your will – not later but right now, just as you always have done. All I need do is listen and trust. Let me do so with a grateful heart.


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paragram (word play)
An Introduction to Punctuation
Humanities › English
Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms
The Worst Paragram. Copyright © 2010, Zazzle Inc.
by Richard Nordquist
Richard Nordquist is a freelance writer and former professor of English and Rhetoric who wrote college-level Grammar and Composition textbooks.
A paragram is a type of verbal play consisting of the alteration of a letter or a series of letters in a word. Adjective: paragrammatic. Also called a textonym.
See Examples and Observations below. Also see:
Logology
Words at Play: An Introduction to Recreational Linguistics
From the Greek, "jokes by the letter"
Examples and Observations
"A specific kind of word play traditionally called paronomasia, or more currently called a paragram, changes one or more letters of a word or expression to create humor or irony or, Collins (2004) suggests, to achieve 'dramatic, critical--or bathetic--effect' (p. 129). Thus, Swan Lake becomes Swine Lake in a Marshall book (1999) about pigs performing a ballet; a chapter on grammar in electronic communication in Woe Is I (O'Conner, 2003) is titled 'E-mail Intuition'; and Lars Anderson (2005) uses a paragram in the title of a Sports Illustrated article about exercise programs for NASCAR pit crews with 'Making a Fit Stop.' Once they're aware of paragrams . . ., students will find them everywhere."
(Deborah Dean, Bringing Grammar to Life. International Reading Association, 2007)
Paragrammic Song Titles
"A paragram is a play on words made by altering a word, or sometimes only a letter, in a common expression or literary allusion. I did it earlier in 'an axiom waiting to happen'--a play on the colloquialism, 'an accident waiting to happen.'
"The majority of the following paragram titles emanate from the Nashville area; it would seem that country writers have virtually cornered the market on twisting the idiom. . . .
The High Cost of Loving
Every Heart Should Have One
Can't Teach My Old Heart New Tricks
You're Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning"
(Sheila Davis, The Songwriter's Idea Book. Writer's Digest Books, 1992)
Julia Kristeva and the Figure of Antisemantics
- In her work of the late 1960s, . . . [literary critic Julia] Kristeva uses the term 'paragram' (also used by Saussure) rather than anagram because she is intent on emphasizing the idea that language is, in its essence, doubly constituted: it has a material base which insists poetically . . . in the textual message or in the text as a vehicle of communication. 'Paragram' rather than 'anagram,' then, because the poet is not only creating poetic language, but is equally created by his language. . . .
"'Paragram' thus points beyond the letter as such to the phonic pattern of language, that is, towards its 'volume' which 'breaks up the linearity of the signifying chain.'"
(John Lechte, Julia Kristeva, 1990; rpt. Routledge, 2013)
- "The paragram (which in its rhetorical manifestation includes acrostics and anagrams) is a fundamental disposition in all combinatory systems of writing and contributes to phoneticism its partly transphenomenal character. Paragrams are what Nicholas Abraham terms figures of antisemantics, those aspects of language that escape all discourse and that commit writing to a vast, nonintentional reserve, According to Leon Roudiez, a text may be described as paragrammic 'in the sense that its organization of words (and their denotations), grammar, and syntax is challenged by the infinite possibilities provided by letters and phonemes combining to form networks of significance not accessible through conventional reading habits' (in Kristeva 1984, 256)."
(Steve McCaffery, Prior to Meaning: The Protosemantic and Poetics. Northwestern University Press, 2001)
Paragrams and Predictive Text
"A new language is being developed by mobile phone-addicted kids based on the predictive text of their treasured handsets.
"Key words are replaced by the first alternative that comes up on a mobile phone using predictive text--changing 'cool' into 'book,' 'awake' into 'cycle,' 'beer' into 'adds,' 'pub' into 'sub' and 'barmaid' into 'carnage.' . . .
"The replacement words--technically paragrams, but commonly known as textonyms, adaptonyms or cellodromes--are becoming part of regular teen banter.
"Some of the most popular textonyms show intriguing links between the originally intended word and the one the predictive text throws up--'eat' becomes 'fat' and 'kiss' becomes 'lips,' 'home' is 'good' and the vodka brand 'Smirnoff' becomes 'poison.'"
(Kate Kelland, "Textonyms Give Mobile Addicts New Language." news.com.au, Feb. 6, 2008)
Pronunciation: PAR-a-gram
Is Texting the Same as Writing?
Definition and Examples of Pseudowords
Examples of Anagrams
Word Play: Having Fun With the Sounds and Meanings of Words
A Crowded Collection of Collective Nouns
A Solecism Can Have You Scratching Your Head
Words at Play: Isograms
What Is Lexicogrammar?
What Is a Text in Linguistics?
What Is Sentence Structure in English?
What Is a Grapheme?
What Kind of Language Is Textspeak?
Explore the Different Types of Word Formation in English
How Do You Define a Sentence?
Here's Where to Begin When Learning to Speak German
Kinquering Congs and Other Examples of Spoonerisms
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A home purchase can be the most significant financial decision many people could ever consider. Whether it's where you raise your family, an additional vacation property or one of many rentals, the purchase of real property is a detailed financial transaction that requires multiple people working in concert to pull it all off.
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Appraisers get to know the subdivisions in which they appraise. We innately understand the value of specific features to the residents of that area. Then, the appraiser looks up recent transactions in the area and finds properties which are 'comparable' to the property being appraised. Using knowledge of the value of certain items such as square footage, additional bathrooms, hardwood floors, fireplaces or view lots (just to name a few), we add or subtract from each comparable's sales price so that they more accurately match the features of subject.
At Desert Cities Appraisal Service, we are an authority in knowing the value of particular items in Palm Desert and Riverside County neighborhoods. This approach to value is commonly awarded the most consideration when an appraisal is for a home purchase.
A third way of valuing real estate is sometimes used when an area has a reasonable number of renter occupied properties. In this case, the amount of revenue the property generates is taken into consideration along with income produced by neighboring properties to derive the current value.
Analyzing the data from all approaches, the appraiser is then ready to stipulate an estimated market value for the subject property. The estimate of value on the appraisal report is not necessarily what's being paid for the property even though it is likely the best indication of a property's market value There are always mitigating factors such as seller motivation, urgency or 'bidding wars' that may adjust the final price up or down. Regardless, the appraised value is typically used as a guideline for lenders who don't want to loan a buyer more money than they could get back in case they had to sell the property again. At the end of the day: An appraiser from Desert Cities Appraisal Service will guarantee you attain the most accurate property value, so you can make the most informed real estate decisions.


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New Events In 2022 Fuel Growth of New York State Fairgrounds' Year-Round Business
December 30, 2021 Press Releases
At least 10 new public events and festivals will come to Upstate New York's home of great events, the New York State Fairgrounds, in the first half of 2022 as the special events industry stages a robust economic rebound. In all, more than 50 public events are tentatively scheduled to take place on the Fairgrounds through June, with inquiries for open dates coming in almost daily.
New events coming to the Fairgrounds include:
The New York Sneaker Convention, Saturday, March 19, an opportunity for fans to buy, sell and trade sneakers;
The Cavalcade of Cars, March 26 – 27, a huge indoor classic car show that is expanding from its Buffalo base;
The international Taste Festival, April 9 – 10, featuring food, music and culture from around the world;
Two dance competitions – The Royal Dance Competition in April and the Imagine Dance Challenge in May; and
The Iroquois Empire Volleyball Association Icicle Challenge, February 19 – 21, followed at the end of April with their Boys/Girls Regionals tournament.
State Fair Director Troy Waffner said, "The year-round business of the Fairgrounds is to support the economic growth of the region. These events will bring many new people to Central New York. We're pleased that these events have chosen the Fairgrounds as their event venues."
Iroquois Empire Volleyball Association Commissioner Hazel Goldstein said, "IREVA was so pleased to be able come to the New York State Fairgrounds and the Center of Progress Building for our tournament in 2021. Every staff member at the Fairgrounds was easily accessible, happy to help and pleasant to deal with! We loved being there and look forward to a long and continued relationship."
International Taste Festival promoter Stephanie Pestillo said, "With the International Taste Festival being a new event in the Central NY area in April 2022, the Fairgrounds is the perfect fit. It offers the largest open events space in the Northeast, state of the art accommodations and services to the public, and plenty of free parking for all. The partnership with the Fairgrounds has been instrumental in creating the perfect environment for an event that will offer the culturally diverse cuisine and entertainment that the area has to offer."
In addition to the new events, the Fairgrounds' largest regular shows, such as the New York Farm Show, Winter Fair, Jurassic Quest, the Central New York Home Show, and the Syracuse Nationals will return in 2022. Various promoters have also made plans to bring back perennial events such as RV shows, indoor auto racing and racing-related shows, outdoor sports shows, graduations, and craft shows. In addition, promoters of the New York State Blues Festival plan to return in June after moving their longtime festival to the Fairgrounds in 2021. The new season of events has already begun, with the opening of the Wegmans Ice Masters drive-thru ice sculpting event, taking place now through January 2.
The Fairgrounds remained a vital and busy place during the pandemic, even as its normal business had to be put on hold. The Exposition Center became Upstate New York's largest mass vaccination center, providing at its peak more than 10,000 vaccinations in a single day as it operated around the clock to become the second largest vaccination site in America. The Horticulture Building became a drive-through COVID testing facility, operated by Upstate University Hospital. Promoters adapted to the changes, holding drive-through food events and drive-in movies and, in good weather, socially distanced outdoor carnivals. Vaccinations and testing remain available even as public and private events have returned.
Event spaces on the Fairgrounds range from smaller rooms suitable for meetings to mid-size and large buildings for craft and trade shows to the 110,000 square-foot Expo Center, the largest clear span building north of New York City between Boston and Cleveland, for the largest events. Huge parking lots are available so event managers can offer free or paid parking, in line with their business models, with shuttle service available from distant lots. A full-time events and security staff cleans and secures buildings and other services are available a la carte. Event promoters and meeting planners seeking more information can call or email Events Manager Todd Dupell at 315-728-4380. Building floor plans and other information are available on the Fairgrounds website.
The New York State Fairgrounds is the home of great events for Upstate New York. More than 10 million people live within about a three hour drive of the Fairgrounds, which sits near the intersection of two major interstate highways. A year-round schedule of events is available here. Find the Great New York State Fair on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and enjoy photos from the Fair on Flickr.
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PART 1 : VIDEO BASED LESSON & TRANSCRIPT
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"How language shapes the way we think"
"How language shapes the way we think"
Lera Boronditsky discusses the affects of language on the way we think and our behaviour in different cultures
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1) Listen to the video without reading the text / transcript
2) Then Listen to the video again reading the transcript as you listen.
3) Then listen to the video again without reading the transcript.
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So, I'll be speaking to you using language ... because I can. This is one these magical abilities that we humans have. We can transmit really complicated thoughts to one another. So what I'm doing right now is, I'm making sounds with my mouth as I'm exhaling. I'm making tones and hisses and puffs, and those are creating air vibrations in the air. Those air vibrations are traveling to you, they're hitting your eardrums, and then your brain takes those vibrations from your eardrums and transforms them into thoughts. I hope.
I hope that's happening. So because of this ability, we humans are able to transmit our ideas across vast reaches of space and time. We're able to transmit knowledge across minds. I can put a bizarre new idea in your mind right now. I could say, "Imagine a jellyfish waltzing in a library while thinking about quantum mechanics."
Now, if everything has gone relatively well in your life so far, you probably haven't had that thought before.
But now I've just made you think it, through language.
Now of course, there isn't just one language in the world, there are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world. And all the languages differ from one another in all kinds of ways. Some languages have different sounds, they have different vocabularies, and they also have different structures -- very importantly, different structures. That begs the question: Does the language we speak shape the way we think? Now, this is an ancient question. People have been speculating about this question forever. Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor, said, "To have a second language is to have a second soul" -- strong statement that language crafts reality. But on the other hand, Shakespeare has Juliet say, "What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Well, that suggests that maybe language doesn't craft reality.
These arguments have gone back and forth for thousands of years. But until recently, there hasn't been any data to help us decide either way. Recently, in my lab and other labs around the world, we've started doing research, and now we have actual scientific data to weigh in on this question.
So let me tell you about some of my favorite examples. I'll start with an example from an Aboriginal community in Australia that I had the chance to work with. These are the Kuuk Thaayorre people. They live in Pormpuraaw at the very west edge of Cape York. What's cool about Kuuk Thaayorre is, in Kuuk Thaayorre, they don't use words like "left" and "right," and instead, everything is in cardinal directions: north, south, east and west. And when I say everything, I really mean everything. You would say something like, "Oh, there's an ant on your southwest leg." Or, "Move your cup to the north-northeast a little bit." In fact, the way that you say "hello" in Kuuk Thaayorre is you say, "Which way are you going?" And the answer should be, "North-northeast in the far distance. How about you?"
So imagine as you're walking around your day, every person you greet, you have to report your heading direction.
But that would actually get you oriented pretty fast, right? Because you literally couldn't get past "hello," if you didn't know which way you were going. In fact, people who speak languages like this stay oriented really well. They stay oriented better than we used to think humans could. We used to think that humans were worse than other creatures because of some biological excuse: "Oh, we don't have magnets in our beaks or in our scales." No; if your language and your culture trains you to do it, actually, you can do it. There are humans around the world who stay oriented really well.
And just to get us in agreement about how different this is from the way we do it, I want you all to close your eyes for a second and point southeast.
Keep your eyes closed. Point. OK, so you can open your eyes. I see you guys pointing there, there, there, there, there ... I don't know which way it is myself –
You have not been a lot of help.
So let's just say the accuracy in this room was not very high. This is a big difference in cognitive ability across languages, right? Where one group -- very distinguished group like you guys -- doesn't know which way is which, but in another group, I could ask a five-year-old and they would know.
There are also really big differences in how people think about time. So here I have pictures of my grandfather at different ages. And if I ask an English speaker to organize time, they might lay it out this way, from left to right. This has to do with writing direction. If you were a speaker of Hebrew or Arabic, you might do it going in the opposite direction, from right to left.
But how would the Kuuk Thaayorre, this Aboriginal group I just told you about, do it? They don't use words like "left" and "right." Let me give you hint. When we sat people facing south, they organized time from left to right. When we sat them facing north, they organized time from right to left. When we sat them facing east, time came towards the body. What's the pattern? East to west, right? So for them, time doesn't actually get locked on the body at all, it gets locked on the landscape. So for me, if I'm facing this way, then time goes this way, and if I'm facing this way, then time goes this way. I'm facing this way, time goes this way -- very egocentric of me to have the direction of time chase me around every time I turn my body. For the Kuuk Thaayorre, time is locked on the landscape. It's a dramatically different way of thinking about time.
Here's another really smart human trick. Suppose I ask you how many penguins are there. Well, I bet I know how you'd solve that problem if you solved it. You went, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight." You counted them. You named each one with a number, and the last number you said was the number of penguins. This is a little trick that you're taught to use as kids. You learn the number list and you learn how to apply it. A little linguistic trick. Well, some languages don't do this, because some languages don't have exact number words. They're languages that don't have a word like "seven" or a word like "eight." In fact, people who speak these languages don't count, and they have trouble keeping track of exact quantities. So, for example, if I ask you to match this number of penguins to the same number of ducks, you would be able to do that by counting. But folks who don't have that linguistic trick can't do that.
Languages also differ in how they divide up the color spectrum -- the visual world. Some languages have lots of words for colors, some have only a couple words, "light" and "dark." And languages differ in where they put boundaries between colors. So, for example, in English, there's a word for blue that covers all of the colors that you can see on the screen, but in Russian, there isn't a single word. Instead, Russian speakers have to differentiate between light blue, "goluboy," and dark blue, "siniy." So Russians have this lifetime of experience of, in language, distinguishing these two colors. When we test people's ability to perceptually discriminate these colors, what we find is that Russian speakers are faster across this linguistic boundary. They're faster to be able to tell the difference between a light and dark blue. And when you look at people's brains as they're looking at colors -- say you have colors shifting slowly from light to dark blue -- the brains of people who use different words for light and dark blue will give a surprised reaction as the colors shift from light to dark, as if, "Ooh, something has categorically changed," whereas the brains of English speakers, for example, that don't make this categorical distinction, don't give that surprise, because nothing is categorically changing.
Languages have all kinds of structural quirks. This is one of my favorites. Lots of languages have grammatical gender; every noun gets assigned a gender, often masculine or feminine. And these genders differ across languages. So, for example, the sun is feminine in German but masculine in Spanish, and the moon, the reverse. Could this actually have any consequence for how people think? Do German speakers think of the sun as somehow more female-like, and the moon somehow more male-like? Actually, it turns out that's the case. So if you ask German and Spanish speakers to, say, describe a bridge, like the one here -- "bridge" happens to be grammatically feminine in German, grammatically masculine in Spanish -- German speakers are more likely to say bridges are "beautiful," "elegant" and stereotypically feminine words. Whereas Spanish speakers will be more likely to say they're "strong" or "long," these masculine words.
Languages also differ in how they describe events, right? You take an event like this, an accident. In English, it's fine to say, "He broke the vase." In a language like Spanish, you might be more likely to say, "The vase broke," or, "The vase broke itself." If it's an accident, you wouldn't say that someone did it. In English, quite weirdly, we can even say things like, "I broke my arm." Now, in lots of languages, you couldn't use that construction unless you are a lunatic and you went out looking to break your arm -- (Laughter) and you succeeded. If it was an accident, you would use a different construction.
Now, this has consequences. So, people who speak different languages will pay attention to different things, depending on what their language usually requires them to do. So we show the same accident to English speakers and Spanish speakers, English speakers will remember who did it, because English requires you to say, "He did it; he broke the vase." Whereas Spanish speakers might be less likely to remember who did it if it's an accident, but they're more likely to remember that it was an accident. They're more likely to remember the intention. So, two people watch the same event, witness the same crime, but end up remembering different things about that event. This has implications, of course, for eyewitness testimony. It also has implications for blame and punishment. So if you take English speakers and I just show you someone breaking a vase, and I say, "He broke the vase," as opposed to "The vase broke," even though you can witness it yourself, you can watch the video, you can watch the crime against the vase, you will punish someone more, you will blame someone more if I just said, "He broke it," as opposed to, "It broke." The language guides our reasoning about events.
Now, I've given you a few examples of how language can profoundly shape the way we think, and it does so in a variety of ways. So language can have big effects, like we saw with space and time, where people can lay out space and time in completely different coordinate frames from each other. Language can also have really deep effects -- that's what we saw with the case of number. Having count words in your language, having number words, opens up the whole world of mathematics. Of course, if you don't count, you can't do algebra, you can't do any of the things that would be required to build a room like this or make this broadcast, right? This little trick of number words gives you a stepping stone into a whole cognitive realm.
Language can also have really early effects, what we saw in the case of color. These are really simple, basic, perceptual decisions. We make thousands of them all the time, and yet, language is getting in there and fussing even with these tiny little perceptual decisions that we make. Language can have really broad effects. So the case of grammatical gender may be a little silly, but at the same time, grammatical gender applies to all nouns. That means language can shape how you're thinking about anything that can be named by a noun. That's a lot of stuff.
And finally, I gave you an example of how language can shape things that have personal weight to us -- ideas like blame and punishment or eyewitness memory. These are important things in our daily lives.
Now, the beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is. Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000 -- there are 7,000 languages spoken around the world. And we can create many more -- languages, of course, are living things, things that we can hone and change to suit our needs. The tragic thing is that we're losing so much of this linguistic diversity all the time. We're losing about one language a week, and by some estimates, half of the world's languages will be gone in the next hundred years. And the even worse news is that right now, almost everything we know about the human mind and human brain is based on studies of usually American English-speaking undergraduates at universities. That excludes almost all humans. Right? So what we know about the human mind is actually incredibly narrow and biased, and our science has to do better.
I want to leave you with this final thought. I've told you about how speakers of different languages think differently, but of course, that's not about how people elsewhere think. It's about how you think. It's how the language that you speak shapes the way that you think. And that gives you the opportunity to ask, "Why do I think the way that I do?" "How could I think differently?" And also, "What thoughts do I wish to create?"
PART 2 : COMPREHENSION
Listen to the video and answer all questions below without reading the transcript /text of the video.
Then read the transcript of the video and check your answers, before looking at the corrections.
LISTENING AND READING COMPREHENSION
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Some vocabulary: to exhale = expirer, to hiss=sifler, to puff = souffler, eardrum = le tympan
1. How many languages are there in the world?
2. What is the key question she asks at the beginning?
3. True or false? At the moment, there is nothing to prove a connection between our language and the way we think.
4. What do the Aboriginal Kuuk Thaayorre people use as an alternative to directions "left" and "right"?
5. How do the KuuK Thaayorre people greet each other?
6. True or false? Some language structures can influence our sense of direction.
7. For the Kuuk Thaayorre what affects the way they think about time? And how is this different to how Westerners and Arab and Hebrew speakers organise time?
8. What are the following two systems that vary between different languages?
9. How does the gender of words like "bridge" in German and Spanish affect how the Germans and the Spanish think about these words?
10. In Lera's "broken vase" example what is the difference in the way English people Spanish people think about the broken vase?
11. True or false? Diversity in languages is currently diminishing.
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1. 7,000
2. Does the language we speak shape the way we think?
There is scientific data to debate this question.
3. They use cardinal directions e.g. North, North-west, South etc
4. They ask "which way are you going?" with theresponse "North-North East in the far distance, what about you?"
5.They can get better orientated
6. They think about time based on cardinal directions whereas Westerners organise in the direction of writing – right to left and then for Arabic and Hebrew speakers it's the opposite – left to right.
7.The way people count and talk about colour differs.
8. The German's view "bridge" as a feminine word and will describe it using stereotypically feminine adjectives whereas the Spanish view it as masculine and will describe it using more masculine words.
9. The English will see the broken vase and think "he broke the vase" even though it may have been an accident whereas the Spanish will think "the vase broke" and remember more that it was an accident rather than who did it. This changes perception of blame and punishment.
10. One language is lost a week.
UNFOLD - DEPLIER- QUESTIONS
Here is a texte about Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, one of the most famous linguistic theories.
After reading the text can you find the synonym (A orB) for the words from 1 to 6
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Linguistic Theory
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is the linguistic theory that the semantic structure of a language shapes or limits the ways in which a speaker forms conceptions of the world. It (1) came about in 1929. The theory is named after the American anthropological linguist Edward Sapir (1884–1939) and his student Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941). It is also known as the theory of linguistic relativity, linguistic relativism, linguistic determinism, Whorfian hypothesis, and Whorfianism.
History of the Theory
The idea that a person's native language determines how he or she thinks was popular among behaviorists of the 1930s and on until cognitive psychology theories came about, beginning in the 1950s and increasing in influence in the 1960s. (Behaviorism taught that behavior is a result of external conditioning and doesn't (2) take feelings, emotions, and thoughts (2) into account as affecting behavior. Cognitive psychology studies mental processes such as creative thinking, problem-solving, and attention.)
Author Lera Boroditsky gave some background on ideas about the connections between languages and thought:
"The question of whether languages shape the way we think goes back centuries; Charlemagne proclaimed that 'to have a second language is to have a second soul.' But the idea went out of favor with scientists when Noam Chomsky's theories of language gained popularity in the 1960s and '70s. Dr. Chomsky proposed that there is a universal grammar for all human languages—essentially, that languages don't really differ from one another in (3) significant ways...." ("Lost in Translation." "The Wall Street Journal," July 30, 2010)
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis was taught in courses through the early 1970s and had become widely accepted as truth, but then it (4) fell out of favor. By the 1990s, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis was left for dead, author Steven Pinker wrote. "The cognitive revolution in psychology, which made the study of pure thought possible, and a number of studies showing meager effects of language on concepts, appeared to kill the concept in the 1990s... But recently it has been resurrected, and 'neo-Whorfianism' is now an active research topic in psycholinguistics." ("The Stuff of Thought. "Viking, 2007)
Neo-Whorfianism is essentially a weaker version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and says that language influences a speaker's view of the world but does not inescapably determine it.
The Theory's Flaws
One big problem with the original Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (5) stems from the idea that if a person's language has no word for a particular concept, then that person would not be able to understand that concept, which is untrue. Language doesn't necessarily control humans' ability to reason or have an emotional response to something or some idea. For example, take the German word sturmfrei, which essentially is the feeling when you have the whole house to yourself because your parents or roommates are away. Just because English doesn't have a single word for the idea doesn't mean that Americans can't understand the concept.
There's also the "chicken and egg" problem with the theory. "Languages, of course, are human creations, tools we invent and hone to suit our needs," Boroditsky continued. "Simply showing that speakers of different languages think differently doesn't tell us whether it's language that shapes thought or (6) the other way around."
1) came about A) happened B) returned
2) take ......... into account A) calculate B) consider
3) significant ways (colocation) A) noticeable pattern B) path to follow
4) fell out of favor (idiom) A) not considered anymore B) don't owe anything to anybody
5) Stems (v) A) converge B) results
6) other way around (idiom) A) round trip B) opposite
1 A 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 B 6 B
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Lire les phrases suivantes du texte du listening en francais. Il faut les traduire vers l'anglais sans regarder le texte d;abord et puis vous les trouverez dans les paragraphes 7 et 9
1. Beaucoup des langues utilisent du genre pour les noms. Chaque nom a un genre, souvant masculin ou feminin. Ces genres sont differents pour des differents langues.
2. Certains langues n'ont pas des mots precis pour des numeros. Il existe des langues qui n'ont pas le mot "sept" ou "huit". En fait, les gens qui parlent ces langues ne compte pas et ils ont des difficultés pour comprendre des quantités exactes.
PART 4 : GRAMMAR
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Relative clauses:
We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, or to give more information about something.
I bought a new car. It is very fast.
I bought a new car that is very fast.
She lives in New York. She likes living in New York.
She lives in New York, which she likes.
Defining and Non-defining
A defining relative clause tells which noun we are talking about:
I like the woman who lives next door.
(If I don't say 'who lives next door', then we don't know which woman I mean).
A non-defining relative clause gives us extra information about something. We don't need this information to understand the sentence.
I live in London, which has some fantastic parks.
(Everybody knows where London is, so 'which has some fantastic parks' is extra information).
Defining relative clauses:
1: The relative pronoun is the subject:
First, let's consider when the relative pronoun is the subject of a defining relative clause.
We can use 'who', 'which' or 'that'. We use 'who' for people and 'which' for things. We can use 'that' for people or things.
The relative clause can come after the subject or the object of the sentence. We can't drop the relative pronoun.
For example (clause after the object of the sentence):
I'm looking for a secretary who / that can use a computer well.
She has a son who / that is a doctor.
We bought a house which / that is 200 years old.
More examples (clause after the subject of the sentence):
The people who / that live on the island are very friendly.
The man who / that phoned is my brother.
The camera which / that costs £100 is over there.
2: The relative pronoun is the object:
When the relative pronoun is the object of the clause, we can drop the relative pronoun if we want to. Again, the clause can come after the subject or the object of the sentence. Here are some examples:
(Clause after the object)
She loves the chocolate (which / that) I bought.
We went to the village (which / that) Lucy recommended.
John met a woman (who / that) I had been to school with.
(Clause after the subject)
The bike (which / that) I loved was stolen.
The university (which / that) she likes is famous.
The woman (who / that) my brother loves is from Mexico.
Non-defining relative clauses:
We don't use 'that' in non-defining relative clauses, so we need to use 'which' if the pronoun refers to a thing, and 'who' if it refers to a person. We can't drop the relative pronoun in this kind of clause, even if the relative pronoun is the subject of the clause.
(Clause comes after the subject)
My boss, who is very nice, lives in Manchester.
My sister, who I live with, knows a lot about cars.
My bicycle, which I've had for more than ten years, is falling apart.
(Clause comes after the object)
Yesterday I called our friend Julie, who lives in New York.
The photographer called to the Queen, who looked annoyed.
Last week I bought a new computer, which I don't like now.
Practice 1:
Make one sentence from the two short ones. The sentence in italics should become the relative clause. The relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause.
1. She worked for a man. The man used to be an athlete. _______________________________________________________________
2. They called a lawyer. The lawyer lived nearby. _______________________________________________________________
3. I sent an email to my brother. My brother lives in Australia. _______________________________________________________________
4. The customer liked the waitress. The waitress was very friendly. _______________________________________________________________
5. We broke the computer. The computer belonged to my father. _______________________________________________________________
6. I dropped a glass. The glass was new. _______________________________________________________________
7. She loves books. The books have happy endings. _______________________________________________________________
8. They live in a city. The city is in the north of England. _______________________________________________________________
9. The man is in the garden. The man is wearing a blue jumper. _______________________________________________________________
10. The girl works in a bank. The girl is from India. _______________________________________________________________
11. My sister has three children. My sister lives in Australia. _______________________________________________________________
12. The waiter was rude. The waiter was wearing a blue shirt. _______________________________________________________________
13. The money is in the kitchen. The money belongs to John. _______________________________________________________________
14. The table got broken. The table was my grandmother's.
Make a new sentence by joining the two short sentences. The sentence in italics should become the relative clause, and the relative pronoun is the object.
1. We ate the fruit. I bought the fruit. _______________________________________________________________
2. She bought the computer. Her brother had recommended the computer. _______________________________________________________________
3. He lost the money. I had given him the money. _______________________________________________________________
4. We called the taxi company. Julie often uses the taxi company. _______________________________________________________________
5. John met a girl. I used to employ the girl. _______________________________________________________________
6. Lucy called the doctor. My mother knows the doctor. _______________________________________________________________
7. He brought a woman. I used to often meet the woman . _______________________________________________________________
8. We employed the lawyer. Julie recommended the lawyer. _______________________________________________________________
9. The fruit is on the table. I bought the fruit. _______________________________________________________________
10. The wallet belongs to John. Lucy found the wallet in the garden. _______________________________________________________________
11. The food was delicious. David cooked the food. _______________________________________________________________
12. The car was stolen. My father gave me the car. _______________________________________________________________
13. The man was arrested. I reported the man to the police. _______________________________________________________________
14. The doctor was right. Lucy asked the doctor about her problem.
UNFOLD - DEPLIER - CORRECTIONS
Answers 1:
1. She worked for a man who / that used to be an athlete.
2. They called a lawyer who / that lived nearby.
3. I sent an email to my brother who / that lives in Australia.
4. The customer liked the waitress who / that was very friendly.
5. We broke the computer which / that belonged to my father.
6. I dropped a glass which / that was new.
7. She loves books which / that have happy endings.
8. They live in a city which / that is in the north of England.
9. The man who / that is wearing a blue jumper is in the garden.
10. The girl who / that is from India works in a bank.
11. My sister who / that lives in Australia has three children.
12. The waiter who / that was wearing a blue shirt was rude.
13. The money which / that belongs to John is in the kitchen.
14. The table which / that was my grandmother's got broken.
1. We ate the fruit (which / that) I bought.
2. She bought the computer(which / that) her brother had recommended.
3. He lost the money (which / that) I had given him.
4. We called the taxi company (which / that) Julie often uses.
5. John met a girl (who / that) I used to employ.
6. Lucy called the doctor (who / that) my mother knows.
7. He brought a woman (who / that) I used to often meet.
8. We employed the lawyer (who / that) Julie recommended.
9. The fruit (which / that) I bought is on the table.
10. The wallet (which / that) Lucy found in the garden belongs to John.
11. The food (which / that) David cooked was delicious.
12. The car (which / that) my father gave me was stolen.
13. The man (who / that) I reported to the police was arrested.
14. The doctor (who / that) Lucy asked about her problem was right.
PART 5 : WRITING
UNFOLD - DEPLIER - WORD LIST
To outline : souligner, mettre en évidence
Supplies : approvisionnements
Injury : une blessure
Sting : une piqûre
Spell : un sort
To be pregnant : tomber enceinte
Politely : gentiment
Record : un registre
To oversee : surveiller
Thin : maigre
To beg : supplier
Advice : conseil
UNFOLD - DEPLIER - ESSAY
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Now it is you turn. Write a text :
- Present yourself.
- Describe your profession.
- Tell what you did to get this job.
- Describe a typical day of your life : what usually happens when you are at work?
UNFOLD - DEPLIER - OPTION
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Sonos ZP80
alaTest has collected and analyzed 39 reviews of Sonos ZP80. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.2/5 for other Audio Systems for all reviews. People really like the reliability and design. The size and usability are also mentioned favorably, but there are some critical views about the price.
usability, size, design, reliability
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Audio Systems the Sonos ZP80 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.
Amazon.com review summary for Sonos ZP80
alaTest has collected and analyzed 16 user reviews of Sonos ZP80 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Audio Systems on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the size. The usability is also appreciated, whereas many are negative about the price.
usability, size
100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Expert review by : CNET staff (cnet.com)
Sonos ZonePlayer ZP80
Editor's Choice!
Expert review by : Mike Kobrin (pcmag.com)
Sonos ZonePlayer 80
Sonos, one of the biggest names in multiroom digital audio, has released the Sonos ZonePlayer 80 ($999), a more affordable version of the ZonePlayer 100. Using a wireless network, the ZonePlayer 80 lets you play the thousands of digital music files...
Compact. Excellent audio quality. Broad file format support. Very easy setup.
No WM DRM, FairPlay, or WMA Lossless support. No photo support. Controller lacks a headphone output.
This is a truly excellent wireless audio solution for people who already have a good home stereo system and audio playback devices in multiple rooms. And it's surprisingly easy to set up.
Expert review by : David Carnoy (cnet.com)
Sonos Digital Music System (ZP80 bundle)
The Sonos ZP80 bundle is sleekly designed, it's easy to set up, and its wireless, color-screen remote allows you to access your music from anywhere in the house. The Sonos system is also easily expandable (to as many as 32 rooms), now incorporates...
The Sonos system doesn't play copy-protected WMA or AAC files; the remote's rechargeable battery isn't removable.
With its ZP80 bundle, Sonos has done what fans of its highly regarded multiroom Digital Music System have requested all along: ditched the built-in amp of the ZP100, added digital audio outputs, and lowered the price. The recent Rhapsody integration is...
Expert review by : Michael Brown (maximumpc.com)
Sonos Digital Music System: ZP-80 Bundle
ALERT: Your days of having to stream music through your PC are over! Sonos now delivers the ability to stream straight from Rhapsody!
The drawback to this design is that the first Zone Player you install must be hardwired to your router. Unless you have Ethernet to a stereo, that unit is essentially wasted. (It'll play your music, but that's redundant because your PC can do the same...
Expert review by : Christopher Jones (avguide.com)
Sonos ZonePlayer 80 Bundle Wireless Digital Music System
Normally, whipping up new music mixes isn't part of my dinner party preparations, but with the Sonos Digital Music System, that's just what I found myself doing on a recent occasion. The handheld Sonos controller is just small enough to slide into a...
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Review: Sonos ZP80
Sonos produces a great product that lets you tie all your sound sources together into one seamless network. Its original configuration is pricey. The company's newest offering, however, is a more affordable, entry-level system, but you'll have to spend...
Expert review by : Dan Frakes (macworld.com)
Sonos responds to feedback with a new, complementary ZonePlayer
Over a year has passed since we reviewed the Sonos Digital Music System, and it remains the most complete and easy-to-use multi-room audio system. If you've already got a home stereo or powered speaker system (or two), the introduction of the ZP80-a...
Provides nearly all the features and benefits of the ZonePlayer 100 to an existing stereo system for a lower price and in a much smaller package
No headphone jack ; Digital Music System requires at least one ZonePlayer be connected to your computer, router, or wireless bridge ; Digital Music System still has a few minor limitations noted in
When I first took a ZP80 out of its box, I was shocked by its diminutive size. At only 5.3 by 5.3 by 2.8 inches, it's less than 1/4 the size of the original ZonePlayer, and can easily be held in the palm of your hand. In fact, the ZP80 is closer in...
Expert review by : Jim Buzbee (tomsguide.com)
The ZonePlayer 80: A lower-priced option for Sonos fans
Sonos takes a great product and makes it more affordable. Reviewer Jim Buzbee has finally found a wireless audio player that he will be sorry to part with.
Before I tried out the Sonos system, I'd been satisfied with my Airport Express setup. But no longer. The Sonos system has raised the bar. Even though there were some rough spots, the positives for Sonos far outweighed the negatives. Of course, given...
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Sonos ZP80 Digital Music System
Has Sonos created a wireless digital music system that can satisfy an audiophile?
The Sonos Digital Music System certainly doesn't disappoint on the first count. After digging all of the various components out of their various boxes (and there were a LOT of boxes), I had the system connected to my PC and streaming music from the...
Expert review by : CNET staff (cnet.com.au)
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Brits sea their fun, adventurous side when camping!
Easter marks the beginning of the outdoor season and Cornwall's Camping Champion Trevornick says nothing helps a family bond quite like a camping holiday!
It's an adventure like no other, especially for youngsters, and recent research by Visit Britain shows camping is becoming a national obsession – with some 15 million trips made (that's an eighth of all excursions in the UK) and other estimates putting it at 21 million trips of this kind by 2020.
As modern life becomes increasingly more manic and stressful, camping is all about taking time out to relax, renew and rejuvenate. There's nothing better than communing with nature to put you in a better frame of mind and Trevornick embodies everything that's fun and magical about outdoor family holidays in Cornwall – and then some.
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The facilities across the site are impressive and extensive too (there's free new Wi-Fi in certain locations) and apart from the best in family washrooms and on-site launderettes, plus a handy hire shop where you can rent out everything from an electric hook-up lead to an airbed or pushchair, there's a unique Fun Park comprising over 20 superb rides and attractions.
Other highlights include a heated outdoor swimming pool, golf course and pitch and putt, fishing lakes, ice cream parlour, kids club, soft play area and playground, farm shop, Surf School, sports field, nature trail and woodland, Tranquillity spa, games room and teenage hangout, laidback family eateries and lounge bar, plus with daily entertainment on site, you have all your family holiday requirements literally in one place.
This all adds up to a real outdoorsy family holiday to remember and when you and the kids work together to put up tents, cook dinners on a camping stove and eventually bed down, cocooned under canvas beneath the stars, the sense of satisfaction is hard to beat.
However, if you view camping as 'roughing it' then why not turn camping into glamping with a little pre-pitched luxury? We're not talking gratuitous glamping -aka camping for softies, lol – rather removing some of the (perceived) camping fuss and making much more of the fun side of things.
Trevornick's deluxe Eurotents have three bedrooms (with beds, of course), a fully equipped kitchen (including gas stove, microwave, full-size fridge and all utensils), internal lighting, a spacious living/dining area with seating, plus a TV/DVD and on-site movie channel.
If you want the wholesome fun of camping, but also hassle-free, then Eurotents are for you. Kids love camping by the sea, full stop – and Holywell Bay is one of the UK's loveliest beaches – so when parents get on the same wavelength everyone's happy!
Trevornick camping & touring opens March 29th – April 13th for Easter; then are shut till May 10th, opening May 11th again for the launch of the brand new static caravans. Eurotents go up for May Half Term and come down 1st September, while camping, touring and motor home pitches remain open right through until 27th October for the first time!
OPENING OFFER: Stay 8 nights for the price of 7 or 4 nights for the price of 3 – anytime 29thMarch-13th April. Short Easter breaks start at GBP 79 or GBP 149 for a week (based on 4 people and one car).


Barbara Casey's F.I.G. Mystery series is about three teenage orphans who are prodigies and call themselves FIGs—Females of Intellectual Genius. What adventure awaits them in this book? Read my thoughts and enter to win your own copy.
I've read several books by Barbara Casey who writes both fiction and non-fiction works. Her F.I.G. Mystery series is about three teenage orphans who are prodigies and call themselves FIGs—Females of Intellectual Genius. I read the first book in the series The Cadence of Gypsies and enjoyed it very much. I did not get a chance to read the second book, The Wish Rider but I just finished the third one The Clock Flower.
Because I read the first book and had already been introduced to the three FIGs, Dara, Mackenzie and Jennifer, I did not feel like I had missed much by not reading the second book. The author mentioned the events in that book throughout the pages of this one and so I knew what was going on. In this third instalment, the three girls have graduated from the Wood Rose Orphanage and Academy for Young Women and are each going to start on their separate learning paths by attending different universities. But once again, adventure awaits them.
When Mackenzie, the math genius, is invited to be a part of a secret research project involving immortality that is being conducted in China, it all ties in to her birth parents. Connected to this is also Dara's research in ancient languages and Jennifer's musical composition involving Chinese instruments. The author ties in the connection between the three girls and their former teacher Carolina as the plots builds up and the mystery intensifies.
Although this is a very quick read, the author manages to build a satisfying mystery that involves the girls genius skills, their close-knit friendship and love for one another, gypsy culture, and some comical elements on the mischievous nature of these girls. Although this book is considered a stand-alone novel, it would be best to read The Cadence of Gypsies where the reader is first introduced to the FIGs to have a better understanding of all the secondary characters that are also present in this novel. There is definitely a connecting thread throughout all three books.
This YA novel would appeal to readers who like mystery, gypsy culture and books about friendships. Overall, this was an enjoyable read.
Unique and beautiful cover! I'd love to read this!
Thank you, Janet. My publisher is also a very talented artist, and she has designed all of the covers in this series. I hope you get a chance to read them. Thank you for commenting.
This novel sounds captivating, unique and memorable. Thanks for this lovely feature and giveaway.
I am glad that you stopped by.
Laura, thank you so much for hosting me and for your wonderful review. I sincerely appreciate your time. I always enjoy visiting with you and your bloggers.
My pleasure, Barbara. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks so much for the book description, your review and the giveaway as well. I appreciate all of it.
Thanks so much James! I appreciate your readership.
I am glad you stopped by, James. I hope you get a chance to read The F.I.G. Mystery Series.
Oh this sounds so good. I have a feeling I would lose some sleep not being able to put down when bedtime! It sounds like there will be lots of twists and turns for these 3!
I hope you get a chance to read it. Thank you for your comment.