Britney Kicks off Comeback Tour

Britney Spears has performed in New Orleans as she kicked off her first concert tour for five years.

The 27-year-old dressed as a ringmaster in the show which featured jugglers, acrobats and martial arts dancers.

She performed songs from her latest album, Circus, as well as some of her biggest hits. The singer will perform in 31 cities across North America before heading to London in June for eight shows at the O2 arena.

Spears was met with wild applause as she first appeared descending from the ceiling on hoops suspended by wires.

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Following the threefold approach, a part of speech is defined as a class of words having a common referential meaning, common morphological properties (form) and common syntactic functions. Within the threefold classification modern grammar distinguishes at least eight parts of speech in English. They are: the noun, the verb, the adjective, the adverb, the pronoun, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. However, there are some classes of words that cause controversies, among them pronouns, interjections, words of the category of state, articles, numerals, and some others too.

(Хомутова Т.Н., с. 274)

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The Hotel Riu Arecas is located in Tenerife (Spain), and is undoubtedly one of the best observation points for admiring the Atlantic Ocean. The hotel offers colonial style accompanied with the excellent RIU Hotels' quality and service to ensure you have as pleasant a stay as possible.

No matter what kind of holiday you’re looking for, at the Hotel Riu Arecas you’ll find it. You can relax on the bar’s terrace while having a coffee or cold drink, sample the wide range of cuisine at the buffet restaurant, play sports such as tennis or simply enjoy the shows and live music. In the vicinity, you’ll have the opportunity to rent a bike or try out water sports. Golf lovers can enjoy a game at the various courses available, all of which offer different routes.

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Cats have long been thought to be cleverer than dogs – and now it seems the same is true of their owners. People with cats are more likely to have university degrees than those with dogs, according to a scientific survey of pet ownership. The study also revealed that the combined cat and dog population of Britain is more than 20.8 million – 50 per cent higher than previously thought. Researchers at the University of Bristol say that the superior intelligence of cat owners is unlikely to be caused by their exposureto the famously cunningand selfish pets. Rather, more educated people tend to work longer hours and choose a pet to fittheir lifestyles. Unlike dogs, cats require no walking and can manage with little human company.

Dr Jane Murray, Cats Protection Lecturer in Feline Epidemiology, who led the study, said: “We don’t think it is associated with income because that was one of the variableswe looked at, and there was little difference. “Cats require less time per day than a dog, so they are more popular with educated people who work late and have long commutes.” Homes with degree-holders were 1.36 times more likely to have a cat than other households. The same homes were less likely to have a dog than households where no-one went to university. The study, published in the Veterinary Record journal, also found that cat owners were more likely to be older and female. Both cat and dog owners were more likely than the general populationto live in households with gardens in rural areas.

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… Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent. He wrote many novels which were translated into different languages and were known all over the world. But Balzac himself was proud of his ability of telling the character and behavior of a person by his or her handwriting.

One day a woman friend of Balzac brought him a young boy’s exercise book. She showed it to him to try and tell her what Balzac thought of the boy’s character. The woman said that the boy was not her son and that Balzac might tell her the truth. Balzac studied the handwriting for a few minutes and then said: “Everything is quite clear to me. I shall tell you the truth”. He asked the woman to pay attention to some features of the hand writing and said that the boy was a bad lazy fellow. “It can’t be possible”, said the woman smiling. “This is a page from your exercise book which you used when you were a boy”.

(Полякова Т.Ю., с. 420)

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