REEBOK TO PAY $25 MILLION FOR FALSE ADVERTISEMENT
Listen up, toning shoe wearers:
Reebok will pay $25 million to consumers in a settlement over deceptive advertising for EasyTone and RunTone shoes.
Reebok could not support specific claims made in advertisements that wearing EasyTone shoes resulted in "28 percent more strength and tone in the buttock muscles, 11 percent more strength and tone in the hamstring muscles, and 11 percent more strength and tone in the calf muscles than regular walking shoes.”
Reebok describes the shoes as having balance ball-inspired soles with pockets of moving air that create “micro instability "making claims that its shoes are effective in toning or strengthening without supporting scientific evidence.
If you want a refund for EasyTone shoes (or clothing), fill out the application at
Reebok could not support specific claims made in advertisements that wearing EasyTone shoes resulted in "28 percent more strength and tone in the buttock muscles, 11 percent more strength and tone in the hamstring muscles, and 11 percent more strength and tone in the calf muscles than regular walking shoes.”
Reebok describes the shoes as having balance ball-inspired soles with pockets of moving air that create “micro instability "making claims that its shoes are effective in toning or strengthening without supporting scientific evidence.
If you want a refund for EasyTone shoes (or clothing), fill out the application at
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WORLD CUP
SOUTH AFRICA 2010
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The 2010 World Cup
Twenty of the words in bold are incorrect, and five of them are correct. Decide which ones are incorrect, and correct them.
The football World Cup, which (1) gives place every four years, begins in South
Africa (2) in 11th June.
The first match will take place in the city of Johannesburg at the Soccer City stadium, which can hold around 95,000 people. Nine other stadiums around the country will also be used, all of them with a (3) capacity of at least 40,000.
Thirty-two national teams will take part: thirteen from Europe, eight from the (4) Americas (including five from South America), six from Africa, three from Asia, and two from (5) Ocean. Thirty-one of them had to (6) make well in qualifying games, between 2007 and 2009, in order to play in the competition; only the (7) hots, South Africa, qualified (8) automatic.In a draw that took place (9) on December 2009, the countries were put into eight groups of four for the first stage of the tournament. (Eight teams – South Africa, as hosts, plus the seven considered to be the best: Argentina, Brazil, England, (10) German, Holland, Italy and Spain – were seeded, making it impossible for them to play each other in the first stage.) In the group stage, each team plays every other team once – i.e. three games for every team. The top two teams in each group – sixteen in total – go on to the next stage, which is where the (11) knock-on matches begin: from this point the winner of every match goes through to the next round and the loser goes (12) house. After the second round, the (13) four-finals and the (14) demi-finals, the tournament will end with the final, at the Soccer City stadium, on 11th July.
There seems (15) be no strong (16) favour to win the tournament. Many people think Brazil (who have won the World Cup five times – more than any other country) and Spain are the two (17) strongest teams, but that some other countries – such as England, Argentina and Holland – have (18) chance.
This is the first time the World Cup has taken place in Africa, so many (19) fas will be particularly interested to see how well the African countries do. Ivory Coast are perhaps the best of the six, but in the first stage they are in a difficult group with Brazil and Portugal.
Most World Cups have a surprise team that does better than most people expected (one of the African countries this year?), and a player who (20) make (21) viral goals in not just one but two, three or four matches (a (22) forward such as Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Spain’s Fernando Torres, or England’s Wayne Rooney?).
Only one thing is (23) certain, however: there will be millions of shouts of (24) boy around the world, and millions of (25) trees, before the tournament ends.
Now you can read the correct version of the textAfrica (2) in 11th June.
The first match will take place in the city of Johannesburg at the Soccer City stadium, which can hold around 95,000 people. Nine other stadiums around the country will also be used, all of them with a (3) capacity of at least 40,000.
Thirty-two national teams will take part: thirteen from Europe, eight from the (4) Americas (including five from South America), six from Africa, three from Asia, and two from (5) Ocean. Thirty-one of them had to (6) make well in qualifying games, between 2007 and 2009, in order to play in the competition; only the (7) hots, South Africa, qualified (8) automatic.In a draw that took place (9) on December 2009, the countries were put into eight groups of four for the first stage of the tournament. (Eight teams – South Africa, as hosts, plus the seven considered to be the best: Argentina, Brazil, England, (10) German, Holland, Italy and Spain – were seeded, making it impossible for them to play each other in the first stage.) In the group stage, each team plays every other team once – i.e. three games for every team. The top two teams in each group – sixteen in total – go on to the next stage, which is where the (11) knock-on matches begin: from this point the winner of every match goes through to the next round and the loser goes (12) house. After the second round, the (13) four-finals and the (14) demi-finals, the tournament will end with the final, at the Soccer City stadium, on 11th July.
There seems (15) be no strong (16) favour to win the tournament. Many people think Brazil (who have won the World Cup five times – more than any other country) and Spain are the two (17) strongest teams, but that some other countries – such as England, Argentina and Holland – have (18) chance.
This is the first time the World Cup has taken place in Africa, so many (19) fas will be particularly interested to see how well the African countries do. Ivory Coast are perhaps the best of the six, but in the first stage they are in a difficult group with Brazil and Portugal.
Most World Cups have a surprise team that does better than most people expected (one of the African countries this year?), and a player who (20) make (21) viral goals in not just one but two, three or four matches (a (22) forward such as Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Spain’s Fernando Torres, or England’s Wayne Rooney?).
Only one thing is (23) certain, however: there will be millions of shouts of (24) boy around the world, and millions of (25) trees, before the tournament ends.
The 2010 World Cup
The football World Cup, which takes place every four years, begins in South Africa on 11th June.
The first match will take place in the city of Johannesburg at the Soccer City stadium, which can hold around 95,000 people. Nine other stadiums around the country will also be used, all of them with a capacity of at least 40,000.
Thirty-two national teams will take part: thirteen from Europe, eight from the
Americas (including five from South America), six from Africa, three from Asia, and two from Oceania. Thirty-one of them had to do well in qualifying games, between 2007 and 2009, in order to play in the competition; only the hosts, South Africa, qualified automatically.
In a draw that took place in December 2009, the countries were put into eight groups of four for the first stage of the tournament. (Eight teams – South Africa, as hosts, plus the seven considered to be the best: Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain – were seeded, making it impossible for them to play each other in the first stage.) In the group stage, each team plays every other team once – i.e. three games for every team. The top two teams in each group – sixteen in total – go on to the next stage, which is where the knock-out matches begin: from this point the winner of every match goes through to the next round and the loser goes home.
After the second round, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, the tournament will end with the final, at the Soccer City stadium, on 11th July.
There seems to be no strong favourite to win the tournament. Many people think Brazil (who have won the World Cup five times – more than any other country) and Spain are the two strongest teams, but that some other countries – such as England, Argentina and Holland – have a chance.
This is the first time the World Cup has taken place in Africa, so many fans will be particularly interested to see how well the African countries do. Ivory Coast is
perhaps the best of the six, but in the first stage they are in a difficult group with
Brazil and Portugal. Most World Cups have a surprise team that does better than most people expected (one of the African countries this year?), and a player who scores vital goals in not just one but two, three or four matches (a forward such as Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Spain’s Fernando Torres, or England’s Wayne Rooney?). Only one thing is certain, however: there will be millions of shouts of joy around the world, and millions of tears, before the tournament ends.
The first match will take place in the city of Johannesburg at the Soccer City stadium, which can hold around 95,000 people. Nine other stadiums around the country will also be used, all of them with a capacity of at least 40,000.
Thirty-two national teams will take part: thirteen from Europe, eight from the
Americas (including five from South America), six from Africa, three from Asia, and two from Oceania. Thirty-one of them had to do well in qualifying games, between 2007 and 2009, in order to play in the competition; only the hosts, South Africa, qualified automatically.
In a draw that took place in December 2009, the countries were put into eight groups of four for the first stage of the tournament. (Eight teams – South Africa, as hosts, plus the seven considered to be the best: Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain – were seeded, making it impossible for them to play each other in the first stage.) In the group stage, each team plays every other team once – i.e. three games for every team. The top two teams in each group – sixteen in total – go on to the next stage, which is where the knock-out matches begin: from this point the winner of every match goes through to the next round and the loser goes home.
After the second round, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, the tournament will end with the final, at the Soccer City stadium, on 11th July.
There seems to be no strong favourite to win the tournament. Many people think Brazil (who have won the World Cup five times – more than any other country) and Spain are the two strongest teams, but that some other countries – such as England, Argentina and Holland – have a chance.
This is the first time the World Cup has taken place in Africa, so many fans will be particularly interested to see how well the African countries do. Ivory Coast is
perhaps the best of the six, but in the first stage they are in a difficult group with
Brazil and Portugal. Most World Cups have a surprise team that does better than most people expected (one of the African countries this year?), and a player who scores vital goals in not just one but two, three or four matches (a forward such as Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Spain’s Fernando Torres, or England’s Wayne Rooney?). Only one thing is certain, however: there will be millions of shouts of joy around the world, and millions of tears, before the tournament ends.
Webquest
Part One: Find the answers to the following questions.
1. In which month does summer begin in South Africa?
2. Where can you take a thrilling cableway ride?
3. Where can you go tiger fishing?
4. Which animals can you go cage-diving with?
Part Two: Plan a month’s holiday in South Africa starting from the 11th June to 11th July which must include the opening match and the final match of the 2010 World Cup plus ten exciting things to do or visit!
1. In which month does summer begin in South Africa?
2. Where can you take a thrilling cableway ride?
3. Where can you go tiger fishing?
4. Which animals can you go cage-diving with?
Part Two: Plan a month’s holiday in South Africa starting from the 11th June to 11th July which must include the opening match and the final match of the 2010 World Cup plus ten exciting things to do or visit!
CHEATING IN SPORTS
Did you know that a Spanish team appears in the top ten sports cheating scandals list? find out in the following LINK
SPANISH PARALYMPIANS
The Spanish intellectually-disabled basketball team captured gold at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics with a stellar performance on the court.
But the glory soon faded when the Spanish Paralympic Committee later discovered 10 of the 12 team members had no mental deficiency. Players had to return their medals and the scandal helped lead to a complete overhaul of the Paralympic movement.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) eventually scrapped the athletes-with-an-intellectual-disability category, deciding that determining athlete eligibility was too difficult.
Scrap: abandon, cancel.
Overhaul: examination, revision.
SPANISH PARALYMPIANS
The Spanish intellectually-disabled basketball team captured gold at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics with a stellar performance on the court.
But the glory soon faded when the Spanish Paralympic Committee later discovered 10 of the 12 team members had no mental deficiency. Players had to return their medals and the scandal helped lead to a complete overhaul of the Paralympic movement.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) eventually scrapped the athletes-with-an-intellectual-disability category, deciding that determining athlete eligibility was too difficult.
Scrap: abandon, cancel.
Overhaul: examination, revision.
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