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Oxford School of English / Spelling Bee & Math Contest
Spell with Pip - a game to help children practise spelling
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Oxford University Press Releases Spelling App for Kids
The future of spelling reform
Anger grew today as the head of the Iraq war inquiry finally admitted his report will not be ready before the general election ... By law, people facing criticism in inquiries have the right to make objections ... A parallel set of studies published last month in At The End Of Military Intervention, by Sir Hew Strachan’s Changing Character Of Conflict seminar at Oxford, spells out the nitty gritty of the huge task involved in Afghanistan ... ....
London Evening Standard 2015-01-21He was born in London, but after getting a first at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and a spell at the thinktank Political and Economic Planning, he worked successively for the parliamentary assemblies of the Council of Europe, Western European Union and Nato before becoming a director in the European parliament in 1973, based in Luxembourg, when the UK joined the European Economic Community ... Sign up for the Guardian Today ... ....
The Guardian 2014-08-27(Source. Mandarin Oriental International Ltd) ... His incredible understanding of flavour and the natural beauty of the dishes he creates, has been lauded worldwide ... After passing his City and Guilds qualification, Chef Bains became part of the team, helping to open the first of Raymond Blanc's brasseries, Le Petit Blanc in Oxford. A spell at L'Escargot in London followed, as well as a stint as head chef back in Nottingham ... (noodl....
noodls 2014-08-26In 1983 Faith was one of the first two women to graduate from St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (BA in Engineering) ... He went on to study Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford and, after a spell working as assistant editor on the weekly newspaper Peace News, he returned to graduate studies at the London School of Economics and pursued an academic career from then on....
noodls 2014-06-30Photograph. Jane Bown for the Observer ... At Oxford he came under the spell of Tony Crosland with whom he appears to have had a homosexual dalliance ... In his two spells as home secretary Jenkins presided over a social revolution, seeing onto the statute book the decriminalisation of homosexuality, abortion law reform, the abolition of censorship and the first steps to outlaw discrimination on grounds of race or sex ... What did you think? ... ....
The Observer 2014-03-23Born in Dover in 1902, the son of a former bishop of Sierra Leone, he took two first-class degrees at Oxford before being ordained as a priest himself ... might wish to know more about this British-born Indian, this Oxford scholar who lived with adivasis, this Rebel against the Raj. ... As a student at Oxford, he came under the spell of William Wordsworth....
The Telegraph India 2014-02-22Stephen Hawking, Grand Theft Auto. San Andreas, Toca Lab, The Room Two, Codecademy, Angry Birds Go and more. Stephen Hawking's Snapshots of the Universe for iPad. It's time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices ... iPhone / iPad Spell with Pip. An Oxford Spelling Game (£2.99) ... this time from Oxford University Press, and focused on spelling for children aged between four and eight ... ....
The Guardian 2013-12-13Oxford University Press has created a new iPad app designed to help kids learn how to spell ... An Oxford Spelling Game ... An Oxford Spelling Game apart is that it focuses on words that children find hard to spell, and is based on the latest research from the Oxford dictionaries team.”....
mediabistro 2013-12-10Then it was back to California, followed by an equally formative spell in France, while her father was writing a film, Unarmed in Paradise, which was never made ... "Eric," she says, "was very good for me at Oxford ... After two years, I left Oxford ... After Oxford, and a spell teaching English as a foreign language in London, she stumbled into journalism after reading a flatmate's Guardian article....
The Guardian 2013-09-13Gateshead manager Anth Smith has appointed former Sunderland and Oxford striker David Rush as his assistant manager at the International ... Rush played 70 games for Sunderland and 104 games for Oxford as well as spells at York City and Hartlepool United....
BBC News 2013-01-03Oxford spelling (or Oxford English Dictionary spelling) is the spelling used by Oxford University Press (OUP). It can be recognized for its use, as in American English, of the suffix ‑ize instead of -ise. For instance, organization, privatize and recognizable are used instead of organisation, privatise and recognisable. The spelling is favoured on etymological grounds, in that -ize corresponds more closely to the Greek root, -izo, of most -ize verbs. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), which is published by OUP, explains its use of -ize as follows:
[I]n mod.F. the suffix has become -iser, alike in words from Greek, as baptiser, évangéliser, organiser, and those formed after them from L., as civiliser, cicatriser, humaniser. Hence, some have used the spelling -ise in Eng., as in French, for all these words, and some prefer -ise in words formed in French or Eng. from L. elements, retaining -ize for those of Gr. composition. But the suffix itself, whatever the element to which it is added, is in its origin the Gr. -ιζειν, L. -izāre; and, as the pronunciation is also with z, there is no reason why in English the special French spelling should be followed, in opposition to that which is at once etymological and phonetic. In this Dictionary the termination is uniformly written -ize. (In the Gr. -ιζ-, the i was short, so originally in L., but the double consonant z (= dz, ts) made the syllable long; when the z became a simple consonant, (-idz) became īz, whence Eng. (-aɪz).)
Oxford i/ˈɒksfəd/ is a city in central southern England, the home of the University of Oxford. The city is the county town of Oxfordshire, and forms a district within the county. It has a population of just under 165,000, of whom 153,900 live within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames (also sometimes known as the Isis locally) run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre.
Oxford has a diverse economic base. Its industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing and a large number of information technology and science-based businesses.
Buildings in Oxford demonstrate an example of every English architectural period since the arrival of the Saxons, including the iconic, mid-18th century Radcliffe Camera. Oxford is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of Oxford's university buildings. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (pronunciation: /ˈjæŋkəvɪk/; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007), recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album (Straight Outta Lynwood) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career.
Yankovic's success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases. He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists including Ben Folds, Hanson, Black Crowes, and The Presidents of the United States of America. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic wrote and starred in the film, UHF, and television show, The Weird Al Show. He has also made guest appearances on many television shows, in addition to starring in Al TV specials on MTV.