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BRITAIN: They have a show. They have a social networking. Now comes, Wikileaks the album. Wikileaks is branching out into the entertainment industry, announcing a “Beat the Blockade” CD intended to raise money to keep the online transparency advocates afloat.

                The group said in a statement late Thursday that the CD would feature 12 songs including “Where There Are No Secret,” “The Ballad of Julian Assange,” and “B Manning”.

                It’s the latest attack outside the secret-busting business for Wikileaks, which has spawned a TV show called “The World Tomorrow” and started its own social network, called Friends of Wikileaks.

                Wikileaks chief Julian Assange says his website, which once featured an anonymous electronic drop box for secret document, has been effectively mothballed by a US financial blockade. - AP

 

" ... once featured an anonymous electronic drop box ... " (paragraph 4).

The underlined word is closest in meaning to ...

BRITAIN: They have a show. They have a social networking. Now comes, Wikileaks the album. Wikileaks is branching out into the entertainment industry, announcing a “Beat the Blockade” CD intended to raise money to keep the online transparency advocates afloat.

                The group said in a statement late Thursday that the CD would feature 12 songs including “Where There Are No Secret,” “The Ballad of Julian Assange,” and “B Manning”.

                It’s the latest attack outside the secret-busting business for Wikileaks, which has spawned a TV show called “The World Tomorrow” and started its own social network, called Friends of Wikileaks.

                Wikileaks chief Julian Assange says his website, which once featured an anonymous electronic drop box for secret document, has been effectively mothballed by a US financial blockade. - AP

 

What is meant by the latest attack outside the secret-busting business for Wikileaks?

BRITAIN: They have a show. They have a social networking. Now comes, Wikileaks the album. Wikileaks is branching out into the entertainment industry, announcing a “Beat the Blockade” CD intended to raise money to keep the online transparency advocates afloat.

                The group said in a statement late Thursday that the CD would feature 12 songs including “Where There Are No Secret,” “The Ballad of Julian Assange,” and “B Manning”.

                It’s the latest attack outside the secret-busting business for Wikileaks, which has spawned a TV show called “The World Tomorrow” and started its own social network, called Friends of Wikileaks.

                Wikileaks chief Julian Assange says his website, which once featured an anonymous electronic drop box for secret document, has been effectively mothballed by a US financial blockade. - AP

 

What is the text about?

Jupiter announced that he wanted to appoint a king over the birds, and named the day when he would (48) .. the most beautiful of the all the be their ruler. Wishing to look their best, all tjhe birds bruished their feathers. The Jackdaw realized that with his ugly plumage, he would have no chance, so he waited till they were all gone, and the picked up the beautiful (49) ... they had dropped, and fastened them in his own body, WHen the appoited day came , all the (50) ... birds gathered before Jupiter's throne. After passing them in review, Jupiter was about to make the Jackdaw king. When all the rest set up the king-selct, Jupiter stripped Jackdaw of his borrowed plumes, and exposed hum for the Jackdaw was a cheat.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Merauke High School is looking for diving coach for the 2012 season. Please contact Merauke High School if you are interested and have a lot of experiences in diving.

For more information please visit http://www.facebook.com/asaa.org or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/asaa_org.

PS:

2012-13 Basketball and Cheerleading Season and State Championship is Rescheduled a week later due a conflict with the Sullivan Arena and UAA Hockey schedule.

"... is looking for diving coach for the 2012 season."

The underlined word has similar meaning with ....

ANNOUNCEMENT

Merauke High School is looking for diving coach for the 2012 season. Please contact Merauke High School if you are interested and have a lot of experiences in diving.

For more information please visit http://www.facebook.com/asaa.org or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/asaa_org.

PS:

2012-13 Basketball and Cheerleading Season and State Championship is Rescheduled a week later due a conflict with the Sullivan Arena and UAA Hockey schedule.

What is the announcement about? 

Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867. She was the only person who gained two Nobel prizes at that time. She achieved one on physics and one on chemistry. She was born as Marie Sklodowska, the daughter of a chemistry professor. She was the first woman who attended University of Sorbonne in Paris. As a poor student, she lived in Paris on only ten cents a day for 3 years. In 1895, she married Pierre Currie, a chemist. They had two daughters: Irene and Eve. Marie managed three lives as a researcher, a wife and a mother.      In 1898, Marie discovered radium. Later she developed a concept of radioactivity, which marked the beginning of the atomic age. During World War 1, Marie and her daughter completed a new medical tool - the X - ray. Marie died in 1934, only a year before her daughter Irene won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

"In 1898, Marie discovered radium". (paragraph 2)

The underlined word means ...

Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867. She was the only person who gained two Nobel prizes at that time. She achieved one on physics and one on chemistry. She was born as Marie Sklodowska, the daughter of a chemistry professor. She was the first woman who attended University of Sorbonne in Paris. As a poor student, she lived in Paris on only ten cents a day for 3 years. In 1895, she married Pierre Currie, a chemist. They had two daughters: Irene and Eve. Marie managed three lives as a researcher, a wife and a mother.      In 1898, Marie discovered radium. Later she developed a concept of radioactivity, which marked the beginning of the atomic age. During World War 1, Marie and her daughter completed a new medical tool - the X - ray. Marie died in 1934, only a year before her daughter Irene won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

What is Marrie Currie's achievement during World War 1?

Arrange the following sentences into the correct order.

1. Secondly, melt butter and golden syrup in a pan.
2. Firstly, mix oats, flour and sugar in a large bowl
3. Thirdly, mix baking soda and boiling water in a cup
4. Next, add this mixture to melted butter and golden syrup
5. After that, add this to the oats mixture in the large bowl, mix together well.
6. Then, roll tablespoonful of the mixture into balls
7. Finally, bake for 20 minutes
8. Press lightly on top of each ball with a fork

 

Last Sunday, I was gardening with my father. It was half past six in the morning. The air was really fresh. My dad called me from the yard. He said something about 'banana'. I walked to where he stood looking at one of my banana trees. I saw some of them are already yellow. What a great view!

Next, we were busy to harvest the bananas. It was my first time to do this. We just moved to this new house for about six months. Here, we have some yard besides the house with banana and guava trees.

After that I watered the vertical garden and pulled off the wild grass. I also collected the old leaves and realized that the yard looked nicer and cleaner after that.

Finally, I picked 2 ripe guavas. Hmm, they smelt nice. I took a shower and had breakfast with my parents right after that. It was a fine Sunday morning. I felt a stronger bond by doing the gardening together with my father.

 

What did the yard look nicer and cleaner?