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People are reeling over the new McDonald's McCafé coffee. Blended from 100 per cent
Arabica beans, this new brew is challenging reigning champs Starbucks and Tim Hortons for
the coveted role of top to-go coffee. (Hey, free coffee in the afternoon? That's what we call
lucky.) Here's what we thought of the new brew:
While I am so not a coffee connoisseur as I like to weigh my down with milk and sugar I actually found the McCafé
good. I don't like strong coffee and so I think it was just the right amount for me. Kind of reminded me of Timmy's
coffee. I would go get it again. — Liana Peart
It's not bad. I wouldn't describe it as good, but it's definitely not bad. It's sort of like a Starbuck's coffee, but
without the bitter basenotes. Or like a less well-rounded Timmy's. I probably wouldn't buy it again unless it was
the only thing around. — Jes Watson
Deeper flavour than Timmy’s, lighter than Starbucks. Didn’t taste instant. Still not my thing. — Adina Goldman
The McCafé coffee does the job, overall, though it tastes a bit sour. I think I'll only grab it again if it's free or
because of proximity. It's McOK.— Lori Mastronardi
I preface this by saying I know very little about coffee, though I do drink it occasionally. The McD's brew tasted a
little watered down, as expected. It also had that hint of burnt flavour (which I kind of love). I most enjoy plain
coffee on road trips or when camping (I'll usually drink a latte in the city), so for me, McD's tasted just as I'd expect
a regular cup of coffee to taste. Nothing fancy. Just coffee. I'd most likely buy a cup again. With a side of fries. —
Mia Shulman
Only 2 out of our 5 tasters would buy the McCafé coffee again, but 3 would pass on this new cup of joe.
We want to know: What do you think of the new McDonald's coffee? What's your favourite to-go cup?
And is it just us, or does the lid look a little bit like a face?
 In your opinion why is the coffee industry so
popular in our society? Give your opinion and an
example. (2 marks) –
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The cast of Friends are to be reunited once again – for a movie version of the hit TV show, it emerged
today.
The six main stars have agreed to move onto the big screen following the success of the Sex And The
City film at the box office.
It means Jennifer Aniston, 40, Courteney Cox, 45, Lisa Kudrow, 46, Matt LeBlanc, 42, Matthew Perry, 40,
and David Schwimmer, 42, will be back on the same set for the first time since the show ended in 2004.
They're back: Friends stars will be reunited after the last episode in 2004.
Studio bosses from Warner Brothers are prepared to pay a fortune to the stars, who were being paid six
figures an episode by the tenth and final season of Friends, which pulled in 10million UK viewers.
They have also drafted in the show’s creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman to write and produce
the film, due in cinemas in the summer of 2011.
James Michael Tyler, who played Central Perk coffee shop oddball Gunther, confirmed: ‘Friends: The
Movie is definitely on. I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen.’
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A movie source told the News of the World: ‘The cast haven’t set the world alight since the show
finished.
‘But this film could relight some of their flagging careers in a big way.
‘But everyone knew the story had to be right and well written. Getting the creators on board was a
massive step forward for the project.
Heyday in 1994: (Clockwise from left) Matt Le Blanc as Joey, Lisa Kudrow as Pheobe, David Schwimmer
as Ross, Matthew Perry as Chandler, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel, and Courteney Cox Arquette as Monica
in the iconic apartment
‘The show did lose a lot of its shine in the last few seasons, but with the actors all in the forties it would
be a real interest to see how their characters have developed.’
The film comes in the wake of the big screen version of Sex And The City which took an
$408,921,925 at the box office.
But, although the cast have always made no secret about a desire to do a film, some have cast doubts
about its viability.
Miss Kudrow has said: ‘It would be so fun to be with all those people again.
‘But our show was not like Sex and the City - ours was multi-camera, in front of a live audience.
‘It’s a completely different feel. You’d have to bring the tone down, and I don’t know how it would be.
I’ll just stay open.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1216441/Friends-reunited-Stars-hit-TVsitcom-make-movie-version.html#ixzz1je1z7HBx
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What decade featured the hit show Friends? (1 mark)
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According to the article what is a plus and a minus to the Friends movie? (2 marks)
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What does the word astonishing mean in the article. ( 1 mark)
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How is Jersey Shore ( or another reality TV show you know of) both similar and different to
Friends. (2 marks)
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We all have tendencies ( things we always tend to do). Most of these tendencies have an asset (
a positive result) and a liability ( a negative result). Watch an episode of Friends and identify two
characters and what one tendency is that they have and how that tendency is both an asset and a
liability to that character. ( 3 marks each)
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Eg) Chandler tends to be a jokester which is an asset because people like him and find him funny
but it is a liability because he can’t take things seriously and therefore struggles keeping a girlfriend.
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Any good paragraph has four main parts.
P – point. The main point of the paragraph or topic sentence.
E- explanation. This is where you explain your point.
E – example. This is where you prove your point and explanation with a
specific example.
E- ending. This is where you summarize your writing with a final
sentence.
Sample below: (You can have more than four sentences to complete an
answer but never less.)
English is an excellent course to prepare you for life.
This means that reading, writing, listening and speaking are skills you
use everywhere. For example, if I want a good job I will have to excel in
all of these areas. English class is a great place to pay attention and
learn.
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Roger Bannister was born in Harrow, England. He went to Vaughan Primary school in Harrow before
going on to be educated at the City of Bath Boys' School, University College School, London, Exeter
College and Merton College, Oxford, and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School.
Bannister was inspired by miler Sydney Wooderson's remarkable comeback in 1945. Eight years after
setting the mile record and seeing it surpassed during the war years by the great Swedish runners Arne
Andersson and Gunder Hägg, Wooderson regained his old form and challenged Andersson over the
distance in several races. Wooderson lost to Andersson but set a
British record of 4:04.2 in Göteborg on 9 September.
Like Wooderson, Bannister would ultimately set a mile record,
see it broken, and then set a new personal best slower than the
new record.
Bannister started his running career at Oxford in the autumn of
1946 at the age of 17. He had never worn running spikes
previously or run on a track. His training was light, even
compared to the standards of the day, but he showed promise in
running a mile in 1947 in 4:24.6 on only three weekly half-hour
training sessions.
He was selected as an Olympic "possible" in 1948 but declined as
he felt he was not ready to compete at that level. However, he
was further inspired to become a great miler by watching the
1948 Olympics. He set his training goals on the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.
In 1949, he improved in the 880 yards to 1:52.7 and won several mile races in 4:11. Then, after a period
of six weeks with no training, he came in third at White City in 4:14.2.
The year 1950 saw more improvements as he finished a relatively slow 4:13 mile on 1 July with an
impressive 57.5 last quarter. Then, he ran the AAA 880 in 1:52.1, losing to Arthur Wint, and then ran
1:50.7 for the 800 m at the European Championships on 26 August, placing third. Chastened by this lack
of success, Bannister started to train harder and more seriously.
His increased attention to training paid quick dividends, as he won a mile race in 4:09.9 on 30
December. Then in 1951 at the Penn Relays, Bannister broke away from the pack with a 56.7 final lap,
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finishing in 4:08.3. Then, in his biggest test to date, he won a mile race on 14 July in 4:07.8 at the AAA
Championships at White City before 47,000 people. The time set a meet record and he defeated
defending champion Bill Nankeville in the process.
Bannister suffered defeat, however, when Yugoslavia's Andrija Otenhajmer, aware of Bannister's finallap kick, took a 1500 m race in Belgrade 25 August out at near-record pace, forcing Bannister to close
the gap by the bell lap. Otenhajmer won in 3:47.0, though Bannister set a personal best finishing second
in 3:48.4. Bannister was no longer seen as invincible.
He avoided racing after the 1951 season until late in the spring of 1952, saving his energy for Helsinki
and the Olympics. He ran an 880 on 28 May in 1:53.00, then a 4:10.6 mile time-trial on 7 June,
proclaiming himself satisfied with the results. At the AAA championships, he skipped the mile and won
the 880 in 1:51.5. Then, 10 days before the Olympic final, he ran a 3/4 mile time trial in 2:52.9, which
gave him confidence that he was ready for the Olympics as he
considered the time to be the equivalent of a four-minute mile.
His confidence soon dissipated as it was announced there would be
semifinals for the 1500 m at the Olympics, and he knew that this
favoured runners who had much deeper training regimens than he
did. When he ran his semifinal, Bannister finished fifth and thereby
qualified for the final, but he felt "blown and unhappy."
The 1500 m final on 26 July would prove to be one of the more
dramatic in Olympic history. The race was not decided until the final
metres, Josy Barthel of Luxembourg prevailing in an Olympic-record
3:45.28 (3:45.1 by official hand-timing) with the next seven runners all
under the old record. Bannister finished fourth, out of the medals, but
set a British record of 3:46.30 (3:46.0) in the process.
After his failure at the 1952 Olympics, Bannister spent two months deciding whether to give up running.
He set himself on a new goal: to be the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Accordingly, he
intensified his training and did hard intervals.
On 2 May 1953, he made an attempt on the British record at Oxford. Paced by Chris Chataway,
Bannister ran 4:03.6, shattering Wooderson's 1945 standard. "This race made me realize that the fourminute mile was not out of reach," said Bannister.
On 27 June, a mile race was inserted onto the programme of the Surrey schools athletic meeting.
Australian runner Don Macmillan, ninth in the 1500 m at the 1952 Olympics, set a strong pace with 59.6
and 1:59.7 for two laps. He gave up after 21⁄2 laps, but Chris Brasher took up the pace. Brasher had
jogged the race, allowing Bannister to lap him so he could be a fresh pace-setter. At 3/4 mile, Bannister
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was at 3:01.8, the record—and first sub-four-minute mile—
in reach. But the effort fell short with a finish in 4:02.0, a
time bettered by only Andersson and Hägg. British officials
would not allow this performance to stand as a British
record, which, Bannister felt in retrospect, was a good
decision. "My feeling as I look back is one of great relief that
I did not run a four-minute mile under such artificial
circumstances," he said.
But other runners were making attempts at the four-minute
barrier and coming close as well. American Wes Santee ran 4:02.4 on 5 June, the fourth-fastest mile
ever. And at the end of the year, Australian John Landy ran 4:02.0.
Then early in 1954, Landy made some more attempts at the distance. On 21 January, he ran 4:02.4 in
Melbourne, then 4:02.6 on 23 February, and at the end of the Australian season on 19 April he ran
4:02.6 again.
Bannister had been following Landy's attempts and was certain his Australian rival would succeed with
each one. But knowing that Landy's season-closing attempt on 19 April would be his last until he
travelled to Finland for another attempt, Bannister knew he had to make his attempt soon.
Blue plaque recording the first sub-4-minute mile run by Roger Bannister on 6 May 1954 at Oxford
University's Iffley Road Track.This historic event took place on 6 May 1954 during a meet between
British AAA and Oxford University at Iffley Road Track in Oxford. It was watched by about 3,000
spectators. With winds up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) prior to the event, Bannister had said twice
that he favoured not running, to conserve his energy and efforts to break the 4-minute barrier; he would
try again at another meet. However, the winds dropped just before the race was scheduled to begin,
and Bannister did run. Two other runners, Brasher and Chataway, provided pacing while completing the
race. Both went on to establish their own track careers. The race[1] was broadcast live by BBC Radio and
commented on by Harold Abrahams, of Chariots of Fire fame.
The stadium announcer for the race was Norris McWhirter, who went on to co-publish and co-edit the
Guinness Book of Records. He excited the crowd by delaying the announcement of the time Bannister
ran as long as possible:
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event 9, the one mile: 1st, No. 41, R.G. Bannister, Amateur
Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time which is a new
meeting and track record, and which—subject to ratification—will be a new English Native, British
National, All-Comers, European, British Empire and World Record. The time was 3..."
The roar of the crowd drowned out the rest of the announcement. Bannister's time was 3 min 59.4 sec.
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The 50th anniversary of Bannister's four-minute mile, commemorated on a 2004 British fifty pence
coin.The claim that a 4-minute mile was once thought to be impossible by informed observers was and
is a widely
myth created by sportswriters and debunked by Bannister himself in his
memoir, The Four Minute Mile (1955).
The reason the myth took hold was that four minutes was a nice round number which was slightly
better (1.4 seconds) than the world record for nine years, longer than it probably otherwise would have
been because of the effect of World War II in interrupting athletic progress in the combatant countries.
The Swedish runners Gunder Hägg and Arne Andersson, in a series of head-to-head races in the period
1942-45, had already lowered the world mile record by 5 seconds to the pre-Bannister record. (See Mile
run world record progression.)
What is still impressive to knowledgeable track fans is that Bannister ran a four-minute mile on very lowmileage training by modern standards.
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 What record did Roger Bannister set? ( 1 mark)
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 Why was it so extraordinary? ( 1 mark)
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Who tried to put limits on Roger and how did he push past? (2 marks)
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 What does propagated mean in this article? ( 1 mark)
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 What did Usain Bolt do that was like Roger Bannister? (1 mark)
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 Create an autobiographical graph of six events in your life. Rank
them on a ten-scale with ten’s for the highest events and zero’s
being the lowest event. (Events may be for the future). (6 marks)
 Write a reflective statement (journal type entry) that shares what
you learned from both a high and low event in your life. (5 marks)
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When the last child cries for a crust of bread,
When the last man dies for just words that he said,
When there's shelter over the poorest head,
We shall be free,
When the last thing we notice is the color of skin,
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within,
When the skies and the oceans are clean again,
Then we shall be free,
We shall be free,
We shall be free,
So stand straight,
Walk proud,
'Cause we shall be free,
When we're free to love anyone we choose,
When this worlds big enough for all different views,
When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew,
Then we shall be free,
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And when mornin' talks for the very last time,
And nobody walks a step behind,
When there's only one race and that's mankind,
Then we shall be free,
We shall be free,
Listen to what I'm saying to you,
We shall be free,
Cause every night and day I pray it's true,
Together,
Forever,
We shall be free,
Stand straight,
Have a little faith,
Walk proud,
Hold out,
We shall be free,
Listen to what I'm sayin' to you,
We shall be free,
Every night and day I pray it's true,
Together,
Forever,
We shall be free.
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 Watch the video and read the lyrics to We Shall Be Free by Garth
Brooks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ0DXLm5pd4&safety_mode
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 Identify the main idea/message of the song ( 1 mark)
 What does Garth mean when he says ‘when the last child cries for
a crust of bread’? ( 1 mark)
 Pick a line that stands out for you and explain why. (2 marks)
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 World peace is simple but it’s not easy. Explain this quote in a
well-developed PEEE paragraph. ( See paragraphing – p. 6) (5
marks – see rubric for how to score a 5!)
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 What elements of the picture of the bird on page one stand out?
(You may talk about the placement of the main image, or
techniques like color, line, shadow, contrast etc.) ( 3 marks)
 Who is one famous person in the video? Why do celebrities often
stand up for a good cause? ( 2 marks)
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leg·end
1. a. An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to
be historical.
b. A body or collection of such stories.
c. A romanticized or popularized myth of modern times.
2. One that inspires legends or achieves legendary fame.
AMELIA EARHART 1897-1937
Amelia Mary Earhart (/ˈɛərhɑrt/ air-hart; July 24, 1897–
disappeared 1937) was a noted American aviation pioneer
and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S.
Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first
to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set
many other records, wrote best-selling books about her
flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of
The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
Fun Facts about Amelia Earhart:
•Amelia was named Amelia Mary Earhart after her two
grandmothers, Amelia Harres Otis and Mary Wells Earhart -a family tradition.
•Amelia was initially engaged to be married to a New
Englander named Sam Chapman, whom she met while
visiting her parents in Los Angeles.
•Shortly after her engagement to Sam Chapman ended,
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Amelia composed the following poem:
Courage
Courage is the price which life exacts for granting peace.
The soul that knows it not, knows no release
From little things;
Knows not the livid loneliness of fear
Nor mountain heights, where bitter joy you can hear
The sound of wings.
How can life grant us boon of living, compensate,
For dull gray ugliness and pregnant hate
Unless we dare
The soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice we pay
With courage to behold resistless day
And count it fair.
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•Amelia helped to finance a date fruit farm in Arizona for her former California mechanic who
had contracted tuberculosis.
•Amelia was the first female, and one of only a few to date, to receive the Air Force
Distinguished Flying Cross.
•The U.S. Post Office issued the Amelia Earhart 8¢ commemorative airmail stamp on her
birthday, July 24, 1963.
•For finishing third in the inaugural 1929 Powder Puff Women's Air Derby, Amelia received
$875, (only $5,100 in today's dollars).
•Upon leaving California to return to the east coast, Amelia sold her first plane, and purchased
a 1922 Kissel Goldbug automobile, which she promptly nicknamed "Yellow Peril."
•Amelia met her future husband, George Putnam, while Putnam was searching for a female
pilot on behalf of Mrs. Frederick Guest of London. Their introduction led to Amelia being
chosen the first woman to cross the Atlantic as a passenger.
•The inaugural Women's Air Derby was coined the "Powder Puff Derby" by Will Rogers in 1929.
•With the help of Uncle Nicey and two neighborhood playmates, Amelia and Muriel once
fashioned a roller coaster in their backyard, inspired by a vacation to the St. Louis World's Fair.
•Amelia and Muriel often spent time in their backyard playing on a "Flying Dutchman" -- a legpropelled merry-go-round built for them by their Uncle Nicey.
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 What made Amelia Earhart a legend? What did she have to overcome? (2
marks)
 What is unique about her ‘Death’? ( 1 mark)
 What is an aviatrix? ( 1 mark)
 What ‘fun fact’ most relates to your life or someone you know and why? (2
marks)
 What is the title of Amelia’s poem and how does it relate to her life? In
your answer refer to at least one line of the poem to support your point. ( 3
marks)
 Write a EULOGY that would be read at Amelia’s funeral. (1/2 page
minimum) ( 5 marks )
 Identify someone who is living and state what characteristics about that
person you think will make him/her a legend one day (if not one already).
(3 marks)
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The Dream Catcher
A spider was quietly spinning his web in his own space. It was beside the sleeping space of
Kookum, the grandmother. Each day, Kookum watched the spider at work, quietly spinning
away. One day as she was watching him, her grandson came in. “Kookum-iiya”, he shouted,
glancing at the spider. He stomped over to the spider, picked up a shoe and went to hit it.
“No-keeqwa”, the old lady whispered. “Don’t hurt him”.
“Kookum, why do you protect the spider?” asked the little boy. The old lady smiled, but didn’t
answer. When the boy left, the spider went to the old woman and thanked her for saving his
life. He said to her, “For many days you have watched me spin and weave my web. You have
my work. In return, for saving my life, I will give you a gift.” He smiled his special
spider smile and moved away, spinning as he went.
Soon the moon glistened on the magical silvery web moving gently in the window. “See how I
spin?” he said. See and learn, for each web will snare bad dreams. Only good dreams will go
through the small hole. This is my gift to you. Use it so that only good dreams will be
remembered. The bad dreams will become hopelessly entangled in the web.”
In Ojibwe (Chippewa) culture, a dreamcatcher (or dream catcher; Lakota: iháŋbla gmunka,
Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for “spider”[1][2] or Ojibwe: bawaajige
nagwaagan meaning “dream snare”[2]) is a handmade object based on a willow hoop, on
which is woven a loose net or web. The dreamcatcher is then decorated with personal and
sacred items such as feathers and beads.
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Where does the dream catcher legend come from? ( 1 mark)
 What does the legend suggest the dream catcher will do? ( 1 mark)
 What does ‘admired’ mean in the tale? ( 1 mark)
 Write a fictional account (legend) about how the zebra got its stripes. (5
marks)
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