A Canadian person of Anglo-Saxon descent. Similar to "cracker".
> Cakers love hockey and beer.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to hear about some new research that takes on this question. Should scanning your genome be as routine as checking your blood pressure? Here's NPR health correspondent Rob Stein. ROB STEIN, BYLINE: It's gotten way e

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Lets start with whats happening in California, not just the state of .., but something is making much worse---wildfire. The state wildfire season used to run from spring until fall, now its year around with hot dry trees and branch acting like kindli

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New York City has thousands of workers. It has workers that you don't see. It has workers that you do see. The workers that you do see are right on the street. Street vendors are everywhere. Vendors set up on the wide sidewalks. They sell purses. The

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Bethany: I just talked to Steve about hiring replacements for Cyril, who quit last month and for Megan, who is leaving at the end of this week. Do you know what he told me? He doesnt want to hire permanent replacements. He wants to make do with temps

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The Greencards 是一支三人的新蓝草乐队,他们成名于奥斯汀音乐节。乐队成员 Eamon McLoughlin 伦敦人在英国皇家音乐学院学习,求学期间他七次获得小提琴表扬奖。13岁那年他第一次演奏乡村音乐,

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 January 2007 Suspected armed militants attacked a Chinese oil company in the Southern Nigeria state, Bayelsa, Thursday, kidnapping at least two Chinese workers. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the latest hostage-tak

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Some South Africans Voice Discontent With Ruling ANC 南非出现反对执政党ANC的声音 JOHANNESBURG South Africans are preparing for elections scheduled for May 7, and some former officials with the ruling ANC have called for a protest vote aga

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My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disappointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my f

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My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disapointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my fa

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My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disapointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my fa

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By Babak Bordbar Washington, DC 10 October 2006 watch report CSNY tour Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young Over the past 40 years, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young has been among the most popular music groups in the United States. Musicians David Crosby, Step

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By Phuong Tran Goz Beida, Chad 16 May 2007 In Chad, people are still arriving at camps to escape ethnic violence and bandit attacks along the Sudanese border. Humanitarian workers are often the first to reach out to people escaping from burning villa

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Is coconut oil a healthy food? - certainly is promoted as one. Survey a broad group of Americans and 72 percent say, yes, coconut oil is healthy. Talk with some nutritionists, and they say, no, it's not. NPR's April Fulton report

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英语学习笔记: the selfie posters 自拍爱好者 the likers 点赞专业户 the fitness fanatics 健身狂人 the travelers 旅游达人 the foodies 美食家 the lurkers 潜水员 the promoters 微商 the lovers 最佳情侣

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Once again, Christchurch is hosting the Buskers Festival. This time it is the 19th year. Buskers are street performers. Listen to January 24th 2011 to hear about last years events. This year it will be different but the same, said organizers. The ven

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What are buskers? They are street performers. They perform circus acts like acrobatics or juggling, or singing and dancing, and they are always very clever and very funny. They get paid at the end of their show when the audience throws money in the h

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Each week now we hear of more workers who are losing their jobs. This week, Sealord will lay off 180 workers from their Nelson fish processing factory but they will employ another 50 on the fishing boats. These days it is cheaper to process fish on t

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By Phuong Tran Gaga, Chad 14 May 2007 For years, hundreds of thousands of Sudanese who fled fighting in Darfur have received shelter in refugee camps in neighboring Chad. But having survived the violence, they now face a new threat in the deadly AIDS

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Listen Read Learn Daniel: Dad, when will you finish your cooking? Dad: Several minutes. Daniel: So what should I do now? Dad: Then, pass me a bowl for the soup. Daniel: Where's the bowl gone? Dad: Look for it yourself, please! Kinda busy here, Daniel

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