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Hi, my friends! As I will not be able to enter EC during a few next days, I'd like to post this blog today hoping that some of you will have a free minute to read it.

Well, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, the night of miracles, magic, goodness, love, hope and much more. Being non-religious, I love Xmas, one of the brightest, happiest holidays in our Western world. These days make me recall my teenagehood, my youth and this blog is going to be a kind of Christmas/New Year joke. I'd like to give some re

I have been always sticked to this question asking about how to get the hang of grammar rules. In fact, most of us don't know the truth that native speakers don't much care of grammar rules while speaking. A native English speaker once said to me " If you think about grammar when you speak, you are lost".  Do you think he is right? What did he really mean?

Let us together find out!

Hi, how are you doing? I am enjoying two weeks off from work :).

I don't know what I should write here..Umm okay!! it just came into my mind, and I would like to share about the happiness what my friend and I did today.

There is a lost dog in the area where I work running around to find the way back home. It is the white female dog, and I am not sure what breed of the dog is. She started running away, while my friend and I were approaching her in order to feed her. so we decided not to run after h

   Either it was a difficult or an easy year for  you there must be something more you would like to hope and change in your life.

Maybe you would like a new trusty friend to share things with 

him or her.

Even if you have a job you dream about a better one in a better environment and higher salary.

If something is wrong in your married life you want something to change in your relationship.

Always wish for health in sickness and want to do everything for it.

And those who live alone wish to find a ni

A winter fairy tale 

Once upon a time, at a cold winter night, someone knocked on the door of an old wooden house near the forest.

In the house lived an old couple with their dog and a speaking parrot. They both were hard of hearing, so they did not notice that someone was knocking. Only the parrot heard it and immediately started to raise its voice like an alarm bell.

Why is someone ringing the doorbell so vehemently? the man muttered while getting up. Now he heard the knocking on the door and o

Yes, it must be a typo or careless mistake - it should be 'unprecedented'.

English words can be so confusing - it's not uncommon for you to spell a word wrong/wrongly, no matter whether you're a learner of English or the presiden elect of the United States. 

There are only 26 letters in English, but a million English words - a word is just a combination of English letters. So, no wonder there are so many confusing words - they look alike and/or sound similar. How about 'ethic or ethnic', 'stationa

A garden is a place where different types of plants specially flowers and fruits and vegetables are cultivated. We have an enormous back garden with lovely plants and trees. I love my garden. I spend most of my summer holidays in our garden. We got some big trees and small plants and we got a lovely garden shed where we can sit and read books, cook barbecue and relax. Our garden is a very calm and peaceful place and its my favorite place in our house. I love the fresh air when I walk through the

Assuming a differential input inductance of the power supply asymmetry (that is, there are some differences in the sense of a hypothetical 100uH, a 60uH) what will be the problem? Its ability to suppress the differential mode signal is reduced?

differential mode choke coil asymmetry will produce the following situation Assumption 1: The original circuit of the differential mode inductance value of 60uH, has to meet the requirements of the circuit. (Provided that the magnetic properties of the

, , "If you do not understand the tale of loss and harm, ask it of Time. Whoever is alive today is not apprehensive of death even for a moment. But look back at the past a little. The dead bodies of uncountable people who lived full rich lives are buried under the house where you live. Great planners and wise died. Great rulers also died. The despotic rulers who killed others for their own sake also died. The magicians who shook the earth with their magic also died. The astrologists and scientis

Causative Verbs

Causative verbs

Causative structures indicate that one thing or person causes another thing or person to do something or be something.

Examples of causatives

Have (give someone the responsibility to do something)

• I had John fix the car
• I had my hair cut

Make (force someone to do something)

• The teacher made the students work in groups
• Our boss made us work extra hours

Get (convince or trick someone into doing something)

• He got the mechanic to repair the machine.
• She got him to read more.

Let (

Scene: 

A bunch of kids are playing during recess; some are hanging upside-down on the monkey bars. Some are "talking"...

"Hey, let's talk about our favorite animals." Nikki.

"My favorite animal is a pony." Dana.

"Bunnies." Jordan.

"A horse!" Bobby.

"Poo-Poo-Poo Poodle.", said Little Mikey. 

"Mikey said, 'Poo'! Mikey said, 'Poo'!" Laughter...

I'm not gonna give you the excruciating details on what causes stuttering and how it is cured or whatever. I'm not an expert, fellas. However, my heart goes to all

Swearing by Time, Allah says, "If you do not understand the tale of loss and harm, ask it of Time. Whoever is alive today is not apprehensive of death even for a moment. But look back at the past a little. The dead bodies of uncountable people who lived full rich lives are buried under the house where you live. Great planners and wise died. Great rulers also died. The despotic rulers who killed others for their own sake also died. The magicians who shook the earth with their magic also died. The

One of the bombs is called "Time Bomb." A watch or an instrument is installed in it giving it a time limit for a few minutes, hours or days. At the fixed time, two wires touch each other, the bombs explodes and ends up. Allah has also installed in man a watch and an instrument with a few minutes, a few hours,' a few months or a few years limit. When the fixed time approaches, the pin of the box that controls the body is removed and the story ends. Now, no delay for a moment is granted to man to

A lot of people who have not been in contact with inductance, in the differential mode choke coil and common mode inductance is always confused between the two today to simply talk about what is the differential mode inductor, what role it has, the differential mode inductance in the AC frequency of a certain Case, the greater the inductance, the greater the ability to block the AC, the smaller the inductance, the less the ability to hinder. In addition, a certain amount of inductance in the cas

The messenger said, “God has taken away your sin. You are not going to die but because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for God, the son born to you will die.”

Immediately after the messenger had gone home, the King’s son became ill, the King pleaded to God for the child, he fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them, he continuously bes

Do you like pretty things? How about a scenic view in the comfort of your own home? Who doesn’t like nature- the plants, trees, as well as its fresh scent they bring to our surrounding?

One of my goals for 2017 is to improve my garden. I’d like to be a green finger again. For the past years I’ve neglected it and wasn’t able to have a concrete plan on how to make the plants grow prolifically. I usually planted them everywhere without the idea if the soil and space were good enough for the plants t

So, that was it. The whole process lasted about 15-20 minutes. I was seeing clearly. I didn’t have myopia anymore but there was a blur, like there was fog. As seconds passing, I wasn’t feeling good. I was feeling that there was something inside my eyes that I need to remove it. I wanted to rub them but I couldn’t even touch them! My eyes were stinging and also I couldn’t keep them open for many seconds. I was closing and opening them and making patience till my doctor come. Anyway, I took off th

Let’s go green! Welcome back for another writing challenge. This month I’d like you to write something about a blissful place. No, I’m not talking about your travel or recent vacation, but it’s much appealing than you think – a garden! Do you have one? Mine is a bit disorganized that’s why I’d like to challenge you to share about your garden or plants that you’ve been taking care of recently. We could find some inspiration and new ideas that’d be useful to fellow plant lovers. Moreover, it’s a g