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This post had been edited to include several expressions/idioms given by Gil Gaudia, Ph.D. Tara Benwell and Gabriel Sowrian. 

Isn't it interesting that the name 'John' is so generic that two well-known phrases use it?  I wonder if there are other names that are used generically?. Thank you Gil Gaudia, Ph.D.  for the corrections. 

Did You Know?

1. Dear John Letter

Did you know that a 'Dear John letter' means the end of a relationship. Basically it's a letter from a woman to her boyfriend or husband t

This week marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech. MLK delivered his speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC 50 years ago. 

I visited the exact location where MLK delivered his famous speech just a few weeks ago with my family. Taking the kids to the site where MLK delivered his speech was a very memorable experience for me. I took short video clips of my children telling me their own dreams for the future. Thanks to people like MLK who

This is such a heartwarming and feel good story. Peggy Shafer and Muriel Cowley, both seventy nine years old, had been writing to each other since they were both ten years old young girls. They had been writing to each other telling stories about their lives, school, siblings, hobbies and such since the World War II. Please click here to read their full and amazing story.

Soon both Peggy and Muriel found out that they had many things in common, thus formed a strong and long lasting friendship thr

British MP George Galloway eloquently describes the hypocrisy of the UK and US regimes:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35970.htm

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“The Best Lines ever said by a Man....."

When I was born, A Woman was there to hold me...... My Mother

As I grew up as a child, A woman was there to care & play with me..... My sister

I went to school, A Woman was there to help me learn...... My Teacher

I became depressed when I lost, A Woman was there to offer a shoulder... 
My Girlfriend

I needed compatibility, company & Love, A Woman was there for me.. My Wife

I became tough, A Woman was there to melt me..... My Daughter

When I will di

I was debating whether I want to share with members here on a heartbreaking article and photos that I have read a few days ago about the devastation face by the people of Vietnam due to Agent Orange. As a stranger, I don't feel comfortable to share such article and photos, but my friend I am Vietnamese, put a question to me, 'Noas, are you going to write a blog about it? If you want additional information, I can help you with it'. It make me realise that maybe as a stranger, I can also share som

A 3D stereogram is an image hidden in another image. Those who passed the exam for the driving licence, can have an idea about this, because they have tests examining accuracy and visual attention.

Still, 3D stereograms are quite different. They exam the ability of a person to emerge multiple objects into one. It's not the attention but the technique of viewing, that makes a 2D image to transform suddenly in a 3D one...like a miracle I would say. 

Even if I discovered the stereograms just a cupple

Hello there :) Long time since I wrote anything here :) 

So now I am here and writing! 

Recently I visited National Botanic Garden ;) For big surprise it was pretty close to my home. 

And my eyes were so excited to see all the plants and flowers, and all those wonderful colors. 

And for my luck it was very nice and sunny day to enjoy :) 

These are just few pictures :) But I hope You enjoy :) 

Best wishes to everyone 

A blind man was begging in NEW YORK streets, with a board written

--I'm blind, help me--

A guy passing that side, saw him.

He took that board & wrote some thing.

On that day the blind man got heavy collection.
...
Many people started to give money.

Now he got curious and requested a man passing by to read it ......

He read --TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, BUT I CAN'T SEE IT--

The way of expressing can change many things.

So express your ideas differently..

I have been to desert for more than three-month, during which time i was looking for gold, the story start when a cousin told me about gold being brought from the desert, it’s simply you just dig a hole in the ground and with help of experienced men you well find apiece of gold that what he have said, and I believed him ,so h moved to the desert where I discovered that things are not easy as he had said, but  there was gold but it usually take a great effort to bring it out from the depth of tha

Today one of my colleagues complained with me about her disappointment at work. She got upset these days for having to teach Information Technology instead of Maths. The problem is that she majored Maths in Uni and now the management board arrange her SEVEN classes of IT while only ONE class of Math (among 24 in all). She’s really resented being treated unfairly. The reason is also unreasonable, that is, her rate of quality on Students’ points the previous year didn’t meet the requirement (more

well...Before leaving Alex...I  wrote my name on the sand of the beach to be remembered always...but unfortunately waves ate my name..:D:Dwell i took a photo and posted it here to be rememberd also....No one behaves like waves and eats my photo please..:D.:D..(kidding sure..:D)

Do you like reading news or making audio recordings for MyEC? Why don't you join our latest video challenge?

For our new activity, I would like to invite you to make a video of yourself reading one of the news from MyEC feed. The news are recorded by our admin, Tara Benwell. You can listen in the way she pronounced and narrated the news. This would help you to be familiar with tone and inflection.

Practicing reading in front of the camera would help us gain self-confidence and improve our speaking

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