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If the WIP (Western Imperialist Powers) succeed in their mission of regime change in Libya, expect:

~ the new central bank to join the BIS (Bank for International Settlements)

~ the nationalized oil industry to get sold off to investors

~ education and health care no longer to be free

Further details: Libya ~ All About Oil or All About Banking?

*hypothetical because the WIP will not succeed

Two days ago I encountered a scandalous, arrogant, stupid person.  She was actually my co - worker. I was having a chat with my other co - workers when she entered the room and asked me to give her the documents  needed by her son for college admission. She was in a commanding tone when she approached me. So,I told her I needed her son`s accomplished clearance form before I can release what she had asked for. Sadly, she didn`t have the clearance form and didn`t know where his son`s clearance. Bu

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “E” and has 6 letters long.

• The company e_ _ _ _ _d heavy financial losses.
• We had to e_ _ _ _ _ a nine-hour delay at the airport.
• They had to e_ _ _ _ _ in solitude because not even the doctors could get near them.

Can you guess the word of the day?

The word of the day is a ve

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “I” and has 13 letters long.

• I hope I have not caused you any i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
• We apologize for any i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ caused during the repairs.
• The practical i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s of long hair are negligible.
• We had the i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of being una

Pahela Baishakh is the first day of the first month of Bangla year.

The day is celebrated in a festive manner in both Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. In Bangladesh, it is celebrated on April 14 of the Gregorian calendar.Pahela Baishakh is a national holiday in Bangladesh. Celebrations of Pahela Baishakh started from Emperor Akbar’s reign.Moreover, we celebrate the day formerly to welcome the Bangla Year. We welcome the day by singing the song ‘Eso he Baishakh eso eso’ (Come O Baishakh, come, c

RESILIENCE: JAPAN

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the Island of Honshu, Japan with its epicenter in the Sendai province.  This earthquake triggered a 12 meter high tsunami event along the eastern coast of Honshu.  The combined force of these two catastrophic events and further exacerbated by a continuous cycle of daily noticeable earthquakes that have measured between 4.5 and 7.1 in intensity as defined by the Richter scale has caused significant damage throughout the nation

RESILIENCE: JAPAN

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the Island of Honshu, Japan with its epicenter in the Sendai province.  This earthquake triggered a 12 meter high tsunami event along the eastern coast of Honshu.  The combined force of these two catastrophic events and further exacerbated by a continuous cycle of daily noticeable earthquakes that have measured between 4.5 and 7.1 in intensity as defined by the Richter scale has caused significant damage throughout the nation

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “U” and has 4 letters long.

• He u_ _ _d employers and trade unions to adapt their pay settlements to the economic circumstances.
• We shall continue to u_ _ _ for leniency to be shown to these prisoners.
• Police u_ _ _d continued vigilance in the fight against crime.
• The dogs are u

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “H” and has 9 letters long.

• She had been beaten and h_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _d by her husband.
• His teacher continually h_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s him.
• I knew that if I sang the song and hr recorded it, he would keep the tape forever and use it to h_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ me for the rest of my life.
• How

this dialogue is submitted by : Grace

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Hello friends,

Today I start to create a short comic with the aim of how to learn english with fun, I did adventure to MyEC photo gallery. And, I have chosen the first photo which is from Shalva Mamistvalov's photo : Soldier.

 
Why am I giving this game the title of "Short comic"?  the photo is able to give an illustration about a story or event based on the imagination that we have created it. Isn't it so fu

Watching movies is one of my hobbies, whenever I have a spare time, I turn on the television and check out the best movies available. One particular channel is Starmovies. It shows or airs movies that has subtitles. My viewing habits became more interesting because I can fully understand the dialogue of every actor. Did you know that through the subtitles, we could practice our reading and listening skills? Yes, you heard me right. When we try to read the words shown as subtitle, somehow our rea

Each month I post a new writing challenge for English learners. Everyone is welcome to join.

Here is a reference list of the first 30 writing challenges on MyEC. Teachers can use these ideas on their own blogs or in their classrooms. Students can review the archived challenges and try out any that seem interesting. It is always fun to revive an old writing challenge! Teachers are welcome to join as well. The more examples we have, the better!

Writing Challenge #1: Uh Oh What Happened?

Writing Ch

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “N” and has 7 letters long.

• If you are not careful, children tend to n_ _ _ _ _ _ their homework.
• Feed plants and they grow, n_ _ _ _ _ _ them and they suffer.
• The woman denied that she had n_ _ _ _ _ _ed her child.
•  Wonder what makes you n_ _ _ _ _ _ your garden.

Can you guess

BBC news World Service

I’d love to be one of those writers who can write a thousand words a day, every day.

Scratch that. I’d love to be a writer who can write FIVE thousand words a day, especially if they were all brilliant words.

But I’m not.

There are some days I can write three thousand words. Others I can write two. Not two thousand. Two words.

I used to beat myself up over this, but self-flagellation never helped improve my consistency.

Then, last week at my day job, I had a revelation that helped me see my inconsis

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “O” and has 7 letters long.

• These naturally dried flowers will o_ _ _ _ _ _ a bouquet of fresh blooms.
• People should listen to his music – it will o_ _ _ _ _ _ us all.
• The queen o_ _ _ _ _ _ed all her children.
• The Orioles o_ _ _ _ _ _ed the Yankees, finally winning 10 to 9.

Ca

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Hint:

The word of the day begins with the letter “P” and has 7 letters long.

• I came to Brighton with the express p_ _ _ _ _ _ of seeing you.
• I can see no useful p_ _ _ _ _ _ in continuing this conversation.
• The p_ _ _ _ _ _ of the research is to try and find out more about the causes of the disease.
• His only p_ _ _ _ _ _ in l

In general language is such as a bridge connects two strands, west and east. It shapes an opened eye that shortenes distances, provides us the folks’s  histories.  English is considered the most popular language internationally, i notice the English importance which is like a telescope , across it we discover the world’s civilizations, traditions, and to link ourselves with other poeple overseas and who are far away morally and differ  us in beliefs. On the other hand, i think English a key open

Wayang is one of Javanese culture, and it has many forms too ,like wayang kulit, wayang golek, wayang wong, etc. But now I want to tell you about wayang kulit, a kind of wayang from Central Java. 

Wayang kulit is a tradisional puppet made from buffalo's leathers. It's best known in Central Java, East Java, and Bali. It's usually used for a traditional puppet theater,always be held at night, and performed by a "dalang", or a story teller. The story of wayang is based on Mahabaratha and Ramayana ep