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At this time of the season (end of June) the very ancient pagan cultures used to celebrate the Summer Solstice; also called: Midsummer or Litha. In my country it's called St. John's Day because catholic people basically took all the pagan celebrations and turn them into catholic ones for making everybody to forget their pagan culture and roots.

The summer solstice on June 21st (also celebrated on 22nd or 24th) is the highlight of the year. For the pagan cultures, the Earth shows the fertility giv

If you are using IPTV subscription or if you are offering the streaming services, you would be interested in understanding the functionality behind it. That’s where you should figure out how the IPTV servers work. Along with that understanding, it is possible for you to get effective work done out of the connection and make sure that you receive impressive results at the end of the day.

What exactly is IPTV?

IPTV is the abbreviation that is used for internet based protocol television. Before you u

Yes, I would like to say thanks a lot to our  honorable founder Mr. Josef for his today's mail regarding English club members' profile pictures! Yesterday I (we) got a message from  Admin, it says who's page has no current profile picture it may be deleted. Honestly speaking, I got frightened thinking about my profile picture then I sent a mail to our favorite two Mods, Paula and Onee and finally today I have got ( I think you also got) a message from Mr. Josef in this regards. Now, it is clear

Hi, I'm Salma. I'm not new here but I've been away for a long time. I love to write and it's too bad Tara is no longer here with her writing challange. So, I chose this topic from the writing prompts in the "Learn English" section, hoping someone will do the editing for me.

I'm from a huge family of 15. You may not believe it but all fifteen of us are from the same mother. Yes, the same father, the same mother. We have 10 boys and 5 girls. I'm the tenth child of the family so, I have five younger

I’m not good at getting up early.

Even thought I decide to get up early, I always over sleep. So my ideal that I make tea and taste it with delicious bread elegantly in the morning isn’t always realised.

On the other hand, at night, I’m so energy,and I can awake even A.M 3:00 or A.M4:00.

I want to become a morning person,because I’m often late for school. :-/

 Lately, I think that if I use school chime as alarm, I may get up in the morning ...

By Molly at Gold Star Teachers 

How to Make Friends in China

No matter where the move is to, one of the hardest parts about making a new place home is finding friends there. Of course, when the place you’re moving to is a country across the world with a different culture and language, that’s only truer. But a little perseverance and the right attitude will get you far. Of course, so will looking in the right places. So, where are the best places to find friends in China? That all depends on you, b

"Hello everyone!"

Does this phrase look useful for you? You can answer to this question in the comments, but I want to say that for me, it does. Well, not exactly this phrase, but it's variations. You can easily start any conversation with it. And for the last 365 days I used this phrase a lot!

I joined this site one year ago (actually one year and one month ago) and since that time I have faced either happy and sad moments. Oh my, there were so many, that I can't even recall all of them.

I know, t

Life is very difficult.

To whom it may concern;

English Club is my favorite web-site and highly recommended by me to other friends. Your policy is impeccable and your teaching system superb. I don't see the connection between profile pictures and teaching methods. Please, I would liked to reinstate my Avatar profile in the future. 

I had my Avatar profile picture for long time and it had a humble meaning for me. I was very proud of my Avatar and I don't see the logic for English Club  telling me to remove it or my accoun

Okay, this is a short message for everyone who are going through tough times:

It doesn't matter if the weather is awful and cold, or if people around are in a bad mood or grumpy... keep faith and hope in your heart, then move on. Bad weather and bad humor are temporary...may your will and fancy to live persist until your last breath.

Good luck everyone!

Student.

When there is Faith

Michelle Regno

Things go wrong, yes they do

Sometimes you think it's all about you

You look at the sky for answers

But most of the time it's in closed eyes in prayers

The travel sometimes goes long and wide

Seems endless no matter how fast the stride

But if you slow down and watch inside

It's in the silence that our hearts confide

There are battles we choose and ones we ignore

We sometimes stop sailing to go ashore

The halt does not mean we wish to quit

The choice to fight we see deem

No english dictionary has been able to explain the difference between the two words COMPLETE and FINISHED,some people say there is no difference,but there is.When you marry the right woman,you are complete!when you marry the wrong woman,you are finished!!And,if you marry a wife who likes shopping you are Completely finished!!!

A little dirty spot on the floor,

It’s daunting, right?

You managed to sweep the dirt from all over the floor, except that little spot, despite the fact that it’s just a little one plus sometimes it takes much less time to clean it, so why don’t you complete your job and clean that one too? It’s easy to say but hard to perform, I will tell you why.

Once you realized that you’ve done 99.9% of your task whether it’s accurate or not you tend to turn away from completing the little 0.1% why?

Because, ac

By Jordan at Gold Star Teachers

If a word or phrase is spoken more than it is written, the correct spelling can be difficult to remember. This is a common problem with exclamations, e.g., whoa, aw, whoops, etc.

As you might imagine, these exclamations don’t find their way into written prose all that often, and when they do, writers forget how to spell them. Whoa, for example, has at least two misspellings that pop up in printed works: whoah and woah.

In this post, however, I want to cover five Engl

Learning another language is good for you in so many ways. But does it also help us speak our first language better? That’s a question I hear a lot. It used to be that the language experts said ‘no’. They based their logic on the idea that if you’re spending time on a second language, that’s time you’re not spending on your first.

It turns out, however, that they’re wrong. A lot of evidence has been collected over the years that indicates that learning additional languages helps you with your fir

Normally at first glance, a classical couple looks similar, sometimes they have sames tastes, same careers, same style of clothes, same musical preferences or even same political party or religion, but in essence, they are particularly different and unique. A couple is like two completely different worlds who decided to spend time together having a great time creating something new and learning important life lessons during their time as a couple. Differences and similarities are blended in a wo

Hello everyone!

Sorry for making you wait for so long. Some things went awry and I had to take another picture.

So, please leave your captions for this picture in the comments:

I will choose the winner in a week, on Monday 25 of June.

I am sure, you will surprise me with the lots of creative captions!

Good luck! :P

All the captions at this moment:

Mary:

1) The Umbrella Pride Parade

2) It's Raining Umbrellas

3) Rihanna looking for her umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh...

AG:

1) shaded with Beauty

Svitlana:

1) Let's

I want to dance

Like the sun is shining

My heart remains yours forever

I want to keep shining

As my remembrance will withhold me from my fears

And conquer all the adversity

My faith 

Views on guns are various and depend on the country and person. In Japan, people aren't allowed to have guns except for policemen, soldiers and hunters. In the case of hunters, they need to apply to the Japanese government for a license and be examined thoroughly. Japan is one of the countries that control gun ownership most thoroughly. So gun crimes in Japan are less than most other countries.

On the other hand, I think the U.S. is one of the countries that are most tolerant of having guns. Am

My friends told me “You are addicted to coffee. You drink coffee more than water”. That’s right! I can’t live without coffee. Drinking a coffee everyday is a great way to start my day. But today I’d like to try some tea and feel free to sit by myself in the coffee shop. 

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