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Ablution is a term referring to washing for the purpose of ritual purification for performing prayers within various religions traditions.

Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious tradition, ranging from hand-washing before eating in the Jewish tradition to baptism in the Christian tradition, ritual washing before prayers in Islam, and bathing in the Ganges River in Hinduism.

A priest engages in the ritual of foot washing,

practiced in many Christian churches

Ablut

Drum roll please!

Part three, everybody.

Enjoy.

It felt like an eternity to get back into writing! I have started my third book and this time it is a memoir more than an autobiographical writing...

My first two were published many years ago while I was still living in American and both were not novels! The first was an educational book published by the San Diego Public Schools titled :"Educational Awareness through Field Trips". 

The second was completed as I was packing for my new teaching job in Damascus, Syria and was simply titled: "Bicycle

Sitting on the beach
near the sea 
under the sun
with grains of sand
and saltiness on the skin
she touches her hat
smiling. Then
with serene thought
she lookes down.
Half-cut hair
black, disordered
and still wet:
it seems the effect of
a gel touch.
She's beautiful!
Simply beautiful!

There are many relation in life so we always communicate with everybody in this society. So what the first thing you notice a new person you meet in your life: their voice, their face and hair, their clothes and something else. In myself, I regularly see their eyes, teeth, facial expression and their clothes.

 Eyes:

There is one sentences “eyes is the window of spirit”. Thus, eyes say about everything in our mind such as happy, sad, eager, honesty, shifty or something like that. And when I meet a

In 1992, a Japanese foreign student was shot to death by a man in the U.S. This tragedy was caused by mistakes. He, who was dressed up for Halloween, visited a man's house to get Halloween treats. But the man mistook him for a robber and said "Freeze". However he got closer to the man while laughing and said  "I have come to Halloween party", because he mistook "Freeze" for "Please" . At that time, he was shot to death by the man. This accident made Japanese people think about the U.S as a gun s

I recently started to realize the difference between both of these terms, and obviously, they both work to either cheer you up or put you down, I would like to highlight the main difference between them, in order to know how they work and how you can avoid falling into the unknown trap of one of them, particularly in our work.

Generally, Inner Peace means or refers to being at peace or getting into a state of calmness, contentment, and satisfaction with yourself, basically, you can achieve that s

Profile photos can be inoffensive avatars, real photos, illustrations etc.

Only the following situations may lead to account termination:

1. fake photo of celebrity (film star, Donald Trump, top model etc)
2. offensive image
3. no profile photo uploaded at all

Provided you do not fall under #1, #2 or #3 there's nothing to worry about.

Share-6; 9 June 2018; 1:57 pm pst;

* What do YOU hear when I say? *

It is interesting. We all hear such phrases
or derivations on the same. "I hear ya.",
"Ya man, I hear ya.". "Can ya hear me?".
"Ya feel me?", "I heard that!" and the like.
What does that truly mean? It is like listening
to a verbal short hand for connectivity between
souls having meaningful conversations.

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Share-6; 9 June 2018; 1:57 pm pst;

Memories of ghosts past 

I firmly believe that there are some
events that NO child should ever witness.

Back in the year 1967 possibly 1968,
I was a first grader at a local grade school.

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I decide to come back on track, it has been a long time, my target in 1 year

- N3 certificate

- Polish communication skill

- Practive write more english

- Salary: increase 1.5 time

- Travel: Moc Chau district, Son La provien

- Love: 1 partner

- Family: more comfort with my older sister, talk more with my parents.

And the last one, come back to this post in 1 year to look back how much I can do.

Do the best, consistent with target, I believe I can do it.

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