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Ambassador Moser says goodbye... U.S. embassy in Moldova

Post by U.S. Embassy Moldova.

Word of the Day

vitreous
Definition:	(adjective) Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass.
Synonyms:	glassy
Usage:	The lake was so calm it looked vitreous in the pre-dawn light. Article of the Day

Tsukiji Fish Market
	The Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, or Tsukiji fish market, is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. Located in Tokyo, Japan, the market offers more than 400 types of seafood and is a major attraction for foreign visitors. It typically opens at 3 AM, with auctions beginning around 5 AM. Bidding can only be done by licensed participants, but visitors can watch.

This Day in History

Treaty of Ghent Signed
	The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the US and the UK. Although the treaty was signed in December, fighting continued for several weeks because it took time for news of the agreement to reach North America. The treaty essentially restored prewar borders and failed to deal with the matters of neutral rights and impressment that were the ostensible causes of the conflict.

Today's Birthday

James Prescott Joule

One of the great experimental scientists of the 19th century, Joule is the man for whom the standard mechanical unit of work is named. He was an English physicist who made valuable contributions to the study of heat, electricity, and thermodynamics. His work established the mechanical theory of heat, determined the relationship between heat energy and mechanical energy, and established the first law of thermodynamics.

Today's Holiday

Tolling the Devil's Knell

To celebrate the birth of Christ and the death of the Devil, All Saints Minster Church in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, rings its bell the same number of times as the number of the year (for example, 2,014 times in 2014) on Christmas Eve. The tolling starts at 11:00 PM, stops during the church service from midnight to 12:45, and then resumes until the years have been tolled away. The custom has been going on for almost 700 years. The bell has been called "Black Tom of Soothill" since the 13th century, and Tolling Black Tom is supposed to keep the parish safe from the Devil for another 12 months.

Quote of the Day

	Dignify and glorify common labor. ... It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

Word of the Day

clandestine
Definition:	(adjective) Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
Synonyms:	hush-hush, cloak-and-dagger, undercover, underground, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, secret, surreptitious
Usage:	The clandestine affairs of the congressman are being investigated by the ethics committee. This Day in History Hurricane Katrina Devastates US Gulf Coast (2005)

Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Central Gulf Coast  as a Category 3 storm. Its storm surge breached the levee  system that protected New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain  and the Mississippi River, flooding the city. Lack of food and  water in the aftermath fueled criticism of the US government's recovery efforts, and many former residents established new  lives elsewhere. Katrina caused an estimated $81 billion in damages  More... Today's Birthday Charlie Parker (1920) Charlie "Bird" Parker was an American saxophonist  and composer. Along with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie,  Parker was a leader of the bop movement in jazz.  His brilliant improvisations were noted for their  power and beauty. Sadly, his heroin addiction was  legendary as well. He had a drug-induced nervous breakdown in 1946 and saw his cabaret card—which  allowed him to play in New York clubs—revoked  by the police in 1951. Quote of the Day One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man. Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)

Be going to for elementary students of English

Are you going to teach or learn the form “BE GOING TO” for expressing future? This post might come handy. There is a mind map explaining all the forms: Affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions.

This post is especially designed for elementary students who need to learn the form. 

Simple way to know whether TO or ING should be used.

The rule goes like this: “If the first verb happens before the second verb, use TO. If the second verb happens at the same time or before the first verb use the ending -ING with the second verb. For example: I want to go out. (First I want and then I will go out) She stopped smoking. (First she smoked and then she stopped.) He agreed to do it. (First he agreed and then he did it)”

Simple, isn’t it? However, you have to be careful as the rule does not work for the verbs suggest, pretend and fail.

Below you can see the idea in a mind map and lower you can test it in several games.

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