Wednesday, December 30, 2009

APPLE LOGO

Believe it or not, the current Apple logo, which an image of a bit apple, wasn't the first logo to be used by Apple Inc.

The first Apple logo was designed by Steve Jobs himself together with Ronald Wayne -- one of Apple's co-founders. It depicts an image of Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree;

The First Apple Logo , Source: Wikipedia

This logo was eventually replaced by Rob Janoff's Rainbow Apple logo during the late 1970's. It is believed that the Rainbow Apple is the company's tribute to Isaac Newton's discoveries on gravity and light prisms.

Rainbow Apple Logo , Source: Wikipedia

Interestingly***,

While [The Rainbow Apple] is generally accepted to have referred to Isaac Newton, another explanation exists that the bitten apple pays homage to the mathematician Alan Turing, who committed suicide by eating an apple he had laced with cyanide. Turing is regarded as one of the fathers of the computer. The rainbow colors of the logo are rumored to be a reference to the rainbow flag, as a homage to Turing's homosexuality.


The Rainbow Apple's base structure became the template for Apple's current and more conservative logos (color-wise).

St. Valentine's Story

Saint Valentine is said to have lived in Rome during the third century. That was a long time ago. During this time Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. Many people did not like the ruler.

Claudius was having trouble getting men to serve in his army. He felt many men would not volunteer to join because they did not want to leave their wives and families. He thought that if men were not married, they would join the army. So Claudius passed a new law which did not allow any more marriages. Most people thought this law was cruel. Valentine, who was a minister, did not support the new law.

Even after Emperor Claudius passed the law, he kept performing marriage ceremonies secretly. One night he was caught and thrown in jail and told he would be put to death.

Many young people came to visit Valentine. One was the daughter of the prison guard. On the day of his death Valentine wrote a note to the daughter signed "Love from your Valentine". This was on February 14, 269 A. D.

Some say this started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS OF W.E.C

ENGLISH DAY 

For whole students of Wearnes Education Center Bali from all majors; it is announced that we are going to have an exciting program namely “English Day”.  In this special day you can/must express yourself in English.

All you need to do in English Day are shown below:

·        Having an interview with all lecturers (not only English lecturers, and of course by using English)

·        In interview you must be polite by doing:

o   Greeting the lecturer

o   Asking whether the lecturer has time for English day or not by asking for example:

§  “Miss/Sir do you have time for English day?”

All you need to know in English Day are shown below:

·        Every time you have an interview you will get a specific point i.e

o   Interview with an English lecturer you get 10 points, while with another lecturer you get 5 points.

o   Minimum point required/ must be collected is 60 points

·        All points will be accumulated to be your English practice point.

·        You have two [2] weeks time to collect all lecturers signatures

For the first session (two weeks time) from Monday, Dec 21st 2009 up to Monday Dec 28th 2009 will be the English day session for KS1, KE2, DK4, IK3 and KS 2.

 

 

 

ENGLISH DAY CARD

 

Name:………………………….

Class :………………………….

NIM:…………………………..  

No.

Date

Topic

Point

Name of the Lecturer

Signature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

WH- QUESTIONS

WH Question Words

We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions). We often refer to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW).

Question Word

Function

Example

what

asking for information about something

What is your name?

asking for repetition or confirmation

What? I can't hear you.
You did what?

what...for

asking for a reason, asking why

What did you do that for?

when

asking about time

When did he leave?

where

asking in or at what place or position

Where do they live?

which

asking about choice

Which colour do you want?

who

asking what or which person or people (subject)

Who opened the door?

whom

asking what or which person or people (object)

Whom did you see?

whose

asking about ownership

Whose are these keys?
Whose turn is it?

why

asking for reason, asking what...for

Why do you say that?

why don't

making a suggestion

Why don't I help you?

how

asking about manner

How does this work?

asking about condition or quality

How was your exam?

how + adj/adv

asking about extent or degree

see examples below

how far

distance

How far is Pattaya from Bangkok?

how long

length (time or space)

How long will it take?

how many

quantity (countable)

How many cars are there?

how much

quantity (uncountable)

How much money do you have?

how old

age

How old are you?

how come (informal)

asking for reason, asking why

How come I can't see her?