Wednesday, December 30, 2009
APPLE LOGO
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
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
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.
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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. | |
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? |
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? |