I published a blog about EC statistics and all your nice comments really really made me so happy :)

Thanks for your kind attention my dear EC friends.

Some asked about its methodology, here is the way:

I opened EC Advanced Search and find each category by searching there. These are the results of each category:

All Members: 110,795^**

Then I transferred these data to Microsoft Office Excel and analyzed.

It is also possible to calculate data of each country, but it needs time to get the information from each country.

** Note: EC members are increasing second by second

Did you know that EC has 110,795 members until publishing this blog? How many are male and female? What is their English level? This blog answers these questions.

Gender

60% of EC members are male and 40% are female.

English Level

Most of EC members are in “Intermediate level”.

Quick Facts:

• 36% of EC members are in Intermediate level
• 17% Elementary
• 14% Pre-Intermediate
• 12% Upper-Intermediate
• 12% Advanced
• 9% Fluent

Status

76% of EC members are learner of English and 10% are English teacher when just 6% are native English speaker.

 Here is the methodology.

Source: English Club, April 2014

A Game to Play # Jumbled Words by Darius

Hello Friends :)

Can you guess what is the correct sentence?

"THING, NO, IS, IS, INTEGRITY, RIGHT, WHEN, THE, WATCHING, DOING, ONE" 

Note: The winner is one who can find the correct sentence before the other players.

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Answer:

Answered by Ensieh

Well done Ensieh!

You are the winner :)

A Game to Play # “Master Mind “

Hello Friends :)

Can you guess what is the word in this game?

It is a noun and has 5 letters:

 _ _ _ _ _

Please guess what that is!

Note: After your guess, I will send you a number that its first digit shows how many letters are correct, and the second digit shows how many letters are in right place.

Now... Let's start!

Tell a 5 letters word, please.

     *****     *****     *****     *****     *****     *****     *****     *****

The results until now:

20/ (Apple)

30/ (Plate)

20/ (Place)

30/ (Cream)

31 / (Spear)

30/ (Spare)

10/ (Guess)

11/ (Sammy)

31/ (Armed)

21/ (Solar)

30/ (Ready)

20/ (Blaze)

22/ (Joker)

20/ (Amaze)

22/ (Rider)

22/ (Honer)

.

.

.

And

55/ (WATER)

WOW!!

YOU WON Gabriel Sowrian!

Well done :)

I had a nice message from Mahgol and like to share it with you all here:

This week is Teacher's Week in Iran. I was watching TV that I heard about the smallest school in the world. I've searched about it in the Net, and if you let me, I like to share it with you here, too.

Abdul Mohammad She’rani, a young Iranian teacher in a very remote village in Iran, bloging about his very small school and his 4 students in a small Iranian fishing village of Jamalabad Kalu near the southern port city of Bushehr.

Social media did something nearly miraculous: Iranian media and even CNN reported about this village and the government helped with road construction and other facilities.

UNESCO recognised the school as the smallest in the world.

He published his memories in a book "Story of the Smallest School in the World" and now it is published for the 4th time.

His blog was the second best blog in the world in Deutsche Welle Germany, in 2008.

Today was "Mother's Day" in Iran.

We were in a celebration in our university and I've heard a nice story about Mothers that If you let me, I like to share it with you here.

        Once upon a time a Mother was looking at his son who was playing inside the lake. She was enjoying watching her son, but suddenly she saw an alligator which was going toward her son. She shouted and run to her son quickly. The boy turned his head toward the alligator but unfortunately it was late…

The alligator took the boy's leg and pull him down the water. The Mother came and could take the boys' arms and she tried to pull him toward herself."Help… Help… Please help…" She cried and screamed terribly while she was fighting for saving his son.

A farmer, who was close to the lake, heard the Mother's screams and went to them rapidly. He hit the alligator's head by his shovel and could save boys' life. They took the boy to the hospital.

When people heard about the story they gathered around the boy and a photographer asked him to show his feet and the injuries made by alligator. The boy rolled up his pants and showed the place of alligator's teeth and injuries due to it on his feet to them. And after that he rolled up his sleeves and showed his arms to them and said that: "These are also the love scratches of my mom's fingernails that I love them."

Hello

That is my pen.

Do you like writting, too?

Then why don't you add the image of your pen here?

Please share the photo of your pen here or here, I am so interested to see your pens :)

Thanks

Next week is Persian New Year, NOWRUZ :)

Persian start their new year when nature is born again in spring, and they celebrate it with nature.

Nowruz has many traditional customs just like starting new year everywhere.

Last year, I asked my friends in  BEST Group to write a blog about Nowruz and below was its result.

Let's read their words together:

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** Adlet said about  name and countries:

-Name

        Nowruz is also spelled Nouruz, Norouz, Norooz, Narooz, Nawru, Nauruz, Nawroz, Noruz, Nohrooz, Novruz, Nauroz, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nowroj, Navroj, Nevruz, Newroz, Navruz, Navrez, Nooruz, Nauryz, Nevruz, Nowrouz,Наврӯз, ნავრუზი (Georgian), नवरेह (Kashmiri), નવરોઝ (Parsi Gujarati)

-Countries which have this festival:

 Iran
 Afghanistan
 Albania
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Dagestan
 Georgia
 Iraq^[3]
 Kazakhstan
 Kosovo
 Kyrgyzstan
 Kurdistan
 Tajikistan
 Turkey
 Turkmenistan
 Uzbekistan 

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**Setare said about Haft Sin

        What is shown in the photo is an Iranian custom that you will see in most of Iranian houses in Nowruz named Haft Sin.

        Haft Sin is a Persian clause which means 7 words started with S (of course in Persian) first one which is the blessing symbol is Green which we call 'Sabz' in Persian and you can see that grass is in the photo.

        we also put our holy book Quran and a book of a famous old Iranian poet named ''Hafez''' there which reading its poems by old members of the family before informing the start of the new year is somehow interpretatoin of a good luck. before the start of the new year the family gather around Haft Sin and  pray for a green and a blessing year. by the time the new year is informed the family kiss each other and the oldest member gives some money to kids named Eydi.. kids love it very much:)

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** Reza asgharloo said:

        Nowruz is the most intelligent of Celebrating  "New Year" on the world, I do not state it because I'm Iranian and from my ego I want to state it.

Our fathers have chosen the best time for staring the new year, the time that winter is finished and cold weather turn into be get warmer. the time that flowers make blossom and trees and ground start to be green.

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And also they added some nice photos:

Added by  Mahgol

Added by  Adlet

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**Happy New Year to All Persian Whole the World**

 :)

How did you learn Vowels (A,E,I,O,U)?

Our teacher taught us by a cute face like this:

Its face is O, eyes are A and E, nose is I and lip is U :)

What about you?

:)

Have you ever seen an abacus?

The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for elementary calculating.

We were in shopping last week (for buying a curtain) and the seller used an abacus for calculating the price. It was really amazing that he still used Abacus instead of calculator.

He was an old man and I took a photo from him abacus.

It is his abacus picture:

 Let's read this story :

        Let me introduce myself. My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.

Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!

Did I mention that I was a priest? One of my favorite activities was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies -- secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers.

One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. (Not quite as light on my feet as I used to be, I guess.) I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.

I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.

One of these young people was the daughter of the prison guard. Her father allowed her to visit me in the cell. Sometimes we would sit and talk for hours. She helped me to keep my spirits up. She agreed that I did the right thing by ignoring the Emperor and going ahead with the secret marriages. On the day I was to die, I left my friend a little note thanking her for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, "Love from your Valentine."

I believe that note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day. It was written on the day I died, February 14, 269 A.D. Now, every year on this day, people remember. But most importantly, they think about love and friendship. And when they think of Emperor Claudius, they remember how he tried to stand in the way of love, and they laugh, because they know that love can't be beaten!

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Hello dear EC friends!

How are you?

Do you like puzzle?

How about solving crosswords?

Here is a crossword made based on EC Calligraphers' names who have at least one calligraphy in EC Calligraphy Group.

Some ways for Solving:

-Each column or row has only one name inside. The name of EC calligraphers must be put letter by letter at each cell, and the arrow beside each number shows the path of answer.

-First read the explanations of each number, then find the answer and put it in the crossword.

-11 cells which have heart inside themselves are the code-cells and by finding the letters inside heart-cells, the answer will be appeared.

The answer is 2 words which must be arranged beside each other.

Puzzle Explanation:

1- The first one who left comment in Calligraphy Group, she always takes care about group activities and makes groups active by her kind invitations :)

She has many beautiful arts in Calligraphy Group and it is one of her nice works:

2- The greatest calligrapher in Nastaliq style in Calligraphy Group!

(Nastaliq is an splendid style in Persian).

He is one of the first members in Calligraphy Group who has unique and eyeful arts!

One of his marvelous works is:

3- A nice and friendly calligrapher in EC. She loves to write in rainy days!

:)

It is one of her beautiful works in Calligraphy Group:

4- The star of Calligraphy Group these days!

He is wonderful in Calligraphy and has splendid arts in his first activity in Calligraphy Group.

It is no need to say more about him!

Because you all know our lovely teacher :)

It is one of his great works:

5- A shiny active calligrapher!

She always brings a fresh energy to Calligraphy Group. We have many fantastic arts from her only in her short activity in the group.

It is one of her superb works:

6- A respected teacher who writes in a very nice way. Although we have only 2 works from her, but they describe her great ability in Calligraphy very well.

It is one of those nice works:

7- A sweet calligrapher who writes in a lovely way!

If you want to see her beautiful arts, just invite her and ask her to show you her nice arts, then you will see how much she is warm-hearted :)

It is one of her nice card:

8- A kind-hearted calligrapher in Calligraphy Group against his horrible name!

His adorable arts are splendid and say about his great ability in Calligraphy. He also has some amazing works with soil which created a unique image of beauty.

It is his beautiful penmanship:

9- A kind and dear calligrapher who is number one in Kufi style in Calligraphy Group. We have only one of her art, but it is fantastic!

Look please :)

10- Our lovely girl!

Most of you know her!

She has only one art in Calligraphy Group, but her nice heart always conveys sweet atmosphere each time she answers to discussions :)

It is her only nice work:

11- An old member of Calligraphy Group who has only one work in the group, but it was such a shipshape one that it can't be forgotten at all.

It is her fantastic penmanship which is unique in its own style:

Could you find the answers?!

Please send it here!

And if you like to see more arts form EC calligraphers please, visit Calligrahy Group.

I also love to see your arts there!

Good Luck :)

"2+2=5!!!"

        A teacher taught a boy math. The boy’s name was Arno. He was 7.

“Arno! How many apples would you have if I gave you 2 apples and the other apple and one more apple?” The teacher asked Arno.

“5!” Arno answered definitely.

The teacher felt worry. She expected a right answer for her easy question. She was disappointed.

“Maybe he didn’t pay attention well” She thought.

“Listen carefully, it’s so easy. You can answer it correctly if you listen carefully. How many apples would you have if I gave you 2 apples and the other apple and one more apple? ” She repeated her question.

Arno saw disappointment in his teacher’s face. So, He started counting by his fingers. He was searching an answer so that he could make his teacher glad. His trying wasn’t for finding the right answer. He just wanted to make his teacher happy.

“5” He answered anxiously.

Disappointment was still in teacher’s face.

Suddenly, She remembered that Arno like strawberry. She thought probably Arno didn’t like apple and it was the reason that he couldn’t concentrate.

“Arno! How many strawberries would you have if I gave you 2 strawberries and the other strawberry and one more strawberry?” She asked excitedly.

The teacher seemed happy. There wasn’t any stress there. So he counted with his fingers calmly. But the teacher was worry. She wanted a new success for Arno.

“4” Arno answered.

Now, the teacher smiled victoriously. She wanted to congratulate herself on her success.

But there was still one more thing…

“Arno!! How many apples would you have if I gave you 2 apples and the other apple and one more apple?” She asked again.

“5” Arno answered immediately.

The teacher astonished!

“How Arno?! How…?!!!” She shouted angrily.

“Because I have ONE apple in my bag.” He muttered.

What is your name?

What does it mean?

Have you ever tought about it?

Here EC calligraphers answered this question.

Every one used his/her own unique style to say about his/her name.

All their arts are really wonderful!

Do you like to see their arts, too?

Here you are!

It is a little exhibition of EC calligraphers art:

 Asma means Beauty and Highness

Style: Kufi

 bright - rubies means Expensive Girl

 Gabriel Sowrian , Gabriel means Man of God

Style: Gothic

 hafida stands for Handy, admirable, fun, ideals, dreams, agreeble

 Hala J.M, Hala means Halo

 Scarlett, Cẩm Tú means kind/nice star

They are splendid, aren't they?!

EC must be very proud of itself for having such a tallented artistic calligraphers inside its heart :)

Do you like to join them in this activity, too?

Then please visit here.

I love to see all your arts :)

I must thank Mahgol who wrote all Calligraphy Group member's name in one paper:

And I should also thank; Ms. Selma, U shaikh ,Lara and Junco who took a part in this activity.

Writing Challenge# Reflexive Pronouns

I remember some years ago, I wanted to test Google Translate (Beta Version):

I questioned myself which sentence I should write for the first time.

I told myself "I am Sahar" is the best!

I wrote in Google box "I am Sahar" in Persian (من سحر هستم).

Then Google translated it: " I am magic"!

Magic?!!

Oh!

Yes!!

Sahar itself means "Dawn" in Persian, but it also means "Magic" with the same writing and different pronunciation, Sehr.

"Google must laugh at itself!" I thought.

But after some seconds, I thought to myself what an excellent translation it was!

Every one is a magic himself!

Hello Dear Friends!

How are you?

Have you ever tried writing with your computer's mouse?

Do you think that it is hard?

We had a discussion Your Handwriting & Personality in the group Calligraphy posted by  Mahgol which asked members to test their personality by their handwriting.

Members liked it and it is the Statistics result:

Views: 252

Replies: 32

Members : 16

Let's see what they have written in the samll sapce that they had!

Some of them had great messages inside their hearts!

And I liked to share them with you here :)

                   Alyeta 

Asma

  bright - rubies 

  Buddy 

                  Darius 

Expector Smith 

                   Grace

 Jinkee

                 Mahgol 

RachnaK 

                 Sahar 

 sony 

                sweety

viviana

 Zahra 

What do you think about them?

Is it hard for writing?!

Do you like to test it, too?!

Please visit here :)

Hello dear EC lovers!

Do you think that you love EC?!

Well…

How much?!!

Let’s have a measure for it!

Have you ever seen these numbers inside your EC page?

For example in my page I have these numbers:

Blog Posts: 69

Discussions: 3883

Events:

Groups: 41

Photos: 11

Photo Albums:

Videos:

Let’s sum these numbers with each other, please:

69+3883+41+11= 4004

Wow!!

I love EC 4004!

4004…?

4004 meter?!!

4004 kilometer?!!!

4004 What?!

-Please select a UNIT for this lovely number :)

How about you?

How much do you love EC?

And also it can be a nice challenge too!

-Is there anyone who loves EC more than me?!!

:)

P.S. The love can’t be measured by numbers at all. It’s only for fun.

Hello Dear Friends!

Do you like to have a test about your handwriting and personality?

Then, why don't you   try Here and share the result with us here?!

I've done it just now, it is fantastic!

:)

P.S. This discussion was added by  Mahgol in Calligraphy Group on January 15, 2013 at 6:40.

Thanks dear Mahgol :)

These are my precious gift from my dear friends.

When I saw  sweety's blog, I liked that I have one blog about my gifts too.

Some of them are so precious like:

The place of perfume by my friends from Tehran (Capital of Iran).

Another one:

This lovely Ship from my friend in my city.

And also this nice and useful knife that I take it with myself everywhere:

And also this one made by my kind friend, a wooden heart that my name is carved inside it:

Thanks Sweety for your great idea!

You reminded me very lovely days :)