Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak. Under Jobs' guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad.

Synopsis

Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, on February 24 1955. University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption. Smart but directionless, Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Apple's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern technology, with Jobs having left the company in 1985 and returning more than a decade later. He died in 2011, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Early Life

Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in the city of San Francisco, California, United States. His birth mother was a graduate student named Joanne Simpson and his real father was a politician and professor of mathematics bloody Syrian named John Abdulfattah Jandali. After both biological parents married, they had a daughter who is Steve's sister, Mona Simpson.

When born, Steve has the name of Abdul Lateef Jandali until finally changed when he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. Jobs pair is then given the name of Steven Paul Jobs. Steve actual biological mother, Joanne, do not particularly agree if the baby was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. Joanne wants her baby was adopted by a family that is able to send Steve to college country. But Joanne finally agreed the baby was adopted by a couple Jobs, with the help of the company to help finance studies, Joanne Steve, up to college.

When Steve was a toddler, Paul and Clara Jobs moved to Santa Clara County, which became known as Silicon Valley. There they adopt another baby, a girl named Patti. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who was attending the University of California, Berkeley with funding of engineering and product marketing manager for Intel A.C. then steve jobs and steve Wozniak founded Apple.

The decline in sales across the industry towards the end of 1985 resulted in a rift working relationship with Sculley Jobs. Sculley ended the post of Jobs as head of the Macintosh division. Once out of Apple, Steve then founded NeXT, a computer platform development company engaged in higher education and business markets.

Apple's purchase of NeXT in 1996 brought Jobs back to the company he founded. Steve served as CEO of Apple from 1997 to 2011. In 1986, Steve took over the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which later changed it to Pixar. Diana, he became CEO and biggest shareholder as much as 50.1% to be taken over by The Walt Disney Company in 2006. Because of that, Steve eventually became the largest individual shareholder in Disney as much as 7% and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. After resigning as CEO of Pixar Animation Studios on August 24, 2011, Steve returned to Apple and was elected chairman of the board of directors.

On January 24^th 1984 Apple Computer introduces Macintosh. 

 On 2001 iPod has been released by Apple. To complete the iPod, Steve made iTunes store. And In Juni 29^th 2007 Apple has been released iPhone.

Steve served as CEO of Apple from 1997 to 2011.

Education

1. Cupertino Junior High School, California

2. Homestead High School in Cupertino, California

3. Reed College in Portland, Oregon

Personal Life

In the early 1990s, Jobs met Laurene Powell at Stanford business school, where Powell was a Master of Business Administration (MBA) student. They married on March 18, 1991, and lived together in Palo Alto, California, with their four children (Eve Jobs, Erin Siena Jobs, Reed Jobs, and Lisa Brennan-Jobs).

Pancreatic Cancer

In 2003, Jobs had a neuroendocrine tumour, rare pancreatic cancer and should be in operation. For nine months, Jobs put off the surgery and make Apple's board of directors nervous. Executives feared that shareholders would pull their stock if word got out that their Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was ill. But in the end, Jobs confidentiality took precedence over shareholder disclosure.

Death

On October 5, 2011, After battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a decade, Steve Jobs died in Palo Alto. He was 56 years old.

Appreciation

1. National Medal of Technology awarded by Ronals Reagan (1985)

2. Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category "Best Public Service by Individuals Aged 35 Years or Younger" (1987).

3. Degree business figures strongest, Fortune Magazine (27 November 2007).

4. California Hall of Fame at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (December 5, 2007).

5. Businessman most admired among the youth survey by Junior Achievement (August 2009).

6. Degree "Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Decade This", Fortune Magazine (5 November 2009).

7. Rank 57 in The World's Most Powerful People, Forbes (November 2009).

Steve Jobs is widely known as a visionary, pioneer and genius in the field of business, innovation, and product design, and the man who changed the face of the modern world, revolutionized six different industries, and an example for all chief executives. His death was widely and is considered a great loss for the world by fans around the world.

I chose Steve Jobs because he was unique for me he never beat a competitor in the competition but he created his own competition, he never stops on appreciation achieved, he genius, he always preserve his health, he never give up, and I think he a good man.

 

Source: biography.com/people/steve-jobs-9354805 

From the text above, I have some questions for you.

1. When was Steve Jobs born?
   a. February 28, 1950
   b. February 20, 1943
   c. February 4, 1952
   d. April 27, 1955
   e. None of the above

2. What is Steve Jobs full name when he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs?
   a. Stephen Paul Jobs
   b. Steve Paul Jobs
   c. Steven Paul Jobs
   d. Steven Patrick Jobs
   e .Stevenson Jobs

3. How old is Steve Jobs now?
   a. 59
   b. 61
   c. 58
   d  60
   e. 62

4. Who awarded the National Medal of Technology to Steve Jobs in 1985?
   a. Jimmy Carter
   b.George Bush Sr.
   c. Steve Wozniak
   d. Ronald Reagan
   e. Junior Achievement

5. After leaving Apple Computer in 1985, what business did Steve Jobs start?
   a. NeXT Computer
   b. Foremost Software
   c. Quark Software
   d. First Digital Devices
   e. Fortune Magazine

Red Bird-of-Paradise

Scientific Classification

 

• Kingdom : Animalia
• Phylum   : Chordata
• Class       : Aves
• Ordo       : Passeriformes
• Family    : Paradisaeidae
• Genus     : Paradisaea
• Species   : P. Rubra
• Binomial name : Paradisaea rubra

Description

Female Red Bird-of-Paradise

Male Red Bird-of-Paradise

  

Sexually dimorphic. The adult male has dark orange-yellow head, erectile horn-like structure above each eye, dark green chin, striking deep crimson flank plumes and curled, black central pair of tail ''tapes'. The adult female has a forehead and throat dark brown and broad yellow bar on upper breast.

  Size :

Male length (excluding tail wires) : 33 cm

Female length                                 : 30 cm

Male weight                                   : 158 - 224 gram

Female weight                                : 115 - 208 gram

Diet

The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries, and arthropods.

Habitat

Lowland rainforests and hill forests : 0 - 600 meters.

Courtship

Polygynous. Displays occur at least Jully - September. Males display on traditional perches in leks. They converge on each other and display in static postures and dance moves fanning and advertising wings, flank plumes, and tail tapes.

Breeding / Nesting

 

As with other sexually dimorphic birds of paradise, the male Red Bird of Paradise is polygamous. It also has one of the most complex courtship display of the whole family. On high-intensity display, he performs a butterfly dance, spreading and fluttering his wings like a giant butterfly. In captivity, female builds and attends nest alone. Incubation 14-17 days, nestling period 15-20 days.

Status and Conservation

Due to ongoing habitat lost and exploitation, the Red Bird of Paradise is evaluated as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

Near Threatened (IUCN)

Distribution

An Indonesia endemic, the Red Bird-of-Paradise is distributed to lowland rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta islands of West Papua. This species shares it's home with another bird of paradise, Wilson's Bird of Paradise. Hybridisation between these two species is not recorded but is expected because it is recorded for many other birds of paradise.

In Popular Culture

The red bird-of-paradise is depicted on the front side of 19992 edition of Indonesia 20000 Rupiah banknote.

Red Bird-of-Paradise featured in 20.000 rupiah banknote

source: red bird-of-paradise and Wikipedia

WHAT'S THE STORY ABOUT?

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said : 

"I am blind, please help."

There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were.

The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."

What he had written was : "Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it."

Questions:

1. What is the text about?
   a. A blind boy
   b. A kind blind boy
   c. A creative blind boy
   d. A blind boy and the coins
   e. Kind passers-by

2. The communicative purpose of the text is...
   a. To entertain the readers with an amusing story
   b. To retell factual events
   c. To give some fact about the blind
   d. To present two points of view about a story
   e. To inform the readers about imaginative a story

3. "He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat."
   The underlined word refers to...
   a. People
   b. Coins
   c. Men
   d. Money
   e. Signs

4. There were more coins in the hat because...
   a. A kind man gave him a few coins from his pocket
   b. Many people passed by his place to beg
   c. A man wrote different sign from it used to be
   d. The blind boy sobbed loudly
   e. A kind man helped him ask for more money

5. What can you learn from the story?
   a. Learning by doing
   b. Nothing is impossible
   c. Be humble and trustable
   d. Think positively and be creative
   e. He who works hard will be successful

Script : Kabayan Never Became Rich

Kabayan Never Became Rich

Widya as Kabayan

Rahma as Kabayan's Wife

Haura as God

Tsamarah as Narrator

One day, Kabayan and his wife went to Mount Gede for praying, fasting, and meditating. So that their wish to become rich might be granted them. In the midst of their meditations, a Goddes appeared to them,

Goddes   : "Kabayan"

Wife       : "Look Kabayan, The Goddes has appeared!!"

Kabayan : "Wow, unbelievable! Praise The Goddes!"

Goddes  : "Kabayan, you and your wife have been praying and meditating for a long time. Now I                            granted you two wishes. Remember, it's only two. You better talk it over with your wife                       before you make them."

Kabayan : "Only two? But even Genie in Alladin story granted 3 wishes."

Goddes   : "Just remember we lived in Tatar Sunda, not Persia."

And The Goddes disappears. Kabayan and his wife had a lengthy discussion about what they should wish for.

Kabayan : "We should wish for a great amount of money!"

Wife       : "But Kabayan, we need rice for our food...."

Kabayan : "We can buy rice if we have money, we can even buy other things like clothes, car, house, or jewerly like you want."

Wife       : "No-no-no. Rice is the most important. The others just addition."

Kabayan : "Please be understand honey, we suffer like this because we don't have money."
Wife       : "You will be more suffering if we don't have rice, you can't eat and you will die!"
Kabayan : "Money, we must wish for money."
Wife       : "Rice!"
Kabayan : "Money!"
Wife       : "Rice!"
Kabayan : "Money!"
Wife       : "Rice, I said rice!"
Kabayan : "Argh! You are so annoying! I wish The Gud turn you into a monkey!"
Goddes   : "Your wish has granted!"

As soon as Goddes granted Kabayan's wish, Kabayan's Wife turns into a monkey. Kabayan was very surprised.

Kabayan : " Oh my God! What have I done?!"
Goddes   : "Kabayan, you have one wish left."
Kabayan : "What have you done with my wife?! She becomes a monkey."
Goddes   : "That's your wish. I don't do anything wrong. So, what's your second wish?"
Kabayan : "Uh... What should I do? I want a lot of money, but my wife?"
Goddes   : "You want a lot of  money?"
Kabayan : "NO! Wait for a second, please... Hm..., I want my wife back into a human"
Goddes   : "Your wish has granted."

Kabayan's wife turns back into a human. Kabayan was very happy, but...

Wife       : "Have you wish for rice?"
Kabayan : "Um... Not yet..."
Wife       : "I know you wish for a lot of money, right?"
Kabayan : " I wish you turn back into a human."

Wife       : "What?! How fool you are! you wasting your wishes!"

Because of Kabayan's reckless, they remained poor as long as they lived.
The morel value of this story is to be careful in making a decision, think it wisely, don't flow by emotion, control it. So that you'll not regret your decision.

Thank you for reading and see you in the next post.^-^

Lenovo Vibe P1M~Advertisement

This time I want to show you about one of my task in LM Wednesday. This task is about an advertisement or announcement video and I finished this task with Tsamarah Ahsanul Hafizhah, my friend in X MIPA 4. If you want to see her blog, here it is Tsamarah's blog.

Tsamarah and I made a video about Lenovo Vibe P1M.

"This is a new smartphone that Lenovo launched. Say 'Hi' to Lenovo Vibe P1M! This android has a lolipop system with so many excellent fitur. Lenovo Vibe P1M has 16 GB internal memory, 2GB RAM, 4000 mAH baterry, with 4G network. It also has an amazing camera. The rear camera is 8 MP with an aoutofocus and LED flash. The front camera has 5 MP camera. The screen and form are so elegant. It's available in 2 colours, white and black. It has so many excellent fitur and specification. So, are you interested to buy it?"

Wanna see our video? OK, I will give you the link. Here it is:

     https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fp0UVZmxWC4 

Don't forget to like and subscribe our video ^-^

That's all for this post, thank you for reading!

The Best Place to Visit in 2016

Where will you go in 2016? are you confused? haha well, today I would like to tell you about someplace that become a tourist attraction.

1. Japan

For starters, the government is trying to devalue the Japanese yen, which means that the country is more affordable than ever right now. Also, the 2020 Summer Olympics are being held in Tokyo and, even though that seems far away, the city is already gearing up for all Olympics everything.

Bonus: Japan is just a wild, wild place. Any country where you can literally buy everything from umbrellas to women’s underwear in vending machines (true story) deserves to be explored in this lifetime. Now’s your moment.

2. Latvia

The country is celebrating its 25th year of independence from the Soviet Union this year, and with it, its increasingly on-the-up-and-up culture. “A fleet of (new) Nordic chefs are catapulting local flavours to such artisanal heights that they would truly give Copenhagen a run for its money,” writes Lonely Planet.

3. Cartagena, Colombia

With a colourful mix of Caribbean and Spanish influences, Cartagena is a jewel on Colombia’s coast and it’s only getting hotter. Adding to established hotels like the Sofitel Cartagena Santa Clara and the new Anandá Hotel Boutique, brands like Ritz-Carlton are planting their flags in this historical city, adding the allure of luxury digs to an already desirable destination.  Visitors to Cartagena are hard-pressed to decide their favourite elements of this historic city. From wandering through the streets packed with vibrantly coloured buildings to walking the walls of this UNESCO World Heritage Site, there is no shortage of cultural offerings. Then there’s lounging on the white sands of nearby Islas del Rosario, exploring the multitude of bars and restaurants and dancing salsa into the night. Need even more reason to visit? The Colombian peso plunged in the last year, getting you more than 3000 pesos per dollar.

4. Shanghai, China

Shanghai has long been a popular tourist destination, but there are several especially good reasons to visit in 2016. A host of new museums have opened in recent years, including the Power Station of Art (a contemporary art museum and the new home of the Shanghai Biennale inside a former power station) and the Yuz Museum (a contemporary art museum in the West Bund featuring the private collection of Budi Tek). One of the largest new Royal Caribbean ships departs from Shanghai bound for Japan and South Korea. And Shanghai Disneyland, the sixth theme park resort opened by Disney and set to open in Spring 2016

5. Roma, Italy

There’s never really a bad year to visit Rome, but 2016 includes two very good reasons to make this the year you head to the Eternal City. Pope Francis just opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, heralding the start of the Holy Year of Mercy – otherwise known as a Jubilee Year. The city may be a bit more crowded with pilgrims during a Jubilee Year, but Rome is also typically a bit more spruced up in anticipation of the influx of visitors. That, plus the unique opportunity to witness a Holy Year in person, make 2016 a potentially interesting time to be in Rome whether you’re a pilgrim or not. On a less religious note, the famous Trevi Fountain has just reopened after more than 500 days under scaffolding while it was being restored. It’s positively drop-dead gorgeous right now, white and gleaming

6. Abu Dhabi

Often bypassed by UK visitors in favour of glitzy, glittering Dubai, Abu Dhabi has been making up for lost time in the tourism stakes and can now look its neighbouring emirate straight in the eye. As the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi is employing its staggering wealth to up its ante, with the recent opening of a raft of beach clubs, high-end mega-malls and a sprinkling of world-class theme parks including the awesome – and line-free – Ferrari World and its adrenaline-pumping neighbour, Yas Waterworld. Visitors can now enjoy year-round sunshine, gourmet restaurants and swanky hotels, plus the chance to explore the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, surely the most ornate – and certainly the biggest – Muslim place of worship in the world.  Rumour has it that 2016 will also finally see the opening of the long-awaited and visionary Louvre and Guggenheim outposts on manmade Saadiyat Island. Designed by Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry respectively, they will be joining the UAE Pavilion and the galleries and theatres of Manarat Al Saadiyat, reinforcing Abu Dhabi’s self-proclaimed intention to become the cultural and heritage destination of the Middle East.

The country is also known for its pirate, i.e., hot birch saunas where you get showered with wildflowers and indulge in smoked fish and beer, that are not to be missed.

7. Poland

With new air routes into Szczecin, Katowice and Gda SK, exploring the many delights of Poland just got a whole lot easier in 2016, which also sees the 30th anniversary of the European Capital of Culture award, which has bought cities such as Riga, Rotterdam and Porto to world attention. This year the spotlight turns on Wroclaw in Poland’s Lower Silesia. This cultured and compact city rose again from the ashes of World War II and sits alongside the River Oder; it is often overlooked in the headlong rush to gorgeous Kraków but is just as enchanting. Wroclaw has a dreamy ensemble of architecture from medieval to modern and immaculately restored Market Square, a Gothic cathedral, red-brick churches and tranquil backwaters on Tumski Island. A host of exhibitions, fairs and public concerts are slated to take place across the city in 2016, along with literary events as it also takes on the mantle of UNESCO’s World Book Capital City. And Kraków gets its moment in the limelight this year too, with the arrival of Pope Francis to mark World Youth Day between July 25–31; this has a profound significance for the Poles as their beloved Pope John-Paul II regarded Kraków as his spiritual home. 

Let's start making your 2016 travel plans right now! and see you in the next post!

Megantara 2016

Hello there! Welcome back!

Now, I’m gonna tell you a very fantastic event at my school.

Megantara is a cultural festival held by SMAN 3 Bandung. It was held on Saturday. 10th September 2016 at Lapangan Bali in Bali street, Bandung, West Java. This festival open for public. The ticket price is Rp 35.000.

The first agenda was a parade. Megantara held a parade for all students 3 Senior High School Bandung and also for kindergarten that wore unique costumes. During the parade, we wore “kebaya” for girls and “pangsi” for boys. There also Reog Ponorogo performance that leads our parade.

There were many great performance, such as Wayang Golek Putra Giri Harja (traditional doll playing from sundanese). Rampak Kendang Darul Hikam (traditional rhythmically music ansamble from sundanese ), E1House Art Production. Lingkungan Seni Sunda performance by SMAN 3 Bandung, Keluarga Paduan Angklung 3 (traditional music ansambel from sundanese made with bamboo) that perfomance by SMAN 3 Bandung, Kelompok Vokal 3, Musik Klasik performance by SMAN 3 Bandung, Tiloe's Theatre, Band from SMAN 3 Bandung, Fashion show, karawitan (it's traditional music ansamble from sundanese), Cabret (from SMAN 3 Bandung), Traditional dance, and two Guest Star RAN and The Changcuters (Indonesian famous group band).

There's also a speech from our mayor city Mr Ridwan Kamil, he said he very supportive and proud of this event that using themes culture.   Mayor of Bandung, Ridwan Kamil, came to give his appreciation and opinion about Megantara. He said he very supportive and proud of this event because it makes people know about their own culture.  

After all cultures show, the last agenda there were our guest star The Changcuters and RAN. They performed perfectly and everybody enjoyed their performances.

This night shows that Indonesia is super-rich of the diversity of their culture, diversity of their food, and diversity of their people.

Megantara is really amazing.  I hope next year we can organize a better one

World Tournament and Techno Festival

Hello everyone! Welcome back!

I'm going to tell my experience in World Tournament and Techno Festival. 

This event was held on Saturday, August 20th 2016 in school and also in other places around the school by OSIS 3 Senior High School. This event was participated by the student of X and XI grade. In this event, our group competed with our senior group. One class from our group will compete with one class from our senior group. Also, In this game, the participants must speak and communicate use English between each other during the event. We played several games to win pieces of a puzzle. That piece of the puzzle will be useful at the end of the game.

First, we gathered in Lapang Bali, we saw the opening of the event there. Each class should wear different clothes. My class were wearing white clothes with sports pants and we draw some lines in our face with face decor. We got instruction from the committee of this event. My class, X Science4 will compete with our senior from class XI Science 4. After that, we moved into the school's hallway. In there, we receive a map about the location of the tournament and some water balloons to protect ourself from alien’s attack. They give the clues to play the games and also told us about the rules. Every group that won the games will be given a piece of the puzzle from the committee. If the group lose, they will be attacked by aliens and their ballon (as their soul) will be eased. At the end of this game, each of the group should complete the puzzles they got from the games and the fastest one will be the winner two class from different badge will be guided by two mentors. 

The first place was a music park but people also called it "Taman Musik". In there, we played some mission guided by Kang Galih. The mission just needs three persons to answer the question and compete with three people from our senior. My team won and we received a piece of the puzzle. 

The second place was Taman Tongkeng. We went there on foot. It was an areally hot day and we walked for a long time. We were really tired and thirsty. But, we still kept our spirit to play all of the games. When we got there. The committee was waiting for us. We played a game. The game was to make a robot from ingredients that they gave us. The ingredient was only cardboard. We made a robot together and we give the name "Robot Kupu-Kupu". Our robot was a really simple robot but, we still won the game. After we made a robot, there's an alien came to us. We must stay together but we must separate too. We attacked them with a water balloon. BOOM! we defeated an alien and we receive a piece of the puzzle.

The third place was Photography Park at Patre Komala Street. We also went there on foot. We met a children group that played some game there. While waiting, we played a seesaw and swing. We bought some food too. After we wait, finally it's our time to play. The game that we played there was a focus on a strategy game. We should move our feet and our hand on the colourful carpet based on the command from the committee. The player from our class was Abinaya and Sarah. I forgot which team who won.

The fourth place was our beloved school, 3 Senior High School Bandung. We went there on foot. In school, we watched a film about technology.

The fifth place was "Lapang Bali". When we were moving to LapBal. We met alien again. We were running to catch the alien and BAM! we did it so, we receive a piece of the puzzle. In LapBal, we played catching ribbon and I'm joined to participate it. My team choose Miya as a captain. This game was fun. My team won because Miya succeed to take out rival's ribbon and we receive a piece of the puzzle again. After that, we rested for a while to pray Dzuhur and eat our meal.

At the end of the game, we gathered in Lapang Bali every student of grade 10 came to solve the puzzle. Student of grade 11 also came to solve the puzzle too. Every team had to pie up the pieces of the puzzle and us students of grade 10 were faster. So, we 3'2019, won the tournament and became the most unified group. I really enjoyed this event even though it was really made me tired.

That’s all from me. Thank you and see you in the next post!