Steve Jobs and The apple computer!

Steve Jobs invented the Personal Apple Computer to the solution of people not having their own personal computer at their own living room . He was the Co-Founder & CEO of Apple Computer and also Co-Founder & CEO, Pixar.

Steve Jobs was born February 24, 1955, Steve Graduated from Homestead High School, Los Altos, Calif. in 1972
Going to work for Atari after leaving Reed College, Jobs renewed his friendship with Steve Wozniak. The two designed computer games for Atari and a telephone "blue box", getting much of their impetus from the Homebrew Computer Club. Jobs was not interested in creating electronics and was nowhere near as good an engineer as Wozniak. Although he was not really interested in creating electronics, his business sense for the marketability of these products was the turning point. He asked his engineering friend Wozniak to help him build a personal computer.

1974: Video game designer for Atari; worked there several months; used savings to travel to India; returned to California and spent a brief time on a communal farm.
1975: Attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, Calif., attended by friend and engineering genius, Stephen Wozniak; they joined forces and built a marketable table-top computer in Jobs' parents' garage; co-founded Apple Computer Inc.
1976: Introduced Apple I computer for $666; first single-board computer with on board Read Only Memory (ROM) that told the machine how to load programs from an external source and had a video interface.
1977: Introduced Apple II; first mass-marketed personal computer; had a plastic case and included color graphics; Jobs encouraged programmers to create applications for the Apple II; this resulted in 16,000 programs from games to farm budgets; former Intel marketing manager Mike Markkula became Apple chairman and secured venture capital of $600,000.
1979: Development of a computer named Lisa, which would redefine personal computing; Jobs removed as project manager; he began working on the Macintosh personal computer.
1980s
1980: Initial public offering of Apple; market value of company rose to $1.2 billion; Apple III introduced with eight applications, including text and graphics; initial problems forced a recall; once fixed, it became popular with professional customers; situation created a management shakeup; Markkula became president, Jobs became chairman.
1981: Stephen Wozniak took leave of absence after being injured in a private plane crash; IBM sold its first personal computer, four years after Apple II; Apple's sales continued to rise
1983: Public debut of Lisa, a powerful, more intuitive computer controlled by hand-held mouse; designed for computer illiterate; smaller, less expensive version called Macintosh also introduced; Jobs recruited former Pepsi Co President John Sculley as new Apple president and CEO.
1985: Jobs essentially ousted from Apple in a boardroom coup after a power struggle with Sculley; resigned with $150 million but personally hurt; formed NeXT Software to develop computer hardware and software; Microsoft sold its first Windows 1.0 operating system
1986: Bought Pixar computer animation studios from George Lucas for less than $10 million 1989: NeXT produced a powerful but expensive computer, which was rejected by the arketplace; Pixar won an Academy Award for computer-animated film "Tin Toy"
1990s
1993: Still unprofitable NeXT ended hardware division to focus on software for programmers and building Internet sites; Sculley resigned as CEO of Apple
1995: Walt Disney Pictures released Pixar's first feature film, "Toy Story," first animated feature created entirely on computer; was highest domestic grossing film that year
1996: Jobs contacted Apple; Apple acquired NeXT; Jobs returned as non-salaried adviser to chairman Gilbert F. Amelio
1997: Apple's revenues dropped significantly; Jobs negotiated deal with longtime competitor Bill Gates of Microsoft; Apple made deal to include Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser on Macintosh operating system; Microsoft agreed to invest $150 million of non-voting Apple stock and to develop Mac versions of popular Microsoft Office software; Amelio ousted by Apple board; Jobs offered CEO and chairman position, and he agreed to serve on an interim basis
1998: Apple Computer rebounded with three profitable quarters in a row.

Steve Jobs was kindly offered the National Technology Medal from President Reagan in 1985, before founding NeXT. he was then awarded the Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987, and was finally awarded with the Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. magazine in 1989.

Steve Jobs has made apple computers a world-selling sensation. Apple computers allows to surf the net and use different kinds of software applications. Steve Jobs has made his Company bigger, better and faster!

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Innovative Cars

The past has changed and the future has arrived! Modern cars have changed over the past century, from an old, three-wheel car, into a flash four- wheel car.

The first petrol engine car to ever have been driven on land was driven by Karl Benz. (Karl Friedrich Benz, engine designer and car engineer.)

Henry Ford, the person who started the Ford Motor Company, had an idea of creating an assembly line. An assembly line is a way of creating new products, a safe and quick way of making products. Using this assembly line the Ford Motor Company has been successful by innovating in motor vehichles to be sold all around the world.

My Animation!

This is my very first animation for this year,

I have used three different applications to create

this very small movie. Which was Hyperstudio,

Imovie 08 and for creating my awesome music was I

used Garageband!

My Thoughts Before Camp

Yay,
next week is going to be three days full of fun and excitement!
YEAR 7/8 have been dieing to know what group they were in! I felt ecstatic becoming a camp leader for my third year running.
My group is called the 'RESPECTABLES'. I have no doubt that we are going to be the 2011 'Camp Take Charge' winners, that's if we receive the most points!
We are going to have a great time at camp having back 'Rock Up', swimming at Swimarama and finally having a heap of fun playing indigenous games with Mr Harris and play hard thinking games with Mr Barks.

Piri Weepu

Piri Weepu became an All Black in 2005. Putting on the black jersey for the All Blacks, Junior All Blacks and New Zealand Maori. He has lots of talent in him. Even though he stills plays for the best team in the world, I reckon he is an All Black Scrum Half legend!

Position: Halfback

Born: 07/09/1983 Lower hut

Weight: 94kg

Test debut (when he started playing pro rugby): 20/11/04 against Wales

in Cardiff.

Test Caps: 40

Test Points: 44

Rep Team: Wellington

Rep Debut: 2003 v Otago

Rep Caps: 30

Rep Points: 94 (1t, 19c, 17p)

Super 14 Team: Hurricanes

Super 14 Debut: 2004 v Bulls

Super 14 Caps: 36

Super 14 Points: 25

Ikale Tahi!

My favourite team, the 2nd best rugby team in the world are warming up, and are getting ready to get smashed by the winners of the 2011 rugby world cup team ''The All Blacks''.
Their Forwards Line up is amazing,
They have experience Tongan rugby players who had contracts signed from around Europe.
The back line formation is pretty fascinating, players like Taniela Moa and the super 15 star Fetu'u Vainikolo.

Tongan Mihimihi

Malo 'e lelei, Ko hoku hingoa ko Feki, Ko hoku fakaiku koe Taukafa.
Kou hau au mei Maufanga, Tongatapu. Kou lolotonga ako au i Pt England school, Kalasi 19 pea kohoku faiako ko Ms Tito. Ko hoku kau feleni ko Tamati, Raven, Jonty moe kau toko ua ngofulu e taha. Ko hoku apiako oku tokolahi aki e nima ngeau.

Malo pe hoo mou lau eni.

Hello, my name is Feki, and my last name is Taukafa.
I come from a little village in Tonga called Maufanga. Right now, I go to Pt England school, Room 19 and my Teacher is called Ms Tito. My friends are Tamati, Raven, Jonty and 20 to 30 others.
My school is populated of more than 500 students.

Thank for reading my Mihimihi.

Surf Life Saving Ed!

On Friday we had the privilege of being invited to Mairangi Bay for the Surf Life Saving Ed.
We had an amazing time, We were getting tips of how to survive, learning how to save people but the most important thing we learnt was rips and tides. I was cruising with my boogie board on the big huge waves.
These 10 rules we learnt from the life guards are to keep you safe in the water:

1. SWIM BETWEEN THE FLAGS!
2. HAVE AN ADULT WATCH OVER YOU.
3. LISTEN TO THE ADVICE FROM SURF LIFEGUARDS.
4. NEVER SWIM OR SURF ALONE.
5. IF IN DOUBT STAY OUT.
6. BE SUNSMART.
7. LEARN TO RECOGNISE RIP CURRENTS.
8. ALWAYS USE THE CORRECT AND SAFE EQUIPMENT.
9. NEVER SWIM WHEN TIRED OR COLD.
10 AND FINALLY CONSIDER OTHER SURF USERS.

Spider facts!!

There is a huge amount of different kinds of spiders around the world, some are as tiny as an ant and lots of spiders are as huge as a human hand.
These scary insects have tiny legs called ‘pedipalps’ that are beside the fangs.
Spiders are known as the hairiest insects in the world, spiders are covered with lots and lots of hairs. They have 48 knees and has six joints on its eight legs.

Receiving our very first netbooks!!

Yesterday we were walking to assembly full of excitement to experience the brand new netbooks.
When I receieved my netbook I was trialling I was very very ecstacic!
Today we were learning new things and had a little play around with it.
We took photos on the mini webcam, We were working on our Google docs and did
a reflection like Problems, Solutions and left comments on how the netbooks are working.

Four Nations Fan Day!

Wow Rugby League stars every where!

Our school was invited along with others to go to the 'Rugby League Four Nations Fan Day'.

I got to meet lots of stars like Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Billy Slater and even got a chance to have a photo with the legendary Darren Lockyer.

Here are 2 links to the website that shows movies of our amazing time at Eden Park.

1.http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=456619332417&ref=mf.

2.http://www.3news.co.nz/League-invades-Eden-Park-for-Four-Nations-fan-day/tabid/317/articleID/184312/Default.aspx

Experiencing Rotorua!

It was a chili morning and we were cruising on a long trip to Rotorua. I went with the Smokefree-Pacifica-Beats national champions Babylon Rhythm. During our trip we saw the beautiful farms in Matamata and we enjoyed the amazing sites of the beautiful landscapes and forest’s.

It was very long journey. When I saw the Whare, We were told that we could stay in any room so I rushed straight in and looked for the best room possible.

At Ten o’ clock in the morning, I went to the stadium with the boys and had a sound check before smoke-free-pasifica beats nationals.

After the sound check, we were all sweaty, smelly and exhausted. So we decided to go for a swim just next-door to our whare. I jumped in like a dolphin but swam like a dog because the water was so cold, I was freesing.

After the nationals finished, the next day was our final day to experience the whole of Rotorua. First up we headed past the Maori villages and ewwwwwwwwwwww it was smelly, but the carvings at the marae were amazing. Next we went to the museum and looked at some of it’s history. Our final stop was at the geyser it was the biggest, bubbliest, hottest water flow I’ve ever seen.

We said our prayers to go home safely and said our goodbyes to the owner of the house. We headed back to our hometown, Auckland.

I really enjoyed experiencing my time at Rotorua, I can’t wait until I go back!!

Touch Rugby

It was a very big day for me, My very first intermediate touch tournament.

We went to Dunkirk Reserve, Our very first game was against a pretty good team

which was Panmure District school. We beat them 6-0, Our defense was amazing along with our attack. We beat teams like Parnell, Stan Hope and Kohimarama!
We won all our games, but then we had to play our neighbours and our rivals Tamaki Intermediate, We had a draw which was 4 all. There were no semi finals or finals, It was just a round robin match so we came second, and Tamaki Intermediate came first by just one point.

Giant Burrowing Cockroaches

Did you know that the Giant Burrowing Cockroaches can live up to 10 years, compared to ordinary Cockroaches who only live up to 2 years.

Babylon Rhythm now known as ‘Babylon Riddim’ is my favourite Reggae band. The lead singers name is Charlie “Marley”, and the two vocalist names are Douglas and Mau. Their past achievement was they won the Smokefree Pacifica Beats.
Their new single ‘Reggae is my heart’ has made a huge impact on other reggae bands who wants to be a professional band.
Babylon Riddim reminds me of my favourite singer Bob Marley.

Survival tips on a Raft!

For our reading tasks we were reading a book about two guys learning how to survive on a

Life Craft.

My group called Tui, had a task to do which was to list 10 survival tips when you are on a Life Craft. My tips are:

1. You need to practice getting into the Life Craft.

2. You must learn how to swim.

3. Make sure you wear proper clothing.

4. YOU MUST NOT DRINK YOUR URINE

or else you're get thirsty.

5. Take seasick pills.

6. You definitely need your life jacket

7. Know how to release and inflate the craft.

8. You have to cuddle amongst each other to keep warm.

9. You have to believe you are going to survive.

10. Make sure you have a plastic bag in case you spew up.

This is just a movie about how we did great with the boys maori

haka teacher and some footage of our year 7 Kapa Haka group called

Tangiwai. This is a photo of a piece of Tangiwai.

Multiple Intelligence

This is one of our tasks with multiple intelligence, which was to make a quiz about the famous mighty teen mariner Jesse Martin.

Eleven years ago Jesse Martin became the youngest ever to sail around the world solo unassisted.

He started from australia headed down past New Zealand and straight to Cape Horn.

When Jesse completed his journey there were more than 25,000 people to welcome Jesse home.

Immersion Assembly

Every term our whole school will have a topic to study and find facts about. At the beginning of each term, our school runs an Immersion Assembly.

If you’re wondering what on earth is an Immersion assembly, it is when the staff members or the teachers dress up  and present an act to us.   Part of their act will always have to be about the topic we are learning about.

One of my favourite Immersion assemblies was when our topic was ‘Food Glorious Food’. When everyone sat down, people who sat up straight, Received  a Sausage with bread or a piece of B.B.Q chicken on a plate.  I could still remember Ms Garden one of our teachers at our school giving me lots of ‘Corn Chips’ with her famous ‘Guacamole’ during assembly.

Pt England is the only school I know that has the best Immersion Assembly’s.

This term we have been going to Tamaki College for our technology lessons. We have been working on our graphics projects, and as you can see, this piece of drawing was created on a brand new software called Adobe Illustrator. Ms Fergusson our teacher tought us how to use this amazing program.