Posted on January 27th, 2012 by
alexchaos
In news headlines across the globe Italy’s Costa Concordia ship set to voyage the Atlantic Ocean and though the Caribbean,but a sudden stop occured. The ship hit the island of Tucan coast and tipped to the side. Sources say that captain abandond ship and Capt. Piero Calamai claims he hit the rock and fell off his cabin and into a life boat. And got out safely. Sources also say that he had crew mates and him ride off and check into the nearest hotel and stayed while the passengers stay in the tipped boat while captian is staying in a 4 star hotel. The ship repair Estimates about 500 million dollars to fix, or get back up and running. Italys visitors from different countries is always adds people to the population and people want to go on a cruise at the time, this time it was a bad time.sources say that the ship was turning and the ship had to stop and hit the side of a rock that was sticking up out of the water and the massive ocean liner tipped and slowly fell to the side of the water at a 70 degress angle. The ship to make itself is about 1 billion for this luxurious cruise linar this boat is about the size . Death toll for this disaster is 16 casualties. Divers have reacently found the 16th body and determined to find any lost survivors, repair men are trying to get the ship to its normal state of sailing the seas once again, if it is possible.
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Posted on January 26th, 2012 by
collin21
Netflix lost 800,000 subscribers in the last three months, according to the company’s third quarter financial report on Thursday. The streaming-and-DVD site is down to 23.8 million users as of September 30, 2011, compared to 24.6 million users on June 30, 2011.
The reason for the loss, per a letter to investors written by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells:
“Our primary issue is many of our long-term members felt shocked by the pricing changes, and more of them have expressed that by canceling Netflix than we expected.”
In June, there were a lot of blogs and post on twitter, and Facebook. There were also many people around the world complaining about Netflix’s loses. The Company now expects to lose money for all of 2012. The primary culprit is Netflix’s pricey plan to expand its streaming video service into the United Kingdom and Ireland, but a wave of subscribers jumping ship hasn’t helped.
Netflix is selling 2.86 million shares at $70 apiece below Monday’s closing price to mutual funds and accounts managed by T. Rowe Price. People are also complaining about the new price increase from $9.99 a month to $16.99. That offering is scheduled to close around November 28.It’s also selling $200 million in convertible bonds to investment funds affiliated with Technology Crossover Ventures, a fund that has been investing in Netflix for more than a decade.
Netflix, which had $366 million in cash on hand at the end of last quarter, is facing threats from rivals with much deeper pockets. Places like Hulu, and Redbox are stealing Netflix’s business. Because Netflix raises their prices people have been dropping their accounts because it’s too expensive. In the movie business they’re becoming crowded, more people keep making movie industries. Theres alredy three major ones like Hulu, Netflix, and Redbox. Beyond direct rivals like Hulu and kiosk service Redbox big tech players like Amazon and Google are jumping into the streaming game.
Five months ago, Netflix was a $300 stock. Now it’s a ~$75 stock. It’s raising $400 million at its new, clobbered stock price to fund all its new content investments. And… it’s going to lose money next year!
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Posted on January 26th, 2012 by
adecker
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Posted on January 20th, 2012 by
alexchaos
Mrs. Mixion a great teacher here at Fruita 8/9, if you are in one of the social studies classes in 9th grade you will learn with Mrs. mixion as your teacher. Mrs. Mixion use to be a school counselor back in the day before she was a social studies teacher. But she knows what to teach if you don’t understand something Mrs. Mixion will show you what to do and how to do it. That’s what I liked about my 1st and 2nd hour block, that’s when I actually had the class it was fun and educational. Mrs. Mixon will push you to do your best. Mrs. Mixon’s favorite color is purple, the definition of purple means royalty. Social studies are her favorite subject to teach, also service learning. Mrs. Mixion is one of the greatest teachers in the fruita 8/9 building I learned a lot from my block class. If you get a chance to take 9th grade social studies take Mrs. Mixion class you won’t regret it.
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Posted on January 20th, 2012 by
collin21
Mr. Laurienti, one of my favorite teachers I’ve ever had, has been teaching at Fruita 8/9 for 5 years. In his total career he has been a teacher for 5 years. He was borne in Denver and is 34 years old. His name is William Laurienti, but he likes to go by Bill. He teaches two subjects, forensics, and language arts. His favorite color is yellow, and I think yellow shows his personality; he is sincere, concerned, cool, confused, and a little nervous sometimes. His favorite book is On The Road. His favorite sport is basketball. Mr. Laurienti has 2 of his own kids and 2 step kids, he also has 3 pets. In his house on the weekends he plays games with his family. He likes to listen to The Beatles. When he was a kid he remembers getting a Knight Rider Bike. The best thing that’s ever happened in his life was having his kids, and family.
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Posted on January 12th, 2012 by
alexchaos
If you watched the broncos game against the Steelers you saw a victorious win for the broncos, Tim tebow is a great player to start off with, he always progresses though each game while steping up the steps of thowing a hail mary down the football field. Tim tebow is known for his praying stance also throwing good passes to his other teamates, during the game. Tom Brady on the other hand is a great player for the patriots the best i’ve seen on the team.The new england partiot have been doing very good this season in the NFL, Tom Brady has been with the partiots for about 11 years now and has been a favorite for me but tebow has been doing very well for the broncos. how ever these are both stunning players in the NFL. The next game in january 14th saturday will be the day these 2 players from diffrent sides of the united stated of america are going to show the world their skills and show who will take home the win and see who gets closer to the super bowl to win and claim the status of the winner.
Wagerminds. “Tebow vs. Brady.” Sports Handicapping Community With Betting Lines, Free Picks & Handicapper Profiles | WagerMinds. Dec.-Jan. 2012. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. <http://www.wagerminds.com/blog/nfl-handicapping/tebow-vs-brady-lots-of-hype-and-bets-3017/>.
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Posted on January 12th, 2012 by
collin21
The Call of Duty franchise has quickly become arguably the greatest first person shooter series of all times. Yet, there is still that lingering question. “which is better. Treyarch or Infinity Ward.
Lets take a look at the two newest in the series. MW2 and Black Ops. Personally i feel that MW2 is more for the “distance” or “camp” players. I mean you’ve got multiple sniper rifles, you’ve got the scavenger perk which allows multiple claymores, you can even have a noob toob attached with your acog scope. i mean sure you can camp in black ops as well but it seems as if MW2 is almost asking you to do it.
Black ops seems much more strategic. As well as having much more options. one thing that really bothered me about MW2 was if i wanted a claymore in my arsenal then i had to let go of my precious semtex. you weren’t limited to those couple items on Black ops either, you could have anything from frags, nova gas and a motion sensor, to semtex concussion grenades and a camera spike or even a tomahawk, decoy grenades and a jammer. There were options!
That is my quick little rant about the call of duty. i will be posting again soon about the classic unlock system VS CoD points
“Treyarch VS Infinity Ward | A-Gamer.” A-Gamer. Web. 12 Jan. 2012. <http://www.a-gamer.com/2011/10/29/treyarch-vs-infinity-ward/>.
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Posted on December 16th, 2011 by
hunterhenderson
Beef or Pork
Recently there has been a huge debate on whether beef or pork is healthier. Some people say beef, as a red meat, is less healthy for you because some cuts are 16% lower in total fat and 27% lower in saturated fat than beef. A pork loin is also lower in calories and total fat and saturated fat than a top sirloin beef steak.
Beef is a red meat consisting of nutrients such as vitamin B12, potassium, zinc, arginine and others. It is very high in protein and calories. People say that because of its protein content and less fat than pork it is healthier than pork. Not only does beef have a better source of protein than pork it is liked by more people than pork and has a better source of nutrients for your body.
Some people also say that pork also known as “the other white meat” is not a healthier alternative to beef because the fat that the pork does contain is spread out within the meat and is harder to remove than beef. People also say that pork is not as good of tasting as beef.
In my opinion I think that beef is a better choice of meat because of its high source of protein and energy. I also think that beef has a better flavor than pork and provides better nutrients than pork. Because of pork’s high fat content within the meat makes it a less healthy alternative to beef. Beef is the better alternative to pork and is much better tasting than pork.
“What’s Healthier Ground Pork or Ground Beef.” The Q&A Wiki. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What’s_healthier_ground_pork_or_ground_beef.
“Pork vs. Beef » iFitandHealthy.com.” How to Lose Weight, How to Lose Weight Fast » iFitandHealthy.com. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. http://ifitandhealthy.com/pork-vs-beef/.
Beef It’s What’s For Dinner – Home. Web. 16 Dec. 2011. http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/.
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Posted on December 14th, 2011 by
seancox
Two of the best free roam games ever invented. Each has its ups and downs and each has 3 games in the series and are pretty good they are both
good shooters. In each of the game you have the freedom to do the main quests when you want allowing you go explore and mess around as you please. There for many consuls like Xbox360 and Playstation3 so you don’t have to get a new game station just to play it.
With saints row you can customize just a bought everything from the basic character appearance to the cars you drive even what you buy to ware. You can do things like sky diving and tank mayhem allowing you to blow stuff up in a bonus feature you find in the game with no consequences in the actual game except getting more cash to buy stuff. In fallout it is a free Rome but you can’t get cars and doesn’t have as many different things that you can do so I would suggest saints row for its freedom. However the map of fallout is much bigger and you can get followers to help you through the game unlike saints row and in fallout even if you just do the campaign it takes a really long time to complete. And doesn’t get boring through the second play through it has so many things to find it will taker a really long time to find it all.
All in all they are both really good games but it depends on the person on witch game is better I personally like saints row but after a few play troughs I will probably play fallout again so it just depends on what games you like.
“Saints Row 2 vs Fallout 3 – AtariAge Forums.” AtariAge – Have You Played Atari Today?Web. 14 Dec. 2011. <http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/134287-saints-row-2-vs-fallout-3/>.
Network, Via PlayStation. “Saints Row: The Third.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_Row:_The_Third>.
“Fallout 3.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 14 Dec. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3>.
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Posted on December 14th, 2011 by
jodavid
You probably know the argument between the pc and mac. You might even have your own “side.” Well, why don’t we just see, from
the service and other things about which one is actually “better.”
So let’s see. Macs’ put up a pretty good argument with this one. It’s apparently easier to pick out a mac. PC apparently has way too many choices. You are faced with two options: desktop or laptop? And if you want a regular model or a higher, more advanced model. Then, pick the size, hard drive and RAM, and you’re done! Also, all those printers and routers and devices you had with your old computer? They’ll still work just fine with the new one. There’s even no waiting for them to install either. The computer will recognize most devices instantly.
However, PC isn’t just going to let Mac get away with all that. They claim that with apple, you have to buy everything at their price. With PC, there are thousands of choices. PC also say that if you want a new hard drive, you have to buy it from them at the price they give. PC has an inexpensive way of removing and replacing it. You can buy single components for your computer if you need to also. PC also claims to be more numerous, and so they have more experience with these things.
If you want my opinion, I personally believe PC to be better. I remember using amac, and I remember the keyboard being all weird, and it just working a lot different than a PC. I definitely like how PCs are set up and how they work. They work just fine for me, and I believe them to be the definite winner of the two.
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