QuiBids Provides Consumers with More Opportunity to Win

According to internet media:QuiBids is giving consumers the opportunity to win more auctions on its site by raising its monthly win limit from 8 to 12. This allows users of the site the ability to win more products at great deals.

Over the past year, QuiBids has continued to add more features to its site in an effort to add more entertainment to create a better overall experience for the user. “We believe our customers will see more value to the site by raising the monthly win limits,” said QuiBids’ CFO, Jeff Geurts. “We’ve had a lot of customer feedback to raise the limits, so we’re giving our customers exactly what they want.” Many of QuiBids’ customers hit their daily and monthly win limits early on during the first week or two of the month, which then disable them from participating on the site until their 30-day period is up. This win limit increase will give customers more opportunities to win additional products over a month’s time, yet still keep the site fair and exciting.

QuiBids currently has around 15,000 plus auctions a day and is the largest auction site of its kind. Daily and monthly win limits are set in place to “spread the auction love” and to give every user a fair chance at winning. The daily win limit of three is still in place.

“We listen to our customers, so when they suggest a way to improve our site, we take it seriously,” said Jill Farrand, QuiBids’ Director of Public Relations. “We review our policies and procedures on a regular basis and improve upon those procedures when we see fit. The increase in the monthly win limits was an item we felt our customers would appreciate and will provide them with additional ways to win.”

About QuiBids.com
QuiBids is the nation’s largest entertainment retail auction site of its kind. Its mission is to redefine shopping by providing the best deals possible for its customers with a unique, fun and exciting online experience.

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Frozen Four 2011,Bracket Set, With Michigan Facing North Dakota, Notre Dame Meeting Minn. Duluth

According to internet media:The final two spots in the 2011 Frozen Four were determined on Sunday afternoon and evening, with North Dakota trouncing Denver, 6-1, and Notre Dame topping the University of New Hampshire, 2-1, in a defensive battle.

Denver and No. 1 seed North Dakota were tied, 1-1, at the end of the first period, but the Fighting Sioux scored twice in the second period and three times in the final period to seal the win and advance to the national semifinals.

In Manchester, NH, Note Dame took a 2-0 lead into the third period, but the Wildcats were able to cut their deficit in half midway through the period. However, a solid performance from Fighting Irish goaltender Mike Johnson (38 saves) was good enough to send Notre Dame to the Frozen Four.

As a result, Notre Dame will take on Minnesota Duluth in the first of two national semifinals games at the Xcel Energy Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota on Thursday April 7th. In the second Frozen Four tilt, North Dakota will play Michigan, also at the Xcel Energy Arena, on April 7th. Times for both games have not been set.
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QuiBids Provides Consumers with More Opportunity to Win

According to internet media:QuiBids raises its monthly auction win limits to give its customers more opportunities to win additional products.

QuiBids is giving consumers the opportunity to win more auctions on its site by raising its monthly win limit from 8 to 12. This allows users of the site the ability to win more products at great deals.
Over the past year, QuiBids has continued to add more features to its site in an effort to add more entertainment to create a better overall experience for the user. “We believe our customers will see more value to the site by raising the monthly win limits,” said QuiBids’ CFO, Jeff Geurts. “We’ve had a lot of customer feedback to raise the limits, so we’re giving our customers exactly what they want.” Many of QuiBids’ customers hit their daily and monthly win limits early on during the first week or two of the month, which then disable them from participating on the site until their 30-day period is up. This win limit increase will give customers more opportunities to win additional products over a month’s time, yet still keep the site fair and exciting.
QuiBids currently has around 15,000 plus auctions a day and is the largest auction site of its kind. Daily and monthly win limits are set in place to “spread the auction love” and to give every user a fair chance at winning. The daily win limit of three is still in place.
“We listen to our customers, so when they suggest a way to improve our site, we take it seriously,” said Jill Farrand, QuiBids’ Director of Public Relations. “We review our policies and procedures on a regular basis and improve upon those procedures when we see fit. The increase in the monthly win limits was an item we felt our customers would appreciate and will provide them with additional ways to win.”
About QuiBids.com
QuiBids is the nation’s largest entertainment retail auction site of its kind. Its mission is to redefine shopping by providing the best deals possible for its customers with a unique, fun and exciting online experience.

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April Fool's pranks

According to internet media:Did You Know? Cafe was a hot spot for April Fool's pranks

We're eating breakfast at home from now on, believe me! No, we're not usually against grabbing an early morning snack at a downtown restaurant, but gullible creatures that we are, we succumbed to every April Fool's trick that sly Henry Rooney pulled this morning.

And Henry, when it comes to pranks, is no slouch. He dug deeply into his bag of tricks today, much deeper than he usually does, and as a result probably only one person out of 10 finished his meal there. Forewarned and in spite of precautions,

we were no match for the smooth-working Irishman who tries to make every day April Fool's day.

Pancakes make for a fair breakfast. So with a cup of coffee that was to be our morning meal at Rooney's Gem Lunch Room, 112 Fifth Ave. N. First we picked up an innocent-looking knife from the counter but it exploded with a sharp crack which caused us to drop it suddenly. A waiter, trying to conceal a smile, apologized and substituted another knife - which was worse because it bent like rubber. And the butter on the counter was, alas, made of wax.

After examining a third knife closely, all was in readiness for our meal. The pancakes, however, were much like manhole covers with syrup. Cardboard had been put in the cakes. Shoving the plate aside, we figured at least the coffee would be okay. Uh huh, just as we thought. The spoon in the sugar bowl was bottomless: Henry's way of enforcing wartime sugar rationing these days.

Another spoon was provided for the transportation of the sugar to the coffee cup but the sugar was mixed with baking soda and the coffee fizzled over the sides. Poor Henry had difficulty concealing his joy in the backroom. Even the saucer stuck to the cup when it was raised to our mouth, a small suction cup doing the trick.

That was the end. So we retired to the far room with Henry and watched as other customers fell victim to a great variety of tricks. One lady screamed when she found a fly (made of wax) in her glass of milk. Another woman jumped when a fake spider on a string was lowered near her face. Even rubber, lifelike mice lurked in the corners of the eatery.

One by one, more tricks were brought into play. Cigarettes exploded, husky males labored on rubber donuts and cupcakes, high school boys chewed on liverwurst sandwiches made of rubber, and other customers gnawed on cotton fried up as breaded veal.

A birthday present was awarded to a woman. But when she opened the gift box it exploded and sent up a shower of paper balls.

We were late for work but it was worth it. So we paid our check without regret and started for the door. "Hmmm. Is that a quarter on the floor?" we wondered. Glancing furtively about, we stooped over and attempted to pick it up. Maybe this would compensate for our spoiled meal. But Henry was one step ahead all the time as the quarter was anchored to the floor. With a sputter we headed into the spring air.

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Historians and educators share their favorite stories of Richmond

According to internet media:With the approaching 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, the Richmond Times-Dispatch recently invited a group of area historians and educators to participate in a moderated roundtable about the importance of history. (Read a transcript and see video from the discussion at TimesDispatch.com, search: history.)

We also asked them to share their favorite tales of Richmond. The following is a sampling of their stories.

Edward Ragan, staff historian, Valentine Richmond History Center, likes the story of Richard Gill Forrester because it shows how Richmond's history is more complex and intertwined than we may think.

Richard was 13 when the Civil War began. He worked as a page in the Virginia Assembly. As soon as that Secession Convention voted to secede, they pulled down the U.S. flag. Richard grabbed it from the trash heap and took it home, kept it tucked it under his bed for the duration of the war. And this was the first flag to fly above the capital at the end of the Civil War. On the morning when Union troops entered Richmond, Richard ran out and raised that flag for just a moment. But we got to see his commitment.

The reason that story is so striking to me is because Richard was both a free black man and Jewish. His father was Jewish, his mother was African-American. He grew up in a Jewish household. He's kosher. Yet at the same time he also participated in the First African Baptist Church.

Ultimately this story shows us that Richmond's story is more than a simple black-and-white story. It's never as simple as we think it is.



S. Waite Rawls, III, president and CEO, Museum of the Confederacy, chose the story of Phoebe Pember, who was the head nurse at Chimborazo Hospital here in Richmond during the Civil War.

One of her patients was a young man who had had an experimental surgery done on his leg to mend it, but it didn't work. He rolled over in his sleep one night and the broken leg bone severed his femoral artery. He started spurting blood and people started yelling.

Phoebe Pember came in and reached into the wound and pinched the artery closed. They called for a doctor, who looked at the young man and whispered in her ear and left.

The young man said to her, "What did he say?" and she said, "It's not good."

He said, "Am I going to die?" and she said, "Yes, you are."

And he said, "When?" and she said, "As soon as I let go of this artery."

He said, "Ma'am, would you say a short prayer for me?" She did.

And then he looked up at her and he said, "Ma'am, it's OK. You can let go."



Jim Triesler, a history teacher at Clover Hill High School and 2007 teacher of the year for Chesterfield County and the region, uses the story of Lee and Grant after Appomattox to teach the value of keeping your word.

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant paroled the Confederate soldiers who were at Appomattox Courthouse, when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865. Lee was also covered by the agreements of the surrender and parole of the Confederate troops.

Lee returned to Richmond to be with his wife. A short time later, Federal troops came to arrest General Lee. When General Grant got word that Lee was going to be arrested, he threatened to resign. Grant was the highest ranking general in the United States Army since George Washington and he threatened to resign because his enemy was going to be arrested!

The reason was that Grant had given his word to Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia when he paroled them at Appomattox. Grant's word meant so much to him that he would resign his commission rather than have it be broken. Lee was not arrested and Grant did not resign.

Many students today think that it is OK to say anything in order to get what they want. Their "word" sometimes has no value or meaning. That is why I think it is so important that we share stories like the one of Lee and Grant. We must help students to value the things that they say to others.

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insanity workout

According to internet media:Insanity Workout: Would You Try It?

Forget the 30 Day Shred and P90X.

The latest DVD workout everyone's talking about is called the Insanity Workout, and if these pictures are any indication, then SIGN ME UP.

Unless it hurts.

And um. By the looks of things, IT'S GONNA HURT.

I say this from some experience- I bought into the 30 Day Shred and after the first day I tried it, I walked like a sailor for the next three days.

If anything, the Insanity Workout looks even more painful- and with a name like Insanity Workout, I guess you'd sort of expect that to be the case, why?

Here are the ten "Insane" DVD workouts included in the program, according to Amazon.com:

Dig Deeper & Fit Test: To start, Shaun will put your body to the test and see what you're made of. (30 minutes)

Plyometric Cardio Circuit: Burn fat with intervals of intense lower-body plyometrics and sweat-inducing cardio. (40 minutes)

Cardio Power & Resistance: Build lean muscle and upper-body definition with strength-training and power moves. (40 minutes)

Cardio Recovery & Max Recovery: Shaun goes easier on you once a week so you’ll be ready for the next round. (80 minutes)

Pure Cardio & Abs: Nonstop, extreme cardio workout. (40 minutes)

Cardio Abs: Do explosive intervals of cardio and core moves for rock-hard abs. (20 minutes)

Core Cardio & Balance: This workout lets you take a break after month 1 and gear up for month 2. (40 minutes)

Max Interval Circuit: With MAX Interval Training, this circuit is more intense than anything you've ever done before. (60 minutes)

Max Interval Plyo: Push your legs ‘til they beg for mercy with power and plyometrics, all at your MAX. (55 minutes)

Max Cardio Conditioning & Abs: Get pushed to your limit with this extreme cardio workout. (50 minutes)

ZOMG.

The Insanity Workout kit also includes a nutrition guide and a calendar to track your progress.

And the price for this insanity?

$144.80.

Hmmm.

Suddenly, this system is a lot harder to invest in than my $8 Shred DVD...

I'll put it to you, readers. Have you tried the Insanity Workout? Do you know someone else who has? Is it worth the dough?

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sarah lane:Black Swan' Dancer Slams Natalie Portman's Dancing

According to internet media:Natalie Portman's dancing double for "Black Swan," Sarah Lane, told "Entertainment Weekly" that the public has been mislead about Portman's dancing in the film. "Of the full body shots, I would say 5 percent are Natalie... I mean, from a professional dancer's standpoint, she doesn't look like a professional ballet dancer at all and she can't dance in pointe shoes. And she can't move her body; she's very stiff.

Portman has said in interviews that she used a body double for scenes in the film, and her fiancé and "Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millepied told the L.A. Times that, "There are articles now talking about her dance double [Sarah Lane] that are making it sound like [Lane] did a lot of the work ... Honestly, 85 percent of that movie is Natalie.

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