QuiBids: Upping The Monthly Win Limit

If you haven’t heard of QuiBids it is a pretty cool place to check out. Basically you sign up, buy bids and if you were the last one to bid then you get the product that you bid on. It’s pretty simple but the prices that things are going for on there is insane. I have a feel I will be visiting QuiBids more now that I know about it.QuiBids just sent out a press release stating that the site is going to be upping the monthly win limit. Before you were only allowed to win 8 times but now you are going to be able to win 12 times a month. Jeff Geurts which is QuiBids’ CFO says “We believe our customers will see more value to the site by raising the monthly win limits.” He added “We’ve had a lot of customer feedback to raise the limits, so we’re giving our customers exactly what they want.”
There are about 15,000 plus auctions each day and this is the largest auction site of its kind. The limits are set in place to make sure that a few people do not take all of the goodies each month. The daily limit is 3 wins per user. QuiBids loves to make things fun for its users.

Frozen Four 2011: Dates, Times, What To Expect

It might not be the biggest tournament in March, but the Frozen Four is the definitely college hockey tournament.
This year, North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota Duluth, and Notre Dame will square off in St. Paul, Minnesota. North Dakota was the only team to to enter the tournament as a one seed, and was the number two overall seed.
The semifinal games will be as follows:
No. 1 North Dakota vs. Michigan - 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD/ESPN3.com
Minnesota Duluth vs. Notre Dame - 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD/ESPN3.com
The National Championship game will take place Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. EST, and will be shown on ESPN HD/ESPN3.com.
The tournament has been very exciting so far. Last year's National Champions, third-seeded Boston College, fell to Colorado College in the first round. Number four seeded Miami (OH) also fell in the first round to New Hampshire.

Metro Business Calendar for March 28

"Retirement Planning and 401(k) Rollover Options," Merrill Lynch and William Kavanagh, noon, Eighth and Main Building, sixth floor. Registration: William Kavanagh, (804) 343-4226.
"Income Distribution Planning: Emphasis on Principal Preservation and Liquidity," John Dragonas, personalized workshop, 4 p.m., MetLife Mid-Atlantic Financial Group, 6641 W. Broad St., Suite 404. Registration: John Dragonas, (804) 282-7522, ext. 125.
Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law Program at the University of Richmond, 4 p.m., Jepson Hall, Room 120. George DeMartino of the University of Denver will speak about the global economic crisis and the need for professional ethics among economists. Details: Brian H. Eckert, (804) 287-6659.
Professionals Referral Organization Women's Innsbrook Network, 4 p.m., Café Caturra Short Pump, 3332 Pump Road. Details: Ashley Stefanko, (804) 527-3902, ext. 51605, or ashley.stefanko@libertymutual.com.
Tuesday

Red Cross offers "Disaster Preparedness for Small Businesses" seminar, noon, Red Cross headquarters, 420 E. Cary St. Bring lunch. Registration: cderichmond@usa.redcross.org or (804) 343-2770.
"Retirement Planning and 401(k) Rollover Options," Merrill Lynch and William Kavanagh, noon, Eighth and Main Building, sixth floor. Registration: William Kavanagh, (804) 343-4226.
Synergy Business, noon, Bull & Bear Club, 901 E. Cary St., River Room, 21st floor. RSVP: Bill Rose, war9500@aol.com or info@synergyclub.biz.
"Retirement Plan Rollovers — Know Your Options," Bob Sullivan and Joe McVey with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, noon and 4 p.m., 600 E. Main St. Details: (804) 644-1104.
Women's Business Center at New Visions, New Ventures, "Get Started on the Path to Owning Your Own Business," noon, 701 E. Franklin St., Suite 712. Details: (804) 643-1081.
Virginia Credit Union, "First-Time Homebuyers" seminar, 6:30 p.m., 7500 Boulder View Drive in the Boulders Office Park. Registration: www.vacu.org/Learn/Seminars.aspx or (804) 323-6800.
Wednesday

Business Owners Institute, "Business Leaders Lunch Workshop," 11:30 a.m., Richmond Country Club, 12950 Patterson Ave. Cost: $13 for lunch. Pay at the door or register at www.businessownersinstitute.biz.
Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate, 10th annual Commercial Real Estate Awards, 5:30 p.m., Richmond Marriott, 500 E. Broad St. Cost: $75. To register: www.gracre.org.
Southeast High Speed Rail Association, 5:30 p.m., Colony Club, 10 E. Franklin St. Topic: "The Conservative Case for Intercity and Higher Speed Rail." Cost: $25 per person. Registration/details: www.SoutheastHSR.org/Speaker or (804) 864-5193.
Jepson School of Leadership Studies, 7:30 p.m., University of Richmond's Modlin Center for the Arts. Speaker: Ali Velshi of CNN. Topic: "Where in the World are We Going?" Reservations: (804) 289-8980.

Thursday

"Educational Session on Long-Term Care Insurance," 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Mid-Atlantic General Agency, 3951 Westerre Parkway, Suite 400. RSVP: Tara Martin, (804) 288-8800.
"Retirement Plan Rollovers — Know Your Options," Bob Sullivan and Joe McVey with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, noon and 4 p.m., 600 E. Main St. Details: (804) 644-1104.
804UM (eight-oh-forum), 12:30 p.m., Omni Richmond Hotel, 100 S. 12th St. Keynote speaker: Andy Stefanovich of Prophet. Topic: "Provocative Questions and Bold Statements." Cost: $75. Registration: (804) 783-9304.
Commonwealth Financial Services workshop, 4 p.m., The Commonwealth Building, 7301 Forest Ave., second floor conference room. Speaker: Joe Schott. Topic: "Retirement Planning: Work Because You Want to Work, Not Because You Have to Work." Reservations: (804) 673-8910 or commonwealthfinancialservices@verizon.net.
"Roll It, Take It, Leave It: Know Your Employer Retirement Plan Options," by Lee Carroll of Edward Jones, 5:30 p.m., 15516 Westchester Commons Way. Reservations: (804) 897-1127.

Friday

Virginia Society of Association Executives meeting, Wyndham Virginia Crossings, 1000 Virginia Center Parkway. Seminar, 8:30 a.m.; reception, 11 a.m.; and luncheon, 11:45 a.m. Presenter: Doug Moran of If You Will Lead. Topic: "Succession Planning: Not What to Do But HOW to Do It Successfully!" Registration fees: $70 for seminar, $30 for lunch before noon Wednesday; $80 and $35 after that. Registration/details: (804) 747-4971 or www.vsae.org, click on Events.
Deborah Jackson

Mega Millions winners could come forward as soon as Monday

The local winners of Friday’s big Mega Millions jackpot could come forward as soon as Monday.

The winning $319 million ticket was sold at Coulson's in downtown Albany.

The lottery offices in Schenectady will open on Monday after being closed for the weekend following Friday's drawing.

A source tells FOX23 News seven state employees who work at Homes and Community Renewal will share the prize.

According to the lottery, each winner has the option of taking the prize over 25 years, or a cash payout of about $202 million.

Make sure you stay with FOX23 News for the latest on our local Mega Millions winners. We'll have the latest updates both on air and online.

Rose McGowan stops by a swinging 'Law & Order: SVU'

Who's down for a key party?"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" went into the illicit world of swingers during the Mar. 23 episode, "Bombshell," and thankfully, all of the partner-swapping guests were much more attractive than the people you see in those late night HBO specials. Case in point: Rose McGowan. The "Charmed" vet and "Planet Terror" actress played a swinger named Cassandra, who needed to be questioned by Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) when one of her fellow swingers winds up dead. So what did you think of her? Personally, we love any dose of McGowan we can get, especially if she's playing the overly sexual type. Like her horribly underrated turn as a homicidal high school nympho in  "Jawbreaker."

Rex Ryan Compares Himself to Teddy Roosevelt, Babe Ruth

If you thought a little NFL lockout was going to keep Rex Ryan from leading the Jets to TOTAL VICTORY, you've got another thing coming. Because Rex Ryan carries a big stick, hits it out of the park, and never says die...or something. The coach said at the NFL league meetings, “They talk about walk softly and carry a big stick. I love that. I agree with that 100 percent. But I guess I feel more like Babe Ruth. I’m going to walk softly, I’m going to carry that big stick and then I’m going to point and then I’m going to hit it over the fence."
Ryan continued, saying that there's no reason he shouldn't talk up his team: “Babe Ruth had to walk up there by himself. But if everything was up to me and that we were going to win I’d hit one out, I believe myself I’m going to hit it out. More importantly, I believe in everybody—our players, our coaches, the fan base we have established here, everybody in the organization." When asked if these constant proclamations were getting a bit stale, he asked, "How am I crying wolf? We built a perennial winner. Now we've just got to find a way to get it done. All I want is to win two more games." However, if the lockout continues, that's just more time Ryan can devote to his acting career.

Bidari tries Al Capone route against bookies

The city police commissioner has written to the income tax department, asking it to investigate properties and other assets owned by bookies arrested for accepting bets on matches during the on-going cricket World Cup.In much the same manner in which the US government nailed notorious gangster Al Capone -- he got away with murder but was caught for tax fraud -- Shankar M Bidari, is hoping to put these bookies away for a longer time on evasion of income tax.
In his letter, Bidari has named 10 top bookies, including the notorious Narahari and Fighter Ravi, who were arrested recently, and has asked the I-T department to come down hard on these offenders.
Bidari claims each of the 10 bookies named in the list owns property and other assets amounting to at least Rs 5 crore. Police claim the money for these investments came from their illegal betting business. Securing convictions for tax fraud is, perhaps, the easier way out, but Bidari can hardly be faulted for taking this route.
The laws against betting are weak at best -- the maximum sentence is a fine of Rs 500 and imprisonment for six months.
Over the last few weeks, Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths had arrested several bookies including Shibhu, Benaka, Soni, Mangi Lal, Harish and Akki Pete Babu.

Police had seized cash and other material such as laptops and mobile phones, found in their possession. Police had also busted another betting racket involving four brothers and had seized Rs 2.79 lakh in cash, a car, a two-wheeler, laptops and 20 mobile phones from them.

But much to their chagrin, many of the bookies obtained bail within a day. CCB sleuths say they are still investigating leads and claim that they have enough evidence to prove that the property which these bookies possess was bought with money obtained from their illegal betting business.

Alok Kumar, joint commissioner (crime), said: “Our investigations reveal that these bookies had bought a lot of property with money obtained through their illegal business. So we prepared a list of bookies and our police commissioner sent it to the income tax department, asking officials there to probe these properties and investments and take action.”

In his letter, Bidari has included details of the properties owned by these top bookies and also details pertaining to
benami properties and other investments made by them in different fields.

Several of the bookies also had links with others across the country, police claim.

Lord Of The Flies

I guess I must have missed out on something when I was a child. Apparently many people know what the Lord of the flies is but I just recently learned about this not so delightful tale. This book is about a band of British schoolboys that are stranded on an island. The Lord of The Flies can seem pretty hardcore.
All of the boys that are in this book are under 13. They have to come to some sort of government between the kids and the strong boys take over. The plan for the boys in the Lord of The Flies is to keep the fire burning bright enough so another ship can come and get them. Sadly enough they are scared into believing there is a monster on the island.
After reading a brief part of this book I came to the conclusion that this would not be something that my children would be reading. There was a little bit too much horror even for myself. If you are into that kind of thing the story is written quite well. Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding.

Kelly Osbourne gets new wife for pet dog

Reality star Kelly Osbourne has revealed that she recently got a new Pomeranian puppy, which she is hoping will be her pet dog Sid’s “new wife”.
The 26-year-old, who posted a picture of her new puppy on her Twitter page, said: 'I got a new dog last week and I'm so excited! She's a Pomeranian like Sid and looks like a mini version of him.
“She's only 10 weeks old and weighs less than a pound – how tiny is that? So far I've called her Noodles-For-Now because I might change it if I find a better name.
'I want her to be Sid's new wife, but he actually seems a bit scared of her – she playfully nipped him and he didn't know what to do!'
The former Dancing With The Stars contestant is even hoping the two dogs will eventually have puppies together.
Writing in her column for UK magazine Closer, she said: 'I'm hoping they'll have puppies – if they do, I probably couldn't bear to give any of them away.'

Netflix shares climb after Credit Suisse upgrade

Shares of Netflix Inc. got a boost Tuesday after a Credit Suisse analyst upgraded the online movie rental company following a recent drop, and said any perceived risk around mounting competition in the movie streaming space is now "more fully reflected" in the shares.
THE SPARK: Analyst John Blackledge upgraded Los Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix to "Outperform" from "Neutral" and said he does not expect a material effect on Netflix from Amazon's new movie streaming service, which it offers to its premium members who pay $79 a year for free or low-cost shipping on their orders.
THE BACKGROUND: The announcement from Amazon.com Inc., along with news that Warner Bros. was testing out a service to offer movies through Facebook, proved a drag on Netflix shares recently. The company made its name renting movies by mail and sending them out in those ubiquitous red envelopes. But more recently it's been focused on its streaming service, which lets people watch movies and TV shows over an Internet connection.
THE ANALYSIS: Blackledge said he doesn't see the Warner Bros. Facebook service as a material competition to Netflix. First, it's just a test with one movie. Second, the movies will be rented on an a la carte basis, rather than a subscription model like Netflix's. This business model, the analyst noted, "has not proven to be an effective competitor" to Netflix.
"(Netflix) has coped well with competing a la carte rental services for several years at this point, namely, Apple, the cable and satellite companies ... (Amazon's) a la carte service, etc.," Blackledge wrote.
Based on a Credit Suisse survey, the analyst also said that Amazon's new streaming service is unlikely to get Netflix users to cancel their subscriptions. Blackledge raised his target price to $280 from $180 and said Netflix is likely looking to expand further into international markets in the second half of this year and beyond.