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Quad City Coins is a rare coin store located in Bettendorf, Iowa and serving the surrounding areas. Since our establishment in 1978, we have specialized in buying, selling and trading rare U.S. and foreign coins and currency. We are also a gold, silver and platinum dealer, and are proud to offer free verbal appraisals.
We pay top prices for gold, silver, platinum, jewelry, pocket watches and other collections, including:
• U.S. and world gold and silver coins
• Gold and silver bullion
• Type coins
• Old U.S. and foreign currency
• Complete or partial coin sets
• U.S. proof and mint sets
• U.S. silver and gold commemorative coins.
At Quad City Coins, we buy estates, in whole or in part, and accumulations in a seven-state area. We pay a little more for nice items, and only mark them up a small amount to cover cost and to keep inventory moving. We are a PCGS, NGC, PMG, and ANACS authorized coin dealer. No collection is too big or too small, from 3 cents to 3 million dollars.
We also buy gold and jewelry. Whether it is broken scrap or something that you just don't wear anymore, bring it in.
Call Quad City Coins today for more information.
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He keeps spending to look good by STAY AWAY!!! - 12/11/2014
This individual is paying money to outside firms in an attempt to restore the negative opinion that the community has justifiably realized. He is obnoxious, hateful and abusive. He offers far less than any other local coin shop will offer for your goods. He is spending money like crazy on advertising in an attempt to convince the public that this is a decent company. What is his Better Business Bureau affiliation? He is not a member! Guess why! He picks and chooses which customers he decides to abuse! He wants nothing to do with being an honest shopkeeper.
Totally Professional Successful Transaction! by All Is Not Gold - 06/26/2014
I almost did not go to Quad City Coins after reading some of the negative on-line comments listed below! Some were so over-the-top that I could not help but wonder if the competition might not e doing a little on-line trashing, because, come to find out---Quad City Coins does pay people significantly MORE than the other gold buyers! In fact, curiosity got the better of me and I decided to take a look at this supposed spectral myself. Upon arrival, a very pleasant clerk SAT ME DOWN in comfortable cushy chairs, right across from him at a wide polished granite desktop. (No disappearing behind a curtain into a back room with your grandma's jewelry.) He assayed and weighed everything right in front of me--explaining as he went. Several times, the OWNER added his expertise. Both were entirely polite, professional and helpful. No sigh of any bully owner when I was there. (Haven't been treated so well since I went to Europe and had to sit at the white marble counter in a porcelain buying "parlor," while the clerks paraded the merchandise past!) QC Coin maintains an exceptionally attractive and personalized store. But, best of all---they offered me almost $50 (50%) more than the local high end Jewelry Store/Gold Buyers which I previously went to! It pays to shop around and not take the first offer----or believe everything you read on an anonymous internet!I'm A Fully Satisfied Customer
I got more than melt by Unhappy visitor - 12/28/2013
Several weeks ago I took in several gold eagle coins I inherited. The owner told the spot price anf then offered me more the metal price for each coin. Every where else I had been offered me less then the price of gold. I won't go anywhere else with the ones I have left!
Wow!! great payout by I'll never go back - 01/13/2012
My wife & I took in a bunch of her broken jewelry and watches. Boy were we suprised by the offer. It was about 20% more than the jewelry store we bought them at and double what one of those cash for gold stores offered. We''re looking for more broken junk in my wifes jewelry box and going back next week with more.
Doesn't even deserve 1 star! by SK - 09/29/2011
Every bad thing written about this business thus far I agree with totally and worse. He told me to take my things some place else; shame on me for wasting his time; he said I couldn't have my own way (make myself a list and price he was paying me) so I didn't like it; it was his shop and he made the rules; he didn't like my attitude; didn't like the expression on my face; insult after insult. It was the worst experience I have ever had with a business. 9/29/11
If he offers you A penny for a pound of gold take it or He will let you have it.... by hugo - 09/16/2011
I would not recomend, please stay clear of this Atom bomb, He will literately BROOOM you, and make you feel like DIRT, so I went to Gold into Cash, now those guys are down to Earth, and pay very well, theres one on the Avenues(23rd) Moline, and on 1801 e kimberly, Davenport.
big chunks by unhappy - 09/06/2011
this business blows big chunks and thats that !!!!!!
feces hole by pissed - 09/06/2011
this place is a feces hole
dont waste your time by unclemic - 03/25/2011
The guy is rude! Very disrepectful. Steer clear! WARNING! WARNING!
Very fair, Very professional. by Dr. Dan - 01/13/2011
Was very helpful during my purchase of some silver rounds. Gave very good advice, looking back. WIll shop there, again.
Serving: Bettendorf IA, Quad Cities IA (Metro), Sterling IL (Metro), Sterling IL
Product: Antique Coins
Items: Jewelry Appraisal, Real Estate Appraisal, Antique Appraisal
Specialty: Pawn Jewelry, Pawn Watches, Pawn Gold, Pawn Gemstones, Pawn Coins, Pawn Collectibles
Product: Coins, Currency, Coin and Stamp Collector Supplies
Specialty: Gold Coins, Silver Coins, Domestic Coins and Stamps, Foreign Coins and Stamps, Rare Coins and Stamps, Historic Coins and Stamps
Service: Coin and Stamp Buyers, Trade Coins and Stamps, Coin and Stamp Appraisals
Convenience: Online, By Phone, Pick Up
Payment Options: Cash, Bank Checks, Debit Cards
Assurances: Licensed, Locally Owned
Products: Antique Toys, Cast-Iron Toys, Exonumia, Fractional Currency, Gold Coins, Obsolete Currency, Pocket Watches, Rare Coins, Rare Currency, Silver Dollars, World's Fair
Services: Purchasing
Details: Established in 1978, Kinds: Foreign, Member of American Numismatic Association, Member of Central States Numismatic Society, Member of Indiana Numismatic Association, Member of Iowa Numismatic Association, Price Information: Second Hand, Authorized PCGS,NGC&PMG Store, Estate & IRS Appraisals
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Review: 'Three Little Pigs' lets the laughter in
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What: Courtroom drama that retells the fairy tale from the Big Bad Wolf's point of view
When: 7 p.m. Fridays, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. Sundays through June 20.
Where: 701 5th Avenue South, Naples
Cost: $20 for adults, $10 for children 18 and under
Information: (239) 263-7990, naplesplayers.com
For kids: The show is just over an hour and accessible for youth and adult audiences; parents with toddlers may want to take their seats at the last minute to keep the bored fidgeting and caterwauling to a minimum.
The happy - nay, ecstatic - energy that flows through the Naples Players' latest offering, "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs," is apparent from the moment a snappily clad young actress wearing a brightly colored dress and a snout and trotters prances into Tobye Studio.
This isn't your average kindergarten version of "Three Little Pigs" - if anything it is "Pigs" re-imagined by a author blissed out on chocolate, caffeine and possibly suffering from sunstroke. There's song, dance, silliness and goofiness in spades. If there's not quite enough laughter to still the squirming children who invariably cry and whine when faced with "culture," well then blame the parents for bringing cranky youngsters to the theater without a proper nap.
"Pigs" is on a mission to tell the tale of the "Three Little Pigs," but from the wolf's point of view. Set mostly inside a courtroom populated with a viper of a prosecutor and a Judge Judy-on-crack magistrate, the play asks "can justice be served in Piggsylvania?" The life of the defendant, one Alexander T. Wolf, hangs in the balance.
The play works on two levels. There's loads of silliness (dancing, singing, spit takes, wolf howls, handing out plastic pig snouts) folded into the carefully accessible message about not judging a book (or a wolf) by its cover. The entire "can a wolf get a fair trial" thing can also be viewed as a glancing blow at our own legal system - with judges and prosecutors in collusion and defendants judged guilty before the first juror is ever selected.
Judith Gangi leads this merry charade as a plucky reporter digging for dirt on the Big Bad Wolf. She's is the very definition of perky as she bounces, squeals, dances and bops about the floor. Her energy is infectious - and helps an apprehensive crowd get past the initial strangeness of the opening few minutes. Once rolling, the fairy-tale fun bus is impossible to stop.
Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan, Patti Caroli and Michael Troop are the prosecutor, judge and bailiff of this little courtroom drama - and seem determined to constantly one-up each other in offering up impressions that cause peals of laughter throughout the audience. Menaldi-Scanlan is perhaps the best - she raises her viper of a prosecutor to the cutting edge of farce and beyond and yet seems so polite about the whole thing. Watching her lead a witness on with her sweet little trotters is devilish fun - even if you know she's probably going to a rib joint in hell for her sins!
Caroli has a knack for deadpan physical comedy, while Troop is at his funniest in a dress and orthopedic shoes as aged pork matron Martha. Scenes of him trying to walk across the stage and mount the low steps of the witness stand are among the funniest of the night. The wolf is no slouch either. James Jackson is at turns gracious, carnivorous (who wouldn't be around a nice slab of pork roast?) and beguiling as he pleads for his life. The cast as a whole works together beautifully - no matter which combination they happen to be in at the moment.
"Three Little Pigs" works mostly because director Megan McCombs has the good sense to let her cast just run wild with their characters. After all, this isn't "12 Angry Men," - it is a farcical fairy tale involving actors dressed up as pigs and wolves. If anything, the action is almost too serious at times - more Supreme Court than "The People's Court." There are five credited actors, but I'd rather see a larger cast - a complete chorus of bailiffs, jury members and witnesses in singing roles to ramp up the spectacle factor. The actors should speak up even more too - the noise level from laughter and shrieking children can cause some lines to get lost even in the tiny Tobye Studio.
As usual, Dot Auchmoody's costumes, especially togs for the Big Bad Wolf, are outstanding. Scenic design - including a clever set laden with faux newspaper clippings - comes from Christina Miller and Mike Santos. Be sure to look to all the walls and corners for more beautifully painted surprises.
What happens to the wolf? That's a decision for the jury - the audience - to decide. Check the noisy babies at the door and find out for yourself! Email me at email@example.com.
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'Red hot' Bay Area luxury home market sees biggest jump since 2006
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Don't be surprised if you hear your real estate agent and mortgage lender suddenly belt out a rendition of "Happy Days are Here Again."
Luxury home values in the Bay Area and other key California cities are chalking up their biggest gains since the housing boom went bust in the last decade.
Bay Area luxury home values soared 6.6 percent in the second quarter, the biggest year-over-year gain since the first quarter of 2006.
And Bay Area luxury home values rose 2.9 percent from the first quarter of 2012. The average luxury home in San Francisco is now $2.67 million, according to the First Republic Prestige Home Index produced by First Republic Bank and Fiserv CSW Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV)
"We have a hot market right now," said Jay Costello, president of Hill & Co. in San Francisco. "We're going to see price increases over the next three to five years."
Or at least until the Nasdaq makes a U-turn.
Real estate agents point to the strength of the stock market in driving Bay Area home prices since so many of the region's affluent residents own stocks and options tied to publicly traded companies or private companies that will one day go public or be acquired, or so they hope.
The Nasdaq was approaching an 11-year high this week, thanks largely to shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) hitting a record high Monday on news of its patent-litigation victory against Samsung.
On the luxury home front, First Republic had more good news. California's strengthening economy, which first emerged in the Bay Area, is now evident in luxury home values in Los Angeles and San Diego.
Los Angeles values increased 2.4 percent from a year ago and jumped 4.3 percent from this year's first quarter, marking the biggest quarterly gain since the third quarter of 2005, when the national housing boom was in full swing. The average luxury home value in the L.A. area is now $2.04 million.
In San Diego, luxury home values rose 2.5 percent year-over-year but declined 0.2 percent from the first quarter. The 2.5 percent year-over-year gain was the biggest annual increase since the first quarter of 2007. The average luxury home value in San Diego is now $1.65 million.
"During the first half of 2012, buyers were motivated by a lack of supply and very low interest rates," said Katherine August-deWilde, president and chief operating officer at San Francisco-based First Republic. (NYSE: FRC)
Those factors were likely drivers in the good showing in the S&P/Case-Shiller index of 20 metropolitan areas, including the Bay Area. The index chalked up its first year-over-year gain in almost two years, when a federal tax credit spurred home buying. The index showed that home prices gained 0.5 percent in June from a year ago, ending 20 consecutive months of decline. Home prices remain down 23 percent from the 2006 peak of the housing bubble, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Some of the home buying demand is coming from investor groups focused on acquiring foreclosed properties and renting them. In the Bay Area, Waypoint Homes in Oakland and San Francisco-based Landsmith are among the investor groups seeing opportunity amid the foreclosures.
In the Bay Area, the strength of the luxury housing market was evident aross the region.
"In the second quarter, Palo Alto and Atherton were red hot," said Ken DeLeon of DeLeon Realty in Palo Alto, where a listing for $5 million can sell in one week over asking.
"Palo Alto is setting all-time highs," DeLeon said. "For the first time, people are thinking if they don't buy soon, the market is going to get away from them."
Or at least for the first time in this boom.
DeLeon anticipates prices will stabilize in the second half of this year, with the market picking up after the first of the year.
The hot market for homes valued at more than $1 million is also apparent in San Francisco and the East Bay.
"It is now common to have multiple offers in all price ranges in all neighborhoods," said Costello at Hill & Co. "In San Francisco, 40 percent of the properties are selling above the asking, 30 percent are selling at the asking and 30 percent are selling below asking."
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I need to pull up the particle sub floor which will be replaced by 23/32 T&G plywood. The room is about 23' X 18'. I am going nuts! I am using a short "crow bar" about 18" long and a hammer and it seems as if the pieces are coming up only about 2 inches square at a time. There must be an easier way???? I am about to drink myself silly or throw the hammer at someone. My husband is useless, he tells me to hire some one but I am looking to save money where I can.
This is a dining room, kitchen remodel, which involves moving gas, water and electrical lines, not to mention the cost of lighting, appliances and kitchen cabinets. I am sure you can understand why I am trying to do whatever I can to save a few bucks.
Is the particle board similar to the picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_board?
If so, what you are experiencing is normal.
Don't hurt yourself by excessive drink or hurt an innocent bystander with a hammer throw. Just get some explosives. Well, that could take care of the husband problem too, but might do too much damage to parts outside of the sub floor.
Seriously now, why not just hire a day laborer or two that you can supervise? Spend a little and spare your marriage.
If you are truly using an old fashioned crowbar, do yourself a favor, get a Wonderbar or some similar type of wrecking bar, much better suited to pulling up sheet goods.
Another useful technique for this is to get a pack of cheap saw blades for a circular saw. Set blade depth equal to the thickness of the particle board, and make a series of cuts 6" or so apart across the room. The narrow strips may be easier to pull up than the full pieces. Use cheap blades because you will run through nails and staples that will ruin the blades.
Good luck.
handymac - that's it. ionized - explosives might work. I could put a claim under my homeowners and all of this would be paid for!. We have a BIG tree in front of our house and everytime we have strong winds I wish the damn thing to come down because it is right where the remodel is happening (of course I do not want anyone hurt). airqual_guy, I am using a wonder bar. Funny but when I googled it I got many hits on "Wonder bars" across the country. Maybe that is a solution There have been many moisture issues. The carpenter I used to remove a load bearing wall suggested that I remove the subfloor to replace it with T & G plywood. He is aware that I am trying to pinch pennies when I can so he has been helpful with advise. I gave him a big tip when he did the wall and I already have him lined up for some other major work so I am not expecting him to give me advise for free. dkenny - I did the nails first but the crap doesn't want to budge except in small chucks. I have considered the thickness changes because there are three rooms, a hallway, a bath and three bedrooms, each having their own existing thickness so I think I have that under control.
Bottom line, now that I have had a chance to walk away from it, and read your responses, I am going to follow ionizeds advise and bring in my "trustworthy" carpenter. Whatever he charges will actually be chump change, and while he is working I can have a drink or three and no one will get hurt!
Thanks all.
Best idea you could have!
Mobile home builders use that crap in way too many units. They even make removal worse than what you experienced, they add construction adhesive!
I once was in a position to do a lot of floor replacement in mobile homes because the owners were very low income and had been long time city/county residents. Materials were paid for and I basically did the labor for a story(they usually had lots)( and a hug(they really had lots of those).
I usually used the circular saw and cut grids---over spaces the flooring was loose---and cut away all I could---leaving those areas nailed/glued to the floor joists. Then sawed slits about 3" apart over the joists and started with my big hammer and several wide chisels.
A room the size you have would take at least a day. I worked on much smaller rooms(mainly baths and hallways.
handymac, I also need to have the subfloor changed down the hallway roughly 3 x 18 and eventually (hopefully soon) the flooring in the new kitchen. Your suggestions make sense but they still sound so time consuming. Of course in the midst of this, the garbage disposal died as well as the "whole house fan," I tend to be obsessive about things like that so I will spend hours researching the best product, not leaving much time to "cut grids". I'll just have to bring in my carpenter he-man!
You sound like a very considerate soul. Dealing with the subs I have used, I have learned, there are only two kinds.
The first are the guys who start being rude from the get go (like the one who said to me as he walked in the door... "HEY LADY, do you know how much work this involves?) I did and I ignored his quote. I know there are guys out there who are happy for the work, so to hell with him.
And then there are "the others." They call when they said they would, they show up on time (or call to let me know they are late), and they aren't trying to squeeze every dime out of me. The guy I hired instead of "Hey Lady" did a great job. He ran into some issues he didn't expect, which involved him going to the lumber yard and more labor. When the project was done I wanted him to add in the extra project and he said that wasn't necessary. I gave him a big tip, and now he is the man I will call for this job.
You definitely fall into the "others" category. How kind you are, when many are just looking for the almighty buck.
I am trying to refrain from comments about your "big hammer". Hey, if pool boys can have fun, why not subs???
You never answered my question, so I'm curious as to why you would remove perfectly good OSB subfloor to install plywood. That seems like a huge waste of money to gain a 10% stiffer floor.
While your carpenter's advice may not be "bad" it certainly isn't cost effective.
Here is a link that might be useful: OSB
Yes, are you sure your not speaking of "underlayment", especially of it is paticleboard (as opposed to OSB)?
millworkman, while indeed it is difficult for me to determine exactly which "boards" I have they appear to be the ones on the extreme left. Over the years they have deteriorated, mostly from moisture it seems because the areas are spongy. There are areas where the feet of some furniture have actually gone through that layer. There are also areas where the, what I am calling a subfloor, have buckled "up" if that makes sense - my carpenter's concern that may be caused by joists that need to be "fixed". It is like you are walking a roller coaster in some areas.
As I started to try to remove this "subfloor" with my wonderbar, the material just shredded in my hands. I can't imagine it has much "value" as a "underlayment". I haven't decided what the final flooring will be, but obviously I need a good solid subfloor - because if that fails and I have to replace the actual flooring, it would cost me a hell of a lot more then the T&G. As I mentioned, when I first discussed this with my carpenter, there was no incentive for him to recommend the change, because I had told him I was going to attempt that myself.
I appreciate everyone's advise, but I think this is one of those areas where, as ionized suggested, I need to recognize I am in over my head. Whatever it costs will be chump change in comparison to the amount of valium or booze I will consume if I continue on this project as is.
Thanks again, guys. I appreciate your weeding through my , probably ignorant, words from your trade.
Just trying to understand what your attempting to accomplish. Subfloor goes directly on the floor beams and would very rarely if ever need to be removed under normal circumstances. Particle Board as an underlayment over the subfloor and below the finished floor was used extensively in the 70's and 80's as an underlayment for carpet if my memory serves me correctly. So I believe what you are removing is technically called "underlayment" and not "subfloor". Not the end of the world but just wanting to make certain of what your removing.
The stuff she is removing is about the worst material possible for flooring. Any moisture spilled causes the material to swell/disintegrate/crumble.
And, as she has found, removing means dealing with pieces.
In my considerable experience dealing with flooring in mobile homes, that crap has to be removed. There is simply no way to deal with it once it is degraded, except removal.
It is very common in mobiles and it is also very common for people to fall through the stuff. Know of three people who had broken ankles/legs from the flooring disintegrating under their feet and they fell.
millworkman... I guess I am still not spot on with the lingo.
Directly over the joists is a layer of plywood - that I know. Over that... is what I have been calling a subfloor (obviously in error). This is the "stuff" that handymac is referring to. My house was built in the 70's as millworkman thought, and it was used as an "underlayment" for the carpet.
Carpet is gone. What is left is the "stuff" as handymac states is horrible. It is shredding as I go to remove it - largest chunks are 4" X 4" so it's unbearable to get up. There are many areas where I do feel I could fall through to the basement and other areas where it is raised up and down like a roller coaster, as I mentioned. Not being in the trade, common sense told me it needed to be removed, if for 1) to resolve any issues on the joists and 2) to be sure I have a level " layer to place my final flooring - leaning to hardwood. If I ever had to tear that up and replace it I would go way above my 3 drink limit.


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According to Buzz Marketing Group, the days of Apple dominating the hands of the teen crowd have come to an end. Other newer models such as the Samsung Galaxy or Microsoft Surface are gradually winning over younger generations tired of the repetitive Apple formula, Forbes reports. Read Original Content
Apple and Google have long dominated the smartphone market, but Tizen is rising to challenge their dominance. The Linux-based operating system is gaining steam faster than expected, with Samsung confirming it will launch a number of Tizen-based devices this year. Read Original Content
Samsung has announced another smartphone sales milestone: its Galaxy S series has passed channel sales of more than 100 million units since launching in May 2010. Read Original Content
Sony Mobile Communications may abandon the low-end smartphone market and focus primarily on high-end devices as it seeks to re-establish its brand. "We're ready to be a premium smartphone provider," said Stephen Sneeden, Sony Mobile's Xperia product marketing manager. Read Original Content
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Antivirus giant Symantec has been tracking 1.5 million mobile apps for Android smartphones and touch tablets. It found a 210 percent increase in madware over the last nine months of 2012. Nearly half of the apps analyzed distributed madware, some issuing as many as 17 variants. Read Original Content
In the last week Nokia delivered unexpected good news: a profit. Sales of its new smartphone line, the Lumia, powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, soared more than 50 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, according to preliminary financial information. Read Original Content
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Samsung showed off a speedier and more powerful processor at the International Consumer Electronics Show last week. The chip has eight processors built into the same piece of silicon. Four of the processors are designed to run fast when the device needs operating power and the rest are engineered to help conserve battery life. Read Original Content
According to IHS iSuppli, close to 46 percent of cell phone users worldwide have smartphones, and 87 percent of those phones run either Google or Apple software. Read Original Content
Apple has cut its orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker than expected demand. Apple's orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order. Read Original Content
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris recently published a set of recommendations for mobile app developers to safeguard consumer privacy. "The guidelines appear to address both common-sense and forward-thinking recommendations, as well as a range of general and specific guidance," writes CNET News' Seth Rosenblatt. Read Original Content
Strategy Analytics executive director Neil Mawston believes Apple will only be able to stop Samsung from stealing its smartphone marketshare if it launches the iPhone mini this year, a device he doesn't expect to hit the shelves until 2014. Read Original Content
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Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's largest personal-computer maker, is seeking to extend its push into the smartphone market by becoming first to sell a handset based on Intel Corp.'s latest chip design. Read Original Content
Consumer electronics major Sony today said it is targeting to treble the revenue of its mobile division in India on the back its new range of smart phones in the country. Read Original Content
Latin America continues to be a mixed picture with feature phones and ultra-low-cost handsets taking the lion's share of handset sales in 2012. However, Argentina and Chile are now reaching a significant milestone: for the first time smartphone sales are outstripping the sales of other types of handsets. Read Original Content
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By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
1/9/2014 (1 year ago)
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Pope Francis continues to call for aid to the poor as the holiday season ends. The Holy Father has set a goal to eradicate global hunger by distributing food more equitably around the world and he has called on all faithful Catholics to help. It's a call that can't be answered by a single second collection at Mass.
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
1/9/2014 (1 year ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Pope Francis, prayer and action, Catholic Team Global, plea, ask, request, world hunger, vitameal
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - On Dec. 10, Pope Francis called for a global initiative to feed the world's poor. Noting that we produce plenty of food, but distribute it scandalously, he has asked for us to both pray and act to eradicate global hunger.
Parish churches have held second collections for the poor but an extra dollar in the basket at Mass hardly feeds the poor.
Pope Francis has made our mission simple - 'Prayer and Action'
PRAYER - Prayer is Powerful. Our global Catholic community should forever continue to pray. Lord hear our prayers.
ACTION - Will you give charitably? Will you allow your charity to cost you something so it can change you?
As the Vatican Almoner, Archbishop Konrad Krajewski explained, charity has to cost you something so it can change you. The Archbishop shared the story of a fellow clergyman who boasted of giving a few euros to a homeless man outside the Vatican, and explained how in spite of the gift, it wasn't genuine charity because the euros cost the cleric relatively nothing.
Many of us live in a prosperous nation in prosperous times, even though admittedly they may not feel prosperous -- it's the height of scandal that we are afraid to perform real charity. Instead, we list the litany of taxes and tithes that we make as we turn around to pay hundreds of dollars per month for a new car or a titanic mortgage payment to keep our McMansion afloat.
We leave Mass and visit restaurants to enjoy rich food, feeling good about ourselves after we tossed an extra dollar, or perhaps a five, into the special collection basket and call our deeds done. This is not how we have been asked to be by Christ and the Holy Father. We've been asked to do much more, something hard for most people.
We have been called by Pope Francis to be a poor church for the poor. The Church he speaks of is not simply the Vatican, or even your parish church building. He does not mean merely the priests and bishops. Pope Francis means you as well. We are called to make the sacrifice, this is not a mission for prelates in the Vatican, it is a mission for YOU.
To follow Jesus, we must be willing to part with all our Earthly possessions and to follow him. Just as Pope Francis eschews papal trappings and pretenses, so too we are called to turn away from the superficial trappings of modernity-the labels, the media screeds, the wasted food and wealth. Instead, we must focus on the poor among us.
Poverty is not unique to Africa or Asia or South America, but persists here in the United States. This is ironic because here is where we can best combat poverty. We have states in the union with economies larger than most of the world's countries. Yet, there are homeless on the streets, addicts in the alleys, hungry children trying to sleep as their stomach ties itself into knots with emptiness. Right here, in our country, perhaps in your very neighborhood.
All of these people, regardless of the choices and circumstances that placed each in their situation, are worthy of Christian love and respect. Pope Francis has washed the feet of prisoners. Is there a more powerful message he can send you?
Is there?
Christians around the world are very good at handing out Bibles to people, and praying for things, but many of the world's people don't need Bibles, and they can't eat prayers. They need food! Let us remember that the celebration of Mass is also an invitation to a meal. During that meal we are fed both spiritually and physically as we eat and drink of Christ Himself. This isn't symbolic -- it's far beyond that. It's literally true and this should have a profound impact on anyone who ponders it for more than a moment.
Sustenance of the body is virtually on par with sustenance of the soul, ergo the celebration of a feast at Mass.
We feast quite regularly in America, as our waistlines demonstrate. So what's our reply to Pope Francis? A dollar in the basket? Have we heeded the lesson of Archbisop Krajewski ? Have we appreciated the washing of prisoner's feet, or do we still blame the poor for their poverty and condemn their children to hunger?
Do we hear the message of Christ and expect to join Him at his table?
If the answer to this is yes, then our next step is quite plain. PLEASE ACT NOW! Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month. The starving need to eat TODAY.
This is about 'Prayer and Action.'
Catholic Online is teaming with your Catholic Voice Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to Catholic charity. We are providing a specific food product, Vita Meal packs, each of which can feed a child 30 meals.
Your purchase of a Vita Meal pack in the Catholic Online Boutique will feed another person several meals, perhaps as many as 30. It will probably cost you more than your Sunday donation, but that's the point. Charity has to cost you something so it can change you.
We believe that world hunger is a challenge that has a solution.
Together we are God's hands in the world, Pope Francis and Catholic Online with Your Catholic Voice Foundation invite you to join with us to support our projects and raise your Catholic voice to end world hunger through 'prayer and action'.
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The is past Saturday night at the Foro Promocasa in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, welterweight contender Omar Businessman Chavez (27-0-1, 20 KOs) stopped Alberto Martínez (15-2, 10 KOs) in the first round. Omar's legendary father, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., is very critical of his fighting sons, but he was impressed with the quick victory.
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Paez looked fat and was breathing heavily from his mouth in round 2, the guy has power but he need a good camp, Omar Chavez was smart to go to train with Fernando Montiel dad
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