I hope I'm not the only one upset about this

The full-year profit growth figure compares with a 126percent rise the previous year and 80 percent growth for thefirst half. Profit growth slowed sharply at Chinese banks in the secondhalf of last year with an economic slowdown, a fall in interestrates and a rise in loan defaults. ($16.836 Yuan) (Reporting by Edmund Klamann; Editing by Valerie Lee ). Obama's Call to Service Generates Huge Response with 12,000 ProjectsNationwideWASHINGTON, Jan.

18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ President-elect Obama's callfor Americans to join in service to honor Dr Martin Luther King Jr. on theKing Holiday has had an electrifying effect, with a record number of projectstaking place in communities across America tomorrow.Community and nonprofit groups across the country are thrilled about the largeand enthusiastic response to the President-elect's call to service, and hopethat volunteers who serve tomorrow will make an ongoing commitment to servethroughout the year, as the President-elect has called for.In 1994, Congress passed legislation encouraging the King Federal Holiday be anational day of service, and charged the federal agency the Corporation forNational and Community Service with leading this national effort. Participation has grown every year since, but has taken a quantum leap thisyear with President-elect Obama's call to service.As of 2:00 pm today, the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) reported thatmore 12,100 service projects have been registered on the number is more than double the record set last year when500,000 Americans served through 5,000 projects on the King Day of Service."In this time of economic distress, we need citizen service more than ever Service is a solution that can bring us closer to Dr. King's dream of a betterAmerica," said Stephen Goldsmith, the Corporation's Board Chair."While ournation has made great progress, we still have much work to do.Service is apowerful way for every American to bring us closer to meet our challenges andfulfill the promise of America."Another driver of this year's record turnout is the Internet.Americans canfind volunteer opportunities at or ; getideas for do-it-yourself volunteer projects at http://;join the MLK Day FacebookCause, or get real-time photos at Flickr( http://) and project reports on Twitter( )."Through President-elect Obama's call to service, the hard work and planningby thousands of community groups, and the savvy use of the Internet, we willsee an extraordinary demonstration of the power of citizen action acrossAmerica tomorrow," said Nicola Goren, Acting CEO of the Corporation."We arethrilled that President-elect Obama has made service a centerpiece of hisInauguration and will make it a central cause of his Administration."A wide variety of projects are being planned including delivering meals,refurbishing schools and community centers, collecting food and clothing,removing graffiti, reading to children, and more. Many organizations use theday as a springboard for year-round civic action, such as signing up mentorsor tutors or youth taking pledges of nonviolence.

to assemble over 75,000 care packages tosendto our troops for the "Day of Service for Our Military"project sponsored by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Serve DC in partnershipwith Operation Gratitude and Target.More than 65,000 volunteers will serve in 900 projects in 14th annualGreater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, the largest inthe country.Organizers are using the day to launch MLK 365, a newyear-round initiative promoting sustainable civic engagement andvolunteer opportunitiesThe Points of Light Institute and its HandsOn Network will engage morethan 100,000 volunteers in projects across the country that areexpectedto serve more than one million Americans.Today, the National Alliance for Faith and Justice recruited mentorsforchildren of prisoners and other at-risk youth at more than 425 placesofworship as part of Justice Sunday.More than 600 Boys and Girls Clubs are participating in the King DayofService, engaging members in community clean ups, writing letters tosoldiers, organizing food drives, visiting senior centers and creatingcare packages for sick children.The American Red Cross is teaming up with HOPE Worldwide to engagevolunteers in 25 cities to canvass door-to-door and provide vital firesafety information to help residents prevent home fires, protect theirloved ones and strengthen their community.Many major US corporations are participating in King Day byencouragingtheir employees to serve and supporting local projects.Examplesinclude Shell, Target, Best Buy, Kaiser Permanente, and Walmart.More than 16,000 college students from 130 campuses in 28 states willengage in King Day service projects organized by Campus Compact, withprojects ranging from neighborhood clean-ups to preparing and servingmeals to hospice patients.In Buffalo, NY, several hundred members of Western New York AmeriCorpsprogram will supervise 4,000 volunteers for projects includingboardingup the windows of dangerous condemned houses to teaching communitymembers how to run their own community garden.At colleges across the US, Campus Kitchens will engage collegestudentsand community volunteers in leading hunger relief programs to shareon-campus kitchen space, recover unused food from campus cafeterias,anddeliver meals to low-income neighborhoods.Children for Children in New York City will engage 3,000 elementaryandmiddle students in a day of hands-on service projects honoring Dr.Kingat two schools in midtown and Harlem.Youth Service America has launched "Semester of Service"toencourages students, ages 5-25 engage in service-learning starting onKing Day and culminating on Global Youth Service Day (April 24-26,2009).The seven national strategic partners for the 2009 King Day of Service are thePoints of Light Institute, The Corps Network, North Carolina Campus Compact,Youth Service America, Service for Peace, Campus Kitchens, and the NationalAlliance of Faith and Justice.National nonprofit partners include the AARP,American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Red Cross,The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, America'sPromise, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Breakthrough Collaborative, Causecast, CityYear, Do Something, First Book, Habitat for Humanity International, HOPEworldwide, The King Memorial Foundation, Lutheran Social Services. For more information, goto for National & Community ServiceSandy Scott, 1-202-355-2173 (cell), . Lately it seems like the WWE is playing hot potato with the world title and WWE title. I have seen the belts change hand more times in the last ten months than they did during the first ten years i watched wrestling. John Cena is up to seven titles reigns now, Orton has five, i think Edge is at ten and HHH is at 12. Remember when Bret Hart being the first five time champion WWE champion in history was a big deal.I hope I'm not the only one upset about this. What does it say when the supposed C show champion, Christian, is the longest reigning champion in WWE right now It says that the WWE is more worried about making things unpredictable than they are in building real stars with legit title reigns. I say any reign less than two monthsshouldn't count other wise we are going to see at least one title change hand at each PPV.It wasn't more than ten-eleven years ago when WWE had only 4 PPV events a year. Which meant that we really only saw maybe six world title matches a year, maybe as many as ten, but last year we saw over 15 just involving the world heavyweight title. I for one would rather see a guy like Shawn Michaels hold the belt a whole year than watch Cena, Orton and HHH toss it to and frow every other month.If the WWE wants to remain the top dog in the ifght then they need some more crediblechampion's. What is anyone to think of Orton or Cenas one months reigns now i remember as well as anyone that 2006-2007 Cena held the belt almost the whole time but i am focusing more on the past two to three years and seeing the same seven or eight guys fight over the title. Its getting lessinteresting to watch when the outcome is usually pretty predictable. Also, whats with the formula WWE has for the week before a PPV, it seems that if the current champion gets the best of the challenger then he will most certainly lose the belt, and the same goes for if the challenger looks better, then the champ retains. Its a classic misdirection to make someone look stronger only to have them lose when its all on the line.What do you guys think WWE can do to improve the title picture.

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