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Four Regions of Chinese CuisineThe world of Chinese food consists of more variety than most Westerners realize. There are mny different types of food in China that can be categorized roughly by four regions: Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western.
Southern, or Cantonese - The cuisine from this area is perhaps the most well known to Westerners. Cantonese cuisine uses a large variety of vegetables and meats. Rice is the staple, and the familiar Fried Rice recipes are Cantonese in origin. Many of the dishes of this area are prepared very quickly by stir-frying. Usually Cantonese cuisine is lightly flavored, but there are a large variety of tastes used. Sweet and sour dishes originated in this region.
Eastern, or Shanghai - This cuisine uses a combination of wheat and rice as its staples. Rice and wheat noodles are very popular. This region has a lot of rivers and other bodies of water, so fish and seafood are a very large part of the cuisine. Sugar is also grown in this area, and Shanghai cuisine uses more of it than the other regions. The cooking style of this region can be delicate and refined, with a large variety of sweet and savory pastries being made using the thinnest of pastry skin. Meatballs made from finely minced pork are also part of this cuisine. This area also produces a type of cured ham.
Western, or Szechwan - Szechwan cuisine is famous for its use of tongue-blistering chili peppers in a variety of dishes. But there's more to this cuisine than just heat. There are subtle dishes, such as smoked Chicken that is smoked with tea leaves. Szechwan pepper is also a spice used in this cuisine. Five-spice powder is another spice that is used in this cuisine. Hot and Sour soup and Twice Cooked Pork are familiar dishes from this area.
These four regions are only a broad guide to the remarkable, varied cuisine of China.


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- Cal at Oregon fact box
EUGENE, Ore. -- The numbers promise to be bloated Saturday night when Cal faces No. 2 Oregon in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams.
And it's hard to find a combination of those figures that adds up to a victory for the Bears, rated as 37-point underdogs. Cal has failed to cover the spread in its past nine games, according to OddsShark.com -- the longest such streak in the nation.
The over/under betting total for the game is 83 points -- the third-largest in college football since 2000.
Even that number might not contain these two fast-paced teams. Cal (1-2) has gone "over" in its past five games, and Oregon (3-0) has gone over in its past three, thanks to an offense producing more than 61 points per game.
"They remind you of a basketball team," Cal coach Sonny Dykes said. "Huge momentum swings take place in their games sometimes. You watch the film and it's 7-0, and all of a sudden it's 52-0. It's like their touchdowns are worth 25 points each."
It seemed that way when the teams met in Berkeley last season. Cal trailed just 24-17 midway through the third quarter before the Ducks scored 35 straight points in a 17-minute blitz for a 59-17 victory.
The teams appear capable of producing even more points this time. Cal, led by prolific freshman quarterback Jared Goff, is better offensively. And the Ducks can strike quickly, with 21 touchdown drives of less than 2 minutes in duration.
Two factors weigh heavily in Oregon's favor:
"Everybody moves the ball between the 20s these days," said David Purdum of OddsShark.com, a website dedicated to the sports betting industry. "It's who scores touchdowns and who holds teams to field goals. That plays big into it."
The Ducks are deeper, healthier, more experienced and faster.
"You look at them on defense and you see there's a little bit of grass here," Dykes said. "All of a sudden there's four or five guys who are in it."
That speed, coupled with Oregon's prolific offense, allows the defense to play aggressively.
"It puts pressure on you," Dykes said, "because they're not afraid to take chances."
So, what is the recipe for slowing down the Oregon offense?
"Believe it or not," Dykes said, "the same way people slowed down the Four Horsemen at Notre Dame -- line up correctly, open-field tackle, create turnovers, play without penalties, limit big plays. Really good fundamental defensive stuff."
More big numbers:
209: The NCAA record for most plays by both teams in a game seems out of reach, despite Cal's Bear Raid offense averaging 94.7 plays.
70: Percentage chance of rain Saturday night in Eugene, according to weather.com.
67: Total minutes Oregon has had possession of the football in three games, during which time the Ducks have scored 184 points.
De'Anthony Thomas (6) and Oregon are averaging over 61 points per game.

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This small-yet-powerful heater generates 5,118 BTUs an hour to warm an entire 10' x 12' room twice as fast as common models. It warms a room in just seven minutes, thanks to a vortex circulation system that continually distributes warmth more efficiently across a wider area to eliminate cold spots left by regular heaters. A sensor automatically adjusts heat output to maintain desired temperature, so heat is constant and even without the on/off cycle that limits the effectiveness of traditional heaters. A thermostat allows precise temperature selection, and the heater uses only the necessary amount of energy, up to 1,500 watts, to achieve appropriate temperature. The heating element does not glow like standard coils, and tight grill spirals on the front shut out curious fingers. The cabinet remains cool to the touch, and has a throttle regulation safety system that turns the heating element off in the event the heater tips over or the airflow becomes blocked. Not for bathroom use. Manufactured in the U.S. 12" H x 9 1/2" W x 11 3/4" D. (5 1/4 lbs.)
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Bought two at first (for living room and den/computer room) then bought the third for bedroom. They do indeed heat the whole room (bedroom w/out heater: 56F, with heater on High: 74F). We really haven't used the Auto Fan with temp selection, but did a short test when we received the heaters and it does work. On the Fan Only setting (no heat), it works better than the 15" desktop fans we used to use. On High Heat, the heater uses 1500 watts and up to 12.5 amp of current, so prolonged and frequent use of multiple units at this setting will show up on your electric bill. Besides the performance, the units are made in the USA and have a 5-year warranty, which HS extends under their standard lifetime warranty.
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I must confess the box set in my room for a week before I got the nerve to "attempt" to get it out and start trying to use it. Imagine my surprise when all I had to do was open the box, plug it in and luxuriate in the warmth. Light weight. Small enough to tuck in anywhere. Works!
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We use this heater in our den. It's the best heater we've ever used. It's quiet and efficient. Warms the entire room in no time.Surprisingly lightweight and smaller than expected which is a plus.Hammacher Schlemmer is our "Go-To" resource and we received this in a timely manner, knowing if we had any problem H-S would handle as efficiently as always.
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By Elle
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The Vornado room heater works well, heats a room quickly and quietly but, for me, the fan is too strong even at a low setting. I don't like wind and if I'm sitting across the room from it, the fan kicks up a draft that feels cool and unpleasant when what I'm looking for is heat. I prefer a fan that heats without wind.
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This heater works quickly and efficiently towarm a room and to maintain a high degree of comfort. I loved it so much, I bought a second one. I highly recommend it. PS I have twoinfrared heaters, and, really, had I known beforeI purchased the infrared heaters, I would have purchased two more of the Vortex whole room heaters instead. Hammacher Schlemmer - A++ fora wonderful selection of quality products.
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The fan works the same on high as it does on low. Makes no difference in the velocity. It has not proved its value yet.
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STOCKTON - A 22-year-old man reported he was shot by a gunman trying to rob him at Plymouth Road and Kelly Drive.
The man reported that he was walking in the area at 2:30 p.m. Saturday when he was confronted by an armed man who demanded his money. He ran away and heard gunshots.
A short distance away he realized he had been hit in the leg. The man was taken to a local hospital for a gunshot wound.
The suspect is a Latino man, about 20 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 155 pounds, seen wearing a white shirt and khaki pants.
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Lake Regional Health System is accepting applications for the 2014 Hospital Career Exploration Camp, scheduled 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 10-11, at Lake Regional Hospital.
The camp is designed for high school juniors and seniors and college students who are interested in pursuing a career related to health care.
Throughout the two-day camp, participants will gain an understanding of careers in all aspects of health care, including patient care, administration, engineering, computer systems, pharmacy, rehab therapies, social work and more.
Participants also will learn about patient confidentiality, infection control and quality measures.
Students also will gain hands-on experience through job shadowing and lifelike scenarios.
The camp is free, but class size is limited. To download an application and additional information, visit lakeregional.com/events and click Hospital Career Exploration.
For more information, contact Cheri Sisson, R.N., at 573-348-8739 or email@example.com.
Lake Regional Health System provides comprehensive health care services to the residents and visitors of the lake area.
The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission and is a three-time recipient of the Missouri Quality Award.
Lake Regional also operates primary care, urgent care, specialty and rehab therapy clinics, retail pharmacies and home health services throughout the lake area.
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Authorities are investigating the shooting of three horses in a pasture south of Watford City.
Two of the dead horses were discovered Sunday and the third was found Monday. All three were brood mares owned by breeder Dale Kling, who supplies bucking horses for rodeos. All three had colts that were not shot.
Family members say they plan to put up a reward for information.
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June 26, 2008
People stand in line for hours to get a skein of Socks That Rock at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. This magic yarn is a tighly plied superwash Merino in strikingly vivid colors with names like Backstabber, Count Cluckula, and Walking on the Wild Tide.
But did you know that socks are just a part of what Tina Newton, the spirit behind Socks That Rock and Blue Moon Fiber Arts, does with dye? This week I show you Luscious Single Silk, a plush Merino/silk blend that gives the likes of Manos and Malabrigo a run for their money.
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Look cute and stay comfortable this season in the Nike Summer Coverup Jacket. It has all the features needed for running and staying dry when you head out for those chilly morning or late night runs.
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How to Run a Background Check on Your Stockbroker
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a self-regulatory body commonly called Finra, requires brokers and the firms that employ them to report a wide range of issues, including bankruptcies and criminal charges brokers have faced. This is meant to enable investors to look up brokers on a Finra website called "BrokerCheck" and quickly find out their professional history.
Yet a Wall Street Journal analysis of a database on more than 500,000 stockbrokers revealed a significant hole in regulation of the brokerage business.
Below, WSJ explains how to use BrokerCheck to find information on your stockbroker and the limitations of the service:
How can I run a background check on my stockbroker?
Investors can look up a broker's record using BrokerCheck, a service offered by Finra on its website. This includes information on about 1.3 million current and former brokers, according to Finra.
Do I have to pay?
No. BrokerCheck is free – just put in the name of the broker or brokerage firm you want to check.
What red flags will this show?
The types of information shown include customer complaints, personal bankruptcies, unpaid tax liens and court judgments, felony and some other criminal charges and convictions, regulatory actions and employment terminations.
Will it include all the information in these areas?
No. Finra's rules set limits on what has to be reported. The BrokerCheck information includes only bankruptcy petitions filed in the past 10 years, for example. Not all customer complaints have to be disclosed. Many types of criminal misdemeanor charges are also exempt from the reporting requirement.
Is there a risk that a broker could hide some information that should be reported?
Yes. The WSJ investigation, using a database on more than 500,000 stockbrokers, found more than 1,600 brokers with bankruptcy filings or criminal charges that should be reported on BrokerCheck under Finra rules but weren't.
Is anything being done about this?
In response to The Journal's findings, Finra said it is "deeply concerned" by the reporting failures. The regulator said it will focus now on ensuring the database is updated, as well as look closely at taking additional steps to address these reporting issues.


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Does Facebook have a teen problem? Absolutely, according to Allie Parra. "No one goes on Facebook anymore, and I never even had an account," the 15-year-old Danville girl says.
Gathering with friends outside a Starbucks near San Ramon Valley High after school last week, Allie eagerly pulls out her phone to show her Instagram profile page, where she scrolls through the friends who follow her. She says she likes the camera features that allow her to get creative with the images.
"It's more Instagram and Twitter and Vine and Snapchat," Allie explains, referring to the sites and apps that currently are capturing her friends' attention and imaginations
Allie's disdain for Facebook, which still has 1.2 billion active monthly users worldwide, puts her squarely in the middle of one today's hot media stories -- that teens are turning away from Facebook "in droves."
That's the conclusion reached by Daniel Miller, an anthropologist at University College London after he led an eight-nation, multicity study on social media use among 16- to 18-year-olds.
"Mostly, they feel embarrassed even to be associated with it," he wrote in December, following the release of his European Commission-funded study. His view is generally affirmed by many of the more than 30 teens in Danville, Oakland and the Peninsula interviewed over the past few weeks. As middle-schoolers, they say, they constantly logged into their Facebook pages to check on friends or to express themselves through words, photos and links to videos. But several years later, some have gone so far as to disable their accounts or ignore them entirely.
"I have an account, but I don't use it ever. It's so 2009," says Claire, 15, of Danville, who declined to give her last name.
Perhaps more telling, in terms of Facebook's cool factor: "I use it to keep in touch with my grandmother, who doesn't know how to text but she knows how to use Facebook," says Quinn Villanueva, 15, of Danville.
Aaron Holmgren, 15, of Millbrae, calls Facebook cumbersome, overly commercial, dominated by adults and just "not fun" anymore. Like Allie, he's big into Instagram for sharing photos or Twitter to enjoy quick, casual exchanges.
But unlike Allie, Aaron and his friend Celina Laguisma, 15, of Pacifica, say Facebook still has its uses: to keep up with school events or to contact friends who don't respond to texts. "I guess Facebook is a form of communication instead of a social network now," Aaron says.
Those are discouraging words for a global behemoth that has come to define the idea of "social network."
Following MySpace?
But it's probably too soon to say Facebook is going the way of MySpace. A flurry of reports and studies published over the past year and statements by teens themselves offer mixed signals about Facebook's future with young customers, known for their buying power and ability to identify the next hot product or social trend. While Miller has pronounced Facebook as "basically dead and buried," Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg denied that her company is hemorrhaging teen users. In an interview with All Things Digital in November, she said: "Overall, U.S. teen usage of Facebook remains stable."
Meanwhile, Facebook still has young fans like Alexandra Walker.
"I love Facebook," the 14-year-old Danville resident says. "I use it for everything,"
She recently relied on Facebook Chat for conversing with friends after her mother took away her phone for using up too many minutes.
It's probably safer to say that Facebook's changing relationship with high school-age students is complicated. Analysts say that Facebook's fall from adolescent grace reflects larger trends in social media, technology and entertainment.
A Pew Research Center study, "Teens, Social Media and Privacy," which was released this past spring, said teens' interest in Facebook was waning in favor of newer services. Teens told researchers they were tired of the increasing adult presence and the "drama" of negative social interactions on Facebook, including bullying, senior researcher Mary Madden wrote.
Facebook has also fallen behind Twitter as the "most important social network" among teens, according to a semiannual report on teen habits by investment firm Piper Jaffray. Facebook's "most important" status among teens dropped from 42 percent to 23 percent in just one year.
Older users
A second study by the Pew center, released in late December, showed that Facebook is still the most popular social media site among online users 18 and older but confirmed that its 2013 growth mostly came from older users, with 45 percent of adults 65 and older using Facebook in 2013.
Moving up in teen esteem is the photo sharing site Instagram, which Facebook owns. The Piper Jaffray study shows Instagram pulling even with Facebook in terms of teen preferences.
"It makes everyone look like a photographer," Lauren Dumpit, another San Ramon Valley High student, says about Instagram's camera features.
The microblogging platform Tumblr appeals to teens who enjoy creative ways to post multimedia content, while Miller wrote that WhatsApp has overtaken Facebook as a popular way to send mobile messages.
Facebook's changing teen relationship illustrates a larger trend in media and entertainment that is not unique to the company. That's diversification, says Pew Center senior researcher Aaron Smith.
He offers a loose analogy of how most everyone in America still comes together one Sunday a year to watch the Super Bowl, but the proliferation of different media and modes of consumption means that people splinter off into niche markets suited to specific needs and tastes.
As with teens, a growing number of adults no longer rely on Facebook as their sole online network. About 42 percent of adults now use multiple social networking sites. These include Pinterest, which is popular with women, and LinkedIn, which draws in high-income college graduates wanting professional networks.
Good for big groups
Teens say Facebook is useful for sharing personal updates with large networks of people -- including parents and other relatives. But they turn to Instagram, Snapchat or WhatsApp for more private communication with one friend or small groups of friends. Snapchat has made itself indispensable to users wanting to send photos and texts without leaving a digital footprint -- the messages disappear after a few seconds.
"Not everyone wants a big audience," notes Yahoo senior editor and Web trends analyst Vera Chan. "Teens are at that stage where they're making those intimate connections that they hope will last a lifetime."
She also says that teens don't need all the services Facebook offers. "The fairy tale of Facebook has been about reunions and keeping in touch," she says. "Most teens aren't ready to look back. Their focus is on the immediate, the now. That's why apps like Snapchat fit that lifestyle so perfectly, plus there's also a retro appeal of not leaving a digital record."
But teens' Facebook boredom also stems from the age-old fact that trends in music, art, fashion and technology come and go, and teens have long been at the cutting edge of picking up and dropping them. Basically, Miller writes in an email, "The problem is that Facebook is now uncool."
Teens say texting remains the No. 1 way they communicate with friends, although 10th-grader Lilly Johnson, of Woodside, prefers a more old-fashioned approach: "I like to call friends."
Meanwhile, Ashlie Reynolds, 17, of Oakland, has made the radical decision to eschew social media altogether. "I just got irritated by it, and it was distracting me from my homework. I don't use anything anymore, and I'm getting good grades."


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VINCENT- The granted appeal of a tax bill from several years ago has cost the Warren Local school district more than $160,000.
The Warren board of education approved an amended appropriation during its regular meeting Monday night. Treasurer Melcie Wells said a repayment of about $75,000 after a local business entity appealed its tangible personal property tax amount from five or six years back had been built into the budget, but the final number turned out to be higher.
"The total ended up being $200,800.55," Wells said.
The entity receiving the refund was identified only as a "local business taxpayer" on the invoice received from the auditor's office.
The actual amount for which Warren was on the hook is $164,638.52 after the district received $36,162.03 from the county auditor's office from a delinquent taxpayer.
Because a portion of the refund had been anticipated, the actual hit to the district's general fund will be about $90,000. Wells said no specific cuts have been made and the district will monitor the situation as the year continues.
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* Also during the meeting, the board and Superintendent Tom Gibbs discussed the superintendent and treasurer evaluations slated for December's meeting. In January, board members will discuss with their counterparts in the Fort Frye Local school district whether to continue the sharing of Gibbs' and Wells' services between the districts.
* Gibbs said after last week's Fort Frye meeting that he would be inclined to continue the arrangement, which started in May, despite the inherent challenges.
Wells noted that while the taxpayer can challenge what it considers an incorrect assessment, the district has no recourse in this situation.
"There's not even a process where we can fight the appeal," she said.
The most recent five-year forecast, which did not include the full refund amount, projects the district spending about $1.36 million more than it takes in this year, while still carrying approximately $4.25 million into the 2013-14 fiscal year. As deficit spending continues, that carryover amount drops into the negative by the end of fiscal 2014-15, according to the forecast.
One topic not discussed during Monday's meeting was voters' rejection of a 3.45-mill bond issue and 5-mill permanent improvement levy on Nov. 6.


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Early Access 4 of the Web Services Connector for JMX is out
By jeanfrancoisdenise on Oct 24, 2008
You can download it from ws-jmx-connector.dev.java.net.
The changes since the early access 3 are detailed in the release notes.
The major improvement is related to the JMX-to-XML mapping of
CompositeData and
TabularData. We have defined a much more compact representation that makes exchanged messages up to 3 time smaller.
To better address non Java clients we have added a taglet to help you generate the information that a pure WS-Management client would need to interoperate with your JMX application. An example of this taglet usage is provided. It covers all the tasks required to make VBScript to interoperate with an MBean, from
MXBean interface development and documentation to VBScript writing.
In addition, a set of new VBScript samples provide some concrete examples of interoperability.
You can send us your feedback on firstname.lastname@example.com
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Search State Parks volunteerism opportunities, register as a new volunteer or login as a returning volunteer.
Pitch in to keep Virginia's state parks among the nation's best. Explore the many ways to get involved:
Virginia State Parks need volunteers to help run the parks and manage their natural resources. Volunteers staff contact stations and visitor centers, conduct environmental education programs, beautify the parks, develop and maintain trails, help visitors find what they need and make nearby communities' more aware of park offerings and activities. These are serious duties and responsibilities, so committed volunteers must be willing and able to reliably carry them out.
Duties are matched to the interests and abilities of the given volunteer. A medical examination or criminal background check may be required, specifically when the volunteerism activity involves young people.
If you're interested, you may volunteer as an individual or as part of a group for projects lasting only a few days or for long-term projects in specialized programs. After determining the district or park(s) of interest, email the volunteer coordinator to learn about currently available opportunities and apply. And feel free to apply for more than one park. (Those under 18 may volunteer, however written permission from a parent or guardian is required.)
When applying, describe your experience, education, talents, skills and interests. Each park has unique needs and looks for volunteers with particular skills. The more thoroughly you describe your knowledge, skills and abilities, the better a match the volunteer coordinator can make to suit your needs as well as the park's.
There are so many different ways to help that, regardless of experience and skills, park staff nearly always find a job that suits you. Many of the jobs, naturally, are outdoors and require "getting your hands dirty," but there is indoor business as well, such as various administrative and guest relations work.
Many parks have officially organized "Friends of" volunteer groups. These groups organize special events, raise money, schedule workdays and partner with local businesses. They also contact the media and legislature to get the word out on issues important to parks. Read below for more detail on such groups.
Virginia State Parks provides volunteer opportunities for students seeking to fulfill service-learning requirements for graduation. Many teens volunteer part-time during the school year by engaging in events, festivals and special projects. Some prefer longer term, year-round opportunities.
Parks provide training that helps volunteers gain work experience and improve job skills. In addition, volunteer hours count as job experience when applying for employment with Virginia State Parks or for any state government slot.
Depending on how many hours you contribute, you'll receive a one-year entrance pass to all Virginia State Parks, camping and cabin use privileges, a certificate of appreciation and much more.
As a volunteer, you'll have a positive effect on your state park and community. You'll gain the satisfaction of knowing your efforts enhanced your state parks or natural areas for today and generations to come.
You'll meet new people, ranging from park staff and people in the community to visitors from other countries.
We believe the diversity of interests and skills volunteers bring with them are among parks' most valuable resources. To make full use of this resource and to make your volunteer experience rewarding, we offer a wide variety of volunteer opportunities.
Alternative Spring Break - College students stay and work in a state park during spring break.
Alumni Association - This is an advocacy organization of former parks system employees. The group also includes spouses and their children. The organization focuses on park issues at the local, regional and state levels, and sponsors community service and charity events.
Camp Host - The Camp Host Program offers enthusiastic and interested volunteers the chance to gain practical experience in park management and visitor services. Camp Hosts help out in campgrounds during the peak season by helping visitors get around the park, giving visitors information, and serving as a liaison between visitors and park rangers. They camp for free for 30 to 90 days at selected parks in exchange for performing these duties. Camp hosts must provide own RV or camping equipment. Hosts should enjoy working with the public, have the desire to accept new challenges, and possess the willingness to learn about Virginia State Parks.
Citizen Support Organizations and Friend Groups - Many parks have citizen support organizations (CSOs), also called friends groups, made up of volunteers who help shore up park projects, programs and management. Many of these groups have formed to advocate for specific state parks. Funds raised onsite by these friends groups - through gift shop sales, special events and other activities - are used for improvements and programs at particular parks. Twenty-nine parks have a friends group. The parks are:
Contact the director of volunteer services, email@example.com, or a park's volunteer coordinator for more information on a specific friends group.
Corporate Partnerships - Companies such as Dominion Power, Alcoa and Smurfit-Stone provide funding and volunteers from their staff to undertake special projects in our parks.
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A driver critically injured a 22-year-old man early Tuesday morning after he struck the back of a car on U.S. 98 South, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
David Breit, 21, of Lakeland, may face charges if evidence suggests he was impaired during the crash, deputies said.
Breit was traveling north on U.S. 98 just south of Polk State College's entrance when the crash occurred about 3:30 a.m., according to deputies' preliminary investigation.
Breit, traveling at a high rate of speed on a 2007 Suzuki XL-7, a crossover vehicle, struck the back of an orange 2000 Chevrolet Camaro also traveling north, deputies said.
The impact critically injured the Camaro's driver, Garrett Michael Putnam, 22, of Winter Haven, deputies said. Putnam, who had severe neck injuries, underwent surgery at Lakeland Regional Medical Center and was still in critical condition Wednesday morning.
Breit is cooperating with the investigation. Evidence has been sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to determine whether he was impaired when the crash occurred, Sheriff Grady Judd said.
An earlier post mistakenly identified the vehicle as a motorcycle. This post will be updated.
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The sky above is blue and the sun is shining down, sparkling across the snowy mountain field. Mia the dog bounds forward and suddenly stops. She whines, sniffs at the snow and starts digging, snow blurring beneath her paws. A few feet later she strikes something - a human buried under the snow. As the person is uncovered, Mia wiggles with excitement and waits to receive her reward, a game of tug.
This is a scene from Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. Mia is an avalanche rescue dog in training. She performs drills with her owner and handler, Kyle Hagadorn, to learn the skills needed to quickly locate and rescue avalanche victims. Each of the ski resorts within Summit County has avalanche rescue teams ready at a moment's notice if disaster strikes. While technology such as beacons and receivers often help find people beneath the snow, if a person did not have a beacon or the beacon has been torn away, the avalanche rescue dogs are the next best thing to find them.
Extensive training is required for an avalanche dog and its handler, both to develop the necessary skills and to receive certification. The dogs start their training at a young age, usually around 1 year old, and work closely with their handlers. Most of the time, the handler is also the dog's owner, so the two both live and work together and become very close.
"We bring them up and get them acclimated to the ski area operation - riding up chairlifts, guest interactions, riding snowmobiles and day-to-day patrol dog life at the patrol headquarters," Hagadorn said.
Once the dog is comfortable, it will start out with simple drills, such as hide and seek. The way the dogs find people buried in snow is through scent, so they are trained what to sense and then how to act once they've found something.
"The best part of working with a dog is they learn almost immediately when they are training. They love their job," said Bill Blair, ski patrol foreman at Copper Mountain, who works with his dog, Avry Jones.
Over at Breckenridge Ski Resort, which has a six-dog avalanche rescue team, qualifying to be a handler is an important, rigorous process. They must be an advanced patroller in their third or fourth season, have basic Emergency Medical Technician skills, reached at least the second level of avalanche training and complete Incident Command Systems (ICS) classes, which cover how to coordinate between the ski patrol, search and rescue and the sheriff's office in an emergency.
Once a handler has been qualified, he or she can begin training their dog. Breckenridge has three levels of avalanche rescue dog. C level is for beginners in their first seasons. These dogs practice basic obedience and learn the simple drills. They will be second or third responders in case of an incident within ski area boundaries. To graduate to the next level, they must search a 100-by-100-foot area to find a buried victim within 20 minutes.
B level dogs are then given a more rigorous test, which involves searching a 200-by-200-foot area for two buried victims within 20 minutes. These dogs can be first responders to an incident within the ski area boundaries.
The most advanced dogs are the A level, which receive that distinction once they pass the difficult test of finding an unknown number of victims (up to three) within a 300-by-300-foot area (that's a football field by a football field, to give an idea) in no more than 30 minutes. This test is actually slightly more difficult than the certification test, which features a 250-by-250-foot area.
"We always try to stay a little above the game," said Dave Leffler, avalanche technician and dog program coordinator at Breckenridge. He has been training his golden retriever, Roux, for eight years. "Ninety-nine percent of the time it's the handlers that fail, not the dogs," he said of the tests.
The training, Leffler said, is constant. The dogs and handlers must keep their skills sharp. Every four weeks, for example, the Breckenridge avalanche rescue dogs practice loading and unloading from the Flight for Life helicopter. Flight for Life is the only medical helicopter that drops its crew in order to pick up the avalanche crew, said Leffler.
"The pilot needs to know the people behind him know what they're doing back there."
Working every day together creates a bond between handler and owner. Through their training, the two become a team, an inseparable pair, that can understand each other on a deep level.
"A lot of it is body language," Leffler said. Each team is unique too, he said, to the point where he would find it difficult to work with a dog other than his own.
"There's an intense bond created," he said.
Janie Merickel, ski patrol supervisor at Copper, said, "The best part of working with Copper is her complete devotion, or purity of purpose, for the mission."
"It takes a lot of effort, not just by the handlers themselves but the whole patrol," Leffler said.
Each dog is different, just like each person is different. Often, breed is a factor in the way that a dog works with its handler. Some dogs, like labrador retrievers and golden retrievers, are comfortable roaming far from their handlers, where a dog like a collie or an Australian shepherd might prefer to stay close to their handlers' side.
"We're looking for a dog that has high drive and we're tapping into that," Leffler said. They key is to find a dog that is both high-energy and people-friendly, he said. This is not only for the handlers, but the public as well.
"Education and PR within the ski areas is definitely a big aspect of the dog program," Hagadorn said.
It's true - the avalanche rescue dogs are often seen in demonstrations, most recently during Safety Week at the various resorts. Mike Daly from Keystone Resort showed up at Frisco Elementary with his dog Annie and Leffler will be giving a presentation at "Go Dog, Go!!!" Friday to raise money for the Breckenridge Music Festival.
"PR is probably their second most important duty here at the ski area," Leffler said.
"It's a great program," Hagadorn said. "If anybody has any more interest or questions, all the patrols are more than open to answering questions and letting people meet the dogs."


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Teator stopped along the north shoulder of the highway and showed signs of intoxication when contacted by the officer, the CHP said. When asked to step out of his vehicle, Teator sped away, turning right onto Brannan Island Road and heading north before stopping in a parking area, officers said.
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BOE to hear Erickson fund pitch
March 9, 2013
PARKERSBURG — Members of Parkersburg South's Erickson All-Sports Facility Foundation will be at next week's Wood County Board of Education meeting to present a request for fund....
It's only fair. PHS gets the money to fix Stadium Field. Erickson should get money for theirs. Williamstown should get help with theirs. That's the dangerous thing the WCBOE got into when they approved funding for Stadium Field.
And yes, even doing one per year would be a reasonable solution to this can of worms.
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Stay tuned for extreme budget diets the teachers and principals will be on, brought to you by the Wood County "We Only Care About Athletics" BOE. Pathetic!
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"Disgruntledfew: South's facility cannot handle all of the events that Stadium field holds."
If Wood county ever wants to have a premier sports facility and host the super six games then we need to spend money to finish the bleachers and turf the field at Erickson. Ample parking, proximity to the interstate makes it an ideal location. Or we can blow all of are money on an antique. Antiques are nice to look at but usually not very useful.
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Would it not be quicker and more cost efficient to spend that $700,000.00 towards artificial turf at Erickson and all the team could play there games there? Oh that's right you couldn't expect PHS to play a home game outside Stadium Field. I have a sneaking suspicion Rick Bush will be wasting his breath. The invitation is just to appease the South Side people. I'm sure even a blind person can see what Mr. Yeater us up to.
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It is hard to see the favoritism when you are on the receiving end of it.
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All three high schools need to accept the fact that money is tight. Fiscal responsibility on the part of the board will be to only address repairs and maintenance at this point. PHS stadium is the oldest athletic facility at this point and will naturally need more maintenance.
For other groups to stand up and launch continuous appeals for equal funds would be likened to a child throwing a temper tantrum because his brother received a graduation gift and he received nothing.
I hope the board remains fiscally responsible and allocates funds for maintenance and repairs only.
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The board would rather fund PHS football than fix the leaking schools. What a joke of a board. You help a few athletic kids but you put them ALL in danger for black mold from the continued leaking. It can get in your bloodstream and literally kill you. But that's cool we will all just go to the game.
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Really Mr. Yeater?? It's not a North-South issue..where have you been? It shouldn' be, but it clearly is. It will always be that way as long as the BOE makes decisions that keeps the friction between the two. I only ask for all students to be fairly treated and my tax dollars be used to benefit them equally. Way back when, Parkersburg South was suppose to have their own facilities, or at least that's what the voters on your levy was told. For years we used Stadium Field and the Fieldhouse for our HOME games. I believe it is time to make good on the promise. Let's get Erickson completed, and update the bleachers in ROAC,it's the only right thing to do. As for me, I will not vote in favor of another bond levy....
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I wouldn't expect South to get $700,000 as they don't need that amount PHS Stadium is falling down. Great, fix it. But to then not fund something for Erickson (who might I remind everyone they paid nothing to build)because "they can always share HS facilities" is disgraceful. You always "find" the money for PHS. So find it for South. Or ANY county school that needs it. I am not saying South should get something every time PHS does or vice versa, that's ridiculous. I understand PHS needs to be fixed and that's acceptable. But BOE has never given a dime to Erickson and they need to cough up something.
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Pride is a sin, by the way, and the animosity between PHS and South is a good example thereof.
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Disgruntledfew, have you even seen the Erickson Sports field?? I'm a PHS Grad from back in the days where we had some real knock down, drag out fights between PHS and South at the games when we were mouthed off or cussed at (or hit in the back of the head with a rebel flag)... Pride runs deep and long. But now, as an adult, this looks to me as nothing more than pure discrimination against other schools. PHS has always had a parking problem for events; where is a parking problem with Erickson? And how can it not handle events; it appears able to handle significantly better events IF ever given a fair chance, IF there were a fair board. I am just waiting for some legal repercussions to pop up in a report from this 'stunt' (if, it is reported on).
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Well heck no there isnt any funds left for anyone else you gave that to phs as they always do i feel for williamstown they didnt even want to fix a stadium they wanted to fix the school with a leaky roof and foundation issues but of course what money the Boe was giving out went to PHS please the board will never vote to help anyone else in this county till you get neutral members on the board not just phs fans plain and simple
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Absurd. The bleachers were condemned. South's facility cannot handle all of the events that Stadium field holds. Southsiders always want to make everything a North-South issue. Grow up people. The real money should be going to education, main building maintenance and upgrades not athletic facilities anywhere.
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PSHS & Wmstown will not be getting any money. This is not about the "kids". It's all about PHS. The favortism that is shown is disgraceful.
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It's always been a North South issue, South side raised the money for their field, PHS should do the same. It's time South side got their fair share.
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OAKLAND -- Will Jose Canseco be booed or cheered here this summer when he shows up for the A's 1989 World Series 25th anniversary celebration? More to the point, will Canseco be strangled by any of his ex-teammates during introductions?
Sorry, we must wait for the weekend of July 18-20 to learn the answer. But I salute the A's for finally starting to get their history right in terms of reunion parties and promotions. Bless the Athletics front office for doing so.
And I'm not talking just about the 1989 team. This weekend at O.co Coliseum, the 1974 World Series champions will be honored in a 40th reunion celebration. Saturday evening, all eight starting position players from that 1974 team -- Billy North, Campy Campaneris, Sal Bando, Reggie Jackson, Gene Tenace, Joe Rudi, Ray Fosse and Dick Green -- are scheduled to take the field for bows along with Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers and others.
Such an excellent sight that will be. Too often, the A's have thrown together mere half-baked reunions of their four superb world title teams. Invitations to players would sometimes go out late. Certain ones wouldn't show. Others claimed they weren't contacted. Still others backed out after committing. Media exposure would fall flat.
The look was especially clumsy because, across the Bay, the Giants were producing well-staged reunions for teams from the 1960s and 1980s that never even won a World Series. Meanwhile, back at those awkward A's reunions, here was the most common off-the-record quote: "If they let us know more than six weeks in advance, I think more guys would have come. I wish everyone was here."
Saturday, virtually all the living 1974 players will be. Thus, speaking as someone who criticized the previous flawed reunion attempts, I commend this one -- and even more so for the A's decision to go full-bore with the mid-July reunion for the 1989 team. That is the one I am really anticipating.
Informally, I am calling it the "Will-Any-Former-Teammate-Put-Atomic-Balm-Inside-Jose's-Bicycle-Shorts" promotion.
An Athletics source says that all players on the 1989 roster have been invited to the 25th anniversary proceedings. Canseco has confirmed that he will attend. And that is where things could get interesting.
We all know about Canseco's adventures since his last major league game. He wrote a book exposing steroid usage on the A's and his other teams. He named names and made enemies, including some inside his old clubhouse. Mark McGwire basically accused Canseco of lying and exaggerating, even after McGwire came clean about his own PED usage. Canseco's former manager, Tony La Russa, also had choice words about him. Carney Lansford once said he no longer considered Canseco to be part of the 1989 team.
So what happens in July when the old gang gets back together? Two members of that 1989 team who are on the current A's coaching staff, Curt Young and Mike Gallego, say it might not be as awkward as you'd imagine.
"It'll be great to see all the guys who come, including Jose," Young said. "Obviously, he was a pretty big part of that team. I hope we get a chance to see him and a lot of the other guys."
Gallego swears he feels the same way.
"Hey, I always enjoyed Jose's presence," Gallego said. "He was always great to my kids. I always enjoyed being with him. ... We all know there've been some issues around him. But life goes on. Life is too short. If he shows up, I think people will like seeing him."
It might help that McGwire is an unlikely attendee because he's busy as the Los Angeles Dodgers' batting coach. Walt Weiss is managing the Colorado Rockies, so he also won't be there. Terry Steinbach and Rick Honeycutt are also major league coaches.
The manager should definitely be on hand. The team is having a La Russa bobblehead night as part of the weekend festivities. The hunch here is that, even though he's now employed by the Arizona Diamondbacks, La Russa will find a way to be part of the A's reunion, bite his lip and tolerate Canseco.
And the rest of those A's? Rickey Henderson, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Henderson, Dave Parker, Dave Stewart, Lansford? It would be fun to see them together again, given their accomplishments. They didn't include just the 8-1 postseason record and their World Series sweep of the Giants. The 1989 A's team was remarkable because it survived an earthquake and (even more remarkably) drew regular-season sellout crowds to the Coliseum.
This reunion will surely be a more upbeat occasion than five years ago, when the A's threw together a sloppily executed 20th anniversary celebration of the 1989 team that was borderline sad. The steroid odor was still hovering over baseball in general. Canseco and McGwire stayed away. Only a few of the starting position players showed up, plus Stewart.
But it's the right call to invite Canseco this time. Yes, in spite of everything. It would be nice, sometime in the future, to see those 1989 Athletics find the same warm camaraderie that the 1974 Athletics will embrace here this weekend. Applause to the A's front office for trying to make it happen, at long last.
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I recently heard the single for Drumroll and it was insane! If the rest of the album is like that song, I'm gonna have to pick this up.
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The album is sick. I expect big things for the homie.
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I already mentioned that i am rocking Goodbye in my running mix and its been a few weeks and wow, i really love this song. There is still plenty of angst in there, even with the upbeat vibe and chorus. I have avoided Drumroll because i want to wait until i get the album when i go to the LA show in February. Although leaking tracks and and releasing singles is all a part of selling these albums, i try to limit how much i hear, especially when i know i am going to buy it.
I think am getting on the Table Scraps deal though. I have never heard any of that release.
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Got my cd today. For the xbox live skate 2 players, p.o.s. is playing on there feb. 6th.
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I'm digging this.
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i dont have xbox live , pretty cool idea
i do have Skate 2 and its one of the best games ever made
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Know what I wanna see? A P.O.S/Sage collab.
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i got my cd in the mail yesteday and i am loving some of the production. there are a few beats that are just insane for a rap album. this cd delivers the goods. it is so different, yet still so much like the other records. i can't wait to see some of this album performed. on a side note, i was bummed to find that my meat tape cd was just the sleeve with no actual cd in it.
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This is the best album I've heard in a long time. I can't get enough of it.
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Know what I wanna see? A P.O.S/Sage collab.
I want to hear Sage and Cecil.
selfworth, that's weird because when i ordered Lights Out Paris by Sims the first one i got was nothing but a jewel case.
Still waiting on my copy of the CD, hoping it will get here today since it's only coming from a state away.
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I'm so excited for this! Wish I could go to his V-day show in Denver.
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P.O.S. is on RSE Radio tonight (actually right now).
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Ive been listening to this album at least 2 times a day... I cant wait to see him on the 7th. This is one of this albums I listen to as a whole every time I put it on, no lackin' tracks, no skipping songs... its just good. period.
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Marion County Sheriff Jimmy Shinn has issued a warning about a lightning rod scam that has been reported to him by two people.
Shinn said two senior adults had been contacted by someone offering to person work on their lightning rods at their homes.
The people were taking advantage of the recent storm and the elderly in an attempt to scare these adults into believing they needed work done immediately, he said.
Shinn requested anyone who has received or receives this type of offer please contact someone in their family or local police officers to have the people making the offer checked out before they do any work.
If they are legitimate workers, they will stay and meet with the person's family or the authorities, he said. Do not give anyone permission to do any work or give them any money until they are investigated and are found to be a legitimate business.
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We guessed that Jessica Simpson's dark caramel color in Cannes would just be a step in the re-blonding process, and we were right! (And who doesn't love to be right?) Last Friday, BFF Ken Paves lightened Jessica's color "on a whim" just before her event in Cannes. "We were inspired by her new movie, Major Movie Star, which she is about to start filming!" he told PEOPLE. But on Monday night, Jessica turned to her long-time colorist Rita Hazan to add back in her signature bright blond highlights. Rita tells PEOPLE, "I highlighted Jessica's hair by putting in highlights which were not too fine — to give it an illusion of being a lot lighter than it really is." This isn't the end of the process, either: Jessica's hair will keep getting blonder — just not overnight. "It's better to start slowly [so you don't] damage the hair. In a few weeks, I would most likely do a single process, followed by highlights using a pale, baby blonde shade." So, we can look forward to Jessica getting back to her old platinum ways!
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The 49ers clinched a playoff berth Sunday night in one of the most incomprehensible games in NFL history, all while upsetting the host New England Patriots 41-34.
Amid rainy conditions and in a turnover-filled game, the 49ers (10-3-1) saw a 31-3 lead vanish as the Tom Brady-led Patriots (10-4) pulled even at 31-31 with 6 minutes, 43 seconds remaining.
This prime-time classic didn't stay tied long, however. Rookie LaMichael James responded with a 62-yard kickoff return, and as the 49ers huddled up at the Patriots' 38-yard line, quarterback Colin Kaepernick told his teammates: "We need to score this drive."
The game-winning drive took one snap: Kaepernick delivered his career-best fourth touchdown pass, with Michael Crabtree making a 38-yard catch-and-run for a finally insurmountable 38-31 lead.
"Great victory," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. "Loved the way our team sucked it up so many times. We didn't make all the plays. ... But we made more than them."
The 49ers can lock up their second straight NFC West title -- or jeopardize that quest -- with next Sunday night's visit to the second-place Seattle Seahawks (9-5). The 49ers remain a half-game ahead of the Green Bay Packers (10-4) for the NFC's second-best record. The Atlanta Falcons (12-2) have clinched the NFC South title and at least a first-round bye.
Only the 1980 49ers had come back from a 28-point deficit to win a regular-season game, doing so against the New Orleans Saints behind second-year quarterback Joe Montana.
The AFC East-champion Patriots hadn't lost in their past 20 December home games, and they sure didn't go quietly Sunday night.
"I love it," 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis said. "To do this in their house, it doesn't get better than that."
The Patriots' fate was basically sealed when Brady's third- and fourth-down passes failed to find Danny Woodhead, giving the 49ers possession at the Patriots' 12-yard line with 2:20 remaining.
"It was a big relief to stop them. They were hot," said linebacker NaVorro Bowman, who covered Woodhead on both incompletions.
The 49ers converted their ensuing possession into a 28-yard field goal by David Akers, and the Patriots could only respond with Stephen Gostkowski's 41-yard field goal with 38 seconds left. Delanie Walker recovered the ensuing onside kick to finalize the victory.
No score proved bigger than Crabtree's second touchdown catch, the one that put the 49ers back on top 38-31 on their first snap after the Patriots' tying drive.
"I told Kap to put the ball up, he did and I took off running," Crabtree said. "Kap trusted me, and we made it happen."
It happened in the face of an all-out blitz, which was quickly spotted by Kaepernick, a second-year whiz kid making his fifth consecutive start.
"It was not where he was supposed to go with the ball. It wasn't the intent," Harbaugh said of the play call. "But he saw what he saw and kicked it back to Michael."
"I liked that matchup, and Crab made a great play," said Kaepernick, who was 14 of 25 for 216 yards. He also ran seven times for 28 yards and was sacked once.
The 49ers hadn't scored since Kaepernick third's touchdown pass -- a 27-yard strike to Crabtree -- provided a 31-3 lead with 10:21 left in the third quarter. That score came one snap after 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith recorded his first career interception.
But Brady responded by leading four touchdown drives, capped by two Woodhead runs, a 1-yard Brady sneak and a 5-yard pass from Brady to Aaron Hernandez.
"Yeah, it was really good, Tom Brady-like," Harbaugh said of Brady's second-half form. "Nobody else to compare it to."
Crabtree added: "Hats off to the (49ers) defense for stopping my dude, Tom Brady. He's one of my favorites."
Brady's comeback powers amazingly offset the earlier success of the 49ers defense, which forced a season-high four turnovers in an eight-series span.
"We made way too many mistakes when we needed to make plays," said Brady, who finished 36 of 65 for 443 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.
The cold, rainy conditions impacted the 49ers' offense, too, but without such dire consequences. Kaepernick didn't lose any of his four fumbles, the last of which Frank Gore recovered for a 9-yard touchdown run and a 24-3 lead.
Walker made a 34-yard touchdown catch to put the 49ers ahead 14-3, and the Gillette Stadium crowd became quieter than a closed library. That was the second touchdown pass by Kaepernick, who celebrated by "Kaepernicking" and kissing the tattoos on his right biceps.
"I told everybody from the beginning, 'Kap is good. He's the truth,' " Aldon Smith said. "The kid's good. Accept it and keep expecting good things from him."
Smith was held without a sack for the first time in eight games. He and the 49ers defense also had to make do in the fourth quarter without mainstay lineman Justin Smith, who sustained an elbow injury that will require an MRI on Monday.
Clinching a playoff berth was part of Harbaugh's pregame message, and it didn't go overlooked afterward.
"It feels great to get a win, and it helps us move forward on where we want to be in the playoffs," Kaepernick said.
Added Aldon Smith: "That's what where we want to be, to get back to the playoffs and get in position to get to New Orleans (for Super Bowl XLVII)."
Sunday's game
49ers (10-3-1) at Seattle (9-5), 5:20 p.m. NBC
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Jackson Local Schools will host a global awareness night for students and parents tonight (Nov. 13).
More than 20 businesses and organizations will set up exhibits and explain to attendees why their companies require some employees to have a knowledge of different cultures or the ability to speak other languages.
Some Jackson High School students will also share their international research.
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Players try to keep their snouts ahead at all times. A player who plans and plays his cards at the right times will be rewarded with lots of food. The player with the largest food supply at the end of the game is the winner. Galloping Pigs is a fast card game that is easy to learn and a lot of fun for the whole family.
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Year: 2000
Players: 2 - 4
Time: 20 - 30 minutes
Ages: 6 and up
Weight: 165 grams
Language Requirements: Game components are language-independent. Manufacturer's rules are printed in multiple languages (including English).
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This is a game I truly enjoy playing with my children. It is easy to learn and encourages the development of simple strategy. My kids always want to play it 'one more time,' and it is so fast-paced and enjoyable that I really don't mind giving in to their requests. The only criticism I have is that the background colors of the pig cards are intended to match the colors of the pigs, but only do so in 3 out of 5 cases. We easily adjusted, making the white backgrounds represent green and the brown backgrounds represent orange. The manufacturers could (and should) remedy this simple flaw to hone their game to perfection. That being said, we all love it anyway!
I've never played Galloping Pigs with other adults, but as the previous reviewer stated...this is an excellent game for parents and kids to play together. I picked it up at GenCon last summer, along with a bunch of other games, and this is the one that keeps coming out. If you have kids or nieces and nephews to entertain on a holiday, pick up this, Blink, and Apples to Apples Junior and you're good to go for at least 90 minutes.
It's great for kids because it's easy to teach, and not a nightmare for parents, because there is a shallow level of strategy to keep your brain from turning to Candyland-type mush!
I hope that the title of this review caught your eye. Now I want to tell you about this great little game. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: This game is fluff. Not just filler but super-fluff. It is not a gamer's game. It is not even a non-gamers game. This is a game for children and parents, or maybe children and infants. But I am neither a child, nor a parent, and I think this game is fantastic! Why? It is inexpensive, it takes 90 seconds to explain the rules, the artwork is cute and the plastic pigs look great, and the whole game takes about 7 minutes to play with gamers (maybe 15 minutes with families with small children).
The game is simplicity itself: everyone has a small hand of cards, and the colors on the cards correspond to the pig of the same color. Playing a red card means moving the red pig forward to the next empty space. If the next two spaces have pigs on them, you move past them both, so that the pig is on an empty space. If, by playing a card, your pig is at the front of the line after you've moved her, you get a veggie. If with your last card you move a pig to the front, you keep your veggies; if not, you lose them. Play three rounds. Person with the most veggies wins!
This is not going to be on the Internet Top 100 Games list. But it is one of the best childrens games Ive ever played, right up there with the likes of Memory (another 5-star children's game I really enjoy playing). This is the kind of game that kids will fondly remember playing years later. Trying to juggle your cards to make sure you keep your veggies is no mean feat, and bluffing by moving worthless pigs is certainly part of the strategy. I play it with my game group (at least, I play it when I can convince them to try it) and I like it a lot. It is super-fluffy, but fluff doesnt get much better than this!


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If you've never attended the Ag Roundup today would be a good day to stop over to the Memorial Building complex just to see what it's all about.
There are booths all around the complex representing many of the farm-related industries that area agriculture supports. Each has give-aways like calendars, pens, candy treats and information about their business or service. It's a place to network and learn about the latest technology and products available for farmers and ranchers.
Each half hour the topic and presenter changes in the concurrent sessions that take place around the building in several locations with the main speakers in the general sessions in the Memorial Building. Today's keynote address is at 2:30 p.m. in the gymnasium from Mike Krueger of the Money Farm.
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