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Friday, November 30, 2012

2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Elefun Snackin' Safari {Review} | Wee Share

Raileigh really enjoys playing board games.? We frequently have family game nights, and she will often request to play a game together before heading off to bed for the night.? Since Darren and I are board game lovers ourselves, we are usually happy to oblige her request.?

Recently, we have been playing Elefun Snackin' Safari.? This is a new addition to the Elefun and Friends line of games-- a collection that is made specifically with preschoolers in mind.

The game comes with 13 snack cards-- 6 orange, 6 green, and one golden tutti frutti snack cake card.? There are also 2 home base cards and 2 Snackin' Safari elephant heads, handles, and trunks {which you assemble together}.? The game is meant to be played by two players.

There are several ways to play Elefun Snackin' Safari.? ALL of them will get you up and moving.? This is one of my favorite aspects of the game, as there aren't many board games that require any real physical activity.

Our favorite way to play Elefun Snackin' Safari is really easy, actually.? You spread out all 13 of the snack cards randomly on the floor.? Put each of the home base cards on opposite sides of the room. ? Grab your elephant with his attached springy truck and go to home base, then start bouncing your elephant?s trunk on the snack cards to pick up a tasty snack! Once it?s caught, run back to home base and drop it off, then get back to the snackin? as quick as you can! Make a pile of snacks, and if your pile is the biggest at the end, you win!

In addition to this method of play, you can turn all the cards upside down and require players to look for cards of a certain color.? Or, you can go on a mission to find the special tutti frutti snack-- the first one to find it wins!

I really like that there are so many variations of game play.? It keeps the game interesting and exciting.? Though we tend to play our favorite version most often, it's also nice to mix things up a bit sometimes.

Now-- there is one thing that I don't love about the game.? I have a hard time with those Snackin' Safari elephant heads.? Meaning, no matter how hard or soft I spring them, it can be difficult to get them to stick onto the snack cards.? The suction is strong, so I think it's more of an issue with aim.? I just worry that if my aim isn't good enough, then most kids might have a problem with it as well.

Regardless, Raileigh LOVES this game.? She asks to play Elefun Snackin' Safari almost daily and enjoys collecting all the cute snack cards as we play.

Elefun Snackin' Safari is sure to be a hot item with preschoolers this year, so make sure to pick up your copy of this game for all the little ones in your life!

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Disclosure: I received no monetary compensation for this post. I received a complimentary product for the purposes of this review. All opinions are my own.

Source: http://www.weeshare.net/2012/11/2012-holiday-gift-guide-elefun-snackin.html

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WHWS 105.7FM Geneva: Hobart Football Off To Minnesota!

?The Hobart football team boarded buses this morning and left for the airport to fly to Minnesota for Saturday's NCAA quarterfinal playoff game.

The Geneva Police Department escorted the team buses from the Caird Center for Sports an Recreation.

The seventh-ranked Hobart College football team will face No. 4 St. Thomas University in the NCAA Division III Football Championship quarterfinals on Saturday, Dec. 1. Kickoff at O'Shaughnessy Stadium is scheduled for noon Central Time (1 p.m. Eastern).

Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students. Ticket sales begin at 10:30 a.m. on game day and gates open at 11 a.m.

Making its seventh NCAA tournament appearance, Hobart reached the quarterfinals for the first time in program history thanks to a 35-10 victory over No. 24 Wittenberg on Saturday. The Statesmen ran for 286 yards and five touchdowns against the Tigers and held on to the football for 39:02.

Hobart is 12-0, a school record for wins in a season, and earned its spot in the 32-team field by winning the Liberty League championship and its automatic bid. The Statesmen are ranked in the top 25 in the nation in total defense (3rd, 222.58 yds/g), sacks allowed (4th, 0.5/g), pass defense (5th, 134.5 yds/g), rushing defense (15th, 88.08 yds/g), scoring defense (17th, 14.83 ppg), scoring offense (18th, 38.5 ppg), pass efficiency defense (19th, 101.9), and rushing offense (23rd, 245.25 yds/g).

Junior tailback Steven Webb was named the Liberty League Offensive Performer of the Week after rushing for 130 yards and a touchdown against Wittenberg 35-10. It was his fourth 100-yard rushing game of the year and seventh of his career. For the season, Webb has rushed for 1,094 yards, making him the first Statesman to reach 1,000 yards since All-American Doug Blakowski in 2006.

Sophomore defensive end Tyre Coleman was tabbed the Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week, recording seven tackles (5 solo), four tackles for a loss, and two sacks against the Tigers. His second sack of the day resulted in a fumble that the Statesmen recovered. Two plays later, Hobart scored a touchdown to go up 21-10 late in the third quarter. Coleman now has 7.5 tackles for a loss more than any other Statesman in a single season (29.5) and 2.5 more sacks (16.5). Junior linebacker Cory Davis is the Liberty League Special Teams Performer of the Week. He blocked a punt in the first quarter and recovered a muffed punt in the third quarter.

The Liberty League Rookie of the Week is first-year kicker James Hull. He made all five of his PAT attempts against Wittenberg. For the second straight week, he matched the Hobart postseason game record for PATs made. Hull also eclipsed the Statesmen postseason record for PATs made, raising his total to 10, three more than Eric Ampuja's 2004 mark.

The Tommies are also 12-0 following Saturday's 24-17 win over No. 17 Elmhurst. St. Thomas won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to also earn an automatic bid. STU is ranked in the top 25 in the nation in rushing defense (7th, 75.92 yds/g), net punting (8th, 36.03 net yds/p), total defense (15th, 275.92 yds/g), scoring defense (16th, 14.75 ppg), total offense (18th, 474.92 yds/g), sacks (18th, 3.17), sacks allowed (19th, 0.83/g), rushing offense (20th, 249.25 yds/g), and pass efficiency defense (24th, 102.79).

Hobart and St. Thomas have never met on the gridiron and don't share any common opponents this season. To find common ground between the Tommies and the Statesmen, you have to turn the clock back to the 2011 season. Hobart defeated St. John Fisher 56-20 on Sept. 24 and St. Thomas topped the Cardinals 45-10 in the NCAA quarterfinals.

The game will be broadcast live by WEOS-FM (89.7/90.3 in Geneva). Fans can also follow the action online with streaming video and live stats.

Source: http://www.whws.fm/2012/11/hobart-football-off-to-minnesota.html

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Powerball Winners: 2 Winning Tickets Bought For Record November 2012 Jackpot, Officials Say

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Powerball officials say the record jackpot has been won.

Early Thursday morning officials confirmed that two winning tickets were sold: One in Arizona and one in Missouri. An additional 8,924,123 players won smaller prizes.

The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.

A lottery official said late Wednesday that the jackpot increased to $579.9 million by the time of the drawing, making the cash option $379.8 million.

The drawing Wednesday night's prize followed 16 consecutive drawings that produced no top winner, boosting the Powerball to become the second-largest potential lottery payout in U.S. history.

Tickets were selling at an average of 130,000 a minute across the United States in the hours before the drawing, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game. That equates to players buying 7.8 million tickets an hour, spending $15.6 million an hour for a chance at the huge jackpot.

The huge sales volume, which was about six times the rate of the week before, prompted game officials to boost the jackpot twice in two days.

An estimated 90 percent of the tickets sold were quick picks in which the players allowed computers to pick the numbers, adding an extra element of randomness to the number choices.

There had been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot was initially posted at $425 million, which was a record for the game. However, it was revised upward on Tuesday to $500 million when brisk sales increased the payout.

On Wednesday morning it was increased again to $550 million and revised once again prior to the drawing to $579.9 million. That was rapidly closing ground on the $656 million Mega Millions prize of March, the largest lottery jackpot in history.

"Sales have been so fast and so strong it's difficult to keep up with the estimates," said Mary Neubauer, spokeswoman for the Iowa Lottery, one of the founding Powerball states.

It took nine weeks for the Mega Millions jackpot to get that high, before three winners ? from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland ? hit the right numbers, each collecting $218.6 million for their share of the split.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/powerball-winners-november-2012_n_2209018.html

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