Kaepernick delivers, 49ers beat Packers 45-31

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) runs for a 56-yard touchdown against the Green Bay Packers during the third quarter of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game in San Francisco, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) runs for a 56-yard touchdown against the Green Bay Packers during the third quarter of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game in San Francisco, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) celebrates after running for touchdown with tight end Vernon Davis during the first quarter of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in San Francisco, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields (37) returns an interception for a touchdown as he dives past San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) during the first quarter of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game in San Francisco, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields (37) celebrates with outside linebacker Clay Matthews (52) after returning an interception from San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick for a touchdown during the first quarter of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game in San Francisco, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones (89) celebrates after scoring on a 20-yard touchdown reception with wide receiver Jordy Nelson (87) during the second quarter of an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The unproven kid thoroughly beat the former Super Bowl champion and reigning MVP.

With a strong arm that allowed him to pick the Packers apart from the pocket and speedy legs that helped him break free for big gains, Colin Kaepernick did a little bit of everything in a record-setting, sensational playoff debut ? and Aaron Rodgers just couldn't keep up.

Kaepernick passed for 263 yards and ran the San Francisco 49ers right back to the NFC championship game with a 45-31 win over Green Bay in an NFC divisional game Saturday night.

Kaepernick rushed for a quarterback playoff record 181 yards and two touchdowns and threw two scoring passes to Michael Crabtree. Next up for the Niners: a game on Jan. 20 for a spot in the Super Bowl, against the winner of Sunday's game between the Seattle Seahawks and Falcons at Atlanta.

"It feels good. We're one step closer to where we want to be," Kaepernick said. "I feel like I had a lot to prove. A lot of people doubted my ability to lead this team."

And what a playoff debut it was by the second-year pro making just his eighth NFL start. No doubting Jim Harbaugh's big midseason gamble switching quarterbacks now.

Rodgers never got in sync for the Packers (12-6), finishing 26 of 39 for 257 yards with two touchdowns.

Kaepernick ran for scores of 20 and 56 yards on the way to topping the rushing mark of 119 yards set by Michael Vick in 2005 against St. Louis. Crabtree caught TD passes of 12 and 20 yards in the second quarter and wound up with nine receptions and 119 yards for the Niners (12-4-1) in the NFC divisional matchup.

Kaepernick, sporting a burgundy beanie partially covering his head, was greeted at his locker after the game by former 49ers quarterback John Brodie.

San Francisco had 579 total yards with 323 on the ground, scoring its third-most points in the franchise's storied playoff history.

"Our offensive line did an amazing job today," Kaepernick said. "They shut everybody down inside. Our receivers, our tight ends, blocked great outside, and our running backs were running hard, so it made it easier on me."

Frank Gore and Anthony Dixon each added 2-yard touchdown runs in the fourth quarter for the No. 2 seed NFC West champions, slim favorites on their home field in a rematch of Week 1. They added to their memorable night by setting a franchise postseason record for yards rushing, 119 of those by Gore to complement Kaepernick.

Rodgers, the former Cal star passed up by San Francisco with the No. 1 pick in the 2005 draft, never got going. Rodgers rooted for the Niners as a kid in Northern California.

This was another early exit for the Packers, who lost in the divisional playoffs to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants a year ago and were denied a chance to defend the title they won after the 2010 season.

Those Green Bay road stars of two years ago ? they won three away from Lambeau Field on the way to the Super Bowl ? didn't have it this time against San Francisco's stingy defense and a no-fear, second-year quarterback who would not be denied. A kid who was born in Milwaukee and grew up a big Green Bay fan until the day he was drafted in 2011 out of Nevada.

"I didn't know how fast he was," Green Bay defensive back Charles Woodson said. "Coming in I really never paid attention to it. But he is fast."

San Francisco advanced to back-to-back NFC title games for the first time since reaching three in a row following the 1992-94 seasons, with 1994 their last trip to the Super Bowl.

With the sellout crowd at Candlestick Park waving red flags reading "Quest for Six" ? a sixth Super Bowl title, that is ? Kaepernick did his part and then some to deliver in the first key step. Even after an early interception that gave Green Bay all the momentum in a hostile road stadium.

Kaepernick topped Vick's mark with the 56-yard keeper on an option play in the third quarter. That gave Kaepernick 163 yards on 12 carries, also setting a 49ers franchise record for the postseason.

"The execution for the 49ers on the read option was excellent, but our issues were bigger than that," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "We did not a very good job of keeping him the pocket. He was able to get out of the pocket for a number of big conversions."

Kaepernick joined Jay Cutler in 2011 and Otto Graham in both 1954 and '55 as the only players with two rushing and two passing touchdowns in a playoff game.

David Akers kicked a 36-yard field goal moments before halftime to give San Francisco a 24-21 lead at intermission after Green Bay tried to ice the struggling veteran by calling timeout before his kick.

Mason Crosby's 31-yard field goal tied the game at 24 midway through the third quarter, then Kaepernick took over again. San Francisco's defense handled the rest.

Kaepernick had 11 carries for 107 yards rushing by halftime.

Pick six, no problem.

The strong-armed Kaepernick brushed off the interception he tossed on the fourth play of the game that Sam Shields ran back 52 yards for a touchdown, then took control with his pinpoint passing to his favorite go-to guy ? Crabtree ? and with his quick-burst ability out of the pocket.

"He does a great job of responding," Harbaugh said. "He has done that any time there has been an interception he has thrown, a safety or a turnover, he's responded with a scoring drive. That's rare. I think that's a rare quality. So far he's shown that he's got that ability to come back."

San Francisco, fueled all year by its near miss in overtime of the NFC title game, made it two victories against Rodgers and Co. this season after a 30-22 Week 1 win at Lambeau Field.

Kaepernick bounced back from the early interception and again after a second-quarter taunting penalty in which he threw the ball down in the face of safety M.D. Jennings after being hit by Jennings and Erik Walden. Center Jonathan Goodwin grabbed Kaepernick in an effort to settle him down after his 15-yard run was negated by the 15-yard flag.

Two plays later, Kaepernick found Crabtree for his 20-yard TD as San Francisco capitalized on another Packers turnover.

Rodgers answered right back on the Packers' next chance, driving his team 80 yards on six plays and hitting James Jones on a 20-yard touchdown of his own that tied the game at 21. Green Bay got help from a 15-yard personal foul penalty by Dashon Goldson for a helmet-to-helmet hit on DuJuan Harris.

"We felt like we gift-wrapped them 14 points off turnovers in the first half and our defense was playing all right," Rodgers said. "And then we just didn't get it done in the second half. I knew we were going to have to score some points. We knew we were going to have to put up at least 38 points."

Former California receiver Jeremy Ross fumbled Andy Lee's punt early in the second and C.J. Spillman recovered as San Francisco got the ball back at the 9. Kaepernick threw a 12-yard TD pass to Crabtree three plays later.

Rodgers' streak of 183 passes without an interception spanning the previous five games ended when Tarell Brown picked off the ball on a deep third-down throw in the second quarter.

"We expected them to try to get him out on the perimeter. But we didn't expect to let him do what he did," Woodson said. "Give him a lot of credit. He played a great game. He made a lot of great plays out there today. It was hard to swallow."

Harris ran 18 yards for a score in the final minute of the first quarter as Green Bay took a 14-7 lead. Rodgers connected with James Jones on a 44-yard completion one play earlier before Harris easily ran right up the middle into the end zone for a Packers team that managed 45 total yards rushing in the season-opening loss.

Such moments were few against a 49ers defense happy to welcome back All-Pro lineman Justin Smith after he missed the final two regular-season games with a partially torn left triceps muscle.

Notes: The Green Bay defense gave up the most total yards (579), yards rushing (323) and second-most points in the playoffs in franchise history. ... San Francisco improved to 13-3 at home in divisional playoff games. ... The 49ers had 48 offensive plays in the first half to 20 by Green Bay.

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Vodafone says some customers hit by Blackberry problems

LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile operator Vodafone said on Friday some of its customers were not receiving emails via their Blackberry phones, and that it was working with the handset maker Research in Motion to rectify the problem.

A spokeswoman for Blackberry said it was looking into the issue but did not have any details. Commentators on Twitter also reported problems with the handset.

"We are aware that some BlackBerry customers are experiencing issues," Vodafone said.

"Vodafone is working closely with Research in Motion (RIM) to restore full service as soon as possible. As soon as we have further information we will provide additional updates," the British operator said.

(Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by Mark Potter)

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Breast feeding does not prevent eczema in children | fitness health ...

European countries have consistently initiative broad young parents, delayed breast feeding time in order to reduce the incidence of eczema in children.But, according to the British ?Daily Mail? in August 24 daily now, people on the egg yolk with more comprehensive understanding, found in the yolk of certain nutrients, such as iron, not easy to be baby absorption., ?British Journal of Dermatology? published by a British and German scientists with complete new research spread propaganda, breast feeding is not the prevention of childhood eczema.

From the University of London Kings College, University of Nottingham and University of Ulm scientists link for the query access from Europe, Latin America, touch, Africa and Asia 21 countries 51119 8? 12 year old child.Scientists after the process of questionnaire inquiry parents access function differentiation, get tested child coherent data.For example, eczema attack scene, scene, breast feeding and weaning time.The tested children also receive eczema and skin prick skin test check the scene (mites and other allergens) check.

Scientists create, whether in developed countries or in the development of Chinese home, delayed weaning and delayed breast feeding time is unable to land of childhood eczema morbidity due to the lack of recognition of children, fear and mental weariness..Pure breast feeding children over the age of 4 months, the eczema attack rate is not lower than the earlier weaning of children.

University of London Kings College Carsten middot; Dr. Flor suggests such as excessive can cause poisoning, loss of appetite, vomiting, blood calcium had appeared the phenomenon of higher.Should the UK breast feeding, ?guide? on eczema content review, modification refresh.For ldquo in breast feeding; which links and how to give baby to add solid food in order to reduce eczema and other allergic disease risk ? problem at the age of 5 years, these children underwent an IQ test., needs further study on.

Dr. Flor also reiterated, breast feeding and other benefits are still very important.The UK Department of Health Initiative exclusive breast feeding for 6 months in children, to add complementary, still need to breast feeding for a period of time.Chen Zonglun.

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How to Set Your Retail Business Up for Success in 2013: The 3 ...

For most businesses January means saying goodbye to the hustle and bustle of a mere month earlier. As things slow down and the new year gets its start, it?s important for retailers to pause, review the previous year, and make sure they have a plan?or, rather, plans?in place for the one ahead.

There are three plans in particular every retail business needs:

Marketing Plan
Buying Plan
Cash Flow Plan

Without these three plans and a good understanding of how each one works?and how they work together?consistent year over year growth is practically impossible, says Bill McBean, author of The Facts of Business Life: What Every Successful Business Owner Knows That You Don?t.

?Consistent growth will not occur because the net result of this lack of understanding will result in continual crisis management based around the lack of cash to operate the business properly, or a combination of too much inventory, some of which is very slow to turn, and a marketing and advertising plan dictated by the crisis and cash restraints,? he explains. All of that can be avoided, however, with a bit of planning up front.

A marketing plan will describe the strength of the market, what products will turn (sell) the fastest, and what products will provide the most gross profit, explains McBean?things that you hopefully understand fairly well. Yet you should note any recent changes or trends as you create your new plan for the new year.

From there, plan out what external marketing and internal marketing strategies you?d like to use this year. Set up a schedule based on holidays and sales events; that schedule can then be used to determine when external marketing is needed and what products to place in internal hot spots (premium places on the sales floor like endcaps or displays) to help promote them in coordination with external marketing efforts (such as advertisements).

For example, a Valentine?s Day promotion might include an external campaign urging customers to come into the store for ?something sweet for that person they?re sweet on? and then the store might locate chocolates and flowers in premium spots within the store.

If a retailer overstocks on low margin products, it can disrupt cash flow; but if the store under stocks on the products that bring customers into the store regularly, they?ll lose customer loyalty. This is where creating a buying plan comes into play.

The buying plan should include regularly stocked goods and new products, as well as plans for how often the store will need to restock. This should be based off a combination of the previous year?s sales and expected sales growth for the upcoming year.

McBean says it?s also important to note that there are two common mistakes many retailers make when it comes to their buying plan:

Buying What?s Cheap ? ?They fall into the trap of buying something not in their marketing plan because it?s available at so cheap a price, forgetting it?s cheap for a reason?low demand.?

Over Buying Products in Demand ? ?Many retailers make the mistake of over buying products in high demand. These products can quickly become very competitive in terms of selling price, which means the gross profit available on these products gets squeezed because of the price competition. If this becomes an issue, products that can contribute additional gross profit have to become a consideration. The buying decision is a balance in which the marketing plan and gross profits have to be considered.?

Retailers should keep these things in mind as they create their buying plan and update it throughout the year.

The last?but definitely not least important?plan that every retailer should have is a cash flow plan. Poor cash flow is one of the most common reason small businesses fail. Your cash flow plan should show how much money you expect to flow in and out of your business over a given period of time.

?Cash flow plans are critical, especially for new or expanding businesses,? says McBean. ?Without the understanding of your cash requirements, mistakes in decision making will occur?not maybe, will?because cash burn decisions impact so many areas of the business, from reducing debt requirements to payroll to increasing marketing and advertising to equipment purchasing decisions to additional inventory to paying bills, and so on.?

It?s essential that outgoing products bring in enough revenue to meet expenses while leaving additional cash on the balance sheet for investments that will help the business grow.

A cash plan includes both expenses and income. You need to make sure that the money coming in exceeds the money going out during each given period. Even if overall profits are high, if those profits don?t come until fourth quarter you?ll have trouble paying vendors during the first three quarters of the year.

The Boy Scout motto is ?always be prepared.? That?s an important lesson; unfortunately it?s one that many retailers learn too late. ?Unfortunately the importance of preparation, and how to do it, gets far too little attention,? says McBean. He draws an analogy between running a business and playing a sport??Whether you play an individual or team sport, you probably spend about 90 percent of your time practicing and only 10 percent of your time in competition.?

Businesses should do the same when it comes to planning and preparation for the New Year?after all, he says, sports are just a game. Your business is your life.

Melissa Breau

Melissa Breau is a freelance writer and editor who likes long walks on the beach and arguing about comma placement. She specializes in helping small business owners put their passions into words. Her resume includes a Masters in Publishing and time spent at Pet Business Magazine, Columbia University Press and in the Manhattanville College Marketing Department. Catch her on twitter to chat: @melissabreau.

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Man arrested after shots fired at Northern Irish police in flag riots

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Irish police arrested a 38-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder after shots were fired at police officers during protests over the removal of the British flag from Belfast City Hall.

Police used water cannon against more than 100 protesters hurling fireworks, smoke bombs and bricks in the eastern part of the city shortly after a demonstration outside City Hall calling for the flag to be reinstated on a permanent basis.

Pro-British loyalists began rioting a month ago in the most sustained violence in the city for years after a vote by mostly nationalist pro-Irish councilors to end the century-old tradition of flying the British flag from Belfast City Hall.

The violence, which stopped over Christmas, began again on Thursday and 19 police officers have been injured since then, bringing the total number of officers hurt since early December to more than 60.

Loyalists blamed Saturday's fighting on anti-British Catholic nationalists who they said attacked them first.

Militant nationalists, responsible for the killings of three police officers and two soldiers since 2009, have so far not reacted violently to the flag protests, limiting any threat to 15 years of peace in Northern Ireland.

However, Peter Robinson, the British-controlled province's first minister, said on Friday that rioters were playing into the hands of nationalist groups, who would seek to exploit every opportunity "to further their terror aims".

At least 3,600 people were killed during Northern Ireland's darkest period as Catholic nationalists seeking union with Ireland fought British security forces and mainly Protestant loyalists determined to remain part of the United Kingdom.

The violence was mostly ended by a 1998 peace deal.

(Reporting by Eamonn Mallie; Editing by Louise Ireland and Padraic Halpin)

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Fiscal cliff resolution good news for auto industry

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Paul A. Eisenstein , The Detroit Bureau

The last-minute compromise that kept the country from going off the so-called fiscal cliff is good news for the U.S. economy and great news for the auto industry, for as the old adage goes: when the economy catches cold the auto industry gets pneumonia.

The resolution in Washington sidestepped some key issues that must yet be worked out in the coming months. But barring some later hitch that generates a new crisis, most industry analysts and insiders are confident that the U.S. car market is finally back on track after its worst downturn since the Great Depression.

A new study by R.L. Polk is forecasting new vehicle registrations will reach 15.3 million in the U.S. this year and ?We see it getting into the 16 million range by 2015,? Tom Libby, Polk?s lead analyst for North American forecasting, tells TheDetroitBureau.com.?

That would be a roughly 50% increase in 2013 from the bottom of the automotive market collapse during the depths of the downturn, and a 6% to 7% rise from the anticipated final sales numbers for 2012 ? which are likely to reach near 14.5 million when year-end figures are reported by the industry tomorrow.?

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As good as that might sound, the turnaround is still lagging behind prior recoveries.? The U.S. auto market reached an all-time high in 2005 of 17.5 million vehicles, a figure Libby ? and other analysts ? don?t expect the industry to again see ?in the near-term.? In fact, few anticipate coming even close to that record before the country enters the next cyclical economic dip.

But few think that matters, either.

?The industry is very different from 2005,? explains Libby, ?when there was much greater production capacity that was forcing manufacturers to use a lot larger incentives? to buoy demand and keep factories running. ?We saw those years as artificially high.?

In fact, Detroit?s makers were saddled with so much excess capacity that even with sales running at record levels they could barely maintain profitability. By the time the industry was at its 2005 peak General Motors and Chrysler were already accelerating their slide towards the 2009 bankruptcies they survived only with the aid of a massive federal bailout.?

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The Detroit makers leaned out their operations by closing dozens of assembly and component plants, scaling back wherever possible ? and with the help of major concessions from union workers.

With less excess capacity and lower operating costs, automakers don?t need to dangle massive incentives in front of otherwise reluctant buyers.? According to data from TrueCar.come, the average rebate and other giveback has fallen substantially over the last 12 months and even more dramatically since the bottom years of 2009 and 2010.? At the same time, transaction prices ? what customers actually pay for a new vehicle ? have been running at or near all-time records.

As a result, says Libby, sales of ?15 million to 16 million is very health (and the makers) will see major profits and everyone will be very healthy.??

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He and other industry figures warn that things could still fall off the cliff if Congress can?t resolve the remaining fiscal issues later this year.? But Libby believes that Americans are ?becoming numb? to the sort of posturing and infighting of a gridlocked Congress and that means the panicky headlines are less likely to send potential car buyers into hiding compared to political crises of the past.

That?s why the anticipated sales numbers for December ? which will be released on January third ? should be among the best for all of 2012 and provide a burst of momentum for the New Year.

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