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23rd-Oct-2007 11:54 am
Title: In Which Gerard Is a Quirky College Professor and Frank Is the Best TA Ever, 1/2-or-3
Fandom: Bandom AU, primarily MCR but cameos from others.
Rating: PG-13 for this part, possibly higher later.
Summary: ...It's all there in the title, really, except to tell you that it's the fault of this photoshoot, and that inspiration/enabling was provided by blondiusmaximus .

The beginning of the semester always gets Frank jittery, but in a good way. It's one of those times when everything seems new and possible, and the stress of exams and term papers seems a lifetime away.

TA-ing for a new professor, on the other hand, just gets him jittery. He's been a TA since he was an undergrad, and had some really good experiences with it, but he's also got his share of horror stories. You can never tell what you're going to end up with. But the course is something he's genuinely excited about being involved in, and as long as Professor Way isn't a complete asshole, they should be fine.

He checks the office number written in his planner one more time, but he doesn't really need to. The newest professor always gets the tiny office in the corner. The door's ajar when he gets there--Frank can see a bit of desk, a loose stack of papers, and a Starbucks cup, and he hears someone moving around, more papers being shuffled.

He moves forward to knock at the same moment the door opens wide, leaving Frank with one fist in the air, face-to-face with a guy who doesn't look all that much older than Frank himself.

...Okay, no one warned him Professor Way was ridiculously hot.

"Can I help you?" the man asks after a moment, which is Frank's cue to stop staring like a creepy person.

"Yeah, sorry," Frank says, and holds out a hand. "I'm Frank Iero. Your TA?"

"Oh, right, they said you'd be coming by," Professor Way says as they shake. "Gerard Way. And call me Gerard, please, it's going to be weird enough hearing 'Professor Way' in class."

"Whatever you say." It might be a weird thing to be fixated on--especially when there are hazel eyes and a mouth that looks like it sort of needs to be thoroughly kissed that Frank could be fixating on instead--but the guy's handshake is perfect, warm and firm, but not uncomfortably so. "Er. Did I catch you on your way out or something?"

"Hm? Oh, no, I was just going to photocopy some things for class." Gerard holds up the papers he's got in his other hand.

"I can take care of those, if you want," Frank offers. Might as well get a head start on the job.

Gerard smiles and, okay, Frank will be the best TA in the history of higher education if it means he gets to see that smile every day. "Would you? That'd be great. I've...kind of still got a lot to get done before the first class."

He punctuates his statement with a vague wave back toward the desk, which Frank can see is practically covered in stuff. Aside from piles of none-too-neatly stacked papers, Frank spots at least three volumes of different graphic novels, a bunch of pens (including one that's about to roll off onto the floor), and another Starbucks cup that Frank can tell is empty because it's tipped over on its side.

Absent-minded professor, he thinks, the idea only helped along by the way Gerard's hair is sort of all over the place (all over the place and dark and glossy and looks like it'd be soft if you slid your hands into it). Absent-minded, young, hot professor.

"Right," Frank says, taking the papers (the syllabus, it looks like) as Gerard holds them out to him. "I'll just. Get on that copying for you."

Gerard flashes that smile again as he thanks Frank, then darts back into the tiny office, rifling through the mess on his desk for something.

...Yeah, this semester ought to be interesting.

Gerard loves his job.

He loves the subject, not to mention still being kind of gobsmacked that he sold the administration on it. The students seem like a good bunch of kids--one or two he might have to keep an eye on, but nothing he can't work with.

He's also got the best TA ever. Two and a half weeks into the semester, Frank knows exactly how Gerard takes his coffee, has begun a methodical but stealthy campaign of actually organizing Gerard's desk, one stack of papers at a time when he thinks Gerard isn't paying attention, and joins Gerard for cigarette breaks outside and doesn't call him on his bullshit when he talks about quitting.

It doesn't hurt that he's gorgeous, or that his hair's just slightly too long for his clean-cut look and curls around the back of his neck, or that Gerard knows from seeing him with his sleeves rolled up one time that Frank has a tattoo on the inside of one arm. Which is a weird thing to be turned on by, because Gerard's never much been one for tattoos (tattoos involve needles), but on Frank it sort of makes Gerard want to see if tracing his fingertips along the outline of the ink would make Frank lose some of the composure he always seems to have in spades during office hours.

(The composure is an office-hours thing, Gerard knows, because a conversation about music tastes led to a conversation about how Frank used to play in a punk band in high school and still goes to shows his former bandmates do with their new bands, and occasionally stage-dives or even crowd-surfs and Gerard should totally come some time, and Gerard might have to actually develop a social life if it means an opportunity to see Frank throwing himself around a room in a sweaty t-shirt.)

Not that Gerard is going to do anything like trace Frank's tattoo with his fingertips, because he's a professional and Frank is his TA and it would be inappropriate. And even if he were going to, he wouldn't do it today, because he has to give a lecture on Gaiman's use of Shakespeare in Sandman in twenty minutes and he's misplaced his copies of relevant pages from The Kindly Ones. He finally finds them having migrated under the desk somehow, and bangs his head retrieving them, and that's when Frank, bless him, shows up with coffee.

"Hey, sorry I'm so late," he says. "It was 'every person in the tri-state area go to the one Starbucks that's between my apartment and campus' day, apparently."

"Oh god caffeine," is Gerard's only reply as he holds out a hand for his, still rubbing the back of his head with his other hand. "I love you."

It's imagination that makes Gerard think that Frank blushes for a second at that. Yes. Imagination and lack of caffeine. He's making a good start on correcting the latter when Frank says, "Hang on, your tie's crooked."

"Huh?" Gerard glances down at himself, blinking. He doesn't even remember tying his tie this morning.

"Yeah, just let me--" And just like that Gerard's personal space is full of Frank, Frank's fingers moving quick and nimble on the tie and Frank's head tilted downward so his hair is close enough that Gerard can smell the shampoo he uses.

"I went to Catholic school, I know all about ties," Frank mutters as he pulls the striped silk into a quick, sturdy knot, and Gerard bites his lip and tries not to have ridiculously inappropriate thoughts, and that's before Frank's hand grazes the skin of his throat.

"You're the best TA ever. I've told you that, right?" He could kiss the top of Frank's head right now, if he just leaned forward a little. Or just bury his nose in Frank's hair and inhale deeply.

And then he would have to find a new TA, and possibly a lawyer to defend him against harassment charges.

"You take a lot of looking after. I've told you that, right?" Frank glances up at him with a quick grin, then tucks Gerard's tie back into his vest and smoothes it down with one hand, and incidentally Frank's hand on his chest is not helping Gerard maintain his composure. "There you go. All set."

Gerard mumbles a thank you, and busies himself with his coffee.

The thing is, okay, that if Gerard were just hot, Frank could handle it. Hotness alone would not have Frank teetering dangerously close to the brink of falling for him. But Gerard persists in being...well, the kind of guy Frank could really fall for.

Like the way he's so damn earnest, for one thing. Gerard doesn't seem like the kind of guy who should be earnest. He went to art school and he wears three-piece suits with Converse sneakers, for crying out loud. By rights, he should be pretentious and annoying and trying to pass off his attitude problems as being hip and ironic.

But he's got this...unguardedness, and he's passionate and enthusiastic about the course, like he really believes that things like Sandman and Watchmen are great literature, and that if he convinces kids that it's all right to think so and say so, he'll be making a difference in their lives. As long as Frank's been a TA, he doesn't think he's ever worked with a professor who cared this much.

He's also--and this goes in the category of things Frank didn't even know he had a weak spot for until now--kind of a loser. Through subtle and not-at-all-stalkerish efforts to finagle personal details out of their conversations before and after class, Frank has learned that Gerard lived in his parents' basement until he was twenty-six, has had exactly one serious girlfriend and one not-so-serious boyfriend, and that the most excitement his weekends usually involve is take-out Chinese and maybe a zombie movie from Netflix.

Not that Frank would turn down something like eating take-out and watching zombie movies with Gerard, but he hasn't given up hope of getting Gerard to go out somewhere with him some night. Not 'go out with' as in a date, because he's still worried Gerard would be a little freaked out if his TA started hitting on him, but 'go out with' as in 'hey, some friends and I are going out for drinks, want to tag along with absolutely no strings attached and I promise not to embarrass us both by throwing myself at you?' Only that last part would maybe not be said out loud.

They've traded cell numbers, which is supposed to be in case they need to get in touch for anything class-related, but it's Friday night, and Bob's band has a show, and Frank doesn't think Gerard will mind Frank calling him to inquire about the possibility of strings-free group activities. Plus, Bob and Jon-from-next-door and Andy-and-Joe-from-down-the-hall have a betting pool on how long it's going to take Frank to call Gerard, and none of them seem to think he's going to get up the nerve to do it before November, and fuck that.

The phone rings four times, and Frank's expecting it to go to voicemail in a half-disappointed, half-relieved kind of way, when Gerard finally says, "Hello?"

"Hey," Frank says, glad that Bob is in the other room and can't see the smile he's fighting down now. "Is this a bad time?"

"No, it's fine," Gerard says, even though Frank knows the sound of frazzled Gerard by now. "What's up?"

"Well," Frank begins, feeling predictably awkward now. "I was wondering, and this is pretty last-minute and all, but I was wondering if you're busy tonight?"

"Oh." Gerard sounds surprised, and Frank hears him moving around a little, probably getting a cigarette. "Um. I sort of am, yeah."

--Well, he made the call, at least. "With what?" Frank asks before he realizes that might sound nosy.

"Grading papers until I die," Gerard informs him, with proper dramatic emphasis, and Frank grins. Gerard may not be pretentious, but he's still kind of diva sometimes. "Why do you ask?"

"--Oh, my roommate's band has a show tonight, and I was going to ask if you wanted to come or something, but...seriously, grading papers on a Friday night?"

"I meant to get started last night," Gerard explains, sheepishly. "You know, not have it hanging over me all weekend."

Frank weighs his options for a moment, then blurts out, "I could come over and help. Maybe. If you want."

There's a pause, and he wonders if he's screwed this up, and then Gerard says, "That's...really great of you to offer, but I don't want to spoil your Friday night, too."

"It'd be fine," Frank presses. In for a penny, in for a pound. And it's maybe a little sad, but he really wouldn't mind trading a night out with the guys for a night in with Gerard, even grading papers. "I don't mind, seriously. And they play a lot, no one's gonna mind me missing one show."

"Well..." Gerard says, a slightly drawn-out, 'I-am-open-to-further-persuasion' well, and Frank plays his ace.

"I'll bring coffee. Or hey, maybe food. Did you eat dinner?"

"--Dinner." That's a mutter, probably Gerard talking to himself. "Food, right, I should--Frank, you're sure you don't mind?"

"I'm sure," Frank assures him. "Just give me directions."

"You're my favorite," Gerard says, with feeling. "Seriously, if they don't let me have you again next semester I'm going to have to kidnap you or something."

Frank manfully restrains himself from saying anything about the various ways in which Gerard can have him any time he wants, and writes down the directions Gerard gives him, and hangs up with a stupid grin on his face.

"His place on the first date, huh? Go, Frankie!"

Frank does not yelp. Okay, maybe he yelps a little. He hadn't even realized Bob was in the living room. "Dude, what are you, a fucking ninja?"

"Maybe," Bob says placidly, lacing up his sneakers. "But if eavesdropping while you're on the phone with your boyfriend isn't cool, just, y'know, say the word."

"Fuck you," Frank suggests cheerfully, and then covers his face with one of the couch cushions until he's stopped blushing.

Several slices of pizza and a Red Bull each later, Frank and Gerard are sprawled in Gerard's tiny living room with papers all around them and formality pretty much gone by the wayside. Gerard's stretched out on the couch with his feet on the armrest, the paper he's ostensibly working on over his face, and Frank's on the floor with his knees drawn up, leaning against the couch. Occasionally, Gerard's arm brushes the back of Frank's head.

"How're you doing?" Gerard asks eventually.

"Man, I thought grading papers was supposed to be easier than writing them," Frank replies. "You?"

That's about what Frank figured. "Cigarette break? Coffee run?"

"I don't think even coffee can help me now," Gerard says, lifting the paper off his face so Frank can see that he looks properly horrified at such a turn of events. "I am beyond the help of caffeine, Stan Lee have mercy on my poor benighted soul."

Frank reaches back to pat his arm sympathetically. Ends up patting his hip instead, and Gerard twitches. Oops. "So maybe we should call it a night? We probably got through enough that we can finish by Monday."

"No 'we'," Gerard insists. "I've taken up enough of your weekend with this already. It's too late for me, save yourself, et cetera."

Frank doesn't think he's ever heard anyone actually say 'et cetera'. "If you say so. I'll just...straighten up a little, and then go."

Gerard mumbles something about how Frank doesn't need to straighten up, but Frank has a feeling that if he doesn't, no one will. Sure enough, by the time he gets the room into something that vaguely resembles order, Gerard's fast asleep on the couch. Frank grins dopily some more, pulls the afghan off the back of the couch and drapes it over him, and resists the urge to smooth a hand over Gerard's mad-scientist hair before letting himself out.
23rd-Oct-2007 05:35 pm (UTC)
I think I just melted from the cute. And dude if Gerard doesn't get over his ethics, I'll take Frank as an office assistant and Gerard can date him.
23rd-Oct-2007 10:52 pm (UTC)
Hee, glad you're enjoying it!
23rd-Oct-2007 05:40 pm (UTC)
three piece suits and converse. [there's a reason why I liked the Tenth Doctor most ¦D]

but yeah, liking it so far. there's a special place in my heart for unrequited but happy fic.
23rd-Oct-2007 10:54 pm (UTC)
It's a good look if you can work it! Which clearly Gerard can.

23rd-Oct-2007 06:24 pm (UTC)
I am still McFLAILFLAIL-ing over here. Frank knows how he likes his coffee! Gerard is a loser! Frank in a sweaty t-shirt! Gerard grades papers on a Friday night! I AM SO HAPPY.
23rd-Oct-2007 10:55 pm (UTC)
Frank is a punk who has successfully infiltrated the academic world while holding on to his core punk values!

Thanks. :D
23rd-Oct-2007 06:37 pm (UTC)
Okay, no shit, there was not a single part of this I didn't love. Ninja Bob! He is the stealthiest of roommates!

I totally have a shit load of papers to mark, and this is not making me want to do it any more than I already don't, which is a lot. Alas, both the classes I TA for are taught by old - but totally awesome - old men.
23rd-Oct-2007 10:57 pm (UTC)
To be fair, Bob would have to be very unstealthy for Frank to notice him while he's on the phone with Gerard.

Glad you liked it!
23rd-Oct-2007 06:58 pm (UTC)
23rd-Oct-2007 10:58 pm (UTC)
More soon! Thanks. :D
23rd-Oct-2007 07:03 pm (UTC)
23rd-Oct-2007 11:01 pm (UTC)
Hee, don't expire! You'll miss the sex!
23rd-Oct-2007 08:26 pm (UTC)

Why is there not more of this? Like. Right now?

Agh. ♥
23rd-Oct-2007 11:02 pm (UTC)
Because the part where they stop USTing and DO SOMETHING is looming, but being very awkward to write. More soon, hopefully!
23rd-Oct-2007 09:42 pm (UTC)
Dude, I'd so sign up for Gerard's class, and not even because the professor is a hottie (well, not only).

Also Ninja!Bob!

This was adorable, and I'll definitely be watching for more. *hopes next bit has Gerard at a show with Frank*
23rd-Oct-2007 11:04 pm (UTC)
Gerard's class is the one I always wanted to take and never got to. And hey, a hot professor would not hurt.

Glad you're liking it so far!
23rd-Oct-2007 09:57 pm (UTC)
Jesus, this is adorable.
23rd-Oct-2007 11:04 pm (UTC)
Thanks! :D
23rd-Oct-2007 11:16 pm (UTC)
teacher/student button? pushed.
story reflecting my real life? pushed. (seriously, i generally enjoy TAing but right now i have so many fucking assignments to mark, it's unbelievable.)
frank/gerard? nnngh.

25th-Oct-2007 11:04 pm (UTC)
24th-Oct-2007 12:13 am (UTC)
This is so horribly endearing. I like it a lot. :)
25th-Oct-2007 11:05 pm (UTC)
Thanks. :D
24th-Oct-2007 01:48 am (UTC)
This is most excellent!! I love that they both fancy each other but are way too clueless (so far) to notice or do anything about it :D
25th-Oct-2007 11:06 pm (UTC)
Glad you're enjoying it!
24th-Oct-2007 02:01 am (UTC)
Awwwwwwwwww. Adorable. Thank you for sharing.
25th-Oct-2007 11:07 pm (UTC)
Thank you for reading! :D
24th-Oct-2007 02:02 am (UTC)
Okay I'm pretty sure I sort of took a class like that, only the teacher wasn't that hot.

More yes, now please?
25th-Oct-2007 11:08 pm (UTC)
More soon!
24th-Oct-2007 02:33 am (UTC)
Okay, you can't leave a girl hanging like that... where are the rest of the Professor TA shenenigans huh? come on there must be more.

What is there is brilliant btw! Amazingly awesome!
25th-Oct-2007 11:08 pm (UTC)
Glad you like it so far. :D
24th-Oct-2007 03:42 am (UTC)
This is awesome. I would love to take a class like that preferably taught by Gerard :P! Can't wait for the next part !
25th-Oct-2007 11:09 pm (UTC)
Man, me too. Thanks!
24th-Oct-2007 09:15 am (UTC)
I have been needing this in my life and you're delivering it just the way I like it. I'm going to go reread it another eight times.
25th-Oct-2007 11:11 pm (UTC)
Yeah, the photoshoot kind of made me go "...Okay, I need college professor!Gerard fic. Right now."

24th-Oct-2007 10:02 am (UTC)

25th-Oct-2007 11:12 pm (UTC)
There should be more soon!
24th-Oct-2007 10:09 am (UTC)
Utterly delightful. Dare I hope there might be more? :)
25th-Oct-2007 11:12 pm (UTC)
Next chapter should be up soon if they will shut up and have sex already, drat them.

Thanks! :D
24th-Oct-2007 02:28 pm (UTC)
and then? *pleading eyes*
24th-Oct-2007 02:38 pm (UTC)
So cute! So so cute! It's possible that what I love most about this fic is constantly picturing Gerard like that.
24th-Oct-2007 03:54 pm (UTC)
Yeah, this was amazing. The image of Gerard as a caring, disorganized, and hot Professor makes me exceedingly happy. Frank as his T.A., icing on the cake there.

Great work, can't wait until the next part. Really enjoyed the interaction here between Frank and Gerard. The tie part killed me.
24th-Oct-2007 08:47 pm (UTC)
Hi. Hello, hi, you're now my favorite. This. I. Seriously, this is bound straight for my del.icio.us and I will be checking back forever until there is more. Because this Gerard is beyond adorable, and. Academic-Frank deserves to have his hotness recognized and acknowledged. *nods*
25th-Oct-2007 12:35 am (UTC)
Eeeeeeee, I love academia AUs so much. And Gerard the earnest professor is just perfect. ♥ Will stalk your journal until there is more.
25th-Oct-2007 02:02 am (UTC)
This is wonderful! And cute! I am very much looking forward to the rest!
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Xbox Live's Game Room Achievements Revealed

by Rainier on March 19, 2010 @ 6:53 a.m. PDT

Xbox 360 is a video game and entertainment system that is home to video games, an on-demand library of movies and TV shows connected to the television. The Xbox 360 blends its content with the largest online social network of 20 million members on Xbox Live to create an entertainment experience that can be shared at home or across the globe.

Remember pumping quarters into your favorite video games at the classic arcade or passing the joystick between friends on the couch after school? Nothing could beat the sights and sounds of the arcade, with all the colorfully decorated cabinets, or the endless hours of console competition with friends, trumping the top score and mastering the machine.

“Game Room” on Xbox LIVE lets you relive the glory days of classic arcade games in their original forms. Your avatar will take part in the original sights, sounds and gameplay that will make these retro games come alive on your Xbox 360 and PC in one fast, fun experience.

Relive the glory days of the classic arcade. “Game Room” replicates the old-school look, sound and feel of a retro video game arcade. At launch, “Game Room” will bring you a library of 30 original arcade and console classics such as “Centipede” and “Asteroids Deluxe” from Atari Inc. and other favorites from Activision Inc., Intellivision, Konami Corp. and more, all shown in their original cabinets. Create a brand-new social environment your avatar can explore, trick out your “game room” by arranging your cabinets, and decorate each room with themes and animated icons from your favorite games. With weekly new title releases, your arcade will soon be retrofitted to perfection.

Prove you’re the arcade master. Think you have what it takes? Challenge friends to beat your high score by sending custom challenges and taunts across platforms, earn Achievements, unlock levels and climb your way to the top of universal leader boards. Compete in ranked mode, in which you play against other Xbox LIVE members on the world leader board, or challenge mode, in which you take turns playing a game. “Game Room” also offers local Couch Play mode for up to two players — how will you duke it out for arcade supremacy? Enjoy a seamless experience across Xbox 360 and Windows-based PCs as you share games, track your progress and jump back into the game, no matter which of the two platforms you’re on. You can even invite friends into your custom arcade to check out your collection or visit their “game room” to demo games and scope out additions to your collection.

Buy “Game Room” titles once and play on both your Xbox 360 and Windows-based PC. Enjoy the freedom of buying games for “Game Room” once and playing on both Xbox 360 and a Windows-based PC for about the same price as a DVD rental. Those who prefer to play on a single platform can purchase individual games for either Xbox 360 or a Windows-based PC at a lower price point, or even pay to play a single game just like in the old arcades. See how long you can last on a single token!

Retro games are shown in their original cabinets, which you can place anywhere in your personal arcade. Invite your friends in to check out your collection.

An Xbox 360 or PC and an Internet connection are all you need to access “Game Room.” “Game Room” and associated games can be found on your Xbox 360 in the Xbox LIVE Games Marketplace or in the Games for Windows — LIVE client on your PC.

It is free to download “Game Room,” which you can then populate with classic arcade games available for individual purchase. Buy games once and play on both an Xbox 360 system and a PC for 400 Microsoft Points. Or, to purchase a game for only one platform, each individual Xbox 360 or Windows-based PC title is 240 Microsoft Points. You also have the option to pay to play a single game, just like dropping two quarters in the slot in the old arcades, for 40 Microsoft Points. Visit your friends’ “game rooms” and try their games free before you buy.

‘Game Room’ Achievements!

  1. My First Theme: Place a Theme in your arcade 5
  2. Theme Filler: Place 5 unique Themes in your arcade 20
  3. Fancy Arcade: Theme an entire arcade with unique Themes 20
  4. My First Mascot: Activate a Mascot in your arcade 5
  5. My First Decoration: Place a Decoration in your arcade 5
  6. Proptastic: Place 5 arcade Decorations in your arcade 20
  7. My First Game: Place a Game Cabinet in your arcade 5
  8. The Visitor: Visit a Friend’s arcade 5
  9. Show Me!: Visit the Showcase Arcade 5
  10. The Player: Play a Friend’s Game Cabinet 5
  11. Room Filler: Fill an entire room 20
  12. My First Win: Win a Challenge 5
  13. My First Challenge: Send a Challenge 5
  14. Challenge Chief: Win 10 Challenges 5
  15. Challenge Master: Win 20 Challenges 20
  16. Too Cool for my Score: Beat your own High Score in a game 20
  17. My Blisters have Blisters!: Play a game for 1 hour continuously 5
  18. Arcade Junkie: Spend 4 hours total playing games in your arcade 20
  19. Retro Addict: Spend 8 hours total playing games in your arcade 20
  20. Go to Sleep: Spend 16 hours total playing games in your arcade 20
  21. Machine not Man: Spend 24 hours total playing games in your arcade 20
  22. Matchstick Eyes: Spend 36 hours total playing games in your arcade 20
  23. My First Meda: Win your first Medal 5
  24. Medal Variety: Win a Medal of each Type (Point Buster, Survivalist, Time Spender) 5
  25. Double Trouble: Win 2 Medals of each type (2x Point Buster, 2x Survivalist, 2x Time Spender) 20
  26. Medal Collector: Win 3 Medals 20
  27. 80s Skilled: Win 6 Medals 20
  28. Game Beater: Win 9 Medals 20
  29. Arcade Hustler: Win 12 Medals 20
  30. Retro Expert: Win 15 Medals 20
  31. The New Old Schooler: Win 18 Medals 20
  32. Medal Enthusiast: Win 21 Medals 20
  33. Arcade Shark: Win 24 Medals 20
  34. Can’t Touch This!: Win 27 Medals 20
  35. Retro Master: Win 30 Medals 20
  36. Check My Skillz: Win 33 Medals 20
  37. Minted: Win 36 Medals 20
  38. Medaltastic: Win 39 Medals 20
  39. Fly Skillz: Win 42 Medals 20
  40. Medal Masher : Win 45 Medals 20
  41. I Like Shiny Things: Win 48 Medals 35
  42. Level Up!: Reach Level 2 20
  43. Level 5!: Reach Level 5 20
  44. Level 8!: Reach Level 8 20
  45. Level 11!: Reach Level 11 20
  46. Level 14!: Reach Level 14 20
  47. Level 17!: Reach Level 17 20
  48. Level 20!: Reach Level 20 50
  49. Medal Smasher: Win 10 Medals of each type 20
  50. Medal Mad: Win 20 Medals of each type 50
  51. Point Buster: Win 5 Point Buster Medals 20
  52. Point Slammer: Win 10 Point Buster Medals 20
  53. Survivalist: Win 5 Survivalist Medals 20
  54. Survival of the Fittest: Win 10 Survivalist Medals 20
  55. Time Spender: Win 5 Time Spender Medals 20
  56. Time Crazy: Win 10 Time Spender Medals 20

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Setting: Ebou Dar

Point of view: Matrim Cauthon

Mat is in Aludra's wagon, which is part of Valan Luca's show. He is trying to convince her to show him the secrets of fireworks. In order to persuade her, he tells her that the chapter house in Tanchico was destroyed by the Seanchan, and everyone present were taken da'covale. Aludra replies by saying she will tell him all her secrets - "even ones that will make you blush, yes?" - if he can figure out why she needs a bellfounder. He reflects on his relationship with Tylin, which has her more in control of his life than he would like. Mat would like to escape from Tylin and Ebou Dar but hasn't been able to come up with a plan that will work yet. He is still recovering from a broken leg when a wall fell on him during the Seanchan attack.

He leaves the wagon, and fetches Olver, who is chatting with five women by a carriage. He thinks of Rand and Perrin, and experiences a flash of color in his head. Luca is laughing with Thom and Beslan, but when Mat approaches he scowls and leaves. Even though he is married, Mat can see that he flirts with every women around. The foursome head back to the Tarasin Palace. Suddenly, the dice start rolling in Mat's head.

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A Night to Remember

Margo Howard attends a star-studded evening in honor of her mother, the beloved advice columnist Ann Landers

Last Saturday, November 20, was a night like nothing I have ever experienced, and surely will never again. There was a dinner in my honor at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. It wasn’t really in my honor, but I was the logical figurehead, since the evening was a celebration of my mother and the portrait of her which I’d donated to the museum. It was an oil portrait by Roger Robles that had hung in her Chicago apartment for many years, and when she died it came to live with me. In the beginning, perhaps because I was mourning, I basically avoided looking at it. I didn’t know if I would ever be able to look at it … or love and admire it as I had for as long as I could remember. But then, after a while, I would go downstairs in the morning, make a detour to the living room and say, “Hi, honey.” Then, after a while, I would go to gaze at the picture and tell her all my news. Eventually I probably went over the line of sanity and began to ask the portrait for favors for sick friends and to look out for people I felt could use a little divine intervention. I had turned her into a Jewish saint … sort of Our Lady of Lourdes, via Chicago.

The dinner was hosted by Martin Sullivan, director of the Portrait Gallery, Patty Stonesifer, head of their Board of Regents, and her husband, Michael Kinsley. Patty had become a friend when she married Mike … a superb journalist, an early editor of mine, and a great mentor/friend. (Patty is one of the most capable, effective, and important women I know. Prior to the Smithsonian, she headed the Gates Foundation.) Because of the friendship – and being from Chicago – I figured the fix was in regarding the portrait, the dinner, and me.

But what a night it was! Sixty-six guests gathered in the long hall of “new arrivals” where Mother had been unveiled and hung. (Well, you know what I mean.) After a lovely long cocktail hour, we all went up one floor to the magnificent Great Hall where Abraham Lincoln held his inaugural ball. It had once been the nation’s Patent Office – although the gorgeous wood, tiles, and mosaics didn’t look like any “office” I had ever seen before.

Before dinner, the curator of a marvelous new show took us all on a tour and talked about some of the works. The exhibition was “Hide/Seek; Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” a collection by noted artists dealing with stealth homosexuality in art. It is worth a trip if you are anywhere near Washington. Then we had dinner, which was splendid. The guests were a mix of journalists, Washington figures, and my posse from Chicago – old and dear friends of mine who had known my mother. Milling around, I was touched by the memories and affection so many people had for her. It is unusual, to be sure, to entertain the idea that one’s mother is an icon. But that night I really understood it. The National Portrait Gallery is, after all, home to iconic Americans.

You knew, of course, that there would be at least one faux pas if I was anywhere in the vicinity. It came when I was introduced to a lovely man named Jeff Minear. In my very non-European manner I asked what he did. The answer was that he was the Chief of Staff to the Chief Justice. That would be Justice Roberts. As is usual with me, before I could turn on my inner censor, I said, “Listen, can you do something about your boss?”

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  1. avatar Dan Patterson says:

    I grew up reading Ann Landers and admired her immensely. She shaped my life, often providing a voice of reason and understanding that was otherwise lacking. She was certainly the very best of the advice columnists, and I’m pleased that her daughter has assumed her mantle, for she too is the best of them. Congratulations!

  2. avatar Linda Myers says:

    Beautiful painting Margo, your mother was class. For my 50th birthday a friend of mine who is an visionary artist did a painting as a present after years of refusing any artwork being done without paying her for it, and frankly the size painting she did I could not afford. When I went to pick up the painting, the tears really started flowing and she thought I was upset with the painting she had done, not the case. She had never met my mother, though in the painting was my mother the way she looked in her late twenties and done a few years after she had died. It was hard for awile to even look twice at it, but over time a peace comes with seeing the painting on my wall. They make you want to reach out and touch and knowing you can’t made it diffulcult initially.

  3. avatar Maggie W says:

    Love that gorgeous painting! Your mom was most definitely in a league of her own, and she would be proud to see you carrying the torch so well.

    I really love, love your last quote! Perfect ! Thanks for the grin, Margo.

    I understand your communications with her painting. I sometimes go to the cemetary to talk to Dad. Before I say good-bye to “The Fox”, I take a handkerchief and wipe off my head lights. When I was returning to the university after a holiday at home, that was his final loving gesture before I pulled out of the drive way.

    • avatar Margo Howard says:

      Maggie — what a dear story about the headlights. Many people go to the cemetary and “converse” with a loved one. An older woman I loved in Chicago used to go to where her husband was buried, and she told me she would often yell at the stone, “Harry, how could you leave me to run that damn store?”

  4. avatar Joan Larsen says:

    Margo . . . For years, as I saw 209 E. Lake Shore Drive from my window – right next to the Drake (and one could do no better than that) – I would think of your lovely mother. My own mother’s best friend, Bernice Bartlett, lived up in the clouds of that building close to her, but somehow our paths never crossed. Chicago is my city I have always thought . . . but I deigned to share it with a select few who exemplified the city to me. You know their names as well as I do, but your mother always had that “class” that lifted us high. And for a long time now, her daughter Margo has seemingly so easily carried on her snappy repartee and straight answers, filling a niche as no one else could. Just reading about the nostalgic and wonderful evening touched me as it touched you — for we still can “remember when” as we relish the memories of the past.
    And I think of that song as I write: “These are the moments to remember”. . . for these were moments of the heart. Joan

    • avatar Margo Howard says:

      Joan – I was really touched to read your note. Re 209, her wish was to have her ashes scattered across from her apartment in Lake Michigan – and so we did. No one seems to know if this is even legal or not, but she can forever rest in her beloved neighborhood!

      • avatar Joan Larsen says:

        How perfect and “right” — the Oak Street Beach — and why not??? Margo, I know I am NOT getting older, but once in a while these thoughts of “ashes” cross my mind as this has become a more common practice. I pray that my family – who knows that I consider Antarctica “my other home” from the vast number of times I have had to return to The Ice – will all go down to the bottom of the earth and leave me there for all eternity. It gives me a sense of peace. . . I don’t know how else to say it. Knowing your mother’s view of her beach and her love of her city, I know she felt the same and is smiling right now. I just know it.

  5. avatar Baby Snooks says:

    I have this vision of the Smithsonian turning slowly into a shrine with lines of people waiting in line to ask for intercession by St. Ann of Landers.

    I cannot think, honestly, of a better place for the painting but at the Smithsonian among the other icons who are icons simply by setting an example for others to follow.

    Of course now you have to fly to Washington every time you need a favor instead of just going downstairs!

    By the same token the rest of us won’t be invading your living room.

    • avatar Margo Howard says:

      Baby – Sweet, funny, idea. And you should know I have transferred my “visitations” to some marvelous photographs. My husband went to the Portrait Gallery the afternoon of the dinner, and he said it was quite something to see people just lingering in front of the portrait and remembering how she touched their lives.

      • avatar Baby Snooks says:

        Hers was a face that greeted most if not all of us each day in the newspaper. Like an old friend. Whose advice was often taped to refrigerators or bathroom mirrors or slipped in with notes of displeasure about something. Advice usually heeded. She was indeed an icon.

        Hers is a face that will now greet others at the Smithsonian. There was a serenity about her as well as her advice. A serenity captured by the painting. The serenity was one of the examples she set for us. One which perhaps we need to be reminded of in these troubled times.

  6. avatar Deborah Key says:

    I grew up in “interesting times”. Your mom’s columns helped me know what “normal” was supposed to look like.

  7. avatar Lizzie R. says:

    Your mother’s portrait is exactly where it now belongs,and how nice of you to let it go so others can see it. She was so much a part of everybody’s lives that being able to see it will touch so many. After my son was killed I took a snapshot of him to a small studio in Newport Beach. The oriental artist there clained to be able to reproduce it in oils. When I picked it up I was beyond stunned, as this small picture was reproduced beyond belief. It was very large and looked like my son had sat for the painting. It was so him that it took my breath away. It hangs in the hall to my bedroom where I see him smiling every time I walk by. Years later it is still such a comfort..

    • avatar Margo Howard says:

      Lizzie — how really nice for you. Art and memories often go together. How wonderful that your portrait brings you comfort.

  8. avatar Jon T says:

    What a stunning portrait. That must have been hard to part with it. I would have been having conversations with it too!

  9. avatar Erick says:

    What a wonderful night! I only found this posting today.
    I too adored your mother, I met her at the Art Institute, I think in the late 90’s. I had told her how much she meant to me and my grandmother. One of my  most cherished memories of my childhood is listening to my grandmother read Ann Landers to me. When she became ill I would read the column to her.
    Mrs. Lederer listened to me tell her this story with grace and patience! She also told me I had beautiful blue eyes and winked!
    I’ll treasure it always.

  10. avatar Tabatha01 says:

    5 days before this was published, my house caught fire and I did not have a computer for quite sometime.  By the time I got back on-line my old name – TabathaV – would not work again.  But the minute I had a chance I started reading all your columns (backwards) until the last one I could find was one in December.  So I just got to see this today.  I have no idea if you will ever see it as it was published 3 months ago.  But I have to say, until your mothers advice column I never read them.  But the very first time I read one of her columns I knew I would never stop, nor did I.  Thank you so much for sharing her portrait with the world and thank you even more for taking the helm so well and carrying on her wonderful work.  God Bless.


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Darnassus is the faction associated with Darnassus, the capital city of the Night Elves. The high priestess, Tyrande Whisperwind, resides in the Temple of the Moon, surrounded by other sisters of Elune. In the Cenarion Enclave, the Arch Druid Fandral Staghelm leads the Cenarion Circle, often in direct opposition to his fellow druids in Moonglade and Tyrande herself.

Raedon Duskstriker has the Darnassus repeatable Runecloth quest used by non-night elven Alliance players to obtain the right to ride a saber cat. Additionally, Mathrengyl Bearwalker has the repeatable Morrowgrain to Darnassus quest which requires players to gather Un'Goro Soil from Un'Goro Crater. Note that Un'Goro Soil, like Runecloth, is not soulbound and may be purchased from the Auction House.

Players who are at or close to level 44 looking to gain the favor of Darnassus should find and complete the quests of Feralas. The quests therein are associated with Darnassus and could prove to substantially increase your reputation should they all be completed.

Now that reputation gain is independent of level, it is highly recommended that players of any level looking to gain the favor of Darnassus travel to Teldrassil, Darkshore, and Ashenvale. These zones contain many quests which each give 150-350 reputation with Darnassus.

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Vineyard event raises money for children with epilepsy

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A fundraising event was held in Coal Valley to help kids who have been diagnosed with epilepsy.

On Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Creekside Vineyard the organization Ribbons for Kellsey held an event benefiting children living with epilepsy.

The organization’s namesake, Kellsey, is an 8-year-old student at Sherrard Grade School. She was diagnosed with the disease when she was a toddler.

“I sat around and I was pitiful for probably the first few years after we found out,” said Kellsey’s mother, Brandi McGuire. “I decided that I needed to be powerful and that’s when I started Ribbons for Kellsey.”

Ribbons for Kellsey bottles of wine were available for purchase at the event. Participants enjoyed an afternoon of family fun, complete with games for the children, music, and wine.

Proceeds from the day went toward the purchase of seizure pillows for children and to fund a seizure alert dog.


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- During The Usos vs. The Shield match on Monday's RAW when JBL was going off on Cody Rhodes during commentary, that was Vince McMahon feeding him lines. Vince tells Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole things to say at times but when he has a major point he wants to make, Vince usually uses JBL as his voice.

Vince was very frustrated with Cody, who was told to be aggressive and take charge on commentary. The feeling was Cody was just giving typical babyface responses to the questions. Another source said Vince wasn't mad at all but he did push JBL to go after Cody for his commentary.

- Kane should be back on WWE TV imminently. The current plan is to headline upcoming WWE live events with The Wyatt Family vs. Kane, Goldust and Cody Rhodes matches and a Kane vs. Wyatt match of some kind at Survivor Series.

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Get kids excited about learning by creating fun whiteboard activities.

Before the prevalence of technology in schools, kids used to do all their writing on chalkboard slates. This is still a valid option for classroom activities today, but whiteboards are blessedly quieter and you don't have to worry about that cringe-worthy screech. Whiteboards also don't create any dust that will aggravate allergies. To recreate the classic classroom tool, make fun slates using a stick on whiteboard. If kids have trouble writing in a straight line, you can also solve this problem by using whiteboard paper, which has permanent lines drawn on it. Use these new whiteboard slates to play subject-specific classroom whiteboard games for kids that will have kids actively participating and learning new material during class.

Whiteboard games for kids are excellent for math class because teachers can see a student's work. Make a game out of equations by writing one on the large class board and seeing who can get the correct answer first. Tell students to raise their hands once they've completed the problem on their individual slates. Check that the student's answer is correct, but also examine the rest of his or her work. This is beneficial because it's a fun way to get students to practice their math and also shows teachers if students are taking shortcuts or fully working out the problems using state standard centered techniques.

Get kids to participate more by creating fun games for learning math and other subjects.

Foreign languages

When learning is fun, it's always a lot easier to remember information. Implement whiteboard games into a Spanish or French class by writing a word on the board. Instruct the students to draw an image that matches the word. For instance, if you wrote "gato," kids would sketch a picture of a cat. You can have them do this individually or on teams. You could also play a version of Around the World by having one student sit next to another student's desk. Whoever answers correctly first gets to move on to the next kid's desk. The first student to make it all the way back to his or her original seat wins the game.

Any subject

Bend the rules of soccer with a version of the sport that can be played in nearly any classroom. Split the classroom into two groups and give each group a whiteboard slate. You can then quiz students on history, reading or other topics. The team to raise a hand first gets to show the answer. If it's correct, move a soccer ball toward the opposite team. Make sure you have about 10 little flags or other markers laid out on the floor, and once the ball goes past an end marker, the other team has won. This game has the potential to take a while if the teams are evenly matched, so you may want to reduce the number of flags to six.

Have a little prize bowl ready for the kids who win the game. Knowing there is a prize at the end will encourage students study harder for the next round of whiteboard classroom games.

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Rihanna Wins Lawsuit Over Topshop Tees Featuring Her Face

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Take that, Topshop. The trendy U.K. retailer, beloved by Demi Lovato, was sued by Rihanna after it used an image of her face on a t-shirt.

At first, it was reported that Ri would pocket a cool $5 million from the suit she brought against the company, but now it’s said that the amount of damages are undetermined. Regardless, for Topshop, it’s a big, fat and expensive OOPS!

E! reports that High Court Judge Justice Birss said that a”substantial number” of consumers nabbed the tee because they likely believed that Rihanna herself endorsed it. And she didn’t.

The photo was an issue since it was similar to images taken while RiRi filmed her ‘We Found Love’ video in Northern Ireland in 2011. The photos were used in the ‘Talk That Talk’ packaging. Even though the retailer bought the rights from the photographer, using a similar and unauthorized image was considered deceptive.

The judge felt that the sales damaged the singer’s goodwill and created a negative effect on her reputation in fashion.

While famous people do not generally have the right to control how their images are reproduced, this case was different.

“The taking of the photograph is not suggested to have breached Rihanna’s privacy,” Birss said. “The mere sale by a trader of a T-shirt bearing an image of a famous person is not an act of passing off. However, I find that Topshop’s sale of this T-shirt was an act of passing off.”

Anyone else besides us find it funny that Rihanna sued over a shirt, when she is famous for taking hers off and posting topless selfies all over Instagram? How ironic!

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Herring and haddock fishermen at odds over bycatch

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishermen in two of the most lucrative fisheries in the Northeast — Atlantic herring and haddock — are at odds over management of fishing in Georges Bank, a key nerve center for both species.

Herring fishermen are on track to exceed their limit for incidental catch of haddock in Georges Bank, located off the coast of New England. That would trigger rules that would effectively shut down the herring fishery.

Herring fishermen are asking the New England Fishery Management Council for an emergency action that could include raising their limit for haddock bycatch. But many haddock fishermen oppose such a move because they say it would negatively impact their fishery.

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Chicken Cacciatore in a Slow Cooker

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal) – Looking for an easy, inexpensive recipe you can make for your family that will make those hectic school nights a little less stressful? Personal Chef Bill Collins from showed us how to make chicken cacciatore in the slow cooker with an easy orzo spinach side!

Chicken Cacciatore in a Slow Cooker

1 28 oz can diced tomatoes
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 onion, peeled and sliced
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
8 oz mushrooms, sliced
4 chicken breast halves, bone-in and skinless

1. Place the tomatoes, vinegar, tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper into the slow cooker and stir until it’s all combined.
2. Mix the mushrooms, onions, and garlic into the tomato mixture, and place the chicken, bone-side down, on top.
3. Place the cover onto the slow cooker, and cook on low for approximately 8 hours.

The timing of the cooking will vary based on your slow cooker and the size of the chicken. It may be a bit less, than 8 hours.

Orzo with Spinach

2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
2 cups chicken or vegetable stock, or water
1 cup uncooked orzo
1 10 oz package, thawed previously-frozen spinach. Strain out most of the excess water
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
Salt and pepper to taste

1. In a large saucepan, over a medium heat, sauté garlic in olive oil for 20 seconds.
2. Stir in orzo, then add the broth and spinach. Bring to boil, and simmer 10-15 min, or until broth is absorbed and orzo is cooked al dente.
3. Stir in the parmesan, salt and pepper. Add more of any of these to taste

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-- Former Puppet Prime Minister Ayad "Comical" Allawi.

Iraq's civil war -- which looks more like Spain's in the 1930s -- began months ago.
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Ayers' buzzer beater lifts Lamar over Nicholls

Ayers' buzzer beater lifts Lamar over Nicholls

BEAUMONT, Texas – Gia Ayers' last-second heroics lifted the Lamar Lady Cardinals to a 59-57 win over the Nicholls Colonels in a Southland Conference women's basketball game Tuesday night.

Ayers scored on a put-back at the buzzer, Lamar's third shot in the final two seconds, to give the Lady Cardinals the victory and keep them within a half-game of Oral Roberts for the conference lead.

There were a couple of anxious seconds after the buzzer as the officials checked the replay monitor to make sure Ayers' shot counted. The officials didn't need long to confirm that the Lady Cardinals had improved to 18-7 overall and 10-4 in the conference.

"I knew I got the shot off in time," Ayers said. "I knew it was going to count."

The game was full of momentum swings, especially in the early going. Lamar scored 17 straight points to build an early 17-4 lead, only to see Nicholls go on a 16-0 run to take a 20-17 lead with 8:20 remaining in the first half.

The lead changed four times in the first half before Nicholls took a 33-30 lead into intermission.  The second half was more of the same back-and-forth action as the game was tied eight times in the final 20 minutes, with the lead changing three more times, the last being Ayers' game-winner as Lamar scored the final five points of the game.

"It was a very hard-fought game," Lamar coach Larry Tidwell said. "We did a good job defensively,"

Kalis Loyd led Lamar with 24 points and 10 rebounds, her eighth double-double of the season and 26th of her career. Carenn Baylor had 13 points for Lamar, while Dominique Edwards had 12 points and eight rebounds.

Lamar shot 33.3 percent from the field (22-of-66) and from 3-point range (8-of-24). Nicholls shot 33.9 percent from the field (19-of-56) and just 27.8 percent from beyond the arc (5-of-18). The Colonels stayed in the game by going 14-of-16 from the free-throw line, while Lamar was 7-of-12 (58.3 percent).

"We have to shoot better, especially from the line," Tidwell said. "We're Division I players. We have to make free throws."

Alisha Allen led Nicholls with 19 points. KK Babin had 12 points for the Colonels, while Jasmine Scott finished with 10 points.

The Lady Cardinals are idle until Feb. 28 when they host conference-leading Oral Roberts. Oral Roberts improved to 11-4 with a win over Central Arkansas on Tuesday.

"We're going to work hard and shoot, shoot, shoot," Tidwell said. "We'll get better through repetition."

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Saturday Morning RPG is a game that revels in 80s nostalgia, with combat that invokes more modern RPGs.

Developer: Mighty Rabbit Studios
Price: Free ($1.99 for Second Episode)
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad 2

Graphics / Sound Rating: starstarstarhalfstarblankstar
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Replay Value Rating: starstarstarstarblankstar

Overall Rating: starstarstarhalfstarblankstar

Saturday Morning RPG is an RPG, natch, that peddles in 80s nostalgia. This is different from the 80s RPG nostalgia that Dragon Fantasy revels in, as not only is the RPG gameplay here a bit more modernized, but in that it chooses to satirize and celebrate 80s geek culture as a whole. The logo is a take on the old GI Joe logo, weapons in the game reference Michael Jackson and Voltron, and there's plenty of pop culture references to go along with it.

The story is one of the prodigal hero Marty, who magically gains powers, then goes on a fantastic adventure, where big evil villains in a black-and-white morality world must be defeated, and the damsel in distress must be rescued. The setting shifts from a dream world to a school environment where the teachers are all soldiers with the game's evil organization, so it is not a game grounded in reality. The overworld actually shows enemies in it, though battles shift to an off-screen battle dimension.

The combat is the interesting part of Saturday Morning RPG: it's turn-based, but is based around charging up a damage multiplier and then unleashing limited-use special attacks. These attacks range from tossing a CD to do damage, with a timing bar that, if stopped in the right place, can do massive damage. There's a giant robot that can hurt all enemies, but has low accuracy. The game's mechanics seem to live and die on the risk-reward scale: better and more useful items are harder to activate, or have low accuracy. The surefire ones have limited usage, or do slightly more damage than the main attack, which is used mainly just to recharge the energy bar that powers the multiplier, or as a last resort.

Battles feel like they could move along at a faster pace, as even the battles against typical goons feel like they take up a couple of minutes, just because the main character doesn't do much in the way of damage with default attacks, and the ones that are powerful often fluctuate in power. In fact, with boss fights, it feels partially like it's a matter of luck, especially with bosses that can heal themselves. Eventually, it just becomes a war of attrition. There is a curious enemy scaling option in the main menu where enemies can be set at a certain level manually, but it feels like a substitute for proper difficulty curvature.

Saturday Morning RPG is a freemium title, with two episodes at the moment. The first episode is free, with the longer second episode for $1.99. The first episode serves as a sort of extended demo, long enough to give a good taste of the game, without giving away too much for free. It's a curious experience, in spite of the battle pacing issues.

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inception is an awesome movie !! it may not be a game, but i jst wanna say: IT WAS FRICKEN AWESOME !!!

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    Yeah countless people have fallen in love w/ Christopher Nolan again or for the first time b/c of this movie.

    B/c I didn't really like the Dark Knight. And I'm Batman's #1 fan! ><

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When I first was trying to get my info together for weight loss, I found Richard Simmon's hand held window clicking devise. It was so helpful as it talked about food groups, appropriate portions, and clicking the window shut on the icon when you ate/drank it. It was so helpful. The exchanges were helpful too but I didn't find it on all the different things I was eating. I ended up taking the food group from RS and adding to Barbara Roll's Volumetrics.

I totally agree about USDA not being appropriate regarding nutrition. The Health Department makes more sense.

I do appreciate alternative to "meat" (as a vegetarian meal lover) and wish there was a cuter word for calcium as I use lots of alternative items for this such as tofu, almond milk, etc.

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San Francisco defensive coordinator Vic Fangio pronounced his All-Pro outside linebacker ready to go for Sunday.

Expect to see a closer-to-100 percent dose of No. 99 on Sunday.

Vic Fangio said Thursday that Aldon Smith’s “workload will be increased” from his 12-snap return to the lineup in the 49ers Week 10 defeat to the Carolina Panthers.

Smith, who said he was physically ready to play more following the game, didn’t record a tackle but his presence was felt when he collapsed the pocket with the help of his fellow pass-rushers.

Whether or not the All-Pro outside linebacker, who had been absent from the team since its Week 4 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, starts on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints remains undecided.

His teammates would welcome him back full-time with open arms.

“We’re going to need a guy like Aldon to be back like he was,” cornerback Carlos Rogers said, “and get pressure on (Drew) Brees.”

Said Brees: “Obviously, he’s a big-time playmaker, and we have to know where he is at all times.”

While not as intimidating off the edge, Dan Skuta and rookie Corey Lemonier had performed well in Smith’s spot while he was away. Skuta (foot) was limited participant in practice on Wednesday.

Their production has allowed Fangio to avoid rushing Smith back into the fold.

“We’re trying to get a nice progressive buildup to him for him to where he comes back and plays more and more,” San Francisco’s defensive coordinator said. “He would have played more last week if the game had been a little different.

“The fourth quarter and you get behind and they were running, we weren’t in sub (package) very much. If we would have kept the lead and those last couple series would have been in sub, he probably would have got the amount of snaps we were looking for, and I think he’s ready this week to get back to playing a lot. And he’ll play a lot this week.”

How much defense end Ray McDonald plays is no sure thing. McDonald, who has been battling a torn bicep muscle, did not practice on Wednesday because of a bum ankle.

One day after McDonald said he was optimistic he could play alongside Smith and against the Saints, Fangio sounded less sure.

“It’s iffy right now,” he said. “He’s made a lot of progress in the last few days, but it’s iffy.”

If McDonald is inactive, rookie defensive tackle Tank Carradine could be line for his NFL debut. Fangio was asked if Carradine was ready to play.

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We’re definitely in the ‘draft strategy’ portion of the fantasy football season, so let’s discuss the idea of picking a QB early. Given the relative depth at the position, I would only take a QB in the first few rounds if the player offers tremendous value and/or there is no one available at RB/WR/TE that I like that specific draft spot. I’d rather have Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan or Josh Freeman in the 6th/7th (or Eli Manning in the 8th) than go QB early and deal with RB/WR leftovers in the middle rounds.

Those proponents of drafting a QB early often argue that the top QBs offer very little risk, and the early rounds are not a time to make risky picks. But do the numbers back that up?

I compiled data (ADP and actual finish in standard scoring formats) from the last four seasons to see how dependable QBs were compared to RBs and WRs. I left TEs out of the discussion because we’re really just talking about the first four rounds, and the only TE likely to go by the 4th is Antonio Gates. Each position is separated into groups of six (#1-#6, #7-#12, etc.). First, the average games played by each subset.

Pos 1-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30
QB 14.0 14.2 13.0 12.0 -
RB 14.1 13.6 12.3 12.7 13.7
WR 15.2 14.2 14.3 14.0 15.3

Interestingly, the top 12 QBs are a bit more dependable than the top 12 RBs, but not by much. The top 6 WRs are far and away the most dependable of the three positions, but the 7-12 group fell back to earth. Now let’s look at the percentage of picks that played 13+ games. I’m counting 12 or fewer games as a failure to stay healthy, and 13+ games as a relative success.

Pos 1-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30
QB 83% 83% 71% 50% -
RB 75% 67% 67% 71% 83%
WR 96% 79% 79% 83% 96%

QBs have the edge over RBs here, and rather significantly (+12% for the top 12 at each position). But is this actually an argument to pick QBs early? Doesn’t injury at the RB position suggest that owners should draft RBs early and often so that they can withstand the inevitable games missed at the position? One thing to note here is that the QB6-QB12 group is just as dependable as the elite QB group, so waiting until half the league has drafted a QB probably isn’t going to hurt your QB1 games played.

Again, the elite WRs have been excellent over the last four years in terms of playing 13+ games. Now let’s look at ADP minus actual finish, on average.

Pos 1-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30
QB -8.0 -6.3 -6.0 -2.0 -2.8
RB -10.2 -13.3 -14.5 -13.2 -12.6
WR -12.0 -15.2 -11.5 -19.5 -4.9

So the top 6 QBs on average will drop eight spots in the rankings, injuries included. As for the big difference between QBs and RBs in the 7-24 range, there are simply more RBs than QBs so there’s going to be more variability. Let’s take injuries out of the equation and only look at players that played 13+ games.

Pos 1-6 7-12 13-18 19-24 25-30
QB -2.8 -1.5 0.5 8.4 -
RB -6.6 -4.3 -0.1 -4.3 -6.3
WR -8.3 -8.5 -7.2 -12.9 -1.6

Things get a little tighter here at the QB position. Basically, if your guy plays a full season, the chances that he finishes near his draft position are pretty good. As expected, RBs and WRs have more variability, but again, there’s more competition at the position.

It’s interesting that the backs in the RB7-RB12 group have been more likely to finish around their draft position than the elite RBs. But note that the RB7-RB12 group is more likely to miss 4+ games, so on the whole, the elite RBs have a lower average drop in rank when injuries are included.

Did you skip here without reading the rest of piece? Shame on you.

In short, this study isn’t going to change my draft strategy significantly. Yes, the top QBs are more likely to play 13+ games and finish near their ADP, but that only underlines the need to give myself the best options at RB. Eli Manning may not have the game-breaking ability of an Aaron Rodgers, but the difference between the two projects to be less than between the RBs or WRs at the same draft positions. In other words, would you rather have Mike Wallace and Eli Manning or Aaron Rodgers and Julio Jones/Big Mike Williams? I’ll take the former.

I still may pull the trigger on Rodgers or Vick in the 3rd , or grab Brady, P. Manning, Brees, Rivers, Roethlisberger or Romo in the 5th, but unless that kind of value emerges on draft day, I’m going to stick with my usual plan of loading up on RBs, WRs and a TE in the first five rounds and draft my QB later.

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I want to dismantle the cigar lighter in the centre console. What I'm after is to utilise the funky sliding tray / door mechanism but mount something in place of the lighter. Now, preferably I want to do this without destroying anything. I especially don't want to destroy the mechanism or the rest of the ashtray assembly as this will have to go back in the car :)

Luckily I do have spare I can practice on but I would still like this to remain serviceable at the end of the "disassembly".

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from memory, the small centre front piece that folds down is held in 3 places, it is hinged left and right in the bottom corners with small springs, you can get a small flat bladed screwdriver and gently prize it out on either side, once you have done this it is held by an arm at the top end which opens and closes it and which goes back into the rest of the assembly and fits into a channel,it should slide out once you have the bottom corners free.

The trick on reassembly is to get the arm in place before putting the bottom back in on either side which is not easy and might take a few attempts, it is best done off the car as the whole assembly is easy to get out as you no doubt already know.

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Posted 22 Oct 2010, 20:33 #2

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I guess you will want to take the lighter itself out too, from what you say.

Once you have the slidy bit out as Rob describes, you have to get the metal part out of the orange plastic light guide. There are some clips in the orange bit that you have to gently ease, so the metal tube wil slide out. Once this is done, the orange bit comes out.

This should make a lot more sense when you have it in front of you.

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Thanks for the help guys! :)

I had a play with the spare unit I have before I read your above posts and couldn't figure out how to remove the slider but I could see, at least in theory, how the actual lighter comes out. I'll have a play over the weekend now I know I was on the right tracks and see if I can get it apart without breaking it! :lol:

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Does Delayed BP Recovery after Exercise Indicate CAD?

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Am Fam Physician. 2000 Jan 1;61(1):198-200.

A delay in the decline of systolic blood pressure recovery after graded exercise tests has been suggested as an indicator of coronary artery disease (CAD). Recent studies have supported this idea but were limited because of small patient numbers and no systematic comparison of recovery and exercise blood pressures. McHam and colleagues studied the correlation between the rate of blood pressure decline during recovery with angiographic coronary disease and the increase of systolic blood pressure during exercise.

Adult patients who underwent symptom-limited graded exercise testing were enrolled in the study. Patients were included in the study if they had undergone a coronary angiography within 90 days of the exercise test, had no previous history of invasive coronary artery evaluation and had a history of congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease or pre-excitation syndrome. Patients underwent a Bruce or modified Bruce exercise testing protocol, with blood pressure measurements throughout the test and at rest. Severe CAD was defined as: (1) stenosis diameter greater than 50 percent of the left main coronary artery; (2) three-vessel disease with greater than 70 percent stenosis in each major coronary artery system; or (3) two-vessel disease with greater than 70 percent diameter stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. A delayed decline in systolic blood pressure was measured as a ratio of systolic blood pressure measurements at three minutes of recovery to systolic blood pressure at one minute of recovery. A ratio greater than 1.0 was considered a delayed decline.

Of the 493 patients enrolled in the study, 102 had severe CAD according to the study's definition. Patients with severe CAD had higher resting systolic blood pressures, lower peak exercise systolic blood pressures and a slower decline of systolic blood pressure in the resting phase during the first three minutes. Patients with a slower decline in resting systolic blood pressure were more likely to have significant CAD.

The authors conclude that slow recovery of systolic blood pressure after graded exercise testing is an independent predictor of the presence of any and severe CAD. They also state that a blunted systolic blood pressure increase during exercise testing is suggestive of CAD. These two parameters can be used along with established parameters to determine the patients who need invasive cardiac evaluation exercise testing.

McHam SA, et al. Delayed systolic blood pressure recovery after graded exercise. An independent correlate of angiographic coronary disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. September 1999;34:754–9.

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