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Chapter Ten2 Reviews
Ryan's POV
The scene that I had witnessed kept running over and over through my head. I was no stranger to abuse, but who could ever hurt /her/? She didn't even do anything. As soon as I walked out of the house, I opened my sidekick and texted her.
Hey, r u ok? Plz call me when u get this. -Ry
We had done sound check earlier in the day so I wasn't due at the venue for another couple hours. I wandered around the city texting Nicky over and over, making sure that she was ok. She didn't respond for a good hour or more, making me worry. Finally, my phone vibrated.
Yea Ill b ok. Dont worry I'll b thr 2nite. Missu. -Nick
Miss u 2. -Ry
She'll get there? How? Shes not aloud. Good thing I gave her the tickets on our walk over to her house or else she probably wouldn't be able to get in.
After a nice long walk, I headed to the venue.
Nicky's POV
I sat in my room. Mom was downstairs watching TV and, of course, drinking. She never comes to check on me so if I could get out of the house quietly, she wouldn't notice.
After a couple of hours, I heard nothing but the TV. While I had been waiting, I had changed and gotten ready so I was all set for this concert. I went down the stairs skipping one every once in a while. I knew the stairs and floors boards that creaked or squeaked since I had snuck out before. So I went down the stairs without incident, but as I walked past the living room, a floorboard creaked.
Damnit! Forgot that one!!
I stood still, holding my breath, not moving a muscle. I peered into the room out of the corner of my eye. Mom shifted in her position lying down on the couch, but then returned to sleeping. I finally made it to the front door, now is the hardest part. Our front door was pretty damn noisy. So, slowly, and as quietly as possible, I unlocked the dead bolt and listened. Nothing. I swiftly pulled open the door and stopped.
"Don't worry mom, just getting some food from the kitchen."
"Ok." She mumbled sleepily and once again fell asleep.
Once I was sure she was back asleep, I quickly and quietly shut the door and made a run for it. I ran down the street until I was safely around the corner and out of sight. Then I hailed a cab and drove to Emily's house.
I arrived at her house safely and ran up her front steps and through the door, I had a key. :D
"Up here!" I ran up the stairs and found Emily and Lane doing their make up.
"Nicky!" Emily whined "What took you so long! You know you're the only one who can do our make up Ross style!"
"I'm really sorry, guys." I said stepping up and taking the liquid eye liner from her hands. "I had to sneak out. Mom grounded me for no reason...again"
"Oh man, that sucks. Good thing you got out ok or we wouldn't be able to go!" Lane said.
"Nice to know that's all I'm good for." I said shooting her a playful smile. In return I got a stuck out tongue.
I finished up their make up and we caught a cab.
"The Tweeter Center please!"
We were dropped off in front of the venue. It was just 7, so the other bands would be playing. Panic! Wasn't on until about 8:30 or 9. We went in and went toward the sign that said, "Pit area only."
"Can I see your tickets please?" The worker inquired.
I gave her the tickets. She looked down at them, then back up at me, then back at the tickets, then a piece of paper, then at the tickets again.
"Give me your wrists," She said as she put the orange wrist bands around them. "Please go with these men." She said pointing to a burly looking man who was bald with a goatee, about my height and another who was tall and thin.
I looked at Lane, who looked back at me confused. She then looked at Emily, who shrugged her shoulders and walked after the men who had turned toward a door marked "Authorized Personal Only."
"Excuse me, what's going on?" I asked one of the men.
"We had orders to take your tickets and you back stage when you arrived."
"Oh." I said smiling.
We walked down a series of hallways and were lead into a room. In the room was group of guys, some with their shirts off, some doing their hair and others doing their make up. I smiled at one of the ones doing their make up and walked up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist. Ryan jumped. How he hadn't seen me in the mirror, I will never know, but as soon as he identified the arms as mine, he turned around and pulled me toward him in a tight embrace.
He kissed my head, "Hey there, how are you doing?" He asked holding my face in his hands and caressing my cheek with his thumb, the cheek that had only a few hours before been stung by a sharp slap.
"Better no that I'm here. With you."
"There are some guys I want you to meet!" Ryan said smiling. "Oh and by the way, I love the make up."
I had done my make up like his in a picture I had found online. I had blueish-green eye shadow that surrounded my eyes and faded into my cheeks. Then, I has dawn four lines, the longest nearest to my nose and the shortest nearest to my hairline, and at the end of the lines were drawn x's. Pretty good work if I do say so myself.
"Thanks!" I said as he grabbed my hand and lead me over to the other guys in the room.
Brendon and Emily had already reunited and were laughing in the corner while Lane and Spencer sat on the couch talking and joking with each other.
"Guys, there are some people I want you to meet." Ryan said gathering everybody together, "Well, actually Jon, Spencer and Brendon, you already know them, but Emily, Lane, Nicky, this is Michael Chislett, Mike Carden, Andy Mrotek, or the butcher as we so lovingly call him, Adam Siska and William Beckett." He pointed to each guy in turn as he said their name. In return, Emily, Lane and I went around to shake their hands. Actually we hugged them all because these guys needed no introduction, all three of us love The Academy Is...!
"I love your hair!" William said as he was talking to Emily
"Thanks. I was going to get a mohawk this summer, but maybe I'll keep it." She commented.
"Hey! Lay off my woman, Beckett!" Brendon said putting a protective arm around Emily's shoulders. I started laughing. I could tell that she was in heaven because she couldn't stop beaming. She loved both William and Brendon,
As we stood there talking and getting to know my third favorite band (P!AtD, then FOB, then TAI), a man came in. "The Academy you're up in 10." He said to TAI.
"Then I guess that means we should go." I said "Wouldn't want to miss you guys performing!"
"Hey, it was great to meet you guys, we should hang out more later since we have one more concert in Philly." The Butcher said.
"Sounds awesome. We will." Lane said as everybody once again exchanged phone numbers.
"See you after the concert?" Ryan asked
"Of course! Good luck!" I said as I pecked him on the lips.
I started to walk away then, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me back. "I'm glad your ok, really." He said as he leaned our fore heads together and looked into my eyes.
"Thanks." I kissed him one more time and caught up with Lane. Emily was still Saying good bye to Brendon, a.k.a. they couldn't stop kissing each other. Wow they really liked one another.
"Get a room!!!" I yelled back at them.
"Bye Bren, good luck, I'll be watching!" Emily said then took off running towards me and Lane to catch up.
"This concert is going to be remarkable." She said, breathless from running, when she caught up with us.
"Fuck yea." Lane said "I can't believe we get to see Panic! AND The Academy! I totally forgot they were touring together."
"Me too." Emily and I said at the same time.
We went into the pit area and pushed our way to the front. It wasn't very hard. It was a lot of younger tweens and their parents so we got through pretty easily. Senoirity is all. We stood for a while talking to some of the kids around us and each other, when The Academy took the stage. I had to admit, William looked so fucking HOT. He had on a leather jacket, a larger tee shirt that had the sleeves torn off and some of the tightest balck skinny jeans I have ever seen. So hot, just don't tell Ryan I said that.
As the set went on, William interacted with almost all of his band mates and jumping around the stage like a mad man. Then he spotted the three of us rocking out in the front. And he smiled and as the chorus of "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" came up he came over to us and leaned in.
"Ahhhhhhhhh! Now we got a big, big mess on our hands tonight. Ahhhhh! Now we got a big, big mess on our hands tonight." He sang to us and we sang as loud as we could right back. Then he ruffled Lane's hair and went back to singing and jumping around stage. The girls around us were in shock. It was truly the funniest thing ever.
Their set finished and Lane, Emily and I made our way out of the pit for some agua. It was going to be a while before Panic! came on because they had to set up their extravagant stage. After we finished our water, we went over to the merch table and bought some tee shirts. I love band tee shirts, they're the best. I was picking out shirts when one of the guys at the table came over to us. "Are you Nicky Fenton?"
I looked up. "Yeah, that's me why?"
"You and your friends can get what ever you want, its been taken care of."
I laughed. "Um, Nicky you have the best boyfriend ever." Lane commented.
"Yeah, wait, is he my boyfriend?" We hadn't talked about that. Lane and Emily looked at me and shrugged their shoulders.
"You guys haven't talked about it?" Emily asked.
"Oh well, then I don't know."
"Worry about it later, right now lets go shopping." Lane said as she turned towards the table with the tee shirts.
I picked out a Panic! and The Academy totes, a hoodie for both bands, 2 TAI shirts and 3 Panic! shirts. Lane and Emily both got totes also, and a few tee shirts each.
"You can pick them up after the show so you don't have to hold them during." The man said.
"Great! Thanks!"
We moved back towards the pit area. We once again made our shoved our way to the front of the pit since it really wasn't that hard. I mean, most of these kids were so young that Emily could step on them. So we moved to the front and took the coveted place smack between Brendon and Ryan. We chose between them because Emily wanted to stand in front of Brendon, but I wanted to stand in front of Ryan and Lane just thinks that both of them are hot, so we decided on in between. The lights dimmed and on came the ring master, who talked to us along with some of his dancers for a couple minutes. After that was finished, they went off stage and we waited impatiently. All of the sudden on came Spencer, Jon, Brendon then Ryan, who took their respective places on stage and began their set with "Time to Dance."
Lane, Emily and I were rocking out. The décor was amazing and the boys were playing so well. I was so proud.
As they played I could tell that Ryan was scanning the crowd. I watched him as he looked through the pit in front of him. Finally his eyes landed on me and he smiled.
"Oh my god!!! Ryan Ross is smiling at me!!!!!" I heard the girl behind me shriek. I laughed, I just let her be in her fantasy world, no reason to be a buzz kill.
Brendon had found Emily in the pit too and had smiled and winked at her. Brendon did his best to work the stage and crowd while staying close to Emily and keeping his eyes on her. Ryan rarely ever took his eyes off of me, only on the occasion that he looked down at his guitar, looked up at the crowd or when he was interacting with Brendon.
The three of us were having the time of our lives. I loved being in pits, it let me think about nothing else but the music flowing through my ears and the sweat running down my back. Ew come to think of it, I'm going to be absolutely gross when we go back stage, but that's ok.
Finally my favorite part of the show came on. I had never seen Panic! in concert, but I had heard plenty about this part. It was just before lying when Brendon was talking about a dream he had about getting his perfect first kiss. Ryan and him walked towards each other. They got so close this time that I thought they actually would. The girls around me were going crazy. Rydon they started chanting. I started chanting with them. Come on, face it, everybody likes to think about if Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie made out with each other. But sadly not today. Just before their lips touched, Ryan turned his face away and looked towards me. And Brendon talked about how this wasn't that dream, this was dirty sweaty, fucking. And they started the song. During the song, Ryan and Brendon looked at each other and they started moving towards us.
"Lets get these teen hearts beating faster, faster, So testosterone boys and Harlequin girls will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close. So testosterone boys and Harlequin girls will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close. So I guess we're back to us.." Brendon was singing to Emily while Ryan played in front of me. The girls behind me were pushing me closer and closer to the stage as they surged forward to try and get closer to the boys standing in front of us. After the song finished, they went back to their places on stage. The rest of their set went on with out another happening. And all too soon, the concert was finished. The group around us flooded out and we followed behind, not wanting to be too obvious that we were headed back stage. We went to the door and showed our passes and headed down the hallway.
Extra long update! You know you love it. So once again thanks to my Best friends for reading this and supporting it, Meg, Lane and Emily. And also to my good friend Kayla for reading! Oh and William Beckett really does like Emily's hair. We went to the Honda Civic tour on Friday and he told her. THAT SHOW WAS FUCKING AWESOME. REVIEW GUYS!!!!!!!


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The party-line Senate vote was 51-46, The Hill reported.
The Republican-led House passed the measure, which would have cut spending by $111 billion in 2012, capped spending over the next decade and barred more borrowing until Congress passes a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution, by 234-190 Tuesday.
Senate rejection was expected, and President Barack Obama had promised a veto, but the vote was seen as necessary before reaching a larger deal to raise the $14.3 trillion national debt ceiling by Aug. 2.
Reid, D-Nev., then told senators to take the weekend off.
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News of the proposed deal angered Reid, who confronted White House budget director Jack Lew during a meeting about secret talks with Boehner, The Hill reported earlier Friday.
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Boehner, at a news conference Friday before the Senate vote, also said there was no agreement.
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text: International primate day 20 Photos By MSN UK News Conservation International/Haroldo Castro 1 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Greater bamboo lemur, Madagascar As its common name implies, the greater bamboo lemur is the largest of Madagascar's bamboo-eating lemurs. Historical records and sub-fossil remains confirm it was once widespread throughout the island. The greater bamboo lemur is threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture, illegal logging, the cutting of bamboo, and hunting with slingshots. It has vanished from most of its former range and only a few relatively small populations have been documented thus far in the southeast. Hunting and habitat destruction are the presumed causes. The population in Ranomafana National Park is estimated at no more than 250 adult individuals. Conservation International/Russell A. Mittermeier 2 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus), Madagascar Propithecus candidus is a large, white, rainforest sifaka found only within a small section of northeastern Madagascar. Silky sifakas are the flagship species of a newly proposed World Heritage Site (Marojejy National Park) and are the species that most tourists come to view. Their primary conservation threat appears to be hunting. Habitat disturbance, such as slash-and-burn agriculture, logging of precious woods and fuel-wood, also occurs within and adjacent to the protected areas where they are found. The remaining population may be as low as a few hundred individuals and is unlikely to be larger than a few thousand. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 3 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Sahamalaza sportive lemur (lepilemur sahamalazensis) The Sahamalaza sportive lemur is thought to be strictly limited to the Sahamalaza Peninsula in northwestern Madagascar. Lepilemur sahamalazensis depends on semi-humid forests, of which only a few fragments now remain. Total numbers are unknown, but, taking into account their limited distribution and the small extent of remaining forest cover, they are probably in their low thousands. These animals are easy and defenceless prey for hunters who find their sleeping sites during the day and cut the tree down or climb up to fetch them. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 4 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Rondo dwarf galago (galagoides rondoensis) , Tanzania Weighing approximately 60g, this is the smallest of all galago species. It is distinct from other dwarf galagos in its diminutive size, a bottle-brush shaped tail, its reproductive anatomy, and its distinctive alarm call. The major threat facing this species is loss of habitat. All sites are subject to some level of agricultural encroachment, charcoal manufacture and/or logging. Given current trends in charcoal production for nearby Dar es Salaam, the forest reserves of Pugu and Kazimzumbwi will disappear over the next 10 –15 years. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 5 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Roloway guenon (cercopithecus diana roloway), Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Along with the white-naped mangabey and Miss Waldron's red colobus, the roloway guenon is among the three most endangered monkeys of the Upper Guinea forest block and a target species of the relentless bushmeat trade. In Ghana, they have been steadily extirpated from both unprotected and protected areas and the monkey is nearing extinction in that country, if it has not disappeared already. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 6 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Pennant's red colobus monkey (procolobus pennantii), Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea The endangered Pennant's red colobus monkey is now found only in a small part of the southwest of the island, within the Gran Caldera and Southern Highlands Scientific Reserve. It is threatened by bushmeat hunting: numbers killed for bushmeat were estimated at 550 and 350 in the 2004 and 2005 respectively, and the population declined by more than 40% between 1996 and 2006. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 7 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Tana River red colobus (procolobus rufomitratus), Kenya The gallery forests of the lower Tana River, Kenya, are home to two Critically Endangered primates, the Tana River red colobus and the Tana River mangabey. Continuing loss and degradation of forest means the populations of the red colobus and the mangabey are believed to have each declined to fewer than 1,000 individuals. Ominously, new threats are now on the horizon with a proposal to establish a large sugar cane plantation in the area. This new plantation is likely to result in a large influx of people and an increase in the demand for forest resources. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 8 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Miss Waldron's red colobus (procolobus badius waldroni), Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Miss Waldron's red colobus is teetering on the very brink of extinction. Primatologists have searched its known range since 1993, but have failed to see a living animal. A single skin found in the possession of a hunter near the Ehy Lagoon in southeastern Côte d'Ivoire in early 2002 raised hopes that at least one population of Miss Waldron's red colobus still hangs on, but subsequent fieldwork has yielded no evidence of living individuals. If any animals have managed to survive, the numbers must be very small and it will take heroic efforts to preserve them. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 9 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Kipunji (rungwecebus kipunji), Tanzania The discovery of this new species of monkey in 2003 was the first in Africa in 20 years. This monkey is, without doubt, one of the world's most threatened primates and has been assessed as Critically Endangered. The most serious threat is the destruction of its forest habitat, a process which has proceeded unabated in this area for many years. Without significant improvement in the protection of the Mt. Rungwe-Livingstone Forest, where roughly 85% of the kipunji monkeys are found, this flagship species will have been part of Africa's known primate diversity for only a brief period in history. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 10 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Cross River gorilla (gorilla gorilla diehli), Nigeria and Cameroon The Cross River gorilla is the most western and northern form of gorilla, and is restricted to the forested hills and mountains of the Cameroon-Nigeria border region at the headwaters of the Cross River. The most recent surveys suggest that between 200 and 300 Cross River gorillas remain. The encroachment of farms, dry-season fires and development activities such as road building are continuing threats to the integrity of gorilla habitat. After several years of awareness-raising by conservationists and researchers, hunting for bushmeat has been reduced to a low level, but it is still a potential threat, as are wire-snare traps set for other animals. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 11 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Siau Island tarsier, Indonesia The Siau Island tarsier is a new, undescribed species that is Critically Endangered and faces an imminent threat of extinction. Specific threats include: a very small geographic range; an even smaller area of occupancy; a high density of humans that habitually hunt and eat tarsiers for snack food (it was once common for people to eat 5ive to ten at a single sitting after hunting them with rifles) and an almost exclusively volcanic habitat. All captive breeding programmes, including several by leading zoos and primate centres, have been dismal failures. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 12 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Horton Plains slender loris, Ceylon Mountain slender loris (loris tardigradus nycticeboides), Sri Lanka Slender lorises are small, nocturnal primates occurring in southern India and Sri Lanka. In the 1960s, W. C. Osman used the loris as the symbol of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka, stating that it, being the most mysterious and rarely seen creature of Sri Lanka's jungles, was the most apt symbol for a society dedicated to revealing the unknown in nature. It is highly threatened by mining, agricultural encroachment and hunting, and clings to Sri Lanka's small remaining rain forest patches and chilly highlands (where temperatures may drop to -4°C). Conservation International/Stephen Nash 13 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Pig-tailed langur (simias concolor), Indonesia (Mentawai Islands) The simakobu monkey is the flagship species for a group of endangered primates endemic to the remnants of forest on the 7,000-km² Mentawai Islands. All of the Mentawai primates are affected by habitat disturbance and hunting. Although hunting appears to be declining and opportunistic, human encroachment and timber removal are increasing. The vast majority of their remaining natural habitat lies outside officially protected areas and could very well be lost in the near future as there is talk of clear cutting in 2008 for oil palm plantations. Tilo Nadler 14 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Delacour's langur (trachypithecus delacouri), Vietnam During the decades following the discovery of Delacour's langur in 1930 there was only scanty information on its existence and distribution. The first sightings of live animals were reported in 1987 from Cuc Phuong National Park. The most important factor for the decline in numbers is poaching, which is not primarily for meat, but for bones, organs and tissues that are used in the preparation of traditional medicines. The total population counted in 1999/2000 was about 280 to 320 individuals. A reasonable estimate of the current population indicates numbers no higher than 200 to 250 individuals. Conservation International/Russell A. Mittermeier 15 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Golden-headed langur (trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus), Vietnam The golden-headed langur is probably the most endangered of the Asian colobines. This species only occurs on the Island of Cat Ba in the Gulf of Tonkin, northeastern Vietnam. According to reports of indigenous people, the entire island was previously densely populated by langurs. Hunting has been the sole cause for the dramatic and rapid population decline from an estimated 2,400 – 2,700 in the 1960s to only 53 individuals by 2000. The langurs were poached mainly for trade in traditional medicines. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 16 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Western purple-faced langur (semnopithecus vetulus nestor), Sri Lanka Endemic to Sri Lanka, this langur is restricted to a small area of the wet zone in the west of the country, most of which is threatened due to human activities (crops, infrastructure and industry, settlements, deforestation and forest fragmentation, and hunting). Western purple-faced langurs are highly arboreal and need good canopy cover, and there are possibly less than three forests that can support viable populations, none of which are protected areas set aside for conservation. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 17 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Grey-shanked douc (pygathrix cinerea), Vietnam Grey-shanked douc populations are fragmented and estimated to total 600 – 700 individuals. Their occurrence has been confirmed in eight protected areas. However, hunting, the principal threat to the species, is still a problem inside these parks and reserves. Snares are the most commonly used method since gun confiscation programs were carried out. Often hundreds of traps are installed in trees frequently used by the langur groups, as well as on the ground where they are seen crossing between small forest patches. Trapped animals are often severely injured and mutilated. Forest loss within at least part of the species' range is attributable to the expansion of agriculture, illegal logging and firewood collection. Almost 10,000ha of forest are destroyed every year in the Central Highlands. Tilo Nadler 18 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (rhinopithecus avunculus), Vietnam The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey is found only in northern Vietnam. This species was discovered in 1911, collected on perhaps no more than two occasions over the course of the next 50 to 60 years, and subsequently presumed to be extinct by a number of primatologists until it was rediscovered in 1989. Due to massive deforestation and intensive hunting in recent decades, its distribution has become dramatically restricted. Currently, there are only four known locations with recent evidence where Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys occur, and these are completely isolated. Conservation International/Stephen Nash 19 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Hainan gibbon (nomascus hainanus), China (Island of Hainan) In the 1950s there were estimates of more than 2,000 Hainan gibbons on the island of Hainan in 866,000ha of forests across 12 counties. By 1989, the population was reduced to only 21 gibbons in four groups restricted to Bawangling Nature Reserve. A gibbon survey in October 2003 found two groups, and two lone males, comprising a total of 13 individuals. In recent months three newborns and at least one lone female have been observed, bringing the world total to 17 individuals. Conservational International/Stephen Nash 20 of 20 To full screen SHARE TWEET EMAIL Western hoolock gibbon (hoolock hoolock), Bangladesh, India, Myanmar The western hoolock gibbon occurs in Bangladesh, northeastern India and western Myanmar, west of the Chindwin River. The debilitating threats include habitat encroachment to accommodate ever-growing human populations and immigration; forest clearance for tea cultivation; the practice of jhuming (slash-and-burn cultivation); hunting for food and "medicine"; capture for trade and the degradation of their forests. Some populations surviving in just a few remaining trees are subjected to harassment by locals, lack of food, and are attacked by dogs while attempting to cross clearings between forest patches. 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Weekend Cooking: Stay Motivated!
One of the only problems, if you can call it that, with the weather turning so beautiful is that we'd rather just spend our free time outside, so our motivation to spend it cooking indoors literally flies out the window. Here are a few ideas so you can have your outdoor fun and your home cooked meals!
• Take Prep Work Outside: If you have a table on your patio or apartment balcony, take your cutting board and vegetables out there to do your slicing and dicing. As an added bonus, we find that onions make our eyes water much less when we're outside!
• Bring the Outdoors In: Open your kitchen windows as wide as they will go and work where you can feel the breeze in your face. Bring in a vase of flowers from the farmer's market and arrange bowls of produce where you can see them.
• Grill As Much As Possible: Not that we have to tell you twice! Grilling is definitely the ultimate means to both spend time outside and get in some home cooking. Check out all our great tips and recipes.
• Change Your Routine: We often find ourselves heading into the kitchen to make dinner around 6pm - right when we most want to get outside for a little activity after a long work day. During the summer, one idea is to switch things up by eating a fairly substantial snack when we get home from work (like a salad or a bowl of popcorn) and then having our main meal a later in the evening.
• Cook Less, Make More: Our finally strategy is to cook larger portions ahead of time on the weekends so that we're not doing much actual cooking on weeknights. Pasta salads are one of our favorite make-ahead meals. We also like making a big frittata and simply eating leftover slices cold on a crusty piece of bread.
Do you have trouble staying motivated to cook during the summer? What are your strategies?
Related: Eating Outdoors: What Do You Do About Bugs?
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we find ourselves cooking for lunch (on the weekends) and having a lighter dinner or leftovers for our last meal of the day. the heat here is impossible and the last thing we want to do at the end of a hot day is to be at a hot stove. cooking at noon or late morning seems to makes the heat more manageable. commenting from austin, tx on a 103-degree day. :)
I've never had this problem. If anything I get motivated even more as the seasonal veggies and fruits are an inspiration. I've already made some blueberry buttermilk scones for breakfast and we're heading to an outdoor concert tonight and we'll be bringing a picnic so we'll be making food for that too: turkey and basil sandwiches, leftover shrimp and orzo pasta salad along with prepared items such as hummus and crackers.


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Pronunciation: /anˈθiːmɪk /
(Of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting: a set of anthemic folk songs
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Musicians lose identity when composing for films: Karsh Kale
Anjuri Nayar
[ Thu, Nov 29, 2012 ]
Mumbai, Nov 30 (IANS) "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom," American musician Charlie Parker once said. But that holds no meaning when you compose for films, feels Indian American musician Karsh Kale, the man behind the music for films like "Pyaar Impossible", "Karthik Calling Karthik" and "Chutney Popcorn".
A musician or a band loses out on identity while composing music for movies, he says.
"I think any time you are making music for a film, you are not making your own music any more. You are making music, which a director or a producer is asking you to make. Even if you put your stamp on it, it is someone else's vision. There is a huge difference there," Kale told IANS.
His music is certainly not conventional. He admits there are times when one ends up creating something completely new for a film.
"It depends on the film. Some of them call for true evolution and you end up doing things which you normally won't do as an artist. And there are films which don't," said Kale, who is a part of the music band Collectiv.
In the recent past, Bollywood has served as a platform for fusion bands like Indian Ocean and Agnee to bring in new flavour to film music. And they have successfully done so with films like "Peepli Live" and "Aalaap".
Kale, who has showcased his musical prowess, especially electronic fusion, in shows like "The Dewarists" and "Coke Studio", says such shows that promote raw talent should be encouraged as they create awareness about the hard work that goes behind creating melodious music.
"It is important for the music audience to get to know the life of musicians and see what they go through to make great music. Often, they only see the final product," he said.
"Shows like these depict the back story, the making and also the struggle of the artists. So, I think people get more interested in the music and artists rather than waiting for the final product," he added.
In times when music aficionados are listening to a melange of tunes - Bollywood, retro, hip-hop, fusion, reggae, trance, rock, pop and even classical - Kale prefers to be open-minded about what he composes.
"I try not to think about styles as there is so much of good music out there in the world. People's iPods have different genres of music and not just one. So when I make music, I pick up everything that influences me. It might be hip-hop, electronica, rock and different styles mixed in one," he added.
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Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins was discussing his schedule while speaking with The Greenville News and he was not shy about how he thinks his team can fair this season against some of their toughest opponents.
Specifically, Watkins pointed out Georgia as a team that the Tigers should "beat the mess" out of.
"Behind the scenes we like our schedule," Watkins said. "People talk about Georgia, Florida State and South Carolina, but I'm not worried about them, I'm concentrated on what we do.
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I too am confused, and as usual upset with Senator Kyl. I live in Arizona, I am not a supporter of anyone who represents me in Congress, and Kyl caved in on immigration. He actually moved in a direction I want to see, he compromised. But he compromised because of pressure from Company owners, not because of any need to protect employees in any meaningful way.
This is another example of legislation that will change almost nothing, except the public debate on the issue of managing immigration. Some years ago we saw the same pacifier politics with Welfare Reform. This new bill is a reiteration of previous immigration "reforms" going all the way back to the Chinese Exclusionary act.
The enforcement provisions are strong on immigrants, and leave the bosses to do business as usual. There are penalties for employers in the new law, but there were penalties in the old law too. Without enforcement, there might as well be no law at all.
It is an example of "re gifting" and it is just more politics as usual. Existing legislation, if enforced, would do as much or more to solve the problem of illegal employment, and would improve the conditions for working Americans at least as much as this new law will.
We need to start enforcing protections for workers, whether they are documented or not, citizen or non citizen. Working people need to have their power restored.
The more you read about the Z visa benefits, the more you scratch your head at the injustice.
Z visa is amnesty visa. Amnesty with scarlet letter A.
Its a nobel prize awarded for those who broke the law:
Under the Z visa :
1. You can work anywhere, in any profession, without department of labor's involvment of any kind.
2. Its valid of 4 years at a time. Its renewable until death in case if you dont want to bother applying for GC and citizenship.
3. It comes attached with some kind of AP for guaranteed re-entry into the country if you need to travel.
4. Also, the annual quota will be 2.2 million for Z visa holders. (20% of 11 million). If it turns out that actual number is 20 million then the annual quota of greencards for Z visa holders will be 4 million per year (the law says annual quota = 20% of illegals so that they dont have to wait for more than 5 years).
Think of Z visa like a Greencard that needs to be renewed every 4 years and comes with a flex-quota of 20% of total applicants. That is Z visa for you.
Now you may be tempted to think that why not all of us apply for Z visa. The thing is, I looked into that too. Under title 6. You cant. You need to be illegal on Jan 1 2007 and/or before that. If you were legal, then you cant apply.
To the extra-smart : If you are thinking of claiming to be illegal and shredding your passport etc. to prove that you are illegal in order to get a Z visa, dont bother doing it. They will fingerprint you when you apply for the Z visa. That fingerprint will match the finger print you gave at US consulate for stamping and at port of entry at the international airport where you get I-94 issued. They will find out that you were LEGAL and then punish you for being legal by rejecting your Z visa petition.
Your chance to break the law and reap the reward is no longer available to you.
Maybe legal immigrants need just one amendment in the whole bill and we will get everything done. One amendment to title 6 where the eligibility to apply for Z visa is broadened to include those who are present legally here work visas like H1, L1 etc. That will include all H1, L1 but exclude tourists and visitors. Therefore no need to worry about May 21st 2007 cutoff date, PERM, PD, Bulletins etc. Enjoy the Z visa till death and in the meantime, if you have time and interest, apply for greencard.
No more backlogs, no more dealing with miniscule quota of 90K that is supposed to accomodate 1.1 million legal skilled hi-tech workers. Hey, I just realized, 1.1 million is total of legal skilled immigrants. Its equal to the margin of error of Z visa potential illegal applicants. Some say 11 million "undocumented", some say 12 million. Margin of error = 1 million. Which is equal to all the legal immigrant and their dependents.
So if they allow legals to apply for Z visa, they would be still within the MARGIN OF ERROR of total "undocumented" immigrants.
Just one amendment can be a silver bullet to all of high skilled legal immigrants problems!!
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