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The first round of CME Bitcoin futures expiring 4:00 PM (UTC) today, testing weak hands and marking the end of January's sideways trading as the BTC price struggles to break the $12,000 mark. If CME Bitcoin futures settling at a price of $10,925 is any indication of what we can expect, one thing is for certain – this is going to be a bumpy ride. As new players in the crypto market panic in fear of Wall Street price manipulation, others are expecting a huge bull run.
The $BTC bull run is upon us. We'll see steady growth up until 11am EST tomorrow and then at that moment when CME futures expire… #Bitcoin will go ballistic. These futures are long. Not shorting twice. BOL to all in alts or those who are sitting in tether. Sit with the king.
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It's uncertain how futures will affect the price of Bitcoin, if at all, and the future of the cryptocurrency is uncertain as alt coins begin to take center stage. There are 1,459 contracts futures contracts expiring today with an open interest of 7,295 btc or ~$80M. This makes manipulation a difficult and costly effort. The price swings experienced around the time of CBOE futures expiration might be attributed to FUD and selling resulting from holders who are afraid of manipulation, rather than actual manipulation itself. A better understanding of how futures work can help address these fears. Either way, there's no reason to believe that Bitcoin price will do anything spectacular anytime soon, especially as alt coins begin to take center stage.


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TAMPA, Fla. — Forget the modern equipment, weapons or sophisticated guidance systems. New Tool Enters Service with combat units, this beard.
In the report, the research team placed Xegis Solutions says that beards are directly related to battle efficiency.
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PlanetSpace is teaming with ATK and Lockheed Martin in order to win a share of NASA's COTS money. RocketPlane/Kistler missed to many milestones and NASA is currently deciding who to give their money to.
prag·ma·tism (prgm-tzm) n. A way of approaching situations or solving problems that emphasizes practical applications and consequences.
Friday, November 23, 2007
PlanetSpace, Lockheed Martin and ATK Team Up to Bid on NASA COTS
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
From the folks at Space Pragmatism
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Labels: Humor
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
NASA Creates Inexpensive FASTSAT
NASA Has created an inexpensive ($4 million) satellite , called FASTSAT, to test if small, cheap satellites can be done. While I applaud their effort, I have to disagree with one thing. In speaking about SpaceX and their Falcon line of rockets, Marshall Space Flight Center's Edward "Sandy" Montgomery said:
"You wouldn't put an expensive payload on an inexpensive rocket – it's a risk issue. You'd use an inexpensive bus to fly an inexpensive instrument on an inexpensive rocket," says Montgomery.
Cheap doesn't equal risk. Now if he had said untested or new rocket, then I can't argue with him. But my little Suzuki was inexpensive, but I don't think it is riskier than driving a Ferrari.
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Florida Needs SpaceX
When the shuttle is retired in 2010, Florida is putting its hopes in SpaceX, the front-runner in the race to offer delivery services to NASA when the shuttle is retired. SpaceX is part of NASA's COTS program and is building a launch facility in Cape Canaveral and hopes to launch from there next year. Without the shuttle, Florida is hopping to get rocket support jobs and supply chain industry in their state.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
SpaceHAB ready for COTS PDR
SpaceHAB has gone ahead with its unfunded Advanced Research and Conventional Technology Utilization Spacecraft (ARCTUS) for COTS. They just finished a spacecraft concept review on November 8 and will be ready for the preliminary design review (PDR) in early 08.
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Average American's View in NASA's Budget
The average American thinks NASA gets 1/4 of the federal budget. That is roughly $600 Billion annually. In reality NASA gets 0.58% of the federal budget, or ~$17 billion.
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Labels: NASA
Friday, November 16, 2007
Everyone is Looking for Astronauts
Astronaut openings.
Space Adventures is looking for people to train alongside their space tourist, Richard Garriott, for $3,000,000. You get to do all the same stuff. You just don't get to fly.
NASA is also accepting applications for the 2009 class of astronauts.
Of course, Virgin Galactic is always looking for more private astronauts, if you can only afford $200,000.
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Labels: NASA, New Space, Space Tourism
SpaceX Completes Merlin 1C Engine
HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
New, More Powerful Engine to Launch Both Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 Rockets
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced today that it has completed development of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine. It is among the highest performing gas generator cycle kerosene engines ever built, exceeding the Boeing Delta II main engine, the Lockheed Atlas II main engine, and on par with the Saturn V F-1 engine.
The Merlin 1C is an improved version of the Merlin 1A ablatively cooled engine, which lofted the Falcon 1 on its first flight in March 2006 and second flight in March 2007. The regeneratively cooled Merlin 1C uses rocket propellant grade kerosene (RP-1), a refined form of jet fuel, to first cool the combustion chamber and nozzle before being combined with the liquid oxygen to create thrust. This cooling allows for higher performance without significantly increasing engine mass.
"We performed the final test in the development series, a 170 second long mission duty firing," said Tom Mueller, Vice President of Propulsion for SpaceX, from their Texas Test Facility in McGregor, Texas. "This series of runs has verified the final design features. Total run time on this engine exceeded 3,000 seconds across 125 hot fire tests."
"The SpaceX Texas test facility was critical to the rapid and efficient development of Merlin," said Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX. "In August alone, we ran twenty-one major Merlin test firings, nearly one per working day, a rate we could not equal anywhere else. The success of Merlin is really due to the joint function of a great propulsion and test team."
Merlin 1C in its Falcon 9 first stage configuration has a thrust at sea level of 95,000 lbs, a vacuum thrust of over 108,000 pounds, vacuum specific impulse of 304 seconds and sea level thrust to weight ratio of 92. In generating this thrust, Merlin consumes 350 lbs/second of propellant and the chamber and nozzle, cooled by 100 lbs/sec of kerosene, are capable of absorbing 10 MW of heat energy. A planned turbopump upgrade in 2009 will improve the thrust by over 20% and the thrust to weight ratio by approximately 25%.
The Merlin 1C will power SpaceX's next Falcon 1 mission, scheduled to lift off in early 2008 from the SpaceX launch complex in the Central Pacific atoll of Kwajalein. SpaceX's far larger Falcon 9 rocket, now in development, will employ nine Merlin engines on its first stage, and one on the second stage. The Falcon 9 will have over a million pounds of thrust – four times the maximum thrust of a Boeing 747.
The Merlin engine is the first new American booster engine in ten years and only the second in over a quarter century. The prior two American engines were the RS-68 developed in the late nineties by Pratt & Whitney's RocketDyne division, used in the Boeing Delta IV launch vehicle, and the Space Shuttle Main Engine developed in the late seventies, also by RocketDyne.
SpaceX is preparing to produce more rocket engines than the rest of US production combined. In 2008, SpaceX targets the manufacture of approximately 50 booster engines, a number that exceeds the output of any country except Russia.
About SpaceX
SpaceX is developing a family of launch vehicles intended to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of both manned and unmanned space transportation ultimately by a factor of ten. With its Falcon line of launch vehicles, powered by Merlin engines, SpaceX is able to offer light, medium and heavy lift capabilities to deliver spacecraft into any inclination and altitude, from low Earth orbit to geosynchronous orbit to planetary missions.
As winner of the NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services competition, SpaceX will conduct three flights of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft for NASA. This will culminate in Dragon berthing with the International Space Station and returning safely to Earth. When the Shuttle retires in 2010, Falcon 9 / Dragon will have the opportunity to replace the Shuttle in servicing the Space Station.
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
SpaceDev Gets Two New Board Members and One new VP
SpaceDev has announced that Mr. G. Scott Hubbard, former NASA Ames Research Center Director and Mr. Hans J. Steininger Chief Executive Officer of MT Aerospace AG, have joined the SpaceDev Board of Directors.
They have also announced that former Auburn Associate Dean of Engineering, James S. Voss, will be the new VP of Engineering.
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Labels: New Space, Space Investment
NASA has Started Launch Pad Construction
NASA has began construction on a launch pad to test the Orion's escape system.
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Labels: NASA
China's ASAT Weapon Pushes Space Entrepreneurs
According to the NY Times, the Chinese ASAT weapons test in January has had an effect on private space, since the military needs faster cheaper launchers to combat the threat of space weapons.
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Labels: New Space, US Military
Would You Spend $200,000 on a Space Flight
The SettlePI blog asks readers if they had an extra $200,000 would they by a flight on a spaceship. Of course, loyal readers, you know my answer.
D.J. McLeod says, as much as she would love to, she would rather spend $200,000 on a Community Resource Exchange where they can talk about homelessness and give homeless people government services. Well whatever works for you.
Will would rather pay off his house and max his retirement. In my opinion, it wouldn't be a spare $200,000 unless you had already done both.
Anonymous wants the price to drop (as do the rest of us).
Onyotaka Lukwe is milking goats to space apparently...
Just a cross section of what Seattle thinks of private space flight.
Feel free to comment on their comments (or answer the question for yourself).
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Labels: New Space, Space Tourism
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Virgin Galactic's Sales Pitch
Andrea James has the pitch Bothell travel agent Angie Lepley has been using as one of 45 agents licensed to sale seats on SpaceShip2.
It sounds like fun to me.
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Labels: New Space, Space Tourism
Space Vision 2007
Dave Brooks seems to have had his mind changed (somewhat) about private space by Elon Musk and his Falcon Rockets.
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Labels: COTS, New Space, Space Advocacy, Space Journalism
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Andrews Space Sponsors Laser Motive in 2007 Space Elevator Competition
Press Release: Seattle, WA - November 7, 2007 – Andrews Space, Inc. is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Seattle-based LaserMotive in the Elevator 2010 Power Beaming competition. The competition took place from October 19 – 21, near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Andrews contributed the use of their Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (ARPL) for LaserMotive to conduct laser testing and other system assembly requirements. Located near Seattle's Boeing field, the ARPL provides fabrication and assembly facility space. It houses Andrews' avionics integration and cryogenic test facilities, fabrication machine shop, and hardware integration and test facilities.
The NASA-sponsored 2007 Space Elevator Games had 30 teams competing in various categories, including the Climber Power Beaming competition. Teams entering the Power Beaming Challenge had to power a vehicle straight up a ribbon using only energy beamed to the vehicle from a ground-based laser, at a minimum of 2.5 m/sec. The 2007 prize purse, provided by NASA, was $500,000. No teams won the 2007 competition.
LaserMotive was recognized as having an innovative and potentially powerful technology. The LaserMotive system uses a high-power laser array to shine ultra-intense infrared light onto high-efficiency solar cells, converting the light into electric power, which then drives a motor. The system automatically tracks the vehicle as it climbs, compensating for motion due to wind, twisting of the ribbon, and other changes.
Andrews Chief Technology Officer Dana Andrews said, "LaserMotive had a promising start in this years' competition, and we expect them to come back strong next year in the 2008 competition. We believe their concept is the right approach to powering a planetary scale elevator."
About LaserMotive
LaserMotive is a Seattle-based team that competed in the 2007 NASA-sponsored Power Beaming competition. They are comprised of world-class laser power beaming experts, experienced machinists, systems engineers, and experts from industry partners. Visit their Web site at www.lasermotive.com for more information.
About Andrews Space
Andrews Space, Inc. was founded in 1999 to be a catalyst in the commercialization and development of space. The company is an affordable integrator of aerospace systems and developer of advanced space technologies. To learn more, please visit: www.andrews-space.com.
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Labels: New Space, Prizes, Space Elevator
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Carnival of Space #28 is Up
Emily Lakwdawalla is hosting this Week's Carnival of Space at
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Labels: Space Advocacy, Space Journalism
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Chinese Probe Enters Moons Orbit
China's probe, Chang'e 1, has entered lunar orbit.
"All of the subsystems of the Chang'e 1 are in normal operation so far," said Pei Zhaoyu, spokesman for the China National Space Administration.
It is expected to send photos back later this month.
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Labels: Foreign Space, Moon
SpaceX Breaks Ground in Florida
SpaceX has broken ground on their launch facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Space Walk Shows Need for COTS
According to John Borland, at Wired.com, the risky spacewalk to fix a broken solar panel shows the need for NASA to fund private launch companies through COTS, with the shuttle being retired in 2010.
With the shuttle being retired in a few years, it clearly can't serve that
purpose. But perhaps the new commercial spaceflight companies will be able to
fill that role, at least as well as the Soyuz missions launched by Russia. NASA
should make this a priority when it is funding and helping to guide development
of companies like SpaceX.
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ISS Brings up Space Law Again
With the new European module Columbus launching on the Columbia shuttle in December, space law has been brought to the forefront again. The issues are: who's law will be enforced on Columbus and what if two astronauts got in a fight?
This was all a problem with the Russian modules, but I guess they didn't get it worked out sufficiently then.
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Labels: Foreign Space, NASA, Space Law
SpaceDev Completes First Milestone under NASA Space Act Agreement for Development of Commercial Access to Space (Press Release)
SpaceDev Dream ChaserTM Space Plane Development Would Provide Cargo and Crew Transport
POWAY, CA – November 5, 2007 – SpaceDev, Inc. (OTCBB: SPDV) recently completed its first milestone under the Space Act Agreement that it signed with NASA in June 2007. This significant first milestone is to define the outer mold line (OML) of the SpaceDev Dream ChaserTM space vehicle. The SpaceDev team generated a surface model that will be used for future analysis, subscale flight test modeling, and full scale tooling of the Dream ChaserTM flight vehicle. The Dream Chaser™ OML surface model was derived from digitized scans of the original NASA Langley wind-tunnel tested models, which are currently on loan to SpaceDev.
SpaceDev entered into the Space Act Agreement with NASA's Johnson Space Center to facilitate its development of reliable, safe and affordable transportation of passengers and cargo to and from Earth orbit. As part of the agreement, NASA is providing support regarding commercial vehicle requirements for rendezvous and docking with the ISS as well as ongoing regularly scheduled technical exchange.
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Friday, November 02, 2007
SpaceDev Gets Air Force Contract for New Thermal Radiator Technology
SpaceDev has won a $100,000 contract with the Air Force to develop a new radar system to help with thermal control on satellites.
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Labels: New Space, US Military
Risky Spacewalk to Fix Solar Panels
NASA is planning a risky spacewalk to fix a damaged solar panel to restore the ISS to full power in anticipation of a European science module scheduled to launch in December.
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Labels: NASA
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Carnival of Space #27 is Up
Fraser Cain is hosting this Week's Carnivalof Space at
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Labels: Space Advocacy, Space Journalism
SpaceDev Gets DARPA Propulsion Contract
SpaceDev has won a propulsion contract from DARPA worth $3.75 million.
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Labels: New Space, US Military
SpaceDev to Release Earnings Nov 13
SpaceDev is holding a conference call to release their earnings report for the 3rd quarter 2007 on November 13, 2007.
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Labels: New Space, Space Investment
Florida Conference to Atrract Commercial Space
Florida is holding a conference to attract commercial space companies.
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Labels: New Space
China's Long March 5 Rocket
According to the Guardian, China is building a much more powerful rocket:
China laid out plans yesterday to build a rocket with enough power to put a
space station into orbit, raising fresh questions about whether it aims to
compete or collaborate with the US in space. The Long March 5 rocket will have
almost three times as much thrust as the existing launch vehicle, putting it on
a par with developed countries in its ability to carry heavy satellites, state
media said. The announcement came as the Chang'e 1 lunar probe pushed further
into space than any previous Chinese spacecraft. China plans to put a robot on
the moon in 2012 and an astronaut by about 2020.
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July 2, 2019 – Second application for Post-Conviction Writ with Comments (brief my attornies filed with Comments)
Regarding my next stage of appeals, I will be filing what is called a 'Subsequent application' which falls under chapter 11, Habeas Corpus article 11.071 § 5 subsequent writ (a)(1)(2) (see art 11.071).
What this will allow us to do it 'try' and get the courts to hear claims which they have never heard before, new claims.
- Newly discovered evidence (DNA)
- False expert testimony
- Prosecutorial misconduct
Withhold of exculpatory evidence
My biggest fear is now that the TCCA has ruled that the DNA in my case is not favorable to me nor would it had made a difference to at least one juror and denied me. Will they rule that all of these are also harmless errors because they are all directly tied to the newly discovered DNA results?


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Paul noted that God revealed details about what happens after death to encourage and comfort us, to give us hope in times of personal loss, that we not "sorrow as others who have no hope" (1 Thessalonians 4:13). God's promise of eternal life is certain; we can safely trust in it as long as we are faithful to Him. Writing to a fellow minister, Paul spoke of his confidence in the "hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began" (Titus 1:2).
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Knowing Her
They knew her in many different ways, but many of them—many more of than we would have imagined, I'm sure—many of them knew her in some sense beyond the Biblical. They knew her as something more than a stripper, something more than the fun aunt who was maybe too much fun, or the sister who'd dress you down for even the slightest slight, or the cousin who told it like she saw it and didn't care if that meant she wouldn't see you again because of that. Some of these guys wandering between the room with her casket and the room with the slideshow, they knew her better than we ever could. Maybe knowing her body was a way to know her soul. That sounds fucking stupid, but maybe it's true.
I remember the Christmas after she'd started losing all the weight. She stole the electric razor Mom & Dad bought me for college, took it into the bathroom along with a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, and came out an hour later with a blonde mohawk, the sides of her head buzzed, her eyebrows gone, all the hair left on her head reaching for the sky like the fingers on each hand that she saluted me with on her way out the door, when I'd stared too long and too hard.
My razor was in the sink, batteries drained, resting in a shallow pool of water and discarded brown hair. I'd never been able to understand how someone could do that.
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Here's list of all the women who have made a major mark and secured a position of great responsibility in these top notch tech & IT companies:
1. Rekha Menon – Accenture
Rekha who was the managing director (human resources) for Accenture's growth markets, including India has now been promoted to Chairman (India) and will now be working for business expansion.
2. Vanitha Narayanan – IBM India
Vanitha is the managing director for IBM India and was appointed in January 2013. She heads IBM India's sales, marketing and delivery channels.
3. Kumud Srinivasan – Intel India
Kumud is the President for Intel India and a working mother. She joined Intel after marriage because her husband was placed in the same city (in a different company) and for last 28 years, she has been a part of it.
4. Aruna Jayanthi – Capgemini India
She is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Capgemini India since January 2011. She has been an active part of the IT industry for last 27 years. She feels that to grow in career people need to focus more on the big picture rather than focusing on short-term goals.
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5. Neelam Dhawan – HP India
This Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard India takes care of their country-wide revenue responsibility. She aims to make HP the most loved and appreciated company in India. She is an MBA graduate from FMS Delhi and has worked with Microsoft India previously.
6. Kirthiga Reddy – Facebook India
Kirthiga is the head of office and online operations at Facebook India. In 2010, she stopped being just another Facebook user to Facebook's first Indian employee. She defines it as her dream job.
7. Arathi Subramanian – TCS India
Arathi has grown in TCS from being the head of its global delivery excellence group to being a member of board of executive directors. It is for the first IT company in Indian space to have a woman executive director.
8. Sushama Rajgopalan – ITC
Sushma Rajgopalan is the Chief Executive for ITC Infotech. She was promoted in 2014 making her second woman in the senior leadership role in the company. An MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, Sushama has previously worked with L&T, iGate and many other renowned companies.
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Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by Ryan Callan, Feb 18, 2010.
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lol i am too in he 5k post club now with 5407 would be nice to have them back in the header
insteed of the profile page btw gratz Ryo
Nearly my double! Wow, you really accelerated much after turn into a Racing Stuff ;=)
I just noticed I have 1010 posts, I broke a thousand and didnt know it, the most posts I have on any forum.
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Sikorsky has reinstalled the transmission into its X2 advancing blade concept demonstrator following detection of a gearbox manufacturing problem during ground tests in December, just before a flight that is designed to reach 150kt (278km/h).
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This SUPER easy soup, or stew as it is more accurately called because of its thickness and heartiness, has lots going for it! It's very nutritious, rich in veggies, low in calories, and delicious. You can make changes based on what vegetables you have in the house or what your nutritional goals are; I'll give variations at the end for those who'd like it to be lower in carbs or want to add meat.
I adapted this recipe from here; I made the cooking process easier, took out the oil and the potatoes, added cauliflower, and simplified some measurements. I changed the thickening agent by taking out the flour and subbing cornstarch. I also used Recipe Calculator to figure up the nutrition information, which I am including at the end.
Hearty Vegetable Stew
1 1/2 c. chopped onions
2 minced cloves of garlic
1 c. sliced carrots
1 c. sliced celery
4 c. fresh mushrooms, halved or quartered
1 c. fresh cauliflower florets cut into bite sized pieces
1 can of diced tomatoes (14.5 oz) and their juice
1 can of kidney beans (15 oz), drained and rinsed
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Ordinary Life: The ordinary life of the people is very simple. Their life requirements are limited. They do not like pomp and show. Greed for wealth and competition for it is not very high. A person's social status is not identified from his decent home, wealth or official rank. People's social standing is considered identical within the limits of their tribes or racial circles regardless of their economic and physical nature. Folk wisdom carries high value. The traditional experiences, social terms and lineage relationships enhance appreciations among the community. Since population is not dense, theft cases do not occur. Traders' edible items lie on the roadsides for several days but no one would steal them nor is there any risk of their being stolen. People help each other at the occasions of sorrows, celebrations and death ceremonies. Things become available easily to empty-handed people for borrowing that are repaid later on in kind or cash. Events of feuds and commitment of murders are declining and display of arms is reducing. Involvement of the groups, tribes and castes in individual feuds, has gone down a great deal. However, on the issues of joint resources and interests, the groups and tribes have been found to provide armed support to each other and considerably large fights have been seen occurring from these matters.
People's economy is dependent on herd raising, agriculture and forests. People go on seasonal migration from the River Indus bank to the higher pastures located on 12000 feet making three or four transitional stops on the way. The choice of location for seasonal migration depends on the number of sheep, goats and cattle currently owned by a family. Seasonal migrations cycle enables them to breed maximum number of livestock that are an important source for trade, cash income, butter oil, milk, meat, wool, transportation, cultivation of crops and natural manures.
These resources are renewed naturally by the traditional practice of seasonal migration. The constructive or destructive attitudes of those affecting or consuming the diversified wild life in these environmental territories, i.e. the mankind, go on flourishing from these cycles and an enhancement takes place in human awareness. It increases the importance of wild life, their exposure to wild life and taste for beauty. Human skill, knowledge, perception and folk literature grows from it and freshness and peace comes by changing places.
Seasonal migration takes place according to a traditional calendar which is comprised over four season of the year. Every season consists three months' of duration. Some important activities also take place during these months which would be out of place to describe here. Changes occur in the particular duration of a year. The change in the movement of sun changes the size of day and night. When a change begins this way, people call it "sue:l" in local terms in Kohistan. It comes out to be on June 22 and December 22 according to Christian calendar.
Bazodo (Spring Season)
It means spring season. Its general duration is from 16 March to 16 May. Plenty of folk songs are available on the topic of this season. Sowing is started in this season and the traditional transactions of instalment payments begin. In some areas these transactions begin in October. The people living in winter locations (yoduko ba:ndo), they move to move their places of residence located at agricultural land. They call this place their "pakhi ba:sum" (permanent settlement). They begin to take care of their agricultural chores at that place. Traditionally, a clear division is found between the jobs of men and women in agriculture sector. Some jobs are specified for men and some for women and some are done together.
After sowing maize, people drive their livestock along and shift to "bazo:do be:k" and some people shift directly to "wa:lo be:k" (summer pastures) after sowing maize. At "bazo:do be:k" a stay for twenty to thirty days is made. This place of middle stop is located in the wilderness in between agricultural territories and high summer pastures. In spring season, important group and local Jirgas are also worked out and held according to the needs.
Walo (Summer Season)
As soon as "bazo:do" comes to an end, the season of "Wa:lvo", summer season, begins. During this season, these people shift to high summer resorts. In Kolai, Palas and Jalkot, the places of this sort are located between the altitudes of 9000 to 13000 feet. People stay at these places from June to mid-September and some people at relatively lower altitudes stay even till October.
The residences at summer places are found in the shape of tiny villages. Residences have only room which is not very wide and high. If the pattern of their settlement or the communal structure of the village is kept in view, it becomes known that the houses of closely blood relatives are adjacent to each other. At the larger summer places, generally houses of one caste are found. For instance, in Murroo, Ledi and Sipat. The names of such summer settlements (be:k) are usually related with the names of the castes living therein. For example, "suto be:k", "shamko be:k", "bado be:k", "Jumalkhano be:k", Kumlo be:k" "didro be:k", and "Mholeo be:k" and so on. Some places are void of such situation and maternal relatives are found in near places of this nature.
Plenty of butter is produced in this season for sale in autumn. A lot of medicinal herbs are collected that are used for traditional cure and for commercial purposes. Many of these herbs that are very important as medical, economical and wildlife items, are under the risk of vanishing by their unwise usa in these areas.
Sharyo (Autumn Season)
Autumn season is called "shario" in local terms. Some people reside in this season for 20 to 30 days in "shario be:k", autumn resorts. This is the same place of the transitional stop where in May people stay again for 20 to 30 days. During this season, the flow of work is faster and the heavy agricultural jobs are don by communal participation called "hashar".
In this season, weddings are usually common because there is sufficient amount of butter oil, food grains and other kinds available with the people. In Palas, business transactions begin during this season.
Yodo (Winter Season)
Winter season is called "yo:do". Since, there is a lot of snow fall at higher altitudes, people store fuelwood and ground flour for three months. Some families migrate to "sinkaRi" areas during this season where snow does not fall and stay there until mid-April. The Movements are limited during this season and most of the time is passed in the mosques and "hujras", traditional community houses.
The "hashar" system
In order to implement collective or heavy individual works, there exists a strong traditional system of "hashar". Construction and maintenance of irrigation system, small bridges and tracks, water mills, "hujras", houses, and mosques are completed by courtesy of this system. More work with lasting durability might be achieved by spending relatively less time under this system and constructive attitudes of mutual cooperations are developed.
In the past, this system was very strong and functional. But now it is weakening due to inflows of governmental funds and the unprioritized schemes of the local representatives of Provincial and National Assemblies. Set targets of these schemes are not achieved. However, "hashar" system is getting adversely affected from it. People are getting to think now that these jobs are for the government to do. In other words, dependence on government is increasing now.
Life of Hujra and Biak
In Kohistan, fast changes are occurring in the traditional environment of the collective "hujras" and "biak". New economic needs, unemployment, construction of Korakoram Highway, converting the local area into a district, estrangement to the new system, establishment of Police stations, play of alien politics, associationship to political parties, timber logging and earning in the form of commissions, inflow of funds on the basis of political affiliations, inception of Zakat and issuance of ration cards, participation in religious movements, political addresses and processions, environmental and agricultural changes and many other factors are involved in changing people's trend from collectivism into individualism. These elements of slow moving changes can be observed in daily life. The collective "hujras" of castes and tribes are turning into individual "hujras" and "hujras" are changing into "bethaks" The "hujra" environment has been very important in the youngsters' constructive role and their personality. Hospitality, bravery, "bilo:S", sense of honour, profoundness, enmity handling, respect to the elder and many other attitudes flourish in the environment of collective "hujras". Folk wisdom and experiences are shared and awareness enhances. In individual "hujras" this kind of environment and characteristics do not exist because only one's own family members are found there and not of a tribe. There is a limited circle of people there. So exchange of talks and experiences is also limited. One impact of collective "hujras" changing into individual "hujras" is this also that, as it has reduced interdependence between the groups of people, by the same token, their contacts are also reducing. It has resulted into a reduction in group fighting also. But, mutual disputes and conflicts are increasing among the castes. May subjects of folk heritage are also adversely getting affected gradually with the gradual elimination of collective "hujras" and it is leading to a change in appreciation for beauty and other attitudes.
Traditional business
Traditional business is done both in cash and kind. Business transactions are mostly done by way of annual installments. In Palas there is a place called Khilot. In the past, for three days a year, business activities were continued at this place and all the people of Palas would gather here. If any would be absent from it, people would not borrow anything from him till the next year.
Cash circulation is very little in annual business transactions. Generally, debts are shifted to one another. Food grains, butter oil, honey and pulses are usually exchanged. Food gains, butter oil, livestock, sheep and goats, agricultural land and weapons are the major items traded in usual business. Besides these, timber logging, small employments and labour jobs also bring some cash income to them.
Disputes and Settlements
In Kohistan, three kinds of laws are used to resolve crimes, murder attempts and group and property disputes and all three of them have different origins. They are customary laws, Islamic laws of Jurisprudence and state laws. In most cases, customary law are applied. Islamic Jurisprudence is second priority and the state laws come at the end.
Customary Laws
The decisions and principles derived from the daily cultural matters, values and manners of a community, caste, group or a tribe, usually become the practical customary laws in that community. Such laws are acceptable and useful from customary, communal and cultural point of view. The process of amendments and additions to them continues as an ongoing process in them depending on the circumstances. They are owned as customary laws from race to race which remain functional in down trodden and tribal communities.
Among the Shin tribes, customary laws are called "ma:lo da:de pon", the ways of forefathers and efforts are mostly made to get disputes resolved under these customary laws. Since these laws take a shape and acted upon in a particular territory and the cultural and communal circles of a group, they are more acceptable to the concerned people. They cost nothing and remain accessible in less time. The disputes of land, forests, murder attempts, business matters, quarrels and other conflicts can be easily resolved by these laws. Examples from the past are used towards resolving mutual disputes.
In Kohistan, the origins of traditional laws are the Jirgas of two kinds: one formal and the other informal. We have made a distinction in these two because that formal Jirgas are found among the political organizational circles and the external or non-concerned people can not get into them. Secondly, the formal Jirgas usually resolve economical and regional matters. Private matters remain out of their scope of work in most cases. In informal Jirgas, mostly private matters or disputes are resolved and people of all sorts can join them. Formal Jirgas make decisions about utilization of natural resources, their distribution, protection and sale that determine their organizational powers and obligations. Through informal Jirgas, traditional laws or decisions are formed about marriages, quarrels, feuds and agricultural disputes and so on that become customary laws. To maintain a control over implementation of customary laws or decisions made in the formal Jirgas, there exists a system of "nagah", a traditional system of charging a fine on defaulters. Informal Jirgas do not have the power to impose "nagah" on the defaulters of their decisions. However, if their decisions are not obeyed, they are deemed "aqala", devoid.
Whatever the decision is, generally it is based on justice and truthfulness. It is talked out in every "hujra", mosque and house. The people who make decisions beyond the traditional limits, generally become prey to people's condemnation.
For traditional decisions, consensus is sought from both the concerned parties. Decision makers are acceptable and impartial to both parties. They hear both of them separately after which they base their decision on true events which they know by themselves also. When the parties concerned extend their consensus, then they obey the verdict regardless of what it is. In case of intensive disputes, consensus for compromise is acquired from both the parties, efforts are made to bring a "madan", temporary cease-fire, among them for one year's duration. During this period, they stay in constant touch with the parties and finally reach a feasible solution between them.
Islamic Laws
All the people belong to Deoband sect of Sunnis. People refer to Islamic Jurisprudence if their property disputes could not be resolved by customary laws. Many theologians exist in the area who are expert of Islamic Jurisprudence who resolves disputes and help people reach a compromise in their matters. There is a "Qazi Court" in the local District Court but the local people mostly refer to their own theologians with their internal disputes.
State Laws
In Kohistan, help from a court is sought as a final resort. That also is not done for the sake of justice, but they do so to trap their opponent in financial hardships or to keep his movements limited. Or those people refer to the local Police Stations or to the courts who wish to prolong their disputes. Very few people lodge FIRs for murder attempts. It is interesting that even if a person is punished in the court for his crime, traditionally, he still remains under the charge of crime and his opponent reserves the right to avenge.
Control of State law is very weak inside the valleys. People own law is functional there. In case Police takes some action on its own and arrests the parties, generally they would rid themselves by reaching a compromise in the court. But they continue with the feud in the village. Since it was a tribal area before, it would take some time before their mentality is changed.
The Dispute of Chor
Chor is a well known summer pasture of Palas Valley. It is separated from Allai by a 15000 feet high chain of mountains. All the rivers from here flow towards Daro Palas by Chor nulla and River MuSa and empty into River Indus near Kharat. About the boundaries of Chor territories, an English author, Oliver has written in 1860 that:
A 15000 feet high series divides Allai from Kohistan, that lays an area of one thousand square feet of snow covered peaks and cliffs between Kaghan on the highlands of River Indus and Hazara."
The boundaries about the other areas of Kohistan described by Mr. Oliver are still intact. However, Khan of Allai is disputing about this boundary. In the past, many battles were fought over this issue. There is no basis for these disputes. But due to abundance of land and pastures in Palas, the disputes and conflicts like this are going for centuries as Oliver writes on pp. 374 and 375 of his book that:
The people of Allai and the Gujars go on having disputes with the Kohistanis. Its reason was the invasion of the people of Allai and the Gujars of the Alafzar pastures, Chor located to the south east corner of Kohistan."
Ten years prior to Edward E. Oliver in 1880 A.D, another author, John Biddulph has written in his book "Tribes of Hindukush" that:
The people of Palas, who are also Shins, inhabit a valley of considerable extreme, stretching in a south-easterly direction, and have easy communication from its head with the Allai valley. Land in Palas is plentiful, and much remains uncultivated. As has been already observed, this abundance has for some time caused the envy of the more crowded population of Allai and Koli. (Biddulph 1880, p. 11)
The above-mentioned references show it clearly that why Khan of Allai has created a dispute over Chor Palas. As a matter of fact, there are three four basic factors of it without which it is hard to understand the nature of this dispute.
In Allai, two nations of Sawatis and Gujars are settled. The Khandom is with the Sawatis. There are numerous big and small Khans and most of the land is occupied by them. The status of the Gujar nation is like that of growers. Most of them are tenants and pay "qalang" to the Khans.
Plenty of butter oil can be acquired from the summer pastures. Therefore, more the pastures occupied by the Khan, more income he will get. It is this which is the fundamental cause for the Khan disputing over Chor. Khan of Chor requires a unity among the Gujars and their help to stretch his territories and enhance his defensive power. This requirement may be fulfilled only by creating such a dispute which may be beneficial for the Gujars so that they fight for it. This way Khan of Allai is playing three preys at the same time: making the Gujars fight with the Kohistanis and hence making both of them weak, secondly taking over the natural resources and thereby increase in the revenues under "qalang", thirdly suppressing the small Khans and the tenants.
Since Kohistanis are their neighbours and their tribal power stays united under multi-group system, therefore, entangling them in disputes to prevent any potential risk, giving refuge to law escapees and to murderers, using them in commitment of crimes and take their help in planning of state matters.
In 1985, a team comprising the Government officials from Batagram, theologians and a some representatives from both areas had visited Chor to see the situation and check the direction of flow of the local streams. After the visit, the theologians handed over their religious verdict on the situation to the Government saying that Chor belonged to Palas.
Recently the Government started work on a dam in this area with the financial help from the German government without taking the people of Palas into confidence. Consequently, the local people kidnaped 28 workers and confined them for one month. Later on they were released under an agreement. Now local people are also taken into confidence regarding the construction and the initial surveys of it.


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A little country surrounded by the Wall everyone knows is insurmountable. But the boy who refuses to be king vows to pass over it.
Young as he is, Adam understands that being king would shackle him more tightly than being the lowest slave.
He watches birds and clouds pass by overhead as if this land surrounded by an impassable Wall is less than nothing.
What is out there — the destroying chaos they warn him about, or mysteries beyond his imagination?
He runs away from kingship, and, though political potentates seek him out, he seeks the imposing shadowy presence of that final brambled cliff of masonry.
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Gimel. Ur. Suoche. An unnameable desert. Shambhala. Xanadu.
A boy enters manhood while exploring the world – and finally finds home among a frightening, humble people.
Given the wild gift of scrying, Adam is subjugated to a mad emperor and slavers, meets the Prince of the Upper Air, runs from the Assassin's Guild, gets lost in an impassable desert, is overwhelmed by the maddening magic of the East, and finally finds his place among a people literally in the middle of nowhere.
Yet even there the rising tide of, ahem, civilization – of war and commercialism and rampant greed – threatens to inundate him and his adopted people.
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The War to End All Wars, except it is draining humanity. And the city has spiritually died. A sculptor comes home from war and dares to create a living sculpture that might yet restore hope to humanity.
The city has no hope, no dreams, no vision. But Albion is inspired by the glimpsing visions he receives of the actress Argent de Resznay. But then she disappears and in her memory he begins to sculpt her back into reality.
The government, meanwhile, prepares a device that will shut down the unconscious mind – and with it not only all resistance to authority, but any vestige of the creative spirit in humanity.
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The fabric of time and space have been ripped apart by humanity. But nobody seems to care; everyone is involved in the latest fad, an illegal pastime called The Game. Legend speaks of the Unknown King, who will supposedly come to set things right, but time, literally, is running out.
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Only the Unknown King can halt the destruction of literally everything, but nobody has come forward claiming to be him. Least of all someone like Arjuna, down on his luck and playing The Game to pass the time.
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The Sun is sputtering and guttering with only a pallid reddish light. Dark night has nearly completed its victory over day. What few human beings are left cower in a last village awaiting the eventual death of the world.
Two Hunters struggle for supremacy over a female of a nonhuman race.
A noah builds a sailing ship to escape to the stars in an attempt to evade the end of the Universe.
And then a miracle; no one remembers the last time a child has been born, but here is one, a girl. She is beautiful, but strange, given to dancing weird rituals beneath the Moon and painting self-portraits in the nude. One of the two Hunters, Adam Winter, dares to confront her with his love, with disastrous consequences.
The other Hunter, Ikaros, consumed with rage, teams up with a noah to build an Ark — and it sails into space seeking a new world where humanity might yet live. But there is no miracle for Ikaros; again and again they come back to the same tired world and its darkening Sun.
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The last human being on Earth, watching the Universe shrink ever smaller around him, witnesses the end of existence, and learns whether there will be another.
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Chinese Mathematical Society (CMS) is an academic social organization of Chinese math workers and it's a part of the China Association for Science and Technology.The purpose of CMS is to unite the broad masses of mathematics workers,to promote the development of mathematics and the prosperity of China's science and technology business,and accelerate the growth and improvement of science and technology talents ...
Shiing - Shen Chern Mathematics Award
As a Chinese American mathematician, foreign academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Shiing-Shen Chen was an international math master and he made outstanding contributions to the development of mathematics. Mr. Chen was very concerned about the development of the mathematics career of the motherland, for decades he did a lot of work on the development of our mathematics career and the training of talented person in mathematics.In order to affirm the merits of Professor Chen and encourage the young and middle aged mathematics workers in China to contribute to the development of China's mathematics, the Standing Committee of the Chinese Mathematical Society decided to set up the "Shiing- Shen CHERN Mathematics Award". The range of awards is the young and middle aged mathematicians of our country who had made outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics.China Mathematical Society set up and hosted the "Shiing- Shen CHERN Mathematics Award" which initiated and donated by Hong Kong Elite (ELITE) Industrial Development Group Co., Ltd and was decided to be set up by the Standing Committee of the Chinese Mathematical Society.The Chinese Mathematical Society is in charge of the awarding work and formed an evaluation committee. Since the beginning of the establishment in 1986, "Shiing- Shen CHERN Mathematics Award" has been held for fifteen years, each year there are two people and the money of each prize is100,000 RMB.
(Discussed and approved by the Sixth Standing Council of 12 October 2013)
Article 1 In order to reward the outstanding academic achievements of Chinese math workers and promote the development of China's mathematics industry, the Chinese Mathematical Society established the "Chen Chenshou Mathematical Award".
The second prize of the main award for the development of mathematics to make outstanding achievements of China's young mathematicians.
Article 3 This award is issued every two years and is called a term. Each selection of winners no more than two, the award year on January 1 under 50 years of age. The prize money is RMB 100,000 per person, and the award certificate and medal are awarded.
Article 4 "Chen Shou body mathematics award" award committee mainly by the Chinese Mathematical Society is vice chairman and secretary of the composition, you can appoint relevant experts to participate. The judges' committee is located in the office of the China Mathematical Society.
Article 5 Candidates for this award are produced by the recommended method. Research institutes, institutions of higher learning, national academic groups can recommend candidates; two peer experts can jointly recommend candidates.
Article 6 The recommended materials shall be collected within three months from the date of publication of the notice of election. The recommended materials include the candidate's main academic achievement, the introduction of the academic community, the main scholarly catalog, and the specific written recommendations.
Article 7 The members of the appraisal committee shall not recommend and participate in their term of office.
Article 8 The "Chen Chenshou Mathematics Award" is financed by the Hong Kong Elite Industrial Development Group Co., Ltd.
Article 9 These Amendment Regulations shall be discussed and approved by the six meetings of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Mathematical Society at the eleventh session. The interpretation of this Ordinance belongs to the Chinese Mathematical Society.
Chen Chenshen Mathematical Award Presentation
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According to the award ceremony of the award, the award is mainly for the achievements of mathematics in China's young and middle mathematician, the award year on January 1 under 50 years of age (that is, January 1, 1967 after birth).
Chen Shou body mathematics award by the recommended way. China Mathematical Society member units (including the governing units, the branches), the provincial and municipal mathematics can recommend candidates; two peer experts can recommend candidates. Recommended materials include (in order to book into a book): recommended table, the paper directory, the paper cited and peer evaluation, a copy of the certificate, two peer expert letter of recommendation, five representative papers. The recommended form can be downloaded from the China Society website.
Recommended materials Paper version (1 copy) Please send to: Beijing Haidian District, No. 55 Zhongguancun East Road, Institute of Mathematics and Systems Science, Institute of Science and Technology Institute of Room 534A / 534 Room of China Mathematical Society Office (Zip code 100190), while the declaration materials Of the electronic version of the pdf file (not including five representative papers) sent to the Chinese Mathematical Society Awards dedicated mailbox firstname.lastname@example.com
Loo-Keng Hua Mathematics Award
Mr. Loo-Keng Hua is a famous mathematician
Mr. Loo-Keng Hua is a famous Mathematician in China and loves his motherland deeply. He devoted in to the scientific career, and made an outstanding contribution to the Chinese mathematical career and talents cultivation for all his life.
Shiing - Shen Chern Mathematics Award
Professor Chen is a master of international math
Chinese American mathematician, Chinese Academy of Sciences foreign academician Professor Shiing-Shen Chern is an international math master, he made outstanding contributions to the development of mathematics.
Jia-qing Zhong Mathematics Award
Professor Zhong Jiaqing was
Professor Zhong Jiaqing was very concerned about the development of the cause of the motherland during his lifetime and worked hard for it. He has repeatedly said that the development of mathematics depends on the active development and selection of outstanding young mathematics talent, he earnestly hope to establish a fund in China to reward outstanding young mathematicians.
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The premise of Opening Act, Nigel Lythgoe's latest reality TV offering, is simple: from nobody to somebody in five days.
But is a chance to sing a song (or two) at the start of some big name's concert the career boost this series makes it out to be? That remains to be seen.
To be sure, Lythgoe, executive producer of So You Think You Can Danceand American Idol, has lassoed some big names for the show. The Monday premiere featured Rod Stewart; future instalments will boast Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Jason Aldean, LMFAO, Jason Mraz and Gym Class Heroes (I must confess, I'm intrigued as to what the requirements will be for the LMFAO opener, ability to make gratuitous penis references?).
While other series have stuck a tentative toe into the Internet pool in their searches for talent, the subjects of Opening Act are drawn solely from YouTube performances.
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Monday's episode featured brief footage of Lythgoe and his "artist development team" — country singer Martina McBride, R&B act Jason Derulo, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, music producer Antonina Armato and vocal coach Nick Cooper — checking out YouTube clips, including one seriously deluded guy strangling the life out of "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
The choice for Stewart's opener came down to bespectacled singer-songwriter Danielle, with a flower in her lapel, and dark-haired Arielle.
We learned nothing about poor Danielle before she was dismissed after a quick discussion and voice vote among the team (Cooper felt Arielle's voice was a little flat and Wentz found Danielle more "authentic," but Armato said Arielle could captivate an audience and Lythgoe said her voice had another "layer" to it). Next thing you know, host Olivia Lee was off to Allen, Texas, to pose (not very successfully) as a barista at a coffee shop where Arielle had been summoned for a fake meeting.
For one thing, what kind of barista leaves the counter to sit with a customer who's supposedly there to meet someone else? For another, why would a barista in a coffee bar in Texas, even one with an English accent, be friends with Rod Stewart?
With the hidden camera rolling, Lee told Arielle that her friend Rod was "doing a big show in Vegas in five days at Caesars Palace and he actually found an act online, would you believe it? (Arielle did not look like she did) He found this amazing girl, so talented. She writes her own songs, she does covers, brilliant artist, she's got her own YouTube channel ..."
"Do you know what her name is," asked Arielle, a little too conveniently.
"Arielle," responded Lee. "It's you, young lady," as a cameraman swooped in.
Stewart had recorded a greeting for Arielle, "I've been watching your videos online and you are a very talented young girl and you're going to go a long way," he said. "But before that happens I'd like you to join me at Caesars Palace next Saturday and be my opening act."
With just five days to the gig, Arielle (who goes by one name online but whose last name is O'Keefe) was whisked home to pack and break the news to her stunned parents and brother.
We learned a little bit more about Arielle besides the fact she lives at home and has a messy room. She's 21; she wasn't popular in high school; she had braces; she never had a boyfriend; sitting in her room writing songs was how she coped; she volunteers at a food bank.
"Music is my whole life. I'm good at nothing else and I don't care to be. This is who I am," Arielle said.
Next stop was a studio in downtown L.A., where Arielle was meeting Lythgoe, Armato and Rickey Minor, introduced as the musical director for the Grammys but better known for his gigs with The Tonight Show and, before that, Idol.
I'm mystified as to what Minor was doing there. The sum total of his involvement was to listen along with the others to Arielle singing an original song, "Monsters," and then back up Lythgoe's assertion it wasn't the right song for her to open a Rod Stewart concert with.
It was quickly dismissed by Lythgoe as being "more of an album track." Arielle would be singing a song written by Armato and partner Tim James for Selena Gomez. Arielle confessed she was uncomfortable with that at first, but it's not like she had a choice, is it?
The news release when this series was first announced promised "intense mentoring sessions" and "extreme performance boot camp," but what we saw was hardly high drama.
Arielle recorded the new song, a schmaltzy bit of pop fluff called "Once Again," with Armato and James at their Rock Mafia studios. "Don't oversing, it, just overfeel it," was Armato's advice.
Everything went swimmingly until the bridge and a particularly high note. I'll be honest; it didn't sound awful to me the first time she tackled it, but Armato said she was putting in a "scoop" before the note, which sounded "sort of talent showy" and it all went downhill from there.
Oh no, would Arielle be able to hit the note the night of the concert? Would she let Stewart down?
Time to call in vocal coach Cooper, whose assistance seemed to be less about vocals and more about getting Arielle to repeat affirmations like "I'm perfect the way I am" and "I'm allowed to be me."
Arielle, Cooper explained, wasn't allowing herself to be vulnerable and every artist who's had an amazing career has done so.
Cue the mascara-tinted tears and Arielle's confession that she was told growing up that she wasn't good enough, "in every aspect of life, not just music."
To be fair, Cooper did seem genuinely tender with her, even wiping away her tears, and the song did sound a teensy bit better after the true confessions than when she first walked in.
Next, Arielle and her older sister were on a plane for Vegas, checking out her name below Stewart's on the Caesars Palace sign and checking into the penthouse suite at the hotel, awaiting a visit from hairstylist to the stars Paul Norton.
A surprise guest was Stewart's musical director, Chuck Kentis, who told Arielle that Stewart really liked her voice and wanted to do a duet with her on "Have I Told You Lately."
Way to ramp up the pressure.
There was something poignant about the subsequent video diary entry from Arielle. "They keep asking me if I feel like I deserve this, which is such a weird question to me ... I just feel so lucky. It's not about deserving it, I'll never deserve this ... I just totally won the lottery on this one, wow.
"It's gonna be OK right? It's gotta be OK. I'm gonna do my best because I was born to do it."
But did she really win the lottery?
On the big night, Arielle took the stage in a fancy aqua dress and yellow killer heels, and did a commendable but not overly memorable job on "Once Again" (the audience cheered when she hit the dreaded high note and turned it into an extended scream).
For my money, she sounded better and more relaxed on the duet with Stewart, and it was touching to watch her mom, Jamie, crying in the audience and proud dad, John, touching Jamie's shoulder in affirmation.
Afterward, there were hugs and champagne with the family and a visit from Stewart, who told Arielle, "Good luck to you sweetheart, you deserve all the success."
Just how much success will accrue from this one-off is what I wonder.
On Idol, the more successful contestants are coached and groomed over weeks not days, and they become household names if they stick around long enough. The winner and other favoured singers also end up with recording contracts when it's all over.
There was no record contract for Arielle. It wasn't even clear whether the song she recorded at Rock Mafia will be released as a single.
My guess is the audience at Caesars Palace that night weren't walking out, saying, "I love this girl. Who is she? I want to buy her records" as Lythgoe hoped, but "Wasn't Rod Stewart great/awful/OK?" or whatever their assessment of the star they came to see.
The show's biggest problem, as I see it, is that there's not enough time over one 44-minute episode (the running time once commercials are factored in) for us to truly care about these singers and what will become of their careers.
They may have devoted YouTube followings, but so do lots of other people who aren't on TV.
Consider that Duets, another show that pairs amateur singers with stars, isn't exactly burning up the airwaves, pulling in less than 5 million viewers an episode on ABC. And that's on a major network; Opening Act airs on E!
I suppose only time will tell whether we're still talking about Ariel and the other openers days, weeks or months from now.
Next week's episode features Detroit group 24/7, selected to open for Gym Class Heroes in El Paso, Texas.
Lythgoe is recycling Simon Cowell's Idol lines. He describes the group at one point as sounding "like a bagload of cats being thrown off the Empire State building."
Cowell once told someone they sounded "like cats jumping off the Empire State building."
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