Wilentz and Davis both discuss similar abolitionism themes in the north, Cincinnati and New York in particular, that helped gain traction for abolition movements. I was equally as shocked as Alex was in learning that abolitionists faced angry mobs in larger cities in New York and extreme hostility. The rhetoric of the abolitionist movement was certainly new and categorized as "extreme" for their time. Wilentz even goes as far as saying some abolitionist groups even alienated the more moderate abolitionists because of there fervor. However, this is not the only side of the slavery argument that can seem extreme.
Wilentz goes on to speak of the interesting postal service debacle that has become a point of note in the Jacksonian Presidency. When the AA-SS began to send large amounts of anti-slavery and abolitionist rhetoric in the form of mail and pamphlets in the south. Attempting to spread the new moralist and Christian ideologies fighting against the moral injustice of slavery in the United States. Angry southerners and even postmasters took part in the ransacking of post offices and public burning of the documents. Technically highly illegal, Jackson turned a relative blind eye to this situation at first and eventually attempted to institute federal censorship of the post, which would have been an incredibly extreme law. This was put down in votes and never was formalized, but the simple suggestion was somewhat extreme, as was the response against the abolitionists.
Therefore it seems there were two extreme sides that continually were increasing and eventually coming to a head. Davis in the last couple pages mentions that abolitionists were increasingly espousing violent rhetoric and condoning or even advocating violence. The Christian rhetoric of acceptance and moralist changed to an old testament violence. Demonizing the southern slaveholder, many of these groups decided to abandon the simple moral arguments, discussions, and pamphlets, realizing that much more would need to be done in order to exact any real change in the southern states. With their power being increasing with the Dread Scott case and expanding slave owning powers, they lamented but accepted that this could possibly be a cause that would lead to much bloodshed, a prophecy which would certainly become true in their own efforts and eventually culminating in the civil war.
In chapter 13 of The Rise of American Democracy, Wilentz touches up a variety of issues. In particular he focuses in on the Second Bank of the United States, the abolitionist movement, and Unions. Moreover, Wilentz highlights how the Jacksonian administration handled these particular issues, and rationalizes how these events set the stage for the emergence of a new type of American democracy.
I found it particularly interesting that abolitionists were targeted with violence in the North as well as the South. I had previously imagined the North as the primary breeding ground for abolitionism, and found it shocking that abolitionists were subjected to angry mobs and official repression by the government. Apparently, at least towards the beginnings of our nation, abolitionists were treated with the same disdain and concept in the North as they were in the South.
Wilentz made a good point when examining the Second Bank of the United States, and Jackson's response to what he considered an impending crisis. Removing government deposits from the bank was a certainly a bold move, and gave Henry Clay and his rivals ample ammunition to use against him. His opponents could certainly construe his actions in a negative light, and ultimately were able to portray Jackson as a tyrannical despot who was overreaching the executive powers given to him. Previously, Wilentz had shown a certain bias for Jackson in his writing, yet I feel in this chapter he does a good job of highlighting both the good and the bad aspects of his character. In particular, he calls out Jackson for failing to enforce the 1836 Post Office Law, which left in question the relationship between national and state government.
The author of the post "Early 1800 Politics," made a good point in his piece last week when he discussed the still developing system of American politics. Both national and state government officials were still trying to determine the appropriate balance of power in the recently formed government. In light of this, Jackson's failure to uphold the 1836 Post Office Law is even more egregious. Jackson supposedly supported the notion of federal supremacy, and yet allowed states to violate the Post Office Law. Here Jackson contradicts himself, and sets a dangerous precedent. Instead of clarifying the relationship between national and state governments, he violates his own principles simply because it was easier to do so, and threw into question the power of the federal government.
Ultimately, I feel as if Wilentz does an exceedingly good job with chapter 13 of The Rise of American Democracy. In particular, I feel he rids his writing of a certain bias for Jackson that had shown up in previous chapters. In chapter 13 Wilentz does an excellent job of portraying both the good and the bad aspects of Jackson's administration.
Wilentz goes through the second half of Jackson's presidency in chapter 13, taking the reader through first the drama of the Bank War, then through the growing abolitionist movement, and then through the Union movement taking place in urban centers, such as New York and Boston. Even before coming to the last section of Wilentz's chapter, I found a peculiar amount of contradictions in Jackson's stances, as well as how various groups alligned themselves politically.
Jackson first closes down the BUS by redistributing the dungs from the national bank to loyal state banks. Wilentz explains that Jackson's motives were that the national bank was tied with northern industries, and did not support or fund frontier expansions. This fits with Jackson's earlier moves, as Grey mentions in his post, around Georgia's state power to deal with the Cherokees as they saw fit.
However, it is interesting that many people who backed Jackson initially saw this Bank War as Jackson's lust for power. While he may have said that he did not want a powerful federal government, he also was able — as only one man — to bypass Congress in issues related to the Bank. Additionally, Jackson redistributed the funds to only a few states — showing a sort of favoritism in politics that he seemed vehemently against. This is an interesting contradiction.
Another contradiction I found was Wilentz's reason for why Jackson did not become involved in some of the abolitionist issues that arose over censoring mail and abolitionist literature distribution. Some Southern states wanted to prohibit this literature from circulating. While Congress said this was unconstitutional, there was no enforcement in the states themselves. This was an issue of state rights over federal rights, so one might assume that Jackson might blindly favor state rights, allowing for the censorship of abolitionist literature. However, he was against this. Wilentz reasons that "though Jackson disapproved, he did not want to stir up more trouble" by calling states out in the unenforced laws. Wilentz seems to be, once again, painting a favorable picture of Jackson. Jackson had no problem stirring up trouble by redirecting funds from the National Bank, and speaking his mind on other issues, even when it directly threw him up against Congress. I don't think it is fair for Wilentz to therefore reason this.
I see many similarities between the abolitionist movement and unionists that Wilentz does not interestingly spell out more clearly. This era seemed marked by many "for the people" movements, both for the workers (unions) and for slave laborers. While Wilentz discusses "a new humane model of equality, [and] freedom" in terms of abolitionist movements through the religious lens, I think this can be an interesting parallel to the unionizing and Workies in the Northeast.
Genocides are usually thought of as the mass killing of a specific group of people. In the passage by Wolfe, we are shown the many different aspects of a genocide and how they can be related to the settler colonialism. There are many differences between the two, but the main goal and the way to get share many similarities.
The removal of Indians did not change much when there were any changes in regime as said in Wolfe's passage. This shows that it was different from many genocides we think of today. The people of the frontier continued to push out Indians to claim more land. When Britain tried to stop them the colonies revolted and continued to claim more and more Indian territory.This is different from other genocides like the holocaust where the mass killings and removal of the afflicted came about and left with the Nazi party. As said in "The Consequence of Colonial Settlement" the people on the frontier routinely destroyed Indian towns and people. They did this for the land, and probably to feel more safe. They saw the Indians as a threat not only to their society, but to their well being also. To drive the Indians farther and farther away would give them protection and continue the increase of wealth gained from new lands.
Wolfe argues that settler colonialism was a kind of genocide and I believe he is right. The reasoning for the removal of the Indians may not coincide with how many think of genocide, but the outcome is the same. The native people were killed, assimilated, and moved in order to destroy the culture and eliminate the culture on the native lands. The colonists wanted the land to use for themselves and saw the way to do that was to get rid of the native people. Their removal is as much a genocide as the removal of the Jewish population by the Nazi's and many other genocides in history.
The start of the Indian genocide really started with what we talked about in the first week of classes. We discussed how each European imperial power derived its authority in taking over land from the Americas, whether it was from religious authority like the Pope, or being the first one to map a particular area, these things justified these European countries in taking the land and removing the Indians. Like Emma touched on in her most recent post, some interesting points Wolfe brought up were how the Indians likely were not wiped out completely initially, because having alliances with them was a valuable tool in fighting other European nations, like in the 7 years war. He also brought up how countries like the United States would "buy" the land from the Indians in order to once again justify it, but in reality the Indians had no choice but to accept the offer and lose their land.
The other major point Wolfe brought up in regards to the Indians involved the 5 Civilized Tribes. He describes how they were assimilating nicely to United States culture, they had made their own plantations, they owned slaves, and they even had their own constitution, which I had never learned. Wolfe said the United States didn't consider assimilation a possibility because that would signify permanence. That reminded me of Tuesday's reading from Wilentz because it related to how the African Americans of the same time were also not given the possibility of assimilation, but instead were trying to be shipped back to Africa.
Wolfe's closing argument I thought also related to the Frederick Jackson Turner piece on the demise of the frontier. With the Louisiana Purchase, this enabled the United States to kick the Indians to the West. But with the demise of the frontier, they were forced into smaller and smaller plots of land, often with many different tribes, and this was the main cause of the "cultural genocide" that Olivia mentioned in her post.
Genocide: does culture equal life?
I really enjoyed reading Patrick Wolfe's article Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native. Wolfe's arguments we not surprising to me because I have always understood Indian removal and assimilation in the context of cultural genocide. In middle and high school we talked a fair amount about forced assimilation, treaties and residential schools, and I think we should have had even more of a focus on those parts of our history.
I appreciated the progression of Wolfe's argument beginning with exploring settler colonization as a structure rather than an event and moving through when settler colonization constitutes genocide, the social/ political contexts and constructs that lead to genocide and the vital role of culture in identity and genocide. At first I was surprised when Wolfe wrote that he doesn't favor the term "cultural genocide" because it's a term I have never questioned (398); I have never thought of "cultural genocide" as less than or completely distant from "biological" genocide. Olivia also address the differentiation of genocide and cultural genocide in her blog post "The Indian Removal: A Cultural Genocide", arguing that the forced annihilation of Native culture cannot be ignored, but that it is unfair to say that the Indian removal was a genocide comparable to the Holocaust. I think the comparison of such horrific events is challenging in and of itself because in making a comparison it inevitably places a hierarchy on different experiences, diminishing one comparatively to the other. I think the argument that Wolfe is making here is that to qualify genocide as cultural, risks glossing over the murderous nature of genocide, by creating a distinction between culture and life. Wolfe argues that "cultural genocide" has a "direct impact on people's capacity to stay alive" (399), which I would agree with and take one step further. Not only does "cultural genocide", just like "biological" genocide, lead directly to many deaths (which leaves the community depleted and struggling) it also changes and undermines the identity of those individuals who survive, which has long term social, political and psychological impacts. I think that Wolfe begins to capture this intergenerational impact when he focuses on settler colonization as a structure and not an event, but I think he could have pushed this further. He is discussing the extent to which these policies and their effects were genocide and how they are the same/ different from our current understandings of genocide; it would have been thought provoking for him to address whether the intergenerational impacts resulting in social challenges and deaths decades after these initial policies can be included in genocide.
Briefly, I also thought that Wolfe's discussion quantifying who qualified as Indian was really thought provoking. Wolfe writes "under the blood quantum regime, one's Indianness progressively declines in accordance with a 'biological' calculus that is a construct of Euroamerican culture" (400). This can also be seen as a less overt form of cultural assimilation, by imposing empirical measures on someone's identity and using this analysis to determine rights. This also raises the question for of legal vs. individual definitions of who is Native (particularly related to treaty rights) and how these different definitions can impact the way that statistics are presented, and impacts of policies, such as Indian removal, are tracked and quantified. (This may only apply to Canadian policy, but) are individuals who gave up their Indian status by moving off reserves, but still culturally define themselves as Native, included in impact statistics and if they are not included, does that mean that we overlook them in our historical analysis?
Wolfe, Patrick. "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native." Journal of Genocide Research 8, no. 4 (December 2006): 387-409.
In Wolfe's article, he argues that the colonist's settlement process was an act of genocide towards Native Americans. He first defines genocide as a form of elimination, in which a group of people are forced to assimilate and are looked upon as "non-Indian," thereby no longer racially stigmatized. In the colonists' eyes, the "Indians" were no longer an obstacle to expansion once assimilated because they adapted to the colonial culture and treated land as the colonists did. They gave up their large territory and became part of the American culture.
Wolfe argues that genocide is not just the mass murder of a population but also the destruction of a society. A post below, believes that Wolfe's argument for Native American genocide should be termed "cultural genocide." However, Wolfe explicitly denies calling this act as cultural genocide because it devalues the experience of the Indigenous people who went through similar experiences, especially in comparison to the "prime" example of genocide, the Holocaust (402). He argues that the term "cultural genocide" implies an almost dismissive attitude towards the experience of the Native Americans specifically because people normally think of the Holocaust, a case of mass murder, as a much more malicious act. Wolfe states that what the Indigenous people went through was just as cruel as what occurred during World War II, only we as culture do not see it so because the natives were not outright killed but eliminated through assimilation. We forget that an entire culture was lost and forgotten, that the natives were forced to adapt or face death.
Others have pointed out that colonial settlement cannot be called genocide due to the intent behind expansion. The colonists had not removed the Native Americans with the intent of destroying a population, but rather, removed an obstacle out of their way and death was an unintentional consequence. While this may be partially true, we forget that for a lot of colonists, death was a consequence they knew but did not care about. Colonists would forcefully remove Native Americans by burning villages without warning or forcing them to march miles without the necessary supplies. I would argue that knowing death was a high possibility due to one's actions and then ignoring it is just as bad or the same as purposefully murdering someone.
Patrick Wolfe's analysis of genocide and settler colonization brings in the aspect of cultural and physical genocide in relation to Native American populations. A large part of his discussion consists of why genocide is used and how it is implemented. Racial stratification, he claims, is one of the tools that settlers use to justify removal. Permanence and ownership by these "inferior populations" were the great threats that spurred settler violence against indigenous peoples. Settler colonialism for Wolfe is an act of elimination, but not necessarily death. The land is the object of importance, and it is sought after by any means necessary. I believe that Wolfe is entirely correct in his judgment that the genocide used to terminate the culture not only comes from the destruction of their physical bodies, but also through the assimilation and/or coerced integration to the settler society. Olivia discusses this in her post, "Indian Removal: A Cultural Genocide." I believe she has a strong point in saying that cultural destruction is a condemnable act and that it cannot be ignored as one of the most destructive tools used against Native populations.
I have had extensive experience with Native Americans in Montana, as sports teams, family vacations, and other academic endeavors often took me through the many reservations there. Though Wolfe may seem overly dramatic in his assessment of colonization, I cannot say that he is wrong. Assimilation was the most powerful genocidal tool in Montana. Many of the adult males were killed in conflict and the people were removed from their traditional lands, but the true devastation (and much of the long-lasting impact) came from assimilation practices. Wolfe interestingly does not spend much time discussing boarding schools and the forced extraction of Native children, particularly girls, that was done in order to "properly raise" them in white society. The children were taken away from the reservations at a very young age so that they could receive an education that would prepare them for life outside of the reservations, and they were simultaneously encouraged to look down on their birth culture and ancestry. The effects of this practice were profound and unbelievably destructive. In Montana in particular, this was a widely implemented practice driven by Federal programs. Pratt shines light on the goals of this mission, through his statement that "…all Indian that there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him and save the man" (397). These boarding school programs doubly achieved this initiative. Family connections, in the native cultures that I am familiar with, are extremely strong. Thus the families left behind were weakened, and the constant threat that their child would be hurt kept them subdued. The child was also raised in a way that Indian culture became unfamiliar.
The results of this practice, and the proximity of so many successful members of the settler society, have caused a precipitous decline in proud, active members of Native tribes. Many of the members have left tribes in search of the American dream. Many have not only become assimilated into standard American culture, but were eager to do so. Many in my generation loathe how destitute the reservations have become and leave them as soon as possible. Much of the cultural genocide has been thorough in Montana, and I believe that Wolfe expresses the connected nature of it all very well.
In "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native," Patrick Wolfe argues that genocide and the elimination of the American Native population through colonial settlement are inextricably linked, though are not always the same. Wolfe cites numerous examples in the article, such as the Holocaust and the creation of the Israeli state, but predominately structures his argument around the Indian Removal of the 1830s. During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, Indian tribes located in the Southeast United States were forcibly removed from their homes and ordered to relocate to the West, where federal territory was available for Indian reservations. Wolfe points out, however, that the removal was not mandatory—Indians could remain in the Southeast if they completely assimilated into American society and abandoned their tribal identities. Indians who assimilated into the white, American ideal were subject to a sort of genocide, because retaining their property was dependent upon the loss of their "Indigenous soul[s]" (Wolfe 397).
While I agree with Wolfe that the Indian Removal approached a genocide, I consider the term "cultural genocide" to be a more appropriate term for understanding the historical event and its implications. Indians who remained in the Southeast were not mass-murdered; therefore it would be unfair to label the Indian Removal as genocide equivalent to the Holocaust, in which six million Jews lost their lives. The forced annihilation of Native culture, however, must not be ignored as insignificant, justifiable, and forgivable. Therefore, I must completely disagree with one of my colleague's blog posts, "Not Genocide." My colleague argued that the Indian Removal was probably "a necessary evil," for which white Americans could not have understood "the impact any of their actions would have on the future." It is true that we cannot consider the Indian Removal from a modern-day context in which prejudices against Native peoples are politically incorrect. This does not mean, however, that the forced removal of Natives, which resulted in a loss of culture and a loss of lives, was a necessary and justifiable evil. The Indian Removal was just evil. Further, I do not believe that white Americans would have even cared to consider "the impact any of their actions would have on the future." The people who forced Indians to flee their homes at gunpoint, would not have worried about the long-term implications of their actions. In actuality, these people wholeheartedly believed in Natives' inferiority, and the only Natives who were not subject to removal were forced to reject their Indian identities. Thus, the Indian Removal was a cultural genocide, and its terribleness should not be undermined in historical study.
Wolfe's article titled Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native raised some very interesting points that I can't say I have ever thought of before. Basically he was saying that in North America, the Native Americans experienced genocide by colonist settlers. He defined this point by saying that "Even where native sovereignty was recognized, however, ultimate dominion over the territory in question was held to inhere in the European sovereign in whose name it had been "discovered." (5) The Europeans claimed the land as their own, and disregarded the fact that the Native Americans were there first. They wanted to "eliminate" the Native Americans by relocating them to other land. They justified their actions by saying the Native Americans were "unsettled, nomadic, rootless" and that the settlers could improve the land by creating new farms, mining etc. (10) One of my classmates references this by saying "Georgia, being the prime example, began eagerly removing the Cherokee people and were prepared to stand up to National military force to do so." They were just uncomfortable with having them there. Wolfe ultimately explains his main point that once the frontier ran out and the settlers began the process of assimilation with the Native Americans, genocide occurred because they destroyed the collective group.
While this definitely made me think about the settlers actions, I can't say that I am persuaded. Compared to other genocides he mentions like the Holocaust and Rwanda, I can't follow his argument. Reading this article did make me realize that the settlers may not have treated the Native Americans in the best possible manner, but it by no means was genocide. They did treat the Native Americans poorly, killed many, and assimilate a lot, but I still don't classify that as genocide. It is not right, but it is not genocide.
Another aspect of this is that it is really easy for us to say now that the actions of the settlers were wrong. This is unfair because at the time, they had no idea the impact any of their actions would have on the future. It almost was a necessary evil. At the time, North America was growing, and expansion was the only concern. They were not concerned with the treatment of people of other races. I am not condoning their behavior, but I don't believe it is our place to critique how they treated the Indians when it was such a different time period.


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India's Moon Shot: the unlikely outsiders shooting for the lunar X-Prize
Can a plucky team of Bangalore-based amateurs soft-land on the Moon and win the Google Lunar XPRIZE – and in doing so, invigorate India's space race?
By Simon Parkin
Gregg Segal
The rules of the competition are straightforward: a Rover must complete a 500-metre dash, first past the post, with $20 million (£16m) for the winner. But when that race takes place on the Moon, the rules are the least of your problems.
For one thing, the start line is 384,400km away. Then there's the question of footwear. Any plucky Rover, limbering up on terra firma, must be able to cope with yielding sand and fat, snagging boulders of Moon rock. What to wear? Wheels or caterpillar tracks? Cogs or stilts?
And then there's the question of timing: the Google Lunar XPRIZE, which has challenged teams of amateurs to successfully soft-land on the Moon's surface, race a Rover, and send back photos, begins as soon as the first competitor's lander touches down anywhere on the Moon's surface. But get there too early and you may never make it out of the blocks. At night, temperatures can drop below -200°C, low enough to put a computer into a coma; low enough, in fact, to freeze-weld steel.
'We look at the west and ask, "Why doesn't a Google come out of India?" But few people get up and do something'
Chanda-Gonzales-Mowrer, Lunar XPRIZE
Most attempts to reach the Moon over the past 50 years have only managed a hard landing. Taking this approach, all you do is hope that some of the scientific instruments survive the impact. Soft-landing, by contrast, uses liquid-fuel rockets to slow the lander to a few kph in order to allow for a touchdown kiss. Much like trying to land a remote-controlled helicopter from almost half a million kilometres away.
Here's how to watch Israel's Beresheet craft land on the Moon
By Abigail Beall
Only three nations have successfully soft-landed on the Moon: the US (Surveyor One, 1966); the USSR (Luna 9, 1966); and China (Chang'e-3, 2013). Each was backed by millions of dollars in funding. There's no such support for XPRIZE teams.
Google announced the Lunar XPRIZE in 2007. It lured dreamers from all of life's strata: beardy, tinkering men in sheds; herds of local roboticists; sparkle-eyed university students. But even in the 21st century, when the cost of components has fallen almost as far as their power has risen, soft-landing on the Moon remains a ludicrously difficult task. The original deadline to claim the prize was December 2012. Google has since extended the deadline three times. Scores of hopefuls have fallen away. Finally, it has been settled: 23:59 on December 31, 2017. The competition has narrowed to five entrants: teams from the US; Israel; Japan; an international team; and Team Indus - the bright hope of India.
Team member Paul Edward tests the Indus Rover
Team Indus is a torchbearer of a new India," founder Rahul Narayan tells me. It's late January and Bangalore is sweltering - a far cry from the chilly British winter I was experiencing. Narayan is in his early forties, wearing thick glasses and a polo shirt. He leans forward in his swivel chair. "We are known as the IT back end of the world. But India could be so much more. Our Moonshot could inspire a whole lot of new companies and research. And some of them are going to end up in space."
Beaming solar energy from the Moon could solve Earth's energy crisis
Monday briefing: Jeff Bezos wants to build a lunar manufacturing base
The idea that a great race could galvanise industry in this way has historical precedence. In 1919, the French-born New York hotelier Raymond Orteig offered a prize of $25,000 to the first non-stop transatlantic flight between New York and Paris. While a number of reputed aviators vied for the prize and built multi-engine planes with two or three pilots, Charles Lindbergh, a young airmail pilot who flew solo in a single-engine plane, Spirit of St Louis, won. The race encouraged investment in civil aviation. The so-called "Lindbergh boom" accounted for a 30-fold rise in air traffic.
In 2004, the Ansari XPRIZE was established by American engineer and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis after he read Lindbergh's Pulitzer-prize winning book, The Spirit of St Louis. The Ansari XPRIZE offered $10 million to anyone who successfully launched a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. The prize is estimated to have resulted in more than $100 million in investment by the 26 teams that participated, and influenced a resurgence of scientific and engineering competitions. The XPRIZE Foundation, in collaborations with sponsors, now runs multiple competitions, including the Lunar XPRIZE itself.
"There's never been a private mission to the Moon before," says Chanda Gonzales-Mowrer, senior director of the Lunar XPRIZE. "We see this competition as a way to kick-start this private industry moving towards space exploration." It's a hope shared by Narayan and Team Indus' backers, for whom the Lunar prize is merely the first milestone in a more ambitious project. The company already plans to put lightweight satellites into orbit, and there are murmurs of an expedition to Mars.
Team Indus "Jedi trooper" Nirmal Gadde provides the first detailed flight plan
In India, we love to look at the west and ask, 'Why doesn't a Google come out of India? Why doesn't a Facebook?' Everybody wants to lament the fact, but very few people get up and do something. That's the impact everybody is working towards - that what we're doing here creates industry and fuels an ecosystem."
This is what the new lunar space station will look like
Like so many other children of the 80s, Narayan became obsessed with space after watching Carl Sagan's TV series Cosmos. Star Wars was playing in the cinema, Star Trek on TV. Narayan's head was full of astronomical dreams. Then reality bit. "Back in the 80s, the opportunities were limited," Narayan says. "Space became one of those things that you realise could never become your profession." Narayan settled for computer science. When he graduated, he founded a series of software startups in New Delhi.
Then, seven years ago, one of Narayan's US clients mentioned a team of amateur space scientists. Narayan typed "Lunar XPRIZE" into Google. Narayan never had a clear plan to enter the competition. "There just came a point where the registration deadline was so close we had no option but to register, otherwise we'd be locked out," he says. Narayan and his co-conspirators threw together a plan, then they collated their savings for the $50,000 entry fee.
For the first year or two, Narayan pondered the preposterous challenge he'd set himself. He knew he needed money, but every investor Narayan met was put off by his inexperience. He and his partner, Julius Amrit, were "laughed out of the room" on more than one occasion. One day, Nirmal Gadde, an engineering student, walked into the office to request an internship. Gadde produced a smart and
practicable outline for how the team might stage a Moon landing. The work was legitimising. When people asked the difficult questions, Narayan finally had some answers.
Rahul Narayan, centre, and his team (from left): Chakshu Gupta, Reuben Fernandes, Sheelika Ravishankar and Nirmal Gadde
Over the past decade, that plan has evolved, but the fundamentals have remained resolute. The prize, if all goes according to plan, will be won for Team Indus by a humble Rover, a lunar exploration vehicle about the size of a large dog, with Wall·E-esque goggle eyes. It will drive 500 metres, take a photograph, and send the evidence back to Earth. (The XPRIZE also offers stretch goals for any team whose Rover is able to travel 5km, collect Nasa artefacts, or survive the night.) But getting the Rover safely to the Moon involves several perilous steps. It will arrive on the Moon's surface via the Lander, a 1.8m tall rocket-propelled box on stilts. The Lander has solar panels on the sides, and a gold-painted orb in its centre filled with jet fuel. With the Rover safely nestled inside, the Lander will leave Earth inside the PSLV (polar satellite launch vehicle), a launch rocket hired from the Indian government. Once spat out by the PSLV the Lander will, if all goes according to plan, enter the Moon's orbit after swinging around the Earth's orbit twice, picking up speed, before catapulting towards its milky white target. If its aim is true, the Lander will be snared by the Moon's gravity. At this point, in a glass-encased room in Banaglore, the team will breathe its first breath of semi-relief.
A big reservoir of water might be lurking under the Moon's surface
Once within the Moon's orbit, the Lander will begin its descent. At around three to five metres above the surface, the team will cut the engines. This is to help reduce the amount of lunar dust that will be kicked up, dust that could potentially obscure the vehicle's solar panels. On impact, its aluminium honeycomb legs will crush to absorb the energy. (Some rival teams are using what is known as the "hopper" technique, bounding along the Moon's surface until they come to a standstill.) According to the tests they've already run, Team Indus' Lander will bounce to an estimated height of 300mm before finally settling in the dust.
It's a sound proposal, honed over many months of simulation testing. And it was enough to convince sceptical investors.
"It's all been a lot like falling in love," Narayan says. "Only you know the reasons why it'll work, and they can be difficult to articulate. But there was never any point where I felt it was all lost. It's been more than six years now. Not once have I thought about shutting it down. It's that voice inside. It's following your dream to say: 'This will happen if we just keep going.'"
The office of Team Indus sits on the outskirts of Bangalore, India's startup hub where, in 1969, the government founded the Indian Space Research Organisation. The company moved here from Delhi in 2013. Bangalore is bustling with investors and engineers. Crucially for Team Indus, it's also close to the testing facility. Bangalore is not only a space hub, it's also a melting pot: eavesdrop on a coffee-shop conversation and you will hear any one of the eight languages widely spoken in the city. Some locals bemoan the influx of people from other Indian regions, and the gaps between wealth and poverty are as clear here as anywhere.
Tiny beads found all over the Moon could supply astronauts with water
The office is located in a converted warehouse; neat phalanxes of desks under a vast, high-ceilinged open space. The Indus team is fuelled by sweet coffee and inspirational quotations stencilled to the walls ("To believe in something and not live it is dishonest" - Mahatma Gandhi). Employees wear job titles lifted from Star Wars: Jedi Trooper, Fleet Commander, Jedi Master and so on. Two thirds of the hundred or so employees are graduate twentysomething engineers. The remainder are sixty- and seventy-something retirees from India's space programmes.
'It's that gut feeling. That voice inside. It's following your dream - this will happen if we keep going.'
Rahul Narayan, Team Indus
Moon Express has raised enough money for its first mission
While in her final month studying at The LNM Institute of Information Technology in Jaipur, Chakshu Gupta, 22, took a test on the website HackerEarth. She breezed through the timed programming challenges and, a few days later, received a call inviting her to an interview at Team Indus. "Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be in space," she told me. "So when I took the call I was like: 'Oh my God, yes. Hire me.'" Arriving at Team Indus, however, was a cold wake-up call. "On my first day, I thought: 'I don't understand a thing.'" At these moments, the veterans are ideally placed to bring the youngsters up to speed.
The septuagenarian employees include notable space scientists such as Srinivasa Hegde, Team Indus' mission director who retired from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in October 2014, a month after successfully sending an orbiter to Mars. (India was the first country
to accomplish this feat on its first attempt.) Hegde heard about Team Indus shortly before he left the ISRO. "It was this bunch of youngsters," he says. "I was wondering what they are doing." It didn't take much for Hegde to get swept up in the drama and romance. "I missed working in the space industry. If there was an option to keep working, I would take it."
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Hiring Hegde is perhaps the smartest move that Narayan has made. His experience has proved the antidote to Team Indus' naïvety. On arriving, Hegde immediately began to simplify the team's early over-ambitious, high-risk plans. "We needed to find a safe place to land, far away from the Moon's poles and somewhere free from obstacles," he says. "It may not have much there of scientific interest, but that way we could select a site where the temperature is workable." The experience of the veterans tempered the naïve ambitions of the young. Meanwhile, those graduates and interns pushed the veterans to try new approaches.
"I have known some other teams in the competition who started off similar to us, two or three people, and didn't manage the next step because they couldn't find the experts that we have," Narayan says. "Or they couldn't find the right interns. So I think there's a little bit of fortune at play over here in our favour: we managed to find the people who we were looking for."
Team Indus engineer Prakash adjusts the 25-kilogram lander's podium in its Bangalore warehouse
The possibility of an amateur team performing a soft-landing on the Moon is the result of the falling cost of components. This allows Team Indus to use some off-the-shelf parts. You can't just take any old PC into space, however. Solar radiation can cause transistors to "latch up", which can cause short-circuiting.
It would seem a waste to put a Rover on the Moon only to have it send back a couple of selfies before waiting out the next few billion years until our Sun explodes. So Team Indus is using it to promote scientific experiments.
Mars mission astronauts must 'prepare for non-survivable illnesses or injuries'
By Libby Plummer
Lab2Moon is a competition within a competition. Anyone under the age of 25 was invited to submit a design for an experiment that could help to sustain off-world life. One of the finalists, a team of engineering students from the University of California San Diego, hopes to test the viability of yeast on the Moon, to see if it's possible to brew lunar beer.
Team Indus has allocated 250 grams for the winning experiment, which will be carried out on the winning team's behalf. The rest of the free space (a total of 25kg, seven of which includes the Rover) in the Lander is available for sale to other commercial or educational organisations. Magnanimously, Team Indus has agreed to carry its Japanese rival, Team Hakuta's Rover, to the Moon, albeit for a fee. It's partly a way to claw back some of the costs, which is revealed to be around $65 million.
The lander has 18kg of spare space which is being sold to organisations who want to send items to the Moon. This will help to cover the $65 million cost
Even if Team Indus wins the $20 million prize, it won't even begin to cover costs. As such, it has had to attract many investors. Many of Team Indus' backers are Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. "We are the only Indian team, and that's something that we could leverage to potential investors," Narayan says. Other benefactors are closer to home. "We've had suppliers who would supply us and not invoice us. There is a power in somebody who is doing something risky, but sincerely. You want to root for that person."
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By Emily Reynolds
Team Indus doesn't only have to rely on national goodwill. For Chris McKay, a senior planetary scientist at Nasa, the opportunity to carry out experiments on the Moon as a pay-as-you-go payload is alluring because of its affordability. McKay wants to see whether seeds can germinate in the Moon's gravitational and cosmic radiation conditions. If all goes to plan, he hopes to grow the first garden on the Moon. McKay estimates the cost of sending his experiment to the Moon as part of a Nasa payload to be $2 to $3 million. By contrast, hitching a ride aboard the Team Indus lander will cost less than $10,000. (There is still the cost of the ride, for which the going rate is, according to McKay, currently $1 million per kilogram.) "The Lunar XPRIZE will make travel to the Moon faster, cheaper and more numerous," McKay says. "I want all of them to win. I am a customer. I want to send science experiments to the Moon. And I want to send lots of them."
'Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be in space. So when I took the call I was like: 'Oh my God, yes. Hire me."
Chakshu Gupta, Team Indus
Even if Team Indus manages to invigorate private lunar exploration, some will argue that all this investment will be of small benefit to the vast majority of the population. India's government has, for decades, faced criticism for its gargantuan investment in space programmes while millions live in poverty. In 2011, the World Bank estimated that almost a quarter of India's population - around 276 million people - lived on less than $1.25 per day. That same year the government spent $937 million on its space programme.
Its defenders would argue that India's space programme has always been socially minded: after all,
the ISRO was launched in 1945 by Vikram Sarabhai with "Space technology in the Service of humankind" as its founding motto.
In its own way, Team Indus is keeping Sarabhai's vision alive. The company's motto, written on the outside of the building, is "Har India Ka Moonshot" ("Everybody's Moonshot"). From the packed city centres to the remote villages, they want all of India to have a stake in the competition, if not the prize.
By David Warmflash
Most children living in rural India do not have access to the internet, so Team Indus has partnered with the science outreach foundation Agastya to refit a bus that will, over the next ten months, drive 15,000km around the country, giving schoolchildren the chance to be involved. "The worldview of some of these kids is limited," explains Ravishankar, who previously worked in a government school. "They know their village, but little outside of that. They might have heard of Bangalore, but they may not know where it is on a map. Every kid knows the Moon, though. And so every time they look up they'll say: 'Hey, that's my aspiration on the Moon.'"
Har India Ka Moonshot.
With a slogan like that, it's hard not to get caught up in Team Indus' energy and self-belief.
As I sit chatting to Ravishankar over biryani served on a coconut leaf, I venture a question. "If you do win…"She cuts me off, crossly. "When we win the prize." There's steel in her eyes. By late December, Ravinshankar hopes that her unflinching belief, along with that of everyone else who has been swept up into Indus' story, will be proven. It is estimated that millions of Indians will tune in to national television to watch the PSLV launch, carrying inside it India's Lander and Rover - and all that the two machines represent to the nation.
"In India there were no aerospace companies before us," Fernandes says. "When I joined there was a lot of patriotism. We were doing this for India, but lately, I've felt more like this is something bigger than any one single country. It's something we are doing for humanity itself."
Simon Parkin is a freelance journalist. He wrote about Anonymous' war on Daesh in issue 10.16
This article was first published in the June 2017 issue of WIRED magazine
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By Michele Barbero

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"There is an old Eastern fable about a traveler who is taken unawares on the steppes by a ferocious wild animal. In order to escape the beast the traveler hides in an empty well, but at the bottom of the well he sees a dragon with its jaws open, ready to devour him. The poor fellow does not dare to climb out because he is afraid of being eaten by the rapacious beast, neither does he dare drop to the bottom of the well for fear of being eaten by the dragon. So he seizes hold of a branch of a bush that is growing in the crevices of the well and clings on to it. His arms grow weak and he knows that he will soon have to resign himself to the death that awaits him on either side. Yet he still clings on, and while he is holding on to the branch he looks around and sees that two mice, one black and one white, are steadily working their way round the bush he is hanging from, gnawing away at it. Sooner or later they will eat through it and the branch will snap, and he will fall into the jaws of the dragon. The traveler sees this and knows that he will inevitably perish. But while he is still hanging there he sees some drops of honey on the leaves of the bush, stretches out his tongue and licks them. In the same way I am clinging to the tree of life, knowing full well that the dragon of death inevitably awaits me, ready to tear me to pieces, and I cannot understand how I have fallen into this torment. And I try licking the honey that once consoled me, but it no longer gives me pleasure. The white mouse and the black mouse – day and night – are gnawing at the branch from which I am hanging. I can see the dragon clearly and the honey no longer tastes sweet. I can see only one thing; the inescapable dragon and the mice, and I cannot tear my eyes away from them. And this is no fable but the truth, the truth that is irrefutable and intelligible to everyone.
The delusion of the joys of life that had formerly stifled my fear of the dragon no longer deceived me. No matter how many times I am told: you cannot understand the meaning of life, do not thinking about it but live, I cannot do so because I have already done it for too long. Now I cannot help seeing day and night chasing me and leading me to my death. This is all I can see because it is the only truth. All the rest is a lie.


Mom, aka "Miss Marie". Mobility impaired. First time WDW guest. Sorta.
Jenny. No BYPT this time. 5K participant and fellow survivor.
3) If you take something in this report seriously and get offended, I will laugh at you. I am not Disney. I ain't compensating no one.
4) At some point, I stop using full names, and start to use acronyms. For instance, Saratoga Springs Resort will become SSR. Disney's Hollywood Studios will become DHS. If this is overwhelmingly confusing for you, keep notes.
5) This seems to be half trip report - half "How to plan a trip to Walt Disney World with an aging parent and survive" guide.
6) Please remember to take all your personal belongings, and have a magical Disney Day!
I take Mom to Disneyworld. Jenny helps.
Early 2011 - I nonchalantly ask Mom where she'd want to go if she went on a vacation, and she sez Disney World. Okay, so I wouldn't have to pour the kool-aid. But I would have to have help at WDW, and wouldn't (and may not have needed) that same help if she would have said someplace like Bryce Canyon, which is a whole different vacation mindset.
May - I am at Destination D: Walt Disney World 40th, and I mention to Jenny off-handedly that I was thinking about a trip there with Mom, but working out the logistics was pretty tough. She stup... graciously volunteers to help, she has experience in this area.
She's 85. She forgets a lot. She hasn't traveled anywhere significant in years. She's been to Disney World once before, but I couldn't even say when that was. I think she stayed at Coronado Springs, and I found a receipt from Art of Disney for March 2, 1999. That would actually put her there when all four current parks are open, but she doesn't remember anything about it. Epcot was that big ball. That's about the extent of her memories.
She's mobility impaired, she can't walk very far, even with a cane. Her usual mode of transportation is a walker. So it's either a wheelchair or ECV at WDW. She's recently recovered from several health and health related issues, so she's a bit more active and alert than I've seen her in a long time. She's traveled before, but on tours. Mostly strangers, rigid itineraries, inflexible tour guides and schedules. Her trip to WDW was in a tour group, but had no guide in the parks. It was probably the epitome of the first time visitor having a bad experience at WDW.
July 1 - I seriously start to think about a trip to Disney World with Mom. It's been in the "thinking about it" stage for a couple of years, and none of us are getting any younger. And I'd really like to get her away to someplace else other than her apartment for a week. But there's a lot to consider.
Does she fly or drive down with me? We can also do one-way flying, and the other way driving, but that would involve coordinating someone to take her to and/or get her from the airport. Ugh.
Someone has to take care of Figaro when I'm gone. I will have to beg PiC. She already has keys and knows where everything is. It'll be a hardship on the cat, but such is life.
Where to stay? She says she didn't like where she stayed her previous trip (though she has a different memory of Coronado Springs than my experiences), so I'm contemplating two rooms at a deluxe. She will want her own room. That's the way it is. Adjoining would be best, but what if they can't accommodate me, and we're floors or buildings apart?
Then too, one of those pesky two-bedroom villas that are always available at Saratoga Springs or Old Key West when I'm looking for a studio at Kidani keep creeping into the back of my mind. A two-bedroom villa (herein known as a TBV) is more expensive than two rooms at a deluxe, but I wouldn't have to worry about being across the resort from her room, and it would be easier to keep an eye on her. A TBV also has an extra room and a full kitchen.
July 11 - I decide to stay on the "Keep It Simple Stupid" plan, and eat the expense in favor of convenience. I look into TBV's and post to RADP (mail me if you don't know what RADP is) and ask those who've actually been in TBV's some questions. What sort of configurations do TBV's come in, etc.
Same day, Laura G. reads my post and writes me with an offer to rent me points and get me reservations for a TBV. Amazing. Without trying, one major hurdle already overcome.
July 13 - Jenny registers for the 5K, wants to know when to make flight reservations.
July 14 - Send Laura some hard dates to reserve, Sept 27 to Oct 3. I will arrive a day early to give Mom some scooter lessons and let her rest before we assault the parks. I give Laura a list of resorts (ha!), and by the next day she can get the first four days at Saratoga Springs Resort (aka SSR) in a special needs (which, I guess is different from a fully accessible) TBV. Can't get the last two days, that's Half-Marathon weekend and the start of Food and Wine. The last two days are put on a DVC wait list.
The only other conceivable night for a MNSSHP is October 2nd, the night before we leave. Hey, I've driven home on no sleep before. I purchase two AP rate tickets for October 2nd. Jenny has never been to a MNSSHP, so we're going to go and celebrate the end of the trip.
On the other hand, I do purchase a 5-day Park Hopper through ESPN Sports Event Ticketing. It's quite a bargain, $234.30, vs. $325.89 normal price, including taxes. I am fully aware that we may not use all 5 days if the trip down or being in the parks might overly fatigue Mom and put her down for a day, but optimally, we will use all five days. And in the end, we don't park hop. It wasn't in the plans. But this discounted park hopper is still cheaper than a regular non- hopper, and just in case... The tickets are non-refundable, so in a way, we're committed!
Jenny and I both have annual passes, so park tickets for us is a non-issue. Oh, and not only does Jenny come with an annual pass, but a Tables in Wonderland card too!
I tell Mom a trip to WDW is a real possibility. I'm not sure she believes me.
July 19 - Just in case DVC doesn't come through and Laura can't get the last two days, I go check to see the availability of two bedroom villas, and are given the choice of a Treehouse Villa or a Two Bedroom Villa at SSR. Obviously the cash payment crowd is a separate pool of rooms than DVC'ers. Thoughts of a treehouse dance through my head, but this isn't try something new time since Mom will be along, even though there are accessible Treehouse Villas. So, KISS again, I reserve the last two nights at SSR, with the vision of begging and pleading at the front desk to keep the same room for all six nights. Even if I do have to change rooms, I'll still be at the same resort.
Interesting is the room rate. AP (Annual Pass) rates only extend through Oct 1, so the room for October 1 is $469, the room for October 2 is $685. I will have to re-book when AP rates through October is announced.
August 1 - Roadblocks to the trip in mid-August disappear. I book 5 nights at Coronado Springs. We could do many of the attractions we wouldn't be able to do with Mom, like Star Tours. I can also look at the parks from a scooter perspective. I am sorta planning two trips at once, only the trip I started planning second will be executed first.
It's around this time that I tell Mom the trip is a definite go. I'm still not sure she believes me, but I have enough pieces in place now that I can make a trip work. I actually buy a Birnbaum's. The last time I bought one, it was a superficial overview of Disney World, just what I'm looking for. I get the 2011 guide, and it's the size of some phone books I've seen. I give it to her anyway, with the restaurants and our resort post-it noted out so she can look it over. She has two months.
August 15 to August 22 - Vacation at... Disney World!
Sept 16 - I realize I still haven't reserved the darn scooter. I get on Apple Scooter's web site. I can reserve directly through their site.
I am given four choices. Two are shorter range/lighter scooters that can be broken down and put into a car trunk. They have a range of 7 miles on a full charge. The other two are more robust, and have a 14 mile range. Each range category has a three-wheel and a four-wheel model.
They both have their benefits. I will have a car, so being able to drive anywhere and still put Mom in a scooter is a plus. On the other hand, the other scooters are more robust, and we won't have to worry about range at all. My cousin with an elderly uncle was in town one week, and they had the smaller three-piece scooter. The scooter fit in the trunk of their rental no problem, but I want a more stable platform. I check off the four wheel "Deluxe" model. I think the only place we might go that would be a pain to get to would be Downtown Disney, until I remember we can take a boat.
About this time, I once again inform Mom that we're going to go to Disney World. Everything's been taken care of, everything's been planned out, plan on being gone 9 days. We have the room, the tickets, the scooter, PiC will take care of Figaro, Jenny will help us at WDW, and she'll have two expert guides. She actually starts to believe the trip will happen. Sheesh. I have abandoned the idea of her actually picking restaurants out of the dozens or hundreds of choices, and instead ask what kind of food she wants to eat, and start picking out specific restaurants that would fit her want.
Sept 19 - Plan September 28 at Animal Kingdom, the first official day in the parks. It's the day Jenny arrives. Reservations at Tusker House, 12:05pm. I've read all the mobility restricted pages and picked up all the park guide maps for the disabled, but unless you've done it before, it's pretty much ask the greeter CM. Planning the park is more determining which attractions are probably too rough for her, or of no interest. So most of Asia and Dinoland USA can probably be cut out. Much of the schedule will be dictated on how Mom is doing.
Sept 20 - Plan October 1st, the day of Jenny's 5K. Boma seems appropriate, and get 4:50pm reservations. We will do either MK or DHS, but food there will either be Columbia Harbor House or a Turkey Leg on Sunset Blvd.
Sept 21 - Plan Sept 30, Epcot, day 1. Call WDW tours and reserve 3 spots in the 11:15am Behind the Seeds tour. Mom wants to try the tempura in Japan, even though I think the tempura in Japan isn't that good... But we have 2pm reservations at Tokyo Dining. We will do The Land (or at least Living With The Land,) but from there will abandon Future World and tour World Showcase. We'll have no hard reservations the second day we're in Epcot.
At the same time, I send Lisa some e-mail, and we coordinate a meal at the Turf Club at SSR on Tuesday, the day we arrive. It will be their last day and our first. It will be the first real exercise in scooter driving. Dinner with Lisa and Andy, 5pm.
Sept 24 - Jenny and I finally agree to meet for lunch in Lebanon, TN, on my way down to WDW. We're going to exchange some food, and will take her suitcase down to WDW if I have room. Jenny is nervous meeting Mom.
End September 2011 Trip Report - Part 1 of 8.


Spicy, sweet, and filling, healthy Thai chicken with fresh basil and jalapeno is loaded into a hearty lettuce wrap to keep carbs low.
Thai food is new to me. I don't have much experience with it, but what I have had, I love. Especially Thai Basil Chicken; a small bit of heat, some sweetness, and chicken. I mean, what isn't to love, right?
To a skillet, on medium heat, add oil. Once hot, add garlic and saute 1-2 minutes. Add grown chicken, jalapeno, coconut aminos, and honey - if using. Mix well.
Cook chicken mixture no longer pink, breaking up using a spatula, about 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat. Add in a handful of fresh basil leaves, and cook until wilted. Remove from heat.
Spoon mixture into lettuce cups when ready to eat.
Yes! Another low carb type recipe that I can serve my dad!! He's going to love me and so will we!
I LOVE lettuce wraps and these look divine! I'm a spicy girl so I like that you added some heat with the jalapeño. Can't wait to give these a try!
I love the Thai twist! You've given me a huge lettuce wrap craving!!!
These look like they would make the perfect summer lunch! Can't wait to try them out!
These look so amazing-I love anything Thai.
I Love!!! Thai food–this looks like a great recipe-fresh and tasty!
A nice switch from bread sandwiches!
WE love going out for Thai food, but I have never tried making it! This looks yummy and easy. Pinning for later – Thanks!
What's so great about these is that they are so versatile. They would be great with beef or pork.
I have made them with beef before, but I never thought about pork – yum!
OMG! I can't wait to try these. I just made my first lettuce wrap this weekend can you believe it! Totally making these.
Mmm, these look so light and tasty.
Girl, these look stunning! I am trying to eat less bread (it is so dang hard) and these are perfect for me.
Bread is love, lol. But I am with ya! I try to find as many ways as possible to get the same flavors without the bread!


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THE TOP 10 TV SHOWS OF 2010
Posted by Richard Drew in OPINION
It's that time of the year again – our chance to countdown the best of the 2010!
And while there was plenty of bad TV this year (much of it on E!) and several former favorites which disappointed (Glee, True Blood, American Idol), there was enough strong shows to prove once again we're in a golden era of TV viewing…
Here's my picks for 2010 – in no particular order!
MAD MEN: Hands down THE best TV show of the year was undoubtedly Mad Men, a show that's pretty much TV perfection. I mean seriously, did the show even put a single foot wrong all season?
I've been a Mad Men fan from day one but I'd be the first to admit the first couple of seasons could be a tad slow at times. But since the sensational third season Mad Men hasn't looked back. Season 4 offered us a new agency for a new era, the fall and rise of Don Draper, a triumphant and independent Peggy and a tragic Joan. Best episode of the series – undoubtedly The Suitcase – the Don / Peggy double-header which saw the duo fighting and bonding over the course of a single night. It's why Emmys were More >
24, Desperate Housewives, Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, Shark Tank, The OCD Project, The Walking Dead, The X Factor, VIDEOS
TODDLERS AND TIARAS: MAKENZIE IS BACK!
Posted by Richard Drew in REALITY
Most networks are asleep at the wheel at the moment – but TLC does seem to be the rare exception this holiday season.
There was the final episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska (CAN there even be a second season?), my current favorite competition show, The Next Great Baker – and last night saw the return of Toddlers and Tiaras, the bizarre beauty pageant show that features more fake hairpieces and nails than a season of Ru Paul's Drag Race.
I don't watch Toddlers on a regular basis, but I've certainly dipped in here and there. It's one of those shows, like Bridezillas, that you can't help but watch when channel surfing!
Last night's premiere saw the return of Makenzie, the 4 year old diva with the seriously bad attitude (um, are any of these brats well behaved?) Check her out in action in the teaser below…
So did you watch Toddlers and Tiaras last night? Are you a fan of the show? And what do you think of the whole child pageant world?
Makenzie, reality TV, spolied kid, TLC, Toddlers and Tiaras, VIDEOS
HARRY POTTER LOSES HIS HEAD!
Posted by Richard Drew in COMEDY
It's slim pickings on the US TV front this week – but thankfully business is back to normal next week.
But in the meantime British TV network have been pulling out all the stops to pull in the ratings over the festive period (Christmas and New Years viewing in the UK normally pulls in record ratings. Over here Univision is beating the broadcast networks!!!)
And here's a clip that everyone is going to be sharing today. It's from QI, a very cerebral quiz show hosted by dry Brit wit Stephen Fry. For this year's holiday special, Stephen is joined by camp TV host Graham Norton (who had a show on We in 2009 which lasted about as long as this video!) and Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe – who for me just keeps getting more likable every year.
It's a silly skit but basically Graham beheads Daniel live on air… leaving the denouement until the final seconds of the show.
Check it out around the 10.30 mark below… and watch how quickly it goes viral today!
beheaded Potter, British TV, clip, Daniel Radcliffe, Graham Norton, Harry Potter, QI, Stephen Fry, VIDEOS
UNITED STATE OF POP 2010: DON'T STOP THE POP
Posted by Richard Drew in VIDEOS
Yep, I know the headline above is kind of gibberish!
It's that time of the year again where famed mixer DJ Earworm provides us with a musical and visual montage of the year in music. So check out a mash up of Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Usher, Enrique Iglesias and many more…
We don't normally cover music here at Remote Patrolled, but since these videos have been playing in heavy rotation on your screens for the last few months we figured it made sense. Though I'll be perfectly happy never to see those Katy Perry videos again.
Personally I don't think this mix is a patch on last year's effort (see below) which flowed brilliantly… but what do you think? A good mix – or a bit of a mess? And what are your favorite – and least favorite – singles of the year?
DJ Earworm, Don't Stop the Pop, Enrique Iglesias, Katy Perry, KE$HA, Lady GaGa, Mashup of Top 25 Billboard Hits, musical montage, United State of Pop 2010, Usher, VIDEOS
FIRST LOOK: FALLING SKIES
Posted by Richard Drew in DRAMA
Am I the only one a little bored by alien invasion stories these days?
Between TV shows like V and countless Hollywood movies (from Independence Day and War of the Worlds to the recent Skyline to next summer's Cowboys and Aliens) the idea of malevolent UFO's and extra-terrestrials just doesn't feel so fresh anymore.
And now, next summer brings another version to the mix. Here's Falling Skies, TNT's alien epic starring Noah Wyle and produced by Steven Spielberg (who'll seemingly put his name to ANYTHING these days!)
I really wanted to like this show but I have to be honest it looks kind of lame, like a bad Syfy channel movie with cheesy aliens, gun toting resistance members and the inevitable foreboding alien ships. Plus I think V has covered much of this ground already – and look what happened there!
But this is cable. The ratings can afford to be lower, and frankly the kind of ratings V was getting at the end of its spring run would probably be perfectly acceptable to TNT. But I don't think we're seeing the next True Blood / Walking Dead style TV phenomenon here unless I'm really missing something…
What do you think? Are you excited for the show? More >
Falling Skies, Noah Wyle, Sneak Peek, Steven Spielberg, TNT, VIDEOS
FIRST LOOK: THE KILLING
2010 turned out to be a pretty big deal for AMC, as the formerly niche network continued to remodel itself as THE home for quality storytelling.
The Walking Dead brought in the ratings – peaking at the 6 million mark – while Mad Men continued to prove itself the smartest and most sophisticated show currently on our screens. Plus the network scored a critical hit with Rubicon, which even though it's now been canceled, certainly added to the channel's glowing reputation.
So next up AMC brings us The Killing, a murder mystery launching in March – and here's the first look…
The show's based on a 2010 Danish series called The Crime and revolves around the murder of a young girl called Rosie Larsen. Each of the 13 episodes follows a different day in the investigation, and three stories connected to the homicide. Looks to me like Twin Peaks without the kookiness!
Best news of all – the show brings Michelle Forbes back to our screens – aka Maryann from the second season of True Blood. I loved Michelle in the vampire saga (and she was also great in Season 2 of 24)… plus look out for Billy Campbell in there too (who'll always be More >
AMC, new AMC show, new drama, new series, The Killing, VIDEOS
WHEN TV GOES WRONG: MILLION DOLLAR MONEY DROP
Did you see Million Dollar Money Drop in the week before Christmas?
Chances are you didn't – the new Fox game show pulled in around 5 million viewers a night and less than a 2.0 18-49 share each evening. But there may be a slight glimmer of hope for the show – Fox screwed up one of the questions big time – and now the resultant controversy might put the series on the map. Kinda lucky – and convenient – don't you think?
But enough with my cynicism! I actually checked out the episode in question a few days ago and really liked Money Drop. I'd seen and posted clips from the original UK series already on Remote Patrolled and thought the show's concept was really good – and very dramatic. The visual of seeing money being jettisoned down a giant chute is a great show device and exactly the kind of thrill ABC's dreadful 'Downfall' was aiming for over the summer. But I also have to say – Money Drop is a darn tough show to win money on. Seriously I'm not surprised hardly anyone won money on the UK original…!
Anyway in the US episode in question over-excited contestants Gabe Okoye and More >
Brittany Mayi, Fox, Gabe Okoye, game show, Million Dollar Money Drop, screw up, VIDEOS
10 GREAT TV MOMENTS OF 2010
It's that time of the year again where we all start looking back at the last 12 months – and we're no exception here at Remote Patrolled.
Next week I'll present my Top 10 TV Shows of 2010 – but first here's 10 Great TV Moments Of 2010. It was a hard list to narrow down and we had to leave a lot off the list (The View versus Sharron Angle, True Blood's gay kiss). But I think what remains is a good mix of drama, tears and wow moments…
Here at Remote Patrolled we're going to be taking a short break until Monday to enjoy the holidays – just like our sister sites Good Enough Mother and Angry Trainer Fitness. It really has been a very full on few months so we definitely need a little time away.
But don't worry we'll be back before you know it to bring you all the latest TV goodness.
As always, thanks for reading… and enjoy!
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COOL CLIP: A VERY KE$HA CHRISTMAS
We do like to poke fun of Ke$ha here at Remote Patrolled – but really she's the gift that keeps on giving!
For me Ke$ha says a lot about the state of music today. She has dubious vocals (as most of her live performances prove), doesn't really stand for anything and doesn't seem to care much about being an artist – it's all about the partying! How appropriate for these reality TV times.
That said I'm a sucker for a good pop song and I think Ke$ha has turned out some corkers – from Tik Tok to Your Love Is My Drug to We R Who We R – they're all on my ipod (along with many other shameful songs!)
And it seems I'm not the only one who loves to engage in a little Ke$ha bashing… check out this great clip from the College Humor gang which imagines what a Ke$ha Christmas song would sound like (it's actually the latest in a series of pop parodies they've run on the star)
For me the clip is clever, funny and has some great one liners – I especially liked, 'right up the chimney all the snow goes!'
Check out the video below – and send over your More >
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TAKE THE POLL: THE TOP TV SHOW OF 2010
It's poll time again… earlier in the month we asked you to name the LEAST funny comedy on TV – and you certainly didn't hold back! The 'winning' show was Two And A Half Men, CBS long running crapfest, which attracted 24.24% of the vote. Close behind was S#*! My Dad Says (another CBS clunker) with 17.32%...
So now it's time for our new Poll – and since it's the end of the year we want you to name your FAVORITE TV show of 2010. I'll be giving you my list later – but in the meantime I'd love to hear what kept you glued to your screens in 2010. Here's a list of some of the most critically acclaimed shows of the year (apologies for any we've had to leave off – but you can always comment below!)
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Prescott CP/ExP
Parish-level Unit
Total Population 1801 to 1961: Population grew from 33 in 1801 to 90 in 1961.
Occupational Structure in 1881:
Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
Extra-Parochial Area
Civil Parish (after 1858)
F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
Prescott CP/ExP, Gloucestershire
We know of no alternate names.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Ancient County F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
WINCHCOMBE PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
CHELTENHAM RD Local Government District 1935 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
CLEEVE Registration sub-District 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
TEWKESBURY Hundred Ancient District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
WINCHCOMBE RSD Sanitary District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
WINCHCOMBE RD Local Government District 1894 1935 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 183.
This unit was affected by the following changes:
Type of change
Other unit involved
Area transferred
25 Mar 1883 was enlarged by gaining part of WINCHCOMBE CP/AP Rushy Cockbury Farm Houses in 1891: 3. 1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 14695
01 Apr 1935 was enlarged by the abolition of STANLEY PONTLARGE Ch/CP Area: 684 acres. Population in 1931: 43. 1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 80904. The County of Gloucester Review Order, 1935
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Prescott CP/ExP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.


Record of translation v is made from two texts that were spoken aloud, recorded with a microphone, uploaded to YouTube and then translated back into text using Google's automatic closed-captioning system. The first text is a scientific protocol used to culture rat neurons in a petri dish, which digitally records their electrical activity. The second is a personal story from my own experience while culturing neurons in a laboratory.


My roommate, Monica, introduced me to Jupyter Notebooks last year. And since then, I've been addicted to them for any Python coding I do, so much that I'm considering recreating this entire blog in Jupyter instead of WordPress.
iOS 7 – The biggest change to iOS since the iPhone… Truly !!
I've always been a firm advocate of the jailbreaking your iPhone. I think till date, in the 5 years that I've used the iPhone, while I've liked the changes in each OS release, I've always asked family and friends to wait till the jailbreak releases to update their phones. So why am I sitting up at 3:00am updating to the iOS 7 Developer Beta ? Because it's pure unadulterated awesomeness !!
For consumers, the Mac is brilliant. The UI is clean, uncluttered, and shows just the right amount of information about files and has a nice Aqua interface. The Finder has been updated through all the releases of OSX and now includes dynamic previews of files, rapid real-time searches of data, and more.
One thing missing in the Finder view though is the visibility of invisible files. Most users wouldn't bother about this tiny details, but for developers this is essential. We like to change config files, alter application libraries or (say) change a .htaccess file you downloaded. And for that, sometimes we need to view/alter hidden files. So to make life easier for myself (and others like me out there), here's a tiny automator that toggles the visibility of invisible files.
Steve Jobs raised the bar when it came to keynote presentations. They were simply astonishing. A Steve Jobs presentation doesn't just deliver information, it educates, motivates and entertains. We mostly remember "Stevenotes" for iconic product introductions and One More Things moments, but they were also filled with humour.
If you get as excited as I do watching a Stevenote, and if you love looking at things in a whole new light, whether its a look at Pipeline Processes, or a look at a device that far surpasses the rest of the masses, this is something you will enjoy.
The site's creator told MacRumors that he wanted to get them online in time for Steve Jobs' birthday on February 24.
I'm a long time Apple enthusiast and throughout the years have gathered every single Steve Jobs video I could find … To commemorate Steve Jobs birthday (Feb. 24th) I decided to put all these videos online and make them easily available for all. I believe it's the most complete archive available.
Anyway, Happy Birthday Steve !! Know that the world has lost just a little bit of magic without you.
In the past couple of weeks, I'd been looking up Enterprise and iOS related topics. In general, how to identify registered enterprise devices ? How do you publish applications ? (which is part of my job profile right now) ? How to code for an enterprise application (yes its different from a normal consumer application).
Turns out one tiny hassel in Sencha Touch 2 is that the segmented buttons look terrible. Here's how you add an image to your segmented button, customizing it to your website/app.


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Wondering what to watch on Halloween night? We have four lists for you, each one dedicated to a different "era" of horror. Each playlist is ordered chronologically, but you can (and should) mix things up to your preference. We tried limiting each list to eight hours worth of films, but we couldn't limit ourselves well enough, so instead we've provided the runtime (Rt) for each film in minutes so you can choose the best films for whatever time constraints you may or may not have.(read more...)
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Here it is, boys and girls, the big day. September 7th, 2007. Adam Green's slasher Hatchet opens in 70+ theaters across the country and it's time to show our support. If you're sick of remakes, sick of sequels, and you just want to see some good, old-fashioned 1980s-style blood-and-gory fun up on the big screen where it belongs, find the nearest theater playing the movie and get there. Julia and I have already reserved our tickets for the 8:30PM showing at the AMC Deer Valley in Phoenix, AZ.(read more...)
Are You a Member of the Hatchet Army?
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I've said it before, but it needs to be said again -- while the recent spate of remakes and sequels is not necessarily a bad thing, it has become a little overkill. That's why we're looking forward to Hatchet, Adam Green's R-rated slasher film, which promises good, old-fashioned thrills and chills, plus some improvements on some of the less appealing aspects of the slasher. How can you support Green's ambitious project? Two ways.(read more...)
Future Goodies from Classic-Horror
Classic-Horror.com is a small site, but we're getting bigger all the time. I just thought I'd take a second to give you all a heads-up on what we have planned for the next few months.(read more...)
Ebert, AFI, and the Dead Teenager Movie
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AFI to Horror: Not on Our List
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If we feel a little mixed about 'Star Wars: Episode 7' bringing back Harrison Ford's Han Solo, or Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia, it's only because seeing the passage of time on the actors might be distracting. But the original 'Star Wars' trilogy's ships and technology are ageless, so it's exciting the latest rumor is that the Millennium Falcon will be a part of the new films.
This comes from Latino Review, where they got a scoop about how the shoot is being scheduled after word from The Hollywood Reporter suggested that some filming would be done in Los Angeles to accommodate J.J. Abrams. It seems almost all the shooting will be done in London, and then their scooper added this: "they are building the Millennium Falcon on at Pinewood. Interior is done."
Shooting isn't scheduled to start until January 21, 2014, so it is likely they are starting to build sets and things, though considering there haven't been any official casting announcements yet it feels like the project is still in some flux. But though this may reek of fan service, it's the kind we can get behind because the Millennium Falcon is the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, and was critical in destroying two Death Stars. It's awesome.
'Star Wars: Episode 7' will be in theaters in 2015, likely for the Christmas season.


Hi, Im Andrees from Hamburg Germany.
site i post it here to show the results.
I only describe the mods and not the whole build.
I just finished it last week and added some 600! parts. More than 90 % of parts were modified.
I tried to modify the model to show the original 1967 car. I used hundreds of photos to be as close to the original as possible. Not to easy with a car that has been modified since 1967 and possibly restored in different ways. You won't find any (visible) black Philips screws on the model.
I only use light weathering and dry brushing effects, to show a car that is well maintained and no barn find.
Starts with the license plate and grill.
handpainted the letters to match the color of the California black plate.
Grill sprayed in matt black.
tried different versions of the lights. Original lights were completely chrome.
removed the yellow Shelby logo and added a golden one.
sprayed the rear of the lights semi gloss black.
Painted the deepening for the fog lights chrome silver.
Added a 0,3mm thin piece of aluminum sheet cut to 2,5 mm wide and glued on top of the grill. Painted black.
this picture is of a later stage of the build. Not very good to see on the pictures.
Already shows some mods to the mount for the lights.
brass wire, flattened the edges, drilled holes and added screws and nuts.
Removed the plastic nuts and exchanged with metal parts.
painted the horns black and added some iron and grey weathering effects. Replaced the screws for the horns with screws and nuts.
Back to the early stages of the build.
this is a picture of the original front brake.
Modified mine to look. bit used.
added brake lines to the calipers, and sanded (granulation 80) the discs while rotating on a multitool.
Painted the rims as described several times. Painted the balance weights iron.
Added brake lines to the rear of the calipers.
rubber was 1mm above the rim. Looked strange. Putting on the tire is easy if you put them in boiling water before fitting them on the rims.
I sanded the tread of the tires to give it a more realistic look.
Pictures above are from different stages of the build. I modified things several times.
The Holley carburetors are linked and equipped with correct fuel lines and a handmade spring.
I later added a wire that connects to the correct mount on the firewall. The mesh is photo etched metal, cut, painted and glued on.
i made two attempts on painting the air filter cover and the valve cover.
The easier way was to spray the parts in semi gloss black and then remove the excessive paint with thinner (using brush and cotton swabs).
The decal for the Oil filler cap is self-made, I later replaced it with the decal from Roy.
The visible parts of the Holleys were filled, sanded and painted to match the original ones.
Now to the tank. I removed the plastic fuel lines with a multi tool and added metal fuel lines.
The Fuel filler pipe was filled, sanded painted and received hose clamps. 0,3mm aluminum sheet.
I modified the muffler later and removed all mounts on the exhaust and the muffler except the invisible ones.
Removed 4 out of 8 and closed the holes in the bottom plate.
Covered the Philips screws with nuts.
The whole exhaust system was sanded, filled and painted in a variation of aluminum, iron, and different colors from alclad and Revell.
Next mods are applied to the differential. Glued together, filled, sanded and sprayed semi gloss black.
Added 1,2mm bolts and washers to the differential than painted anti rust red.
Left the springs (that don't belong there), because of stability.
painted the shock absorbers Ferrari red glossy.
Added 4 bolts to hold the leaf springs correctly.
exhaust connection. Added a piece of aluminum to hold the brake lines. Painted anti rust red.
Added brake lines to the rear axle connecting both wheels.
Aluminum pipe, universal joint for RC boats, cut to correct length, glued together plus some parts of the plastic propeller shaft.
Closed, Filled sanded and painted the original screw holes for the plastic propeller shaft that where in the base plate.
Closed the gap in the frame where the leaf springs are mounted. 0,3mm aluminum sheet. Added screw heads. Painted black parts anti rust red.
The propeller shaft was black at my first attempt as you can see on the above picture. I removed it and changed it to Aluminum color when I had more correct pictures. So many pictures with modified cars on the net, hard to tell what was original in 1967.
Custom made holders for the exhaust pipe.
At this stage I had removed 4 of the 8 holders of the exhaust system. So I needed the correct holder.
Modified the gearbox. Left it blue, I think this was the correct color in 1967. It must be the 4 speed top loader gearbox.
All versions now available are silver (afaik). Added some gear parts. Lots of screws added and weathered with Matt black and silver.
This sheet is missing in the model. It should sit on the left side of the car only.
had to modify the gearbox storage. Added 0,3 mm Aluminum to the frame parts and painted red.
Also added fuel lines and brake lines with correct fittings.
This is the final stage of the bottom.
sprayed the top side of the engine bay black, left the bottom red. There used to be traces of black spray on the bottom when they left the factory.
the stabilizer bar (or its it correct stabilizer coupling rod)?? should sit under the wishbone. I tried to fit it correctly with nuts and screws.
because it got in its way.
I am no mechanic, so apologize for confusing some part names.
I also modified the tension strut?! with screws and nuts on the top and some aluminum sheet to match the original one.
Modified fittings for the stabilizing bar.
Power steering completed. Added 4 hoses to the power steering, that lead to the power steering pump.
Added a rubber sleeve (custom-made from a spring and shrinking tube!!) and a few screws and screw heads.
My first attempt to create a rubber sleeve was using rubber rings glued together, so there are different versions on the photos.
steering still works, but is a little blocked when steering to the right. But looks nice.
Now to the trunk. Sprayed the trunk and sidewalls in Nightmist blue.
opening in the rear wall.
I did not remove or hide all Philips screws in the trunk, but they will be hidden under the carpet/trunk mat anyway.
The printed paper trunk mat was my first attempt. I made one from printed cloth later.
WOW!! Very, very nice! I just started on mine not long ago and I figured it's going to take me a couple years to get it done with the way I build and with other projects I've got going on.
I have details in mind pretty much like yours.........what they give you while nice, it's a little bland for my tastes.
Thanks for sharing and I saved your thread for future reference!
Openend the vents in the dashboard cover.
Added some black paint to the dashboard to give it more depth.
Repainted the pedals, and added some color to the handbrake release, the ignition, the gear lever.
to look like real wood. Two layers of clear coat added. Shelby Logo in the horn button replaced.
The yellow Shelby logo is printed onto the chrome part. I removed it with thinner and a cotton swab.
painted the door side parts night mist blue. Door closed traps painted chrome.
Chrome Parts of the door painted with semi gloss black, removed the excessive paint, to give the authentic look.
You need to wipe off the paint. carefully while its still wet.
but looks better than the Steve Urkel version.
Modified the belt whip. It now moves up and down correctly.
Added some weathering to the cooler and replaced all radiator fan blades.
0,6mm aluminum screwed to the plastic center piece of the models space part.
Painted Matt black and added some weathering.
water hose glued, filled, sanded, painted and added photo etched hose clamps with screw and micro rivets.
I later removed the silver part that is attached to the cooler. It should be on top of the radiator.
Cut off all plastic fan belts and replaced them with rubber ones.
cut open the holder for the generator. Custommade a new pulley.
Added the dipstick and oil lines to the Power steering pump.
Custom made a top and holder for the Oil filter. Added some decal.
glued, filled sanded and painted the manifold.
added screws to the oil pan.
Modified later because stabilizer got in its way.
fuel lines from carburetors to fuel pump added.
It runs to the firewall near the heater.
Modified the Power steering Pump holder, added second oil line to the pump.
Custom made inline fuel filter. Runs to the left engine bay wall close to the washer bag.
modified ignition cable. cut off all cables and drilled holes in the ends of the remains to the sparkling plugs and the distributor.
Glued 5mm long pieces of wire into the holes. Removed the wire of the new ignition cables a bit so the end of the cable had 3mm insulation free.
Glued that to the wire part in the distributor and sparkling plugs. Painted dark grey.
modified ignition coil: glued, filled, sanded, painted, added decal and drilled holes in for 2 bolts and nuts to connect the cables.
Painted the top of the coil continental orange.
I glued the sparkling plugs into the engine block.
changed the position of the fuel pump.
Modified the firewall. It should look completely different, I added parts of the heater, cables and the mounting for the throttle cable.
Also modified the brake booster. Added Brake Cables.
The small hole to the top right is for the cables that come from the ignition coil, the 2 bigger holes to the left are for the water hoses to the heater.
Added a hose from the brake cylinder to the Carburetor. Not exactly sure where this hose should go, it ends underneath the air filter cover.
the holes in the bag. Added some gold paint and made 2 hooks out of wire to hang the bag. drilled a hole into the bottom of the bag for the washer fluid hose. Added cables to the pump. Added decal. Added top part of engine holder. Added relay and cables. Covered the speaker with mesh.
drilled open the battery connectors and added screws and nuts. Repainted the battery caps red. Added decals.
added screws to the battery holder and Mas connector. Added cables.
Added wire between gas throttle holder and carburetor connection.
closed the screw holes on top of the strut domes.
Modified strut brace. Added screws and nuts and added some paint.
Connected cables from the generator to the cable harness.
opened the ducts, added mesh on the inside to cover the pins for the ducts.
Very impressive work, your attention to detail is superb.
Added photo etched hexagonal screw heads to the fenders and painted rubber buffers black.
HP deskjet on glossy paper and slice the paper with a scalpel to receive very thin decals and then cut out with a nail scissor.
Glued in and covered with clear coat.
Painted the LED bulbs with Citadel shade seraphim sepia. Needed several attempts to achieve a warm white light.
Alternatively you could change the LED´s if your good a soldering.I didn't like the blue Xenon like color on a 1967 car.
The color on this photo isn't the final version.
I put shrink tube around all visible white/blue cables.
After reading about problems with the plastic parts in the hood hinge system (breaking or becoming loose after opening the hood several times) I decided to replace the guide rail with a massive aluminum part. Hand sawn, drilled ,sanded and held in place with two screws and nuts.
Put superglue to the nuts so they don't get loose.
Stretching the spring a bit before putting it in is also a good idea.
Painted the complete hinge system iron colored.
Fixed the wiggling door problem, glued in a piece of aluminum that stopped the door from moving up and down.
Sanded and Painted the door lock bolt.
Added Shelby stickers to the door panel.


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