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Front Matter The First Punic War Hannibal at Saguntum Opening of Second Punic War The Passage of the Rhone Hannibal Crosses the Alps Hannibal in North Italy The Apennines The Dictator Fabius The Battle of Cannae Scipio A Fugitive and an Exile The Destruction of Carthage
Hannibal - Jacob Abbott
The First Punic War
Hannibal was a Carthaginian general. He acquired his great distinction as a warrior by his desperate contests with the Romans. Rome and Carthage grew up together on opposite sides of the Mediterranean Sea. For about a hundred years they waged against each other most dreadful wars. There were three of these wars. Rome was successful in the end, and Carthage was entirely destroyed.
There was no real cause for any disagreement between these two nations. Their hostility to each other was mere rivalry and spontaneous hate. They spoke a different language; they had a different origin; and they lived on opposite sides of the same sea. So they hated and devoured each other.
Those who have read the history of Alexander the Great, in this series, will recollect the difficulty he experienced in besieging and subduing Tyre, a great maritime city, situated about two miles from the shore, on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Carthage was originally founded by a colony from this city of Tyre, and it soon became a great commercial and maritime power like its mother. The Carthaginians built ships, and with them explored all parts of the Mediterranean Sea. They visited all the nations on these coasts, purchased the commodities they had to sell, carried them to other nations, and sold them at great advances. They soon began to grow rich and powerful. They hired soldiers to fight their battles, and began to take possession of the islands of the Mediterranean, and, in some instances, of points on the main land. For example, in Spain: some of their ships, going there, found that the natives had silver and gold, which they obtained from veins of ore near the surface of the ground. At first the Carthaginians obtained this gold and silver by selling the natives commodities of various kinds, which they had procured in other countries; paying, of course, to the producers only a very small price compared with what they required the Spaniards to pay them. Finally, they took possession of that part of Spain where the mines were situated, and worked the mines themselves. They dug deeper; they employed skillful engineers to make pumps to raise the water, which always accumulates in mines, and prevents their being worked to any great depth unless the miners have a considerable degree of scientific and mechanical skill. They founded a city here, which they called New Carthage—Nova Carthago. They fortified and garrisoned this city, and made it the center of their operations in Spain. This city is called Carthagena to this day.
Thus the Carthaginians did every thing by power of money. They extended their operations in every direction, each new extension bringing in new treasures, and increasing their means of extending them more. They had, besides the merchant vessels which belonged to private individuals, great ships of war belonging to the state. These vessels were called galleys, and were rowed by oarsmen, tier above tier, there being sometimes four and five banks of oars. They had armies, too, drawn from different countries, in various troops, according as different nations excelled in the different modes of warfare. For instance, the Numidians, whose country extended in the neighborhood of Carthage, on the African coast, were famous for their horsemen. There were great plains in Numidia, and good grazing, and it was, consequently, one of those countries in which horses and horsemen naturally thrive. On the other hand, the natives of the Balearic Isles, now called Majorca, Minorca, and Ivica, were famous for their skill as slingers. So the Carthaginians, in making up their forces, would hire bodies of cavalry in Numidia, and of slingers in the Balearic Isles; and, for reasons analogous, they got excellent infantry in Spain.
The tendency of the various nations to adopt and cultivate different modes of warfare was far greater in those ancient times than now. The Balearic Isles, in fact, received their name from the Greek word ballein, which means to throw with a sling. The youth there were trained to perfection in the use of this weapon from a very early age. It is said that mothers used to practice the plan of putting the bread for their boys' breakfast on the branches of trees, high above their heads, and not allow them to have their food to eat until they could bring it down with a stone thrown from a sling.
Thus the Carthaginian power became greatly extended. The whole government, however was exercised by a small body of wealthy and aristocratic families at home. It was very much such a government as that of England is at the present day, only the aristocracy of England is based on ancient birth and landed property, whereas in Carthage it depended on commercial greatness, combined, it is true, with hereditary family distinction. The aristocracy of Carthage controlled and governed every thing. None but its own sons could ordinarily obtain office or power. The great mass of inhabitants were kept in a state of servitude and vassalage. This state of things operated then, as it does now in England, very unjustly and hardly for those who were thus debased; but the result was—and in this respect the analogy with England still holds good—that a very efficient and energetic government was created. The government of an oligarchy makes sometimes a very rich and powerful state, but a discontented and unhappy people.
Let the reader now turn to the map and find the place of Carthage upon it. Let him imagine a great and rich city there, with piers, and docks, and extensive warehouses for the commerce, and temples, and public edifices of splendid architecture, for the religious and civil service of the state, and elegant mansions and palaces for the wealthy aristocracy, and walls and towers for the defense of the whole. Let him then imagine a back country, extending for some hundred miles into the interior of Africa, fertile and highly cultivated, producing great stores of corn, and wine, and rich fruits of every description. Let him then look at the islands of Sicily, of Corsica, and Sardinia, and the Baleares, and conceive of them as rich and prosperous countries, and all under the Carthaginian rule. Look, also, at the coast of Spain; see, in imagination, the city of Carthagena, with its fortifications, and its army, and the gold and silver mines, with thousands and thousands of slaves toiling in them. Imagine fleets of ships going continually along the shores of the Mediterranean, from country to country, cruising back and forth to Tyre, to Cyprus, to Egypt, to Sicily, to Spain, carrying corn, and flax, and purple dyes, and spices, and perfumes, and precious stones, and ropes, and sails for ships, and gold and silver, and then periodically returning to Carthage, to add the profits they had made to the vast treasures of wealth already accumulated there. Let the reader imagine all this with the map before him, so as to have a distinct conception of the geographical relations of the localities, and he will have a pretty correct idea of the Carthaginian power at the time it commenced its dreadful conflicts with Rome.
Rome itself was very differently situated. Rome had been built by some wanderers from Troy, and it grew, for a long time, silently and slowly, by a sort of internal principle of life and energy. One region after another of the Italian peninsula was merged in the Roman state. They formed a population which was, in the main, stationary and agricultural. They tilled the fields; they hunted the wild beasts; they raised great flocks and herds. They seem to have been a race—a sort of variety of the human species—possessed of a very refined and superior organization, which, in its development, gave rise to a character of firmness, energy, and force, both of body and mind, which has justly excited the admiration of mankind. The Carthaginians had sagacity—the Romans called it cunning—and activity, enterprise and wealth. Their rivals, on the other hand, were characterized by genius, courage, and strength, giving rise to a certain calm and indomitable resolution and energy, which has since, in every age, been strongly associated, in the minds of men, with the very word Roman.
The progress of nations was much more slow in ancient days than now, and these two rival empires continued their gradual growth and extension, each on its own side of the great sea which divided them, for five hundred years, before they came into collision. At last, however, the collision came. It originated in the following way:
By looking at the map, the reader will see that the island of Sicily is separated from the main land by a narrow strait called the Strait of Messina. This strait derives its name from the town of Messina, which is situated upon it, on the Sicilian side. Opposite Messina, on the Italian side, there was a town named Rhegium. Now it happened that both these towns had been taken possession of by lawless bodies of soldiery. The Romans came and delivered Rhegium, and punished the soldiers who had seized it very severely. The Sicilian authorities advanced to the deliverance of Messina. The troops there, finding themselves thus threatened, sent to the Romans to say that if they, the Romans, would come and protect them, they would deliver Messina into their hands.
The question, what answer to give to this application, was brought before the Roman senate, and caused them great perplexity. It seemed very inconsistent to take sides with the rebels of Messina, when they had punished so severely those of Rhegium. Still the Romans had been, for a long time, becoming very jealous of the growth and extension of the Carthaginian power. Here was an opportunity of meeting and resisting it. The Sicilian authorities were about calling for direct aid from Carthage to recover the city, and the affair would probably result in establishing a large body of Carthaginian troops within sight of the Italian shore, and at a point where it would be easy for them to make hostile incursions into the Roman territories. In a word, it was a case of what is called political necessity; that is to say, a case in which the interests of one of the parties in a contest were so strong that all considerations of justice, consistency, and honor are to be sacrificed to the promotion of them. Instances of this kind of political necessity occur very frequently in the management of public affairs in all ages of the world.
The contest for Messina was, after all, however, considered by the Romans merely as a pretext, or rather as an occasion, for commencing the struggle which they had long been desirous of entering upon. They evinced their characteristic energy and greatness in the plan which they adopted at the outset. They knew very well that the power of Carthage rested mainly on her command of the seas, and that they could not hope successfully to cope with her till they could meet and conquer her on her own element. In the mean time, however, they had not a single ship and not a single sailor, while the Mediterranean was covered with Carthaginian ships and seamen. Not at all daunted by this prodigious inequality, the Romans resolved to begin at once the work of creating for themselves a naval power.
The preparations consumed some time; for the Romans had not only to build the ships, they had first to learn how to build them. They took their first lesson from a Carthaginian galley which was cast away in a storm upon the coast of Italy. They seized this galley, collected their carpenters to examine it, and set woodmen at work to fell trees and collect materials for imitating it. The carpenters studied their model very carefully, measured the dimensions of every part, and observed the manner in which the various parts were connected and secured together. The heavy shocks which vessels are exposed to from the waves makes it necessary to secure great strength in the construction of them; and, though the ships of the ancients were very small and imperfect compared with the men-of-war of the present day, still it is surprising that the Romans could succeed at all in such a sudden and hasty attempt at building them.
They did, however, succeed. While the ships were building, officers appointed for the purpose were training men, on shore, to the art of rowing them. Benches, like the seats which the oarsman would occupy in the ships, were arranged on the ground, and the intended seamen were drilled every day in the movements and action of rowers. The result was, that in a few months after the building of the ships was commenced, the Romans had a fleet of one hundred galleys of five banks of oars ready. They remained in harbor with them for some time, to give the oarsmen the opportunity to see whether they could row on the water as well as on the land, and then boldly put to sea to meet the Carthaginians.
There was one part of the arrangements made by the Romans in preparing their fleets which was strikingly characteristic of the determined resolution which marked all their conduct. They constructed machines containing grappling irons, which they mounted on the prows of their vessels. These engines were so contrived, that the moment one of the ships containing them should encounter a vessel of the enemy, the grappling irons would fall upon the deck of the latter, and hold the two firmly together, so as to prevent the possibility of either escaping from the other. The idea that they themselves should have any wish to withdraw from the encounter seemed entirely out of the question. Their only fear was that the Carthaginian seamen would employ their superior skill and experience in naval maneuvers in making their escape. Mankind have always regarded the action of the Romans, in this case, as one of the most striking examples of military courage and resolution which the history of war has ever recorded. An army of landsmen come down to the sea-shore, and, without scarcely having ever seen a ship, undertake to build a fleet, and go out to attack a power whose navies covered the sea, and made her the sole and acknowledged mistress of it. They seize a wrecked galley of their enemies for their model; they build a hundred vessels like it: they practice maneuvers for a short time in port; and then go forth to meet the fleets of their powerful enemy, with grappling machines to hold them, fearing nothing but the possibility of their escape.
The result was as might have been expected. The Romans captured, sunk, destroyed, or dispersed the Carthaginian fleet which was brought to oppose them. They took the prows of the ships which they captured and conveyed them to Rome, and built what is called a rostral pillar of them. A rostral pillar is a column ornamented with such beaks or prows, which were, in the Roman language, called rostra. This column was nearly destroyed by lightning about fifty years afterward, but it was repaired and rebuilt again, and it stood then for many centuries, a very striking and appropriate monument of this extraordinary naval victory. The Roman commander in this case was the consul Duilius. The rostral column was erected in honor of him. In digging among the ruins of Rome, there was found what was supposed to be the remains of this column, about three hundred years ago.
The Romans now prepared to carry the war into Africa itself. Of course it was easy, after their victory over the Carthaginian fleet, to transport troops across the sea to the Carthaginian shore. The Roman commonwealth was governed at this time by a senate, who made the laws, and by two supreme executive officers, called consuls. They thought it was safer to have two chief magistrates than one, as each of the two would naturally be a check upon the other. The result was, however, that mutual jealousy involved them often in disputes and quarrels. It is thought better, in modern times, to have but one chief magistrate in the state, and to provide other modes to put a check upon any disposition he might evince to abuse his powers.
The Roman consuls, in time of war, took command of the armies. The name of the consul upon whom it devolved to carry on the war with the Carthaginians, after this first great victory, was Regulus, and his name has been celebrated in every age, on account of his extraordinary adventures in this campaign, and his untimely fate. How far the story is strictly true it is now impossible to ascertain, but the following is the story, as the Roman historians relate it:
At the time when Regulus was elected consul he was a plain man, living simply on his farm, maintaining himself by his own industry, and evincing no ambition or pride. His fellow-citizens, however, observed those qualities of mind in him which they were accustomed to admire, and made him consul. He left the city and took command of the army. He enlarged the fleet to more than three hundred vessels. He put one hundred and forty thousand men on board and sailed for Africa. One or two years had been spent in making these preparations, which time the Carthaginians had improved in building new ships; so that, when the Romans set sail, and were moving along the coast of Sicily, they soon came in sight of a larger Carthaginian fleet assembled to oppose them. Regulus advanced to the contest. The Carthaginian fleet was beaten as before. The ships which were not captured or destroyed made their escape in all directions, and Regulus went on, without further opposition, and landed his forces on the Carthaginian shore. He encamped as soon as he landed, and sent back word to the Roman senate asking what was next to be done.
The senate, considering that the great difficulty and danger, viz., that of repulsing the Carthaginian fleet, was now past, ordered Regulus to send home nearly all the ships and a very large part of the army, and with the rest to commence his march toward Carthage. Regulus obeyed: he sent home the troops which had been ordered home, and with the rest began to advance upon the city.
Just at this time, however, news came out to him that the farmer who had had the care of his land at home had died, and that his little farm, on which rested his sole reliance for the support of his family, was going to ruin. Regulus accordingly sent to the senate, asking them to place some one else in command of the army, and to allow him to resign his office, that he might go home and take care of his wife and children. The senate sent back orders that he should go on with his campaign, and promised to provide support for his family, and to see that some one was appointed to take care of his land. This story is thought to illustrate the extreme simplicity and plainness of all the habits of life among the Romans in those days. It certainly does so, if it is true. It is, however, very extraordinary, that a man who was intrusted, by such a commonwealth, with the command of a fleet of a hundred and thirty vessels, and an army of a hundred and forty thousand men, should have a family at home dependent for subsistence on the hired cultivation of seven acres of land. Still, such is the story.
Regulus advanced toward Carthage, conquering as he came. The Carthaginians were beaten in one field after another, and were reduced, in fact, to the last extremity, when an occurrence took place which turned the scale. This was the arrival of a large body of troops from Greece, with a Grecian general at their head. These were troops which the Carthaginians had hired to fight for them, as was the case with the rest of the army. But these were Greeks, and the Greeks were of the same race, and possessed the same qualities, as the Romans. The newly-arrived Grecian general evinced at once such military superiority, that the Carthaginians gave him the supreme command. He marshaled the army, accordingly, for battle. He had a hundred elephants in the van. They were trained to rush forward and trample down the enemy. He had the Greek phalanx in the center, which was a close, compact body of many thousand troops, bristling with long, iron-pointed spears, with which the men pressed forward, bearing every thing before them. Regulus was, in a word, ready to meet Carthaginians, but he was not prepared to encounter Greeks. His army was put to flight, and he was taken prisoner. Nothing could exceed the excitement and exultation in the city when they saw Regulus, and five hundred other Roman soldiers, brought captive in. A few days before, they had been in consternation at the imminent danger of his coming in as a ruthless and vindictive conqueror.
The Roman senate were not discouraged by this disaster. They fitted out new armies, and the war went on, Regulus being kept all the time at Carthage as a close prisoner. At last the Carthaginians authorized him to go to Rome as a sort of commissioner, to propose to the Romans to exchange prisoners and to make peace. They exacted from him a solemn promise that if he was unsuccessful he would return. The Romans had taken many of the Carthaginians prisoners in their naval combats, and held them captive at Rome. It is customary, in such cases, for the belligerent nations to make an exchange, and restore the captives on both sides to their friends and home. It was such an exchange of prisoners as this which Regulus was to propose.
When Regulus reached Rome he refused to enter the city, but he appeared before the senate without the walls, in a very humble garb and with the most subdued and unassuming demeanor. He was no longer, he said, a Roman officer, or even citizen, but a Carthaginian prisoner, and he disavowed all right to direct, or even to counsel, the Roman authorities in respect to the proper course to be pursued. His opinion was, however, he said, that the Romans ought not to make peace or to exchange prisoners. He himself and the other Roman prisoners were old and infirm, and not worth the exchange; and, moreover, they had no claim whatever on their country, as they could only have been made prisoners in consequence of want of courage or patriotism to die in their country's cause. He said that the Carthaginians were tired of the war, and that their resources were exhausted, and that the Romans ought to press forward in it with renewed vigor, and leave himself and the other prisoners to their fate.
The senate came very slowly and reluctantly to the conclusion to follow this advice. They, however, all earnestly joined in attempting to persuade Regulus that he was under no obligation to return to Carthage. His promise, they said, was extorted by the circumstances of the case, and was not binding. Regulus, however, insisted on keeping his faith with his enemies. He sternly refused to see his family, and, bidding the senate farewell, he returned to Carthage. The Carthaginians, exasperated at his having himself interposed to prevent the success of his mission, tortured him for some time in the most cruel manner, and finally put him to death. One would think that he ought to have counseled peace and an exchange of prisoners, and he ought not to have refused to see his unhappy wife and children; but it was certainly very noble in him to refuse to break his word.
The war continued for some time after this, until, at length, both nations became weary of the contest, and peace was made. The following is the treaty which was signed. It shows that the advantage, on the whole, in this first Punic war, was on the part of the Romans:
"There shall be peace between Rome and Carthage. The Carthaginians shall evacuate all Sicily. They shall not make war upon any allies of the Romans. They shall restore to the Romans, without ransom, all the prisoners which they have taken from them, and pay them within ten years three thousand two hundred talents of silver."
The war had continued twenty-four years.

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Industry Argues the Benefits of Facial Recognition Tech
By Deborah L. O'Mara
As facial recognition manufacturers grapple with wide-ranging restrictions and outright bans in cities and states across the country, the physical security industry is stepping up with advocacy and education, focusing on the ongoing improved performance of algorithms in the technology. Adding further credibility to the industry's mission to prevent moratoriums on the technology is a new demographics study on facial recognition released late last year from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Results from the report, "Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Part 3: Demographic Effects" (NISTIR 8280), are intended to inform policymakers and help software developers better understand the performance of their algorithms, according to a press release by the government agency. FRVT evaluates facial recognition algorithms submitted by industry and academic developers on their ability to perform different tasks. While NIST does not test finalized commercial products, the program revealed rapid development in the field as well as stark differences between high- and low-performing algorithms.
The NIST study evaluated a majority of manufacturers in the industry—189 software algorithms from 99 developers—focusing on how well each individual algorithm performed one of two different tasks among facial recognition's most common applications.
The first task, confirming a photo matches a different photo of the same person in a database, is known as one-to-one matching and is commonly used for verification work, such as unlocking a smartphone or checking a passport.
The second, determining whether the person in the photo has a match in a database, is known as one-to-many matching and can be used for identification of a person of interest.
What sets the NIST documentation apart from other research is its concern with each algorithm's performance when considering demographic factors. For one-to-one matching, only a few previous studies explore demographic effects; for one-to-many matching, none have.
The NIST report also found that demographic differentials are lessening due to many high-performing algorithms producing fewer errors. The report further emphasized that many facial recognition use-case scenarios require trained humans as an integral part of the process. It summarized: "Whether in an investigation of a potential crime or identifying an individual at a port of entry, trained personnel are critical to the successful deployment of this technology."
Responding to the NIST study and using it as a positive springboard for the technology's implementation as a critical and indispensable tool for criminal investigations, physical security, fraud and automating identification processes, the Security Industry Association (SIA), Silver Spring, Md., said the most significant takeaway from the NIST report is that it confirms current facial recognition technology performs far more effectively across racial and other demographic groups than had been widely reported and that overall, modern facial recognition technology is highly accurate, according to Jake Parker, SIA Senior Director of Government Relations.
On March 10, Parker testified before the California State Assembly's Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection—the first ever informational committee hearing on the technology in the state—discussing current and future applications in government and commercial settings. The videotaped hearing can be found here.
"NIST has found that the facial recognition software it tests is now more than 20 times more accurate than it was just a few years ago in retrieving a matching photo from a database, and its report found close to perfect performance by high-quality algorithms with miss rates averaging just 0.1%. This reaches the accuracy of automated fingerprint comparison, which is viewed as the gold standard for identification," Parker said.
According to Parker, the benefits of facial recognition are not potential or hypothetical. They are proven and growing. "In the public sector for example it has been used for over a decade to improve the speed and accuracy of criminal investigations. In any process where there are potential high consequence outcomes, the technology serves as a tool to assist personnel. This may explain U.S. law enforcement's decade-plus operating history in many thousands of instances, without any confirmed example of the technology resulting in a mistaken arrest or imprisonment."
In light of the NIST report, SIA encourages its members and facial recognition technology companies to strive to eliminate bias from within facial recognition processing algorithms and encourages such firms to enlist diverse data sets when testing their algorithms.
"The NIST study provides clear data that can help shape advances in facial recognition," said Don Erickson, CEO of SIA. "SIA encourages collaborative efforts by member companies and involving key stakeholders with the goal of improving facial recognition algorithms and eliminating significant accuracy variation or potential bias."
The primary concern of biometrics is that it potentially violates privacy and civil liberties, misidentifying or profiling people of color or by ethnicity, as reported earlier on ECmag.com. Oakland and San Francisco banned the use of facial recognition software by police and other government agencies. But in the recent committee hearing, Darryl Lucien, Managing Partner of Lucien Partners and representative for the Los Angeles Police Protective League said facial recognition provides a necessary tool in making criminal investigations more accurate.
Parker commented that development of any policy regarding the use of facial recognition must take a use-case and risk-based specific approach, factoring in privacy for the specific application.
"A blanket ban often is done without a full understanding of the proven, positive effects of the technology and its broad range of uses. A rush to implement one-size-fits-all rules could result in unintended consequences if the full range of uses are not considered. While any technology has the potential for misuse, we believe facial recognition should only be used for purposes that are ethical and non-discriminatory, and consistent with our Constitutional framework of laws and regulations," Parker said.
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"Groundhog Day" Meets "Starship Troopers" in Cruise SF Flick "Edge of Tomorrow"
I love a good time travel flick, and Doug Liman's "Edge of Tomorrow" qualifies. The unique twist this Tom Cruise vehicle has going for it is the method used for for time traveling, and the restrictions put in place upon it. Specifically, Cruise's character can only ever go back in time to a specific moment -- and to get there, he has to die.
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series [Blu-ray]
Submitted by Chris Delloiacono on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 23:18
I have fantastic memories from seeing From Dusk Till Dawn in the theater back in 1996. Goodness, it's so hard to believe that was nearly twenty years ago! Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had only made a few films up to that point. More so, George Clooney was really just the dude from "ER" and a host of failed series. Now, Tarantino's films are always Oscar worthy, Clooney has been Best Actor, and Robert Rodriguez owns the El Rey Network. They are a power trio in modern Hollywood, but back then they were just making a horror flick.
The idea of remaking a well loved horror film as a television series that essentially follows the map of the original, well that takes balls! To be honest, it all pays off quite well. Considering the film was packed with stars or soon-to-be stars, the series pulls off recasting so well, that you mostly don't even miss the original players.
Obama, Oz Contrasted in Gilbert's "There's No Place Like Utopia"
Joel Gilbert's latest documentary, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE UTOPIA, is a two-hour coast-to-coast tour of America in decline. Using THE WIZARD OF OZ as a springboard, Gilbert draws comparisons from the Wizard -- a charlatan -- to President Barack Obama. Not being as complicated of a connect-the-dots as his previous work, DREAMS FROM MY REAL FATHER, UTOPIA is easier to follow, and more inventive in its employment of effects and its cogent use of parallel analogy.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season One on DVD/Blu-ray
It just goes to show, you can't always trust the critics. I hadn't watched any of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. because I'd heard from some corners -- comic-fan corners, mind you! -- that the show was not just underwhelming, it was actually bad.
Now that I've got the entire first season to review, I think that the critics were wrong -- mostly. And, yes, I get the inherent irony of my saying that -- I'm completely up on the Epimenides paradox. So with the second season debuting tonight, you've got a few hours to go pick this up and cram like mad to get up to speed.
Blast to the Past with "The Midnight Special" on DVD
Submitted by Dennis Russo on Sat, 09/20/2014 - 18:19
For those of us old enough to remember, there was a time when there were no music videos and there was no MTV (not that MTV plays any videos anymore) and the only way you go to see your favorite performers were to see them in concert.
Ten in 1973 it all changed…on August 19th 1972 the pilot for Midnight Special aired and it was so good!
Finally we got a chance each week to see the hottest musicians perform one or more of their hit songs live…that's live as in not pre taped and not lip synced.
It meant staying up late to be able to see it considering I was only 12 when the show first started, but because I was very familiar with the music and musicians of those days thanks to my 8 years senior older brother's extensive record collection I begged and pleaded to stay up each week (until I was old enough to stay up without having to ask for permission) each week to see the performers whose music I was listening to every day.
Start Your Christmas Lists Now: Sherlock, Merlin, Doctor Who Giftsets From BBC
It's only September, but anyone knows that if you want to get the really cool stuff for Christmas, you have to start making your list early. Any later than Halloween, and you're likely to get stuck with whatever your friends and family could pick up at the local Walgreens. And you want cool, right? Like, bowtie cool?
Well look no further, friend! The BBC has put together some gift set releases of their best and brightest shows. Let's tear off a corner of the wrapping paper for a little peek, shall we?
DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE MATT SMITH YEARS LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY GIFT SET
Ben 10 Omniverse: Galactic Monsters Just In Time for Halloween
I admit, I'm not completely up to speed on the Ben 10 phenomenon. I know that Ben's a kid with a special wristwatch (like Johnny Sokko) that allows him to turn into one of any variety of aliens so that he can go into battle against other aliens (like Ultraman). And, that's about it.
Waiting to Exhale: Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who, "Deep Breath"
For those of us who live without BBC America on our tellies, the Blu-ray/DVD releases are an event. Yes, we're behind the curve of all the other Whovians, but we just pretend we're time-traveling to the day of the broadcast premiere. It adds to the overall gestalt of following The Doctor.
"Godzilla" Saves San Francisco on Blu-ray, DVD
There's a giant flying monster that, wherever he goes, acts like a giant EMP burst. Cities are drained of power when he's near. Across the ocean, there's another giant monster on the ground who does the same thing. (Although not having power is the least of the problems when the skyscraper you're in is being toppled.) There's very little humanity can do except to drop a nuclear bomb on them -- powered by an analog wind-up timing device, out of necessity.
Joel Gilbert: Birthers Asking Wrong Question on Obama Parentage
When Joel Gilbert wrote and produced "Atomic Jihad: Ahmadinejad's Coming War for Islamic Revival and Obama's Politics of Defeat," the film became a feature at the CPAC Conference and went on to win an award at the Hudson Institute Film Festival. Now, the contributing editor to FamilySecurityMatters.org has turned his political sights to another aspect of the Obama administration, that being the origins of the President himself. But if you think Gilbert is climbing aboard the Birther Express, think again. According to Gilbert, birthers are barking up the wrong tree. It's not a question of where Obama was born -- but rather, one of paternity. Was Obama's father Barack Obama, the Kenyan? Or was it Communist Party USA agitator and organizer, Frank Marshall Davis?
Kathy Garver: An AFFAIR to Remember
Fans will recognize Kathy Garver's face from her scores of television appearances, not the least of which was the role of Cissy in the Don Fedderson classic series, Family Affair. But if you have a discerning ear, you may find that you're more familiar with Ms. Garver's work than you might have realized, as the actress has continued to keep quite busy up through even today.
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Large Format Photography Forum > LF Forums > Darkroom: Film, Processing & Printing > Arista.edu Ultra in 5x7 and 4x5, can someone remind me what it is again?
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sully75
17-Aug-2010, 09:23
I'm thinking about buying a 50 sheet box of Arista.edu in either 100 or the (new?) 400 in 5x7. I thought that I've read many threads describing what this film is, or what it's similar to, but just searched and can't find them.
So some questions:
are the 35mm and 120 films likely to be the same as the LF films?
What are the 100 and 400 similar to or the same as?
Are you using this film now? Are you happy with it? Currently I'm using HP5 and getting used to it, but I'm on a micro budget and the price is really good. I'd prefer not to go Chinese if I can avoid it.
MIke Sherck
On Freestyle's web site, they say "Made in Czech Republic". That would make them Foma.
If you call them and ask, they will confirm it is in fact Foma film. And it's great stuff too. The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that my favorite emulsion (the Fomapan 200) is no longer available. That and they don't make it in any ULF or "odd" (read 6.5 x 8.5) sizes.
So it's simple enough to say that it's more or less Foma 100 and 400?
Juergen Sattler
This might help with your question:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80192
Juergen, that's awesome. Done.
The sheet films are actually quite good. I suppose the roll film is, too, but it has an unmerciful curl. 120 film curls up in a very tight roll after it dries and nothing makes it lie flat.
I just realized I have two rolls of Foma 100 in 120 in my fridge, so I might try that out and see. But it would be nice to use it in 5x7, it's less than half the price of HP5.
Brian C. Miller
Try this: take an iron (yeah, for clothes) and sandwich the film between two pieces of tracing paper. Set the iron on low and then iron the film, but very gently, just enough to take out the worst of the curl.
The Foma 400 and Arista.Edu Ultra 400 films are no longer available. Apparently, Foma was not allowed to use some of the chemicals they had been using to manufacture that film. They are supposed to be working on a replacement. Last time I dropped by Freestyle, the person I talked to said that they had not heard anything about progress toward the new version.
huh...I just got the catalog and it lists the 400 in both foma and arista. It's also on the website?
I mis-typed. It is the 200 speed that is not being manufactured anymore. When I went to the store I was looking for Arista.Edu Ultra 5x7. They were out of it, and will not be getting any more of it unless they come out with a new formulation. Sorry for the goof up.
Gotcha. Is there something about the 200 in particular that's missing in the 400 or 100? Other than just being 200? Not being snarky! Just wondering.
yeah, the 200 is missing all together....:) lol.
there's some chemical (or chemicals) that they used in the 200 which they no longer have a source for, therefore they have had to cease production of the 200. Freestyle sells the Foma-branded film, and also sells the Arista.EDU Ultra (which is their house label) which is re-packaged Foma. They don't state it on the website but if you call and ask they will verify over the phone.
As far as sheet films go, 200 used to be as fast as they went; there was no 400. Then the 200 disappeared and all Foma had in sheet film was 100. Now Freestyle lists a 400, so I'm curious as to whether that's an actual product or just wishful thinking.
Well...I may end up buying a box of the 400. So if it's crap, let me know!
I generally shoot portraits, and feel like 400 speed film gives me a little more speed to prevent blinking accidents and what not. Not sure if that's really a logical decision though, so I'm open to using 100.
And last night, no 400 in 5x7.
venchka
The Arista/Foma 200 is missing about 100 ISO. It seems to work best for me @ ISO 100 developed in Xtol 1:3 in a Jobo 3010 tank. YMMV.
If you want a REAL 400 ISO film, shoot New Tmax 400. Expensive, but good. Which makes it cheap in the long run.
Rick Moore
Sadly, TMY-2 is not readily available in 5x7.
Alas. I overlooked the 5x7 requirement. Maybe the 5x7 400 film holds it's speed better than the 4x5 200 that I have.
Drew Wiley
The EDU ultra 200 was a straight-line Fomapan film rougly analogous to Super-XX. The 400 is a completely different bird. I've been shooting the last of my 200 8X10 sheets. This film has wonderful scale and unsurpassed shadow separation, but is really around 100 ASA and has a lot of quality control issues (scratches, spots in the emulsion). I'm switching over to TMax400, despite the high price; it's a lot more
dependable.
Has anyone used the 400?
Drew-
I'm surprised you had such quality control issues with yours - I've shot probably close to 1000 sheets of it in 5x7 over a several year period and had none of the issues you report, other than noting it is a somewhat soft emulsion, therefore vulnerable to mis-handling. Running it through my Jobo Expert drums I've had no problems with it.
One more shot...can't make up my mind between a box of hp5 or a box of Arista Ultra 400 (can only afford 1).
So has anyone used the 400 in sheet film? I'll probably just give it a try but was hoping to get someone's experience with it.
Given that choice...HP5+. No brainer.
not a no-brainer in any way. it's half the price. just wondering if anyone has actually used it.
Economical: Buying cold stored, slightly out of date HP5+ for half price. Works for me.
My only box of Arista/Foma 200 was free. In that light, it's a very good free film.
Wayne, where do you buy it? I'm all ears.
Anywhere I can. Right here in the For Sale area. Rangefinder Forum. Friends. I'm full up now & haven't been looking. I'm sure there deals around. I buy from folks who actually use film as opposed to ebay.
Wayne,
Good call. Have half a box of just out of date (January) HP5 5x7 coming to me at $1 a sheet. I'll have burned through it shortly. I have a new box coming to me from Adorama too, to tide me over. But I'll try to keep an eye out for other people's scraps.
The arista 5x7 400 apparently will not be available till last September anyway.


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ROONEY, Frederick Bernard, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., November 6, 1925; attended the public schools; graduated from the Bethlehem High School in 1944; served in the United States Army from February 1944 to April 1946, with service in Europe as a paratrooper; B.A., University of Georgia at Athens, 1950; engaged in the real estate and insurance business in 1950; elected to two terms in the State senate and served from November 5, 1958, until his resignation August 6, 1963; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Francis E. Walter, and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (July 30, 1963-January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; established a consulting business; is a resident of Washington, D.C.
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Times Square Tech Takeover Continues with New Yahoo! NYC Offices
By Stephen Del Percio on May 28, 2013 in Intellectual Property & Technology, Leases, Manhattan, Market Analysis, New York City, Times Square, Transactions
Yahoo! continues to make major old media-style headline splashes. On the heels of announcing its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, the tech giant announced that it will consolidate its Manhattan office space into 176,000 square feet across four floors at 229 West 43rd Street – the former New York Times headquarters building. The deal is the third in the building since the fourth quarter of 2012 to involve a technology industry tenant. CityGrid and 10gen previously announced moves to the 18-story tower, 767,000-square-foot tower, which has been making a major – and so far successful – push over the past 18 months to attract tech sector tenants with its renovated 28,000-square-foot floor plates, high ceilings, and new amenities.
There is certainly something poetic about the former home of the Grey Lady – and namesake of Times Square – becoming such a beacon for new media tenants. "We love the symbolism of our Yahoo! NYC team moving into the former New York Times building," Yahoo!'s chief development officer Jackie Reses wrote about the transaction in a blog post. "There has been a revolution in how users around the world consume media. Yahoo! – like the New York Times began to do in the mid-19th century — is focused on making the world's daily habits inspiring and entertaining across devices and around the world. Yahoo!'s growth in New York City is a reflection of how the city has become a global magnet for tech talent and entrepreneurism."
Indeed, as The Real Deal noted in response to the Yahoo! deal, technology companies have collectively leased over 625,000 square feet of space in Times Square over the past 18 months, representing nearly 87 percent of all leasing activity in the submarket during that time (up from 18 percent during the previous 18-month period). Part of the attraction is the availability of large floor plates and blocks of space in Times Square (by comparison the vacancy rate in Midtown South is just 3.9 percent). Asking rents for Class A space in Times Square during the fourth quarter of 2012 were $61 per square foot, compared with $67 in Midtown East and $54.50 in Midtown South.
229 West 43rd Street was built in three stages between 1912 and 1937. It was originally designed by Buchman & Fox and features a 5-story, French Renaissance-style setback attic level with a Mansard roof. The New York Times Company sold the tower in 2004 to Tishman Speyer for $175 million. Africa Israel purchased it in 2007 for $525 million.
Yahoo! hopes to be in its new space by the end of the year and is in talks to be the tenant that brands the tower with rooftop signage (see image).
On West 43rd Street, Tech Firm Quickly Expands at Former New York Times Building
Tech Moves: Advertising Firm Signs 5-Year Deal at Former NY Times HQ in Times Square
Tech Tenant Makes Midtown Move From 568 Broadway to Former NYT HQ
Top Green Office Leases in Manhattan by Square Footage: 2007
In City's 3rd Largest 2012 Deal, Microsoft Boots Up 11 Times Square Lease
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Breaking its Own Ice Speed Record, Nokian Tyres Reaches 209 mph with Audi RS6
Nokian Tyres, the manufacturer who set the previous record in 2012, makes a new world record for fastest car on ice. The company used Janne Laitinen as their test driver who reached 208.6 mph (335.713 km/h) on the ice of the Gulf of Bothnia in freezing winter weather. A previous-generation Audi RS6 was the car that Nokian chose for the job, which provides the necessary power and grip, thanks to its 580PS 5.0 liter V10 engine and the quattro all-wheel drive system.
Actually Nokian used the same driver and car as last year, so they only changed was the tyre with a newer winter model. The rubber that took the RS6 to more than 208 mph on a frozen gulf were Nokian's Hakkapeliitta 8 studded tyres, size 255/35R20 97 T XL. To give you an idea about the force behind these tyres, Nokian says the car travels over 305 feet per second (93 meters), with each stud hitting the ice 43 times.
However, setting a Guinness world speed record on ice is not as easy as it looks. The time for 0.62 miles or one-kilometer distance is measured in both directions, with the world record being an average of these two measurements. Once the vehicle is in motion, it has only one hour to achieve the record. Secondly, the tyres have to be commercially available and approved for road use in the country where the record is made. And finally, the ice must be natural and not roughened or treated with chemicals. The video below shows how the record was set.
Now Innovations and BMW Make Partnership to Create 'the Future of Parking'
By Bettering Driving Habits with New Device, Fuel Economy Improves by up to 30 Percent


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Love came down at Christmas
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Our Greatest Need
If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator.
If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist.
If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer.
But our greatest need was forgiveness and acceptance, so God sent us a Savior.
--Author Unknown
Wishing you all the hope, peace, love, and joy of this Christmas season!
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Trailblazer: Aida de Acosta, the First Woman Aero-driver in the World
Telling Herstories: Fascinating Women History Forgot
by Carol Simon Levin
© Carol Simon Levin 2013 www.tellingherstories.wordpress.com
Aida de Acosta: the New Jersey Girl
who became the "First Woman Aero-driver in the World!"
Aida de Costa Breckinridge can be seen
at the controls of Alberto Santos -Dumont's powered
"run-about balloon"over the skies of Paris on June 29,1903.
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One hundred and ten years ago on December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers made their famous first flight -- launching their fragile airplane on a beach in Kitty Hawk and showing that controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight was possible (at least for 59 seconds!)
But did you know that more than five months before the Wright Brother's flight, a Cuban-American girl from Long Branch, New Jersey became the first woman in the world to pilot a motorized aircraft?
During the summer of 1903, Miss Aida de Acosta was visiting Paris with some school friends when she saw a most curious contraption -- a personal dirigible being driven by its inventor, a Brazilian by the name of Alberto Santos-Dumont. Long before the cartoon Jetsons depicted personal aero-cars, Alberto Santos-Dumont traversed city boulevards in his "Runabout IX" a steerable, motorized balloon running errands -- traveling between his cafe, his personal jeweler Louis Cartier, and his hat-shop (putting out frequent fires on the airship was hard on hats!) Sometimes when he reached a cafe, he would tether the dirigible on a lamppost and ask the waiters to send up a cup of coffee or glass of champagne!
Aida was fascinated by his aero-ship and asked for lessons. Mr. Santos-Dumont agreed to teach her with the dirigible tethered in the hanger. Since the machine had only one seat, he shouted out instructions from the ground. He showed her how to steer the rudder, shift ballast, drop weights, and use the three speed lever to work the propellers. After three lessons, he pronounced her ready for a real flight.
June 29th, 1903 dawned clear and windless and, with his typical showmanship, Alberto decided the important polo match being held that day at the Bagatelle Polo Grounds would make a perfect destination. He would ride below the balloon on a girl's bicycle (so as not to catch his opera cloak on a middle bar!) and give directions with a handkerchief, signaling left and right, and waving in circles to indicate when she should rev up the motor. After Aida climbed into the wicker basket and wedged in her full skirt, he tied a rip cord to her wrist telling her that if she flew too high and was frightened, she could let out some of the air and, if she were to faint, the cord would release the air from the gas bag and she would come down to earth.
He needn't have worried. Aida flew the Runabout perfectly across Paris and through the countryside. Alberto Santos-Dumont actually guided her into a landing on the polo field, briefly interrupting the game and causing considerable excitement. She loved the trip, remarking, "I stopped the petrol motor and came down like a feather. I've never had so much fun in my life."
Alberto greeted her, "Mademoiselle, vous êtes la première aero-chauffeuse du monde!" ("Miss, you are the first woman aero-driver in the world!") After the game, ignoring objections from the crowds and warnings from friends, Aida flew back to Paris.
Aida had interrupted an important polo match and the press gathered there were both fascinated and outraged that a woman should be driving this aero-machine. Her parents were not pleased, to say the least. They firmly believed that a respectable woman should appear in the newspapers only three times -- when she was born, married and when she died. They threatened to ruin Santos-Dumont if he leaked her name to the press and to disinherit her if she continued flying. Accordingly, Santos-Dumont in his memoirs described her as "the heroine, a young and very pretty Cuban, prominent in New York Society."
Aida stopped flying, but never stopped being fascinated by the men who flew. In the late 1920's, she became friends with Charles Lindbergh and ended up marrying his lawyer, Charles Breckenridge. But even he didn't know about her adventure. The story only came to light in 1932 when the couple was hosting a dinner party and a young Naval officer started to talk about the possibilities of lighter-than-air flying vehicles. Aida astonished the guests when she remarked, " I've flown dirigibles myself; they are a lot of fun!" Her story was published in Sportsman Pilot in 1933.
Aida de Acosta was the only person Alberto Santos-Dumont ever permitted to fly any of his aircraft. After the flight, Aida returned to New York City. She married and divorced twice. Later in life, after losing the sight in one of her eyes to glaucoma, she founded and became director of the first eye bank in America.
Alberto never married and kept a picture of Aida on his desk next to a vase of flowers all his life -- but there is no indication that they ever spoke or wrote again. On November 12, 1906, he made the world's first public airplane flight (the Wright Brothers had flown in secret, fearing they'd lose their patent designs). He flew for twenty seconds -- the first pilot to lift off and land a completely self-propelled airplane. Accordingly, some people consider Santos-Dumont the real "father of flight" since the Wright Brothers' plane required high winds and a rail system to launch.
One final piece of trivia: In 1904, after Alberto complained that he couldn't pull out his pocket watch to check his flying time while steering, his friend Louis Cartier created the one of the world's first wristwatches so that the flyer could keep track of his flying time. Cartier still sells "Santos-Dumont" models to this day.
For more information, see Paul Hoffman's Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (2003) pp 212–217 and this article: Eugene Register-Guard Aug. 12, 1953.. For a very entertaining look at Alberto Santos-Dumont and his eccentric ways and flying machines (though lacking any mention of Aida's flight), check out Victoria's Griffith's picture book biography: The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont (2011).
Carol Simon Levin is a librarian at the Somerset County Library and a member of the New Jersey Storyteller's Network. She impersonates forgotten women in presentations at libraries, senior centers, and other venues. For further information, write her at cslevin59@gmail.com. For more information about early female aviators, go to http://nobodyownsthesky.wordpress.com/
Check out more articles by Carol Simon Levin on the Girls Succeed blog:
Bridge builder, Emily Roebling
Aviator Elinor Smith
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Truly The Christmas Spirit Wrapped Up in this Little Girl's Heart
One little girl, Claire, has shared the spirit of Christmas through a wonderful gift to her parents (and to us.) Claire's holiday kindergarten program was a special occasion for her and for her parents. Although her parents are deaf, Claire wanted them to enjoy the performance as much as she does in participating in singing the songs. She surprised her parents by using sign language to interpret the words to the songs the kids sang. Take a look at this lively gal and her joy in performing and sharing this holiday concert with her parents.
Lori Koch posted this marvelous video on You Tube
so everyone can enjoy the thoughtful gift from her daughter--
experiencing this performance.
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Computer Pioneer: Grace Hopper
Happy birthday to Grace Hopper, a computer scientist and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.Today on the Google home page, Grace Hopper is remembered on her 107th birthday. What did she do to earn a special doodle on Google?
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Grace worked on the Mark 1 computer at Harvard University, the first computer ever! She was in charge of programming it. At the time noone believed computers would ever be able to communicate with words since they were programmed with numbers only. But Grace changed that by developing a language for computers so they could "speak" English and use numbers. Her program eventually became the COBOL programming business language used today.
She was also the one who coined the phrase "a bug in the system" because while working on the Mark 1, a co-worker discovered a moth within the computer. This "bug" caused one of the circuits to malfunction. Grace took the moth and taped it into her logbook. This page along with her records on the first computer is on display at the U.S. Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Va.
By the way, this machine does not resemble the computers we see today. Instead, it was almost as long as a semi-truck's trailer, 51 feet, 8 feet tall, and 8 feet wide.
Mark 1 Computer
Learn more about this creative scientist, at the Yale page highlighting Grace Hopper's career.
Go to google.com to see the Google Doodle honoring Grace Hopper and to pull up lots more information on this amazing woman/sailor.
Do you use a computer? Do you have a dream to develop new computers or programs? I would love to hear from you. Best wishes on working toward your dream job!
Labels: computer pioneer, google doodle, grace hopper, mark 1 computer
World Record Holders: 63 Awesome Women Sky Dive Into the World Record Books
Talk about Girls Succeeding! These 63 awesome women set a sky diving record for the largest all-female formation free-falling in the skies over Arizona. Diving head first at 165 mph this amazing skydiving team worked together
to form an unforgettable star in the heavens.
Lindsay Janis of ABC News reporting.
Can you imagine yourself doing this?
What do you dream of achieving in your life? You can do it!
Labels: achieve goals, girls succeed, sky diving formation, sky diving women, women break record for the largest all female sky diving formation
Trailblazer: Aviator, Elinor Smith
Fearless Flyer: Elinor Smith's Daring Dive Under the Bridges of New York
Elinor Smith
Photo from AvStop.com
Elinor Smith got her first taste of flying when she was just six years old. A French pilot was advertising flights above a potato field on Long Island and she begged her father to go up for a ride. From the first moment in the air, she was hooked. She started taking flying lessons at age ten, soloed and set a world light plane altitude record at age fifteen, and got her pilot's license at sixteen -- becoming the youngest licensed pilot, male or female, in the United States. Her license was signed by Orville Wright.
But the press and other pilots doubted her abilities. Newspapers called her the "Flying Flapper." A stunt pilot who had crashed his own plane bet "that kid with freckles who they let fly around every day" couldn't fly under a New York City East River bridge... she replied she'd fly under all four!
No one had ever done that before -- for good reason. It was dangerous – gusts of winds could hurl a small plane into bridge pillars. It was also illegal – Elinor could lose her newly acquired pilot's license. But Elinor carefully inspected the route, studying the tides, the construction of the bridges, and calculating speed, distance & weight. She joked, "I hung by my heels from all those bridges." She also practiced weaving between sailboats on Long Island Sound.
On a bright Sunday Oct. 21, 1928, as she prepared to take off in her father's Waco 9 airplane, she felt a tap on her cockpit. Charles Lindbergh grinned at her, "Good luck, kid, keep your nose down in the turns."
Despite her preparation, she encountered surprises -- wooden blocks dangling below Queensboro bridge deck forced her to fly just above the water's surface. She glided uneventfully under Williamsburg Bridge, then dipped under the Manhattan Bridge, where she saw a huge crowd of spectators and newsreel reporters (so the government would have proof of her illegal flight).
Finally all that was left was the Brooklyn Bridge – but as she flew under the bridge, she saw that both a tanker and a navy destroyer were heading right toward her! Elinor tipped her plane on its side and just managed to squeeze through!
Heady with success, Elinor circled the Statue of Liberty before landing in Roosevelt Field to cheers from family and friends. She had succeeded -- but what about her license?
Eight days later, New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker summoned Elinor to his office. He announced, "You're suspended...." but continued, "from flying for ten days, retroactive to the day of your flight." The Department of Commerce also sent her a letter demanding that she stop flying under bridges – but included a note asking for autograph!
Elinor continued flying and setting speed, altitude, and duration records. At age nineteen, she was voted the "best female pilot of the year" (besting Amelia Earhart) -- but her own dream of flying solo across the Atlantic was thwarted when the Depression forced her airplane sponsor to pull out.
When Elinor was eighty-nine years old, she was invited to fly NASA's Challenger simulator at the Ames Research Center. She remarked "It's a spectacular ride. Everything about it is thrilling, but perhaps the most gratifying is that the entire support crew was made up of females. My instructor, the operator and the assistant were all women."
The Amazing Aviatrix Elinor Smith http://womanpilot.com/?p=49 (article from the online magazine "Woman Pilot.")
Soar Elinor Soar! by Tami Lewis Brown (inspirational picture book biography, includes interview quotes with Elinor in the back matter.)
Aviatrix by Elinor Smith (her autobiography written in 1981)
Additional sources listed in her wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Smith
A bibliography of other pioneering female aviators can be found at: http://nobodyownsthesky.wordpress.com/bibliography/
Telling Herstories: Fascinating Women History Forgot by Carol Simon Levin
About Carol Simon Levin:
Carol Simon Levin is a librarian at the Somerset County Library and a member of the New Jersey Storyteller's Network. She impersonates Elinor Smith and other forgotten women in presentations at libraries, senior centers, and other venues. For more information, visit http://nobodyownsthesky.wordpress.com/ and http://tellingherstories.wordpress.com/
Labels: aviation, aviation pioneer, carol Simon Levin, elinor smith, nobody owns the sky, telling her stories, trailblazer
Wishing You a Happy Thanksgiving USA!
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Photo courtesy of Fremont United Methodist Church, Michigan
Come Ye Thankful People, Come
Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;
all is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;
come to God's own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.
Words by Henry Alford, 1844
Music by George J. Elvey, 1858
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Labels: come ye thankful people come, happy thanksgiving, thanksgiving
President Kennedy--Remembering November 22, 1963
"Mom called," my best friend, Marla, told me. We didn't have school that day, so I was visiting her at her house, a huge farm. Her parents were at work. I loved going there with all the animals. She had a huge black horse, Gypsy, and a little pony. We usually rode the pony together and would laugh so hard we'd fall off.
I was eating a snack in the kitchen when Marla returned from the phone call. "Why's she checking up on us? To make sure the house isn't a wreck?" I giggled. We were teen-agers, but responsible girls. I knew her mom would never worry about us. The phone call was unusual.
I noticed Marla's eyes were full of worry. "She said to turn on the TV. The President's been shot."
At that moment my world was turned upside down. President Kennedy had been shot? How was that possible? He had a ton of Secret Service men guarding him. He was popular and had a beautiful family. Who would do such a thing?
We turned on the TV and listened in horror as the events unfolded in front of our eyes. We cried as we watched the horrible pictures showing his limousine race away to the Dallas hospital. Surely this was a scene from a movie. Not reality. Nothing could happen to our president. But, sadly we were wrong. Mr. Kennedy was pronounced dead about 1:30 that afternoon. Marla and I sat in front of the TV in shock.
The whole country was in shock. The events that followed his death were unimaginable. The man who shot him, Lee Harvey Oswald, was captured, then murdered in the police station by Jack Ruby, a saloon owner.
To this day there are many questions about the events that occurred on November 22, 1963.
I admired Mrs. Kennedy. Her strength and grace during this life-changing time helped all Americans and citizens of the world face this tragedy and deal with the grief.
Mr. Kennedy in his short time in office made a difference in the world. He should not be remembered for how he died, but for his contribution to the office of the President of the United States of America and to the betterment of our country.
Labels: 1963, president kennedy, remembering November 22
Update on Malala
Image from Glamour Magazine. Photo by Brigitte Lacombe
Malala Yousafzai is the girl from Pakistan who stood up to fierce terrorists, the Taliban, who shot her in the head and neck to silence her. She fought back determined to live and carry her message of education for girls and rights for women to the world. She has rocked the world with her bravery and courage. Because of her bringing awareness to the plight of so many girls in the world who have no rights to education, Glamour magazine recognized her as one of their Women of the Year 2013.
Kudos to Glamour magazine for honoring her and supporting education for girls worldwide.
To learn more about Malala's story, read a previous post on this blog.
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Labels: glamour magazine woman of the year, malala, Malala Yousafzai
Remember to Say Thank You to a Veteran Today and Everyday
Veteran's Day today in the USA. God bless veterans!
My husband served in the US Air Force. What is it about a uniform that makes you fall in love with a guy?
On Veteran's Day we honor those who gave their lives in service to our country and say a huge thank you to veterans for their service.
My thoughts and prayers are with those thousands of people devastated by the history making storm in the Philippines.
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Photographer Jaime Moore's Not Just a Girl and Giveaway
Trailblazer: Pilot, Amelia Earhart
Jaime Moore's daughter, Emma, turned five this year. For her birthday, this photographer mother always does a special photo shoot to capture memories and to celebrate this very important day in a child's life. This year, when she and her daughter were brainstorming ideas for the photo theme. Jaime noticed little girls this age dressed up as Disney princesses a lot. (Believe me, I have a four-year-old granddaughter who loves dressing up as a princess too.)
Jaime appreciates the fantasy world these princesses live in, but she wanted Emma to know about the strong women in the real world, the great role models who could inspire her in real life.
They looked over all the fabulous women in history and chose five remarkable role models. (After all she was turning five!) They put together clothing and jewelry of the times and Emma posed just like these women did in their photographs. The resulting photos are stunning. The photos of women's activist Susan B. Anthony, designer Coco Chanel, pilot Amelia Earhart, deaf/blind author and lecturer Helen Keller, and animal activist Jane Goodall came to life with Emma posing as these women and dressed in the clothing and jewelry of the day.
Jaime said, ".so let's set aside the Barbie Dolls and the Disney Princesses for just a moment, and let's show our girls the REAL women they can be."
Jaime entitled the photos, Not Just a Girl. You can check out her post and the photos on Jaime Moore's blog
Who are the strong women you admire? Who would you choose to dress like and pose as that woman did in her photo?
Leave a comment below or email me at jqrose02 at gmail dot com and I will send you a free e-book, Girls Succeed: Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women. This book introduces you to real, contemporary women and the paths they took to become successful in their dream careers. It is an inspiring and empowering book for girls.
Offer is good through November 11, 2013.
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Labels: amelia earhart, coco chanel, emma, giveaway, helen keller, inspire girls, jaime moore, jane goodall, not just a girl, princesses, role models, strong women, susan b. anthony
An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you Ef you Don't Watch Out!
Wishing you a Safe and Happy Halloween!
Below is an excerpt from one of my favorite poems for Halloween, Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley. To read the entire poem, go to Riley's Children's Poetry Site. Read this poem written in the 19th century by this beloved American poet out loud and enjoy!
An' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh an' grin,
An' make fun of ever' one, an' all her blood-an'-kin;
An' wunst, when they was "company," an' ole folks wuz there,
She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em, an' said she didn't care!
An' thist as she kicked her heels, an' turn't to run an'
hide,
They wuz two great big Black Things a-standin' by her side,
An' they snatched her through the ceilin' 'for she knowed
what she's about!
An' the Gobble-uns 'll git you
Ef you
Out!
Labels: children's poetry, halloween, happy halloween, james whitcomb riley, Little Orphant Annie, poem
Trailblazer: Bridge Builder Emily Warren Roebling by Carol Simon Levin
Thank you to Carol Simon Levin for sharing this article about Emily Warren Roebling.
Bridge Builder in Petticoats: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge
On December 12, 1881, people in New York City would have witnessed a strange sight. High above the East River, men in business suits were walking cautiously along a narrow path of wooden boards laid across the steel frame of a huge bridge. Strangest of all, the line was led by a woman, her long skirt billowing as she showed them details of the construction. When they reached the New York side, everyone toasted her with champagne. It was the first official crossing of the Brooklyn Bridge.
In 1881, women could not vote in most state and federal elections. Their minds and bodies were considered weak and fragile. Very few colleges accepted female students and, though poor women worked, it was unthinkable for respectable middle and upper-class women to do so. They most certainly would not be helping to supervise the greatest construction project of the age.
But Emily Warren Roebling was doing just that.
After her husband Washington Roebling, the Chief Engineer of the bridge, became an invalid from injuries received on the project, Emily became his eyes and ears, feet and hands and voice. She started out carrying his orders back and forth to the site. When he became unable to read or write, she read aloud all written material to him and wrote his responses. Since Washington could not talk to anyone but Emily without becoming exhausted, he began discussing all the details of the bridge with her, expecting that she would explain these to the assistant engineers. As a result, although she never went to an engineering university, Emily gradually learned quite a lot about bridge engineering.
For nearly eleven years, the bridge company kept her work a secret. (They worried that the public would lose confidence in the safety of the project if they knew a woman was involved.) Her role was finally revealed on May 24, 1883 at the opening ceremonies when Congressman Abram S. Hewitt honored her work in a speech.
Later that day, The Brooklyn Eagle publicly praised Emily in its article on the opening of the bridge:
Great emergencies are the opportunities of great minds. Mrs. Emily Roebling met this difficulty as nobody else could. She addressed her remarkable intelligence to the acquisition of the higher mathematics... She mastered this most bewildering of sciences, applied it to the bridge, was in rapport with her husband, and dazzled and astounded the engineers by her complete and intelligent conception of their chief's theories and plans…Day after day, when she could be spared from the sickroom, in cold and in wet, the devoted wife exchanged the duties of chief nurse for those of chief engineer of the bridge, explaining knotty points, examining results for herself, and thus she established the most perfect means of communication between the structure and its author. How well she discharged this self-imposed duty the grand and beautiful causeway best tells.
Emily did not rest on her accomplishments. After the bridge, she helped design the family mansion in Trenton, studied law, attended the coronation of the Tsar of Russia and even took tea with Queen Victoria. At the time of her death, she was called "one of the most distinguished women in the country" and "the most famous woman in New Jersey" – yet today most people don't even know her name!
If you walk across the bridge, be sure look at the bronze plaque on the East Tower. It states:
The Builders of the Bridge
Dedicated to the Memory of
Emily Warren Roebling
whose faith and courage helped her stricken husband
Col. Washington A. Roebling, C.E.
complete the construction of this bridge
from the plans of his father
John A. Roebling, C.E.
who gave his life to the bridge
"BACK OF EVERY GREAT WORK WE CAN FIND THE SELF-SACRIFICING DEVOTION OF A WOMAN."
Carol Simon Levin is a librarian at the Somerset County Library and a member of the New Jersey Storyteller's Network. She impersonates Emily and other forgotten women in presentations available for libraries, senior centers, historical societies and other venues. Programs are accompanied by a "lantern slide show" (PowerPoint) with photographs and lithographs. They can be tailored for adult or youth audiences. For further information, write her at cslevin59 (at) gmail (dot) com. For more information about Emily Roebling, check out www.bridgebuilderinpetticoats.com.
Labels: bridge builder, brooklyn bridge, building the brooklyn bridge, carol Simon Levin, emily warren roebling, trailblazer
Update on Malala, the Girl from Pakistan
Photo from CNN.com
ABC News Diane Sawyer devoted an entire hour to the story of Malala Yousafzai, the girl who defied the Extremist Taliban. She was the girl who spoke up and brought awareness to the plight of 15 million girls in Pakistan who could not get an education. The Taliban did not want girls to go to school, so they thought they would get rid of Malala and stop girls from getting an education. Instead, by shooting Malala while she was riding on the bus to school, they have created even more girls who are fighting to receive an education and to make the world a better place for all of us.
Sawyer reported the miracles that occurred to keep Malala alive after the shooting and to bring her back from the dead. Her recovery was slow and painful, but she is doing well and is spreading the word about education for girls worldwide.
Malala was a candidate to receive the Nobel prize for being a spokesperson for education and peace, but she was not chosen. Below is a link to a video at abcNews with reactions from school girls in Pakistan. I'm sure girls everywhere would feel the same as they do.
VIDEO: http://abcnews.go.com/International/malalas-nobel-loss-disappoints-school-girls-pakistan/story?id=20542676
"Never doubt that
a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the
world. Indeed, it is
the only thing that
ever has."
-Margaret Mead
People for Peace
I am not sharing Malala's story to encourage girls to risk their lives, but I am sharing it to make girls who are fortunate to have the opportunity to gain an education to actually appreciate what we have. Perhaps they too will be inspired by Malala's actions to make the world a safer place filled with peace for everyone.
Labels: abc news article, cnn, diane sawyer, education, education for girls, malala, Malala Yousafzai, nobel peace prize, peace
Trailblazer: Banker Janet Yellen
A new day is dawning.
President Obama nominated Janet Yellen to be the head of the Federal Reserve, our nation's central bank. A woman has never held this post in the USA and a woman has never been the head of any nation's central bank in the world!
Ms. Yellen is presently the #2 person at the Federal Reserve behind the retiring chairman, Ben Bernanke. His tenure will end January 31, 2014 and Yellen will assume her duties as the Chairman if approved for the position. Keep your fingers crossed she will break down this barrier for women.
You rock, Janet Yellen!!
Labels: chairman of the federal reserve, federal reserve, janet yellen, nation's bank, trailblazer
Trailblazer Katie Hnida, First Woman to Score in NCAA Division One Football Game
Katie Hnida
Football fever is in the air this time of year in the USA. Whether i'ts your school, university, or professional team, football is THE topic of conversation.
Today I am introducing you to a trailblazer in college football athletics, Katie Hnida. She is the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A game, college football's highest level.. She was the placekicker for the University of New Mexico Lobos and booted the football over the uprights on August 30, 2003.
Interview with Katie when she joined
the Ft. Wayne Firehawks professional arena football team.
Congratulations, Katie!!
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Story Behind the Story: The Rainbow Ghost Bus by Sue Perkins
Let's give a big Girls Succeed welcome to our guest author today, Sue Perkins!
She is sharing her story behind the story of The Rainbow Ghost Bus. Let me tell you a little bit about this multi-genre author.
Sue Perkins grew up in Devon, England and emigrated to New Zealand with her family.
Sue and her husband live on a three acre property at the top of New Zealand's South Island. Her interests include writing, reading, genealogy and aqua aerobics.
Her first romance novel was released in May 2007, quickly followed by a fantasy trilogy, more romance books, young adult and middle grade novels.
Her aim is to write a full length epic fantasy novel. The outline is complete, and Sue hopes to finish the first draft by mid 2014.
Connect with Sue at her author website and Sue's blog
The Story Behind the Story of the Rainbow Ghost Bus by Sue Perkins
In 2011 I visited my family in England and my fascination with the old buildings returned, especially those in London. A glimmer of an idea for a Middle Grade book came to mind. The old bus depots were huge to me when I was a child, so my story combines childhood memories with the my genre of fantasy and developed into The Rainbow Ghost Bus.
MG Fantasy: Jack and his sister travel on the ghost bus through lands of rainbows,
leprechauns and dryads to solve the mystery surrounding the bus company owners.
The name of the young hero came from my niece's son as he asked for an adventure book. As I'd written the book partly at his request, it seemed only natural to give the young hero Jack's name.
I love writing books for Middle Grade children. Boys or girls, I try to make them attractive to both. They are usually fantas books with a touch of magic and mystery in each. I try to keep things moving reasonably fast as I remember as a child I'd be engrossed in a book only to find a long explanation interrupted the flow. This would really annoy me and I often skipped parts of the book due to the interruptions.
Here is a little sample of The Rainbow Ghost Bus. Enjoy.
Back of the Book
Jack and his family renovate and move into an old Victorian bus depot, but soon the ghost of the Number 13 bus comes to visit. Jack and his sister get caught up in the search for the parts of The Rainbow Bus Company logo and hopefully solve the mystery of the disappearance of the owners, which happened many years before.
The driver's seat was not part of the inside of the bus. The poor man would have to sit outside in all weathers as he drove his passengers through the busy streets. This was a double decker bus, with an upstairs open to the air. The stairs wound up the back of the bus, again on the outside. Jack and Kate peered in the window along the side and saw wooden seats lined up with the backs toward them.
"Do you think it's safe, Kate? Look it's got the number thirteen on the front. Do you think it's the route number?"
Before she could answer a beam of yellow light curved down from the metal clad window above them. The nearer it got to the ground, the wider it became. It took a few curves on the way down and stopped at the front of the bus.
"Hey, that looks like a road." Jack peered intently at the yellow strip.
The bus revved its engine, moved forward a few feet to the base of the road, and then stopped again.
"I think we're being asked to go for a ride." Jack jumped on the rear platform. His sister reached out to grab him but he evaded her hands. Kate followed as he slipped inside the downstairs section, safely out of her reach.
Jack bounced up and down on one of the wooden seats. He saw Kate open her mouth to tell him off in her usual bossy way, but the bus jerked into motion throwing her off balance and she fell into the seat facing Jack.
"It is a road." Jack peered out the window and Kate joined him.
The bus trudged slowly up the slope.
"Come on, it's not going fast, we can still get off." Kate stood and turned to face the platform and Jack reluctantly joined her. He blinked in surprise. Only a yellow mist showed behind the bus. Jack grinned and sat down again.
Behind the driver's area a window allowed them to see forward. Between this window and the one looking out over the engine, a blackboard was attached to the inside wall. Chalky white words swirled across the dark surface.
The last bus of the Rainbow Bus Company ran on Friday 13th June 1913. The reason for the company's collapse is shrouded in mystery.
"Wow, Kate. Perhaps we can solve the mystery."
"Hold on. We have no idea where we're going, or how we're going to get home. What do you think Mum and Dad will say?" Kate peered out the window of the bus, but the yellow mist covered everything.
"Perhaps the bus wants us to solve the mystery. When it stops we'll be in a strange place and have to find clues." Jack grinned at his sister, glad she couldn't force him to return home.
The bus slowly crawled up the yellow road to the top and as the incline leveled out, the yellow fog thinned.
"Look. An archway." Jack pointed to the end of the road.
"It's not an arch." Kate joined him. "It's the frame around one section of the round window. We must have shrunk as we came up the yellow road."
Now available at a sale price of $2.99 from MuseItUp Publishing
Labels: guest authors, MG fantasy, museitup publishing, sue perkins, the rainbow ghost bus, the story behind the story
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