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MUMBAI AND DAWOOD
Dawood Ibrahim, who is reported to have links to the CIA.
According to Rehman Malik, Pakistan's top interior ministry official, funds for the Mumbai attack were transferred from Italy and Spain.
Austrian SIM cards were used for some of the mobile phones used by the terrorists.
Detectives have also uncovered a link to Houston, Texas. (12 February 2009: Pakistan admits Mumbai attacks planned inside its borders)
Reportedly, a Pakistan government report was leaked to local television networks in Pakistan.
According to the television networks, the government report says that investigators have concluded that the attacks were planned in a European country and Dubai over the Internet, and that the planners used Bangladesh for logistical support. (Leaked Report Points to Larger Pakistani Role in Mumbai Attacks)
A news story in the Observer tells us about Dawood Ibrahim, who has links to Dubai, and reportedly, to the CIA and its friends. (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1411796,00.html)
Iqbal Mirchi lives in Hornchurch, in England.
Iqbal Mirchi is wanted by police in India for murder and his part in a terrorist bombing campaign.
He is allegedly among the top 50 global drug barons; according to the US authorities he is the right-hand man of Dawood Ibrahim, head of the 'D' company, a worldwide mafia.
Bombs in Mumbai in 1993 killed over 300 people. Mirchi's name was linked to the bombings.
According to Mirchi: 'a senior police officer told me that my name would be attached to false charges unless I paid millions of rupees in bribes. I refused and moved to Dubai. '
Mirchi admits having met Dawood Ibrahim in Dubai.
Dubai posted to Flickr by Paul Keller at http://flickr.com/photos/18259771@N00/307513676.
Dawood has been described as 'the most dangerous man in the world'. As well as drugs and terrorism, the D company is involved in gold smuggling, gambling, counterfeit currency, diamond trading, contract killing, extortion and film financing. It is said to have a 60 per cent stake in the Bollywood film industry.
Dawood is also known to have met Osama Bin Laden and, in the aftermath of 9/11, allowed his smuggling network to be used to enable senior al-Qaeda operatives to flee Afghanistan.
According to South Asia tribune, "The UAE is regarded as the hub of the Dawood syndicate — its operations in Dubai, for instance, have been well-entrenched for over a decade."
http://www.satribune.com/archives/nov16_22_03/P1_dawood.htm
"There are those in Pakistani intelligence who ... point out that not a single member of the D-Company has been nabbed in recent years in connection with any plot against the US..."
The South Asia Tribune also told us (http://www.satribune.com/archives/apr4_10_04/P1_arun.htm) :
"Iqbal Seth alias Amir Sahib is living in style in the Pakistani capital city of Islamabad... Yes! Iqbal Seth alias Amir Sahib is the mythical Dawood Ibrahim, the Indian Osama bin Laden, wanted desperately by New Delhi.
"Ibrahim, now Iqbal Seth, has already established links in Nepal with the help of the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, and has appointed one Sartaj Ahmed as his front man. Sartaj was allegedly seen recently with a Pakistani Embassy official near Tundi Khel in Kathmandu...
Dawood Ibrahim 'has also established criminal links in Nepal with the help of the ISI. Hence, the ISI has opened a new front against India.'
"Indian officials say Dawood Ibrahim’s contacts in ISI include Major Khaliq and Major Akbar under whose patronage he had been staying in Karachi carrying a Pakistani passport with the name of Sheikh Dawood Hasan...
Nepal is where alleged Mumbai gunman Kasab is reported to have been detained by the Indian authorities in 2006. Dawood Ibrahim and the CIA are reported to be in business together in Nepal.
"Dawood Ibrahim is a regular visitor to Nepal. He was last seen in Kathmandu in the last week of August 2003. Officials told the South Asia Tribune that during that visit, Dawood met his front man Sartaj Ahmed and leaders of some fundamentalist organizations.
"Though Dawood has restricted his international movements, his front man Sartaj is in constant touch with officials of the Pakistani Embassy. He was recently spotted near Tundi Khel playground in Kathmandu with a Pakistani diplomat...
"Dawood has big financial stakes in Nepal. He has made huge investments in a variety of business ventures, from media, private airlines, hotels, travel agencies to trans-border smuggling including that of gold.
"New Delhi is learnt to have provided documentary evidence to the Nepalese authorities on ISI’s alleged involvement in training and arming the Maoists to continue their rebellious activities against the monarchy in collaboration with the ultra Left outfits of India."
A Pakistani lawyer C M Farooque claims that alleged Mumbai gunman Ajmal Kasab, and almost 200 other people, were arrested by the Indian and Nepalese authorities in Nepal before 2006.
Pakistan News Service - PakTribune
Farooque said that at a press conference in Nepal he had revealed that the Nepalese forces had held Ajmal Kasab and the others at an unknown place and that these people "would be used for their ulterior designs at some later stage".
(Mumbai gunman Ajmal has been held by the Indian authorities since before 2006 - lawyer)
Reidel
1. Bruce Reidel is considered to be the man behind Barack Obama's Hawkish views on Pakistan
Reidel, a former CIA officer and adviser to three US presidents on South Asia and the Middle East, has been appointed by Obama as his Pakistan adviser. Mumbai attacks may sharpen Obama's Kashmir focus
Reidal may be giving us some clues about possible CIA involvement in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks:
"This is a new, horrific milestone in the global jihad," said Bruce Riedel, a former South Asia analyst for the CIA and National Security Council and author of the book "The Search for Al Qaeda."
"No indigenous Indian group has this level of capability.
"The goal is to damage the symbol of India's economic renaissance, undermine investor confidence and provoke an India-Pakistani crisis." Gunmen May Have Trained Outside India, Officials Say
Is the CIA trying to:
1. slow India's economic progress
2. and get India to help the USA in an Attack on Pakistan?
2. Indian officials have blamed the 1993 bombings in Mumbai, which killed 257 people, on Dawood Ibrahim, an organized crime figure who remains on the run. Gunmen May Have Trained Outside India, Officials Say
Dawood Ibrahim is suspected of working for the CIA (aangirfan: Dawood Ibrahim of the CIA?) Karkare
3. The Bombay attacks reportedly killed the people who had uncovered links between the terrorists and elements of the Indian military.
"The Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare and other officers of the Anti Terrorism Squad have been killed.
"These were the same people who were investigating the Malegaon Blasts – in which Praggya Singh, an (Indian) army officer and several other noted personalities of the (right-wing 'fascist') BJP-RSS-Bajrang Dal-VHP were arrested." - CIA ATTACKS BOMBAY? CIA WANTS INDIA TO HELP IN ATTACK ON PAKISTAN.
Lt Colonel Srikant Purohit, from Indian military intelligence, was reportedly involved in several blasts.
When bombs go off in India there is a tendency to blame Moslems.
However, the evidence points to the terror being the work of people within the Indian military, the Hindu fascist movement, and the CIA and its friends.
The September 2006 Malegaon bombings were a series of bomb blasts that took place in Malegaon, a town in the Indian state of Maharashtra, some 290 km to the northeast of Mumbai.
The explosions killed at least 37 people.
According to Maharashtra Police, in November 2006, the blasts were the work of the Student Islamic Movement of India.[1]
However, on 8 November, 2008, the Maharashtra Anti Terror Squad revealed that Lt Colonel Srikant Purohit of the Indian military was involved in a blast that killed people in Malegaon in September 2007.
The Anti Terror Squad indicts Purohit for supplying the RDX used in the blasts. (ATS Investigations show Purohit procured RDX /Indian officer held over blasts )
The Anti Terror Squad has also found out that Purohit attended secret meetings of the 'fascist' Hindu group Abhinav Bharat.
Now it is being reported that Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, the Army officer arrested in the Malegaon case, was involved in other blasts as well. (More detained as Purohit probe spreads to blast in Nanded 2006 )
Photo of Indian children from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Agra_Children.jpg
The CIA wants India to help in its attack on Pakistan.
The CIA wants Indians to think that Pakistan is behind various acts of terrorism in India.
In 2008, US national Ken Haywood, reportedly with the help of the US embassy, fled from India. (Cached)
He was being investigated for terrorism.
Ken Haywood's computer was used to send a "terrorist" e-mail minutes before bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, in July 2008.
Reportedly, Haywood has links to Abdur Subhan Qureshi, alias Taufique Bilal and Tauqir, reportedly the top terrorist in India.
Haywood returned to India in September 2008. (Ahmedabad blasts: Ken Haywood arrives in India 11 Sep 2008, 0215 hrs IST, C Unnikrishnan,TNN)
Photo of Bombay by Wen-Yan King
In India, Haywood works for a firm called Campbell White, suspected of being a front for the CIA.
Haywood doesn't feature on its list of employees. (Cached)
The Indian Express reported on 14 August 2008 that the company's Mumbai office 'is located in two small adjoining rented rooms on the ground floor of Sanpada railway station complex', and that 'the two rooms also serve as prayer rooms for Potter's House... part of the Christian Fellowship Ministries based in Arizona.'
Duplex in Wadala
A Post at 'Consortium of Indian Defence Websites' (Cached), 20 Aug 2008:
"Haywood's fleeing immediately after the cracking of the Gujarat blasts and capture of the perpetrators is most suspicious.
"His escape resembles that of our ex-R&AW traitor,who also escaped with alleged US help.
"It also indicates that we may have in our intelligence services moles/informants working for foreign agencies tipping off agents within the country.
"However,the fact the Haywood was working for a bogus 'missionary' outfit is doubly alarming.
"The role of US so-called missionaries/evangelical groups in India is very controversial,for they are playing a dual role in agressive conversions as well as being part of the CIA destabilisation plan for India.
"Tehelka a few years ago revealed the fact that over 100 US so-called "Christian" evangelical groups/organisations were in fact bogus and part of Bush's CIA network.
"The question that now looms large in the mind is what connection exits between the CIA and the SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) sponsored terrorists?
"Is SIMI actually a CIA operation?
"Does the Islamist terrror in India have a CIA-ISI background.
"Given the cosy relationship that the ISI and the CIA have had for decades and the termemndous importance and preferential treatment that Pak receives in comparison with India,it stands to reason that a sinister destabilisation operation is on to weaken India, especially at a time when we have the weakest ever puppet PM and his govt. in power."
Photo from http://Ahmedabad_riots.jpg
In October 2007, the investigative newsmagazine Tehelka reported on the Tehelka Gujarat riots sting :
1. Several Hindu nationalist (Sangh) leaders explain on camera how they planned a massive massacre of Moslems.
(http://www.tehelka.com/story_main35.asp?filename=Ne031107spycam_videos.asp)
2. The involvement of the Chief minister of Gujarat (Modi) is revealed.
3. The complicity of the police is revealed.
4. The connivance of the judiciary is revealed.
Frontline India ( Action replay) commented:
"Yet, no action has followed one of the most explosive news investigations in India.
"None of those caught on tape boasting about raping, burning and hacking Muslims have been arrested or even interrogated.
"Modi’s authority has not been questioned.
"Instead, there is an eerie silence. Far more eerie than the cold-blooded murders of more than 1,000 innocent people during the communal massacres of March 2002.
"The role of the Modi government in the State-sponsored terrorism of 2002 is well documented. Even the Supreme Court had censured Modi for being 'a modern day Nero who watched while Gujarat burned'.
"Now, the Tehelka tapes offer irrefutable proof of how the Sangh (Hindu nationalists) organised a 'Hindu jihad' across Gujarat and protected the murderers."
(Tehelka comment -Does Anything)
aangirfan: India falls in love with Israel and deserts Iran
aangirfan: Mossad increases its control of India
India needs oil from Iran
Labels: Bombay, Mumbai
Greg Bacon said...
There's only ONE Muslim nation that has nukes and that fact makes Israel's leaders sweat, since they know that their long planned dominance of the ME and SW Asia can not be completed until Pakistan is either disarmed, or they are able to place some Zio-clown as head of Pakistan.
The US has forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf.
Plus, there's India and MOSSAD bought and paid for Pakistani traitors swarming around SW Asia.
Maybe all this belligerent talk and hostile attitude toward Iran is just a feint. The real prize is Pakistan.
pentos said...
Dear Aangirfan,
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Highest Regards
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The BMA reopens tomorrow at 10:00am
Film Screening: Solange Knowles’ When I Get Home
August 17 · 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Free | Location: BMA Lexington Market
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When I Get Home (2019)
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The BMA is honored to partner with Solange Knowles and debut in concert with select international institutions an extended director’s cut version of When I Get Home, featuring new scenes and musical arrangements. The interdisciplinary performance art film is the companion film to Knowles’ latest album and an exploration of origin and spiritual expedition. Through a futurist rodeo that lifts up the narrative of black cowboys and honors Knowles’ Houston lineage, the film confronts how much of us have we taken or left behind in our evolutions, and how much fear determines this. When I Get Home features Knowles’ new sculptural work Boundless Body—a rodeo arena displayed in the desert of Marfa, Texas, sitting alongside many architectural wonders, such as the Rothko Chapel at the Menil Collection and the I. M. Pei designed Dallas City Hall.
The extended version of When I Get Home premieres across renowned museums and contemporary arts institutions across the U.S. and Europe from July 17 – October 13, 2019.
Director/Editor: Solange Knowles
Contributing Directors: Alan Ferguson, Terence Nance, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Ray Tintori
Additional work courtesy of Houston artist Autumn Knight and Robert Pruitt
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Sinjar administration rejects PKK exit, demands Peshmerga withdrawal from Yezidi region
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Sinjar Administration
The Self-Administration of the Yezidis district of Sinjar (Shingal) refused demands by the Kurdistan Regional Government of northern Iraq (KRG) to remove the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) from Sinjar.
The Sinjar local council said on Tuesday that they can no longer trust the Peshmerga forces “that fled and left the Yezidis in front of a massacre by ISIS.”
“We believe that the entry of ISIS to Iraq, especially to the province of Nineveh, was a conspiracy agreed by local and international parties, with the aim of establishing a Sunni region in exchange for facilitating the self-determination of the Kurdistan region of Iraq,” the PKK-linked council said in a statement.
“The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) [Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling party] was a partner in this plot, especially in the areas of the Yezidis, as evidenced by the withdrawal of the entire protection forces of Peshmerga and the rest of the security services without resistance and simultaneously with the entry of the ISIS terrorists,” the organization said.
The PKK commander Murat Karayilan announced, on 5 August 2014, the need to send PKK forces to Shingal (Sinjar) to save the Yezidis. Nevertheless, the Yezidis were massacred in August 2014, the Sinjar council said.
But now the Turkish government and the KDP are demanding the withdrawal of the PKK after clashes between KDP- and PKK-affiliated groups on 3 March, 2017, and the Turkish air strikes on 25 April.
“Here we would like to assure for the whole world that without the intervention of the PKK forces in a timely manner and the rescue of the Yezidis, none of the Yezidis would survive,” the council said about the entry of PKK and People’s Protection Units (YPG), who opened a corridor from Syria to Sinjar to save Yezidis.
“Therefore, the only force that has proved its credibility and humanity in protecting us are the PKK forces, which came to our rescue when all abandoned us,” the council added.
The Sinjar council called on the international community not to listen to Turkey and president Barzani’s KDP, and to support the establishment of a self-administration in the Sinjar region, as a decentralized province linked to the Iraqi federal government.
The council said if an international protection is provided, it would be possible to demand the withdrawal of the PKK from Sinjar. “Then we will demand the withdrawal of PKK troops from Sinjar after thanking them for their sacrifices and saving us from genocide,” it said.
Moreover, the council called on the Iraqi government not to negotiate with the Kurdistan region on issues related to Yezidis and also called on the KRG to withdraw their Peshmerga forces.
On 25 April, as a result of Turkish airstrikes targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on and around Mt. Sinjar in northern Iraq, and the People’s Protection Units’ (YPG) base in Qarashox in northeastern Syria, five Peshmerga soldiers and over 18 Kurdish YPG fighters were killed.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Kurdish government officials then called on the PKK to leave the Sinjar region.
“This painful and unacceptable attack on Peshmerga forces by Turkish warplanes is a result of PKK’s presence in and around Sinjar. PKK has been problematic for the people of the Kurdistan Region and, despite broad calls to withdraw, refuses to leave Sinjar,” the Ministry of Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan said in late April.
“We call on the PKK to withdraw from Mt. Sinjar and surrounding areas. PKK must stop destabilizing and escalating tensions in the area to allow life to return to the people of the area,” the MoP added.
On 3 March, clashes broke out between KDP-linked and PKK-linked fighters in the Yezidi district of Sinjar in northern Iraq. At least 7 PKK-affiliated fighters were reported dead in the clashes. This led to severe tensions between the PKK and the KDP in both Syria and Iraq.
“I strongly condemn Turkish air strikes killing 5 Peshmerga and wounding nine others PKK must leave Kurdistan Region to avoid such tragedies,” KRG foreign relations head Falah Mustafa said at the time.
The KDP has called on the PKK to leave Sinjar, while the PKK says they are building a local self-administration for the Yezidis and that there are joint plans by Turkey and KDP to ‘attack the Yezidis’.
“They [KDP] are afraid of the system in Shingal [Sinjar], it’s a model,” a PKK official in Slemani told ARA News. “The Yezidis have their own self-administration, system, and party,” he said.
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Beat SCAD Charity Golf Tournament raises over £1200
Nov 1, 2018 | News
On Sunday 16 September 22 golfers tackled the Collingtree Park Golf Club course in Northampton in the first Beat SCAD Charity Golf Tournament. Paul Bone, husband of SCAD survivor Robyn, organised the event to raise money for research into Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection after Robyn’s dramatic SCAD event.
Paul and Robyn Bone
Earlier in the year Paul and his sister Loren had run the Milton Keynes marathon and raised a brilliant £1,900 for Beat SCAD. Having recovered from that, Paul decided on a golf tournament for his next fundraising effort. He began planning the competition, and obtaining prizes for an auction to be held at the post tournament dinner.
Collingtree Park has been a PGA EuroPro Tour venue, so the course was challenging for some. Luckily, on the day the sun shone and although a little bit windy, the weather was kind enough to the golfers as they played in teams of four around the Collingtree Park course. With a variety of abilities among the players the tournament was played under Stableford rules.
At the end of the day, several supporters joined the golfers for a delicious dinner. This was followed by a brief speech by Beat SCAD Trustee Karen Rockell. The winner’s trophy was awarded to Lee McAlister (pictured above with Paul), who also won the Longest Drive competition. The Nearest the Pin trophy went to Brian Juffkins and the final prize went to Lee Ives coming in with the lowest Stableford score of the day.
Finally the evening ended with a Charity Auction. Amongst the prizes Paul obtained was a signed football shirt from Gazza, and various other prizes including several vouchers to play at a variety of golf courses in and around Northamptonshire.
It was a great day, enjoyed by all and a brilliant £1220 was raised for Beat SCAD.
The second Beat SCAD Golf Tournament will be held in May 2019. Keep an eye on the Beat SCAD website, Twitter or Facebook page for more information. Individuals, teams of two or four are invited to enter. For more information please email contactus@beatscad.org.uk
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Male model is found guilty of stabbing high-flying rival to death
George Koh, along with Merse Dikanda and Jonathan Okigbo, killed Harry Uzoka in fight that had been arranged online
13 August, 2018 — By William McLennan
Harry Uzoka had worked for the likes of Levi’s and Mercedes
A MALE model has been convicted of murdering a more successful rival in a dispute that began on social media.
George Koh, 24, was found guilty of fatally stabbing Harry Uzoka in a fight that the pair had arranged online.
The jury had been told that Mr Koh was obsessed with Mr Uzoka and had become jealous of his high-flying career.
Mr Uzoka’s family today said his death was “yet again another senseless killing” that had robbed young black men of an inspirational role model.
Mr Koh, from York Way, recruited two of his childhood friends and travelled to meet Mr Uzoka near his home in west London, armed with knives.
Mr Uzoka, 25, and his housemate turned up carrying dumb-bell bars. His housemate escaped, but Koh delivered a fatal blow to Mr Uzoka’s chest, piercing his heart.
Left to right: Koh, Dikanda and Okigbo
The court heard that the dispute between the two models began on Instagram, with Mr Koh accused of attempting to copy Mr Uzoka’s look.
Messages sent between Mr Uzoka’s friends in the days before his death were read to the court. One said: “I preed [looked at] his Instagram. He wants to be H so bad. Look at him trying to look like H. It’s pathetic.”
The friend messaged Mr Koh and said: “Stop doing what you are doing, it’s going to get mad for you. I have got screen-shots of you talking shit about my boy.”
Mr Uzoka eventually confronted Mr Koh himself and told him to “stop following and unfollowing, liking and unliking my friends’ profiles” on Instagram.
Mr Koh said he was using a piece of software called “Instagress” that automatically carries out the function in an attempt to lure people into following his account.
The row escalated when Mr Uzoka was told that Mr Koh had boasted about sleeping with his girlfriend, the court heard.
The pair arranged to meet in a Shepherd’s Bush street on January 11.
Koh, who grew up with his family in York Way, before moving to Broadhurst Gardens, enlisted the support of Merse Dikanda and Jonathan Okigbo, both 24.
Koh had told the court that he only that he began carrying a knife days before the killing, because he was scared he would be attacked by Mr Uzoka or his friends.
Sean Larkin QC, defending Koh, said his client “cannot say precisely how he caused any injuries he did”. Mr Koh said that he had stabbed Mr Uzoka in the shoulder in self-defence as he swung at him with the bar. Mr Uzoka collapsed and died from a stab wound to the heart.
Mr Larkin said: “He did not intend to do any serious harm.”
The jury rejected Koh’s defence today and convicted him of murder. Dikanda was also found guilty of murder.
Okigbo, of Trevithic House, York Rise was found guilty of manslaughter for his part in the killing.
All three have been remanded in custody and will be sentenced on September 21.
Investigating officer, Detective Inspector Simon Pickford, said: “It beggars belief as to how such a trivial argument over what has been described as ‘pillow talk’ could escalate to the point where a group of men arrange to meet with weapons in a busy London street, prepared to seriously injure each other.
“Harry had worked so hard to establish his career in the modelling industry, and had so much more to live for. How sad it is that no one will ever know what else he might have achieved, and what a tragedy for his colleagues, who have been robbed of such a supportive and warm colleague. It was clear that Harry was a role model to many young black men and was an inspiration, but his life was taken in a senseless attack.
“The greatest tragedy of course is for Harry’s family, who have lost him in such a senseless way. I would like to thank them for their bravery and support during this process. There are no winners in this incident, but I hope this guilty verdict for Koh, Dikanda and Okigbo will give them some small comfort as they continue to come to terms with their loss.”
In a statement, Mr Uzoka’s family said: “Harry’s death has been a great shock to everyone that knew him and even those that did not.
“He left a positive and irreplaceable mark on so many. We still find it difficult to believe he is actually gone. It was yet again another senseless killing.
“Harry was a hard-working, committed and ambitious young man. He was a role model for all, especially young black boys, a high percentage of whom are raised in poverty and need positive influences to encourage them to stay on the right track in life.
“It is so important for young boys to see people like themselves from similar backgrounds doing well so that they can also have positive dreams and aspirations that they know are achievable. Harry was such a positive, loving and caring influence.”
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SOMETIMES I GET ASKED STUFF... EPISODE 48!
And we're back for the 48th installment of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… WOW. 48 of these things. Who woulda thunk it? You can check out all of the past installments of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff... here. It's been quite a while since the last time I did one of these so let's dive right in, shall we?
Q: What was the biggest writing obstacle or setback you overcame in 2019?
Familial obligations.
Q: How successful was your first novel?
Evil Ways did so-so, sales wise when it premiered. However, I consider it very successful in terms of opening doors at other publishers where I started to get paying work. Plus, over the twelve years it's been in print, it's had sales each year.
Q: If your life was a movie, what would be the title?
Running in Quicksand.
Q: What is your motivation when it comes to writing.
I am motivated to tell the best story I can, to do justice to the characters I'm writing, and meet deadlines. Writing is my job so I have to treat it like one so sales and audience is also a consideration. I have to know who I am writing for, first of all, myself, and secondly, the target audience.
Q: What Holiday gift would you like to give to yourself this year to help make your author life even better? A new computer? A bank account balance just for conferences and workshops? Cash for research travel? What would make you giddy with Holiday joy?
Cash to live on so I could write without worrying about not having enough cash to live on would be pretty cool.
Q: How often do you talk to other writers?
Frequently. We have a lot of great conversations.
Q: Do you like your family to read your stories?
No. I wish they would.
Q: What motivates you to buy a book?
The author, the synopsis off the back cover, sometimes reading the first page, the cover.
Q: If you were to give a book as a holiday gift, which book would it be, and why? (This doesn't necessarily have to be one of your books, it can be a book by any author.)
I don’t know. I’m not good at this sort of thing. I find myself rather disappointed when I get books as gifts because it’s something I already have or something I have no real interest in. Because of that, I rarely give books unless I know it’s something the person wants. Usually, I go the gift card route and let them pick their own books. I never give my own books. Despite the cost and work involved, it always ends in the other person looking at you like you cheaped out on their gift.
Q: Is this a good twist? THE WHOLE STORY YOU MADE IS JUST A DREAM OF THE MAIN CHARACTER.
It is rather cliche. Your audience will probably hate it. Then again, who is to say that you aren't the writer to make it work. If you attempt it, you better make darn sure you nail the landing or your audience will tear you apart if they feel cheated.
Q: What is a bad piece of advice someone has given you about writing?
Write to fit a popular trend. This is never a good idea.
Q: Does it bother you that readers don't spot the Easter Eggs you drop in your stories/novels or are they there purely to amuse you?
Nope. It doesn’t bother me if they don’t get the Easter Eggs in my stories. I mainly put them in for my amusement. If the reader gets it, great. If not, that’s okay too. Not getting the references will not hurt the story at all.
Q: Besides writer's block or not having time to write, what other challenges as a writer do you face during the writing process?
Distractions, interruptions, and the internet.
Q: With audio books created of your work, are you picky about the way certain words are spoken by the talent? Things like EEEther or IIIther for the word either?
I have only had to ask for one or two words to be changed. My narrators have been fantastic.
Q: Today I'm totally inspired to do research, to investigate and uncover things that can blast my current WIP into overdrive! No guilt at all! Only excitement and curiosity, Does this ever happen to you?
Sure. I love going down the research rabbit hole. You can learn a lot that may also spark future story ideas.
Q: What do you write BESIDES your current work in progress? FB posts? Press releases? Blog entries? Articles? Grocery lists? To do lists? Marketing elements? What's keeping your fingers and mind nimble?
All of the above. Writing promotional copy, corresponding on social media, reaching out to bloggers, reporters, podcasters, and the like for interviews/reviews, answering questions, etc. It seems like I'm always writing something.
Q: What's the most annoying "eye-roll" writing advice you've ever received or read?
A publisher once told me that no book should ever have a big title on the cover. I asked if he had ever been inside a bookstore. Someone else once told me I should write whatever's popular at the moment. Big eye roll.
Q: Is it better to type novel on Pc or write it on papers
It depends. Do you prefer to write on PC or on paper? Eventually, it will have to be typed for a publisher, but no reason you can't write the first draft longhand if you prefer.
Q: Do you feel you SHOULD represent your homeland/culture in your FICTION writing? Or nah.
I try to represent the homeland/culture of all of the characters I write, whether they are the same as mine or not. I want my characters to feel as real as possible.
Q: What were some of the very first indie comics you read and loved?
Jon Sable: Freelance, The Maze Agency, AmeriComics, and DNAgents.
Q: How you can get your books into public libraries?
Donating them is almost the only way for small press or self-published books to get into libraries.
Q: What is your absolute FAVORITE part of an author's/writer's life? The part that keeps you going, and creating, and smiling!
I love the creating part, that bit where the story just flows out of you like a thing alive. I also love meeting fans and readers (it still feels weird knowing I have those) and talking about books. That's fun for me.
Q: What is your protagonist's life like at the beginning of your story?
Hunter Houston is living life fat and happy at the beginning of his stories, but then shit gets weird pretty fast.
Q: What do you try to do to silence your internal editor's pessimistic nagging?
A gag helps. Ha! I try to turn that part of the brain off when writing. It's not easy though. Sometimes I just have to tune out the internal nagging.
Q: What makes a holiday story work?
For me, the holiday needs to be part of the story. Is it the reason the characters are where they are? You can’t just say, “it’s Christmas” once and never mention it again. It has to have a presence. To use the Die Hard example, Christmas is why he’s in California. A Christmas party is why they are all staying late in the building. There’s Christmas music throughout the film. The party is mentioned and viewed often as are Christmas decorations. Christmas is part of the story.
Q: Are any of your books made into audio books? Are you happy with the product and sales results? Are you considering audio books as an option for your books?
Some of the stories I’ve done for publishers have been made into audio books. It is really cool to hear your story being performed. One of my goals for BEN Books in 2019 is to get those books into audio format. We're making good progress as you can see HERE.
Q: What was the last thing you researched for your story?
I researched Stone Mountain State Park, located here in Georgia. I needed some historical context.
Q: Do you outline a novel? See I started writing a novella set in our world with a haunted house but then the story went into another dimension in a weird Yellow Submarine but darker realm. I am thinking of going back and outlining to stay on focus. What would you do?
Oh, God no. I can't outline. I tried it and it didn't work for me. When I do an outline, i find myself bored when it comes to writing the book because I feel like I've already written it. Half the fun for me is seeing where the characters take me. An outline gets in the way of that for me. I have a plot and I know the big milestones/benchmarks I need to hit. I start at the beginning and push my characters toward that first benchmark and see how they get me there. Sometimes, we veer way off course, but most of the time, the results are better than my original idea.
Q: If this was your last day to ever write, what would be the last words you'd ever type? (And "the end" is WAY too obvious, LOL)
I would want to go out writing the best piece of dialogue I could conjure up.
Q: Highlighting in books, yeah or nay?
Nay. I don't write on my fiction.
Q: Do you invest in writing courses, books on writing, how to plot, how to self-edit, etc, or do you just jump in and write and hope it will turn out ok?
I've read a few books, took a writing course once upon a time, but in all honesty, I learned the most by jumping in and doing it. In the end, I think it has turned out okay. My publishers seem to like how I do what I do.
Q: Is writing a career or a hobby to you?
Q: Can a story or novel be too weird?
I guess that depends on the reader's definition of weird.
Q: Have you ever done readings of your work on podcasts or videos, live or otherwise? What do you think of the idea?
I've done live readings and I did one audio recording of one of my short stories. TheRuby Files Vol. 2 writers read snippets of our stories from the book on video as part of a book trailer. I've not read on podcasts though.
Q: What do you think is most important for an author? A website? A blog? Twitter and Facebook presence? Paid advertising?
All of the above are important pieces. I love my website, but websites and blogs seem a bit out of favor these days. A social media presence is a must in this day and age.
Q: Who is your favorite person to talk to about your writing?
I have writer friends who I can talk to about writing. Most of the time I just talk to myself.
Q: What sparked your interest in writing?
As a kid, I was an only child until I was almost 9. That meant a lot of time playing by myself. Creatively, I started off by recreating the stories I saw on TV, which was Star Trek, Buck Rogers, Batman, Super Friends, G.I. Joe, Spider-Man, C.H.I.P.S if I was riding my bike, that sort of thing.Eventually, I started coming up with my own scenarios for those characters to be part of, which was my first bit of "writing" without actually knowing I was doing it. Eventually, like so many others, I started writing and drawing my own comic book stories, first using established characters then later moving on
to create my own. I fell in love with crafting and molding stories and characters. I still feel that way today.
Q: When did you first feel the calling?
I was a kid when the urge to be a comic book artist hit. It was a few years later before I realized that I was also writing those stories. It would take a few more years to specialize and focus on writing, which was in my early 20's. Once the writing bug bit me, I was hooked.
Q: What do you like about writing? How does it make you feel when you finish a piece?
I like the creation process. I like telling what I hope are entertaining stories. I like getting to know the characters, live in their heads and their world for a short time, put them through hell and hopefully see them come out stronger once the story is done. It's fun.
Q: Why do you write?
I write because I can't imagine myself not writing. I also write because it's my job and I love my job and would like to keep doing it. The trick now is to start making better money at this job I love. It's not easy.
Q: Your sailing ship is taking on water. You can only make it to one of two islands, where you're likely to live out the rest of your days among the natives. One island has comics with horrible art but amazing stories. The other island has comics with horrible stories but amazing art. Which island do you sail for?
Amazing stories.
Q: What is the shortest story you've ever written? Longest?
My shortest, if, memory serves, was 3,000 words. I'm about to beat it though. I have to do a 1,000 word short story for a publisher later this week. The longest is either my novels Evil Ways, Deadly Games!, or Earthstrike Agenda. Each are over 101,000 words. I don't recall which is the longest off the top of my head.
Q: Why is it I can write a whole book, yet the blurb gives me serious writers block? Anyone else struggle with this?
It's common.
Q: Since you were five, how many stories have you written?
I've lost count. It's a lot.
Q: Do you have an agent? If you have one, what makes your agent the best for you? How did you pick them?
I've never found an agent who thought they could sell my work. I keep looking, but I'm also writing for several publishers with over 100 stories sold without an agent. If I want to reach certain publishers, an agent is necessary as they won't talk to writers without one.
Q: Which character in your story would you say changes the most from beginning to end?
In the Snow series of books, Abraham changes quite a bit as he tries to integrate himself into normal life and his family. He has to make changes to his way of doing things. It's not easy, but he's trying. He also has to adapt to his new normal, thanks to being shot in the chest in book one, Snow Falls.
Q: What did you enjoy most about your writing today?
Being able to sit down and write. It's been a rather hectic couple of years.
Q: Do you read digital comic books?
Not regularly
. I have before, but when I read comics, it's usually print.
Q: What would you say is currently one of your best habits as a writer?
Finishing what I start.
Q: Do you print your manuscripts for editing? Why or why not?
I love editing on paper. There’s something about it that really works for me. Plus, you’re seeing it in a similar way that the reader will see it in print. Sadly, I do not get to edit on paper as much as I would like because printing, or buying ink and paper is expensive.
Q: What network TV series do you still watch?
Several. There's some good TV out there. Too many to list.
Q: Do you ever buy a book based on its cover art? Why or why not?
Sure. I have before. I'm sure I will again. If the cover grabs my attention enough to pick it up and look at the back cover and the opening pages, I’m halfway sold.
Q: Why some writers use very hard high level English words in thier books?
I try to use the right words at the right time to fit the book. Not every character has a limited vocabulary. Some speak using big words. Others don’t.
Q: Are flashbacks in a short story a 'no, no.'
Certainly not. If your story needs flashbacks, then use them.
Q: How much time a week do you spend reading "real" books? How much time a week do you read comics?
I haven’t really given it a lot of thought, but I do read something every day.
Q: When multiple projects call to you, how do you choose which to work on when?
Deadlines first. Always. When a new idea hits, I jot down some notes then file it away in the back of my brain until I can a lot it into my schedule. It’s not always easy to silence the muse whisperer, but deadlines always come first.
Q: I’m curious. What do you use as a morning alarm? An actual clock or your phone? Do you keep your phone by your bedside?
Phone on the nightstand. It usually does the job. If I need a back-up plan, I ask my dad or brother to call me.
Q: What are your top tips for choosing a ghostwriter?
I have never used a ghost writer before so I really don't have any tips for you. Sorry.
Q: I would love to hear why you have not used one [ghost writer] as that would be valuable.
I am a writer so I write my own books. Hiring a ghost writer would mean someone else is writing my books. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a writer. I write. Having someone else write for me is not me writing. I would feel as though I am cheating my audience.
Q: that makes sense. some writers hire ghost writers for the first draft and they take it and edit and add to it because as you know as a writer it is not easy!
I have never met a professional writer who does that and I have been working in this industry a long time. Writing is hard, yes, but professional writers don't want to write someone else's story. They want to write their own. I’m sure there are those out there that do this, but I am not one of them.
Q: How would you describe your story in one sentence?
There’s something sinister lurking beneath Georgia’s largest landmark and there’s only one man dumb enough to go down there and find out because that’s his job. He is Hunter Houston: Horror Hunter.
Q: What's the biggest "action" scene in your story?
I write a lot of action. Snow Trapped, features a couple of gun battles, a chase, and hand-to-hand combat. One of my most well-received action scenes came in Snow Storm, which was a car chase scene through the country. It became a fan favorite moment, which made me quite happy.
Q: What character (other than the antagonist) causes the most trouble for your protagonist?
In SuicideBomb, the serialized novel I’m running exclusively on Patreon, Homicide Detective Catherine Jackson is tracking down a killer, but she’s also having to deal with her teenager little sister, who has run away from home to her sister’s sofa and brought her battle with their mother to Jacks’ front door.
Q: How did you feel when you finished your first novel? Second?
Elated and accomplished, both times.
Q: Are you a patient writer? Slow and detailed? Or are you a get-it-down-then-worry-about- the-story-and-details kind of writer?
I like to get it down and get moving. I go back over details, so I am a bit slower on the second go around. My first pass is usually just getting it down and keep moving.
Q: What book, comic, music or art got you into writing, illustration or music?
It was Spider-Man that first kick-started my interest in story telling, starting with the cartoons and then I discovered the comics.
Q: What part of your writing experience completely excites and thrills you? What part light you up?
I get a huge thrill when I start a new project. Diving into the world, creating and getting to know the characters and the locations is big fun for me and the story starts to pour out of me.
Q: Do you work with, write with, critique with, or create with other authors and/or writers?
I have co-created with others before. Sean Taylor and I had a great time creating TheRuby Files and getting to know those characters. I have also co-wrote comic books with Nancy Holder, which was a fun experience. I am currently co-writing a novel with my friend, Bernadette Johnson. Each experience has been slightly different, but I’ve enjoyed them. I did a critique group for a short time, but it's been years since I was part of one.
Q: What time of the day does inspiration really explode for you? Are you most productive in the morning, afternoon, evening, or overnight?
Late at night is when the ideas really start to hit me. I usually do some late night writing.
Q: who should an author approach first? Editor? Agent? Publisher?
It depends on what you want to achieve. An agent is necessary for certain publishers, but not all. If you know an editor, that’s an open avenue. If not, contact a publisher who handles the genre you write.
Q: While writing the very first draft, what matters more: grammar or hooks?
Getting the story down.
Q: What's your current writing routine look like?
I write and do admin/writing-related work during the day. At night, I head back to the office for a late-night writing sprint.
Q: how do you write the next day, without having to read the last chapter, or all of the work you dud yesterday?
I don’t. I generally start my day by looking over what I wrote the day before. I find it helpful for catching quick, easy mistakes and for helping me get back into the head space of the story.
Q: What is something physical your character wants in your latest scene?
Q: I don't know how long my book should be My goal is 50K words, but is it too much?
It really depends on the type of story and the publisher. If you're self-publishing, that frees your options up to whatever you want.
Q: How do YOU come up with Chapter titles?
I don’t. I use numbers for the chapters. With the exception of one or two early projects, I don’t use chapter titles.
Q: How long should a chapter be?
As long as it needs to be. When I first started out, I thought chapters had to be a certain number of pages. I based this off of books I was reading at the time. I was padding my story to fit this arbitrary page count and the story suffered. I then picked up a James Patterson novel with his two page chapters and realized chapters could be whatever size they needed to be. My storytelling improved greatly with that realization.
Q: I gat My poems How can I get them posted , to earn some cash ? You gat any idea ?
I don't have any personal experience with poetry, but there are a couple of avenues open to you. You can submit to a publisher who handles poetry and see what happens. You can self-publish a book of your poems. I'm not sure of other options that would bring in revenue for poetry. Maybe submitting to greeting card companies.
Q: Hello Bobby Nash. I see that you are a writer at Ben books. What does yiur job their entail? Just wondering if you had any advice for getting clients. And any suggestions for being able to transition into writing for a living .
I write novels, comic book scripts, short stories, that sort of thing. BEN Books is my publishing imprint, I write as a freelancer for publishers and occasionally self-publish through BEN Books. I don't generally seek out clients so I'm not sure what advice to give you there. I kept showing my work to publishers of fiction until I found one that liked my work. Then, I started the process all over again. Sadly, I do not make a successful living off writing alone at this time.
Q: When tackling writing a new book, do you use an outline? Why or why not?
Nah. I don't like outlines. It feels like writing the story twice to me. I plot, but I just use bullet points. I don't do full outlines.
Q: Who is your favorite super hero and why?
When I was a kid, it was Spider-man all the way. As I get older, it's a toss up between Captain America and Thor.
Q: What is something your protagonist is doing to do better himself or herself?
X is trying to find a balance between his mission and having a life.
Q: How do you write yourself out of a corner? Take a break? Back up and punt? Go with the flow? Tarot card reading for your characters? Move on to a different project?
I ask myself, “what would (insert character’s name here) do?” and see where that takes me. That usually works. If not, Hail Mary’s have been known to get the job done. Ha! Ha!
And I think that is a good place to stop for this round of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… Do you have any questions you’d like me to answer? Post them here as a comment or send them along to bobby@bobbynash.com and I’ll answer them in a future installment of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff...
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If you’d like to check out my work, you can find my books at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Smashwords, Books-A-Million, BEN Books, Patreon, and more. If you've read something I wrote and have an opinion on it, please take a moment and leave a review. They can be as simple as "I liked it" or "A good read" but they help a lot.
Thanks for listening to me ramble. Let’s do it again soon.
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Interview with China Book Business Report
I am posting my recent interview with China Book Business Report
What were the most important things happened in American/global book market in 2011? Give a summary of 2011 American/global book market or a summary of your book exhibition’s performance in this year?[Rosato, Steven (RX)] The US book market change has been more dramatic than the global book market as whole in 2011, but dramatic change is the new normal for the whole global book market as technology and business models are changing more rapidly than the industry can keep pace with. It is difficult to compare the US market vs. global publishing. That is like comparing diving from 50 feet or 100 feet, it is scary and the water comes at you fast no matter what. The 2 most significant developments in the US were the bankruptcy of Borders, the second largest bookselling chain and the advent of the Agency Model for e-book pricing. The Borders situation is very complicated and their demise had little to do with the predicted decline of brick & mortar stores. The good news came out of their bankruptcy was that publishing survived without a more devastating impact considering that Borders accounted for 15% of the total market. That also bodes well for the near future and for creating opportunities for independent stores and other retailers in those markets. The Agency Model is an extremely complex issue that I could not properly explain here. Also there is pending litigation that continues change what the total impact will be for publishing. In the short term the Agency Model reduced the ability that Amazon would have had to dictate e-book pricing terms and made Apple and other e-reading options viable, which was critical for publishers. Those very were big issues that impacted the US and the global publishing community. This past year has seen BookExpo become more relevant due to the turbulent changes in publishing – people need information on the market, technology and are looking more aggressively for new opportunities. BEA has been able to keep pace with the changes and is moving quickly to stay ahead of where the market is going. Examples include BEA has begun developing opportunities to engage consumers directly with our video program and the launch of New York Book & Media Week that takes place throughout New York City at the same time that BEA is happening. Now that we have established these platforms, publishers are increasingly looking to engage consumers directly to promote new titles while retailers can use BEA resources year round to discover and source titles.
How do you predict the book market and international book fair business in 2012? What kinds of trends will there be? What kind of changes will there be for the whole market?[Rosato, Steven (RX)] For the short term, Book Fairs will be more important as publishers struggle to find sustainable models for a digital world. Book Fairs provide many potential partners, market insights and education in a really efficient format. There is a proliferation of Digital Conferences that has not yet peaked, but is not sustainable long term. The trends are hard to determine as things are changing more rapidly – a lot depends on the answer to the question: Will e-readers be like TVs or music players where many manufacturers can participate in the market or will it be a closed market where the content and the devices are controlled by a few players? Self publishing will continue to gain market share as traditional publishers continue to roll out programs to attract self published authors aside from all the new and existing platforms. There will be more convergence of media, making content from books a valuable resource for other industries like gaming and film and TV. In the US, the digital market share will approach 25% if not more by the end of 2012 which is more than double 2010 figures.
What are the opportunities and challenges that book fairs will face in 2012? [Rosato, Steven (RX)] Book Fairs will have to pull in new constituents that were previously not critical to the publishing industry or had a limited role. Bringing in segments from licensing companies, educators and the entertainment industry are examples that will be critical to sustain the relevance of book fairs because those industries are all going to be much more closely linked to publishing and become influential players as well. The challenge is to engage the key players and provide a platform for them to leverage at book fairs because increasingly this is where these types of transactions will take place. For a fair like BEA, we see a big opportunity to engage consumers who will have more ways to consume published content than at any time in history from e-readers, smart phones, computers, traditional print and the flexibility that on-demand printing offers as well.
Regarding the emerging digital publishing market, what kind of transition were publishers experience in 2011 and what will they do to adapt to the changes in 2012? What are the prospects for e-books and digital publishing in 2012? How will your book show exhibit such a trend?[Rosato, Steven (RX)] Changes continue to accelerate more quickly every year. The challenge is to transition to new revenue models while existing ones get displaced. Publishers are moving toward being content curators as are booksellers – providing value for discovering, shaping and packaging content that will inform, educated and entertain people. The platform will eventually be irrelevant, whether it is print or digital. That is more the long term prospect for publishing in a digital environment, not just being a digital publisher. The process that has begun in 2011 is how publishers are organized – you see number of sales reps in the field goes down as the resources are moved to discovery – that includes leveraging social media, metadata tagging, digital distribution are all small examples of where changes are happening now for publishers.. BEA will continue to be a platform for the leading companies and players from all sides of this expanding market which includes having on-line players, booksellers, retailers, librarians, publishers and device companies that will use BEA as marketplace and source for market intelligence as well as to see the latest in technology.
What will your company focus on in 2012? Are there any changes in your company’s strategy? [Rosato, Steven (RX)] While BEA will continue to invest and support booksellers, librarians and traditional constituents that have made BEA one of the most important book fairs in the world, our current focus does represent a change in BEA’s strategy, which is to be the leading marketplace and resource for all things digital in the world of publishing. We are doing this through conference content and content on the show floor which is represented by the companies that participate in BEA as exhibitors or attendees. BEA will engage consumers through our New York Book & Media Week initiative and by utilizing video and streaming of events at BEA to make what happens at the trade event accessible for consumers.
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A Simple Question Concerning Reprints
Doug: What was your entry point to comics that were published before you began as a regular reader (you'll see three of mine below)?
Doug: Let's make this a two-for-one today, friends. I'd like anyone who saw the PBS broadcast of Superheroes: A Neverending Battle to sound off on what you liked, didn't like, or felt was flat-out awesome about the program. And not to steer the comments, but I'd suggest to all that if you didn't get to see it that you check your local On-Demand schedule or rent the DVD/Blu-Ray (I've also pictured the cover to the companion book, below).
Posted by Doug at 6:00 AM
Labels: A Simple Question, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, reprints, Superheroes A Neverending Battle
Marvel Tales. The first comic I remember owning was an Amazing Spider-Man reprint from the title. As I got into collecting, I would often read the new stories and the reprints as they were published.
I haven't seen all of the PBS special, I was watching S.H.I.E.L.D. & baseball at the time. I plan to catch it on demand. But what I liked the best was Adam West. I've said before that as campy as that show was, when I read Batman comics, West is the voice I "hear" in my head. I love Kevin Conroy & Olan Soule, but I'm glad the producers brought West in to read.
I grew up in the 70's and early 80's and reprints were an easy and cheap way for me to see this stuff.
Marvel Tales for me, too. The first comic I ever had was MT #59, so basically I got my start with a reprint title. Besides Marvel's various monthly (or bi-monthly) reprint series, I later also caught up on older continuity the way many others did, with Treasury Editions, digests (in DC's case) and those wonderful Fireside books.
Marvel Triple Action, Marvel Double Feature, Marvel Adventure, and Marvel Tales were an inexpensive way to get caught up on the characters' backgrounds (including things like origins, first appearances, and first meetings). That was usually more important with Marvel than with DC, because Marvel went in for more continuity, long serials and arcs, and references and allusions to past events.
William Preston said...
The first reprint stories I saw were in those giant DC issues that contained one new story and a host of old ones. I appreciated how it gave you this sense of history of the comic, how you could see the development of the art and the changes in storytelling. With Marvel, my first reprint exposure was probably Marvel Tales or whatever that FF reprint mag was (in both cases, I only had one or two issues), but, since those were single stories, I didn't initially realize I was seeing a reprint.
The PBS show was pretty cool, though I turned it off for the third hour, since it was about TV and movies; I love that stuff, but have seen too much. The popular culture has been flooded. I most appreciated seeing that Neal Adams has apparently been given the same super soldier derivative formula given to Nick Fury and Dum-Dum Dugan, since he hasn't aged. Steranko was awesome, and I'm glad they spent so much time on him. (Though it was odd that they spent more time on him than on Kirby.) The visual attention given to panel-by-panel work by artists was outstanding.
Well, the reprints worked wonders on my sudden Zuvembie appetite when I caught the Marvel bug in Summer of '73.
Marvel Tales 44 was my first purchased reprint , and oh what a wonderful cover...:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090902191119/marveldatabase/images/c/c9/Marvel_Tales_Vol_2_44.jpg
I didn't even think that the covers were redone for a lot of reprints, I just thought they were recolored, given a new masthead and boom. This near-iconic cover was a huge improvement over the original cover IMHO. I preferred this to DC's strategy of lumping Gold/Silver reprints into their 50/60 cent issues, since you may not care for the other stories in that particular mag.
Triple Action was great for reading up on Swordy's first membership with the Avengers, exactly when he was back in the current title.
Marvel Greatest Comics..? Ah, my first/best access to the classic Lee/Kirby era.., starting with ish 44 and 45. It was interesting to contrast the Lee/Kirby vision and energy with the Conway/Buscema dourness during Reed-Sue's breakup, loving both tenures so much, but vivid differences.
Ah, the PBS Special. Pretty impressed so far, but also paying attention to odd mentions..
1) Glad to see Captain Marvel (the original..) and the Shadow getting more than a shout, didn't see much for Phantom.
2) Funny that you had Ed Catto interviewed, the current co-holder of Captain Action rights, but no mention of C/A, just Mego commercials in the '70s.
3) Glad they at least got some seconds of the Marvel cartoons, but their extended focus on the '66 Batman series was spot on. It's initial success had such a huge impact on the the industry. And for some of us who haven't seen these artists in person, it was cool to hear how much Neal Adams enjoyed the series.
4) Yeeeah, just a few more minutes on Silver Age Kirby would have been fair.., but it was cool to see Adams comment on Steranko, and Steranko himself on so much.
Per the column a few days ago on Steranko artistic merit, I was slightly surprised to be reminded per his interview that he indeed did practically NO dialog or captions on his major artistic expressions. This lends itself to the other comments on that column that were critical on his story development style (or lack thereof), my comment included. His was more a vision of stylish, surreal 'panel-scapes' of art, with little attention towards conventional story-telling.
Love the bit on Luke Cage as well, but that's about how far I got before I went to bed last night, so I'll be watching the rest of the recorded stuff tonight.
All in all, I'm finding it all very fascinating. I do think a Ken Burns approach would have been neat, but I do like the energy and flavor of this documentary quite a bit.
When I was a kid I loved all the old reprint trade paperbacks because they were a great deal for the money. I grabbed all of them I could find, such as "Origins of Marvel Comics", "Son of Origins of Marvel Comics", "Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles", "Marvel: The Superhero Women", and "Secret Origins of DC Super Heroes". I still have all of them in decent shape. The only one I don't have (and the one I regret not buying at the time) was "Marvel: Bring on the Bad Guys".
I actually liked the old stuff as much (and in many cases more) than what was being published at the time. As a result I ingested a steady diet of comics like "Marvel Tales", "Marvel Triple Action", "Amazing Adventures", and others. I especially liked Marvel Tales because I've always been a big Spider-Man fan.
I don't really remember my very first reprint comic, but it was probably an issue of "Giant Size SHAZAM!" from the early 70's. However at the time I didn't realize that the stories were actually reprints from the 40's. Gee, I guess I've always been "old school" even back when I was only 7 years old.
I haven't watched the PBS Super Hero documentary yet, but I have it on my DVR, and I will probably check it out this weekend.
I was also impressed with Steranko. Not having read very much of his SHIELD work, I was enthralled with his wordless approach. Previously, I'd only seen single panels or one-pagers of his work. And he is charismatic, isn't he? Great touch to include the recording of Kirby speaking. Stan -- well, no surprises. And, I remarked on Twitter while watching the first run on Tuesday that Jerry Robinson finally got sole credit for creating the Joker. Funny what can happen after your opponents no longer have a voice of their own...
I like Steve Thompson's mention of Robin being created by 'the creators'. It would be naive to believe there's not a level of legal consideration in all their comments concerning origins.
And again, for one who hasn't met any of 'the greats' personally, it's pretty cool to seem them talk relaxed and at length about styles and influences, not just a 10 second blurb about their own stuff.
Love all of Carmine's comments on how comics were in the '50s and early '60s. As mentioned, I always pictured DC Comics as carrying the flag for 'family-safe' comics post-congressional inquiry/CCA era.., and that their offices looked like the sets of 'MadMen', juxtaposed with Marvel's early, more 'underground' approach.
David, having had the opportunity to visit in the past (briefly, of course) with Neal Adams, Denny O'Neil, and Stan Lee, I'll vouch for them being as relaxed on camera as you stated. I thought Adams was reserved as compared to how he can come across in articles I've read. However, his influence to the medium cannot be overstated. Just as one example, he improved the look of DC's comics by increasing the colors available to their printing process.
I thought the producers did a very well-rounded presentation for the first two hours (I've not watched the third section yet). The inclusion of Trina Robbins, Ramona Fradon, and Lynda Carter (she can still play, if you know what I mean) was great.
Speaking as more a fan of Ms. Carter than I am of WW, I'm left scratchin' my head, 'Who in the business can really speak for the essence of Wonder Woman in the 21st Century..?'
Other than Len Wein and his '80s revamp with Perez, I'm curious, industry-wise, as who'd still be around these days (besides Ms. Carter) who can have an in-depth insight into the character and nature of Diana Prince..? These twenty-something 'comic historians' excluded.
It's SUCH a shame Mr. Reeve (or Mr. Reeves for that matter) isn't around to discuss Superman.
Reprints:
As a kid I sometimes had a hard time telling the difference between a reprint and the original thing. . . but I eventually figured it out, and they were really important to figuring out a lot of backstory that had seemed mysterious and lost to the fog of time.
So I definitely had a bunch of Marvel Tales (featuring Spider-Man) and before I went full Marvel and dropped DC (because as I was wont to say in those days "DC sucks!") I had some digests that collected JSA stories (at least I think they were Justice Society stories - I remember one with Hitler and Batman and the Spear of Destiny), but by far the biggest coup was a pretty much uninterupted stretch of Marvel's Greatest Comics (about 35 comics) which reprinted much of the Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four run and that I fell in love with and read repeatedly. It had the first Silver Surfer/Galactus story (with the first appearance of the Watcher), Sandman and the Frightful Four, HIM, HER, the Evil Eye, the first appearance of Black Panther, lots of stuff about the Inhumans, etc. . . To this day, I still feel that FF had the biggest role of any one comic of developing the Marvel Universe.
You can see the covers to these reprints here. If I recall correctly I had issue #25 and then #32 to #74 (with some gaps).
The thing I remember about finding those FF reprints was that it was at an outdoor flea market in Manhattan, and it was close to closing time. I screamed for my mom to come find me (as I did not want to leave the comics and was desperate to complete my transaction before they packed up) so I could convince her to buy me the ones I picked out. The guy selling them cut me some sort of deal. A local cable news crew doing a story about the flea market heard me, were charmed by my enthusiasm (I was 10) and decided to interview me about comics and what I liked and why. Back then, cable was not widely available (and not available all in Brooklyn) so I never go to see myself on TV! :(
As for the PBS special: I have seen about the first half. . . I like the interviews, but Liev Schrieber seems pretty superfluous at the beginning and I am not sure what the point of the whole thing is. I mean, what is is arguing aside from the usual nostalgic "comics show us as we want to see ourselves at out best" hokey stuff. This stuff always seems too general to me. I am glad that (so far) at least ONE person mentioned a lot of the ugly racial caricature stuff going on in the comics (that is comics also show us at our worst), but there was no exploration of it. There was also the usual light and myopic view of Frederic Wertham.
I am also hoping that they will eventually spend more time with the ugly knot of creator's rights.
Neal Adams totally overstated the importance of Batman - which is hard to do, but he managed it.
I am looking forward to rewatching it and writing something for my blog.
Jeez! I wrote a lot! :P
Well, Osvaldo, yes -- but you're no Humanbelly!!
MattComix said...
It was all thanks to my local library. I was able to check out Superman From The 30's to the 70's, there was also a Batman volume with the same format. The Great Comicbook Heroes, Marvel Comics Son of Origins and Marvel Bring On The Bad Guys.
Humanbelly said...
Oh, see? SEE??
A poor fellow innocently happens to accidentally let his hyper-loquacious subconscious take control of his fingers at the keyboard a few score times. . . and suddenly he's got a reputation-!
Daggone it-- I blame the media. . .
Hey, first major reprint exposure? Marvel Collector's Item Classics-! Man, I can't believe that grandaddy Marvel reprint title hasn't been cited already--!
Our local barbershop when I was a kid was the classic million-ragged-comics-on-the-table joint, and those were the days (early 60's) when us boys had our hair cut short & often. . . I honestly loved that bristly feeling that a buzz-cut gave you at the back of your head. But John Stirk (the barber) knew that kids would sit happily and quietly for a long time if there were lots of comics to look at, and those ginormous MCIC's hung around for a long time. I'm sure that was my first exposure to a lot of Marvel's cast, in fact. I remember thinking that the art looked "rougher", I suppose, than the usual Superman/Batman stuff, but the characters were just so much more interesting. At least, as much as I could tell, since I imagine I was barely on the edge of being able to read at the time.
My one quibble w/ a lot of the reprint mags- esp. in the days of 17-page content- was that they ruthlessly trimmed out so much in order to fit meet the page-count demand. In MGC, the original Surfer/Galactus story in particular suffers because all of the subplot panels are edited out. This bugged me over in Marvel SuperHeroes, as well. I always felt like I was missing part of the movie, y'know?
Oop-- back to work--
Osvaldo, I should have mentioned the racial/ethnic caricatures when I mentioned the feminists.
David mentioned a "Ken Burns approach" and I certainly echo that as being necessary to truly delve into the history of the comics medium. While work for hire was mentioned in regard to Siegel and Shuster, the depths of that business form as it relates to creator rights and the economic mistreatment of comic book writers and artists was not adequately explained. Certainly the race and gender issues deserved more screen time.
But overall, for what it is -- a survey of the medium geared toward the layman -- there's enough in the program to arouse curiosity for the novice while giving an enthusiastic nod to the hobbyist.
As Karen says, "It's all we had back then!" -- being Tuesday, of course!
Steve Does Comics said...
Almost as soon as I started reading American comics in 1972, Marvel UK set-up and started reprinting early Marvel stories on a weekly basis.
Within five years, we'd caught up with practically the entire history of Marvel.
Admittedly, by the late 1970s, they were reduced to reprinting things like Ant-Man and Godzilla because they had virtually nothing else left to publish, but it was great while it lasted.
WardHillTerry said...
My intro to reprints was Jules Feiffer's book "The Great Comic Book Heroes." I got this for Christmas from my parents, who had noticed how much I enjoyed reading comics at friends' houses and on vacations. This book turned me from a reader into a buyer and collector. I read this book of Golden Age stories before I read then current Justice League stories. I had no idea why Flash and Green Lantern looked different and had different secret identities!
The other important reprint forum was Dynamite magazine. Three pages each month of "Superhero Confidential" a feature that re-printed two pages of a hero's, or villain's, origin and a page of background in Q and A format. That's where I learned about the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Captain Cold, and many more. Who else read Dynamite?
As for the PBS special, I have a couple of nits. Other publishers' superheroes may have been mentioned in the first half-hour, but I couldn't watch it. However, when talking about the impact of the Batman TV show, there was no mention of the Superhero trend in other comics. By then the narrative was simply Marvel/DC. The medium went mad again, as it had twenty-five years earlier, for superheroes. Just recently on this forum we discussed some of the superhero fallout that hit Saturday mornings at this time.
My other nit is that Trina Robbins is identified solely as a Comics Historian. I'll bet her output as comics writer and artist is greater than Jim Steranko's.
How's my word count HB?
jim kosmicki said...
I haven't read the other responses yet, so I apologize if I repeat what's already been said.
I grew up in the best of times to learn to be a comic book historian. I was in that sweet spot of 8-12 during the great reprint era of the early 70's when we had 100 page Super-Spectaculars and reprint books everywhere. One of the first comic books that I can remember choosing for myself from a comic rack was Wanted #1 from 1972. I happily bought the Marvel reprints - that's how I got to know the X-men.
I loved Marvel Tales too...I still have a bunch of them. I remember having reprints of the "Drug issues" and the Death of Gwen Stacy from 1977/78 issues of Marvel Tales.
I also loved DC's Blue Ribbon Digests/Specials...lots of Silver Age reprints in those.
Mike W.
Rip Jagger said...
The Great Comic Book Superheroes was mentioned and that was a big one for me.
But the first that I can recollect was some old issues of Fantasy Masterpieces which had Golden Age Captain America stories and Atlas monster yarns. Soon after I got hold of some Marvel Tales which offered up tasty Ditko Spidey, Kirby Thor, and some vintage Torch.
During the Bronze Age, Marvel was very smart to have a hefty reprint line which made it possible at the time to have a lot of the classic Silver Age canon.
Yes a "Ken Burns" approach - something like he did for Baseball or the Civil War is really needed to give comics its due - something like a 2-hour episode for every decade or part thereof. PLUS, the medium would be perfect for Ken Burns style of panning over old photos and the like.
That issue of Kamandi where that mutated Russian astronaut oozes out of that astronaut suit. On the cover, drawn by Kubert. Insides drawn by Kirby. Scared the livin' hell outta me. Then I was hooked.
Then my ma buying Spiderman #150 didn't help either. She was an enabler.
Splendid job, Terry, splendid. "Always room to make one more point"-- that's the way to approach it-!
Oh hell. I'm the guy who wrote that thing about Kamandi and I completely misunderstood the question. I thought it was the issue, any issue that first got you into comics. Damn sloppy on my part.
Incidently, apropos of nothing, I remember sitting in class as a little kid when this other little goof pulls out Swamp Thing #1! He even let me read it. None of us knew what the hell it was, but it sure was weird. I found out later to my horror what it was exactly a bunch of little kids were pawing at with their sticky fingers, tearing the pages...I'm going to go cry now.
Won't abandon you on your unwitting tangent, though, anon.
That Kubert Kamandi cover nearly made me keel over in front of the spinner rack, as well-- but it did put into my head that Joe Kubert's take on the Last Boy on Earth could've been quite a visual feast in itself. The book combined gritty with exotic (as well as lots of "animals"), and those elements were Kubert's bread & butter.
HB (winding down now, really.)
I remember Marvel Collector's Item Classics. At the time, I was confused by the early "thug Hulk," whose dialog was different from the then-current version ("Hulk no like Air Force dropping bombs on him"). That was not so much a problem with DC reprints (for me, anyway). Among the first superhero comics I ever read was that year's JLA-JSA team-up, and it explained the Earth One/Earth Two concept in the captions or footnotes. Later, when I read a Golden Age reprint in "Wanted" or in a 100-page issue, there was usually an added caption explaining that Jay Garrick or Alan Scott was the Earth 2 version of the character.
Marvel Spectacular where Thor drinks a milkshake! I don't remember what happened after that.
The early reprints I remember are the JSA reprints in JLA, and the Superman #1 "Famous First Edition". I loved both, and was fascinated by the Golden Age, these hints of it. Also I had The Golden Age of Comic Books, which reprinted excellent cover art from that time in full size and color on glossy pages--great book! I still love these covers. It fired my imagination about the greatness of the Golden Age...little did I realize that much of the interiors were of lower quality. Eisner, Fine, Biro, Kane, Flessel, Beck, Raboy, Novick, Cole, etc. Really some sweet covers!
One of them was in the PBS special--the Blue Beetle cover in Mystery Men Comics. I enjoyed the special, and agree they should do a more in-depth one in Ken Burns style. Great to hear Steranko talk, and I agree with David about Captain Marvel and the Shadow getting some airtime. Carmine Infantino was interesting to listen to, also Grant Morrison. Nice juxtaposition when Irwin Hasen described the bullpens in the '40s as being like sweatshops, and then cutting to Joe Kubert who said he loved every minute of it! The show was well put-together.
Lynda Carter is looking great. Here's an interview Len Wein did as promo for the PBS show, talks about his enthusiasm for comics:
http://collider.com/len-wein-superheroes-a-never-ending-battle-pbs-interview/
redartz said...
I was a big fan of the Treasury Editions (big fan, big book; naturally). Loved the first Spider-Man treasury; finally got to see the Goblin's first appearance. It also featured a Daily Bugle page, and a classic Romita cover.
The Holiday treasuries were fun, as well. Always a sucker for a Christmas-themed story, and here were many!
Another reprint source which influenced me was Les Daniels' "Comix- A History of Comic Books in America". This book was recommended to me very early in my comics experience, and provided an introduction to such greats as Carl Barks, Harvey Kurtzman and Graham Ingles.
As for the PBS show everyone's talking about, I missed it (and have no dvr; curses). Will have to catch it though...
The whole PBS special is playing on the PBS site for a time. Unfortunately not in Canada, or "my region":
http://www.pbs.org/superheroes
I didn't point this out previously, but a big reason why I chose Marvel reprints heavily over DC's reprints is Marvel's stock-in-trade not-so-secret weapon..:
Continuity.
With DC, you got reprints by whatever the staff wanted to put in the 50/60 cent Bronze comics.
With Marvel, you could collect a couple dozen continuous issues of Marvel Tales or MGC and you get the entire continuity of successive story arcs, seemingly as fresh as if they were new.
Clever, very clever, Marvel.
Like most people here my introduction to early comics issues was through Marvel Tales. I loved those reprints; they got me hooked on a certain wall crawler.
As for Superheroes : A Never-ending Battle, I didn't get to see the whole thing, but I did enjoy what I did get to see. It was a blast to finally see the faces of the creators of those tales. It was especially interesting to see how comicbooks evolved alongside social issues like drugs, racialism and feminism. I loved seeing Lynda Carter (yes, Doug, she can still play!) and the late Christopher Reeve again - I agree that these two did a magnificent job in portraying two of the most iconic characters in comics history.
- Mike 'keep on writing HumanBelly!' from Trinidad & Tobago.
The oldest Marvel reprint I remember buying is an issue of Marvel's Greatest Comics, with reprints of FF #44 & 45 -- their initial meeting with Gorgon and Crytal & the rest of the Inhuman royal family, aside from Medusa. I still have that mag, although it's in pretty ragged shape. At least I now have the Marvel Masterworks reprints of those.
I also recall getting a collection of DC reprints, featuring Batman, Green Lantern, Flash & Hawkman (all in seperate stories) duking it out with some of their prime foes -- that one's long lost, likely in box of comics my dad threw out during one of our moves circa 1972. Early on, I was able to figure out which mags were reprints -- in the early '70s Marvel almost always used a new cover but often reprinted the original cover inside. Circa 1974 they started using the original covers in most cases, although often with slight variations, not counting the the title! By the time I started getting Marvel Tales, it was well into reprinting the Romita era of Spider-Man (his first take on Doc Ock, as a matter of fact). It was a great way to latch onto some of those Silver Age classics when my allowance was not such that I could have afforded buying back issues from even 3 or 4 years previously even if I could get to a comics shop. An acquaintance of mine in San Francisco, where I lived from October 1974 to July 1976 showed me some early Romita Spider-Man's (issues with the Rhino) he got at a comics shop there. I could only look through them in envy, although my parents did get me Origins of Marvel Comics for Christmas in 1974, and I got the rest of that series in subsequent years as well as many of the Treasuries, so I had a pretty good primer on many highlights of the Silver Age while growing up in the Bronze Age.
Graham said...
I had read DC almost exclusively for a couple of years (from seeing Superman and Batman on TV, I guess) before breaking into the Marvel column with a pair of reprints that were out about the same time.
One was the Marvel Tales that featured Spidey (with a injured shoulder) battling the Lizard in one story and Kraven the Hunter in the other. The other was Marvel Triple Action #1 with the FF, Dr. Doom, and the Silver Surfer.
For a while, I read more Marvel reprints than new material.
fantastic four fan forever said...
I loved the PBS special. I wish there were more like this one. It was an extraordinary documentary. For the first time, there was actually a comprehensive documentary on the evolution of comics.
As far as reprints are concerned, I loved the Marvel Tales books as well as the Marvel Treasury and DC Special Editions. For $1.50 or $1.00 you could have a glimpse into comics history. I looked forward to each month they were released. I wish there was an economical way the old comics could come back. They are not affordable in the $3.99 per comic format. I'd just rather get a trade paperback of 70's comics than the news material that's being done today. I miss the 100 page DC 50 cent specials very badly and all those old comics. It's an era that will never return.
Richard Guion said...
Well, my earliest introduction to comics were the 80 page giants from DC Comics for Action Comics, Superman, Batman, etc. Later on DC Comics had the 100 page giants which was a graduate degree course in both golden and silver age stories.
For Marvel, the Marvel Tales and Marvel's Greatest Comics really got me up to speed on Spider-Man and Fantastic Four.
But of course my favorite titles of all time were the Giant-Size Marvel books!
I haven't seen the special. I'll have to see if it is still online and try to make time this weekend to catch it.
As for reprints - I think they were a fantastic way for readers to get caught up on the history of the characters -which, if you were a Marvel reader in the early 70s, meant only about ten years or so! Reprints were among the first comics I ever read, and I was reading Marvel Tales side by side with Amazing Spider-Man. I don't think it took very long for me to figure out that MT was a reprint book. I actually favored it over Amazing most of the time, because of the Romita art.
What I think is odd is that some of the split books didn't necessarily follow their originals in story order. What I mean is, I recall that Marvel Double Feature didn't exactly mirror Tales of Suspense in that the Cap and Iron Man stories in MDF might be from different issues of TOS! Why they would do that, I have no idea.
One peeve was when the reprints cut pages from stories. Most of the time you never knew until you got your hands on the original.
Wow! Looks like everybody had something to say on this topic.
I started collecting comics about 6 months before JLA, Detective, World's Finest, Brave & Bold, Superboy & The LSH and some others converted to 100 Page Super Spectaculars. Those titles, and the occasional Flash super-spec were my favorites. I studied the pre-release ads daily, trying to figure out who those strange characters I'd never heard of coming in Detective were (Kid Eternity, Newsboy Legion, Alias The Spider). I'd been primed by the previous JLA-JSA team-up w/ the Freedom Fighters, and was ready to explore the DC universe. Those Super-Specs nurtured an interest in history in me, and cemented my love of comics. It probably didn't hurt that the super-specs coincided with Archie Goodwin's run on Detective, Wein-DillinGiordano's on JLA, and the peak of the Haney-Aparo era on B & B. Honestly, I think those Super-Specs were the crucial point that raised awareness and ensured the continuing viability of DC's properties in the 70's and beyond.
I read the Marvel reprints in the 70's too. I learned from them, and enjoyed them, but they didn't have the same impact on me, with a few exceptions. The Marvel treasuries that reprinted the Galactus trilogy and the epic Hulk-Thing fight w/ the Avengers showing up blew me away. That was Lee-Kirby at their best. Also, Giant Size X-Men 2 reprinted Thomas/Adams' sentinel epic. Who knew the original X-Men had ever been cool? Or looked this good?
All of the older fans I met in comic shops in the 70's looked down their noses at reprints. Mostly because they weren't considered "collectible" (i.e. worth money). But I knew better. Knowledge is invaluable.
DC Comics -- Secret Origins, Wanted, and the Legion of Super-Heroes. It took me a while to realize that the reprints weren't new materials. I was puzzled why the Legion was wearing different outfits in LSH than they were in Superboy.
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College Baseball Notebook-Week 8
A By The Numbers Look At The Latest Week’s Action
2…Wins by Washington State over #1 Arizona State. By taking two of three games in the series in Pullman the Cougars won their first series in program history over the Sun Devils.
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6…Cougars who were hit by pitch in Sunday’s 9-5 series-clinching win over ASU. Garry Kuykendall was plunked three times.
Clemson's Mike Freeman
6…RBIs by Clemson second baseman Mike Freeman in Wednesday’s win over Georgia. Freeman played for the Bulldogs in 2007 before transferring to Georgia.
300…Career wins by Georgia head coach Dave Perno with a 6-5 Sunday win over Ole Miss-UGA’s only win in the series. Perno is in his 9th season at the helm at his alma mater.
15…Strikeouts in 8 IP by Ole Miss pitcher Drew Pomeranz in Friday’s 4-1 win over Georgia. It’s the second time this season Pomeranz has fanned 15 in a game.
14…School record runs scored in the first inning by Arkansas in Wednesday’s 32-8 win over visiting St. Louis. The Razorbacks also combined to tie a school record with 30 RBIs in the game.
2…Men named Fred Hill who were head coaches at Rutgers last week. Fred Hill, Sr.-of the RU baseball team and Fred Hill, Jr.-of the Scarlet Knight men’s basketball team.
1…Fred hill who is currently coaching at Rutgers after Fred Hill, Jr. was dismissed as basketball coach last week. The younger Hill’s dismissal was in part precipitated in part by an alleged profanity laced tirade directed at Pittsburgh baseball coach Joe Jordano during an April 1 9-8 win by RU.
2…Wins at Notre Dame over the weekend by Rutgers. Saturday’s 25-5 win gave the elder Hill and his team its first win at Notre Dame since 2002. The road series win at Eck Stadium is RU’s first since the Irish and Scarlet Knights joined the Big East together in 1996.
7…Home runs hit by Rutgers in Saturday’s 25-5 onslaught. Outfielder Michael Lang had two of the long balls with 7 RBIs.
3…Wins needed by Fred Hill, Sr. to reach 1,000 for his career. He’s been the head coach at Rutgers since 1984.
1…Closer the Jersey coach could not use in Friday’s 9-8 loss to the Irish due to a jersey flap. His closer, Tyler Gebler, was wearing jersey #4 instead of his usual #43 in the game and with the tying run at 2nd base and two outs in the bottom of the 8th Hill went to the pen to the freshman. However, Gebler was ruled an illegal substitution in the game, because Hill had crossed-out Steve Nyisztor’s #41 instead of Gebler’s #43 on the line-up card he turned-in before the game. Hill had to go to Kevin Lillis, who gave-up back-to-back RBI hits, including Adam Norton’s game-winning triple. Gebler has a 1.50 ERA, while his 6 saves are tied for second-best in the Big East.
2…Triples hit and innings pitched by Notre Dame’s David Mills in Tuesday’s 13-6 win over Oakland. The lefty started the game as the Irish DH and later entered the game on the mound. He had 2 RBIs and pitched 4 innings in relief to earn another win on Friday in ND’s only win of the Rutgers series.
2…Wins by Pittsburgh over fifth-ranked Louisville in their weekend series at Pitt’s Trees Field. Losses Friday and Saturday to start the series, combined with a midweek loss to Kentucky, gave the Cardinals their first back-to-back setbacks of the season as well as their first series loss.
4…Runs scored in the top of the 9th inning of Sunday’s series finale to give Louisville a 9-7 win and avoid the series sweep. Adam Duvall and Ryan Wright each belted two-run home runs to provide the offense.
17…Combined runs surrendered 13 1/3 by Louisville starting pitchers Thomas Royse, Dean Kiekhefer and Gabriel Shaw in the three games vs. Pitt. Royse (6-1) suffered his first loss in the series-opener. Shaw was making his first start of the season in Sunday’s finale after 14 relief outings.
36…Combined runs that same trio had surrendered in 104 1/3 previous innings pitched this season.
Alex Wimmers
14…Strikeouts with no walks by Ohio State’s Alex Wimmers (7-0) in Friday’s 7-1 win over Indiana. Hoosier outfielder Alex Dickerson went 0-for-4 in the game to end his 21-game hitting streak.
4…Home runs in as many games to end the week by Duke’s Will Currier. His 8 RBIs over the weekend helped the Blue Devils take two of three games from #12 Clemson.
2…Hits allowed by Oregon State’s Greg Peavey in Friday’s complete game 4-1 win over #2 UCLA. Peavy’s efforts handed the Bruins their first consecutive losses after a midweek setback to Cal State Fullerton.
16…Innings needed for UCLA to beat OSU 3-1 in game two of the Pac 10 series on Saturday. The game lasted 6 hours and 23 minutes.
39…Combined runners left on base by the Bruins (22) and Beavers (17) in Saturday’s marathon.
529…Pitches thrown in the game by a total of 12 pitchers, including eight sent to the mound by Oregon State.
11…Consecutive scoreless innings pitched by UCLA pitchers-with seven scoreless frames to end the 16-inning game combined with four shutout half innings to start Sunday’s series finale, which the Bruins won 8-2.
18…Combined pitchers used by LSU (8) and Southern Mississippi (10) in Wednesday’s 6-5 win in 12-innings in Metairie, LA.
2…Wins by Auburn over defending SEC & National Champion LSU in their weekend series at Auburn’s Samford Stadium. The Tigers win game three 6-5 after a game-ending squeeze bunt by right fielder Justin Fredejas.
1998…The last time Auburn had won a home series vs. LSU prior to the weekend’s wins. LSU had swept the last two series between the two teams and had won eight of the previous 11 series since 1999.
0…Outs recorded by Auburn starting pitcher Cole Nelson, who surrendered six earned runs on seven hits in Friday’s 14-10 loss to open the series.
0…Hits by Auburn catcher Tony Caldwell, who still had 3 RBIs in Saturday’s 11-7 Auburn win. Caldwell was 0-for-1, but drove-in his runs with a bases loaded walk and two sac flies. He also had a sacrifice bunt on the day.
Trent Mummey
7…RBIs in the series by Auburn’s Trent Mummey, who made his first three starts of the year after injuring his ankle prior to the start of the season. Mummey hit two home runs, including his second career grand slam.
2 of 3…Wins by Oregon in its series at Stanford to give the Ducks their first Pac 10 series win since 1980 and their first Pac 10 road series win since 1976 at Washington.
21…Wins by Oregon through 32 games this season after winning just 17 games all of last year-the first year baseball was played at the school after it was disbanded following the 1981 season.
26…Game hitting streak by Kansas State’s Nick Martini-the longest active D1 streak in the nation this season. A pair of 21-game hitting streaks ended over the weekend. Martini had at least one hit in KSU’s series vs. Nebraska. His streak is a school record and the fifth-longest in Big 12 history.
62…Career stolen bases by Martini’s teammate, Adam Muenster, to set a school record that had held since 1995. Muenster’s record-breaker came in Sunday’s 8-3 win over the Cornhuskers.
8,540…Fans who saw K-State take two of three games from Nebraska to set a 3-game series attendance record at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan.
9-0…Kentucky’s lead over Alabama heading into the top of the sixth inning of Sunday’s game in Lexington, KY.
11-9…Final score of Alabama’s win in that game. Jake Smith’s grand slam capped a 5-run sixth inning and the Tide scored five more runs in the 8th and another in the 9th to cap the biggest comeback in school history.
Jason Coats
4…Combined shutout innings pitched by Alabama’s Tyler White and Nathan Kilcrease in Sunday’s improbable comeback. White got the win to improve to 3-1 while Kilcrease earned his second save.
3…Home runs off three different pitchers by TCU’s Jason Coats in Sunday’s 12-2 win over Houston. Coats’ efforts helped the Horned Frogs outscore the Cougars 33-3 in the series.
2…Wins by Virginia Tech over #14 Miami in their weekend series. The Hokies’ first ever series win over the Hurricanes comes a week after their first win over another traditional college baseball power-Florida State.
3…ACC series won by Virginia Tech all of last season. They have won four of five conference series already this season, with their only loss (a sweep) coming at the hands of Clemson.
Jamie Skagerlind
2…Walk-off home runs in as many days by Bryant first baseman Jamie Skagerlind to help his team win three of four games vs. Central Connecticut State. Skagerlind’s shot in the bottom of the 10th inning ended Saturday’s 3-2 win in game one of a doubleheader. His blast to end Sunday’s 7-inning twin bill opener capped a 5-run Bryant rally. The game-winning blasts are his only home runs of the season.
3…No-hitters thrown last week. Fresno State’s Greg Gonzalez and Lehigh’s Greg Angelo each tossed 7-inning no-hitters, while Kevin Johnson of West Florida fired the second 9-inning no-no of 2010. Gonzalez is the first Bulldog to pitch a no-hitter in 34 years, while Angelo had the first at Lehigh since 1988.
11…Shutout innings pitched across two games by North Florida’s John Atteo. He earned the win with two scoreless innings in Tuesday’s 3-1 upset of Florida State, and then fired a complete game shutout in Sunday’s 10-0 win over USC Upstate.
1,201…Career wins by UNF head coach Dusty Rhodes-who will retire at season’s end-with Atteo’s Sunday victory.
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David Schalliiol: The Area (2018) SF INDIEFEST
Post subject: David Schalliiol: The Area (2018) SF INDIEFEST
DAVID SCHALLIOL: THE AREA (2018 - SF INDIEFEST)
In Englewood, in Chicago's predominantly black South Side, the segment from 57th Street to 61st Street is slated for elimination by the Norfolk Southern Railway for "intermodal" spaces, expanding an already large shipping yard for increasing railway freight transport - which is a good thing if it lessens the more ecologically destructive use of trucks. Nobody ever explains quite what "intermodal" means to the scattered black inhabitants of Inglewood. But the company buys the houses at cheap rates, relocates the people, knocks down the houses, clears them all away. Visual sociologist David Shalliol covers this process in The Area, his debut documentary feature, a slow, incremental film that quietly focuses on a few people. It is a portrait of poverty and race in America, the African American survival sprit, and the sadness of giving up one's longtime home, over and over again. It's also a portrait of Englewood resident and citizen activist Deborah Payne, a woman of indomitable energy and courage. She knows she cannot stop this process of relocation, but what she can do is fight to see that no one's dignity is destroyed.
This is also a portrait that shows both the strength of spirit and the economic, social, and political fragility of these same South Side residents. Deborah has a stroke and is in the hospital, but comes out and is as vigorous as ever. She is one of the last to leave. One woman complains that she was duped into not paying her mortgage for two months to enable the process to go through and then found that had damaged her of her credit for a new mortgage, so she had to become a renter. This is the fate of people who are powerless because they are poor and on top of that lack the education and knowledge to fight lawyers and bureaucratic complications. But having struggled all their lives they are also strong.
We hear about how this had become a terrible neighborhood, and there are signs of blight and already many missing houses. But it still has a quiet suburban feel, with pockets of gentility and dignity. A couple of young guys hang out together who are survivors of gang banging and shootouts. One of them, Weezy, is paralyzed from the waist down from bullet wounds but later, he leads police on a high speed chase, driving with a stick. There's indomitability in that too. The cops take their phones out to snap photos, wondering. Weezy goes to jail for three years but is out in two, relocated, as feisty as ever, but wiser.
Deborah gets a big place in an apartment building but says she asks herself if she is lonely. However she is active with a new group of "wonderful women" against sexual harassment and for breast cancer awareness, striving to stay healthy so it can "not be all about me."
These are people and another is a man of a certain age who fought to keep his mother in her house till the end because, since she had dementia, he explains that such people's souls hang by a thread, and changing their surroundings severs that thread. He was able to keep her dignity for her till the end. And then, he could let the house go. These are lessons in what maters in life.
A memorable scene is when winter comes and it snows after many of the houses have been torn down and carted away. Deborah walks around in a bright yellow winter coat talking and savoring the beauty, and sadness, of the transformed place which, garbed in snow, looks like country.
There are also city board meetings, even one with a dead-eyed Rahm Emmanuel, Mayor of Chicago, where the meaningless declarations of various officials, coming after we have thoroughly absorbed the viewpoint and situation of the Engleside residents, come dripping in unintentional irony. The politicians' ill-formed sentences don't even make sense; they're just a ritual to plaster over the inevitable and the predetermined - when you are poor.
The Area is a slow-building documentary that carries more emotional and intellectual weight that you realize at first. Toward the end especially there are long fades to black, appropriate because is this not the story of people and a place dying over and over but then slowly coming back? But the houses don't come back or the many contents lost with them, and over and over we see houses bulldozed and their residents watching and weeping.
Shalliol is also an accomplished still photographer and the film is informed by his handsome still photographs of the beautiful, doomed old wood frame and brick buildings of "The Area." His film was the biproduct of docoral studies in sociology at the University of Chicago. For further details about him and the film see an article by Andrea Gromvall in Chicago Reader.
David Schalliol slide show.
The Area, 93 mins., debuted 6 April 2018 at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina. It was screened for this review as part of SF Indiefest, 30 Jan.-14 Feb. 2019.
SF IndieFest: THE AREA: Upcoming Showtimes
February 10 12:30 PM SF IndieFest at the Roxie
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T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition (final)
Rankings at 16th June 2009
1. Sri Lanka 1332.37 +103.40
2. South Africa 1320.12 +31.17
4. Pakistan 1279.52 +37.51
6. West Indies 1190.47 +37.30
Prediction for the final
Pakistan v Sri Lanka 5 runs
Sri Lanka's annihilation of the West Indies (and most everybody else) has put them to the top of the ratings going into the final. Their probability of victory comes to 58%.
A word too on form, and perhaps a question. The main purpose of the form variable is to smooth out the volatility of unexpected results, by "banking" them, such that the effect of that result will not carry over until later games. If a team consistently loses worse than expected their rating will shift more quickly to its new equilibrium. On the other hand, if the loss was unusual, the rating will stay relatively stable.
Which brings up a question, possibly philosophical: is form an indicator of where the rating will go, and therefore should be added to make predictions; or where the rating has been, and therefore should be deducted because that is where it may return? In other words, is form a meaningful number, worth reporting, and in what sense? If results were completely random, then a run of bad form would dip the rating more than necessary, which oddly enough will actually increase volatility (sort of like irrational exuberance in a stock market). Conversely, the relative form of the West Indies and England prior to their Carribean match-up indicated that the series would be closer than the ratings might indicate; similarly Australia's form in test cricket began to dip markedly even before their horrid run against India and South Africa.
The reason for asking this relates to Sri Lanka's current form, currently over 100. Partly, their form indicates only that they are winning. The expected margin against other top-8 sides are so narrow that almost all wins beat the margin by a lot. Similarly, South Africa were equally dominant leading into their semi-final against Pakistan. The numbers are inconclusive to date, but anyone looking for an extra reason to lean one way or the other may like to consider the implications of strong form on their expectations.
Idle Summers 20th June, 2009 13:08:57 [#] [2 comments]
T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition (semi-finals)
2. Sri Lanka 1287.12 +51.58
5. India 1242.87 -56.02
7. England 1171.75 -43.13
8. New Zealand 1166.49 -71.48
11. Ireland 783.19 +49.78
Predictions for semi-finals
Pakistan v South Africa 7 runs
West Indies v Sri Lanka 7 runs
South Africa and Sri Lanka have emerged as the clear favourites for their respective finals, having cruised into the semi-finals undefeated, and in outstanding form. However, neither side has a greater than 60% chance of victory, so keep tossing those coins.
Monday Melbourne: CLXXVI, June 2009
Princes Bridge, looking out. Taken June 2009
Melbourne Town 15th June, 2009 12:44:29 [#] [0 comments]
T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition (match day 6)
5. Sri Lanka 1254.14 -19.15
7. New Zealand 1198.87 +26.82
Predictions for match day 6
Ireland v Pakistan 51 runs
England v West Indies 8 runs
New Zealand v Sri Lanka 6 runs
India v South Africa 4 runs
As noted the day before yesterday, I took a moment to compare predictions, based on both the current rating, and current rating with form. The short answer: neither are much help. The average error in both was almost exactly 28 runs; by comparison, the average error if a tie had been predicted for every match: 24.6 runs. Looking at the scatter-plot of results, it is possible that it will converge on a predicted margin half what it currently is, with a standard deviation of 20 runs. In other words, a massive 400 point difference in rating points is needed before the win percentage approaches 65%.
On a different note, Sri Lanka's travails against Ireland has meant their game against New Zealand is now a must-win to go through, whereas the South Africa v India game is marked as "dead", in case India annihilates South Africa and still receives little gain in the ratings.
5. Pakistan 1235.43 -36.99
12. Ireland 739.69 -6.58
South Africa v West Indies 5 runs
New Zealand v Pakistan 1 run
Ireland v Sri Lanka 54 runs
England v India Tied
Appendum - Predictions plus
David Barry asked below about how the predictions are done. The answer is badly, given the limited data set I have. As noted earlier, by the next world cup I will be able to give more precise numbers for the difference a rating makes (with a standard deviation as well). But for now, the prediction is calculated by the (disturbingly) simple: ratings difference divide 10 (the linear regression says 0.078 +/- 20). With a 100 point bonus for being at home.
As an aside, it had already occurred to me that a published prediction should account for form (future ratings change, results depending). Doing that gives the following:
New Zealand v Pakistan 6 runs
England v India by 5 runs
Tomorrow I will try and calculate, based on past results, what gives a more accurate rating, and use that.
The other post was getting messy. One post per round of matches until the final.
Rankings at 9th June 2009
4. Pakistan 1253.03 -7.12
6. England 1211.91 +14.83
Ireland v New Zealand 43 runs
England v South Africa 7 runs
Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1 run
India v West Indies 13 runs
T20 Ratings - World Cup Edition
This won't be a regular thing - to the extent that the test ratings are regular. But it occurred to me that with relatively few games to consider, and most of the ratings leg work done already, converting the 300 odd T20 games to a workable ratings system was feasible.
The main difficulty was deciding on the starting ratings, given the "minnows" have no form, and moreover, were mostly playing each other prior to the start of the tournament. I settled on a modified form of the official ODI ratings at January 2005 (multiplied by 5 essentially), with the non-ranked teams set to 0, then all teams normalised to average 1000.
Weights and expected margins were adjusted to suit: the margin for a chasing team was set to:
1 + balls_remaining * (wickets_remaining / 5)
It is far too early to judge how successful that is, but perhaps by the next world cup some proper statistical analysis can be applied. The ratings prior to the start of this tournament, including all games to date (and the uncounted "warm-up" games) were as follows:
Rankings prior to World T20
1. Australia 1363.07 -34.40
2. India 1351.15 +5.33
5. New Zealand 1218.13 +14/07
8. West Indies 1163.70 -34.10
9. Zimbabwe 982.77 +46.47
10. Bangladesh 934.23 +34.26
11. Scotland 774.35 +17.66
12. Canada 741.97 +4.30
13. Netherlands 708.84 -7.58
15. Bermuda 642.92 -73.57
16. Kenya 639.22 -52.28
I'll keep this post updated as the tournament progresses.
Update 8th June: After six games there has been a little movement, notably Australia and Pakistan moving backwards and South Africa forwards. A little tightening has occurred in the first few days.
Update 9th June: Australia crashes out, and down, but perhaps from a ratings perspective it is better they aren't still playing as their form is at -108.9 (in comparison to South Africa's +92.6). Ireland's numbers are still low, but their form and progression to the last eight will see that improve.
Update 10th June: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Pakistan got the 25 run victory they needed - the ratings predicted 49 runs. A meaningless South Africa v New Zealand game and an error in my game details provide the other changes.
Update 11th June: Two results that went largely as expected. India and Ireland move back towards an otherwise even pack leading into the second round.
Rankings after first round
10. Bangladesh 928.76 -14.36
12. Scotland 760.12 -40.65
13. Canada 741.97 -4.30
Idle Summers 8th June, 2009 01:01:39 [#] [0 comments]
Monday Melbourne: CLXXV, June 2009
Kensington. Taken May 2009
Melbourne Town 4th June, 2009 11:57:23 [#] [2 comments]
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Frankie Esposito Enjoying His Time at Rok Final In Italy
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As the lone Canadian driver in the Mini Rok category this week, we weren’t surprised too when Frankie Esposito told us he was a little intimated when he arrived at South Garda Karting in Italy. He has 150 other drivers to race against this week, and many of them were on track racing last weekend getting up to speed while Esposito was travelling to the event.
After checking out the racing on last Sunday, Esposito’s eyes were wide-open, noticing just how big of an event it will be.
Now three practice days in, he’s gotten up to speed, albeit still searching for more speed in an incredibly competitive Mini Rok category.
When asked about his first impressions of the South Garda Karting circuit, he was quick to point out how different it is compared to the tracks he’s raced at home.
“There is a lot of grip compared the tracks in Canada. It a took a few sessions to get used to as it’s a different driving style, changing the way I enter a corner and exit it as well.”
After completing four rounds of practice on Wednesday, which comprised of a whopping 156 sessions on track, it is easily noticeable how efficient the track staff operate an event, and Esposito took notice right away.
“I’m really impressed with the organization of the event and how good the competition is.”
Finally, we asked him what it was like racing in a category with 150 drivers. Taking a deep breath before he spoke, it was obvious he’s a little out of his element, having never raced in a competition this large.
“At first it was pretty nerve-racking. But once I got on grid and saw how they broke the class up into five groups, it’s a little less intimidating. Now I’m ready for qualifying tomorrow and the first heat races.”
Esposito and the rest of Rok Cup Canada will have one more practice session on Thursday morning before the all-important Qualifying sessions. Thursday will also see the first racing of the week, with a round of heat races set to hit the track.
Related Topics:Frankie Esposito, Rok Cup SuperFinal, Top News
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This doesn’t fit the U-curve so well: while 60mg is substantially negative as one would extrapolate from 30mg being ~0, 48mg is actually better than 15mg. But we bought the estimates of 48mg/60mg at a steep price - we ignore the influence of magnesium which we know influences the data a great deal. And the higher doses were added towards the end, so may be influenced by the magnesium starting/stopping. Another fix for the missingness is to impute the missing data. In this case, we might argue that the placebo days of the magnesium experiment were identical to taking no magnesium at all and so we can classify each NA as a placebo day, and rerun the desired analysis:
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All of the coefficients are positive, as one would hope, and one specific factor (MR7) squeaks in at d=0.34 (p=0.05). The graph is much less impressive than the graph for just MP, suggesting that the correlation may be spread out over a lot of factors, the current dataset isn’t doing a good job of capturing the effect compared to the MP self-rating, or it really was a placebo effect:
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One should note the serious caveats here: it is a small in vitro study of a single category of human cells with an effect size that is not clear on a protein which feeds into who-knows-what pathways. It is not a result in a whole organism on any clinically meaningful endpoint, even if we take it at face-value (many results never replicate). A look at followup work citing Rapuri et al 2007 is not encouraging: Google Scholar lists no human studies of any kind, much less high-quality studies like RCTs; just some rat followups on the calcium effect. This is not to say Rapuri et al 2007 is a bad study, just that it doesn’t bear the weight people are putting on it: if you enjoy caffeine, this is close to zero evidence that you should reduce or drop caffeine consumption; if you’re taking too much caffeine, you already have plenty of reasons to reduce; if you’re drinking lots of coffee, you already have plenty of reasons to switch to tea; etc.
I largely ignored this since the discussions were of sub-RDA doses, and my experience has usually been that RDAs are a poor benchmark and frequently far too low (consider the RDA for vitamin D). This time, I checked the actual RDA - and was immediately shocked and sure I was looking at a bad reference: there was no way the RDA for potassium was seriously 3700-4700mg or 4-5 grams daily, was there? Just as an American, that implied that I was getting less than half my RDA. (How would I get 4g of potassium in the first place? Eat a dozen bananas a day⸮) I am not a vegetarian, nor is my diet that fantastic: I figured I was getting some potassium from the ~2 fresh tomatoes I was eating daily, but otherwise my diet was not rich in potassium sources. I have no blood tests demonstrating deficiency, but given the figures, I cannot see how I could not be deficient.
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My first impression of ~1g around 12:30PM was that while I do not feel like running around, within an hour I did feel like the brain fog was lighter than before. The effect wasn’t dramatic, so I can’t be very confident. Operationalizing brain fog for an experiment might be hard: it doesn’t necessarily feel like I would do better on dual n-back. I took 2 smaller doses 3 and 6 hours later, to no further effect. Over the following weeks and months, I continued to randomly alternate between potassium & non-potassium days. I noticed no effects other than sleep problems.
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For the sake of organizing the review, we have divided the literature according to the general type of cognitive process being studied, with sections devoted to learning and to various kinds of executive function. Executive function is a broad and, some might say, vague concept that encompasses the processes by which individual perceptual, motoric, and mnemonic abilities are coordinated to enable appropriate, flexible task performance, especially in the face of distracting stimuli or alternative competing responses. Two major aspects of executive function are working memory and cognitive control, responsible for the maintenance of information in a short-term active state for guiding task performance and responsible for inhibition of irrelevant information or responses, respectively. A large enough literature exists on the effects of stimulants on these two executive abilities that separate sections are devoted to each. In addition, a final section includes studies of miscellaneous executive abilities including planning, fluency, and reasoning that have also been the subjects of published studies.
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How should the mixed results just summarized be interpreted vis-á-vis the cognitive-enhancing potential of prescription stimulants? One possibility is that d-AMP and MPH enhance cognition, including the retention of just-acquired information and some or all forms of executive function, but that the enhancement effect is small. If this were the case, then many of the published studies were underpowered for detecting enhancement, with most samples sizes under 50. It follows that the observed effects would be inconsistent, a mix of positive and null findings.
Power-wise, the effects of testosterone are generally reported to be strong and unmistakable. Even a short experiment should work. I would want to measure DNB scores & Mnemosyne review averages as usual, to verify no gross mental deficits; the important measures would be physical activity, so either pedometer or miles on treadmill, and general productivity/mood. The former 2 variables should remain the same or increase, and the latter 2 should increase.
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A week later: Golden Sumatran, 3 spoonfuls, a more yellowish powder. (I combined it with some tea dregs to hopefully cut the flavor a bit.) Had a paper to review that night. No (subjectively noticeable) effect on energy or productivity. I tried 4 spoonfuls at noon the next day; nothing except a little mental tension, for lack of a better word. I think that was just the harbinger of what my runny nose that day and the day before was, a head cold that laid me low during the evening.
Took pill #6 at 12:35 PM. Hard to be sure. I ultimately decided that it was Adderall because I didn’t have as much trouble as I normally would in focusing on reading and then finishing my novel (Surface Detail) despite my family watching a movie, though I didn’t notice any lack of appetite. Call this one 60-70% Adderall. I check the next evening and it was Adderall.
Analyzing the results is a little tricky because I was simultaneously running the first magnesium citrate self-experiment, which turned out to cause a quite complex result which looks like a gradually-accumulating overdose negating an initial benefit for net harm, and also toying with LLLT, which turned out to have a strong correlation with benefits. So for the potential small Noopept effect to not be swamped, I need to include those in the analysis. I designed the experiment to try to find the best dose level, so I want to look at an average Noopept effect but also the estimated effect at each dose size in case some are negative (especially in the case of 5-pills/60mg); I included the pilot experiment data as 10mg doses since they were also blind & randomized. Finally, missingness affects analysis: because not every variable is recorded for each date (what was the value of the variable for the blind randomized magnesium citrate before and after I finished that experiment? what value do you assign the Magtein variable before I bought it and after I used it all up?), just running a linear regression may not work exactly as one expects as various days get omitted because part of the data was missing.
But he has also seen patients whose propensity for self-experimentation to improve cognition got out of hand. One chief executive he treated, Ngo said, developed an unhealthy predilection for albuterol, because he felt the asthma inhaler medicine kept him alert and productive long after others had quit working. Unfortunately, the drug ended up severely imbalancing his electrolytes, which can lead to dehydration, headaches, vision and cardiac problems, muscle contractions and, in extreme cases, seizures.
The easiest way to use 2mg was to use half a gum; I tried not chewing it but just holding it in my cheek. The first night I tried, this seemed to work well for motivation; I knocked off a few long-standing to-do items. Subsequently, I began using it for writing, where it has been similarly useful. One difficult night, I wound up using the other half (for a total of 4mg over ~5 hours), and it worked but gave me a fairly mild headache and a faint sensation of nausea; these may have been due to forgetting to eat dinner, but this still indicates 3mg should probably be my personal ceiling until and unless tolerance to lower doses sets in.
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The methodology would be essentially the same as the vitamin D in the morning experiment: put a multiple of 7 placebos in one container, the same number of actives in another identical container, hide & randomly pick one of them, use container for 7 days then the other for 7 days, look inside them for the label to determine which period was active and which was placebo, refill them, and start again.
So I eventually got around to ordering another thing of nicotine gum, Habitrol Nicotine Gum, 4mg MINT flavor COATED gum. 96 pieces per box. Gum should be easier to double-blind myself with than nicotine patches - just buy some mint gum. If 4mg is too much, cut the gum in half or whatever. When it arrived, my hopes were borne out: the gum was rectangular and soft, which made it easy to cut into fourths.
Historically used to help people with epilepsy, piracetam is used in some cases of myoclonus, or muscle twitching. Its actual mechanism of action is unclear: It doesn’t act exactly as a sedative or stimulant, but still influences cognitive function, and is believed to act on receptors for acetylcholine in the brain. Piracetam is used off-label as a 'smart drug' to help focus and concentration or sometimes as a way to allegedly boost your mood. Again, piracetam is a prescription-only drug - any supply to people without a prescription is illegal, and supplying it may result in a fine or prison sentence.
While these two compounds may not be as exciting as a super pill that instantly unlocks the full potential of your brain, they currently have the most science to back them up. And, as Patel explains, they’re both relatively safe for healthy individuals of most ages. Patel explains that a combination of caffeine and L-theanine is the most basic supplement stack (or combined dose) because the L-theanine can help blunt the anxiety and “shakiness” that can come with ingesting too much caffeine.
A fundamental aspect of human evolution has been the drive to augment our capabilities. The neocortex is the neural seat of abstract and higher order cognitive processes. As it grew, so did our ability to create. The invention of tools and weapons, writing, the steam engine, and the computer have exponentially increased our capacity to influence and understand the world around us. These advances are being driven by improved higher-order cognitive processing.1Fascinatingly, the practice of modulating our biology through naturally occurring flora predated all of the above discoveries. Indeed, Sumerian clay slabs as old as 5000 BC detail medicinal recipes which include over 250 plants2. The enhancement of human cognition through natural compounds followed, as people discovered plants containing caffeine, theanine, and other cognition-enhancing, or nootropic, agents.
Metabolic function smart drugs provide mental benefits by generally facilitating the body’s metabolic processes related to the production of new tissues and the release of energy from food and fat stores. Creatine, a long-time favorite performance-enhancement drug for competitive athletes, was in the news recently when it was found in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial to have significant cognitive benefits – including both general speed of cognition and improvements in working memory. Ginkgo Biloba is another metabolic function smart drug used to increase memory and improve circulation – however, news from recent studies raises questions about these purported effects.
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A provisional conclusion about the effects of stimulants on learning is that they do help with the consolidation of declarative learning, with effect sizes varying widely from small to large depending on the task and individual study. Indeed, as a practical matter, stimulants may be more helpful than many of the laboratory tasks indicate, given the apparent dependence of enhancement on length of delay before testing. Although, as a matter of convenience, experimenters tend to test memory for learned material soon after the learning, this method has not generally demonstrated stimulant-enhanced learning. However, when longer periods intervene between learning and test, a more robust enhancement effect can be seen. Note that the persistence of the enhancement effect well past the time of drug action implies that state-dependent learning is not responsible. In general, long-term effects on learning are of greater practical value to people. Even students cramming for exams need to retain information for more than an hour or two. We therefore conclude that stimulant medication does enhance learning in ways that may be useful in the real world.
The demands of university studies, career, and family responsibilities leaves people feeling stretched to the limit. Extreme stress actually interferes with optimal memory, focus, and performance. The discovery of nootropics and vitamins that make you smarter has provided a solution to help college students perform better in their classes and professionals become more productive and efficient at work.
A total of 330 randomly selected Saudi adolescents were included. Anthropometrics were recorded and fasting blood samples were analyzed for routine analysis of fasting glucose, lipid levels, calcium, albumin and phosphorous. Frequency of coffee and tea intake was noted. 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays…Vitamin D levels were significantly highest among those consuming 9-12 cups of tea/week in all subjects (p-value 0.009) independent of age, gender, BMI, physical activity and sun exposure.
Texas-based entrepreneur and podcaster Mansal Denton takes phenylpiracetam, a close relative of piracetam originally developed by the Soviet Union as a medication for cosmonauts, to help them endure the stresses of life in space. “I have a much easier time articulating certain things when I take it, so I typically do a lot of recording [of podcasts] on those days,” he says.
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Armodafinil is sort of a purified modafinil which Cephalon sells under the brand-name Nuvigil (and Sun under Waklert20). Armodafinil acts much the same way (see the ADS Drug Profile) but the modafinil variant filtered out are the faster-acting molecules21. Hence, it is supposed to last longer. as studies like Pharmacodynamic effects on alertness of single doses of armodafinil in healthy subjects during a nocturnal period of acute sleep loss seem to bear out; anecdotally, it’s also more powerful, with Cephalon offering pills with doses as low as 50mg. (To be technical, modafinil is racemic: it comes in two forms which are rotations, mirror-images of each other. The rotation usually doesn’t matter, but sometimes it matters tremendously - for example, one form of thalidomide stops morning sickness, and the other rotation causes hideous birth defects.)
Another interpretation of the mixed results in the literature is that, in some cases at least, individual differences in response to stimulants have led to null results when some participants in the sample are in fact enhanced and others are not. This possibility is not inconsistent with the previously mentioned ones; both could be at work. Evidence has already been reviewed that ability level, personality, and COMT genotype modulate the effect of stimulants, although most studies in the literature have not broken their samples down along these dimensions. There may well be other as-yet-unexamined individual characteristics that determine drug response. The equivocal nature of the current literature may reflect a mixture of substantial cognitive-enhancement effects for some individuals, diluted by null effects or even counteracted by impairment in others.
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I have personally found that with respect to the NOOTROPIC effect(s) of all the RACETAMS, whilst I have experienced improvements in concentration and working capacity / productivity, I have never experienced a noticeable ongoing improvement in memory. COLURACETAM is the only RACETAM that I have taken wherein I noticed an improvement in MEMORY, both with regards to SHORT-TERM and MEDIUM-TERM MEMORY. To put matters into perspective, the memory improvement has been mild, yet still significant; whereas I have experienced no such improvement at all with the other RACETAMS.
Another class of substances with the potential to enhance cognition in normal healthy individuals is the class of prescription stimulants used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These include methylphenidate (MPH), best known as Ritalin or Concerta, and amphetamine (AMP), most widely prescribed as mixed AMP salts consisting primarily of dextroamphetamine (d-AMP), known by the trade name Adderall. These medications have become familiar to the general public because of the growing rates of diagnosis of ADHD children and adults (Froehlich et al., 2007; Sankaranarayanan, Puumala, & Kratochvil, 2006) and the recognition that these medications are effective for treating ADHD (MTA Cooperative Group, 1999; Swanson et al., 2008).
As discussed in my iodine essay (FDA adverse events), iodine is a powerful health intervention as it eliminates cretinism and improves average IQ by a shocking magnitude. If this effect were possible for non-fetuses in general, it would be the best nootropic ever discovered, and so I looked at it very closely. Unfortunately, after going through ~20 experiments looking for ones which intervened with iodine post-birth and took measures of cognitive function, my meta-analysis concludes that: the effect is small and driven mostly by one outlier study. Once you are born, it’s too late. But the results could be wrong, and iodine might be cheap enough to take anyway, or take for non-IQ reasons. (This possibility was further weakened for me by an August 2013 blood test of TSH which put me at 3.71 uIU/ml, comfortably within the reference range of 0.27-4.20.)
Most research on these nootropics suggest they have some benefits, sure, but as Barbara Sahakian and Sharon Morein-Zamir explain in the journal Nature, nobody knows their long-term effects. And we don’t know how extended use might change your brain chemistry in the long run. Researchers are getting closer to what makes these substances do what they do, but very little is certain right now. If you’re looking to live out your own Limitless fantasy, do your research first, and proceed with caution.
I bought 500g of piracetam (Examine.com; FDA adverse events) from Smart Powders (piracetam is one of the cheapest nootropics and SP was one of the cheapest suppliers; the others were much more expensive as of October 2010), and I’ve tried it out for several days (started on 7 September 2009, and used it steadily up to mid-December). I’ve varied my dose from 3 grams to 12 grams (at least, I think the little scoop measures in grams), taking them in my tea or bitter fruit juice. Cranberry worked the best, although orange juice masks the taste pretty well; I also accidentally learned that piracetam stings horribly when I got some on a cat scratch. 3 grams (alone) didn’t seem to do much of anything while 12 grams gave me a nasty headache. I also ate 2 or 3 eggs a day.
In my last post, I talked about the idea that there is a resource that is necessary for self-control…I want to talk a little bit about the candidate for this resource, glucose. Could willpower fail because the brain is low on sugar? Let’s look at the numbers. A well-known statistic is that the brain, while only 2% of body weight, consumes 20% of the body’s energy. That sounds like the brain consumes a lot of calories, but if we assume a 2,400 calorie/day diet - only to make the division really easy - that’s 100 calories per hour on average, 20 of which, then, are being used by the brain. Every three minutes, then, the brain - which includes memory systems, the visual system, working memory, then emotion systems, and so on - consumes one (1) calorie. One. Yes, the brain is a greedy organ, but it’s important to keep its greediness in perspective… Suppose, for instance, that a brain in a person exerting their willpower - resisting eating brownies or what have you - used twice as many calories as a person not exerting willpower. That person would need an extra one third of a calorie per minute to make up the difference compared to someone not exerting willpower. Does exerting self control burn more calories?
In terms of legal status, Adrafinil is legal in the United States but is unregulated. You need to purchase this supplement online, as it is not a prescription drug at this time. Modafinil on the other hand, is heavily regulated throughout the United States. It is being used as a narcolepsy drug, but isn’t available over the counter. You will need to obtain a prescription from your doctor, which is why many turn to Adrafinil use instead.
Both nootropics startups provide me with samples to try. In the case of Nootrobox, it is capsules called Sprint designed for a short boost of cognitive enhancement. They contain caffeine – the equivalent of about a cup of coffee, and L-theanine – about 10 times what is in a cup of green tea, in a ratio that is supposed to have a synergistic effect (all the ingredients Nootrobox uses are either regulated as supplements or have a “generally regarded as safe” designation by US authorities)
The research literature, while copious, is messy and varied: methodologies and devices vary substantially, sample sizes are tiny, the study designs vary from paper to paper, metrics are sometimes comically limited (one study measured speed of finishing a RAPM IQ test but not scores), blinding is rare and unclear how successful, etc. Relevant papers include Chung et al 2012, Rojas & Gonzalez-Lima 2013, & Gonzalez-Lima & Barrett 2014. Another Longecity user ran a self-experiment, with some design advice from me, where he performed a few cognitive tests over several periods of LLLT usage (the blocks turned out to be ABBA), using his father and towels to try to blind himself as to condition. I analyzed his data, and his scores did seem to improve, but his scores improved so much in the last part of the self-experiment I found myself dubious as to what was going on - possibly a failure of randomness given too few blocks and an temporal exogenous factor in the last quarter which was responsible for the improvement.
So with these 8 results in hand, what do I think? Roughly, I was right 5 of the days and wrong 3 of them. If not for the sleep effect on #4, which is - in a way - cheating (one hopes to detect modafinil due to good effects), the ratio would be 5:4 which is awfully close to a coin-flip. Indeed, a scoring rule ranks my performance at almost identical to a coin flip: -5.49 vs -5.5419. (The bright side is that I didn’t do worse than a coin flip: I was at least calibrated.)
Modafinil is a eugeroic, or ‘wakefulness promoting agent’, intended to help people with narcolepsy. It was invented in the 1970s, but was first approved by the American FDA in 1998 for medical use. Recent years have seen its off-label use as a ‘smart drug’ grow. It’s not known exactly how Modafinil works, but scientists believe it may increase levels of histamines in the brain, which can keep you awake. It might also inhibit the dissipation of dopamine, again helping wakefulness, and it may help alertness by boosting norepinephrine levels, contributing to its reputation as a drug to help focus and concentration.
One of the most common strategies to beat this is cycling. Users who cycle their nootropics take them for a predetermined period, (usually around five days) before taking a two-day break from using them. Once the two days are up, they resume the cycle. By taking a break, nootropic users reduce the tolerance for nootropics and lessen the risk of regression and tolerance symptoms.
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The Student Code of Conduct is designed to promote responsible behavior for all students consistent with the values and welfare of the Florida Polytechnic University community. It exists to define the behavioral rights and responsibilities of University Students and Student Organizations. The Code of Conduct fosters and enhances the academic mission of the University as well as protects the rights of all University students, faculty, and staff.
For the most current version of the Student Code of Conduct see FPU 3.006.
The student has the right to:
(i) Be provided with the opportunity to obtain a relevant, quality education, consistent with the mission of the University;
(ii) Freedom from self-incrimination. However, the University is not required to postpone any disciplinary proceeding pending the outcome of a criminal prosecution;
(iii) Receive accurate information about the University, its programs, its costs, and its expectations;
(iv) Be informed of and receive just and unbiased treatment under the rules and regulations of the University, in its classes, in its residential life, and in its extracurricular activities;
(v) Be informed of, and be graded on, specific requirements for each program and each course;
(vi) Be treated in a respectful manner by all other members of the University community;
(vii) Be informed of decisions impacting his or her status, advancement, or exercise of University benefits, and have the opportunity to appeal, through a defined process and framework, those decisions in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Student Code of Conduct;
(viii) Have only related past behavior considered in any student conduct hearing;
(ix) Exercise his or her rights and privileges without fear of university interference and without regard to age, race, gender, national origin, sexual preference, disability, religion, political views, veteran status or any other protected status;
(x) Privacy, including the confidentiality of education records according to the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA);
(xi) Participate in the student government and its elective process;
(xii) Membership in student organizations;
(xiii) Engage in inquiry and discussion, to exchange thought and opinion, and to speak, write, and print freely on any subject;
(xiv) Participate in the formulation of policy directly affecting students through membership on appropriate committees and student organizations;
(xv) Engage in peaceful and orderly speech, protest, demonstration, and picketing within the public forum which does not disrupt the educational functions of the University or violate any University policy or regulation;
(xvi) Adequate notice of charges alleged and a fair and impartial hearing under the Student Code of Conduct; (xvii) Bring complaints to the attention of the University through the Student Grievance Process;
(xviii) Be secure in their persons, living quarters, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures;
(xix) Retain ownership of class projects and assignments authored by the student and submitted to fulfill the requirements of a course in accordance with the University's Intellectual Property policy; and
(xx) Ready access to established university policies and procedures.
The student has the responsibility to:
(i) Observe and comply with all University regulations and policies and local, state and federal laws;
(ii) Move forward in intellectual development, while taking advantage of the many opportunities provided in this University environment for total personal growth, development, and maturation;
(iii) Respect the rights and privacy of others;
(iv) Accept the consequences of one's actions;
(v) Maintain high standards of academic integrity and honor in all work submitted;
(vi) Conduct oneself in a manner which does not infringe upon the rights of other members of the University community; and
(vii) As members of both the University and the surrounding community, demonstrate respect and concern for one's neighbors. Therefore, students, both residential and nonresidential, have an obligation to demonstrate responsible citizenship in their local neighborhood and communities.
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Author: Diane
Paranormal, Romance, and Chemistry
By Diane Metaphysical and Visionary
How the paranormal and romance go hand-in-hand.
On June 27, 1966, a warning shot announced that both television and paranormal fiction would soon make a huge splash into mainstream pop culture, thanks to the premier of Dark Shadows. At first, audiences were underwhelmed by this Gothic soap opera based on a wealthy, eclectic family living in a haunted mansion. Although both the gloomy setting and rumors of looming ghosts made the show’s tone different than that of the average soap opera, the storylines were still pretty run of the mill. But when the ghost of Josette Collins walked out of her portrait in episode 70, the show’s supernatural theme became credible. However, Josette’s appearance was almost too little, too late. Audiences wanted more, but the subsequent storyline of Roger’s estranged ex-wife secretly being a Phoenix did not pack enough punch to offset the long blocks of episodes where nothing out of the ordinary occurred. Nearly one year later, the show seemed destined for cancelation. However, episode 211 not only changed the show’s trajectory, it also helped America fall in love with vampires.
The timing chosen for vampire Barnabas Collins (portrayed by Jonathan Frid) to rise from his coffin was perfect—both in how it gave the show a critical ratings boost and the time of day the event occurred. Dark Shadows aired Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. on ABC, right after the highly successful Where the Action Is, a Dick Clark-produced music show aimed at teenagers. Teens who had little interest in soap operas, or who had been underwhelmed by the infrequent appearances of lack-luster supernatural characters on Dark Shadows, were wowed by Jonathan Frid’s inaugural appearance. In fact, their infatuation with Barnabas was so intense that Jonathan Frid became a staple in teen magazines.
Yes, teen magazines.
Did I mention Frid was over forty years old at the time?
By the summer of 1968, this forty-something man also received over 2000 pieces of mail each week from teenagers and housewives, many of whom openly expressed that they were willing to become his thralls. This proved that the sex appeal of a vampire was so strong, teenaged girls were drawn to someone their father’s age.
To deepen the attraction, Josette just happened to be Barnabas’s soulmate; thus, Dark Shadows not only gave us an alpha-male vampire who exercised control over others, it gave us a hopeless romantic whose love had been lost to the ages. (Hmm… this sounds a lot like Vampire Diaries. Katherine and Damon anyone?) Now that Dark Shadows packed the double punch of being a romantic Gothic soap opera, the rating sky rocketed.
The show’s producers had no choice but to build on the momentum that the vampire/tortured soul/lost love storyline had given it. As the Josette/Barnabas storyline played out, David Selby came on the scene as werewolf Quentin Collins (episode 646). While his character did not garner as much attention as Frid’s, Selby’s first appearance did have a similar effect. The younger Selby (26) seemed a tad on the rugged side to be in teen magazines, yet teenagers managed to give him a place in their hearts among the baby-faced likes of Davy Jones, David Cassidy, and Donny Osmond. The show’s writers and producers also employed a similar formula as they had with Frid. Much like how Barnabas had stepped out of 1795, Quentin’s storyline originated in 1897. Not only did the romantic lure of the past deepen both Quentin’s and Barnabas’s mystiques, the then-current revival in Edwardian fashions made their period attire seem both timeless and modern.
Quentin also had a romantic past; however, the contrast between his and Barnabas’s was great, as Quentin’s involved an affair with his brother’s wife, which in turn drove Quentin’s own wife insane. Now Dark Shadows had both a bona fide romantic (albeit a dangerous one) in Barnabas and a playboy in Quentin. These two characters added both romantic and sexual aspects to the show, thus ensuring Dark Shadows appealed to those who wanted to swoon, those who wanted to be controlled, and those who wanted to tame the beast. Add in that these character’s supernatural backgrounds brought a sense of mystery, and Dark Shadows had a formula for sex appeal that could not miss.
While a fascination with supernatural beings was certainly nothing new, it is indisputable that Dark Shadows was at the forefront of bringing the sex appeal of these types of characters into our lives on a consistent basis. Additionally, before Dark Shadows, most supernatural beings were portrayed as either comical (Teen Wolf) or downright scary (Dracula). However, Dark Shadows gave us a chance to actually get to know these supernatural beings more for the humans they were born as than the creatures they became, thus giving them the opportunity to be endearing. In general terms, women love endearing characters. Many women also love one or more of the qualities Quentin and Barnabas possessed (control, mystery, the need to be tamed, the desire to be good despite a natural inclination to be evil, and most importantly of all, the tortured soul wanting to be loved). Fast forward fifty-some years, and these types of characters are more prevalent and loved than ever.
When it comes to the supernatural, mystery always follows. And since mystery is a key component in romance, the two easily go hand in hand.
Tagged creative writing, dark shadows, magical realism, metaphysical fiction, romance writing, teen idols, visionary fiction
A Writer’s Musings (6)
Authorly How To’s and Resources (9)
Freedom To Love / Consanguinity (7)
Grammar Tips (5)
Metaphysical and Visionary (2)
Tasty Fun (7)
Warped Records & Pop Culture (6)
Culinary Fun
Diane’s Rants
Freedom To Love
Soulmates and the Freedom to Love
Why We Deny People Their Rights
Power Exchange
Consanguinity – Life in Prison for Consensual Love
Our Secret Love
Consanguinity – Visceral Reactions and Beautiful Friends
Why I Wrote Love’s Forbidden Flower
Passive vs Active Sentences
Punctuation Cheat Sheet
Self-editing / Commonly Misused Words Checklist
She Said – Using Creative Dialogue Tags
Independent Clauses – Comma Versus Semicolon Use
How To’s For Writers
Writing Well-Developed Characters –Vernacular
How Create An Audiobook
The Rural Setting Thesaurus
Free Book Promotions That Make Sense
Ebook Pricing Guidelines for Indie Authors
How to Edit Your Book (Self-Editing Basics)
How to Hire an Editor for your Book
Selling Your Controversial Book in a Conservative World
What a Beta Reader Does
Makeup Tips From A Glamazon
Writer’s Musings
My Battle Against Cyberbullying
Defining Beauty
Ending the Bully Chain
A Nefarious Engagement
The Legacy of the (Self-)Published Word
Love’s Forbidden Flower – Chapter 1
World Improvement
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EL PASO MUSEUM OF HISTORY
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1/20 Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017
2/20 Battle Of The Claw - 2017 - El Paso, Texas
3/20 Tom McKay - Austin High School - El Paso, Texas - 2017
4/20 Austin High School vs El Paso High School - 2017
5/20 Austin High School - 2017 - El Paso, Texas
6/20 Principal, Craig Kehrwald - Austin High School - 2017
10/20 Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017
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Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Members of El Paso High School Band during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
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El Paso High School won the battle for the claw. Austin High School 18 and El Paso High School 23 - Final.
The oldest high school rivalry in El Paso is the rivalry between Austin High School and El Paso High School. The rivalry began back in the 1930’s and is the 5th oldest rivalry in the State of Texas. In 1960, the student council groups of both rival schools came together and funded “The Claw” trophy to commemorate the rivalry. The Claw represents both the Panther and Tiger mascots. The traveling trophy is fought over every year at the Austin High School versus El Paso High School football game, where the Alumni from both schools gather to cheer on their school.
The original Claw trophy was stolen from Austin High School and to date has not been recovered. Soon after, a replica of the claw was made in order to continue the rivalry of the traveling trophy.
http://www.austinpanthers.org/our-history/the-claw/
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Tom McKay - Austin High School Football - El Paso, Texas.
Photograph - Left to right: Thomas McKay(teacher), Olga Lujan (class of 1994), Chris Lujan (centennial tiger - 2016), and Tiger Nation.
Cheerleaders at Austin High School football game in the year 2017.
Principal, Craig Kehrwald - Austin High School football game.
Cheerleader at a football game at Austin High School - El Paso, Texas.
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Photograph of Austin High School fan at Austin High School - Austin High School 18 and El Paso High School 23 was the final.
Coach for El Paso High School gives pep talk to players during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. El Paso High School won - El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
El Paso High School Band during the Battle Of The Claw. El Paso High School won 23 to 18.
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Austin fans enjoying the game.Final of the game El Paso High 23 and Austin 18,
Battle Of The Claw
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Austin fans enjoying the game. Final of the game El Paso High 23 and Austin 18,
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Austin High School football players during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Austin coach standing on the sideline during the game.
Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
Austin High School cheerleader during the game between Austin High School and El Paso High School. Battle Of The Claw - El Paso, Texas - 2017 - Final for the game was El Paso High School 23 and Austin High School 18.
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