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theoutworlder · 2 years

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TL;DR, Era goes on a disjointed rant about their childhood, can't remember whether they read The Hindenburg or Who Destroyed the Hindenburg? as a child, and is generally struggling with life.

A post yesterday made me think a bit about my childhood and I discovered that an early core memory has been corrupted. (I cannot be sure of a book I read that was very important to me, because two very similar books exist which both partially match what remains of the memory) The discrepancy was discovered when I tried to look up an image of the book's cover, only to get no results that matched my memory under the title I expected.

As I started jumping back and forth between paragraphs, my writing was getting further from the original thread's topic by the second, so I cut the wall of text response I'd written and rb'd the post without comment. But it was still in my clipboard, and I have the urge the share, or preserve, or generally talk about this. Myself.

This just reminded me of one of my formative childhood memories. Allowing children access to reading materials is so important. Having access to reading materials that fit my actual ability and interests, instead of what others considered appropriate for my age, was such a big deal. For good or ill, my mother never restricted the reading materials I had access to. But other adults alternated between calling me "gifted" and calling me out for not staying in step with my peers.

I was in the 3rd grade (about 1997) when I read a hardcover book I remember as "The Hindenburg". Checked out from the "high school" section at my public school's library, which was primarily nonfiction and reference books, with no more resistance from the school librarian than an "Are you sure?". It's been over 20 years and my memory is far from infallible. I cannot at this time verify WHAT BOOK I read. Research suggests it was either The Hindenburg by Michael M. Mooney, which has the title I remember but I can't find a cover that matched my memory, or Who Destroyed the Hindenburg? by A. A. Hoehling, the 1962 first edition of which had a cover in greyscale with orange text, which matches my memory of the colours but not the title or layout. Neither book is available in a digital format, or I'd probably read them both tonight to find out which one I it was.

What I do remember is a scene where a character walks on a catwalk or other part of the airship's frame (vague), that the destruction of the ship was presented as an act of sabotage (reviews say that both authors present the tragedy as the act of Erich Spehl), and that there were untranslated German words formatted in italics from which 3rd grade monolingual me was able to draw the conclusion that the unfamiliar words presented differently from the rest of the English text about a German airship must be German. Again, without access to either book, I can't be sure which it was.

At that point, I was getting distressed and needed to step away, didn't want it to be part of the discussion that spawned it, but also I'd spent time on it and couldn't discard it.

Extra context or something, idk my brain is getting mad: I am (almost definitely) autistic. More specifically, "I honestly do think there is an ASD component to what you are reporting." but also "you are not a label or a disorder" and some other waffly-looking language about why he didn't want to give me a diagnosis.

I was a precocious reader. Possibly hyperlexic, but barely spoke at all until after I started school and nobody bothered to look into that. "Shy". "Extremely Cautious". Prone to meltdowns. Difficulty recognising appropriate conduct. Learned "8 Eastern, 5 Pacific" when I was 5 to know when my program (The Moxy Show on Cartoon Network) would be on, and I still use it to remember the time difference. Didn't learn how to brush my own hair until I was 12. Toe walking until bursitis made it too painful in my 30s. "Galloping" gait. "Clumsy". Lots of GI issues as a kid resulting in missed school, then as an adult missing work. Chafing at rigidly imposed schedules but needing regularity. Struggling with open-ended tasks and questions, hating being given a task without being given clear instructions/expectations.

Rocking, tapping, keening, humming, sucking on my teeth, skin picking, self-harm.

Reading so much I got detention for it.

READING SO MUCH I GOT DETENTION FOR IT.

Not being deterred at all by detentions, since it gave me something I wanted (quiet).

"Reading at a high-school level" in elementary school, being decent at maths, either coasting through or absolutely sucking at everything else. Mimicking behaviours of other kids to deal with social situations into my teens (like saying I liked a particular boy when asked because I'd seen that answer was "safe" when girls gave it) until I didn't.

(I got interested in alternative subcultures somehow, maybe it started online? And when I was standing out already for how I dressed and what my interests were, I cared a little less about "fitting in" and only resulted to it when I couldn't come up with an answer. Significant examples include saying I was attracted to men I already knew were considered conventionally attractive AND had some adjacent interest in, like musicians I listened to. Turned out I had no idea what peers even meant when saying someone was attractive because I'm asexual and had never experienced it. )

Not recognising in the moment anything but the most blatant of bullying, well into adulthood.

In school, they tried at least once to advance me up a class (would have made their lives easier to be able to shift a kid from my so big it had to be split in two for our elementary years and produced the largest graduating class of my district's history class into a less-full one) but I refused because I would be separated from the only kids I knew.

((Why was I even consulted? Guess my mom liked letting me make my own decisions about some things, she let me refuse a fucking surgery as a child but I wasn't allowed to get a haircut until I moved out))

Somebody thought I might be talented with languages, but it turns out I'm probably just really good at learning to read them if they use the Latin alphabet, because I can read most Spanish I've ever encountered and a fair bit of German and can't construct a useful sentence in either.

Speech difficulties and disfluencies got WORSE in adulthood, I think.

This has turned into a huge disjointed mess. Maybe I'll stop by the school this week and ask if the library still has it while asking if they still have any records on me for my psychologist.

#era talks #era ends up talking about themself #mental health #Childhood #The Hindenburg #Michael M. Mooney #Who Destroyed the Hindenburg?#A. A. Hoehling #Childhood literacy #i was a weird kid #wall of text

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rockislandadultreads · 4 years

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Short Story Collections: Horror edition

In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus by Stephen Jones, Neil Gaiman

Frankenstein... His very name conjures up images of plundered graves, secret laboratories, electrical experiments, and reviving the dead.

Within these pages, the maddest doctor of them all and his demented disciples once again delve into the Secrets of Life, as science fiction meets horror when the world's most famous creature lives again.

Here are collected together for the first time twenty-four electrifying tales of cursed creation that are guaranteed to spark your interest—with classics from the pulp magazines by Robert Bloch and Manly Wade Wellman, modern masterpieces from Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, David J. Schow, and R. Chetwynd-Hayes, and new contributions from Graham Masterton, Basil Copper, John Brunner, Guy N. Smith, Kim Newman, Paul J. McAuley, Roberta Lannes, Michael Marshall Smith, Daniel Fox, Adrian Cole, Nancy Kilpatrick, Brian Mooney and Lisa Morton.

Plus, you're sure to get a charge from three complete novels: The Hound of Frankenstein by Peter Tremayne, The Dead End by David Case, and Mary W. Shelley's original masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

As an electrical storm rages overhead, the generators are charged up, and beneath the sheet a cold form awaits its miraculous rebirth. Now it's time to throw that switch and discover all that Man Was Never Meant to Know.

She Said Destroy by Nadia Bulkin

A dictator craves love--and horrifying sacrifice--from his subjects; a mother raised in a decaying warren fights to reclaim her stolen daughter; a ghost haunts a luxury hotel in a bloodstained land; a new babysitter uncovers a family curse; a final girl confronts a broken-winged monster... Word Horde presents the debut collection from critically-acclaimed Weird Fiction author Nadia Bulkin. Dreamlike, poignant, and unabashedly socio-political, She Said Destroy includes three stories nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award, four included in Year's Best anthologies, and one original tale, with an Introduction by Paul Tremblay.

His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler, Kendare Blake, Rin Chupeco, Lamar Giles, Tessa Gratton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Stephanie Kuehn, Amanda Lovelace, Marieke Nijkamp, Emily Lloyd-Jones, Hillary Monahan, Caleb Roehrig, Fran Wilde

Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.

Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales, and how they’ve been brought to life in 13 unique and unforgettable ways.

The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates

From one of our most important contemporary writers, The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror is a bold, haunting collection of six stories.

In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin’s doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect “found dolls” from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage house on his family's estate. But just what kind of dolls are they? In “Gun Accident,” a teenage girl is thrilled when her favorite teacher asks her to house-sit, even on short notice. But when an intruder forces his way into the house while the girl is there, the fate of more than one life is changed forever. In “Equatorial,” set in the exotic Galapagos, an affluent American wife experiences disorienting assaults upon her sense of who her charismatic husband really is, and what his plans may be for her.

In The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates evokes the “fascination of the abomination” that is at the core of the most profound, the most unsettling, and the most memorable of dark mystery fiction.

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger..." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922." the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.

In "Big Driver," a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

"Fair Extension," the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitely ends a good marriage.

Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.

The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer, George R.R. Martin, Bob Leman, Haruki Murakami, Mervyn Peake, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, William Gibson, Franz Kafka, Stephen King, Kelly Link

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature.

Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon.

#horror #short stories #horror stories #reading recs #book recs #reading recommendations #Book Recommendations #library #public library #reading list #tbr #currently reading #booklist #booklr #scary stories

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eddycurrents · 6 years

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For the week of 18 February 2019

Quick Bits:

Aquaman #45 gives us a new creation story with Father Sea and Mother Salt. It’s interesting world-building for what’s going on on this island. Robson Rocha, Daniel Henriques, and Sunny Gho seem to level up on their art again. This book is gorgeous.

| Published by DC Comics

Avengers #15 continues the vampire civil war, with the Shadow Colonel basically kidnapping Ghost Rider. Jason Aaron is definitely taking this series in weird places, but it remains highly entertaining. Especially with collaborators like David Marquez and Erick Arciniega who deliver some incredible artwork.

| Published by Marvel

Avengers: No Road Home #2 reveals how Nyx and her family took Olympus. There’s also a neat parallel narration for Hawkeye explaining how the guy with just a bow and arrows can take on gods and monsters. The art from Paco Medina, Juan Vlasco, and Jesus Aburtov is gorgeous, they really seem to pushing themselves with their storytelling. It’s just a shame that none of the artists are credited on the cover.

| Published by Marvel

Barbarella/Dejah Thoris #2 is ridiculously impressive. Leah Williams, Germán García, Addison Duke, and Crank! are delivering an intelligent, humorous, and compelling adventure tale here that reminds me a lot of some of what Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse did in Tom Strong. It’s incredibly inventive and the artwork is amazing. Highly recommended.

| Published by Dynamite

Batman #65 gives us the penultimate chapter of “The Price”, featuring an all out battle between Flash, Gotham Girl, and Gotham. The artwork from Guillem March and Tomeu Morey is stunning, with some incredible layouts as the action continues.

| Published by DC Comics

Black Widow #2 is fairly bloody and violent as Natasha racks up a body count tracking down the people running “No Restraints Play”, a site that specializes in depravity. Flaviano’s line art seems scratchier than the first issue, but it works for the violent tone of story.

| Published by Marvel

Bloodborne #9 begins the third arc, “A Song of Crows”, as Aleš Kot, Piotr Kowalski, Brad Simpson, Aditya Bidikar, and Jim Campbell spotlight Eileen the Crow. This is a bit of return to the kind of abstract storytelling and embrace of oblique existentialism of the first arc as Eileen investigates the ritual murder of a hunter, but is confounded by time and holes in the narrative.

| Published by Titan

Catwoman #8 is ostensibly the “conclusion” to “Something Smells Fishy”, but it doesn’t actually end the story in any way and leaves the reader at a cliffhanger of continuing elements. That being said, it’s still an entertaining issue from Joëlle Jones, Elena Casagrande, Fernando Blanco, John Kalisz, and Josh Reed. Wonderful action sequences, and more questions as to the nature of a reliquary that seems to contain resurrective powers.

| Published by DC Comics

Delver #1 begins a new Comixology Original series from MK Reed, C. Spike Trotman, Clive Hawken, Maarta Laiho, and Ed Dukeshire. It’s a very intriguing and unique take on the fantasy gaming theme of a dungeon full of treasure and monsters with delvers working to plumb the depths. But it’s from the perspective of the townsfolk whose land the door to the dungeon appears in and how it changes and impacts their lives.

| Published by Iron Circus Comics

Doctor Strange #11 concludes the battle with Dormammu and the Faltine, for now at least, from Mark Waid, Jesús Saiz, Javier Pina, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Cory Petit. Some very nice art as usual from Saiz, Pina, and Rosenberg.

| Published by Marvel

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 continues “Mother of Exiles” from Tom Taylor, Juann Cabal, Nolan Woodard, and Travis Lanham as Peter finds out a bit about the rumours regarding his neighbour and Under York, another duplicate New York City under New York City, that oddly isn’t the Monster Metropolis. Great humour from Taylor in the dialogue.

| Published by Marvel

Guardians of the Galaxy #2 takes a somewhat different approach as Peter Quill drunk dials Kitty as he tries to make sense of what’s going on with Thanos, Gamora, everyone who’s dead, and the current state of the Guardians. Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Marte Gracia, and Cory Petit are really taking this series into interesting offbeat territory, while still delivering some excellent humour and an ominous feel to Starfox’s new band of “guardians”.

| Published by Marvel

Incursion #1 begins a new mini picking up on where the Eternal Warrior and Geomancer are since Harbinger Wars 2 and Ninja-K, and pit them against Imperatrix Virago, a cosmic villain that is devouring worlds (kind of like if Galactus were pestilence), from Andy Diggle, Alex Paknadel, Doug Braithwaite, José Villarrubia, Diego Rodriguez, and Marshall Dillon. The art is incredible, the stakes seem pretty high, and the outlook after this first issue look pretty grim for Earth.

| Published by Valiant

James Bond 007 #4 sees Stephen Mooney join Greg Pak, Tríona Farrell, and Ariana Maher for the art chores for three issues, continuing the tale of Bond and “Oddjob”’s team-up. Like Marc Laming, Mooney seems to be born to draw Bond and espionage themed stories.

| Published by Dynamite

Judge Dredd: Toxic #4 concludes what has been an excellent series dealing with xenophobia and hateful rhetoric from Paul Jenkins, Marco Castiello, Vincenzo Acunzo, Jason Millet, Shawn Lee, and Robbie Robbins. I’ve always found non 2000 AD Judge Dredd stories to be a bit of crapshoot, but IDW have been delivering well with the past two mini-series, this and Under Siege.

| Published by IDW

Justice League #18 is the latest excursion into the Legion of Doom territory from James Tynion IV, Pasqual Ferry, Hi-Fi, and Tom Napolitano. It works with some of the revelations from last issue regarding Martian Manhunter and builds a new narrative for Lionel Luthor’s past and his work with Vandal Savage. It’s interesting to see Tynion working with variations on discarded continuities in this way, building a new past that synthesizes pre-Flashpoint ideas with the current batch of backstories.

| Published by DC Comics

Middlewest #4 only seems to be getting better and better as more of this world and how it seems to work get fleshed out by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, and Nate Piekos. There’s something incredibly magical and special about this series that taps into the feeling of some of the best coming-of-age fantasies as it blends Ray Bradbury, JM Barrie, and Carlo Collodi into this magical realist adventure.

| Published by Image

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #3 concludes the opening arc from Saladin Ahmed, Javier Garrón, David Curiel, and Cory Petit by adding Captain America to Miles & Rhino’s team-up. This has been a very entertaining start to the series, with a nice mix of Miles’ personal life and superheroics.

| Published by Marvel

Naomi #2 reasserts that Jamal Campbell is a powerhouse of an artist and one of the best kept secrets of the past few years who really should have a higher profile. His art is amazing. It also helps that the story he, Brian Michael Bendis, David F. Walker, and Carlos M. Mangual are telling is as compelling as this, as Naomi confronts Dee as she tries to learn about the day of her adoption. It’s very widescreen and epic as it hints at the broader DC Universe, but at the same time this is very deeply personal.

| Published by DC Comics

Old Man Quill #2 gives the Guardians a taste of the depravity and despair that Earth has fallen to in this post-superhero world. Ethan Sacks shows there’s still a bit of humour left, though, in that Piledriver’s descendent thinks that Piledriver was one of the all-time greats. Also the art from Robert Gill and Andres Mossa gives a wonderful amount of detail to the wastelands.

| Published by Marvel

Relay #4 returns after a delay with new artist Dalibor Talajić (I believe Andy Clarke had to bow out due to illness, but I’m not 100% sure on that). Talajić’s art style is not as bright and clean as Clarke’s, giving a darker, shadowy approach that results in the bleak, horror elements of the story coming further into focus.

| Published by AfterShock

Seven to Eternity #13 returns from its own lengthy delay to conclude the arc in Skod, with the revelation of part of Adam’s choice to save the Mud King. It reiterates the theme since the beginning that there seem to be no good choices in this world, that everything tainted, despite Adam’s father believing the world black and white. While we are going into another trade break, Rick Remender, Jerome Opeña, Matt Hollingsworth, and Rus Wooton consistently make this worth the wait.

| Published by Image / Giant Generator

Sharkey: The Bounty Hunter #1 is the latest of Mark Millar’s Netflix feeder series, after The Magic Order and Prodigy, with Simone Bianchi and Peter Doherty rounding out the team. This one feels a bit like if Warren Ellis were writing Strontium Dog, and it works. The artwork from Bianchi is worth it on its own. Gorgeous character designs.

| Published by Image

Venom #11 is another holy crap issue from Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, Joshua Cassara, JP Mayer, Frank Martin, and Clayton Cowles. There are some really big revelations about Eddie and his family that really need to be read firsthand. Amazing work.

| Published by Marvel

X-O Manowar #24 reminds us again just how good of an artist and storyteller Tomás Giorello is. The action sequences and battle between Aric and Hesnid is incredible, with fairly inventive layouts that just elevate the overall impact of the pages. Giorello and Diego Rodriguez really make this something joyous to behold.

| Published by Valiant

Other Highlights: American Carnage #4, Bitter Root #4, Black Badge #7, The Black Order #4, Breakneck #3, Coda #9, Death Orb #5, DuckTales #18, East of West #41, Evolution #14, Exorsisters #5, Go Bots #4, Grumble #4, High Level #1, Hot Lunch Special #5, Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter #2, Jim Henson’s Beneath the Dark Crystal #5, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Discovery Adventure, Jughead: The Hunger #12, Lightstep #4, The Lone Ranger #5, Lucifer #5, Lumberjanes #59, Mars Attacks #5, Monstress #20, Outpost Zero #7, Rainbow Brite #4, Shuri #5, Solo: A Star Wars Story #5, Star Wars Adventures #18, Starcraft: Soldiers #2, Stronghold #1, Sukeban Turbo #4, Superb #17, TMNT: Urban Legends #10, Teen Titans #27, Turok #2, The Unstoppable Wasp #5, The Witcher: Of Flesh and Flame #3

Recommended Collections: Amazing Spider-Man - Volume 2: Friends & Foes, Bedtime Games, The Beauty - Volume 5, Black Lightning: Brick City Blues, Captain America - Volume 1: Winter in America, Days of Hate - Volume 2, High Crimes, Infinity 8 - Volume 3: The Gospel According to Emma, Old Man Hawkeye - Volume 2: The Whole World Blind, The Punisher - Volume 1: World War Frank, West Coast Avengers - Volume 1: Best Coast

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[TASK 125: PAPUAN]

There’s a masterlist below compiled of over 420+ Papuan faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK - examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

Ria Thielsch (1951) Papuan Indonesian / Dutch - singer and model.

Patty Brard / Petula Louise Brard (1955) Papuan Indonesian / Dutch - singer and tv presenter.

Robyn Gibbes (1957) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - actress and casting agent.

Viva Westi (1972) Papuan Indonesian - actress, director, and screenwriter.

Genevieve Lacey (1972) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - musician and director.

Lala Suwages (1980) Papuan Indonesian - actress and singer.

Nowela Auparay (1987) Papuan Indonesian / Batak Indonesian - singer.

Emi Maria (1987) Papuan New Guinean / Japanese - singer-songwriter.

S. Olvah Alhamid / Syarifah Olvah Alhamid / Olvah Alhamid Bwefar (1990) Papuan Indonesian / Hadhrami Yemeni - model and Miss Eco Universe Indonesia 2016.

Paramytha Lestari Mulyarto (1991) Papuan Indonesian / Javanese Indonesian - singer.

Abigail Havora (1991) Papuan New Guinean - Miss Pacific Islands 2015.

Grace Agatha Nugi (1991) Papuan New Guinean - Miss Papua New Guinea 2014 and Miss Supranational Papua New Guinea 2015.

Kellyanne Limbiye (1993) Papuan New Guinean - Miss Papua New Guinea 2016.

Niawali Twain (1994) Papuan New Guinean - Miss Papua New Guinea 2017.

Kaiit (1998) Papuan New Guinean - singer.

Leoshina Mercy Kariha (2000) Papuan New Guinean - Miss Pacific Islands 2018.

Venda Kakaso (?) Papuan New Guinean - actress.

Ludia Maryen (?) Papuan Indonesian - Miss Papua 2018 and Miss Indonesia Persahabatan 2018 (instagram: ludia_maryen).

Maggie Kondango (?) Papuan New Guinean - actress.

Llane Munau (?) Papuan New Guinean - actress and director.

Moslyn Moses (?) Papuan New Guinean - actress.

Lucy Sari (?) Papuan New Guinean - actress.

Momon (?) Papuan Indonesian - instagrammer (monalisasembor).

F - Athletes:

Elizabeth Bure (1948) Papuan New Guinean - lawn bowler.

Linda Ahmat (1952) Papuan New Guinean - lawn bowler.

Geua Vada Tau (1957) Papuan New Guinean - lawn bowler.

Iammogapi Launa (1958) Papuan New Guinean - heptathlete.

Barbara Ingiro (1962) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Kune Amini (1964) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Elanga Buala (1964) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Rosemary Turare (1964) Papuan New Guinean - runner.

Lucy Ovia (1967) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Nurhayati (1970) Papuan Indonesian - bicycle racer.

Konio Heagi (1973) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Ann Mooney (1975) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Ura Rigana (1976) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Gari Mea (1976) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Boni David (1978) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Sarce Aronggear (1979) Papuan Indonesian - sprint canoer.

Mebo Ipi (1979) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Liz Wardley (1979) Papuan New Guinea - sailor.

Raema Lisa Rumbewas (1980) Papuan Indonesian - weightlifter.

Karo Lumis (1980) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Bede Morea (1980) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Maartje Scheepstra (1980) Papuan Indonesian - field hockey player.

Helen Philemon (1980) Papuan New Guinean - track and field athlete.

Pere Koroba (1981) Papuan Indonesian - rower.

Nao Kamea (1982) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Mae Koime (1983) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Koita Atai (1983) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Xenia Peni (1983) Papuan New Guinean - swimmer.

Salome Dell (1985) Papuan New Guinean - athlete.

Henao Sam (1985) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Maleta Roberts (1985) Papuan New Guinean - netball player.

Varoi Morea (1986) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Betty Burua (1986) Papuan New Guinean - track athlete.

Pauke Siaka (1986) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Anna-Liza Mopio-Jane (1986) Papuan New Guinean - swimmer.

Sharon Kwarula (1987) Papuan New Guinean - athlete.

Toea Wisil (1988) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Nitya Krishinda Maheswari / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Korwa (1988) Papuan Indonesian / Javanese Indonesian - badminton player.

Joyleen Jeffrey (1989) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Norma Ovasuru (1989) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Kaia Arua (1990) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Sibona Jimmy (1992) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Heather Watson (1992) Papuan New Guinean / British - tennis player.

Donna Koniel (1992) Papuan New Guinean - athlete.

Judith Meauri (1992) Papuan New Guinean - swimmer.

Rellie Kaputin (1993) Papuan New Guinean - track and field athlete.

Tanya Ruma (1993) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Jacob Sabua (1994) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Adrine Monagi (1995) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter and heptathlete.

Veru Frank (1995) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Ravina Oa (1995) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Vicky Araa (1996) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Helen Buruka (1996) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Afure Adah (1997) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Tegan McCarthy (1997) Papuan New Guinean - swimmer.

Brenda Tau (1998) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Asty Dwi Widyaningrum (2000) Papuan Indonesian - badminton player.

Kopi John (?) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Cunera Monalua (?) Papuan New Guinean - lawn bowler.

Konio Oala (?) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Hinamutawa Philip (?) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Wena Piande (?) Papuan New Guinean - lawn bowler.

Mairi Tom (?) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Isabel Toua (?) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Naoani Vare (?) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Rico Tampatty (1964) Papuan Indonesian - actor.

Edo Kondologit (1967) Papuan Indonesian - actor and singer.

Ari Sihasale / Juharson Estrella Sihasale (1973) Papuan Indonesian - actor, singer, model, and director.

Auki Henry / Lionel Renagi William Henry (1974) Papuan New Guinean / English, Scottish - actor, presenter, producer, director, and photographer.

Evan Sanders (1981) Papuan Indonesian - actor and singer.

Michael Jakarimilena (1983) Papuan Indonesian - actor and singer.

Aldiansyah Taher (1983) Papuan Indonesian - actor, presenter, and singer.

Sam Brodie (1987) Papuan Indonesian, Javanese Indonesian, Ambonese Indonesian, Chinese, Scottish - actor.

Douglas Oga (1990) Papuan Indonesian - actor, rapper, presenter, DJ, and dancer.

Mamat Alkatiri / Mohammed Yusran Alkatiri (1992) Papuan Indonesian - comedian.

Jimmy Kobogau (1992) Papuan Indonesian - actor.

Albert Fakdawer (1993) Papuan Indonesian - actor and singer.

Daniel Snoeks (1994) Papuan New Guinean / Dutch - model, tv personality, and tattooist.

Esal Revano (1995) Papuan Indonesian - actor and singer.

Julian Liberty (1999) Papuan Indonesian - actor.

Paul Bebes (?) Papuan New Guinean - actor.

Ochy Thenu (?) Papuan Indonesian - actor, DJ, tv host, and dancer.

Harry B.H. Koveso (?) Papuan New Guinean - actor.

Yauw Yobehfaa (?) Papuan Indonesian - Mister Indonesia Papua and Best Talent 2018 (Instagram: yauw_yobehfaa).

M - Athletes:

Allen Crawley (1941) Papuan New Guinean - shooter.

Edward Laboran (1942) Papuan New Guinean - high jumper. .

Trevan Clough (1942) Papuan New Guinean - former long jumper, triple jumper and sprinter.

Nigel Agonia (1948) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Wavala Kali (1954) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Zoffa Yarawi (1954) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Yohanes Auri (1954) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Tumat Sogolik (1955) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Takale Tuna (1955) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Johnny Aba (1956) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Tau John Tokwepota (1956) Papuan New Guinean - runner.

Rully Nere (1957) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Jeff Woodland (1957) Papuan Indonesian - golfer.

Rowan Brennan (1958) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Adolf Kabo (1960) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Lapule Tamean (1962) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Washington Banian (1963) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Willie Bera (1964) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Noah Maryem (1965) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

John Siguria (1965) Papuan New Guinean - runner.

Subul Babo (1966) Papuan Indonesian - sprinter.

Poloni Avek (1966) Papuan Indonesian - runner.

Manis Lamond (1966) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Francis Niakuam (1966) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Aaron Dupnai (1968) Papuan Indonesian - runner.

Steven Kevi (1968) Papuan Indonesian - boxer.

John Hou (1968) Papuan Indonesian - sprinter.

Gidix Nasa (1968) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Erich Momberger (1968) Papuan Indonesian - decathlete. .

Henry Kungsi (1969) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Kaminiel Selot (1970) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Godfrey Baniau (1970) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Ronny Wabia (1970) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Adrian Lam (1970) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

The Rock Breaker / Muhammad Rachman / Mohammad Rachman Sawaluddin bin Suhaimat (1971) Papuan Indonesian - boxer.

Bernard Manana (1972) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Baobo Neuendorf (1972) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Ricky Nalatu (1972) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Elias Paiyo (1972) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Bruce Mamando (1972) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Marcus Bai (1972) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Aples Tecuari (1973) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Chris Yarangga (1973) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Alexander Pulalo (1973) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

John Sem (1973) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Tapas Posman (1973) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Allan Akia (1973) Papuan Indonesian - sprinter.

Peter Moide (1974) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Navu Maha (1974) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Yanes Raubaba (1974) Papuan Indonesian - sprinter.

Ivan Wakit (1974) Papuan New Guinean - runner.

Stanley Gene (1974) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Eduard Ivakdalam (1974) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Graham Appo (1974) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Mark Mom (1974) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

David Westley (1974) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Peter Pulu (1975) Papuan New Guinean - athlete.

Alfred Songoro (1975) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Samuel Bai (1975) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Amos Ali (1975) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Kauna Vagi (1976) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Mal Michael / Malcolm Michael (1977) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - rugby league footballer.

Ortizan Solossa (1977) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Makali Aizue (1977) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Lukas Rumkabu (1977) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

John Wilshere (1978) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Archie Thompson (1978) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified - footballer.

Jack Komboy (1978) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Duncan Na'awi (1978) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Mowen Boino (1979) Papuan Indonesian - track and field athlete.

Elie Aiboy (1979) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Andrew Lepani (1979) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Erol Iba (1979) Papuan Indoneisan - footballer.

Yan D. Ruatakurey (1979) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Jack Willie (1979) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Korneles Budam (1980) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Yohanes Kabagaimu (1980) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Yohanes L.G. Kabagaimu (1980) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Reggie Davani (1980) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Kevin Prior (1980) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Trevor Exton (1981) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Ryan Pini (1981) Papuan New Guinean - swimmer..

Wally Kirika (1982) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Kema Jack (1982) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Sapolai Yao (1982) Papuan New Guinean - runner.

Izaac Wanggai (1982) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Steve Franciscus (1982) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Gerald Pangkali (1982) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Mauri Wasi (1982) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Nathaniel Lepani (1982) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Arifin Ginuni (1983) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Menzie Yere (1983) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Korinus Fingkreuw (1983) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Gari Moka (1983) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Pieter Rumaropen (1983) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

David Aua (1983) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Nehemia Solossa / Nehemia Bill Solossa (1983) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Yustinus Pae / Tinus Pae (1983) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Michael Bani (1984) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified Indigenous Australian - footballer.

Gideon V. Way (1984) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Yopen Wandikbo (1984) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Raymond Ovinou (1984) Papuan New Guinean - judoka.

Eric Komeng (1984) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Nelson Stone (1984) Papuan New Guinean - runner.

Henari Veratau (1984) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Imanuel Padwa (1984) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Charlie Wabo (1984) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Kieran Chan (1984) Papuan New Guinean / Chinese - swimmer.

Christian Warobay / Marthen Christian Warobay (1984) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Jason Chan (1984) Papuan New Guinean / Chinese - footballer.

Cornelis Kaimu (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Jeremy Yasasa (1985) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Yohanis Tjoe (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

George Keppa (1985) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Edison Ames (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Paul Aiton (1985) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified - footballer.

Mayona Amtop / Ponsianus Y. Mayona Amtop (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Neville Costigan (1985) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified - footballer.

David Christian Uron (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Anton Lui (1985) Papuan New Guinean - sprinter.

Yesaya Desnam / Yesaya Nickhanor Desnam (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Michael Foster (1985) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Didi Gento Paroy (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Richard Kambo (1985) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Selsius Gebze (1985) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Jessie Joe Parker (1985) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Nickson Kolo (1985) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Alex Davani (1985 or 1986) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Victor Pae (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

James Nightingale (1986) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Kelly Jampu (1986) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Nur Iskandar / Muhammad Nur Iskandar (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Leslie Kalai (1986) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Wayne Bond (1986) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Isak Konon / Isak Konon Wombon (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Felix Bondaluke (1986) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Ian Kabes (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Larsen Marape (1986) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Cornelius Geddy (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Keith Peters (1986) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Ardiles Rumbiak (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Francis Kompaon (1986) Papuan New Guinean - athlete.

Steven Hendambo (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Raymond Gunemba (1986) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

James Gwilt (1986) Papuan New Guinean / Welsh - footballer.

Frangky Amo (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Boaz Solossa (1986) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Assad Vala (1987) Papuan Indonesian - cricketer. .

Valentine Nelson (1987) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Frans Freno Sauyai (1987) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Scott Daruda (1986) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Tim Natusch (1986) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Ashley Seeto (1987) Papuan New Guinean - swimmer.

Willie Minoga (1987) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Cyril Muta (1987) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Koriak Upaiga (1987) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

George Slefendorfas (1987) Papuan New Guinean / Lithuanian - footballer.

Samuel Kini (1987) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

David Muta (1987) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Steven Imbiri (1987) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Rob Griffin / Rodney Griffin (1987) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Stevie Bonsapia (1988) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Niel Hans (1988) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Manu / Imanuel Wanggai (1988) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Ruben Sanadi (1988) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Pipi Raho (1988) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Habel Satya (1988) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Tu'u Maori (1988) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Patrich Wanggai (1988) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Will Genia (1988) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Tom Butterfield / Tommy Butterfield (1988) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Jean Wilson Aleng (1988) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

David Mead / David Moore (1988) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Ricardo Merani (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Izak Ogoai (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Sam Joe (1989) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Fred Ferdinando Mote (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Nasution Karubaba (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Ronald Warisan (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Wira Wama (1989) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Titus Bonai (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Lukas Mandowen (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Tyson Martin (1989) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - footballer.

Joan Darome (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Wempy Obure (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Dominggus Fakdawer (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Yance Youwei (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Thompson Teteh (1989) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Vendry Mofu (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Septinus Alua (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Franklin Rumbiak (1989) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Morea Baru (1990) Papuan New Guinean - weightlifter.

Oktovianus Maniani (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Wartovo Puara Jr (1990) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Boas Atururi (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Ryan Tongia (1990) Papuan New Guinean, Chinese, German - footballer.

Brad McDonald (1990) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Alan Aronggear / Alan Arthur Aronggear (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

John Reva (1990) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Andri Ibo (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

James Segeyaro (1990) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Nelson Alom (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Aidan Toua (1990) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Mucklis Haay (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Ray Thompson (1990) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified Indigenous Australian - footballer.

Engelbert Sani (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Daniel Joe (1990) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Moses Banggo (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Bland Abavu (1990) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Jaelaniu Arey (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Roland Bala (1990) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Mario Aibekob (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Jamal Seeto (1990) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Daniel Tata (1990) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Kila Iaravai (1991) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Fandry Imbiri (1991) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Chad Soper (1991) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Mario Reyaan (1991) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Henry Wan (1991) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Marco Kabiay (1991) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Kurt Baptiste (1991) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - footballer.

Eldjo Iba (1991) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Nazmie-Lee Marai (1991) Papuan New Guinean - athlete.

Dedy Jaya Siregar (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Toua Udia (1992) Papuan New Guinean - weightlifter.

Irvin Soskoy (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Anis Nabar / Johanes Nabar (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Sese Bau (1992) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

James Yoku (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Feri Pahabol / Yohanes Pahabol / Yohanes Ferinando Pahabol (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Emmanuel Simon (1992) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Ronaldo Meosido (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Lega Siaka (1992) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

David Laly (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Roni Beroperay (1992) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Steven Kari (1993) Papuan New Guinean - weightligter.

Cam Ellis-Yolmen (1993) Papuan New Guinean / Kokatha - footballer.

Ricky Kayame (1993) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Theo Piniau (1993) Papuan New Guinean - track and field athlete.

Ricky Kayame (1993) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Alei Nao (1993) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Gilbert Dwaramury (1993) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Norman Vanua (1993) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Yosua Pahabol (1993) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Rhyse Martin (1993) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - footballer.

Obert Bika (1993) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Melcior Majefat (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Rodney Mobiha (1994) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Ahmad Indra Pattikuppa (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Dogodo Bau (1994) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Ronal Semot (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Patrick Aisa (1994) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Erik Sokoy (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Samuel Seghers (1994) Papuan New Guinean - swimmer.

Israel Wamiau (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Alwin Komolong (1994) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Muhammad Tahir (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Nene Macdonald (1994) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Ronald Setmot (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Damien Ravu (1994) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Nerius Alom (1994) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Watson Boas (1994) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Alex Johnston (1995) Papuan New Guinean / Saibai - footballer.

Philip Steven (1995) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Papalau Awele (1995) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Hiri Hiri (1995) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer..

Stanton Albert (1995) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Prisca Womsiwor (1995) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Kiplin Doriga (1995) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

David Browne (1995) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Daniel Russell (1995) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - footballer.

Yanto Basna / Rudolof Yanto Basna (1995) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Kyle Laybutt (1995) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - footballer.

Nixon Put (1995) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Fred Oala (1996) Papuan New Guinean - weightlifter.

Terens Puhiri (1996) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Joshua Talau (1996) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Nosaina Pokana (1996) Papuan New Guinean - cricketer.

Marinus Wanewar (1997) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Thadius Katua (1997) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Osvaldo Haay (1997) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Felix Komolong (1997) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Ronaldo Wanma (1998) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Lachlan Lam (1998) Papuan New Guinean / Unspecified White - footballer.

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo (1998) Papuan Indonesian - badminton player.

Stahl Gubag (1999) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Gunansar Mandowen (2000) Papuan Indonesian - footballer.

Dairi Kovae (?) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Daroa Ben-Moide (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Desmond Mok (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Glen Nami (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

John Okul (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Nico Slain (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Eddie Aila (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Richard Alois (?) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Alex Haija (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Darius Haili (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Benjamin John (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Junior Rau (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Kolu Kepo (?) Papuan New Guinean - footballer.

Anton Kui (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Johnson Kuike (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Kungas Kuveu (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Timothy Lomai (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Levi Rumbewas (?) Papuan Indonesian - athlete and bodybuilder.

Arnold Krewanty (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

George Moni (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Brandy Peter (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Joseph Pombo (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Tumat Sugolik (?) Papuan New Guinean - boxer.

Rodney Pora (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Arebo Taumaku (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

Barry Wilson (?) Papuan New Guinean - rugby league footballer.

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A fair trial is guaranteed for all - unless you are the Birmingham Six

In the UK, in order to have a fair trial, there must be two absolutes:

1. The judge and jury of the court must be impartial and unbiased

2. Both sides must be heard – the defence and the prosecution

(Mehigan, 2019, p. 55).

However, these two factors are not always guaranteed and can lead to an unfair trial. For example, the jury are not legally trained and can allow their own personal experiences or feelings get in the way of proper judgement.

There are many other reasons why a fair trial cannot be guaranteed for all, including:

· Cuts to legal aids means it is harder for people to find proper representation (Mehigan, 2019, p. 58).

· Miscarriages of justice where innocent people are found guilty for crimes they did not commit

In this blog post, I will look at a miscarriage of justice as a result of an unfair trial by applying the principles of a fair trial to the events of the Birmingham Six trial to prove that a fair trial is not guaranteed for all.

A miscarriage of justice is described as someone who has been wrongly convicted of a crime (Naughton, 2014). This could be due to a number of factors such as:

· Human error in police investigation e.g. incompetency and wrong identity

· Purposefully wrongly convicted due to police corruption

(Naughton, 2014).

Having an unfair trial can lead to a miscarriage of justice – which is exactly what happened to the Birmingham Six. The Birmingham Six were men who had been falsely accused of bombing a pub in Birmingham (Mehigan, 2019, p. 69). Police were rushed to make an arrest and had beat confessions out of the men even when there was no substantial evidence to connect them to the crime.

The trial of the Birmingham Six went against the two elements of a fair trial:

1. Both sides were not evenly listened to: The prosecution’s forensic scientist had the legal resources and money to take swabs of the Six to find them the guilty party, whereas the defence team did not have the resources to do their own testing due to cuts to legal aids (McIlkenny & Ors, 1991, para. 114). Having access to proper representation is important, however, due to legal cuts this has an impact and reduces the chance to receive access to justice (Bach Commission, 2017). Therefore, this can lead to miscarriages of justice and unfair trials.

2. The judge was not impartial: He preferred the prosecution’s testimony of evidence despite the fact that it would have required further testing to prove anything. The judge asked the jury that if they believed the defence’s scientist, then it means the prosecution’s scientist must have been wasting his time and his career if they do not believe him (McIlkenny & Ors, 1991, para. 46). The judge was being biased and putting his opinion onto the jury, which meant there was no impartiality.

It is clear that the Birmingham Six did not receive a fair trial. There was a lack of strong defence due to legal aid cuts. They were not believed nor were they listened to and the judge’s biased opinion lead to the prejudice of the jury.

REFERENCES

BACH COMMISSION (2017). The Right to Justice, London, Fabian Society [online]. Available from: http://www.fabians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bach-Commission_Right-to-Justice-Report-WEB.pdf (Accessed 14 March 2020).

BIRMINGHAM LIVE (2007). Judge who jailed Birmingham Six dies. 27 November 2007 [image]. Available from: https://i2-prod.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article35700.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/8034B27C-B339-A724-84955F52B5C1720C.jpg (Accessed 18 March 2020).

MEHIGAN, J (2019). ‘The prosecution on trial’ in Downes, J., Kent, G., Mooney, G., Nightingale, A. and Scott, D. (eds.) Introduction to Criminology 2, Milton Keynes, The Open University, pp. 55–69.

R V MCILKENNY & ORS (1991). England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) [online]. Available from: https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5b46f1f72c94e0775e7ef24b (Accessed 12 March 2020).

NAUGHTON, M (2014). ‘Criminologizing wrongful convictions’, British Journal of Criminology, vol. 54, pp. 1148-1166.

RYAN, O (2015). On this day 24 years ago, the Birmingham Six were released. The Journal.Ie, 14 March 2015 [image]. Available from: https://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/1985614/original/?width=630&version=1985614 (Accessed 18 March 2020).

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LUCY MAKES CURTIS BYTE THE DUST

S1;E6 ~ November 1, 1986

Directed by Marc Daniels ~ Written by Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx

Synopsis

Lucy's attempt to computerize M&B Hardware results in a a shop full of lawnmowers and with Curtis listed in the obituary column.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Barker), Gale Gordon (Curtis McGibbon), Ann Dusenberry (Margo Barker McGibbon), Larry Anderson (Ted McGibbon), Jenny Lewis (Becky McGibbon), Philip Amelio (Kevin McGibbon), Donovan Scott (Leonard Stoner)

[For biographies of the Regular Cast, see “One Good Grandparent Deserves Another” (S1;E1)]

Guest Cast

Dave Madden (Stanley Bigelow) is probably best remembered for playing Reuben Kincaid, the manager of “The Partridge Family” (1970-74). He was a regular performer on “Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,” which (for some seasons) was programmed opposite “Here's Lucy.” Madden died in 2014 at age 82.

Stanley is a sales representative selling lawnmowers. His last name is only listed in the final credits but is not spoken aloud in the episodes.

Billy Van Zandt (Delivery Guy) is an actor and writer of more than 25 plays with Jane Millmore. A native of Red Bank, New Jersey, he is married to Adrienne Barbeau. In 1990, Van Zandt won an Emmy Award for “I Love Lucy: The First Show,” which introduced the long-lost pilot to TV viewers.

This was the eighth episode filmed, but it was aired sixth. “Life With Lucy” loses its time slot with an 8 share, the lowest to date and the second lowest of all those aired.

When Lucy activates the leaf blower and scatters seed packets all over the Hardware Store, Curtis says “We were hit by Hurricane Lucy.” In 1957's “Building a Bar-B-Q” (ILL S6;E24), Ricky says that he thinks the re-built monstrosity of a brick barbecue was caused by Hurricane Lucy.

Curtis: “You know me, always keeping up with the times.” Lucy: “Yeah, he's almost up to 1956.”

In 1956, Gale Gordon had finished playing Osgood Conklin on “Our Miss Brooks” and started a playing Harvey Box in “The Brothers” (aka “The Box Brothers”), a Desilu series that lasted just one season on CBS. Lucille Ball began 1956 with “I Love Lucy” touring Europe and ended it with the Ricardos and Mertzes visiting Cuba.

Bigelow (Stanley’s credited surname) was the name of a Department Store in Jamestown, New York, Lucille Ball's hometown that it is said rejected a teenage Ball when she applied for a job in their ribbon department! One of Lucille Ball's distant relatives was also named Bigelow. In the 1950s Lucy and Desi promoted Bigelow carpeting. She used the name Bigelow on both “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show” (above).

Stanley: [To Curtis] “We've been through a lot together. From the pot-bellied stove to the microwave. Then back to the pot belly.” [Pats Curtis's belly]

When Curtis compares the extinction of wild animals to the human race being replaced by computers, Lucy says he's been watching too much “Wild Kingdom.” “Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom” was an educational series about the lives of wild animals that aired on NBC from 1963 to 1988. Until 1984 it was hosted by zoologist Marlin Perkins.

Lucy: “Change is hard on everybody.”

In the episode, Lucy attaches file cards to the computer using magnets, which wipes out the inventory data. In reality, refrigerator magnets placed on the computer would not be strong enough to have caused any harm.

Curtis: [To Leonard, furious] “You gave our trash to the trash man?!?”

Using the computer, Lucy orders a lawnmower. She accidentally presses the ‘1′ key three times and orders 111 lawnmowers for a cost of $4,192.67! This means the push lawnmowers were wholesale priced at $37.77. Adjusting for inflation, that would be nearly $90 today.

Curtis: [To Lucy] “I'm dead!” Lucy: “You're not dead, you're just not a lot of fun.”

To straighten out Curtis's obituary, Lucy calls her friend at the newspaper, Carol. The name may be an homage to any or all of Lucille Ball's friends Carol Burnett, Carole Lombard, or Carole Cook. The unseen Carol tells Lucy she learned of Curtis's passing from the bank. Lucy used the computer to stop the check to Chadwick Mowers with the phrase “CM decreased” but types “CM deceased.” The bank interprets CM as Curtis McGibbon. [Only on television, folks!]

Lucy returns the computer, but buys a Robot named Rupert! In 1928, British schoolboys built a robot named Rupert which contained mechanical representations of human organs!

Curtis: [To Lucy] “Listen to me!” Lucy: “I don't have to, you're dead!”

On “The Lucy Show,” Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) installed a computer at the bank in “Lucy, the Superwoman” (TLS S4;E26)…

and again in “Lucy and Bob Crane” (TLS S4;E22). Both aired in 1966!

On a 1972 “Here's Lucy” Harry Carter (Gale Gordon) installed a giant computer named EXMO III in the office as “Lucy's Replacement” (HL S4;E19).

Prior to that Lucy Carter tried her hand at computer dating in 1968′s “Lucy the Matchmaker” (HL S1;E12). The comic payoff of most episodes featuring computers was having them short-circuit and run amok!

Lucy Carmichael encountered robots played by mime Larry Dean in “Lucy and the Ceramic Cat” (TLS S3;E16)...

and again in “Lucy and the Robot” (TLS S4;E23).

This Day in Lucy History ~ November 1st

"Mr. and Mrs. TV Show" (ILL S4;E5) – *November 1, 1954

* This episode's original broadcast was pre-empted. It eventually aired Monday, April 11, 1955.

“Lucy Helps Danny Thomas” (TLS S4;E7) – November 1, 1965

"Lucy and Her All-Nun Band" (HL S4;E8) – November 1, 1971

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College basketball’s top 100 players for 2019-2020 season: No. 100 through No. 51

Colorado’s Tyler Bey, Michigan’s Jon Teske, and Xavier’s Paul Scruggs all appear in our top 100 college basketball players countdown.

Counting down the top 100 players in college basketball for the 2019-2020 season.

We’re counting down the top 100 players in college basketball for the 2019-2020 season. Find players No. 50 to No. 1 in a separate post later today. — ed. note

100. Collin Gillespie, JR, G, Villanova

Gillespie was handed the keys to the Villanova offense a year ahead of schedule last season, and it showed. Expect him to benefit from that experience and be an all-conference performer for Jay Wright as a junior.

99. Daniel Oturu, SO, C, Minnesota

Oturu established himself as a fierce inside presence in his first collegiate season, leading all Big Ten freshmen in rebounding, field goal percentage and blocks. With Jordan Murphy and Amir Coffey gone, Oturu will have to thrive in an expanded role if the Golden Gophers are going to make it back to the NCAA tournament.

98. Tulio Da Silva, SR, F, Missouri State

The Brazil native and South Florida transfer was the MVC Newcomer of the Year last season while averaging 14.3 ppg and 7.4 rebounds. Da Silva, who set a school record for dunks last season with 42, will be the unquestioned star for a Missouri State team that is the preseason pick to win the Missouri Valley.

97. Jay Huff, JR, F, Virginia

Tony Bennett has a history of taking guys with pedestrian stat lines but a handful of flashes of brilliance and turning them into standouts by the time they’re juniors and seniors. Expect Huff, a 7’1 forward who can shoot the three and handle the rock a little bit, to be the next who follows that path.

96. Nathan Knight, SR, G, William & Mary

William & Mary is one of only four original Division I programs that has never made the NCAA tournament. It’s on Knight, who averaged 21.0 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game last season, to remove the Tribe from that dubious club in his final collegiate season.

95. Trent Frazier, JR, G, Illinois

Frazier has been Illinois’ most consistent performer over the last couple of down seasons, and figures to maintain that role in a year where the Illini hope to return as a national player. Ayo Dosunmu is the guy getting all the (deserved) NBA buzz, but Brad Underwood doesn’t get this team into the Big Dance unless Frazier performs like an all-conference caliber player.

94. Remy Martin, JR, G, Arizona State

The man with the perfect name to be a highly entertaining Arizona State point guard is back for his junior season after helping to lead the Sun Devils to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances for the first time in 30 years. Martin battled through injuries throughout his sophomore season, but still earned Second Team All-Pac-12 honors after averaging 14.2 points and a league-leading 6.2 assists per game.

93. Trent Forrest, SR, G, Florida State

Forrest, who has been nagged by injuries throughout his college career, will be the heart and soul of a Florida State team talented enough to once again be a threat to the top of the ACC. Forrest is a dogged defender and a consistent performer on the offensive end who’s always at his best when the stakes are the highest.

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92. Jordan Bowden, SR, G, Tennessee

Bowden and backcourt mate Lamonte Turner have had their fair share of shining moments in Knoxville already, but they’ve never stood directly in the spotlight. With the Grant Williams/Admiral Schofield era now a thing of the past, that’s all about to change. Bowden was a double-figure scorer a year ago, but his 10.6 ppg is going to need to increase if the Volunteers are going to make it back to the NCAA tournament’s second weekend.

91. Samuell Williamson, FR, F, Louisville

A late-blooming McDonald’s All-American, Williamson is a silky-smooth wing who should benefit greatly from the attention that preseason ACC Player of the Year Jordan Nwora is going to receive from opposing defenses.

90. Elijah Hughes, JR, G, Syracuse

Hughes was a surprise standout for Jim Boeheim last season, averaging 13.7 ppg in his first season after transferring in from East Carolina. He’s the only returning starter from last year’s 20-win team, and should be the Orange’s No. 1 option on offense this season.

89. Nick Rakocevic, SR, C, USC

Rakocevic may suit up for a program that has a reputation for being a little bipolar, but personally he’s about as reliable a player as there is in the Pac-12. He ranked among the Pac-12’s top-10 in six categories last season, scoring average (10th), rebounds (third), field goal percentage (eighth), blocked shots (fifth), offensive rebounds (first) and defensive rebounds (third).

88. A.J. Lawson, SO, G, South Carolina

Lawson averaged 13.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game while being forced to play more minutes than Frank Martin would have liked as a freshman. His 6’6 size makes him a matchup issue for pretty much every opponent on the Gamecocks’ 2019-20 schedule.

87. Chris Lykes, JR, G, Miami

The diminutive — he’s listed at 5’7 and that seems generous — Lykes figures to be one of college basketball’s most entertaining players in 2019-20. He ranked ninth in the ACC in scoring (16.2 ppg) last season and figures to have an even bigger green light as a junior. That’s welcome news for a guy who seems willing to pull up from just about any spot across halfcourt.

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86. Joe Wieskamp, SO, G, Iowa

Assuming Jordan Bohannon is never healthy enough to play this season, Wieskamp is going to be the guy for Fran McCaffery. He’s already an established marksman from the outside, but Wieskamp’s offensive game will need to become a bit more diversified if he’s going to approach the overall numbers Hawkeye fans would expect to see from a healthy Bohannon.

85. Jared Butler, SO, G, Baylor

Baylor found its stride last season when Butler found his and began running the show for the Bears at the point. He averaged 10.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game for a Baylor squad that advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament, but which has loftier aspirations in 2019-20.

84. Jahmius Ramsey, FR, G, Texas Tech

The former five-star recruit significantly upped expectations for his freshman season by dropping 44 points in one of Texas Tech’s August exhibition games in the Bahamas. Ramsey figures to be one of the offensive focal points for a Red Raider team looking to replace the production of Jarrett Culver, Matt Mooney and Tariq Owens from last season’s national runner-up squad.

83. Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, FR, F, Villanova

Trying to predict who’s going to do what for this year’s Villanova team feels damn near impossible. Jay Wright has a bunch of similar pieces to work with, and it’s likely going to take a bit of time to figure out who goes where. A super versatile 6’9 wing, Robinson-Earl feels like the ‘Nova newcomer best equipped to come in and be consistently productive from night one on. He’ll be a double-double threat every time he steps on the court this season.

82. Admon Gilder, SR, G, Gonzaga

One of the top grad transfers in the country, Gilder comes to Gonzaga by way of Texas A&M, where he was forced to miss all of last season with a blood clot in his right bicep. Before that, he was the driving force for two highly successful Aggie teams. Gilder averaged 12.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists for a Sweet 16-bound Texas A&M team in 2017-18, and 13.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists the year before that.

81. Paul Scruggs, JR, G, Xavier

Naji Marshall is going to be the frontman for this year’s Xavier team, but Scruggs showed glimpses down the stretch of last season that he has the ability to be an All-Big East performer. He was terrific in March, most notably when he scored 28 points and handed out seven assists in the Musketeers’ overtime loss to Villanova in the Big East tournament semifinals.

80. Kahlil Whitney, FR, F, Kentucky

Another five-star Kentucky freshman, it’ll be interesting to see exactly what role Whitney winds up playing for this year’s UK team. Whatever role it is, Whitney’s freak athleticism and ability to play and defend multiple positions demands that it’s going to be a prominent one.

79. Omer Yurtseven, JR, C, Georgetown

The versatile 7-footer averaged 13.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for NC State in 2017-18 before deciding it was time for a change of scenery. He’ll fill the void left by the graduation of Jessie Govan, and should serve as the perfect compliment to the explosive backcourt duo of James Akinjo and Mac McClung.

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78. Ochai Agbaji, SO, G, Kansas

Agbaji’s redshirt was burned in the middle of last season out of necessity, and he responded more impressively than Bill Self could have ever imagined. He hit a bit of a wall down the stretch but still posted respectable — all things considered — averages of 8.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for the season. If his outside shot improves enough, he’ll have all the tools necessary to help Kansas make a run at the national title and then bolt for the greener pastures of the NBA.

77. Dejon Jarreau, JR, G, Houston

In 2018, Rob Gray passed the torch to Corey Davis Jr., who then passed it on to Jarreau after the Cougars had their hearts broken by Kentucky in the Sweet 16 last March. A former top-50 recruit, Jarreau was impressive enough last season to earn the AAC Sixth Man of the Year award despite playing just 18 minutes per game. With its three starting guards from last season all gone, Jarreau will be asked to do much more in 2019-20.

76. Davide Moretti, JR, G, Texas Tech

As a sophomore last season, Moretti became the only player in the history of the Big 12 to shoot at least 50 percent from the floor, 50 percent three, and 90 percent from the free-throw line in a season. He’ll be asked to up his scoring output now that Jarrett Culver is getting paid to play the game.

75. Tyler Bey, JR, F, Colorado

With McKinley Wright injured last season, Bey stepped up to lead the Buffs with 13.6 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 54.1 percent from the field. Now Bey is ready to team up again with a healthy Wright to form what should be one of the best inside-outside duos in the country this season.

74. Precious Achiuwa, FR, F, Memphis

The “other” five-star freshman on Memphis’ loaded 2019-20 squad, Achiuwa should reap the benefits of the extreme amount of attention James Wiseman will receive from opposing defenses. His ability to knock down the outside shot should also allow the Tigers to adequately space the floor in Penny Hardaway’s halfcourt sets.

73. Javonte Smart, SO, G, LSU

Smart had an ... interesting ... freshman season in which he averaged 11.1 points and 2.4 assists per game. He was sensational at times, most notably when he scored 29 points in an 82-80 OT win over Tennessee that proved to be the deciding factor in LSU claiming the SEC’s regular-season championship. His production should increase as a sophomore as he steps into the role previously occupied by Tiger star Tremont Waters.

72. Xavier Johnson, SO, G, Pittsburgh

Johnson was a monster for Pitt in his freshman season, breaking the school’s 34-year-old freshman scoring record and establishing himself as the only player in Division I to average at least 15.5 points and 4.5 assists per game. He achieved those offensive numbers despite often being asked to defend the opposition’s best player on the other end of the floor.

71. Matt Haarms, JR, C, Purdue

The man with arguably the best head of hair in college basketball is back to man the middle for another year in West Lafayette. The 7’3 Haarms is an established defensive force who will be looking to improve his numbers (9.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.1 bpg) in a season where the Boilermakers figure to be less reliant on the outside shot.

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70. Mustapha Heron, SR, G, St. John’s

The cupboard isn’t entirely bare for new St. John’s head coach Mike Anderson. In his first year after transferring in from Auburn, Heron averaged a solid 14.6 ppg last season, but often seemed unsure of how to coexist in a backcourt also occupied by score-crazy point guard Shamorie Ponds. Ponds is gone now, which means Heron and fellow veteran guard LJ Figueroa should have an opportunity to post some gaudy numbers on a team that will be otherwise extremely thin on scoring.

69. Jon Teske, SR, C, Michigan

Already one of the top interior defenders in college basketball, Teske became a legitimate offensive threat for the first time in his college career last season. If his improvement on the end of the floor continues, he should be one of the most well-rounded big men in the country this season as a senior.

68. Lamine Diane, SO, Cal State Northridge

The best player in the country you’ve never heard of, last season Diane became the first ever Big West player to win the conference’s Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year awards all in the same season. He broke single-season school records for points (818), rebounds (368), field goals made (340), blocks (72) and double-doubles (20), and was also the only player in the country to average above 24 points (24.8), 10 rebounds (11.2) and two blocks (2.2).

67. Xavier Sneed, SR, G, Kansas State

Sneed is the top returning scorer (10.9), rebounder (5.5), three-point shooter, and minutes leader (30.7) from a Kansas State squad that shared the Big 12 regular-season title with Texas Tech in 2018-19. He’s also the player most responsible for making sure the Wildcats don’t take a dramatic step backwards in 2019-20.

66. Aaron Henry, SO, F, Michigan State

Henry entered the starting lineup midway through last season, and every now and then provided Michigan State fans with a glimpse into a very bright future. He can knock down the outside shot, he’s explosive when he needs to be, and his Miles Bridges-esque frame should allow him to be one of the better finishers in the Big Ten this season. He also figures to have more opportunities than originally expected with Josh Langford (who would be on this list if healthy) sidelined until at least January, Henry is going to be an NBA Draft pick, the only question is when.

65. Bryce Aiken, SR, G, Harvard

Aiken enters his senior season with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. His junior year ended prematurely after he dropped 38 points in the Ivy League tournament championship game, but still saw his top-seeded Harvard squad upended by arch-rival Yale. The Crimson are the overwhelming favorites to win the Ivy in 2019-20, and Aiken, who dropped 33 or more points in four of the 17 games he played in last year, is the pundits’ pick to once again be the conference’s top performer.

64. John Mooney, SR, F, Notre Dame

Mooney was the lone bright spot in an otherwise dismal season for Mike Brey and Notre Dame in 2018-19. He led the ACC in rebounding at 11.2 rpg, and his 20 double-doubles were six more than any other player in the conference. Mooney figures to have significantly more help in his final college season.

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63. Nojel Eastern, JR, G, Purdue

A Big Ten All-Defensive Team selection a year ago, Eastern will be asked to up his offensive production now that All-American Carsen Edwards and senior sharpshooter Ryan Cline have moved on. Despite playing on the wing, Eastern led the Boilermakers in rebounding a year ago at 5.5 rpg.

62. Antoine Davis, SO, G, Detroit Mercy

The nation’s leading returning scorer at 26.1 ppg, Davis was outscored last season by only Campbell’s Chris Clemons (30 ppg) and Hofstra’s Justin Wright-Foreman (27 ppg). Davis became the first freshman ever to lead the Horizon League in scoring, and his 132 three-pointers broke the Division I record for triples by a freshman that had previously been held by Stephen Curry. Expect the coach’s son to fill it up at an even higher clip for the Titans this season.

61. Josh Green, FR, F, Arizona

Nico Mannion is the Arizona freshman everyone is talking about, but Green is going to get his fair share of headlines during the season as well. The Australian native is an off the charts athlete who has the potential to be the perfect running mate with Mannion in transition.

60. Neemias Queta, SO, C, Utah State

One of the nation’s most surprising freshman stars last season, Queta shattered Utah State’s previous single-season blocks record of 59 by swatting 84 in his first collegiate season. He also led the team in rebounding at 8.9 rpg and ranked second in scoring at 11.8 ppg. Expect Queta’s second season with the Aggies to be his last before bolting for the NBA.

59. Charles Bassey, SO, C, Western Kentucky

Everyone assumed Bassey’s first season at Western Kentucky would be his only season at Western Kentucky, but here we are. Bassey was the C-USA Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year after averaging a team-best 14.6 points, 10 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game in 2018-19. There aren’t many teams in the country, and there certainly isn’t another one in Conference USA, that have an inside presence who can do the types of things Bassey can do.

58. Kellan Grady, JR, G, Davidson

A First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection last season, Grady ranked third in the conference in scoring at 17.3 points per game. He eclipsed the 20-point mark on 13 occasions, including a 31-point effort in Davidson’s final game of the season, an NIT loss to Lipscomb.

57. Skylar Mays, SR, G, LSU

Mays was the only LSU player to start all 35 games last season, averaging 13.4 points per game for the SEC regular season champions. He’ll be asked to shoulder a larger chunk of the offensive load with Tremont Waters now cashing checks from the Boston Celtics.

56. Lamonte Turner, SR, G, Tennessee

Injuries delayed the start of Turner’s 2018-19, but the former SEC Sixth Man of the Year still wound up averaging 10.9 points, 3.8 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game on that loaded Volunteers squad. He’ll be asked to up that points per game average in his final collegiate season as Tennessee adjusts to life without Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield.

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55. Grant Riller, SR, G, Charleston

An extremely safe bet to win CAA Player of the Year and finish in the top 10 nationally in scoring, Riller is coming off a junior season in which he averaged 21.9 ppg and shot just a hair short of 54 percent from the field. He set a single game school record when he scored 43 points in a 99-95 loss to Hofstra last February.

54. Derek Culver, SO, C, West Virginia

Bob Huggins was forced to throw his freshmen into the fire last season, and Culver came out looking like a true Targaryen. The big man averaged 11.5 points and 9.9 rebounds per game on the season, and his eight double-doubles in conference play were the most of any player in the Big 12.

53. Reggie Perry, SO, F, Mississippi State

After flirting with a professional turn, Perry ultimately opted to return to Starkville after a freshman season in which he seemed to just brush the surface of his potential. He averaged a respectable 9.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, but struggled with consistency. That inconsistency figures to be a thing of the past if his play this summer — when he earned Most Valuable Player honors at the FIBA U19 World Cup — is any indication.

52. Marcus Evans, SR, G, VCU

Despite dealing with injuries throughout his college career, Evans has been a First Team All-Conference selection in each of his three collegiate seasons. A year ago, he averaged a team-high 13.6 points, 3.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game for a VCU squad that dominated the Atlantic 10.

51. James Akinjo, SO, G, Georgetown

Georgetown fans are heading into the 2019-20 season dreaming about a return to the Hoya glory of the 1980s (and 2007). The biggest reason why might be Akinjo, who earned Big East Freshman of the Year honors last season after averaging 13.4 points and 5.4 assists per game for a Georgetown team that surprised many by winning 19 games and finishing tied for third in the final league standings.

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Досье на жителей Готэма [Визитка]

by fandom Gobblepot and bits of Gotham 2023 (fandom_Gobblepot)

Words: 0, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Русский

Fandoms: Gotham (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Jim Gordon, Oswald Cobblepot, Harvey Bullock, Ivy Pepper, Bruce Wayne, Edward Nygma, Alfred Pennyworth, Barbara Kean, Leslie Thompkins, Lucius Fox, Carmine Falcone, Fish Mooney, Jerome Valeska, Jeremiah Valeska, Kristen Kringle, Victor Fries, Ecco, Bridgit Pike

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Observations from ‘92 WWF Episodes of Superstars

After years of demand, the WWE Network has finally uploaded episodes of WWF Superstars, although not without a catch. They can’t yet upload any episodes before April 18, 1992, which is when the show’s named was shortened from Superstars of Wrestling to simply Superstars due to some legal wrangling over the “Of Wrestling” part. This date also happens to be just a couple of weeks after I was born, so please begin your conspiracy theories on how these two events are somehow related.

Regardless of the controversy, these episodes are a blast. Each hour is packed with the perfect amount of nostalgia and leaves you wanting more. Wrestling on Saturday mornings as a concept may seem like a such strange one to audiences in 2019, but there’s so much to these episodes that three-hour Monday Night Raws can certainly learn from. It’s also a nice glimpse into what the WWF was like in 1992, which was just as much a transitional year on-screen as it were a tumultuous one off of it. Allegations of steroids and sex abuse had damaged the WWF’s public image, familiar faces who’d been on the roster for the past several years were beginning to disappear seemingly by the week, and the wrestling business in general had entered a recession. Perhaps the biggest game-changer was the absence of Hulk Hogan, which caused Vince McMahon to start shifting focus to the likes of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.

I’ve been breezing on through these episodes as of late. They’re a sweet treat that goes down easy, like a tube of mini M&M’s. I’m up to July 1992 in my binge watch, and here’s the most notable stuff from them so far:

The WBF and Grade-A Beef

The first few months of episodes on the Network are stuffed with Vince hyping his failed venture into bodybuilding, the World Bodybuilding Federation. He can’t stop talking about the weekly show WBF Bodystars, the WBF magazine, and the upcoming the WBF pay-per-view special (which turned out to be a commercial dud and ultimately spelt the end for the organization). Worst of all, he refers to both his wrestlers and bodybuilders as “100% Grade-A Beef” which makes me vomit just thinking about it. Note to anyone: referring to any appendage on your body as any sort of meat is disgusting. Seriously, I get grossed out when dudes on Grindr refer to their piece as “beef.” It’s just not a good look. Interestingly enough, a few of the articles in the WBF magazine talk about the dangers of steroids, which feels like Vince desperately trying to deflect attention of himself. This also marks the beginning of the ICOPRO era and to be honest, all these years later, I still don’t know what the fuck Vince was thinking if he believed the kids in the audience would’ve cared about creatine.

Unscripted Promos

Each episode features cuts to the Event Center hosted by Sean Mooney, where the superstars give promos on their feuds, grudges, house show programs, plans to challenge Bush Sr. and Clinton in the presidential election, etc. The magic of these promos, outside of the excellent characterized green-screen backgrounds, is how unscripted and ad-libbed they are. In a time where superstars are now force fed lines from TV writers, there’s something about this approach that feels so refreshing in contrast. Truthfully, a lot of what comes out of these guys’ mouths is nonsense but, in a way, that’s precisely why it comes off more realistic. If a reporter held a mic to Tom Brady right after his umpteenth Super Bowl win, chances are that he’s not gonna give this five-star, ultra-rehearsed promo. He’ll probably ramble on a bit, give a vaguely satisfying answer, and move on. The characters and storylines are still campy as hell, but still feels like something within the realm of real-time sports. That’s exactly how this era works best.

The Fan Reaction Shots Are Everything

These episodes also unintentionally serve as audiovisual evidence of what human beings in 1992 looked like, in case you didn’t know. As with anything in the early ‘90s, there’s a lot in terms of fashion that still makes everything look like the ‘80s. The hair is still pretty big and teased out, the neon is bright and unrelenting, and you’re bound to find a few dads in the crowd with some pretty thick mustaches (and if there’s isn’t a mustache, you can except some thick-rimmed glasses instead). Crowd reaction shots are an underrated aspect of getting an angle or character to over to the audience. A more modern example would be that shocked, hapless Edvar Munch painting of a man when the Undertaker lost at WrestleMania 30. Here is no exception. I particularly love the shots of terrified children when Papa Shango walks down the aisle, most notably an adorable little red-headed child who looks like he just saw a ghost.

Cartoon Violence! Cartoon Violence Everywhere!

At some point during the early ‘90s, the WWF had successfully captured the feel of a darkly humorous comic book, and these episodes boast plenty of it. The Berzerker tries to stab The Undertaker with a viking sword! Rick Martel stealing Tatanka’s feathers and blinding him with cologne! The Repo Man hanging the British Bulldog! The Mountie shocking Sgt. Slaughter with a jumbo-sized shock stick! What makes these angles so fun is that they’re completely ridiculous yet manage to stay true to the characters. Of course The Repo Man wouldn’t just use a steel chair or any other ringside weapon on the Bulldog. Of course The Model would try to maim Tatanka while also promoting his signature fragrance. Sure, Lou Thesz wouldn’t have liked it, but you can’t deny it sells the characters to the audience pretty well.

The Papa Shango/The Ultimate Warrior Saga

And speaking of a darkly humorous comic book, the Papa Shango/Ultimate Warrior feud is perhaps the most infamous of this particular era in Looney Tunes hijinks. As you may know, this involved Shango putting a curse on the Warrior, which later caused the Warrior to spew green vomit Exorcist-style and have black goo drip out of his head. A visual feast, indeed. The craziest part is that none of this resulted in a huge blowoff on TV, which would be considered a cardinal sin in today’s climate. It was instead used to promote house matches between the two. Maybe they thought people in Fort Wayne, Indiana or wherever the fuck would attend their shows hoping Warrior would puke all over them? I don’t know, but I can’t help but the feel all of this was supposed to be some sort of artistic statement. Was this commentary on our collective ennui? A hard look at the appropriation of Haitian voodoo in pop culture? An obscure nod to the then-recent fall of the Soviet Union? Send me your thesis papers, grad students!

The Big Bossman Deserved to Get His Ass Kicked

The Bossman/Nailz feud has aged poorly. It was easier for viewers to gobble up the narrative the WWF were trying to sell back in 1992 but we, in 2019, know better due to the shift in rhetoric surrounding law enforcement and the abuse of power that system can often breed. If you’re not familiar, promos began to air in the spring of ’92 where a mysterious voice accused the Big Bossman of abusing him when he was in prison. The man later turned out to be Nailz, who then attacked the Bossman on an episode of Superstars and gave him an absolutely brutal thrashing.

And the Bossman deserved it. You see, for as much as Vince McMahon tried selling the Bossman’s innocence, there’s plenty of evidence supporting Nailz’ allegations. From day 1 of his WWF tenure, the Bossman loved to beat poor, defenseless jobbers with his nightstick and handcuff them to the ropes, even when he turned into a happy, smiley babyface. In fact, right before Nailz beats him up, he can be seen taking his anger out on a barely conscious jobber. It’s not that much of a stretch to believe he did the same to several of his inmates in Cobb County. And don’t even get me started on the Confederate flag on the Bossman’s sleeve, or else this post will take a seriously dark turn on the extent of his brutality and prejudice. When you consider all of that, is there any surprise this is the same man who killed Al Snow’s dog and crashed the funeral for Big Show’s dad later in the Attitude Era?

The Tornado’s Last Spin

I hate to discuss an even darker topic, but I was so stricken by how these episodes are essentially some of the last recorded moments of Kerry Von Erich’s career and, ultimately, his life. It’s often forgotten that he lingered on in the WWF until August of ’92. He was arrested for forging painkiller prescriptions in February, which led to his suspension from the company. He made his return to the ring two months later and would toil around on the undercard for the next four months before leaving/getting released altogether. It’s next-level tragic to watch him cut promos on repurposing his life toward God and his family, knowing he’s making allusions to all the trouble he’s found himself in. It’s even sadder knowing how much more trouble he’d find himself in before his untimely death, including a possible prison sentence that, had he served fully, wouldn’t have seen him released just a few years ago.

The Jobbers Are Ugly

This is going to sound mean, but the jobbers on these shows are not attractive men. I mean, seriously, some of these dudes look like they just got off their shift at the local liquor store before they hit the arena for their scheduled thrashing. I do wonder how much of this was a deliberate choice by the bookers themselves. You need guys who are going to make Nailz and Sgt. Slaughter look appealing by comparison because that only enhances their star power. The lone exception to this rule is Ron Cumberledge, who would be classified as a hunk in any decade. A true renaissance journey man.

Squash Matches Galore

Even if you’re only slightly familiar with the WWF’s old syndicated weekend shows, you’d know most of the matches were these quick squashes where a superstar would easily trounce one of the jobbers I discussed previously. Matches between name superstars would only happen occasionally on TV, as it this was still an era where those were kept to draw buys to pay-per-views and house shows. While it would be highly unrealistic for the WWE to just revert back to them 100%, and they still do them on the main roster occasionally, it’s definitely something they’d benefit using more. And don’t just give your top talent squares either. In these episodes, Virgil gets squash matches. The Bushwhackers get squash matches. Repo Man gets squash matches. Obviously none of these guys were key players or anything, but it still gave them TV time and wins under their belt. Imagine if they did that today for, like, No Way Jose or Dana Brooke. It doesn’t seem like much, but it goes a long way in building credibility to your roster.

So that’s that. Or at least for now, anyway. I’ve still got plenty more episodes to watch for 1992, and who knows? Maybe in the future the Network will upload episodes from 1993, 1994, and so on. In the meantime, I’ll go back to chilling out, binge-watching, and daydreaming about Ron Cumberledge.

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Southwest Sound and Fury! A Short Overview of Indie and Punk in New Mexico by David Ensminger (Special thanks to Jobrian Stammer)

By and large, New Mexico is a wind-swept, arid slice of the U.S. known as the home to the nuclear bomb; vast white sands; an occasional gritty city; stretched-out Albuquerque, the notorious backdrop to Breaking Bad; uber modern popsters The Shins; and hot-pounding drummer extraordinaire Randolpho Francisco "Randy" Castillo, from Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue. It has nonetheless produced a startling punk community, especially from the 1990s until today.

In the 1960s, frat-rock, big beat, and garage nugget style music held some sway, in which King Richard and the Knights instrumental surfy forays broke through the din, while The Kreeg offered up desert-rock tuneage and Fe-Fi-Four Plus 2 unleashed psychedelic noodling.

Flash forward a few decades, though, starting with the time that band like Jerry’s Kidz electrified the state at joints like B&M (behind a lock shop), where Conflict from Arizona would stop by for insurgent gigs in 1983.

That same year Jerry’s Kidz released their opus “Well Fed Society,” a well-produced, manic, guitar-slathered, incisive EP (sonically resting between Secret Hate, Los Olvidados, and the F.U.’s) on Test Site; the fine-lined horror punk graphics by Jaime Trujillo (who sketched for Mutual Oblivion zine too) are grim, death-teeming, and memorable as Pushead, firmly within the skate-punk aesthetic (a shreddin’ skeleton leers on the back cover), while the tunes like “Marionetts” and “DWI” are smoldering bash’n’rock embodying frantic pre-hardcore rage and rigor. Check out the cut’n’paste images of E.T, skate crews, and the band in action on the insert. Singer David Duran soon joined Clown Alley, legendary mid-1980s Bay Area metal-punk provocateurs featuring Lori Black (later of Melvins fame), the daughter of Shirley Temple, who released Circus of Chaosfor Alchemy Records.

On the new wave and power pop spectrum, The Philisteens, a slightly geeky but fluid and focused power trio unit, were tightly coiled and electrifying, producing tuneful, hi-energy fare that reminds one of agile Code Blue meets a meatier version of the Police. Their gigs drew boisterous crowds at the likes of the Student Union Ballroom at the University of New Mexico, while the groovy light dance-pop of the Muttz (from Taos) drew similar college crowds, as did Beverly’s Boyfriend, who embraced Pat Benatar formulas. Most bizarre, though, might be The Wet Sox, a homegrown version of UB40 that played “NM Funk Rock Reggae.”

By the 1990s, though, punk had metastasized as the hammering genre of choice for many antsy, dissenting, feral, and fierce desert youth looking for kicks.

Santa Fe, a tourist-heavy enclave in the northern half where one can smell pine nuts roasting in the biting chill, somehow delivered Logical Nonsense to the world, who were grabbed up first by Very Small, then Alternative Tentacles, by the late 1990s. Their wall-of-noise and scum/thrash/grind/powerviolence is menacing and seemingly out-of-whack with the Polaroid picture, pueblo-lined nature of the city. Try the metallic “Death Approach.” One member later helped form Econarchy in 2013, a grind/hardcore unit known for releases like Economy Monarchy. Others in the 2000s, like Laughing Dog, bottled the grindcore method too.

On the southern tip, Las Cruces has been often overshadowed by its larger, West Texas sister city El Paso, which burgeoned with punk, from the Plugz and Rhythm Pigs to At the Drive-In. Often, lonely Las Cruces suffered brain drain, like the five punks who ventured north to Albuquerque in the mid-1990s to form the rockabilly-punk Jonny Cats, whose “Burning Rubber” 7" (American Low Fidelity) is a pomade-drenched motorcycle classic. In recent years, Local Crap Records took up the slack in town, producing bands like The Casual Fridays and Homegrown Outlaws.

For years, the underground music scenes clustered in Albuquerque, centered mostly around Central Ave. and the university neighborhoods, where cheap rent, dry bursts of oven-like heat, abundant diners and eateries, as well as armies of skittering roaches were the norm. Record stores like Mind Over Matter, Natural Sound, Bow Wow Records, and Drop Out Records became epicenters.

Meanwhile, rock’n’roll clubs offered cheap thrills, from small dives like collegiate Fat Chance, all ages Club 909, and the murky Dingo Bar, which booked the likes of Mike Watt, Unsane, God Bullies, and the Cows, to Golden West Saloon, which hosted road shows by the dozens, from Brainiac and L7 to the Dickies, Pegboy, and Jon Spencer. The sister venue to Golden West was the much larger El Rey, which held terrific nights of brazen underground rock’n’roll, like co-billed Jawbreaker and No Means No drawing 1,000 kids.

Unfortunately, the Golden West Saloon, in the hands of the Kathy Zimmer family since 1929, when her grandfather erected it, was ravaged by fire in 2008, after a linseed soaked rag in a plastic container spontaneously combusted, not long after the Business gigged there.

Such spaces nourished locals like Elephant. Not unlike the Pixies, they were a tight, dual-gendered, gravely rock’n’punk outfit that released two singles and an album on Resin Records, a start-up label that incubated a variety of acts, like Bring Back Dad, ALLUCANEAT, Treadmill, Flake, and more. In fact, Flake toured out West on occasion, opening for notables like Archers of Loaf, Rocket From the Crypt and Yo La Tengo. They also cut the tune “Deluca” for a split single with Henry’s Dress, for Omnibus Records, and the Spork EP for Science Project before renaming and rebranding as The Shins.

Meanwhile, Big Damn Crazy Weight, whose thudding, thundering “Tijeras” 7” (on Resin) recalls the era of Amphetamine Reptile, landed a single, “Mighty As Well,” that debuted on Sub Pop in Oct. 1992.

Resin’s prime act was The Drags, the delirious three-piece garage ensemble that soon took up residence on Empty and Estrus Records, who released three of their non-stop action albums, including Dragsploitation … Now! Try the scurvy surf beater “$7 Bologna” or the full-bore smash’n’pummel “Shovel Fight,” a little like early Makers, or “Elongated Man,” a head-spinning mash-up of the Ramones, Ventures, and Man or Astroman? They even appear on The Sore Losers soundtrack alongside Jack Oblivion, ’68 Comeback, and Los Diablos Del Sol. And in a true testament to their stripped-to-the-bone, wild-ass charms, Rocket From The Crypt covered their “Allergic Reaction” on RFTC’s EP On a Rope in 1992.

On the poppier spectrum, bands were aplenty, like the Alarm Clock, Young Adults, and the Ponies, but the persistently tuneful Rondelles (also members of LuxoChamp) drew the attention of Grist-Milling, Teenbeat, K, and Smells Like Records, producing fare that is garagey, smart, lean, and wooly. They eventually hightailed to Washington D.C. and toured with the likes of Mooney Suzuki before imploding. On the emo side of things, Silver, featuring writer David Ensminger on drums, self-released a 45 single as well as a split single with roiling Midwest greaser punks Nitro Jr. Guitarist Jobrian Stammer, currently a noted tattooist, continued in acts like Rollover 45, Better Off Dead, and more recently, the venal distorted grit of Losing It.

In 1994, the tongue-tying, indie rock Triskadeckaphobia released “Lady Brown” on Superstition Records, while Luxo Champ (punchy keyboard punk ala Servotron) released their self-titled EP on Super 8 Underground, including titanic tunes like Spacerobotactionfun! Scared of Chaka blitzkrieged the states with their manic Dickies-meets-Marked Men energy, producing numerous quintessential cuts for 702, Sub City, Hopeless, and Empty Records, including a split with Word Salad for Science Project. As their more obscure counterparts, Word Salad pursued the dark side relentlessly, cutting drum-heavy grind for Prank, Dogshit Recurdz, and Hater of God.

Meanwhile, three adept sisters (Gel, Laura, and Lisa Baca) formed the core of the Eyeliners (formerly Psychodrama), who remain one of the state’s most prolific and recognized exports. Their stealthy pop-punk fare quickly rose to the top of the heap, making labels like Sympathy for the Record Industry, Lookout! Records, and even Blackheart Records scramble for them. Chew on "Here Comes Trouble" for snotty, leather-jacketed, melodic fury.

Meanwhile, young guns from Albuquerque over the last decade continue to ply their trade, like trad-punkers Party Vikings, the hybrid metal minders Leeches of Lore, and Russian Girlfriends, a nimble hardcore unit reminiscent of a thrashier version of early Asexuals or Samiam, whose debut LP was released by Orange Whip Records. Doomed to Exist (brute distortion that sounds like Japanese d-beat), Wulff, Lucia, Twelve Titans, Honorable Death, Embelisk, and Cobra Vs. Mongoose shred too, filling up places venues like the Launchpad, American Legion Post 49, and the Armory.

In addition, SceneXSplitter is now one of the self-made DIY media outlets that keeps the city abuzz.

Though most of the country thinks the southwest is a weird void, desert youth will never recede and keep quiet in the dustbin of history.

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Interesting Papers for Week 6, 2017

A shared numerical representation for action and perception. Anobile, G., Arrighi, R., Togoli, I., & Burr, D. C. (2016). eLife, 5, 265–270.

Stochastic Induction of Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression. Antunes, G., Roque, A. C., & Simoes-de-Souza, F. M. (2016). Scientific Reports, 6, 30899.

On the Encoding of Panoramic Visual Scenes in Navigating Wood Ants. Buehlmann, C., Woodgate, J. L., & Collett, T. S. (2016). Current Biology, 26(15), 2022–2027.

Hierarchical Relative Entropy Policy Search. Daniel, C., Neumann, G., Kroemer, O., & Peters, J. (2016). Journal of Machine Learning Research, 17(93), 1–50.

Sublayer-Specific Coding Dynamics during Spatial Navigation and Learning in Hippocampal Area CA1. Danielson, N. B., Zaremba, J. D., Kaifosh, P., Bowler, J., Ladow, M., & Losonczy, A. (2016). Neuron, 91(3), 652–665.

Distinct lateral inhibitory circuits drive parallel processing of sensory information in the mammalian olfactory bulb. Geramita, M. A., Burton, S. D., & Urban, N. N. (2016). eLife, 5, 399–411.

Distinct roles of visual, parietal, and frontal motor cortices in memory-guided sensorimotor decisions. Goard, M. J., Pho, G. N., Woodson, J., & Sur, M. (2016). eLife, 5, 471–477.

Identification of a Retinal Circuit for Recurrent Suppression Using Indirect Electrical Imaging. Greschner, M., Heitman, A. K., Field, G. D., Li, P. H., Ahn, D., Sher, A., … Chichilnisky, E. J. (2016). Current Biology, 26(15), 1935–1942.

Complementary mechanisms create direction selectivity in the fly. Haag, J., Arenz, A., Serbe, E., Gabbiani, F., & Borst, A. (2016). eLife, 5, 2247–2253.

A Distributed Recurrent Network Contributes to Temporally Precise Vocalizations. Hamaguchi, K., Tanaka, M., & Mooney, R. (2016). Neuron, 91(3), 680–693.

Spontaneous Synaptic Activation of Muscarinic Receptors by Striatal Cholinergic Neuron Firing. Mamaligas, A. A., & Ford, C. P. (2016). Neuron, 91(3), 574–586.

The sense of body ownership relaxes temporal constraints for multisensory integration. Maselli, A., Kilteni, K., López-Moliner, J., & Slater, M. (2016). Scientific Reports, 6, 30628.

Automatic Segmentation of Drosophila Neural Compartments Using GAL4 Expression Data Reveals Novel Visual Pathways. Panser, K., Tirian, L., Schulze, F., Villalba, S., Jefferis, G. S. X. E., Bühler, K., & Straw, A. D. (2016). Current Biology, 26(15), 1943–1954.

A neural substrate for object permanence in monkey inferotemporal cortex. Puneeth, N. C., & Arun, S. P. (2016). Scientific Reports, 6, 30808.

Spatial tuning and brain state account for dorsal hippocampal CA1 activity in a non-spatial learning task. Shan, K. Q., Lubenov, E. V, Papadopoulou, M., & Siapas, A. G. (2016). eLife, 5, 1368–1374.

Working memory gating mechanisms explain developmental change in rule-guided behavior. Unger, K., Ackerman, L., Chatham, C. H., Amso, D., & Badre, D. (2016). Cognition, 155, 8–22.

Projection-Specific Dynamic Regulation of Inhibition in Amygdala Micro-Circuits. Vogel, E., Krabbe, S., Gründemann, J., Wamsteeker Cusulin, J. I., & Lüthi, A. (2016). Neuron, 91(3), 644–651.

Great apes and children infer causal relations from patterns of variation and covariation. Völter, C. J., Sentís, I., & Call, J. (2016). Cognition, 155, 30–43.

Anatomical imbalance between cortical networks in autism. Watanabe, T., & Rees, G. (2016). Scientific Reports, 6, 31114.

Cue-independent memory impairment by reactivation-coupled interference in human declarative memory. Zhu, Z., Wang, Y., Cao, Z., Chen, B., Cai, H., Wu, Y., & Rao, Y. (2016). Cognition, 155, 125–134.

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Close your eyes, and it could be the president of the United States talking.

Sipping tea with Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo in a Ming-dynasty temple is a surreal experience. Fleetingly, it conjures up images of what it'd be like to meet his half-brother - Barack Obama - for this African-American émigré to China bears a striking resemblance to his Nobel Peace Prize-winning sibling. And despite having grown up on opposite sides of the world - Barack with his mother in Hawaii and Mark with their Kenyan father in Nairobi - the half-brothers share mannerisms, including a politician's gift for putting people at ease.

We had arranged to meet in Shenzhen's Baoan district. Ndesandjo's assistant, George, escorted me through a leafy park on a golf buggy to a secluded building. The imposing, tall wooden doors opened from the inside and we were guided through a series of private, tranquil courtyards until we reached the Yuan Baoyuan teahouse, where Ndesandjo emerged from the main hall.

In the flesh, he is a force. Dressed head to toe in black, with an Indonesian bandana around his forehead, Ndesandjo is tall and personable, and speaks with a warm American accent. He's much more likeable than his self-deprecating new autobiography, Cultures: My Odyssey of Self-discovery, suggests.

THE LIVES OF MARK and Barack couldn't have unfolded more differently. While Barack's childhood was a happy Honolulu existence, Mark spent his formative years in a newly independent Kenya, living under the reign of terror of an alcoholic and abusive father, until his white, American mother finally found the courage to flee.

Despite his Kenyan upbringing, Ndesandjo never felt accepted by black Africa; but as the son of a Luo tribesman, he also felt incongruous in the expatriate community to which his mother belonged.

With his first autobiography, which was released last month, Mark has emerged from relative anonymity to tell his story and set the record straight about the president's "mysterious Kenyan roots".

"I wanted to tell my story myself without other people telling it for me," he says.

Ndesandjo, 48, lives in Futian, Shenzhen, with his wife, Liu Xuehua, a Henan province native and his partner of a decade. The pair met in a tea shop when Ndesandjo was an impoverished English teacher. He had emigrated to China in 2003 from Orlando, Florida. Having lost a well-paid job in the telecommunications industry in the post-9/11 economic slump, he wrote to the director of a mainland teaching project he'd read about in a magazine, asking for a job.

"He said, 'You're obviously too qualified.' But I really wanted to explore China."

Ndesandjo expected to stay for three months. Twelve years later, he is fluent in Putonghua, proficient in calligraphy and has no plans to leave the country. Long-standing rumours tell of him running a barbecue restaurant in Shenzhen, but he laughs them off.

"I'm a vegetarian," he says.

What he does run is a foundation that helps children in need, while also teaching piano to orphans, raising awareness of domestic violence and heading up two consulting companies that assist American investors entering the Chinese and Kenyan markets, and those looking to go in the other direction, one registered on the mainland, the other in Hong Kong.

THE FIRST TIME NDESANDJO met Obama was in 1988. It was a sunny weekend in Nairobi, and Ndesandjo was on his bed reading Fawn M. Brodie's The Devil Drives, about the explorer Richard Burton.

"My mother came to the doorway and was trembling. She said, 'Your brother from America is here. In the living room. He wants to meet you.'"

In Obama's 1995 autobiography, Dreams from My Father, he claims Ndesandjo's mother, Ruth Baker, sent a car to pick him up and that the family had arranged lunch.

"It was never like that," Ndesandjo says, shaking his head. "He and my half-sister, Auma, walked in that afternoon out of the blue. It was a year after my younger brother, Bobby [David Opiyo], had died in a motorcycle accident. I thought, 'What are they doing here?'"

Obama, Ndesandjo remembers, sat on the couch in very simple clothes, appearing as a regular Kenyan, with gangly legs and arms, and huge hands.

"My stepfather [Simon Ndesandjo] was very impressed by him," he says.

The family leafed through photo albums but the meeting was stilted, and the two half-brothers agreed to meet again a few days later.

"He looked so similar to me, we both loved America and were going to Ivy League schools," he says.

Having left Kenya aged 17, armed with a scholarship, Ndesandjo had just completed a degree in maths and physics at Brown University, in Rhode Island. He was on a break in Nairobi before returning to the US, to enrol at Stanford University.

"Until then, I'd assumed I was the cleverest in the family," he says.

But the long-lost siblings failed to connect.

"Barack felt I was too Western, and I thought he was trying too hard to be African," Ndesandjo remembers. "He wanted to know a lot about my father [who had passed away in 1982], and he was very direct with his questions. I felt like he was opening up old wounds. A lot like a lawyer, he was trying to research our emotional history.

"He kept asking, 'Well, what do you think of him?' I had shut all these things out, but he was relentless. It was a shock to him when I said, 'Our father was a drunk and he beat women.' Barack flinched. He wasn't aware of that.

"I think that has coloured our relationship to this day. In fact, I know it has."

Barack Obama Snr had skin as dark as ebony, teeth that shone like pearls and, in his younger years - like his Hawaiian son - had the hallmarks of brilliance. Born in 1936 in the sun-basked Nyanza province of western Kenya, Obama Snr attended the prestigious Maseno School, where his teachers described him as an "exceptionally bright student".

However, Obama Snr didn't graduate from high school, the record shows, because of a "behaviour infraction". Consequently, in 1959, his request for a grant to study abroad was rejected. Had it not been for Elizabeth Mooney Kirk - a forty-something American who Obama Snr allegedly seduced - agreeing to bankroll him, neither Barack Obama nor Ndesandjo would be here today.

It was the Swinging Sixties in Boston when Obama Snr met Baker at a party. She was a Jewish girl from Massachusetts, born to first-generation Russian and Lithuanian immigrants, he was a Harvard graduate who was "a touchy, sarcastic but incredibly charming intellectual", according to Ndesandjo.

In August 1964, after two months of dating, Obama Snr proposed. Smitten and seeking adventure, Baker relocated to Nairobi, where her new partner should have been on a fast-track government career - prospects that were squandered in bars.

"At this point," Ndesandjo says, "my mother didn't know about Barack and his mother, Ann Dunham," who had married the African student in 1961 and divorced him three years later. Obama Snr saved that surprise for when he and Baker were in Kenya, where a picture of Barack II eventually sat on the mantelpiece of the couple's first home.

Life in the Obama household was hell. Baker says in her memoir that, from the start, Obama Snr "was drinking heavily, staying out to all hours and hitting me". Within a year, she had fled back to the US.

One night, after Obama Snr had persuaded her to return, he came home drunk and held a knife to his wife's throat. Shortly after, Baker had her seven-year marriage annulled. Ndesandjo was seven years old. Even today, thousands of miles away in Shenzhen, when Ndesandjo remembers his father's violence, tears slide down his cheeks.

Ndesandjo can't remember being told about his father's death.

"Perhaps I blocked it out," he says. "When Barack came to Kenya, I felt he admired our father because Obama Snr had been proud to be a black African; a person who wouldn't let anyone get in the way of Kenyan independence and the flow of free ideas. But I wanted to be as far away from him as possible."

After that first meeting between the half-brothers, Ndesandjo returned to the US, where he studied for a master's degree in physics at Stanford University, before preparing to take a PhD. Then, in a moment of weakness, he cheated. In his autobiography he describes the giddy moment he slipped into his professor's office to read the exam paper: "I had the keys to the kingdom."

He was caught and then suspended by the department chair, Steven Chu, who, in a twist of fate, would later work for the Barack Obama administration as secretary of energy. Ndesandjo describes feeling suicidal as he left Stanford mired in disgrace.

Two decades in the corporate world followed. During this period, Ndesandjo dropped the Obama name and never returned to Africa; didn't speak to his half-siblings - Malik and Auma - by his father's first wife, Kezia; and didn't return to see his mother. He did, however, dip in and out of contact with Barack.

Once, the pair went for lunch in San Francisco at Tommy's Joynt, a haunt for hippies and left-wing progressives. Obama again had questions about Kenya.

"I felt he was clarifying facts from years before."

A few months later, aged 33, Obama published Dreams from My Father - an autobiography he'd never prepared his family for. Ndesandjo uses Cultures to right the many wrongs he sees in his half-brother's opus.

"I think he took artistic licence with the book. He created composites of characters, and he didn't like my mother. There was also a playing up of our wealth in Kenya. We could never have afforded to send a car for him."

In 2004, the year after Ndesandjo had moved to Shenzhen, a friend drove him to the American Chamber of Commerce in Guangzhou, to watch the new Illinois state senator, Barack Obama, give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, which would make the politician an overnight star. As Ndesandjo and a gaggle of other Americans watched the senator speak live, before a rapturous audience waving Obama placards, Barack told the world, "We are our brother's keeper."

"At that point, no one knew of my relation to him, except the friend who had driven me over," Ndesandjo recalls. "But word gets around, and someone asked, 'Are you his brother?' I said, 'Yes'. Suddenly, I felt very proud of him."

A few days later, a friend called up. "It's great that he got that speech," the friend said. "But he'll never have a chance at being president."

Ndesandjo doesn't remember where he was when Obama made history by announcing his candidacy for president, in 2007. But he quickly renewed contact, sending his half-brother e-mails with quotes from Sun Tzu's The Art of War as the campaign thundered forward.

"Feint to the east and attack the west," he e-mailed when his challenger for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton, focused on capturing big states, "Revive in a new guise," when Obama decided to directly attack Clinton in Ohio and Texas.

Barack's campaign started to heal the Obama clan, which Ndesandjo likens to "herding cats, all moving in their own direction". Ndesandjo flew to the US to meet a half-brother, Joseph, from his mother's second marriage, to support Barack at his 2008 Democratic Party presidential debate against Clinton in Austin, Texas.

When Barack was elected, the entire Obama family was flown out to the White House for the inauguration; not an eyelid was batted when Malik came attired in a Muslim fez. As they toured the Oval Office, Barack promised he would one day meet Ndesandjo's wife in China.

"But he declined an invitation to our Shenzhen home for dinner," Ndesandjo remembers, "Barack said, 'They won't let me.'"

They, of course, would have been the White House security department. How much influence did Washington have on his own movements at that point?

"I've never gotten the impression they've tried to control what I do," says Ndesandjo. But his paranoia had compelled him to flag certain "failures" that he felt the Republicans might have been able to use as weapons in the fight for the presidency. First, his suspension from Stanford, and second, a trail of bad debt he had left in the US. Obama replied with a brief e-mail: "Mark, do not worry - your life is your own and will not affect my election."

In 2008, Ndesandjo and Liu married in a low-key ceremony. Their union is one of harmonious compromise; they speak Putonghua during the week, English on the weekends and eat separate meals - Ndesandjo is not partial to "squidgy" Chinese cuisine. He says their "otherness" is what fascinates both parties, and cites her as his rock.

It was Liu who, in 2009, encouraged Ndesandjo to pursue a lifelong ambition he knew would have long-standing familial repercussions. That year, he published Nairobi to Shenzhen, a fictionalised account of his past, but one accurate enough for the world's press to realise Ndesandjo had outed Obama Snr - the man Barack had lauded as an example of the American dream in that famous 2004 keynote speech - as a wife beater and a drunk.

The opening scene of Cultures is of Ndesandjo's long-promised meeting with Obama in Beijing, shortly after the novel was published. The half-brothers talk for five minutes and Ndesandjo describes the president as smelling vaguely of cigarette smoke and being emotionally closed. Later that day, Obama told a CNN journalist: "I don't know [Ndesandjo] very well. I met him for the first time only two years ago."

Those words stung.

"I sometimes feel we - the Obama family - have been used. Since being elected, Barack has been trying to distance himself from his relations in Kenya, and he's overly sensitive to the African dimension of his past. That's not right."

The two haven't seen each other since, but remain in e-mail contact.

"A few months ago, I said, 'Barack, you have to try and reach out more. One word to the family in Kenya - a happy birthday to Granny Sarah, who is 93 - would mean the world.' He got quite upset about that."

Still, Ndesandjo recognises the tremendous opportunities his half-brother's fame has afforded him, and is convinced Obama has been a "great president who is fundamentally trying to make good in the world".

The Obama family, Ndesandjo says, spanning Islam, Judaism, Kenya, the US, China, Indonesia - on Barack's side - and Mexico - through Joseph's wife, Dora - is a tale of what it is to be a modern, multicultural American. As his maternal Grandma Ida says in Cultures: "One day, Mark, we will all be brown."

Ndesandjo says he has made peace with Obama Snr, Barack's achievements finally having made him proud of the family name. In 2011, after 20 years away, he returned to Kogela, the family village in Kenya.

"It's funny," he says. "In Dreams, Barack says sons often spend their lives trying to achieve their father's dreams or correct their errors. That polarity defines my relationship with Barack. I've been trying to correct the issues I experienced with my father my whole life. Barack, on the other hand, has been achieving my father's goals and dreams."

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: The other Obama

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