#andrew cowan

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Cowan /Malkin 1983 Dakar rally Pajero

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August 2024 Deal Announcements

Adult Fiction Mary E. Roach‘s WE ARE THE MATCH, pitched as a sapphic reimagining of the Helen of Troy myth set in modern-day mobster Greece, in which Helen is the daughter of a powerful crime lord and Paris is the woman hell-bent on destroying her—if they don’t fall for each other first, to Lauren Plude at Montlake, for publication in summer 2025, by Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management…

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Every single Darcy ever.

1938, Andrew Osborn

1940, Lord Olivier

1952, Peter Cushing

1958, Alan Badel

1967, Lewis Fiander

1980, David Rintoul

1995, Colin Firth

2003, Orlando Seale (the one with the Mormons)

2004, Martin Henderson (Bride and Prejudice)

2005, Matthew MacFadyen

2008, Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen)

2012, Daniel Vincent Gordh (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries)

2013, Matthew Rhys (Death comes to Pemberley)

2016, Sam Riley (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)

2016, Chase Connor (Before the Fall, not featured as I wasn't able to find a decent picture)

2016 & 2018, Ryan Paevey (Unleashing Mr Darcy & Marrying Mr Darcy, not featured as I remembered these movies only after creating the infographic ops)

2022, Conrad Ricamora (Fire Island)

I'm not counting Bridget Jones since it doesn't market itself as having ties to P&P

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this is gonna sound like such a brag but i honestly think about this comment one of my tutors left on my short story collection every time i feel bad about my writing (which is nearly all the time). sometimes it just takes a few words of encouragement from someone who really Gets what you're trying to do to keep yourself from sinking into the mire of authorial despair

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Peter O'Toole

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) / still * caption: For "Lawrence of Arabia," a Columbia film, he had to learn to ride a camel and before the film was finished he had ridden about 5, 000 miles!

https://myfavoritepeterotoole.tumblr.com/post/711693724405661696/peter-otoole-lawrence-of-arabia-1962

* article: "If I'm going to play Lawrence, I've got to ride like him," O'Toole said. By that time the film was finished he had spent over 1,000 hours on a camel's back and covered some 5,000 miles. Of his acting career he says; "I love films. I love the stage. I love acting. I know I'm only a beginner still, and that you go on learning whole time. It's the life for me."

The Long and the Short and the Tall photo by John Cowan * caption: STAGE This was Peter as Private Bamforth in the play " The Long and the Short and the Tall" produced at London's Royal Court Theatre. His acting in this part, said the critics, had real "star quality."

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) * caption: SCREEN A producer was looking for someone to take the part of Lawrence of Arabia in the film, and when he saw Peter O'Toole as the young Guards officer in "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England" he knew that here was the man to do it.

https://myfavoritepeterotoole.tumblr.com/post/631113191131414528/peter-otoole-the-day-they-robbed-the-bank-of

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PALESTINE UPDATES 🇵🇸

I've seen lot's of videos and articles highlighting which politicians are supporting Israel. So I'd like to highlight some of the politicians in Australia that are on the right side of history. So when you get in your booth you can look for those that share your values, and that actually represent you. The one's that aren't for supporting a genocide.

Here's a list of the 49 members of Parliament who signed the latest petition:

Dr Anne Aly MP, Federal Member for Cowan

Mr Adam Bandt MP, Federal Member for Melbourne

Hon Linda Burney MP, Federal Member for Barton

Hon Mark Butler MP, Federal Member for Port Adelaide

Ms Terri Butler MP, Federal Member for Griffith

Senator the Hon Doug Cameron, Senator for New South Wales

Ms Lisa Chesters MP, Federal Member for Bendigo

Ms Sharon Claydon MP, Federal Member for Newcastle

Senator Sam Dastyari, Senator for New South Wales

Senator Richard Di Natale, Senator for Victoria

Senator Patrick Dodson, Senator for Western Australia

Mr Steve Georganas MP, Federal Member for Hindmarsh

Mr Andrew Giles MP, Federal Member for Scullin

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Senator for South Australia

Mr Ross Hart MP, Federal Member for Bass

Mr Chris Hayes MP, Federal Member for Fowler

Mr Julian Hill MP, Federal Member for Bruce

Mr Stephen Jones MP, Federal Member for Whitlam

Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore Senator for South Australia

Ms Justine Keay MP, Federal Member for Braddon

Ms Susan Lamb MP, Federal Member for Longman

Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Federal Member for Fenner

Senator Sue Lines, Senator for Western Australia

Senator Gavin Marshall, Senator for Victoria

Senator Nick McKim, Senator for Tasmania

Mr Brian Mitchell MP, Federal Member for Lyons

Senator Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland

Ms Cathy O’Toole MP, Federal Member for Herbert

Mr Graham Perrett MP, Federal Member for Moreton

Senator Louise Pratt, Senator for Western Australia

Senator Lee Rhiannon, Senator for New South Wales

Senator Janet Rice, Senator for Victoria

Ms Michelle Rowland MP, Federal Member Greenway

Ms Rebekah Sharkie MP, Federal Member for Mayo

Senator Rachel Siewert, Senator for Western Australia

Senator Lisa Singh, Senator for Tasmania

Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Federal Member for Lingiari

Ms Anne Stanley MP, Federal Member for Werriwa

Ms Susan Templeman MP, Federal Member for Macquarie

Hon Matthew Thistlethwaite MP, Federal Member for Smith

Senator Anne Urquhart, Senator for Tasmania

Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP, Federal Member for Calwell

Senator Larissa Waters, Senator for Queensland

Senator Murray Watt, Senator for Queensland

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Senator for Tasmania

Mr Andrew Wilkie MP, Federal Member for Denison

Mr Josh Wilson MP, Federal Member for Fremantle

Senator Nick Xenophon, Senator for South Australia

Mr Tony Zappia MP, Federal Member for Makin

For more information check out:

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The coexistence of sports and politics: the dynamics of soft power in 21st century sports. 

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Sports we all love it, it’s a way to disconnect, forget about all your worries; win, lose you create a real bond with your specific team whether its football, formula 1 or even ping pong these sports make us feel alive; gives us a special feeling that only live sports can give you. What if I told you that sports you love are being used by governments and multi-billion-pound companies to shoehorn their own agendas and ideologies all for their economic benefit. Some may be surprised but this a concept that has been going on since the roman empire. The use of sports to enrich culture and shift public focus away from negative activities. Especially in the 21st century this has been a popular method in commanding power, Machiavelli once said in his book the prince ‘It’s better to be feared than loved’ but in this generation it’s better to be both. This way of commanding power without using the typical strategies of hard power such as military; is usually referred to as soft power.  

Soft power is a theory first discussed by Josef Nye in 1995. Soft power is the opposite to hard power as soft power is defined by the ‘ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments.’ (Brannagan, 2018) Knowing this it is clear now why governments and big organisations target mega sport events as it gives ‘opportunities to increase their soft power.’ (Brannagan, 2018) So why would you want to gain soft power? Why is it more important than hard power? Military control in the 21st century is outdated and can cause much more uproar and headache; as seen in many conflicts for power around the globe. This is why soft power is equally or even more important way of commanding power and ‘the hosting of sports mega-events brings with it an unprecedented global media attention.’ (Brannagan, 2014) Which is what governments who want to increase their soft power are looking for; as seen with Qatar for the 2022 world cup but more on that later.  Although in the context of the 21st century soft power has always been prevalent since the dawn of time, and it is important to see how soft power was used in different world context. 

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I want to take you back to soviet China. In alliance with the Soviet Union by the late 60s and early 70s chairman Mao could sense the soviet’s losing power and regarding their relationship as non-beneficial. Mao knew that a relationship with the United States would allow them acceptance into a new modern era; as innovation is a key component motivating China. Even president of the United States Richard Nixon in 1967 wrote ‘We simply cannot afford to leave China forever outside the family of nations.’ (ANDREWS, 2018) And equally chairman Mao believed ‘ties with the Americans might serve as a deterrent against the Russians.’ (ANDREWS, 2018)

 Both China and America opened secret communications ‘but the real breakthrough came courtesy of a public encounter between a pair of ping-pong players.’ (ANDREWS, 2018) Surprising right? During the 1971 table tennis championship held in Nagoya, Japan. And the relationship between China and America started building and it all started with A fresh faced 19-year-old American ping pong player. Glenn Cowan hoped on a shuttle bus carrying loads of red shirt Chinese players. ‘Most of the Chinese eyed the shaggy-haired American with suspicion’ (ANDREWS, 2018) as most of China’s population was taught to hold a prejudice towards the Americans. ‘But Zhuang Zedong, the team’s greatest player, stepped forward to shake Cowan’s hand’. (ANDREWS, 2018) Zedong spoke to Cowan for a while through an interpreter later even presenting the American with a gift: ‘a silk-screen picture of China’s Huangshan mountains.’ (ANDREWS, 2018)  Cowan a ‘self-described hippie’ returned the gesture gifting Zedong a t-shirt ‘emblazoned with a peace symbol and the Beatles’ lyric “Let It Be.” 

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Although at the start of the tournament the Chinese players were told explicitly to not contact any American players but after gaining knowledge on this encounter between cowan and Zedong president Mao saw this as a political opportunity. Stating ‘Zhuang Zedong is not just a good table tennis player, he’s a good diplomat as well.’ (ANDREWS, 2018) The famous trip began on April 10th 1971, with an American team full of diversity ‘including everyone from the hippie Glenn Cowan to a college professor to a Guyanese immigrant to a pair of high school-age girls.’ (ANDREWS, 2018) This team wasn’t inherently ‘good’ they were ranked 24th in the world and had to beg for loans and funding to even make it to the table tennis world championships but without a doubt this team inadvertently became the most important American diplomats in history. 

Through this case study soft power is not just a concept being adapted by 21st century, example like this remind us that sports and politics have always co-existed. China was one of the first to manipulate sports in such a way that it would benefit them politically and economically resulting in politicization of sports which in the present-day other nations and companies are using this as their fore front of gaining soft power. This is evident through Qatar who hosted the 2022 world cup. 

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The Qatar world cup was surrounded by controversy from the moment it was announced. From the 2015 FIFA scandal where it was discovered former president Seb Blatter had taken bribes and ‘donations’ from both Russia who hosted in 2018 and Qatar who hosted in 2022. To other concerns around human rights, weather and infastructure. So already off the jump Qatari officials were hoping for a much better image of Qatar to be portrayed, so that’s why they looked towards sports. ‘Saudi Arabia sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal told BBC Sport recently that its unprecedented investment in sport - estimated at £5bn’ (Roan, 2023) he stated for such reasons such as: ‘boost tourism,’ ‘create jobs’ and ’provide sports federations with growth potential.’ (Roan, 2023)

But there’s more to meets the eye with the Qatar 2022 world cup. Qatar and the middle east in general have a poor reputation from a western perspective. Many people know it for its ‘woeful record on human right’ (Kyle Fruh, 2022) and as well as ‘women’s and LGBTQ rights.’ (Kyle Fruh, 2022) So how does a country and region make themselves more appealing to the west? By hosting the most coveted football tournament of all time the World Cup. ‘Global sport is one of the most effective mechanisms for promoting better understandings of Arab and Eastern cultures’ (Brannagan, 2018) for a person who may have prejudice towards Arab countries and culture it forces them to take part and acknowledge it. Due to the football being hosted;  it brings that middle ground inviting loads of different people around the world to tune and take part in the culture and traditions. Its fair to say that ‘Qatar, World Cup 2022 was as much a societal project as a sporting event’ (Næss, 2023) testing the waters to see what the people take in, all in the aim of gaining soft power.  Qatar have been on this relentless path to gain soft power due to ‘its military influence being very limited’ (Brannagan, 2018) when lacking hard power, you must gain some power in another way, and this was Qatar’s attempt of gaining soft power. 

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Although Qatar took all the right steps in gaining soft power, we can argue that it backfired more than helping the countries reputation. Qatar’s main pursuit for soft power was to ‘strengthen its reputation and attractiveness across international society,’ (Brannagan, 2018) and although it showcased the middle eastern culture you can argue due to the mass media attention it did not strengthen their reputation positively it further damaged it. Especially in the media where sensationalism and negativity sells; as more and more time passed, we kept on uncovering negative and poor acts committed by Qatar. One we specifically highlight is the treatment of migrant workers. It was often described that the ‘working conditions of the labour force in the construction industry – often compared to a slave’ (Brannagan, 2014) which further supported the point that middle eastern countries are human rights violators. Ultimately yes, the Qatar world cup bought many eyes to the country, but it did not do successful job changing the reputation and view of middle eastern culture in the west.  With academic such as Næss, H.E stating ‘FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM as an example to demonstrate why history, relation and scale enrich the understanding of how states use major sporting events for soft power purposes.’ 21st century sports have taken loads from soft power, but it still has a far way to go to perfecting that pursuit, especially in the slippery slopes of the digital media age. 

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Sportswashing is a term you have heard of before. The term has come to light in recent years especially during the build-up to the 2022 world cup. But what does it mean? ‘Sportswashing is a complex phenomenon, which is tightly related to many different phenomena, such as concept of soft power and other forms of “washing”, such as green- and pinkwashing’ sportswashing specifically ‘refers to a strategic effort by states, corporations, or other entities to leverage the positive associations and global appeal of sports to cleanse their tarnished reputations’. (Miettinen, 2024)  Yes, you can make the argument that the 2022 world cup was a sportswashing scandal but we want to take a specific look into another pollution infecting our sports and that is fossil fuel companies. 

Fossil fuel companies have been in attempt to clean their reputation since the dawn of the time this is often referred to as greenwashing. However, in recent times fossil fuel companies have adapted sports in to their strategy to clean their reputation. It is stated how companies have started to invest around £4bn "in an attempt to divert attention from their role in fuelling the climate crisis and harming human health”. (Roan, 2024)  It was found ‘that football had the most partnerships with the energy and petrochemical industry (58), followed by motorsports (39), rugby union (17), and golf (15).’ (Roan, 2024) These aren’t inherently small owned business either’ a lot of it ‘is coming from massive state-owned fossil fuel sponsors’. (Roan, 2024)  Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco ‘was the biggest fossil fuel sponsor of sport.’ (Roan, 2024)

In age where we a conscious about looking after our environment how does these big oil companies get away with openly destroying our planet? We can see money is the main component of this but also the sports. ‘When sports provide a useful function, they are usually ‘co- opted by politics’ (Murray, 2013) and this can be clearly seen with vast amount of investment these fossil fuels companies have poured into various sports in the attempt to clean their reputation. Inherently this strategy does work; as the average sports fan show no interest in where the money for their sport is coming from, they are simply there to indulge and enjoy their chosen sport. If their sport is still being invested in and funding is still available, they are happy and are highly unlikely to question the source of the funding. This could be explicitly shown by the recent take-over of Newcastle United where 93.8% of Newcastle United Supporters Trust members supported the club's takeover by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) as they saw the financial power and backing to be more important than the source of where the investment is coming from, and this can be easily relatable to ‘winning hearts and minds.

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In the terms of soft power Fossil fuel companies have succeeded well in gaining it. the fact the biggest oil investment comes out of Saudi Arabia and has an estimated £4bn invested in the most successful and watched sports within west, shows how much leverage and soft power they have gained; all in the name of sports. They have single handily made deals in the west to boost their economical climate and built relationships with well-known companies; building relationships across the pond which puts them in a situation where they are controlling these western sports and using them for their benefit. Slowly building a monopoly of various football teams, Formula 1 teams and many more. 

In conclusion, soft power may be a political theory however we believe that sports have done well to adapt it to its specific context. With China using sports for diplomacy back in the 70s; this was the first case of how powerful sports really is in influencing international politics. Those ‘Chinese and American ping-pong players paved the way for the restoration of China’s seat on the United Nations Security Council’ (Murray, 2013) which during the Soviet Union would have never been though of but sports made it possible. That was the original blueprint, and we saw it be translated with many other 

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mega sporting events such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2018 world cup and the 2022 world cup. In the case of Qatar, we think that they were unsuccessful and unlucky in their pursuit of soft power as their reputation did not improve while hosting the world cup; you could pinpoint this on the social media and digital era. Finally, with the use of sports/green washing reflected by the large investment into sport industry by fossil fuel companies; has done well learning from soft power. Saudi oil companies have been successful in using sports to clean their reputation; still going on to make gigantic profits while laying down important international relations within the west. As they are massive stakeholders in major sports such as many football leagues across the world and in the major motorsport federation in the world; formula 1. Throughout the dawn of time governments have endorsed ‘international sporting competition as a testing ground for the nation or for a political ‘system.’ German Nazis, Italian Fascists, Soviet and Cuban Communists, Chinese Maoists, western capitalist democrats, Latin American juntas – all have played the game and believed in it.’ (Murray, 2013)

furthermore, you could argue that the sporting institution has learnt to much from soft power. Traditionally adopted by governments in a way to control their reputation however sporting federations such as FIFA, UEFA, the FIA have found the use of co-opting and manipulating soft power all in the name of making profit. Selling mega sport events to the highest bidders, no matter how unethical and how strange it could be. For example, the world cup is a summer tournament and has always been hosted during the summer months since its creation. However, it was decided that it should be changed to be played in the winter due to the harsh summers in Qatar making it unbearable for players to even run around for even 5 minutes. This shows there was no actual thought about the traditions of the world cup and there was no thought about players or fans. Sports hugely benefits from nations pursuit for soft power as it’s a way to skyrocket their profits.

Bibliography

ANDREWS, E., 2018. How Ping‑Pong Diplomacy Thawed the Cold War. [Online]  Available at: https://www.history.com/news/ping-pong-diplomacy [Accessed 2024].

Brannagan, P. a. G. J., 2014. The FIFA World Cup 2022. Qatar’s soft power gamble.

Brannagan, P. a. G. R., 2018. Qatar, global sport and football’s 2022 World Cup finals. In Leveraging Mega-Event Legacies. Soft power and soft disempowerment: , pp. 89-105.

Kyle Fruh, A. A. a. J. W., 2022. Complicity and Corruption. Sportswashing: , pp. 101-118.

Miettinen, H., 2024. Sportswashing effects on nation brand. 

Murray, S., 2013. ports diplomacy in the modern diplomatic environment.. Moving beyond the ping-pong table, Volume 9, pp. 11-16.

Næss, H., 2023. A figurational approach to soft power and sport events. The case of the FIFA Worl. 

Roan, D., 2023. Why is Saudi Arabia spending so much on sport?. [Online]  Available at: https://www.bbc.com/sport/67713269

Roan, D., 2024. Fossil fuel firms 'spent £4bn on sportswashing' says report. [Online]  Available at: https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cvgxe2n05v3o

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Leverage Mark Showdown Masterpost

RESULTS ARE IN! JACK HURLEY IS THE #1 FAVORITE MARK!

2nd Place: Damien Moreau

3rd Place: Victor Dubenich

4th Place: Meredith

What we’re looking for:

The “favorite” Mark out of the original five seasons. “Favorite” here means the mark you ENJOY the most. That could mean you love them, love to hate them, like their style, like the actor, or even sympathize with them. 

So it’s pretty personal and pretty open. But what we’re NOT looking for is like, the biggest baddest mark: the one with the objectively best plan, or the one who does the most harm, or anything like that. It’s not “who could beat up whom.” We’re also not looking for the best episode or con. We’re just looking at the characters themselves.

Other Helpful Posts:

First Heat Contestant Info

Second Heat Contestant Info

If you would like to be added to the tag list to be notified when the polls go up, go to this post and like or comment on it.

If you would like to NOT see stuff about these polls, blacklist “favorite mark poll” 

FIRST HEAT CONTESTS (COMPLETED)

***MARK DOYLE (The Bottle Job) ***v. David Lampard (The French Connection Job)

Mayor Brad Culpepper III (The 3 Strikes Job) v. ***IAN BLACKPOOLE (The 1st & 2nd David Jobs)***

Mark Vector (The Morning After Job) v. ***GREG "THE MAKO" SHERMAN (The Boiler Room Job)***

***VICTOR DUBENICH (The Nigerian Job, The Last Dam Job)*** v. Judge Roy (The Bank Shot Job)

Gabe Erickson (The Real Fake Car Job) v. ***MARCUS STARKE, CHAOS, MIKEL DAYAN, and APOLLO (The Two Live Crew Job)***

Scott Roemer (The Very Big Bird Job) v. ***JACK HURLEY (The 12-Step Job)***

***MONICA HUNTER (The 3 Days of the Hunter Job)*** v. William Quinn and Tobey Earnshaw (The Juror #6 Job)

***EDDIE MARANJIAN (The Order 23 Job) ***v. Caroline Cowan (The Low Low Price Job)

SECOND HEAT CONTESTS (COMPLETED)

Jack Lattimer (The Last Dam Job) v. ***JIMMY FORD (The 3 Card Monte Job)***

**DR. ANNE HANNITY (The Inside Job)*** v. Dalton Rand (The Future Job)

***NICKY AND HEATHER MOSCONE (The Wedding Job)*** v. Alan Foss (The 2 Horse Job)

***DAMIEN MOREAU (The Big Bang Job, The San Lorenzo Job) ***v. Henry, Dennis, and Randy Retzing (The Snow Job)

***MEREDITH (The Lonely Hearts Job)*** v. James Kanack (The First Contact Job)

***MITCHELL KIRKWOOD (The Studio Job) *** v. Hugh Whitman (The Gone Fishin' Job)

***LARRY DUBERMAN (The Reunion Job)*** v. Wendy Baran (The Gimme a K Street Job)

***ANDREW GRANT (The Miracle Job)*** v. Irina Larenko (The Stork Job)

SECOND ROUND CONTESTS (COMPLETED)

***MARK DOYLE (The Bottle Job)*** v. Ian Blackpoole (The First and Second David Job)

Greg "The Mako" Sherman (The Boiler Room Job) v. ***VICTOR DUBENICH (The Nigerian Job, The Last Dam Job)***

Marcus Starke, Chaos, Mikel Dayan, and Apollo (The Two Live Crew Job) v. ***JACK HURLEY (The 12 Step Job)***

***MONICA HUNTER (The 3 Days of the Hunter Job)*** v. Eddie Maranjian (The Order 23 Job)

***JIMMY FORD (The 3 Card Monte Job) *** v. Dr. Anne Hannity (The Inside Job)

Nicky & Heather Moscone (The Wedding Job) v. ***DAMIEN MOREAU (The Big Bang Job, The San Lorenzo Job)***

***MEREDITH (The Lonely Hearts Job)*** v. Mitchell Kirkwood (The Studio Job)

***LARRY DUBERMAN (The Reunion Job)*** v. Andrew Grant (The Miracle Job)

QUARTERFINALS (COMPLETED)

Jack Hurley (The 12 Step Job) v. Monica Hunter (The 3 Days of the Hunter Job)

Mark Doyle (The Bottle Job) v. Victor Dubenich (The Nigerian Job, The Last Dam Job)

Meredith (The Lonely Hearts Job) v. Larry "Doucherman" Duberman (The Reunion Job)

SEMIFINALS (COMPLETED)

Victor Dubenich (The Nigerian Job, The Last Dam Job) v. ***JACK HURLEY (The 12 Step Job)***

***DAMIEN MOREAU (The Big Bang Job, The San Lorenzo Job)*** v. Meredith (The Lonely Hearts Job)

FINAL ROUNDS (COMPLETED)

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND: Damien Moreau (The BIg Bang Job, The San Lorenzo Job) v. Jack Hurley (The 12 Step Job)

THIRD PLACE ROUND: Victor Dubenich (The Nigerian Job, The Last Dam Job) v. Meredith (The Lonely Hearts Job)

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Scraps - axesent.com Andrew Cowan Pajero - Dakar 1984 https://www.facebook.com/axesentcreations/ https://www.facebook.com/Okamiworks/

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Rules: answer the questions below and then tag 9 people you want to get to know better/catch up with to do the same.

I was tagged by the brilliant @novemberhush

Last song: I've not actually listened to music all day but the song stuck in my head is Man, I Feel Like A Woman because of that stupid Compare The Meercat/Nero advert. (Man, I feel like a nero!)

Currently watching: Endevour and still Midsomer Murders, the Charlie Nelson era. AKA, that guy off that episode of Lewis ;)

Favourite colour: purple

Last movie: Pretty in Pink

Currently reading: You'll never believe this, fellas (gender neutral). Pig by Andrew Cowan. Finally picked it up the other day, just under half way to go.

Sweet, spicy or savoury: I'm interchangeable. I like sweet or salty popcorn, spicy crisps (especially on a tuna butty), and I can easily make my way through a whole packet of biscuits although my inability to digest dairy would dictate otherwise.

Relationship status: Single.

Current obsession: Still Queen, though I've been quiet because life and illness has got in the way. Now I've got my laptop back and i'm at the tail end of covid mark III, i've got some fangirling to do.

Last googled: is Amarillo the placde related to Amaralys the plant.

Currently working on: 3 WIP fics and 2 knitting projects. No sooner as I got my laptop and tablet back last week, I came down with covid. This bout wasn't as bad as the last one but this is the first day i've been upright for any extended amount of time instead of lying on my side feeling sorry for myself.

I tag @stesichoreanpalinode, @chaoskiro, @justlike-awoman, @plainxte, @lydiannode, @laminy and ANYONE else who wants to do this. And of course, for those tagged, it is fine if you don't want to/can't.

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Television in 1952: programs, networks and, when known, their sponsors. From Cynthia B. Meyers (@AnneHummert) on Twitter.

Kim Andrew Elliott (@kaedotcom) adds: "This is an ad for Louis G. Cowan Inc in the 1952 Broadcasting Yearbook. Louis Cowan was director of Voice of America 1943-46. His son Geoff was VOA director 1994-96. Louis's daughter Holly Cowan Shulman wrote a book about VOA's history."

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mobile friendly muse page

all fcs on this page are also available for new charas * means not yet added to full muse page

males:

andrew rogers / sebastian stan fc / heterosexual / 31-36 yo / mob boss august cowan / pablo schreiber fc / heterosexual / 41-48 yo christian deleon / lewis tan fc / heterosexual / 33-42 yo / handyman darren pittman / dacre montgomery fc / heterosexual / 28-34 yo grant carpenter / andrew lincoln fc / heterosexual / 49-53 yo / rich divorcee jason griffin / henry cavill fc / heterosexual / 35-39 yo jude vega / jon bernthal fc / heterosexual / 42-51 yo nicholas vaughn / ben barnes fc / heterosexual / 34-39 yo samuel hart / frank grillo fc / heterosexual / 48-54 yo vincent jimenez / pedro pascal fc / heterosexual / 44-52 yo

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faces i'm willing to play

lili reinhart madelaine petsch sydney sweeney dakota johnson ella purnell sophie nelisse camila morrone savannah smith liz gillies alexa demie natasha lyonne oscar isaac jensen ackles glen powell charlie cox andrew garfield john boyega + more, just ask!

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Author Andrew Cowan said sometimes you just have to wait for the ideas to cook in the back of your mind whilst you do other stuff, and I've really taken that idea on board. Now I like to think of my fics not being abandoned or on hiatus, they're just simmering away in a slow cooker whilst my brain works through other chores in the house.

I haven't abandoned this story. I just put it on the back burner for now. The story is just on a small vacation. It is currently out of office. It can't come to the phone right now. It just fell under my bed to sleep with the monsters. It never left my head. It is everywhere - except on paper.

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here's some resources specifically for my fellow gulf coast-ers in the tampa bay area!!!

most important: search something like "[county name] hurricane milton" and odds of finding resources for you and your area are very high.

also if you just want no-nonsense coverage of this storm — highly recommend abc action news/denis phillips. they stream live for free during any storm online and also broadcast over radio (can't remember the stations off the top of my head tho). tropical tidbits is also a really good one, albeit he doesn't do any live forecasting; dr. levi is and has been a reputable source for years now. so for live — abc action news. for daily updates and tracking, dr. levi/tropical tidbits.

also i think something really, really important to note is that — if you are not in a low-lying or coastal area, if you do not live in a mobile home/rv/tiny home/etv, if your house is built to post-hurricane andrew safety standards, if you are not under a mandatory evacuation, you can (LIKELY) SAFELY HUNKER DOWN/DO NOT NEED TO EVACUATE. listen to local authorities over me obviously, because, especially if you're potentially in the direct path of the storm, advice may be different, but if you're on the outer edges of the worst of it (like me, north of tampa) and not in an evac zone due to flooding risk, you may be encouraged to instead Hunker Down and ride it out.

yes, you may be without power for even a week or two— if you NEED power, especially for medical reasons, then absolutely consider a shelter or evacuating to family with a generator or out of the storm's path/a hotel further south or north outside the storm's path (if you can even find one atp). you also need to weigh in other factors like if there are any dangerous trees near your property that could fall on your home, if you have a safe place to shelter from those or during tornadoes, etc.

otherwise, an addage that rings true in moments like this: run from the water, hide from the wind.

sometimes all you need to do is go 10 miles inland. evacuating does not always (if ever) mean leave the state, or even your county.

yes this storm is absolutely serious, but with proper preparation you CAN be safe. you may not be having fun, and i deeply recommend anyone in the path of this storm to not go having a hurricane party, especially since landfall is going to be happening at night — but you can be safe. you can live. that's what matters.

in the words of our lord and savior and local icon denis phillips: rule #7 — don't panic! just breathe, think about what you need to do, and get it done.

feeling very frustrated about the ways people are talking about hurricane Milton. lots of needless, borderline fear mongering language with very little actual helpful information.

information about Milton that might ACTUALLY be helpful:

Hurricane Milton is shaping up to be the third strongest hurricane ever recorded.

Make sure you have an evacuation plan if the order is given or if you've already been told to leave.

there is also a code for free Ubers to evacuate effected counties, as well as shuttles from evacuating counties to nearby storm shelters

Prepare/secure your home

Find your nearest shelter and be prepared to leave

If you want to stay in the loop about the hurricane, WESH 2 News has ongoing coverage ad-free on YouTube.

General resources/information:

Please for the love of God stop preying on people's fears and causing panic. Know what resources are available to you and how to access them. If you approach this hurricane carefully YOU WILL BE OKAY!!!!! YOUR LIFE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE RUINED!!!

Please link other resources you find or think other people might find useful!