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Tower of London nearby
Perfectly located on the Southbank opposite The Shard. Stroll along the riverside to Borough Market and Butlers Wharf. 10 minutes walk to Tower of London & Tate Modern. O2 Arena, are within easy reach.
Restaurant, bar/lounge
Jamie's Italian Restaurant offers a unique dining experience. Hilton London Tower Bridge also features a fitness facility. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and a coffee shop.
37-inch plasma TVs
Plasma televisions come with premium cable/satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature premium bedding, air conditioning, and safes.
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Perfectly located in the heart of London, Hilton London Tower Bridge has a striking, contemporary exterior, a short walk from Tower Bridge, London Bridge Train Station well connected via London Underground Northern & Jubilee Line. Next to Tower Bridge, this hotel offers modern, stylish rooms including upgraded options Deluxe or Executive rooms with access to the Executive lounge including complimentary WiFi (complimentary refreshments served throughout the day). Each room has a satellite plasma-screen TV and en suite facilities. Guests at Hilton London Tower Bridge have access to the mini gym, with weights and fitness equipment. Jamie's Italian Restaurant offers a unique dining experience. The Tate Modern and the Shakespeare Globe Theatre are just a short riverside walk away. Borough Market and the Tower of London are all less than a mile away. The nearby tube station links to Canary Wharf, the O2 Arena, and Westminster via the Jubilee Line. Kings Cross St Pancras Station can be reached in 15 minutes on the Northern Line. The hotel provides a well equipped business centre, 10 meeting rooms, and good access to London's financial district. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 245
- Number of floors - 12
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
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- Express check-in
- Concierge services
- Meeting rooms 10
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Year Built 2006
- Number of meeting rooms - 10
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Full breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Jamie's Italian Restaurant - This restaurant offers a laid-back atmosphere and it's the perfect spot to unwind with family and friends, tucking into fresh pasta and a beautiful selection of antipasti, not forgetting the decadent desserts.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 10 children 1 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: GBP 19.95 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: GBP 14.99 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: GBP 20 per night
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Up to 10 children 1 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Kids stay and eat free at Hilton hotels
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Hilton offers a whole host of benefits for you and your little ones in the UK and Europe:
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Mikhail Grigorenko: Why Is He Falling?
Andrey Osadchenko
June 20 2012 09:27PM
Once Nail Yakupov's arch-rival for being considered the 2012 top prospect, Mikhail Grigorenko now finds himself dropping out of top-10 in almost every mock draft he's unfortunate enough to take a look at. While some complain about his work ethic, others bring up the rumor about his alleged age-forging issue.
Toronto Star's Damien Cox (@DamoSpin) recently brought this rumor to a whole new level tweeting the following.
Another, reason why Mikhail Grigorenko's status is plummeting? "I think he's 20, not 18," said one Western Conference GM.'
The quote is very likely to put another spin on this story, but it's absolutely worthless. Not only does it provide us with no proof of Grigorenko's true age, but it comes from an anonymous source. Why would you attack such a delicate issue with… well, this?
The truth is that age-forging exists in pro sports. The reason you don't hear about people getting caught with it often enough is because it's extremely hard to prove. Especially if you talk about athletes coming from places where corruption is not considered out of the ordinary. If you think bribing a guy who is responsible for keeping the birth registry organized and birth certificates re-issued is Mission Impossible, check the average salary rate in Russia and think again.
Nevertheless, it's about as plausible that Grigorenko forged his age as it is implausible. Much in the way you can't prove extraterrestrial life exists but you can't prove it doesn't exist either. Yes, I was into X-Files as kid, don't judge me.
What we do know is this: rumors about Grigorenko's age have been around for a few years now, to such an extent that even his former club – CSKA – decided to look into this.
'I want my son to be respected by the club he has been with since he was seven after we'd moved from Khabarovsk,' said Mikhail's father, Oleg Grigorenko, to Sport-Express last summer. 'I don't even want to bring up everything he had to go through here. Take, for instance, this ridiculous story about his alleged fake age. They even sent guys from FSB to Khabarovsk. They tried to find something illegal but they didn't.'
Just so we're all clear – the FSB is the successor to the KGB. You don't goof around with these guys.
It has also been rumored that Mikhail's older brother – Yuri – forged his age. He had a promising career in CSKA system himself but a series of injuries prevented him from making it to a pro level. At least, that's what Mikhail says. What we do know is that he couldn't crack CSKA's roster at the professional level.
If we take this whole issue of the table, what other arguments do we have to back up Grigorenko's dropping in the rankings? Well, there's the 'Russian Factor', right? Word of advice - don't jump to any conclusions yet.
There was something else Oleg Grigorenko said in the same interview a year ago, relating to his son's relationship with CSKA:
By the end of the last season Mikhail was playing 5-6 minutes a game. You could say he was a fifth-liner. I understand that every coach has his own goals. All in all, Red Army (CSKA junior team) won the cup. However, when a player is constantly 'choked' by his team, he's going to think about going overseas, it's inevitable. Red Army's head-coach Vyacheslav Butsayev told my son before he left for the U18 World Championship that he wasn't ready, he wasn't going to win anything and he'd only lose time. That was his way of wishing luck. Are you kidding me?
If you look at how they develop young players in North America, things in Russia make you sad. You know, if a man feels comfortable with his wife, he never cheats. If everything was good for us in CSKA, we'd never even think about going overseas. We just don't want to lose a number of years [in North America], knowing that they won't count on Mikhail here.
Who thinks about money at this age? You have to think about hockey. Then everything will come to you. I even told CSKA's GM Sergei Nemchinov that my son is ready to play for free in the KHL team.
Things changed in CSKA, of course. Nemchinov is no longer a GM, but that doesn't help Grigorenko. With Nemchinov, CSKA had a low budget and was practically forced to give young guys a chance in the KHL. Under new sponsorship and management things won't be the same. In case you were wondering, CSKA owns Grigorenko's rights in the KHL until he turns 28.
It looks highly unlikely Grigorenko will go back to Russia any time soon, so you can remove this argument from the table as well.
The real issue with Mikhail is his ability to be an impact player. He did prove he has skill, but it takes much more than that to be a star. Work ethic and guts are just a few of the necessary ingredients and it's fair to say that Grigorenko isn't exactly known for these traits.
He didn't put his team on his back - neither at the World Juniors nor in the QMJHL playoffs. Certainly, he got injured during the WJC but not seriously enough, despite what it looked like. His coach, Valery Bragin, was fully aware of Grigorenko's condition and was not pleased when Mikhail asked not to be played. Bragin, who won a gold and two silver medals at the three World Juniors he was a part of, cherishes grit in hockey and, hey, don't we all? At the end of the day, this is what wins you Cups. It is guys with grit, skill and guts you want to spend your high draft pick on. Grigorenko had his chances to prove it this season and failed every time. It's foolish to think GMs around the league haven't noticed this.
Everything else is a side issue.
Previously by Andrey Osadchenko
- Nail Yakupov on being a Muslim, Don Cherry, the draft combine and playing in Canada
- The true face of Leo Komarov
- Interview with Yakupov/Galchenyuk agent (and Hockey Hall of Famer) Igor Larionov
- Nail Yakupov: in his own words
- Interview with Oilers prospect Kristians Pelss
- Interview with Oilers prospect Martin Marincin
- Interview with Leafs prospect Greg McKegg
June 20 2012, 09:38PM
X-Files was a great show! Anyone who makes fun of you for being a fan clearly has no taste whatsoever.
fisting you all the way from Macau
June 20 2012, 09:57PM
I don't know what it is... but I just really get a good vibe from Grig. I would try very hard to get him if he starts falling.
June 20 2012, 10:05PM
"It is guys with grit, skill and guts you want to spend your high draft pick on"
Grit and guts would be about the last things I would care about when drafting. Both are hard to quantify and extremely subjective.
Other than that, really good writeup, really enjoyed the history on Grigorenko's relationship with CSKA.
June 20 2012, 10:08PM
Hes this years Sean Couturier, started high then fell and will make the team that picks him at 7 8 or 9 look like genuises
Imo you get one Of teo things with this guy
1. A guy that takes his falling in the draft and all his previous adversry and lights it up in the next two years with a huge chip on his shoulders.
2. Damaged goods how instead of playing with a chip on his shoulder, lives with a chip on his shoulder in the form of Self pity. Playing out his rookie contract before returning to russia never reaching his potenial.
Just saying...
if he is available at eight, I would trade Ganger for him
June 20 2012, 10:30PM
Too much drama for my taste, and probably more to come.
On the other hand, I can see a guy like this going early and shaking up the draft. It will be fun to see who picks this guy up.
June 20 2012, 10:55PM
Galchenyuk looks so much better now. I'd take him in that 1 spot in a heartbeat.
Galchenyuk looks so much better now. I'd take him in that 1 spot in a heartbeat.
And leave Yakupov at the altar?
June 20 2012, 11:49PM
Lol, yeah I don't think Heartbeat; Galchenyuk and 1st overall should be in the same conversation.
If after a long look and interviews, maybe...
The kid lost 1 year of development, is "smaller" thank Yakupov (1 inch taller and lighter) and was outscored by Yakupov as a 16 year old by a fair margin.
Also he holds both the "Russian Factor" and the "American Factor", having dual citizenship at one point.
Yes, the kid may be good. But hot damn is that one giant freaking roll of the dice.
June 21 2012, 12:30AM
i was in favor of trying to make a deal for a second 1st round pick to try and get grig(not at sam's expense)but this is just too many red flags for me and i know we dont and wont ever know the whole true story on this but i hope oilers dont do it now atleast not for grig
@Clyde Frog
As per the NHL Draft combine results (http://lastwordonsports.com/2012/06/19/nhl-draft-combine-2012-official-heights-and-weights/):
Alex Galchenyuk is 6' 1/2", 194 lbs and Nail Yakupov is 5'11 1/4", 185 lbs.
Galchenyuk is not "smaller" than Yakupov.
June 21 2012, 01:21AM
Yeah, look at any of the photo's of Gal and Yak... 6'2" is optomistic if Yak is actually 5'11".
Google "Galchenyuk height" and you get Bios with him listed from 6'0" to 6'2" and weights from 179 to 205.
Yakupov stays stead at 5'11" and weights from 185 - 195.
Declaring him the bigger player on 1 to 2 inches of height is a misnomer. Galchenyuk seems to be of average size for the NHL and Yakupov is as well.
The argument that Galchenyuk is a "big" centre is misleading by far. Although I put less stock in someone's height than their actual ability, which Yakupov still seems to have more of in spades.
June 21 2012, 05:41AM
Galchenyuk looks so much better now. I'd take him in that 1 spot in a heartbeat.
Um.............. Why is that? Please explain.
June 21 2012, 05:57AM
I find all this pre-draft jousting very interesting. Im sure this rumor was started by a team that has no chance at drafting him fairly. Like calgary for example. What makes it interesting is that its working. Everybody's talking about it and now Grigo is dropping. These are the kind if things I want Oilers to start doing. JK )
June 21 2012, 06:46AM
Great stuff, interesting that these "whispers" surrounding his age have been around for a while. I still don't know what to think about Grigorenko. My gut tells me that Burke would pass on him.
June 21 2012, 08:38AM
@Clyde Frog
maybe keep the personal attacks to yourself - ed.
June 21 2012, 09:23AM
SISMIM says:
Alex Galchenyuk is 6' 1/2"
Clyde Frog responds:
6'2" is optomistic
Brilliant response.
I think Gregorenko is going to be the steal of the draft. Especially now that he has something to prove. By playing extremely well his first year, he's going to give a big old finger to all the other teams that passed him by.


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The Indian Air Force (IAF) needs the two-seat trainer urgently because it plans to acquire 220 LCAs. It has already ordered 22 limited-production LCAs under a $582 million contract. These are expected to enter service next year. Single-seat LCA prototypes have completed more than 1,200 test flights. EADS is advising IAF on how to reduce flight testing without compromising safety.
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Taren Darkfyre in Malvoisin's War of the Burning Sky [OOC] [RG]
- a Human Shadowcaster 1
The Mythweaver in Rystil Arden's [Neo-Spelljamming] Diplomatic Immunity [OOC] [RG]
- a Byblan Sage 4 investigating a murder.
Obscurity in Rystil Arden's [Neo-spelljamming] Viridian Plague II [OOC] [RG] [Encyclopedia Atlantica]
- a Dolathi Eldritch Infiltrator 10 purging the world of plague.
Surtr Jotnsson @ Living Enworld, in nothing yet. [RG]
- a Half-Giant Psychic Warrior 5/War Mind 1
Aethelus d'Cannith @ Living Eberron in Rystil Arden's [LEB] Heart of Artifice [RG]
- a Human Artificer 2 conquering the world.
Bloodtalon @ Living Eberron in SelcSilverhand's [LEB] Into Khyber's Gate [RG]
- a Kenku Urban Ranger 1/Warlock 1 exploring the depths of Sharn.
Thym the Exalted in Deuce Traveler's Ptolus: Palace of the Silver Princess [OOC] [RG]
- a Human Warlock 4 spouting confusing at every opportunity
Maavnod Starspire in Isida KepTukari's The Gray King [OOC] [RG]
- a mutated Goliath Totemist 2
[3.5 Games]
Dogrynn the Reaver Sibeccai gestalt Weapon Master/Anima 1
Maugra Ironcrane Grailwarden Dwarf Cleric of Tuen 1
Dorian Lunaria Human Favored Soul of Glarias 1
Maavnod Warpspire Goliath Warden 1
[Living ENWorld]
Tenebrynn Glimmersight Elf Diviner 5/Fighter 1/Eldritch Knight 4
[4e Games]
Arjhan Khudrat Dragonborn Rogue/Paladin of the Raven Queen 1
Mirage Tiefling Wizard 12
Phaeryn Duskhaunt Elven Revenant Monk 10
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Wednesday, 17th September, 2003, 04:26 PM #3
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Thanks creamsteak for putting this here instead of in Meta and making it a sticky. I was really feeling constrained with the new sig rules. Right now, I'm just gonna paste my sig in here and modify it later.
Tarowyn Coldoak, Elven Ranger 1/Fighter 3 in jasamcarl's Feint Whispers
D'Bruuhl, Goblin Cleric 2 in dreamthief's Gobquest
Kajhin, Human Monk 1/Psychic Warrior 1 in Bulsarra's StormFront
Chjargal, Bugbear Ranger 1/Druid 2 in GruTheWanderer's Elven Navy Delta Squad
Elidur the Raven, Dorn Wildlander 1/Defender 2 in Toric_Arthendain's Midnight: Peril In Arbordale
Puna Tani, Tangata Shaman 3 in Tonguez' Legends Of Hawaiki
Dr. Smooth, B@d@$$ MoFo in Toric_Arthendain's M&M: Time Of Crisis
Prisoner Morguk, Marikon Smart Hero 2 in Vaxalon's Iron Lords Of Jupiter
Amir Osbourne, Human Strong 3/Shadow Slayer 1 in Morrus' Strange Happenings In Southampton
Saturday, 20th September, 2003, 05:45 PM #4
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Not currently running or playing any games.
Completed Games I DMed
[Arcana Unearthed] Stone Bones - Each hero is plagued by a strange dream that demands they return the bones to the earth. They now go to enter strange caves to discover what the stone voice truly wants of them. IC OOC, RG.
[Arcana Unearthed] Life In Vein - A group of heroes in a city of artists find themselves part of a quest to rescue the city from angry wind spirits. IC, OOC, RG.
[Arcana Unearthed] Butterfly Cage - A gold rush, a search for magic, the town of Hardak seemed a place to make a quick bit of gold. Now the party has found something more than they bargined for... IC, OOC, RG.
[Low'verok]Maiden of Pain's Redemption - Loviana was once a devotee of the Maiden of Pain. Can she redeem herself with her virtuous lover at her side, and her former sisters out for her blood? IC, OOC, RG. (moved to another board)
[Vasorn] Vasorn, the World Under Dragonfire - Dragons hold all the other races enslaved, and the Underdark now fights for the freedom of all. Our heroes now have to protect the collected knowledge of the resistance against a dragon incursion. IC, OOC, RG.
* [Low'verok] For the Greater Good (A game of Exalted Deeds and Hallowed Might) - A group of the purest hearts in Low'verok have been called to the capital city at the urging of a powerful priest. What evil must they face? IC, OOC, RG.
[Low'verok] Of Vile Darkness (A game of evil deeds and shadowed minds) - A villain of some renown has made it known to several vile souls that he has work for them in the capital of Low'verok. Whatever deeds are to be done, no one is safe from them. IC, OOC, RG. * = Exalted Deeds Versus Vile Darkness, The Final Confrontation
[Low'verok] Planetouched Peril - A group of new heroes, many of them touched by the planes, have come together for a simple guarding job. But it seems someone is after their charges, and they are the only ones who can protect them. IC, OOC, RG.
Games on Permanent Hiatus that I DMed
[Eberron] The Secret Scion - A group of people is running, and have collided in Sharn. What happens when all their enemies find them? IC, OOC, RG
[Dawnforge] The True Kings - A group of heroes have been tasked to unite the Kingsmarch. Can they rise to this legendary task? IC, OOC, RG
[The Endless Falls] Anything But Normal, Sailing the Endless Falls - Their liege-lord slain, can a group of mis-matched heroes restore the Kingdom of Knowledge? IC, OOC, RG, Prelimiary RG.
[AU/AE] A Warping of the Blood - The dragons have returrned to Serran, raising questions in everyone's mind as to who is to rule the lands of the Diamond Throne. IC, OOC, RG.
Tarumen, Land of Earth and Sky - In a world of nature's grandur, a storm is brewing... IC, OOC, RG.
[1930's Call of Cthulhu d20] The Snake Pit - A madman with a secret. A group of strangers with a mysterious connection. And a terrible conspiracy that could spell the end of the world... IC, OOC, RG.
[Epic] Scions of the Endless Falls - You were the most powerful people in your world. Then the gods destroyed it. What would you do? IC, OOC, RG.
Gardens and the Graves (Fantasia campaign) - A group of fey spirits must protect their fey-blooded human family from falling into the clutches of evil. IC, OOC, RG.
[Forgotten Realms] Jungle Deeps and Ocean Depths - A group of warriors, priests, rogues, and royalty thrown into the Jungles of Chult, each with a mission of their own. What adventure awaits them there? IC, OOC, RG.
[Low'verok] World of Low'verok - A merry band of adventurers were on a simple quest. Now it has taken a more deadly and urgent turn. IC, OOC, RG.
[Low'verok] Deepwater's Despair - A group of adventurers turn from strangers to allies, as a mysterious enemy plagues a local town... IC, OOC, RG.
[Pseudo-Low'verok] Magic Kingdom for Sale* (*Some Assembly Required) - A powerful group of adventurers have to tame the wilderness for their king. Trolls, gnolls, and powerful giants stand in their way, as well as miles and miles of The Great Unknown! IC, OOC, RG.
[Keldev] Heirs to the Burning Thrones - The genies of old have called their heirs to their sides. Will they survive the tests and be able to take power? IC, OOC, RG.
Dead Games I DMed
[Forgotten Realms] Graverended Grimoire - A long-standing group of villians that are becoming dominant evil powers in Faerun learn that Lolth is dying. Which one of them will grasp her power? IC, OOC, RG.
Dead, Dying, or Stillborn Games I Played In, or Games I Had To Leave
Anune of House Deneith [CN Female Human Swashbuckler 5] in Bront's Hanable's Hunters. IC, OOC, RG.
Blade Stopthrust [LG Female Spiker Fighter 12] in Sephiroth no Miko's Squaring the Circle Redux. IC, OOC, RG.
Clare Karaby [LG Female Human Cleric of Pistis Sophia 1] in Insight's The Tol Haggerun Prophecy. IC, OOC, RG.
Craven Proudheart [LG Male Human Paladin 4] in Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil. IC, OOC, RG.
Daman Don [CG Male Human Bard 1] in Andrew D. Gable's [Ravenloft] Grand Conjunction. IC, OOC, RG.
Death Gift [N Female Elf Wizard 5/ Blood Magus 2] in Krauss von Espy's Crypt of the Crimson Stars. IC, OOC, RG.
Denasa (with hairy spider familiar Legs) [CG Female Gloaming Sorcerer 8] in silentspace's Underdark Primeval. IC, OOC, RG.
Drota Stonebreaker [CN Female Orc Cleric 3 of Luthic] in Nalfeshnee's Tale of the Clueless. IC, OOC, RG.
Duthayer Coalhammer [LG Male Shield Dwarf Paladin 10] in TwistedMindInc's Into the Dragon's Lair. IC, OOC, RG.
Evendur Tallstag [LG Male Tethyr Human Fighter 8/ Divine Champion 5 of Helm] in LordRaven88's Vampires of Waterdeep. Recruitment Thread,IC, OOC, RG.
Fairweather (with dire tiger animal companion Kessian) [NG Female Human Druid 25] in Paxus Asclepius' Against the Crimson Tides. IC, OOC, RG.
Folo Woodwalker [NG Male Forest Gnome Druid 5 (ECL 6) with badger companion Digger] in Crimson Tide's Silver Marches Campaign. IC, OOC, RG.
Forge [N Female-Personality Warforge Artificer 1] in J-Dawg's Whisperers In Darkness. IC, OOC, RG.
Gabriel Sovot [CE Male Vashar Bard 7/ Virutoso 7] in moritheil's Invasion of Mori. IC, OOC, RG.
Granite Alehearth [LG Male Dwarf Monk 6/ Drunken Master 6] in Paxus Asclepius' Experience II. IC, OOC, RG.
Jalen Isadore [NG Female Human Cleric 7 of Ilmater] in Endur's Tears for Twilight Hollow. IC, OOC, RG.
Jalen Isadore [NG Female Human Cleric 11 of Illmater] and Roth Nosebreaker [CG Male Human Fighter 1/ Rogue 3] in Ashy's Up From the Dust. IC, OOC, RG.
Karjanga Stonecrusher [CN Female Half-Orc Barbarian 1/Sorcerer 3] in Lazlow's Tales from The Old Bald One-Eyed Salty Red Dog Tavern IC, OOC, RG.
Kelsis the Bright-Eyed [Female Sibeccai Akashic 4] in Erekose 13's Lost Dreams: The Stone Troll [Arcana Unearthed]. IC, OOC, RG.
Kori Miron [NG Female Human Wu Jen 6 (Complete Arcane)/ Candle Caster 4 (Tome and Blood)] in D20Dazza's The Last Gods - The Candelight Avengers. Recruitment Thread, IC, OOC, RG.
Kromgron Stonebreaker [NG Male Dwarf Psychic Warrior 5] in Ferrix's The Mythar Resistance. IC, IC2, OOC, RG.
Lalreth Evermoon [CN Male Elf Ranger 6 with owl animal companion Hibou] in Evilhalfling's Dragonhunters. IC, OOC, RG.
Lia Nialo [NG Female Elf Ranger 6] with hawk companion Sikilar in Endur's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. IC, OOC, RG.
Lok-Nar [LE Male Zweibold Fighter 1] in Krug's Koboldquest. IC, IC2, OOC, RG.
Luth Stonar [N Male Human Cleric of Grumbar 1] in Chosen of Valkur's Waterdeep/Undermountain game. IC, OOC, RG.
Lydia Shardweaver [LE Female Human Cleric 3 of Wee Jas] in Telsar's Puppy Kicking PCs. IC, OOC, RG.
Maraat Jaasakah - Marot "The Deadly" [NG Male Human Warlock 5/ Enlightened Spirit 1] in stonegod's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft. IC, OOC, RG.
Miriam Christina LeGou [Female Human Spiritualist 3] in Gomez's Masks of Nynarlathotep. IC, IC2, OOC, RG.
Mirumoto Zokiro [LG Female Human Samurai 7 of the Dragon Clan] in Ghostknight's Empire of the River God. IC, OOC, RG.
Morika Kevsecks [CN Female Gorebrute Shifter Druid 4 (shifter druid substitution 1)] in Ringmereth and Dark Jackalope's Game of Kings. IC, OOC, RG.
Myna Basi, The Moth [Female Human Fighter 3] in The Other Librarian's Servants of the Twilight King. IC, OOC, RG.
Nameless [LN Male Warforged Fighter 3] in Gomez's Dark Tides, Cold Steel. IC, OOC, RG.
Narine Valborg [CG Female Maenad Wilder 8] in Kelleris' Planes to Shape, Secrets to Keep... IC, OOC, RG.
Quillia Yilltre Alamble (with pseudodragon familiar Kosji) [NG Female Gnome Wizard 13] in Goddess FallenAngel's Crucible of Faith. IC, OOC, RG.
Roth d'Cannith [LN Male Human Artificer 3] in Kaodi's Genesis Man. IC, OOC, RG.
Roth Nosebreather [NG Male Human Fighter 1] in Dr. Screampunk's Killing Zander. IC, OOC, RG.
Ruslan Bonescriber [LE Male Human (hag bloodline) UA variant Necromancer 18] in Ankh-Morpork Guard's The Gods Hate Us. IC, OOC, RG.
Sebak of Gauros [CN Male Tiefling Warlock 2] in Verbatim's Final Resting Place. IC, OOC, RG.
Seket [LN Female Human Druid 4] with beetle companion Kek in reel big gish's Xen'drik Chronicles. IC, OOC, RG.
Sidra [N Female Litorian Totem Speaker 5] in Eva of Sirrion's Curse of Azure Bonds. IC, OOC, RG.
Silence [NG Female Human Cleric of Pelor 6/ Radiance Servant of Pelor 6] in Krauss von Espy's Maure Castle. IC, OOC, RG.
Sul Ilumé [LN Female Lumi Outsider 2/ Fighter 8 (ECL 12)] in Harvey's The Nameless Legion - Archon Lance. IC, OOC, RG.
Supoja Guchiko [CN Female River Spirit Folk Wu-Jen 4] in Ariakor's Tianchao Wangguo. IC, OOC, RG.
Targ [NG Male Ogre Fighter 5] in Starman's Heroes of the Day. IC, OOC, RG.
Tesseron Keldare [CG Female Human Variant Bard 23] in Emperor Valerian's Mercy in the Nine Hells. IC, OOC, RG.
Togashi Cho [Male Human Monk 5/Tattooed Monk 6] in DarkNemesis' [Rokugan] Blood and Cherry Blossoms. IC, OOC, RG.
Tol Caspian [LN Male Wildren Fighter 11] in Legolizard's Planar Game. IC, OOC, RG.
Trigessa Screep [CN Female Halfling Ranger 4] in Narleth Drider's In Breland's Name: The Xen'drik Expedition. OOC, RG.
Vestra Morger [CG Female Elan Psion (Nomad) 5/ Chronorebel 6] in Eluvan's Of Wealth and Taste. IC, OOC, RG.
Vestra Morger [NG Female Elan Psion (Egoist) 1] in Mithreander's The Advancing Hoard: Game 2. OOC.
Vivianna Spellsoul [LG Female Azurin Good Incarnate 2/Wizard 3/Soulcaster 1] in Nalfeshnee's Incarnum Campaign. OOC, RG.
Vivri Zepher [CG Female Human Holy Warrior of Darmon 1] in GPEKO's Heroes of Darmon. IC, OOC, RG.
Wimzig Tinsnipper [LN Male Rock Gnome Cleric 6 of Gond/ Techsmith 4] with Gondsman Aegis Ward in Willowhaunt's City of the Spider Queen. IC, OOC, RG.
Yina Fireforged [Female Litorian Champion of Freedom 1] in Lobo Lurker's AU Sunless Citadel. IC, OOC, RG.
Zek (Mother Anja) [N Male Doppelganger Rogue 2] in Tailspinner's Dawnforge: Heroes of Legend. IC, OOC, RG.
Zook "Threetongues" Ningle [CG Male Gnome Cleric 3 of Garl Glittergold] in silentspace's Storms of Change part 4. IC, OOC, RG.
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Saturday, 20th September, 2003, 10:27 PM #5
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Jemals games
*This is NOT a complete list, just the stuff I remember at time of Editing.*
Games I'm currently GMing:
Jemal's Anniversary Special (M&M Play yourself!)
Mutant Apocalypse (M&M) *Started 2011*
Star Drift (Sci Fi M&M)
Jemal's Planar Quest (3.5 becoming Epic)
Games I'm currently in:
Necessary Evil(M&M) - Siren, Atlantean Enchantress/psychic
Gurps Another World Within
Games I used to DM:
War of the Gods (D&D Lvl 40 non-caster)
Epic Problem: Prevention (LVL 30 good)
Epic Problem: Return to Power (Lvl 30 Not-so-good)
Epic Mortal Kombat (Lvl 40 Fighters Tournament)
Jemals Prisoners (Lvl 12 prison Dimension)
New Heroes Arise
Judgement Day
Final Fantasy J (Lvl 10 Fiinal Fantasy campaign)
Mutant High (M&M LVL 12)
Mutant Rising (M&M)
Jemal's Chosen (M&M)
Jemal's School
Jemal's Legends
Rebuilding the World
4E Past Tense.
Circle of Champions(M&M)
Games I was in for a while:
Adventers in Cormyr(Doorway From Everywhere) - Goran Elzyn, Draconic Half-Ogre Barbarian2/Fighter2
IndustryGothica's "Those Left Behind"- Rokelsh, Human Barb2/Fgtr1/Ranger3
Tragedy at Silvergard - Sir William Windwalker, Human Paladin
Darimaus' No mans Land - Whin Z. Roe, Human Fgtr/Sorc/E.Knight/Monk/Abjurant Champion (lvl 20)
Parting Gifts - Kurina, Elven Archery Horizon Walker (lvl20)
Invading Space Elves - Kiera, Human Sorc8
World of Low'verok - Rokelsh, Human Brb1/fgtr2
Heroes of Silleria - Michelle Cho, Human Female Sorc 2
Retired & Bored 3.5 - Daniel Adams, Human Rngr1/Fgtr4/Horizon Walker 9
Adventurers from Tacnar - Jonathon Boyd, Human fgtr1
Citizens of Gladenrach - Kurita, Human Monk 10
Epic Game - Kel Vorath, Sorc 26/Archmage 4
Ultimate Survivor D&D - Unnamed Mage of Chaos.
Darkhawk The Horror Within - Sir Jonathon, Human Fighter1
Engines & Empires - Kel Vorath, Human mage 1
Ruik's Carrion Crown - Gor (lvl 1 Cleric)
[Mutants and Masterminds]
Insight's Secret Wars(M&M 3e) - Optic PL 10
Superheroes of the Trust - Optic (PL 11)
Marvel Avengers 1989 - Savage Wolverine (PL 8)
Marvel Hero RPG (M&M) - Mr Fantastic
Insight's Emerald City Knights (M&M) - Power Gamer
For the Emperor - Bruce McClane, Catachan Mercenary
Buffy: Hellmouth in Waterloo - Jason Williams, Demon-Hunter
ICCG - ME, Fast 3/Strong 1/Martial Artist 7
Ever Dream Deity Roleplay - Jemal(God of the Undead)
Caros' Better Days - Captain James Varboy (Noble3/Soldier3/Scout1/Gunslinger4)
Babylon 5 - Kevin Cole, Ranger 3
PBP games I've finished:
Under A Vaulted Ceiling - Gentaria Ferach, Drow Cleric4/Ranger1/Fgtr1
Always looking to game!!
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Monday, 29th September, 2003, 10:52 AM #6
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Games I'm Dungeon Mastering:
Newfoundland: IC, OOC, RG.
A small group of second level adventurers sets sail for a new continent, but ends up shipwrecked on a remote island.
Heroics around Hommlet: IC, OOC, RG.
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil module, with a prologue to let players start at first level.
Games I'm playing:
House Millithor in the City of the Spider Queen by Endur: IC, OOC, RG.
Dariel Kront'tane, Drow Male Rogue5/Ranger6. A nervous and coutious Drow warrior adopted by House Millithor.
New Heroes Arise by Jemal: IC, OOC1, OOC2, RG.
Deirdre Silvereyes, Human Female Paladin of Heironeous2. Eager to right the wrongs, serious attitude with little interest in fooling around.
Fallen Angel by Erokose13: IC1, IC2, OOC, RG, MAP.
Michael Swordsbane, Human Male Fighter5. Mercenary, hero or treasureseeker, depending on the occasion.
The Sceptre of Kings by Uriel: IC, OOC, RG.
Prince Alembregh of Temperlain, Gold Dwarf Male Fighter4/Paladin of Gorm Gulthyn6. Heroic Dwarf eager to fight against the forces of evil.
Arokyn: Savage World by Argent Silvermage: IC, OOC.
Krit Ka, Insectoid Elf Male Monk1. Bred in military caste. Uncreative, focussed, always training his combat moves.
World of Low'verok by Ray Silver: IC, OOC, RG.
Damien Tallstrider, Human Male Cleric of Pelor3. Healer travelling around with his horses and carriage, pulled into adventure by his friends.
Crossed Paths by Manzanita: IC, OOC1, OOC2, RG.
Dhormuin Blackbeard, Dwarf Male Cleric of Moradin3. Young orphan Dwarf, leaving the Hold for the first time in his life with great interest.
Life's Bazaar by Kajamba Lion: IC1, IC2, OOC, RG, MAP.
Cassandra Moonshadow, Human Female Psychic Warrior2. Unattractive muscled woman, but with her heart at the right place.
Retired and Bored by Tailspinner: IC, OOC, RG.
Armand Eagleheart, Human Male Cleric14. Veteran Adventurer that decided to settle down. But adventure seeks him.
Storms of Change by Silentspace: IC1, IC2, OOC1, OOC2, RG.
Zanock, Orc Male Fighter1. Young naive orc warrior, travelling to see the world.
Yrtchull's Return by Uriel: IC, OOC.
Teretha BlueMane, Tiefling Female Wizard7. Sneaky spellcaster, befriended with a Girthyanki Psychic Warrior.
Sealed Lands by Kalanyr: IC, OOC, RG.
Arianne Autumnleaf, Human Female Telepath3. Physical poor and smallshaped woman with strong mental powers.
Games that died:
Metropolis by Corlon: IC, OOC1, OOC2, RG.
Harald Stonefist, Human Male Fighter4/Paladin of Corean5/Blackguard of Vangal1. Once a proud man, he lost his faith when things went horribly wrong.
Adventures from Tacnar by Shaff: IC, OOC, RG.
Eclyssia Morningdawn, Elf Female Sorceress1. Young elven girl that travelled away from home because it bored her. Likes fun, dislikes killing.
Stealthy Missions by Xael: IC, OOC1, OOC2.
Byorn Woodsplinter, Human Male Druid8. Unsocial, aloof, back to nature kind of guy who dislikes civilization and talking.
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Monday, 29th September, 2003, 03:54 PM #7
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Games I'm In
I'm currently not playing any, due to real life issues.
Ktarlewaweikye Os Tehlayew Olui in Maerdwyn's High Law and low justice (T20, OOC)
Toriah in Endur's Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (3.5/RttToEE, OOC)
Freyja in Isida Kep'Tukari's Gardens and the Graves (3.5/Fantasia, OOC)
Garival in doghead's nameless III: lost and found (GnG D&D homebrew, OOC)
[on hold]
Matron Millithor in Isida's Graverended Grimoire (House Millithor in the City of the Spider Queen V) (3.5, OOC)
[seeking GM]
Chastity D'Agnacia in Majin's The Lamentation of Lolth (3.5/CotSQ, OOC)
[currently inactive]
Rowyn Elwick Doublelock Daergal Scheppen III in silentspace's Storms of Change (3.0, OOC)
[currently inactive]
Lani-wai-koana in Tonguez's Legends of Hawaiki (3.0/3.5/homebrew, OOC)
[dead game]
Miriah Kalindos in loxmyth's Clockwork, Steam & Sorcery (3.0/3.5, OOC)
[dead game]
Kosk in sophist's The Haunting of Barrenrim (3.5/Warcraft, OOC)
[dead game]
Mickeal Roberts in Fieari's Pint Sized Sword and Sorcery (3.0/3.5/homebrew, OOC)
[dead game]
Toriah in Thels's Heroics Around Hommlet (3.5/RttToEE, OOC)
[dead game]
Kiralin in ToddSchumacher's On the Merchant Road (3.0/3.5/FR, OOC)
[dead game]
Narcelia Millithor in Endur's House Millithor in the City of the Spider Queen (3.0/3.5/CotSQ, OOC)
Diarmat in DrZombie's Celtic Dreams (3.5/homebrew, OOC)
Marcus Garivelli in Mordane76's A Beginning to the End (Vampire, OOC)
Enalia Astariat in Breezly's Silverymoon (3.5/FR, OOC)
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Wednesday, 1st October, 2003, 05:52 AM #8
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Active (Playing):
Rivenblight's Castaway: (Living ENWorld) Velbrik, male human Bard 3
Butterfly Cage: (Arcana Unearthed) Sanje, male verrik Champion of Death 2
Active (Running)
Inactive (Playing):
The Spiral: (Mage: The Ascension) Todd Whitford, male human Mage
Jungle Deeps and Ocean Depths: (Forgotten Realms) Taesshan, male human Wizard 7/Nar Demonbinder 3
The Fruit of Deceit: (Planescape) Zekiel, male human Psychic Warrior 5
Dragon Stalkers: (Homebrew) Mazarin, male grey elf evoker 6
Good vs. Evil: (D&D Wargaming) Zedrihar, marut and leader of the First Company
Armageddon: Rise of the Nephilim: (Mutants & Masterminds) Adam, male human ex-firefighter PL10
Inactive (Running):
A Divine Theater
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Tuesday, 21st October, 2003, 08:55 AM #9
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Game I DM(ed):
Star Wars Episode 2.1q: The Fall of Eraydia: Clone Wars era. The heroes deliver refugees to supposed safe haven on the windswept world of Eraydia, only to find a Separatist invasion in progress when they arrive. (Game is dead at my hand, as I made a giant production out of lawnmowing, basically, and my players justifiably lost interest.)
Games I'm In:
(Casual D&D) A Game of Trust: Guilt Puppy, DM. Now in its second thread incarnation as Casual D&D II: The Fellowship of the White Dove. Heroes on a mission to save the land from discord and strife; their biggest enemy being themselves and the choices they make. Playing Brother Fendric, half-elf Cleric 5 of Pelor. My favorite D&D game. Just finished (and survived) the best combat I've ever played in, 8 of us defeating 12 orcs, some of whom were barbarians, with MW weaps and better armor.
The Heroes of Silleria: MerakSpielman, DM. Heroes reclaiming a Keep on behalf of the Crown. Big adventuring party, plenty of characters after DM reopened recruiting. Playing Kerith Onnwall, human Rogue 2. Game temporarily suspended since DM's hard drive went down for good, taking all the juicy campaign info with it. Tragic: we've already defeated lizardmen, krenshar, monstrous centipedes, a purple fungus, and darkmantles (don't laugh - this was the toughest of everything but the krenshar). God, I hope this game gets going again.
Star Wars - Rebellion: Toric Arthendain, DM. Heroes out to rescue Rebel operative on Dantooine, currently under Imperial attack. Game up and died a while ago. Playing Ryn Turiaf, human Scoundrel 2.
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S. Epatha Merkerson, BD Wong and Blythe Danner Join Actors Fund's Benefit Reading of OUR TOWN; Full Cast Announced!
Casting is complete for The Actors Fund's upcoming benefit reading of the American classic Our Town on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 7:30 p .m. at The Gerald R. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College (524 West 59th Street). Tony Winners Blythe Danner, BD Wong and two-time Tony Award nominee S. Epatha Merkerson will share the role of the Stage Manager for this one night benefit.
The star studded cast includes Tony Award nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Emily Webb, three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker (Mary Poppins, The Music Man) as Mrs. Webb, Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox (Doubt, Chicago) as Mrs. Gibbs, Martin Moran (All the Rage, Spamalot) as of Simon Stimson, Julia Murney (Falling, Wicked) as Mrs. Soames and Leslie Odom, Jr. (Smash, Leap of Faith) as George Gibbs, two-time Tony Award nominee Howard McGillin (Anything Goes, The Mystery of Edwin Drood) as Mr. Webb, Jerry Dixon (Once on This Island) as Dr. Gibbs, Wally Dunn (Gypsy w/ Bernadette Peters, Spamalot) as Professor Willard/Joe Stoddard, Philip Hoffman (Into the Woods, A Catered Affair) as Constable Warren, Daniel Jenkins (Golden Boy, Big River) as Howie Newsome, Jose Llana (...Spelling Bee, Flower Drum Song) as Sam Craig, Wolfgang Scheitinger as Wally Webb and Tyrah Skye Odoms (Annie) as Rebecca Gibbs.
Also featured in the cast are Will Boyajian, Brandon Contreras, Talya Groves, Chelsea D. Harrison, John-Michael Lyles, Melissa Mickens, Ade Otukoya, and Cailan Rose
The evening will be directed by Peter Flynn (Chess and On the 20th Century for The Actors Fund).
The creative team includes Scenic Design by Ken Goldstein, Lighting Design by Cory Pattak, Sound Design by Patrick Weaver, Costume Supervisor is Jennifer Caprio, Musical Supervisor is Mark Fifer, Make-up by Nathan Johnson and Hair by James Corbett. Jason Quinn is the Production Stage Manager and casting by Stephanie Yankwitt.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become an undisputed stage classic. Our Town is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play.
Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," Our Town won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Tappan Wilder, nephew and literary executor of the playwright stated, ""My uncle loved actors--he was an actor himself, you know--and he was mighty proud to have written a popular large-cast play that provided his fellows with so many jobs! What a great pleasure it is to partner with the Actor's Fund, which Thornton Wilder supported throughout his life, on the occasion of a major milestone in the history of his most famous work."
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Thornton Wilder (Playwright). Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Oberlin, Yale (B.A. 1920) and Princeton (M.A. 1925), Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between The Commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. Wilder is the only writer to win Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and drama-for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927) and two plays, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942). His other novels include The Cabala, The Woman of Andros, Heaven's My Destination, The Ides of March, The Eighth Day and Theophilus North. His other major dramas include The Matchmaker (adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly!) and The Alcestiad. The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden and The Long Christmas Dinner are among his celebrated shorter plays. Wilder also enjoyed success as an essayist, translator, research scholar, teacher, lecturer, actor, librettist and screenwriter. His screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day. Wilder's many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature, The Order of Merit (Peru), and the Goethe-Plakette (Germany). In 1930, with royalties received from The Bridge of SanLuis Rey, Wilder built a home for himself and his family in Hamden, CT.Although often away from it as many as 250 days a year, restlessly seeking quiet places in which to write, Thornton Wilder always returned to "the house the Bridge built". He died of a heart attack on December 7, 1975.
Peter Flynn (Director) recently directed 1776 starring Brooks Ashmanskas & Robert Cuccioli for Ford's Theater in Washington, DC. As the Artistic Director of the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York, he directed Lend Me A Tenor starring Michael McCormick, & Emily Skinner, the world premiere of Tim Pinckney's play Ever So Humble starring Andréa Burns; Natascia Diaz as Aldonza in Man of LaMancha; and Wally Dunn in David Mamet's November. Broadway credits: Actors' Fund concerts of On the 20th Century with Douglas Sills & Marin Mazzie, Chess with Josh Groban & Adam Pascal, and Funny Girl with Whoopi Goldberg, Andrea Martin, & Jane Krakowski. Off-Broadway credits: Lee Blessing's Two Rooms - Lion Theatre, Skippyjon Jones, & Junie B. Jones (nominated for two Lucille Lortel Awards including Best Musical), and Rhapsody in Seth - Actors' Playhouse starring Seth Rudetsky. Regional credits: Barrio Grrrl! - Kennedy Center, Sleuth & Man of LaMancha (Carbonell Award, best director) - Maltz-Jupiter Theatre, Guys and Dolls - Engeman Theater, Gypsy - St. Louis MUNY (starring Karen Mason), The Piano Lesson and The Crucible - Tampa Performing Arts Center, A Child's Christmas in Wales - National Theatre of the Deaf. As a writer, Peter is the author of Lily, a musical adaptation of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth written with writing partner, composer/lyricist Brooks Ashmanskas. They are currently under commission at the Huntington Theatre writing the musical adaptation of For Love of the Game. Peter is on faculty at the Stella Adler Studio for Acting & New York University, and is a graduate of Northwestern University.
The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that helps everyone - performers and those behind the scenes - who works in performing arts and entertainment, helping more than 12,000 peopledirectly each year, and hundreds of thousands online. Serving professionals in film, theatre, television, music, opera, radio and dance, The Fund's programs include social services and emergency assistance, health care and insurance, housing, and employment and training services. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Actors Fund has - for nearly 130 years - been a safety net for those in need, crisis or transition. Visit www.actorsfund.org.
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The waiting room is painted in soft grays and steel blues with upholstered furniture, a chandelier, and plush patchwork carpet that brightens the hardwood floor.
The mammography rooms are painted in soft grays with a contrasting bright pink wall. The soft gray hallway leading to the exam rooms has chandelier scone lights for a softer, more feminine feel. The consulting room is slate blue. Throughout the suite are photographs taken from around Fort Wayne that feature the bright pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness.
Two photographs of former employees who had worked there are featured in the hallway; both women succumbed to breast cancer.
Dr. Chris Tremper, of Summit Radiology, has been in the field for 19 years. She said in that time she has seen more and more cases of breast cancer being diagnosed, but she has also seen the technology improve to make it easier for early diagnosis.
Tremper, along with several other women, had a vision of creating the new suite. Before, Tremper said women would walk down the hospital hallways in bathrobes to get to the mammography rooms. Now they have a separate area and it makes for a more relaxed patient. Tremper credits the color scheme and design to Polly Hagedorn, the wife of Summit radiologist Dr. Brett Hagedorn.
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:It is often asked is how to practise insight meditation in daily life — outside of the intensive and very supportive retreat environment. In response to a private message, I will answer the questions here for the benefit of all.
Vipassanā means insight, while Satipaṭṭhāna means to set up and establish mindfulness. Since insight won't arise until one successfully establishes mindfulness and deep concentration, it is more accurate to talk about practising mindfulness meditation (Satipaṭṭhāna) than practising insight meditation (Vipassanā).
The essential feature of insight meditation is that it relies on gaining knowledge of ultimate realities. Much of what we do in daily life relies on skill in handling concepts, not on understanding ultimate realities. There is a conflict of interests — to do a job of work, much of your time will be spent dealing with concepts. Even writing a post on a Dhamma forum is all about dealing with concepts (i.e. words and ideas), not realities. Unless your job of work involves some repetitive practical skill, it may be difficult to practise the kind of mindfulness that can understand and penetrate realities.
Nevertheless, there are many things that we must do every day that do lend themselves to practising mindfulness of the right kind — the bare awareness that can lead to knowledge of phenomena as mental and physical processes. Those daily chores, and commuting to and from work, can often be a good opportunity to cultivate mindfulness of realities.
A lay meditator especially, must learn to make the mind very flexible, very adaptable, and quickly switch attention between handling concepts and knowing realities.
Other meditation techniques, such as the divine abidings, will make social interaction much less abrasive, and keep the mind soft and pliable, yet also tough and resilient. When interacting with other beings, whether humans or animals, bare awareness may not be the appropriate method.
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Accountability and Responsibility
Robert Gregory
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.
The words accountability and responsibility are often used as if they were synonymous. They are not, though both concepts are contestable as to their real meaning, and various interpretations can be found, including different types, or sources, of accountability—for example, political, administrative, legal, and professional. Generically, accountability is better understood as a synonym for organizational and political control: subordinates provide true or false accounts (stories, reports, fabrications, lies, and so on) of their actions to superiors in the first instance, and governors to the governed in the second. Accountability is essentially about answerability to relevant others for the ways in which discretionary power and authority are exercised, in political and organizational contexts. Popular demands that governmental agents be held accountable when things go wrong are seldom satisfied, because the quest for accountability is usually a matter for political disputation and reputation-protection rather than forensic determination.
Responsibility also has different meanings in common discourse. One principal usage is close to the idea of accountability (as above), and so lines of hierarchical responsibility are often depicted in organization charts and such. However, responsibility means much more than this. It is better understood as individual or collective agency—that is, individuals or groups intentionally or unintentionally cause particular effects or outcomes, and in so doing, they are willing to acknowledge to others that they have done so. While accountability is often a matter of simply ensuring that systems are under control and operate as intended, questions of responsibility, by contrast, focus on issues of individual and collective moral choice among or between different and sometimes conflicting obligations.
There is a relationship between the ideas of accountability and responsibility, as the former can be understood as a necessary but insufficient condition of the latter: public officials' willingness to be fully accountable is an integral component of their willingness to act responsibly, but acting responsibly means much more than merely being accountable. Too great an emphasis on the need to be accountable can supplant or diminish an individual's or a group's sense of responsibility, by discouraging self-reflection while encouraging blame-shifting: "I was only following orders." As a consequence, people and organizations can be held fully accountable for their actions, after the event, and may be willingly accountable for them, even though such actions may be judged by others to be in gross violation of widely held moral standards and social norms. In sum, the idea of individual and collective responsibility is of a higher philosophical order than that of accountability.
Erica Frantz
Dictatorships have dominated global politics for hundreds of years, from the pharaohs of Egypt to the absolute monarchs of Europe. Though democracy has since spread to much of the world, about a third of today's countries are still ruled by dictatorship. And yet, compared to democracies, we know very little about how dictatorships work, who the key political actors are, and where decision-making powers lie. Political processes are opaque, and information is often intentionally distorted. Political survival depends not on maintaining the favor of voters, as in democracies, but on securing the backing of a considerably smaller coalition of supporters. The absence of a reliable third party to enforce compromises among key players means that power-sharing deals lack credibility and the threat of forced ouster is omnipresent. Uncertainty pervades authoritarian politics.
Modern autocrats respond to this uncertain environment in a variety of ways. They use political parties, legislatures, elections, and other institutions typically associated with democracies to lessen their risk of overthrow. Despite the façade of democracy, these institutions are key components of most autocrats' survival strategies; those that incorporate them last longer in power than those that do not. The specific ways in which autocratic institutions are used and the extent to which they can constrain leadership choices to prevent consolidation of power into the hands of a single individual, however, vary enormously from one dictatorship to the next. Better understanding the conditions that push autocracies down a path of collegial versus strongman rule remains a critical task, particularly given that the latter is associated with more war, economic mismanagement, and resistance to democratization.
Comparative Political Regimes: Consensus and Majoritarian Democracy
Matthijs Bogaards
Ever since Aristotle, the comparative study of political regimes and their performance has relied on classifications and typologies. The study of democracy today has been influenced heavily by Arend Lijphart's typology of consensus versus majoritarian democracy. Scholars have applied it to more than 100 countries and sought to demonstrate its impact on no less than 70 dependent variables. This paper summarizes our knowledge about the origins, functioning, and consequences of two basic types of democracy: those that concentrate power and those that share and divide power. In doing so, it will review the experience of established democracies and question the applicability of received wisdom to new democracies.
Friedrich Kratochwil
Constructivism in the social sciences has known several ups and downs over the last decades. It was rather early successful in sociology but hotly contested in international relations. Oddly enough, just at the moments it made important inroads into the research agenda and also became accepted by the mainstream, the enthusiasm for it waned, and many constructivists—as did mainstream scholars—moved from the concerns of "grand theory" or even "meta-theory" toward "normal science," or experimented with other (eclectic) approaches, of which the "turn to practice" is perhaps the latest manifestation.
In a way, constructivism was "successful" on the one hand by introducing norms, norm-dynamics, and diffusion; the role of new actors in world politics; and the changing role of institutions into the debates, while losing, on the other hand, much of its critical potential. The latter survived only on the fringes—and in Europe more than in the United States. The Copenhagen school, building on the speech act theory, engendered at least a principled discussion of security studies, even if its use of speech acts was too simplistic.
In the United States constructivism soon became "mainstreamed" by having its analysis of norms reduced to "variable research." Similarly, while the "life cycle of norms" apparently inevitably led to norm cascades and "boomerangs," "norm death," strangely enough, never made the research agenda, despite the obvious empirical evidence (preventive strikes, unlawful combatants, drone strikes, extrajudicial killings etc.).
The elective affinity of constructivism and humanitarianism seemed to have transformed the former into the enlightenment project of "progress," where a hidden (or not so hidden) teleology of history à la Kant tends to overwhelm the analysis and thus prevents a serious conceptual engagement with both law and (inter-) national politics. This bowdlerization of constructivism is further buttressed by the fact that none of the "leading" U.S. departments has a constructivist on board, ensuring thereby the narrowness of conceptual and methodological choices to which the future "professionals" are exposed. The engagement with concepts and language, which "first generation" constructivists introduced, is displaced again by "ideal theory" (both in terms of deductive reasoning based on "unrealistic" assumptions and in the "clarification" of abstract principles à la Rawls), or by the search for "algorithms" hidden in "big data."
Counterfactuals and Foreign Policy Analysis
Richard Ned Lebow
Counterfactuals seek to alter some feature or event of the pass and by means of a chain of causal logic show how the present might, or would, be different. Counterfactual inquiry—or control of counterfactual situations—is essential to any causal claim. More importantly, counterfactual thought experiments are essential, to the construction of analytical frameworks. Policymakers routinely use then by to identify problems, work their way through problems, and select responses. Good foreign-policy analysis must accordingly engage and employ counterfactuals.
There are two generic types of counterfactuals: minimal-rewrite counterfactuals and miracle counterfactuals. They have relevance when formulating propositions and probing contingency and causation. There is also a set of protocols for using both kinds of counterfactuals toward these ends, and it illustrates the uses and protocols with historical examples. Policymakers invoke counterfactuals frequently, especially with regard to foreign policy, to both choose policies and defend them to key constituencies. They use counterfactuals in a haphazard and unscientific manner, and it is important to learn more about how they think about and employ counterfactuals to understand foreign policy.
Samuel Freeman
Liberalism in politics is associated with nonauthoritarianism, the rule of law, constitutional government with limited powers, and the guarantee of civil and political liberties. A liberal society is tolerant of different religious, philosophical, and ethical doctrines and allows individuals to freely form and express their conscientious convictions and opinions on all matters and live according to their chosen purposes and life paths. In economic terms, liberalism is associated with an unplanned economy with free and competitive markets, as well as private ownership and control of productive resources.
The basic institutions that are characteristic of a liberal society are constitutionalism and the rule of law; equal basic rights and liberties; formal equality of opportunity; free, competitive markets with private property in means of production; government's obligation to provide public goods and a social minimum; and the fiduciary nature of political power to impartially provide for the public good. Liberals interpret these basic institutions differently. Classical liberalism regards extensive property rights and economic liberties as basic, while libertarians see all rights as property rights and as absolute. High liberalism regards economic liberties as subordinate to personal and political liberties and subject to regulation, with redistribution of income and wealth to mitigate gross inequalities and provide all citizens with adequate resources to guarantee the worth of their basic liberties and opportunities.
The Market for Accountability Journalism
James T. Hamilton
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.
If most voters remain rationally ignorant about the details of public policy, how can politicians be held accountable for their actions? Information markets offer an unprecedented amount of data today to help people in their roles as consumers, workers, and audience members. Yet the stories that help voters hold politicians accountable face a number of hurdles in the market place. Investigative work about public affairs topics is expensive, uncertain, and not always highly demanded. Attempts by candidates to convey ideas through the media faces a conflict between what approaches motivate the marginal voter and what topics are of interest to the marginal viewer. Research in media economics offers evidence on what types of political information gets produced, what the impact of accountability journalism is on the functioning of government, and where market failures exist in the coverage of politics and policy.
Party Identification and Its Implications
Russell J. Dalton
Early electoral research in the United States discovered the most important concept in the study of political behavior: party identification. Party identification is a long-term, affective attachment to one's preferred political party. Cross-national research finds that these party identities are a potent cue in guiding the attitudes and behavior of the average person. Partisans tend to repeatedly support their preferred party, even when the candidates and the issues change. Party ties mobilize people to vote to support their party, and to work for the party during the campaign. And given the limited information most people have about complex political issues, party ties provide a cue to what positions one should support. The levels of partisanship among contemporary publics, and how it varies across nations and across time, are described. The implications of these patterns, and the current research debates on the significance of partisanship for democracies today, are discussed.
Popular Understanding of Democracy
Doh Chull Shin
How well do people around the world understand democracy? Do they support democracy with an informed understanding of what it is? To address these questions, which have largely been overlooked in the literature on democratization, the World Values Survey and three regional barometer surveys are analyzed according to a two-dimensional notion of democratic knowledge. Their analyses reveal that a vast majority of global citizenries especially in post-authoritarian and authoritarian countries are either uninformed or misinformed about the fundamental characteristics of democracy and its alternatives. These findings contradict the popular theses that democracy is emerging as a universal value and it is also becoming the universally preferred system of government. For much of the world today, democracy represents little more than an appealing political symbol that still retains authoritarian practices.
Referendums in the European Union
Derek Beach
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.
Referendums are frequently used by the European Union (EU) to ratify EU-related propositions. There are three main types of referendums: (a) on joining (or leaving) the EU, (b) ratification of new EU treaties or agreements, and (c) advisory referendums on particular EU-related issues, like whether Turkey should join the EU. While referendums have been widely criticized as being decided by "second-order" factors such as governmental popularity, there is evidence that, when a proposition matters for voters, voting behavior is dominated by issue-voting. However, even when issue-voting dominates in high salience referendums, there is also evidence that voters hold a status-quo bias; and in instances where a vote is close, voter dispositions to keep what they know instead of opting for more unsure gains can tip the balance towards a no vote. In lower salience referendums, party cues and recommendations play a significant role.
When referendums are close, campaign effects and the importance of information provided by campaigns matter. Information and debates can make an issue salient for voters and can provide sufficient information to enable the voters to match voting intention with their underlying EU attitudes. However, not all voters react to campaign information in the same fashion. For example, pro-EU information can make voters with negative EU atittudes even more prone to vote no, whereas voters with positive EU attitudes are not as strongly motivated.
In the past several years, most EU referendums have resulted in negative outcomes. There have been negative outcomes in low salience referendums in countries like the Netherlands, where there is evidence that second-order factors mattered. In contrast, in the December 2015 referendum in Denmark on transforming the Danish opt-out into an opt-in on Justice and Home Affairs, Danes decided based on their EU attitudes (issue-voting). In particular, opponents of more integration were more highly motivated, pushing the outcomes towards a clear no. In June 2016, a majority of British voters decided to leave the EU based on their negative attitudes towards the EU, in particular because of economic and identity-based fears about the downside of EU membership relating to immigration and sovereignty.
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Even though it looks like Yolo County and the Sacramento region may get a couple of days of rain, a severe drought has taken hold.
The drought is so serious that on Sunday, the community is invited to join members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a special day of fasting and prayer for rainfall.
"It's not uncommon for people of all faiths to turn to God in a spirit of prayer and fasting, particularly in circumstances outside our control," said Corey Cuvelier, president of the Woodland California Stake, which includes eight congregations of the LDS church in Woodland, Davis, Winters, and Dixon. "In what could be the worst drought on record in California, we seek divine help and invite our neighbors to join us."
LDS Church members are encouraged to fast the first Sunday of each month and go without food or drink for two consecutive meals.
The money they would have spent on these meals is donated to the Church's welfare system to assist the poor and needy.
More than 775,000 LDS members live in California, and congregations throughout the state have been encouraged to pray and fast for rainfall this Sunday.
The community is invited to attend the local meeting designated for this fast at 9:30 a.m. at either of the LDS Woodland chapels: 850 Pioneer Ave. or 1405 Cottonwood St.


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We have to start the thread draft season in week two, which is fine. It happens. But man I missed some good games.
Michael Redd: 37 points/5 rebounds
Chauncy Billups: Points: 25 Reb: 6 Ast: 8
Rudy Gay: 21 points/8 rebounds/4 blocks/1 3-pt/1 steal
Luke Ridnour: 22 points/13 assists/5 rebounds/1 3-pt/3 steals
Dalembert: 11 points/11 boards/3 steals/2 blocks
Not that big of a deal; hopefully they will be doing this all season. But I get no credit for it, so I might as well post it here.


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Lose the Loser's Mentality
Not every day will go your way. This wasn't a great earnings morning in terms of trades, but not a complete disaster. I figure on a day like today, the best thing to do is step away from the trades, take the overall net losses on closing out all four trades and look forward while the net impact is not much more than where the market is in the red.
Some of those trades may have been hard to visualize psychologically. When someone sees an option trade or combination position that totals $7, $8 or even $12, the first thought is usually, "Man, that is an expensive trade." This is usually followed by, "I don't want to do that. I could get crushed and lose a ton of money." Yes, you could lose a ton of money, but only if your position involves a ton of money. If you can't get past the psychological barrier of price, it will always be a glaring weakness for your trading and investing. The $8 or $10 premium is no different than the $0.50 premium. What matters is how much you risk on a position. Buying 20 calls at $0.50 is risking the same amount of money as buying one call with a $10 premium. Ironically, sometimes those 20 calls could come with a significantly higher risk of losing money....237 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Perth, Australia
"You are writing at the correct level — talking to people who have an understanding of technology but are not technicians."
— Bill Minnis, Editor at Education Today magazine
Doug Loader is an experienced and patient educator who loves working with students and teachers. He works as a technology integration specialist at Santa Maria College in Western Australia, a flagship school for Labor's Digital Education Revolution. He ensures that the teachers are both well trained and well informed on modern technologies that can enhance their teaching environments. Loader helps maintain his school as a forerunner in 21st century education by enabling staff to better engage students, parents, and the community through many digital media, including the school website. He works closely with each learning area to develop a diverse curriculum that leverages modern and accessible tools.
His research can be found on his informative blog. It also offers examples of the importance of digital citizenship and shows how Loader has guided students and parents on issues of online safety.
His goal is to provide solutions for teachers, and he prides himself on creating simple and informative software use guides including Adobe tools and their relevance to education. Loader's articles have often been featured in national education magazines, and he now writes for Education Today magazine as the technology editor.
Originally from London, Loader worked with Apple Education to provide training and support to over 40 U.K. universities. Apple recently acknowledged him as an Apple Distinguished Educator.
Loader now also offers professional development activities to schools and teachers throughout Western Australia as a freelancer.
In his spare time, he plays in a band and loves to practice audio engineering. He also designs web graphics and websites.