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* Lusamine is the first female main antagonist in the [[core series]].
* Lusamine is the first female main antagonist in the [[core series]].
* Lusamine is the first antagonist to have their character and motives rewritten in a subsequent title.
* The merged form of Lusamine and Nihilego may be based on ''{{wp|Turritopsis dohrnii}}'', a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal and can revert to a young, immature state if it is too old or stressed.
* The merged form of Lusamine and Nihilego may be based on ''{{wp|Turritopsis dohrnii}}'', a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal and can revert to a young, immature state if it is too old or stressed.
* During the second battle against Lusamine in [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]], all of her Pokémon except {{p|Bewear}} have angry facial expressions instead of their usual expressions.
* During the second battle against Lusamine in [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]], all of her Pokémon except {{p|Bewear}} have angry facial expressions instead of their usual expressions.
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| Lusamine
ルザミーネ Lusamine
Art from Pokémon Sun and Moon
|Eye color
|Hair color
|Aether Paradise
|Lillie (daughter), Gladion (son), Mohn (husband), unnamed father
|Trainer class
|Aether President
|Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
|Member of
|Aether Foundation
|Anime debut
|A Dream Encounter!
|English voice actor
|Bobbi Hartley
|Japanese voice actor
|Sayaka Kinoshita
Lusamine (Japanese: ルザミーネ Lusamine) is a character introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon. She is the head of the Aether Foundation. She is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Aether President (Japanese: エーテルだいひょう Aether Representative).
- 1 In the games
- 1.1 Role
- 1.2 Pokémon
- 1.3 Quotes
- 2 Artwork
- 3 In the anime
- 4 In the manga
- 5 In the TCG
- 6 Trivia
- 7 Names
In the games
Lusamine appears in Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. She is first seen in a picture of a magazine that the player is reading during the intro sequence. She is formally introduced after the Akala Grand Trial, when Hau and the player travel to Aether Paradise.
As president of the Aether Foundation, Lusamine claims to love all Pokémon, be they native to the Alola region or not. While the player and Hau are conversing with her in the conservation area, an Ultra Wormhole appears, in which Nihilego emerges. In Sun and Moon, after the player battles it, she claims she will find it and love it like the other Pokémon in her care; in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the Ultra Recon Squad immediately show up, upon which Lusamine explains that they are assisting the Aether Foundation in researching Ultra Beasts. Once Hau mentions Lillie, she gives a surprised expression but tries to not acknowledge her, stating that children are better off listening to the adults around them.
Later in the story, Plumeria remarks to Lillie that Team Skull are not the only thieves in Alola, and that Lillie ought to return Cosmog. When Hau, Gladion, and the player arrive at Aether Paradise, all the employees are suddenly hostile to them, including Faba, who had locked down Lusamine's office under her orders. There are also a number of Team Skull Grunts present, implying an alliance.
When the player leaves Hau and Gladion to deal with Guzma, they find Lillie in the same room as Lusamine, with the former begging Lusamine to come to her senses. Lusamine is not fazed by it, and berates Lillie for leaving her and claims she was never her daughter, before teleporting into another room via a pad hidden behind her mirror. Lillie and the player step on the pad too, and teleport into the room her mother went to. When they arrive, Lusamine taunts them to come closer. Afterwards, Lillie and the player are horrified to see that she has a collection of frozen Pokémon scattered about the room, "protected" for all eternity.
Pokémon Sun and Moon
Hau arrives, together with Gladion. Lusamine is disgusted by her son's arrival, as he had stolen Type: Null and ran away from her. He does not try to reason with her, deciding it is impossible at this point. Lusamine, frustrated, exclaims that she gave all her love to her children, only for them to run away. Cosmog is then revealed to be inside a cube, in which Lillie pleads her not to use its power, as it would die. Lusamine, however, acts as though she does not consider her statements, and uses the cube anyway, opening up a large wormhole in the room, and multiple others on the various islands of Alola.
Guzma arrives, asking Lusamine whether the experiment was a success, and Nihilego materializes behind her. After being defeated by the player, Lusamine and Guzma jump into the wormhole and disappear with said portal alongside Nihilego.
She is later encountered in Ultra Space, where Guzma has given up working with her because of his newfound fear since Nihilego possessed him, and claims she is immune to reason at this point. Lillie disagrees, and runs off to confront her mother. When they arrive at an open terrace, she is nowhere to be found, only to phase into visibility and appear sitting on a rock in front of them. Lillie continues what she was saying to her mother back at Aether Paradise, along with trying to persuade her to come back to Alola.
Guzma turned out to be correct, as Lusamine says she would rather not come back to Alola, and that Lillie "could not even be that stupid". She boasts about how Ultra Space is beautiful, that Nihilego is all she cares about now, and that Lillie became ugly after leaving her and making friends with the player. Lusamine then turns her attention to the player, in which she immediately battles them, but not before merging with a Nihilego to become a pseudo-beast herself.
After losing, Lusamine becomes enraged and attempts to strike Lillie with one of many large tentacles she has control of. Lillie calls out to SolgaleoS/LunalaM, who proceeds to roar and emit energy at Lusamine, separating her from Nihilego. Before passing out, she asks Lillie when she started becoming beautiful. At the end of the game, Lillie tells the player she believes Lusamine is getting a bit better, having even tried to go to the player's celebration, and that she has been gently trying to help her mother understand the error of her ways. Lillie then leaves for the Kanto region to seek treatment for her mother from Bill (who, like Lusamine, has been combined with a Pokémon before) in the hopes that it will heal her of the last of Nihilego's poisons.
When spoken to after the victory celebration, Gladion speculates that Lusamine's fixation with the Ultra Beasts may have started when her husband (and Lillie and Gladion's father) Professor Mohn vanished during his study of the Ultra Wormholes and, in an ill-fated attempt to find him, she eventually grew obsessed with the Ultra Beasts to the point of monomania. Lillie's reminiscences on Exeggutor Island show that she recalls that her mother was once a kind and compassionate woman who genuinely cared for her children.
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Hau arrives with Gladion, who tries to reason with her, not wanting his mother to disappear just like his father did. Lusamine, however, dismisses his concerns, and challenges the player to a battle to prove her strength. Regardless of the outcome, Lusamine remarks that the player should just resume their island challenge. She reassures everyone that she will be fine because Guzma will be accompanying her, but rejects Gladion's request to join her as well, repeating her line that children would be better off listening to the adults around them. Guzma arrives shortly, and using the cube containing Nebby, Lusamine opens up a large wormhole in the room. Lusamine disappears into the Ultra Wormhole, and Guzma follows.
Lusamine is not seen again until after the player reaches the Altar of the SunneUS/Altar of the MooneUM and Nebby, now a Cosmoem, evolves into SolgaleoUS/LunalaUM. An Ultra Wormhole suddenly appears, ejecting both Guzma and Lusamine, and out comes Necrozma, who captures and fuses with the newly-evolved Nebby. After being battled, Necrozma steals the light from Alola and disappears into an Ultra Wormhole, and the Ultra Recon Squad, having witnessed the battle, arrives at the altar. Lusamine makes a request to use of the Ultra Recon Squad's Legendary Pokémon to travel Ultra Space, but DulseUS/PhycoUM berates her in response. After the player defeats Necrozma at Ultra Megalopolis and returns to the Altar, a humbled Lusamine admits to Lillie that she was right to take Cosmog away. She hands the player three Beast Balls before taking Lillie back to Aether Paradise to care for the weakened Nebby.
After the player's victory celebration, Lusamine is seen waving goodbye to Gladion at the docks as he sails off to Kanto, much to the latter's pleasant surprise.
In Episode RR, Lusamine is kidnapped by Team Rainbow Rocket and held hostage by Giovanni. When the player finally reaches Giovanni, Lusamine is seen lying unconscious on the floor. She awakens after Giovanni is defeated and the mansion is restored. Upon finding out Faba's attempt to betray the Aether Foundation Team Rainbow Rocket, Lusamine demotes him to intern.
If spoken to after becoming Champion, Lusamine will express remorse for everything she has done, vowing to better herself as a protector of Pokémon and a mother to Gladion and Lillie without interfering with either again. On the first day of every month, Lusamine can appear at the Pokémon League to challenge the player to a Title Defense battle, replacing Faba from Sun and Moon.
After Gladion is defeated at the Pokémon League, Mohn will pay a visit to Aether Paradise, during which Lusamine will see him for the first time since his disappearance. Though surprised to see him once again, she chooses not to tell him about his past, believing that he seems happy enough as he is.
Lusamine's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.
Pokémon Sun and Moon
First battle
Second battle
Status unknown
| Lusamine is seen sending out this Nihilego from a Beast Ball before battling the player, willingly letting the Ultra Beast merge with her body. After the combined Lusamine is defeated in battle, Nebby separates the two, and Nihilego returns to the Beast Ball, which falls next to Lusamine. It is unknown if this Nihilego was left behind in Ultra Space as the player and the others escaped.
None of Nihilego's moves are known.
|Pokémon Sun and Moon
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
First battle
Title Defense battle
Kept frozen in trophy room
Pikachu ♂
Pokémon Sun and Moon
- Aether Paradise
- "My sweet Pokémon... I promise I'll keep you safe... I'll protect you with my love..."
- "Ah..."
- "You must be <player> and Hau. Welcome to Aether Paradise. The Aether Foundation's own private island."
- "I am the president of the foundation. But please, just call me Lusamine. I'm so glad that we got to meet."
- "I'm glad there are people like you, who travel the islands to learn more about Pokémon... But there are also those unfortunate people who harm Pokémon for their own selfish reasons or even for profit."
- "And that is why I am here. I will be like a mother to all of those poor Pokémon and shower them with love."
- "Even Pokémon from distant worlds, far from the Alola region, are worthy of my love."
- "Oh, you sweet boy! I'm already over 40!"
- "Oh, you! The right style does wonders, you know. And, Hau, your style is a bit wanting, hm? I'll have to take you out sometime and help you pick a smashing outfit."
- "Oh, don't you worry. You just leave everything up to me. Trust me—children would all be much happier if they'd only listen to the adults around them."
- "Did you come... from another world?"
- "You poor creature..."
- "So, it's true... I still need that Pokémon. I need to get it back."
- "That creature we just saw was undoubtedly an Ultra Beast... An unknown being from another dimension that suddenly appears from the Ultra Wormhole... It looked like it was suffering... Like it pained it to be in this strange place... I can't bear to see that happen! I will save it. And I will love it!"
- "Thank you...both of you... Thank you so much!"
- "Wicke. These two are still in the middle of their island challenge, aren't they? Please deliver them to their next island."
- "I will go to check that none of our poor resident Pokémon came to any harm. And I need to speak with Mr. Faba about exactly what happened downstairs."
- "And of course... I will have to start preparing the foundation for our newest and perhaps greatest duty yet: the protection of the Ultra Beasts!"
- Lusamine's room
- "Ah, <player>. It's been a while since we last saw you..."
- "Hmm. So you know one another?"
- "A gifted young Trainer like <player>... And he/she bothers with someone like you?"
- "How disappointing."
- "My... You do say such incomprehensible things."
- "Calling me mother? I don't have any children! Certainly not any wretched children who would run off and reject my love!"
- "So tell me how you'll save that Pokémon. What can you do, Lillie? You failed to convince me to listen to you. You don't even have the strength of a Trainer. The only thing that you've ever done on your own is steal someone else's research material!"
- "You're not beautiful enough for my world... but fine. Since you're here anyway, you can watch me summon my sweet beast. And then...you can leave."
- "You're right... it probably will die. Because I'm going to force it to use its power whether it wants to or not!"
- "Maybe if you really had been a daughter to me, I would have listened to you... Too bad."
- Trophy Room
- "Hurry. This way."
- "What do you think? It's my private collection. My precious babies... They will all be preserved for eternity here."
- "But my poor beast... What confusion, what rage must it feel, arriving in this strange world? It would not be right to confine its feelings in such a small case as these ones... It will need to express itself. I think I will let it express all its fury upon the Alola region as it will!"
- "Ah. Sweet Hau. So you came, too?"
- "Hmph. And Gladion. Must you be so untidy?"
- "The daughter who stole my Cosmog from me and the son who took my Type: Null! All I ever did was give you two all the love I had, and all you did was betray me! You have no right to ask for my attention now!"
- "Perhaps once we were... Sweet Hau. But those wretches beside you left me."
- "But it doesn't matter now. None of that matters now!"
- "I was able to open the Ultra Wormhole using just the gases we'd extracted from Cosmog when it was in Aether Paradise, wasn't I?"
- "But now I have Cosmog itself inside this crate here... If I use its entire body, how many Ultra Wormholes will I be able to open? How many sweet beasts will come to me then?"
- "Watch... I will open the Ultra Wormhole for you... Come to me, my sweet beast!"
- "You see! All over Alola!"
- "Ugh... Must you be so noisy, even inside there? What an annoying Pokémon. The only thing I need from you is your power!"
- "But I will admit... it looks like that power has served me well."
- "There should be plenty of beautiful beasts appearing all around Alola as we speak!"
- "Look! On Akala and Poni... Even on Melemele Island!"
- "Ho ho ho ho!"
- "Hee hee! My sweet beast."
- "You're right..."
- "Guzma. Quiet those children for me. I don't want to hear from them again."
- "What a disappointment... To think that you are all so small-minded..."
- "You're going to startle my sweet beast! <Player>... it looks like I'll need to silence you first."
- Upon being defeated
- "How...how can you be so awful!"
- After being defeated
- "Hmph..."
- "All that I want is my precious beast! I don't care about any of the rest of you!"
- "No! The Ultra Wormhole is disappearing..."
- "Guzma. With me."
- "We will catch the beast using the Beast Ball that we've developed here."
- Ultra Space
- "Look at it... The world of my Ultra Beasts... A world where the only thing that exists is the love between Nihilego and myself. So beautiful... So delicious... This is the real paradise!"
- "And yet you! Why must you continue to pester me?! I am sick of you. Sick through and through! Who told you that you could come here, to the perfect, beautiful world of my beasts and me?"
- "Just leave. I don't need you here... I don't need you any longer!"
- "Look around you! Look at this beautiful world that I've finally come to! You want me to go back to that world? That's what you've come to bother me for? Even you cannot be that stupid!"
- "What...? And why shouldn't I!"
- "I can live here in a world filled with only the things that I love! And I will live here!"
- "I don't care if you are my child or not!"
- "I don't care if you were loyal to me or not!"
- "I don't care if you're the rarest Pokémon there is in the world or not!"
- "If you're not beautiful enough to be worthy of my love, then I don't NEED you!"
- "That's right! All I need to exist in my world are the things that I want to have with me! Everything else is just a bother to me!"
- "Terrible? Me? How am I different from any Pokémon Trainer, like your little "friend" there? What do you do with a Pokémon you can't use? You remove it from your party, as you please."
- "Enough with this useless talk, Lillie! I will never forgive you for stealing Cosmog from me. Never!"
- "Back when you were small, you would listen to everything I said, without question. For a time, even you were adorable to me!"
- "But you changed. You've become ugly. Ever since you met this boy/girl <player>... and learned to defy your own mother! <Player>! You hateful little Trainer! How dare you intrude upon this world that was meant for Nihilego and me? It is not to be borne! And with Nihilego's power, I will show you how wrong you were to come here!"
- Upon being defeated
- "Aaauuuggghhhhhhhhh!!!"
- After being defeated
- "Lillie..."
- "... ... ..."
- "Heh..."
- "When did you...start becoming beautiful?"
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
- Aether Paradise
- "My sweet Pokémon... I promise I'll keep you safe... I'll protect you with my love..."
- "Ah..."
- "You must be <player> and Hau. Welcome to Aether Paradise. The Aether Foundation's own private island."
- "I am the president of the foundation. But please, just call me Lusamine. I'm so glad that we got to meet."
- "I'm glad there are people like you, who travel the islands to learn more about Pokémon... But there are also those unfortunate people who harm Pokémon for their own selfish reasons or even for profit."
- "And that is why I am here. I will be like a mother to all of those poor Pokémon and shower them with love."
- "Even Pokémon from distant worlds, far from the Alola region, are worthy of my love."
- "Oh, you sweet boy! I'm already over 40!"
- "Oh, you! The right style does wonders, you know. And, Hau, your style is a bit wanting, hm? I'll have to take you out sometime and help you pick a smashing outfit."
- "Oh, don't you worry. You just leave everything up to me. Trust me—children would all be much happier if they'd only listen to the adults around them."
- "You are— Have you come from...a distant world?"
- "You poor creature..."
- "So, it's true... I still need that Pokémon. I need to get it back."
- "These are my guests. The Ultra Recon Squad. They have been giving the foundation advice about the Ultra Beasts."
- "Why don't you introduce yourselves?"
- "But everything will be fine. If this Necrozma, or even an Ultra Beast like the one we just saw, should come to this world from another, the Aether Foundation will be prepared to protect the light of Alola. Rest easy... You will not need to worry about a thing."
- "Wicke. These two are still in the middle of their island challenge, aren't they? Please deliver them to their next island."
- "I will go to check that none of our poor resident Pokémon came to any harm. And I need to speak with Mr. Faba about exactly what happened downstairs."
- "It may be that our experiments to open an Ultra Wormhole are not going as well as we'd hoped."
- Lusamine's room
- "Ah, <player>. It's been a while since we last saw you..."
- "Hmm. So you know one another?"
- "A gifted young Trainer like <player>... And he/she bothers with someone like you?"
- "How disappointing."
- "My... You do say such incomprehensible things."
- "Calling me mother? I don't have any children! Certainly not any wretched children who would run off and reject my love!"
- "So tell me how you'll save that Pokémon. What can you do, Lillie? You failed to convince me to listen to you. You don't even have the strength of a Trainer. The only thing that you've ever done on your own is steal someone else's research material!"
- "It's so terribly unattractive. But know that my fathomless love will save even someone like you... when I protect this entire world from darkness!"
- "That's right... I will force Cosmog to use its power, and it may very well die. But if it will save the world for all of my beloved Pokémon, then that is what I will do."
- "Lillie. I will be using the Cosmog you stole for a great purpose. You have kept it safe until now, and for that... I thank you."
- Trophy Room
- "If you want to see, you'd better hurry. This way."
- "What do you think? It's my private collection. My precious babies... They will all be preserved for eternity here."
- "But if the light is stolen from this world, then I won't be able to love my babies any longer."
- "So I will open the Ultra Wormhole and take on the Pokémon that would steal our light... I will defeatUS/captureUM even poor Necrozma!"
- "Ah. Sweet Hau. So you came, too?"
- "I know better than to expect much from the members of the Ultra Recon Squad, but really... Couldn't Guzma even stop a few children?"
- "Do you think I've forgotten?! As if I could forget what happened that day... I hate the Ultra Wormholes from the depths of my being. But that is why I will be the one to go! I will not let anyone stop me! Not even my own daughter and son!"
- "Perhaps once we were... Sweet Hau. But those wretches beside you left me."
- "But I will still save them. With all the endless love of the president of the Aether Foundation, as someone tasked with the protection of all Pokémon..."
- "I was able to open the Ultra Wormhole using just the gases we'd extracted from Cosmog when it was in Aether Paradise, wasn't I?"
- "And now I have Cosmog itself inside this crate here. If I use its entire body, I should be able to control the Ultra Wormhole."
- "I... I am Lusamine."
- "Oh? You are trying to resist, aren't you, Cosmog? But why? For Lillie's sake, perhaps?"
- "How gallant you are... You love Lillie, don't you?"
- "Heh heh... Perhaps Gladion and Lillie have both grown up a bit since leaving Aether."
- "But I still won't allow them to interfere with this."
- "If I am going to protect the Pokémon of Alola, I must go through the Ultra Wormhole and meet this Necrozma!"
- "I will have Cosmog open the Ultra Wormhole. No matter what. I will use the power of its cage to ensure that it cannot resist any further!"
- "There you are."
- "Now you worry for me? Fine, Gladion. I will do what I must to put your worries to rest... by demonstrating my strength in battle."
- "Let's see... Yes, you. <player>. You will battle me. If I can defeat even you, then that should silence Lillie's last objections as well."
- Upon being defeated
- "How...how can you be so awful!"
- After being defeated
- "Heh heh heh... Oh, <player>, you are strong. You should carry on with your island challenge."
- "Perhaps I've made you feel uneasy about my ability to handle this task? I will be fine. I won't be alone."
- "Guzma. With me."
- "I am off to defeatUS/captureUM Necrozma."
- "You are a sweet boy..."
- "But do not worry. You can leave it all in my hands! Children really would all be much happier... if they'd only listen to the adults around them."
- Altar of the SunneUS/Altar of the MooneUM
- "Y-you children... Run away... That thing...is a monster!"
- "That is Necrozma! The instant it woke, it flew into a rage and repelled everything that came near it!"
- "Lillie, run from this place! You can't do anything!"
- "You would worry even for Necrozma? You are too kind, Lillie. Far too kind. That is why you took Cosmog as well, isn't it? You foolish, sweet child..."
- "We will need your help. We need to be able to travel between worlds using the Legendary Pokémon's power, just as you are able to do."
- If talked to again
- "And to think a Trainer who Lillie befriended would become the one to battle Necrozma..."
- After defeating Ultra Necrozma at Megalo Tower
- "Lillie... It seems that you were right. Right to feel hurt by the suffering of Pokémon. Right to take Cosmog away..."
- "Here... You should take these Beast Balls. Put out your hand."
- "Those are special Poké Balls that we developed with the Ultra Recon Squad's help to capture Ultra Beasts. I know I can trust leaving them in the hands of a Trainer like you."
- "With its light stolen from it, Cosmog is... No, SolgaleoUS/LunalaUM is weak. We will take it back to Paradise to care for it. Lillie, you will help also."
- Aether Paradise
- On the TV
- "I know that many of you must have heard of the dark clouds covering Poni Island on the news... You may be feeling concerned now about what is going on, but let me put your fears to rest. This phenomenon was caused by a previously unknown Pokémon called Necrozma. Necrozma passed through an Ultra Wormhole, a wormhole that connects different worlds, and came here to steal Alola's light."
- "There is nothing to be worried about, though. Thanks to the actions of one brave Trainer, the threat has already been dealt with. Alola will not be swallowed by darkness."
- "The Aether Foundation will conduct extensive research into the Ultra Wormholes, so that we can prevent any such events in the future. To be specific, we will begin by—"
- "An Ultra Wormhole? But why now?!"
- "Who...exactly are you, sir?"
- "Did he mean to suggest that his people created this Ultra Wormhole intentionally...? We will not allow this to go unchecked!"
- Trophy Room
- "Ngh... Where am I...? Lillie...? And...<player>?"
- "What! He/She did?! It must have been terribly dangerous..."
- "Well, <player>, it seems you've saved the day once again. I am truly grateful."
- "I still feel a bit dizzy, but... What of you, Faba? Are you unhurt?"
- "Branch Chief Faba."
- Aether Paradise
- After becoming Champion
- "I'm in no position to face my children now... I've lost any right to claim that I am protecting Pokémon as well... If I can't be a mother to them, and I'm no longer worthy to be the president of this foundation... then what am I to be?"
- "I am Lusamine. I am the president of this foundation and mother to Gladion and Lillie. And while I will pour my love into protecting Pokémon and my children from pain... I will also try to be strong enough to watch over them without interfering from now on. That would be an even more beautiful kind of love, wouldn't you say? I learned to think this way after watching you... young <player>."
- Aether Paradise
- "N-no, nothing... You're here for...a tour today?"
- "Heh heh... Is that so? Well, Aether Paradise is primarily designed for Pokémon conservation efforts, after all."
- "Though..."
- "No matter how hard we might work to heal a Pokémon, in the end, it may simply end up stuck in some PC Box somewhere, depending on the whims of its Trainer. Sometimes I can't help but think on that..."
- "Just...one last question..."
- "Is this... Is this your first time to visit Aether Paradise?"
- "No, no reason... Don't let me keep you any longer. And thank you for coming."
- "Yes."
- "After all, the way he smiles now... It's quite lovely, don't you think?"
First challenge
- Before battle
- "The Pokémon League... They say that being the strongest Pokémon Trainer is not enough to become Champion. So how about you show me exactly what kind of Trainer you are?"
- Upon being defeated
- "Such a strange feeling... I feel somehow proud, despite being defeated."
- After being defeated
- "Caring won't keep the things you love safe. But if you don't care, if you're so hard at heart, you may find you have nothing left to protect... Is that it? Maybe I can understand Lillie a little better now."
Subsequent challenges
- Before battle
- "As the president of the Aether Foundation, and as Lillie's mother... I will take you on in battle, <player>!"
- Upon being defeated
- "Such a strange feeling... I feel somehow proud, despite being defeated."
- After being defeated
- "Strong and yet kind... No... Perhaps your strength in fact comes from that kindness. Thank you for battling with me. Thank you for being Lillie's friend."
| Official artwork from the
Sun & Moon series
| Artwork of Lusamine merged with Nihilego from
Sun and Moon
|Artwork of Lusamine with multiple Nihilego
| In-battle model from
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
| VS model from
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
|In-battle model when merged with Nihilego from Sun and Moon
| VS model when merged with Nihilego from
Sun and Moon
|Overworld model from
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
In the anime
Lusamine is a recurring character who appeared in the Sun & Moon series, debuting in a photograph with her children Lillie and Gladion seen in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!.
She physically debuted in A Dream Encounter!, where she was investigating the Altar of the Sunne alongside Professor Burnet, Wicke, and Faba for traces of Ultra Aura, but were unable to find anything. During the investigation, she revealed that, ever since childhood, her dream had been to meet one of the Ultra Beasts from her father's stories. The four later followed a second reading to Melemele Island, tracing its source to Nebby, a Cosmog that had been discovered by Ash; she also enthusiastically reunited with Lillie, who was frustrated with her mother's babying attitude. Lusamine initially suggested leaving Nebby with the Aether Foundation when Ash talked about his dream of Solgaleo and Lunala the night before. However, she eventually agreed to entrust the Pokémon to Ash after hearing about his achievements in Alola.
In Deceiving Appearances!, Lusamine invited Lillie and her classmates to Aether Paradise for a tour of the facility, primarily hoping to learn all about Lillie's experience at the Pokémon School. Because of her busy schedule, however, she was unable to fulfill her promise to lead the tour. She later rushed to check on Lillie when she heard her daughter was involved in chasing down an escaped Ditto before quickly returning to her work.
Lusamine appeared again in Night of a Thousand Poses!, where she arranged for Lillie's butler Hobbes to record her daughter's daily life on video for her, which upset Lillie. When Lusamine casually interrupted their conversation to take a business call, Lillie snapped at her mother for her apparent lack of concern for her family. Professor Burnet later assured Lillie that Lusamine truly cared for her children, as she kept numerous pictures of them in her office.
In Mission: Total Recall!, Lusamine was confronted by Gladion over the whereabouts of his Type: Null, Silvally, after it had been stolen by Faba. Lusamine, completely unaware about the entire situation, helped Gladion search for Type: Null in Faba's research room. As they searched, Gladion chastised his mother for failing to notice the childhood trauma Lillie suffered from an Ultra Beast, which Lusamine had ironically ignored in favor of studying the very same creatures. After finding Type: Null's Poké Ball, Lusamine and Gladion headed outside, where they found Faba attacking Lillie and Ash. In order to save Lillie, Type: Null evolved and defeated Faba's Pokémon. With her daughter freed, Lusamine hugged Lillie and tearfully apologized for her ignorance, allowing them to reconcile. Afterward, she was overjoyed when Lillie's experience finally allowed her to overcome her fear.
In Faba's Revenge!, Lusamine issued a search for Faba after he had gone missing after his attack on Lillie. She, Lillie, Gladion, and Ash eventually found him as he kidnapped Nebby and forced it to summon a Nihilego from an Ultra Wormhole to fulfill Lusamine's lifelong dream. Although she was enamored by the Ultra Beast at first, Lusamine quickly ignored it when she realized that her children were in danger. The group tried to fight off Nihilego, but it proved to be too powerful and easily defeated their Pokémon. When Gladion tried to protect his family from the Ultra Beast, Lusamine pushed him out of the way and was captured by it instead. Nihilego then proceeded to carry Lusamine into the Ultra Wormhole.
In Rescuing the Unwilling!, Ash, his classmates, and Gladion traveled to Ultra Deep Sea to rescue Lusamine with the help of Nebby, now evolved into a Solgaleo. Lusamine, having fused with Nihilego and been reduced to a childlike state, claimed the Ultra Beasts as her own possessions and fled in order to prevent the group from taking them away. As the group chased Lusamine down, more and more of their members were forced to stay behind in order to fight off Lusamine's Pokémon. Lillie successfully returned Lusamine to her senses in the following episode, and she was freed from Nihilego's grasp with the power of Ash and Pikachu's newly created 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt.
Lusamine attended the wedding of Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet in The Professors' New Adventure!, alongside Wicke and a demoted Faba. During the post-nuptials, Lusamine asked Ash, Lillie, and their classmates to join the Ultra Guardians, a task force dedicated to dealing with any upcoming Ultra Beast incidents, which they accepted. Starting in A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, she, Wicke, and Professor Burnet would brief Ash and his classmates whenever they embark on a mission as Ultra Guardians. She also accompanies them when the caught Ultra Beast gets released back into Ultra Space.
In Love at First Twirl!, she, Wicke, and Professor Burnet contacted Ash and his classmates about the new Pokémon they had just encountered. They confirmed it was an Ultra Beast and chose to name it Poipole. Since the location of the Ultra Wormhole it had appeared from was unknown, Lusamine instructed Ash to catch Poipole and take care of it until it could be returned to its home world. She reappeared in The Shape of Love to Come!, where she, Wicke, and Faba were informed by Ash about new information regarding Poipole. There, Ash revealed that the drawings Poipole makes are an expression of its feelings.
In Filling the Light with Darkness!, mysterious dark clouds appeared over Alola, leaving all of the adults tired and without motivation. After doing some research, Lusamine, Wicke, Faba, and Professor Burnet found out that the cause of the incident was a small Ultra Wormhole that was slowly draining Alola's Ultra Aura. The Ultra Guardians were sent to the Altar of the Sunne, where Lusamine revealed that they would be joined by Gladion as a new member. Under Faba's instruction, the Ultra Guardians with Z-Rings combined their Z-Power to fuel a device that could disperse the clouds so the hidden Ultra Wormhole's exact location could be determined. Afterwards, Lusamine took the Ultra Guardians into the ruins of the altar, where she showed them a mural depicting the Blinding One. Before any attempt to translate the mural could be done, the group was forced to return outside, where they found the wormhole increasing in size. At that moment, they witnessed a Lunala emerging from the wormhole with a Necrozma chasing after it.
In the following episode, the Ultra Guardians followed the two Legendary Pokémon to Melemele Island, prompting Lusamine and the others follow suit. She was later seen arriving at the island, after Necrozma had fused with Nebby and had left. She and the others then oversaw Lunala recover in the Ultra Guardians base. When the Ultra Guardians decided to go after Necrozma, Lusamine was initially against the plan, but eventually allowed the group to leave. After the Ultra Guardians and Lunala left for Ultra Space, Lusamine stayed behind at the base with Burnet and Wicke to gather information and give orders. When Burnet managed to translate the mural from the Altar of the Sunne, Lusamine learned the true identity of UB Black and how to restore it back to its former self. After contacting the Ultra Guardians again and sharing their findings with them in the next episode, Lusamine joined the rest of Alola in sharing their Z-Power with Necrozma so it could return to its true form. After Necrozma returned to its Ultra form, Lusamine watched as the Ultra Guardians, Nebby, and Lunala returned to Alola, alongside Burnet, Wicke, Faba, and Kukui.
Lusamine reappeared again in Sparking Confusion!, after noticing an unusual magnetic energy at Wela Volcano Park, which was interfering with the Aether Foundation's ability to detect Ultra Aura. The Ultra Guardians flew over to the area, only to discover the havoc that was being wreaked by a group of Alolan Graveler, Geodude, and Golem. They then discovered that their feeding rituals were disrupted by a group of rock hunters. With some help from Metang, the group calmed down.
Lusamine appeared again in Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!.
Unlike her game counterpart, Lusamine is a genuine Pokémon preservationist and a loving mother to both Lillie and Gladion in the anime. She has a particular affection for Lillie, often playfully teasing her and treating her like a baby, which greatly embarrasses her daughter. Because she is easily distracted by her work, Lusamine tends to make decisions without considering Lillie's feelings, causing a strain in their relationship; for instance, she once evolved her Clefairy into Clefable against Lillie's wishes, disregarding her daughter's argument that its unevolved form was cuter. Lusamine became deeply ashamed of herself after realizing just how much she had been neglecting her children, especially her failure to notice the trauma that caused Lillie's fear of Pokémon four years earlier, believing she had failed as a mother. Once made aware of the danger her children are in, she proves herself to be fiercely protective of them, evidenced by her decision to sacrifice herself to Nihilego for their safety and expressing no fear as she was taken away, only relief that her children were safe. After Lillie rescued her from Nihilego, Lusamine started to treat Lillie more like an adult, improving their relationship dramatically.
Lusamine's strong obsession with Ultra Beasts has also appeared to override her sense of reason, causing her to momentarily marvel at the Nihilego summoned by Faba in spite of the danger it posed to her and her family. While temporarily fused with Nihilego, Lusamine's obsession was amplified to the point where she regressed to the mindset of a spoiled child. In this state, she referred to the Ultra Beasts as her belongings, and reacted violently to those she assumed were trying to take them away from her. However, she was able to regain herself through her strong force of will upon hearing Lillie call out to her. Following her rescue, Lusamine takes a far more constructive approach to interacting with Ultra Beasts, organizing the Ultra Guardians to help return lost Ultra Beasts to their habitats.
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On hand
| Salazzle is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. She first appeared under Nihilego's control in Rescuing the Unwilling!, where Lusamine sent her out to battle against Kiawe, his Turtonator, and his Marowak. She was eventually defeated by a combination of Turtonator's Inferno Overdrive and Marowak's Bonemerang. In 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight, however, Nihilego made her get back up and continue battling until the Ultra Beast was defeated, freeing her from its control.
None of Salazzle's moves are known.
|Rescuing the Unwilling!
|Voice actors
|Haven Paschall
| Lilligant is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. She has owned her since Gladion and Lillie were young. She first made cameo appearances in a photograph in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!, alongside Lusamine, Lusamine's Lillipup and Cleffa and a young Lillie and Gladion.
She first made her physical appearance while under Nihilego's control in Rescuing the Unwilling!, where Lusamine sent her out to battle against Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, their Pokémon, and Ash's Rowlet and Litten. She was defeated by Litten's Fire Fang in 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight, but Nihilego made her get back up and continue battling. Lilligant was freed from Nihilego's influence upon the Ultra Beast's defeat.
Llligant's known moves are Petal Dance, Teeter Dance, Sweet Scent, and Solar Beam.
|Rescuing the Unwilling!
|Voice actors
|Michele Knotz
| Milotic is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. It first appeared while under Nihilego's control in Rescuing the Unwilling!, where Lusamine sent it out to battle against Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, their Pokémon, and Ash's Rowlet and Litten. It was defeated by a combination of Togedemaru's Zing Zap and Charjabug's Discharge in 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight, but Nihilego made it get back up and continue battling. Milotic was freed from Nihilego's influence upon the Ultra Beast's defeat.
Milotic's known moves are Hydro Pump and Aqua Tail.
|Rescuing the Unwilling!
| Mismagius is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. It first appeared while under Nihilego's control in Rescuing the Unwilling!, where Lusamine sent it out to battle against Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, their Pokémon, and Ash's Rowlet and Litten. It was defeated by Popplio's Hydro Vortex in 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight, but Nihilego made it get back up and continue battling. Mismagius was freed from Nihilego's influence upon the Ultra Beast's defeat.
Mismagius's only known move is Thunderbolt.
|Rescuing the Unwilling!
|Voice actors
|Sarah Natochenny
| Absol is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. It has history with Gladion, and used to be a sparring partner for his Umbreon. It first appeared while under Lusamine's control in Rescuing the Unwilling!, where Lusamine sent it out to battle against Gladion, his Silvally, Lycanroc, and Umbreon. It was defeated by Lycanroc's Continental Crush in 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight, but Nihilego made it get back up and continue battling. Absol was freed from Nihilego's influence upon the Ultra Beast's defeat, recognizing and happily reuniting with Umbreon.
Absol's known moves are Razor Wind, Ice Beam, and Mean Look.
|Rescuing the Unwilling!
|Voice actors
|Bill Rogers
At the Ultra Guardians base
Clefable is Lusamine's first known Pokémon. She has owned it since it was a Cleffa and played with Gladion and Lillie when they were still young, and was a favorite playmate of Lillie. At some point, she evolved into Clefairy, and then Lusamine evolved it into Clefable with a Moon Stone against Lillie's wishes, as revealed in a fantasy in A Dream Encounter!.
Clefable's first physical appearance was in Faba's Revenge!, when Lusamine sent her out to battle a Nihilego. In Rescuing the Unwilling!, she was used to battle Lillie, Snowy, and Ash's Lycanroc while she and Lusamine were under Nihilego's control. She was stopped when Lillie helped Clefable remember the bond they shared, allowing her to break free from Nihilego's influence.
Starting in A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, Clefable begun to reside at the Ultra Guardians base below the Pokémon School.
|A Dream Encounter!
|Voice actors
|Megumi Hayashibara
| Kate Bristol (SM050-SM078)
Sarah Natochenny (SM085-present)
At Aether Paradise
| Herdier is Lusamine's second known Pokémon. She has owned it since it was a Lillipup and played with Gladion and Lillie when they were still young. It first made cameo appearances as a Lillipup in a photograph in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and A Glaring Rivalry!, alongside Lusamine, Lusamine's Cleffa and Lilligant and a young Lillie and Gladion. At some point, it evolved into Herdier. Herdier's first physical appearance was in Deceiving Appearances!, where it was revealed that Lusamine keeps Herdier as company in her office in her Aether Paradise mansion. It appeared in a flashback in Mission: Total Recall!.
None of Herdier's moves are known.
|Deceiving Appearances!
|Voice actors
|Marc Thompson
Ride Pokémon
| This Ride Lapras was first seen in a flashback in Mission: Total Recall!, where Lusamine rode it with her children on vacation.
None of Lapras's moves are known.
|Mission: Total Recall!
Voice actors
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Lusamine is the head of the Aether Foundation and the mother of Lillie and Gladion. Despite her organization being dedicated to the conservation of Pokémon, Lusamine's true goal is to make a paradise only for herself and the Ultra Beasts she covets.
Lusamine debuted in PASM13. She was first seen at Aether Paradise talking to an Aether Foundation Employee who had finished filming a commercial for their organization.
In PASM14, Lillie was reminded of a painful memory of when she was forcibly made to dress in her current attire by Lusamine against her wishes.
Six months after the beginning of the Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon chapter, Lusamine had managed to capture a large group of Ultra Beasts that appeared in Alola. At Poni Island, she played with the Ultra Beasts, claiming that they would never leave her side.
Later, Lusamine received a large amount of Beast Balls from Colress. She revealed her next goal was to capture Necrozma, the Pokémon worshiped as the "Blinding One" by the people of the Ultra Megalopolis.
Clefable is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer at Aether Paradise.
| Bewear is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer at Aether Paradise.
None of Bewear's moves are known.
| Lilligant is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. She was first seen with her Trainer at Aether Paradise.
None of Lilligant's moves are known.
| Milotic is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer at Aether Paradise.
None of Milotic's moves are known.
| Mismagius is one of Lusamine's Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer at Aether Paradise.
None of Mismagius's moves are known.
| These Ultra Beasts were summoned to Alola with Cosmog's power. After converging on Poni Island, they were caught by Lusamine.
None of their moves are known.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Lusamine in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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| Japanese
|Crimson Invasion
|Ultradimensional Beasts
|GX Battle Boost
|GX Ultra Shiny
|Crimson Invasion
|Ultradimensional Beasts
|Ultra Prism
|GX Battle Boost
|Lusamine ♢
|Lost Thunder
|Super-Burst Impact
- Lusamine is the first female main antagonist in the core series.
- Lusamine is the first antagonist to have their character and motives rewritten in a subsequent title.
- The merged form of Lusamine and Nihilego may be based on Turritopsis dohrnii, a species of jellyfish that is biologically immortal and can revert to a young, immature state if it is too old or stressed.
- During the second battle against Lusamine in Pokémon Sun and Moon, all of her Pokémon except Bewear have angry facial expressions instead of their usual expressions.
- The second battle against Lusamine in Pokémon Sun and Moon is the only Trainer battle in the core series games where the player's Pokémon gain experience, but the player doesn't get prize money for winning.
- The player can win or lose to Lusamine the first time she is battled; the player will not black out and the story will progress either way.
|ルザミーネ Lusamine
|From Balsamine (German for garden balsam)
|From her Japanese name
|Partial anagram of balsamine (garden balsam)
|From Balsamine (garden balsam) and ἄνθος ánthos (Greek for flower)
| Italian, Spanish,
Brazilian Portuguese
|From balsamina (garden balsam)
|루자미네 Rujamine
|Similar to Japanese name
|Chinese (Mandarin)
|露莎米奈 Lùshāmǐnài
|Transliteration of Japanese name
|Chinese (Cantonese)
|露莎米奈 Louhsāmáihnoih
|Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name
|Лузамин Luzamin
|Transcription of English name
|ลูซามิเน่ Luzamine
|Transcription of Japanese name
Aether President
|This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.
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This friday I am heading to Colorado to see my husband for a few weeks so I am not sure how much time I will have to post recipes, not to mention I won't really be doing much cooking anyways. I won't really have access to an oven anyways. Although, I may still post some pictures of my trip. I can't wait to spend the holidays with my hubby. I am so excited since this will be my first time seeing snow and my first time attempting to ski. It is a definite change from Florida where it is nice and warm today. I better invest in a good winter coat. Now for the recipe...
This is an easy recipe to make which only has 3 main ingredients. Season the chicken with any spices you like such as salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika. I like my chicken seasoned well. Mix the honey and mustard, marinate it for a bit and then pop it in the oven. It is that simple. Try using chicken breast or grilling the meat instead of baking it. It still turns out great. Yummy and simple are my two favorite things when making a recipe. Also, another option that I have tried is putting four 3 ounce chicken breasts with the sauce in the slow cooker for about 6 to 8 hours on low. Shred the chicken and stir inside the crock pot. They make delicious sandwiches or wraps. Bon Appetit!
Honey Mustard Chicken Drumsticks
8 chicken drumsticks
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup grey poupon dijon mustard
salt and pepper to taste
Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Place in a roasting pan.
Combine mustard and honey. Pour over chicken, and marinate for 1 hour or overnight.
Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 1 hour, basting often.
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Contrasting Signs
A couple of things are happening right now. In Brooklyn, for no apparent reason, the much beloved Kentile Floors sign is in the process of being torn down. While in Chicago, to the disgust of many, Trump Tower has added a sign to their hotel.
I've written about signage in the past, so it should come to no surprise that I do not like the Trump sign. However I fully support the preservation of the Kentile Sign. The two situations, while connected couldn't be more different.
Let's begin in Chicago. Daniel Schell, wrote this piece on the Trump sign:
Schell's first point isn't without merit. The fact that it's Trump certainly fuels this fire. He continues by citing examples of other hotels, with large, classic signs steeped in old Chicago nostalgia and two additional notes on more modern buildings with uninspired signage. The basic conclusion being, other hotels have signs, and other new buildings have signs. What's the problem?
The difference between these older hotel signs and the new Trump sign is numerous.
- Trump Tower itself is already a sign. The architecture, rather tastefully, imposes it's mark throughout the city. With views from the Chicago River, Wabash Ave, from Hancock Observation Deck—all enhanced by the Tower. Does the Hancock Tower need a sign? How about the Willis [I still call it the Sears Tower]? The Merchandise Mart must have a huge sign somewhere? No? There is that one time.
Trump Tower is an icon, the sign is repetitive.
- The sign sucks. It is aesthetically disgusting. Outlined text, 3D raised letters, gradients streaming across the letters, glossy metallic finish. It's as if it was designed in MS Word Art circa 1998.
Smaller wouldn't helped.
- Aesthetics aside, the sign is generic. There is nothing unique, interesting, or innovative about it. Simply a logo slapped on the side, they should have done better.
- Schell points out, people are wrong to say this changes the skyline. Correct, the skyline doesn't change. Chicago's great skyline remains unmarred by this. But Chicago has something that most other cities do not, and can not rival or replicate. The river. These iconic views along the beautiful Chicago River, which were almost entirely free of corporate branding are forever TRUMPED. [I couldn't resist. Also, not sorry.]
- Oh and now the building looks like crap.
Chicago has been a long standing beacon of the design world. Held up as an example of a thoughtful, a mix of business might intertwined with strong civic interests expressed through design. This sign, and the man behind it, fly directly in the face of all that. It's the perfect, palatable sized issue, combined with enough gas on the fire [Trump] to get people talking, ie. complaining.
Schell's mentions his piece is just part 1; perhaps he'll convince me with a later piece showing all the other signs in the area. I doubt it. Yes there are other signs in Chicago. None this large, none this imposing on the urban landscape or it's people.
Chicago is supposed to be better than this. When I wrote that piece about Visual Pollution in Columbus, there were 17 large, bright and shinny logos atop the skyline. That's about 50% of the large buildings in Columbus. Do you want 50% of the buildings in Chicago covered in advertising?
A sign worth saving
This brings me to the Kentile Floors sign in Brooklyn. An imposing eight-story tall sign built around the 1950s for a long defunct flooring company. After close to seventy years of towering above Brooklyn, it has been covered in scaffolding and is being prepped for deconstruction. Kentile Floors, founded in 1898 sold kitchen tiles. By 1949 their products, mostly sold to suburban households after the war were riddled by asbestos and the eventual lawsuits ended the company. Sounds wonderful right? Not so much. Totally worth saving? Yes, yes it is.
This iconic sign sits upon a collection of unassuming one-story industrial buildings in Gowanus. The sign hasn't been an advertisement for nearly 20 years. It's become the iconic marker of Brooklyn's industrial past. An area of Brooklyn once ripe with industry and manufacturing, now on the cusp of gentrifying. Not only is this sign is a link to the past, but an enhancement to the urban fabric today and long into the future.
I first came to appreciate the Kentile Floors sign through my friend, Able Parris. He initiated, and has been joined by many others, myself included, in the #dailykentile project. Photographing the sign on a daily basis, as an art project. There are thousands of interesting and unique photos on Instagram tagged with #dailykentile.
About six weeks ago, for the first time in a long time, the Kentile Floors sign was relit as an artist installation. Our merry crew of friends gathered, people threw parties, the entire F train platform was filled with photographers. Hundreds of people waiting around, in the rain, for hours, just to see a sign light up. Amazing!
The Kentile Floors is everything that Trump Tower sign wishes it was, and will never be. It is a unique landmark for Brooklyn, for Gowanus, and deserves to saved. I implore you to sign the petition to #saveKentile.


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Fees are based on the Group in which the skater is placed, along with their age. There are also Fundraising and Volunteering fee components which can be addressed either by paying or by participating in fundraising and volunteering opportunities. These fee components are 50% for the second and subsequent skaters from each family.
Fundraising with the SLSSC is accomplished by a variety of projects, ranging from phone book delivery, bingos, food sales, gift sales, chocolate almonds, etc. Each family may choose to participate in these activities to raise all, a portion of, or none of their requirement. Post-dated cheques for the fundraising requirement are submitted at registration.
Once a family has met their fundraising requirement, they may continue to participate in projects to raise funds that will be credited to their skater account. 75% off the net amount earned by the family (after project expenses) for a given project will be credited to their skater account and 25% goes to the SLSSC.
Volunteering is a rewarding Club requirement. Enthusiastic volunteers ensure the growth and success of our Club. Successful clubs are family oriented. Families earn vounteer credits by helping at the organizational level, on-ice, and by officiating at meets that we host.
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What to know before joining a real estate investment club
With so much contradictory and plain out wrong information out there about real estate related issues, real estate investment clubs may offer a soothing harbor where you can meet like minded (not to mention economically competitive) people to share information with about local real estate deals.
There are websites where you can go to look up investment clubs nearest you, such as REIClub.com.
Typically, people don't join such clubs to find partners for investment purposes, though there is certainly no law against it and, in fact, you just may find someone who would make a perfect business partner for you.
More likely, as howstuffworks.com says, you'll seek out a real estate investment club to "gain knowledge about investment practices; get hot tips about available commercial or rental properties; become familiar with laws and regulations; get the advise of legal and financial professionals; and, to learn from guest speakers."
Of course, there are plenty of real estate investment clubs that do actively pursue rental properties on behalf of the club's members. That's why it is very important to check out as many of the clubs in your area as possible and not rush to join the very first club you happen to come upon.
According to Suite101.com, the initial investment in many real estate investment clubs is about $2,000 or $3,000 or so to join. The club hires a management team to deal with any properties purchased by the club.
Some questions you ought to ask before selecting a club, says Suite101.com are: How many members are in the club?; How often does the mentor give lectures?; Do the members have to participate in each sale?; How does each member get paid?
Keep in mind that while, as a member of a real estate investment club, your down payment on the rental property will be a fraction of what it would be had you gone it alone, your payoff as an investor will also be much, much smaller.
Charles Feldman is a journalist, media consultant and co-author of the book, "No Time To Think-The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-Hour News Cycle." He has written about real estate related issues for several years.


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LANDLORDS including the Cowdray Estate, Goodwood and Leconfield, are leaving tenants in 'hazardous' homes, it has been claimed.
While a scrutiny report did not initially name the private landlords failing to provide adequate housing for their tenants, officers at Chichester District Council were quick to label the major estates as some of the main offenders at a meeting on November 17.
A fifth of privately-rented homes in the area were labelled as 'category-one hazards' regarding health and safety.
The startling figure was reported at an overview and scrutiny meeting, where large rural estates in the Chichester district, including Cowdray, Leconfield, Stansted Park and Goodwood, were named as contributing to the figure.
"It's acknowledged that they have probably some of the poorest-quality housing and tenants are fearful of making complaints in case they get evicted," said Chichester District Council housing operations manager Rob Dunmall.
Mr Dunmall said the scale of fixing all the properties was unlikely without the estates' cooperation.
"Cowdray owns some 500 properties," he said. "I imagine a significant number of those would have a hazard of excess cold. It would probably tie up the whole team for a five-year period to take on one landlord."
And the same report revealed the number of people living in category-one hazards homes for excess cold in the Chichester district was double the rest of the country at 14 per cent.
The matters came to light as the overview and scrutiny committee discussed a review of the council's private sector housing renewal strategy 2016-2021.
The Leconfield Estate was revealed barely to have had any engagement with council officers in the past 12 years after a visit in 2003.
Following a question from committee member Norma Graves, Mr Dunmall said his colleague Elizabeth Reed, environmental housing manager, and the then cabinet member for housing, Janet Duncton, visited the estate in 2003.
"Liz carried out a visit with Janet Duncton. Engagement stopped straight after that," he told the committee. "My view is that there was rather some difficulty at Leconfield with engaging with female members of staff. They're so old fashioned they don't want to engage."
The highest concentrations of hazardous homes were found in the wards of Bury, Rogate and Wisborough Green and generally in the central and northern parts of the district, said the report.
Research was carried out by a housing stock modelling survey, which pointed to the areas where poorest-quality housing existed.
Leconfield estate manager Simon Knight said it would be inappropriate to comment but did say: "The estate provides a fantastic number of houses for local people and we're proud of our record."
No one was available to comment from the Cowdray Estate. Council officers said they wanted to help troubled tenants but needed tenants and landlords' permission to enter the properties.
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The Barnstable Patriot is reporting that 19 acres of land at the Lowell Park site in Cotuit are for sale for $1.8 million. The Barnstable Land Trust (BLT) has launched a campaign to Keep Lowell Park Green. BLT says that if they do not raise ~$409,000 by September 2015, then nine homes could be built surrounding the outfield.
Cotuit Athletic Association President Paul Logan said that "If the land is sold, the Kettleers would have to move out of Cotuit and possibly the town of Barnstable."
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Granted I chose a time during which one wouldn't expect to see large crowds, but I counted about 10-12 people in the small theater watching it with me. This was also the only theater in the borough of Queens that was playing the movie. No wonder it has such a limited screening nationwide.
I was also the youngest person in that theater so this idea that Rand fans should use this movie as a way to meet with the opposite sex is seriously flawed. Unless of course you happen to be in your late 60's and all alone.
Pam Geller wrote that this movie will get people talking about our current financial crisis and that will be a great accomplishment. After seeing the flick, I really don't see that happening. The acting sucked and unless you've read the book recently, it would be very difficult to follow the script. People not familiar with the book, will likely walk out and the fans will endure this 90 minute soap opera but will find little good to say about it.
It wasn't just the low budget and the rotten screenplay. I've already mentioned it, but the acting really sucked. The only descent actress thus far was the one playing Lillian Rearden. There were 2 descent actors also: one played Wesley Mouch and the guy who played Ellis Wyatt; both of them were older actors playing very small roles. The young actors in this movie were very, very forgettable.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army's records Sunday showed suicides among troops are now at their highest since the Army began tracking them 30 years ago.
The New York Times reported there have been 129 suicides so far in 2009, more than the number who perished during the same period in combat. In 2008, there were 192 suicides -- double the number in 2003, when the war began -- among active-duty troops and inactive-reserve soldiers.
The newspaper warned suicide statistics often are under-counted and the numbers reported do not include statistics from other military branches nor for veterans no longer in military service.
Mental health advocates and veterans groups' criticisms have caused the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase attempts to deal with the problem. Suicide-prevention programs have beefed up their numbers of mental health providers.
In 2008, the Army initiated a $50 million, five-year study of suicide causes among troops.
"The 'business as usual' attitudes of the past are no longer appropriate," said George Wright, an Army spokesman. "It's clear we have not found full solutions yet, but we are trying every remedy."


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Sans binoculars and a map, I'm regularly on the lookout for content that will jump out at me from the depths of the media landscape.
Going through New York magazine's fashion issue earlier today, I was almost caught off-guard when I came upon an entrancing Moncler ad featuring the famed Chinese disappearing performance artist Lou Bolin. In a brilliantly choreographed photo, Bolin's chameleon-like silhouette disappears into a backdrop of wonderfully disorganized books and papers. Exactly the type of exotic and invigoratingly unique content I'm most enthralled by, I was immediately intrigued.
Lensed by none other than Annie Leibovitz, Moncler's new SS17 campaign nurtures a boundary-pushing collective vision between Leibovitz and Bolin. The results are nothing short of extraordinary.
Grazia culture editor Nicholas Carolan lays out the wondrousness of Moncler's new Liu-and-Leibowitz-starring campaign: "Liu and Leibovitz's collaboration verges on the surreal and borrows from the Chinese artist's singular oeuvre: unassuming photographs in which the artist blends into some of the world's most iconic backgrounds, usually with the intent of voicing protest, or airing the artist's political and social commentary."
Speaking of his work with Moncler, Bolin explains that "the collaboration with Moncler shows [his] intention of inviting individuals to experience, and to contemplate art in everyday life. As we stand at the intersection of the postindustrial and virtual age, the interrelationship among modern technology, man-made landscapes, and human beings themselves has become the point of departure in my works."
Although the SS17 campaign marks the first time Bolin has collaborated with Moncler, it is certainly not the artist's first foray in the fashion industry. In 2012, Liu collaborated with BAZAAR to create a series of photographs where esteemed fashion designers, such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Lanvin's Alber Elvaz, did the disappearing themselves and got lost in their own fashion.
For Leibovitz, working with Moncler is nearly a past time considering how this is her fifth campaign with the French luxury brand. For FW15, Leibovitz created a Nordic fairy tale, drawing inspiration from Hans Christian Anderson's Snow Queen and J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. Looking at Leibovitz's work for FW16, where she explored surrealism, but in a more sci-fi-like manner, the esteemed photographer's work for SS17 seems like the evolution of surrealist curiosities.
To me, Moncler's SS17 campaign exudes brilliance not only for combining the geniuses of two incredibly unique artists, but for its exemplary positioning. At the intersection of nature and the imaginary, the concept explored in the campaign is, quite literally, a breath of much needed fresh air. In espousing minimalism amidst such chaotic times, Moncler is tastefully branding itself as an elevated alternative to flashiness and materialism. Contrary to the exclusivity that high fashion entails, Moncler's campaign offers a trompe l'oeil that can be enjoyed by all.


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EP112: The Giving Plague
By David Brin.
Read by Dr. Jonathon Sullivan.
First appeared in Interzone #23, 1988.
Now available at DavidBrin.com.
Yeah, you viruses need vectors, don't you. I mean, if you kill a guy, you've got to have a life raft, so you can desert the ship you've sunk, so you can cross over to some new hapless victim. Same applies if the host proves tough, and fights you off — gotta move on. Always movin' on.
Hell, even if you've made peace with a human body, like Les suggested, you still want to spread, don't you? Big-time colonizers, you tiny beasties.
Oh, I know. It's just natural selection. Those bugs that accidentally find a good vector spread. Those that don't, don't. But it's so eerie. Sometimes it sure feels purposeful….
Rated PG. Contains intended violence, epidemics, and deep technical dialogue.
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The Phone, The Phone is Ringing, There's an Animal in Trouble Somewhere
I have a complicated emotional relationship with the Sass-phone. It is very important, and we keep it close to us at all times. The necessity of that, however, and the length of time we've had to carry it makes it something of a burden. There are days when we have to put it away for a short time, and there's guilt when that happens. Today, for instance, I have a class to teach, and I won't be there if it rings.
I want it to ring so very much - but when it does ring my adrenaline and anxiety soar. Every call might be the one that reunites us with Sass, but every time it rings, I don't know if it will be the mean crank caller, the angry person who hates the flyers in their neighborhood, the kindhearted soul who wants to wish us well, or someone with a solid lead.
Even when it rings with a possible sighting, we are sometimes unable to get there - our jobs are 30 minutes or more from where she's most often sighted and we can't always leave them at a moment's notice, we've had calls in the middle of the night when one of us is traveling (do we wake up the baby?). When we have rushed out and do get there, Sass has moved on.
Each and every call we've had, no matter how grateful we are to have gotten it because it has proved she's alive and still out there waiting to be found, still adds a bit of disappointment to our emotional mix, because we haven't found her.
But I keep the phone close, and wait for good news.
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I say you follow your gut, follow your feelings. You feel guilty about not having your phone with you at all times, then you keep it with you at all times. Sass will appreciate the sacrifices you are doing for her when she will be found and she will. Continue to have hope, ask special permission from work to leave, it's not like you would do it everyday. I'm sure they would understand. Bundle your baby and go out there when the call for Sass sighting is serious. And don't give one second thought or time to those cruel callers or the haters. They don't have an ounce of compassion. You do right by Sassafras and stand your ground to these awful people. I know it is such an emotional time. I'm sorry for being blunt. I'm not a quiter on animals and there are so many that do quit the search and their pets may never be found. I know you are not these people. I saw your devotion on Anderson and in the news. There is nothing wrong with trying hard and alot of people are by your side. If you need to hire someone to be there when the call comes in please don't hesitate to ask for funds. I will send it to you in a heartbeat.ReplyDelete
I am just trying to encourage you. People look up to your devotion to your Sass girl. Don't forget that. We will support you. I wish I lived in Washington! Keep that phone near and don't give up. Not for your supporters but for your Sassafras. She will be found. Best wishes always.
...And remember: You can always call on those of us who have more flexibility and can can respond to a call quickly - anytime, day or night.ReplyDelete


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How BigchainDB is Immutable¶
The word immutable means "unchanging over time or unable to be changed." For example, the decimal digits of π are immutable (3.14159…).
The blockchain community often describes blockchains as "immutable." If we interpret that word literally, it means that blockchain data is unchangeable or permanent, which is absurd. The data can be changed. For example, a plague might drive humanity extinct; the data would then get corrupted over time due to water damage, thermal noise, and the general increase of entropy.
It's true that blockchain data is more difficult to change (or delete) than usual. It's more than just "tamper-resistant" (which implies intent), blockchain data also resists random changes that can happen without any intent, such as data corruption on a hard drive. Therefore, in the context of blockchains, we interpret the word "immutable" to mean practically immutable, for all intents and purposes. (Linguists would say that the word "immutable" is a term of art in the blockchain community.)
Blockchain data can be made immutable in several ways:
- No APIs for changing or deleting data. Blockchain software usually doesn't expose any APIs for changing or deleting the data stored in the blockchain. BigchainDB has no such APIs. This doesn't prevent changes or deletions from happening in other ways; it's just one line of defense.
- Replication. All data is replicated (copied) to several different places. The higher the replication factor, the more difficult it becomes to change or delete all replicas.
- Internal watchdogs. All nodes monitor all changes and if some unallowed change happens, then appropriate action can be taken.
- External watchdogs. A consortium may opt to have trusted third-parties to monitor and audit their data, looking for irregularities. For a consortium with publicly-readable data, the public can act as an auditor.
- Economic incentives. Some blockchain systems make it very expensive to change old stored data. Examples include proof-of-work and proof-of-stake systems. BigchainDB doesn't use explicit incentives like those.
- Data can be stored using fancy techniques, such as error-correction codes, to make some kinds of changes easier to undo.
- Cryptographic signatures are often used as a way to check if messages (e.g. transactions) have been tampered with enroute, and as a way to verify who signed the messages. In BigchainDB, each transaction must be signed by one or more parties.
- Full or partial backups may be recorded from time to time, possibly on magnetic tape storage, other blockchains, printouts, etc.
- Strong security. Node owners can adopt and enforce strong security policies.
- Node diversity. Diversity makes it so that no one thing (e.g. natural disaster or operating system bug) can compromise enough of the nodes. See the section on the kinds of node diversity.


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Is evangelical culture weak? It certainly doesn't seem so. The volume of books, music albums, and lively blogs indicates a thriving industry of decidedly Christian products. But should strong sub-cultural production and consumption be equated with a vibrant impact on the broader culture?
James Davison Hunter doesn't think so. He raised these and other questions in his latest book, To Change the World, and spoke about them in a panel at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. last month. I was a respondent on the panel, alongside Mere Orthodoxy blogger Matthew Lee Anderson, and we discussed how young evangelicals are looking for a script or a framework for engaging the broader culture.
In his book and recent interview with Christianity Today, Hunter paints a disparaging picture of evangelical efforts to transform American culture. The University of Virginia sociologist challenges the notion that transforming millions of "hearts and minds" actually effects cultural change. He critiques the politicized efforts of the Christian Right, the Christian Left, and the neo-Anabaptists, and concludes that Christians need to engage culture through "faithful presence" in their different spheres and communities.
To Change the World has prompted some lively discussions—including responses from Chuck Colson and Andy Crouch on CT's website—about what "faithful presence" actually looks like. How should Christians live in the world?
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Easy wearing genuine leather dog collar for walking your doggie
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Full grain natural leather was selected to offer maximum comfort and safety while wearing. The material is carefully oiled that keeps it from cracking. Among the benefits of full grain genuine leather are good adjustability, tear-resistance and durability. The layer of leather is rather thick that prevents the tool cracking. It allows you to walk even big and strong dog safely. Rounded and smooth edges of the supply are non-cutting and don't rub the Great Dane's skin. Besides, natural leather doesn't contain any toxic elements being absolutely eco-friendly.
Incredible full grain genuine leather dog collar with corrosion resistant D-ring
Look at the embellishments, they are magnificent! Catchy studs are set along the leather strap. These decorative elements are chrome plated and, therefore shine with attractive glittering. The fancy design of this tool is inimitable and unique. Due to these embellishments, this full grain natural leather dog collar has a spark. That means your four-legged friend will have his individual and exquisite style .
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As for the hardware of this studded natural leather gear, it is chrome plated. It matches perfectly with the embellishments. This covering provides extra safety for the details as it prevents rust. The set of fittings includes a classic elegant buckle and durable D-ring for leash connection. These fittings are easy to use and reliable in service they provide. Add more zest to your dog's look, purchase this modern leather tool!
Order a present for your dog
When ordering this adorned dog collar, you will get a gift package along with it! Don't miss your chance to praise your lovely four-legged friend with significant collar made of leather. This is a unique offer available for our customers! A gift package makes your purchase look like a present for the best friend.
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You can return all items (except close-outs and custom made products) within 21 days after delivery. Please, contact us before you send item/items back to receive a return/exchange authorization number.