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Louise of Hesse-Kassel (, ; 7 September 1817 – 29 September 1898) was Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Christian IX from 15 November 1863 until her death in 1898.

Life

Early life and relation to the royal family
Louise was born as the daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Charlotte of Denmark. Her siblings included Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Auguste Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. Louise of Hesse lived in Denmark from the age of three.

As a niece of King Christian VIII, who ruled Denmark between 1839 and 1848, Louise was very close to the succession after several individuals of the royal house of Denmark who were elderly and childless. As children, her brother Frederick Wilhelm, her sisters and she were the closest relatives of King Christian VIII who were likely to produce heirs. It was increasingly obvious that the traditional male line succession might come to an end within a generation as the crown prince was childless despite two marriages. Louise was one of the females descending from Frederick III of Denmark, and she enjoyed the remainder provisions of the Danish agnatic-cognetic succession according to the King's Law in the event that Frederick III's male line became extinct.

Louise and her siblings were not agnatic descendants of the House of Oldenburg. Louise was thus ineligible to inherit the Holstein throne - which was under agnatic succession. This threatened the continued existence of the joint monarchy between Denmark and the two duchies. Denmark and its fief Schleswig both followed the succession rules in the King's Law giving Louise a strong claim to the Danish throne.

Marriage and succession dispute

Louise was married at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen on 26 May 1842 to her second cousin Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg who in 1863 became King Christian IX of Denmark.

The marriage combined Christian's weak claim to the throne with Louise's senior claim. The couple lived a quiet family life but their claims to the throne were disputed for more than a decade.

Louise's claim to the throne was challenged by the House of Augustenborg which held the stronger claim to the Holstein throne and a subsidiary claim to the Danish and Schleswig thrones. The House of Augustenborg argued that the King's Law was purely agnatic and presented itself as the opportunity to preserve the undivided monarchy.

In 1847, King Christian VIII decided that the throne should pass to Prince Christian of Glücksburg in the event that crown prince  Frederick (the later Frederick VII) fathered no dynastic sons. This choice was communicated to the Great Powers of Europe.

The situation remained disputed and succession was a main reason for the House of Augustenburg rebelling against Denmark in the 1848-51 First Schleswig War. That house was consequently struck from the line of succession. This cemented that Prince Christian of Glücksburg would become the next monarch.

Louise's mother and siblings renounced their rights to the Danish throne to her and Louise herself in turn renounced her rights in favour of her husband. In 1852, this succession order was confirmed by the Nordic countries and foreign powers in London.

Christian and Louise's children would now be heirs to the Danish throne both due to compliance with the King's Law and due to international treaty. This resolved the succession to the Danish crown, but not Denmark's future relation to the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. German Holstein's historic law of succession was Salic, thus exclusively male, and could not easily be reconciled with Christian's claim as long as the Augustenborgs survived and Prussia offered itself as the international champion of German nationalism. In 1864, this conflict resulted in the Second Schleswig War.

By 1853, Denmark had become a constitutional monarchy and Parliament amended the Danish law of succession proclaiming Christian Hereditary Prince of Denmark, thus cementing that he would succeed when King Frederick VII died (unless the uncle of King Frederick, Prince Ferdinand, would outlive his nephew). Although Frederick disapproved of this choice he signed it into law on 3 July 1853.

Louise disapproved of Frederick VII's non-dynastic marriage to Louise Rasmussen and in turn the King disapproved of Christian succeeding him. The two couples thus had a tense relationship and spent little time together.

Queen of Denmark

On 15 November 1863 King Frederick VII died and Christian became King of Denmark. The relationship between Louise and Christian seems to have been at least partially a marriage of love, and is described as happy: she supported him in his struggle to be acknowledged as heir-presumptive to the throne of Denmark, and the couple became strongly attached to each other during the years of succession struggle. Her loyalty is said to have been of great importance to him,  and Christian is described as dependent upon her intelligence, judgment and psychological strength, all of which were considered to be superior to his own. Their life style is described as simple and puritan, and as this suited the contemporary view of an exemplary family life, the royal family was regarded as a morally correct role model. Because of this, the pregnancy of her unmarried daughter Thyra in 1870 became a burden; Louise took control of the situation and hid it from public knowledge by sending Thyra to give birth abroad, keeping the whole affair a family secret.

As queen, Louise lived a life isolated from the people and did not seek a relationship with or recognition from the public. She took no part in state affairs; her political interests focused on the arranged dynastic marriages of her children and were affected by her anti-German views. The high status marriages she arranged for her children secured the newly established Danish dynasty international status, connecting Denmark to Great Britain, Russia, Sweden and Greece. Known as "The Mother-in-law of Europe," her annual family gatherings at Bernstorff and Fredensborg attracted more attention every year and made her a popular symbol of family life. Significant events in her life included her wedding anniversary on 26 May 1867, when she received great public praise; her birthday celebration of 1887; the wedding anniversary of 1892, and her 80th birthday in 1897.

The great dynastic success of Louise's six children was to a great extent a result of Louise's own ambitions rather than the efforts of her husband Christian IX. Some have compared Louise's dynastic capabilities with those of Queen Victoria.

She was interested in music and painting. She acted as the patron of artists such as Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann. Some of Louise's own paintings were exhibited and given as gifts to members of other royal dynasties.

Louise supported 26 different charitable organizations. Among them were Vallø stift; Kronprinsesse Louises praktiske Tjenestepigeskole (The Servant Girls' School of Crown Princess Louise) and the Dronning Louises Børnehospital (Queen Louise's Children's Hospital). In 1857, she founded the Louisestiftelsen (Louise Foundation), an orphanage for girls with the purpose of raising them to a life of domestic servants, which illustrated her deeply conservative ideals. Her most known project, and one which she herself referred to as her most important, was the Diakonissestiftelsen (The Deaconess Foundation) in 1863, which introduced the Deaconess profession in Denmark. In 1891, she initiated the Foreningen til Oprettelse af Friskolebørneasyler i Kbh.s Arbejderkvarter (Foundation for the Establishment of Charter school's Asylums in the Labour Quarters of Copenhagen). She founded the Belønnings- og Forsørgelsesforeningen (The Reward- and Self-supporting Foundation) in 1881, supported domestic servants by providing financial aid to the ill, during unemployment and in retirement.  Louise was deeply conservative, and her charitable work has been interpreted as a fear of socialism and the growing workers movement.

Queen Louise died peacefully at Bernstorff Palace aged 81 on 29 September 1898 and was interred in Roskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen on 15 October 1898.  During her last years, she become deaf and infirm, and her needs were taken care of by two deaconesses from the Deaconess institution she founded. Louise was Queen Consort of Denmark for 35 years, longer than any other Danish Queen before her.

Children
Louise had the following six children with Christian. Eventually, they had thirty-nine grandchildren.

Honours

Danish honours
 Honorary Dame Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog, 7 September 1883
 Dame of the Order of the Elephant, 26 May 1892
 Royal Family Decoration of King Frederick VII
 Royal Family Decoration of King Christian IX

Foreign honours
  Mexican Empire: Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Saint Charles, 10 April 1865
 : Dame of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of the Golden Lion, 30 April 1884
 : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown, 12 April 1892
 : Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel
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 Dame Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Saint Catherine
 Red Cross Medal
 : Dame of the Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa, 25 January 1878
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 Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, 1st Class
 Honorary Lady of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem

Ancestry

References

Citations

Bibliography

  Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon(in Danish)
 Dansk biografisk Lexikon / X. Bind. Laale - Løvenørn /  (in Danish)
 Salmonsens konversationsleksikon / Anden Udgave / Bind XV: Kvadratrod—Ludmila / (in Danish)

External links

 Queen Louise at the website of the Royal Danish Collections at Amalienborg Palace
 How Christian IX received the succession to the throne of Denmark

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Verdict Against Rest Home Isn't Out of Line
By Dugan Barr September 20, 2010 14
A jury in Eureka, CA returned a verdict of $677 million against a huge, for profit, skilled nursing company who "takes care" of thousands of people due to the mistreatment of many of them. Spokesmen for big business immediately responded with outrage that this result was outlandish and called for changes in the tort system to prevent this off-the-wall result. The claim is that this will bankrupt the company and put 14,000 workers out of a job. This, of course, ignores the fact that the facilities in question will be taken over by another operator who will hire those same people (and, hopefully, some more, so the staffing can be adequate). Maybe these new operators will be a lot more patient-oriented so something like this does not happen to them.
As to the claim that this verdict was outrageous or outlandish or off the wall, consider this: there were 32,000 victims in 22 so-called skilled nursing facilities in California. That is an average verdict of $21,156.25 per victim. The trial in this case went on for about 7 months, so the defendants had lots of time to present their case. One witness, Cindy Cool, testified about going to visit her father, an Alzheimer's patient, and finding him lying in urine-soaked clothing, time after time after time. The evidence was that the staffing ratios were not even up to the minimum required by the State, much less the stricter standards set by the Federal Government. After all, hiring nursing staff costs money and takes away from profits.
I have been in many skilled nursing facilities because a lot of the people I represent have been badly hurt and need those services. Some facilities are very good. Others stink and have patients being ignored all over the place. I recall one lady who was in the hall in a wheelchair with a 6- to 7-inch stalactite of drool hanging from her chin. How long should your loved one have to tolerate a stalactite of drool or urine-soaked clothes or a soiled bed for $21,145.25? Why would any good hearted person want to change the system to make it harder for people who are treated this way to get justice, not to mention harder to force those whose greed or incompetence cause this kind of inhumane treatment to be called on the carpet?
Right here in River City, one facility was closed by the State because the management and staff paid so little attention to their Alzheimer's patients that two of them wandered off at night in the winter and were found dead of exposure the next day.
In some respects, Cindy Cool's father was lucky, even though he was not in a good facility. He had a daughter who was devoted enough to drive from Blue Lake approximately 17 miles to Eureka to see her dad. Unfortunately, lots of people who wind up in these facilities do not have a Cindy to intervene for them. I cannot imagine what their lives are like, can you?
Dugan Barr has practiced law in Redding since 1967. He has tried more than 200 civil jury cases to verdict. He is married and has five children. The offices of Barr and Mudford, LLP, are at 1824 Court St. in Redding and can be reached at 243-8008.
Dugan Barr has practiced law in Redding since 1967, primarily in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death. He has tried more than 200 civil jury cases to verdict. He is married and has five children. He can be reached at Barr & Mudford, 1824 Court St., Redding, 243-8008, or dugan@ca-lawyer.com.
Adrienne jacoby says:
With our aging and mobile population, we'd better get a handle on it . . . and soon. Aging, because the baby boomers (and the rest of us) are moving into the age bracket that most frequently need these services. Mobile, because many of our children do not even live on the same continent with us, let alone close enough to check in on us. So, if we don't have advocates in the system . . . . many of us will find ourselves up the tributary of defecation without an adequate means of propulsion.
CoachBob says:
AJ: There's lots wrong with Barr's article. First: the numbers. Do the math….32,000 victims….in only 22 facilities in California? Hmmm, that's 1,455 residents in each facility on average. Now, you and I have both been in these facilities (together, I might ad), here in Redding (not as residents). Don't know about Eureka, but being much smaller then Redding, I suspect their homes aren't holding 1400 + residents.
Math #2: It's $32,000,000 (million with an "M") per each facility.
Second: Barr LOVES this kind of settlement. He's a tort whore! He lives for big awards like this and justifies them with the numbers as outlined above.
Third: Really look…LOOK hard…at the things this guy says. Don't take this liberal's opinion as gospel. If anybody has a dog in the "big award" fight, it's Dugan.
Lastly: I agree with your points about the aging. You know I have a personal investment in these homes. So, when you get admitted to one, I'll be YOUR advocate, and I'll even play some tunes for ya. Just so you know.
Love you….CoachBob
According to the Eureka Times-Standard, "There are approximately 32,000 people represented in the class action suit, including former and current patients and, in the case of their death, family members."
Doni Greenberg says:
Bob, you are most welcome to leave comments. However, name-calling and personal attacks are not OK. This is a civilized site where we encourage intelligent conversation and even debate, but please do so with respect.
A Sad Son says:
Thank you SO much for touching on this most serious issue, Mr. Barr…
I am a conservative – and I disagree with "CoachBob's" unnecessarily vitriolic, name-calling take as an apparent profiteer from the ilk you reference (Stop that Bob… it makes the rest of us look bad!)
We know our mother met an untimely and agonizing death at a local, for PROFIT "rehabilitation" home in the Redding area. She was in for a few months to rehabilitate for a broken bone. We found her unattended, bed sores, etc, many times. We politely complained MANY times to the administartion. Remedy was short lived, then the same problems reemerged… our complaints to the staff and Admn. continued. Then, just a week before her scheduled release back home, she acquired a norovirus-like infection that killed her roommate just the week before! Our dear mother and grandmother had aspirated stomach contents because no nurse attended to her illness while she lied on her back.
It took me and my family walking in for our regular cheery visit to find her gasping in panic for air, unattended – my two young daughters (7 & 13) were in shock for months after seeing their beloved grandmother literally dying for air and help. And it took me yelling, pounding on desks and cussing at the top of my lungs to the staff and Admn. to get a 911 call in to save her life! She died at Mercy hospital ICU a few days after the 911 call (year ago this Thursday). Mercy staff MD's were very SHOCKED to see severe bed sores on my mother upon intake and they took many photos. We never thought we could find remedy after this wonderful woman suffered so terribly…
We are not a sue-happy kind and believe that there have been abuses of the legal systems – on both sides of tort-law.. BUT, sometimes, corporations and profiteers cross the line and – like any other criminal – deserve swift and harsh consequences. Is there a statute of limitations for a complaint to be filed? Who should I call if we can? I'm sure the "investors" in that so-called "skilled nursing" facility would breath – comfortably – a collective, oxygen-filled sigh of relief to know our case repeatedly slipped any detection…
Thank you, Mr. Barr… While I might not vote for your presidential campaign, I salute your stewardship of our good community and families – and I would consider YOU in a heartbeat!
Couple of points are in order.
First to "Sad Son": I'm very sorry to hear of your mother's fate in a nursing home. I lost my father in a local Redding nursing home (that's not an indictment on that particular home…just a fact).
But before you label me an "apperant profiteer" of the nursing industry, with absolutley ZERO idea of who I am or what I do, let me educate you. I am self-employed in the construction industry for 40 years in Redding. Never worked in the nursing industry nor to I buy stock in the industry. My investment, Sad Son, is I am a musician (like Adrienne Jacoby) and I provide FREE entertainment to the local nursing homes in this area. I don't make a dime!
Now, who can you call re: statute of limitations? Well, Sad Son, get on the phone and call Dugan Barr! He'll take your call and your case. He'd love to. That's the business he's in. His number is–243-8008.
Second: To "A News Cafe" that responds without a name to my comment above. I, too, can research a news article. Let's set the record straight again. Seems both you and Dugan forgot a couple of facts: There are not "32,000 victims in 22 so-called skilled nursing facilities in California". According to the Eureka Times-Standard, "There are approximately 32,000 people represented in the class action suit, including former and current patients and, in the case of their death, family members". Hmmm, that changes things just a little.
Now, for the real numbers. Mr. Barr has purposely misled us as to the jury award. It isn't $677 million. "The total amount Skilled Healthcare is facing is $62.8 million — not $677 million — after a preliminary settlement agreement in the lawsuit against the nursing home company was presented in Humboldt County Superior Court on Wednesday"! This is from the Eureka T-S on 9-9-2010. Mr. Barr knew this when he wrote his hit piece in the N-Cafe. At least the reply by N-Cafe to my original post was accurate, as far as it went.
Furthermore, in his original math, Mr. Barr would have us believe that $21,000 +/- would go to each "victim". Well, here's the "new" math:
"Exact attorney's fees, which are subject to approval by the court, could include up to $2 million for out-of-pocket expenses on behalf of the plaintiffs' attorneys, with an additional amount of up to 40 percent of the estimated value of the settlement, some $20 million.
Even if all of the total $50 million settlement were to go directly to class members, each individual claim would be $1,500 at most, a far cry from the $30,000 that each of the three named plaintiffs in the case are entitled"! Again, from the Eureka T-S. Keep in mind, Sad Son, that these 32,000 are NOT just residents but family members of those who have passed on. That can include sons, daughters, etc.
So, in closing, Sad Son…let me remind you that I have a "personal investment" in nursing homes. Not a financial one. You should have picked up on that but you seemed to be overcome by the emotion of the moment. I understand that. I won't ever say the nursing homes are all good. I've seen many problems many times. Just remember the numbers…and the 'spin' some folks seem to need to put on things. Most of that money (if it ever gets paid out) will go to everyone BUT those hurt by these problems. The tort lawyers (ambulance chasers) are going to take the majority of it.
Again, give Barr & Mudford a call. This is what they do, 24/7! There's others in the area, also.
According to the Eureka Times-Standard, the original jury award WAS $677 million, and that is exactly what Mr. Barr wrote. Mr. Barr's article was concerned with justifying that amount, not about what eventually was settled for.
Deborah Calvert says:
I can definately justify that amount in my case against Sun Healthcare Group Inc, who had been placed under a Calif state injunction in 2001 after 3 patients died during a heat wave in Burlingame, Calif (Northern California) without HVAC in patient rooms. In 2003 my mother, Evelyn Calvert, was living in a Newport Beach facility where the OSHPD agency had come in and condemned the HVAC system to patient rooms in May, 2003. We begged the DOJ -BMFEA who enforce the injunction, for help, but Claude Vanderwold told Dolores Otting and I in a telephone conference call that it'd take too long to get Sun into court to enforce the injunction and wouldn't assist us more than that. We begged the Dept of Health, documented every single incident, went before the city council, even asked the Mayor to write a letter to the CEO of Sun, and he did, asking him to stop the elder abuse and fix the equipment. Too late for my mom and 3 others who died from their fault June-Nov 2003. Sun simply transferred the license to another healthcare company, and avoided prosecution. How? Ask the DOJ -BMFEA. Read my blogsite at http://www.sunhealthcaregroupinc.blogspot.com There is corruption in the air!
Jeffersonian says:
This website serves Northern California, and many of us might take offense to your description of Burlingame. I know Bay Area folks love to call their area Norcal — but doing so only marginalizes those of us living in that 300 mile span between them and Oregon…
A Happier Son says:
Thank you so much for the appreciated phone number "CoachBob! Now that I know who you are, giving that phone number to ANewsCafe' readers was perhaps one of the BEST coaching and/or gigging jobs you've ever done!! 😉
All kidding aside, I will call Duggan straight away!!!
In all fairness though, thank you for your condolences – you sincerely have mine for your dad as well. However, I strongly suspect he wasn't killed by neglectful "skilled-nursing workers" or administrators. Thanks again for the tip!
I guess my Droid isn't sending emails like I thought. Here goes…last one. Dugan referred to the $677 knowing full well it had been reduced. He was trying to justify an amount that had already been deemed 'unjust'. And, that isn't all he was referring to. He twisted the number of 'residents' when, in fact, per the Eureka T-S, that many of the recipients of any award will be family members, too. Not just residents.
And, if the award is in the neighborhood of $60M, most of it will go to –wait for it–ATTORNEYS! A partly $1500 to those individuals that are left. Hardly seems worth the trouble from a $$ standpoint. Of course, forcing changes in the poor system is always a good thing.
Last: I puzzled why you (editor) seem so hell-bent of defending Barr? He's a big boy (understatement), and can speak for himself. He's a pro at speaking. You seem totally defensive over my comments that aren't about you.
In any event…the good news is that a poorly run outfit may just change their ways. I hope they're alot better here in town.
Thanks for reading this far.
CoachBob
Dugan Barr says:
Coach Bob:
Too bad you chose not to put your name on your posts. It is easy to take shots from behind a disguise. If you did put your name, I could contact you and we could have a discussion about all of this. But you have my name and number and can call me if you want.
I did not know about the settlement, but am not surprised that it settled. It does the victims little good to bankrupt the company.
I did not say there were 32,000 patients. I said there were 32,000 victims. If you think that someone who watches helplessly because a beloved family member that they do not have the skills or resources to care for dies due to the neglect of those who are getting paid for that care is not a victim, you have a strange set of values.
To be clear, I have nothing to do with the case in Eureka. I was simply pointing out that there were some reasons for the size of the award and that it did not mean the system is broken.
You seem outraged at the amount the lawyers will get, yet point out that they spent about $2,000,000 of their own money putting the case together. The trial took 7 months. You can bet that there were many hours spent on the case for every hour that was used by the trial. Had the case been lost, the lawyers would have lost their $2,000,000 and gotten nothing for the time they spent working on the case. During that time, their rent, light bills, staff salaries etc had to be paid. In short, the lawyers took a huge risk. If they had lost the case, they would be spending the next many years digging out of the hole they would be in.
The sad news is Skilled Healthcare will probably still provide shoddy care under a state injunction. Sun Healthcare Group Inc did just that to Newport Beach residents in a Sunbridge facility in October 2003 that led to the deaths of 4 patients including my mother. We begged the DOJ -BMFEA to help us in June 2003 yet Claude Vanderwold said it'd take too long to get Sun into court to enforce the injunction. Fernando Rodriguez, Admin of Sun, told me if I didn't like the way they under staffed I could take my mother and leave. I would have but there weren't any other beds available in any of the local nursing homes and she was too bed ridden for me to care for at home any longer (I'd done it 6 yrs). So I visited 3 x daily and found an absolute horror. A nightmare. Read my story at http://www.sunhealthcaregroupinc.blogspot.com
They not only made sure my mother suffered, but killed her, I have no doubt. Then cheated me out of wrongful death, which forced me to sue my former attorney for the malpractice and he died 2 weeks after learning from Defense Counsel I retained Andres & Andres to sue him, in his sleep at age 59 of unknown causes.
Yep, these Billion Dollar Nursing Home Chains are lining their pockets with the money while under staffing. They are the real scum of the earth.
Deb Calvert, Newport Beach, California
The CEO of Sun, Rick Matros, even sent an employee, Julie Campbell, to apologize for a stroke their known broken equipment caused in Oct 2003. She met with me on weekends, gave me her business card, told me to call her at home anytime. Sun was terrified obviously they'd lose their $2 B Annual Revenue Public Corp -my attorney had originally told me the CEO would lose his job for knowingly violating a state injunction while harming patients who died from it. Yet no authority wants to prosecute them for it. Why? Corruption.
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I've seen it all over Instagram, my friends and family in NYC have all gone, and I sit here in Chicago grappling with one dire question – is the 'Museum' of Ice Cream really a museum?
If you haven't yet seen boomerangs of young people jumping into sprinkles, nose-selfies sniffing willy-wonka-esque scratch & sniff wallpaper, or people jumping on a trampoline for the perfect mid-air photo, trust me you soon will.
OK, so that sounds like a museum and they do have a collection of exhibits circulating around a theme…but part of me still doesn't buy it. Where is the story? Where is the research? Where are the artifacts or art? What is this organization preserving? What is the purpose, other than to bring out your inner-child and dive into an afternoon of frivolity?
A comparable institution to this is the City Museum in St. Louis if you are familiar; basically it is a giant jungle-gym for kids and adults built by artist Bob Cassilly from found objects and old architectural pieces. Am I being an uppity museum-snob in thinking that this is a more legitimate museum? Because it is created by a respected artist, and not based on a fad like desserts and selfies, does that deem it worthy of the title 'museum'? They both have similar missions, end-goals, and interactive experiences, so why do I accept this as a museum but struggle with the MoIC?
The MoIC represents a greater trend in cultural attractions worldwide. The founders of the MoIC are able to charge $38 for a ticket and have it sell out, for visitors to simply wander around a brightly colored space filled with giant candies and grab as many IG-worthy pictures as possible. The reason this works, is because young people are far more likely now than in past to spend a dollar on a worthy experience. An experience that induces FOMO, is a limited time opportunity, and markets itself as unique and different. An experience that induces all these same things is the Color Factory though they do not market themselves as a 'museum'. In my opinion, they have captured what their institution truly is: a place to interactively engage in colorful, frivolous joy; to celebrate color and 'create' in a communal space.
Whether you think the MoIC is truly a 'museum' or not, I think there is something valuable that more traditional museums can learn from these pop-up experiences: Young people will spend their money if there is something that relates to their desire to play and immerse themselves in something unique. And no, it can't hurt to create a selfie-space so your visitors can help you create FOMO inducing experiences!
So what do you think? Is it a 'museum', or something else entirely? Does it matter either way?


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It's a fair way from Thanksgiving, but youth season for turkey hunts are starting in April, and the Hope Outdoors Youth Turkey Hunt is an event where young hunters can enjoy a safe hunt with their peers. Outdoorsman Jake Meyer and his hunting friends have teamed up with Hope Outdoors Christian Ministry to start the hunting camp to teach kids hunting safety and techniques, providing spiritual undertones while doing so. But most of all it's about having fun and getting kids excited about the sport. "I think the kids will love getting an introduction into the hunting experience," Meyer said. "I think it's a fair argument that kids just don't get outside like they used to, let alone hunt." Meyer said the priority right now is to find young people who are eligible to take part in the hunt and offered a profile of the kind of applicant they have in mind, "We are looking for boys and girls facing unique adversity in their lives such as physical or emotional battles being an illness, loss, physical complications, domestic trauma, and things like that to enjoy the action and beauty of a spring turkey hunt," he said. "There is an application process that will qualify candidates based on their situation and age." The hunt takes place on Meyer's private farmland, April 11 and 12. It includes meals, lodging, and a qualified guide.
For more information on applying for the hunt, or volunteering, contact Jake Meyer at 573-587-1571 or Houston Meyer at 573-880-6815.


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Lots of signatures were submitted via www.tekentegenkernwapens.nl, partly thanks to the generous support of the Dutch Red Cross and ASN Bank. In addition PAX employees and volunteers recently flooded shopping streets, festivals, concerts and political congresses all over the country to inform as many people as possible about the need for a ban on nuclear weapons.
PAX campaign leader nuclear disarmament Krista van Velzen: "Many people realized that time has come again to be concerned about nuclear weapons. The current tensions between East and West unfortunately have made nuclear weapons relevant once more and a ban is therefore more important than ever. An increasing number of people are aware of this. In the meantime, 113 of the 195 internationally recognised countries have indicated that they want to negotiate a global ban. The time has come for the Dutch government to join this majority."
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There are approximately twenty American nuclear weapons stored on the Dutch Air Base in Volkel. "The support we have received for our citizens initiative reveals that a large part of the Dutch population wants to get rid of nuclear weapons", explains Krista van Velzen. PAX will present the signatures to the House of Representatives in September. The latter will then determine when the debate on the citizens initiative will be held.
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The Robbins ballet was originally choreographed in 1970 and explores three different stages of relationships. Christine Redpath, a Ballet Master from the New York City Ballet who was designated by Robbins to maintain and stage his ballets, is in town to work on this production. She stopped by our WCVE Music studios along with Valerie Tellmann-Henning from the Richmond Ballet. I hope you enjoy our lively chat!


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Tyneside Community Action Against Racism (TCAR): Justice for Raul Ally! Shame on ITV! We demand fair and accurate reporting NOW!
Justice for Raul Ally! Shame on ITV! We demand fair and accurate reporting NOW!
On Wednesday 21st November TCAR held a demonstration outside Tyne Tees Studios in Gateshead against ITV News censorship.
This was in response to ITV's refusal to report on the demonstration TCAR organised on 24th October in solidarity with Raul Ally, a young Somali man facing deportation to Tanzania (see full report of that protest below: http://tcarblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/report-of-protest-outside-north-shields.html). ITV sent a reporter who filmed the protest on 24th October and interviewed Raul extensively. Raul has recently been released from Morton Hall immigration detention centre, where he witnessed mistreatment of asylum seekers. Raul and his supporters in TCAR were happy that ITV wanted to report on this matter. We expected to see the report on the evening news but it wasn't aired. ITV didn't explain why they didn't show the report until we contacted them. We found out that ITV would no longer report the story because the UK Borders Agency (UKBA) had told them that Raul was 'not who he says he is'. Effectively they called Raul a liar, just like they do to thousands of refugees. ITV made no attempt to investigate the story further, simply following the government line. Britain is supposed to have free press: ITV, do you really expect a government agency, who is attempting to deport a young man to country he's never even been to, to tell the truth?
As well as claiming Raul is not who he says he is and is not Somali UKBA continue to assert that Raul and his brother are not even related, despite blood tests proving that they are in fact brothers. Whether it is outright lies or incompetency it allows UKBA to undermine Raul's case and attempt to deport him more easily. This is not an isolated case. UKBA incompetency has been highlighted very clearly recently with a report published on 22nd November 2012 by Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration John Vine. The report found that UKBA staff dealt with a backlog of immigration cases so inefficiently that at one point 100,000 items of post were unopened. More than 150 boxes of post, including letters from applicants, MPs and lawyers, lay unopened. This means that accurate information and supporting evidence is not used when deciding an individual's asylum claim which will cause severe delays and stress (and the illnesses associated with this), it plays havoc with people's lives and results in people being deported.
When Raul and TCAR supporters got to the entrance of Tyne Tees Studios we were met by two police officers who claimed they were there to facilitate our right to protest. We asked to see an official to explain our demands, the security guard present initially said there was no one available and that he would pass on the demands. However, we persisted and were able to speak to the Programme Editor Julie Harinson. When asked why ITV made no efforts to investigate UKBA's claims she said that the reporter had tried to contact Raul, but when Raul challenged her saying that he had not been contacted she said the reporter 'must have had a bad signal at the time'. Some investigation! After discussing Raul's case Julie Harinson made a commitment to investigate the story with a view to airing it in the near future and has since been back in touch with Raul, TCAR and Raul's solicitor. Without the protest it is clear ITV would have remained silent on the issue. It is important that we keep up the pressure to ensure Raul's story is broadcast.
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CARIDAD MORO-GRONLIER
Caridad Moro-Gronlier was born in Los Angeles, California to
Cuban immigrant parents who relocated to Miami, Florida in 1977.
The recipient of an MA in English Literature from FIU, Moro-Gronlier is
the author of Tortillera: Poems, winner of the TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Prize published by Texas Review Press (2021) and the chapbook Visionware, published by Finishing Line Press as part of its
New Women's Voices Series. She is also a Contributing Editor for
Grabbed: Poets and Writers Respond to Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing (Beacon Press, 2020) and an Associate Editor for "SWWIM Every Day", an online daily poetry journal for women identifying poets.
Moro-Gronlier received an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, a
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in poetry, and a finalist for the
Andres Montoya Poetry Prize and the Hudson Prize from Black Lawrence Press. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and the Lambda Literary Award.
Moro-Gronlier is a community driven South Florida poet whose literary engagement includes writing workshops and public readings in partnership with local stakeholders such as Miami Dade College, Broward College, FIU Honors College, Miami Dade County Public Library, The Stonewall Library, The Wolfsonian Museum, the PAMM, The Frost Museum, O, Miami, The Cintas Foundation, Books & Books, The Miami Book Fair, Reading Queer, and others. In 2021 she was among a select group of Miami poets chosen to be part of the "O, Miami Remembrance to Order Project."
Recent projects include participation on "A Heroic Sonnet Crown for Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and the Residents of Miami-Dade County: We Who Rise from Saltwater, Let's Sing," edited by Maureen Seaton and Nicole Tallman, inclusion within the O, Miami Off-Shore Fellowship: Poets of the Caribbean Diaspora cohort, and publication in The Best American Poetry Blog, Limp Wrist Poetry Journal and Home In Florida: Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness (UF Press, 2021).
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For Hardcore Fans of the Buffyverse
I tend to defend things I like with a passion, and then I tend to slowly let go.
Case in point: Angel's fourth season. And before I begin, read Sars' brill dissertation on why A:TS S4 was problematic.
Angel: The Series always got a bum rap, in my opinion. At first it got flak from the "Buffy/Angel4ever" crew, because this 400 year old guy decided to *gasp* move on from his teenage girlfriend. (That he perpetually behaved like a confused 19 yr. old made that relationship work.)
Then, during Angel's 2nd and 3rd seasons, it was that it wasn't as engaging as BtVS (nevermind that it took Buffy well into its 2nd season to really start cooking. Also, Buffy during this time frame had the addition of a sister, the death of two major characters in S5; and the deadly serious, if marginally engaging, crapola in S6--musical episode notwithstanding).
I still argue that Angel found its groove in this time frame, just like Buffy did.
But then we get to the fourth season, which was Angel's anchovie season (you liked it or you didn't, and a lot of people I know didn't). I distinctly remember going to the purplehound residence on a weekly basis and having to have a conversation that usually began with "it's not that fucking bad, goddamnit." They would probably like to forget those days.
Compared to Buffy's S4, in which Buffy went to college and ended up fighting...a militaristic cyborg*, Angel's S4 was all over the map, with several apocalyptic events thrown in throughout the season. As Sars discusses, there were also a bunch of character developments that seemed jarring overall, and it is these that make it such a controversial season for fans.
I'll let Sars continue down that road, she does it much better than I could.
Here's my thing, though: It is because of this unpredictability that I thoroughly enjoyed A:TS S4. Yes, the Cordelia/Connor thing is more than a bit discomfiting, but did anyone really enjoy the Buffy/Riley stuff in Where the Wild Things Are? Did anyone really enjoy Buffy/Riley?**
Was it cohesive? No. Was it entertaining? Yes.
And yet, as I read Sars commentary, I found myself having to nod my head in agreement with her. It was sloppily put together, just like the last two seasons of Buffy. Thankfully, Angel's fifth season was a cohesive hoot. Too bad it got cancelled.
*BtVS's worst seasons, in order, from "worst" to "that was really annoying": S6, S7, S4
**Granted, Buffy/Riley didn't have any of Cordy/Connor's oedipal baggage. Also, in terms of character development, Riley, in retrospect, made sense as Buffy's rebound guy.
At 1:21 PM, thelyamhound said...
Actually, I was on board with the 4th season of Angel for quite a while. The Cordy/Connor thing got a little weird, but the Oedipal baggage was part of what made it interesting. What made it annoying was something that could have been bourne out in more interesting fashion later, i.e., the weird, touchy-feely-new-agey aspect that it started to take on. This was clearly designed to foreshadow the coming of Jasmine . . . but that's where things became problematic for me.
Yes, Gina Torres is hot and talented. Yes, the central conceit of Jasmine was highly compelling. But to my eye, they failed to pull the conceit off on a purely aesthetic basis, which made the whole thing annoying. I got the satire of L.A., the joke about how Californians will hop on any pseudo-spiritual bandwagon that drives by. All well and good. And Torres's mellifluous delivery was, in hindsight, spot on.
But I think that the look--Torres' look, the look of the cult and the way it affected L.A.--should have been either art-nouveau, quasi-medieval chic (which we know those cats at the WB can do); cheesy L.A. neo-Asian-t'ai-chi affected, reeking of alfalfa sprouts and herbal tea; or perhaps, if they wanted to let the satire speak for itself by playing it straight, some sort of primitive-goddess archetype, like the original slayer with better hygeine, or like the girl inside the chicken-wire horsehead in the liner notes to The Concise King Crimson. Instead, it came off all heels-and-relaxed-hair, red-carpet bland. Which I suppose ALSO fits, thematically, but failed to hold my interest. As such, there was no urgency to the despair everyone felt when they discovered her true nature, at least to me. The stakes sort of disappeared for me, and I just wanted it to be over.
That said, I liked the way the season ended; and I LOVED the final season of Angel, no matter how "rushed" the ending was (an unfair criticism, considering how late they all found out they were being cancelled).
As for Buffy . . . fair enough on all counts, I suppose; but I think that seasons 6 & 7 have pleasures that reveal themselves with repeated viewing (and "Storyteller" and the finale from season 7 are worth the price of the set). Season 4 is actually one of the more interesting seasons for review, despite the Riley factor. Even Adam is interesting. I think the problem with Adam is that he was more of a sci-fi conceit, which isn't really where the show's heart is.
re: Jasmine; I think we're just gonna disagree on this one, as I felt that both the concept and execution of Jasmine was better than that of Glorificus (a point that Buffy-files take me to task for). I've always thought that the "god-as-big-bad" thing Jossco had was a great conceit; it's just that Glory's WB teen-bitch thing got way old for me, and I couldn't take her seriously.
The real shame is that Jasmine wasn't the focus of the whole season, which would've made a big difference.
Which, actually, would be the criticism I'd level against Angel's fourth season (though, again, the main part of why I liked it so much): There were at least three seasons' worth of story and action packed into 22 episodes.
Re: Buffy; bad Buffy is better than most of the crap out there. And S4 wasn't bad...My biggest problem with it is that the central concept was let down by just okay execution in the end. It's still a compelling season, but the steam ran out about three episodes too early.
S6, on the other hand, just got too bogged down in after-school special morality, culminating in that near rape that I, personally, was never able to recover from. I liked the idea that things were getting too real for Buffy, but the morality stuff (including the crap Willow went through) was too much. There was some fun to be had that season, yes, but Marti went a little overboard.
The problem with S7, on the other hand, is simply that it meandered all over the place. It tread water all season long, with no sense of forward movement, until the very end. A few fun episodes.
Though, it must be said, Whedon delivered what I believe to be the best series finale on tv ever. Within that one hour, he tapped into the emotional resonance that had been largely missing since S5, and packed a fucking whallop.
Agreed on everything but, well, Jasmine--execution-wise, and no fault of the concept or Gina Torres. I DO agree, however, that she was more interesting than Glorificus, and that Glorificus was too saturated with WB bitchiness to be taken seriously, like she'd stumbled over from Charmed.
In fact, in hindsight, Jasmine was a more sensible stand in for God, because she possessed the inherent contradiction in the monotheistic concept that George Carlin mocks in his "invisible man in the sky" monologue: he/she eats your flesh/sends you to hell . . . but he/she LOVES you!
At 9:24 AM, rob said...
I liked all seasons of Buffy, mostly because I just turned off my critic and enjoyed the shit out of the show. In terms of S4, however, I always considered it to be something of a "rebuilding season" for the series. They introduced some really interesting concepts that year, the most poignant being Spike's paci-chip, that progressed the story brilliantly in future seasons.
- Yes, disagree we will. Glory sucked, this is not news. But the storyline around Jasmine, her birth into the entire world of Angel, the writer's lame attempts at making her some otherworldly what the fuck ever she was suppose to be - SUCKED! Bad!
I could even live with Connor much more easily than I could continue taking full breaths when Jasmine was one the screen. Connor at least had that teenage badboy appeal.
And I would agree with you on your assessment of Buffy seasons in order of sucktitude.
At 7:17 AM, Missuz J said...
Wish I had anything at all to add to this, just so I could join the party.
I never was a Buffy watcher--not because I had any specific issues with it--but at the time it was on, I just kind of had my hands full, I think.
My pal just bought the first season on DVD though, and we're planning on having a couple of Buffy marathons soon.
At 11:07 AM, thelyamhound said...
Keep in mind, Missuz, that while the first season has plenty of charms, the show didn't really hit its stride until the second season, and didn't really ROCK, in my opinion, until the third (granting that I'm biased towards season 3 because of the presence of a certain HOT evil slayer who rears her head that time around).
But the storyline around Jasmine, her birth into the entire world of Angel, the writer's lame attempts at making her some otherworldly what the fuck ever she was suppose to be - SUCKED!
Really? Worse than "magic = drugs?" Worse than "anonymous sex leads to rape?" Episodically and seasonally appropriate: Worse than "Beer Bad?" a show with no redeeming value.
Yeah, I don't know about that, but let's leave it at disagree.
the show didn't really hit its stride until the second season, and didn't really ROCK, in my opinion, until the third
a minor niggle in that I thought S2 rocked mightily. S3 is a complete and absolute blast, top to bottom, but S2's Gypsy curse driven plotline is rich, subtle, and completely satisfying.
At 8:55 AM, thelyamhound said...
Oh, I agree that the Gypsy curse and what-have-you were great, and set up the next season very well. What constitutes "rock" is harder to measure; I just find S3 more consistently satisfying.
I actually enjoyed "Beer Bad" on its own merits. At least they didn't feel the need to stretch its meager conceit for more than one episode.
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TECHNE: The UNT BFA Fall 2021 Photographic Exhibition showcases the work of 10 senior fine arts bachelor students and serves as the last shipment before graduation.
The name TECHNE comes from Greek term technê that is, art, skill, craft or technique, and artists are enrolled together in the two-semester senior photography course.
"TECHNE is a great way to look at art without having to fall into all the traps we have in western art," said Dottie Frank, head of photography.
The students featured are Riley Barkowsky, Jessica Brown, Whitney Ethridge, Dottie Frank, Amy Jazwiec, Rynae 'Miles, Riley Oldham, Jordan Smith, Diana Trejo and Gina Visingardi.
The TECHNE exhibition presents several forms of photography, including figurative, alternative, digital and other techniques. Frank said it's interesting that the photograph falls under a larger umbrella than the individual photos.
"You can move it around and change it and move it around as much as you want, just like any medium," Frank said. "The photography program is not restrictive and you can see it in the way we've all come to the end of it."
Jazwiec, director of photography, said she shed light on her journey of anxiety and dissociation through glitch effects and linework done through Photoshop and photo manipulation. Jazwiec said that using Photoshop allows her to be more practical and manipulate the image to represent exactly what she meant.
Jazwiec said her photos in the exhibit allowed her to use Photoshop elements she learned in the photography program.
"[The photography program] gave me a lot of tools to think about my art in terms of concept rather than technique, "said Jazwiec. "They wanted us to focus a lot more on what we were saying rather than what we were doing."
Miles, senior in photography, focused on capturing texture in her photos – she said it was good to see the end product of her work because working up to the storefront was stressful.
"The end product was worth all the struggles," Miles said.
Senior Photography Oldham first specialized in kinesiology before moving on to photography. Her interest in photography came when she played softball and her mother took pictures during games.
Oldham was introduced to long-exposure photography during a college class, and she said she liked the element of surprise itomes with a long exposure because she can't see every aspect of the photo until she gets to her computer.
"I'm pretty excited," Oldham said. "It's nice to see all of my technical aspects and everything I did last year come together. It looks a bit like the picture in the frame – everything is finally framed and hung on the wall. It's official."
TECHNE is the first exhibition in which several elderly people have been presented.
"It was very exciting," Jazweic said. "It was a great step forward in my artistic career."
TECHNE is at UNT CoLab until Saturday at 207 N. Elm St.
Image source DiscoverDenton.com
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Carlie C. Tolleson


Raw tape #4 for Vito Marzullo documentary. Ward Office. After the documentary crew sets up the camera and lighting, Marzullo talks casually with a few people who visit the office.
00:00Copy video clip URL The camera crew sets up their equipment while Marzullo shuffles papers at his desk and chats briefly with an associate. The camera zooms in and out on Marzullo intently reading a document before panning to a plaque on the wall emblazoned with the Disabled American Veterans seal. The crew continues tweaking the lighting in the office and focusing the camera.
07:19Copy video clip URL Marzulllo greets County Commissioner Matt Ropa, introducing him to the documentary crew before briefly discussing checks and letters that need to be sent.
08:46Copy video clip URL Marzullo calls for the director, Tom Weinberg, and introduces him to a Chicago judge, saying with a laugh that, "I just want [Weinberg] to know who he is…There's two, three Jews in the ward and they've all got jobs." They joke about Marzullo's luncheon card games with the judge.
10:55Copy video clip URL A resident of the ward visits Marzullo's office and explains that he failed a test he took to earn a job with the Chicago Transit Authority. The young man asks Marzullo if he can help him out, but the alderman explains he can't do anything since he's already failed the test. "You've come after the horse has run out of the barn," the alderman says.
19:46Copy video clip URL The alderman meets with one last resident, a man who failed his police academy exams and wants Marzullo to help him. Marzullo says there's nothing he can do for the man and tells him to try harder next time. "If we would go out and take care of him… then what's the use of them having an examination?" Marzullo asks. The tape stops mid-conversation.


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Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP Relocates and Expands NYC Office: Calabro & Associates, P.C. Join Firm
Garden City, New York; June 1, 2011— Marc L. Hamroff, managing partner of Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP, is pleased to announce that the members of the law firm of Calabro & Associates P.C. have joined the firm, adding a new area of practice in the landlord and tenant sector. Gregory G. Calabro joins the firm as a partner and Jacqueline Kahman joins the firm as an associate. Both are residents in firm's Manhattan office. In addition, it was also announced that the firm has relocated its Manhattan office to 450 Seventh Avenue, acquiring 5,000 square feet of space to accommodate its expanding practice.
"My partners and I are delighted to welcome Greg Calabro and his team to the firm. Their reputation and extensive experience adds tremendous value to Moritt Hock & Hamroff and increases our capacity in, and evidences our commitment to, our growing practice. We look forward to working with Greg as we continue to expand, diversify our practice to better serve the needs of our clients, and increase our New York City presence," stated Marc Hamroff.
Gregory G. Calabro has over 22 years of experience in all facets of complex commercial and residential real estate and landlord and tenant litigation and transactional matters. His practice includes the representation of commercial and residential landlords, co-op and condo boards, tenant associations and tenants in regard to various real estate related disputes and matters. Mr. Calabro regularly litigates cases before the New York City Civil Court and the New York Supreme Court. He also appears on matters before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal agency. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Calabro was the founder and managing partner of Calabro & Associates, P.C., a boutique real estate law firm in Manhattan. Mr. Calabro earned his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law.
Jacqueline Kahman concentrates her practice in the area of landlord and tenant litigation. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New York Law School and is admitted to practice in New York. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Kahman was an associate at Calabro & Associates, P.C. She also served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Arthur Gonzalez of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Gregory G. Calabro


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On Sunday 5th August a tour of some of the loveliest gardens in the village of Westwell. Start at 2.00pm at Underwood for a leisurely walk around the gardens, then back to Underwood for strawberries and cream, tea and cakes. Further details to be announced. Proceeds in aid of the St Mary Westwell Restoration Fund.


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Scontro mortale (titolo originale The Masters of Darkness) è un librogame dello scrittore inglese Joe Dever, pubblicato nel 1988 a Londra dalla Arrow Books e tradotto in numerose lingue del mondo. È il dodicesimo dei volumi pubblicati della saga Lupo Solitario nonché l'ultimo della serie Ramastan. La prima edizione italiana, del 1990, fu a cura della Edizioni EL.

Trama
Dopo aver completato la ricerca delle Pietre della Sapienza, Lupo Solitario torna nel Magnamund, dove scopre che sono passati ben otto anni da quando cadde nell'imboscata di Gnaag e precipitò nel Cancello dell'Ombra di Torgar.
Nel frattempo, i Signori delle Tenebre hanno conquistato la quasi totalità delle Terre Libere, anche grazie ad un particolare congegno, il Tanoz-Tukor, che consente loro di potersi muovere, senza morire, al di fuori del Regno delle Tenebre.
La missione di Lupo Solitario sfiora l'impossibile: penetrare a Helgedad, capitale del Regno delle Tenebre, distruggere il trafusore ovvero la macchina che da' energia al Tanoz-Tukor e uccidere l'Arcisignore delle Tenebre Gnaag e rovesciare così le sorti della guerra in corso. Affrontando avversari terribili e destreggiandosi nell'infernale e letale cittadella, il Ramas riuscirà nell'estrema impresa, uccidendo nello scontro finale l'Arcisignore Gnaag, radendo al suolo un intero settore della Città Nera (assieme al trafusore) e liberando per sempre il Magnamund dalla minaccia dei Signori delle Tenebre facendo finire la Guerra Totale del Nord Magnamund.

Sistema di gioco
Lupo Solitario può contare su doti tattiche (Combattività) e fisiche (Resistenza). Inoltre, dopo aver completato le prime sette avventure da Maestro Ramas, può ora sfruttare la conoscenza di 9 tra le 10 nuove Arti Ramastan che forniscono un importante aiuto a seconda delle situazioni: Guerra, Controllo Animale, Medicina, Sparizione, Fiuto, Interpretazione, Raggio psichico, Scudo psichico, Difesa, Divinazione. Gli oggetti raccolti sono contenuti in uno zaino, ad eccezione degli oggetti "speciali". Il denaro, in Corone d'oro, è contenuto in una borsa.
I combattimenti si svolgono confrontando in primis i punteggi di Combattività di Lupo Solitario e dell'avversario, che generano un rapporto di forza positivo, negativo o neutro. Il lettore estrae un numero dalla "Tabella del Destino" (che equivale a un d10) e nella tabella Risultati di combattimento incrocia quella riga alla colonna del corrispondente rapporto di forza di quel combattimento, togliendo punti di Resistenza a se stesso e/o all'avversario.

Oggetti

Armi
Esistono 9 armi canoniche nei librigame di Lupo Solitario: Pugnale, Lancia, Mazza, Daga, Martello da Guerra, Spada, Ascia, Asta e Spadone. Le armi si troveranno nel mondo o si ruberanno ai cadaveri dei nemici. Il numero massimo di Armi che si può portare è due.
Si potrà anche usare un Arco con una faretra da sei frecce.

Oggetti nello Zaino
Lo Zaino può contenere al massimo otto oggetti compresi i Pasti. Alcuni oggetti hanno un'utilità certa (pasti, pozioni magiche). Altri saranno utili in certe situazioni (chiavi).

Oggetti Speciali
Non vanno nello Zaino e alcuni hanno un'utilità specifica, altri sono falsi indizi che portano fuori strada.

Denaro
Il denaro è espresso in Kika, la moneta principale in queste zone del Magnamund.

Edizioni

Collegamenti esterni

Librogame di Lupo Solitario

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The Second Baird ministry was the 95th ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led by Mike Baird, the state's 44th Premier. It is the second and subsequent of two occasions when Baird served as Premier.

The Liberal–National coalition ministry was formed following the 2015 state election where the Baird government was re-elected.

Composition of ministry
Baird announced his ministry on 1 April 2015 and the ministry was sworn in on 2 April 2015 at Government House by the Governor of New South Wales David Hurley. The only change to the ministry was the resignation of Troy Grant as Deputy Premier in November 2016 following the loss of the Orange state by-election. John Barilaro replaced him as Leader of the National Party and Deputy Premier.

The ministry ended upon the resignation by Baird as Premier, and the swearing in of Gladys Berejiklian as the Premier and John Barilaro as Deputy Premier on 23 January 2017.

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 2015–2019
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2015–2019

Notes

References

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New South Wales ministries
2015 establishments in Australia
2017 disestablishments in Australia


For our day in Exmouth we had a free day, though all of us opted to join in the guided activity – head out to Turquoise Bay for a day relaxing in the sun and surf. As expected the scenery was once again sublime.
We had spent the night in the small coastal town of Coral Bay. We had traveled over 1200km but were not even 1/2 the way to Broome. But the long distance driving would have to wait for a few days now – Coral Bay and nearby Exmouth were our destinations for the next 3 nights.
I don't know if place names get much sillier than 'Monkey Mia'. It just sounds dumb. And very touristy. The actual history behind the name isn't fully know.
It was indeed a very touristy place (existing really for one big reason, which I'll get to), but also a very pretty place. And when you are up before 6am, it's also a very quiet place.
After an early breakfast we set out for the day, this time making the short drive to nearby Kalbarri National Park (Australia has a ton of National Parks!). Here we would be spending our entire morning hiking and exploring Kalbarri, notable for some nice gorges. It was proving to be another stellar weather day.
Our first taste was the Z-Bend section of the Murchison Gorge…named because I guess it looks like a Z from above.
I debated back and forth quite a while on what to do in Western Australia. The problem with travelling the state is that, like most of Australia, is that is is massive, remote and often difficult to get around. I originally had just planned to see Perth and Fremantle in order to save my money for the East Coast. Once I got there and starting hearing about the West Coast, especially further north…my resolution broke and I decided to join a tour. And not just a short tour either, this would be a 14 day monstrosity covering 6,000km and seeing many of the highlights scattered across the vast expanse of Western Australia.
To that effect I found myself on a sunny late-September morning boarding a small van and heading north. Our first destination was the sand dunes of Lancelin.
For being the most remote, isolated large city in the world, Perth doesn't feel like it. The population of ~1.75 Million likely has something to do with that – Perth isn't small. It has all the usual amenities and conveniences of living in a large modern metropolis with a few surprises as well. Kings Park was most decidedly the best surprise.
The next sunny day I was out and about in Fremantle again, this time hitting the beaches. To be honest, there wasn't much more to Fremantle that I wanted to see, the city was somewhat of a disappointment. Many had mentioned it as a great place to stay and find work, relax in, etc. While I guess I could understand that to a certain extent, the denizens that took to Fremantle were hippies, yuppies and druggies, at least in my hostel (the highest rated one in the area) and surrounding area (the main part of Fremantle). Not to mention the hostel was a disaster and in rather squalid shape. I'm not entirely sure where the high reviews of the place came from. So in general, I was pretty exasperated with Freo.
On the other hand, the beaches lived up to their billing as fantastic.
Fremantle was my first stop on the West Coast of Australia. And it indeed is right on the coast, just steps from the ocean. The Indian Ocean! I departed from the lovely train station and began my wandering.


BEIJING – A powerful typhoon has killed eight people in southern China after claiming 77 lives in the Philippines.
China's official Xinhua News Agency says five people died and 99 were injured after Typhoon Rammasun hit Hainan island Friday off the country's southern coast. Three later died in the Guangxi region as the storm plowed into the mainland on its way north to Vietnam. Xinhua reported that wind speeds reached 216 kilometers per hour (130 miles per hour).
Chinese authorities say Rammasun is the biggest typhoon to hit southern China in 41 years, after wreaking havoc in the Philippines earlier in the week. Authorities in southern China ordered the highest level of disaster alert and suspended hundreds of buses, trains and flights across the region.