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HSPVA graduate and New York-based artist creates "Women of Serenity" for local nonprofit
Those who walked into the ballroom of the Hilton Americas Houston Hotel on February 24 around noon could not have missed the beautiful clay sculptures of artist Veronica Casares Lee.
Her "Women of Serenity" pieces, created to help raise money for The Neighborhood Centers, Inc. adorned more than 50 tables at the nonprofit's annual Heart of Gold Celebration Luncheon that day. Each of the statues was available for purchase — but only to the fast-acting attendees who rushed to claim them!
Lee, who lives and works in New York City as a full-time (and celebrated) artist, grew up in Houston. Her sister, Marisol Casares, works at Neighborhood Centers, Inc. Thus, the connection!
Lee creates about 200 pieces of art each year; each one avidly collected by admirers from all over the world.
When Lee was in middle school, her art teacher was impressed with her creativity and talent and encouraged her to apply to The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
The application requires prospective students to submit a portfolio of their work and completion of a series of exercises assigned during the audition at HSPVA.The exercises were not easy. They involved such things as:
- Drawing from imagination, memory and observation
- Creating compositions by responding to word images, phrases or narratives
- Creating compositions and designs by drawing and/or manipulating various materials within a frame of references
Lee was accepted, and she attended HSPVA for four full years, graduating in 1994.
"After I graduated from high school," said Lee, "I worked and saved my money. A year later, I moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. to attend Pratt Institute's School of Art and Design, where I had been offered a scholarship.
"When I started my studies at the Pratt Institute, my primary interest was painting," said Lee. "But, in my sophomore year, I became more interested in working with sculpting. By the time I graduated from Pratt, in 1999, I was creating more and more clay pieces.In 2000, she married another sculptor — Patrick Lee.
"My father-in-law pointed out to me that it was not common to see fine clay sculptures at art shows. He thought I could do well, financially, if I focused on that art form.
"Over time, I started exhibiting my work at the annual art and craft shows in New York City — like the show at Lincoln Center, the Holiday Fair at Grand Central Station and Crafts on Columbus. People liked my work and were buying it," said Lee.
Lee and Patrick are now the parents of two boys: Sebastian, 11, and Joaquin, just two months.
Today, the couple owns their own studio. It is located in Haven Art, a large warehouse that houses a collection of studios in an open floor plan, inspiring open minds. It is situated in historic Port Washington, N.Y.
"I take my art more seriously since I've had the boys," said Lee. "It's hard to make a living as an artist. You have to have a certain discipline to be successful. You can't wait for people to 'discover' you or your work; you have to market yourself."
Lee said, "I view clay as a three-dimensional canvas upon which I paint, carve and silkscreen. My work is a product of my formal fine arts education combined with strong elements of my Mexican heritage. The focus is on visual aesthetic and design. I don't approach my work conceptually, which allows the process to be spontaneous and playful. I am blessed that my passion is my livelihood."
The Lees are currently in the process of building a large artist's residence and studio near the pyramids in Michoacan, Mexico. Soon, they will be dividing their time between it and their home in New York.
If you would like to view some of the Lees' work, please visit www.monk-e.net.


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The practice of designing office spaces is trending away from inhibiting cubicles and foreboding conference tables and more toward creating collaborative zones.
RedRover Sales & Marketing, which has nearly doubled its staff size in a year, has implemented an office design featuring spaces that can be collaborative, mobile and, when needed, private.
Tenants are demanding alternatives that cut costs, improve productivity and increase morale. That's because flexibility is key for modern-day office users, said Heather Averwater, interior designer with brg3s architects.
"None of us can know what our future will be, but if we plan a space that offers options for upsizing or downsizing, we can sustain success much easier," Averwater said. "Many small businesses are nervous to invest a large amount of capital until they know they will be successful."
Averwater said the furniture industry currently has a large amount of pre-owned furniture that can be purchased at a much lower price point that still satisfies the needs of employees. Systems furniture is also appealing due to its flexible setup, ability to be easily reconfigured and less expensive price tag than permanent wall build-out.
"We designed an interior renovation for UT Medical Group that incorporated a variety of collaborative zones, modular walls and systems furniture. … Basically a consolidation of all of their business functions to get everybody under one roof," Averwater said. "They really needed a way to bring together all of those different types of people and working styles."
Then there's the concept of hoteling, which provides "touch-down areas" to employees on an as needed rather than the traditional, constantly reserved basis. Hoteling is especially practical for companies with sales teams or other staff not working full time inside the office like consultants or contract employees.
"The workplace is mobile," said Emily Rolwing, workspace consultant at Memphis Business Interiors. "Some workers that we consider highly mobile are not in the office for more than a few hours each day and need little more than a place to plug in and charge their devices. The days of one dedicated space per person are quickly coming to an end."
Other footprint-shrinking trends include digital document storage and replacing the conference table with a flexible meeting space and huddle rooms. What's more, the 350-square-foot CEO offices are quickly becoming a luxury of the past.
"Large private offices are no longer an option for most companies," Averwater said. "Companies have had to take a hard look at their bottom line and escalated overhead cost and real estate square footages are the first to go. Many private offices today are in the range of 120 to 150 square feet, with meeting space outside the CEO's office so that it can be shared by others."
But not all shifts toward collaboration entail reductions. Virginia Norman, senior associate with The Crump Firm Inc., said more companies are requesting employee recreational areas like pool and foosball tables, fitness centers, coffee bars and fireplaces.
"Just to kind of break the tension," Norman said. "Break rooms are no longer just that frame with a door on a window with a microwave and a coffee pot. People are bringing them into the open space and creating more of a Starbucks-type environment that's more out in the open space."
The Crump Firm helped Smith & Nephew with this model when it relocated its offices to Goodlett Farms Business Campus "by moving employees that were previously in private offices into open … and recreational areas."
Norman said one of the main challenges with an open and collaborative floor plan is that it does not always equate to less square footage. It takes creativity to achieve that balance and to bridge the gap between younger and older office workers.
"The open environment is more suitable to the younger generation as they are able to tune out the person on the phone in the cube next to them," Norman said. "Their headphones are their door."
Along with areas that yield more light, and recycled furniture, fixtures and equipment, businesses are also focused on decorating its spaces with their brand, font and color scheme.
"Branding is a definite trend that was previously only a focus for larger corporations," Norman said. "We are seeing it with our smaller corporate clients now. They want the look and feel of their space to convey the company's mission as well as create an environment that inspires the employees to be part of the team."
RedRover Sales & Marketing recently used MBI to not only brand its office at 415 S. Front St., but encourage teamwork as well.
"MBI has really gotten a handle on who we are as a culture, our quirky design and the need to have our branded look to everything we do," said Lori Turner-Wilson, CEO/founder of RedRover's Memphis office. "Back in our sales training area, those trainers … have mobile desks and it's just a little bit easier to move around furniture. Then in our big bowl pen where most of the marketing folks are, we've got desks that give a little bit of privacy but also allow you to peer over the top and collaborate with your neighbor."


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By all accounts, San Juan County government was a major voice at the table. The Wilderness Society was the main wilderness advocate to participate in developing the Washington County Bill.
While other major environmental organizations were mostly quiet in the Washington County process, they have been involved in the San Juan County process, including the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), Grand Canyon Trust, and the Sierra Club.
In addition, other organizations were involved, including the Nature Conservancy and federal agencies, including the National Park Service.
San Juan County Commissioner Bruce Adams warned that a designation is not imminent just because a group requested that a certain location be included. "Everyone had their chance to submit recommendations for the Bill," said Adams. "I guess that if all the recommendations were accepted, you would need a permit to leave city limits."
While the designation of wilderness on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property is the focus of the proposed legislation, a full range of ideas were considered for the proposed bill; including expansion of National Park lands.
The Nature Conservancy, which owns the Dugout Ranch near Canyonlands National Park, was involved in discussions that revolved around expansion of Canyonlands National Park to include the Indian Creek area, where the Dugout is headquartered.
Expansion of Canyonlands boundaries is a goal of many conservation groups. The Nature Conservancy is reportedly against park expansion.
The August 14 issue of the Deseret News reported that Hovenweep National Monument could be expanded. The current monument, containing six prehistoric villages, stretches along 20 miles of canyons and covers 485 acres.
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"So far the initiative to expand the monument is not experiencing any protestors or disfavor," said San Juan County Commissioner Lynn Stevens.
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Fred Fest 2010: Hair of the Dog Showcases in hometown of Portland, OR
In celebration of world renowned brewer, Fred Eckhardt, Hair of the Dog will be hosting their 5th annual Fred Fest. Fred, known to many beer lovers as an American style barleywine is just one of many spectacular brews from Portland's very own HOTD.
Below is a blurb from FredFestPDX's blog regarding details about the event:
Attendees will be treated not only to a rare assortment of hand-selected beers, but also light fare cooked in beer and a birthday cake — complete with a round of "Happy Birthday" — just for Fred. Cheeses, chocolate, candy and even cereal will be offered in abundance so attendees can experience some of Fred's famed beer-and-food pairings.
Cost for the event is $50 in advance ($60 at the door for the few remaining tickets, if any) and includes a souvenir glass, free ticket for a raffle of bottled specialty beers and four hours of sampling, sipping and story-telling with Fred. Tickets *are* limited and they are going fast (they've sold out every year to date), so order yours today before it's too late!
So get ready, Monday, May 10, 2010 from 6:00PM until 10:00 PM at Hair of the Dog Brewing Co.'s digs. You will be in the company of some amazingly unique and well executed beers. As always, 100% of the proceeds from FredFest and the related auctions will go to a charity of Fred's choice. This year, Fred has named the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as the 2010 recipient of the fest.
A quick side note- use the directions to the brewery that are posted on their website. Your GPS will bring you to a place that does not serve beer and that is very upsetting.
Hair of the Dog Brewing Co. makes several beers that are worth your time and pleasure. You have your attainable beers such as Blue Dot, a smooth IPA, Ruth, your quintessential American Pale Ale, Adam, first brewed in Dortmunder, Germany and Fred, a barleywine. Now, on to those HOTD beers that make my eyes pop out of my skull when I see them in bottles and, the unthinkable, on tap. Fred from the wood is aged to perfection, Doggie Claws, a heavy, flavorful, seasonal barleywine and B.O.B (my personal favorite and a rarity that is not bottled to my knowledge) a lambic style beer aged in wine barrels.
HOTD is a highly respected brewery. All of their beers are easy to drink, entice your taste buds and encourage a greater love of beer. These are the reasons why we LOVE this brewery.
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Duchess Kate gently chats with kids about how they deal with their problems and delivers a powerful message of support in a new video to support Children's Mental Health Week 2016 in the United Kingdom.
The Duchess of Cambridge, who has two children with husband Prince William, is a royal patron of the U.K. children's charity Place2Be, which provides counseling for children in schools. In a video released by the group Sunday, the Duchess sits down with a group of kids who received help there.
"Do you all talk to your friends about your feelings?" she asks them.
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"Are they helpful as well, do they help you?" she asks.
"Sometimes it does help, doesn't it?" she continues. "But other times there's things that you probably don't feel you want to share with your friends but at least you've got an adult to trust and to help you."
She also asks a little girl if the support she receives from Place2BE helps her improve her schoolwork.
"Yeah, it helps my schoolwork, 'cause when I feel sad, I always don't, like, do my work sometimes," she replies.
Place2Be is one of several charities in which the Duchess serves as a royal patron.
"Through my work in areas like addiction, I have seen time and again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood frequently stem from unresolved childhood issues," she says, addressing the camera. "This needs to change. William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives."
In November, the Duchess gave a heartwarming public speech at the Place2Be Headteacher Conference in London, in which she talked about how school officials can help the mental health of young children.
"This Children's Mental Health Week, we want to support schools to prioritize the emotional well-being of their students, alongside academic success," she says in the video. "By ensuring every child is given the emotional support they need, we are giving them a firm foundation for the happy healthy future they deserve."
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Fawful (also known as Lord Fawful to his minions) is an eccentric Beanish character and a major antagonist in the Mario & Luigi series. He is the secondary antagonist of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake and the main antagonist of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake. He also appears as the shopkeeper of Fawful's Bean 'n' Badge in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. He is notable for speaking in Engrish (grammatically incorrect English), as a parody of low-quality video game translations, and making obscure food metaphors (e.g. "And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! The mustard of your doom!"). Fawful is a mechanical genius, but his common sense suffers due to his uncontrollable anger, which often causes him to act in a delusional manner. His name comes from the words "guffaw" (a term that refers to powerful laughter) and "awful."
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Fawful accompanies Cackletta, disguised as The Goodwill Ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom, to the Mushroom Kingdom during the events of the game, where he aids her in stealing Princess Peach's voice, which was needed to awaken the Beanstar. While the two are on their way to the Beanbean Kingdom, their kingdom of residence, they encounter Mario, Luigi, and Bowser, who have formed a temporary alliance to stop the two villains. After taking care of Bowser, Fawful attacks the Mario Bros., who manage to destroy his Vacuum Helmet. However, Fawful summons another Vacuum Helmet after that and uses it to knock Bowser's Koopa Cruiser out of the sky before departing. He is later hinted by Beanbean guards to have kidnapped Prince Peasley, after they wrongly accused Mario and Luigi of doing so. He is not seen again until the brothers arrive on Hoohoo Mountain, where he blocks their path with a large stone. He later appears in Beanbean Castle, stealing the Beanstar alongside Cackletta and force-feeding Queen Bean, the kingdom's benevolent ruler, a Belly Blech worm to aid in their escape.
The villainous pair next assaults Woohoo Hooniversity, where he and Cackletta plan to awaken the Beanstar using several Peach-bots, which Fawful had designed. However, due to some planning on the princess's part, the voice used is that of Birdo, which irritates the Beanstar so much that it smashes through the floor and into the basement. Shortly afterward, the Mario Bros. arrive, and before he can do anything, Luigi knocks him into the ground. After dispatching him, they incapacitate Cackletta. Fawful soon recovers and sucks his mistress's energy into his Vacuum Helmet. Before he can attack the brothers again, he is sent flying through the roof by Prince Peasley. Landing in Stardust Fields, Fawful finds an unconscious Bowser, whose body Cackletta possesses. Cackletta then begins to call herself Bowletta. Fawful then accompanies her to Little Fungitown, where they abduct the princess.
The Mario Bros. later encounter Fawful at Joke's End under the pretense of exchanging the Beanstar for Peach, though they use a fake. Fawful recognizes this, however, and takes the real one as well as Princess Peach on board a repaired Koopa Cruiser. However, this Princess Peach is actually Luigi in disguise, who utilizes the pair's rage and shock to retrieve the Beanstar and escape. Fawful then follows Cackletta to Bowser's Castle, from which she plans to destroy both the Mushroom and Beanbean Kingdoms.
Fawful is encountered in the castle as the penultimate boss, clad in a pink outfit with wing-like cloth under his arms and a large V-neck, along with a large antenna replacing his hair. He can now attack with a large ship that resembles his head. After his defeat, he begins a final attack in desperation, entering a banter-fest with Prince Peasley, but is knocked out of the castle and explodes before Mario and Luigi engage his mistress and her soul, the latter of which conjures an apparition of Fawful as one of its attacks. This apparition of Fawful attacks similarly to how he does in his first battle.
He also appears as the main antagonist and final boss in the remake's new mode, Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser. He intended to enslave Bowser and work him to death, although Bowser managed to escape from his grip. He also proceeded to brainwash the Koopalings into trying to conquer the Beanbean Kingdom over trying to rescue Bowser. As the captains make their way to Joke's End after finding out that the Koopa Cruiser is there, Fawful tells them that he took over Bowser's Castle, and that Bowser himself is gone for good. The group encounters Fawful at Bowser's Castle, and although he taunts the squad mercilessly, they defeat him and make their way to Bowser's chamber, where Bowser (seemingly returned), immediately tells Captain Goomba to "destroy" Mario; it is presumed that the army turns its attention to the Mario Bros after this. After a while, it turns out "Bowser" was actually Bowletta in disguise, and when Captain Goomba confronts them about this, she and Fawful use a trapdoor to send the squad into a dungeon, which turns out to be a Mechawful factory. After a long final battle which tests all the skill levels, the minions defeat Fawful one last time and escape the dungeon.
In the remake, his second form was redesigned to have a more prominent collar, while the antennae has become massive and bulbous.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]
Fawful reappears in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, now wearing a white skin tight suit instead of pink, and still with an antenna; instead of an antagonist, he is a shopkeeper, running a shop called Fawful's Bean 'n' Badge that is located in the sewers of Peach's Castle. Only the Babies can talk to him, whom he does not completely recognize as the younger versions of Mario and Luigi, though he does recall them as familiar. He sells them some of the rarest badges available in the game in exchange for beans. Fawful also goes on a long speech to them about how the brothers defeated him in the previous game, notably mentioning that he plans to return in the future (foreshadowing his major role as the main antagonist in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story), creating a period of time in which "no baby's candy will have safety". He, demonstrating apparent clairvoyance, also suggests that the babies go to Princess Peach's Castle's viewing platform prior to the time they discover Gritzy Desert thus giving them a hint.
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]
Fawful appears again as the main antagonist in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. He began the outbreak of the blorbs by selling "Blorb Mushrooms" to the citizens of Toad Town. Fawful brainwashes Bowser's minions to put them under his control and has them invade the Mushroom Kingdom.
Fawful is first seen in Dimble Wood disguised as a merchant. He sells Bowser a Vacuum Mushroom, advertising it as a "Lucky (?) Shroom" that will help the Koopa King defeat his enemies. Instead, it causes Bowser to inhale everything around him, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Starlow, and other Mushroom Kingdom citizens.
Bowser later finds Fawful in Cavi Cape, where the villain reveals that he has captured Bowser's Castle. He then sends his brawny minion, Midbus, to battle Bowser and, during the fight, he teaches both combatants how to fight. Sometimes in the game, Fawful will communicate with Bowser via Fawfulcopter to manipulate his actions. He has Bowser fight the Sea Pipe Statue, only to later tell the victorious Koopa King that he has captured his minions.
Fawful then turns Bowser's Castle into Fawful Theater, where he performs on stage to Bowser's minions, who were under his control. Fawful arranges a VIP seat for Bowser and, when he falls for the Bean's latest plot, the Koopa King is catapulted onto the stage, where Fawful has Midbus fight him in a cage match. Bowser defeats Midbus, but he soon falls for Fawful's next trap by eating the "Victory Feast" his nemesis presents him with, which causes him to become bloated and get stuck in the floor (it is heavily implied afterward that he did this in order to draw Princess Peach out into the open so he could extract her from inside Bowser). Mario and Luigi have to travel to the Flab Zone after that.
Fawful appears again in the basement under Bowser. He uses his ray gun to remove Princess Peach from Bowser's body, as part of his new plan. When holding the princess, Fawful almost collapses, showing his lack of strength. Fawful's minion, Midbus, then places a treadmill under Bowser, causing him to (literally) burn off fat.
Fawful appears again under the Mushroom Kingdom stealing the Dark Star, which can give him the power to destroy the kingdom. At that point, the Mario Bros. realize that it is too late to stop him. After taunting the heroes, Fawful flies off to Peach's castle. Mario and co. chase him but are stopped by a barrier made by the Dark Star. The only way the Mario Bros. could break it is to get the Miracle Cure.
Fawful, along with Midbus, is found again inside Peach's castle, which he had taken over earlier. They are seen with a machine that sucks the princess's energy and brings it to the Dark Star. As they wait for the Dark Star to awaken, an alarm goes off because of Mario and Luigi's appearance outside the castle. Fawful, however, laughs at their "stupidity" and sends out a Fawfulcopter to speak to the bros., telling them his plans. He then leaves saying that he is going shopping at the Toad Town Mall.
Later, Mario and Luigi create the Miracle Cure, which breaks the blockade in front of Peach's castle. As they attempt to gain access to Peach's Castle through the back trash pit, Midbus appears and constructs a trash robot named "Junker", which the Bros. have to battle. After the battle, the player takes control of Bowser with his newly learned Spike Ball move. With the Marios inside of him, Bowser travels inside the castle, where he meets three Fawfulcopters which Fawful can communicate through. Fawful admits to Bowser that he is shocked at how he made it to the castle. However, that doesn't stop him from making another scheme. Fawful explains to Bowser that each of the Fawfulcopters hold a key and Bowser has to catch the copters to get to important rooms. Unable to break down the doors, Bowser must chase the Fawfulcopters to get to the next area.
After getting the keys and going through other obstacles, Bowser is shot into the sky and meets two giant Piranha Plants. However, Bowser falls back down and lands in the very top of Peach's Castle and the three Fawfulcopters seen earlier talk to Bowser, laughing at him because he can't fly, let alone destroy the giant Piranha Plants raised by Fawful. The Fawfulcopters then leave and make Bowser destroy the Piranha Plants and overcome more obstacles.
Fawful is once again seen in the room with the machine that sucks Peach's power into the Dark Star. The evil star had finally awakened, but Bowser came in the room at that time. Hating his timing, Fawful decides to help Midbus fight, but changes his mind because of Midbus's "pride". Instead, he powers up Midbus with his laser gun to make him become Blizzard Midbus, whom Bowser fights. After beating him, Midbus's body turns into an ice cube, leaving Fawful alone to carry out his plans. At that time, the Dark Star becomes fully awakened and Fawful, stunned, rushes over and drains its power. Bowser, however, punches Fawful away before he has all the star's power. Afterwards, the Dark Star flies into Bowser's body.
Fawful appears again outside of Peach's Castle, looking for the Dark Star. There, he was in his dark form, Dark Fawful, with greater powers, a newer attire (most notably red glasses and a Cackletta-esque cloak), and a headgear that seemingly has a life of its own. Bowser confronts him but Dark Fawful, always having a new plan, powers up the castle to become Super Peach's Castle of Fury. The giant castle crushes Bowser, making the Mario Bros. inside his body revive him to have another Giant Bowser Battle.
After beating the behemoth castle, Bowser finds Dark Fawful in the castle's meeting room. The two villains begin to fight each other. Before the battle, Dark Fawful speaks much like he did in Superstar Saga, even saying 'fink-rat' once again and also the only time in the game. He also speaks of how Mario and Luigi 'always show up' (referring to Superstar Saga's events). After Bowser and the Mario Bros. manage to beat Dark Fawful, he collapses into a second bug-like form and escapes claiming he "has fury?", but gets inhaled by Dark Bowser.
During the final battle, Bowser makes Dark Bowser spit out the Dark Fawful Bug (Fawful's remains), and then he inhales it so that Mario and Luigi have the final battle against the Dark Fawful Bug and the Dark Star (with which Dark Fawful had fused when he was inhaled by Dark Bowser and now controls it) inside Bowser's stomach. They ultimately succeed in destroying both, thus weakening Dark Bowser enough for Bowser to deliver the final blows and destroy him.
Inside Bowser, a highly unstable Dark Fawful makes his last appearance, speaking of how Mario and Luigi will always show up and get in the way of his grand plans. In his final attempt to destroy the heroes, Dark Fawful explodes; however, he instead frees them from Bowser and seemingly cancels the effect of the Vacuum Shroom, undoing what started all the chaos in the first place. The Mushroom Kingdom returns to normal, thus bringing Dark Fawful's mad reign to an end, and ending the mad Beanish once and for all.
He has the same role in the game's remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey during the main story, although he also has a minor role in the alternate game mode Bowser Jr.'s Journey, being the one in charge of the three primary villains of that mode, the Best Fitness Friends. It is also implied in that mode that he had a hand in Bowser not being invited to the emergency meeting for the Blorbs outbreak at Peach's Castle. He is first seen watching Bowser leave his castle to go to the meeting, when he orders the Best Fitness Friends to infiltrate Bowser's Castle while he and Midbus go to capture Bowser. Later, Fawful speaks with Midbus and Dieter outside his shop, where he just obtained the Vacuum Shroom, planning to use it on Bowser. Although Fawful is mentioned a few times after this, he does not physically appear for the rest of the game.
Super Mario-Kun[edit]
Fawful is also in the Super Mario-Kun manga, in volume 40, filling the same role as in Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
Fawful appears as a neutral-type Advanced primary spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, using his artwork from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. The Fawful spirit battle is against Iggy (representing Fawful) and a green R.O.B. (likely representing a Mechawful), on the Prism Tower stage. The music played in this battle is "The Grand Finale" from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. When equipped, the Fawful spirit gives an increase in power of electric attacks.
General information[edit]
Fawful, like other members of the Beanish species, is a green-skinned character who wears eye glasses, has a single strand of hair and is always seen with a big grin throughout his appearances in games and is relatively the same height of both Mario and Luigi, sharing a lot in common with Professor E. Gadd. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fawful wears a red cloak that looks ripped and torn from the bottom and is commonly shown with his headgear. His cloak hides most of his body, leaving only his head and legs visible. During his encounter in Bowser's Castle, he is seen with a pink, V-neck suit with wing-like that covers his arms and legs, but visibly shows them. He also has a large antenna sticking out of his head, replacing his single-strand hair.
In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Fawful is initially seen with a hooded cloak, though after Baby Mario and Baby Luigi hear his story about his past events in the previous game, he appears with a white suit and large antenna, reminiscence of his appearance during his encounter in Bowser's Castle from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Fawful now wears a black suit with black gloves and grey sandals, which is hidden underneath his red and grey coat. Most of the time, he is shown on a green, circular hovercraft. Once he transforms into Dark Fawful by absorbing some of the Dark Star's power, his glasses turn red and both sides of his coat are separated, revealing his suit, which now has a black star on it. His coat also gains a purple and red color scheme, and the collar is opened and looks spiky in appearance. After his defeat at the hands of Bowser in the Conference Hall, Fawful turns into a small, black "bug" that has two arms (switchable between four legs) and a star antenna, still keeping his red eye glasses and trademark grin. Once his bug form transforms inside Bowser during the final battle against Dark Bowser, it transforms into a larger form with three leg appendages. It still retains the two arms and antenna, which has the Dark Star Core at the top.
Fawful's motivation is usually driven by his anger, and he rarely shows concern for anyone else besides Cackletta, whom he served with blind devotion in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and Midbus, who showed the same devotion to Fawful himself in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. He enjoys taunting his enemies and thinks he is infallible. While initially content to be Cackletta's lackey, when Fawful becomes a villain in his own right, he proves to be incredibly narcissistic, building statues of himself, selling merchandise and pasting his likeness everywhere wherever he goes, hosting shows and delivering speeches about himself, and even having much of his army physically resemble him, typically with green coloration and his trademark wide grin. Even prior to Cackletta's final defeat, however, Fawful when about to fight the Mario Bros. for the final time briefly considers the possibility of rising beyond a "toady" of Cackletta's. He is also shown to be manipulative, which can be shown in how he feigned "acceptance" of defeat from Bowser and even orchestrated a "victory feast" specifically to fatten Bowser up (with it being implied that he did this specifically to draw out Princess Peach), and in the alternate story mode Bowser Jr.'s Journey in the remake, it is heavily implied that he had arranged for Bowser to not be invited to the emergency conference dealing with the Blorbs in order to force a confrontation between the two parties.
Fawful speaks in Engrish, often saying things that are redundant or hardly make sense (if at all). Fawful is made even stranger by his uses of several food metaphors and references throughout his speeches ("I drizzled rage dressing on the country next door. Rage dressing on a salad of evil!" or "Two pieces of Fawful chortle bread get put together on Beanbean Kingdom, making a danger sandwich!") and refers to the Mario Bros. as "fink-rats".
Fawful often speaks about himself in a third person point of view, only speaking in first person when saying phrases such as "I HAVE FURY!". In Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story, he often replaces the word fury with other odd words, such as "chortles" or "excitement " or "uneasiness". When talking to Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in Partners in Time he often skips words such as do or are in the beginnings of sentences resulting in him saying things such as "You wearing this now?".
Fawful usually rhymes his sentences and/or sing-songilly says them, though there are times where not even he can think of a rhyme to his sentence ("Fawful sings a song of bad! Mushroom Kingdom is so sad! All of it is for Fawful! And the... rhyme... with... that...").
In the Japanese versions, Fawful adds strings of "ru" (る) onto every sentence, sometimes even saying "Fururururu" (ふるるるるるる ). In the French versions, Fawful speaks with a strong accent, exaggerating when aspiring the letter R, and frequently saying "Fuyuyuyuyu"; he also does strange metaphors. In the German versions, he stutters. In the Latin American Spanish versions, he speaks with a very literal translation of English to Latin American Spanish. In the European Spanish versions, he speaks in a very refined European Spanish with a lot of set phrases. He speaks, also, with a slight tone "enthusiastic". In the Italian versions, he speaks with lots of invented words such as "disgustevole" (disgust able). In the Korean versions, he talks in a similar way to the Japanese versions, adding strings of "rong" (롱) in every sentence as in "Rongrongrongrong" (롱롱롱롱).
Powers and abilities[edit]
Though he is a bit of a loon, Fawful is a genius, shown by how complex his Vacuum Helmet is. He uses the rocket-jets on his Vacuum Helmet to get around places. There is also a vacuum peripheral on the helmet, which can be used to shoot energy balls and was also used to suck in Cackletta's spirit to transfer to Bowser and create Bowletta. He also sports a laser gun which he can use to power up his minions or fire beams. In Bowser's Inside Story, many enemies have masks resembling Fawful's face, making it possible that they were invented by him.
Fawful is the second boss of Superstar Saga. When fighting him, he has little HP. Being an early battle, Fawful does not have a large variety of attacks. In his first attack, he shoots green energy balls at the Mario Bros. from his Headgear. In order to avoid the attack, the player must look at the color of the text when he calls the heroes "Fink Rats". If the text is red, he shoots at Mario, but if the text is green, he shoots at Luigi. Then, later in the battle, Fawful will say "Have you readiness for this?!?", in which he will shoot two energy balls - one at each brother, although the color of "this" indicates which brother Fawful will target first. After 18 points of damage, the bean's helmet will fall off, making him unable to shoot fire balls. In this state, Fawful has only one other attack. He can run up to a bro. and try to roll into him. This can be countered by a well-timed jump.
Later at the end of the game, Fawful is fought again as the penultimate boss. This time, he is much stronger with more than 12 times his original health and fights from within a giant ship resembling his head. This dome-shaped ship completely protects Fawful and shoots powerful lasers at both bros. Unlike in the first battle, Fawful has many different attacks, some of which can last for a long time. During the battle, he hides in his ship, defending him from all attacks.
He uses his ship to perform some of his attacks. The main attack used by his ship is shooting laser eye beams, which move around the bros., trying to hit them. As the battle progresses, this attack lasts longer. Sometimes when it is the bean's turn to attack, he exits his ship for a short moment and shoots more laser bolts from his antenna. The shadows created by the bolts appear above one of the heroes, letting the player know which character is being targeted. To avoid the attack, the Marios need to hit the bolts with their hammers and send them flying at Fawful, giving him a small amount of damage. In addition, when the ship gets hit four times, Fawful gets enraged and spins around, shooting more laser bolts at the heroes for them to counter with their hammers. After the bolts spin around the area twice, the Bros. are no longer able to use their hammers, making them jump over the remaining bolts. After hitting his ship four times (eight times in the remake), the ship eventually overheats, causing Fawful to stay out of the vehicle for three turns. When this happens, the bros. can deal more damage to him. Fawful does not attack at all during this state.
After taking enough damage, he starts charging a laser beam while putting a Fawfulized block over the heroes' heads, making them rapidly jump to break it. Shortly after the blocks appear, the laser beam swoops across the stage, trying to hit the Marios. If the blocks are still intact and above the two heroes, they are unable to jump over the beam. Fawful's final attack is charging at the bros. The player has to hit his body with the brothers' hammers to counter him as he swoops down at the heroes. During the attack, he flaps his right arm when attacking Mario and flaps his left arm when attacking Luigi.
In Bowser's Inside Story, Fawful drains the Dark Star's power with his Vacuum Helmet and is fought by Bowser as Dark Fawful. He's shown to have many more abilities, including very high speed, dark magic and other powerful attacks. His Vacuum Helmet is also with him in this battle and can give him 300 HP when needed. After being beaten, Fawful collapses into the Dark Fawful Bug and escapes from Bowser. Despite all his genius, Fawful is physically frail, to the point of finding Princess Peach a huge burden. As such, it is logical to assume that Fawful meant Midbus to carry anything heavy for him.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Mario & Luigi series[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]
Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser profiles[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit[edit]
Game appearances[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
- Beanish
- Allies
- Shopkeepers
- Deceased Characters
- Scientists
- Final Bosses
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Bosses
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Characters
- Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey Characters
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Characters
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Bosses
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Characters
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Characters
- Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser Enemies
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirits


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These shoes are sick. They feel amazing. I would buy them over and over again.
Product Rating
The SILO is an evolution from top éS heritage styles. With an on trend chunky, yet refined look, this amazing design will look amazing on and off the board. Key features are STI Energy Foam MidSole for Supreme Comfort, Mesh Underlays for breathability, and reflective accents.
Product Details
- Inspired by éS heritage
- Energy Foam Midsole
- Pull loop on heel and tongue
- Full-Grain leather
- Molded Energy Foam insole
- Clear Crystal Sole
- 400NBS rubber outsole
- Muckmouth Inspired Colorway
SILO reviews (39)
Overall rating
Average rating: 4.9 stars
Amazingly comfortable shoe, skates great with some classic colorways. Four stars due to durability although still last 2-3 months with heavy skating. GET THIS SHOE!
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Theses shoes take impact super well. My OG accels finally blew out and I slid into these. Super soft and cushioned midsole. Really well padded to protect the foot. Run on the wider side which is perfect for my feet. Probably the most comfortable skate shoes I've ever had on my feet. The grip and flick is great too. Good board control for a cushy cupsole. Been wearing them for a couple weeks, but only skated them twice so far, but so far so good.
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Love them!!! Super comfortable and the nostalgia they bring from the golden era of skate shoes. I hope you guys bring back more of the styles from the late 90s early 2000s.
My fifth pair of silos.
more re-issues
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e'S shoes fit my feet like a glove, specifically the OG Accel. Didn't think a shoe could fit better than those. These somehow do. I think I like them too much to skate them.. may need a 2nd pair to tear.
I absolutely love them great buy
Best skate shoe I've ever skated. Hands down. Had to buy myself a few pairs. Wish I bought more of this color and the grey.
I bought 4 pairs of silos, shipped em to my homie in baltimore, i arrived here from Guam lastnight. i just laced em all up and they are f*****n sick! please open international shipping to Guam please:) we have reliable FedEx, UPS, USPS and DHL services here on island and i know many of us in the skate scene would love to have your gear shipped straight to us. please see what you guys can do and hit me back at email@example.com thanks so much you guys, i cant wait to skate these when i get home. and get better kelly!!!
Extremely well cushioned shoe with amazing ankle support as well. Super comfortable but not well suited for people who tighten the shit out of their shoes like me in the long term. They definitely skate better with loose laces on bigger feet. Maybe buy a half size down.
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I now have two pairs. The shoes are ready to skate straight out of the box. They are light, breathable, comfortable, and worth the price. They also absorb impact pretty well. I will probably buy another pair soon.
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Bought these for my husband as a gift, he loves them, and says there so comfortable!!
Best skates ever
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Love this shoe!
This shoe fits like a glove, it's like the shoe hugs your foot, they're puffy yet light and looking down it takes me back to the 90s
Right out of box they look and feel amazing on of my all time favorite es to skate
awesome shoe
Slightly better than the Schemes as the midsole is noticeably softer and are ready to skate directly out of the box. For an in-depth review watch my YouTube video.
Everything that is great about a skate shoe, the Silo has: a balance of padding for stairs and sufficient board feel for ledge and flat ground terrain, great kickflip toe box, and I think most importantly a dope ass Menikmati era aesthetic. I am truly psyched that I bought them. Make more. Also re-release the Koston 2 please. Love you guys, thanks!
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Not bad
Great shoes, they fit true to the size and have great cushioning. Super comfortable.
Haven't skated yet but out of the box these are a bit more bulky than I had pictured (slightly more bulky than my OG Accels) but quite comfy... has a nice round looking toe, big poof, decent ankle support, seems to run true to size... Ill skate the crap out of these but I think I can finally say that something like this is too bulky but something like the slims is to slender.... Love eS!! Head to toe eS!!!!
Hello friends, I would like to buy this shoes, but I live in Brazil... It's possible?
Feels light, nearly as barefoot, yet its a massive one! Sole feels rigid yet its flexi enough, totally happy with it. Lets wore it a bit and I might update this review ;) Big up éS on this one(also)!
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Uncover new archaeological evidence rewriting our understanding of the Dark Ages in 5th– and 6th-century Britain that might also explain the legend of King Arthur.
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Census Bureau "Media Specialists" cost taxpayers major $$$$ whenever they travelMonday, June 21st, 2010
Here is a fascinating story from Louisiana that details an extremely cost inefficient policy…
The U.S. Census Bureau is using a travel policy for its media specialists that can cost taxpayers hundreds and even thousands of dollars for a single media interview.
Each time a media outlet like The News-Star requests to interview a census enumerator, a worker who goes door to door in local communities following up with residents who did not mail back their census questionnaires, Census Bureau policy dictates that a media specialist must be physically present at the site of the interview.
The bureau says the policy ensures enumerators do not unknowingly release information about their work that is supposed to remain confidential.
When The News-Star requested an interview with enumerators who are working in local neighborhoods for an update on how the process is unfolding, the bureau responded by flying a media specialist based in New Orleans to Monroe through Dallas.
The specialist stayed in a hotel the night before the roughly 30-minute interview, and used cab rides to travel while in Monroe.
Immediately following the interview with the enumerators, the media specialist headed back to Monroe Regional Airport and flew home


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The question is:
Evaluate $\displaystyle \ \int_{- \infty}^{\infty} \frac{x e^{2ix}}{x^2 - 1}\,dx \ $ using the contour below.
(Explain what happens on each part of the contour.)
First of all, isn't this a bad choice of contour? (Since it branch cuts between the 2 singularities)
If we have to do it this way. Do we have to do it in 6 parts:
The upper curve CR
The lower left line segment
The lower right line segment
The center line segment
The 2 arcs around the singularities: Cr1 and Cr2
This seems to be a very complicated situation. How do I do each of these steps?
Is it residue theorem I have to use? How do I apply it in this situation?
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Suppression Under the Cover of National Security
By Mohamed Abdel Dayem
Relying on an extensive network of sources in the military, government, and Islamist groups, Yemeni freelance journalist Abdulelah Shaea had become a frequent and pointed critic of the administration's counterterrorism efforts. By July, President Ali Abdullah Saleh's government had enough, dispatching security agents to seize and roughly interrogate Shaea for several hours about his reporting.
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"The interrogators told me to stop talking to media about the government's campaign against Al-Qaeda. They told me it was for my own good. When I told them that I wouldn't be dissuaded from doing my job, they reminded me that they could disappear me at any time of their choosing," Shaea told CPJ shortly after his release. As promised, the journalist continued his work, which has included exclusive interviews with leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and numerous appearances on the regional satellite broadcaster Al-Jazeera in which he faulted the government's anti-terror tactics.
"He always made them look bad, so as far as they're concerned, that makes him a terrorist," said one Yemeni journalist, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being subjected to retaliation himself. Indeed, on August 16, security agents raided Shaea's home, seized his computer and notes, detained him incommunicado for a month, and then charged him in a special security court with "planning to carry out terrorist acts" and "providing media support to Al-Qaeda leadership." The evidence presented by late year included only reporting material, according to Shaea's lawyer, Abdel-Rahman Berman.
Throughout the region, governments are conflating critical and probing coverage of counterterrorism with terrorism itself, claiming national security grounds to suppress news and opinions they perceive to be unfavorable. As the practice has become more common, officials have become emboldened to apply national security grounds to restrict all forms of critical coverage.
In countries from Egypt to Turkey, governments have enacted sweeping national security legislation that criminalizes the coverage of terrorism and, often, all manner of politically sensitive topics. Through laws and policies, nations such as Israel and Yemen restrict independent access to conflict areas in the name of national security. Nowhere are national security tactics more abused than in Iran, where numerous journalists have been jailed on antistate charges that actually spring from political reporting and commentary. In other places, from Sudan to Bahrain, authorities have used harassment, threats, and restrictions on movements to limit independent coverage on sensitive issues. The effect has been to conceal controversial activities and flawed policies, suppress political opposition, and settle scores with critics.
All governments have a right and obligation to ensure national security by protecting military tactics, guarding national secrets, and combating actions that threaten their citizens. But CPJ research shows that governments in the region have abused national security laws to retaliate against critical journalists. CPJ's 2010 census of imprisoned journalists shows that 37 reporters and editors in the region--and 72 worldwide--were improperly jailed on antistate charges on December 1. Abusive use of national security charges was the single greatest cause of journalist imprisonments, both regionally and worldwide.
CPJ data over the past decade show a resurgent use of antistate accusations by regional governments. The use of such charges--which can range from espionage to subversion to terrorism--was relatively common after the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States. CPJ's census found 19 journalists jailed on antistate charges in the region in December 2001, and 16 the following year. The number dipped throughout the rest of the decade only to rise again in 2009, when antistate charges were leveled in 16 cases.
"Absent the rule of law and a culture of resistance to abusive policies, governments are encouraged to take liberties. The 'you are either with us or against us' approach has been adopted by many governments with regard to journalists," says Roula Mikhael, executive director of the Beirut-based Maharat Foundation, a group promoting press freedom and democracy.
Over the past five years, Yemen instituted a near-total blackout on media reporting from the war-afflicted northwestern Saada region. Saada's remoteness and the fact that it is accessible through a limited number of heavily monitored roads have enabled the government to establish a reporting ban that Human Rights Watch described as "the strongest in the world." The government justified its actions as a counterinsurgency measure but has not provided a more detailed explanation.
The few local reporters resourceful enough to find a way into Saada were promptly arrested and accused of antistate activities. Abdel Karim al-Khaiwani, editor of the opposition news website Al-Shoura, was detained and accused of "belonging to a terrorist cell," "carrying out terrorist operations," and "manufacturing explosives." Although the evidence against al-Khaiwani consisted solely of journalistic material, he was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to a six-year prison term--only to be released later that year on a presidential pardon. Muhammad al-Maqaleh, editor of the opposition news website Aleshteraki, faced a similar situation after reporting on government airstrikes in Saada that killed nearly 100 civilians and injured hundreds more. Although agents seized al-Maqaleh in September 2009, the government denied holding him for five months before finally trying him in a state security court on charges of providing aid to rebels. He was released on "humanitarian grounds" in March 2010 after his health deteriorated sharply.
"Governments above all else want to maintain the political status quo," al-Khaiwani said. "And they will go to great lengths to do so, including disingenuously accusing journalists of grave crimes when their work endangers that status quo."
In late 2008, just weeks before its 22-day military campaign in Gaza, Israel imposed a blanket ban on the entry of journalists into the occupied territory. CPJ and numerous press freedom groups called on Israel to lift the restrictions, noting that the 1995 Johannesburg Principles on National Security, Freedom of Expression, and Access to Information allow such limits only when a government can demonstrate that the mere presence of journalists poses a clear risk to the lives of others. The Israeli Supreme Court also opposed the blanket ban, ordering the military to grant at least some access to journalists.
The government rebuffed both international groups and the country's own high court, in the process equating coverage of Palestinian perspectives with actual aid to terrorists. "Any journalist who enters Gaza becomes a fig leaf and front for the Hamas terror organization, and I see no reason why we should help that," Daniel Seaman, director of Israel's government press office, told The New York Times. In January 2009, Israeli forces bombed the offices of the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa television and Al-Risala weekly. Responding to CPJ inquiries about the attacks, the military stated that it "does not target civilian locations unless they are used for terrorist activity." It provided no supporting evidence.
Creeping use of national security grounds has become a matter of convenience for authorities, said Muamar Orabi, general director of the Ramallah-based Wattan TV. "The excuse of security is one of the easiest ways to silence" critical journalists, he said. Palestinian journalists are particularly prone to these abuses because they are subjected to security restrictions set by Israeli, West Bank, and Gaza authorities. Take correspondent Tariq Abu Zaid, who was arrested in the West Bank in August 2009 solely because of his employer--Al-Aqsa television, a station banned by the Fatah-led government for perceived partisan coverage. In February, he was tried in a military court for "undermining the status of the authority, and resisting the public policy of the Palestinian Authority," and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Abu Zaid was freed in November following an executive order from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Palestinian journalists told CPJ that they are routinely denied Israeli-issued press permits that would enable them to traverse the hundreds of checkpoints dotting the West Bank. Orabi said he could recall only one press permit granted to Wattan TV's 30 journalists over the 14 years the independent broadcaster has been in existence. The only exception, he said, was a "one-time, three-hour permit" that enabled him to take a flight to the United States. The reason given for the routine rejection of permit applications, he said, "is always security--no further justification is ever given."
Fearing reprisals invoked in the name of national security, Orabi said, some journalists engage in self-censorship or partisan reporting. "Many journalists are forced to follow the government line, be that the [Fatah-led] Palestinian Authority or Hamas, while trying to evade Israel's various restrictions," he said. "In the process, it's the journalists and the quality of the reporting that are the ultimate victims."
Governments also exploit national security grounds to settle scores with critics and political opponents. In Iran since June 2009 and in Bahrain in the closing months of 2010, such grounds were used to eliminate coverage of the political opposition.
Following the social unrest that erupted after the disputed June 2009 presidential elections, Iran mounted a massive crackdown against independent and opposition media. The concerted effort to quell any voices that diverged from the government position resulted in the imprisonment of more than 100 journalists and bloggers in the year and a half after the disputed vote. Although many journalists were released after being charged with relatively minor infractions, others faced more serious antistate charges that carried lengthy prison terms and, in some cases, the death penalty.
Of the 34 journalists in custody when CPJ conducted its annual prison census on December 1, at least 25 were being held on charges of having compromised the national security of the Islamic Republic. "Propagating against the regime" was the most frequently leveled count against journalists in Iran since June 2009, CPJ research found. Yet a review of the journalists' actions that led to these charges and convictions yields activities such as exposing the rape and torture of prisoners, reporting on street demonstrations, interviewing critical clerics and political analysts, and covering the activities of the political opposition.
Mohammad Davari, a recipient of CPJ's 2010 International Press Freedom Award and editor-in-chief of the reformist news website Saham News, was serving a five-year prison sentence for documenting allegations of rape and torture at the Kahrizak Detention Center. He was found guilty of "mutiny with the purpose of disrupting national security." Renowned author, journalist, and human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi was detained on security charges after the BBC rebroadcast a two-year-old interview he had conducted with Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, a once-influential cleric whose death in 2009 had galvanized government critics. Baghi, sentenced to six years imprisonment for that interview, suffered severe health problems in custody.
"Among the most urgent needs in Iranian society is transparency and accountability. And the Iranian judiciary has, unfortunately, become a tool to prevent journalists from providing those things," Hadi Ghaemi, director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, told CPJ. "Journalists who press for accountability and transparency are routinely accused of 'acting against national security' or 'propaganda against the regime.'"
In Bahrain, authorities said they were dismantling "a terrorist network" when they arrested hundreds of people beginning in August and continuing through parliamentary elections in October. Those detained included political activists, human rights defenders, and at least two journalistic bloggers who had been critical of government policies that marginalize the country's Shiite majority.
Independent scrutiny of the crackdown was made nearly impossible by the government's next action. Public Prosecutor Ali al-Buainain issued a gag order barring news media from reporting on the detentions. A defense lawyer noted one exception: The press could publish government statements on the case. The detainees, including bloggers Ali Abdel Imam and Abduljalil Alsingace, were charged with numerous crimes, including "inciting terrorist acts" and trying to "overthrow and change the political system of the country."
"Because of the publishing ban on this case, I can't even comment publicly," said a Bahraini journalist, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "Otherwise I'll be sucked into this vortex as well."
Sudanese and Turkish officials have also used terror charges to suppress political dissent. After veteran Sudanese journalist Al-Haj Ali Warrag wrote favorably about a boycott of the April presidential election and suggested that vote-rigging could occur, he was swiftly charged with "waging war against the state." Warrag left the country, in part because of the harassment, but journalists with the opposition daily Rai al-Shaab met with an even harsher fate. In May, the paper drew the government's ire with an article claiming that an Iranian-built weapons factory inside Sudan was supplying insurgents. Convicted of "terrorism and espionage" and "inciting sedition," three Rai al-Shaab journalists were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to five years. During the trial, one journalist claimed that he had been tortured in custody.
In Turkey, four journalists were jailed under the country's anti-terror law, according to CPJ's 2010 prison census. All were being held for writing about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in either favorable or neutral terms, CPJ research showed. Using the law, authorities define such writing as "propaganda" and then describe the writers as either members or facilitators of the banned group. The PKK has been embroiled in a three-decade-long armed confrontation with the Turkish government. Ankara has classified the group as an ethnic secessionist movement, and it is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations.
The practice of detaining journalists on unsubstantiated security allegations extends to the U.S. military, which detained at least 14 journalists in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo for prolonged periods beginning in 2001. No criminal charges were corroborated in any of the cases; all of the journalists were eventually released. Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, a 2008 CPJ International Press Freedom Award winner, was held by the U.S. military for two years without charge before being freed in April 2008 following a determination that he "no longer presented an imperative threat to security." Hussein, part of an AP photography team that won a Pulitzer Prize, had been criticized for taking photos of insurgents in combat.
The U.S. detentions, which attracted much coverage in Arabic-language media, provided at least partial cover for regional governments to follow suit. "Emergency laws, state security, anti-terrorism--these things have always existed. But governments have sensed a new opportunity to repress under these pretexts, and they've taken it," said Mikhael of the Maharat Foundation. "Cutting corners is tolerated" under the rubric of counterterrorism, she said, and that was exemplified by the U.S.-administered detentions of journalists in Iraq and elsewhere.
The Iraqi government has picked up the practice. Saad al-Aossi, editor-in-chief of the critical weekly Al-Shahid, was detained and taken to an undisclosed location after he accused Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of cronyism in appointing senior government officials. Al-Aossi was dragged away from his home in Baghdad in April by what family members described to local journalists as a "mixed force of policemen and soldiers." Journalists and press freedom advocates told CPJ that al-Aossi was being held at an undisclosed Counter-Terrorism Force facility. He had not been charged with a crime by late year.
Authorities in Egypt and Syria have used long-standing emergency laws to hold journalists in open-ended detentions without due process. In Syria, CPJ research shows, at least 11 journalistic bloggers have been found guilty of antistate crimes under the emergency law in recent years. Tal al-Mallohi, whose online writings were critical only in the most oblique way, was detained in December 2009. The emergency law enabled authorities to hold her incommunicado for 10 months before finally accusing her of spying for the United States, according to the private daily Al-Watan, citing an unnamed security source. No formal charges or supporting evidence were disclosed by late year.
The cases of two Egyptian bloggers illustrate how Cairo continues to exploit an emergency law that has been in effect since the 1981 assassination of Anwar Sadat. Mosad Suleiman, known online as Mosad Abu Fagr, regularly wrote about the disenfranchisement of the Bedouin community in Sinai. Arrested under the emergency law, Abu Fagr was acquitted of all charges in February 2008. But authorities invoked emergency law provisions to continue to hold him until July 2010, defying 16 separate court orders demanding his release. Blogger Hani Nazeer was detained in October 2008 after writing articles about Christian minority rights in Egypt. He, too, was held without charge under the emergency law, despite multiple judicial orders for his release. He was eventually freed in July 2010.
"Even when cases have nothing to do with terrorism, they are handled as if they did, because that gives the authorities more latitude," said Mohamed Abdel Qudous, chairman of the freedoms committee at the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate.
By extending the definition of national security to narrow political concerns, and by applying terror laws to the coverage of terrorism, Abdel Qudous said, authorities are harming not only their own citizens, but the international community as well. "Internally, it deprives an elementary right, the right to free expression. And once that happens, other rights always follow." International audiences are deprived as well, denied the contextual reporting crucial to understanding events. "The news," said Abdel Qudous, "becomes unreliable, incomplete, and suspect."Mohamed Abdel Dayem is coordinator of CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program. He is the author of the 2010 special report, "In Yemen, brutal repression cloaked in law."


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WORCESTER � Gratitude isn't a once-a-year event in the Fontaine household.
Five years ago, Kailiah R. Fontaine, the youngest of Stephanie and Dan Fontaine's six children, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia, a blood cancer. Doctors said there was a good chance she would never go into remission, but to everyone's relief, she did.
A team at Children's Hospital in Boston followed up with a stem cell transplant within months, and Kailiah, now 10, has been cancer-free for five years. Her long hair, which hasn't been cut since it grew back after her treatments, is testament to how much time has passed.
Last year, Kailiah, a competitive dancer who hopes to be a nurse, was one of several young cancer survivors who told the Telegram & Gazette what they were thankful for.
This year, her thanks are mainly for the same things � "I'm thankful for my friends and family and that I don't have leukemia anymore," Kailiah said � but she and her family are also expressing their gratitude by supporting the organizations that help families like themselves.
The family has promoted the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk previously, but this year, a YouTube video Kailiah made with her mother and a family friend also mentions four other organizations in recognition of Kailiah's five years of survivorship:
Why Me & Sherry's House of Worcester, which provided the family with events, support groups and a temporary place to stay when their home was being worked on; Binkeez for Comfort, which delivers hand-made blankets and is based in Grafton; Hudson-based Andrew's Helpful Hands, which paid the Fontaines' mortgage for a year; and Kisses 4 Kayla, which is fighting childhood brain tumors with an organization in Maryland."We try to make it not just about us now," Mrs. Fontaine said.
The Fontaines have also returned to Sherry's House for fun and to help other families. It isn't unusual, said Danielle J. Perron, the organization's director of family services and events manager.
"I think it really provides hope, and it really helps the families to see other kids who are doing well," she said.
"Not a lot of people can understand what these families are going through."
The Fontaines will use some of their perspective on cancer this Thanksgiving when Kailiah's great-aunts join them at the table for the first time in years. One of them was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
"One of the big things for me, for my family, was making memories, because you didn't know what tomorrow or even the next hour would bring with cancer," Mrs. Fontaine said. "So when my aunt got this diagnosis, it was like, okay, this is what we need to do again. We need to make memories, we need to take pictures, we need to be together."
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Learning Russian - Your Experiences! Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Learning Russian - Your Experiences! Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Russia & C.I.S. View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message LyleJoined: 17 Dec 2003Posts: 5Location: Kansas Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:12 pm Post subject: Learning Russian - Your Experiences! For those of you who have studied Russian, what have your experiences been? How long have you studied and how quickly have you progressed? What were the particular challenges and/or successes you have experienced? What method of learning has worked best for you? I am hoping to teach EFL in Russia before long, am beginning to learn the language, and would love to know what to expect! Back to top Buck TurgidsonJoined: 29 Jan 2003Posts: 96 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:47 am Post subject: I started studying Russian about four months before I went to Ukaine a few years back. I bought a beginning Russian textbook and went through it, memorizing the vocabulary and grammar rules, and doing all the excercises. Of course, when I got there I could hardly understand a thing. But I learned quickly and after having lived there a year I would say my Russian was fair. I minored in German, so learning another language wasn't totally unfamiliar. I did have a lot of trouble with Russian verbs, especially verbs of motion. I would suggest getting a beginning Russian texbook with a tape and learn some of the basic phrases, numbers, telling time etc. When you get there you will learn more quickly and thoroughly. Try not to fall into the trap of speaking English all the time. A lot of your Russian acquaintances will be studying English and it is easy just to speak English all the time. Try to cultivate friendships with people who speak no English. You can also find a Russian teacher there without much trouble. Buck Back to top waxwingJoined: 29 Jun 2003Posts: 719Location: China Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:39 am Post subject: Excellent advice from Buck there. Soglacen Especially about cultivating non-English speaking friends. I've got one small circle of friends like that now (some university students) and it's *priceless* for the language practice. Last night I went out and spoke tolka pa russki .. (in a bar bizarrely named 'Pizza' .. all dingy and neon-lit.. honestly it was straight out of a David Lynch film..) About Pimsleur, I've heard good and bad. Mostly, I've heard good about Pimsleur for other languages and bad about Pimsleur for Russian. But I'd suggest a quick browse through the forum at www.masterrussian.com. You'll find discussions about such things there in great detail. Personally I went for the New Penguin Russian course to start me off. I can heartily recommend that book. Back to top LyleJoined: 17 Dec 2003Posts: 5Location: Kansas Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:04 am Post subject: Buck and Waxwing, I appreciate the advice. I have checked out www.masterrussian.com and am finding it helpful. I am already taking a class through a community college and may consider taking an intensive course somewhere before going to Russia if it seems necessary. Right now, unfortunately I know few people who speak Russian. .. guess that will have to come later. I'll have to look into that Penguin Russian Book . . . sounds good. Ciao! Back to top BrooksJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1369Location: Sagamihara Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:28 am Post subject: before I spent my year in Irkutsk, I had studied for four years. I was lucky, since I could take Russian at my public high school in New York. After I graduated, Russian was not offered anymore. Back then I learned grammar and reading mostly. In Irkutsk, I found that I needed speaking and listening practice most of all. I wished I could have learned Russian through videos. Also, I felt that the texts that I had used in the 80s were old fashioned. It would have been nice to have learned slang. Russian men can swear a lot, and so many phrases have yebat in them. I had the toughest time with the cases and the two types of verbs. I wish I had learned cursive in Russian better, since it is used more than I had thought. I bought the Penguin book a long time ago and liked it. One thing that is interesting is that I found Russian to be more precise than English. I think it is easier to translate from English into Russian, rather than the other way around. If you look at a dictionary, the Russian to English part should be longer than the English to Russian part. Russian TV was hard for me to follow. Russian radio was easier for me to understand. Back to top UlyanovJoined: 18 Jan 2004Posts: 25Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 11:37 pm Post subject: I'm in first year Russian at my university, and I'm considering going to Russia for my first TEFL job, just so I can learn more Russian. I wish I could take more at school, but I finish soon and don't have the room for it. I started learning out of a book called Russian in 10 Minutes a Day, a few months before I started class, and found it helped some. Some of the pronunciations were off, but I picked up cyrillic much faster. Anyway, I wouldn't say I'm fluent or anything, but it's been less than a year of not serious study, and I'm finding it much easier than the French I took in elementary/junior high school. I probably know more Russian now than I ever did French, although that can probably be attributed to lousy teaching in French. Back to top waxwingJoined: 29 Jun 2003Posts: 719Location: China Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject: Brooks wrote: One thing that is interesting is that I found Russian to be more precise than English. I think it is easier to translate from English into Russian, rather than the other way around. If you look at a dictionary, the Russian to English part should be longer than the English to Russian part. The dictionary asymmetry is true - but that is only evidence of the fact that Russian is a synthetic rather than an analytic language, which generates meaning from the addition of prefixes and suffixes .. it doesn't mean that Russian is more precise, imho. Back to top bobs12Joined: 27 Apr 2004Posts: 310Location: Saint Petersburg Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:26 am Post subject: Precision Russian, I reckon, is less precise as a result of having less verb tenses (who speaks vs. who is speaking) and a lack of specific words for specific occasions (you can't say I'm thirsty in Russian, you have to say either you want to drink 'hochetsya pit' or that you are suffering from thirst, but this sounds weird!) I had a similar experience- totally unable to learn French (or Gaelic) in school despite two and about 11 years respectively. I picked up Russian within a month or two at university. That said, there are a number of 'barrier' levels to overcome in Russian. Verbs of motion, sovershennyi and nesovershennyi verbs, and knowing how to use them to render perfect tenses still torture me! 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Type 2 Diabetes: Your Healthcare Team
Since type 2 diabetes can affect so many areas of your body, you'll want to assemble a team of healthcare providers. The best person to start with is your primary care doctor, who can refer you to other specialized healthcare professionals on the list below.
Primary care physician (PCP): Your PCP, or family doctor, is the person you see for annual checkups and general health problems. Your PCP may be the doctor you see for type 2 diabetes, depending on his or her experience in treating the disease.
Endocrinologist: This doctor treats patients who have diseases of the endocrine system, including type 2 diabetes. The endocrine system is made up of glands that produce hormones. In the case of diabetes, it is the pancreas gland that produces the hormone insulin.
Certified diabetes educator (CDE): This diabetes expert is trained to teach you to manage your blood sugar levels through the proper use of medication, diet, exercise and other lifestyle changes.
Nurse practitioner: An Advanced Practice Nurse who can provide high-quality care and treatment to patients. They can diagnose and treat a variety of health problems and inform patients about lifestyle changes that can improve their health.
Physicians assistant: Health professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. They perform a comprehensive range of medical duties, from basic primary care to high-technology specialty procedures.
Registered dietitian: This professional is trained to teach you to eat properly to manage your blood sugar levels, with a focus on carbohydrate management and weight control.
Ophthalmologist/optometrist: These eye-care specialists will monitor you for complications including retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration and other diabetes-related eye conditions.
Social worker: This trained professional offers counseling services to help you cope.
Pharmacist: Pharmacists do more than dispense medication. He or she can explain how and when to use a medication properly and why it's important. A pharmacist also can discuss your medication regimen with your doctors and discuss all of your drugs and how they interact.
Psychiatrist/psychologist: These mental-health professionals offer counseling to help you psychologically and emotionally cope with this chronic disease. A psychiatrist, unlike a psychologist, has a medical degree and can prescribe anti-depressants and other medication.
Podiatrist: Also known as a foot doctor, this medical professional examines your feet for diabetes-related complications, such as slow-healing sores and nerve damage.
Dentist: Your dentist will examine you for health complications such as gum disease.
Exercise physiologist: This healthcare professional is trained to help you design a safe fitness plan to control your weight, reduce stress and manage your blood sugar levels.