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Columbia Journalism School Dean Nicholas Lemann to Step Down After 10-Year Term
By: Press Release | Columbia Journalism School
New York, NY, October 10, 2012 — Columbia University announced today that Dean Nicholas Lemann will step down at the end of June, 2013, at the conclusion of the school's centennial year, after a 10-year term. Following a one-year sabbatical, Lemann plans to return to the faculty at the Journalism School, and will continue his work as an author and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine.
"I am proud to have completed a decade-long term as dean of the Journalism School, and excited about the prospect of a great new dean's leading the school to new heights during the term to come," said Lemann. "President Lee Bollinger and my colleagues at the Journalism School have put extraordinary trust in me, and that has made it possible for me to have the happiest season of my career here in the dean's office. Together we have accomplished a lot, for the school and for our profession."
During Lemann's time as Dean, the school has brought in 20 new members to its full-time faculty, started the school's first new professional degree program since the 1930's – the M.A. degree, which stresses subject-matter expertise – and launched new centers for investigative reporting and digital journalism. The school also started the Punch Sulzberger News Media Executive Leadership program in 2007, the only executive leadership program for news managers based at a journalism school, along with several other major programs to train working journalists.
"Some ten years ago, Nick agreed to serve on a task force I had created to consider what a modern journalism education should be. His thoughtfulness about and commitment to the subject were exceptional and inspiring, and, after many discussions, it became clear to me that he was the right person to lead the School in this new era," said University President Lee C. Bollinger. "It was our collective good fortune that Nick accepted the challenge. The many tangible benefits of Nick's transformative leadership are felt today not only by students attending the Journalism School but also by the profession and the society more generally."
The Journalism School has made particular strides in deepening its intellectual content and in strengthening its ties to the rest of the university—that is the main purpose of the M.A. program—and in placing itself at the forefront of journalism's digital revolution. In 2010 the school announced the establishment of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, created as a place where both students and working journalists can engage in learning and research about the future of digital journalism. In 2011, under the umbrella of the Tow Center, the school began offering a new dual masters degree program in Computer Science and Journalism. And in January 2012, the school announced the establishment of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation, in partnership with the Stanford University School of Engineering. Both the Brown Institute and the Tow Center are dedicated to advancing and creating new forms of digital media, and will serve as research and development centers for the profession.
"Nick has been a brilliant dean, on every level," said Paul Steiger, editor-in-chief of ProPublica, former managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and a former member of the School's Board of Visitors. "The school was first among equals when he arrived. It is now head and shoulders above anyplace else, in providing both intellectual leadership and cutting-edge professional training. Nick has built a superb team; they offer his successor a running start in sustaining the school's powerful momentum."
Responding to digital revolution's blurring of the traditional distinctions between delivery systems, in fall 2013 the school will introduce the most significant overhaul of its M.S. curriculum in decades. Students will no longer select a major in one of four traditional media-industry categories: newspaper, broadcast, magazine, digital. Instead, course offerings will be divided into three broad realms: The Written Word, Images and Sound, and Audience and Engagement. These changes recognize that the nature of the work that paid journalists do is changing and entails a much closer interactive relationship between journalists and audiences, with attention to assembling and presenting information from a variety of sources as well as first-hand individual reporting. Reporting, which remains at the core of the school's teaching, itself demands new skills that go beyond gathering facts, and this will be integrated into the curriculum as well.
"A decade ago, I was a member of the committee, headed by Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University, that worked to revitalize the mission of Columbia's School of Journalism and identify a Dean who would lead the school into the future," said Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York. "I am very proud to have been part of this effort because it led to the appointment of Nick Lemann, an extraordinary journalist, a superb writer, an outstanding educator, and a brilliant intellectual. As dean of the Journalism School, his vision helped to shape the way that journalism education is responding to the great challenges facing the field of journalism in the 21st century and those who carry on the traditions of this indispensable pillar of our democracy. It was also my honor, along with Hodding Carter, former President of the Knight Foundation, along with his successor, Alberto Ibargüen, to invite Nick Lemann to become one of the five founding deans of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, which has had a lasting impact on journalism in general and journalism education in particular. I congratulate Nick on the great success of this chapter in his career and look forward to the wonderful work to come as he continues on as outstanding teacher, author, and leader of both people and institutions."
During Lemann's time as dean, the Journalism School has retained its position as a powerful force in the conversation about journalism and the future of the profession. The Columbia Journalism Review now publishes daily online, as well as six times a year in print. Students now create more than 40 news Web sites every year, and last year the school launched a year-round accountability journalism site staffed mainly by recent graduates, The New York World, as a tribute to the paper operated by the school's founder, Joseph Pulitzer. The school has also published a series of substantial reports that investigate and make recommendations about the profession: "The Reconstruction of American Journalism," in 2009; "The Story So Far: What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism," in 2011, and a report to be published in November 2012: "Post-Industrial Journalism." Lemann, along with two colleagues from other schools, is currently working on a report commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation about the future of journalism education, which will be published in 2013.
Remarkably, even during this time of great disruption in the profession, student job-placement figures have grown to an all-time high. Over this time, the school has established more than 50 global exclusive post-graduate internships and fellowships for Columbia Journalism graduates. The school's annual March Career Expo has become one of the largest journalism job fairs in the world, attracting more than 110 employers. The school has also become a much more international institution, with a student body that comes from 40 or more countries.
Under Lemann's leadership, the school launched and will have completed the first comprehensive fundraising campaign in its history, raising $167 million, including an $18 million gift from Helen Gurley Brown, the largest in the school's history. Among the uses to which the school has put the funds it has raised is support for new faculty, curriculum development, a tripling of its average financial aid grant per student, and building renovation projects, which include a new student center and café, a digital innovation laboratory, a broadcast studio and a restoration of the World Room, where the school community often gathers.
The search for Lemann's successor will be led by President Bollinger. The search committee will begin meeting later this month.
Lemann has published five books, most recently "Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War" (2006); "The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy" (1999), which helped lead to a major reform of the SAT; and "The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America" (1991), which won several book prizes. He has written widely for such publications as The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, and Slate, and worked in documentary television with Blackside, Inc., "FRONTLINE," the Discovery Channel, and the BBC. Lemann has served on the boards of directors of The Authors Guild, the National Academy of Sciences' Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and the Academy of Political Science, and is a member of the New York Institute for the Humanities. He was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April, 2010.
About the Graduate School of Journalism
For a century, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has been preparing journalists in a program that stresses academic rigor, ethics, journalistic inquiry, and professional practice. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer in 1912, the school offers Master of Science, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. For more information, visit www.journalism.columbia.edu.


text: I'm not one to go and on and on about being lauded but forgive me this time. I think Mememe and this blog right here nigga, this blog right hereee? Have been nominated for the 2011 Marie Claire Prix d'Excellance de la Mode Awards. Not quite shizzy for what cos I'm delirious - it's nice that they even thought of us. Yaaay for iinominations.

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Withholding 60 million dollars from a UN agency that stepped out of line by taking a vote and democratically chosing to admit a new member state, Palestine...This was the US's latest fiscal punishment, that came with a further warning issued to those who favor Palestine in any what way, shape or form: 'and US officials warned of a "cascade" effect at other U.N. bodies that might follow UNESCO's lead.'
"Its stated purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights along with fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the UN charter".
This is the mission statement of the UN's cultrual agency and widely supported, UNESCO. Harmless and harldy threatening to the big political players or world balance in power, right? Wrong. A proto-country like, say, maybe, Palestine, given membership, could boldly put forward its Church of Nativity for nomination for world heritage status. God forbid! (Though I doubt the Almighty would).
When yesterday, on American's auspicious Halloween (the Ghoulish Festival- that has captured the world's imagination for years, as other American exports,) UNESCO declared its decision to grant Palestine a full membership of its body, the US response was less than pleased, nor pleasing. Hardly the behavior of the 'bigger player' or nation, but more akin to a child at Halloween. Obama's team decided in a knee jerk reaction to cut off funding for the UN cultural agency, after its (delinquent) member countries defied an American warning and approved a Palestinian bid for full membership in the UNESCO.
The lawful vote taken on the full membership for Palestine to the UN agency, UNESCO (ahead of any consensus or announcement on their bid for a seat at the UN 'supreme') provoked an American response less apple-pie-sweet, and more sour-grapes. This was not befitting of the 'caretaker' of the world. It was rather more reminiscent of a full-blown adult taking candy from a child's clutches. 'Well then you can't have our money or support then if you want THEM to join your team!!" they yelled, and stomped off in a churlish huff.
One could be forgiven for asking if it were wrong to hold the United States to a higher standard than that of a member that stooped to withdrawing charitable funds that might support anyone but their chosen few?
Their response to the affirmative vote for Palestine's full membership was to pull a sulky move, in fact quite a mean-spirited 'trick' to withdraw their 60 million USD pledged funding for November this year, to UNESCO. This hefty withdrawn stream comprises almost 22% of UNESCO funding pools.
The opposers or nay-sayers made up a stark and motley collection of the US plus 13 other countries opposed (see the name listing below). For the US's part, it was in fact provoked to pull off this cash pullout, it transpired, by a long-standing congressional ban on U.S. funding to U.N. bodies that recognize Palestine as a state before an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is reached. The State Department said a $60 million payment to UNESCO scheduled for November would not be made as a result, (of the 'favorable', but displeasing to the Great Powers that be, vote) and U.S. officials warned of a "cascade" effect for other UN bodies that might follow UNESCO's lead. Petty politics seem to be provoked when it comes to Palestine.
But, while Nuland the official spokeperson and 'messenger' for the US's dirty business, said the U.S. would maintain its membership and activity in UNESCO, the organization's rules and regulations will strip them of their vote if the US doesn't pull up its school-child socks, by failing to pay its 'dues' for two years. The US is not the 'boss' of the UN, apparently.
This show of mean and childish (not to mention ghoulish) spirits was not a completely individual sore and petulant display. The US stance was shared together with a mean-spirited tranche of UNESCO insiders: the already priviledged full-fledged members of the UNESCO elite, like the usual suspects: take for example 'Vanatu'. (Because there's a country who's earnt international recognition- sorry, just escaped my notice til now- ed.)
As for Israel, its part in all this was quite unremarkably unsurprising. As the CNN's version has it: "Huge applause broke out in the room when the result was announced...There was laughter in the room after Israel voted no."
The club of Party Poopers or Palestine Sovereignty Spoil Sports included a bunch of other Halloween meanies and 'bad' souls:
Here's the list of shame member states who decided that Palestine did not deserve a seat at the cultural table.
Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sweden, United States of America, Vanuatu.
Why on earth not, some in the region were asking? Are Palestinians regarded as too Philistine for UNESCO?
Well actually, yes said Israel: 'You can't admit a 'non existent state' to a 'science association'. ' Which left the only question of the day unanswered: 'Where can you admit a non-existent state' - - to the club for non-entities, we daresay?
Well others point to the more obvious explanation-- that the US and Israel camp (with a re-affirmed following that now includes Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands) feel insecure that the UNESCO admission might strengthen Palestine's case for full statehood. A prospect scarier than Halloween itself!
The US quoted 'legislative restrictions' that 'compelled' them to withdraw funding. A heavily Republican Congress then, that had made a pact to halt U.S. funding to U.N. bodies that recognize Palestine as a state before an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is reached.
There were 14 "no" votes, 52 abstentions and 107 "yes" votes. There were also absentees amounting to 21 Member States absent (which makes a sum total of 73 not wanting to be dragged into this world- Palestine-Question- fray that's been simmering to fever pitch lately, and feeling particularly frail for some, given the changing Middle East 'new' order.)
In full, the breakdown:
No: Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sweden, United States of America, Vanuatu.
Abstentions: Albania, Andorra, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Georgia, Haiti, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kiribati, Latvia, Liberia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zambia.
Yes: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Sant Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Absent: Antigua and Barbuda, Central African Republic, Comoros, Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Confederated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Niue, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan.
(Or perhaps those absentees also haven't paid their due 'fees' for membership? thus foresaking the right to vote?)
So good luck Palestine, and here's to more UN wins and acceptance speeches!
Again, God forbid that the Church of Nativity be nominated for world heritage status. The Lord wouldn't want that now. He frowns on transgressions such as the admission and full recognition of holy places like Palestine, after all.
Update: In response to the UNESCO vote, Israel has withheld tax revenues from the PA, has announced surge in settlement building, and, since yesterday, there is a sustained attack on the internet services for the West Bank and Gaza.
By Dina Dabbous
Via SyndiGate.info
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Growing up, I used to love doing origami. In fact, I believe that I still do have a box of origami supplies hidden somewhere in my old room at my parents house. All of my old origami projects should also be in that box! For today's Project365, I turn an ordinary dollar bill into a T-Shirt. Unfortunately, you can't wear this particular T-Shirt, but you can keep it in your wallet for good luck!
This Origami T-Shirt was inspired by a photo by Flickr member Vaguely Artistic.
To make you own Origami T-Shirt, please refer to these instructions by Clay Randall.
Day 11: Origami T-Shirt
Here's the front of the T-Shirt. Nifty collar, huh?!
And here's the back of the T-Shirt. Wouldn't it be cool if the seal was on the front of the T-Shirt instead?


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Welcome to Tri-County GSAR
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A 53-year-old man walked away from the collision on Route 530 on the evening of October 29, 2011 and had not been seen since. On Monday, he was reported missing to police when he didn't report to work. On Tuesday, the RCMP called in Tri-County Search and Rescue, two police dogs and the RCMP helicopter to assist in the search. The man's body was found by searchers washed up on the shore of Cocagne Bay near Grande-Digue shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
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DriverGuide v3 Launches
My company, Besiex, does development and graphic design work for the #1 driver, firmware, and PC support site, DriverGuide.com. DriverGuide recently launched a major update to the site geared at radically improving usability! Our goal was to make things simpler, faster, and better. Quite rewardingly, response from users has overwhelmingly confirmed that we achieved those goals! I'm quite proud of the new site update, and pleased because our new MyUpdates site (launching soon) has been designed and developed using the same approach.


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ENGG 367: Heat Transfer in Hyperthermia
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Review of coordinate systems, energy conservation equation, and temperature and heat-flux boundary conditions. Capillary blood perfusion as a distributed heat sink. Summary of distributed heat-flux sources associated with one or more of the following: internal and external radio-frequency, ultrasound, and microwave applicators. Surface cooling. Steady-state analytic and numerical solutions to practical problems in one and two dimensions. One or more of these advanced topics: transient responses, large blood vessels as discrete heat sinks, approximate solutions in three dimensions, lumped approximations to distributed systems.


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Montana roadside surprise
In any state, you get pulled over and in order to get out of a ticket you seduce the state
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Agencies will face a lot of challenges with forthcoming big data projects, but one of them will not be generating enough data. In fact, consulting firm Gartner Inc. recently reported that enterprise data growth rates now average 40 percent to 60 percent annually.
At the Commerce Department — parent agency for some of the government's biggest data producers, including the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — those numbers might even be low.
"One thing that is not challenged is our ability to generate data," Commerce CIO Simon Szykman said in remarks at the recent FOSE conference. "Our fundamental ability to generate data is growing tremendously and in many ways is outpacing our ability to process the data, to manage the data and to move it from one place to another."
How to simply manage and move the agency's data from one point to another is a big challenge.
Szykman also discussed some of the more important hurdles his department faces when working with big data. Here are five to keep in mind.
1. Data engineers
There are many scientists in the research community who are at work on sophisticated uses of big data, such as how to tap genome data in the fields of preventative medicine, drug design or pre-natal testing. What worries Szykman, though, is the limited number of people who really understand the technology infrastructures to support the use of big data in those areas.
"We need to give some thought to big data and how we're going to work with it … particularly since in many cases, whether it's a direct application in our agency or just providing funding to the research community, in one way or another, the government is driving the cutting edge of big data today," he said.
2. Confidentiality vs. integrity
For agencies with a scientific or a research brief, big data security is more than a matter of confidentiality. Instead, the more critical concern is long-term data integrity.
"This is one of those things that in the IT world we struggle with," Syzkman said. "Sometimes we aren't always focused as much on security as we are in delivering results. People sometimes ask: 'If we're ultimately going to be sharing this data with the public, why is security so important?'"
The answer is best addressed by scientific agencies such as NOAA, which has been gathering benchmark data that is at the center of much of the debate about U.S. climate change policy.
"Those policy decisions have significant economic implications regardless of the political leanings," Szykman said, including decisions about business regulation and investments. "If somehow the security of this long-term climate record were compromised, there would be far-reaching implications about it," he said. "That's something we need to worry about in the big data area."
3. Think big, but plan early
In the move to open data, it has become more and more important to address requirements early in the system life cycle.
"One thing that has not happened in the past is looking at open data requirements very early on in the life cycle," Syzkman said. "I think there's going to be less ad hoc modeling, sharing, informing of data and more systematic strategies that look end to end," he said. "Now at early life cycle stages when we're putting in place new systems or new mission apps, this is going to be part of what gets addressed early on."
4. Data authenticity
The importance of big data is not just the records created from the data; much of its value lies in the "reproduce-ability" of scientific results based on the data.
"From an academic perspective, that's really how you prove the value of what you do: other people can reproduce the results as well," Szykman said. On the other hand, he said, if you "lose the data on which research results are based, that undermines the legitimacy of some of those results over time."
5. Laying down the baseline
Sometimes it's difficult to assess the costs and risks of big data and other cutting-edge programs when few similar applications exist against which information can be drawn or comparisons made. Coming up with cost and risk baselines is a challenge for big data as well data centers, which have not been built with metrics in mind.
"The ability to do simple things like the measuring power consumption in the data center can be challenging if the data center is not constructed and instrumented to support that," he said. "Baselining of big data — not just from the infrastructure perspective but also the data sets — needs to drive better planning for future resource planning," he said.
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Motorola announced its second device the Droid Razr Maxx HD after taking the wraps off its flagship phone, the RAZR HD. The phone rocks identical specs as the Razr HD, which is a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720p) display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, with only difference being a much larger 3300mAh battery.
Unfortunately, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean won't be coming with either the Razr HD or Razr Maxx HD until the end of the year. Motorola promised the update for that time frame, so lets see if the company makes good. The company will also offer a Developer Edition for "hacker and tinkerers" that want to load a custom rom on the device. And for those who are stuck in Moto devices unable to get the Jelly Bean update, the company will issue out a $100 discount for to put toward any new Motorola device.
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Another wave of turmoil hits the Middle East like a Tsunami with an Anti Islamic movie that went viral and caused hundreds of tempers to reach boiling point.
I haven't been able to get my hands on the full film but the clip that I did see was a pitiful attempt at movie making to say the least. The quality of the cinematography was clearly of that of a rookie and the dialogue was so baseless and lifeless that I think a bunch of Elementary students could have done a better job. As for the content of the script and portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed (May Peace Be upon Him) was sick and twisted! The clip I saw portrayed him as a disoriented fool, who could be suffering from schizophrenia or was a junky of some kind that rambled on about none sense and didn't make sense. I can now see and understand how upset, insulted and appalled Muslims around the world were.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula (aka"Sam Bacile" or Mark Basseley Youssef) the film maker who sparked the wave of rage has proven to be a man of many names and a sly con artist with a very long rap sheet from the reports that are coming out about him. I wonder if his (wrongful) depiction of the Prophet was based on his own troubled soul?
Nakoula, an Egyptian born national collaborated with a U.S. religious group called Media for Christ. In a humors twist, these so-called "Right Wing" Christians had their dubbed anti-Islamic film directed by a pornographer (thought I recognized the 80's style from somewhere). Forgive my ignorance…but, ummmm, doesn't pornography go against Christian beliefs? Secondly why would they dream of having a director who directs sinful media associated with their 'Media for Christ'? Surly, Christ himself wouldn't condone such a person to make a film on his behalf and secondly the Son of God (Prophet or Messiah depending on your belief ) who endured crucifixion for his love of humanity wouldn't want such a 'Blasphemous' film being made and have his name associated with it. After all aren't we all God's children?
Nakoula and the other right-wing people behind the making of this poor excuse for a documentary film knew exactly what would happen the moment his film was released to the public. He may have anticipated rage, which would then heighten the popularity of his poorly made and fact less movie but I doubt he could have known to what degree the anger would have reached and that blood would be shed. I do wonder if he ever for one moment put his own people, by own people I mean the Coptic community of Egypt into consideration? Did he not think that this could backfire and that people might turn violent on them and persecute them for his stupid actions?
The reaction to the movie I can understand. The actions that people took, I DO NOT and I certainly DO NOT and cannot justify in any shape or form. In my opinion it was over reacted, only to fuel media interest and popularity in the movie. The attacking of Embassies, Ambassadors and Embassy employees was uncalled for and barbaric. Reactions like these just fuel the false impression and misconception that the world has about people from Egypt, Middle East and Muslims. When we go out with hot heads and tempers blazing they are ready and waiting to catch it on tape to stream on their networks to make us out to be the crazed 'savages' that they have painted us to be. Fueling ignorance and making us out to be psychotic trigger happy ignoramuses ready to declare 'jihad' and kill at a drop of a hat.
I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of hearing that we are all terrorists, uneducated, uncivilized….bla bla bla bla bla!! Violent reactions like these make those avid watchers of FOX network think that what they are watching and what they are being told is true. It makes them out to be right in the eyes of the public and we keep playing into the palm of their hands. We need to STOP, THINK about our actions before we react and the best way to shatter the public's image of us is to beat them at their own game. The best way I have found to beat bullies is to ignore them or to treat them nicely, (easier said than done, I agree. Then again nothing comes easy, but every time we resist the urge to fall into their trap and they find less to say to fuel their image would be well worth the effort. It takes a lot to bite your tongue and not want to slap someone, but it can be done. If Gandhi could do it, then by George so can we!)
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS!!! We have thousands of years of history, culture and ancient CIVILIZATIONS that WE originate from! The world of Mathematics and Science is what it is today because of OUR ancestors. Let us not forget that and while we are at it, let's remind them and show them who we truly are.
Let us not allow the minorities that are captured on film doing these acts be the source of people labeling us and the basis for their generalization of people from the region. They do not represent me, they do not reflect who I am and I know they do not reflect the majority.


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Here's what I heard at the War Resisters Support Campaign meeting, from people who were there.
Union leader Dave Coles, of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, saw three men wearing bandanas over their faces, carrying rocks, shouting things like, "Stone the cops! Let's get the cops!" He confronted them, telling them to put down the stones, that this was a peaceful protest. They refused, and started pushing and shoving Coles. Coles told the crowd that the three were cops, and tried to unmask them.
As peaceful protesters shouted at them, the three "protesters" retreated into a line of riot police, where they were "arrested". (There were no arrests at the protests, and no record of these supposed arrests in any released information.) When the faux protesters lay down to get cuffed, the soles of their boots were exposed. And when their fellow officers in riot gear kneeled next to them to apply the cuffs, their boots were exposed, too. And guess what? Same shoes.
Everyone always says you can tell the undercover cops by their shoes. Activists have passed this lore down through the generations, but never have I seen it for myself with such hilarious clarity.
Don't take my word for it; watch it on CTV, and on the CPE video.
Here's a shorter CTV video with a good view of the boots.
So we see some things are the same on both sides of the Canada-US border.
Something different, and much better, in Canada was the media coverage of the protests.
In the US, when close to 1,000,000 protesters jammed the streets of New York City on February 15, 2003 to protest the impending Iraq War (and millions of people in cities around the world did the same), CNN didn't even put it on TV. How could they, since their job was to justify and raise support for the war?
I watched CBC coverage of Montebello, and it was excellent. There was a strong focus on the protests, and a spokesperson spoke at length on the broadcast. (Whoever heard of such a thing?)
When the CBC anchor asked the spokesperson about violence, security and arrests, he replied, "The police have an excellent opportunity to bring the world more security and less violence by arresting the war criminal George Bush." Can't say fairer than that.
20 comments:
- L-girl said...
If you're interested in more on this topic, Allan sent me this discussion from Democratic Underground about police provocateurs, their tactics, their boots, and so forth.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 5:42:00 AM
- redsock said...
Alternatte thread title: "It's Gotta Be The Shoes"
- Friday, August 24, 2007 6:23:00 AM
- L-girl said...
Alternatte thread title: "It's Gotta Be The Shoes"
That was actually my first title! I wasn't sure enough people would get the reference.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 6:33:00 AM
- James said...
So who put them up to it? Is it just the police spoiling for a fight, or did someone higher up need an excuse to round up protesters?
- Friday, August 24, 2007 6:45:00 AM
- L-girl said...
The police don't do things like this on their own. The answer is almost certainly the latter.
At least it would be in the US.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 6:48:00 AM
Priceless. And pathetic. I'm so glad I have you as a source for info I'd not come across elsewhere!
- Friday, August 24, 2007 7:17:00 AM
- M@ said...
The stupidest thing is that there were people on the right wing -- not all, but a good number -- who were immediately dismissing this as a conspiracy theory. Why? Because they disagreed with the protesters' cause.
This is what's worrisome about the Canadian political dialogue, at least insofar as it's played out on the web. The idea that you'd rather have some dangerous elements of a police state than admit that the other side is right about anything at all... what's wrong with people?
- Friday, August 24, 2007 7:18:00 AM
- Scott M. said...
I was skeptical of the story when it broke, but once the SQ announced the protestors in question were from the SQ I have been outraged.
It's been a while since I've been this riled up.
Why the rock? If they weren't there to provoke people, why the rock? Why didn't they leave the line when asked to? This is disgusting. I hope the Quebec media has a heyday with this and that the story sticks in people's memory like the APEC protests.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 7:55:00 AM
- L-girl said...
The idea that you'd rather have some dangerous elements of a police state than admit that the other side is right about anything at all...
That's what the right-wing in the US never seems to get. When we raise a cry about civil liberties and human rights violations, it's not just our cause or ourselves we're protecting!
I'm glad to know it was only *some* of the right that dismissed these claims. That's one sign that Canada is still healthier than the US.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 9:23:00 AM
- L-girl said...
Why the rock? If they weren't there to provoke people, why the rock? Why didn't they leave the line when asked to?
Because - and obviously you know this - they were there to provoke, first violence, then arrests.
Thanks for your anger, Scott.
I understand your initial skepticism. No one wants to believe this stuff happens in their own democratic country.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 9:24:00 AM
- L-girl said...
And PS, just a reminder, I'm not really onboard with these protests either.
I am, in as much as we should always be protesting Bush, and I don't want Canada kissing up to the US.
But I'm not especially against greater trade cooperation, not against globalization per se (although I want to see labour and the environment and consumers protected a lot more than they are, under any system).
But that doesn't matter, the issue of the protests don't matter at all when it comes to this.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 9:27:00 AM
- M@ said...
I'm glad to know it was only *some* of the right that dismissed these claims. That's one sign that Canada is still healthier than the US.
It was also very encouraging to see that extremely partisan bloggers and commenters, of both stripes, were finding consensus on this stuff.
I shared Scott's skepticism at first, even when I saw the video. But you can be skeptical and not dismiss the thing out-of-hand. That's what the blindly partisan mind often fails to understand: the reward of skepticism is facts and possibly even truth -- not being proved right.
I was impressed that the mayor of Montibello released a statement saying that the protesters had behaved perfectly and that not a single incident of vandalism or property damage had occurred in the protests. Quite amazing -- I'm impressed indeed, especially knowing how protests have gone in recent years.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 10:02:00 AM
- L-girl said...
especially knowing how protests have gone in recent years
Now when you think of how protests have gone in recent years, this exposed incident should colour your (all of our) perceptions. Traps and incitements have been proven many times, but are quickly forgotten.
Good point, Matt, re skepticism vs dismissal. Skepticism is healthy, as long as it's paired with an open mind.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 10:15:00 AM
- M@ said...
Very true, Laura -- and the massive, peaceful marches in February 2003 show that huge protests are not the problem they're made out to be. (I don't remember any incidents from those marches, and surely the media would have crowed about them if there were any.)
The working assumption created and promoted by the media is that protesters usually turn violent, and obviously I'm not immune from that.
One of the positive outcomes in the Montibello situation is that the government and police will not be able to dismiss protesters as easily as they have in the past. It's brilliant.
One thing I'd be interested in seeing is the QPP's policies and procedures regarding crowd infiltration. If they have one, and it doesn't include carrying weapons, I want to see charges for sure -- the higher up, the better.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 10:28:00 AM
- Scott M. said...
I hope to heck (and genuinely believe) that this is a undercover cop who took his "role" a bit too far. If he was commanded to do this, he should be speaking out.
If he was not, the commanders should still revisit their policies and stress to the undercover agents the importance of staying back and observing, not participating. And the officer should be punished.
I perused the Quebec dailies (French and English) and it's all about Afghanistan. This story has been buried by the fallen soldiers. I hope the story comes back to the forefront after the funerals.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 10:34:00 AM
- L-girl said...
Peace demos are, by definition, peaceful.
Several anti-globalization demonstrations have turned violent, but it's hard to say who the violence stemmed from.
Some of the methods used by police are designed to escalate tensions into violence. Plants (provacateurs) are common.
I'm not anti-police at demos. I've been in pro-choice demos where I was very aware that the police were protecting me.
But it depends on their mandate - what orders they were given. During the anti-RNC demonstrations in NYC, the police were under orders to provoke, to incite, to harass, and then to detain (and treat inhumanely) the protestors they arrested. This was proven in court. (I've blogged about it several times.)
So while I know that protesters, like everyone else in the world, can be paranoid and can exaggerate, I also know what can happen - and what does happen - when people feel their authority is being challenged or threatened.
I think we can never dismiss claims of police interference or provocation without giving it a very serious look.
THANK GOODNESS for videotape!!
- Friday, August 24, 2007 10:41:00 AM
- L-girl said...
[my comment above was in response to M@'s last comment... I forgot to quote]
I hope to heck (and genuinely believe) that this is a undercover cop who took his "role" a bit too far.
I think it's pretty obvious by the videotape that it was not. There were three of them, and the police in riot gear played right along.
Perhaps you don't realize how common this sort of behaviour is, so you think of it as an aberration.
If he was commanded to do this, he should be speaking out.
I hope you know how silly that sounds. Do the cops in Canada not maintain the same "blue wall of silence" that cops adhere to the world over?
- Friday, August 24, 2007 10:44:00 AM
- M@ said...
I think we can never dismiss claims of police interference or provocation without giving it a very serious look.
You're absolutely right -- and I'm looking forward to Montibello dogging our government for years to come. (As though the APEC summit in '97 wasn't enough.)
- Friday, August 24, 2007 10:59:00 AM
- redsock said...
Anyone remember the violence at the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle? (The cute title the media gave it was: The Battle for Seattle)
Most of that -- shit thrown through shop windows, wtc. -- did not come from actual protesters. But they were the ones that got gassed and beaten by cops. The cops needed some sort of an excuse.
Speaking of infiltration, an FBI agent was in the group of people planning the 1993 WTC bombing. He had the perfect opportunity to substitue fake explosives for the real stuff -- it could have been done undetected -- so the bombs would not work. Higher-ups in the FBI told him not to do it. This was testified to in court (tapes of telephone conversations were played), printed on the front page of the New York Times, and immediately forgotten (and treated like a conspiracy theory if anyone dared mention it again).
I'm probably getting off-topic, but it is beyond question that FBI and CIA agents were tracking most, if not all, of the 9/11 hijackers in the year before the attacks. Two hijackers lived with an FBI terrorism agent/informant in San Diego for a year.
I presume that the US has a much worse history of doing stuff like this than Canada, but it's naive to think this kind of monitoring hasn't been happening for decades and decades.
- Friday, August 24, 2007 11:15:00 AM
- L-girl said...
I'm probably getting off-topic
Let's just say "tangential". But tangents like this are very welcome.
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"We want him back,'' manager Jim Tracy said.
But the Rockies are prepared to move quickly after Miguel Olivo if they are unable to reach a compromise with Torrealba.
Colorado talked with Contreras' agent Wednesday and the sides were far apart on his value. The Rockies want him as a one-inning reliever, where Contreras was seeking starter money. Tracy personally contacted Giambi yesterday, reminding him that the team would like him to return. Giambi is seeking a DH job, for now, that would offer 400 at-bats or so.
He would be a pinch-hitter with the Rockies, a more limited role.
"We just have to be patient,'' Tracy said.
Eric Young Jr. will focus on playing second, third and left field in spring training, Tracy explained. The reason is simple: there won't be many at-bats as a center fielder given the presence of Carlos Gonzalez and Dexter Fowler. … Despite reports, there is no chance of a Jason Marquis coming back. He's looking for a multi-year deal, and has received interest from the Mets and Yankees. …The Rockies remained interested in free agent Joe Beimel. … Add Melvin Mora to the list of utility player candidates on the Rockies' radar, a group that includes Robb Quinlan, Jamey Carroll and Fernando Tatis.
Astros sign Majewski
Looking to bolster to their bullpen after the loss of LaTroy Hawkins and Jose Valverde, the Astros added reliever Gary Majewski on a minor league deal, The Post has learned. He will receive $650,000 in the majors, with a $100,000 guarantee. If Majewski's not on the 25-man roster by July 31, he can request his release. He received an invite to spring training.


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As you use ITIL for your day-to-day IT service management, you regularly come across key terms which you need to understand. This list covers the basic and most frequently used ones.
Service: Something that provides value and is available to a customer from a provider. For example, take travel agents. They sell you a holiday package and make sure all the individual bits work together. They book the flights, the transfers, the hotels and any excursions. What do you do? Pay the money and turn up. Travel agents save you the effort, cost and risk of doing the individual bits for yourself. They provide a service that is of value to you.
IT service: A collection of IT bits and bobs along with the people and documents required to provide an IT system which delivers a service that provides value to a customer. Basically, a bunch of techie stuff that allows you to do something useful with your computer.
For example, when you shop using the Internet, you're using an IT service. Your PC, your Internet provider and the company providing the website are all providing IT services for you to use. When you shop online, the service you use consists of many component parts – some of them you own, some of them other people own.
You own your PC. Your Internet provider owns your Internet connection and some network stuff. The online store that you're buying from owns the website. But you want it all to work as one seamless system. Wouldn't it be great if regardless of which bit breaks, one person deals with it for you?
Service management: Brace yourself, this is a tricky term to define. Only joking – service management means managing a service. In a nutshell, the provider is encouraged to identify and agree what the customer needs and then provide it in an ongoing way. The following section elaborates further on service management.
IT service provider: An organisation that provides IT systems to a user (customer). The organisation may be an internal IT department of the company you work for – the people who put the computers on your desks and fix them when they go wrong. Equally it may be a commercial organisation that provides IT services in exchange for money, in other words an Internet provider or IT outsourcer. In all cases these organisations are providing a service to their customers.


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Boston is a historic city known not only for the role it played in the country's colonial history, but the role it plays today as a hotbed for culture, sports, and education in the New England region. What makes Boston an ideal city to visit? Close to other major cities along the Eastern Seaboard, plus year-round attractions, Massachusetts' capital is always bustling. Fortunately, it is easy to find inexpensive flight options to and from Boston, attracting both business and pleasure travelers. Named as one of the 10 best cities in the country and packed with massive outdoor areas, a vibrant culture, and history at every turn, it's easy to see why people flock to Boston. Visit to take a step back in time; to cheer on the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, or Boston Bruins; to take in the gorgeous coastline; or to check out what makes this city one of America's most walkable and charming destinations.
The Boston region is home to four airports, giving travelers plenty of options for inexpensive flights. Logan International Airport, the most popular and largest, is the city and region's main international airport and attracts the most airlines. It handles a lot of JetBlue traffic, thanks to Boston's designation as one of the carrier's focus cities. Delta and US Airways are also major carriers. Logan is ideal for those traveling to and from the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama, the Cape Verde islands, and destinations in Europe.
The most popular domestic flight destinations include Chicago, Washington National, Atlanta, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Charlotte, JFK New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and Dallas/Fort Worth. The top international destinations are London (via British Airways, Delta, and Virgin Atlantic), Paris, Toronto, Dublin, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Munich, Rome, Zurich, and Tokyo.
Logan has 100 gates spanning four terminals connected by shuttle buses and moving walkways. Within the airport, visitors will find free Wi-Fi, award-winning restaurants, children's play areas, art installations, and spas. One of the busiest airports in the U.S., Logan provides options for travelers with time to kill between flights or preboarding.
The other main airport in the area is T.F. Green Airport. Considered the reliever airport to Logan, this regional facility in Warwick, R.I., offers many regional routes from carriers including Delta and Delta Connection, JetBlue, Southwest, United and United Express, US Airways, and US Airways Express. Flights go as far west as Las Vegas and as far south as West Palm Beach.
Two more airports service the Boston area: Worcester Regional Airport and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. For cheap flights to Fort Lauderdale or Orlando on JetBlue, Worcester is the airport to use. It is easy and affordable to get from Boston to Worcester Regional Airport. Simply take the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Framingham/Worcester Line east to Back Bay and South Station in Boston.
Manchester-Boston offers largely regional flights via Southwest, Delta, Delta Connection, United Express, and US Airways. Located just 50 miles north of Boston, the easiest way to get to and from the airport is via airport shuttle operated by Flight Line, which runs hourly service to the city for $39 each way.
Compared to the other airports in the area, Logan is the most accessible from Boston—it's a mere three miles northeast of downtown. The airport boasts the title of the "easiest airport to get to" from Aviation.com due to the numerous inexpensive ways to reach it, including public transit options like the MTBA Blue and Silver lines, which whisk riders to and from the airport for only $2.50 each way. Transit from downtown to the airport clocks in at roughly six minutes. Other options for accessing Logan are ride sharing, the commuter boats for points outside of the city, and Logan Express.
Airfare to and from Boston stays pretty consistent throughout the year, minus a slight increase in fares when the leaves turn from green to the vibrant, fiery fall colors for which the Eastern Seaboard is famed, and in the summer. So it isn't a question of price in regards to the best time of the year to fly to Boston; it is a question of the weather. From December through February, snowstorms can bring the region to a standstill. If you're on a strict schedule, traveling to and from Boston in the dead of winter could prove a risky venture.
Popular times to head to Boston include autumn to view gorgeous fall foliage, October for the Head of the Charles regatta, April for the Boston Marathon, and May and June for college graduation season. The Fourth of July is another busy time of year for travel, thanks to nice weather and local festivities. If you are planning a trip to attend a college graduation, book flights early as these can fill up far in advance.
In terms of the most affordable flights, prices have a direct correlation to the weather: the colder it is, the cheaper the airfare. The best deals are normally found January through March and then again in the heat of August. However, holidays like Memorial Day may mean higher airfare, but you may also be able to find great hotel deals because many locals flee the city in favor of the Atlantic Ocean breeze of Cape Cod or other seashore spots.
There are plenty of budget airlines flying into Boston. Southwest and JetBlue are the most popular options, but doing a bit of digging for flight deals can result in other airlines coming in with cheap airfare to Boston, too.
Who doesn't love hitting up tourist attractions for free? The capital city offers plenty of options for those who want to explore the city without spending a fortune. For outdoor lovers and those who just love a good walk, Boston has a whopping seven miles of parks to explore. Dubbed "the Emerald Necklace," the park system here consists of 1,200 acres in nine parks linked together by paths and water routes.
The intricate system of parks, designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, is based on the idea that people can come to these areas for relief from the demands of the city without having to leave the city. The most well-known of these parks is the magnificent Boston Common, which dates back to colonial times and is found within the heart of the city. Other parks to explore within the Emerald Necklace are the Public Garden, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, The Riverway, Olmsted Park, Back Bay Fens, Jamaica Pond, Franklin Park, and Arnold Arboretum.
Learn more about the historical aspects of the city on one of several free tours. The Freedom Trail tour takes you through 16 historical sites covering more than two miles in a little less than half a day. Visit spots that shed light on the history of Boston on this self-guided, free experience. The Bunker Hill Monument is another free option that is open year-round from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can learn about the American Revolution and climb 294 steps to the top of the monument for memorable view of Boston.
On less-than-ideal weather days, head inside for a free tour of the State House. The tour of the building encompasses architecture, history, and a glimpse into the legislative world in eight languages.
History aside, Boston is packed with amazing cultural options like the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston. After more than 100 years of greeting visitors, this Huntington Avenue attraction is considered one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world, with more than 450,000 pieces of art. In 2010, the MFA debuted the Art of the Americas wing, a four-level exhibit displaying ancient and modern works, as well as a new contemporary art wing. Admission is free for members.
While shopping can cost money, window-shopping on Newbury Street and checking out the mall stores at Copley Place give a glimpse into the fashion world of the city. Inexpensive shopping options can be found at Faneuil Hall Marketplace. With more than 70 local and national retailers, the marketplace charms visitors as they stroll through this historic spot dating back to the 1740s. Throughout the day, shoppers can enjoy live music and street performers as they stroll the cobblestone way.
No matter the time of year, Boston is always a thriving city with plenty of action. From catching a ballgame at Fenway Park to wandering the expansive green spaces within the bustling city, there is always something to do. Thanks to inexpensive flights, people from all over the world are able to take advantage of everything this gem of New England has to offer.
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Vision and hard work are a combination that usually gets results. And those were the principal factors in the story behind the conversion of a dilapidated downtown theater into the Magnolia Civic Center and Cine Theatre.
As we observe the 10th anniversary year of the center Saturday with "A Magnolia Christmas" program, we should take a moment to step back and pat ourselves on the back for what has been accomplished.
In 1998 Mrs. Anne Stephens and her family, along with Bill Harwell, who had a part interest in the building, decided to donate the closed theater to the city of New Albany.
That set in motion a series of events—some positive, some discouraging, most challenging—that puts us where we are today. We have a theater that seats 320 people and a companion meeting room that holds 125, all put together on a tight budget that sometimes astounds even those involved in the project.
We think the community owes a debt of gratitude to members of the original committee formed to oversee the work: Mike Staten, Denotee Martin, Janice Hall, Bobby Gault, David Holmes, Joe Marshall Davis, Phil Nanney, Martha Kate Wiseman and Nancy Kidd. We also would salute former mayors Walter Johnson and Billy Wiseman, during whose terms most of the work was done.
Through the vision and hard work of these and lots of other people, the city has a downtown jewel.
We know that many other communities of similar size to New Albany have no such facility and are envious of the kind of visionary thinking that led to such projects as the civic center, the Sportsplex, the museum and soon, the Rails to Trails.
We can be proud of what has been done. But we also can scratch our heads a bit for those new visions, those new dreams, that will continue to improve our community and the lives of all of us.


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Just Bieber's Haircut Is Replaced by Joe Jonas's Hair
Bieber Locks Get Chopped, Kids Clean Up For Class
Long bangs for boys are about to get trimmed! Summer's hottest hair — Justin Bieber's shaggy 'do and Apple Martin's beachy tresses – are being tidied up as kids head back to school. Joe Jonas's clean cut and Vanessa Hudgens's curly locks are what students will be sporting. We spoke with Cozy Friedman of New York's Cozy's Cuts for Kids to find out about the latest trends.
BabySugar: What type of hair is hot for Fall?
Cozy Friedman: Long hair for boys is still the direction that boys are going in, but it's not quite as . . . messy looking as the Bieber, or as brushed onto the face. It's now a little bit neater —more like a Joe Jonas kind of look. As far as girls, there is definitely a trend for chunky waves. We do a lot of updos and styles in the salon and we are doing a lot more work with curling irons than ever before. Not curling tight curls, [but] thick-barrel curling irons for long chunky waves. We're also seeing, for quick and easy style, a lot of girls are wearing long braids like Vanessa Hudgens.
BabySugar: What's the best way to describe a style to the hairdresser?
Cozy Friedman: I always say it's best to bring a picture. Have them (your child) go online or find it in a magazine. Say "long, chunky waves" and any hairstylist will definitely understand that. For the boys, it's also a good idea to say what you don't want. So you want to say, "I want it to cover my ear," or "I want my ear showing." Just be very direct about how you want it. We're definitely still seeing the longer layers for boys, just a little bit neater.
BabySugar: What do kids need to make the styles work?
Cozy Friedman: I think styling cream is the best product for children. Children shouldn't be spending an hour doing their hair. Using a nice light styling cream – it can be used on wet hair, dry hair, straight hair, etc. It smoothes hair, makes it look finished, it keeps it in place. The curling iron for girls if they want to achieve waves is good, but you don't want to overuse it because it will damage the hair. I prefer saving a curling iron for a special occasion. You can definitely use rollers. Soft foam rollers are probably better for children . . . softer against the scalp.
BabySugar: Any quick tricks to speed up the process on school days?
Cozy Friedman: A loose, very loose, chunky braid. When you take it out it leaves a crimp in your hair, but if it's a nice thick braid, it's more like a thick wave than a little crimp. That you can do at night before you go to bed and in the morning you take it out and have a 'do!


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