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Short guide to lazy EU journalism | Kosmopolito
The unofficial rulebook for lazy EU journalism. 20 invaluable tips for your career in EU journalism.
1. Not sure how the EU works or what institutions are involved? –> Just write “Brussels”.
2. Germany is generally seen as important in EU politics and journalists know how to frame it: If Germany is active in a certain policy domain just write something about “German dominance” and if you work for British newspaper add some subtle references to the war. If Germany is passive in a given policy area just write that Germany abandons the EU and it clearly adopted a unilateral strategy, if you work for a British newspaper you could add something about the war. -
Occupy Wall Street Puts the Coverage in the Spotlight - NYTimes.com
As police officers cleared protesters last week from Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of Occupy Wall Street, they made sure most reporters were kept blocks away, supposedly for their own protection.
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Seth Wenig, a photographer for The Associated Press, was arrested on Thursday near Trinity Church.
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But in almost every other respect, mainstream news media outlets have been put right in the middle by the movement.
Newspapers and television networks have been rebuked by media critics for treating the movement as if it were a political campaign or a sideshow — by many liberals for treating the protesters dismissively, and by conservatives, conversely, for taking the protesters too seriously. -
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Can we lock Congress out? - CNN.com
(CNN) -- If the congressional "super committee" does not reach a deficit reduction deal by Wednesday's legally mandated deadline, I propose we take a page from the NBA owners and lock Congress out.
I'm serious. We, the taxpayers, are the owners of Congress and if Congress won't make a deal that helps our nation, then let's put a big padlock on the doors of the House and Senate -- or at least change the locks and not give them the keys.
Polls show that me and apparently 91% of my fellow Americans have never been more frustrated with the dysfunctional nature of "our" Congress. Congress' approval rating has fallen to an abysmal 9% -- to put this in perspective, herpes is now slightly more popular than Congress. Bed bugs really can't be that far behind. -
The README is a solution to a basic computing problem:
You find a directory full of files. Maybe it's a directory on your computer, or perhaps on a corporate internal drive, or part of an open source project, or maybe even some files generated by an application, open source or otherwise. The problem is: you don't know what those files are.
The README is a file, with a name like README.txt, or perhaps README.md or somesuch, which answers the basic question:
What are these files?
Or, in more colloquial terms:
What the f*** are these files?
A README doesn't have to contain a whole lot of stuff. Even the most minimal README is better than no README at all. Some suggestions are:
Say what this directory and its contents are.
If relevant, say what the files are used by.
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After Law School, Associates Learn to Be Lawyers - NYTimes.com
PHILADELPHIA — The lesson today — the ins and outs of closing a deal — seems lifted from Corporate Lawyering 101.
Josh Anderson for The New York Times
Updating is needed, says Edward Rubin, ex-dean of Vanderbilt Law.
A Possible New Curriculum
What do corporate clients wish associates were taught in law school?
A better understanding of modern litigation practice, which is about gathering facts and knowing how to settle a case.
Greater familiarity with transactions law, including how to draft, evaluate and challenge a contract.
Deeper knowledge of regulatory law and the ability to respond to a regulatory inquiry or enforcement action.
Basic corporate legal skills, like how to perform due diligence.
Writing skills. Partners at law firms say they spend a lot of time improving the writing of their first- and second-year associates.
A stronger grasp of the evolving economics of legal practice, which will rely less on leveraging the time of new associates and more on entrepreneurship.
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Times Topics: Law Schools | Legal Profession
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MOOT COURT | At Drinker Biddle, Eric Kassab and Jennifer Kissiah, both first-year associates, in a training session. Law schools emphasize theoretical work, rather than lawyering.
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“How do you get a merger done?” asks Scott B. Connolly, an attorney.
There is silence from three well-dressed people in their early 20s, sitting at a conference table in a downtown building here last month.
“What steps would you need to take to accomplish a merger?” Mr. Connolly prods.
After a pause, a participant gives it a shot: “You buy all the stock of one company. Is that what you need?”
“That’s a stock acquisition,” Mr. Connolly says. “The question is, when you close a merger, how does that deal get done?” -
How About Better Parents? - NYTimes.com
IN recent years, we’ve been treated to reams of op-ed articles about how we need better teachers in our public schools and, if only the teachers’ unions would go away, our kids would score like Singapore’s on the big international tests. There’s no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student’s achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers. But here’s what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more focused on their children’s education can also make a huge difference in a student’s achievement.
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Central Bankers - Stop Dithering. Do Something. - NYTimes.com
BOTH the American economy and the global economy are facing a familiar foe: policy defeatism. Throughout modern economic history, whether in Western Europe in the 1920s, in the United States in the 1930s, or in Japan in the 1990s, every major financial crisis has been followed by premature abandonment — if not reversal — of the stimulus policies that are necessary for sustained recovery. Sadly, the world appears to be repeating this mistake.
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Google Enters Microsoft Office’s Turf with Mixed Results - NYTimes.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Michael O’Brien, vice president for information technology at Journal Communications, would prefer not to have the employees of the Milwaukee media company use Microsoft’s Office software any more.
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Venkat Panchapakesan of Google, left, and David Girouard, who runs Google Apps for Business. The service has lured small businesses, but few big companies, away from Microsoft Office.
He has installed Google Apps for Businesses, which provides word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and calendar software, for 400 people and said he planned to “convert” 900 more. -
For Jose Pimentel, Bomb Plot Suspect, an Online Trail - NYTimes.com
The man accused of plotting to build and set off bombs in New York may have quietly escalated his plans in recent weeks, but his evolution into becoming a would-be terrorist was more gradual, according to a trail of articles and links online that the authorities followed as they say he went from thought to action.
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The suspect, Jose Pimentel, praised Osama bin Laden in posts on his blog. He also tried to justify the 9/11 attacks and said that Army bases, police stations and airports were at risk. “People have to understand that America and its allies are all legitimate targets in warfare,” he wrote in May.
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