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Affichage des articles du septembre, 2010

The Journalists Formerly Known as the Media: My Advice to the Next Generation

«The People formerly known as the Audience and the Audience properly known as the Public» : video of the inaugural lesson of Jay Rosen at Sciences Po, 2.09.10 1 - LESS PLATFORM CENTRIC : THINK OF USERS 2 - MY READERS KNOW MORE THAN I DO 3 - JOURNALISTS BRING IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE TABLE, SO DO THE USERS 4 - HELP USERS PARTICIPATE 5 - 1% RULE 6 - THE JOURNALIST IS NOT A SPECIAL CLASS 7 - YOUR AUTHORITY STARTS WITH "I'M THERE, YOU'RE NOT" 8 - GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY HAVE NO WAY TO DEMAND 9 - TELL PEOPLE WHERE YOU COME FROM 10 - NEWSPAPERS MAKE ASSOCIATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS MAKE NEWSPAPERS - audience : (théâtre) les spectateurs, public. (speaker) : auditoire, assistance. (TV) : téléspectateurs - public : un public particulier (a particular group of people with a common interest, aim) - to edit an article : mettre au point, préparer - thesaurus - visual thesaurus - weird : étrange, bizarre - by rule of thumb : a vue de nez - "If you build...

Mass customization : "Customo Ergo Sum" ?

Nike customisation - strap : lanière, courroie, sangle - overlay : revêtement - lace and lining : lacets et doublure - vamp : devant de la chaussure - binding : reliure, fixation (skis) / obligatoire, qui engage - la couture : seam - cupsole : semelle - base : partie inférieure, pied d'un arbre - swoosh : (water) bruissement, (stick through air) sifflement, (tyres in rain) glissement - to swoosh : (water) bruire > he went swooshing through the mud : il est passé en faisant gicler bruyamment la boue Nike wiki analysis Puma Mongolian BBQ - strip : bande - quarter : (piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp) (base for nike) - outsole : cupsole - eyestay : garant - stitching : la couture - heal cap : la baguette Totally vital : French shoe glossary Fascinating : Official Puma Financials Fascinating II : More financials on Puma (Bloomberg)

At Lincoln memorial, a call for religious rebirth (NYT, 28.08.10)

An enormous and impassioned crowd rallied at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this weekend, summoned by Glenn Beck, a conservative broadcaster who called for a religious rebirth in America at the site where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech exactly 47 years earlier. - impassioned : passioné - revival : (faith)renouveau de la foi > revival meeting : réunion pour le renouveau de la foi / renaissance, réveil - to be sharply critical (harshly) : sévèremenet, vivement critiquer - fissure : fissure - skittish : nerveux > skittish investors : investisseurs nerveux - Alaska August 2010 primary elections - precinct : circonscription - shrug off (criticism) : faire fi de, balayer - assertion : affirmation - to undercut : vendre moins cher que / réduire la valeur dc ici "mettre un bémol" par ex. - Glenn Beck - to pit sb against sb : opposer qqun a qqun - Tea Party movement (NYT report, 02.10) - overtly : ouvertement ...

US economy is slowing more than the Fed has recognised (Gavyn Davies FT Blog, 24.08.10)

"I am becoming increasingly concerned about the extent of the slowdown which is now underway in the US economy, a trend which has not yet been fully recognised by the Federal Reserve." - sanguine : optimiste - upswing : amélioration, reprise > an upswing of the market - Quantitative easing - a straw in the wind : une indication des choses à venir / indicateur - ominously : dangeureusement - claims for unemployment benefit : nombre de demandeurs d'emplois - ISM (Institue for Supply Management) - double dip recession - to shed : perdre, se débarasser de, licencier > job shedding : suppression d'emplois

Chile miners' rescue 'will take months' (Channel 4 news, 23.08.10)

Rescuers have made contact with 33 men trapped after a mining accident in Chile 17 days ago, but engineers warn it could take until Christmas to get them out. Mine rescue expert Dr Barrie Jones tells Channel 4 News the most important thing is hope. - to shaft : creuser - to hamper, to hinder : gêner, entraver > the company has been hindered by recent operational problems - to prevent : empêcher - igneous : ignées (qui vient du feu) - cave in : s'effrondrer - to vow to do sth : faire le voeu de > to vow revenge : jurer vengeance - accuracy : précision, exactitude - on hand : disponible - 1 pound (Lbs) = 0.45 kg - to smother : étouffer Video - probe : sonde - plight : la situation critique > the worsening plight of Third World countries - sweltering : étouffant 'Plan B' for rescue of trapped Chile miners Video - to entail : comporter > European integration entails risks / entraîner > retirement entails loss of income - to scale (a hole) :...