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Al Jazeera

Type Satellite television network
Country Qatar
Availability Worldwide
Key people Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani, Chairman
Wadah Khanfar, Director-General
Ahmed Sheikh, Editor-in-chief
Launch date 1996
Website www.aljazeera.net (Arabic)
english.aljazeera.net (English)
Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة, al-ğazīrä, [al.dʒaˈziː.ra], meaning "The Island", referring to the Arabic name for the Arabian Peninsula) is a television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel with the same name, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and specialty TV channels in multiple languages, and in several regions of the world.

The original Al Jazeera channel’s willingness to broadcast dissenting views, including on call-in shows, created controversies in Persian Gulf States. The station gained worldwide attention following the September 11, 2001 attacks, when it broadcast video statements by Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders (see Videos of Osama bin Laden).

It is a state run news station so will be a mouth peace for the Emir. That being said, it would add a different perspective to things IF people would actually watch it and if they were smart enough to realize what the station is.

SEATTLE —
When Maria Gianni is knocking on voters’ doors, she’s not bashful about telling people she is in the country illegally. She knows it’s a risk to advertise to strangers that she’s here illegally – but one worth taking in what she sees as a crucial election.

The 42-year-old is one of dozens of volunteers – many of them illegal immigrants – canvassing neighborhoods in the Seattle area trying to get naturalized citizens to cast a ballot for candidates like Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who is in a neck-to-neck race with Republican Dino Rossi.

Pramila Jayapal, head of OneAmerica Votes, says the campaign is about empowering immigrants who may not feel like they can contribute to a campaign because they can’t vote.

"Immigrants really do matter," Jayapal said. "If we can’t vote ourselves, we’re gonna knock on doors, or get family members to vote."

So far the illegal immigrants going door-to-door aren’t meeting opposition. Craig Keller, an organizer for Respect WA, a group pushing for stricter immigration law in the Washington, said he doesn’t mind illegal immigrants volunteering for vote drives, he just wants to make sure mistakes on the voter rolls don’t allow them to vote.

"Anybody can go out and wave a sign, but when it comes to who’s making the choices, there’s no question they need to be citizens," Keller said.

In close elections across the country, the immigrant and minority vote is considered key for candidates, especially Democrats.

Earlier this week in Nevada, a television ad urging Latinos not to vote sparked outcry from Democrats, who called it a dirty trick meant to keep Hispanics home and boost Republican candidates. Univision and Telemundo – the nation’s two largest Spanish-language networks – canceled the ad, which the Republican group Latinos for Reform had planned to eventually run in Nevada, Florida, California, Texas and Colorado through the Nov. 2 election.

Seattle is home to a wide array of immigrant communities, from Latinos to east Africans and Asians.

Congress declined this year to consider overhauling the country’s immigration law, much to the chagrin of immigrant advocates who had expected Democrats to do so by now.

Still, OneAmerica Votes launched one of the largest get-out-the-vote campaigns in the state on behalf of Democratic candidates. The organization is an offshoot of OneAmerica, one of the state’s largest and the most influential immigrant-rights advocacy group.

Through home visits, phone banks and mailings the organization is aiming to reach about 40,000 registered voters in the Seattle area in an attempt to help Democrats gain ground in key races. Volunteers include other types of people who can’t vote, such as legal permanent residents.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013226933_apusillegalimmigrantsvotedrive.html?syndication=rss
So anybody else believe illegals are living in the shadows ?

No these criminals are not living in the shadows. I have seen and heard them bragging about how they are getting away with so much bullsh*t. I think she should be deported after a long hard punishment. Like I said in another question on this matter, I dare an illegal to step on my property and tell me this garbage. I guarantee they would think twice before knocking on another door.

Harry Potter ’still in my head’ – Rowling
Reuters
Last updated 09:40 02/10/2010

Author JK Rowling told US television talk show host Oprah Winfrey she cried uncontrollably when she finished the last of her best-selling Harry Potter books, but did not rule out writing another one.

“I’m not saying I won’t. I love writing them,” the 45-year-old British author told Winfrey in a videotaped interview at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland, that aired on ABC TV on Friday.

Rowling, who only rarely gives interviews, said the characters are “in my head still.”

She added that she had always wanted to be a writer and knew she could tell a story but needed the right subject. Inspiration struck while she was on a delayed London-bound train, but she found herself without a pen. Eventually, the words poured out.

“I have to write for my own mental health. I need to write. I love it, I need to do it,” she said, citing the discipline and structure writing gives her.

In an hourlong interview, shown with picturesque shots of Scotland’s countryside and of Edinburgh, Rowling and Winfrey shared sentiments about the vagaries of fame, being self-made billionaires, and ending a phase in their lives.

Winfrey will halt her 25-year run atop the TV talk show heap when she launches her OWN cable network at the end of this year. Rowling had plotted out the end of her book series down to the last line of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” a publishing phenomenon in 2007.

“It was a bereavement. It was huge. Although I knew it was coming,” Rowling said. “Initially I was elated, but then I cried like I haven’t cried since my mother died.”

Rowling pronounced herself happy after bouts with clinical depression that deepened in her 20s, and then after contending with phobia that struck along with her new-found fame.

“At the time, I had to deny how great the pressure was,” she said. “It shouldn’t have happened, this was a children’s book.”

“There came a point where it was crazy,” she said.

She compared the adulation during a second US book tour as “Beatles-esque,” except that members of that 1960s band could “turn to each other – I had no one to turn to.”

“I kept saying to people, ‘Yeah, I’m coping’ … but the truth was there were times when I was barely hanging on by a thread.”

“I’m a writer. They’re never going to want pictures of me on the beach in a bikini. I was never prepared for it,” she added.

Rowling said she was grateful for the fans of Harry Potter – the series has sold more than 400 million copies and the movies made from each book have together grossed $US5.3 billion ($NZ4.69 billion) so far.
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But the outgrowth of Harry Potter merchandise and theme parks could be a lot worse, she said, noting she nixed pop star Michael Jackson’s idea of making a Harry Potter musical.

The Potter series was published in Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and in the United States by Scholastic Inc.

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/4191475/Another-Harry-Potter-book

Ps: I watched "The Half-Blood Prince" and was kind of disappointed to be honest.
*feels the tomatoes hit her* I actually fell asleep during it sorry.
*exits stage left to avoid more vegetable torture*

Yeah read it this morning! It’s….idk. I don’t wanna get my hopes up. I doubt she will continue the series. But the fact that she could is really surprising.

According to Pwinsider.com, a new wrestling promotion is starting up out of Florida. The promotion, which has quietly been putting together a business plan, is said to have major financial backing. The new promotion is already signing wrestlers up, and along with the contracts, are having them sign confidentiality agreements.

There is no name known for the promotion at this time, but it is known that they will not actively do anything until the fall. A full promotional launch is expected at the beginning of 2011, As of this time, there is no information of TV deals or TV tapings.

Businessman Peter Karoftis is said to be the main backer for the promotion. Karoftis previously worked with Sterling Equities, which is a New York-based investment firm that owns The New York Mets organization, the SNY cable network, and several real estate and investment companies. Karoftis, along with Florida independent wrestler Sean Davis are said to be the core of the company right now.

Also working with the company are Kevin Kleinrock (Viva La Lucha, Wrestling Society X), Cody Michaels (WSX, XPW) and Mister Saint Laurent (longtime Florida promoter). Kleinrock will be working production, while it is expected that Laurent will work on the creative end. Laurent has previously promoted the "I Believe In Wrestling" company, and there may be a crossover between the new company and the "I Believe In Wrestling" talent and wrestling school.

As of this time, the only confirmed name to sign with the company is Sean Waltman. Many wrestlers asked about the company have declined comment, due to the confidentiality agreements.

http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/145293/New-Wrestling-Company-Starting-Up-In-Florida.htm

Some new names that I’ve confirmed are signed to the Florida start-up promotion in the last week or so are Booker T, Paul London, Rocky Romero, Sonjay Dutt, Super Crazy, Hijo Del Rey Misterio and 2 Cold Scorpio. I am told that there are some other younger talents who have signed as well, but I haven’t confirmed any names yet.There’s been a strong rumor in the last 24 hours that some top Ring of Honor talents may have signed here as well, but I cannot confirm that at this time.

I am also told that the contracts signed by talent do not officially take hold until this October. So, that it appears to be when the project is going to officially launch – at least in terms of when the first tapings look to be taking place. As of today, there are no set dates for the tapings or even a location for said taping.

Any talk that the promotion is going to simply be a Florida-based company is just that – they are planning for a much grander scope in terms of their goals. The plan is to do tapings and try and find a national television outlet. I am told that everyone involved realizes the reality of the situation and that no one is expecting a deal to fall in their lap overnight. Based on what I am hearing, I don’t believe the promotion is looking to buy themselves timeslots either, a strategy that has led to many an early death for pro wrestling companies.

One of the reasons the company has been so secretive about letting names out and launching is that they don’t want there to be a huge buzz or hype, feeling it will leave fans waiting for them to get going while their main focus right now has been building the company’s infrastructure. I am told one of the things the company has been working on is setting up benefits for the wrestlers. The story being told among those who are signed is that everyone involved will receive full medical benefits as well as a 401K and stock options in the company, so if the group takes off, everyone shares in that success. I am told that was something Milton Wilpon has pushed after hearing some of the stories from older talents about how they have been treated over the years. If all that comes together, it’s certainly a great idea.

Maybe they will be like wcw with all the money they have I think they can sign some huge names and maybe even some guys we never heard of before. I heard they were talking about bringing in Mr. Anderson but I hope that’s not true because he is like tna’s scsa. But who knows hopefully they put a show on Wednesday nights so we can watch wrestling 5 nights a week.

Media
NBC Universal
NBC – National Broadcasting Company
NBC Network Television stations
WNBC 4 – New York
KNBC 4 – Los Angeles
WMAQ 5 – Chicago
WCAU 10 – Philadelphia
KNTV 11 – San Jose/San Francisco
KXAS 5 – Dallas/Fort Worth²
WRC 4 – Washington
WTVJ 6 – Miami
KNSD 39 (cable 7) – San Diego²
WVIT 30 – Hartford
NBC Entertainment
NBC News
NBC Sports
NBC Studios
NBC Universal Sports & Olympics
NBC Universal Television
Universal Media Studios
NBC Universal Television Distribution
NBC Universal International Television
EMKA, Ltd.
NBC Universal Digital Media
NBC Universal Cable
A&E Television Networks (co-owned with The Hearst Corporation and Disney/ABC):
A&E
The Biography Channel
Crime & Investigation Network
The History Channel
The History Channel en Español
History Channel International
Lifetime
Military History Channel
Bravo
Chiller (horror-themed cable channel, launched March 1, 2007) [1]
CNBC (co-owned with Dow Jones)
CNBC World (co-owned with Dow Jones)
MSNBC (co-owned with Microsoft)
NBC WeatherPlus
mun2
SyFy¹
ShopNBC
The Sundance Channel¹
Sleuth
USA Network
Universal HD
The Weather Channel
WeatherPlus
NBC Universal Global Networks
NBC Universal Global Networks
LAPTV (Latin America) – co-owned with Paramount Pictures (Viacom), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (owned by MGM Holdings) and 20th Century Fox (News Corporation);
Telecine (Brazil) – co-owned with Globosat Canais, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks (Viacom), MGM and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation;
Universal Channel Latin America (except Brazil
Universal Channel Brazil (co-owned with Globosat Canais);
Sci Fi Channel Latin America
NBC Universal Global Networks España.
Telemundo
KVEA/KWHY – Los Angeles
WNJU – New York
WSCV – Miami
KTMD – Houston
WSNS – Chicago
KXTX – Dallas/Fort Worth
KVDA – San Antonio
KSTS – San Jose/San Francisco
KTAZ – Phoenix
KBLR – Las Vegas
KNSO – Fresno
KDEN – Longmont, Colorado
WNEU – Boston/Merrimack
KHRR – Tucson
WKAQ – Puerto Rico
TiVo¹
Universal Studios (co-owned with Vivendi)
Universal Pictures
Focus Features
Rogue Pictures
Working Title Films
Universal Studios Licensing
Universal Animation Studios
Universal Interactive
Universal Pictures International
Universal Home Entertainment
Universal Home Entertainment Productions
United International Pictures (co-owned with Paramount Pictures/Viacom);
Universal Operations Group
Universal Production Studios
Universal Parks & Resorts
qubo – Qubo Venture,LLC¹
[edit] Other
Swiss Re (8.9%)¹
¹Minority interest
²Stations which LIN Television owns a minority interest (24%) in

No, Fox does. Fox news is in all the standard cable packages. MSNBC is not. I wonder what it cost Murdoch to get Fox in all the standard packages, don’t you?

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http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22080

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 14 Mar.’10 / 01:37

A 30-minute long fake report by Imedi television station on Saturday evening as if Russian troops were advancing to Tbilisi triggered panic and also wave of anger on the television station, which has a nationwide broadcasting.

In a brief notice to viewers before the launch of the report, the television station told viewers it was "a simulation" of what might happen in case Russian plans materialize. But in the course of the report itself the TV station carried no sign on the screen indicating that the report was fake.

As the fake report was running mobile networks crushed for several minutes as many were trying to call to find out what was happening. News agencies reported, that number of calls received by an emergency ambulance service, increased significantly at the time when the fake report was running on Imedi TV.

The report was aired by the Imedi TV’s weekly program Special Report, which started just couple of minutes before 8pm – time when Imedi TV runs its usual news bulletin Kronika. Imedi TV’s head is Giorgi Arveladze, former member of government and a long-time ally of President Saakashvili.

"Have you ever thought about the end of the Georgian statehood? Probably yes, because we have already seen this threat in summer, 2008," an anchor of Special Report, Natia Koberidze, said while opening the program.

She then continued: "Russia’s tactic against Georgia becomes more and more dangerous. The occupying force is vigorously searching for and is finding a foothold within the Georgian political spectrum."

"We want to offer you a simulated, special bulletin of Kronika. Our viewers and invited guest [in Special Report program's studio] will see a news bulletin of probably the toughest day for Georgia, which take into view those threats which politicians and experts are discussing regularly; [a news bulletin about] how events may develop if the society is not consolidated against Russia’s plans. Let’s see the news bulletin about the worst future."

After these introductory remarks by the anchor, a regular 8pm news bulletin of Imedi TV, Kronika, started. The story line of the fake report focuses on post-local election period, sometime in early June, 2010; opposition, allegedly led by Nino Burjanadze and Zurab Nogaideli – the two politicians who have recently met with Russia’s PM Vladimir Putin, protests against the local election results; Russia uses unrests in Georgia and intervenes militarily. The fake report culminated with announcement about President Saakashvili’s "assassination" and "clashes" in outskirt of Tbilisi.

A regular anchor of 8pm Kronika opened the news bulletin with announcing that President Saakashvili would make a special statement about "the current situation in Georgia."

Then he continued: "As it was reported few minutes ago, the Russian military forces, including its tank battalion, deployed in Akhalgori [breakaway South Ossetia], declared combat readiness; it is not ruled out that they will marched towards the capital [Tbilisi]. This information caused panic in Gori, Tbilisi and other Georgian cities; residents are trying to flee Tbilisi causing traffic jams and queues at petrol stations… sabotage on strategic facilities is not ruled out."

A caption was running bellow the screen, saying: "Mobilization of the occupying forces; Akhalgori-based military unit on combat readiness."

Then a new story line came into the fake report with the news bulletin anchor announcing that "nine persons wounded as a result of unrests in Tbilisi still remain in hospital" and that four people were "killed" in those unrests.

"Unrests in Tbilisi started on June 7 after unknown persons opened fire on protesters gathered in the Tbilisi center to protest against the election results," the anchor announced.

Mentioning of "June 7" was among those few vague clues which the fake report contained indicating that it was not true, but not definitely enough, as the report was developing in such a way that it was becoming more misleading and many viewers, especially those who started watching it not from its very start, thought it was all true.

Then back in studio, the news bulletin anchor announced that the opposition parties made a joint statement "declaring the authorities as illegal and announcing about establishment of so called people’s government." It was again followed by a separate fake report on details of "opposition’s statement" with use of archive footage from one of the meeting of opposition leaders.

Back in the studio the anchor again repeated, about seven minutes after the launch of the news bulletin, the initial announcement that Akhalgori-based Russian military forces were on high alert and their advance towards Tbilisi was not ruled out. The anchor also added that "the Georgian troops are mobilized at the administrative border close to Akhalgori and in Ergneti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJwNXmniWhc

Apparently the same thing happened when war of the worlds was played on Radio in the 30’s.

What can we learn from this?

People panic easily
Show frequent warnings – this is an exercise
There is a lot of hype on tv against Russia and Georgia on their respective tv stations.

I just read today that electronics technology manufacturers are getting ready to unveil 3D television this year, and that some cable networks, like ESPN, are already planning to launch 3D cable channels this year. I’ve just replaced two of the three televisions in my house, that were old-fashioned analog televisions , with new high definition televisions. I think it’s just now happening that people are beginning, en masse, to get rid of their old analog televisions in favor of new HDTVs. Is this going to be another situation like what Alvin Toffler described in "Future Shock", where a new technology becomes obsolete almost as soon as it is created. Or will plain old non-3D high definition televisions still be around for many more years to come?

Your question kind of makes the assumption that HDTV and 3D are two different things and they are not. 3D TVs that are coming out are full HD TVs, they have a pixel count that’s the same and whether they are plasma, LCD or LCD/LED they work the same. They will show double images switching back and forth quickly between the two, with active shutter glasses that are synced to the TVs.

It’s going to be years, maybe 10 before you will see a situation where 3D will be the majority, and old 2D HD is the minority. But even then it will be backward compatible since any non 3D TV can simply show the left or right frame at all times and everything will work normally. If 3D TV were some entirely new standard, then your question might make more sense.

I just read today that electronics technology manufacturers are getting ready to unveil 3D television this year, and that some cable networks, like ESPN, are already planning to launch 3D cable channels this year. I’ve just replaced two of the three televisions in my house, that were old-fashioned analog televisions , with new high definition televisions. I think it’s just now happening that people are beginning, en masse, to get rid of their old analog televisions in favor of new HDTVs. Is this going to be another situation like what Alvin Toffler described in "Future Shock", where a new technology becomes obsolete almost as soon as it is created. Or will plain old non-3D high definition televisions still be around for many more years to come?

Your question kind of makes the assumption that HDTV and 3D are two different things and they are not. 3D TVs that are coming out are full HD TVs, they have a pixel count that’s the same and whether they are plasma, LCD or LCD/LED they work the same. They will show double images switching back and forth quickly between the two, with active shutter glasses that are synced to the TVs.

It’s going to be years, maybe 10 before you will see a situation where 3D will be the majority, and old 2D HD is the minority. But even then it will be backward compatible since any non 3D TV can simply show the left or right frame at all times and everything will work normally. If 3D TV were some entirely new standard, then your question might make more sense.

Why didn’t this make national headlines?

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of a U.S. Muslim television network has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife by beheading her, the network’s Web site and local media reported.

Muzzammil Hassan, founder and CEO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Bridges TV which launched in 2004 with a mission to show Muslims in a more positive light, was charged after reporting the death of his wife, Aasiya Hassan, 37, on Thursday night.

After Hassan, 44, told police his wife was at the Bridges TV offices, in the village of Orchard Park, they found her body there, beheaded, The Buffalo News reported.

Authorities said Aasiya Hassan, with whom Hassan had two children, had recently filed for divorce and had an order of protection mandating that he leave their home as of February 6.

He was being held in a county detention centre charged with second-degree murder.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE51F4ZS20090217
Maybe I should have been more clear why didn’t the media turn this story into the O.J. trial, or the Cardinal B. story? A few clips and forget about it…

Because it was huge air crush the same date.
I’m really sorry that it didn’t this make national headlines.this event proves how dangerous religion could be–brainwashed man murdered his wife only because of his religious beliefs.I can understand him if he tried to hide body and get away from it, but he went to police and confessed–so his natural self-preservation instincts are suppressed by religion.
I intentionally use religion instead of Islam–it is true for every religion.

Why didn’t this make national headlines?

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of a U.S. Muslim television network has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife by beheading her, the network’s Web site and local media reported.

Muzzammil Hassan, founder and CEO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Bridges TV which launched in 2004 with a mission to show Muslims in a more positive light, was charged after reporting the death of his wife, Aasiya Hassan, 37, on Thursday night.

After Hassan, 44, told police his wife was at the Bridges TV offices, in the village of Orchard Park, they found her body there, beheaded, The Buffalo News reported.

Authorities said Aasiya Hassan, with whom Hassan had two children, had recently filed for divorce and had an order of protection mandating that he leave their home as of February 6.

He was being held in a county detention centre charged with second-degree murder.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKTRE51F4ZS20090217
Maybe I should have been more clear why didn’t the media turn this story into the O.J. trial, or the Cardinal B. story? A few clips and forget about it…

It did make national news. I saw it last night.