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This week on The Listening Post, old media, new media and the phenomenon of the YouTube killers. In this week's News Divide, we take a look at the latest phenomenon of our time, and our technology. As the latest Finnish school shooter joins the ranks of a disturbing new breed of young mass murderers who have relied on the media to gain notoriety, the Listening Post explores the new media platforms, the videos they showcase and where the responsibility lies for policing the content. We also look how the mainstream media are handling this often graphic material and beaming it into the homes of unsuspecting viewers. Plus, go to part two for 'Ramadan TV': the battle for the hearts and minds of Islamic viewers and the big business that it brings. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert YouTube Finland shooting Finnish student Matti Juhani Saari media coverage responsibility Added: October 4, 2008

we explore the biggest event on the Middle East's media calendar: 'Ramadan TV,' the battle for the hearts and minds of Islamic viewers and the big business that it brings. As the Muslim world bids farewell to another month of fasting and worship, they also say goodbye to the vibrant, eclectic and often controversial programming that is, the Ramadan TV season. The Listening Post's Salah Khadr examines how the steady growth in viewers and ad revenue have led to charges of commercialism and left some viewers extremely unhappy. In this week's Newsbytes: The Egyptian editor imprisoned for suggesting that President Hosni Mubarak was not well; the continuing media war in the Palestinian territories and the rogue images from Iraq; Italy and the outlawing of web blogs and the tiny US newspaper that takes a stand the rest of the US media could learn a lesson from. Finally, for our Video of the Week, we are Stayin' Alive with a helping pair of hands from Gerry Phillips, the world wide web's very own 'Manualist.' With no instruments in sight, check out why this musical pioneer has hundreds of thousands of viewers putting their hands together to applaud him. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert Salah Khadr Ramadan Palestinian TV television Egypt newspapers Italy blogs Gerry Phillips Added: October 4, 2008

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The Listening Post takes a look at constructing the narrative: how John McCain is dictating the media's daily talking points in the US presidential election. We head to the US where the presidential election campaign is in full swing. And what are the media talking about during these times of economic woes and interminable foreign wars? As one TV anchor put it, they will be talking about "whatever the McCain campaign wants"! We look at how crafting the media narrative in order to win the news cycle has led the media to seriously consider the veracity of what the politicians and their campaigns are saying. Misleading adverts, misquoted statements and downright lies are coming back to haunt John McCain in a media backlash. But who will come out best in this battle to grab the voters' attention? In Newsbytes: Zimbabwe moves to relax restrictions on the media; A24, a new online initiative for pan-African journalism, is launched in Kenya; Egyptian campaigners employ SMS messaging to expose torture; Myanmar releases writer U Win Tin after 19 years in prison but the media faces a new threat as the ruling military government launch a cyber-war against anti-government online publications; and computer hackers target US Republicans at the highest level. Our Video of the week offers a master class in improvised musical instrumentation. This innovative Japanese man has created an orchestra out of vegetables. Learn all you need to know from his YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/heita3?ob=1 Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert US presidential election John McCain Barack Obama campaign media message Zimbabwe Myanmar Added: September 26, 2008

The Listening Post looks at how the global economic crisis has the media reaching for the superlatives as they predict 'the end of capitalism'. In this week's News Divide we take a look at a truly global story: The collapse of some of Wall Street's most venerable financial institutions has left economies around the world trembling. The financial and business pages have taken over the front pages and news anchors are competing to find strong enough superlatives to characterise the disaster. But did the media ring the alarm bells loudly enough in the months preceding recent events? And how does the popular press make economics accessible to a non-specialist audience? Plus, in part two, we look at constructing the narrative: how John McCain is dictating the media's daily talking points in the US presidential election. Also in part two, join us for our Newsbytes and Video of the Week. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert financial crisis economic meltdown Wall Street bank collapse Lehman Brothers Fannie Mae Added: September 26, 2008

"Hier Encore" is a song released in 1961, written by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz. It was subsequently released in English (Yesterday When I Was Young), Italian (Ieri Si), and Spanish (Ayer Aún). It is considered one of Aznavour's greatest hits. Aznavour (May 22, 1924, Paris) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor and public activist. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known singers in the world. He is known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor[2] voice; clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravely and soulful low notes. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed about 1000 songs (including at least 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German[3]), and sold well over 100 million records.[4] In 1998, Charles Aznavour was chosen as Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century's outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006. Author: rovingeye2 Keywords: Charles Aznavour "Yesterday When Was Young" Hier Encore Easy Listening Jazz Pop Added: September 25, 2008

We hear a lot about violence on television, in the movies, and in video games. When violence is discussed, it s usually physical violence. USA Today cites a recent study at Brigham Young University that shows that seeing people being mean to others affects us as well. ___ ___ Participants responded just as aggressively, no matter what type of aggression they had encountered be it physical aggression or relational aggression, as the study defined it. We ll call the latter mental aggression seeing people being mean to other people. We all deal with mean people, or at least people who can be mean from time to time. ___ Prime example when I was a Production Director, which means I oversaw commercial production for a group of five radio stations, I implemented a new procedure that some of the sales people didn t like. I was back in the sales area, with all the sales people in their cubicles, and one decided to call me out. He was rude and confrontational. ___ ___ I remember someone we were grooming for management. He seemed to have all the right characteristics. However, when he faced a situation where someone was angry or upset, he only made it worse. As a leader, you have to learn how to diffuse situations, not inflame them. ___ How to diffuse a situation ___ Back to my story of being confronted by a sales person in front of the sales staff it caught me off guard, but I stopped and collected my thoughts. Then I said, I d be more than happy to talk with you about this my office. But your sales manager signed off on this procedure. So if you really have a problem with it, I d suggest you talk to him. ___ Get away When you feel your blood start to boil, get away before you say the wrong thing. If you re face-to-face, suggest you take up the issue again in a little bit. If you re on the phone, excuse yourself and let the other person know you ll need to call them back. Even with e-mail, refrain from being too quick to reply. Talk it out Tell a friend, a colleague, or your spouse how upset you are. Get it off your chest, as they say. Let it all out. By talking to someone, you get to say what you d like to say. Now you can start focusing on how to say it productively. Write it down If no one is available to talk to, write it down so you get the cathartic release you need. Don t do it as a Reply just in case you hit the wrong key and the message gets sent! ___ When I get really upset, I feel sorry for my keyboard. I m pounding away, but it gets it out of my system rather quickly. Then I get away for awhile. When I come back to it, I m ready to construct a response that will move things forward. ___ Report what happened Show the other person that you understand their concerns. State it back to them in the way in which they should have stated it. When they know you have heard their concerns, they re more likely to listen to your response. Focus on resolutions A great leader has to meet confrontation head-on, but also must always keep the bigger purpose in mind. Find a way to respond that doesn t make the other person defensive. Move the conversation s focus to solutions, not problems. ___ Get the tips and tools you need to be a BIGG success. Subscribe to the Bigg Success Weekly it s FREE! ___ A recent study shows that eighty percent of all employed people want to start their own business. Next time, we ll see if we can talk you out of it. Until then, here s to your bigg success! Subscribe to The Bigg Success Show in iTunes. Subscribe to the Bigg Success feed. Related posts 5 Steps to Make an Unhappy Customer Happy Again Relationship Building Blocks (Image by Ale_Paiva)

At long last, here s the actual video version of this episode. Since the audio only version seems to be going down well, we ll keep it online so listeners have a choice. Video Vocab is a series of short videos explaining the meaning of important business terms related to many of the topics that are part of every day business conversations. Today we re looking at business words related to projects and project management. First we ll hear a short article introducing the topic and then we ll go though each word in detail with some example sentences to show how you can use the words. At the end of the video you ll have a chance to review practice your new vocabulary. Premium Members: Study Notes | Online Exercises

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Ακρόαση του ηχητικού συστήματος του Νικήτα Τσελέντη, κατα την διάρκεια A.C.A. meeting.Author: skaloumbakas Tags: listening hiend system meeting A.C.A. tselentis Posted: 22 September 2008 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

This episode of Listening Post looks at the propaganda and pitfalls of reporting on and from the closed world of Kim Jong Il's North Korea. For this week's News Divide, we peek behind the bamboo curtain and look into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It has been described, by some commentators in the west, as a 'hermetically sealed' country, with no Western news bureaux. Few reporters get access into this secretive state, but we speak to Al Jazeera's Diplomatic Correspondent, Mark Seddon who has visited the country many times, to see what it is like to report from the hermit kingdom. The news coming out of Pyongyang is so restricted, that when their leader, Kim Jong Il, failed to turn up for the country's 60th birthday celebrations, the rumour mills went into overdrive with speculation about his ailing health. But where does the real story lie and how much truth is there coming out of the rumour mill? Plus in Plus in part two we report on the demise of the US newspaper industry. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert North Korea Kim Jong Il Pyongyang media journalism reporting Mark Seddon Added: September 19, 2008

The Listening Post's Robin Armstrong reports on the ailing US newspaper industry. This is a chronic affliction - both advertising revenue and readership are shrinking, and newspapers across the country are performing something of a disappearing act. Moreover, US newspapers have seen their share value drop more than any other sector in the media industry, papers are haemorrhaging staff. They are faced with a choice: either migrate to the internet, or die. The Listening Post goes to California, home of one of America's oldest and best-known titles, the San Francisco Chronicle, to see if the US newspaper industry is about to publish its own obituary. In Newsbytes, we look at a cartoon saga in South Africa; an inflammatory DVD about Islamic extremism; media coverage of the forthcoming Belarusian parliamentary elections; a tightening of the grip on the media in China and Russian PM, Vladimir Putin, who is said to be fuming that an exclusive interview with CNN was heavily edited. Closing our show with this week's Video of the Week is a quirky viral showing North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il as an animated video game character. Created by a German entertainment show, the video puts Jong Il through a Super Mario-like sequence, complete with hostile enemy countries and nuclear bombs. Watch it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdzzZCgFbU Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert Robin Armstrong US newspapers San Francisco Chronicle North Korea Russia Vladimir Putin Added: September 19, 2008

Dusty Springfield "The Look Of Love" (1967) Music written by Burt Bacharach & lyrics written by Hal David Author: rovingeye2 Keywords: Dusty Springfield "The Look Of Love" Easy Listening Burt Bacharach Hal David Added: September 18, 2008

Nina Somone "The Look Of Love" Music written by Burt Bacharach & lyrics written by Hal David Author: rovingeye2 Keywords: Nina Somone "The Look Of Love" Burt Bacharach Hal David easy listening Soul Jazz Added: September 18, 2008

When you get to the end of a wonderful book, your first impulse is to tell someone else about it. In this week's episode, Martha and Grant discuss what they've been reading and the delights of great prose. An Illinois man recalls that as a kid, he used to mix fountain drinks of every flavor into a concoction he and his friends called a 'suicide.' He wonders if anyone else calls them that. Why a 'suicide'? Because it looks and tastes like poison? It started as a typo for 'own,' now it's entrenched in online slang. A Kentucky caller is curious about 'pwn.' It rhymes with 'own' and means 'to defeat' or 'to triumph over.' Our hosts talk about a special meaning of 'own' in the computer-gaming world. Quiz Guy John Chaneski is Havana good time with Martha and Grant on an round-the-world 'International Puzzle Hunt' that will leave you Beijing for more. You seem to hear it on all the television hospital dramas: 'stat!' A physician says she knows it means 'immediately,' but she doesn't know its origins. Quick! Is there a Latin expert in the house? A San Diego fisherman notes that he hears mariners talk about 'snotty weather.' 'Snotty?' Is it the kind that gives you the sniffles? Or is does it cop an attitude? Do you ever stare at a word so long that you think it's mispellllled? Even though it isn't? Your dialectal duo hunt up a word for that phenomenon. Grant and Martha reveal what books are on their own nightstands, waiting to be read. Just the top of the stacks, natch, because there are just too many. This week's 'Slang This!' contestant tries to guess the meaning of the terms 'liver rounds' and 'put the bite on someone.' An Indianapolis woman who grew up in the South says that when her slip was showing, her father used to say, 'Who do you think you are, Miss Astor'?' Martha shares other euphemisms for slips showing. If someone sidles up to you and says, 'Pssssst! Mrs. White is out of jail,' it's time to check your hemline. You can tell someone's an 'A Way with Words' listener when they confess to lying awake at night wondering about questions like, 'Are the words 'fillet' and 'flay' etymologically related?' A Minnesotan has been observing his infant babbling, and wonders if words like 'mama' and 'papa' arise from sounds that babies naturally make anyway. Are there some words or sounds that are instinctive? Or do they only learn them from their parents? -- Get your language question answered on the air! Usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, slang, old sayings, other languages, speech, writing, you name it. Call or write 24 hours a day: (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673, words@waywordradio.org, or visit our web

When you get to the end of a wonderful book, your first impulse is to tell someone else about it. In this week's episode, Martha and Grant discuss what they've been reading and the delights of great prose. An Illinois man recalls that as a kid, he used to mix fountain drinks of every flavor into a concoction he and his friends called a 'suicide.' He wonders if anyone else calls them that. Why a 'suicide'? Because it looks and tastes like poison? It started as a typo for 'own,' now it's entrenched in online slang. A Kentucky caller is curious about 'pwn.' It rhymes with 'own' and means 'to defeat' or 'to triumph over.' Our hosts talk about a special meaning of 'own' in the computer-gaming world. Quiz Guy John Chaneski is Havana good time with Martha and Grant on an round-the-world 'International Puzzle Hunt' that will leave you Beijing for more. You seem to hear it on all the television hospital dramas: 'stat!' A physician says she knows it means 'immediately,' but she doesn't know its origins. Quick! Is there a Latin expert in the house? A San Diego fisherman notes that he hears mariners talk about 'snotty weather.' 'Snotty?' Is it the kind that gives you the sniffles? Or is does it cop an attitude? Do you ever stare at a word so long that you think it's mispellllled? Even though it isn't? Your dialectal duo hunt up a word for that phenomenon. Grant and Martha reveal what books are on their own nightstands, waiting to be read. Just the top of the stacks, natch, because there are just too many. This week's 'Slang This!' contestant tries to guess the meaning of the terms 'liver rounds' and 'put the bite on someone.' An Indianapolis woman who grew up in the South says that when her slip was showing, her father used to say, 'Who do you think you are, Miss Astor'?' Martha shares other euphemisms for slips showing. If someone sidles up to you and says, 'Pssssst! Mrs. White is out of jail,' it's time to check your hemline. You can tell someone's an 'A Way with Words' listener when they confess to lying awake at night wondering about questions like, 'Are the words 'fillet' and 'flay' etymologically related?' A Minnesotan has been observing his infant babbling, and wonders if words like 'mama' and 'papa' arise from sounds that babies naturally make anyway. Are there some words or sounds that are instinctive? Or do they only learn them from their parents? -- Get your language question answered on the air! Usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, slang, old sayings, other languages, speech, writing, you name it. Call or write 24 hours a day: (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673, words@waywordradio.org, or visit our web

Negotiations don t always go according to plan. Disagreement is part of life. But to build lasting relationships, coping with failure is even more important than celebrating success. So in this show, we ll examine a deal that does not get completed. We ll look at making a final offer as well as expressing dissatisfaction and regret. In particular, we ll focus on maintaining goodwill even when talks break down. Peter is the owner of mobile phone ringtone and game provider, Textacular. He is in discussions with Maxine about buying her company, Gamester. Eventually, Peter wants to sell his business to a larger, regional service provider for a profit, so he is attempting to roll up or buy other small companies to increase the value of his business. But Maxine wants €15 million for her business, and Peter isn t prepared to pay that much. As you listen, pay attention to how Peter makes a final offer, how Maxine declines it, and how they both work to maintain goodwill. Listening Questions: 1) What are Maxine s reasons for staying firm on price? 2) What does Peter say to justify not being able to pay more? 3) How does Maxine leave open the possibility for future cooperation? Premium Members: Study Notes | Online Exercises | PhraseCast

This week on Listening Post: How the Egyptian government are keeping tabs on internet use, and punishing those who are accused of misusing it. We have a special report on the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer. Jailed in 2006 for, apparently, "inciting hatred of Islam" and "insulting" President Hosni Mubarak, Kareem's case has thrown into stark relief the power of the state to exert control over new media. And what effect is this case having on cyber dissidents still operating in Egypt? Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert imprisoned Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer Added: September 12, 2008

The Listening Post looks at Pakistan in the post-Musharraf era. Under President Pervez Musharraf's government, the Pakistani media was subject to extensive liberalisation with dozens of new TV channels being launched. But as the Musharraf era neared its end stations were closed, anchor people were ordered off the air and newspapers faced censure for reporting unfavourably on the government. What will the coalition government and Asif Ali Zardari, the new president, mean for the media now? What will the change of leadership mean for freedom of speech? In this week's Newsbytes: Saudi TV station Al Arabiya's man in Tehran gets kicked out of Iran; problems at the recently launched BBC Arabic channel as staff vote to strike; under fire Thai PM Samak Sundaravej is told to leave office because of a TV cooking show; and American cable giant MSNBC bows to pressure after accusations of overly politicising its US convention coverage. The largest and most expensive experiment in scientific history has just been switched on beneath the French-Swiss border. If you're not sure exactly what the Large Hadron Collider is for, perhaps our Video of the Week might help. It's a collision of physics and rap. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Richard Gizbert Pakistan media Musharraf Samak Added: September 12, 2008

Artist featured in this episode are:Michelle Gold - Almost slipped awayBeatrice Ericsson - Through the nightChaz - Black Coffee (Caffeine Remix)DJ COA - This Small CafeHungry Lucy - Her SongAmy Courts - Nothing BetterNatalie Brown - In My DreamsPermanent4 - By CandlelightPete Hopkins - BecomeRobin Stine - Never Say GoodbyeAdrina Thorp - Round the BendMichael Dimitri - Twice upon a time Enjoy the episode! Come check us out live every sunday afternoon /  evening at www.dmradio.co.uk, or download the podcast at www.sundaysundown.com  

A short while ago I posted on the issue of stress and timing in English. In order to help you understand the concepts, I ve made a few recordings to illustrate my points. Here s the short text I ve prepared: I m very excited by the upcoming election. Here in the United States we choose a new president every four years. This year we re electing a new president because president Bush has served two terms. He can t run for the office of president any more. Why is this? One of the most famous presidents of all times was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was elected so many times - a total of four times - that congress decided to limit the number of times a president can serve. Since then, a president can only be chosen two times. In other words, the president can serve two terms. Comment | Copy This Wow that was awful! I didn t understand a word! I m not surprised if you didn t understand anything. Obviously, I exaggerated greatly here, but it s to make a point. You have to pick and choose what you want to accent and exaggerate. Here is the same passage, but it s been marked up with my accents. Notice how I swallow words and glide over them (remember those are function words mostly). This method of bolding words that you will stress and underlining as well as bolding those words you want to emphasize help a lot with preparing any short speech or reading you give. I m very excited by the upcoming election. Here in the United States we choose a new president once every four years. This year, we re electing a new president because president Bush has served two terms. He can t run for the office of president any more. Why is this? One of the most famous presidents of all times was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was elected so many times - a total of four times - that congress decided to limit the number of times a president can serve. Since then, a president can only be elected twice. In other words, the president can serve two terms Comment | Copy This To improve your pronunciation, try taking a paragraph and marking it as I have done here. Just going through this process will immediately improve your pronunciation.

Anna returns home to New York City, but her troubles have followed her.

In this Business English Pod lesson we re going to look at how to clarify and evaluate positions during a negotiation. An important part of any discussion is making our position clear; at the same time, we must make sure we understand the other side s point of view. Achieving mutual understanding can help us save money by avoiding missed opportunities. In addition, the ultimate goal of any negotiation is to create value. Therefore, evaluation - determining whether an offer or position is good or bad - plays an important role. So in this show we ll study stating, clarifying, and evaluating positions. Peter is the owner of mobile phone ringtone and game provider, Textacular. He is attempting to roll up, or buy, other small companies like his in an effort to increase the value of his company. Eventually, he wants to sell his business to a larger, regional service provider for a profit. In the listening, he is meeting with Maxine, owner of Gamester, to discuss a possible merger. As you listen, pay attention to how they clarify and evaluate each other s positions and try to answer the following listening questions. Listening Questions: 1. What is the basic source of disagreement between Maxine and Peter? 2. What are Maxine s reasons for insisting on her price? 3. What does Peter mean when he says he has done months of due diligence? Premium Members: Study Notes | Online Exercises | PhraseCast

This week on The Listening Post, we bring you a critique of the media coverage of the run up to and during the week-long Republican National Convention. We look back at the Ingrid Betancourt rescue by the Colombian government and ask some searching questions. In News Divide, we see what happened when the McCain 'Straight Talk Express' made a stop at in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention, despite the threat of derailment by Hurricane Gustav and shock news of a teenage pregnancy. Like the Democratic party did the past week during its convention, the Republicans wanted to seize this opportunity to display party unity and show off McCain's chosen running mate: Sarah Palin. However, with Hurricane Gustav cutting a devastating path along the Gulf Coast, the party re-choreographed the event to avoid a major PR blunder. When the hurricane was at its fiercest, reporters learned that the dyed-in-the-wool conservative's daughter, Bristol Palin, was about to become a mother, out of wedlock and at the age of 17. In the second half of our show, Salah Khadr poses the following question: was the release of Ingrid Betancourt (and 14 other hostages) by the South American FARC rebel group earlier this year too good to be true? It has been alleged that military personnel impersonated both humanitarian workers in the form of Red Cross and journalists from pan-Latin American TV station, Telesur, as part of the ruse that enabled them to get close to the guerrillas, and release the hostages. The against-all-the-odds success of 'Operation Checkmate' raises a whole host of questions, with regards to the mode of rescue and the long term implications it may have on journalists and aid workers in similar situations. In Newsbytes, we revisit the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer and the new laws that the Mubarak government is employing to keep tabs on internet users. We report on Ingushetian journalist, Magomed Yevloyev, who was shot in the head whilst in Russian police custody. Finally, still in Russia, we see how prime minister and self-styled Action Man figure, Vladimir Putin, supposedly acted the hero when he shot a predatory Siberian tiger dead. Finally, for our Video of the Week, we show you how Al Jazeera made the news in Golden, Colorado, as reported by the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Republican Ingrid Betancourt Colombia FARC Gustav Egypt Kareem Amer Magomed Yevloyev Dana Milbank Added: September 5, 2008

This week on The Listening Post, we bring you a critique of the media coverage of the run up to and during the week-long Republican National Convention. In News Divide, we see what happened when the McCain 'Straight Talk Express' made a stop at in Minnesota for the Republican National Convention, despite the threat of derailment by Hurricane Gustav and shock news of a teenage pregnancy. Like the Democratic party did the past week during its convention, the Republicans wanted to seize this opportunity to display party unity and show off McCain's chosen running mate: Sarah Palin. However, with Hurricane Gustav cutting a devastating path along the Gulf Coast, the party re-choreographed the event to avoid a major PR blunder. When the hurricane was at its fiercest, reporters learned that the dyed-in-the-wool conservative's daughter, Bristol Palin, was about to become a mother, out of wedlock and at the age of 17. In the second half of our show, Salah Khadr poses the following question: was the release of Ingrid Betancourt (and 14 other hostages) by the South American FARC rebel group earlier this year too good to be true? It has been alleged that military personnel impersonated both humanitarian workers in the form of Red Cross and journalists from pan-Latin American TV station, Telesur, as part of the ruse that enabled them to get close to the guerrillas, and release the hostages. The against-all-the-odds success of 'Operation Checkmate' raises a whole host of questions, with regards to the mode of rescue and the long term implications it may have on journalists and aid workers in similar situations. In Newsbytes, we revisit the case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger, Kareem Amer and the new laws that the Mubarak government is employing to keep tabs on internet users. We report on Ingushetian journalist, Magomed Yevloyev, who was shot in the head whilst in Russian police custody. Finally, still in Russia, we see how prime minister and self-styled Action Man figure, Vladimir Putin, supposedly acted the hero when he shot a predatory Siberian tiger dead. Finally, for our Video of the Week, we show you how Al Jazeera made the news in Golden, Colorado, as reported by the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Listening Post Republican Ingrid Betancourt Colombia FARC Gustav Egypt Kareem Amer Magomed Yevloyev Dana Milbank Added: September 5, 2008

Kardinal Offishall at his album listening session in Atlanta w/Akon, Konvict Fam and Press. 'NOT 4 SALE' in Stores NOW!!! http://www.iamnot4sale.com http://www.myspace.com/kardinaloffishall Author: KardinalOffishall416 Keywords: akon album kardinal listening not4sale offishall session Added: September 2, 2008

Life Could be a Painting© words and music by Douglas Kelvin 2007 © Life could be a Painting. The quality depends on patience with the brush until the application ends We live. We paint a picture. All can see the race we've run. Was it Vincent, Picasso or graffiti by a bum? ref Clever people recognise when good things have begun, but the thing that makes a masterpiece, is knowing when it's done. I'm painting with a passion. I give it all I've got. But the brush keeps on twirling round one annoying spot. It's you my son, my baby. I'm not finished there yet. I'm not happy with the ears. The paint is green and still too wet. ref Poised beside my canvas, still not happy with my lot the brush keeps going back to another trouble spot. It's you my wife my honey. I'm not sure you love me yet. I'm not happy with the eyes. It's the sparkle I can't get....ref end ©

This is the third episode of our video podcast series: Email Tune-up. In today s video we re going to look at an email request to an external supplier asking them to speed up the delivery of a shipment. Each video lesson features a review of a real-life email from one of our members. If you d like to submit one of your own emails for possible review, click this link to go to the information page. Premium Members: Study Notes | Large Format Video

The Democrats descend on Denver: Obama, the news media and the coverage of the Democratic Convention will be discussed. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Aljazeera Listening Post RIchard Gizberg Democratci national convention Obama US elections Added: August 30, 2008