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>Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:53:36 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Bradley Gano <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7109.1 Al Jazeera
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Hi Ed,

We use the DishNetwork service and receive the Arabic Elite package (and 
most of the other channels--including international news, though I'm not 
sure whether it has BBC World News). Students can drop in and watch it 
individually, or instructors can bring their classes here. The DishNetwork 
receivers have TiVo functionality, which is cool, too--if you're watching 
live FL programming and miss something, you can rewind and replay. We've 
advertised the service, but frankly I think it's drastically underutilized.

Ursula, nice use of the subjunctive. I have a hypothetical kitchen here 
that works much the same way.

Brad

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At 01:26 PM 4/8/2003 -0400, LLTI-Editor wrote:
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> >Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:27:34 -0500
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> >From: Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #7109 Al Jazeera
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>Ed, if we had a satellite dish, Dish Network would provide us with Al
>Jazeera, but it would part of the "Arabic Elite" package (all or
>nuttin', honey) and the subscription would have been more than $600
>for the year! The other Arabic channels in the package would have
>been pretty much useless. One of the channels would have really
>cheesy movies, black and white, looking every bit like The Three
>Stooges or Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis. Not dubbed - actors speaking
>Arabic. Very Hollywood, though, and not that useful. One more would
>be music only, no video. I would be considering not paying that much
>again for a year of Al Jazeera.
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>I am not permitted to have such a dish, you see. So the one that's
>there is kind of contrary-to-fact, hence the use of subjunctive.
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> >>From: "Dente, Ed" <[log in to unmask]>
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> >>Subject:  Al Jazeera
> >>Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 08:21:35 -0400
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> >Hi,
> >Is there a small dish company or cable company that carries Al Jazeera and
> >BBC World (video)News? We get BBC America, but Changing Rooms and Keeping Up
> >APpearances are not what the instructor is looking for.
> >Thanks,
> >Ed
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> >Director, Language Media Center    Ph: 617-627-3036
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