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Sunday, 28 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2530

There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1a. Geraldine Harris Adams is out of the office.
From: Geraldine Harris Adams

2. Kiva - We Let You Loan to the Working Poor
From: George Lessard

Messages
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1a. Geraldine Harris Adams is out of the office.
Posted by: "Geraldine Harris Adams" adamsg@un.org
Date: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:02 am ((PST))

I will be out of the office starting 24/12/2008 and will not return until
05/01/2009.

I will respond to your messages at that time.

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2. Kiva - We Let You Loan to the Working Poor
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:02 am ((PST))

We Let You Loan to the Working Poor

http://www.kiva.org/

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of
alleviating poverty.

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website,
empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the
developing world.

The people you see on Kiva's site are real individuals in need of funding
- not marketing material. When you browse entrepreneurs' profiles on the
site, choose someone to lend to, and then make a loan, you are helping a
real person make great strides towards economic independence and improve
life for themselves, their family, and their community. Throughout the
course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal
updates and track repayments. Then, when you get your loan money back, you
can relend to someone else in need.

Kiva partners with existing expert microfinance institutions. In doing so,
we gain access to outstanding entrepreneurs from impoverished communities
world-wide. Our partners are experts in choosing qualified entrepreneurs.
That said, they are usually short on funds. Through Kiva, our partners
upload their entrepreneur profiles directly to the site so you can lend to
them. When you do, not only do you get a unique experience connecting to a
specific entrepreneur on the other side of the planet, but our
microfinance partners can do more of what they do, more efficiently.

Kiva provides a data-rich, transparent lending platform. We are constantly
working to make the system more transparent to show how money flows
throughout the entire cycle, and what effect it has on the people and
institutions lending it, borrowing it, and managing it along the way. To
do this, we are using the power of the internet to facilitate one-to-one
connections that were previously prohibitively expensive. Child
sponsorship has always been a high overhead business. Kiva creates a
similar interpersonal connection at much lower costs due to the instant,
inexpensive nature of internet delivery. The individuals featured on our
website are real people who need a loan and are waiting for
socially-minded individuals like you to lend them money.

How Kiva Works

Choose an Entrepreneur, Lend, Get Repaid

1) Lenders like you browse profiles of entrepreneurs in need, and choose
someone to lend to. When they lend, using PayPal or their credit cards,
Kiva collects the funds and then passes them along to one of our
microfinance partners worldwide.

2) Kiva's microfinance partners distribute the loan funds to the selected
entrepreneur. Often, our partners also provide training and other
assistance to maximize the entrepreneur's chances of success.

3) Over time, the entrepreneur repays their loan. Repayment and other
updates are posted on Kiva and emailed to lenders who wish to receive
them.

4) When lenders get their money back, they can re-lend to someone else in
need, donate their funds to Kiva (to cover operational expenses), or
withdraw their funds.

Corporate Partners
http://www.kiva.org/about/supporters/
Institutional Supporters
http://www.kiva.org/about/institutional/

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Saturday, 27 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2529

There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. U.S: Vote Now To Make Low Power Radio A Priority For The New Admini
From: George Lessard

2. Afghanistan's media battleground
From: George Lessard

3. A new threat to CBC, Conservative plans to slash a devastating $200
From: George Lessard

Messages
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1. U.S: Vote Now To Make Low Power Radio A Priority For The New Admini
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:03 am ((PST))

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [MRN] Vote Now To Make Low Power Radio A Priority For The New
Administration!
From: "pete tridish" <petri@prometheusradio.org>
Date: Thu, December 25, 2008 17:56
To: "Micro Radio List" <microradio@lists.riseup.net>
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Prometheus is going all out to make sure that the new administration
finishes up the unfinished business with LPFM in the early months of
the new government. There are a few awesome mechanisms right now to
get the word out about our support for low power radio in the new
administration and Congress.

Our coalition has met with the transition team for the new FCC and
they have encouraged us to submit ideas through these websites and
make sure supporters make themselves heard as first priorities are
established.

So here is a really good site where you can vote for good ideas like
LPFM, and there will be more to come in the coming days!

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/allow_low_power_radio_stations_in_americas_cities

Vote Now!
pete tridish

pete tridish
director of electromagnetism
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Pe'tre Dish (n): A squat, cylindrical article of laboratory
glassware, useful in observing resistant strains in aetherial media.

prometheus radio project
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http://www.prometheusradio.org
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2. Afghanistan's media battleground
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:55 pm ((PST))

Afghanistan's media battleground

---- by Rahilla Zafar, Kabul ----

[excerpt]

Six years ago television was banned in Afghanistan and its single national
radio station was Taliban-run.

William Reeve was a BBC Afghanistan correspondent for two years in the
early 1990s during the time of the warlords and for two years in 1998-1999
during the Taliban regime.

He remembers the days when the main sources of reliable information for
Afghans, before and during the time of the Taliban, were the daily BBC
broadcasts in Dari and Pashto. In a country that has suffered through
decades of war, reliable news was needed to ensure safety.

"Surveys have shown that when big stories were being played out in
Afghanistan, as many as 70 per cent of the Afghan population would hear
what was happening in their country from BBC broadcasts in their own
languages. Their lives would often depend on this. So they tended to glue
themselves to the evening BBC broadcasts all around the country," Reeve
recalls.

Today the country's independent media are considered to be a major success
story – but like most developments in this war-battered nation it finds
itself increasingly under threat.

While the establishment of an independent media has played a pivotal role
in uniting an ethnically-divided country, the re-emergence of warlords and
a reluctant government puts such gains in jeopardy.

Since 2002, hundreds of media outlets opened with the help of an
international donor community that recognised a free press as a necessary
ingredient of nation-building in a country where 90 per cent of its people
live in rural areas.

"There were so many media trainers here in 2002 that I wondered who was
going to feed the people," says Dominic Medley who served as country
director for Internews in 2002, an organisation that has helped to set up
35 regional radio stations.

And despite a promising start, sustaining independent media stations has
become a challenge in Afghanistan. Obstacles include the rise of
warlord-backed media outlets; a growing lack of security for journalists;
and the reluctance of Afghan officials to embrace an independent media.

With so many actors involved from international military forces, foreign
governments, as well as Afghan political leaders and warlords, the media
have evolved at a fast pace that far exceeds what the actual market size
of 22 million dollars could support.

more at

http://knowledge.insead.edu/Afghanmediabattleground081226.cfm#

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3. A new threat to CBC, Conservative plans to slash a devastating $200
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:56 pm ((PST))

Trouble reading this email? View it online at:
http://www.friends.ca/files/html/FCB-video-08dec26.html

Dear Friend,

FRIENDS has learned from a reliable confidential source of Conservative
plans to slash a devastating $200 million from the CBC's Parliamentary
grant. We have prepared a special video message for you on this potential
new threat to our national public broadcaster.

Click here to view the message now.

Regards,

Ian Morrison

Ian Morrison, Spokesperson
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting

PS: A $200 million cut to CBC's parliamentary grant would require
amputating a number of broadcasting services on which Canadians depend.
For example, in order to save $200 million it would be necessary to scrap
most local programming on CBC Radio One and CBC Television throughout
Canada, effectively turning CBC into a Toronto Broadcasting Corporation,
as well as killing CBC Radio Two and CBC.ca, along with all their French
language equivalent services.

PPS: If you have a few moments for additional context and background, I
invite you to listen to a recent interview I did on CIUT-FM about the
impact of a $200 million cut to CBC's parliamentary grant.

http://www.friends.ca/fight4radio2

FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting is an independent watchdog for Canadian
programming and is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party.

Trouble reading this email? View it online at:
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Thursday, 25 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2528

There is 1 message in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. MENA Fw: Meedan Newsletter
From: tamara aqrabawe

Message
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1. MENA Fw: Meedan Newsletter
Posted by: "tamara aqrabawe" aqrabawe@yahoo.com.au aqrabawe
Date: Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:31 am ((PST))

Winter 2008 Newsletter
Featuring Recent Press Coverage, Update on the Public Launch, Team Updates, The Latest Conversations on Meedan

äÔÑÉ ÃÎÈÇÑ ÔÊÇÁ 2008
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Welcome to the Meedan Newsletter - your chance to come right on in and see the Meedan workshop from the inside.

Meedan is nonprofit community of Arabic and English speakers. We feature a variety of local and global events, which you can comment on. We translate every comment submitted and any news article or blog post that you submit.

I hope you glean from it something of the energy and enthusiasm that permeates the work of our technologists, designers, translators, and partners every day. With your ongoing feedback and support we can continue to make sound steps towards our ultimate goal of a vibrant online platform for Arabic- and English-language conversation and knowledge exchange on the web.

Season's greetings, Eid Mubarak, Salam, Peace, and Happy New Year from all of us at Meedan. Thanks for reading, we hope to see you online.

- Ed Bice, Meedan CEO

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Recent Press Coverage ÂÎÑ ÊÛØíÉ ÕÍÝíÉ

We were delighted to see Meedan covered in a full-page spread in last week's "Year in Ideas" issue of the New York Times Magazine. You can read the full article online at the NYT website.

(Read it in Arabic here.)

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Talk of Meedan - ÍÏíË ãíÏÇä

Bush, Al-Zaidi and a pair of shoes

Voices on the web

Zaidi has expressed the pent-up pain and humiliation which Iraqis feel as a result of the violations committed by the occupation forces throughout five years. - Al-Azab Al-Tayyib Al-Tahir, Iraq News Agency

Al-Zaidi may have been beaten for his outburst at George Bush, but Iraqi journalists are entitled to righteous indignation. - Jonathan Steele, The Guardian

The Iraqi journalist should have asked tough or embarrassing questions to US President Bush while he was standing near Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. However, the journalist opted for shoes instead of questions. - Tariq Al-Hamid, Asharq Alawsat

Voices on Meedan

I think that the journalist wanted to tell Bush how each Iraqi feels, and it was the only way, of course its not the right way but I'm sure that he couldn't find another one. - Hiba, Syria

I know that Muntadhar Al Zaidi has become a "folk hero", but for me he's just a very courageous man but not a hero. - Siham, Morocco

I think what he did was a symbolic action to express what his people really felt about the unwanted US invasion. - Wesam, Egypt

It seems like part of the usual media circus, a pretty ineffective act, even politically, and it doesn't speak very well to the horror that we have created in Iraq. - Andy, USA

With somebody like Bush, the shoe throwing is a tickle. Because when Bush wanted to express himself to the Iraqis, he threw rockets and shells. - George, Palestine

As we say on the basketball court in my neighborhood: No harm no foul! I think it's a purely symbolic act until the shoe hits the face. - Chris, USA

Al Zaidy was not attempting to hurt Bush he was expressing the pain and the situation of losing hope that Bush caused in Iraq. - Fairuz, Syria

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Community Update ÂÎÑ ãÓÊÌÏÇÊ ÇáãÌãÚ

If there's one reason it's been an exciting month to be involved with Meedan, it's because our community and content efforts have really stepped up a gear.

Working from London, Meedan's Community and Content manager, George Weyman, has been building a distributed team of content producers and translators from across the Middle East and beyond, including Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Dubai, Morocco, Belgium and the United States.

George has established a system for identifying reports, blogs and opinion pieces to feature on the Meedan beta using Meedan's database of Arabic media sources along with social search tools. In the past month, George has also brought Asharq Alawsat's Iraqi editor Shadha Al-Jubori onto the team to advise on writing style and implemented a system for managing and tracking professional translator activity on the site.

Outreach continues apace, with specific focus on Meedan's volunteer translation community. Meedan now has a Meedan translators group on Facebook, with further outreach planned on other social networking sites. Meedan is also in discussions, through the Thomson Reuters Foundation, with the UNDP- backed Iraqi news agency Aswat al Iraq (Voices of Iraq) to provide translation of features. There are also discussions afoot to provide volunteer translation for partners' newsletters and reports, including Global Policy Forum and AUC journal Arab Media & Society.

If you'd be interested in volunteering to contribute to the site as a translator or content producer, or if you know of a nonprofit that could benefit from Meedan services in the future, or know of MENA-based journalists and translators who would be interested in getting involved, please contact Gweyman@meedan.net .

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Public Launch Update ÂÎÑ ÇáãÓÊÌÏÇÊ Íæá ÅØáÇÞ ÇáãæÞÚ

Meedan's long-awaited public 'soft' launch is now slated for early 2009 after a month of intensive activity both by Meedan technologists and developers at IBM.

Meedan's UI designer Chris Blow has led the visual effort, product managing the implementation of an enhanced user interface with IBMers Darren Shaw and Juan Allos. Chris's designs bring added user value to the Meedan platform, reinforcing the core user functionality of geo-tagged media sharing and cross-language conversation through a cleaner, simpler UI.

Complementing Chris's vision for a new look Meedan has been the work of CTO Anselm Hook. Anselm's success in incorporating open layers to the Meedan platform has paved the way for a unique visualization of world events, media and related conversations plotted on a spinning globe.

Meedan's internationally-acclaimed technologist Anas Tawileh has been producing a documentary architecture of all the systems that comprise the Meedan enterprise. The modular architecture Anas is proposing with hybrid translation at its core will provide Meedan with a firm foundation from which to launch future projects with partners, as well as across the wider web, towards the goal of enhancing interaction across the Arabic-English language divide online.

The team now plans to sprint towards public launch early in 2009. You can help get the Meedan platform on the web by coming on to beta test the site. For more information contact joinbeta@meedan.net.

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Team News ÃÎÈÇÑ ÇáÝÑíÞ

Ed Bice, CEO, is making the public launch his only new year's resolution.
Anselm Hook, CTO, is expanding the colo to handle the new translation servers.
Anas Tawileh, VP Engineering, is discovering old haunts across the Middle East.
Chris Blow, UI designer, is drinking too much coffee, again.
Yvonne Burgess, COO, is refreshed and energized after the team retreat.
George Weyman, Community Manager, is reveling in the joys of the Alexa toolbar.
Joseph Jones, Publishing Intern, is looking into a summer intensive at MIIS.

Translators: Mariam and Asma El in Belgium and Morocco, Marwa Al-A'sar in Egypt, Marilyn Chbeir in Lebanon, Boushra Bathish, Fariza Saadeh and Hiba Traifeh in Syria, Marianne Makram in Dubai

Content Producers: Fadi Abu Sada and George Rishmawi in Palestine, Mariam and Asma El in Belgium and Morocco, Richard Cozzens in Syria, Evan Hill, Susan MacDougal, Gregg Carlstrom and Josh Adland in the USA, Magdy Samaan and Mohamed Abdelbaky in Egypt

Steering Committee: Capping an excellent month of progress, Meedan welcomed three new members to the Meedan Steering Committee. Dr Saidam Sabri, Dr. Osama El Ansari, and Dr. Muna Abu Sulayman join MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton and IBM Foundation President Stanley Litow on this committee.

Dr Saidam Sabri became the minister of telecoms and IT for the Palestinian Authority in 2005 serving in the ninth Palestinian cabinet, liberalizing the telecom market and launching the Electronic Palestine Initiative. In May 2006, he established the first innovation group in Palestine under the umbrella of Birzeit University known as the Birzeit Innovation Group (BIG). He also founded the Palestinian e-Republic and co-founded the Palestinian Society for Re-cycling and Environmental Development.

Dr Osama El Ansari is the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Network of Syrian Scientists, Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA). He was formerly a member of the Board of the Association of International Bond Dealers, Vice Chairman of the International Securities Market Association and an advisor to the Muscat Stock Exchange. He is also Professor of Finance at the Higher Institute of Business Administration in Damascus, an EU-funded project

Muna Abu Sulayman serves as Executive Director of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company. As a co-host of one of MBC TV's most popular social programs, Kalam Nawaem, she is a prominent media personality in the Middle East and abroad. In 2005, she became the first woman in Saudi Arabia to be appointed by the United Nations Development Program as a Goodwill Ambassador.

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Funding and Partnerships

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Meedan funding continues to explore multiple avenues for funding. Having secured a significant grant for general project support from MacArthur Foundation in August, Meedan has made a number of proposals to Middle East foundations that promote valuable work in the fields of global dialogue, reconciliation and technology. The Doris Duke Foundation and IBM Foundation are both continuing their generous support for Meedan in 2009, with IBM agreeing to provide access to translation software for Meedan through 2012.

Discussions are also ongoing with the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme and Co-exist Foundation to employ Meedan translation tools to the task of translating theological texts from Christianity, Islam and Judaism onto the web. Finally, there are conversations slated with the BBC World Service Trust to open up Meedan's social networking tools to younger Arabic speakers on the web.

If you know of funders who might be interested in supporting Meedan's efforts, or if you yourself would like to donate to a specific component of the project (translation, partner programs, mobile applications such as the iPhone) or the project in general, please contact operations@meedan.net.

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1. Berita EFEK RUMAH KACA
From: yurskie.

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1. Berita EFEK RUMAH KACA
Posted by: "yurskie." yurskie_erk@yahoo.com yurskie_erk
Date: Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:05 pm ((PST))

ï¿½
STOP PRESS!!!
ï¿½
Segenap management Efek Rumah Kaca mengucapkan selamat merayakan Natal dan menyambut Tahun Baru 2009. Satu tahun lebih karya ERK berjudul self titled sudah ikut meramaikan industri musik Indonesia dengan hits seperti ï¿½Di udaraï¿½, ï¿½Desemberï¿½, ï¿½Cinta Meluluï¿½ dan lain-lain. Kini Single terbaru Kenakalan Remaja di Era Informatika berhasil menduduki tangga lagu di beberapa radio. Album kedua berjudul ï¿½Kamar Gelapï¿½ yang di rilis pada tanggal 19 Desember 2008 sudah bisa di dapatkan di toko-toko terdekat. Kami juga memohon maaf atas keterlambatan pendistribusian dan kesalahan pencantuman kode nomor RBT INDOSAT lagu-lagu Efek Rumah Kaca di album "Kamar Gelap" pada sampul belakang CD "Kamar Gelap", poster, dan flyer promosi.

Berikut ini adalah kode RBT INDOSAT yang benar:

Tubuhmu Membiru... Tragis 0613132
Kau dan AKu Menuju Ruang Hampa 0613133
Mosi Tidak Percaya 0613130
Lagu Kesepian 613131
Hujan Jangan Marah 0613129
Kenakalan Remaja di Era Informatika 0613128
Menjadi Indonesia 0613127
Kamar Gelap 0613125
Jangan Bakar Buku 0613126
Banyak Asap di Sana 0613123
Laki Laki Pemalu 0613124
Balerinaï¿½ 0613122

MOHON MAAF YANG SEBESAR-BESARNYA UNTUK KESALAHAN TERSEBUT. TERIMA KASIH.
Cara aktivasi RBT INDOSAT: Ketik SET < Kode Lagu > kirim ke 808

Di akhir bulan Desember 2008 Efek Rumah Kaca akan melakukan perform tanggal 26 Desember di Rinjani Cafï¿½ Semarang dalam acara bertajuk Atlas di Udara, dan pada tanggal 31 Desember di Rooftop Santika Hotel Makassar dalam acara Chambers Show Vol.X. Selamat Menikmati ï¿½Kamar Gelapï¿½

For info
Myspace.com/efekrumahkaca
Yurie : 081394257339

Yurie "efek rumah kaca"
Management ERK
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YM: yurskie_erk

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Monday, 22 December 2008

[creative-radio] Digest Number 2526

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1. Wollngong, Australia: Anti-corruption advocates expelled from commun
From: George Lessard

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1. Wollngong, Australia: Anti-corruption advocates expelled from commun
Posted by: "George Lessard" media@web.net themediamentor
Date: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:44 pm ((PST))

Gong radio stoush: station cites "behavioural issues"
ABC Online - Australia
A community radio station in Wollngong says it took two anti-corruption
campaigners off-air on Saturday because of "behavioural issues" not because
of their ...
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/22/2452753.htm?section=entertainment>

Anti-corruption advocates expelled from radio station
ABC Regional Online - Australia
A program presenter at the Wollongong community radio station VOX FM has
been arrested and a number of others expelled over the weekend for
attempting to ...
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Wollongong corruption campaigner hauled off air
ABC Online - Australia
A community radio program that has at times put forward strong views on
corruption in Wollongong, has been taken off the air with the assistance of
NSW ...
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[creative-radio] Digest Number 2525

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1. Rumbek, Sudan: FM stations located in Kauda, Leer, Malualkon, and Ku
From: George Lessard

2. Please evaluate the AMARC 16 days campaign
From: tamara aqrabawe

3. radio cable
From: Vickram Crishna

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1. Rumbek, Sudan: FM stations located in Kauda, Leer, Malualkon, and Ku
Posted by: "George Lessard" mediamentor@gmail.com themediamentor
Date: Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:40 pm ((PST))

Thursday, December 18, 2008
Welcome to Sudan

So yes, I've taken a job with a non-profit organization called
Internews in Sudan doing community radio. My official title is
Community Radio Technical Manager. I'm taking care of 4 FM community
radio stations in Southern Sudan, and likely building 2 more in the
coming year. The Internews office is in Rumbek, which is my base of
operations....

http://deadlanguagestudio.com/news/

Photo of Internews Office Rumbek:
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2. Please evaluate the AMARC 16 days campaign
Posted by: "tamara aqrabawe" aqrabawe@yahoo.com.au aqrabawe
Date: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:22 pm ((PST))

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To: AMARC WIN Reps <amarcwinreps@lists.amarc.org>

Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:46:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Amarcwinreps] Please respond to the 16 days campaign evaluation

Dear all,

We are evaluating the recent broadcast campaign on 16 days of activism on
violence against women. Please help us improve future campaigns by answering
the attached evaluation form whether you contributed to the campaign or not.

Thank you very much for your cooperation,
ï¿½
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza
AMARC Women's International Network
ï¿½
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Bonjour ï¿½ toutes et ï¿½ tous,

Nous sommes en train d'evaluer la campagne radiophonique rï¿½cente sur les 16 jours d'activisme contre la violence envers les femmes. Veuillez nous aider ï¿½ ameliorer les futures campagnes en rï¿½pondant au questionaire d'evaluation, ci-joint et ce que vous ayez contribuï¿½ ï¿½ la campagne ou non.

Merci beaucoup pour votre cooperation,
ï¿½
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza
AMARC Women's International Network
ï¿½

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Hola a todas y a todos

Estamos evaluando la campaï¿½a radiofonica reciente sobre los 16 dï¿½as de activismo contra la violencia de gï¿½nero. Por favor ayï¿½denos a mejorar las futuras campaï¿½as respondiendo a la encuesta de evaluaciï¿½n adjunta e indicando como ha contribuido a la campaï¿½a o no.

Muchas gracias por su cooperaciï¿½n,
ï¿½
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza AMARC Women's International Network

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Posted by: "Vickram Crishna" v1clist@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:22 pm ((PST))

A philanthropic donation of some 50 kg of high quality antenna cable (RG58) is lying ready for use, in Hamburg. Anyone who can use this cable, which should be useful to help set up community radio stations or any other mass scale public service broadcasting networks, and can make arrangements to have the cable collected from Hamburg, may write in to be put in touch with the donor.

Vickram
http://communicall.wordpress.com
http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com

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