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The 5 most recent posts from all Feba blogs are displayed here. How is this done? Using the crafty little INLINE-RSS plugin. If yours is missing, let Sam or Mark know and we will fix that in a jiffy, and even faster if coffee is involved.

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Sam Peckham: Web Developer, Feba UK

• Tags, Categories and Clouds

It was recently raised in a comment to my previous post whether Tags or Categories should be encouraged, when writing and managing blogs. It then occurred to me that some of those new to blogging, and in particular Wordpress and it’s terminology, might not understand what either of these two are or their differences. So [...]

• A Corporate Template for Feba Blogs

You will have noticed that your themes have all changed today, as we roll out this theme across all our current blogs. The aim, to keep a simple an uniform look and feel across all the blogs allowing you to focus on the content. We may review this template and I will certainly be making improvements [...]

• Ubernyms, for those not in the know!

What’s an ubernym? Well I could write all about this plugin and explain what it does, and everytime I mention the word I’d have to explain it. Or I could just write ubernyms. Now you can hover over the word and see a nifty javascript pop-up with the explanation in. This plugin is now available [...]

• The D2 Blog

As someone behind the scenes of this new blogging culture and with my current role in Feba as Website Developer I’ll dub this particular blog the Design/Development (D2) blog. I’ll be using this space to explore the possibilities and limits of Wordpress and the MU (Multi-User) setup. Looking specifically at securing different blogs to be ’staff [...]

Jon Hargreaves: International Ministry Director

• What happened to the American dream?

According to CBC news, U.S. authorities now have the power to seize and detain travellers’ electronic devices, including laptops and cellphones, and make copies of their contents at an off-site location, under newly disclosed customs policies. The policy gives border agents at any point of entry into the United States the authority to also take documents, [...]

• Using media to win hearts and minds

You’ve got to hand it to the Taliban, they certainly know how to work the media to further their heinous objectives. A report from the International Crisis group tells how the organisation is using a full range of media, from web-sites to mobile ‘phones, to tap into strains of Afghan nationalism and exploit policy failures [...]

• Disaster radio field trial a success

“Not only do I see the potential of radio in disaster mitigation, I can see it has huge potential for community development in India,” says Saji Varghese, a World Vision manager in the emergency response unit, who was a participant of the FIRST Response workshop and trial. Radio Ungal , 98.4FM, the Tamil FM station [...]

• Field trial is on air

The FIRST Response field trial participants endured a 14-hour bumpy bus ride, equipment glitches and power cuts to arrive in Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu) at 5am on Saturday morning, a few hours later than scheduled.  They quickly set up their equipment (including attaching the antennae to a drain pipe on the roof).  The FM station was [...]

• Head of Asia Pacific welcomes FIRST Response trial

The head of the Asia-Pacific branch of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), Ashish Sen, says the FIRST Response training taking place in Bangalore this week is “the first step in the journey towards introducing mobile broadcasting in India for disaster management”.   He was speaking to participants on the first day of the workshop which will [...]

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Bob Bartz: Broadcast Technology Director for Africa

• Used Tower for Radio Nuru

One of the requirements at Radio Nuru is a tower upon which the station antenna will be mounted. Over the past several months, Paul Zimmerman has been looking for a tower around the area of Macomia. While there were several, none were found to be stable enough to purchase. Steel costs on South Africa have been [...]

• Power FM Explores Interactive Programming

A message recently received from station manager Hannington Muyenje of Power FM in Kampala requesting assistance in specifying a system to allow reporters and programmers to broadcast remotely from various locations around the country. Hannington is considering using a Comrex BlueBox system that will use a standard telephone line or cellular telephone to provide [...]

• TWR Finds Funds for Ndengu Project

TransWorld Radio (TWR) in Africa has once again demonstrated their commitment to the Yao FM project at Ndengu in Malawi. The operation has raised an additional US$1,000 to cover the cost of moving the existing transmitter hut at the project site from its present location 60 meters away from the tower to place at the [...]

• Radio Nuru Moves Forward

I’ve just received a message from Paul & Karen Zimmerman announcing that the governor of Cabo Del Gado province of Mozambique has approved the radio association for Radio Nuru. This has been a struggle over the past several months. The application was held up regarding a number of technicalities, not the least of which was [...]

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Steve Myerscough: Radio Producer, SE, Feba Uk

• Running Dry

I’ve been slowing down on ideas recently. So, how about some help from you.  Got any interesting stories or issues you think would work for a Spotlight programme?  Maybe you know of a great website full of interesting ideas you think we at Specialised English should know about?  Leave a comment below if you do.  Currently I’m entertaining [...]

• Listener Mail

Every month Spotlight features a listener mail programme, and recently I’ve been helping to put this month’s show together.  We’ve included emails from around the world, including Ukraine, Korea and Ecuador.  Its good to know people are listening and interacting with the programme.  The majority of the emails are simply expressing their thanks to Spotlight for helping them with their [...]

• One Computer Each

I’ve been writing a programme on One Laptop Per Child.  It seemed like a good idea, but I didn’t realise how hard it would be.  Basically OLPC is an organisation that aims to sell millions of laptops to developing countries so that children can learn using their own laptops.  Elements of their design are impressive.  They [...]

• My First Programme

So, been here a few weeks now.  Finished my first programme and at various stages of progression with three others.  My first programme was about some schools in Israel where Jewish and Arab children are taught side by side and in both language.  The school is split 50:50 right down the middle, including two teachers in each class [...]

• Spotlight Annual Conference

Every year the three teams that work on the Spotlight programmes get together to discuss life, the universe and everything.    This year’s hot topic was the website, which we were told was receiving remarkable numbers of hits - around 20,000 a month.  Thanks to the wonders of google we were also able find out a bit of [...]

Posted by Mark June 2008

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