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1. BOOKS: INDEXES INDEXERS AND INDEXING: How to Do That Back of the Boo
From: David P. Dillard
2. MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: ALZHEIMER'S: New Brain Imaging Compound Shows
From: David P. Dillard
3. HEALTH: PERIODICALS : MEDICAL: PERIODICALS: News about The National
From: David P. Dillard
4. PSYCHOLOGY: STRESS: Experience Sculpts Brain Circuitry to Build
From: David P. Dillard
5. NANOTECHNOLOGY: Nanalyze
From: David P. Dillard
6. Community Radio Fund of Canada!
From: George Lessard
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1. BOOKS: INDEXES INDEXERS AND INDEXING: How to Do That Back of the Boo
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:52 am ((PST))
BOOKS: INDEXES INDEXERS AND INDEXING:
How to Do That Back of the Book Index and Similar Types of Indexing Such
as Periodical Articles: Some Sources That Tell Their Readers How This is
Done
I learned about this book many years ago and this is an excellent work on
how to create an index for anyone interested. There are two different
publication dates for the book in the first two entries and a related book
by the same author at the bottom of this brief list.
Indexes and indexing: guide to the indexing of books and collections of
books, periodicals, music, recordings, films and other material, with a
reference section and suggestions for further reading,
by Robert Lewis Collison
Type: English : Book
Publisher: London, Ernest Benn Ltd; New York, J. De Graff, 1972.
Indexes and indexing; guide to the indexing of books, and collections
of books, periodicals, music, recordings, films and other material, with a
reference section and suggestions for further reading,
by Robert Lewis Collison
Type: English : Book
Publisher: London, Benn; New York, De Graff, 1969.
Abstracts and abstracting services,
by Robert Lewis Collison
Type: English : Book
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-Clio, 1971.
These other books could be tried as well:
Indexing, the art of: a guide to the indexing of books and periodicals
Knight, G. Norman
London ; Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1979
How to index your local newspaper using WordPerfect or Microsoft Word for
windows
Morris, Carla D.; Morris, Steven R.
Englewood, Colo. : Libaries Unlimited, 1995
Indexing books; a manual of basic principles.
Collison, Robert Lewis.
New York, De Graff 1962
Indexing your book: a practical guide for authors
Spiker, Sina
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1954
Biomedical thesaurus and guide to classification
Koch, Michael Samuel
New York, CCM Information Corp., 1972, 1973
How to make an index;
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
London, E. Stock, 1902
[This may be very dated, but it would be marvelous to find out what was
being said about this topic at that time.]
Well, not to worry, by golly one can view this book.
<http://books.google.com/books/pdf/How_to_Make_an_Index.pdf?vid=
OCLC01822921&id=SCgCAAAAIAAJ&output=pdf&sig=
lV5ww2EU13RDkURdLfV6XtPQE9U>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yhvmys>
Title: How to make an index;
Author(s): Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917.
Publication: London, E. Stock,
Year: 1902
Description: xii, 236 p. 18 cm.
Language: English
Series: The book-lover's library;
Standard No: National Library: CAT10999329 LCCN: 02-21245
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Indexing -- Great Britain.
Cataloging -- Great Britain.
Errors and blunders, Literary.
Note(s): In 2 parts: (1) Historical: Introduction. Amusing and
satirical indexes. The bad indexer. The good indexer.--(2) Practical:
Different classes of indexes. General rules for alphabetical indexes. How
to set about an index. General or univesal index.
Also by this Wheatley person:
Literary Blunders
By Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Published 2004
Kessinger Publishing
108 pages
ISBN 141913065X
This book may also be viewed here at this URL:
<http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00400154&;
id=hz0OAAAAIAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=%22How+to+make+an+index%
22+and+wheatley&sig=mOeMELgDK6COplL54K5mcA0_CiM>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yeb78r>
Both can be read courtesy of Google Books.
Returning to our list of these works that was already in progress:
Practical study methods for student and pastor;
an illustrated manual with many time-saving helps on vertical filing,
indexing, note taking, library and research methods, power in periodicals
and books, efficient pocket notes, authoriship,
Rossin, Donald F.; Ruschke, Palmer,
Minneapolis, T.S. Denison for D.F. Rossin 1956
Iconography, indexing, iconclass: a handbook
Straten, Roelof van.
Leiden, The Netherlands : Foleor Pub., 1994
Indexing books
Author: Cross, Ruth Canedy.
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Word Guild, 1980
Indexing, the art of: a guide to the indexing of books and periodicals
Knight, G. Norman
London : Allen and Unwin, 1980, 1979
Speed indexing: how to prepare your genealogical book index rapidly and
accurately
Cook, Michael Lewis.
Evansville, Ind. : Cook Publications, 1978
Indexing a nuts-and-bolts guide for technical writers
Ament, Kurt
Norwich, N.Y. : William Andrew Pub., 2001
WEBBIB0607
Those wishing a greater deal of physical fitness for the indexing process
should vigorously exercise the finger next to their thumb on each hand as
these are ones index fingers.
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2. MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: ALZHEIMER'S: New Brain Imaging Compound Shows
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:00 am ((PST))
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: ALZHEIMER'S:
New Brain Imaging Compound Shows Promise for Earlier Detection of
Alzheimer's Disease
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:11:02 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New Brain Imaging Compound Shows Promise for Earlier Detection of
Alzheimer's Disease
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIH News
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
<http://www.nia.nih.gov/>
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:00 PM ET
CONTACT: Linda Joy, 301-496-1752, <e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
NEW BRAIN IMAGING COMPOUND SHOWS PROMISE FOR EARLIER DETECTION OF
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
A new imaging molecule that can detect and map plaques and tangles in the
brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could eventually lead to earlier
diagnosis of the devastating disease, researchers at the University of
California, Los Angeles report in the Dec. 21, 2006, issue of the "New
England Journal of Medicine". The compound developed by UCLA and called
FDDNP, also holds promise as a research tool to evaluate new treatments
for Alzheimer's. The study was funded in part by the National Institute on
Aging (NIA), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
FDDNP binds to plaques and tangles, enabling researchers to see these
abnormal deposits that form in the brains of people with Alzheimer's
disease on PET (positron emission tomography) scans. PET scans display
maps of the brain that scientists use to understand brain function. In a
clinical trial with volunteers who reported memory problems, results of
PET scans using FDDNP correlated well with the volunteers' clinical
diagnoses measured by performance on memory tests.
"Today, an estimated 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, and
that number could triple by 2050 as the population ages. We urgently need
techniques to see brain changes in the earliest stages of cognitive
decline so that we can identify people at risk and test drugs to stop or
slow the progression of Alzheimer's," says NIA Director Richard J. Hodes,
M.D.
In this study, Gary Small, M.D., of UCLA, led a research team that
compared PET scans using FDDNP, PET scans using another molecule (FDG) to
measure brain activity, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which can
show areas losing brain tissue in Alzheimer's disease. Of 83 people who
volunteered for the trial, researchers classified 25 as having
Alzheimer's, 28 as having mild cognitive impairment, and 30 as healthy.
The FDDNP PET scans were more accurate than FDG PET scans or MRI at
detecting differences among the groups of volunteers, the study found. Two
years later, follow-up testing on a subset of the volunteers showed that
FDDNP PET scans continued to correlate well with their clinical symptoms
and diagnoses.
"The hope is that better imaging techniques and markers will allow us to
conduct clinical trials with fewer volunteers and in less time," says
Susan Molchan, M.D., program officer in the NIA Neuroscience and
Neuropsychology of Aging Program. "The ability to image brain changes may
allow us to see how drugs affect the accumulation of proteins in the brain
that cause Alzheimer's plaques and tangles, possibly preventing or
delaying the progression of Alzheimer's."
In a separate but related project, NIA also leads the Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a federal government and private sector
partnership that seeks to discover imaging techniques and other biomarkers
that, over time, can measure biological changes in the progression from
mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. One component of the
initiative will compare PET scans using another compound that binds to
Alzheimer's disease plaques, Pittsburgh Compound B, with other tests.
ADNI began last year and continues to recruit new participants. People can
learn more about joining ADNI and obtain a list of U.S. and Canadian trial
sites by contacting NIA's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral
(ADEAR) Center at 1-800-438-4380 or by visiting
<www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers>.
Beyond public support from NIA, the National Institute of Mental Health
and the National Center for Research Resources, components of NIH at the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of
Energy, the research by Small and colleagues was supported by a number of
foundations. UCLA owns a patent for FDDNP, and Small and colleagues have a
financial interest in the molecule.
NIA leads the federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging
and the medical, social and behavioral issues of older people, including
Alzheimer's disease and age-related cognitive decline. For more on
dementia and aging, including information for patients and caregivers,
please visit the
ADEAR Center Website
<http://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers>
or call
1-800-438-4380
For more general information on research and aging:
go to
<http://www.nia.nih.gov>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- is comprised of 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of
the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary
Federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and
translational medical research, and investigates the causes, treatments,
and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about
NIH and its programs, visit
<http://www.nih.gov>
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REFERENCE: G.W. Small et al. PET of Brain Amyloid and Tau in Mild
Cognitive Impairment "The New England Journal of Medicine". Vol:355;25.
pp:2652-63. Dec. 21, 2006
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3. HEALTH: PERIODICALS : MEDICAL: PERIODICALS: News about The National
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:12 am ((PST))
HEALTH: PERIODICALS :
MEDICAL: PERIODICALS:
News about The National Institutes of Health (NIH) MedlinePlus Magazine
The message below is posted with the permission of the author of the
post.
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:35:09 -0500
From: "Miller, Naomi (NIH/NLM) [E]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: News about NIH MedlinePlus Magazine
Cross-posted to MEDLIB and CAPHIS. Please excuse duplication.
Dear Colleagues,
As many of you know, the Friends of the National Library of Medicine and
the National Institutes of Health now publish NIH MedlinePlus, a
quarterly magazine for consumers. The Winter 2007 issue will appear at
the end of January.
As an individual, you can receive a free subscription by completing the
subscription form on the
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine.html
page.
You can also download the past issues in PDF format from this page. All
RML network member libraries also receive a copy of the magazine.
Now you can also order multiple copies of the magazine. This link:
<http://www.vitalitycommunications.com/medline/medline_bulk.php>
takes you to a page where you may order 25 or more copies at a cost of
$1.00 apiece. (The $1.00 is cost recovery only.) This order form is also
at the bottom of the magazine page on MedlinePlus:
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine.html>
We appreciate your interest in the magazine.
Naomi Miller
Manager, Consumer Health Information
National Library of Medicine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
301-496-0240
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4. PSYCHOLOGY: STRESS: Experience Sculpts Brain Circuitry to Build
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:58 pm ((PST))
PSYCHOLOGY: STRESS:
Experience Sculpts Brain Circuitry to Build Resiliency to Stress
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:45:55 -0500
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Experience Sculpts Brain Circuitry to Build Resiliency to Stress
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NIH News
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov/>
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 21, 2006,
CONTACT: Jules Asher, NIMH Press Office, 301-443-4536,
<e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
EXPERIENCE SCULPTS BRAIN CIRCUITRY TO BUILD RESILIENCY TO STRESS
Rats Develop "Illusion of Control"
It's long been known that experiencing control over a stressor immunizes a
rat from developing a depression-like syndrome when it later encounters
stressors that it can't control. Now, scientists funded by the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), have unraveled the workings of the brain circuitry that
inoculates against such hard knocks -- the circuitry of resilience.
Control not only activated the brain's executive hub, the prefrontal
cortex, but also altered it so that it later activated even when the
stressor was not controllable. This activation turned off mood-regulating
cells in the brainstem's alarm center. The immunizing effect was so
powerful that even a week later, when confronted with an uncontrollable
stressor, the cells behaved as if the stressor was controllable and the
rat was protected.
"It's as if the original experience with control leads the animal to later
have the illusion of control even when it's absent, thereby producing
resilience in the face of challenge," explained NIMH grantee Steven Maier,
Ph.D., University of Colorado. "The prefrontal cortex is necessary for
processing information about the controllability of stressors as well as
applying this information to regulate responses to subsequent stressors."
A report on this first study exploring the neural mechanisms by which an
initial experience with a controllable stressor can block the later
behavioral effects of an uncontrollable stressor, by Maier, Jose Amat,
Ph.D., and colleagues, appears in the December 20, 2006 issue of the
"Journal of Neuroscience".
"Lack of control over stressful life experiences has been implicated in
mood and anxiety disorders," noted NIMH Director Thomas Insel, M.D.
"Understanding how the brain encodes the experience of control to protect
against such adverse consequences should help us develop better treatments
for these disorders."
Rats exposed to uncontrollable stress develop a syndrome similar to
depression
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/depressionmenu.cfm>
and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/ptsdmenu.cfm>
in which they lose the ability to learn how to escape stressors and behave
more fearfully.
Maier's research team had last year reported that the prefrontal cortex
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/ratstress.cfm>
quelled the brainstem center's alarmist tendencies. The current study
sought to pinpoint how and when the cortex influenced the alarm center to
produce the stress immunity.
The researchers chemically inactivated the cortex at critical stages of
experiencing and reacting to controllable and uncontrollable stress while
measuring neurotransmitter activity and gene expression in cells of the
alarm center via chemical monitoring and brain mapping techniques.
Increased secretion of serotonin (a mood regulating chemical) and gene
expression in the alarm center, as well as the depression-like behavioral
changes, no longer occurred following an uncontrollable stressor, if a
controllable stressor had been experienced as much as a week earlier.
When the prefrontal cortex was experimentally turned off during the
controllable stressor, the animal failed to develop such immunity.
Similarly, turning the cortex area off prior to the uncontrollable stress
also abolished the usually protective effect of a prior controllable
stress experience. Thus, the prefrontal cortex was required both at the
time of the initial control experience and then later at the time of
challenge for protection to occur.
"Perceived control, or coping, can buffer individuals against the negative
emotional and physiological impact of stress," said Maier. "Enhancing the
cortex's control over brainstem and other stress-responsive structures
appears to be critical for preventing and treating mood and anxiety
disorders."
Also participating in the study were Evan Paul, Christina Zarza, and Linda
Watkins, Ph.D., University of Colorado.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) mission is to reduce the
burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain,
and behavior. More information is available at the NIMH website
<http://www.nimh.nih.gov>
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research
Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit
<http://www.nih.gov>
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2006/nimh-21.html.
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5. NANOTECHNOLOGY: Nanalyze
Posted by: "David P. Dillard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwneastro
Date: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:00 am ((PST))
NANOTECHNOLOGY: Nanalyze
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Derived from the Greek word for small. Used to indicate one-billionth or
10-9 power. Since an atom is roughly 10 nanometers, the term has come to
be applied to the general study of molecular and atomic particles.
Nanocomputer
A computer with parts built on a molecular scale.
Nanocrystal
Molecular-sized solids formed with a repeating, three-dimensional pattern
of atoms or molecules with an equal distance between each part.
Nanocrystals are believed to have potential in optical electronics because
of their ability to change the wavelength of light.
Nanoelectronics
Nanoelectronics refers to electronics at the sub-micron scale. Many chip
components in production already feature sizes at the nanoscale. But
nanoelectronics also encompass what is known as molecular electronics,
which uses individual molecules in electronics. Other advances in
nanotechnology with applications in electronics include carbon nanotubes
that can be used in both chips and displays, and nanomaterials that can be
used in films that make smaller, more flexible displays and improved hard
disks.
Nanomachine
An artificial molecular machine of the sort made by molecular
manufacturing.
Nanoscience
Pure research at the atomic level with the goal of improving the
understanding of atomic and molecular structures.
Nanosurgery
A generic term including molecular repair and cell surgery.
Nanotechnology
The application of science to developing new materials and processes by
manipulating molecular and atomic particles.
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single nanometer, 1 billionth of a meter, is about four times wider than
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for research centers at other universities, and a need for an alternative
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AmberWave gets credit from GE Technology Finance
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6. Community Radio Fund of Canada!
Posted by: "George Lessard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] themediamentor
Date: Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:30 am ((PST))
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:00:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [ncra] In response to commercial radio review decisions
From: "Melissa Kaestner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For Immediate Release
December 21, 2006
Community radio is disappointed...but still encouraged by mandate to
create the Community Radio Fund of Canada!
On December 15, 2006, the CRTC published its new commercial radio policy.
The Canadian campus and community radio sector was awaiting the
publication for many reasons:
- for concrete measures for countering the current economic imbalance that
favours the private sector, especially the large networks
- a new definition of the concept of local programming, which would
specifically qualify local news
- particular attention to the broadcasting of music from emerging music
artists
- mandatory support of the Community Radio Fund of Canada, which in turn
will support the diversity of and access to local programming content
The CRTC has in part understood the requests of the community-broadcasting
sector made by the representative organizations ARCQ, ARC du Canada, and
the NCRA/ANREC. The Commission specifically mentions a community radio
fund as having become one of the potential recipients of financial
contributions from commercial radio, but the sector is concerned that it
is still on a voluntary basis. The community radio associations will be
moving forward in the new year towards establishing this fund as a viable
and concrete entity for commercial broadcasters to support.
And while the policy addresses the notion of economic imbalance amongst
private sector stations, there were no measures put in place that
addresses the imbalance between the private and community sectors. It
seems as though nothing will be done in order to reduce the enormous gap
in revenues that can be seen between the large private media groups and
independent radio, at least through this new policy.
The policy touches on the issue of local programming with the new notion
of Canadian Content Development. But even with this new direction, the
CRTC has not given a clear message to the broadcasting industry. The
policy does not address the place of local news, public affairs programs,
and the promotion of local culture. It is essential that both the CRTC and
the private broadcasting sector recognize in a regulatory manner that it
is essential that Canadians have guaranteed access to local radio stations
that speak to their reality and that urge them to actively take part in
their communities. To this end, the community radio associations will
continue to work together so that the Community Radio Fund of Canada will
become a reality and finance projects that will permit the community
broadcasting sector to reach its full potential.
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Overview of the Community Radio Fund of Canada
The National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA/ANREC), the
Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada (ARC du Canada) and the
Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec (ARCQ) propose
the creation of a funding body, to be known as the Community Radio Fund of
Canada/le Fonds canadien pour la radio communautaire (CRFC/FCRC), with a
clear mandate to support the development of local Canadian community
radio.
Canadians have access to an ever-growing number of media choices from
around the world. Ironically, programming that reflects local communities
and their concerns from both commercial and public broadcasters are
declining. Canadas non-commercial community broadcasters, mandated to
present community-oriented programming and access, struggle to maintain
operations and respond to the increasing demands of their local
communities. Despite having a large and diverse community radio sector,
Canada is one of the few industrialized countries that has no mechanism in
place at the national level to support local community broadcasting.
Support for the CRFC will be solicited from governments, private
broadcasters, and other donors. The goal of the CRFC will be to distribute
funds nationally through grants and on a station-by-station basis to
accommodate significant improvements in the sector within five years of
establishment.
The CRFC will need an annual investment of $18 million, of which $5
million would come from commercial radio. The estimated number of
potential beneficiaries in 2006 is approximately 140 stations.
The CRFC will provide the not-for-profit community-broadcasting sector
with the resources needed to continue providing local programming and
community access, as well as for the development and enrichment of this
vital component of the Canadian broadcasting system. This support will
focus on those areas that are both essential and often very difficult to
fund from other sources.
The CRFC will support projects for the development of community radio in
the following four areas:
1. Local news, public affairs, arts, and community access and outreach
programming, including training and production.
2. Programming and projects that contribute to Canadian talent development
and promote artists from emerging, under-represented, and diverse genres.
3. Planning and implementation of systems to support emerging programming
distribution technologies, including digital, satellite, Internet, and
wireless network delivery.
4. Sustainability and capacity-building activities, including such core
competencies as governance, management, programming, volunteer support,
community relations, technical infrastructure, and fundraising.
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Melissa Kaestner, NCRA/ANREC National Coordinator
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National Campus and Community Radio Association
Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires
http://www.ncra.ca
Celebrating 25 years -- NCRC 2006: The Evolution of Radio
http://www.ncra.ca/conference
the national campus and community radio report
http://www.earshot-online.com
Women's Hands And Voices
http://www.ncra.ca/women
Dig Your Roots. Discover Your Culture. Grow A Consciousness.
http://www.DigYourRoots.ca
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