| The Untold Story: How one small disc delivered a giant message to the ...
I thought I knew most aspects of the Apollo 11 mission," Rahman wrote to collectSPACE.com. "When I acquired a disc for my collection, I quickly discovered that only a sentence or two was mentioned about it in space history books." So, Rahman set about filling in the missing story.
After deciding to plant an American flag on the Moon and before the wording was finalized for the plaque declaring that "we came in peace for all mankind," the U.S. State Department authorized NASA to solicit messages of good will from the leaders of the world's nations to be flown and left on the Moon.
There were only two minor challenges: NASA didn't know yet how they would archive those messages for flight and as it was June 1969, there was only one month remaining before Apollo 11 would launch for the lunar surface.
Pollies fail to grasp key IT issues
The government and OPEL will invest around AU$1 billion each to rollout a wireless network based on the controversial but highly promising WiMax standard. Still unresolved, however, is the second part of the government's network strategy -- a metropolitan network that is widely expected to be fibre-based. Applications for the build-out of this network are to be considered by a broadband committee that conveniently won't make a final decision until after the election. The ALP, in response to the government's measures, has promised that if elected it will build a AU$4.7 billion national fibre-to-the-node network in partnership with the private sector, funded by the Future Fund and the remaining share in Telstra. Both of the parties' strategies have predominantly been discussed in relation to lingering issues over the market power of Telstra.
Melinda Gates goes public (pg. 2)
If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. - Melinda Gates, valedictory speech, Ursuline Academy, 1982 Unlike William H. Gates III, whose parents, Bill and Mary, were civic leaders in Seattle, Melinda French grew up not knowing privilege or wealth. Her father worked on the space program at LTV. Her mother was a stay-at-home mom who didn't go to college and regretted it. Says Melinda, who has one sister 14 months older and two younger brothers: "My parents told us, 'No matter what college you get into, we will pay for it.'" That Apple III was actually the family's second computer; when Melinda was 14, her father brought home an Apple II, the first consumer computer on the market.
Why we could see red over a Chinese-owned Standard
Even if Temasek won't sell, there is nothing to stop the Chinese buying a stake from other investors in the market. Robin Down, a banking analyst at HSBC, says: 'China has a lot of money and Standard has an enviable franchise in most of the big Asian economies. I am less convinced than I used to be about Standard being able to retain its independence.' Down says it would take years for a competitor to build a bank such as Standard, which is strong in Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, India, Hong Kong and Malaysia. It is also expanding on the Chinese mainland. Throughout much of Asia, the company is among the leaders in areas such as credit cards, corporate lending and trade finance. Lee Goodwin, an analyst with SPK, says: 'The Chinese stock market boom means that China's banks are in a very strong position; their highly valued shares could be used to pay for a Western bank such as Standard.
Inventory Control: Treat the cause, not the symptom
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