Archive for May 14th, 2008

Satellite Communication

Author evawhite on May 14th, 2008

The other day my 12 year old niece was behind me for making her school project. The project topic was Satellite Communication and management. Since the dead line of submission of project was coming closer, I finally one day sat down to hunt for the information on the net.

While surfing I came across this site uplogix.com. This site gave me all the information on the project and it is amazing the way they have shown on the site how effectively they manage satellite communications by transporting voice, video and data to and from remote locations. It has various satellite solutions given which are effective in managing remote sites and highly distributed infrastructure. These solutions also help in reducing risks, complexities and cost inherited in managing and distribution of IT infrastructure. There is a wide range of products also to choose as per your requirement.

It is not a very old organization, it was founded in 2003, it has it’s headquartered in Austin, TX (USA) with European offices in London, England.

I gathered a lot of information for the project from this site and in the course of time of doing the project research I got a chance to learn a lot about satellite communications.

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Myanmar’s Military Despotism

Author evawhite on May 14th, 2008

Aung San Suu KyiIn all my years as a teenager and then as an adult, the name of Aung San Suu Kyi has cropped up from time to time in the news, a brave woman non violently battling the might of the Burmese military junta ceaselessly now for decades. It was when she won the Nobel Peace prize in the early 1990s that the whole world finally took notice of her struggle. Under house arrest for most of the last two decades, she has neither been allowed to leave her country even to be with her family nor has her family been permitted to come and visit her. As a result she was not allowed to visit her husband even when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and who later died without her being able to be by his side in his final moments.

What has recently refocused world attention on Myanmar’s military junta is the farcical referendum held in the midst of the death and devastation wreaked by cyclone Nargis that left a staggering 60,000 or more dead or missing. The referendum held on 10 May sought public approval of a new constitution sought to be put in place by the Military dictatorship that has ruled Myanmar with an iron hand, which critics have opined will do nothing except strengthen the ruling military’s might and further undermine any democratic process. In any case anyone voting against the referendum is hardly an option for the citizens.

The violent and destructive cyclone that hit the country did not detract the authoritarian regime from going ahead with the referendum. If fact what the Burmese government has done is take advantage of the situation by using the cyclone relief process to drum up propaganda for their own agenda. The aid that has been coming in from around the world has been stamped with the ruling generals’ name and then distributed among the affected people. The military junta takes over all aid that arrives and doles it out to the suffering public like largesses of its own volition.

The human rights violations continue to be rife in the troubled nation of Myanmar. I wonder why the United States does not go in and try to liberate the Burmese people? It certainly purported to do this in Iraq and Afghanistan!

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