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Travel The Paths Less Taken In Signs of the Sojourner
By Hira On May 20, 2020 0
Communicate beyond words in card-based narrative title Signs of the Sojourner.
A year ago, I had a gander at Echodog Studio's Signs of the Sojourner. Even in its early stages, the game promised to be a wonder of wordless communication. With the full game, Signs of the Sojourner takes the ephemeral symbolism and assigns traits to each symbol. This gives them more power, and more importantly, shows how different people speak. It's not what's said, but how it's said.
During a sociolinguistics module in university, it soon came to my attention that even within a singular geographical locale, there were subtle or sometimes marked differences between how the same language evolved in terms of tone, vocabulary, and nuance. The same can be said in this lovely game, where your deck of cards represents your entire conversational repertoire.
Travel to where the wind carries you.
I played through my journey on the road, and my subsequent return after each one. Signs of the Sojourner extends this to five separate trips and each with its own charms and follies. I am tasked to stock the shop of my dying town Bartow. I will learn of my mother who came before me, and the many, many people who speak of her, but not always well. I also pet the dog Thunder (he's a good boy).
After each conversation, I am told to swap a card from my current deck of ten for one that I learned from speaking to a person. It's a wonderful way to depict how a person slowly learns to adapt to the linguistic traits of a particular area, and sometimes forgetting their old ways altogether.
Signs of the Sojourner also has power cards, and these range from duplicating symbols (handy for when you have no other matching cards) to sliding in between certain cards to form a connection. To me, they are wonderful ways to show how people with different sociolinguistic backgrounds adapt to communicating with others unlike them.
My handy-dandy calendar, as well as my list of profiles and items to keep track of the places I've been and the people I've seen.
What's more is that you, the player, have a profile log of each and every person you speak to. They display "good" conversations (steady, balanced banter), and "bad" ones (disagreements). For each successful conversation you have, you are able to obtain a character-specific item. Your calendar also keeps track of where your caravan is headed to.
If you're like me, and love to chat with literally everyone you come across — don't be surprised when it takes you down the road less taken. What I can say is that actions have consequences, and you have to be prepared, come what may.
The art of Signs of the Sojourner is a gorgeous pastel punk landscape, and you'd sooner forget that you're in a post-apocalyptic version of Earth, but there are reminders of this within the people and the things you receive. Cutscenes are also included in this full version, and the break with the protagonist and Elias, your childhood friend, is one such lush example.
This game has shown me that above all, we are still very social beings — apocalypse or not. With each trip, I learn more about my mother's adventures as a sojourner before me, and talk to people who give advice.
I will warn — be careful of who you trust because that's the nature of life, even out here.
I did manage to get my painting back if that's what you're wondering.
Signs of the Sojourner is out PC and Mac. You can also learn more about the game and the studio at their website.
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Saw the recent AP Poll for College Football. WVU is still at number eight. Good spot for them really. I watched most of their season opener against Villanova.
The offense really clicked for most of the game.
Pat White had 5 TDs…all in the air and none on the ground, probably something we will have to get use to seeing here this season.
Despite a lousy start the defense played fairly well, forcing a couple turnovers that lead to points.
Pat McAfee still has a solid leg.
Other than the third quarter and a couple turnovers the defense got ran over by a I-AA school. Yikes.
Noel Devine had next to nothing on the ground in the running game, which in all respect I kind of liked because this wasn't the game to let him run for 200 yards.
Also, loved some of the new video boards at Mountaineer Field. They looked good on TV and will come across even better once they are all finished.
Eastern Carolina is up next this weekend. Boy am I ever nervous for that one.


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There are no official figures for homelessness in the EU but is estimated there are some 700,000 people sleeping rough in Europe
The European Parliament wants to end homelessness in the EU by 2030. Find out what measures it is calling for.
In a resolution adopted on 24 November, MEPs call on the EU and its member states to stop homelessness by 2030. They advocate an EU framework of national strategies and call on EU countries to decriminalise homelessness and continue to raise funding to tackle the problem.
Why homelessness is an important issue
Housing is a fundamental human right, Parliament notes, but every night more than 700,000 people are sleeping rough in Europe, an increase of 70% over the last 10 years.
The Covid-19-crisis puts homeless people at additional risk, as they disproportionally suffer poor health and lack access to hygiene and health care. With the current economic recession and jobs losses, homelessness rates could increase.
Homelessness is [...] one of the most severe forms of poverty and deprivation that needs to be abolished by targeted and integrated policies
Parliament resolution on tackling homelessness rates in the EU
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Homeless people are often targets of hate crimes and violence, including social stigmatisation. The profiles of Europe's homeless population is changing, with more and more children, migrants, minorities, women and families on the streets.
Parliament's solutions to homelessness
Parliament calls on EU countries to:
provide equal access to public services such as health care, education and social services
support the integration of homeless people into the labour market via employment programmes, training and tailored schemes
provide constant access to emergency shelters as a last resort (in addition to prevention and support measures)
work on a common definition, improved data collection and coherent indicators to be able to better understand and assess the extent of the problem
Additionally, Parliament calls on EU countries to adopt the principle of "housing firs"', already successfully introduced by several countries. Contrary to more 'traditional' approaches, the "housing first" model seeks to move homeless people into permanent housing as quickly as possible before addressing other issues.
Lack of affordable housing is a growing problem
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Temas Brasileños
Tete Montoliu - Temas Brasileños Ensayo ENY-303 (1974)
The outstanding Catalan jazz pianist, whose real name was Vicenç Montoliu i Massana was born blind in the Eixample district of Barcelona, and died in the same city. He was the only son of Vicenç Montoliu (a professional musician) and Àngela Massana, a jazz enthusiast, who encouraged her son to study piano and in 1944 engaged his piano teacher, Petri Palou. Before that, Montoliu had his first piano lessons with Enric Mas at the private school for blind children that he attended from 1939-1944 where he learned to read music in Braille.
From 1946 till 1953 he studied music at the Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona, where he met his first jam session fellows. Don Byas arrived in Barcelona in 1947 and introduced Tete to the Bebop style.
On March 13, 1956 he met the vibraphonist Lionel Hampton in a jam session in Barcelona. Montoliu toured with Hampton through Spain and France, had his first session as a leader in 1958 , and played with the touring Roland Kirk in 1963. Through the years, he also worked with such visiting Americans as Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, and even Anthony Braxton.
On this LP, recorded in November 1973, of Brasilian themes he is joined by Alberto Moraleda on bass, Miguel Ángel Lizandra on drums and Pedro Díaz on percussion.
1) Generique-Manhã De Carnaval-Samba De Orfeu (From 'Black Orpheus')
2) Girl From Ipanema-Corcovado-Samba De Uma Nota So
3) Mulher Rendeira (Theme From 'O Canganceiro')-Bahía-Brasil
4) Canto De Ossanha-Ola-So Danço Samba
5) Desafinado-Meditaçao-Tristeza
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Coulrophobia & Fata Morgana
By Jacob M Appel
Year in Reading
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Let's face it. 2016 sucked. It will go down as one of the cruddiest years in the 50 or so that I've walked the earth.
It started sucking right away, with the death of one of my favorite musicians, David Bowie, on Jan. 10, and the death of one of my favorite poets, C.D. Wright, two days later. Maybe it's not fair to call Bowie's Blackstar a literary achievement, but it's an act of deep hubris and generosity and fearlessness that I aspire to as a novelist. So it's on my list. So too is the first of C.D. Wright's posthumous collections of poetry, Shallcross, which shows her at the height of her astonishing powers, a book that helps me grieve and shakes me up at the same time.
In February, Peter Straub, one of my literary heroes, put out a collection of his selected stories, Interior Darkness, which I recommend to anyone who thinks the "New Weird" is a new thing. I also discovered the cartoonist Michael DeForge, whose new graphic novel, Big Kids, is a trippy, disturbing, utterly original coming-of-age tale that is still haunting me today.
Also in February: Umberto Eco and Harper Lee died. "Uptown Funk" won a Grammy.
In March, there were primaries, and I read Samantha Hunt's Mr. Splitfoot, a dazzling and inventive novel about orphans and ghosts and swindlers and religious fanatics. I also read Thomas Frank's Listen, Liberal, also about orphans and ghosts and swindlers and religious fanatics. It was good but upsetting in many many ways. That Thomas Frank is too cynical!, I thought to myself, hopefully.
In April, Prince died.
Prince? Died? 2016, could you be more sadistic?
So I read some poetry, which sometimes helps: The Big Book of Exit Strategies by Jamaal May, who is one of my favorite younger poets; The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay, which has an amazing long poem about the childhood of Neil deGrasse Tyson; Night Sky with Exit Wounds, a very painful and sad book by Ocean Vuong.
Then, I immersed myself in The People in the Castle, selected "strange stories" by Joan Aiken, published by the wonderful Small Beer Press, with an introduction by Kelly Link, and Aiken's tales were a kind of balm for troubled times. Another balm was the novel Rich & Pretty by my former student Rumaan Alam, which is so funny and beautifully written and precisely described I almost forgot how depressed I was getting.
Summer came at last, and 2016 immediately killed off Muhammad Ali, just to show us it meant business. There was a convention in my home town of Cleveland which I was trying to ignore, so I read A Natural History of Hell: Stories by Jeffrey Ford, whom Joyce Carol Oates calls "…a beautifully disorienting writer, a poet in an unclassifiable genre…," and I decided that Jeffrey Ford is an important figure who needs to be recognized more. I read Ninety-Nine Stories of God by Joy Williams, who is another one of my idols, and I love that she's still so weird and crazy, after all these years.
Another of my former students, Sam Allingham, sent me his new book of stories, The Great American Songbook, and it is so good! He is super-talented and gives me hope for the future!
And a kind acquaintance, Jacob M. Appel, sent me his new book of stories, Coulrophobia & Fata Morgana, and it was also really good, very Grace Paley and smart and wise (he's a psychiatrist and a lawyer and a professor and has, I kid you not, seven master's degrees), and then I realized that I was supposed to blurb his book and I screwed up and forgot to do it, so I was ashamed. I'm sorry, Jacob. Your book is awesome.
And then it was August. I read The Fire This Time, an anthology of essays about race, edited by the brilliant Jesmyn Ward; I read In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson. I had a panic attack, and I got some medication — not a moment too soon, because 2016 then decided to take Gene Wilder, and if it wasn't for Clonazepam I'd still be watching YouTube clips from Young Frankenstein and Willie Wonka, singing along with "Pure Imagination" and weeping, weeping.
Afterwards, I spent a good part of the fall rereading a YA fantasy series by Garth Nix. It was a retreat of sorts, I guess.
One of my fondest memories is reading with my two sons, which we did all through their childhood. They loved fantasy series. Yes, we read all the Harry Potter books, and The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising Sequence, Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus books. The Chronicles of Narnia.
One series that we were particularly fond of was Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy. We listened to them in the car on audiobook: read by Tim Curry in a rich, plummy, intensely funny and felt performance. We were mesmerized by the adventures of Sabriel, the girl necromancer who inherits the heavy weight of her father's obligation to protect the world from the Dead; her half-sister, Lirael, a lonely librarian who goes on a journey with her magical companion, The Disreputable Dog, finds that she is the only one who can save the world from evil. There is also Mogget, a powerful magical creature who has been imprisoned in the body of a house cat. (Tim Curry's performance of Mogget is a particular hammy delight.)
In any case, reading these books with my kids was an intense, formative experience, and I was excited to learn that Nix had a new book in the series that was coming out in October. I prepared for it by listening to the entire oeuvre — about 50 hours of audio — and it lent me a crutch to hobble on through our hideous American Autumn. Reading these books again, along with the new one, Goldenhand, brought back a certain kind of joy, a certain kind of honest excitement, to return again to this wide, richly imagined world that Nix has created with such breadth and texture. I got to relive those times I had with my kids, which is not an insignificant thing. My boys are now 25- and 26-year-old men, but for a time, reading this book, I was able to commune with the children they once were.
I was also able to remember the way that certain kinds of books could help in a dark time — I remembered the kid I once was, living in a difficult and abusive and violent family situation — and how books may have saved me.
I worry that this last bit seems stupid and childish and cowardly?
But so what? I lifted out of the dream of those books a sliver of faith in bravery and honesty and courage, and a hope that evil won't win in the end. I could use the reminder.
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Will North Koreans want to unify?
Will the North Korean people want reunification if the regime collapses? This is a question the South Korean people have sought an answer to since Kim Il Sung's death in 1994. In order to edge closer to an answer, the intelligence communities in the South and Japan have conducted surveys on the matter with people living in the North.
According to sources, the intelligence communities of the South and Japan conducted a series of surveys with North Korean residents living in the Chinese border area in 2009. Ethnic Koreans living in China who traveled to the North interviewed some residents. Each time, about 1,000 North Koreans were interviewed. The survey asked, "Which side would you be on if the North suddenly collapsed?"
Most respondents said they would want to side with China. The second most popular response was that they would want to survive on their own at all costs. The third largest number of respondents said they would want to side with South Korea. Finally, a very small number said they would want mediation from the United Nations or the United States.
According to the Korean intelligence community's first round of surveys, which took place from January to August, 48 percent of the respondents gave the first answer while the other choices received 30 percent, 20 percent and 2 percent of the respondents, respectively. The North Korea intelligence unit under the Japan Self-Defense Force had its survey three months earlier, and its outcome showed 39 percent, 32 percent, 25 percent and 4 percent, respectively.
The Korean intelligence community had a second round of surveys until October and the numbers changed slightly. The outcome was 40.1 percent, 31.5 percent, 27.1 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively.
The survey outcomes were completely different from the prediction, based on German reunification, that the North Korean residents would leave the country en masse when the regime fell and the two Koreas would eventually reunite. The intelligence communities held a couple more similar surveys to confirm their findings, and the conclusions were similar to earlier data.
A similar answer was also given recently from a high-ranking defector. Asked what the North's power elites would do if the regime fell, he said, "They would side with China unconditionally. They think they will be the subjects of a purge once the two Koreas are united, so they will do everything to stop unification."
It is hard to conclude based on these surveys and accounts that the entire North Korean population does not want unification. The surveys had their limits because they were conducted with residents who live in the areas near the Chinese border, so they had relatively frequent contact with Chinese. But it is still more than enough to disprove the prediction that the two Koreas will quickly unify if the North falls.
South Korean society has high hopes that the collapse of the North Korean regime would bring unification. The process of German reunification largely inspired the idea. The dramatic process of the exodus of East Germans in 1990, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification left a strong impression on South Koreans, as their homeland was the only divided nation in the world. After Kim Il Sung died and hundreds of thousands of North Koreans died of hunger, expectations grew high in the South that the Koreas would soon be unified.
After the Lee Myung-bak administration came to power and the shooting of a South Korean tourist at the Mount Kumgang resort, tensions escalated further between the two Koreas, even more so with the Cheonan's sinking and Yeonpyeong Island shelling. Among the South Koreans, the animosity toward the North grew deeper and that led to the belief that unification would come soon.
The argument for stronger pressure and containment of the North is often based on that belief. But it was already concluded three years ago by the surveys of the Korean and Japanese intelligence communities that the reality is actually the opposite.
As the two Koreas' exchanges and trade were suspended, the North has become more and more dependent on China. According to senior economist Lee Young-hoon of the SK Research Institute, the North's trade is now 90 percent dependent on China. About 80 to 90 percent of the goods traded in North Korean markets are Chinese products, Lee added.
According to a 2012 survey of defectors conducted by Seoul National University's Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, China was seen as the friendliest country for 70.4 percent of the North Korean people last year, while South Korea was named by only 24 percent.
It is hard to get information about the reclusive society in the North. But surveys are making one thing clear: the South's North Korea policies must change if the goal is reunification.
* The author is an editorial writer of the JoongAng Ilbo.
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NeoPhotonics intros 53 GBaud Linear Optical Components
Monday, March 05, 2018 Components, Neophotonics, Optical
NeoPhotonics announced its 53 GBaud Linear Optical Component family, which includes PAM4 capable optical components for 100G and 400G cloud data center and other client applications, including drivers and EML lasers in transmitters plus PIN photodetectors and TIAs in receivers.
The 53 GBaud Linear Optical Component family from NeoPhotonics includes:
53 GBaud Open Drain Driver (ODD) for linear operation of EML lasers. With a typical 90mW of power consumption per channel and small size, this high speed driver is well suited for space and power efficiency in small form factor pluggable modules.
53 GBaud MZM drivers for Silicon Photonics modulators. This quad driver has a high 3.5Vppd output per channel and a typical 2.2W low power consumption for all four channels designed for small form factor pluggable modules.
53 GBaud CWDM4 EML, which includes the option for integration with NeoPhotonics' open drain driver. Over the operating temperature range from 20 to 70C, this EML is a preferred transmitter solution for PAM4 for intra-datacenter applications.
53 GBaud PIN photodetectors. The side illumination structure of the PIN PD enables a simple coplanar assembly with mux/demux chip and TIA well suited for compact modules.
53 GBaud Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA). With low noise and a typical power consumption of 60mA over a 3.3V rail, this TIA is well suited for receiver signal amplification for up to 10km transmission.
"Our complete 53 GBaud Linear Optical Component family, with a typical bandwidth of 35 GHz for all these optical components, provides all needed optical components for single lambda 100Gbps transmitters and receivers, scalable to 400 Gbps transceivers with CWDM4 wavelengths." said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. "NeoPhotonics is pleased to now also support the cloud data centers and the industry with a solid and growing portfolio of cost effective optical components based on NeoPhotonics' high speed platforms of GaAs driver, InP EML/PIN PD, and SiGe TIA," continued Mr. Jenks.
NeoPhotonics presents data centre optoelectronics for CWDM4, CLR4, PSM-4 and PAM4
Sunday, September 17, 2017 Components, Neophotonics
At this week's European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Gothenburg, Sweden, NeoPhotonics is presenting its portfolio of 100 Gbps to 400 Gbps optoelectronics for the data centre, including including CWDM4, CLR4, PSM-4 and PAM4.
The line-up includes NeoPhotonics'
High power 1310 nm lasers and laser arrays, which are qualified for use with low-cost, non-hermetic packages for 100G silicon photonics based QSFP28 modules.
Low power consumption 28 GBaud externally modulated lasers (EML) with an integrated driver, which are designed for longer reach 4x25 NRZ 100G, 4x50 PAM4 200G, and 8x50 PAM4 400G data center applications.
A 56 Gbaud EML with an integrated driver, which is designed for use in 4x100 PAM4 configurations for 400G data center application
A line of high power, uncooled 1310nm CW DFB lasers and laser arrays that are qualified to the Telcordia GR-468-CORE Issue 2 standard and which are designed for specific silicon-based high speed analog and digital electronic devices and related photonic components.
A new 28 GBaud EML for longer reaches that integrates a driver, which utilizes NeoPhotonics low power linear GaAs amplifier technology, with NeoPhotonics 28 GBaud EML at the chip-on-carrier, or CoC, level. This is designed for 100Gbps QSFP28 and CFP4 form factors and it fits into a four channel transmitter optical sub-assembly, or Quad TOSA, eliminating the need for a separate driver on the board. NeoPhotonics is also targetting PAM4 in 200 Gbps to 400 Gbps applications. The integrated linear driver of the new CMOS-drivable 28 GBaud EML enables a simple and direct connection to the PAM4/CDR IC.
"Our laser components are key elements for optical modules used inside the datacenter suppling the light for short reach Silicon Photonics based 100G transceivers and the modulated light for longer reach PAM4 based 100G and 400G transceivers," said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. "While the laser architectures are different, both are designed by us, manufactured in our internal fabs and utlize our hybrid photonic integration technology for high performance and high reliability".
Dr. Winston Way, NeoPhotonics CTO, Systems, is also presenting a paper at ECOC entitled "Applications of 64 Gbaud Optical Components and Modules".
Fujitsu develops high output W-band GaN HEMT power amplifier
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Components, Fujitsu
Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of a gallium-nitride (GaN) high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) power amplifier for use in W-band (75-110 GHz) transmission systems.
Fujitsu noted for long-distance, high-capacity wireless communications, one approach is to utilise the W-band and other high frequency bands that encompass a range of usable frequencies, with increased output using a transmission power amplifier. In addition, there is demand for improved efficiency in power amplifiers to mitigate the increased power consumption of communication systems.
To address these requirements, Fujitsu has developed a power amplifier for W-band transmission that offers both high output power and efficiency, improving transistor performance through the reduction of electrical current leakage and internal GaN-HEMT resistance. Fujitsu has achieved output density of 4.5 W per millimetre of gate width and has confirmed a 26% reduction in energy consumption compared to conventional technology.
Fujitsu anticipates that siting this new power amplifier between wireless communication systems in two locations can achieve high-bandwidth communications at 10 Gbit/s over a distance of up to 10 km.
In order to increase the distance and capacity of wireless communications and decrease energy consumption with indium-aluminium-GaN (InAlGaN) HEMTs, Fujitsu has developed two technologies that reduce internal resistance and current leakage.
Fujitsu has developed technology that can reduce resistance to one tenth that of previous technology when current flows between the source or drain electrodes and the GaN-HEMT device. The technology involves a manufacturing process that embeds GaN plugs directly below the source and drain electrodes to generate electrons at high densities.
In addition, to address current leakage and the resulting reduced operational performance for the power amplifier due to reduced drain current the new technology maintains drain current by distributing InGaN to create a barrier layer below the channel layer. This reduces electron detours during operation and current leakage.
Fujitsu noted that the previous record for power amplifier output density in the W-band for transmitters was 3.6 W/mm of gate width with technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories. The newly developed technology delivers output of 4.5 W/mm of gate width for a power amplifier designed to operate at 94 GHz.
Fujitsu stated that it plans to apply the new technology to the development of power amplifiers for wireless communications with long range and higher capacity, while also enabling easier installation than with fibre. It aims to commercialise the technology by 2020.
Fujitsu noted that the research was supported by Innovative Science and Technology Initiative for Security, established by the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) of the Japan Ministry of Defense.
Kaiam expands UK manufacturing capacity via acquisition of facilities from CP
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Components, Kaim, Optical, UK
Kaiam, a privately-held developer of hybrid photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology, announced the completion of its acquisition of the manufacturing facilities of Compound Photonics (CP) in Newton Aycliffe, Durham in the UK as part of a transaction that also includes investment by CP into Kaiam to further develop the facility.
The Newton Aycliffe facility will enable Kaiam to significantly increase its manufacturing capacity for silica-on-silicon planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) and 40 and 100 Gbit/s transceivers, and adds both electronic and optoelectronic compound semiconductor devices to the product line. The acquisition also includes tooling and an experienced team that complements and expands Kaiam's existing Livingston, Scotland factory.
Kaiam noted that the new facility will enable it to produce InP photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that will form the basis for advanced transceivers in the future. The transaction continues Kaiam's strategy of achieving vertical integration, building on its acquisition of Gemfire's PLC fab in 2013.
The Newton Aycliffe facility encompasses 300,000 sq feet and includes a fully operational wafer fab with 100,000 sq feet. of cleanroom space for processing, packaging, and testing of III-V devices. The factory is currently shipping GaAs devices and circuits, with the capability to produce InP optoelectronics. Kaiam noted that the facility was originally built as a silicon fab for DRAMs before being converted to III-V materials and currently has 3 and 6 inch lines.
Kaiam announced in March that it planned to acquire the manufacturing facilities of Compound Photonics (CP) in Newton Aycliffe. Kaiam acquired Gemfire, its strategic PLC supplier, in 2013 and currently operates an 8 inch silica-on-silicon line for the fabrication of integrated optical components in Gemfire's Livingston facility in Scotland. It also operates 40 and 100 Gbit/s optical packaging lines at the facility, and noted at the time that these were nearing capacity.
Compound Photonics (CP) is a privately held photonics company with a focus on liquid crystal on silicon display devices and laser technologies for a range of applications in the projection and near to eye display markets.
Commenting on the acquisition, Bardia Pezeshki, Kaiam CEO, said, "… future transceivers that run at higher speed and use complex modulation formats will require integrated photonic elements that are highly differentiated and will not be readily available in the market… this new facility will give Kaiam this essential PIC capability, positioning it to meet customers' needs for improving speed, cost, power, density and manufacturing scale".
http://www.kaiam.com/?p=7658
Lightwave Logic Demos Modulation with P2IC enabling 25G
Thursday, April 27, 2017 Components, Lightwave Logic, Optical
Colorado-based Lightwave Logic, a company developing photonic devices and non-linear optical polymer materials for optical data communications and telecommunications applications, announced it has achieved bandwidth suitable for 25 Gbit/s data rates in an all-organic polymer ridge waveguide intensity modulator prototype.
The company noted that the 25 Gbit/s capability demonstration marks a significant improvement over its initial 10 Gbit/s device modulator that it reported last December.
Lightwave Logic explained that a modulator converts electronic information into light pulses that can traverse optical cables used in data centres, for data communications and high performance computing applications. To achieve a 100 Gbit/s data rate, modulators are typically configured in groups of four, each supporting 25 Gbit/s data rate.
Lightwave Logic's polymer photonics integrated circuit (P2IC) is similar to an electronic integrated circuit, but incorporates two or more optical functions on a single substrate platform. P2IC devices are expected to allow increased component density, with numerous photonic functions enabled using electro-optic polymer materials. This can provide scalable photonic devices offering lower cost together with higher performance.
In December 2016, Lightwave Logic announced it had achieved high-speed modulation utilising its first all-organic polymer ridge waveguide intensity modulator prototype. The company stated that the prototype could enable bandwidth sufficient to support data rates of around 10 Gbit/s, and that it anticipated increasing this performance to 25 Gbit/s.
Recently, Lightwave Logic announced that Dr. Michael Lebby, who established Intel's photonics division, would assume the role of CEO, effective May 1, 2017, succeeding Tom Zelibor who will remain as board chairman. It also recently elected Dr. Fred Leonberger, formerly with JDS Uniphase, to its board.
Commenting on the announcement, Lightwave Logic CEO Tom Zelibor said, "Enabled by the P2IC polymer system, this prototype device is suitable for data rates at 25 Gbit/s, and I believe it can be scaled to operate up to 50 Gbit/s… which would be the key to… addressing the next large market, 400 Gbit/s nodes".
http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibraryView.asp?ResLibraryID=83346&GoTopage=1&Category=2157&BzID=2252&G=914
OE Solutions Intros Smart SFPs for TDM over Packet
Monday, March 20, 2017 #OFC17, Components
South Korea's OE Solutions and AimValley of the Netherlands have announced the introduction of the final products within their portfolio of Network Migration Smart SFPs, which enable customers to deliver TDM services over packet network via a plug-and-play portfolio that offers support for TDM services from 1.5 Mbit/s up to 2.5 Gbit/s.
The family of network migration Smart SFP modules is designed to facilitate the transition from legacy TDM to all-packet networks by converting PDH or SONET/SDH signals to a packet stream.
The Smart SFP products are designed to provide operators with a cost-effective alternative to upgrading systems using dedicated TDM-over-packet cards or installing new equipment. The Smart SFP modules can be added to any router or packet switch where a TDM service is required.
OE Solutions stated that adding legacy PDH or SDH/SONET services to a packet network can be achieved via first provisioning an EPL service into the packet network and then inserting a Smart SFP at each endpoint of the EPL service. This provides a reliable point to point connection for the delivery of services such as E1 to a legacy base station.
For more complex application, such as PDH to SONET aggregation, Smart SFPs are inserted at locations where an PDH or SONET service is required, and using EPL or EVPL the connections in the network can be set up to aggregate legacy services, for example T1 service aggregation into an OC-3 service. The companies noted that Smart SFPs support industrial temperature range operation and offer a range of optical and electrical interfaces for different applications.
Last week, OE Solutions announced the release of extended reach 10 Gbit/s CWDM SFP+ transceivers and high-density transceivers, including 2 x 10 Gbit/s compact SFP+, 4 x 10 Gbit/s QSFP+ and 25 Gbit/s SFP28, for wireless fronthaul applications.
The CWDM SFP+ transceivers support 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, as well as CPRI-2 to CPRI-8 for wireless network applications, and utilise cooled DFB laser diodes combined with wide dynamic range APD detectors to enable reach up to 20 km for wavelengths up to 1611 nm.
The new industrial temperature grade, high density transceivers are designed to enable high port densities in radio access network equipment to support the roll-out of next generation wireless infrastructures. Products include a 2 x 10 Gbit/s multi-rate bidirectional compact-SFP+ solution for distances up to 20 km, a 4 x 10 Gbit/s multi-rate QSFP+ device offering reach up to 300 metres, and a 25 Gbit/s SFP28 solution with multiple rate and protocol options for distances up to 10 km.
http://www.oesolutions.com/main/view/
NeoPhotonics Demos Coherent Transceiver for 400/600Gbps
Friday, March 17, 2017 #OFC17, 400G, Components, Neophotonics
At this week's Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference and Exhibition in Los Angeles NeoPhotonics will demonstrate its pluggable Coherent CFP2-ACO module for 400G and up on a single wavelength over metro distances.
The NeoPhotonics' ClearLight CFP2-ACO Platform is capable of achieving single wavelength 200G, 400G and 600 Gbps transmission over Data center Interconnect through metro/regional distances.
The company said its ClearLight CFP2-ACO platform uses next generation optical components which are based on platforms that have been proven in volume production for 100G and 200G network applications. The platform uses NeoPhotonics' high bandwidth Class 40 Coherent Receiver capable of 64Gbaud with 16-QAM to 64-QAM modulation. This high bandwidth receiver maintains high sensitivity to simplify migration from 100G to 200G and 400G links. The platform also uses NeoPhotonics' industry leading high power, external cavity, ultra-narrow line width tunable laser with low power consumption. The ultra-narrow line widths enables higher order constellations with less processing requirements from the DSP.
The ClearLightTM 64 Gbaud CFP2-ACO demonstrates the ability to scale data capacity to 400G/600G on a single wavelength while maintaining performance and link budgets in DCI or metro/regional links. The data capacity scaling optimizes the cost per bit and thus enables broad deployment of coherent transmission from short to long reaches.
"Our new ClearLightTM 64 Gbaud CFP2-ACO 400G/600G pluggable coherent transponder demonstrates a powerful new platform for NeoPhotonics which is capable of efficiently implementing 400G to 600G transmission networks," said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. "This exciting new platform is made possible by our Advanced Hybrid Photonic Integration technology utilizing our latest advances in high bandwidth receivers and ultra-narrow linewidth lasers in conjunction with higher order modulation, " continued Mr. Jenks.
http://www.neophotonics.com
NeoPhotonics launches 1310nm Lasers for 100G QSFP28
Thursday, March 16, 2017 #OFC17, Components, Neophotonics
NeoPhotonics has announced general availability of high power 1310 nm lasers and laser arrays qualified for applications in low-cost, non-hermetic packages for 100 Gbit/s silicon photonics-based QSFP28 modules targeting the data centre market.
NeoPhotonics stated that the new lasers and laser arrays are designed to address the need for custom high-power and non-hermetic lasers that provide the light source for silicon photonics-based transceivers providing 100 Gbit/s connectivity within the data centre. The company added that deployment of these transceivers delivered in standard MSA formats such as CWDM4, CLR4 and PSM4, typically in a QSFP28 form factor, is currently underway.
To support the emerging silicon photonics ecosystem, NeoPhotonics has developed and qualified according to the Telcordia GR-468-CORE Issue 2 standard, a range of high power, uncooled lasers and laser arrays for a number of major silicon photonics transceiver manufacturers.
NeoPhotonics' new lasers are designed to provide an efficient, high power light source that leverages a specific implementation of silicon-based high speed analogue and digital electronic devices and photonic components. The high power 1310 nm CW DFB lasers are qualified compliant with Telcordia GR-468-CORE Issue 2, which encompasses criteria including damp heat testing for powered non-hermetic devices. The products are production ready.
NeoPhotonics noted that its lasers are designed with a focus on three key customer requirements: the need for high optical power output, ranging from 40 to 7 0mW, for both NRZ and PAM4 modulation; proven reliability in non-hermetic packages to meet the volume and low cost requirements associated with mega-data centre applications; and custom features to allow the use of automated laser attach and alignment methods to help reduce assembly costs.
Regarding the products, Tim Jenks, chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics, said, "These uncooled, high power non-hermetic CW DFB lasers and laser arrays are a key component for… emerging 100, 200 or 400 Gbit/s silicon photonics-based transceivers for data centre switching applications… the new lasers illustrate the wide ranging applications for NeoPhotonics' advanced hybrid photonic integration technology, efficiently combining high power InP laser technology with partners' silicon photonics modulator technology".
https://www.neophotonics.com/press-releases/?newsId=2254102
Finisar Introduces 100 GHz Balanced Detector
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 #OFC17, Components, Finisar, OND, Optical
Finisar, a supplier of subsystems and components for fibre optic communications, has introduced a new product in its family of high-speed photodetectors, the 100 GHz balanced detector (BPDV4121), designed for next generation optical test and measurement equipment.
Finisar claims that the new 100 GHz product is the fastest detector available and enables coherent signal detection and characterisation at rates up to 160 Gbaud.
Designed for next-generation high bit-rate transmission systems, the new photodetector enables accurate measurement, characterisation and verification of performance in real-time. Finisar noted that the increasing baud rates inherent with coherent transmission demand high-frequency optical modulation analysers, sampling scopes and real-time scopes to perform the neessary verification tests.
Finisar's new BPDV4121 detector operates in the C-band and is delivered in a hermetic package equipped with a connector suitable for 100 GHz and-higher RF connections. Additional key features include high responsivity and low polarisation dependent loss (PDL) performance.
The new BPDV4121 product, which will be displayed at OFC 2017, is currently sampling, with general availability scheduled for later in March.
Finisar has also introduced its new WaveAnalyzer 100S compact optical spectrum analyser, designed to enable spectral measurements with advanced optical communication systems in R&D and manufacturing. Finisar's WaveAnalyzer 100S provides two measurements per second across the C-band for optical communications, with a measurement resolution of 1.8 GHz.
The new optical spectrum analyser utilises Finisar's established WaveAnalyzer GUI, which enables analysis functions such as OSNR measurement and WDM analysis, while a programming interface allows integration with automated test systems. The new WaveAnalyzer 100S is due to begin shipping in May 2017.
http://www.finisar.com
NeoPhotonics reports Q4 revenue of $109.84m, up 23.6% yr/yr
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Components, Neophotonics, OND, Optical
NeoPhotonics, a designer and manufacturer of optoelectronic solutions for high speed communications networks, announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016, as follows:
1. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $109.84 million, up 6.3% versus $103.31 million in the third quarter and up 23.2% from $89.12 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
2. Gross income for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $31.03 million, up 13.0 % versus $27.45 million in the third quarter and up 23.6% from $25.11 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
3. R&D expenditure for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $15.17 million, down 13.1% versus $17.47 million in the third quarter and up 28.8% from $11.83 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
4. SG&A expenditure for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $12.58 million, down 20.2% versus $15.76 million in the third quarter and down 3.4% from $13.02 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
5. Total operating expenditure for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $29.19 million, down 13.6% versus $33.84 million in the third quarter and up 13.3% from $25.76 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
6. On a GAAP basis, net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $2.00, versus net loss of $7.19 in the third quarter and net income of $399,000 in the fourth quarter of 2015.
On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $6.29 million, versus net income of $2.92 million in the third quarter and net income of $6.92 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
7. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of December 31, 2016 of $101.51 million, compared with $100.09 as at September 30, 2016 and $99.38 million as at December 31, 2015.
Additional results and notes
For the full year 2016, NeoPhotnics reported revenue of $411.42 million, compared with $339.44 million in 2015, with net loss of $205,000, compared with net income of $3.67 million in 2015.
For the fourth quarter of 2016, the company noted that sales of high speed products were $78.5 million (72% of the total), with network products and solutions representing $31.3 million (28% of total revenue), while revenue excluding low speed transceiver products for the quarter was $97 million, up 52% versus the prior year period and up 8% from the third quarter.*
On a geographic basis by shipment destination, in the fourth quarter Americas revenue was 18% of total sales, compared to 19% in the third quarter, China accounted for 65% of the total, compared to 61% in the prior quarter, Japan revenue was 4%, compared to 5% in the prior quarter, with rest of the world sales 13% of the total, compared to 15% in the prior quarter.
For the fourth quarter, NeoPhotonic's stated it had two 10%-or-greater customers, with Ciena representing approximately 14% of total revenue, compared to 15% in the third quarter, and Huawei Technologies accounting for 53% of total revenue, compared to 48% in third quarter.
For the first quarter ending March 31, 2017, NeoPhotonics expects revenue of between $67 and $73 million, representing a sequential decline of 36.2% at the midpoint.
* NeoPhotonics closed the sale of its low speed transceiver business in January 2017.
NeoPhotonics Develops Micro Modulator for 400~600 Gbps
Tuesday, March 07, 2017 Components, Neophotonics, Optical
NeoPhotonics has developed a 64 GBaud, polarization multiplexed, quadrature micro-modulator (Micro-MOD) implemented in a small form factor (3.9x27x13 mm) package. The unit is co-packaged with a quad-channel, differential 64 GBaud driver with an Indium Phosphide based Mach-Zehnder (MZ) quadrature modulator chip. It has a bandwidth over 40 GHz and exhibits low insertion loss in a small form factor modulator. By integrating the drivers inside the modulator package directly adjacent to the low power InP modulator chip, the total power requirement is 4.5 Watts. which leverage its small size, high bandwidth and low power dissipation.
The company said its new modulator is designed for applications in pluggable coherent CFP2-ACO and CFP2-DCO modules as well as on transport line cards. The Micro-MOD could be used in 400/600 Gbps coherent transceiver modules and in line card applications. It joins the NeoPhotonics family of 64 GBaud components, including a 64 GBaud Micro-ICR and ultra-narrow linewidth tunable lasers.
"When coupled with our high bandwidth Micro-ICR and ultra-narrow linewidth tunable laser, this new micro-modulator represents a significant step in providing small form factor capability for next gen 400/600 Gbps datacenter interconnect, core metro and long haul networks for carriers worldwide," said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. "This device is an excellent example of our advanced hybrid photonic integration capabilities as it depends on a close integration of driver and modulator chips made out of different high performance materials to achieve superior performance, low power, high reliability and stability," continued Mr. Jenks.
IDT to acquire GigPeak for $250m for Optical Interconnects
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Components, Gigpeak, IDT, Mergers and Acquisitions, OND, OND News, Silicon Valley
Integrated Device Technology (IDT) of San Jose, California and GigPeak, a supplier of semiconductor ICs and software for high-speed connectivity and video compression over the network and in the cloud, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for IDT to acquire GigPeak for $3.08 per share, or approximately $250 million, in cash, representing a premium of approximately 22% to GigPeak's closing share price on February 10th.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, IDT will launch a tender offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common stock of GigPeak for $3.08 per share. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the terms of the agreement and the GigPeak board has resolved to recommend that stockholders accept the offer.
The combination of IDT and GigPeak is projected to add approximately $16 million of quarterly revenue at a 70% non-GAAP gross margin and to be accretive to earnings in first full quarter following closing of the transaction.
The acquisition of GigPeak will provide IDT with an optical interconnect product line and technology business that is complementary to its established position as a supplier of real-time interconnect products. More specifically, the combination is expected to extend IDT's leading position as a supplier of communications and cloud data centre products
IDT noted that GigPeak's optical interface products have been widely adopted by major companies in the communications, cloud data centre, and military/aviation markets. With the acquisition, IDT will be able to provide ultra-high speed data connectivity products featuring electrical, RF and optical technologies.
The transaction is not subject to a financing condition, although it is subject to customary conditions including the tender of the majority of the outstanding GigPeak shares; it is anticipated that the acquisition will close the second calendar quarter of 2017.
Separately, GigPeak reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016, ended December 31, 2016, including fourth quarter revenue of $16.2 million, compared with $15.8 million in the third quarter and $11.1 million in the fourth quarter 2015. GAAP net income in the fourth quarter was $1.5 million, compared with net income of $0.7 million in the third quarter and net income of $0.3 million for the 2015 fourth quarter.
Full year 2016 revenue was $58.7 million, versus $40.4 million in 2015, with GAAP net income of $2.2 million, compared with net income of $1.2 million in 2015.
For its most recent third quarter ended January 1, 2017, IDT reported revenue of $176.36 million, versus $184.06 million in the second quarter and $177.61 million in the prior year third quarter. Net income for the third quarter was $34.74 million, compared with net income of $24.59 million in the second quarter and net income of $32.54 million in the prior year third quarter.
http://ir.gigpeak.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=225697&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2245665
Ixia Demos 400GbE via Four-Level PAM4
Thursday, January 26, 2017 400G, Components, Ixia, Optical, PAM4
Ixia successfully demonstrated 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology by combining eight electrical lanes of 56 Gbps, defined as 400GAUI-8 by IEEE802.3bs, via four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4).
Ixia said currently supports and collaborates with two key multisource agreement (MSA) development groups to help drive the effectiveness and efficiency of 400 GbE technology: double-density quad small-form-factor pluggable (QSFP-DD) MSA, and Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable (OSFP) MSA.
The QSFP-DD MSA Group is addressing the technical challenges of achieving a double-density interface and ensuring mechanical, electrical, thermal, and signal-integrity interoperability for module components produced by different manufacturers. Collaboration through the MSA is intended to enable faster implementation and easier operation of the high-speed, double-density quad small-form-factor pluggable interface in networking equipment. QSFP-DD addresses increasing global bandwidth consumption with its ability to quadruple aggregate switch bandwidth while maintaining port density.
The OSFP MSA is comprised of 49 industry leaders who are tasked with defining the form factor for new 400 GbE transceiver module that will support the full range of 400 GbE optics technologies, from datacenter to metro reach.
Private Equity Firms Acquire Source Photonics
Friday, January 20, 2017 Components, Finan, Optical, Source Photonics
A private equity consortium led by Redview Capital and Asia-IO, with participation from investors including TR Capital, Axiom Asia and Aberdeen Asset Management, has acquired Source Photonics from Francisco Partners.
Source Photonics is a global provider of communications and data connectivity components, including 100G QSFP28 modules.
Source Photonics was originally acquired by Francisco Partners in October 2010 as a carve-out from MRV Communications.
"Francisco Partners was an excellent partner in our transformation at Source Photonics," said Doug Wright, Source Photonics Chief Executive Officer. "FP provided the strategic support and resources to enable the company to execute on our plan and invest in new technologies. These investments helped us strengthen our product offerings, optimize our operational capabilities, and enter new markets."
Doug Wright continued, "We now have the building blocks in place to accelerate our growth in the global optical communications market and we look forward to working with Redview Capital and Asia-IO as we continue to execute on our strategic plan."
http://www.sourcephotonics.com
Video: Source Photonics Demos PAM4 - 2x50G QSFP28
Thursday, April 21, 2016 #OFC2016, 100G, Data Centers, Optical Components, PAM4, Source Photonics No Comments
Pulse Amplitude Modulation encodes information in the amplitude of a series of signal pulses. In this video, Dr. Manish Mehta, EVP of Product Line Management at Source Photonics, introduces the fundamentals of PAM4 encoding, which is expected to play a major role in enabling lower cost, 100Gbps data center connections. Source Photonics conducted a live demonstration of PAM4 2x50Gbps QSFP28 transceivers at #OFC2016. These will add to the company's...
Oclaro Expects Financial Performance at High End of Previous Guidance
Thursday, January 19, 2017 Components, Financials, Oclaro, Optical
Oclaro expects revenue for the second quarter of its fiscal 2017, ended December 31, 2016, to be in the range of $153.5 million to $154.0 million, at the high end of the prior guidance of $146 million to $154 million provided on November 1, 2016.
GAAP gross margin of approximately 39.5% and non-GAAP gross margin of approximately 40%, above the prior non-GAAP guidance of 33% to 36%. Non-GAAP gross margin excludes the effect of approximately $0.5 million of stock-based compensation.
GAAP operating income of approximately $33 million and non-GAAP operating income of approximately $36 million, above the prior non-GAAP guidance of $22 million to $26 million. Non-GAAP operating income excludes $2.6 million of stock-based compensation and $0.2 million of amortization of other intangible assets.
"Our excellent preliminary results for the December quarter once again demonstrated the strength of Oclaro's products in the markets we serve. We expect revenue to come in at the high end of guidance as 100G and beyond sales again exhibited excellent growth. In addition, we expect the quarterly results to reflect record levels of gross margin and operating income and exceed our prior guidance. Our performance was driven by strong execution, a richer product mix, and favorable foreign exchange rates," said Greg Dougherty, Chief Executive Officer, Oclaro.
http://www.oclaro.com
Oclaro updated its outlook for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 saying it now expects to exceed its previously provided financial gu
NeoPhotonics to Sell Low Speed Transceiver Business to APAT Optoelectronics
Monday, December 19, 2016 China, Components, Mergers and Acquisitions, Neophotonics, Optical
NeoPhotonics will sell its Access and Low Speed transceiver product lines to APAT Optoelectronics Components Co., of Shenzhen, China. The transaction is valued at approximately $26.4 million, inclusive of post-closing payments under a Transition Services Agreement.
In 2015, and for the first 9 months of 2016, the Low Speed Business generated $92.8 million and $50.7 million in revenue, respectively, and gross profit of $16.7 million and $9.7 million, respectively. Net assets for the business were approximately $18.0 million as of September 30, 2016.
Commenting on the transaction, Tim Jenks, NeoPhotonics Chief Executive Officer, stated, "After a comprehensive evaluation of the alternatives available for the Low Speed Business, we believe this transaction will best benefit our shareholders, customers, and employees. This transaction underscores our objective to focus our efforts on growing high speed optical networking products and solutions based on our advanced hybrid photonic integration technology platform to meet customer demand." Jenks continued, "We believe the Low Speed Business will benefit from APAT OE's expertise in Access and PON products while continuing to provide quality products, support and services to customers."
NeoPhotonics Samples 100G CFP-DCO Coherent Transceiver
Monday, December 12, 2016 Components, Neophotonics
NeoPhotonics has initiated sampling of its Coherent CFP-DCO module as part of its ClearLight Coherent Module platform introduction, which uses 16nm Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) and is capable of achieving single wavelength 100 and 200 Gbps transmission over Datacenter Interconnect through Long Haul transmission distances.
NeoPhotonics said its ClearLight CFP-DCO platform is based on optical components with performance capabilities that have already been proven in high volume production. These include a high power tunable laser having the narrowest linewidth and the lowest power consumption in the industry, a low insertion loss modulator capable of higher order modulation, a high responsivity receiver and a low power consumption digital signal processor.
The first release 100Gbps version uses a standard 100GE or OTU-4 interface which can plug directly into existing 100G CFP client-side slots to extend the range and capacity for metro and DCI applications. The module incorporates standard hard decision staircase forward error correction for interoperability, as well as proprietary soft decision forward error correction for high performance applications. A 200Gbps version utilizing 16-QAM is based on the same platform and utilizes the same high volume, proven coherent optical components.
"Our new ClearLight CFP-DCO 100G pluggable Coherent transponder represents a powerful new platform product for NeoPhotonics, and we are pleased to initiate sampling to customers," said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. "This exciting new product is made possible by our Advanced Hybrid Photonic Integration technology, coupled with the latest advances in 16 nm Coherent DSPs, and provides our customers with a flexible, high performance pluggable coherent module for their high speed networks," continued Mr. Jenks.
MACOM's 25Gbps Laser Enters Mass Production
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 25G, Components, Laser, MACOM, Optical
MACOM Technology Solutions announced volume production of its family of 25Gbps lasers for data center, mobile infrastructure and Fiber to the home (FTTH) applications.
MACOM leverages Etched Facet Technology (EFT), which, when combined with its in-house wafer scale Indium Phosphide manufacturing, are expected to provide a cost and capacity advantage previously unachievable by incumbent laser suppliers.
The 127/129/131/133D-25G-LCT11 and 1295/1300/1304/1309-25B-LCT11-S families of 25Gbps lasers serve the CWDM and LAN-WDM Data Center applications respectively.
The 131D-25I-LT5TC family of TO packaged 25Gbps laser products service the 5G-LTE and 100G PON applications. MACOM's TO package is a robust, high-speed package design that enables the full utilization of laser bandwidth with efficient heat dissipation.
"With this industry leading family of lasers, MACOM continues to expand its leadership footprint beyond just RF & microwave and into photonics, and we believe key OEMs have taken notice, viewing us a key strategic supplier providing them all the critical technology and products at the necessary cost and capacity to enable their Cloud Data Center, Mobile and FTTH applications," said Dr. Alex Behfar, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist, Photonic Solutions at MACOM. "In markets where EFT can bring disruptive economics to bear, we believe it will play a pivotal role in achieving the cost thresholds to enable mainstream deployment. We have already proven our ability to service high volume cost competitive markets such as PON, and with our 25Gbps laser family we believe we are well positioned to become a preeminent supplier of lasers into these high volume markets."
http://www.macom.com/25GLasers
Luxtera Hits Milestone: One Million Silicon Photonic Transceivers
Sunday, September 18, 2016 Components, Luxtera, Optical
Luxtera announced a big milestone: the company has shipped more than one million Silicon Photonic Parallel Single Mode fiber 4-lane (PSM4) transceiver products.
Each Luxtera 100G PSM4 optical transceiver product includes four independently operating transmitter and receiver channels, integrating high-speed phase modulators, photodetectors, waveguides, grating couplers, high-speed electrical retimers, and integrated control circuitry, powered by a single integrated laser.
"This is a huge milestone for the optics industry and an exciting achievement for Luxtera," said Greg Young, President and CEO of Luxtera. "With over 1 million units deployed, sweeping design wins, and 100Gbps PSM4 shipping in 100K+ volumes, it is clear that our products are at the center of the industry's $5 billion optical super cycle. Passing this milestone signals that our customers have embraced our vision, including volume orders for solutions that offer long reach and low cost with best in class performance."
http://www.luxtera.com
Finisar Intro WaveShaper Optical Processors
Wednesday, September 07, 2016 Components, Finisar, Optical
Finisar introduced its WaveShaper Series A Programmable Optical Processors for optical filtering and processing applications in advanced communication systems in R&D and manufacturing.
Finisar said its new WaveShaper Series A processors significantly reduce insertion loss and polarization dependent loss (PDL), and provide an increased operating wavelength range for both C- and L-band units. All WaveShaper instruments now include an Ethernet interface, in addition to the existing USB control.


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Tariff Schedules
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ACFTA
AHKFTA
AIFTA
AJCEPA
AKFTA
ATIGA
Notes on the Application of the ATIGA
PJEPA
PH-EFTA FTA
The AHTN
AHTN 2017
E-Manual on Classification
The Philippine Tariff Finder Facility
The Philippine Tariff Finder (PTF) was developed by the Tariff Commission (TC) as an online frontline service to facilitate the public's need for quick and accurate information on Philippine tariff rates. Available free of charge and requiring only Internet connection, this facility houses all tariff schedules of the Philippines and enables the user to find Philippine tariff rates on specific products simply by typing in keywords or Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (or AHTN) Codes. The PTF was included in the Statement of President Benigno S. Aquino III for the 23rd ASEAN Summit.
Launched in 2013, on the 60th anniversary year of TC, the PTF has been enhanced and now provides applicable tariff rates and Rules of Origin pursuant to Free Trade Agreements entered into by the Philippines.
The Philippines currently maintains ten (10) tariff schedules. An overview of each of these schedules can be found in the Tariff Schedules tab. The different acronyms and abbreviations which appear in the schedules, and their meanings, are catalogued in the Acronyms tab for easy reference. The tab also compiles the footnotes appearing in the schedules.
The AHTN tab gives an overview of the commodity nomenclature used by the Philippines and the nine other Member States of the ASEAN. The Rules of Origin tab links to a TC Primer on the criteria for determining the country of origin of a product.
To make the search process easier, whether by keyword or by AHTN 2017 Code, please refer to the AHTN 2017 Tariff Book tab. You can also click on the E-Manual on Classification tab for basic information on the tariff classification of goods.
Please click here for step-by-step instructions on how to use the PTF.
For complete and authoritative information on the tariff classification of commodities, and their applicable rates of duty under the various tariff schedules of the Philippines, please email us at TC.Assist@mail.tariffcommission.gov.ph or get in touch with the Commodities Studies Division at (632) (8) 926-8731. Our fax number is (632) (8) 921-7960.
We appreciate feedback and have created the Suggestions tab to make it easier for you to email comments to us. Our objective is to continuously improve the usefulness of the facility.
The PTF was developed in partnership with the Information and Communications Technology Office – National Computer Center of the Department of Science and Technology. Its enhancement was in collaboration with the Bureau of Customs with support from the United States Agency for International Development.
The PTF logo was designed by Engineer Kenneth C. Leonardo of TC.


Thumbnails of Sentinel Imagery from Planet's API.
We're really excited about the prospect of building custom apps to collect imagery for some of our project sites. The API docs for Planet are thorough, letting you work out how to write a client of the API in the programming language of your choice. It has a few Python examples on the site but none for NodeJS in the latest version of the API—so let's make one!
One of the apps we're cooking up here at DAI is one that helps us monitor a work site with regularly updated satellite imagery. In the following code block, we have a NodeJS script that makes an authenticated request for recent Sentinel imagery products that meet the following criteria: covers an area near Malibu, California, acquired any time since January 1, has downloadable assets and is an image with at least 85 percent actual imagery data data. The reason for that last criterion is that some images are only slices of a complete tile, so we want to specify a minimum threshold for imagery data per tile, something referred to as blackfill in the Planet glossary. Also, for the record, we don't have any projects in Malibu, it's just an example.
Here's the code to make a request to the Planet API using NodeJS. If you want to use the code, you first need to register as a developer with Planet to get your API key, and then insert it on line 76. That is the only change you need to make in the code before running it on your own machine.
Our response comes back as a page-able list of responses with 250 records in each page, with each record corresponding to a single imagery product. One record contains the coordinates for the perimeter of the tile, as well as a long list of useful parameters like cloud cover, sun angle, and image source. To actually download the imagery you need to make another authenticated web request using the asset link that is part of each response object.
Here are some beautiful images of the southern Californian coastline that came back in our response. A useful parameter in the result set is cloud_cover. Filtering on images with low cloud_cover gives you crystal clear imagery.
Thumbnails in the response of our API request for images near Malibu, California. This is a super-simple start, just scratching the surface of the API but we hope you find ways to use it in your work.


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Q: Is there a way to define a dictionary in kusto query and get both key and value I defined two variables by using kusto query, for example, TableA has a column "Path" such as
\L1\L2\L3\L4, want to get the name of each part of this Path. If want to get all rows which path's second part is "L2", we need the index == 1. If we want to get all rows which path's third part is "L3", we need change both variable index to 2 and name to "L3".
let index = 1;
let name = 'L2';
TableA
| extend PathSeperated = split(Path, "\\")
| project Name = PathSeperated[toint(index)]
| where Name == name

How can we make a mapping such as using a dictionary to clarify  that it is obvious to know whenever we want to change  the value of name, we have to change the value of index at the same time.
I tried to use dynamic, but it requires the key as a String, I defined it as
let mapping = dynamic("1", "L2");

I need both key and value, but I can't use mapping.1 to get the associated value "L2". Also, I can't find a way to get a key's value.
Could somebody know if there's a way to get both key and value for kusto query?

A: Does this work:
let index = 1;
let dict = dynamic(["L1","L2", "L3", "L4"]);
datatable(Path:string)[@'foo\bar\baz', @'L1\L2\L3\L4']
| extend PathSeperated = split(Path, "\\")
| project Name = PathSeperated[index]
| where Name == tostring(dict[index])

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Islamul este religia majoritară în Uzbekistan, conform statisticilor 90% din populație se declară de religie islamică.

Istorie
Islamul este prezent pe teritoriul Uzbekistanului din secolul 800 d.Hr., când arabii au venit în Asia Centrală.

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Uzbekistan
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You Are Here: Home > Old News > Mean Thief.
A MEAN THIEF.
A few days since John Slevin induced Mrs. Ellen McGowan, of No. 10 Morris street, to take him in as boarder, representing himself as a resident of Trenton, N.J., who had come over to spend "the Fourth," but had been robbed. He stated that he was a liquor dealer, and had written home for a remittance, which he daily expected. Mrs. McGowan was delighted with her boarder, and permitted him to have the run of the house. On Tuesday she went out, and left her keys in her trunk, when her gentlemanly boarder stole $93 in cash, with which he went on a glorious spree, during which he was arrested. Yesterday he was fully committed to answer.
New York (New York) Times, July 9, 1874.


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Newport Jazz Festival 1968 (D3); Montreux Jazz Festival, June 24, 1972 (D4).
Rhino Records (2) logo on the back cover.


This outpouring of community support is cherished by Supervisor Cora and her ward immensely.
Items will be collected at every meetup through September. Point of Contact is Connie. Thank you in advance!
Thank you to Tina who talked about her Addi interchangeable cord knitting needles and had a handout on various types. Karen donated a Boye and a Denise knitting needle set (about $50 value each!) for the 'in attendance' prizes. Winners were Donna and Ivonne. Congrats!
Ivonne is conquering socks and a ribbed basketweave scarf.
Laura is working on a wool poncho.
Karen is making strides on her long sweater with tails.
Barbara is frogging a sock.
Sally is had a wonderful handout for sizing hats &is testing a pattern for a young Ravelry entrepreneur.
Denise is creating beautiful cables.
Lucy is knitting a red scarf and her scarves were featured on 2016 Special Olympics Texas Scarf Project facebook page.
Dlaine and Lauren are knitting the same stunning knit-a-long shawl.
Hannelore is knitting American doll cloths.
Donna is knitting a brown hat.
Dottie is crocheting hats and modeled her hat with a bow for us!
Terry is crocheting hats for her coworkers.
Friends for Life: Ivonne crocheted 3 cowls, 1 mobious, a dishcloth, a dish soap cover and an owl basket. Dottie crocheted 3 pairs of fingerless gloves and two hats. Donna sewed a walker caddy.
Veteran donations: Barbara knit two hats. POC Connie.
Baby donations: Sally crocheted 2 hats, Barbara knit 4 hats, two NICU squares and a blanket. POC Laura.
JoAnn's Fabric and Craft Store donated 8 skeins of Red Heart Soft and Red heart Super Saver for members to knit items to donate. Thank you JoAnn's (and Tina for delivering it)!
Next Meetup is our "Knit @ Nite" group on Thursday Feb 18th in the Conference room (back left) at the West Waco Library (5301 Bosque Blvd #275) from 6:30 - 8:30pm. POC Kimberly. Inez Russell from Friends for Life (1st quarter charity) will talk about FFL mission and how we can help. POC Lauren. Hope you can join us!
Welcome Waco Knitter newcomer Sylvia! Yarn Art in work: baby hats, shawl, car seat blanket, stuffed toys, another shawl, more baby hats, socks, adult hats, pillow, Christmas afghan, more socks, kimono, baby afghan, and a couple cable afghan.
STORY: Waco Knitter Hannelore's grandbaby Felix was born 7-17-2014 at Providence and when the nurse came in with a knit baby cap for him, out of the 850 hats we've donated this year, the one Felix received was one Hannelore had made!!!!! Hannelore had several nurses make it a point to say how much the baby hats are cherished that some of us handcraft and donate to the newborns. Thank you - you are appreciated!


In order to delineate a threefold relationship among communication variables, identity problems, and depressive symptoms, a structural equation model involving sequential relationships from communication competence, communication apprehension, and assertiveness to personal-relational, personal-enacted, and enacted-relational identity gaps to depressive symptoms was estimated with a sample of 475 participants. In the estimation, communication competence and communication apprehension significantly predicted all three identity gaps. However, assertiveness significantly predicted only an enacted-relational identity gap. Then, all three identity gaps had significant effects on depressive symptoms. In the analysis checking mediation effects of the identity gaps between the communication variables and depressive symptoms, the three identity gaps significantly mediated effects of the communication variables on depressive symptoms, suggesting that the identity gaps are a necessary linker conveying effects of communication problems to depressive symptoms.
Jung, E. (2013). Delineation of a Threefold Relationship Among Communication Input Variables, Identity Gaps, and Depressive Symptoms. Southern Communication Journal, 78(2), 163-184.


Regimental. West India Regiment | Why Are West Indians In This Country?
At 10.30am on Friday 18th February 1927 the Colours were taken to Buckingham Palace and presented to King George V. They were later taken to St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle until they were subsequently transferred to the Royal Collection Trust where they remain to this day.
A replica of the Standard was produced by the WAWI Project in 2010, in honour and memory of those great Regiments, Gone but no longer forgotten.


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Star Trek Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Cryptic Studios based on the Star Trek series created by Gene Roddenberry. The game is set in the 25th century, 30 years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Star Trek Online is the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game within the Star Trek franchise.
Star Trek Online is set in the years 2409/2410, thirty years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. The alliance between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire has collapsed, and both sides are once again at war. The Romulan Star Empire continues to deal with the fallout of the loss of their homeworld twenty-two years earlier (as shown in J. J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot), while the Dominion rebuilds its forces. The Borg Collective has re-emerged as a major threat.
This game features a variety of mission, like STF (Special Task Force), Fleet missions and general gameplay.
The character i love playing with in this game is known by @Cicuta, this is also my main account i play with and make video on YouTube by. Usually i make video for YouTube on the different topic's and tutorials, most of them are how to star trek online, also let's play videos on how i play this game. Join me on my journey throughout Star Trek Online, In my videos i also cover star trek online walkthrough where i do a walktrought and review this awesome looking game. In all my video's for YouTube i give my own thoughts and comments and commentary about various topic's.
Star Trek Online Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game (Video Game Genre) also features expansions pack's like Legacy of Romulus, Delta Rising and Agents of Yesterday. This are game updates which are totally free of any charge!
Star Trek Online is just AWESOME!
The latest expansion STO has to offer is features lockbox from from from the na'kuhl, Sphere Builder, Undiscovered, Privateer, Kelvin Timeline and the Son'a
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If you have installed Livedrive Briefcase on your computer then you'll know how easy it is to use your online storage: it appears just like any other drive, automatically syncing and uploading files in the background. However, as we saw with the Keepass tutorial, having your online storage appear as a drive has other benefits too – it can greatly extend simple applications that run on your computer by syncing them to all of your other PCs and letting you access them from anywhere. Notational Velocity is another such simple app which is given an extra dimension by Livedrive.
These days many of us have tens or hundreds of passwords to remember: for work, for home, for social networks, for banking, for email, and even for Livedrive! Keeping track of all of these passwords can be hard work, and many users resort to using the same password everywhere (which means that if one site is hacked then all of your services are vulnerable), or making their passwords simple and memorable (which probably means that they're easy to guess). But using a strong and unique password for every site means you have to have somewhere to write them down – and that's where password managers come in.
Over the past two months a group of Livedrive users have been helping us to beta test a new version of the Livedrive software for Windows. This new version of the software changes the way that Livedrive stores information about your files on your computer, meaning that Livedrive is faster and more robust than ever before, and uses even fewer resources on your PC. After a very successful beta – with lots of positive feedback from our beta testers – we're now ready to roll this update our to all of our users.
The update is already available for new users – so if you downloaded the software recently then you may already be using the latest version. Existing users will be upgraded in random groups throughout the next week – so if you are using the previous version then the software will prompt you at some point to upgrade. Just follow the on-screen instructions to install the latest version – it will automatically download and set everything up for you.
If you have lots of files on your Livedrive account then this process may take a while, but it only needs to be done once. You can stop this process at any time by pressing Stop, and Livedrive will close. When you next start Livedrive, or restart your computer, Livedrive will resume the migration from the point it last left off – so don't worry about stopping it or shutting down your PC. Once the migration is complete, just press Finish and Livedrive will start as normal.
If you have any problems or questions about this upgrade, or any other aspect of the Livedrive service, please get in touch with our support team, who will be delighted to help. Simply email support@livedrivesupport.com and we will get back to you within 24 hours.
Check out the new Livedrive Facebook page and win a free year of Livedrive Briefcase!
Livedrive are delighted to announce that we have launched our brand new Facebook page. From here you can keep up with the latest news, tips and tutorials from Livedrive, all without leaving Facebook. Our news and announcements will appear in your Facebook feed, so you'll always know about the cool new features available to you in your Livedrive account as soon as they happen!
Please Note: This post is provided as is for information only, and Livedrive will be unable to provide support for these scripts. Please make sure that you know what you are doing – Livedrive cannot accept any responsibility for problems caused when following the instructions in this blog post.
The Livedrive Backup desktop software makes it really easy to safely backup your Windows or Mac computers online, but with the Livedrive Briefcase FTP feature and a small Linux script it's very easy to backup your Linux box to Livedrive too.
Since the modern internet first sprang to life in the 1980s, data transfer speeds have been improving at a phenomenal rate. Our modern broadband connections allow us to do things that were just not possible ten years ago, such as streaming audio and video, using applications over the web, and of course, online storage. Livedrive's Desktop Sync software – which syncs files between your PCs and our online storage space – could not have existed only five years ago. However even today's broadband services are still comparatively in their infancy, and this does present Livedrive with some challenges: how can we transfer your files as instantaneously as possible?
In this post we're going to look at four cool things that the Livedrive Desktop Sync software can do to make sure that your files are synced quickly and seamlessly.
Cloud storage is a powerful business tool when used correctly. This post looks at five ways that cloud storage can benefit your business – making you more productive and more secure.
Cloud storage services make secure backups very simple – with Livedrive's desktop software, you can simply right click on any folder on a PC or server and select "Add to Livedrive". The folder is then monitored constantly and any new documents or changed documents are backed up off-site on Livedrive's secure servers. It's a completely effortless process – no need to rely on staff to regularly rotate backup tapes or take them home.
If you need to restore a file later for any reason, you can just log into Livedrive's web portal, find the file and click on download – there's no need to battle through backup tapes to find the correct file in an incremental sequence.
Businesses can collect massive amounts of data – much of it remains unused and ends up being deleted. However every business has situations where this old data suddenly becomes essential, long after it has been removed. With cloud storage you can now keep your archived data for as long as you want – whether its log files, RAW multimedia or analytics and reporting data, just uploading it to your Livedrive account lets you keep it and forget it until you really need it.
Livedrive's Desktop Sync software makes it very easy to get this archive data online without taking up any hard drive space, but Livedrive even has FTP access which lets you upload your files from any server anywhere.
Livedrive can be used by anyone, and we're constantly seeing new and innovative ways that people use our service to make their lives easier. However photographers are one group of people that especially benefit from our online storage, and Livedrive have some great features designed to meet their needs. In this post we want to take you through some of the fantastic tools that our photographer-users love.
Although Livedrive provides an L: drive, which is synced between all of your computers and available from anywhere online, by default files placed on the L: drive are also stored on your computer's hard drive, taking up disk space. This is great for documents that you need to access quickly – you can use them from your L: drive just like a normal file, opening them in desktop editing software or dragging and dropping them between other folders on your PC. However photographers have numerous high res RAW files that probably don't need to be accessed regularly, and that can quickly fill up any size of hard disk.
The Livedrive desktop software is designed to have as little impact on your computer's performance as possible. When the software is running you'd hardly notice it's there – the only evidence is the small Livedrive icon next to your clock in the bottom right of your screen. The software is highly optimised to avoid placing unnecessary load on your computer's processor or memory, meaning that Windows runs as quickly as it did before Livedrive was installed.
However Livedrive is not as conservative by default when it comes to bandwidth use. Bandwidth is the amount of data that you can upload or download from the internet every second – your internet service provider (ISP) and telephone lines can only cope with so much at a time. Normally if Livedrive has data to upload or download then it will do it as quickly as it can: this is because we want your Livedrive synchronisation to be as quick and seamless as possible, and for most users this is the perfect way to work – it has no impact on their web browsing experience.


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