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Mark your calendars: WordCamp San Francisco, the official annual WordPress conference, will be August 12-14, 2011. This year will mark the 5th anniversary of WordCamp, and as always will feature Matt Mullenweg’s “State of the Word” address as well as a variety of amazing speakers that you’d normally only get to see at expensive industry conferences. This year the program will be expanded to three days, with programming for publishers, bloggers, and developers. There will also be related activities, like core team summits, workshops  for contributors, designers, and local organizers, and various professional and networking events. The planning is just beginning, so save the date on your calendar and keep an eye on the WordCamp SF 2011 site (and/or follow the @wordcampsf twitter account) for updates as details become available.

*For people who attended WordCamp SF last year who thought the annual event this year would be called WordCon, with WordCamp SF becoming a more locally-oriented event, you can read my long-winded explanation of why we didn’t go that route over the on the WordCamp Central blog.

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Fibers that carry more than one mode are called multi-mode fibers. There are two types of multi-mode fibers. One type is step-index multi-mode fiber and the other type is graded-index multi-mode fiber.

The following illustration shows the differences between these two types of multimode fibers on refractive index profile and how they guide light.

Fiber Optic Transmission in a Step-Index Multimode Fiber and a Graded-Index Multimode Fiber

Step-index multimode fibers are mostly used for imaging and illumination. Graded-index multimode fibers are used for data communications and networks carrying signals moderate distances – typically no more than a couple of kilometers

Modal-Dispersion and Limit on Step-Index Multimode Fibers’ Bandwidth

Take a look at the illustration for a step-index multimode fiber. Rays of light enter the fiber with different angles to the fiber axis, up to the fiber’s acceptance angle (numerical aperture). Rays that enter with a shallower angle travel by a more direct path, and arrive sooner than those enter at steeper angles (which reflect many more times off the core/cladding boundaries as they travel the length of the fiber). The arrival of different modes of the light at different times is called Modal Dispersion.

Index Profile Difference Between Step-Index Multimode Fiber and Graded-Index Multimode Fiber

Light Transmission in a Step-Index Multimode Fiber and a Graded-Index Multimode Fiber

Step-index multimode fibers are mostly used for imaging and illumination. Graded-index multimode fibers are used for data communications and networks carrying signals moderate distances – typically no more than a couple of kilometers

Modal-Dispersion and Limit on Step-Index Multimode Fibers’ Bandwidth

Take a look at the illustration for a step-index multimode fiber. Rays of light enter the fiber with different angles to the fiber axis, up to the fiber’s acceptance angle (numerical aperture). Rays that enter with a shallower angle travel by a more direct path, and arrive sooner than those enter at steeper angles (which reflect many more times off the core/cladding boundaries as they travel the length of the fiber). The arrival of different modes of the light at different times is called Modal Dispersion.

Modal Dispersion is also called modal distortion, multimode dispersion, intermodal distortion, intermodal dispersion, and intermodal delay distortion.

Digital communications use light pulse to transmit signal down the length of the fiber, as we explain in the fiber optic network tutorial. Modal dispersion causes pulses to spread out as they travel along the fiber, the more modes the fiber transmits, the more pulses spread out. This significantly limits the bandwidth of step-index multimode fibers.

For example, a typical step-index multimode fiber with a 50 µm core would be limited to approximately 20 MHz for a one kilometer length, in other words, a bandwidth of 20 MHz·km.

Graded-Index Multimode Fibers Solves the Problem of Modal Dispersion

Graded-index fiber’s refractive index decreases gradually away from its center, finally dropping to the same value as the cladding at the edge of the core. The change in refractive index causes refraction, instead of total internal reflection, which bends light rays back toward the fiber axis as they pass through layers with lower refractive index. No total internal reflection happens because refraction bends light rays back into the fiber axis before they reach the cladding boundary.

Different light modes in a graded-index multimode fiber still follow different lengths along the fiber, as in step-index multimode fiber.  However their speeds differ because the speed of guided light changes with fiber core’s refractive index.

So the farther the light goes from the center of the fiber, the faster its speed. So the speed difference compensate for the longer paths followed by the light rays that go farthest from the center of the fiber. This equalizing of transit times of different modes greatly reduces modal dispersion.

The bandwidth of a typical off-the-shelf graded-index multimode fiber with a 50 µm core may approach 1 GHz·km or more. Multimode graded-index fibers having bandwidths approaching 3 GHz·km have been produced.

But please note that modal dispersion may be considerably reduced, but never completely eliminated.

Laser Optimized Multimode (Multi Mode) Optical Fibers from Corning

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As our loyal customers already know, here at Telecast we are always striving to reduce the cabling and set up time necessary for cameras in the studio and in the field, while also maintaining the full functionality that each camera brings to the table… or the production crew.

We also want to keep the cabling as simple to use and lightweight as possible because we know it makes a big difference compared to lugging heavy copper cable reels on site. And spooling and unspooling copper in the cold and/or the dark is a nightmare.

The team at Telecast Fiber is also fixated on cable weight because lighter weight, smaller cable means faster deployment of crew and equipment.  In pre-production, this is a time and money saver.  In news coverage, ENG crews with fiber get on the air faster and closer to the “breaking news” event than the competition.

And since tactical fiber cable can be up to 90% lighter than comparable bundle of copper cables, fiber reduces the overall ENG van weight (a safety issue) and leads to better fuel efficiency (an economic necessity).

Our efforts appear to be paying off, based on the positive feedback we’re receiving in ever-increasing numbers. For example, as more stations across the U.S. begin to adopt JVC’s new GY-HM790 ProHD camera, they are also purchasing the Telecast Copperhead PROHD KA-F790 Fiber Optic Transceiver, which was designed specifically for that camera. It’s actually the first model in our CopperHead series to provide a direct connection to a camcorder without requiring external cables.

The compact CopperHead KA-F790 attaches directly to the back of the JVC GY-HM790 camera body and enables broadcasters to leverage the camera’s full studio functionality in the field. It connects the camera via lightweight tactical (unpowered) or SMPTE hybrid (powered) fiber optic cable to a truck, control room, or “video village” position.

The CopperHead KA-F790 simultaneously transports bidirectional digital (SDI or HD-SDI) and analog (NTSC or PAL) video, as well as all two-way camera control, audio, video, data, sync, tally/call, prompter, and intercom signals between the camcorder and the remote CopperHead Base Station. The lightweight, 1 RU Base Station is easily integrated into any studio, mobile truck, or portable flypack—and plugs directly into a facility’s switcher, router, intercom, and house sync systems.

The nice thing about the JVC GY-HM790 equipped with a CopperHead is that is can be used in the studio or out in the field, allowing users to dual-purpose that camcorder… allowing it to do in-camera recording as well as multi-camera switched productions.   Or both at once: iso-recording in-camera while a switched show is produced from the control room.  The numerous benefits of fiber signal (light) transmission become only add to that ROI.

We’re seeing more and more professionals looking to harness the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of camcorders and fiber cable; because they can send and receive high-quality HD signals over long distances, and they can be up and running a lot faster than with traditional copper cabling.

At Telecast Fiber Systems we always try to remember that news crews want to get the news, then get it back to the station and then to the viewers.  Quickly. We can’t wind or carry that cable reel for you, but we can make it lighter and faster to use. And we have, with the Copperhead system.

Hey, anything we can do to help. That’s been our motto all along.
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The long-awaited fourteenth release of WordPress is now available. WordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” is named in honor of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Version 3.1 is available for download, or you can update from within your dashboard.

This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, an admin bar so you’re never more than a click away from your most-used dashboard pages, a streamlined writing interface that hides many of the seldom-used panels by default to create a simpler and less intimidating writing experience for new bloggers (visit Screen Options in the top right to get old panels back), and a refreshed blue admin scheme available for selection under your personal options.

There’s a bucket of candy for developers as well, including our new Post Formats support which makes it easy for themes to create portable tumblelogs with different styling for different types of posts, new CMS capabilities like archive pages for custom content types, a new Network Admin, an overhaul of the import and export system, and the ability to perform advanced taxonomy and custom fields queries.

With the 3.1 release, WordPress is more of a CMS than ever before. The only limit to what you can build is your imagination.

(No video yet for 3.1, we’re going to add it later.)

By the Numbers

There were over two thousand commits to the codebase in the 3.1 cycle! For a more comprehensive look at everything that has improved in 3.1, check out 3.1’s Codex page or the more than 820 closed issues in Trac.

Now is the time to drop by our development channels if you are interested in being involved with 3.2, as the agenda will be under discussion shortly. We’re hoping to get the 3.2 release out in a shorter development cycle (3.1 took too long) and include some fun improvements around plugins and the speed of the admin. (Don’t worry, we’re still planning on using PHP.)

We’re All in This Together

WordPress is the result of the combined effort of people from all over the world united with a common goal: to make the best darn web software for publishing your story on the web and sharing it with the world. Here is a list of the more than 180 people who helped out with development during the 3.1 cycle:

Aaron Campbell (aaroncampbell), Adam Backstrom (adambackstrom), John Ford (aldenta), Alex Dunae (alexdunae), Alex King (alexkingorg), Amanda French (amandafrench), Will Anderson (anderswc), Andrea Rennick (andrea_r), Andrew Ozz (azaozz), Andy Skelton (andy/skeltoac), Andy Blackwell (andyblackwell), André Renaut (arena), Andrei Vereha (avereha), Azizur Rahman (azizur), Barry Abrahamson (barry), Mohammad Jangda (batmoo), Beau Lebens (beaulebens), Ben Ward (benward), Matthew G. Richmond (bigdawggi), Rowan Rodrik van der Molen (bigsmoke), Glenn Ansley (blepoxp), blt4, bobbyblade, Boone B. Gorges (boonebgorges), Brian Colinger (briancolinger), Brian Layman (brianlayman), Caesar Schinas (caesarsgrunt), Ben Casey (casben79), Chip Bennett (chipbennett), Chris Sfanos, Chris Jean (chrisbliss18), Marco Cimmino (cimmo), Scott Reilly (coffee2code), Dylan Kuhn (cyberhobo), Darren Meehan (darrenmeehan), Dion Hulse (dd32), Dean Robinson (deanjrobinson), Demetris Kikizas, Δημήτρης Κίκιζας (demetris), Denis-de-Bernardy, djzone, Доктор Бро (doktorbro), Donal MacArthur (donalmacarthur), Dougal Campbell (dougal), Dre Armeda (dremeda), Jon Cave (duck_), Doug Provencio (dougwrites), Edward Hevlund (edward mindreantre), Einar Egilsson (einare), Eric Mann (ericmann), Austin Matzko (filosofo), Gil Rutkowski (flashingcursor), foofy, Francesco Laffi (francescolaffi), Gary Cao (garyc40), Justin Tadlock (greenshady), Reuben Gunday (greuben), hakre, Hui Chen (huichen), Ben Huson (husobj), Matt Thomas (iammattthomas), Ian Stewart (iandstewart), indie-ulf, Jacob Santos (jacobsantos), Jakub Míšek (jakub.misek), James Collins (jamescollins), Jane Wells (jane/janeforshort), jayjdk, Jason Penney (jczorkmid), Jeff Farthing (jfarthing84), Josh Kearney (jk0), joelhardi, John Blackbourn (johnbillion), John James Jacoby (johnjamesjacoby/jjj), John O’Nolan (johnonolan), John Bloch (JohnPBloch), Joost de Valk (joostdevalk/yoast), Aaron Jorbin (jorbin), Joseph Scott (josephscott), Justin Rainbow, Kapeel Sable (kapeels), Adam Harley (kawauso), Jorge Bernal (koke), Daryl Koopersmith (koopersmith), Lance Willett (lancewillett), Lutz Schroeer (latz), Lew Ayotte (layotte), linguasite, Lloyd Budd (lloydbudd), loushou, mailnew2ster, mako09, Mark Jaquith (markjaquith), Mark McWilliams (markmcwilliams), MattyRob, Mauro Gentile, Michael Adams (mdawaffe), Chris Meller (mellertime), Michael Fields (mfields), MichaelH, Mike Schinkel (mikeschinkel), Robert Chapin (miqrogroove), Michael “Mitcho” Erlewine (mitchoyoshitaka), David McFarlane (mrmist), mrwok, John Havlik (mtekk), Martin Widmann (mwidmann), Andrew Nacin (nacin), Nikolay Bachiyski (nbachiyski), Nathan Rice (nathanrice), Niall Kennedy (niallkennedy), Bernhard Riedl (neoxx), Nick Momrik (nickmomrik), Nils Juenemannn, Nicolas Kuttler (nkuttler), nootron, norbertm, Dominik Schilling (ocean90), ohanesian, Samuel Wood (Otto42), Ozh Richard (ozh), Pádraic Brady, Franklin Tse (peaceablewhale), Pete Mall (PeteMall), Phill Brown (phill_brown), Phill Kenoyer (PhillKenoyer), phrostypoison, Michael Pretty (prettyboymp), Simon Prosser (pross), Ptah Dunbar (ptahdunbar), Harsh J. Chouraria (qwertymaniac), Ran Yaniv Hartstein (RanYanivHartstein), Rasheed Bydousi (rasheed), Daniel Jalkut (redsweater), rfw, Rasmus Lerdorf (rlerdorf), Ryan McCue (rmccue), Roger Theriault (rogertheriault), ronbme, rovo89, Ryan Boren (ryan), Sara Cannon (saracannon), Scott Bressler (sbressler), Scott Kingsley Clark (sc0ttkclark), ScottMac, Silviu Cristian Burca (scribu), Sergey Biryukov, Сергей Бирюков (SergeyBiryukov), Alex Petrescu (SeyelentEco), Shawn Parker (shawnparker), shidouhikari, Simon Wheatley (simonwheatley), Matt Martz (sivel), Samir Shah (solarissmoke), sorich87, Mitch Canter (studionashvegas), t31os_, Tracy Cannon (TECannon), tech163, Aaron Brazell (technosailor), TheDeadMedic, Tim Moore (tmoorewp), Tobias Bäthge (TobiasBg), Tom Lany (tomthewebmaster), tonyf12, Utkarsh Kukreti (Utkarsh), Zé Fontainhas (vanillalounge), John Hawkins (vegasgeek), Michael Stewart (vericgar), Alex Mills (Viper007Bond), Vladimir Kolesnikov (vladimir_kolesnikov), wahgnube, wedsxcrfv, Peter Westwood (westi), whoismanu, Will Norris (wnorris), Wojtek Szkutnik (wojtek.szkutnik), wpcanyon, William P. Davis (wpdavis), Ron Rennick (wpmuguru), Kenneth Newman (WraithKenny), Yoav Farhi (yoavf), and Safirul Alfreda (zeo).

Bonus: Don’t forget to check out the latest on WordPress.tv to see all the cool WordCamp sessions you may have missed.

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April 28 noon news ( It is high to look forward to) , two personal place information because of being collected too of woman in Michigan which use Android apparatus, have prosecuted the valley song.

The news of Detroit reports, the amount of money of the lawsuit is 50 million dollars, aim at preventing the valley song from selling the mobile phone equipped with software of user position of tracing.

This lawsuit was submitted in the federal district court of U.S.A. of Detroit yesterday, the plaintiff is Julie Brown and Kayla Molaski, they are seeking the collective lawsuit for this case. Their lawyer Steven Budaj thinks, the seat of tracing Android users ” Make users’ individual privacy have risk infringed ” .

Last week the valley song company admitted Android apparatus collects & mdash of place information; — Including GPS present position, the time stamp, nearby Wi-Fi network address and apparatus ID. But this company shows, this will not be chased and found the concrete someone. Users can forbid GPS function, but they will be unable to use map function and other services based on geographic location.

The representatives of valley songs have not commented on the E-mail on the lawsuit of this afternoon immediately.

Seeking the collective lawsuit to the charge that the apple was brought too in Florida state last week, charge and claim Apple has infringed law of right of privacy and union and swindled and abused the law against the computer. This company carries on the record to users’ personal place information continuously on the premise of not providing for user and forbidding the measure.

The incident was exposed last week for the first time, two researchers showed they found iPhone on the premise of not receiving the user acceptaility or sending out the warning, have recorded users’ present and historical place information, and store the information on the apparatus in unencrypted form.

Except the lawsuit, the dispute has already impelled legislators on the question which the attorney generals of Connecticut State and Illinois put forward, to seek to carry on the investigation in Federal Trade Commission.

One week in silence later, Apple delivered a view on this incident at last, and pass a Q. and A. (FAQ) File carry on explain. The file claims, this company has carried on data collection in order to make location data of its database of traffic more perfectly, and claim just so as to store excessive information on the apparatus because of a software loophole.

(English interlinkage: Google sued over Android data location collection)

RIVERSIDE, Calif., December 14, 2010 – Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced that its Automotive Division has received a Preferred Supplier Award from the Robert Bosch GmbH. The award was given to Bourns for its quality and customer service performance in the supply of its position and angle sensors. This recognition is part of the Bosch Group’s supplier management program that includes continuous supplier assessment based on defined criteria. Bourns supplies the Bosch Group with position and angle sensors, fuel cards and various circuit protection and resistive products that are used in automotive, industrial and consumer products worldwide.

“This award confirms Bourns’ commitment to provide the highest quality and superior performing position and angle sensors available in the market, as well as to exceed customer expectations for service and support,” said Jeff Pyle, vice president of Bourns Automotive Division. “We are honored to be recognized as a Preferred Supplier of the Bosch Group, and have the opportunity to solidify a long-term relationship with this respected manufacturer.”

About Bourns
Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic products, microelectronic modules, trimming and precision potentiometers, panel controls and encoders and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, CA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns® products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 and ISO 14001 standards under Six Sigma quality programs. Bourns® automotive products are manufactured in accordance with the TS16949 standard. Additional company and product information is available at the company’s website at www.bourns.com.

Bourns® and the Bourns logo are registered trademarks of Bourns, Inc. and may be used only with the permission of Bourns and proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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On April 29, 2011, the news of Beijing, was comparable to Plass semi-conductive company to announce a few days ago, will offer Snapdragon MDP to some mobile phone manufacturers, used in the development of the touch-sensitive screen. Snapdragon MDP has adopted TrueTouch touch-sensitive screen control device that leaves, has offered the convenient and swift platform to customer, in order to test its technical characteristic and compatibility in the mobile equipment of the mobile phone size. Snapdragon MDP can also be obtained through the websites www.bsquare.com of BSQUARE Company.

It is said that comparable to the executive vice president Bien Irace of Plass’ strategy alliance and cooperative partner: “The high pass knows the way of helping customer’s products to go on the market fast well as the market leader who moves the processor. We are very much glad to be with the cooperation of high pass, the course of enabling customers develop the touchscreen interface of future generation with our TrueTouch solution is more relaxed and more convenient. ”

The business of high pass is developed the senior director Tia Cassett and said: “We are very glad to cooperate with comparable to Plassing, introduce the high-performance touch-sensitive screen solution in Snapdragon MDP. We realize user interface is becoming a important producing the disassimilation factor of the mobile phone day by day, we and have Plass match to put out UI that can merchandize fast in Snapdragon MDP. ”

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Here at Telecast Fiber Systems we often get some great ideas for product marketing from our customers. I was talking to Bill, a producer of live events, the other day, who frequently uses our Adder II audio and intercom multiplexer. He loves the system and basically confirmed what we have said about the system for a while: it is “the last audio snake you’ll ever need.”

Because Bill’s company does a lot of different theater and corporate events, it has the system configured in six rack units (it comes from two to ten) to support a mix of analog and digital (AES) audio connections. The Adder II helps them transport the dozens of audio sources that are involved in a typical live production, while also keeping the crew connected and everyone on the same page.

He actually said to me, “This is the last audio snake I’ll ever need.” Still sounds like a good slogan, right?

The truth is the Adder II is a real workhorse. With up to 64 channels of bi-directional audio, eight intercom channels, six bidirectional data streams (RS232/422/485), and four GPI paths, combined with features like remote mic gain and phantom power control, and industry leading signal-to-noise and latency specs, this “horse” is getting a workout each and every time out.

The Adder II is configured in 1RU audio strips that can stack up to nine-high above a “Control Unit” base module.  These audio strips come in eight or 16 channels of analog or digital (AES) audio, configured for transmitting (TX) or receiving (RX) or both. You buy only the strips that you need.  An intercom strip offers up to eight channels of RTS, Clear-Com or four-wire communications.  Together, they create a flexible audio system that is perfectly suited to your particular application.

Whether you need 64 x 64 analog audio or 32 analog to 16 AES signals in just one direction, with or without intercoms, the Adder II gives guys like Bill the maximum flexibility to handle all types of projects. You should put it to work for your company as well.

The analog audio TX strips feature mic preamps that allow 40dB of gain adjustments plus 12/48V phantom power via a convenient switch and LED display.  These features can be controlled locally or from the remote frame.  And with better than 25dB of optical dynamic range, the Adder can operate across the theater or across town (up to 50km) on one or two fibers, as the dual redundant outputs are at different wavelengths to facilitate easy WDM single-fiber operation.  Alternately, it can be connected on two coaxial cables for “short” runs (up to 300m).

The Adder II  system’s Control Unit manages all of the data, GPI, and fiber I/O, plus a convenient tone generator and monitoring system with an LED bar graph for easy system “ring out” diagnostics.     

All marketing slogans aside, the Adder II provides scalable audio connectivity in a modular system that easily grows as your needs do. That’s not hype, that’s the truth.

Talking with Bill, it sounds like we have the right message. Give us a call and we’ll show you the right solution.

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I remember seeing a movie when I was a kid (1990s) that was about people in a society where they had to wear thought blocking headbands that kept them from being able to have emotions or something. The main character was smarter than he was suppose to be and ended up going to a special community of smart people where he did not have to wear the headband. if anyone knows what movie I am talking about please tell me because I can't remember the name. Thank you.

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