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Tennessee needs a ‘Blue Dog’ in Congress again
In 2004, Tennessee voted Republican for president and elected five Democrats to the United States House of Representatives. Four were “Blue Dogs.” In 2008, Tennessee did it again. The voters were not confused. They knew the difference between a national political party and the person asking to represent them. They were willing to send Democrats to Washington, if those Democrats demonstrated that they knew their communities, watched the taxpayers’ money and put country ahead of party.
Data Centres & Networks
Details Category: Data Centres & Networks 1574 views Data Centres Turkey Africa Middle East Computing Artificial Intelligence Submer Group Submer, a full-stack AI and HPC infrastructure provider, and technology company Intel have announced a collaboration covering artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, high-performance computing (HPC) and next-generation data centre solutions across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
SPS from NWS FFC
Skip to main content Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC Displaying AFOS PIL: SPSFFC Product Timestamp: 2026-07-02 23:30 UTC Previous Latest Next All KFFC Products (02 Jul 2026) All SPS Products (02 Jul 2026) Text as Image Download Text 3-6 Char PIL / AFOS ID Format Download date range (UTC midnight) Start End Bulk Download Bulk Download Help This bulk download tool provides the NWS text in a raw form, hopefully directly usable by your processing system.
An AOP explainer on... changes in employment law
Listen to this article This year brings significant changes to employment law, and the AOP’s employment law team has been updating its resources for members in line with developments. Employers have increased obligations to protect their employees from harassment as part of legislative changes introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025. Since 6 April 2026, reporting sexual harassment explicitly falls within the scope of whistleblower protection.
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by John Tanner , 33 minutes ago Every brand wants relevance, and every marketer is expected to deliver it. Yet few brand teams are fully clear on what relevance actually means, how to achieve it, or how to sustain it over time. Part of the confusion lies in how we define it. Relevance often gets reduced to the signals of change we can see: a refreshed identity, a new tone of voice. a campaign designed to feel culturally current.
Viettel breaks ground on Vietnam’s first semiconductor plant
Military-owned telco Viettel Group announced on Friday it has kicked off construction of Vietnam’s first semiconductor chip manufacturing plant to support the government’s ambition to develop a fully-fledged semiconductor ecosystem. According to a LinkedIn post from Viettel, the plant is being built in Hoa Lac High-Tech Park in Hanoi on an area of 27 hectares.
New Hampshire, Areas For Buy & Hold
What areas are people investing in for cash flow, buy & hold? The rental markets are strong in the places noted above. Here's how I see them breakdown when it comes to money. I could be off but I've lived in most of these areas personally and this is how they feel to me.
Digital Realty launches its first data centre in Ghana
Digital Realty has launched ACR2, its first data centre in Ghana, that it says will serve as a critical hub in Ghana’s digital ecosystem by connecting it to global markets and empowering businesses with highly connected infrastructure. Located in Accra amid a dense network of fibre routes and subsea cables, including direct access to the 2Africa cable system, ACR2 – which was launched on Friday – will deliver carrier-neutral colocation services with an expected 1.7MW of installed IT capacity.
IHS Brazil signs deal with TIM to build up to 3,000 sites
Details John Tanner 09 October 2025 2603 Latin America Brazil Telecom Towers TIM Brasil IHS Brasil Participacoes IHS Brazil, part of the IHS Towers group, announced on Wednesday it has signed a new site agreement with TIM S.A. that further extends the two companies’ partnership in the Brazilian market. According to IHS Brazil, the partnership aims to build up to 3,000 sites with an initial minimum deployment of 500 sites. The sites will be distributed across multiple regions of Brazil.
PLDT’s Smart launches ViLTE-powered video calls
Details John Tanner 03 October 2025 2641 PLDT Philippines VoLTE Smart Communications Southeast Asia Video Calling ViLTE PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications announced on Thursday that it has launched a new video calling service powered by Video Over LTE (ViLTE) technology that allows users to make video calls without using a third-party app.
Airtel Zambia and IHS Zambia make progress on tower rollout marathon
Details John Tanner 16 September 2025 2368 Sub-Saharan Africa Zambia Telecom Towers IHS Towers ZICTA Airtel Zambia Airtel Zambia and tower company IHS Zambia are making good time on their plan with the Zambian government to expand network reach in Zambia, with 52 new telecoms towers expected to be up and running by the end of this month.
Visualization of covalent intermediates and conformational states of proline utilization A by X-ray crystallography and molecular dynamics simulations
Keywords crystal structure molecular dynamics flavoprotein enzyme structure proline dehydrogenase aldehyde dehydrogenase proline catabolism bifunctional enzyme substrate channeling Abbreviations ALDH (aldehyde dehydrogenase) GSAL (L-glutamate-γ-semialdehyde) GSALDH (L-glutamate-γ-semialdehyde dehydrogenase) MD (molecular dynamics) P5C (Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate) PDB (Protein Data Bank) PRODH (proline dehydrogenase) PutA (proline utilization A) QMR (quantum mechanical restraints) RMSF...
Axiata to help Cambodian govt boost cybersecurity capabilities
Details John Tanner 14 August 2025 1422 Cambodia Skills development Smart Axiata Cybersecurity Axiata Group Southeast Asia Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication Malaysia-based Axiata Group announced on Wednesday it has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC) to collaborate on beefing up Cambodia’s cybersecurity landscape, as well as developing cybersecurity talent in the country.
TCS and NOW Telecom to build sovereign cloud in the Philippines
Details John Tanner 13 August 2025 2584 Philippines Data Sovereignty Cybersecurity Southeast Asia Now Telecom Tata Consultancy Services cloud infrastructure Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) says it has partnered with Philippine telco NOW Telecom to co-design, develop, and deploy scalable and secure digital infrastructure that includes the creation of a sovereign data cloud for public and private sectors.
Uztelecom shifts fixed broadband strategy to focus on GPON, FTTx
Details John Tanner 11 August 2025 4989 Central South Asia Network Modernisation Uzbekistan FttX GPON Fixed Broadband Uzbektelecom Uzbektelecom (a.k.a. Uztelecom ) announced on Saturday that it will focus on deploying high-speed GPON and FTTx solutions across Uzbekistan starting this month as part of its telecoms infrastructure modernisation programme.
TM One and Agrobank to digitally transform agriculture MSMEs
Details John Tanner 11 August 2025 734 Malaysia Agriculture SD-WAN Digital Transformation Southeast Asia MSMEs TM One Agrobank Telekom Malaysia’s enterprise and public sector business solutions arm TM One said on Friday it has formalised a five-year strategic collaboration with Agrobank to boost digital transformation of Malaysia’s agriculture and agro-based MSME sectors.
Vodafone Idea to deploy 12 million smart meters for energy sector
Details John Tanner 07 August 2025 1416 India Sustainable Energy Smart Metering IoT Vodafone Idea South Asia Vi Business, the enterprise arm of India’s Vodafone Idea, said on Wednesday it plans to deploy 12 million smart meters nationwide within the next three years in a bid to help transform India’s energy infrastructure.
EchoStar taps MDA Space to build LEO sats for new D2D network
Details John Tanner 04 August 2025 2392 Global Brazil Mexico LEO Satellite EchoStar direct-to-device satellite MDA Space Satellite communications firm EchoStar is moving ahead with plans to join the global direct-to-device (D2D) satellite race via a new LEO satellite constellation, and has awarded an initial US$1.3 billion contract to MDA Space to help build it.
Space42 secures more funding for next-gen Al Yah satellites
Details John Tanner 23 July 2025 2239 Satellite Middle East North Africa UAE Yahsat Financing SPACE42 UAE-based satellite company Space42 announced on Wednesday that it has signed a US$695.5 million Export Credit Agency (ECA)-backed financing facility to fund the development of its next-generation geostationary satellites, Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5.
China Telecom Completes the Industry's First 1024-GPUs Distributed Lossless AI Computing Cluster via Its 800G WDM Field-Deployed Networks
Category: Data Centres & Networks 795 views Latin America Brazil Data Centres Connectivity ISPs Interconnection Cloud Platform Peering DE-CIX Internet exchanges Internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX, which provides interconnection services in approximately 60 locations across Europe, Africa, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia, says that, having successfully launched operations in São Paulo, it is expanding its presence in Brazil with DE-CIX Rio de Janeiro, its newest...
China Telecom Completes the Industry's First 1024-GPUs Distributed Lossless AI Computing Cluster via Its 800G WDM Field-Deployed Networks
Category: Regulation 3241 views Central South Asia India Vodafone Idea Vodafone Idea is pushing back against a fresh demand from India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which is seeking INR94.5 billion (US$1.1 billion) in outstanding adjusted gross revenue (AGR) charges from both Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel.
TurkNet, SOCAR Fiber to integrate network along TANAP pipeline
TurkNet and SOCAR Fiber announced on Thursday they have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to integrate their fibre optic networks along the TANAP natural gas pipeline to expand TurkNet's fibre business and fortify Turkey’s internet backbone. SOCAR Fiber owns an express fibre route that runs along both sides of the pipeline from the Georgian border to the Greek border, passing near key cities such as Bursa, Eskişehir, Ankara, Sivas, Erzurum, and Kars.
MTN Nigeria launches Tier III data centre in Lagos
Details John Tanner 02 July 2025 2588 Sub-Saharan Africa Data Centres Cloud Services Nigeria MTN Nigeria cloud infrastructure MTN Nigeria officially launched the first phase of its US$235 million data centre in Lagos on Tuesday, along with a cloud service to compete against the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google. Phase 1 of the Dabengwa Sifiso Data Centre (named after a former MTN CEO) is a Tier III facility with 780 racks and an IT load capacity of 4.5MW.
Starlink clear to launch commercial services in Kazakhstan in Q3
Details John Tanner 13 June 2025 6100 Regulation Central South Asia Satellite Broadband Kazakhstan SpaceX Starlink LEO Satellite SpaceX’s LEO satellite broadband operator Starlink is set to officially launch services in Kazakhstan later this year after it signed a regulatory compliance agreement with the country’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry (MDAI).
Southern Soul Barbeque, St. Simons, Georgia: The 2025 Georgia Tour
I started Wednesday, Day 2 of my Georgia Tour, with a fine breakfast at Sweet Mama’s with my Georgia Food Guru and the close friend of everyone in a food-related business in Georgia and beyond. This armed, Keith McLendon, I prepared for the number one destination of my trip. We drove around for a bit — St. Simons is lovely — and then headed to Southern Soul at 20220 Demere Road. We’d been there the day before for Southern Soul’s impressive pork chop sandwich.
Iridium taps Syniverse to help MNOs integrate its D2D service
Details John Tanner 30 May 2025 3806 Global Syniverse Iridium NB-IoT Non-terrestrial networks LEO Satellite direct-to-device satellite LEO satellite operator Iridium Communications announced on Thursday it has signed a partnership deal with Syniverse to support the rollout of Iridium’s planned direct-to-device (D2D) satellite service that will offer non-terrestrial network (NTN) services for terrestrial mobile operators.
Indosat launches AI experience centre in East Indonesia
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison said on Wednesday it has officially inaugurated an AI Experience Center (AIEC) in Jayapura as part of its bid to expand access to AI technology for communities across Eastern Indonesia.
Dialog Axiata launches location tracker for school van operators
Details John Tanner 12 May 2025 1728 Central South Asia Location-Based Services Sri Lanka Parental Controls Dialog Axiata Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata has launched a location-tracking service for school vans, which it says will not only improve student safety, but also make school transportation more efficient.
Rivada gets market access to Costa Rica and Czech Republic
Details John Tanner 29 April 2025 2956 Latin America Central and Eastern Europe Czech Republic Costa Rica LEO Satellite Rivada Space Networks Aspiring LEO satellite player Rivada Space Networks announced on Monday it has signed new deals enabling it to launch its "Outernet" services in Costa Rica and the Czech Republic. The latest deals – which also include Belgium, and Sweden – bring the total number of markets where Rivada has secured market access for its Outernet service to 33.
Globe joins DISHA pilot to provide data for AI-driven disaster response
Details John Tanner 03 April 2025 3408 Big Data Analytics Philippines Globe Telecom Disaster Response United Nations Artificial Intelligence Southeast Asia UN Global Pulse DISHA Globe Telecom announced on Wednesday it has become the first mobile network operator to join the UN Global Pulse's Data Insights for Social and Humanitarian Action (DISHA) coalition as part of a pilot project in the Philippines to harness data and AI for better disaster preparedness and response.
Molecular basis of the functional conflict between chloroquine and peptide transport in the Malaria parasite chloroquine resistance transporter PfCRT - Nature Communications
Abstract The Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) is a key protein contributing to resistance against the antimalarial chloroquine (CQ). Mutations such as K76T enable PfCRT to transport CQ away from its target in the parasite’s digestive vacuole, but this comes at a cost to its natural peptide transport function. This creates fitness costs which can drive changes to drug susceptibility in parasite populations, but the molecular basis of this is not well understood.
Veon and Airspan partner on Open RAN and air-to-land tech for Kyivstar
Details John Tanner 24 March 2025 6150 Central and Eastern Europe Ukraine Kyivstar Airspan Veon Open RAN Air To Land Global digital operator Veon announced on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airspan Networks to collaborate on Open RAN and air-to-land network solutions for Veon’s Ukrainian operator Kyivstar.
SES provides funding for Lynk as part of new D2D partnership
Details John Tanner 12 March 2025 7995 Global SES Funding Lynk Global direct-to-device satellite Multi-Orbit Satellite Global satellite operator SES says it has signed a partnership agreement with direct-to-device (D2D) satellite startup Lynk Global to target the D2D segment with integrated services – with SES also providing Series B funding for Lynk as part of the deal.
Smart moves to AWS cloud to get its data platform AI-ready
Details John Tanner 06 March 2025 10623 Big Data Analytics Cloud Services PLDT Philippines Smart Communications Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Amazon Web Services Southeast Asia AWS MWC25 PLDT’s mobile arm Smart Communications announced at Mobile World Congress 2025 on Thursday it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power Smart’s strategy to boost customer experiences with AI-powered applications.
ITU body issues cooperation guidelines for subsea cable resilience
Details John Tanner 28 February 2025 11716 Sub-Saharan Africa Global ITU Nigeria Subsea Cable Network Resilience International Telecommunication Union Delegates at the International Submarine Cable Resilience Summit in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday outlined steps for stakeholders to cooperate in tackling the issue of subsea cable resilience in the wake of network outages that have plagued countries around the world.
Ooredoo, ASN to Build Subsea Cable for GCC, Iraq
Qatar-based Ooredoo Group announced on Thursday it has signed an agreement with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build a new subsea cable connecting seven countries in the Gulf region. The planned Fibre in Gulf (FIG) cable system will connect all six countries in Gulf Cooperation Council – Qatar, Oman, the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait – as well as Iraq. Ooredoo has not yet disclosed the amount of the investment in the FIG cable or a ready-for-service date.
NIGCOMSAT and OneWeb partner for LEO connectivity in Nigeria
Details John Tanner 20 January 2025 1727 Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria NigComSat LEO Satellite Eutelsat OneWeb Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) has reportedly struck a multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnership with Eutelsat OneWeb to deliver LEO satellite services across Nigeria.
iQ Networks, GBI sign dark fibre deal as Iraq transit capacity tops 1 Tbps
Iraqi operator iQ Networks says it has signed the country’s first dark fibre IRU framework agreement with Qatar-based subsea cable operator Gulf Bridge International (GBI), whilst also announcing its terrestrial transit network now has over 1 Tbps of capacity.
Kyivstar launches VoWiFi service to extend coverage
Details John Tanner 12 December 2024 14513 Central and Eastern Europe Ukraine Kyivstar Indoor Coverage Voice over Wi-fi Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Wednesday it’s launching voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) services for eligible subscribers, enabling them to make calls via Wi-Fi access points in locations with weak mobile signals.
Angola Cables looks to expand into Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Details John Tanner 18 November 2024 11613 Sub-Saharan Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Angola Cables Malawi Fibre Infrastructure TelCables Africa Tech Fest 2024 Global connectivity provider Angola Cables is reportedly planning to expand into Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to cash in on Africa's growing appetite for digital infrastructure – provided regulators make it easier to roll out that infrastructure.
Crystallographic Fragment Screening of a Bifunctional Proline Catabolic Enzyme Reveals New Inhibitor Templates for Proline Dehydrogenase and L-Glutamate-γ-semialdehyde Dehydrogenase
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ECOWAS Commission Still Moving On Amilcar Cabral Subsea Cable
By John Tanner Plans to build a fibre-optic submarine cable connecting six members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have reportedly been moving forward this month after key meetings in Guinea-Bissau and Guinea. The ECOWAS Commission’s Amilcar Cabral submarine telecoms cable project aims to deploy a subsea cable connecting Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Screening a knowledge‐based library of low molecular weight compounds against the proline biosynthetic enzyme 1‐pyrroline‐5‐carboxylate 1 (PYCR1)
Supporting Information Filename Description pro5072-sup-0001-supinfo.xlsxExcel 2007 spreadsheet , 13.4 KB Data S1. Supporting information. REFERENCES , , , , , , et al. Towards automated crystallographic structure refinement with phenix.refine. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2012; 68(Pt 4): 352–367. , , , , , , et al. Increased mitochondrial proline metabolism sustains proliferation and survival of colorectal cancer cells. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2):e0262364. , , .
Global Fiber Taps Padtec, Satelital for Brazil Subsea Cable
Peru-based telecoms operator Global Fiber says it has selected Brazilian fibre-optic vendor Padtec and Peruvian telecoms firm Satelital as primary suppliers for a subsea ‘festoon’ network connecting two provincial capital cities in Brazil. A festoon network is designed to link multiple coastal points without requiring intermediate amplification. In this case, the subsea festoon cable will link the coastal cities of Belém (in Pará state) and Fortaleza (in Ceará state).
Digicel Launches Deep Blue One Cable
Digicel Group has announced that its new subsea fibre cable Deep Blue One serving the Caribbean and the northeast tip of South America is now live, which is big news not only for the four countries connected to it, but also potentially for offshore oil and gas rigs along its path. Deep Blue One is a 2,000-km subsea cable connecting French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago.
ABA Issues Formal Ethics Opinion 511 On Confidentiality Obligations Of Lawyers Posting To Listservs
Last week, the ABA issued Formal Ethics Opinion 511 on Confidentiality Obligations of Lawyers Posting to Listservs. ABA Formal Opinions are not binding, but are considered authoritative. Opinion 511 is available here.
Starlink goes live in Indonesia, targets rural health and education
SpaceX’s LEO satellite operator Starlink officially launched its service in Indonesia on Sunday, which among other things will be used to bolster healthcare and education services in remote areas under a new agreement. According to media reports, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was on hand for the launch ceremony in Bali along with various government ministers.
CBA Issues Formal Ethics Opinion On
Earlier this month, the Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee released Formal Opinion 148, which addresses email issues. Like most Ethics Opinions, this one appears to have been written with outside counsel primarily in mind. However, it does have important notes for in-house counsel as well. In broad summary, the opinion provides: A lawyer should not cc (or even bcc) its own client on emails unless the lawyer has received informed consent from the client.
Ooredoo and e& Boost UAE-Qatar Data Center Link
Ooredoo Group and e& Carrier & Wholesale announced that they have partnered to deploy the Gulf Gateway Cable (GGC1) subsea system to improve capacity, reliability and latency between data centres in Abu Dhabi and Doha. Ooredoo and e& said the deployment of GGC1 significantly increases the existing network capacity, allowing both telcos to offer customers high-capacity services up to 28 Tbps with optimal cost and power efficiency per bit.
Fiji Telcos Are Gearing Up For 5G Launches Later This Year
By John Tanner Digicel Fiji announced on Friday it is working with Nokia to upgrade its cell sites to support its 5G rollout across the archipelago, less than a month after rival telco Vodafone Fiji received clearance for a non-commercial 5G pilot. Digicel Fiji CEO Farid Mohammed said in a statement that the tower upgrades with Nokia’s AirScale portfolio are progressing rapidly in Suva.
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