{"id":4648,"date":"2021-07-08T17:02:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/?p=4648"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:33:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:33:33","slug":"newsletter-july-september-2017-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/?p=4648","title":{"rendered":"AmLight ExP Newsletter April-June 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><table id=\"templateContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table id=\"templateHeader\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"headerContainer\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4547 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner-200x33.png 200w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner-400x67.png 400w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner-600x100.png 600w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner-768x128.png 768w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner-800x133.png 800w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner-1024x171.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AmLightExP_newletter_banner.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">AmLight ExP Newsletter April-June 2021<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/?p=4627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cMaking Waves\u201d at TNC21<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacren.net\/en\/news\/hat-trick-three-nrens-connect-to-the-wacren-backbone-for-unlimited-possibilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three NRENs connect to the WACREN backbone &#8211; for unlimited possibilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindsweneed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research and Education Infrastructure Inclusion, Innovation, and Competitiveness<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tical2021.redclara.net\/tical2021\/1028875?i=iJDprHbqNJ02w_SWyrIJAytcNG8a-DOh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TICAL2021 Conference and 5th Latin American e-Science Meeting August 30 &#8211; September 2 on-line<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/noahredman1\/docs\/thequiltcircle_2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Quilt Circle 2021<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/africanews.space\/meerkats-stunning-image-reveals-cosmic-threads-ribbons-and-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africa &#8211; US Radio Astronomy Collaboration: SKA &#8211; NRAO black hole discovery using MeerKAT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg\" alt=\"AmLight\" width=\"600\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tnc21.geant.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TNC21-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TNC21-200x106.png 200w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TNC21-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TNC21-400x212.png 400w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TNC21.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><strong>\u201cMaking Waves\u201d at TNC21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 21-25, 2021<\/p>\n<p>The TNC 21 virtual conference took place from June 21-25, 2021. TNC is co-funded by the European Union via the G\u00c9ANT (GN4-3) Project and Jisc, the UK\u2019s national research and education network. TNC brings together decision-makers, networking, collaboration specialists, identity and access management experts from all European NRENs, universities, worldwide sister institutions, and industry representatives. The AmLight team presented the results from two projects 1) the Experiences in designing and operating an automated CI\/CD pipeline for AmLight SDN orchestrator and 2) AmLight-INT: Lessons Learned after two years playing with In-band Network Telemetry &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/?p=4627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg\" alt=\"AmLight\" width=\"600\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacren.net\/en\/news\/hat-trick-three-nrens-connect-to-the-wacren-backbone-for-unlimited-possibilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-200x104.png 200w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-400x209.png 400w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-600x313.png 600w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-800x418.png 800w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wacren21.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Three NRENs connect to the WACREN backbone &#8211; for unlimited possibilities<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>July 1, 2021<\/em>Hundreds of thousands of researchers, lecturers and students in Benin, Burkina Faso and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire will now be able to take their research and education to the next level as the national RENs in the three countries have successfully connected to the WACREN backbone and ready to relay digital services institutions of higher learning and research centres. The connections by RBER (Benin), FasoREN (Burkina Faso) and RITER (C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire) come under the just-ended \u20ac26.6m European Commission co-funded AfricaConnect2 (AC2). AC2 was a project aimed at advancing research and education in Africa by connecting national research and education networks to a world-class data communications network. WACREN\u2019s engineers have successfully completed tests on the 10-year long-term leased links to WACREN PoPs in Abidjan, Cotonou and Ouagadougou last month \u00a0&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacren.net\/en\/news\/hat-trick-three-nrens-connect-to-the-wacren-backbone-for-unlimited-possibilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg\" alt=\"AmLight\" width=\"600\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mindsweneed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheMindsWeNeed-300x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheMindsWeNeed-200x90.png 200w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheMindsWeNeed-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheMindsWeNeed-400x179.png 400w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheMindsWeNeed.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Research and Education Infrastructure Inclusion, Innovation, and Competitiveness<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>June 30, 2021<\/em>With contributions and endorsements from over 50 community participants and organizations, Internet2, CENIC, EDUCAUSE, and The Quilt provided support to publish \u201cThe Minds We Need\u201c. The paper calls for federal investments in people, collaboration tools, and infrastructure to ensure the talent and potential of every mind has equal access to opportunity. This effort has received encouragement from many people and organizations across the research and education community &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/mindsweneed.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg\" alt=\"AmLight\" width=\"600\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tical2021.redclara.net\/tical2021?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21-300x130.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21-200x86.png 200w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21-400x173.png 400w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21-600x259.png 600w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21-800x346.png 800w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TICAL21.png 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TICAL2021 Conference and 5th Latin American e-Science Meeting August 30 &#8211; September 2 on-line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TICAL 2021 will present the implementation of solutions and strategies in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that support or contribute to the exercise of rethinking technological applications in Higher Education Institutions. The e-Science Meeting will show the development of collaborative initiatives that involve the use of ICT in different areas of Science: Astronomy, High Energy Physics, Environment, Biodiversity, Humanities, Art, Science of Life, e-Health, Computer Science, Computing \/ Information Systems, Economics, Administration Sciences &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/tical2021.redclara.net\/tical2021\/1028875?i=iJDprHbqNJ02w_SWyrIJAytcNG8a-DOh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/tical2021.redclara.net\/tical2021\/1028875?i=iJDprHbqNJ02w_SWyrIJAytcNG8a-DOh\">Read More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg\" alt=\"AmLight\" width=\"600\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/noahredman1\/docs\/thequiltcircle_2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4651 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021-300x162.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021-200x108.png 200w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021-400x216.png 400w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021-600x324.png 600w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021-800x432.png 800w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TheQuiltCircle2021.png 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Quilt Circle 2021<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>June 4, 2021<\/em>The Quilt is the national coalition of non-profit U.S. regional research and education networks representing 40 networks across the country. Participants in The Quilt provide advanced network services and applications to over 900 universities and thousands of other educational and community anchor institutions. With the goal of promoting consistent, reliable, interoperable, and efficient advanced networking services that extend to the broadest possible community; and to represent common interests in the development and delivery of advanced cyberinfrastructure that enables innovation through our education and research mission &#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/noahredman1\/docs\/thequiltcircle_2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg\" alt=\"AmLight\" width=\"600\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" valign=\"top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africanews.space\/meerkats-stunning-image-reveals-cosmic-threads-ribbons-and-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4649 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sarao-300x129.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sarao-200x86.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sarao-300x129.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sarao-400x172.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sarao-600x259.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/sarao.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>South Africa &#8211; US Radio Astronomy Collaboration: SKA &#8211; NRAO black hole discovery using MeerKAT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>June 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new study using the MeerKAT radio telescope has produced a striking image showing a combination of cosmic features never before seen, revealing unexpected details of the inner workings of enormous radio galaxies. AmLight team is researching how the data was transferred and will report back &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/africanews.space\/meerkats-stunning-image-reveals-cosmic-threads-ribbons-and-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\">\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg\" alt=\"AmLight\" width=\"600\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amlight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/dvder.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" 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