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Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Arctic roll and Hedgehog cakes

 I was inspired by Helens Arctic roll post over on her blog The Crazy Kitchen  and as I had made ice-cream that day I decide I would try some.

So I made up a gluten/dairy/egg free cake to make my swiss roll with.

ice-cream in small container

  • Mix 4 oz Flora Cuisine with
  • 4 oz sugar in a bowl
  • mix 2 teaspoons egg replacer with 6 tablespoons water and add to bowl
  • sieve 8 oz gluten free flour into bowl adding more water if necessary to make correct consistency
Cook in a lined baking tray for approx 15 mins at 180 oC .

unrolled with ice-cream in the middle
Whilst cake is cooking soften ice-cream and  place in an appropriate container to make a sausage shape, the size will depend on how large you want to make your rolls. Put sausage shapes back in the freezer until required.

the finished result

Once cake is cooked leave to cool slightly but while still warm wrap with grease proof paper round container of your choice and leave rolled until cold.

Once cold unroll gently, place ice-cream sausage in the middle and either serve immediately or store in freezer until required.

close up

Due to the nature of egg/dairy/gluten free cookery it tends to make a crumbly hard to handle  result which is why I did not spread with jam, and also why the sponge broke, but once rolled up it looked good.

  • I made up another batch of the cake mix but made into individual cakes in a bun tin.
  • Once these were cold I cut the cake in half across the cake.
  •  I made a butter icing with dairy free spread, icing sugar and stirred in coco powder, then stick together what had originally been the top of the cake and slightly trim the front of both sides to make a slightly more pointed front.
  •  Use one of the offcuts to make a small nose and cover whole cake with butter icing.
  • difficult to get a smooth result as the cake is crumbly.
  • Cut dairy free chocolate buttons in half ( I only had normal ones to hand to use)  and add to look like prickles. ( no Bob was not eating them)
  • add a currant for a nose and 2 more for the eyes

the finished hedgehogs

  1. Those hedgehogs are so cute and so clever too! Love these! I want an ice-cream maker too, might have to start dropping hints for christmas to OH.

  2. Another get blog post elaine. I always enjoy reading what you get up to and cook. This post didnt disappoint. I love artic roll. What was the flavour of your ice cream? I didnt notice if u said. Even though the sponge was crumbly it still looked quite good. Not much different from the dairy version. Also your hedgehog cakes looked delicious. I think thats one I might try and make.Yummm :) xxx

    1. Cherry flavour Clyde, link one line from top, sorry not overly obvious. hey were very nice, but we use to the texture. Could be made very easily with normal sponge mix as Helen did. You can do a big hedgehog with a casserole dish in the same way, again not work so well with our cake but great with normal

  3. the hedgehogs look great mum used to make big hedgehog cakes for our birthdays every fact still does sometimes!

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The World’s Best Drone Photos, Selected From 27,000 Entries

Drones are becoming an increasingly accessible way to witness the world from another perspective. As more and more people are soaring the skies with their cameras, aerial photography communities start to host their own awards. This time we present SkyPixel 2016 Photo Contest’s winners and some of our most favourite shots.

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Moon Sugar is MLP flavored and on a never ending quest to collect fallen stars that may or may not grant wishes
Uncomfortably affectionate
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    • Moon Sugar is so precious herself! Love those eyes. <3

    • the jacket thanks you! :3

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    • i'm really glad we get to see more starlight-- i didn't like the idea of her being part of the mane cast when the season started, but she's grown on me. i really want to cosplay her!
      I'm also really impressed with the music this season

    • YES OMG PATTON OSWALT AS A PONY. i love that they let him ad lib over the credits in the latest episode, he's so clever!

    • i tried but i ended up falling in love with so many of them >.< it takes a lot of my time to put personality into the design and I kinda need somewhat of a backstory in my head to give them a name/cutie mark, so i get attached. i ended up selling one that i really wish i'd kept now XD darn meeeeee

    • i did aurora myself, Java and Stitches were done by Spyromancy! i'll take a look at them though!

    • thank youuuuu ;A; do you have other ponysonas? I wanna get a paintie of my boyfriend's pony, Officer Watchtower, done

    • awww thank you! if you take a look at my other villagers, I actually have two more; Heart Stitches and Jittery Java!

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Fortbyte 5 Location, Accessible with the Laid Back Shuffle Emote inside a Dance Club

The Dance Club Challenges are the best

Fortnite is here with yet another Fortbyte for the day. Today’s Fortbyte is #5, and we’ll have to find the corrupted data according to the given hint in the challenge. As it states “Accessible by using the Laid Back Shuffle emote inside a Dance Club.” That means we’ll have to rush our way through towards the club, and there’s one of a kind on the island.

However, the Dance Club is not representing a solid drop spot and has become probably the most avoided spot, simply because of its loud music. It is hard to hear opponents, and given the fact this challenge requires us to go there, only God knows what will happen. Let’s see where exactly is the Dance Club located.

Fortnite #5 – Dance Club Location

No matter if everyone believes Fortnite is a childish video game, it was always driving a mature audience as well. These kinds of iconic placements on the map surely add up to the factor that Fortnite is a Battle Royale game for everyone.

Now, let’s see where exactly Fortbyte #5 is located. In the image of the map below, the location of the Dance Club (one of the oldest buildings that remained untouched over the past few seasons) is highlighted.

To take a closer look at the building, you can check the image below.

Once you get inside of the building marked on the map above, go in the middle of the Dance Floor. That’s exactly where the Fortbyte will be located. To unlock and collect it you will need to use the Laid Back Shuffle emote, which is a dance emote.

Then, the Fortbyte #5 will become accessible so that you could collect it and uncover another picture of the corrupted data.

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Organic, what does it mean?

What is organic?

There are lots of reasons to choose organic, such as health, the environment and animal welfare. The increasing popularity of organic products has to do with the fact that people are more and more aware of the impact food has on their health and society. But why is organic food healthier and better for animals and nature? And how do you know for sure if a product is truly organic?

How do I recognise an organic product?

A product can only be called organic if it has been checked and fulfils all the requirements for the European EU quality label. This includes all European quality labels, such as the EKO quality label. So not all products labelled ‘natural’ are automatically truly organic.

Why is organic healthier?

Organic food is healthier because it is produced naturally. This means that no pesticides are used in the production of fruit and vegetables and it is richer in nutrients such as vitamin C and minerals. The nitrate content is also lower and it contains fewer waste materials from pesticides. As organic vegetables and fruit can grow at a slow and natural rate, no unnecessary, and often toxic, chemicals need to be used.

Why does organic taste better?

Taste is personal, but anyone who has tasted organic will know the meaning of delicious and pure. There’s a reason that top chefs prefer to work with organic products. This is all thanks to the natural way they are produced and the fact that the pure taste is retained. No preservatives or other aroma, flavour or colouring agents are used.

Why is organic better for the environment?

In the production of organic products, optimal use is always made of what the natural environment has to offer. Organic farmers do not treat their soil with chemicals and they give animals a good, natural life.  Organic farming therefore prevents the disruption of nature. As only natural fertiliser is used and this is also reused, there is no manure surplus. Toxic substances are also not added to water and the surrounding nature, which has a positive impact on the local environment. This then has a positive impact on the growth of flowers and plants, which are displaced by conventional agriculture. This is good for biodiversity. FZ Organic Food and its suppliers also observe the condition that products cannot travel long distances unnecessarily. So the health of the environment and society are central to the logistics process.

What is an ‘honest’ price

The production of organic products is more intensive and often demands more time and attention, as everything takes place through natural processes. If an organic product is more expensive, this is always explicable and transparent. It is 100% guaranteed that farmers, both in the Netherlands and abroad, receive the right price. Everyone must receive an honest price, so that people are able to deliver the best quality organic products.

Why is organic better for society?

Organic farming is better for society, or for the environment, animals and people, for many reasons. Organic farming is better for the environment in all respects. In fact, nature is encouraged to grow and develop, as no chemicals are used. Dykes, lakes and groundwater are less polluted, which saves money on water purification. Organic farming methods also reduce the risk of outbreaks of animal diseases such as BSE and the infamous swine and bird flus.

The social benefits of the organic industry are reinforced by choosing employees in the immediate region. The choice for suppliers in the region also has the advantage that transportation costs can be saved, which results in a huge saving on raw materials at a large scale.


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7 Tips on Casino Etiquette Every Gambler Should Know

7 Tips on Casino Etiquette Every Gambler Should Know

Many casinos are historic establishments and as such, come with their own set of rules and guidelines. While these will be second nature to regular attendees, for newcomers, they can initially seem daunting. Ensure that your debut in the world of gambling is a resounding success by following this overview of casino etiquette.

1. Don't Drink Too Much

James Bond might knock back martinis at a poker table with debonair nonchalance, but unless you've also got the alcohol tolerance of a fictional super-spy, it's best to pace yourself. While there's a long-standing myth that casino employees will encourage customers to drink and so gamble more recklessly, most reputable establishments prefer customers to stay sober enough to handle the rollercoaster ride of jackpots and losses. Sipping a few cocktails can enhance your experience; but if you're out to guzzle pints, head to a bar instead.

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2. Know the Rules

Every player remembers their first time in a casino and should be correspondingly sympathetic towards novices – but a little knowledge goes a long way. While slots are fairly self-explanatory, it's best to avoid the Craps table unless you're confident that you understand the rules of the game. While some players may take pity on a novice and offer help if asked, you shouldn't be reliant on this best-case scenario. If you want to hone your skills before joining a real game, many casinos offer free lessons in the daytime. Alternatively, you'll find plenty of online resources offering step-by-step coaching through the more complex games. By the time you sit at the table, you should be prepared to play with the training wheels off.

3. Don't Ask the Dealer for Advice

Yes, they work there and yes, they are professionals, but no dealer in the world wants to take responsibility for a player's luck. Consider your request from their perspective: it may sound harmless enough to ask what their recommendation would be with your hand, but if you follow their tip and lose, the dealer has no way to predict whether you'll take it calmly and rationally, or become belligerent. Two notable exceptions are Pai Gow and Pai Gow Poker, in which it's common practice to check in with the dealer on the “House Way.”

4. Tip

Use your discretion to establish the exact amount, but always tip your dealers, waiting staff and parking attendant. Most of the casino staff will earn minimum wage and rely on tips to bolster their earnings. Be courteous and professional with all the staff and do be generous if you're winning. Even if you're losing, it's not your dealer's fault. If they've made an effort to bolster your mood and improve your experience, the best way to thank them is with a reasonable tip.

5. Put the Tech Away

In a world in which smartphones rarely leave their owners' hands, casinos play by more old-fashioned rules. It's considered extremely disrespectful to be glued to your electronic gadgets when at the table – not to mention that it's likely to have a detrimental effect on your game. Take a brief hiatus from modern technology and keep your focus on the matter at hand; your wallet will thank you for it.

6. Learn the Hand Signals

In Blackjack, it's not enough to know the verbal commands; you'll need to supplement these with hand signals. These are relatively simple but vary depending on whether the cards have been dealt face up or face down. When the cards are face up, you tap the table for “hit” and wave your hand over the table for “stick.” For “double,” place your matching bet next to your original bet and hold up one finger; for “split” use the same action with two fingers. If the cards are face down, use your cards to scrape the table for “hit” and slide your cards underneath your bet (with one hand) for “stick.” Laying your cards face up on the table and placing an additional bet next to your original one indicates “double;” placing the bet next to one of the cards instead indicates “split.”

7. Be Gracious in Defeat

While it's perfectly reasonable to feel aggravated after a heavy loss or run of bad luck, it's also an inevitable part of life as a gambler. Accusations of a rigged game or cheating dealer are extremely unlikely to be accurate, and no amount of grumbling will alter the result. Even non-verbal reactions such as throwing away the cards or storming away from the table will show you up as a bad loser and unwelcome guest at the casino. Thank and tip the dealer, excuse yourself from the table, and burn up your frustration on a long walk instead.

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The 25 most outrageous Nic Cage moments that made us say "Wait, he actually did that?"

16. Johnny Blaze pisses fire - Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance (2012)

The Nic Cage Moment: Johnny Blaze (Cage) takes youngster Danny (Fergus Riordan) under his wing, taking the time to answer the kid's questions about the logistics of being on fire.

Why It's Nuts: Cage's response when asked what it's like to pee while on fire: "It's awesome, its like a flamethrower." Seriously.

Why It's Awesome: Instead of leaving it at that, the movie cuts away to a shot of Blaze peeing fire.

15. The Fudgsicle story

The Nic Cage Moment: At the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, Cage regaled reporters with a true home-invasion story.

Why It's Nuts: Well, let him tell you: "It was two in the morning. I was living in Orange County at the time and was asleep with my wife. My two-year old at the time was in another room. I opened my eyes and there was a naked man wearing my leather jacket eating a Fudgesicle in front of my bed... I know it sounds funny... but it was horrifying." Jeez.

Why It's Awesome: There's no proof that it happened or whether it was simply an insane ice-cream related stunt. We wouldn't put it past him.

14. Multi-sexing - Drive Angry (2011)

The Nic Cage Moment: Mid-coitus, the fully-clothed John Milton (Cage) and the very-naked Candy (Charlotte Ross) are interrupted when armed goons bust down the door guns ablazin'.

Why It's Nuts: Milton bats away a hatchet, a taser and countless rounds of bullets, as he chugs from his whiskey bottle and chomps on his cigar... all while still having sex.

Why It's Awesome: If the above description didn't win you over, then his response to Candy as to why he refuses to undress might: "I never disrobe before a gunfight."

13. Japanese commercials

The Nic Cage Moment: A series of commercials for Sankyo, a Japanese company specialising in a pinball game called Pachinko.

Why It's Nuts: One of the commercials involves him standing on a car screaming the brand name after meeting a group of sexy triplets that somehow transforms him into a blithering idiot.

Why It's Awesome: In the final clip, dressed like a cowboy, he abandons his pickup truck to dance in the middle of a highway with a horde of folks in shiny silver outfits. As you do.

12. Do you want this cake? - The Family Man (2000)

The Nic Cage Moment: One of The Family Man's most banal scenes wherein the ungrateful businessman Jack Campbell (Cage) spots his wife (Tea Leoni) eating his chocolate cake.

Why It's Nuts: Adapting this dull example of domesticity into a techno-rave tune with an animated video is an inspired choice, especially since it's not a particularly memorable moment from the movie.

Why It's Awesome: The tiny animated Cage head on top of a rotisserie chicken bouncing across the screen.

11. Soul dancin - Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (2009)

The Nic Cage Moment: Coked-up the eyeballs, Lt. McDanogh (Cage), along with gang leader Big Fate and his crew, shoot up a roomful of gangsters.

Why It's Nuts: McDanogh isn't satisfied that one of the perps is dead, crying out "Shoot him again... his souls still dancing!" before busting a gut laughing as the corpse break-dances across the floor.

Why It's Awesome: It's all a hallucination, but he still pumps the body full of lead anyway.

10. The Nic Cage prank

The Nic Cage Moment: Say you're a big Nic Cage fan. The biggest. It's not enough of a testament to his greatness to simply watch his movies. If you want to show the world you're truly a devout Cagie, it's best to include him in family photos.

Why It's Nuts: The guy who pulled this prank on his brother for calling Cage a d-bag deserves a meme award. He printed off hundreds of tiny Nic Cage heads and plastered them across all of the family photos spread throughout the house.

Why It's Awesome: It didn't end at mere real-life Photoshop mayhem. With a few heads spare he dotted them on ice cubes, his brothers shoes, glued one to the batteries in the TV remote, on his kids nappies...

9. Pseudo Priest - Face/Off (1997)

The Nic Cage Moment: Bug-eyed Castor Troy impersonates a priest leading a choir rehearsal during the movie's opening scene.

Why It's Nuts: Dressing like a man of the cloth doesn't make him one. He exploits his priest garb to grope a choirgirl and hollers "Hallelujah!" as he pleasures himself beneath his cassock.

Why It's Awesome: The very fact of Cage's presence in a movie automatically suggests hysterical behaviour will occur, but this introduction goes above and beyond.

8. The Bucharest nightclub incident

The Nic Cage Moment: Caught by the paparazzi during a dispute outside a Bucharest nightclub, Cage goes into a full-blown meltdown.

Why It's Nuts: While it's not certain how the tussle began, Cage is clearly upset. Ranting and raving around a car park, the news clip ends with his heroic declaration "I'll die in the name of honour!"

Why It's Awesome: He's not in character. This is pure Cage. Straight up.

7. Not The Bees! - The Wicker Man (2006)

The Nic Cage Moment: It's all over for Officer Edward Malus. Victim to a devious trap set by the inhabitants of the island cult, he's offered up as a sacrifice.

Why It's Nuts: The sacrifice involves Cage being restrained by a zealous gaggle of women, who attach a wicker cage to his face then 'pour' bees into it. Despite the huge holes (plot and literal), it still has the desired effect.

Why It's Awesome: His repeated shriek of "Not the bees! Not the bees!" has become the stuff of oft-quoted legend.

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Five years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, GAO is taking stock of key efforts by the President, Congress, federal agencies, and the 9/11 Commission to strengthen or enhance critical layers of defense in aviation and border security that were directly exploited by the 19 terrorist hijackers. Specifically, the report discusses how: (1) commercial aviation security has been enhanced; (2) visa-related policies and programs have evolved to help screen out potential terrorists; (3) federal border security initiatives have evolved to reduce the likelihood of terrorists entering the country through legal checkpoints; and (4) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies are addressing several major post-9/11 strategic challenges. The report reflects conclusions and recommendations from a body of work issued before and after 9/11 by GAO, the Inspectors General of DHS, State, and Justice, the 9/11 Commission, and others. It is not a comprehensive assessment of all federal initiatives taken or planned in response to 9/11. GAO is not making any new recommendations at this time since over 75 prior recommendations on aviation security, the Visa Waiver Program, and U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT), among others, are in the process of being implemented. Continued monitoring by GAO will determine whether further recommendations are warranted.

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Saturday 2nd December 2017

MTB ride by Sue Taylor
Today’s route set out north from Garstang over the ford (we cheated and took the bridge) and through some ginormous icy puddles to barnacre. By popular demand we did Dandy Birks and then headed to the first two off road sectors between inglewhite and goosnargh, both with river crossings which were gamely negotiated with sadly no comedy moments. After brabiner Lane and Haighton Hall we took a track down to Haighton House, where the route turned out to be a private road, so we WALKED a section of footpath to pop out on the impressive wooded driveway of Haighton House. What looked like a track on the 1:25000 map ended up as a boggy field with a couple of locked gates where 5 fully grown men had to help lift Dave Brooks bike and still buckled under the weight.
We popped out on the Guild Wheel where Phil desperately crammed in some malt loaf. The guild wheel would have been too easy so we negotiated some urbanisation of Ribbleton to find the disused grimsargh to preston railway line. A nervous dash past the vast cemetery on Pope lane brought us out at the top of the death slide down to brockholes floating visitor centre where we cafe-ed. Everyone kindly avoided the elephant in the room that there were NO BEANS ON TOAST.

The return leg took us on the GW to the Capitol shopping center where we went south of the Ribble and up the beautiful tree-lined tramway to return back to the GW, and then we cut through the Preston docks to the end of the canal. We navigated through Haslam Park (where rick has been known to wash his bike in the duck pond) and along Cottam Lane (dirt track) to Ingol. Luckily my planned scenic route cutting south of the ingol golf course across Sharoe brook to Walker Lane was devoid of ‘no cycling’ signs so I think we got away with it.
We returned to the trusty GW to Broughton, did some more squishy stuff between Langley lane and Barton lane, and returned to The Stang via a very grassy canal and Myerscough.

Much enjoyed planning and riding this route with enthusiastic riders willing to try something new. Special mention to Dave Brook who did this on a ROAD BIKE!!!

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Social Bite founder Josh Littlejohn headlines social innovation summit

One of the UK's leading social entrepreneurs is to address a major conference on social innovation hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University.

Professorial Lecture explores how People Make Glasgow

Some of Scottish football’s biggest names believe growing up in a deprived area helped them succeed in life.

GCU graduate hits the headlines as UK Reporter of the Year

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GCU joins major research project into UK productivity

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National Broadband Ireland Selects GE Digital’s Smallworld Physical Network Inventory to Help with the Roll Out of High-Speed Broadband Across Rural Ireland

June 09, 2021
  • Ireland’s National Broadband Plan delivers high-speed broadband service to support communications, information, education, and entertainment to current and future generations
  • Smallworld Physical Network Inventory will assist with ambitious project allowing National Broadband Ireland to be more aware of drop locations and accurately map out implementation

SAN RAMON, Calif. – June 9, 2021 – GE Digital today announced that National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has implemented the company’s Smallworld Physical Network Inventory (PNI), part of its Smallworld Geospatial Asset Management suite of solutions to model, manage, and streamline the roll out of Ireland’s National Broadband Plan (NBP). The NBP, the largest telecommunications project undertaken by the Irish state, will deliver high-speed broadband to more than 1.1 million people across approximately 544,000 homes in rural Ireland, aiming to ensure that all people and businesses have access to modern and reliable broadband services. The project is one of the biggest and most significant investments in rural Ireland ever, and is viewed as one the most ambitious telecoms projects globally.

The NBP will bridge the digital divide between rural and urban areas throughout Ireland. NBI’s role is to design, build and operate a fiber optic network to support this framework. GE Digital’s Smallworld PNI solution provides a GIS-based solution that allows telecommunications companies to streamline network operations with a comprehensive and integrated view of the entire network.

The Smallworld solution was chosen to not only maximize the efficiency of the network plan, design, and build phase of the project, but also the operation of this fiber network infrastructure for many years to come. The solution underpins the fully integrated ordering, connection management, installation and activation, and assurance processes.

“National Broadband Ireland is leading the way in designing, building, and operating Ireland’s new broadband network on behalf of the Irish Government and GE Digital’s Smallworld solutions have always been a key element of our program,” said Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer for National Broadband Ireland. “Our reliance on quality inventory data is fundamental to the success of the broadband service roll out. With Smallworld PNI in place, we are able to have a single consolidated view of the network, supporting the entire plan, design, and build processes and ultimately the success of the entire venture through bridging the digital divide.”

The project accounts for approximately 23% of the population in Ireland and will cover 96% of the country’s land mass, with 146,000 km of fiber being deployed. Smallworld PNI will deliver a centralized database for managing the entire network, providing access to network information across NBI.

“GE Digital is proud to be part of this transformational project, providing critical infrastructure and high-speed Internet to rural communities in Ireland,” said Jim Walsh, General Manager of GE Digital’s Grid Software business. “Our solutions offer telecommunications companies with software to support such large fiber roll outs. In these unprecedented times, high-speed Internet access is critical to allow everyone to carry on remote working and learning.”

More information about the National Broadband Plan can be found here.

More information about GE Digital’s Smallworld Geospatial Asset Management solution can be found here.

About NBI

National Broadband Ireland (NBI) is designing, building and operating the new high-speed fibre broadband network for rural Ireland on behalf of the Irish Government. NBI’s team brings together some of the most talented individuals in Ireland and across the world, with deep knowledge and experience in delivering projects to the scale of the National Broadband Plan (NBP). This includes developing, building and operating networks and coordinating all the elements required to finance and deliver a project of the size and complexity of Ireland’s NBP.

NBI was established by Granahan McCourt, an international investor in technology, media and telecommunications. For over 30 years, Granahan McCourt has partnered with governments, corporations and communities to connect people through innovation in technologically underserved areas of the world.

NBI’s partners include KN Group, Secto and Actavo. Nokia is providing all the active equipment for the project while 4Site is the network design partner. NBI is also working with infrastructure owners such as eir (pole and ducts network) and Enet (MANs and Broadband Connection Points) NBI will be responsible for the management of the new national broadband network for at least the next 25 years.

About the NBP Intervention Area

The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government’s initiative to deliver high-speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. This will be delivered through intervention by the State in those parts of the country where private companies have indicated they have no plans to invest.

The State Intervention Area for the National Broadband Plan includes over 544,000 premises and over 1.1 million people and includes any new homes built in the Intervention Area over the next 25 years.

The Intervention Area can be viewed using the government’s High Speed Broadband Map ( which shows the areas which are included in the National Broadband Plan. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and Eircode.

For media inquiries, please contact:

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The Blade Runners: This Factory Is 3D Printing Turbine Parts For The World's Largest Jet Engine

Tomas Kellner
March 20, 2018

The Northern Italian town of Cameri could be easily mistaken for a quiet farming commune. But take a short ride through the rolling fields of the fertile Po Valley that surround it and you’ll discover a startling contrast.
Cameri is the home of the only final assembly plant outside the United States for Lockheed Martin’s F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, a stealthy jet that can take off and land vertically. And just across from the plant’s runway stands another futuristic manufacturing gem: Avio Aero’s 3D-printing factory making sleek turbine blades for the GE9X, the world’s largest jet engine, which took its maiden flight last week.

GE Aviation acquired Avio Aero in 2013 and developed the GE9X engine for Boeing’s next-generation 777X jets. The 3D-printed blades spin inside the engine at 2,500 times per minute and face searing heat and titanic forces. “These are big blades,” says Giorgio Abrate, general manager for engineering at Avio Aero. “We ran a lot of experiments to get the job right.”

The 3D printing factory, which looks like a blue and gray jewel box of steel and glass from the outside, holds 20 black, wardrobe-sized 3D printers, made by Arcam. A single machine can simultaneously print six turbine blades directly from a computer file by using a powerful 3-kilowatt electron beam. The beam “grows” the blades, which are 40 centimeters long, by welding together thin layers of titanium aluminide powder, one after another.

Jet engine designers love this strong, heat-resistant wonder material, also known as TiAl.  It weighs 50 percent less than the metal alloys typically used in aviation. But  TiAl is also very brittle. Until 3D printing came along, the only way to shape it involved molding, a somewhat dirty process that requires expensive tools. “This factory has helped us understand what the art of the possible is with additive manufacturing,” said David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation.

In 2016, GE  took a majority stake in Arcam and launched GE Additive, a new business focusing on additive manufacturing technologies like 3D printing. Additive manufacturing is still a young industry, albeit one going through a growth spurt. Mohammad Ehteshami, who launched GE Additive, expects the industry to grow from $7 billion today to $80 billion in a decade.

Avio Aero started exploring 3D printing more than a decade ago. At the time, word got out that GE Aviation had used TiAl blades inside the GEnx jet engine it was developing for Boeing’s Dreamliner. “For us to step up and bet the engine on this technology is a big deal,” Robert Schafrik, then GE Aviation’s materials and process engineering general manager, told FlightGlobal. “If it has only 50 percent of the weight of the nickel alloys you’ve got to believe this is here to stay.”

GE cast the blades in a foundry, but Avio Aero, which wanted to go after the emerging TiAl market, bet on 3D printing. “We could see how difficult it was to make these blades,” Abrate says. “But we had positive experiences with 3D printing on a military project.”

The company decided to take advantage of the nearby Joint Strike Fighter assembly plant and set up its additive manufacturing shop nearby. “The location was part of our strategy,” Abrate says. “The Lockheed plant made the town become very visible among aerospace companies. We wanted to promote 3D printing to potential customers and they were all coming here.”

That gamble required access to 3D printers, which Avio Aero obtained by partnering with ProtoCast, an Italian 3D-printing pioneer based in a workshop a short drive from Cameri. “It was really a garage,” Abrate recalls. “We called it ‘the submarine’ because it was so narrow you couldn’t walk past the people working with the machines.”

But early runs with ProtoCast’s laser-powered printers failed. The blades were cracking when Abrate and the team tried to separate them from the platform on which they were printed. The submarine, however, had a secret weapon: a powerful Arcam printer that print parts from TiAl powder. Abrate reached out to Arcam to tweak the machine’s design, make the powder layer thicker and speed up the printing process. Running more experiments, he also learned that preheating the powder before printing removed much of the residual stress from the finished parts. “At that point, we knew what to do,” Abrate says.

When Avio Aero showed GE what it was doing with the wonder metal, the American company quickly grasped the magnitude of the breakthrough. By then, Avio Aero bought ProtoCast and signed an exclusive agreement with Arcam to acquire a set number of the modified machines. GE Aviation was developing its own 3D printing program near its headquarters in Cincinnati. It was developing a 3D printed fuel nozzle for a new jet engine called the LEAP and working with Greg Morris, the founder of Morris Technologies and another leading light in the additive movement. “They were already convinced,” Abrate says. He says that when GE acquired Avio Aero in 2013, “it was really fortunate because everything accelerated after that.”

The blades from Cameri are already working inside the first GE9X engines, which GE started testing last year. These and other new materials and technologies will help make the engine 10 percent more fuel-efficient than its predecessor, the GE90. That’s a big deal given that fuel accounts for about 19 percent of an airline’s operating costs.

The Cameri plant employs eight specialized hourly workers feeding the machines with powder, removing and cleaning the printed parts, and doing maintenance. There are also nine manufacturing engineers, who keep improving the production process. Says one of the engineers, Dario Mantegazza, about 3D printing: “You have the ultimate manufacturing freedom.”


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Chinese character weirdness in Windows 7

It used to be I could view Chinese characters in Notepad, Notepad++, Wordpad, that kind of thing. It stopped working at some stage: all I got was little squares. Wierdness.

No amount of fiddling with encoding settings (particularly in Notepad++, which is replete with them) seemed to fix it.

Looking around the Control Panel's language settings didn't help either. You can install extra Language Packs, but the Chinese one is for Windows Enterprise and Ultimate only. I knew this couldn't be the answer because previously it had been working, but I was only on Windows Professional.

Following a tipoff I found via Google, from someone having similar problems, I tried this: create a new local logon; log on as it; log off again; go and try again.

Sure enough, that worked. Why? Well that's anybody's guess.

Google vs China

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down, and potentially our offices in China.

— Google blog: A new approach to China

Google Streetview in AU

Google Maps has launched Streetview for some Australian cities.

Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

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PS. Japan just launched too

Looks like the Citylink tunnels caused some GPS glitches — it thinks there are little bits of road way in the middle of The Domain.

Google blog announcement

Human to human transfer of Birdflu seen in Indonesia

Human to human transfer of Birdflu has been seen in Indonesia. Six of the seven infected people have died. The infection chain from the index case is three people long.

That which was a matter of time may actually be upon us.

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Amazon Interview Experience | 194 (For Software Support Engineer)

  • Difficulty Level : Medium
  • Last Updated : 28 Jun, 2019

It was a usual Job Application at Amazon’s Job Site, I got their call few days later.

Process:- 1 Written Aptitude(Coding) + 3 Technical Round + 1 HR Round

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1) One Written Test – 8 Problem statement – 1 Hour Time – from Basic to Mid-level difficulty, for which we have to write the Logic/Algorithms
Some which I remember were good enough are –
i) Given a Folder path in a Directory Structure. E.g. “temp/reg”; you need to find all the files with extensions “.c” in this folder as well as in the sub-folders.
ii) Finding the Longest Palindrome Sub-String in the given string.
iii) From the given string, print the Alphabets which occur more than once in the string.
iv) Given two Integers A & B, Print the number of bits to be flipped in order to convert ‘A’ to ‘B’.
v) Implement EnQueue() and DeQueue() of Queue DS using Push() and Pop() of Stack DS. Write Steps and Sequence.

Possible Solutions:- (Logic)
i) Use Linked-List DS to store the Folder Path in a Node. Open the Folder with First Node, filter all the “.c” extension files, and add the sub-folders in the linked-list, until all the nodes in the linked-list are explored.
ii) Use ‘frame’ variable with value starting from 2, increasing till size ‘n’, and check by shifting this frame by one position, if the sub-string is a Palindrome or not.
iii) Basic Char to ASCII conversion and back to Characters. Create an Array of 26 slots for alphabets. Convert the input string to UpperCase before proceeding.
iv) Convert to Binary Representation and Compare as String Characters. If not same, then increment the counter. Remember, we have to only display the Number of bits flipped.
v) Use Operational Logic for Priority Queue, and for –
     a) EnQueue – Push everything in Stack1.
     b) DeQueue – (Check if Stack1 is Not empty)Pop everything from Stack1 and Push them one by one to Stack2. Then Pop top element from Stack2 as Result. For Next DeQueue do reverse, i.e. from Stack2 to Stack1.

2) 1st Technical Round
i) Write Program to Reverse a Linked List.
ii) Discussion on a Scenario and Debugging/Troubleshooting the error.

3) 2nd Technical Round
i) The similar Debugging/Troubleshooting scenario.
ii) Add the Numbers present in the String and display.
      E.g. “abc123def-567ghi89jk”
          Here take ‘-‘ as negative number symbol.
iii) Find the Pair of Array elements summing up to value ‘k’, in a Sorted Array. Optimize it from Complexity ‘N^2’ to ‘NlogN’ using Binary Search.
4) 3rd Technical + Managerial Round
i) Some OS Related Questions.
ii) UNIX Commands – Which I couldn’t recall!
iii) Project Experience and Why want to Join Amazon and similar ones.

Though I couldn’t clear the 3rd Round, the overall experience was good.

## Remember:-
>> Please check their Technical Requirement, and revise your concepts of OS(How Process works, Process Life Cycle, RAM, Virtual Memory, DeadLocks etc.), UNIX(Revise Basic Commands like ‘grep’ etc.).
>> Practice basic Problems like, Searching, Sorting, Fibonacci, Factorial, Recursion, Stack, Queue, Linked List and their Application.

Hope it helps for the new Applicants!

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  • Difficulty Level : Easy
  • Last Updated : 05 Mar, 2021

A Java program is a collection of objects, and these objects communicate through method calls to each other to work together. Here is a brief discussion on the Classes and Objects, Method, Instance variables, syntax, and semantics of Java.

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1. Object: The object is an instance of a class, have Behavior and state.

  • Example: A car is an object whose states are: brand, colour, number-plate.
  • Behavior: Running on the road.

2. Class: The class is a blueprint(plan) of class objects and status.

  • Example: Blueprint of the house is class.

3. Method: The behavior of an object is the method.

  • Example: The fuel indicator indicates the amount of fuel left in the car.

4. Instance variables: Every object has its own unique set of instance variables. The state of an object is generally created by the values that are assigned to these instance variables.

Example: Steps to compile and run a java program in a console

java GFG

public class GFG {
  public static void main (String[] args) {

Note: When the class is public, the name of the file should be the class name.

The Basic Syntax:

1. Comments in Java

There are three types of comments in Java.

 i. Single line Comment

// System.out.println("GFG!");

ii. Multi-line Comment

iii. Documentation Comment. Also called a doc comment.

/** documentation */

2. Program File Name

The name of a program file should exactly match the class name with an extension of .java. The name of the file can be other names if the program does not have any public class. Assume you have a public class GFG. // valid syntax // invalid syntax

3. Case Sensitivity

Java is a case-sensitive language, which means that the identifiers AB, Ab, aB, and ab are different in Java.

System.out.println("Alice"); // valid syntax
system.out.println("Alice"); // invalid syntax

4. Class Names

i. The first letter of the class should be in Uppercase

ii. If several words are used to form a name of the class, each inner word’s first letter should be in Upper Case, Underscore are allowed.

class MyJavaProgram    // valid syntax
class myJavaProgram    // invalid syntax

5. public static void main(String [] args)

Java program processing starts with the method main().

6. Method Names

i. All the method names should start with a Lower Case letter.

ii. If several words are used to form the name of the method, then each first letter of the inner word should be in Upper Case, Underscore are allowed. (This is allowed in java and please correct the below example as well both are correct syntax as per Java but as standard people follow lowercase first char in function name)

public void employeeRecords() // valid syntax
public void EmployeeRecords() // valid syntax

7. Identifiers in java

i. All identifiers can begin with a letter (A to Z or a to z) or an underscore _.

ii. The first character of identifiers can have any combination of characters.

iii. Most importantly identifiers are case-sensitive.

iv. A keyword cannot be used as an identifier since it is a reserved word and has some special meaning.

Legal identifiers: MinNumber, total, ak74, hello_world, $amount, _under_value
Illegal identifiers: 74ak, -amount

8. White-spaces in Java

A line containing only white-spaces, possibly with the comment, is known as a blank line, and the Java compiler totally ignores it.

9. Access Modifiers: These modifiers control the scope of class and methods.

  • Access Modifiers: default, public, protected, private
  • Non-access Modifiers: final, abstract, strictfp

10. Java Keywords

Keywords or Reserved words are the words in a language that are used for some internal process or represent some predefined actions. These words are therefore not allowed to use as variable names or objects.

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