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Colm O'Dwyer was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1977. He received his B.S. degree in applied physics and Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Limerick in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He conducted postdoctoral research in nanotechnology and nanolithography using magneto-optically trapped, ultracold Cs atoms beams at the University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France followed by research on inorganic nanostructures for nanoelectronics and nanophotonics at Tyndall National Institute in Cork. From 2008 to 2012, he was a Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Lecturer on nanomaterials at the University of Limerick. He is Professor in Chemical Energy at the School of Chemistry, University College Cork and Principal Investigator at Tyndall National Institute and the Environmental Research Institute, leading the Applied Nanoscience Group. He serves as Chair of the Electronics & Photonics Division of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), and on the Board of Directors of ECS, and has organized >25 symposia in nanoscience, solid state science and semiconductor electrochemistry. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
Elaine Carroll is a Cork woman. She received her B.Sc. in Applied Physics from the University of Limerick in 2011, and is currently working towards her Ph.D. degree. Her research focuses on the exfoliation of 2D crystals and paintable layered materials, their structural, electrical and thermal characterisation. The aim is to fundamentally study the link between the physical properties of single-molecule thick materials and paintable thin films, and their temperature-dependent charge transport characteristics for thermoelectrics.
Oleksandr Bilousov
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, 2013
Dr Damien Aureau
Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, 2013
Laila Balobaid
King Saud University, 2016
Jimmy Moore
M.Sc. in Applied Physics 2009
Kenneth Treacy
M.Sc. in Applied Physics 2009
Dr Lynn Power
Postdoctoral researcher 2010
Jim Heneghan
M.Sc. in Applied Physics 2010
Dr George Amarandei
Ph.D. 2012
Aoife Carroll
Chem 2018/19
Erika Poceviciute
Chem 2018/19
Siobhan Breen
Chem 2018/19
Ciaran Dee
Chem 2018/19
Ruairidh Nash
Chem Phys 2018/19
Darragh graduated in 2014 from University College Cork with a First Class Honours B.Sc. in Chemical Physics. He is currently working towards his PhD, funded by the Irish Research Council. His research is focused on thin film high mobility metal oxides used in a variety of applications such as thermo/electro-chromic devices, photovoltaics, sensors and optical coating materials. He is developing the chemical, structural, optical and electrical phenomena of these thin films in electrochromic high pixel transmission thin film transistors on transparent substrates.
Caihong Yang was born in Henan, China in 1993. She received her B.E. in Civil Engineering from Zhengzhou Technology and Business University, China in 2015. She is currently working towards her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Guilin University of Technology, China. She arrived in Ireland in Nov. 2018 as a visiting PhD student. Her research is focused on metal oxide and layered double hydroxide (LDH) materials for energy storage.
Dr Eileen Armstrong
Ph.D. 2015
Dr Michal Osiak
Ph.D. 2015
Dr William McSweeney
Ph.D. 2014
Dr Mahesh Datt Bhatt
Postdoctoral researcher
Andres Molina is originally from Colombia and is working on assemblies of photoactive molecules and films, electrochemsitry, and photelectrochemsitry at liquid-liquid interfaces.
Sally is from Waterford and received an honours degree in BSc Chemical Physics from UCC in 2015. She is now working towards her PhD funded by Science Foundation Ireland. Her research is focused on the growth and application of 3D structured porous metal oxide material architectures for high performance Li-ion batteries and electrochemical energy storage devices. These devices will provide a new range of optically active power-check modules integration-capable with other thin film technologies.
Dr Hugh Geaney
Senior Postdoctoral researcher
Vijaykumar Jadhav was born in Maharashtra, India in 1987. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in physics from the S.R.T.M.U. Nanded, MH, India in 2009 and 2015, respectively. During his PhD research he was selected for an Indo-Korea research internship in 2014 in the School of Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University in South Korea to work on perovskite-based materials for energy storage applications. He then completed postdoctoral research in energy storage materials for supercapacitor applications using MXene materials at Pusan National University. His research is focused on metal oxide and MXene materials for energy storage and chemical gas sensor applications. He is a recipient of a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2016 to develop advanced materials for 3D printed Li-ion batteries.
Alex is from Tipperary and graduated in 2016 from University College Cork, receiving a First Class Honours degree in Chemical Physics. Currently, he is working towards his PhD with funding from the Irish Research Council. He was the recipient of the Quercus College Scolarship based on academic performance for the years 2015 and 2016. His research is focused on electro-photonic materials circuitry for enhanced electrochemical energy storage with the aim of developing diffractive optics and photonic probes as opticall diagnostic aids for in-situ monitoring of battery materials.
Anya is from West Cork, and graduated from University College Cork in 2017, earning a first class honours degree in Chemistry. Since October 2017 she has been working at the Tyndall National Institute as a PhD student, having received funding from the Irish Research Council Enterprise Partnership Scheme in conjunction with Intel. Her PhD research involves the understanding, control, and applications of 2D electron gases on semiconductor surfaces.
Emma Coleman is from Cork. She graduated from University College Cork in October 2017 with an honours BSc in Chemistry. She is currently based in the Tyndall National Institute working towards her PhD. She is funded by Science Foundation Ireland in a project shared with Trinity College Dublin. Emma's research is focused on investigating 2D material base alternative channels for next generation integrated nanoscale electronics. More specifically, she is studying the use of transition metal dichalcogenide MoS2 as a channel material in electronic devices.
Dr Han Shao
Ph.D. 2018
Éadaoin Casey
M.Sc. in Chemistry 2019
Dr Colm Glynn
PhD 2016
Postdoctoral researcher
Dr David McNulty
PhD 2014
Postdoctoral researcher
Saikumar Inguva was born in Telangana state, India in 1987. He received his M.Sc. degree in Applied Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India and Ph.D. degree in Physics/Materials Science from Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland in 2010 and 2016, respectively. Prior to his Ph.D. course, he worked as a Project Associate for a year on a UKIERI (British council UK and Govt. of India) project entitled 'environmentally–focused low-cost nanostructures' in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2011. His Ph.D. research work focused on pulsed-laser deposition and characterisation of oxide semiconductor (ZnO and Al-doped ZnO) nanostructures and thin films on silicon and flexible plastic substrates for flexible transparent conductive oxides (TCO), optoelectronic, flexible electronic and biosensor applications. He then completed postdoctoral research on transparent and conductive oxide semiconductor thin films for electrochemical DNA biosensor applications from DCU, Ireland, and in fabrication and characterisation of 2D semiconductor (MoS2) and nitride semiconductor (GaN) materials for optoelectronic and electronic applications from Shenzhen University, China. His current postdoctoral research in University College Cork is on low-cost heterojunction oxide thin-film transistors.
Changyu Hu was born in Hubei, China in 1989. He received his M. Sc degree in optoelectronics from Huazhong Science andTechnology University, China in 2012 and Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of St. Andrews, UK in 2018. Before he started his PhD, he was a research assistant working on the light-matter relationship based on nanostructures, such as ENZ metamaterial and thermal energy materials in University of Missouri, US, from 2012-2014. His Ph.D research focused silicon photonics based on photonic crystal structures for optical information communications and optical computing system. His current postdoctoral research in University College Cork is on inverse opal 3D photonic crystal Li battery structures.
Born in Karachi, the most populous city of Pakistan, Umair Gulzar graduated as a Chemist in 2010 from University Karachi. In 2011, he was awarded a prestigious Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship which allowed him to excel academically while enjoying different cultures of Spain, Portugal and England. Later he moved to Genoa where he obtained his doctoral degree from Italian Institute of Technology. His research work focused on developing new electrode materials for next generation lithium and post-lithium ion batteries. He is currently working on a multidisciplinary project to develop a safe and lightweight 3D printed battery. The battery will act as a critical energy storage component of an autonomous sensing device for monitoring electrocardiograph, respiratory flow, oxygen flow and temperature of the patient. When he is not in lab, you will find him wandering in mountains or countryside.
Vladimir Egorov was born in Moscow Region, Russia. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2005 and 2008, respectively. During and immediately after his Ph.D. course, he worked as a Visiting Researcher on INTAS project focused on synthesis and application of ionic liquids (low-melting salts) to the development of composite materials and electrochemical sensors. He continued his work as a Research Scientist at Moscow State University for one year after completing his Ph.D. course, and later as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York, USA) in 2010 – 2011. In 2011 Vladimir moved to South Korea where he worked for R&D Division of Samsung SDI as a Senior Engineer focusing on development and characterization of electrolytes and active materials for Li-ion batteries. His current postdoctoral research project at University College Cork is on 3D printed rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for future wearable technologies and connected living.
Yan Zhang was born in Hunan Province, China. She obtained her M. Sc degree in Physical Chemistry from Xiangtan University (China) in June 2014, and Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry of Metallurgy from Central South University (China) in June 2017. Her M. Sc work explored the lithium storage performance of the freestanding and flexible anode materials via electrospinning technique. During her Ph.D. study, she focused on improving sodium storage using nanostructured TiO2 composites based on the size, defect and oxygen vacancy effects. From July 2017 to April 2019, she worked as postdoc fellow in Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research (Germany), mainly focusing on the interfacial storage and pseudocapacitive behavior of titanium-based functional materials (TiO2, TiF3) in sodium ion batteries. She joined the Professor O'Dwyer's group at University College Cork in April 2019. Currently, she is working on developing 3D printed electrodes for rechargeable energy storage devices.


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Girlfriend of Durham man in dog-leash death takes control of estate, demands dog
The girlfriend of a man whose son reported finding him with a dog leash wrapped around his neck has successfully sought temporary control of his estate, saying she needs to protect his assets worth millions of dollars.
Julie Seel has said she'd dated William "Bill" Bishop, 59, for about a year when Bishop's 16-year-old son called 911 on April 18.
The son, a student at Durham Academy, said he found his father unresponsive, slouched in a leather chair and holding with his right hand a dog leash that was wrapped around his neck three times, with the dog still attached.
Bishop died three days later.
A medical examiner's report ruled the death a homicide. In search warrants, police Investigator T. Huelsman, quoting statements by the son, called the death "suspicious in nature."
The Herald-Sun and The News & Observer are not naming the teenager because he hasn't been charged with a crime.
Seel, a clinical psychologist at Duke Integrative Medicine, was appointed July 20 as collector to oversee the estate. Collectors hold assets together until a personal representative or executor is appointed.
Bishop's two sons and ex-wife filed documents to have her removed. They questioned her relationship with Bishop, saying the couple broke up before his death, and criticized her cooperating with police, talking to the media and demanding that they return the family dog, a yellow Labrador named Winston.
"It is intolerable for [the 16-year-old ] to be stuck in a relationship with [Seel] where [Seel] is supposed to be fair and reasonable towards him but where [Seel] instead has assumed his guilt without reason, is actively hostile to him and appears to be acting against him," the sons' filing states.
Collector filing
Bill Bishop was worth about $5.55 million, according to 2017 financial statement in Seel's filing. He was a prominent developer in Hillsborough County, Florida, where he created numerous communities, according to an obituary in the Tampa Bay Times.
Bishop moved to North Carolina in 2008 to study city and regional planning at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he was awarded his doctorate in May posthumously.
According to Bishop's LinkedIn profile, he had been a principal at the Development Planning and Finance Group, a national real estate consulting firm, since 2014.
Sharon and Bill Bishop's divorce was finalized, April 6, less than two weeks before the son's 911 call.
According to Bishop's will, property like household furniture and personal effects were to go to the boys. The rest of his assets were to be put in a trust and distributed in increments when the boys were 30, 35 and 40, or if needed in the interim.
In her petition, Seel states the 2003 will names three executors: Sharon Bishop, a Tampa attorney and a Florida bank.
The will prevents Sharon Bishop from being appointed as executor if she is divorced from Bill.
The Tampa attorney and the Florida bank, do not intend to serve as executor, Seel's filing states. His two sons are minors, and his mother, the next closest relative, has renounced the appointment and nominated Seel, the documents states.
Beneficiaries 'unknown'
In the filing, Seel states that the estate needs to be protected until the police investigation ends.
While Bishop's sons are the sole beneficiaries, Seel's filing cites a state law prohibiting people convicted of murder from collecting from the victim's estate.
The estate also needs to be protected, the filing states.
"Further, upon information and belief, valuable tangible personal property, including jewelry and gold bullion has already been removed from the decedent's home," Seel's filing states.
According to a search warrant, Seel told police June 5 that there was at least $50,000 in gold, $75,000 in jewelry and cash inside a safe.
Seel told police she texted Sharon Bishop on April 20 and asked her to check the safe at Bishop's house for will-related documents. Bishop was still alive, but doctors had said he had no significant brain activity.
"Finally got it open no documents in safe. Leaving house now," Sharon Bishop texted back, Seel told police, according to a search warrant.
'On and off' relationship
On July 30, Bishop's two sons ages 16 and 17, and Sharon Bishop as their mother and representative, petitioned for Seel to be removed and a family friend to be appointed.
The filing states that Bill Bishop and Seel dated "on and off" for less than a year and were broken up at the time of his death.
"Five days before decedent was found unconscious … she had sent decedent an email ending their relationship, and placed all of his belongings that were in her house into her garage for him to pick up," the sons' filing states.
Seel, who declined to comment, has said in a statement that Bill Bishop was her "best friend" and "partner." Seel wrote that they planned to take a trip to the beach in June, Cozumel in July and Disney in August.
David Moore, a longtime friend of Bill Bishop, wrote in an email that Bill Bishop was "very much in love" with Julie Seel, and they were planning a life together.
"In fact, he was happier than I had seen him in years," Moore wrote.
The sons' filing points out a number of concerns, including that Seel concealed her efforts to be appointed as collector of the estate until it was finalized.
The filing also states that Seel may have enticed Bill Bishop's mother to nominate her as collector by telling her that the estate would allow her to keep her home, which Bill Bishop owned.
Bishop had been estranged from his mother for 20 years, and she didn't attend his funeral and has only met his sons once when they were 3 and 15 months, the sons' filing states.
'Reprehensible, antisocial behavior'
From mid-May to early June, Seel's communications with Sharon Bishop and her sons became "increasingly harsh, accusatory, insulting, hostile and threatening," the sons' filing states.
On June 5, Seel texted Sharon Bishop, "It looks like things are not going to work out for [the 16-year-old son], as I feared, premeditated murder is definitely what happened with Bill and only becoming clearer by the day," the filing states.
The text also stated that Seel had not given not given a statement to police, the filing states.
"Before I do, I would just like to know if [the son] killed Bill out of greed, as it appears, or for a sincerely good reason, like self-defense," the sons' filing said the text stated.
On June 25, Seel texted Sharon Bishop stating that future communication would be handled by her lawyers, according to the filing.
"I have a full accounting of Bill's belongings and the activity and will be prosecuting to the full extent of the law for criminal trespassing and theft to make his estate whole, to include civil suits, if everything to include Winston, is not returned real quick in excellent condition," the filing states the final text said. "Reprehensible, antisocial behavior on all of your parts."
The sons' filing states that Seel should be acting in the best interest of the beneficiaries of the estate, including the 16-year-old, and shouldn't involve herself in the police investigation unless she is legally compelled.
The first time the sons learned about Seel being appointed as collector was when her attorneys sent them a letter that demanded the dog, the filing states.
The filing states that the real reason Seel wants the dog is to give it to police to assist in their investigation and because she wants it for her and her 5-year-old daughter.
The filing calls the request "cruel" "particularly during their time of grief."
The issue of who should be the collector will likely be addressed in a hearing next month before the Durham County Clerk of Court.

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Thursday, August 7, 2014
New Horizons
As many of you know I am no longer producing manufactured pieces in my line. I do have a stock of some pieces although the majority are sold out. I have thoroughly enjoyed the last 18 years and really feel it is time to move on to new horizons. As you will see I am really going back to my beginnings. I am only producing Original pieces and have completed my new book,` Making Miniature Animals` and also my first Tutorial and pattern `Pumpkin Dolls`.
I am making small editions of dragons, monsters, bears and dolls. I am also producing some one of a kinds. Basically I am having a blast.....I so needed to find myself again creatively.
I am also still selling all my manufactured pieces and including some of my personal samples and hard to find old pieces and I put them up on my Webstore on a regular basis.
New Tutorial & Pattern `Pumpkin Dolls`
These two Pumpkin dolls measure 14 inches and are made of Osnaburg cotton. I have produced a detailed tutorial on how to make these pieces and all their clothes. It includes a pattern for them and all their clothes. It can be purchased on the link below.
I firstly produced this as an Ebook which has worked very well for those overseas. It is now available in a printed format and can be found in my webstore shop.
Some Original One of a Kinds (some 14 inch)
Some Original small Limited Editions
Some One of a Kind 7 inch cloth dolls
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Workshop Albuquerque, New Mexico May 30, 31 2014
May 30 and 31 2014 I will be attending a doll and teddy bear event in Albuquerque, New Mexico where I will be teaching a work shop to make the above `Baby Bunting`. She was a special project I did with my sister Jane Davies. Jane made the heads and I designed the body and outfit. She measure 3.5 inches and the head is porcelain. The cost of the workshop is $98.00 dollars.
The event is organised by Dorothy Drake and more information about how much fun we are going to have there can be found on her website at
I cannot wait.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
I have now completed my eBook and it is available for purchase and download from my webstore, just hit the `Buy Direct` button to get there.
This 95 page eBook covers all aspects of miniature bear making. The book is directed at beginners through to experienced bear makers and many of the techniques used in miniature also apply to big bears and animals. There is a pattern for a 3.75 inch bear which can be adapted to a cat or rabbit with the additional patterns in the book. There is also a 1.4 inch (3.5cm) pattern for a tiny dollhouse sized bear which is sewn mainly by machine. How to sew by machine and by hand are both covered in this book.
Choices of fabrics and the benefits of each are discussed in detail along with the available threads and tools which are required. The idea of turning very small pieces deters many people from trying miniature but with planning, the correct tools and the various methods which are in the book it can easily be achieved. Also covered in the instructions are nose embroidering, setting in eyes and mouths and face finishing including needle sculpting and shaping. Stuffing, one of the most important details of creating sewn toys is discussed in depth,
Having completed the small animal there are some ideas for costuming and accessorizing and some patterns to make dress, dungarees and pants. Pattern design is examined and the shapes of my various head patterns which have been used to make all sorts of animals from birds, to muzzled bears, to mice to rabbits are all shown. Also discussed in the book are points of inspiration and where to find the ideas to make fun pieces and how to progress on to other animals be they, monsters, cloth dolls or Original bears. I have shared my method of planning design. There is also a section on how to wire miniatures to give them that extra shape and detail.
Through out the book you will find tips which I have learned over the years. My aim was to share everything I have learned in the last 25 years with artists today and also with people who just want to have fun making a miniature
Thursday, January 9, 2014
January News
January always seems to be a crazy busy month. I have updated the Web store with Spring items and orders over $95 will receive a free `Parsley` bunny, while stocks last.
I plan to have some Originals up on the web store on Saturday 1st February at 1pm and they will include some Cookie Cutters and some Prim Dolls and more.
I will be attending the Hugglets `Winterbearfest` at Kensington Town Hall, London On Sunday 23rd February, 2014. Such a trip down memory lane for me since I lived around the corner in the late 70`s. I am really hoping to launch my new book (which might only be on a CD depending on printing costs) called `Everything I know about Sewing Miniatures`. The title says it all!
I hope everyone is staying dry and warm, the weather seems crazy. It has been cold in Florida too but I hesitate to complain about it, or even mention it given the weather so many of you are having.
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This asset will show you how to add validation to your Nintex Form and some additional customization tips.
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Finally, we show you how you can use simple validation around a yes/no control and add a hyperlink onto the form.
One of the requirements to submit a travel request is to read and understand the Corporate Travel Guidelines. We're going to add a checkbox at the end of the form, for users to check and also add some validation around this control, so the form can only be submitted if the user has checked the checkbox which says they have read the guidelines.
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Eric Harris - Build your first Nintex Form - Part 3 of 3 (validation & hyperlinks)
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Add a Yes/No control and Label control onto the form
Drag a Yes/No control onto the form, below the Repeating Section.
Next, drag a Label control onto the form next to the Yes/No control. Double click on the Label control. Type "I have read and accept the..".
Now, we can add in a hyperlink to the Travel Guidelines document. Click on the Insert tab, and then click on Link.
At the bottom of the Insert Reference dialog, you will see a section for a web address. In the Address field, enter the URL where the document can be accessed from.
Note: If you do not have a document to link to, try any hyperlink such as www.nintex.com or www.google.com.
In the Hyperlink text to display, type "Corporate Travel Guidelines". Click Ok.
Click the General tab and the Save the action.
Configure the Yes/No Control
The next step is to set the validation of the Yes/No control. Double click on the Yes/No control to open the configuration menu.
In the Text field, type "Yes". Then expand the Validation section and in the Required to be checked drop down menu, select Yes.
In the Required to be checked field, type "You must read and accept the travel guidelines". Click Save.
Preview your Form
Once you're happy with the layout of the form, click the Preview button in the Ribbon. You form will look something like this. If you try to submit the form without checking the box, the form will not submit.
Publish the Form
The form can only be used, once it is published. To publish, click Publish in the Ribbon. Once the form has been published, close the Nintex Forms designer and add a new item to your Travel Request Form. The Nintex Form will appear and look something like this.
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As a librarian, I live for questions. I love finding answers. I will hunt online for the answer to a student's question for an hour after he or she has left the library, then email the student's homeroom teacher to say, "I found it! Send <name> back to the library when you have a chance!"
In the library, I'm a big question-loving nerd girl.
Personally, though? I'm not a fan of questions. Blame it on my introverted personality, but I prefer to share what I want and not be asked to give up information I haven't volunteered. And never did I hate questions more than when I was pregnant.
A Facebook friend who is very pregnant at the moment just posted a link to this site, named after the question women in late pregnancy probably hear most often: "Have you had that baby yet?" Listen to me, friends, and listen carefully: You know the answer to this question. She knows the answer to this question. If you are thinking of asking a pregnant woman this question–DON'T. You are not cute. You are not funny. You are not clever. What you are, to the pregnant woman you are asking this of, is irritating beyond reasonable belief.
Pregnancy is hard–mentally, physically, emotionally hard. And the last thing a pregnant woman wants to do is answer a host of questions from everyone from family members to co-workers to strangers every time she sets foot outside of her house. But since I love to be helpful, I'm going to do you a solid and give you answers to the most common, most annoying questions that I heard while pregnant.
- "Is it a boy or a girl?" If I want you to know, I will tell you.
- "What's the name?" See question 1. Are you noticing a pattern here? You should be.
- "How are you feeling?" Do you really want to know? And are you prepared to help make the situation better when I tell you? If so, then ask away. But if you're asking just because you think it's polite–don't.
- "Can I touch your belly?" First, thank you for asking. You'd be surprised how many people treat pregnant bellies like public property. Second, no, not unless you helped put this baby in here or you're going to be helping to get it out.
- "Aren't you scared of labor?" Actually, I was really looking forward to squeezing something the size of a watermelon out of an opening the size of an apple. Listen, people, if you're talking to a first-time mom, or even a lot of experienced moms, she's scared. And she's trying really, really hard not to think about it. So thank you so much for bringing it up.
I'm sure my many mommy friends could come up with even more. I get that everyone loves babies, and pregnancy from the outside seems exciting and wonderful. And it is, in many, many ways. But stop with the questions. Because odds are, there's probably only one question your pregnant friend wants to hear:
"How can I help?" Trust me, she'll welcome this one. Just don't be surprised if the answer is, "Stop asking me questions."


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Jon Gosselin is a dad-of-eight, but he seems to have a special connection with his daughter, Hannah. The former Jon and Kate Plus 8 star got a special Father's Day greeting from Hannah, one of his 14-year-old sextuplets with ex-wife Kate Gosselin.
On Sunday, Hannah Gosselin posted a sweet photo collage and message to her dad on Instagram. The post, which you can see below, features more than a dozen photos of Hannah with her dad, as well as a few with Hannah's sextuplet brother, Collin Gosselin, and Jon's girlfriend, Colleen Conrad.
Hannah captioned the tribute to her dad with "Happy Father's Day," telling him that he is the best dad she could ask for and expressing gratitude for their "late night ice cream runs together."
Jon Gosselin wasted no time in commenting on his daughter's post. Gosselin hit the comments section right away to respond with, "Thank you HJ love you!!!!"
Jon Gosselin has been on a bit of a social media spree of late, posting a steady stream of pics of himself with Hannah over the past few months that have shown them out for ice cream, eating Mexican food, and going on a "road trip." Hannah has reposted many of the happy pics.
It is clear from both Jon and Hanna's social media feeds that they have a lot of one-on-one time together. In April, E! News also revealed that Jon Gosselin spent Easter Sunday, which was also his birthday, with only Hannah and none of his other seven kids. In fact, a look at Jon's Instagram reveals that, with the exception of a throwback snap of the sextuplets — Hannah, Collin, Aaden, Alexis, Leah, and Joel — in honor of their 14th birthday on May 10, he has not shared photos of any of his kids except Hannah and Collin in more than a year.
Fans of the reality TV family have even speculated that Jon Gosselin may have gained full custody of Hannah. According to In Touch Weekly, Jon Gosselin recently posted a cryptic video message to fans in which he hinted that something may have changed regarding his custody arrangement for his teen daughter.
"Unfortunately Hannah couldn't make it to this video but I'd like to thank everyone for the love and support you've shown us this week," Gosselin told fans in an Instagram video in May. "Obviously you know the situation, if you don't know the situation, you should just get together with a friend or anyone that understands the situation."
You can see Hannah Gosselin's sweet Father's Day tribute to her dad below.


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I was born with Asperger's so I had markedly different ideas and behaviours from the average girl, and definitely from my mother and father.
In my book, Unforgiving, Memoir of an Asperger's Teen, I talk a lot about the lack of relationship between myself and my parents. That sense of disconnection, the feeling that I was some sort of interloper.
At the time, in my teens, I thought Mom's ideal daughter would have enjoyed sewing, crocheting, baking bread with her, and sharing her enthusiasm for Woman's Day magazine. I was into classical music, movies like Lawrence of Arabia, poetry, Shakespeare and boys.
Was I right about Mom? I'm not so sure.
My mother's house was always dusty, rather untidy. She went out to work, you see, when few mothers did, straining in the steaming heat of the Empress Laundry or cleaning low-rent motel rooms.
Once you've been out to work, you'll never want to stay home again, she told me in a rare moment of mother-daughter confidence.
And of course the housework had to be done by someone. And as the eldest daughter by nearly eight years, naturally that lot fell to me and to my grandmother. I talk about that in Unforgiving, too. About how I just took these duties for granted.
What did Mom want? Just a daughter who didn't talk so loud? Who didn't speak out of turn? Who could get a job and keep it?
The truth is, I will never know. Relationships are complicated.
Deeper into my adulthood, Mom and I came a little closer. When she got Alzheimer's? After Dad died she came to live with us.
Goodnight, Mom, she'd say as I tucked her into bed.
She had forgotten I was her daughter. All she knew was that I was someone who lovingly tucked her in at night.
Maybe that's all we needed to know about each other.
Yours truly,
Margaret Jean


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New USCIS Policy Memorandum Suggests Additional Documentary Requirements for Employers Placing H-1B Workers at Client Sites (February 22, 2018)
The US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum, titled "Contracts and Itineraries Requirements for H-1B Petitions Involving Third-Party Worksites" which is effective immediately and compliments the 2010 USCIS Memorandum "Determining the Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions, Including Third-Party Site Placements" (aka the "Neufeld Memo on Employer-Employee Relationship"). Notably, it also supersedes two Memos from 1995, which required USCIS to make requests for contracts involving H-1B petitions only (1) where the officer could articulate a specific need for such documentation, and (2) on a case-by-case basis, making clear USCIS intends to expand such requests going forward.
The USCIS Policy Memo aligns with President Trump's Buy American and Hire American Executive Order and the directive to protect the interests of U.S. workers. The H-1B petitioners must demonstrate that they have specific and non-speculative qualifying assignments in a specialty occupation for the specific H-1B beneficiary for the entire time requested on the petition. The H-1B petitioners must further show that they will maintain an employer-employee relationship with the beneficiary for the duration of the requested H-1B validity period, as documented by contracts, statements of work, and other similar types of evidence (See 8 CFR 214.2(h)(9)(ii)(A) and (iii)).
The Policy Memo further clarifies that while an H-1B petition may be approved for up to three years, USCIS will, in its discretion, generally limit the approval period to the length of time demonstrated that the beneficiary will be placed in non-speculative work and during which the petitioner will maintain the requisite employer-employee relationship.
Importantly, the February 22, 2018 Policy Memo states that for third-party placements of H-1B workers, the petitioner must provide "additional corroborating evidence, such as contracts and work orders, may substantiate a petitioner's claim of actual work in a specialty occupation" such as:
• Evidence of actual work assignments, which may include technical documentation, milestone tables, marketing analysis, cost-benefit analysis, brochures, and funding documents.
• Copies of relevant, signed contractual agreements between the petitioner and all other companies involved in the beneficiary's placement, if the petitioner has not directly contracted with the third-party worksite.
• Copies of detailed statements of work or work orders signed by an authorized official of the ultimate end-client company where the work will actually be performed by the beneficiary. The statement should detail the specialized duties the beneficiary will perform, the qualifications that are required to perform the job duties, the duration of the job, and the hours to be worked.
• A letter signed by an authorized official of each ultimate end-client company where the beneficiary will actually work. The letter should provide information, such as a detailed description of the specialized duties the beneficiary will perform, the qualifications required to perform those duties, the duration of the job, salary or wages paid, hours worked, benefits, a detailed description of who will supervise the beneficiary and the beneficiary's duties, and any other related evidence.
Additionally, the Policy Memo emphasizes the importance of the submission of contracts as evidence to demonstrate the H-1B employer will maintain an employer-employee relationship with the H-1B beneficiary for the duration of the requested validity period.
The Policy Memorandum further makes it clear that per 8 CFR 214.2(h)(2)(i)(B), the H-1B petitioners must provide an itinerary when the H-1B worker will perform professional services in more than one location. The itinerary must include the dates and locations of the services to be provided, and there is no exemption from this regulatory requirement. The itinerary should detail when and where the beneficiary will be performing services and should specify the following:
• The dates of each service or engagement;
• The names and addresses of the ultimate employer(s);
• The names, addresses (including floor, suite, and office) and telephone numbers of the locations where the services will be performed for the period of time requested; and
• Corroborating evidence for all of the above.
The USCIS Policy Memo applies to all H-1B third-party worksite petitions, including H-1B extensions when the H-1B petitioner should also establish that the H-1B requirements have been met for the entire prior approval period. This includes establishing that the beneficiary worked in the specialty occupation, that he or she was paid the required wage, and that the employer maintained the right to control the beneficiary's employment. Importantly, if the terms and conditions of the initial approval period were not met and the petitioner has demonstrated eligibility for the subsequent petition, the extension petition may be approved, but the extension of stay request may be denied (See 8 CFR 214.1(c)(4)). This applies both to petitions where the beneficiary will remain at the same worksite or be placed at a new worksite.
It remains to be seen how the USCIS will implement this Policy Memo, but it is a clear signal that it intends to impose further restrictions on US employers hiring H-1B workers and placing them at third-party worksites.


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Alaskans to Rally Across the State on June 11 to Keep Alaska Open for Business
Alaskans to Rally Across the State on June 11 to Keep Alaska Open for Business
Yesterday pink slips went out to nearly 19,000 state employees, warning them that if the legislature
doesn't reach a budget deal by July 1st, they will lose their jobs. With two weeks until the end of the
special session, zero progress is evident between the Senate and House majorities on reaching a deal
on a comprehensive plan.
Simultaneous rallies will take place at 1:00 pm on June 11th in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and
Juneau encouraging lawmakers to come up with a plan they can agree on before the scheduled
June 16th end of the current special session. A government shutdown looms just two weeks
later on July 1st if a deal is not reached.
Over the past eighteen months, credit rating agencies, businesses, economists, chambers of
commerce, labor organizations, foundations, and an assortment of diverse coalitions and people of all
political stripes around the state have concurred that a comprehensive fiscal plan is necessary to deal
with the state's $2.5 billion budget deficit.
Governor Walker and the House Majority Coalition have done the heavy lifting, working diligently in
proposing and passing a plan that includes budget reductions, a structured use of Permanent Fund
earnings, and new broad-based revenue. The Senate majority on the other hand has only passed one
fiscal measure all session, which would still leave a hole in the budget approaching a billion dollars,
while hoping oil prices recover.
"Hope is not a strategy," said Vince Beltrami, president of the Alaska AFL-CIO. "The priorities of the
Senate Majority are out of whack. While hundreds of teachers lost their jobs last week and contemplate
having to leave the state for jobs Outside, the Senate Majority has proposed an austerity plan that will
undoubtedly and unnecessarily prolong and deepen the state's recession. It is past time to get the job
done and set Alaska on a path to diverse longterm fiscal stability and a new time of economic
prosperity. That won't happen until we are on sound fiscal footing."
More information on rally locations can be found here: www.akaflcio.org/rally-for-alaska


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Fort Lewis Soldiers, Community React to Iraq Plan
In the military community of Fort Lewis, Wash., there appears to be little interest in, or support for, President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq.
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Throughout this morning we've been telling you about President Bush's plan to send about 20,000 more troops to Iraq. We've learned this morning that the U.S. will also be sending more reconstruction teams to try to improve Iraq's economy. Now, the president's plan is of special interest to American veterans who maybe returning to Iraq.
NPR's Martin Kaste found some of them near Fort Lewis in Washington State.
MARTIN KASTE: There's probably no better place to find once and future Iraq veterans than at Galloping Gerties Bar & Grill.
(Soundbite of music)
Gerties is just right across from the National Guard's Camp Murray and the Army's Fort Lewis. Almost everybody in the bar either knows someone serving in Iraq or is going there soon himself. But as President Bush appears on the big screen, the six o'clock happy hour crowd barely glances up.
(Soundbite of President Bush's speech)
President GEORGE W. BUSH: The Iraqi government will deploy Iraqi army and national police brigades across Baghdad's nine districts.
GONYEA: The bartender, Michelle Stolks(ph), is married to a soldier. But she hardly looks at the TV either.
Ms. MICHELLE STOLKS (Bartender): To me, personally, has the same stuff over and over, and it changes so much anyway. So why watch?
GONYEA: That doesn't mean Stolks is oblivious to Bush's plan for Iraq. In fact, most people in the bar have already heard about the surge in troop levels. Stolks says she just doesn't think it'll do any good.
Ms. STOLKS: I don't think that would solve anything, but more heartache and more chaos.
GONYEA: Down the street from Gerties, there's Bell's Barbershop. It's just one of a dozen or so barbershops along this strip. They do a brisk business, keeping servicemen haircuts regulation trim. Several soldiers are here now, and they're paying more attention to the speech, but it's not friendly attention.
(Soundbite of Bush speech)
President BUSH: And one message came through loud and clear: Failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the United States.
Unidentified Man #1: Disaster for you.
GONYEA: These soldiers are part of the Stryker Brigade based at Fort Lewis. They're units have seen heavy combat in Iraq and they're heading back there in May, or maybe April. They say they just found out they're leaving earlier because of the president's plan.
They're angry, but they refuse to give interviews saying they have standing orders not to talk to the media about the war. Sitting in the barber's chair, Michael Wallace(ph) says he's not military, but his sister's in the army, and she has already spent a year in Iraq. He's not happy with the president's plan either.
Mr. MICHAEL WALLACE (Brother of a Female Soldier): I think the best thing to have been done would have been to - for him to pullout after realizing, you know, the soldiers were not capable of being successful in the atmosphere in Iraq.
GONYEA: Are you worried about your sister having to go back because of something like this?
Mr. WALLACE: I'm not necessarily, per se, worried about her having go back. I mean, because anyone understands, you enlist for the military, that's what you enlist to, you know, to do. But I think that it's unnecessary, you know. I think it's really unnecessary.
GONYEA: Finally, one soldier who's been sitting quietly, waiting for his haircut, says he will go on the record.
Specialist MATTHEW HAMMER (U.S. Army): I don't want to die over there. I don't think it's worth it.
GONYEA: Specialist Matthew Hammer is out of uniform as he kneads his hands nervously as he talks.
Specialist HAMMER: Instead, I just had a newborn baby five days ago. And I got three other friends who are having kids. And one's having one in March and we're leaving in February. One's having one in June. So - and we all three just got married to our wives like a couple of months ago. And we just found out we're leaving to go to Iraq again. We're having babies and stuff. Now we have to move our families back to New York and stuff like that. It's a big mess.
GONYEA: And that seems to be the consensus, at least around here. This is the neighborhood with the payday loan shops and the coin-op laundry mats, in other words, the enlisted men's neighborhood. There's undoubtedly a wider array of opinions about the president's plan in the military as a whole. But on this street, the mood ranges from indifference to resignation.
Martin Kaste, NPR News, Dupont, Washington.
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Read more.Status is officially launched. We saw this CPU earlier this week in the Lenovo Ideapad 330.
Read more.Status is officially launched. We saw this CPU earlier this week in the Lenovo Ideapad 330.
is it true GFoundries 14nm is not a true 14nm but 20nm with certain FinFet sections at 14nm? So some speculators are claiming TSMC /SAMSUNG and GF 7nm process is actually equivalent to intel's 10nm process. Plain gossip or pure architectural facts that intel is still at the top of tech?
Samsung appear above Intel in fab tech these days - I mean they have been shipping 10nm for ages, they have great 3d flash and they seem to be best overall on dram. Intel in many ways seem to have lost their way, especially in the field of cpu's both with the actual cpu's and in the node they are produced on
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
What a crap BS CPU! It will be dead on arrival.
AMD doesn't even bother making dual core CPUs anymore. Its cheapest lowest end CPU/APU is quad cores at least. Are consumers really so dumb as to buy this dual core i3 crap?
I could understand if this was an Atom replacement, but 2 cores and no GPU just doesn't make sense to me. That would have to be a pad limited part, it needs more stuff to fill the space between the connections to the outside world. But in a low end 2 core part you would really want integrated graphics.
I was going to write why but then came across this article on semiengineering.com that does a far better job of giving a succinct explanation than me, basically since we moved away from traditional CMOS transistors there were more features to measure than just the length of the gate
And no the independent fabs likes GloFo/TSMS/Samsung have not caught up with Intel in terms of performance, that is if you're defining performance as the switching speed of transistors (if not perhaps you could define what you mean when referring to performance), GloFo/TSMS/Samsung and Intel's design goals are very different, they're even different on particular lines within a single company (GloFo and TSMS have something like 3-4 different designs targeting different markets).
I'd say it's not really a case of being left behind, it's a matter of horses for courses, Intel have been, from what i can tell as they're not as open as other fabrication plants, targeting higher clock speeds, that's not to say that's their only concern as IBM 5Ghz power8 processor is stronger on clock speed, they have however placed the switching speed of the transistor pretty high in the list of design goals.
GloFo, TSMS and Samsung all have their own take on designing transistors that favor clock speed, power efficiency, density or any combination of those things, obviously if you want higher clock speeds you give up on some power efficiency and density and vice versa.
But one could argue that this 1 approach IS leaving them open to being left behind.... which is my point. Other foundries have a few processes and the designers can choose which one suites them best whereas Intel it's one as far as I can say. The fact that the latest 10nm processors are late, only dual core and have the integrated graphics disabled points to a problem somewhere. Intel was cutting edge in many ways and just appears to be slipping back - it's this which the OP was hinting at about being left behind
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
Intel making a 2C4T die with IGP, and then disabling the IGP for yields wherever they can, makes a lot more sense to me than a 2C4T CPU. Then again I thought the quad core chips on X299 were too stupid to be real, so intel may surprise us yetIntel 10nm Cannonlake-Y 'M3-8114Y' Dual Core Processor Spotted – 4.5W TDP, UHD Integrated Graphics and 1.5 GHz Base Clock
Like i said it's horses for courses and arguably things have been moving away from high clock speeds for a long time, the markets want good performance (in the general meaning of the term) per watt, it's all about doing more with less, where the independent foundries really shine (imo) are in the mid to low end in terms of general performance as they're incredibly efficient, i mean seriously who would have thought we'd have a 4c8t 3.8Ghz CPU and GPU in a 15W envelope.
I get what you're saying about being left behind what with the delays to 10nm but their not really as despite other foundries approaching the same notional size the designs and end results are so different that they're not really comparable, it's a bit like trying to compare a motorbike with a car.
As for the "my features are smaller than your features" race, it doesn't really matter that much any more. A process shrink used to get you twice the transistors and way higher clocks for the same cost. Now it gets you more transistors for more cost and you just hope you break even on the deal. TBH I'm not expecting to ever see a CPU twice as fast as the ones currently available.
True we are never going to see that again. All points argued well here, I guess we're being very diplomatic
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
For now I'm sure Intel can keep tweaking their 14nm process to excellent effect, so this pointing to still having problems at 10nm I don't think is significant. Other than a dent to pride when at one point Intel were generations ahead in process compared to everyone else.
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Podcast #01 Mykel Dixon - Becoming an Artisan Thinker Podcast
Mykel is a speaker, author & advisor in the emerging fields of Artisan Thinking & Cultural Architecture. Drawing on 15 years experience in the arts / entertainment sector as a musician, spoken wordsmith & event designer he liberates individuals and organisations from limiting beliefs, outdated ideologies and archaic work environments by adopting the key tenets of an artistic mindset. His latest book, 'Just do 5omething : 50 days to unlock and unleash your business artistry' is the perfect handbook for courageous leaders looking to activate and amplify their capacity for creativity & innovation.
Whether trekking the Argentinian Andes or on surf safari in Southern Africa, breaking month long vows of silence in Indian ashrams or owning beach bars in Cambodia, Mykel has always valued and served his wanderlust which continues to inspire and inform his ideas, his intent and his art.
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Transforming Medical Education
Inter-Professional Consensus Curriculum on Diagnosis and Diagnostic Error
Reducing Error Through Education
Diagnosis is one of the most difficult and complex tasks in health care. Error in diagnosis is a system-wide issue that has received little national attention, yet affects roughly 12 million Americans each year in outpatient settings alone. With support from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, SIDM is working with an inter-professional group of experts to develop a consensus curriculum around diagnosis. The goal of this effort is to improve patient safety by reducing diagnostic error through new education and training standards.
While healthcare professionals learn the basis and clinical reasoning, most medical schools do not offer courses on diagnosis or how to avoid diagnostic error. The Inter-Professional Consensus Curriculum on Diagnosis and Diagnostic Error project is bringing together experts to refine education and training provided to clinicians, paving the way for improvements in patient safety.
In a seminal report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) made eight recommendations on how to improve diagnosis, one of which was to improve the education of all healthcare providers. The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) is leading this three-year project to begin turning the NAM recommendations into action.
What We're Doing
A multidisciplinary Consensus Committee was convened, with representatives from a wide range of stakeholders, including patients, and clinicians and educators from internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, nursing, pharmacy, laboratory sciences, and radiology. A literature search was first conducted to explore the relationship between education and diagnosis. The results suggested that existing training programs may not provide adequate education regarding diagnostic safety and that there is a clear mandate to improve diagnostic safety training in health professions education.
There are two major work products resulting from the work so far:
- A New Driver Diagram (PDF)
Using a Delphi process to arrive at consensus, the group identified five key drivers, through which education can ultimately improve diagnosis.
- New Competency Expectations
The Consensus Committee agreed that the foundation of high-quality diagnostic process is acquiring a broad and comprehensive knowledge base in one's profession. Beyond that, however, the group identified 12 inter-professional competency concepts that underlie diagnostic quality and safety.
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My CSA 50
Late last summer, a friend told me about the Community Supported Art Program (CSA) sponsored by the Charlotte Arts and Science Council (ASC).
The CSA is modeled after local farm share programs. Each year, 9 local artists are selected to each create 50 original artworks for a $2,000 stipend. While the artists are busy working away, the CSA sells 50 shares to local art collectors and supporters. These 50 patrons buy in at $500 a share and are invited to three private parties during the season. Patrons and artists get a chance to mingle. Each event culminates with three of the nine artists giving a little spiel about themselves and the 50 original pieces they created for the program. The patrons then take home the works from that evening's featured artists. By the end of the season, each patron has collected a piece of art from each artist. The artists have had the amazing opportunity to work through a whole new series and to see all 50 pieces sent off to new homes
When I learned of the CSA, I immediately knew I wanted to be a part of it.
Still, "wanting" and "getting" don't always coincide.
I looked up the program requirements just in time to attend an informational meeting. I was thoroughly intimidated by all the formally trained artists sitting alongside me. I fussed over what kind of series I might want to tackle. Then I fussed even harder over which of my works might resonate with the committee and the patrons. By the time I pushed through my prototypes and completed the CSA application, I'd convinced myself that my idea stunk and I would not be chosen. Not to mention, the series I'd proposed was labor intensive so maybe I didn't want to be chosen anyway. Talk about sour grapes.
Much to my surprise, delight and no small trepidation, when the ASC announced the 2019 CSA artists in December, my name was one of the nine.
I started working on my series immediately after Christmas. I "went dark" for three months as I retreated into my home studio to obsess over and to work through the pieces.
I am not overstating things when I say that I obsessed and fussed over my "Animaux" series the entire time I worked on them, framed them and sewed felt packaging for each piece.
But I have to tell you, it was a truly magical moment for me to stand before this year's patrons and to share with them my process to create "Animaux." Thus far, in my explorations of what it means to grow into the strongest artist I can be, this was truly the most defining moment. All my gratitude to the ASC for choosing me and to the patrons who graciously listened to me, laughed with me and then assured me the drawing each received was indeed their favorite.


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Hi all,
For some testing I am currently doing, I have setup an Ubuntu virtual machine on Virtualbox, allocating 12GB RAM of the 16 available on the Windows 10 host.
I would like to attempt to load Europe (there is 500GB disk space available on my SSD for the VM alone) with --slim and --drop as I don't need updates for this.
I have successfully loaded the Geofabrik Dach extract with my PostgreSQL shared_buffers set to 4000MB, work_mem at 400MB and maintenance_work_mem at 256MB.
Will this setup also suffice for Europe, or are there adjustments needed? Before I venture into the unknown and see the process being killed, it would be nice to hear some ideas. Based on what I read so far, I think it likely the shared_buffers need significant increases, even if this means swap space is needed to compensate for lacking RAM.
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Well, I think I can now partially answer this question myself:
I have now made an attempt to load Europe without making changes to the PostgreSQL settings as listed above. Instead of running into an issue with PostgreSQL itself, osm2pgsql nicely reported to little "cache" for storing the nodes in memory with the "-C 4000" (4000MB) cache setting I set on the command line (don't confuse this 4000MB with the PostgreSQL shared_buffers listed above, this is a setting of osm2pgsql itself).
So I raised cache to -C 20000 as second attempt, which exceeds the RAM. osm2pgsql again intervened and correctly reported I didn't have the RAM for this (besides about 11GB RAM for the virtual machine, only 8GB swap was available, the latter probably also ignored by osm2pgsql).
So the third attempt was with -C 8000, and that again bailed out after loading about 650M nodes. Since planet is already well over 4 billion nodes, and Europe about half the PBF size of planet, I guess Europe is at least 2 billion nodes, so I fall short with RAM available for cache by at least 16 GB on my machine, assuming I managed to load about a third of the Europe nodes.
So now, instead of attempting to load this entirely in-memory, I selected the --flat-nodes option for my fourth attempt, which should store the nodes on disk instead of loading them in memory. This is still running, I will report back whenever it fails or finishes, but it looks promising, as it already passed the 650M nodes loaded where the previous attempt failed that didn't use --flat-nodes.
It also seems that the speed of the loading of the nodes is marginally faster than without --flat-nodes, something like 700k nodes/s versus 550-600k nodes/s.
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I can now definitively answer my question: yes!, you can load the whole of Europe - and thus likely the entire planet - on a minimalistic 12GB RAM virtualbox VM.
In order to finally succeed though, I had to overcome two more crashes. Both were likely caused by the fact I used two osm2pgsql settings that, unless you have the resources, are probably best left to osm2pgsql: the "-C" cache option, and "--number_processes". Once I removed both of these from my command line statements, osm2pgsql happily chugged along and imported the data without issue.
So, what did I learn from all of this?:
- Yes, it is possible to load the Geofabrik Europe extract (and likely planet as well as it is just about 2-3 times bigger) on a low RAM device.
- It is vital to use the "--flat-nodes" option to not run out of RAM and instead use disk space to store the nodes (cache). You cannot process this amount of data (Europe) in memory. So ignore warnings that are listed on some web pages that "--flat-nodes" should only be used "for the whole planet": if you don't have the RAM, use "--flat-nodes", it is your only option anyway without enough RAM.
- Don't try to be smart like I did by setting the "-C" cache option or "--number_processes" parameters, instead, leave it to osm2pgsql to figure out its optimal processing settings, it seems to do a reasonable job!
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You could also enable LuaJIT with the most recent osm2pgsql release, as it speeds up the tag processing part. Use ccmake .. in the build directory to activate it, followed by cmake as usual, also don't forget to install the corresponding luajit dev package.
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How big is the DB?
How big is the DB?
Can't say exactly. I installed it on stock Ubuntu. Based on available disk space left over, I estimate the database was roughly 175-200GB before indexing (except spatial index, which is included in this figure), and some 250-275GB after indexing (other column indexes I choose myself). This is based on a default openstreetmap-carto guided import, so with columns as defined by that style.
I loaded with --hstore-all, as I want access to all tags via HSTORE commands.
I plan to define some views and materialize them, which will more than double the storage.
Last edited by mboeringa (2018-06-03 15:53:30)
You could also enable LuaJIT with the most recent osm2pgsql release, as it speeds up the tag processing part. Use ccmake .. in the build directory to activate it, followed by cmake as usual, also don't forget to install the corresponding luajit dev package.
Thanks for the suggestion. Since I don't plan updates though, and this is just a test setup, I was quite happy with the performance as-is. It took less than a day to import, close to 17 hours or so, this is on a 7th gen Core i7 HQ laptop with 2TB SATA SSD. And the VM guest being Ubuntu 18.04.
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I think I need to supplement the above recommendations and figures given: one thing I forgot to mention, is that the virtual machine, besides the 12 GB RAM, also had 8 GB of Ubuntu swap space allocated on the same SSD. This is crucial for the actual import.
Slightly surprising, a test run with importing the Geofabrik North America extract failed with this same setup as used for Europe, despite the PBF format North America extract being considerably smaller in terms actual size (just 7.9 versus 18.5 GB in the latest state). I guess, but don't know for sure, that this may have to do with relation processing, and possibly some very large mega-relations in the North America extract. But this is just speculation at this point.
Anyway, raising the swap space to 16 GB resolved the issue and allowed import of the North America extract.
I guess for planet, allocating 64 GB of swap space is likely necessary if running a similar low RAM setup, maybe 48 will just about do though.
Using swap hardly seems to affect import speed though when fully run from SSD, so this is of little concern.
And as a last supplement, here's the exact command line statement I used. Note though that it uses --slim --drop and additionally --flat-nodes, since I don't need (minutely) updates on my machine, and flat nodes to force putting the intermediate node cache on the SSD instead of loading the data in PostgreSQL. Despite warnings to only use this flat nodes option for global extracts, I have found it to work equally well for (small) country extracts. This may have to do with my SSD storage though, and may not be the case with a traditional hard drive. Additionally, I am using --hstore-all, since I need access to all keys.
You may need to make adjustments to suite your needs, especially take notice of the location and names of the (default) openstreetmap-carto style assumed here, if you use a different style or different folder structure, that will definitely need change:
osm2pgsql -d <YOUR_DATABASE_NAME> -U <YOUR_DATABASE_USERNAME> --create -G --hstore-all -W -l --slim --drop --flat-nodes 'data/nodes.bin' --style 'src/openstreetmap-carto/openstreetmap-carto.style' --tag-transform-script 'src/openstreetmap-carto/openstreetmap-carto.lua' 'data/<YOUR_PBF_FILE>.pbf'
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So what are you waiting for?
Well, I don't know about you folks but I sure do like the direction home prices are heading in. On Long Island the average home in Suffolk County has drastically dropped in value. Nassau County is just lagging behind but still dropping and Queens County has just begun to drop in price. I just love a good deal and there are quite a few to be had right now. Homes with basement apartments in Central Islip are now selling for below $300,000 when they had sold a year ago for $350,000. High ranch homes in Lindenhurst which had sold for $450,000 a year ago are now selling for $390,000. An attached brick townhome in Queens Village which had sold for $435,000 a year ago are now selling for $400,000. A large split level in south Baldwin which sold for $585,000 in 2005 is now selling for $490,000.
Yet there are not a lot of active buyers in this marketplace. Many buyers seem to be waiting on the sidelines for something else to happen. My advice is that if you can afford to wait a litttle longer and save up more money so that you can get a better mortgage then keep saving. If waiting won't help you save up any more money and you are tired of renting or living in your in law's basement apartment, then just do it! Take the plunge and start to investigate the housing market. You will never know what you've missed out on unless you begin educating yourself.
So I ask you, what are you waiting for? Jump in, cool off, the water's just fine.


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Update: Yahoo News is reporting that Michael Goguen had donated $250,000 to a super-PAC supporting the presidential campaign of Ohio Governor John Kasich, which, in light of the scandal, plans to give the money to groups fighting human trafficking.
Late last week, Sequoia Capital booted partner Michael Goguen, a 20-year veteran of the firm, after it surfaced that he agreed to pay $40 million in hush money to a woman with whom he carried on a sexual relationship for more than a decade.
The woman, Amber Laurel Baptiste, sued Goguen last week for breach of contract, saying Goguen reneged on their agreement after making a first payment of $10 million. But it's not the breach of contract allegations that are the most scandalous. In the suit, which includes their previously secret settlement agreement, Baptiste describes their relationship in shocking terms: 13 years of sexual, physical and emotional violence in during which Goguen repeatedly raped her and forced her into lewd and demeaning acts.
Sequoia, one of the most respected venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, said last week that it had just learned about Baptiste's claims. "We understand that these allegations of serious improprieties are unproven and unrelated to Sequoia," the firm said in a statement. "Nevertheless, we decided that Mike's departure was the appropriate course of action." (Goguen, who specializes in IT infrastructure and cybersecurity investments, was ranked 52 in the Forbes "Midas List" last year.)
On Monday, the plot in the tawdry affair thickened when Goguen fired back at Baptiste in a cross-complaint saying that their relationship had been consensual and accusing her of extortion, breach of contract, invasion of privacy and other wrongs.
Claims and counterclaims notwithstanding, here's what not in dispute: Goguen and Baptiste had a years-long intimate relationship. At some point, the relationship ended, and in May 2014, the two signed a $40 million settlement agreement to keep it quiet. He paid the first $10 million and no more.
Almost everything else is a matter of dispute.
She said
In her suit, Baptiste claims she has been a victim of human trafficking since she was 15. "After she was brought to America and introduced to Mr. Goguen in 2001, his control over her life lasted 12 years," according to the complaint. "Ms. Baptiste submitted to Mr. Goguen's constant sexual abuse, relying on his promised that he would help her break free of the human traffickers who held her in perpetual debt."
In the course of their relationship, Baptiste was subject to "forced sodomy, demeaning rituals" and other lewd acts, as well as verbal abuse and demands that she consume alcohol and drugs to make her more pliable to his requests, according to the complaint.(The complaint indicates that Goguen was recently divorced when the relationship began, and during its course he remarried, divorced a second time and remarried again. He also fathered multiple children.) Baptiste also accuses Goguen of injuring her and infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease. Goguen first agreed to pay her medical expenses to treat the disease but eventually stopped doing so, the complaint says.
That's when Baptiste hired a lawyer to sue Goguen for the alleged damage he had inflected on her. Baptiste alleges that after seeing the draft complaint, Goguen persuaded her to drop her attorney and to not file suit. Eventually the two reached a $40 million settlement agreement, in which Baptiste released Goguen of all contemplated claims of personal injury, and the two agreed to keep the entire relationship quiet. In addition, Goguen was to make four payments of $10 million each. During the course of their relationship, Goguen was married three different times, and had several children.
After making a first payment, Goguen refused to make any more, and sent her a letter claiming the agreement was void and procured under extortion. She is now asking the court to enforce the agreement, including the payment of the remaining $30 million, as well as compensatory damages, attorney's fees and other costs.
He said
Goguen tells a very different story. According to his cross-complaint, their relationship was entirely consensual. He backs the assertion with countless emails and text messages where Baptiste says "The love that I hold in my heart for you was instant," and "I feel so blessed to have met you and have been able to maintain a special relationships with you." In the emails, she calls him "My Sweet Sweet Sunshine" and "The most wonderful man in my whole world." Other exhibits include seductive pictures of her in lingerie that she allegedly sent to entice him.
Goguen says Baptiste, who had moved from Canada to the United States, was an "exotic dancer, first looking for a payday, and later revenge." According to the cross-complaint, she propositioned Goguen for money from the earliest stages of their relationship, and Goguen, who was married, was upfront about not being monogamous. Over the years, he paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars, allowing her to quit her job as a dancer and not have to worry about finances.
Goguen says the relationship soured because Baptiste wanted to spend more time with him, and he was unable due to accommodate her because of his family. When it ended, he says, she sought revenge. "Consumed by anger, obsession and jealousy that her decade-long, mutually consensual love affair with Mr. Goguen had ended, Ms. Baptiste hatched a plan to get her vengeance," the cross-complaint says.
After the relationship ended, Baptiste threatened to publicly accuse Goguen of "false, horrific acts unless he paid her $40 million in hush money." While her allegations where "demonstrably false," Goguen feared for they would do to his personal and professional life and the effect it would have on his family. He wanted Baptiste to leave him and his family alone and "felt that he had no choice but to pay her to accomplish this." He calls the settlement agreement an "extorted agreement."
According to Goguen's cross-complaint, it was Baptiste who breached their settlement agreement. After he made the first payment, Baptiste did not leave him alone, instead resuming her campaign of harassment and "incendiary communications," which among other things included insults to Goguen's wife. She also threatened to go public with her accusations unless he accelerated the payments. That's when Goguen informed Baptiste that he would stop making payments altogether because she had violated the terms of their secret settlement. "Mr. Goguen has come to realize that keeping quiet and satisfying Ms. Baptiste's exorbitant financial demands will not stop her harassment, and he is willing to face her and protect his family and his reputation."
Goguen is asking the court to declare the "extorted agreement" null and void and to force Baptiste to return the $10 million he paid her. He is also seeking actual and punitive damages for violations of his privacy, a restraining order against Baptiste, destruction of unlawful recordings and other relief.
"It's a bunch of noise," said Patricia Glaser, of Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro, who represents Baptiste."This is a case about a breach of contract, a contract that they drafted with assistance from counsel and begged our client to sign. He paid $10 million and then reneged. Those facts speaks for themselves." She also cast doubt on the idea that anyone would agree to pay $40 million to conceal a consensual affair.
Goguen attorney, Diane Doolittle, of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, declined to comment further. A spokesperson for Sequoia also declined to comment.
Sequoia is arguably the most successful venture capital firm in Silicon Valley's history, having backed the likes of
A person familiar with the situation said Sequoia decided to oust Goguen even though the allegations against him where unproven because his concealing of the settlement agreement amounted to a "violation of trust."
Here is Baptiste's complaint:
Goguen/Baptiste San Mateo Court by Matthew Panzarino
Here's Goguen's cross-complaint:


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Dr. Seuss's book, 'Oh, the Places You'll Go'
Friend: Sharon
Tell me about yourself
I am a lecturer in Education who is passionate about using technology to break down barriers and connect children with their global peers. I am also a mum, gran and someone who likes to embrace experiences in life no matter where and how challenging they are.
How do we know each other?
Liz and I know one another through work with the British Council.
What did you write to me/say to me in the early days of Coraline's arrival?
The first message was a simple one to welcome Coraline into this world and to say she is so lucky to have two special parents.
Talk to me about Dr. Seuss's book, 'Oh, the Places You'll Go'
This book is my life book and one I gift to all I know due to each page being a different page of our lives. It is not a linear book as one can stay stuck on one page, jump to another or revisit a previous page, just like life.
I was first given the book by a friend when I was experiencing the darkest days of my life after I sadly lost my husband John to cancer. There were many times when darkness prevailed me and life had no meaning, goal, direction or focus. My life stopped the day that John was taken from me resulting in existing rather than being.
My life had been this wonderful life that represented the famous lines from the book:
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go"
With the brains in my head and feet in my shoes I steered myself in the direction of pushing the boundaries of education and always striving for innovative ways to engage learners. And right enough, true to Dr Seuss's words:
"OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights."
My life became an exciting era where I was leading innovation in education. The more success I achieved, the hungrier I was for more. As wonderful as this all appears, it came at a cost in the form of time with my family and John. Time that could not be put on paused then switched on when I had the time. Time that was precious, however, I had no real understanding of this until what Dr Seuss warned:
"I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you."
And it was one hell of a bang-up that exploded and left life where time became my enemy as I tried to free myself of it. Life became a slump and resembled life as described in the book:
"You'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you'll be in a Slump. And when you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done."
A slump is not a good place to be and one that can mask all that is good in life. And right enough, being alone was just as the book said:
"And when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on."
But I did go on, even although the Slump was the only place I wanted to remain. I went on due to the amazing support of friends who believed that I could:
"On and on you will hike, And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are."
Without their support, patience and silence, I hiked on. I hiked across Thailand alone in 2015, I hiked across Spain for 219 miles alone in 2016, I hiked across streets, forests and mountains here there and everywhere alone, then I hiked 376 miles from Florence to Rome in 2017 with virtual family and friends around the world with six of these days accompanied by Gordon. Experiencing life with others helped me out of the Slump and made facing up to problems much easier. The most important part was allowing people to be part of my life again.
Dr. Seuss's book sits in my bag and at different times I take it out to see which page I am on. The book is not a linear story of life where each page represents a different chapter in life. Instead, it is a book that represents the sudden changes in life that are passable, returnable and fragmented.
The reason I gave Liz this book for her, Kevin and Coraline, was to let them see that no matter what they will face there are places to go.
Sharon's office doctorate board with quotes from the book on it to inspire her to work
What are you passionate about?
I am passionate about many things and now put life and experiences high on the agenda. Seeing the world around me and experiencing it with others. Walking miles and miles so that I can pause and experience the moment. I am passionate about my family and friends as we never know what is around the corner. I am passionate about not being afraid to try new things. I am passionate about music whether playing my piano for my own therapy, sharing my love of music with others or listening to my talented family play. Finally, I am passionate about motivating my student teachers to be inspirational teachers who will break down the barriers of learning, whether this be within the classroom or out-with.
What would you like to say to Coraline?
"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So...get on your way!"
Anything you would like to add?
Life is an experience that is more meaningful when shared with others.


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