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Meet the New Titans of Contemporary Chinese Art
Chinese contemporary art has been an up-and-coming market the past few years, and the heady Christie's International auction that happened earlier this week in Hong Kong underscored that, bringing in $108.3 million in one day.
Chinese contemporary art has been an up-and-coming market the past few years, and the heady Christie's International auction that happened earlier this week in Hong Kong underscored that, bringing in $108.3 million in one day — four times the top estimate. Several of the artists are becoming hot names in the New York art world. Here's a primer. —Andrew M. Goldstein
Cai Guo-Qiang
Born 1957, Fujian Province; lives in New York.
Think: Christo + Anselm Kiefer + George Plimpton
Bio: Cai has been incorporating gunpowder into his work for twenty years, creating "explosion events" like last summer's "Clear Sky Black Cloud" at the Met — a daily puff of smoke made with a firework launched from the rooftop — as well as artfully scorched, blown-up works on paper. He also makes massive pieces that incorporate themes from Chinese history and philosophy. Currently he's the art director for the Beijing Olympics' opening and closing ceremonies.
Valuation: "Cai has for a long time been at the forefront of his generation, and now his international reputation and his ability to work with the Chinese government has propelled him to another level," a highly placed expert on the contemporary Chinese market tells us. "He's certainly one of the handful of artists that any collector should be looking at." Because there are very few of his works on the market, they should remain in high demand.
Big sale: Last week an anonymous bidder purchased a set of fourteen gunpowder-on-paper works at Christie's for $9.5 million, a record for Chinese contemporary art.
Coming to a museum near you? The Guggenheim will exhibit a major retrospective of Cai's work in February; his art is also in MoMA's permanent collection.
Yue Minjun
Born 1962, Heilongjiang Province; lives in Beijing.
Think: Francis Bacon + Lucas Samaras + The Joker
Bio: The contemporary Chinese scene's most recognizable artist, Yue paints and sculpts larger-than-life absurdist self-portraits with flushed pink skin and grotesque, distended smiles. His style originated in the early nineties as a critique of growing consumerism in post–Tiananmen Square China, and his paintings occasionally reference works of Western art, including those of Picasso and Manet.
Valuation: "It's an icon market, so Yue's work has the same kind of recognition value as a Warhol," says our expert. "I think his early work is certainly of art-historical value and importance. At its worst, it's repetition."
Big sale: A fifteen-painting set of Yue's self-portraits sold for $2.78 million at Christie's last week. Another of his works, Execution, went for $5.9 million at Sotheby's last month, then the record for contemporary Chinese painting.
Coming to a museum near you? "Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile," the artist's first U.S. museum show, is on view at the Queens Museum of Art through January 6. "I Love Laughing" is showing at the Asia Society, also through January 6.
Zhang Huan
Born 1965, Henan Province; lives in Shanghai.
Think: Marina Abramovic + Damien Hirst + David Blaine
Bio: A conceptual artist best known for taking performance works to masochistic extremes, Zhang came to prominence with 12 Square Meters, a 1994 piece for which he covered himself in fish oil and honey and sat naked in a Beijing public toilet, allowing himself to be enveloped by flies; other times he has had himself locked in a box or suspended from a ceiling in chains, naked and bleeding. Recently Zhang abandoned performance art for painting and sculpture, using ashes from Buddhist temples to form monumental heads and making wood carvings and metal works; his huge studio complex employs dozens of artists.
Valuation: While Zhang hasn't fetched impressive sums at auction so far, his best work — the paintings and sculpture he's been making for the past two years — has not yet appeared on the secondary market. Our expert: "He might be considered undervalued."
Big sale: A fifteen-work photographic "Foam" series sold for $101,174 at this week's Christie's auction.
Coming to a museum near you? "Zhang Huan: Altered States," his first museum retrospective, is on view at the Asia Society until January 20.
Ai Weiwei
Born 1957, Beijing; lives in Beijing.
Think: Marcel Duchamp + Jeff Koons + the Sex Pistols
Bio: The son of a famous poet who fell out of Mao's favor during the Cultural Revolution, Ai spent his youth in a reeducation camp near the Gobi Desert before joining the dissident cultural scene in Beijing. After studying art in New York for much of the eighties, Ai returned to China and began curating punkish avant-garde shows and creating controversial works that involved the defacement or destruction of Chinese artifacts, including a Han-dynasty vase he famously let drop while a camera rolled. He most famously co-curated a Shanghai show called "Fuck Off" in 1999. Recently he has turned to large-scale sculpture and installations, assembled in a sprawling Beijing workshop, and collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron to design the distinctive "bird's nest" stadium for the Beijing Olympics.
Valuation: "While he's really an impresario now — he does a lot of things, and he has an important social role to play — in terms of the type of work that he produces, we haven't seen a signature style from him yet," says our expert. "So I think the jury's still out on him in terms of his market value."
Big sale: A two-ton crystal-and-steel work, Chandelier, sold for $657,000 at Sotheby's in New York this September.
Coming to a museum near you? A major new installation by Ai will be on view at Mary Boone's Chelsea gallery from March 8 to April 26.
Zhang Xiaogang
Born 1958, Yunnan Province; lives in Beijing.
Think: Early Picasso + Magritte + Pixar
Bio: After being separated from his parents when they were sent to a camp during the Cultural Revolution, Zhang himself underwent reeducation and then studied at the renowned Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, graduating into China's artistic counterculture. Zhang is best known for his much-in-demand "Bloodline" series paintings, which combine the motifs of traditional Chinese portrait photography with a surrealist approach to create unsettling, almost cartoonish images that evoke the family photos destroyed under Mao's regime.
Valuation: Until recently Zhang was the market leader in contemporary Chinese art, and his iconic style is attractive to collectors. "But he's kind of like Yue Minjun," our expert says. "His works from the early nineties were really fantastic, but he has had a tendency to repeat his composition. And if you look at the early works, they're much better painted than the later ones." Lately he has increasingly farmed out his paintings to assistants.
Big sale: This week at Christie's Xiaogang's Portrait in Yellow sold for $2,919,921. At a November 14 Sotheby's auction in New York, the artist's Family Portrait went for $4,969,000.
Coming to a museum near you? He's been represented by PaceWildenstein since April.


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12/04/2008 Archived Entry: "New Biofuels Scientist"
Alexander Kroumov has joined the Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis Research Group as an Engineer. He is originally from Bulgaria and earned his Ph.D from the Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.
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Iran's foreign ministry spokesman has vehemently ruled out claims by the Reuters news agency on Tehran's readiness to hold talks over some aspects of its defensive missile program.
In a Friday statement, Bahram Qassemi stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly and openly announced its stance on the matter in diplomatic meetings with foreign officials, including the interviews and talks held by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his recent visit to New York.
Iran has already emphasized the non-negotiability of its defensive program and stressed that it does not violate the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, he added.
Qassemi further mentioned that Iran believes its missile defence program is an absolute right, and Tehran would certainly continue the plan within the framework of its conventional and pre-determined defensive programs and strategies.
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The first weekend we moved in, I immediately got the closet organized. I truly believe that being organized is the key to less stress in your life. It makes finding these easier, cleaning easier, and all around just makes life calmer. Also, I'm a little particular about where things are in my house, so it is a must!
Here is what we started with:
|See the waste of space where those shoes and laundry baskets are?
|Blah white walls. I wanted to create a space that would show off my pieces and inspire.
|And that wasted space there! Wait until you see :)
So, the first thing we did was paint the closet. We have a wonderful walk-in closet, and I wanted to make the closet feel like a room. We painted it the same color as the bedroom.
Already so much better! Then, I seriously sat in this closet for like an hour measuring and drawing up different plans for what I could do to maximize the space. Keep in mind, the rest of my house is in a state of disaster...boxes everywhere, so my fiance was thinking I was nuts. So then I came up with my plan, and we went to Wal-Mart and Home Depot and got to work.
First up was storage for my shoes. I saw This Post - "Rack 'Em Up" on Pinterest a few months ago, and thought it was genius. So I bought some molding for a few dollars, painted it teal, and up on the walls it went (the walls look really strange orange in this picture, but I promise they are not!).
Then I purchased a 3' bookshelf and shoe shelf from Wal-Mart, and a wall shelving set at Home Depot. Here's what we ended up with:
|See how we used the vertical space to our advantage?
|Blue bins we already had for socks and underwear.
|This is my favorite corner of the closet. So organized with all my shoes and everything!
See the foot stool? Pop of leopard, and a place to sit down.
|There are those shoes!
You can check out my post on this DIY jewelry holder Here.
Our closet is one of my favorite places in the house, and I'm so happy with how it turned out.


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"The Wages of the Backlash" shows Reaganomics, recession, and an expanding minimum-wage economy undermining the progress women make in the 1970s. Trend stories clash with facts. The "pay gap" between sexes is said, based on non-standard calculations, to have shrunk in 1986 to 70? on the dollar, but in fact, women make 64? on the dollar-as in 1955. Half the closing comes from men's falling wages. The gap worsens for the college-educated and for Hispanics, while blacks see no progress. The gap is widest in fields where female employment grows most: food preparation, service supervision, waiting tables, and cleaning services.
Women invading a "man's world" of business, law, the military, and factories is a trend, but in fact they are increasingly stuck in the secretarial pool and traditionally service jobs that become more female-dominated. The U.S. government, the nation's largest employer, hires...
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The Wildhorse at Tausch Farms offers an elegant styled home for families with a beautiful serene landscape. Located right off Loop 1604 it is just minutes from IH 10 Highway 151 giving easy access to Lackland Air Force Base, SeaWorld, and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Stocked with houses from D. R. Horton this subdivision is growing rapidly. With its ideal location Wildhorse at Tausch Farms is the epitome of high class subdivisions on the far west side of San Antonio.
The houses in Wildhorse at Tausch Farms are listed at very affordable prices ranging anywhere from $150,000 to $299,000. These D.R. Horton homes offer several different floor plans and layouts to accommodate almost any family, with houses that have 3 bedrooms to houses with 5 bedrooms it is made easier to accommodate bigger families. Looking for less square footage with less maintenance Wildhorse at Tausch Farms offers smaller homes with 1000 square feet or larger homes with 3999 square feet. There is sure to be enough space for the family and furry family members too.
Residence of Wildhorse at Tausch Farms are sure to be happy when they hear of the close proximity to SeaWorld and Six Flags. For those families that prefer to stay in the neighborhood they will be just as happy to be able to use the brand new amenity center offered in the Wildhorse subdivision. In the Wildhorse at Tausch Farms amenity center there is a resort style pool playground and a pavilion to accommodate any celebration. It will be easy to enjoy a beautiful spring day on the playground or a hot summer day by the pool. Wildhorse at Tausch Farms is sure to make any family feel at home.
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HOCKESSIN, Del. - November 22, 2013 --An woman is recovering after being injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer in New Castle County Friday afternoon.
The accident was reported around 1:00 p.m. on Limestone Road and Valley Road in Hockessin.
Delaware State Police say a Mercedes pulled out into the path of a tractor-trailer.
The 70-year-old woman was briefly trapped in the Mercedes.
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The cozy town of Brenham, TX, greets you with a bounty of wonderful shops and small businesses. One of those is the Bliss Candy Company, which has been creating fine toffee and confections since 2006. You'll find their delicious toffee and candy throughout much of Brenham, as well as in Austin and Houston. If you're planning a visit to Brenham, then a visit to Bliss Candy Company is in order!
Are you looking for the best things to see and do in the Brenham, TX, area? Then, look no further than the FREE Vacation Guide provided by Murski Homestead Bed & Breakfast. It's full of the best ideas for how to spend your time in the Texas Hill Country. It's guaranteed to make your trip the best it can be!
History of Bliss Candy Company
Bliss Candy Company technically began in the fall of 2006, but owners Sammy and Cynthia Timpa declare that date to be not entirely accurate. Cynthia has many years of experience making the delicious toffee, using an old family recipe her mother passed down to her. It started as a family holiday tradition, and has since evolved into some of the best candy being made in Texas today.
As a young woman on a quest to perfect her toffee, Cynthia spent countless hours and money on batches of experimental toffee. Trial and error had a lot to do with finding the perfect recipe and honing it to the incredible treat it is today. Batches of too soft, not crunchy, too sticky, or burned toffee eventually turned into the fine-tuned recipe used today.
Simple Ingredients Combine to Be Simply "Blissious"
Only four, high-quality ingredients combine to make the majority of Bliss Candy Company's toffee. Just as important is having perfect timing and a healthy dose of creativity. The result is "blissious" toffee enjoyed by many in central Texas. They sell out of toffee on a weekly basis, if that tells you how delicious it is. Three toffee varieties and two types of bark make Bliss Candy Company what it is.
Almond Toffee
The toffee that started it all for the Timpas. This best-selling toffee was also the original toffee that made Bliss Candy company famous. Loaded with almonds and topped with milk chocolate, you'll fall in love with this toffee!
Pecan Toffee
The same recipe as the original almond toffee, but with pecans instead. The milk chocolate is brightened up by fresh orange zest to add a dimension of flavor you won't soon forget.
Coffee Toffee
Even if you aren't a coffee drinker, you'll love the flavor of the coffee toffee. A quick shot of espresso makes this toffee a complex masterpiece.
Lemon Bark
This is the perfect treat for folks who love tart candy! Lemon crunch smothered in white chocolate and dusted with lemon zest combine for a tart punch you can't resist.
Peppermint Bark
This holiday favorite is sure to make everyone smile. Rich, dark chocolate specked with cookies, candy cane, and white chocolate will make you wish for this all year long!
Blissful Brenham is Full of Incredible Experiences
Delicious candies like those of Bliss Candy Company are just some of the incredible things you'll find in the Texas Hill Country. At Murski Homestead Bed & Breakfast, you'll be right in the middle of it all, yet still find respite on the ranch. Our comfortable rooms and amenities make for a relaxing experience you'll enjoy. And, if you need more ideas for things to see and do in and around Brenham, then download our FREE Vacation Guide today!


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Isaac Stern once said that after his New York concert debut he was convinced he didn`t know his elbow from A-flat. That was almost 49 years ago. Before a large audience Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium Theatre, the great violinist, a remarkably youthful-looking 65, demonstrated that he has not only A-flat down pat but also every other key one would care to name. As always, Stern`s immense authority as an interpreter swept all before it, commanding listener attention from first note to last of a typically far-reaching program.
The recital, the first the violinist has performed locally in four years, had the catholicity of repertory that has always been a Stern hallmark. It began with sonatas by 1985`s biggest birthday boys, Bach and Handel, wending its way into the 20th Century, represented by works of Stravinsky and Hindemith, via a charming Dvorak ``Romance`` in F minor, Op. 11. Richard Bishop, Stern`s newly appointed tour accompanist, served dependably and musically in all departments.


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Requirements for the Major and Minor in Ecosystems and Human Impact (EHI)
Requirements for the Major
A. Required Foundation Courses for Major (32-33 credits)
MAT 131-C or MAT 125-C Calculus
ECO 108-F Introduction to Economics
SBC 111 Introduction to Sustainability
SBC 113-E Physical Geography
SBC 116 Human Geography
ENV 115-E Chemistry, Life, and Environment
SBC 201 Systems and Models
ANP 120-E Introduction to Physical Anthropology
SBC 204 Population Studies
SBC 205 Introduction to Geospatial Analysis
BIO 201-E and BIO 204 Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems and lab
B. Career and Leadership Skills (6 credits)
CSK 102 Career Leadership Skills: Working in Teams
CSK 104 Career Leadership Skills: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
One course selected from: CSK 101, CSK 103, CSK 105, CSK 106, CSK 107, or CSK 108
CSK 302 Technical Writing and Communication
C. Core Courses (31 credits)
ENV 304-H Global Environmental Change
BIO 351 Ecology
EHI 326 Conservation Genetics
EHI 322 Human Ecology
In addition to the 4 core courses (12 credits) above, students are required to select four courses from group I (12-14 credits) and one course (3 credits) from group II. (Note ANP 325, ANP 391, ANP 350 are offered in Madagascar)
Group I:
ANP 325 Primate Behavior
ANP 391 Ecosystem Diversity and Evolution
ANP 350 Field Methods in Primatology and Field Biology
BIO 352 Ecology Laboratory
MAR 315 Conservation Biology and Marine Biodiversity
MAR 388 Tropical Marine Ecology
EHI 310 Preservation and Restoration of Ecosytems
EHI 311 Ecosystem Based Management
EHI 321 Human Reproductive Ecology
EHI 340-H Ecological and Social Dimensions of Disease
EHI 342-H Materials in Human and Natural World
EHI 343-H Sustainable Natural Resources
ENS 380 Stony Brook in Tanzania: Lake Victoria Environment and Human Health
Group II:
SBC 206 Economics and Sustainability
SBC 309 Global Environmental Politics
SUS 341-H Environmental Treatises and Protocols
SBC 307-K, 4 Environmental History of North America
SBC 320-J Sub-Saharan Africa: Geography, Cultures, and Societies
SUS 350 Contemporary Topics in Sustainability
One of the following courses may be substituted for any of the courses in Group II, but each of these courses below has a prerequisite outside the major.
SBC 310 Migration, Development and Population Redistribution
SBC 321-G Ecology and Evolution in American Literature
SUS 303 Demographic Change and Sustainability
SUS 305-F Collective Action and Sustainability
EDP 309 Planning: Policies and Regulations
SUS 301 Environmental Ethics
SBC 311-F Disasters and Society: A Global Perspective
SBC 312-F Environment, Society, and Health
SUS 306 Business and Sustainability
SUS 307 Environmental Economics and Sustainability
D. Systems Course (3 credits)
Choose one of the following:
GEO 301 Sustainability of the Long Island Pine Barrens
SBC 401 Integrative, Collaborative Systems Project
or ANP 487 or ANT 487: Independent Study: Research in Biology, Natural History
or Anthropology (both Cultural and Physical) as part of study abroad in Madagscar
E. Communications and Writing requirement
Proficiency in writing, oral communication, and computer literacy is encouraged in all students. In addition to CSK 302, these skills will be developed within the context of other formal coursework and no additional credits are required. To meet the upper-division writing requirement, students must submit two papers from any 300-level or 400-level course in the major to the Director of the SUS Undergraduate Program.
One course passed with a C- may be applied to the major; all other courses offered for the major must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. Course taken with the Pass/NC option may not be applied to the major.
The Ecosystems and Human Impact minor is intended for students who seek to complement their chosen major with a coherent set of courses emphasizing the interaction between humans and ecosystems from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Requirements for the Minor
No more than two courses that are used to satisfy your major can be applied to this minor. No more than one three-credit course in the minor may be taken under the Pass/No Credit option. All upper-division courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. Completion of the minor requires 19 to 20 credits.
1. Required introductory courses:
SBC 111 Introduction to Sustainability
BIO 201 Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems
SBC 201 Systems and Models
One of the following two courses:
ANP 120 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
ENV 115 Chemistry, Life, and Environment
2. Required three advanced courses chosen from the following:
*ANP 325 Primate Behavior
*ANP 350 Methods in Studying Primates
*ANP 391 Ecosystem Diversity and Evolution
BIO 301 Sustainability of the Long Island Pine Barrens
BIO 351 Ecology
BIO 352 Ecology Laboratory
EHI 310 Restoration Ecology
EHI 311 Ecosystem-Based Management
EHI 322 Human Ecology
EHI 342 Materials in Human and Natural World
EHI 343 Sustainable Natural Resources
ENV 304 Global Environmental Change
ENV 340 Contemporary Topics in Environmental Science
MAR 315 Conservation Biology and Marine Biodiversity SBC 309 Global Environmental Politics
* These courses are offered as part of the Madagascar Study Abroad Program.
Declaration of the Minor
Students should declare the Ecosystems and Human Impact minor no later than the middle of their sophomore year, at which time they should consult with the minor coordinator or undergraduate director and plan their course of study for fulfillment of the requirements.


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Hundreds of older Haitians will take to the streets on Friday - the UN International Day of Older People - to ensure they are not excluded from the plans to rebuild Haiti.
Around 700 older people will march to the ICRC (Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti) in the capital Port-au-Prince to ask that their needs are included in the reconstruction.
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They are demanding improved access to housing, food aid and inclusion in cash-for-work activities being run by international agencies, so they can fund the costs of their grandchildren returning to school.
Many of them say they are now looking after their grandchildren orphaned by the earthquake, but have insufficient means to support them.
The march is part of HelpAge International's annual Age Demands Action campaign.
As part of this year's campaign we conducted a new Insights on Ageing survey the first global survey on perceptions of ageing.
It found:
- Around 60% of people think older people are currently valued by society.
- Over 90% expect to be valued in their own old age.
- Around 85% would like to see their governments do something to make living in old age better.
However in Haiti, only 39% of those interviewed thought older people were valued, and 96% thought their government should be doing more to support older people.
Roger Markowski, Country Director of HelpAge International in Haiti says: "It's clear form the ageing Survey that older people in Haiti feel undervalued, and left out of the debate on reconstruction and rehabilitation.
"We're using this international day to draw attention to these issues. We're calling on the ICRC to put older Haitians higher up the priority list. Older people aren't just going to sit back and wait. They want action."


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Personalization companies are not terribly company. It is tough to find any company that really does personalization, but the ones you do find will often not do it very well. Whether it's a monograph company that simply does not offer many options or a personalized poster company that has too many limits on what you can put on your poster, most of the personalization item industry is just too inflexible, too expensive, and too, well, impersonal.
Unless you want your initials on a mug or a blurry picture on a poster, VisionBedding is the place to go. This is a personalization item retailer that has excelled at offering different options. The company actually hosts a database full of designs and photographs. This database contains twelve million images to choose from. If that variety is not enough for you, it's too impersonal, no problem! You can also choose to work with any picture of your choosing that you own the rights to. Combine these options with the additional ability to choose from various items to personalize, borders to put around the item, text to place on the items, etc—and you have a limitless amount of possibilities available to you. VisionBedding can supply you with virtually any sort of personalization you want.
Whether you want to personalize a wall sticker, rug, wall mural, bedding, blankets, or pillows—VisionBedding sells the item. Not only do the sell items for personalization, but they are high quality products for low prices.
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Data suggest that dormant winter native range is deficient in protein for spring-calving cows. Previous data at many Land Grant Universities and the University of Nebraska suggest that protein supplementation of spring- calving beef cows grazing dormant Sandhills range during late gestation does not improve cow reproductive performance (2006 Nebraska Beef Report, pp. 7-9), namely pregnancy rate, despite the fact that nutrient requirements are greater than nutrient content of the grazed forage. In a more recent study (2009 Nebraska Beef Report, pp. 5), spring-calving cows (3 to 5 years of age) were either supplemented a pound of a 28% crude protein cube daily or not supplemented protein while grazing dormant native range and their performance was evaluated. After winter grazing, supplemented and non-supplemented cows were managed together. Cow body weight and cow body condition pre-calving was greater for cows that were supplemented. Those difference were not seen prior to the start of the breeding season nor at weaning. Pregnancy rate was not different between the supplemented and non-supplemented groups and were above 92%. Calf birth weight was not different between the two groups. However, calves from supplemented dams were heavier at an interim weigh date in the spring (before the start of the breeding season for the cows) and at weaning despite the fact that there was no difference in milk production of dams that were either supplemented or not supplemented prior to calving. This might suggest that calves from dams that were supplemented precalving may be more thrifty and their immune system status was better able to word off sickness; therefore better gains. However, there was no indication of any differences in calf sickness between calves from dam supplementation or non-supplemented groups. It might also suggest that calves from dams that were supplemented are more efficient at using feeds. Another suggestion might be, although milk production was not different, it might suggest that there are milk quality differences or possibly the quality of the colostrum differed in supplemented compared to non-supplemented dams. As interesting, statically more cows that were supplemented (83%) while grazing dormant native range precalving calved the first 21 days of the calving season compared to non-supplemented (62%). Cows that calve early in the calving season wean calves that are heavier and should generate more dollars at weaning.
In the same study reported above, a similar group of spring-calving cows were supplemented the same protein cube while grazing corn stalk residue and there was a group of cows grazing corn stalk resides that was not supplemented. After corn stalk grazing, cows were managed together. Pre-calving weight and body condition were statistically different between the two groups in favor of the supplemented group of cows. In the corn stalk grazing part of the study, the difference between the supplemented and non-supplemented groups was not the same magnitude as that observed in the cows grazing dormant native range. Precalving body condition score for cows grazing corn stalks and supplemented was 5.3 and that for non-supplemented cows was 5.2, although these numbers are statically different, they are likely not different biologically, meaning it would be difficult to say that any performance difference between the two groups is a result of differences in body condition; nor would you expect any differences in performance due to differences in body condition of the two groups. There was no difference in calf birth or weaning weight. Calving date, percentage of the cows calving the first 21 days of the calving season or milk production was not different. Pregnancy rate was high for both groups (97% for supplemented and 95% for non-supplemented cows).
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This Week on the Island 06/15/2014
'This week on the Island' is written by Doug Bennett and is an update to friends about happenings in Key West last week. Everything is true except for those parts that are lies.
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Weather: Clouds and rain, then blue skies, white clouds and sun every day. The weather report stays the same for the next 6 months: hot and humid with a chance for rain and an occasional hurricane.
This week I finished 'Iron Orchid' by Stuart Woods.
This was 'Pride Week' with lots of activities all around old town. It will all end Sunday with the 'Pride Parade' down Duval Street.
This week we also had 'Swim around Key West'. It is a 12 mile swim around the island. Picture from Rob O'Neal's Facebook,
We also had the 'Castaways against cancer' kayakers arrive at Higgs Beach from Miami.
Wednesday, Jo and I rode our electric trikes across the island to a 'recommitment' (kind of like a re-marriage) on Smathers Beach on the Atlantic side of the island. We were on the way when Jo had a blow-out. We parked the trikes and walked the last 3 miles. By the time we got there it was over, but one of Jo's friends gave us a ride back to our trikes. The next day I had to purchase a new tire and tube.
Solo's on the 600 block of Green Street has closed. This makes one of many business that hasn't made it in that building. 'In the tropics they come and they go'.
A new ship was parked at the outer mole by the Truman Annex this week. LCS's Little Sister, JHSV, Finishes Navy Trials; A Clean Sweep
I rode my trike down to Ft Zack and have a few pictures for you. Tiki hut
Sail boat passing by.
One of my favorite benches on the island
Then I rode on down to South Beach at the Atlantic end of Duval.
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This begins a series I'm very excited about. Oh, I may toss in another subject here and there, but right now I'm all about these farm foul! My brother-in-law and his wife have hens and roosters...so, thanks to my sis-in-law, I have LOADS of new images to work from! There's more to the story that I'll fill you in on as we go.
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Myanmar vs. Burma. Which do you prefer?
"Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.
"Why they changed it I can't say.
"People just liked it better that way."
So go the lyrics, in part, to the old swing standard "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)," a song that makes mirth of the human, and very political, tendency to rename cities and countries.
The reigning example of this fickle tradition is surely Myanmar. Or is that Burma?
The question remains more open than ever after opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi recently stated that she sees nothing wrong with calling her country Burma.
"I call my country 'Burma' as we did a long time ago," Suu Kyi said in a July speech, as reported by Foreign Policy. "Because I believe in democracy, I'm sure that I can call it as I like."
The country's now-defunct ruling military junta officially changed the English name of the county from Burma to Myanmar in 1989.
Rangoon became Yangon at roughly the same time.
The difference in the names exists only in English, not the local language. Burma itself is likely a local corruption of the word Myanmar.
Which name do you use?
Changing brand names isn't so easy. Myanmar was recognized by the United Nations, but not by the United Kingdom and other countries, which continued to use Burma.
Touring Southeast Asia this year, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sidestepped the issue by conspicuously avoiding using either Myanmar or Burma in speeches and talks with regional officials, referring instead to "this country."
Some have suggested that those who used Myanmar were being soft and too compliant with the country's former oppressive military regime.
Burma -- which resonates with either romance or oppressive colonialism, depending on your point of view -- does tend to roll off the English tongue a bit easier than Myanmar.
For whatever reason, Burma has never fallen out of use around the English-speaking world, to the chagrin of Myanmar boosters.
Incensed over Suu Kyi's repeated use of Burma during trips abroad this summer, Myanmar's election commission ordered the activist and political leader not to use the name Burma.
"As it is prescribed in the constitution that 'The state shall be known as The Republic of the Union of Myanmar,' no one has the right to call [the country] Burma," the election commission said in a statement, as reported by Australia Network News.
Not surprisingly, Suu Kyi remains unfazed by the criticism.
As Myanmar continues to open itself up to international tourism, the importance of the distinction will likely be brought into sharper relief.
We'd like to know which side you're on.
Which do you use: Myanmar or Burma? Let us know in the comments section below, or go to our Facebook poll and cast a vote.


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STX to build nine 12,400 TEU boxships
STX Shipbuilding Co. has won a $1.5 billion contract from a Greek shipping company to build nine 12,400 TEU super containerships.
The deal calls for the Korean yard to deliver the 12,400-TEU vessels to Nike Group by late 2011, reports Korea Overseas Information Service.
STX Shipbuilding says this is its first order for a containership in the 10,000 TEU and over size range.
"The contract has paved the way for STX to develop into a large shipyard that can manufacture high-end ships," said STX. "We will expand into such areas as very large crude carriers, icebreakers and cruise ships."
With the latest deal, STX shipbuilding has clinched orders worth $7.2 billion so far this year.
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Attention spans are getting shorter. The amount of time we're able to hold on to a thought has dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to a mere 8 seconds in 2015, according to a study by Microsoft. This means that when it comes to marketing your business, there's even less time to take a "see-what-sticks" approach. Your efforts should be targeted and analyzed, which is why we created the Client Acquisition dashboard.
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Here you'll see the numbers that matter most: bookings, sales, intro offers sold and new clients. Each chart is divided into In Person, Your Branded App (if applicable), MINDBODY App, Partner Network (e.g. Google Reserve) and Online results, so you can see how clients are interacting with your business. Let these insights direct where you focus more of your marketing. For example, if you notice a decline in online sales, it could be a good time to revamp your website and social media strategies.
Introductory Offers
Intro offers are a great way to bring new clients through the door. In fact, we've seen that MINDBODY businesses that have intro offers attract an average of 45% more clients each month than businesses that don't. Promoted intro offers give your offers extra visibility by putting them in the Deals Near Me section on the MINDBODY app. Your offers ("deals" in the app) are displayed front and center to people nearby who are looking for services like yours.
In this section of the dashboard, you can create a new intro offer instantly—here are some tips to get you started. As you're setting up your "deal," be sure to check Sold Online and Promote in MINDBODY app to give your intro offer that added visibility in the MINDBODY app. You can use the dashboard to see how many offers your sold, what that meant for your sales, as well as how many of the customers that bought a deal came back again. This means less guessing and more proof of what's working for your business.
When the box under Promoted on the dashboard is checked, all of the intro offers that you sell online will automatically be promoted in the app. Promoted intro offers have fees, which means it will cost you nothing if it doesn't produce results.
MINDBODY App
There's no denying it: We live in a mobile world. More and more, customers will be discovering your business on their phones, and then booking and buying services with just a few taps on the MINDBODY app. Once you start promoting offers in the app, check out this section of the dashboard to see how well they're selling.
Happy with what you see? Awesome! If your numbers aren't where you'd like them to be, then it's back to the drawing board. Even the tiniest of details could affect the success of your intro offer. For example, "charm prices"—prices that end in -9 or -99—are subconsciously more appealing to consumers. (Your $100 offer could be more enticing if it were $99.)
Reputation and Engagement
In a study released by BrightLocal, 88% of consumers read reviews to determine the quality of a local business, and 72% say that positive reviews make them trust a local business more. So, the ratings and reviews that your clients leave on your business listing in the MINDBODY app could be one of your most powerful marketing tools.
Check out the Reputation and Engagement section of the dashboard to see how many people love your business, and what they're saying about it. The more Favorites and five-star ratings you have, the better, so encourage your clients to leave reviews and let them know that you appreciate it. Remember: your clients can always go back and update their feedback, so don't miss out on the opportunity to improve an opinion if a concern or complaint is aired.
The Client Acquisition dashboard gives you the insight you need to create effective marketing strategies, leverage the power of the MINDBODY app, and keep your finger on the pulse of client engagement. Click your Home tab to get started today.
This blog post was originally published in December 2015.


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It was a postseason for the ages: records were broken, games were postponed, and fans patiently waited in rain-soaked stadiums.
But it was all worth it to get to the culmination of the MLB season that is the World Series.
With the teams now chosen, the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers are ready to face off on baseball's biggest stage.
Very few would have expected that when the playoffs began, it would be these two teams left standing.
However, what has proven to be the decisive factor in turning each teams' World Series dreams into reality is their wealth of Latino talent.
The Detroit Tiger's Miguel Cabrera set extremely high standards before the postseason even began, winning one of baseball's most coveted and elusive titles, the Triple Crown.
The Venezuelan native became the first Latino, and first player in 45 years, to earn the title with his .330 average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs.
"I told him that a Latino winning the Triple Crown is as impressive as having a black president," comedian George Lopez said during his visit with the Tigers on Saturday.
Maintaining this high level of performance in his team's ALCS victory, Cabrera will pose a serious threat to the Giants.
His diversity as a player, being able to play both infield and outfield positions, coupled with his offensive power makes Cabrera a force to be reckoned with.
This will be Cabrera's first time at the World Series since his first appearance as a 20-year-old with the Florida Marlins 9 years ago.
The Tigers' are betting on Cabrera to help the team win their first World Series pennant since 1984, just like we able to do with the Marlins' all those years ago.
Not alone when it comes to his team's Latino talent, Cabrera will also need the help of his fellow Latino teammates José Valverde, Omar Infante, and Avisail García.
If there was a Cinderella story of the MLB postseason, it would be the San Francisco Giants.
Coming back from a 3-1 deficit in the NLCS, the Giants surprised even their toughest critics.
Instrumental to the team's success is Marco Scutaro, the Venezuelan ballplayer newly minted as the NLCS MVP.
With a .500 batting average this postseason, Scutaro tied the league championship series record with 14 hits.
A trade deadline acquisition for the Giants from the Colorado Rockies, it took a while for Scutaro to find his place within the team.
But once he did, offensively, Scutaro was unstoppable.
Setting career highs since joining the Giants Scutaro came through for his team in the clutch on more than one occasion.
As the Giants look to win their second World Series title in three years, the team won the Championship in 2010, they are relying on their Latino talent that includes not only Scutaro but closer Sergio Romo, third baseman Pablo "Panda" Sandoval, and outfielders Ángel Pagán and Xavier Nady.


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#1 23/06/08 7:04am
- SonicFan190
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- Registered: 15/06/08
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X-men roa2 continued... (psp)
So lets continue this...
Ask me i´ve you have something to ask...
Well nothing new...
#2 23/06/08 8:22am
Re: X-men roa2 continued... (psp)
You should probably have something to say about the game before creating a new topic about it, I mean, you create topics when you want to talk about something etc. and you have your own opinion.
Now you just created a topic where people could talk about the game but you don't really start the conversation here.
Just my two cents. But it's nice that you're on PSPFG now, cousin.
And on-topic, I don't really like X-Men games. Or any other superhero games.
#3 23/06/08 10:53am
- SonicFan190
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- From: Turku
- Registered: 15/06/08
- Posts: 18
Re: X-men roa2 continued... (psp)
i creted this topic, begorse i´ve sombody have something to ask...
I know what you mean, but like i said i dont play it anymore...
[Double post]
Okay, i say superheroe games are booring, but sometimes i get boored to war games and then i just want to play something else...
(X-men roa2 is for psp,ps2 and pc)
Here is good start
[Edited by JaXeRiR]Please don't double post, next time use the Edit-button
Well nothing new...


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Farmers State Bank is a full-service bank with over 100 years of community banking service. We have a reputation for being a friendly and efficient full-service bank.
We opened April 9, 1898 with a capital stock of $20,000. Chas Zabel was the president at that time and J. F. O'Daniel, who became president in 1908, was the first person to make a deposit with the bank.
The Bank has experienced only one robbery, which took place on March 23, 1923. About $7,200 in cash and bonds were taken.
During the 1930s, Farmers State Bank was among the many banks experiencing difficult times during the depression. On June 6, 1935, Farmers State Bank borrowed $12,500 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a branch of the United States Government, to shore up its Capital and Reserves which had been reduced due to problem loans. In lieu of that $12,500 loan, Reconstruction Finance Corporation was issued 200 shares of Farmers State Bank's preferred stock. This loan was eventually paid back to the government in the mid '40s.
Many changes have been made since the mid 1950s to better improve our services. The bank started offering savings accounts on April 7, 1959.
Ten years later, in 1969, the bank bought the old post office building. It was located next to the present building. This expansion allowed for more office space.
In 1979, the data-processing room and drive-thru were built. During that same year, Farmers State Bank upgraded to computer processing.
The '90s brought many changes to FSB. An addition was built in 1994 which included the new directors room, employee break room, and garage. The bank's Automatic Teller Machine was installed at BB's Handikorner "currently DD's Handikorner", located in Westmoreland, in 1996. Then in 1998 more remodeling was done to add additional office space.
In January of 2002 we started using the Internet to better improve our services. This allowed our customers an opportunity to check out local events, inspect our current rates, e-mail employees personally, and perform most of their banking business on-line conveniently.
In November of 2003, we became more accessible to our customers who live and work in the Manhattan area by opening our first branch bank. In 2015, an addition was added to accomodate more loan officers and storage. It is located east of Manhattan at 8685 E HWY 24.
In November of 2014, we became even more accessible to our customers by opening our second branch bank in Onaga; welcoming the opportunity to serve the Onaga community. In 2015, an extensive remodel is taking place to the historic building. This branch is located at 301 Leonard Street.
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Behind the Scenes: Parachute's "Can't Help" Music Video
YH is on the set of Parachute's music video for their single "Can't Help", where Will, Johnny, Kit, Alex, and Nate give us the scoop on the concept and the meaning of the song itself (which was written by OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder)! The guys also tell us their tour essentials and reveal the one artist they just have to go on the road with someday! Hosted by Audrey Cleo (@audreycleo).


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In 2012, the government gave 445 million dollars to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the non-profit group that funds PBS and NPR. That money partially covers the costs of shows like Sesame Street, Nova, and in the case of Downton Abbey, pays for whatever technical marvel the Brits use to prop up Dame Maggie Smith.
In the mid-1960s, President Johnson was dissatisfied with the quality of TV programming for children which he demonstrated in a now infamous UN address where he slammed his shoe on the "P" for podium to protest the paucity of rubber duckies on Bugs Bunny and the lack of tall, yellow feathered birds on The Flintstones.
Johnson also believed that through his unintelligible bark, George Jetson's dog, Astro was sending coded messages to the Manson Family.
Plus, family organizations demanded Saturday morning children's programming needed more educational content including live action adults interacting with puppet roommates who were innocent and funny and who, in 30 years, audiences would look back and wonder: Are those two gay?
So, in 1967 the administration created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and gave it a two-fold mission. To ensure that rural households had access to quality TV and to raise money for America's burgeoning tote bag manufacturing cartels.
And in 1969 when Sesame Street premiered, it was both prudent and generous of the feds to put aside money so that this wonderful new medium of TV served all the people of America -- not just the ones who lived within shouting distance of their local TV station's antenna.
After all, there's a long historical tradition of governments underwriting the arts. The Romans gave their citizens Bread and Circuses, the Catholic Church funded artists and cathedrals and it was Leonoid Brezchnev who discovered Yacov Smirnoff at Moscow's first comedy club, "The Gloomy Hut."
Anyway... let's concede that Sesame Street and all the programs on PBS are terrific, marvelous, educational and transplendent. Even the ones no one watches.
Only, here's the thing. You know who else was terrific? The guy who delivered ice to my grandparent's house in Brooklyn.
That nice guy who delivered ice stopped getting my grandparent's money when General Electric invented the freezer. (BTW: General Electric served on the front lines in WWI with Col. Sanders. Also, that might be wrong.)
Jump ahead to 2012.
For all of TV's faults... and it has many -- one thing is certain. It's ubiquitous. And by even conservative accounting, nearly 90% of all American homes have either cable or satellite TV.
Not to mention, television is also available on your laptop, desktop, phone, iPad, Kindle and Nook. Plus there's all those TV screens embedded into the foreheads of dogs. Yup. That technology is coming. Just you wait.
You see, unlike in 1969, there's PLENTY of programming aimed just at kids today: Nick, Nick Jr, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Noggin, The Hub, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, and a dozen more channels I can't think of. Plus, all the programming geared to kids on all the mobile devices.
There's also plenty of lovable characters for kids to snuggle up with: Dora, Thomas the Train, Bob the Builder, and in a nod to upending gender stereotypes, there's even a new doll whose sexuality is ambiguous: Jordan the Broadway Scenery Artist.
It's for these reasons -- television's ubiquity and the glut of quality programming -- that we should stop funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS, NPR and the yes, even the NEA.
Despite the long history and tradition associated with governments funding creative endeavors -- people are not entitled to art.
Not good art. Not bad art. Not art, period.
And yet -- there should be much more of it and it should be more pervasive (Why, I'd like a Tuscan Fresco on the side of my garage if anyone is interested).
However -- in this economic climate how can liberals ask millionaires and billionaires to pay more in taxes... and then turn around and give some of that money to people who make a living with their hand up a puppet's ass.
If you can calm down long enough to consider this, perhaps you'll come to the same conclusion. Seriously, why do we value the work of artists more than we value the work of say, plumbers?
The plumber provides a vital service. However, on the days there are no drains to unclog or copper pipes to replace -- (Is that right? I can't remember. Do you want copper pipes? Or do you want something else?) -- the plumber doesn't get paid.
The plumber's fate is controlled by market forces.
And market forces should control the fate of artists, too. And publicly funded TV shows, as well as theater companies and people whose artistic medium is yarn.
The year Sesame Street premiered, btw, there were already two other shows on TV that featured live action and puppets: The Banana Splits and HR PuffnStuff. Thanks to public funding, Sesame Street is still on today and making millions. Those other two shows? Well, remember how Big Pussy died on "The Sopranos?" Yeah. That's what happened to them.
Anyway, if an artist makes something people like... he or she will get money for it.
(I know, you ask, how will an artist get the word out about his all puppet version of The Diary of Anne Frank? The same way as the plumber, I suppose. Or maybe a different way. It's up to him. Just like the plumber).
So -- how should art be funded if not for the government or people somehow finding out about it and paying for it?
Good question. And here's the answer.
There is an entire class of Americans who regularly fund not only good art but bad art, too. And not even just bad art. Terrible soul sucking art as well. These people put up sometimes hundreds and sometimes millions to fund projects that never make anyone one red cent. It's the people who fund independent movies. And what they are called is: Suckers. (Not to their face of course, give the artists some credit, OK?)
You see, there's only one thing rich people like more than being on their yacht and having sex on a pile of money with two hookers covered with fudge... and that's funding the arts. They get their name in the credits or in the Playbill, they get front row seats, and they get to tell their friends "I'm an investor in this."
And thanks to the internet, philanthropy isn't just for rich people any more. On Kickstarter everyone gets to be a philanthropist.
Today, there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of artists looking for benefactors to underwrite their passion project. For example, I donated 5 bucks to a lady who wants to go out on tour with the cats she training to play musical instruments. (That is not a joke. There really is a woman on Kickstarter raising money to take her guitar-playing cats on tour).
And this is how the arts should be funded. If we, as citizens value art, we will see to it that artists get money to take their cats on tour, or to put on plays, or make movies, sculpture or paintings.
Believe me, I know what you're thinking, that 450 million we give to PBS is a drop in the bucket for the federal government.
Only it's not.
450 million would buy 150 million school lunches for poor kids... which cost the USDA $3.00 a day. $450 million would also put 3 new teachers at every public high school in the US (approximately 3000 public high schools X 55 thousand/year/ average teacher's salary).
In 1969, quality children's programming didn't exist... and government's role has always been to provide what the private sector can't. It's why the military is supported through our taxes... not donations on Kickstarter.
In 1969 spending taxpayer money on educational TV was a great idea.
Today, it's not.
PS. I would like to apologize for upsetting all my liberal friends and family. If it makes you feel any better, I also believe we should be drilling for oil in ANWR.


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Advanced observer design and over-sensing for point of interest control of ASML stages
The main goal is the development of systematic methods 1) for modeling of plant dynamics in the augmented plant setting, 2) for choosing the right number and location of sensors, and 3) for designing an effective sensor transformation (possibly a dynamic observer), aimed at an improved estimation of the point of interest in ASML stages (i.e., the die subject to exposure) and hence improved overall positioning accuracy.
PhD Candidate: Masoud Dorosti
Promoter: prof.dr. Henk Nijmeijer (TU/e)
Supervisors: dr.ir. Marcel Heertjes (TU/e), dr.ir. Rob Fey (TU/e) , Marc van de Wal (ASML RE Mechatronics)
Project Funding: This work is supported from the Pieken in de Delta 2008 program funded by SenterNovem, an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and ASML Company.
Project Period: April 2013 - March 2017
ASML's lithographic wafer scanners are subject to ever tighter demands on positioning accuracy up to 0.1 nm and throughput of 200-300 wafers per hour. The latter requiring high motion speed up to 1 m/s and acceleration up to 100 m/s2 of the wafer and reticle stages. These stages are controlled in six Degrees Of Freedom (DOF's) x/y/Rz/z/Rx/Ry.
Problem statement
For a wafer stage, the Point Of Interest (POI) is the position of the die on the wafer which is subject to exposure. The POI is time-varying, since the wafer is subject to exposure via a meander-like pattern of the stage's x/y setpoint. Based on geometric formulas and the assumption that the stage mainly behaves as a Rigid Body (RB), the sensor signals are transformed into estimated values of the 6-DOF position in the POI.
Research challenges
- Combined theoretical and experimental modeling of plant dynamics in the augmented plant setting
- Choosing the right number and location of sensors
- Designing an effective sensor transformation, possibly a dynamic observer, to improve estimation of the POI in ASML stages.


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Lately I've been hooked on the ELK Stack and I'm trying to monitor all my logs via Kibana web interface. Currently, my apache logs folder looks like this:
and, if you are like me, you don't like to type a lot! So, you would construct your logstash config file something close to this:
input { file { path => "/var/log/apache2/*.log" type => "apache" } } filter { grok { match => [ "message", "%{COMBINEDAPACHELOG}" ] } } output { elasticsearch { bind_host => "127.0.0.1" cluster => "elasticsearch" host => "127.0.0.1" } }
As a result, you get a whole bunch of log entries that come from various log files within Apache's logs folder and it is somewhat tedious to search for the right data.
Luckily, with a simple snippet, it can all be fixed!
All that we need to do is to add another block in the filter section which will be responsible for matching path field and extracting the name of the log file. Once we have the log filename, simply add a tag to your log entry and you are all set!
So, here's the block to be added:
grok { match => [ "path", "/var/log/apache2/(?<VHost>[\w\d\.-]+).log" ] add_tag => [ "%{VHost}" ] }
That's it! Now you should be able to perform a search by typing something like this in your web interface:
type:apache AND tags:*kibana3*
Hope this helps!