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Banyumala waterfall tour is the hidden waterfall north of bali, it has beautifull natural swimming pool. banyumala waterfall is different from any other waterfall in bali. banyumala waterfall is scenery is so beautiful and enriched by lush tropical green trees growing on the riverbank.
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Bratan lake temple or bratan temple is a major shivaite and water temple on bali. the temple complex is located on the shores of lake bratan. this temple was built in 1663,this temple is used for offering ceremony to the balinese water, lake and river goddess dewi danu,due to the importance of lake bratan as a main source of irrigation of central bali. lake bratan is known as the lake of holy moutain due to the fertility of this area. located 1200 m above see level,it has a cold tropical climate.
Lake buyan and lake tamblingan, separated by a rainforest-covered hill, are known as the twin lakes. this sight is a great overview of the volcanic heart of bali,amazing view from above.
Banyumala waterfall is the hidden waterfall north of bali, it has beautifull natural swimming pool. banyumala waterfall is different from any other waterfall in bali. banyumala waterfall is scenery is so beautiful and enriched by lush tropical green trees growing on the riverbank.
Jatiluwih is a favorite tourist destination in bali famous with the beautiful rice terrace unfolding from the foot of mountain until the coastal side. it is one of places to visit in bali with the beautiful view as according to its name from jati and luwih, where jati mean really and luwih meaning especial, good, and beautiful or the equivalent. the local paddies are planted in this place look typically of the high relative size plant if it is compared with other pre-eminent paddy planted by most farmers in bali . despitefully, jatiluwih also famous with its organic agriculture system due to the location is located in the in the plateau of watukaru mount which is suitable for the agriculture development.
Banyumala waterfall tour itinerary :
08:00 Pick up at the hotel.
09:30 Visit beratan lake temple.
10:30 Visit twin lake.
11:30 Visit banyumala waterfall
13:00 Visit jatiluwih rice terrace
15:00 Back to hotel.
16:00 Arrive at hotel.
Zone covered for pick up :
Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Nusa dua, Jimbaran, Sanur, Ubud, Benoa harbour, Airport.
Please contact us for pick up in different area.
Note :
- The price all include with tax and services.
- Get special price for group booking.
- The tour is private tours, means there is no other participant, just only you and your companion.
- The tour will assist by english speaking tour driver.
Terms payment :
- payment is cash payment.
- payment is on the day itself with driver.
- payment with other currency will convert based on daily exchange rate.
Banyumala waterfall tour price :
Regular tours price :
IDR 600.000/Car ( Max. 6 person )
Duration: 10 Hours
Included: Car, Petrol, English Speaking Driver, Cold Mineral Water, Parking fee.


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The non-existence of net neutrality would lead to preferential treatment. Since ISPs would be able to control the flow of the Internet, they could introduce fees for companies that want their content to be reached faster. Consequently, this could prompt the same companies to charge you for faster access to their websites. Offers like "use Facebook/Youtube faster just for $4.99/month" could become a reality. Moreover, not only already existing companies or Internet users like you and me would be put under constraints, it would also make the Internet market less competitive as it would be difficult for new start-ups to compete with the already existing companies, because the newcomers most probably couldn't afford to buy faster Internet lanes.
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I remember your eyes shimmering like constellations the night we fell in love.
They say when we look at stars, space is so immense that we're seeing light broadcasted from bygone histories. And even after death, our lives go on, conserved by light, traveling perpetually across the soundless, glittering darkness.
Kiki Gonglewski is a senior at Albuquerque Academy. She was a finalist in the 2017 state-wide "NM Girls Make Movies" screenplay contest, has won national recognition in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and has been published in the 2018 edition of Navigating The Maze, an international teen poetry anthology. Her six great loves in life are art, movies, Kurt Vonnegut books, astronomy, writing, and Korean barbecue.


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A Brief Histroy of Forex
The exchange of currencies dates as far back as the first form of simultaneous exchange of valuable items between two parties. Currencies defined rates of exchange giving specific exchange value to items such as food, clothing, metals and any usable item.
The history of currencies goes through many eras and fundamental changes, in short currencies changed from having a specific unchangeable value to being pegged against a country's gold reserve and the gold reserve currency, which was the British pound until the U.S. dollar became the reserve currency after the Second World War. This system was known as the gold standard and it lasted between 1870 and 1914.
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Opening positions based on the changing exchange rates used to take place on trading floors, through phone calls between clients (investors) and licensed brokers who physically placed the order of clients without themselves becoming principals in the transaction. Their job was to find the right counterpart for a client quickly without revealing the identity of either party until an agreement has been reached. Trading floors are now rare to non-existent due to the use of the internet which has allowed brokers to operate online, and offer platforms which allow clients direct access to the market without any human or third party intervention hence the modern forex trading system which exists today.
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Forex is a direct result of money exchange, however trading forex is based on speculations of the movement of world currencies against each other.
Forex traders simultaneously buy one currency while selling another depending on their speculation of market movement.
Forex trading takes place 'virtually' meaning no 'real' money is exchanged instead it all takes place online through special platforms which serve as portals to the market and are provided by forex brokers.
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When trading, the same process takes place on the trading platform as traders buy one currency while selling the other expecting their sold currency to remain at a higher value than the one they bought. Or the other way around they sell a currency at a certain rate expecting the currency to move down where they can buy it again at a cheaper rate and gain the difference between the sell and repurchase.
Forex traders are mainly speculators who operate in their own interest, taking advantage of opportunities to make profits.
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Ask Price is the exchange rate at which a dealer will sell the other currency.
Bid Price is the exchange rate in a currency at which a dealer will buy the other currency.
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The lightbulb came on!
Literally, the light bulb came on because the guys from I-TEC finished up with their project to install a new generator on campus and to upgrade our existing wiring infrastructure! We don't have to worry about our old generator failing at an unexpected time anymore!
I have been working this past couple of weeks on finishing up construction of a new room that now houses the new generator and electrical panels. We put together the short video below as we were working on different aspects of the roof.
The two fellow staff members that were working with me on this project were Marc-George and Claudy. I introduce them in the video. They are really awesome guys that I am very proud to be working with. Marc-George managed to pick up the basics of welding in about an hour and both of these guys were welding joists on the roof while sitting on the trusses we had built!
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Eight persons have been killed and about one million displaced from their home in Kogi State by the recent flooding that have ravage the state due to the release of Kainji and Shiroro dams of the River Niger, an official said on Monday.
The Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) operations in Abuja, Ishaya Isah, who in company of some members of the National Assembly from Kogi West visited one of the relieve camp in Lokoja, confirmed that about eight persons have lost their lives as a result of the flood while over 332 communities were washed away by the flood.
"About nine local governments were affected by the waters and over 332 communities have suffered this devastation of the flood. People lost their household utensils, their houses and over 70 percent of them lost all their farm products," he said.
Mr Isah said that the eight persons that died were killed when a boat cap sided in Banda, a community which is about ten minutes' drive away from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
Abuja road blocked
The Lokoja-Abuja road wish have a free flow of traffic for quite sometimes now have been put on hold as a result of the flood, water from river Niger has over flown and move across the road in Banda village making it difficult for vehicles heading to Abuja or returning from the FCT to the eastern part of the states to move.
Some commuters trapped on either side of the road told Channels Television's reporter that they have been there in the last two days without head ways. Getting out of Banda some commuters use canoes to get to the other side of the river while others ride on commercial motorcycle to get to Banda.
Some travellers said the state government should take a proactive step in putting a temporary solution to the situation by inviting an engineer to drain out the water.
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Jon McKnight
Thirty-five years' experience in the media is an invaluable resource to draw upon - and there are only two ways to get it: either land a job in the media today and beaver away yourself until the year 2050, or hire Jon McKnight.
That little bit of fast-forwarding will give you and your organisation the benefits of the nous, the insight and the confidence that can only come from a 35-year career as a qualified journalist, TV producer, magazine editor, copywriter, publisher, ghostwriter, PR consultant, TV presenter and corporate troubleshooter. Here's Jon on what he can do for you...
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Having lunch with a cannibal isn't something most of us do every day (or, in some cases, a second time), but it does give you the self-confidence to tackle just about any other business situation you could ever find yourself in, without feeling you've bitten off more than you can chew.
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I hope I never need to do the same for you, but if the writing's on the wall and everything's about to hit the fan, I'll be the best chance you have.
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For winning and retaining people's confidence is crucial to communications. I spend a lot of my time writing copy for people's websites, always putting myself into their audience's shoes and playing Devil's Advocate so the copy works and engages instead of merely pleasing my client and his Mum.
Being on the receiving end of tens of thousands of press releases over the decades means I write press releases that would have to get past me if I were the Editor - and I'm as ruthless as they are when it comes to weeding out puffs (self-serving promotional stories) that belong in the bin instead of in the newspaper.
I've convinced editors who were offering to run a paragraph on a client's story to use a double-page spread instead, on numerous occasions, and my insight into how TV producers think has helped me get precious airtime for clients on prestigious TV programmes.
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Imagine, if you will, that you run a factory and want the world to know what you can produce... just like everyone else with a factory does. How do you get the press coverage that your rivals covet? And how do you make "factory produces goods" into a story that everyone wants to read?
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I sourced a Dalek (not easy), engaged a photographer, and persuaded the editor of the manufacturing industry Bible to run the story as if it were a real-life risk-assessment.
The result was one of the most popular stories the magazine had ever run, and my client's factory is now known by all the right people as a one-stop-shop for sheet-metal manufacturing. Anyone could have come up with the same idea at any time since the Daleks were created in the early Sixties, but no-one did. Except me.
The long and the short of it
I'm good at getting the ear of hard-to-reach people, creating highly convincing editorial-style case studies (I've written hundreds, for numerous clients), and winning the confidence of everyone from Royalty to rock stars and other celebrities.
In between writing reviews and features and presenting videos for the prestigious international luxury and lifestyle publication Luxurious Magazine, I publish books, and offer discreet, director-level advice on a consultancy basis.
And if you've read this far, you may be wondering if I can write briefly and concisely, too.
Yes. I can.
I've written catchy headlines for decades, sub-edited 100 local, national and international news stories into single-paragraph news-in-brief items every night for years, and squeeze the most complicated messages into Tweets every day.
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text: Because of the current trend of decreasing pixel size to increase pixel count on CMOS imaging sensors, autofocus is becoming necessary to maximize the use of the sensor in its full-resolution capability over a wide depth of field. Hence, autofocus is being adopted as a standard feature in high-resolution imaging systems, typically those above 2 megapixels. As a result, new autofocus mechanisms are under development, including one using liquid lens technology.An autofocus lens can focus on different planes from infinity to a distance as close as 10 cm. To produce a sharp image, the lens must focus at the distance where the subject can be located. In applications such as mobile phones, space and cost restrictions prevent the use of a distance sensor. As a result, finding the best focus position requires driving the autofocus actuator in closed-loop mode. This involves an algorithm that scans the focusing range while using sensor feedback to compute a "sharpness score" at each distance and determining the degree of sharpness of the picture, and then setting the actuator at the sharpest position.Closed-loop control produces good image sharpness but with a drawback: Although software and driving tricks can be developed to optimize this search algorithm to minimize the number of steps, the typical 800-ms time to focus still is limited by the sensor frame rate. The liquid lens approach, developed by Varioptic SA of Lyon, France, is based on electrowetting. This technology eliminates moving mechanical parts and, thus, is robust. Typically, autofocus for mobile phones is performed using closed-loop control, but now the benefits of these imaging system developments can be extended with open-loop control.Industrial applications are taking advantage of technology developments to implement autofocus in their imaging devices. Cameras used for data capture and bar-code reading applications are excellent examples: In warehouses or at points of sale, product identification is being performed more and more by picture acquisition. Adding focusing ability is key to maximum data resolution, whatever the distance of the scanned object.The main requirement of manufacturers is speed: They expect a sharp image in 100 ms. Closed-loop control is no longer a viable solution because of the limited frame rate of high-resolution sensors. However, a sharp picture can be obtained in open-loop mode by using an external distance sensor — such as a laser telemeter — coupled with a preloaded distance versus command look-up table.Liquid lens propertiesAs a focusing actuator, the liquid lens has unique characteristics that make it well suited for open-loop control (Figure 1). Consider an open-loop imaging system where focusing is performed by the liquid lens and distance measurement is performed by an external telemeter. Figure 1. In this typical characterization graph of Varioptic's Arctic 320 liquid lens, the high focal range, good linearity and low aberrations are essential features for an autofocus actuator. The graph can be stored in the system as a distance vs. voltage look-up table (rms = root mean square). The lens begins under a voltage V0 (its optical power is P0), and when the system is asked to focus on a different position, the telemeter measures the focusing distance and determines the necessary voltage V1 to reach the optical power P1 on the liquid lens. The time to acquire a sharp image on the sensor is called time to focus and is dependent upon the depth of field of the system, i.e., the area around the focusing distance in which the image is sharp.Depth of field can be defined in different ways, the most common being the range in which an object appears sharp when the system focuses at a given distance. This distance range can be converted easily into an optical power range given that the optical power in diopters is the inverse of the distance in meters.Using the pixel size of the sensor, the maximal spot diameter allowed on the sensor to be sensor-limited can be calculated. One commonly used criterion in color imaging defines the admitted maximal spot diameter as twice the pixel size, but other criteria can be chosen from the allowed contrast loss specification of the system. Here the common criterion of two times the pixel size will be used.With this criterion, simple geometrical optics can be used to compute the depth of field in diopters with the following formula: Using this formula, we calculated the depth of field for some classical imaging systems. A mobile phone camera module with an effective focal length (EFL) of 5 mm, an f/2.8 aperture and 2.2-μm pixel size would have a depth of field of 1 diopter. A long-range data capture device with an effective focal length of 20 mm, an f/8 aperture and 6-μm pixel size would have a 0.5-diopter depth of field, and a bar-code reader with an effective focal length of 5.7 mm, an f/5.6 aperture and 4-μm pixels would have a depth of field of 2.8 diopters.For a given target optical power of the liquid lens, the depth of field yields a range of optical power around this target in which any object will appear in focus on the sensor. In other words, for a target optical power P0, the focus will be reached when the liquid lens reaches and stays within P0 + (0.5 × DOF); P0 – (0.5 × DOF) (Figure 2). Figure 2. This graph shows the time to reach a 1-diopter depth of field. We set the starting voltage (V0) to 48 V, which is in the center of the useful driving voltage range. This is considered to be the best position to reach any voltage between 38 and 60 V with minimal steps. We measured the dynamic behavior of the lenses with a setup using a very fast wavefront sensor with 1-ms time resolution. We focused our study on the common systems described above and measured the time to reach depth of fields of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.8 diopters around several voltage targets (Figure 3).Figure 3. The results of time-to-depth-of-field experiments performed on Arctic 320, from a start voltage of 48 V to various final voltages, are shown. The time to reach depth of field is measured for a depth of field of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.8 diopters at room temperature (WFE = wavefront error). Time to focus more than 60 ms in the case of a small depth of field is caused by oscillations in lens response as described in Figure 2.These results show that for a typical short-range bar-code reading application with a 2.8-diopter depth of field, time to focus of less than 25 ms is achievable over the useful optical power range.Researchers have investigated ways of improving time to focus for smaller depths of field, and results show that overshooting is the most promising approach (Figure 4). In the figure, a 50- to 55-V step is applied to a liquid lens, with an overshoot at 55.7 V during the first 20 ms of the step. The target depth of field is 0.5 diopters. In this example, the time to depth of field has been reduced from 50 to 10 ms.Figure 4. Overshooting is an efficient way to reduce time to depth of field (TTDOF)(here, 10 ms instead of 50 ms).This experiment demonstrates that overshooting provides more energy to the lens at the start of the step so it can reach the depth of field faster. As the wavefront error of the lens stays low (hence, the optical quality of the module stays high) during the step, the device can acquire an image as soon as the target depth of field is reached.However, defining an overshooting law that is valid for every voltage step depends on the characteristics of the system, such as depth of field or required optical power range. Overshooting is definitely an option to accelerate time to focus but it needs special development to fit a specific application.Varioptic has demonstrated that liquid lens performance meets requirements for open-loop control systems for applications such as a short-range bar-code reading where time to focus of less than 25 ms is achievable over the useful optical power range. This performance, combined with their robustness, makes liquid lenses a solution for a wide range of applications requiring open-loop control.Meet the authorOlivier Jacques-Sermet is an optical engineer at Varioptic SA in Lyon, France; e-mail: email@example.com.


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Step back in time to 16th century England at the Tennessee Renaissance Festival in Arrington, about 25 miles south of Nashville. Held each spring, the festival brings to life the Village of Covington Glen, where you can listen to the sounds of merrymakers as they stroll the grounds and take part in the numerous games of skill. Don your best period attire and join in the medieval fun at the annual Tennessee Renaissance Festival.
Be Entertained
Climb aboard the Castle Tour Bus to enjoy a free, guided tour of Castle Gwynn, a full-size replica of a 12th century border castle. Meander around the first floor and grounds of this castle to see the RoseDan-Freeman Collection of Weaponry, and a collection of needlework and tapestry. Listen to music, cheer for your favorite knight in the jousting competition, see the pageantry of costumed villagers and enjoy stage presentations throughout the event. Past performances have included a human chess match, knife throwing show and comedy operas.
Peruse and Dine
Stroll the grounds to browse the wares of more than 60 artisans from around the country. Admire the beautiful silks, gems and swords that are on display before choosing a few souvenirs to bring back home. After working up an appetite, let the aroma guide you to the food vendors where you can taste specialty foods such as turkey legs and shepherd's pie, and wet your whistle with frothy ales. While some vendors accept credit cards, all are ready to accept cash.
Let Kids Participate
Kids will get a thrill from the many free activities catering to wee lads and lasses at the festival. They can get creative while taking part in the arts and crafts offered, and in the interactive stage performances. Young ones can don their best attire, and become a Lady or Master at the Children's Knighting Ceremony, then vie for prizes in the Children's Costume Contest. Educational tours are also available for little ones at Castle Gwynn. Children under 5 are admitted to the festival for free.
Get the Scoop
Your ticket price includes free parking, all events, and tours of the castle and gardens. Tickets may be purchased online in advance or at the festival entrance. The festival is off Highway 96 between Franklin and Murphressboro at 2124 New Castle Road in Arrington, and is easily accessible from Interstate 24, Interstate 65 and Interstate 840. Those bringing or purchasing swords at the event must have the sword sheathed and peace-tied at all times. You may bring your own peace-ties or purchase them from vendors.
Leaf Group is a USA TODAY content partner providing general travel information. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.
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- Attribution: Adrian Pingstone; License: public domain


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A couple of years ago I bought my lathe. From time to time I use him as a lathe (mostly he is used as a disksander) and in particular for cylinders. For making the cylinders I use TC tools with changeable knives. I also have a couple of HSS turning tools. Till now I could not sharpen them as I would like. I like the Robert Sorby ProEdge, but with a price of more than Euro 600 too expensive for me.
So last week I decided to give it a try to build my own and for me it was successful. Started with a cheap far east grinder that was bought a time ago.
Below some pictures which I hope make more clear than my text. When you want to see how a ProEdge works there is a lot of documentation on the internet for example this video
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There are some truly terrible tasteless tourist t-shirts out there. You see them in the souvenir shops and wonder how anyone could wear them without embarrassment. Then you see someone wearing one – without embarrassment.
But a new shirt from a company called Iconspeak is not only inoffensive, it could be called the ultimate fashion statement. It's a shirt that can do the talking when no one understands a word you're saying.
Inspired by a communications breakdown on the road, the shirt is part of a range of items created by a team of Swiss guys.
The t-shirts are printed with nearly 40 icons that travellers can use to try to get their message across if they don't speak the local language.
"We came up with the idea in 2013 when we were riding motorbikes through Vietnam and one broke down," co-founder George Horn told CNN.
Horn needed help to fix his wheels and ended up in a tiny village where no one could understand his English or French.
So he and his fellow traveller used symbols written on paper and cards that worked so well, they used them again and again in other situations. Eventually they came up with the idea of committing their translation tools to a T-shirt.
"It was a long process," says Horn. "We started with a huge list of possible items and began testing a lot of prototypes."
The list was gradually whittled down, with every item carefully vetted for its potential to cause offense somewhere on the planet.
"We kept away from religious symbols, just to be on the safe side," Horn says.
And they work, he adds. "I've been testing them around Europe and my colleague Florian is right now using them in Latin America."


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CHICAGO – Since the Marvel cinematic universe began over a decade ago with "Iron Man," it's shown an amazing talent for consistency. While only a few installments have surpassed their comic book origins to become great examples of the genre – and great stories in general – Marvel hasn't had many out and out clunkers either (possible exception, the second Thor movie).
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CHICAGO – Maybe inside filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan's head, his latest film "Glass" works… all the elements of what we need to know about this sequel to MNS's previous films "Split" and "Unbreakable" are within. However, what works inside the director's head may not work for the audience, especially in the first half of the film.
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CHICAGO – If you liked Pixar Animation's original "The Incredibles" of 14 years ago, then you'll find a lot to like with this sequel, which puts these "supers" back in their suits for another go around to save the world. The action in "Incredibles 2" picks up almost immediately after the original film left off.
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Rousing Adventure Awaits in 'Kong: Skull Island'Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 10, 2017 - 10:48am
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CHICAGO – King Kong is a wholly generated creature of the movies. Ever since the gorilla legend came to life on screen way back in 1933, he has appeared in countless official remakes, cheap exploitation flicks and now as a symbol of American overreach. He still rules in "Kong: Skull Island."
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CHICAGO – A spotlight on Chicago, in the context of guns and violence, is never a good thing for the overall community. But using Chicago as a metaphor for all violent insanity, and making a plea for peace, is the purpose of director Spike Lee's new film, "Chi-raq."
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On 6 December 2017, the EU Court of Justice gave its judgment in Case C-230/16 Coty Germany v Parfümerie Akzente.
The judgment confirms that selective distribution systems designed to preserve a luxury image can be consistent with EU competition law, and can prohibit distributors from selling on third party websites.
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Jiawei Shen
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Judith Neilson is the founding director of Sydney's White Rabbit Gallery, which holds the largest collection of post-2000 contemporary Chinese art outside of China. Jiawei Shen has known her for more than a decade.
In 2003, Neilson collected three of Shen's important history paintings, including his 2002 work 1972 Imperial palanquin: after Yan Liben, a detail of which serves as the background to this portrait.
'Yan Liben's (601‒673 CE) masterpiece Imperial palanquin was a typical work of traditional Chinese court art from the Tang dynasty. In Judith's clothing, we encounter another kind of traditional Chinese art: folk art,' says Shen.
In post-1949 China, a third art tradition – 'revolutionary realism' – was established, and Shen's early works conformed to that. Yet in 1972 Imperial palanquin he flaunts that tradition by poking fun at the historical characters depicted.
Another kind of art was born in China in 1985: contemporary Chinese art. In this portrait it assumes the form of a white rabbit.
'In 1965, German artist Joseph Beuys created his famous performance artwork How to explain pictures to a dead hare. My portrait of Judith is an echo of Beuys' work from Down Under,' says Shen.
Born in Shanghai in 1948, Shen was an artist of considerable fame in China before he relocated to Australia in 1989. He has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize 13 times previously, and was highly commended in 1997. He won the Sulman Prize in 2006.


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I love the idea of trail mix, but have to admit that I end up not so into trail mix itself. There are always too many of something: nuts, raisins, chocolate bits, random coconut shavings. And trail mix can be high in calories and fat if you buy it at the store. That's why I like making this super-simple, super-tasty version...
I really do mean "super-simple": there are two ingredients in this thing! Half an ounce of raw or roasted pecans (that's nine or ten pecan halves; break them up into smaller pieces) and 1/4 cup of dried cranberries are all you need. Toss them together and eat!
Bonus: pecans have four times the antioxidants that almonds do. Nice! Here's how this faux trail mix breaks down: 185 calories, 10 g fat, 3 g fiber, 1.5 g protein.
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