Belly Worship is the new kid on the block in Dominion Road's Chinatown. Not long ago I was reviewing a Chongqing-style noodle bar in the same spot that has since gone bust. Will Belly Worship stay for the long haul?
It is certainly offering something none of its neighbours are. As my friend Zoe and I approached the bright orange shop, we were greeted by an exceptionally cheerful young woman handing out free bags of caramel popcorn. So far so good. Some serious thought has been put into decking out Belly Worship. I'd describe the design ethos as 'If Yao Ming (the famous NBA player from the Houston Rockets) had his own restaurant'. The colour scheme is orange and black, with an orange neon sign emblazoning the far wall, exclaiming 'Belly Worship!', and another bright neon character proclaiming the food 'Fast & Tasty'.
And fast and tasty it was, for the most part. The menu, compared to most other Chinese restaurants, is relatively uncomplicated. Their signature dish is the spicy pancake served alongside a variety of fillings with which to stuff them. Offerings include pork belly, duck and mustard yolk shrimp just to name a few. Bao, in their taco-esque, sandwich-like form, are not left off the menu here, and come as a spinach-green tinted variety stuffed with pork belly or teriyaki chicken.
Dumplings in less than authentic flavours (pine kernel, egg and carrot anyone?), salads in recognisable and less recognisable forms, such as on a stick, also make an appearance. Finally there is a selection of family-sized mains fit for sharing (or feeding one Yao Ming). In the spirit of innovation, for $3 one can help themselves to unlimited soft drinks, tea and bar snacks (on our particular evening there was a selection of bhuja mix, sweet and salty yellow peas and corn chips).
Zoe and I plumped for the spicy duck pancake ($13), which came with the house Asian-style slaw and a signature spicy sauce, a teriyaki chicken bao ($7), the vege salad ($8) and from the main menu the sizzling kungfu tofu ($18). They're not kidding around at Belly Worship when they say the food is fast. Within a few minutes of ordering, most of our dishes arrived to the table en masse. Zoe and I felt a little bewildered by how much our big eyes had ordered. The spicy pancake was one of the highlights: a thin, hot and crispy pancake drizzled in a spicy sauce that had a good kick to it. Although designed to be wrapped around the roasted duck and slaw that was served alongside it, I would happily order a couple more pancakes to eat on their own ($5 each), they're that good.
The bao, unfortunately, was a let down. The teriyaki chicken was on the overcooked side, and was crying out for some sort of mayonnaise or sauce to provide some cohesion and much needed moisture. As it turns out, the vege salad is the reliable Asian-style slaw that featured in the pancake and the bao too. The sizzling kungfu tofu took a little longer to arrive but when it did, it came with a hiss and a roar, as its name would suggest. Delicate discs of tofu were covered in a flavoursome salted egg yolk. Surrounded by bubbling gravy on a bed of vegetables and fried omelette, this was an example of how tasty a good tofu can be.
Belly Worship is a playful new addition to Dominion Road, offering quick and tasty fare that is also nicer on the eye than most utilitarian Chinese restaurants. I'm looking forward to trying the litchi (also known as lychee) sweet and sour pork on my next visit.
Prices: Starters $5-$6, dumplings $12, taco bun $7, spicy pancakes $10-$13 or $5 for single pancake, salads $8-$16, mains $9.90 – $29.90, noodles and rice $2-$14, dessert $6, unlimited drinks and sides $3.


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101 with DJ Spiller
In 101 tagged with Spiller Nano rec Italy Interview House Djspiller Article 101
Italian DJ and producer, Spiller - sat down to compose his very first tune in 1995, using a home PC and sampler. Barely two years later, the 6'9" Venetian was making a big noise around the world with a single, Laguna's "Spiller From Rio". The Latinflavored house track swiftly became a club anthem and made it into the top ten on the Billboard dance charts. Not long after, Spiller applied his golden touch as a remixer to tunes by high-profile artists such as Gloria Gaynor, Matt Bianco, St Germain, Bob Sinclar, Run DMC and Smoke City.
In 1999 he again set the clubs alight with another house single, "Batucada" - a new take on Marcos Valle's original. The following year he became one of the best-known Italian musicians thanks to his next single "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". Named after a Miami club, this widely acclaimed disco house track was initially a club hit as an instrumental, but exploded in popularity after it was injected with the vocals of UK's Sophie Ellis-Bextor (formerly of the alternative group The Audience). "Groovejet" was arguably the biggest club tune of the year and won the top spot on singles and dance charts in many countries. It was also the song with most radio plays of the decade (2000-2010) in UK and Apple declared in an interview that they used "Groovejet" to test their first iPod prototype.
Spiller later released the electro-funk tune "Cry Baby", Royksopp did a remix, which became a classic downtempo. In 2003 he launched his own label Nano Rec with "Sola" a groovy disco track with a French touch flavor and in 2007 "Jumbo", one of Pete Tong's all-time favourite that went straight to n°1 on the Buzz Chart. He then remixed "Teen Drive In" by the Italian band Useless Wooden Toys, and made it into a national hit with the infamous riff "siete pro, siete pro, siete pronti per lo show!". Other artists he recently remixed are Digitalism, The Supermen Lovers, Bottin feat. Jupiter, Riva Starr feat. Noze, released on prestigious labels such as Made To Play, Z Records, K7 and LaFessé.
2011 was the year of the "Pigeonman's Revenge" release, an epic instrumental house track with a hypnotic video clip formed by real footage of starlings flocks over Rome, directed by photographer James Mollison. His last single was released in 2013 "URASTAR" featuring Nina Miranda (former singer of Smoke City). The provocative song combined with renown Spiller's disco looping and Nina's sweet Anglo-Portuguese voice made it a unique tune! Spiller is currently working on various studio projects as well as producing disco and electronic events in the intercity of his hometown Venice with the collective "Crocodiles in Venice".
What's your favorite piece of gear – something you couldn't live without?
As a DJ it would be my Bozak mixer, I'm lucky enough to own one of the first prototypes ever produced and I've been using it in my studio for 15 years now. As a producer it's my Manley Variable MU Compressor/Limiter.
Which do you prefer – playing at enormous festivals or intimate clubs?
Intimate clubs, totally. I'm actually planning an event in Venice with 6 micro-clubs that can hold 15/20 people each… it doesn't get more intimate than that!
Which is the most mesmerising club that you've ever played at?
Difficult question, I've been djing for 27 years and I've been lucky enough to play in a lot of mesmerising clubs! My heart goes probably to some of the clubs of my early career, like House Nation in Jesolo which was a memorable club and my first important DJ residency. Also Ambasada Gavioli's Mezzanine in Slovenia gave me so many mesmerising moments that I'll always remember.
What is your best and worst experience at a gig and why?
Another difficult one, I've had many favorite moments, it's hard to choose one, let's say everytime i manage to turn what appears to be a horrible gig into a magic party. The worst experience it's an easy pick, it was my gig at Club Famous in Moscow: the promoters played a clip with a mini-mix of all my hit records right before I started playing, without telling me, then I played one record and a guy came to tell me that i had to change style because the boss didn't like my music, I played another record and the same guy came to tell that my gig was over because the boss didn't like my music, so they took me back to the hotel.
I think my set lasted 7 minutes in total. It was at the same time my worst DJ experience and the easiest money I ever made.
Do you have any interests besides music?
Too many, I'm a very curious person and you could say I've got a Peter Pan Syndrome... I like to play and experiment with most things… but better to focus this interview on music.
Do you enjoy sunset or sunrise sets?
I enjoy sets that start at sunset and end at sunrise, or the way around. Unfortunately I mostly get requests for 2 hours sets and I envy DJs who get to play very long sets… I'm an eclectic dj and I give my best when I can go through different waves smoothly. I always improvise my sets, I never have a tracking list to follow, so I love to "go with the flow".
What do you like and what do you hate about the music industry?
Music industry is a vast world, but if we talk about "house music" industry and compare it to when I started producing records in the nineties it's now probably much better because it's available to everyone, you can make great music and have it out in the market with a very small budget… But at the same time I find it ugly how marketing, graphic image and social networks have become an essential part of producing music nowadays. So many producers doing boring music are "big" just because they know how to sell themselves, or they have a big PR agency behind them.
In the nineties there were amazing producers who had an horrible cheesy "graphic image" but it just didn't matter, they were heroes because of their music, it was all about the music. Now you are always part of a full marketing project even if you don't want, even if you do a vinyl-only release with a white label and you don't exist on social networks… it's just something you can't avoid anymore.
If you could pick any artist to do a b2b set, who would it be?
Oh so many! Gilles Peterson, Thomas Bangalter, The Black Madonna, Fango...
Deafness and blindness
What's the funniest thing that ever happened to you on a gig?
About 10 years ago at a party in Trieste I played Aphex Twin "Window Licker" and a huge glass window next to the dj booth crashed on the floor… I'm not sure is that funny or scary? However miraculously no one was hurt.
Could you pick one timeless track?
There's only one timeless track and that's Spiller "Groovejet"! No, I'm kidding, I can't stand that track anymore so to me it's everything but timeless! Chaka Khan "Ain't Nobody" it's the first timeless track that came to my mind right now.
Is there anything else you'd like to share with our readers?
I'd like to take this chance to thank you all for the nice messages I received after my gig at Sea Star Festival, see you soon!
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Nick Kyrgios
Wimbledon glance: Djokovic wins 21st major, beats Kyrgios
July 10, 2022 GMT
Serbia's Novak Djokovic, right, holds the winners trophy as he celebrates after beating Australia's Nick Kyrgios, left, to win the final of the men's singles on day fourteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A GLANCE BACK AT SUNDAY
Novak Djokovic won his seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam title overall by beating Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Centre Court. Djokovic is one shy of Roger Federer's record eight Wimbledon men's singles titles and also one shy of Rafael Nadal's record 22 Grand Slam singles titles. The top-seeded Serb may have to wait almost a year for another major tournament because he may not be allowed into the United States as an unvaccinated foreigner. He could also be forced to skip the Australian Open after he was deported from that country this year because of its strict vaccination protocols. Kyrgios is a 27-year-old Australian who was playing in a Grand Slam singles final for the first time.
SUNDAY'S WEATHER
Sunny. High of 84 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius).
SUNDAY'S KEY RESULTS
Men's Singles Final: No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
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Amos Alonzo Stagg Society Records
The collection includes correspondence, news clippings, and planning documents and drafts of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Society. The group was formed to prevent the proposed expansion of Cary Field Stadium (now known as Zable Stadium) and thereby bring the College of William and Mary into division 1 college football.
Office of the President. John Stewart Bryan Records
Identifier: UA 2.10
Scope and Contents Due to the fragility of this collection, patrons must use the microfilm copy. The microfilm and microfilm readers can be found on the Ground Floor of Swem Library (call number LD6051 .W517 1934 B79, reels 1-24). [Originals are stored off-site.] Records from the administration of College of William and Mary President John Stewart Bryan for the years 1934-1942. For the most part, headings assigned to folders in their office of origin have...
Faculty Women's Caucus Records
Scope and Contents The collection of the Faculty Women's Caucus at the College of William and Mary includes correspondence from 1973-1996 related to women faculty salaries and tenure; maternity leave and childcare; EEO and Affirmative Action; women's athletics, dealing mostly with Title IX, both within the College of William and Mary and the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA); sexual harassment; campus security; the Women's Studies program; and discriminatory findings. Also included are salary...
Vice President for Finance and Administration Records
Office files, beginning in 1928, but mostly 1980's; auxiliary enterprises files; inventory of real property held by the College, the Endowment Association and Board of Visitors; 1987 Master Plan material; correspondence with state agencies; financial reports for William & Mary, VIMS, and the Men's Athletic Association; and Audit Reports.
Harold L. Fowler Papers
Identifier: UA 6.018
The collection includes correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; lecture notes including some from history classes taken at Harvard University; newspaper clippings about William and Mary; and thesis notes. The inventory for boxes 1-3 is available in the Finding Aid/Inventory below. Consult a staff member for assistance with Box 4.
Ernest L. Frye Papers
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters, photographs, and other material documenting Ernest L. Frye's time in the 487th Aero Squadron during World War I. Included in the papers are letters from Frye to his brother and sister describing his fellow officers, reminiscing about friends back home in Oregon, his experience on the Aero squadron baseball team, and other matters. Photographs of Frye along with his fellow officers in the 487th and playing baseball, as well as programs for dances, leave...
Alice Gates Goodman Scrapbook
Contains the scrapbook of Alice Gates Goodman while she was a student at the College of William and Mary from 1936 to 1939. Included in the scrapbook are photographs of sororiities, clippings about events at the College, correspondence, programs from football games and William and Mary Theatre productions, and ephemera such as flowers and dance cards.
Rene A. Henry Papers
The collection includes the personal and professional papers of Rene A. Henry. It contains a number of photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, press releases, and publications that pertain to his life and career in sports marketing, public relations, housing and construction, television and entertainment, association management, and government service. The collection also holds materials from the 1988 presidential campaign of George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle.
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This collection contains the correspondence of William T. Hodges as Professor of Education, Director of Extension, Alumni Secretary, and Chairman of Faculty Committee on Athletics. Correspondents include President J.A.C. Chandler, students, public school officials, and others.
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WCWM (radio station : Williamsburg, Va.) 1
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It wasn't the easiest night but it was better than we thought. There was no heating and the temperature gets down to freezing but we had loads of very heavy blankets each. I did have to wee in the night which was more akin to being on a campsite and dragging on my jeans and shows but I coped. Breakfast was homemade local bread and jam with coffee or Muna tea. It's not really tea but "mate" as they call it or an infusion of the muna plant in hot water - actually very tasty. It was then time to be off for the next Island.
The home stay was a great experience but not an easy one. We're glad we did it but wouldn't do it again.
An hour later we arrived at Tequile island. This was different, maybe a little more advanced as there were shops and restaurants on the island. We were dropped on one side of the island and had a long but not too steep walk up through the community where we could see them using the pre-Incan terracing to grow their vegetables. We stopped in the main square to see their knitting displays and then headed on to our restaurant for lunch. Alexander had arranged for us to go to a place with possibly the most incredible view of any restaurant on the planet. We were outside on the top of this hill and all sat on one side of a table looking out over the lakes and the Andes. The trout we ate had been caught that morning and everything was perfect.
After lunch it was down 500 steps to the other dock where our boat was waiting to take us the 3 hours back to Puno.
We must take this opportunity to thank Alexander for looking after us so we'll. It would have been so much harder without him.
Back in Puno we wandered around the market and then had pizza and Pisco Sours for dinner in a nice local place.
After another 3 hours in the boat we arrived at Amantani Island, one of the largest on lake Titikaka. Apparently the locals live in 4 communities and the home stays rotate through these communities to make things fair for them. These communities are in varying degrees of advancement and we were told that our were on of the more advanced. Ayway, there were a group of locals waiting for us and our group leader, Miguel, allocated us to our own family.
The 4 of us and Alexander were taken off by a man (sorry, his name was too complicated for me!) to their house about a 10 minute walk up the hill. The house was very basic on our standards with a small open courtyard with a toilet (manual flush by way of bucket!) and a kitchen and a room or two for them. Up a flight of concrete steps were two rooms for us and another of their bedrooms. Our rooms were spotlessly clean with twin beds in each. There was a single light in each powered by a solar charged battery. We settled in for a few minutes and were then invited down for lunch with the family. We sat at the table with Alexander and the father while the mother, Francisca, arranged the food with her daughters. They had 3 daughters aged 20, 14 and a very cute 4 year old called Yasmin.
Lunch was a tasty but simple meal. Soup first with a fiery salsa to stir in if you wished followed by a plate containing 2 types of potato and some vegetables. They were very friendly and welcoming and we held conversations though our smattering of Spanish, through hand gestures and with alexanders help.
It was then time to meet in the village square to go for a walk up the hill on the island, Tatapapa, to see the sunset. I found the walk very tough having a bad cough from the dry air and then the general lack of air. We started at 3820m and finished at around 4200m and there was a string of locals selling drinks and wares all the way up. The view at the top was great and we could see across the lake to the Bolivian side.
When we got down we had a beer at the bar in the main square and then went back to our house for dinner. Dinner was soup (a different soup) followed by rice and a diced vegetable stir fry type dish. By this stage Tilly and Yasmin were playing amid hoots of laughter and jane and Francisca were best friends, talking knitting patterns. Jane learned how to knit with 5 needles at once with the wool going over her shoulders - quite impressive!
The evenings entertainment was a Fiesta at the village hall. It was all a bit too touristy as we had to dress up in low costumes to get in which consisted of a poncho and knitted hat for Joe and I and a skirt, blouse, corset and head scarf for the girls. Not the comfiest but it was fun. We did have to smile when they said that if we came back before the fiesta ended at midnight that there would be no toilet light as they were taking the battery up to use at the party. Imagine anything like that happening back home!
The Fiesta was fun and there was a live local band (including panpipes), lots of dancing and drinking beers.
We were met first thing by Alexander, our friendly guide for the next two days on Lake Titikaka. He had arranged for 3 rickshaws - those tricycle taxi things you normally associate with India. A distinct lack of planning led to Jane and I being in one, Joe and Tilly in another and Alexander in the third. There was a lot of grunting and groaning from our driver/cyclist as we weaved in and out of the the heavy, fast moving rush hour traffic. The main road to the harbour is straight but downhill and we experimented in finding the terminal of a rickshaw with 2 large British tourists and a little Peruvian driver.
On arriving at the harbour we were shown onto our boat which was a bit like one of those pleasure cruisers on the Thames with comfortable coach seats and an upstairs deck area. We soon headed off for a one hour cruise to get to the floating islands of Uros. Alexander explained about how they made them and how these people lived on a mud and reed made island floating on a lake that is 15m deep at that point.
We met Norma and her family who showed us their handicrafts which were very beautiful. We bought a baby mobile and a small rug to hang on the wall.
We then had a short trip on a Kon Tiki type boat (the one Thir Heyerdahl made to go across the Pacific) across the lagoon between the floating islands.
What I liked was that we were actively discouraged from just giving money or tipping for being shown something. If we wanted to "give" them anything then we should buy some of their handicrafts which were very good. We then set off for Amantani where we were to stay the night with a local family - quite a scary prospect!
We were picked up at 9 by a mini bus with just a driver and another English family of four from Surrey. There were 17 seats so tons of space which meant we could spread out. It was a bit of a coincidence that the daughter of this family, a year 5 teacher, knows a speech at language therapist at the school Beth works out so they must know each other - small world!
It was a long drive but very interesting. We saw herds of literally hundreds of llamas and alpacas and flocks of flamingos. There were small groups of Vicuña by the side of the road and all with a backdrop of this erupting volcano. We peaked back at 4900m before dropping down to 3800m in Puno on Lake Titicaca, the highest we'll have slept at so far. Titicaca was the birthplace of the Incas and and also something to do with Hiawatha but I don't really understand that as Hiawatha was an Indian chief up in North Dakota. Maybe it's something to do with Longfellows poem as he wouldn't have had google maps to check out his geography in those days.
Didn't arrive till quarter to three having had to survive on a single chocolate hobnob so we were all starving. Had some lovely home cooked pizzas in a local pizzeria washed down with a couple of beers.
Its Sunday and our first real day off. My day started off a little earlier than planned looking after Joe with his head down the toilet. No idea if it was food, altitude, altitude sickness tablet or any thing else but it only lasted a few hours so nothing serious.
Jane and I went to breakfast at 8.20 to find them clearing things up as everyone else at the hotel had left early to do other things. All was not lost as they sorted us out with everything we needed. We spent the morning relaxing, catching up on this blog with internet that was slower than the old dialup. Tilly cooked herself alive in the blistering UV's so we wee able to use her as a room heater when the sun went down later.
After lunch Jane and I went fora walk along the Colca river and ended up at Yanque village square and had romantic ice creams from the freezer that Noah originally used on his ark many millennia ago.
Late afternoon there was an interesting power cut - not an expression I thought I'd ever use! The power in about half our hotel and half the village dropped down from 240v to around 100v which meant that most of the low energy light bulbs tried to fire but couldn't and the room heaters didn't stand a hope. Luckily the power company sorted things out mid evening or it would have been a very cold night.
There was a scary bathroom moment in one of the rooms (I'm not allowed to say which one as the girls as embarrassed) where the toilet blocked and the second flush, instead of clearing the offending article, filled the toilet to the top and more, resulting in a very damp and unsavoury floor. Fortunately it was mid morning so house keeping were straight round to sort things out.
Another early start and we were off with our new Spanish friends to the Colca Canyon to see the condors. For many years Colca claimed to be the deepest canyon in the world but now another canyon in Peru has been found to be a few meters deeper. Although it is technically twice as deep as the Grand Canyon it is measured from the top of the volcanos around it so the deepest point you stand at is 1200m to the valley floor which is quite a bit less than the Grand Canyon. Having said that it is absolutely stunning.
We stopped a couple of times on the way to see some really touristy bits like local dancers and stalls selling tat but it all helps the local economy so what the hec! We went through a tunnel that was hewn through the rock with no light at the end and lots of dust so was really eerie and how the driver saw his way we have no idea.
When we got to Condors Cross the world and his wife had already arrived and their aunts, uncles and cousins were still to come. It was a bit offfputting to start with but once the condors started flying we forgot all that and were just mesmerised by the beauty of this bird. They are 1m long and have a 3m wingspan with the head of a turkey and eat carion like a vulture. They can sniff out dead meat from a long way off so we had to protect Joe.
There were one or two to start with but as the teamperature and updrafts increased we saw 10 in the air at once - around 20% of the total population in the valley. It was a really inspiring sight and one that neither us or the other 8000 people with us will ever forget.
On the way back we stopped at a small village with the now typical stalls selling Alpaca wool clothing and other tourist tat but at least it's another way to bring money to the local community.
Back in Yanque we went for a walk and ended up in a a small local cafe for lunch. The meal was the set menu Del Diaz and we each had soup and a plate of rice, potatoes and meat together with a big jug of juice. It was simple and tasty although it could have been hotter - something we're starting to get used to as water boils at around 85c. The total bill was just £6 - that's total not each!
At 3 we went on the daily 3 hour guided hike arranged by the hotel. We wandered along the canyon edge and then dipped down towards the river - spectacular scenery. When we were still a couple of hundred meters above the water we came to a metal rope bridge and anyone who knows Jane will know about her love of heights. It was wide enough for Joe and I to go one each side of her which helped but she managed it, crying every step of the way. That night she even had a nightmare about it so it was a really traumatising experience for her. To be fair It was a really ong way down!!
We walked through pre-Incan terracing and Incan ruins and it was a fascinating walk, ending up at the same hot spa we'd been to the day before which was a great way to end the day.
An early start and we boarded our deluxe minibus expecting a bit of a long boring day. How wrong we were! We picked up a Spanish family of four from their hotel and headed of with our driver Jose Luis and guide Marcie. I think the whole journey can be summed up in one short word - Wow!
We drove up through the volcanos overlooking Arequipa into stunning scenery and Jane closed her eyes on the scary bits. We saw llamas, Alpacas and Vicunas by the side of the road and at one point we were as high as 4910m which is a awful long was up. We stopped was Inca tea which had coca leaves along with various other vegetative matter and was actually quite tasty.
We saw the erupting Sabancaya volcano which we affectionately called chimichanga. It was so cool to see a plume of ash coming out of the top of a volcano and we thought it would be just the best to die in a volcanic eruption.
The road came steeply down to Chimay where we had lunch and then on to our hotel, Killawasi Lodge, which just has to be one of the most relaxing hotels on the planet. After a rest we wandered down to the local natural volcanic spa and par boiled ourselves in beautiful steaming hot water. It was freezing getting out as when the sun drops over the mountains the temperature quickly drops from 22 to sub zero!
After a taxi back (it was uphill and cold) we had great Pisco Sours and dinner in the hotel with Tilly shivering the whole way through despite having on 4 layers and a coat. Managed to stay up till 8.30 and I slept for 10 hours which is completely unheard of for me!
Woke up feeling a bit rough so I took it easy at breakfast. By the time we got back up to our rooms things had regressed a bit but nothing half a pack of Imodium couldn't sort out!
Set out to see the pinnacle of the holiday - Alpaca World aka Llama Land. It was free entry and there were some alpacas and other camelids (get me eh?) but it was a bit disappointing. I'd read a blog saying we had to say hi to a little un called Colin but, despite calling his name out loudly, he ignored us. The gift shop was great if you wanted to spend £100 on a scarf.
After a wander, nature called, so I had to return to the hotel. The big cherry on the cake, by the way, with Peruvian toilets is the pipe work is really small so toilet paper has to go in a bin by the side of the loo. This is really quite special and needs no more description.
The last site we had to see was Juanita, the ice maidan. She was a human sacrifice to the mountain gods by the Incas about 500 years ago. She was buried in a shrine at the top of a volcano and froze solid. In around 1995 there was some earth movement and she slid part way down and was found. Now you can see her near perfectly preserved body in a museum that is kept frozen. It was a bit morbid but still an interesting experience.
For dinner we went to a specialist potato restaurant which was great called Hatunpa. You can choose either 3 or 7 types of potato that are sliced and the you choose the topping. Joe had Alpaca stew and I had a simple vegetarian salsa (still not ready to risk more that that). It might not sound much but it was simple, very tasty and a good price - around £3.50 a plate. For the first time since I was only 4 years old I drank camomile tea while the girls polished off a bottl of wine and joe had a beer.
Went for another wander and spotted a balcony bar overlooking a large inner courtyard. Joe managed to find some stairs to get up their and we found our first place that had a real wine selection and some craft beers that weren't just' same old' pils. Tilly had a local orange wine which she didn't like as it was a bit sweet but jane isn't fussy (it was wet and had alcohol in it) so she necked it after drinking her own Pisco sour. My beer was pretty good although at £3.50 it was more uk prices than Peruvian. We looked across the courtyard and in the other side was a model doing a photo shoot on the balcony, standing on the balcony wall wearing 6" heels with a 20ft drop beside here - obviously very dedicated or very stupid, not sure which.
Perhaps it's time to say something about altitude and Arequipa. We are at 2300m so not really high enough for altitude sickness but you can still feel the effects. There is always 20.9% oxygen but the higher you are means there is less air. At 2300m there is only 77% as much air as we're used to so you feel a bit breathless. Walking up a flight of stairs at more than a slow pace makes you breathless for example. Add to that the very low relative humidity at around 25% and you're also very dry so need to drink at least 2l of water a day which means we're all up 3 times a night for a wee. The locals drink coca tea (same stuff you make cocaine from) which tastes pretty rank and you didn't even get a high in the process. Nearest taste is red bush tea but quite a bit more bitter. One of the other effects of altitude is you lose your appetite which is something I never believed could happen to me.


50 Cent was rushed to the hospital on Monday evening after getting injured in a car accident in New York City.
According to ThisIs50.com, the hip-hop mogul's bulletproof SUV was rear-ended by a Mack Truck while driving on the Long Island Expressway. The vehicle almost flipped over upon being struck.
The 36-year-old rapper was taken on a stretcher to the nearest Queens hospital and had tests run on his neck and back. The driver of 50's SUV was also taken to the hospital to undergo examinations.
ThisIs50.com posted photos of the accident along with images of 50 lying on a stretcher wearing a neck brace. His current condition is unknown.


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Life in the Iron Mills
by Rebecca Harding Davis
The unnamed narrator: the omniscient narrator of the story begins by telling us that he lives in a town dominated by ironworks. It is he/she who tells us the story of the Wolfe family. At present, the narrator lives in the house that was occupied by the Wolfe family thirty years earlier.
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Deborah Wolfe: Deborah is Hugh's cousin. She works as a picker in a cotton mill. Most men find Deborah unattractive because she is slightly hunchbacked. In the story, she is attracted to Hugh, but he does not share her feelings. It is Deborah who steals a wad of cash from Mitchell to give to Hugh. We learn that she serves three years in prison for larceny. After she is released, Deborah goes to live with the Quakers.
Hugh Wolfe: Hugh is Old Wolfe's son. He works in one of Kirby and John's iron mills. Hugh's overriding ambition in life is to escape the terrible iron mills and to enjoy a better existence. His favorite pastime is carving figurines from blocks of korl, an iron ore by-product. From his art, Hugh receives the validation that his life's work has not been wasted. Later, he takes the money Deborah stole from Mitchell. Because the money was found on his person, Hugh is sentenced to serve nineteen years of hard labor in a penitentiary. Sensing that his tuberculosis may be incurable, he commits suicide in prison.
Old Wolfe: Old Wolfe is Hugh's father. Like Hugh, he also works in one of Kirby and John's iron mills. Old Wolfe is described as a pale, timid man.
Janey: Janey is a neighbor child who occasionally sleeps at the Wolfe residence when her father is not home.
Clark Kirby (the son of one of the mill-owners): The young Kirby is mostly indifferent to the suffering his father's iron workers endure on a daily basis. When Dr. May compliments Hugh's workmanship, Clark makes a derogatory comment about the intelligence of iron workers. He shows obvious disdain for Hugh, both as an iron worker and a sculptor. Clark is the stereotypical factory owner's son, perhaps even a caricature of bourgeois arrogance and apathy.
Dr. May: Dr. May is one of the town physicians. He is fascinated by Hugh's talents. However, when Hugh asks for help to pursue his passions, Dr. May says that he does not have the financial means to do so.
Mitchell (a reporter from a Northern newspaper): Mitchell is Clark's brother-in-law. As a student of the institutions of the South, Mitchell has a keen eye for observation. It is Mitchell who equates the mill's smoldering fires to the "half-shut eyes of wild beasts." Mitchell is the most open-minded of the mill visitors, and he prides himself on his anatomical eye. Of the visitors, Mitchell is the first to correctly interpret the meaning of the sculpture's facial expression.
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The narrator, an unnamed individual of unspecified gender, obviously a member of the privileged class. For some reason, this person has settled in a working-class area of a mill town, in the house where the two protagonists of the story once lived. He or she owns the statue of the "korl woman."
Hugh Wolfe
Hugh Wolfe, a nineteen-year-old iron mill furnace tender. Born into poverty and a mill worker since childhood, he is undernourished and tubercular. Because he does not indulge in vicious pastimes, he is...
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We released restored recordings from the 49th State label, but then we licensed the Bell label as well.
Our first Bell catalog release in 1995 was called "Show Biz Hula".
Today, we'll hear memorable selections from our 1st CD release in 1995, courtesy of the Territorial Airwaves archives.


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Although we've had our share of cold fronts, ice and snow storms this winter (and even right into the spring), it doesn't matter anymore because...it's officially the first day of Summer!! Yeah!!
And to celebrate the 1st day of Summer the right way, my friends and I (pictured below) have come together to offer you an awesome giveaway!!!
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One lucky winner will win all of these great prizes + more!
We're accepting entries from the United States and internationally!
Giveaway ends 7/1 at 11:59pm.
If I won this giveaway I would share with my family!
I will go to the sea for vacation.:-) Thanks. Lubka K.


Former Lagos Governor reportedly builds $400K website, see why!
News report that former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola shelled N78.3million of Lagos tax-payers money on his personal website, has stirred a huge buzz on twitter.
In tweets and retweets, commentators have been expressing derision and disgust that the former governor could have approved such a questionable expenditure under his watch.
The consensus is that the cost was grossly exaggerated and over-inflated.
A WordPress website, like http://tundefashola.com/http://tundefashola.com/should not cost more than N3million, according to expert opinions.
The story was broken by BudgIT, quoting a budget report on the website of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency.
The contract was awarded in 2014 to "Info Access Plus Limited". A Google search by TheNEWS did not turn anything out about the company.


During the Cold War, Western Europe was mainly a socio-political concept and meant the European countries of the First World. It was distinguished from Eastern Europe by differences of economics, politics, and religion rather than by clear geography.
Today, the term Western Europe has less to do with geography and more to do with economics. The concept is also commonly associated with liberal democracy, capitalism and also with the European Union. Most of the countries in the region share Western culture, and many have economic, and political ties with countries in North and South America and Oceania. In addition, Scandinavia (in Northern Europe) is commonly associated with social democracy and remains fairly neutral throughout international disputes.
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Capture has a strong reputation across a wide customer base, and long and deep relationships with its clients. Capture systems are used by leading cultural organisations on both sides of the Atlantic, including British Library, National Maritime Museum, Historic Royal Palaces, National Gallery of Ireland, The Geffrye and National Portrait Gallery; by public service organisations such as the UK?s National Health Service; by global publishers such as Macmillan and News International; by commercial image libraries such as Cultura and Blend; by national tourist organisations such as VisitBritain and VisitEngland, and international charities such as the RSPCA and many others.
Team members are recognised experts in all matters relating to rights and licensing, metadata and royalties. Capture has incorporated that deep knowledge in an enterprise-grade, scalable media management system that meets the needs of today?s rapidly-changing digital landscape.
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File versioning
File versioning refers to the digital media associated with an asset record. This is usually the minimum requirement for a DAM system to claim support for versioning assets. See also responses to the related question about metadata versioning below.
Metadata versioning
Metadata versioning is separate from the files associated with assets. Many DAM solutions will track updated digital assets but only retain a single current version of the metadata. Since metadata is likely to be edited many more times than assets get replaced, this can be an important point to check.
Independent Metadata And File Versioning
This questions assesses whether the solution allows versions of either the file or metadata to be reverted independently or if both are linked to a single shared version instance.


This is a wonderful apartment to stay at if you are traveling to or from LegoLand. There are frequent buses that run between the two cities, and it Vejle is much more enjoyable place to sleep as there are many great restaurants and more nightlife. I suggest going to Cafe Conrad which is just a short 5 minute walk to the center from Siesta Vejle.... hva folk sier » Overall the room was nice and big, clean with towels and fresh sheets. Make sure to let the owners know when you'll arrive and they'll be waiting - Appropriate value for money. Handy appartment in terms of kitchen facilities and location close to Vejle shopping area. 20 km to Legoland in Billund and Givskud Safari style Zoo.
Pia is great, warm owner. She helped with everything; made us reservations, calls, everything possible. She even made us great dinner and wine (for free). Pictures around the hostel are great, they are making place really warm and colourful. Near the room, there is fridge and some kitchen items, so it's possibility to make some tea or coffe (all t... hva folk sier » he thing needed are there, even coffe cream). Even though the hostel is a bit out of the center it's placed on great place to see fjord and take a wal - I liked to stay there very much. Due to a delay of the night-train from Holland I found a very nice welcoming letter at the door! I like the place because it is very close to the Vejle fjord. Splendid view! If you like trains ( like I do), the backyard is very nice too. Good view of the line Vejle - Fredericia. Due to the owner ( as mentioned above) I felt very welcome. Good place to rent a bike as I did for one day.
Perfect place to visit LEGOLAND and Givskud Zoo. Nice entertainment for small kids (lego, games & mini kitchen). - About 15 minute drive from Legoland, Billund. We used it to sleep over only.
All to our expectations. Easy to locate with excellent free parking facilities. Only 10-15mins pleasant walk to Vejle centre. Nicely decorated comfortable rooms, modern ensuite bathrooms. Internet facilities. Generous breakfast. Helpful staff as all danes. - We enjoyed our 2 days stay and will come again and also reccommend Vejle to friends and f... hva folk sier » amily. staff could not do any more to help they were so friendly and helpful. food was very good. Really enjoyed our stay.
Beliggenhet og veldig hyggelig personalet, - Little summerhouse we rented from Vejle city camping was very simple but clean and there was everything we needed for couple of nights. Bed was good to sleep, kitchen, shower and wc were ok, and our doughter liked the play ground.
We had the lovely one-bedroom apartment, very nicely decorated, which is perfect for a 2 nights stay. The situation is quiet and in the forest. It is idealy situated about 30 min from Legoland. Nice garden for kids. Very welcoming hosts. Also Vejle surroundings are worth a visit. - very cosy appartment, with fully- equipped kitchen! Internet work... hva folk sier » s perfectly. We can even play pingpong and have a barbecue with the help from the host.
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After everyone has gone home and the Aquarium has closed its doors for the night, we invite you to join us for an exciting night of adventure and exploration! Georgia Aquarium offers sleepovers for families, youth groups, schools, companies, and adults throughout the year.
All 2018 sleepovers include admission to the Aquarium on the day of your sleepover and the next day, entrance to all presentations, a bedtime snack, breakfast, guided tours and activities, and a sleeping spot in front of one of our magnificent gallery windows.
There are a number of sleepover themes that may suit your party's needs. Feel free to give us a contact us to see which sleepover program works best for you!
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In mathematics, the Castelnuovo–de Franchis theorem is a classical result on complex algebraic surfaces. Let X be such a surface, projective and non-singular, and let
ω1 and ω2
be two differentials of the first kind on X which are linearly independent but with wedge product 0. Then this data can be represented as a pullback of an algebraic curve: there is a non-singular algebraic curve C, a morphism

φ: X → C,

and differentials of the first kind ω′1 and ω′2 on C such that

φ*(ω′1) = ω1 and φ*(ω′2) = ω2.

This result is due to Guido Castelnuovo and Michele de Franchis (1875–1946).

The converse, that two such pullbacks would have wedge 0, is immediate.

See also
de Franchis theorem

References
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Algebraic surfaces
Theorems in geometry

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Qatar's 1st dry gas seal repair, testing facility opens in Ras Laffan
April 24 2019 08:57 PM
Energy price fluctuations not significantly affected Qatar's economic priorities, strategies: al-Kuwari
Qatar participates in Russian-Arab Business Council meeting
New wave of spending seen on Qatar free zones, logistics centres: OBG
Qatar is among global leaders in digitalisation initiatives, says expert
Ezdan looking to nullify plan to delist from QSE as Qatar economy stays robust
QATAR Ras Laffan Qatar Petroleum
From left: John Crane CEO and division president Jean Vernet; QP Industrial Cities Directorate vice president Abdulaziz al-Muftah, and Al-Ahed co-founder Jaber A al-Sulaiti lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony in the presence of other dignitaries.
Peter Alagos
The opening of Qatar's first dry gas seal and testing facility in Ras Laffan will help attract more international companies to the country amid efforts to stimulate private sector participation in major projects, a Qatar Petroleum (QP) official has said.
"You will play an important part in encouraging small businesses in Qatar to bring in other major players to support the economy of Qatar, and at the same time, to develop local companies in Qatar," said QP Industrial Cities Directorate vice president Abdulaziz al-Muftah, referring to the facility opened by US-based company John Crane, a global leader in rotating equipment solutions, supplying engineered technologies and services to process industries.
In a ceremony held Wednesday, al-Muftah, together with officials from John Crane and Al-Ahed Trading and Contracting Company, one of Qatar's leading oil and gas and energy service providers, inaugurated Qatar's first dry gas seal and testing facility.
For nearly 40 years, Al-Ahed has represented John Crane within Qatar, providing a range of John Crane products and multidisciplinary services to oil and gas customers within the region. The service centre is part of John Crane's commitment to continue investing in and developing its network of global service centres, as well as bolster support for local customer service needs.
Located in the Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) security area, the new service centre will provide John Crane with the capabilities necessary for aftermarket support for its customers within the region, while also allowing them to deliver quick turnaround service capabilities and reduce downtime costs.
"John Crane has been supporting energy sector companies in Qatar since the first compressors with dry gas seal technology were installed in the country," said Ruben Alvarez, executive vice president, sales and Aftermarket.
"Our continuous investment in local capabilities, such as our existing wet seal service centre and the request from our customers for local support, as well as a higher level of technology and service differentiation, clearly marked our strategy to commit to this investment," he continued.
The service centre increases John Crane's localisation efforts in Qatar, which closely aligns with the energy sector's vision. The opening of the centre brings highly-critical service and repair capabilities to Qatar's energy sector and provides support for local companies within the oil and gas, petrochemical, fertiliser, and power generation markets, John Crane said in a statement.
The service centre bolsters John Crane's capabilities to deliver highly-critical services to repair and test dry gas seals locally within Qatar, and enables it to provide end-to-end solutions to oil and gas customers. The service centre includes spare part stocking services, along with the repair and balancing of standard and high-pressure couplings.
The facility will also add local expertise to provide critical service capabilities that will help to reduce customer lead time, as well as reduce delivery and shipment costs, the statement further said.
Alvarez said, "Considering local logistics, Qatari customers are demanding critical services like gas seal repair and testing. We are proud to be working with the government of Qatar, as well as Qatar Petroleum, to drive the localisation of critical manufacturing and service capabilities. Establishing this first-of-its-kind facility within Qatar will allow us to dramatically reduce maintenance and shipping costs, while also decreasing delivery lead times."
Phase two of the service centre will bring additional capabilities to cover wet seal product services and support. John Crane's other service facility, located in the Salwa Industrial Area, will continue to extend wet seal repair services to oil and gas customers within the region.
Al-Ahed Holding vice chairman and CEO Jassim al-Mansoori said: "Al-Ahed is fully committed in providing John Crane products and services within Qatar. With the addition of the Ras Laffan service centre, Al-Ahed will now be able to provide unmatched local support for critical products such as mechanical seals, dry gas seal, and coupling repairs, as well as provide technical and reliability engineering services all year round."
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Famous Finos Film Cameraman Nikos Dimopoulos Passes Away in Melbourne
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One of the most important cameramen of the era of old Greek cinema, led by Finos Film Productions, Nikos Dimopoulos, passed away at the age of 85 in Melbourne.
Mr. Dimopoulos had worked as a cameraman with some of the most prominent figures of the Greek film industry.
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Danish Consumer Ombudsman publishes guidance on consent to marketing
The Danish Consumer Ombudsman recently published a revised version of the guidance from 2016 on use of competitions etc when procuring consumers' consent to marketing.
The Danish Consumer Ombudsman recently published a new, revised version of their previous guidance from 2016 on use of competitions and other rewards when procuring consumers' consent to marketing.
The guidance has been revised, among other things, due to an increase in the number of complaints filed with the Consumer Ombudsman against unlawful telemarketing, where the consumer's consent has been procured when they participated in an competition or a survey online but where it was not obvious to the consumer that the purpose of the competition or the survey was to procure the consumer's consent to receive marketing.
The revised guidance includes the following specifications and amendments:
As information on which companies will contact the consumers for the purposes of marketing is relevant information for the consumer to make an informed decision on whether to consent to receive marketing material or not, information about the companies must be clear. Such information must not be hidden in a link or a mouse-over text, unless the company is using a technical solution which ensures that the consumer is directed to the information, or the companies in question belong to the same group.
However, it appeared from the previous version of the guidance that specification of the consumer's consent to receive marketing from a number of companies could take place by using a mouse-over function or a link to a site or a list of names for the companies in question, if only the number of companies appeared directly from the text of the consent.
On the other hand, it may be specified in a link or a mouse-over text which products the individual companies will be marketing, and which of the forms of communication mentioned in the text of the consent the consumer may expect the individual companies to be using.
In the opinion of the Consumer Ombudsman, a receipt should be sent to the consumer on a durable medium if consent is procured on behalf of other companies which are to use such consent. A lead company must thus send an email or approach the consumer by using another durable medium immediately after the consumer has participated in a competition.
The approach must include information that the consumer has consented to receive marketing and that such consent may be revoked by contacting the lead company.
A consumer may also inform the company arranging the competition about revocation of consent. If a consumer revokes consent, the company must inform all other companies to whom it may have sold such consent.
A company may be liable to a fine if it does not inform the consumer that consent for marketing may be revoked, or does not ensure that the consumer can revoke the consent easily and at no cost. In that case, the consent will furthermore be invalid.
If a company, including through partners, invites the consumer to visit a website etc and participate in a competition where the purpose is to procure the consumer's consent to receive marketing, for instance through a posting on social media or a banner advertisement etc, and/or the consumer has to read one or several pages to get to the consent form, it depends on an overall assessment of the entire competition flow whether the consent complies with the requirements for consent.
It will constitute misleading marketing contrary to sections 5 and 6 of the Danish Marketing Practices Act if it is not stated clearly in a banner advertisement or any other invitation to participate in the competition that the purpose is to procure the consumer's consent to receive marketing, as the consumer takes a transactional decision to participate by clicking the invitation.
In a press release of 21 June 2021, the Consumer Ombudsman additionally advised that an updated version of the Spam Guidance from 2018 will be published soon.
Read the revised guidance on competitions (in Danish)
If you would like to know more about the rules governing the procurement of consent to marketing, please contact Plesner's Marketing and Consumer Law team.
Emil Jurcenoks
eju@plesner.com
Majbrit Ahm Jungdal
Attorney-at-Law
maju@plesner.com
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