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Splatoon WiiU
developer: Nintendo
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Game mode: multiplayer
Multiplayer mode: Internet, players: 8
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Splatoon is a third-person arcade game released exclusively for Nintendo Wii U. The gameplay involves competition between two four-member teams whose task is to take control over the map by painting its surface with a color of their choice. In order to do so, the teams not only have to paint the map with paint rollers and paintball guns, but also effectively protect the regions already controlled, as well as repel the invading enemies. The key points on every map are paint containers. Once taken over, they offer a great advantage to their owners, such as various enhancements and gadgets.
The game makes use of WiiU GamePad controller. By using it, we may scout the map and point our enemys position to our allies, as well as make aiming easier or take a quick look around our character thanks to the gyroscope.
The games graphics are colorful and cartoonish. The screen is full of bright colors and quick-paced action. Since it is a multiplayer-only game, it requires Internet connection.
Game score 6.1 / 10 calculated out of 290 players' votes.
Expectations before the premiere: 9.6 / 10 calculated out of 19 players' votes.


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Google Buys a Quantum Computer
Google did not say how it might deploy a quantum computer into its existing global network of computer-intensive data centers, which are among the world's largest. D-Wave, however, intends eventually for its quantum machine to hook into cloud computing systems, doing the exceptionally hard problems that can then be finished off by regular servers.
It's not very interesting on the exterior, just another black box – actually I wonder if there's even a computer inside the black monolith in the image below. More pictures of the interior of the quantum "mainframe" would be great.
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Well Hello 2015...you sure did sneak up on me!! Happy New Year everyone! I know I've been a little MIA lately. I've been busy hanging out with my family back home, playing in the snow, eating caramel corn and doing lots of Core Power Yoga. It's been pretty dang awesome.
Yesterday, on New Years Eve, my hubby and I started a new tradition that I really loved. We took the baby on a coffee date (aka - a car ride to Starbucks so she would take a nap at least once that day) and sat down and talked about 2015. We set goals for our family, for our financial future and of course for our fitness. It was so good to be able to take an hour or so with the hubs to look at our future. I think it's so important that couples are on the same page. We made some goals individually and several together, but we both support each other on all of it!
I'm not a huge resolution-maker but I do have a goal of running 2 half marathons in 2015. It's been 2 years since I've completed one thanks to moving, injury and baby-having...so I'm due for a few good ones this year! I also have a goal to PR in one of them. I haven't decided which races yet, but I'll be sure to keep you posted on my training! As a Girls Gone Sporty Ambassador, I'm also really excited to embrace the hashtag #PYBCYE (Push Your Boundaries - Challenge Your Expectations). You can follow the hashtag on Instagram and Twitter - and you can use it too when you are pushing your limits! With that kind of mantra...who know what I will accomplish!
Another thing I am really excited about for 2015 is my "focus word". I got the idea from a fellow blogger to pick a word to focus on for the coming year. I've been praying and thinking about it a lot and "GRACE" is the word that keeps coming up. I want to keep this word the center of my focus in 2015...to be better at giving grace to others, as well as accepting God's grace for myself. Running more gracefully couldn't hurt either.
Miss Oakley was the honorary member of my family who participated in our midnight run this year. I was planning to go, but a fussy baby called for me to stay home. Although I was initially upset to miss the run, kisses from my one-and-only and a sweet, smiling baby at midnight made all of that disappear. And although running is an awesome way to start a year, being cuddled up with my family was even better.
Today also marks the start of a 31 day sugar detox. I knew I had to share about in on here because the fact that random other people know about it might make me actually stick to it. I've been eating WAY TOO MUCH sugar in the past few months and it's time to wrangle that back in. My hubby is on board too so wish us luck!
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Tell me about your 2015 goals!
What did you do as the clock hit midnight last night?
Thalia Stevenson
1/5/2015 04:09:41 pm
"Togetherness" is my focus word. My goal in 2015 is to spend more time together with my family - brothers, mother, father.
Alyssa Serchia
1/5/2015 09:04:43 pm
I love that Thalia! Happy New Year!
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Infant Dinosaur Costume – Really Cute And On Sale
This is about the cutest Infant Dinosaur Costume I have seen anywhere and right now you can get this infant Halloween costume at 20% off.
Your little baby dinosaur will roar with delight as they get in this dinosaur costume.
This adorable green and purple dinosaur costume is sure to be the hit at any party and will make for fun Trick or Treating.
This costume is so much fun your child will not want to stop wearing it even after Halloween is over.
Your child will look so cute in it that you wont want to take it off them either.
It makes a great fun outfit for playing with dinosaur toys and pretending you are a dinosaur too.
Infant Dinosaur Costume Features:
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Love this costume. Very cute and easy to put on and off. Sizing is also spot on so I'll be able to use the costume again next year assuming my son still wants to be a dinosaur! LOL
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Great costume! We loved it but the feet ran really small ! The rest of the costume fit great, just tiny feet;)
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A Brief View of the History of Marijuana Legalization
The story of marijuana's prohibition goes back as far as the early 1900's. The Mexican revolution was bringing a large population of Mexicans into the southwestern United States. The Mexicans brought with them the habit of smoking "motas", marijuana cigarettes. (Gerber) The locals claimed that the marijuana "incited Mexican immigrants to violent crimes, aroused a lust for blood' and generated superhuman strength." (Gerber) These statements stemmed more from the racist ideas of the time than from actual fact. There were similar claims made all over the states; by the 1930's, the New York Times was printing such headlines as "MARIJUANA MAKES FIENDS OF BOYS IN 30 DAYS; HASHISH GOADS USERS TO BLOOD LUST." (New York Times) This racism became, over time, a notion in the minds of Americans that marijuana was a dangerous narcotic. Marijuana has never been able to drop that image, in part because politicians continued to push it well into the 20th century.
In more recent history, the late 1900's were filled with important decisions by politicians regarding marijuana. During the Kennedy administration in the 1960's, Vietnam was a major issue, and the public, especially college students, turned to marijuana as a form of dissent. As this happened, enforcement lessened; courts dismissed marijuana charges or imposed only "modest fines." (Gerber) In 1960, there were only 169 marijuana related convictions in the entire United States. During this time, marijuana was seen more as an escape and protest. Time Magazine saw marijuana use as an attention worthy means of protest. (Time) Crime rates did not rise, and no major health problems had appeared to be caused by the drug. The 1962 White House Conference on Drug Abuse concluded that there was only "weak" evidence indicating that marijuana leads to using harder drugs. (Eldridge) At that point in time, it almost seems as if we were the closest we've ever been as a nation to decriminalizing the drug.
By the 1970's, however, the war on drugs took a turn towards the more conservative end of the spectrum. The Nixon administration chose to attribute crime to drug use; Nixon personally disliked all illegal drugs, and convinced Americans that if more arrests were made on drug related charges the crime rates would go down. It is almost unbelievable that the drug has been unable to shake this stigma. Compared to the policies Nixon introduced, policies nowadays are even worse. (Gerber) For years, the government was feeding the people these lies about marijuana, and those who supported it were silenced. This trend continues well into the present day.
The 1980's saw the rise of the Reagan administration, which made some of the most restricting policies about marijuana use. These policies are still very relevant to current times. In 1986, Reagan's then-drug advisor, Carlton Turner, gave an interview with Newsweek magazine about marijuana use in the United States. He mentioned that while visiting a drug treatment center, he found that 40% of the patients had engaged in homosexual acts. (Gerber) The...
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Incredible Hulk, Watchmen, Speed Racer: April 17th Comic Reel Wrap
In an article at Entertainment Weekly, actor Edward Norton answered the rumors of a row between himself and Marvel. "Like so many people I've loved the story of 'The Hulk' since I was a kid," Norton said, "so it was thrilling when Marvel asked me to write and help produce an altogether new screen incarnation, as well as play Bruce Banner. I grew up reading Marvel Comics and always loved the mythic dimension and contemporary themes in the stories, and I'm proud of the script I wrote. In every phase of production, including the editing, working with Louis Leterrier has been wonderful … I've never had a better partner, and the collaboration with all the rest of the creative team has been terrific. Every good movie gets forged through collaboration, and different ideas among people who are all committed and respect the validity of each other's opinions is the heart of filmmaking. Regrettably, our healthy process, which is and should be a private matter, was misrepresented publicly as a 'dispute,' seized on by people looking for a good story, and has been distorted to such a degree that it risks distracting from the film itself, which Marvel, Universal and I refuse to let happen. It has always been my firm conviction that films should speak for themselves and that knowing too much about how they are made diminishes the magic of watching them. All of us believe 'The Incredible Hulk' will excite old fans and create new ones and be a huge hit … our focus has always been to deliver the Hulk that people have been waiting for and keep the worldwide love affair with the big green guy going strong."
Eagle-eyed reader Shawn Richter was the first to let us know about this first look at action figures from the film, also from Entertainment Weekly. Mmm, articulated …
IGN has posted six video clips from the fact paced flick, while Superhero Hype notes that the film got a rating of PG.
Wanna check out Tony Stark's house? Yahoo! Movies has posted a new video where director Jon Favreau gives you a full tour …
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There has been significant discussion about the future of hyperlocal news. Everybody seems to think that technical platforms such as Facebook and Google have disintermediated local news, and that it's game over. We don't think this is true at all, in fact we believe that the opportunities for local news are tremendous!
Not too long ago, Josh Stearns highlighted a video featuring Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune. It's less than 4 minutes of brilliant insight, and I strongly recommend you watch it. In the video, Evan says some exceptionally insightful things. As a technologist, I strongly agreed with his comment that news organizations need to become technology companies (or at a minimum have technology at a strong core to their being). I also liked the cigarette boat analogy – in the tech world we call this the "Lean Startup." However, the one thing he said that resonated most strongly was his opinion on the future of news:
"The future of news is not when it's published, it's done. It's when it's published it's just beginning."
There is a segment of the publishing industry that is growing and doesn't get a lot of attention – the hyperlocal digital publisher. This is somebody that is covering a community – whether it be a neighborhood in Manhattan or Brooklyn, or a series of small towns in Pennsylvania or Ohio. In many cases, they may be the only voice covering truly community-based news. This is a segment of the industry that has not been disrupted by the tech platforms but has the potential to drown in all the noise caused by them.
Applying Evan's opinion to hyperlocals, we offer the following suggestions/advice for how they can become authoritative in their communities:
- Content isn't enough – I had a conversation with Keith Longmore who has been in the publishing industry for quite some time. He was complaining that few people value great content like they used to. It reminded me of something me and my colleagues would say about the software companies we were competing against – that it seemed like the best technology rarely won. It was the company that marketed itself the best, and they usually had mediocre software. In today's age, publishing is very similar.
It's not when it's published it's done, it's just beginning! Hyperlocals need to think through how their content "lives" – how long does it live, where does it live, how does it get oxygen to breath and grow? Writing great content is simply not enough.
- Focus your authority – Matt DeRienzo wrote a great post about the hyperlocal news ecosystem, and his major point is that you don't have to build an idea that's going to require venture capital and/or scale to match the tech platforms. I'll go a step further – hyperlocals win when they create authority in their community. One of the typical mistakes is trying to carve out too large a community to be authoritative. Authority at the hyperlocal level is best done small to large. In other words, pick the smallest possible area you can "win" and be authoritative there first. Once you've done that, then try to increase the radius of authority. Don't try to be authoritative in too large an area initially, it's actually much harder.
- Apply Lean Startup principles – While hyperlocal digital publishers may not be looking for venture capital, they should be acting like a startup. They have the ability to test and measure lots of different ideas and see what works. Double down on the things that are working, and dismiss the things that are not. My only caution is to make sure you give yourself enough time to test each thesis, don't give up too soon, and don't hang on too long. This is a really hard discipline to master, but it's imperative. Also, make sure all decisions are data-driven as much as possible. Most tests can easily have a data component that you use to test the results. Try to avoid making gut feel decisions that lack hard data.
We are extremely bullish on the future of hyperlocal news. There are some energetic publisher's who provide an amazingly critical service to our communities and should be supported as much as possible. At the same time, many of them did come from larger news organizations that didn't need to apply startup principles to their efforts. The new breed of local news will be lean, startup savvy and authoritative online in their communities. We look forward to this evolution!


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This is both an ancient clan tartan and is also truly a pipe band tartan, used by distinguished Highland regiments in Scotland and in Canada today.
It originates with Ewen Cameron, who became the first Cameron of Erracht in the early 16th century.
More recently, this tartan was seen in combat during WW II, when it was worn by the last of the battalions permitted to wear the kilt in battle. The battalion had received orders to switch to trousers and they chose to purposefully delay those orders -- since none of the soldiers wished to give up the kilt. After successfully repelling a surprise German attack wearing this tartan, they earned the nickname of Die Damen aus der Hölle ... the 'Ladies from Hell'.
This new pipe band organization Tucson Pipers is incorporated, wholly owned and operated by the Tucson Highlanders LLC dba Tucson Pipers or dba Tucson Highlanders. Tucson Highlanders LLC is not connected to nor affiliated with any other organization, anywhere, past or present. We are a unique, completely independent, distinctly new incorporated pipe band organization founded in Feb. 2013 by more than 25 pipers and drummers. We are also a member band of the Western U.S. Pipe Band Association or WUSPBA and as the NEW Tucson Highlanders, established 2013.
Tucson Highlanders Pipes and Drums in Tucson is dedicated to the music of the great Highland bagpipes -- Scottish pipe band performance and instruction. We are a family organization. All ages are welcome. This is a great activity for parents together with their children! We teach piping & drumming. No experience is required. Join us!
If you are a piper or drummer or wish to learn more about joining us, you can typically find us rehearsing weekly:
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St. Philip's in the Hills Church
NE corner of Campbell & River Road
4440 N Campbell Ave Tucson, AZ 85718
(Park on the north side and enter through the breezeway. We meet in the
choir rehearsal room on the right in the Bloom Music Center.)
TUESDAYS 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Northminster Church
SW corner of Tucson Blvd. & Ft. Lowell Road
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(Park in the NE lot. We typically meet in the fellowship hall that is across the courtyard to the west.)
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have you run pc in safe mode to see if indexing is working? To get into the Windows 7 Safe Mode, as the computer is booting press and hold your "F8 Key" which should bring up the "Windows Advanced Options Menu" as shown below. Use your arrow keys to move to "Safe Mode" and press your Enter key.
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and you have checked the setting for windows search in Windows features?
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|07 Mar 2011
its best to run SFC on boot sometimes several times
How to Check / Repair the Windows System Files from a Command Prompt at Boot >>> SFC /SCANNOW : Run in Command Prompt at Boot
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|07 Mar 2011
i try the above method but still no luck.so i try SFC and this is the result
here is the detail version of the log
Also, can you please post a screenshot of your Index Options/Advanced Options dialog so that we can verify the index location (see screenshot)? Also, please upload images and files to this site rather than media fire, as per this tut:
Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums
You can use the Snip Tool if you like.
Here's the screenshot example of what we'd like to see:
Now, as you've noticed, SFC found errors. This may be corrupt system files or it could be changes that you've made to system files (i.e., work-arounds, hacks, fixes, etc.). You should run SFC/scannow as per the tutorial here: SFC/Scannow, or via the link Brian posted (command line scan).
Read the entire tutorial before you begin. As it states, you may have to run it multiple times. If you have made modifications to system files, this process will revert them to the system defaults, so you will lose those changes (you can reinstate them after your Search issues are resolved). This will not revert any moved user files, folders (i.e., Program Data) to their original location (again, please let us know if you've made such changes).
If, after running SFC Scannow 3 times, the 'integrity violations' are still not repaired, then upload your CBS.log file (to this site) so that we can have a look.
Edit (Important!): Just to verify, you have tried checking in another user account and verified that an index is built/being built and that search items are returned?
Also, another helpful link:
Search and Indexing Troubleshoot Shortcut - Create
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|08 Mar 2011
i couldnt do a sfc at boot cos i dont have the window 7 disc.
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|08 Mar 2011
You haven't addressed any of the questions that I've asked. If you'd like to go further with this, please address the issues I've put forth in my last post. We can't help you if you won't participate in the process, and full disclosure is necessary.
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|09 Mar 2011
OK, it's using the default path.
Try this method of 'uninstalling and reinstalling Search', as per the last post (bottom of 1st page) in this thread There's another solution there you can try as well:
Windows 7 Desktop Search
If this doesn't work, try running SFC/scannow as specifed in my previous post (#15).
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The band's lead singer and guitarist Richard Propps consistently receives rave reviews on his powerful and often awe-inspiring vocals and excellent guitar playing. Superb mandolinist and occasional lead vocalist Rick Hayes spent four years touring nationally with the Gibson Brothers, and received a coveted Highlight Review from Bluegrass Unlimited on his solo CD, FLY BY NIGHT. Tony Kakaris is the rock solid heartbeat of Nightflyer on the standup bass, lending baritone as well as lead vocals to the group. Tim Jackson adds spice to the mix with his fiery dobro performances, and an occasional lead and baritone. Rounding out the sound is Ronnie Stewart, contributing killer banjo, and sweet lyrical tenor and lead vocals. Each individual is outstanding on their own, but this is truly a band that is greater than the sum of its parts.
"Flyer" fans everywhere will want to be on alert as there is a new project taking shape to follow the widely successful, RAIL RIVER & ROAD. The guys are in the studio and working on choosing the perfect mix of new material. Nightflyer performs all over the United States and Canada and can be found this year on festival stages like the Bean Blossom Festival in Indiana, Mandolin Farms Bluegrass Festival in Kentucky, Back Forty Bluegrass Festival in Missouri, and the Miamisburg Brewgrass Festival in Ohio, just to name a few.


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Internet's security bug tracker faces its 'Y2K' moment
From Cnet.com's Seth Rosenblatt (Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus)
Unless you spent the first part of the year under a rock or offline, you've probably heard of Heartbleed. But chances are you don't know the devastating vulnerability by its proper name: CVE-2014-0160.
The three letters stand for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, 2014 refers to the year, and the last four digits tick up each time a new bug is reported.
That number is inching ever closer to 9,999 — and the alphanumeric combo is about to face a Y2K moment.
There's a good chance the bug number will skate perilously close to the uncharted waters of five digits this year for the first time in the nearly 15-year history of the system. And as with many 15-year-old computer systems forced to suddenly upgrade, the situation could get messy.
The CVE is both more than and less than another vulnerability database. Created in 1999 by the federal government and now under the Department of Homeland Security to help security sleuths, the database provides a way to share information about bugs and the tools used to fix them. But it lacks specifics like the risks posed by a vulnerability, or detailed technical information.
Although part of the government, the CVE is maintained by Mitre, a not-for-profit group that runs numerous federally-funded research and development centers.
Steve Christey Coley, a principal information security engineer at Mitre, said that even Mitre doesn't know "all the different products" that use CVEs.
"In 1999, we assigned four digits [to the CVE] because we couldn't imagine a situation where [the CVE database] would have to cover 10,000 vulnerabilities in a single year," Coley said.
A bit ruefully, he added: "Famous last words."
The CVE is governed by a 24-member editorial board that Coley moderates, and voted in May 2013 to expand the CVE syntax from four to five digits dynamically, so that when six or seven digits become required, the number could grow as necessary. It was the board's first formal vote in 12 years.
Perhaps not too surprisingly, the collection of brainiacs tasked with guiding the CVE initially couldn't agree on a solution. Three finalist options were voted on, with a tie between the top two, necessitating a run-off and resulting in what Coley called "passionate" language between some board members.
"I felt like I was watching a cage match," he said. "For a dry, technical issue, things sure got personal sometimes."
But once the board made its decision on a 15-to-3 vote — with five voting members not participating and Coley not eligible to vote — the hard work and the nature of the CVE's Y2K moment suddenly lay ahead.
Companies, nonprofits, and government organizations from around the world have relied on a four-digit CVE, and it isn't clear how their systems will handle five digits.
Coley explained some of the potential bad outcomes — buffer overflows, major bug identifiers getting overwritten by minor ones — as leading to security risks.
"A major flaw could be replaced by a minor open-source bug if these tools are not updated," Coley said, making it difficult — if not impossible — to track serious bugs.
Much like Y2K's shift on the eve of the new century from using two digits to four digits to track years in computer programs, the CVE switchover to longer identifiers is happening regardless of whether CVE's users have adapted to the new paradigm. Mitre has promised that by January 13, 2015, it will have tested at least one five-digit CVE — and that might actually happen before the end of the year.
The problem that Coley is wrestling with is that some organizations that use CVE's still don't know about the potentially impending doom and so haven't checked for compatibility between their software and the new identifier system.
"People are still surprised to hear about this syntax change," he said.
Some are onboard, though, such as Oracle, Red Hat, IBM, Microsoft, Symantec, NIST, China's NSFocus, Security Tracker and CERT in the US, Japan and France.
"The big thing is," Coley said, that "time is running out, and we know stuff will break. I hope that things will break quietly."
Heartbleed may have been turned into a successful educational and warning campaign because of its ubiquity — a fact that earned its CVE more than 30 times the traffic of the next top 10 CVEs combined. But without a universal, functional tracking system behind it, the people who fight security bugs may suddenly have a much harder time getting their job done.
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Target readership ? Does it include you or someone you know?
In writing this book I have attempted to make it suitable to three types of people. This is probably impossible, but at least it is my goal.
First, it is for Christians with a background in science, who need answers about how science and Christian faith fit together. They often hear that there are conflicts, and need to know what to think about these problems and how to answer others questions. This includes questions from their own children, who are taught things like evolution in school. What should a Christian say about dinosaurs, or the Big Bang? If it seems that there are no answers, then they cannot answer others questions, and their own faith may begin to weaken and even collapse. I hope this book will stabilize their faith, and enable them to answer others questions. As recounted in the acknowledgments, I have been through these stages myself.
Second, it is for Christians without a background in science, who are in positions of spiritual leadership and responsibility. This includes Christian parents whose children ask questions, and church leaders, both pastoral and laity, whose young people (and older ones too) ask questions about science. Most of them feel that the subject is simply beyond them, impossible for them to grasp or be able to explain to others. So when someone asks them these questions, they feel they can only try to refer the person to someone else who is an expert and a Christian, or to a book. But there are very few such experts, and they cannot possibly talk to everyone, and many students will not search through books; as a result many questions are left unanswered. In many instances the asker regards this as at least a difficulty in his/her maintenance of faith, or even as a reason to reject it. This is unfortunate. I hope that non-expert Christians find this book understandable, though they will have to work harder in reading it than those with a science background. But if they do work harder, they will benefit more! I hope they will then be able to use the ideas in it to help answer their own and others questions, and thus to strengthen many peoples faith in God and the Bible.
Third, it is for non-Christians without a background in the Bible, with or without a background in science. I realize that very few of them will find this book, let alone buy it, but I hope it is suitable for Christians to give to their friends who seem especially interested in this subject. Or perhaps they may come across it in a bookstore or friends home, and be curious about the subject. Thus it can be one step in the process of their coming to faith in Jesus Christ.
I must also point out that this book is not written for scholars seeking primary documentation. My focus is on basic issues, logic, common knowledge and common sense which is accessible to everyone in everyday life. I study this subject as an interested, concerned, and hopefully knowledgeable amateur. Neither philosophy nor theology is my area of formal expertise or scholarship. I do not claim personal expertise or scholarship in any area; I have meddled in many areas and mastered none, though my formal education has concentrated on physics and I feel especially competent to comment on astronomy and atmospheric science. See my background, given earlier. I write for others like myself. I hope to help them resolve questions that concern them, to their own satisfaction, with resources at their disposal, mostly inside their own skull. Lifes most basic questions cannot be dependent on scholarly footnotes. I discuss matters in which the level of detail is not the crucial point, and the information that is readily available is sufficient.
With such a resolution in hand, they can then pass it on to others with whom they engage in ordinary casual (or not so casual!) discussion, without dependence on invocation of experts and highly technical information. Such resources are neither available nor relevant when discussing your faith across the backyard fence or across a lunch box at work.
I do not remember where most of my ideas and information
came from, and do not have an extensive data file or library to cover up
for my poor memory. I do not have the time nor resources to track
down most of the details. As a result, I myself am not sure whether
some ideas were my own or someone elses. I do not claim that very
much is original, and am reluctant to claim that any particular point is
There are no formal footnotes, and very few citations of sources.
For those who wish to pursue further information, there are several classified bibliographies, which contain the sources with which I am presently familiar, and probably include the sources of most of the contents of this book, but it is not intended to prove I have read everything relevant to the subject. In recent years the Internet has become a ready and vast source of information, and I give several good web-sites that can lead to many more. There is not an index either, but there are extensive cross-references throughout the book, and the table of contents is fairly detailed. This should aid in finding a particular subject.
Many details are based simply on my memory, which is occasionally incorrect despite my efforts to double-check my information. Facts cannot be copyrighted. As far as I know, except in a few instances as stated in the text, I have not quoted anything so closely as to infringe on any copyright. I will be grateful to any who contact me with corrections of misinformation on any matter, or who can give me the sources which I have forgotten and thus omitted from the bibliography. And I will especially appreciate being told if there are any possible inadvertent legal infringements anywhere, so that they can be rectified if there is ever another edition!
What do you want, and where is it? ? Summary of the logical structure of the book
First, a general comment. If you find rough sledding in a particular place, pick up your sled and run on ahead. This is particularly true of chapters 1 to 4. They are background for chapters 5 and 6, which are the central part of the book.
The organization of the book is quite logical. Ch. 1, 2 discuss some basic concepts of the history and philosophy of science. Ch. 3, 4 discuss some basic concepts of faith in general, and Christian faith in particular, including some logical objections to that faith. Finally, with this background to science and faith, ch. 5 discusses the relationship between the two. This begins with resolving some apparent conflicts that many people see between them.
This is approximately one-third of the book, and
could be described as defensive, for the purpose of solving problems.
This must be done first, or else nothing else that we say will be accepted.
For instance, if you hear someone try to prove that the earth is flat,
you will not believe it (I hope!). Even if they sound very knowledgeable,
and give many proofs that you cannot answer, you still feel that everyone
else says the earth is round, and has many reasons for it. That many
people and that many reasons could not possibly all be wrong. For
most people, it is the same when we say that there is one true God who
created heaven and earth and us, and the Bible is His one true revelation.
We must show them how so many people, and so many reasons for rejecting
God and the Bible, could be mistaken and misled from the truth.
Ch. 6, a long one, is constructive, giving the basis of faith in the Bible as Gods Word, and therefore as evidence that He does in fact exist. Here we finally get to the subject of creation, evolution, and the Big Bang.
Most Christians think that the subject of science and the Bible is creation and evolution, but creation and evolution is not the only or even the basic question. Several other really basic issues must be taken care of first, and when that is done the problem of creation is already mostly solved. If those other issues are not taken care of first, then no matter what we say about creation, we will be placed in the same category with those who try to prove the earth is flat. That is why ch. 6 is preceded by ch. 5 on conflicts. The conclusion in ch. 6 is that the universe with its time, space, and natural laws, must have had a beginning, which can be identified with the Big Bang theory of astrophysics; living things must be a product of superhuman intelligent design, not random evolution as commonly taught in biology classes; and the Bible must be a revelation from a supernatural power and intelligence. Finally, the experience of believers confirms the reality of that power, and of our relationship with Him as our heavenly Father.
Ch. 6 is followed by ch. 7, also long, on a subject currently of concern to many people, especially in the evangelical community in the US: creationism, or more precisely recent creation or young-earth creationism. What do the Bible and science respectively say about the date of creation, or the age of the earth and the universe? Is this a major conflict between the Bible and science? My answer is, of course, no. I do not believe the Bible really teaches something so contrary to all available evidence. My conclusion is that recent creation is a serious and unnecessary misinterpretation of both the Bible and the physical universe.
After all this fairly formal study of facts and logic,
ch. 8 ends the book with a more informal presentation of my personal feelings
about being both a Christian and a scientist.


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The New Uber Instant Pay Program: Get Paid Right Away By Uber
If you're an active driver at Uber, you can get paid immediately through Uber's Instant Pay program. The feature debuted on March 17th, 2016, in the company's hometown, San Francisco.
It was launched just one day after the introduction of the Family Profiles feature and less than a week since UberEATS was made into an independent app.
…in partnership with Green Dot and GoBank
Uber partnered with Green Dot Bank to implement the program, and their drivers can get an Uber Debit Card for free. This allows drivers to withdraw their earnings right away and at any time of the week.
Uber will not charge any fees for the program and neither will Go Bank. This is provided that drivers access their accounts at least once every six months.
If an account remains dormant for longer than this time limit, the driver will face a monthly fee of $8.95.
"Our drivers don't have to be charged for this technology" said Uber's San Francisco Bay Area general manager Wayne Ting.
Typically, drivers are allowed to cash out their earnings on a weekly basis. Currently, no option is given for the specific day of the week on which a driver would like to get paid.
The Instant Pay program changes all that. Although it's not the first of its kind to hit the online transportation sector, its pocket friendly nature gives it a competitive edge over rival services.
Uber's Instant Pay program vs. Lyft's Express Pay
While impressing the low-to-middle-income drivers remains Uber's main motive, the move is partially in response to Lyft's adoption of a similar program less than four months ago.
Lyft's Express Pay program requires drivers to have a minimum deposit of $50 and charges a fee of 50 cents every time a transaction takes place. Save for the fact that it is tried and tested, the program is not really cost effective for drivers who wish to make several transactions a day.
For now, though, Uber plainly stands head and shoulders above Lyft and the rest of the ride-sharing companies on this facet. It will likely take a lot of creativity to oust it.
Uber's new vs. old instant pay plans
A week after Lyft introduced the Express Pay program, late last year, Uber announced a similar service with startup Clearbanc. This would be the second time that they would try to stage a challenge.
The Clearbanc service, which is a product of the Y Combinator Fellowship program, debited $2 on a driver's account each day they received a payment. This was, of course, very costly in the long run.
If a driver, for instance, worked for five days a week, it would cost them $10 to use Clearbanc's debit card. This would amount to approximately $40 a month, making it almost as twice as costly as a standard bank account.
Perhaps the main reason the service wasn't that friendly to drivers and was never really a success is because Uber wasn't in any formal partnership with Clearbanc and was not in the position to modify the company's fee structure.
Uber was, however, aware of the offering, according to Clearbanc's founder and CEO Andrew D'Souza, and were in approval of it.
This is not the only time in the past Uber have offered cards to their drivers. The company has been offering MasterCard and FleetCor fuel cards for some time now that would let drivers enjoy fuel discounts of up to 15 cents per gallon.
Not so popular either, but a good proportion of drivers still use the cards and are content with the service.
The program will surely make the experience of being an Uber driver even more cushy. It will afford its clientele much greater control over their finances, in a much more affordable way than previous efforts.
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Queen Elizabeth's alternative dining option, The Verandah, was excellent—a refined showcase for French cuisine with polished service and quiet surrounds. Our lunch and dinner here were among the best we've experienced at sea, well worth the a la carte surcharge.
But all was not perfect. The Britannia Restaurant suffered from a cacophony of noise and hustle-bustle, with uneven service from an under-trained wait staff. And the Lido Grill, an outdoor extension of the Lido buffet, was understaffed at peak hours. While these problems would not be unusual on a lower priced cruise ship, with Cunard positioning itself as a luxury cruise experience the line should deliver a higher, more consistent level of service.
Those staying in Britannia Club cabins were invited to dine in the Britannia Club dining room, at their leisure between 6:30 and 9 p.m. The menus appeared to be identical to that of the Britannia Restaurant, but the 84-seat Club dining room—located immediately next to the main dining room on Deck 2—was a quieter, more subdued space, and guests appeared to receive more personalized service. The Club was also open for breakfast and lunch daily.
Britannia Restaurant
Queen Elizabeth's main dining room is one classy-looking venue, a two-story affair that straddles decks 2 and 3 aft. Awash in polished woods, swooping curves and art deco angles, the restaurant should be a showcase for upscale cuisine in a soothing environment. Alas, that was not what we found. The food, somewhat ambitious and with a French accent, was okay, but it could have been better. But the real problem was the service and ambience.
The first night of our cruise, meal service was disorganized, our waiter inattentive to detail, and the noisy bustle of diners and wait staff settling into their routines was clamorous; buckets of cleaning products sat a few feet from our table. On our second night here, our waiter was less distracted, but the noise level was still loud, capped off by a collision at the kitchen entrance that sent plates and food flying (at least once per meal there was the sound of crashing plates from somewhere). At breakfast, which was slow to arrive, we were asked if we wanted toast and, since we'd ordered French toast, we passed. When our French toast was delivered, we were asked again—white or wheat? Inattention to details like these was a recurring issue.
There were two seatings nightly in the Britannia Restaurant, at 6 and 8:30 p.m., while next door open seating was provided in the Brittania Club, but only for those in that cabin category. A sign said there were no tables for two available in the main dining room, but we spotted several (no doubt in high demand). Breakfast and lunch were served daily.
Each evening our first course was hit-and-miss. A bowl of beef consommé with barley and vegetables was delivered lukewarm. A salad of spinach, citrus, pecans and red onion had spry greens (a strong point throughout), but was delivered undressed. When we asked for dressing only one option was brought over—the menu had offered a choice—and then ladled on in excess (a recurring problem). Roasted butternut squash topped with apple and pecan salad and micro greens was beautifully presented, but the dish was bland—it needed spark. But avocado soup with salmon was silky and rich—a satisfying cold starter. Classic escargots à la Bourguignonne were properly redolent with garlic and butter. Other items on the appetizer menu included crispy Thai vegetable spring roll, shrimp and salmon cakes, frogs' legs Provençale, wild mushroom and goat cheese risotto, and cheddar cheese soup.
Entrées were a little more consistent, including a grilled sirloin, cooked right to order and served with hunky fried potatoes. On formal night a smallish broiled lobster tail was served with sesame-crusted fried shrimp and rich Newburg sauce, a tasty treat. There was a light Mediterranean vegetable tarte tatin, topped with a goat cheese bavarois—a nice find for vegetarians. But a fettucini with salmon was disappointing: Some of the pasta was dried out, as though the noodles had been sitting under a heat lamp. And chicken Kiev was distinctly unambitious, and we weren't much impressed by the duck à l'orange. Other entrées included a free-range, mushroom-stuffed guinea fowl, braised venison, lamb shanks with root vegetables, and a baked salmon fillet and wild mushroom Wellington.
Each night there were at least two appetizers and two entrées suited for vegetarians, and "spa" selections were available nightly.
Desserts were generally decadent and fairly varied. We enjoyed the Bacardi Limon crème brûlée, a chocolate marquise, and a pavlova topped with fresh strawberries. And when our sweet tooth was sated the cheese plate was worth trying, with three selections that changed nightly, served with a few walnuts, dried apricots and a roll.
Breakfasts were solid, with a range of cold and hot items. This included juices, a fruit smoothie of the day, sliced melon, a mixed fruit salad and compote of stewed fruits; regular and low-fat yogurts were offered, along with assorted cold cuts and cheeses. Cereals included packaged options, Swiss muesli, hot oatmeal and Cream of Wheat; baked goods were tasty (Danish, croissants, banana bread) and there were pancakes (blueberry or banana available), waffles and French toast. Eggs could be prepared to order (with low cholesterol available), along with omelets to order, eggs benedict, grilled Scottish kippers and poached haddock, with side orders of bacon (English or "streaky"), chicken sausages, Cumberland sausage, mushrooms, baked beans and grilled tomatoes. One complaint: The first morning our coffee was both weak and lukewarm, but on request it was quickly replaced with a hotter, slightly stronger batch.
The mood at lunch was more relaxed and quiet, and service was much better (the room was less than half full). A salad of garden greens was pleasing, perky with horseradish and dill flavors. Cold cranberry soup was rich with yogurt, not too sweet (or sour). For entrées we tried the barramundi and found it to be tough and fishy-tasting; a dish of beef and wine ravioli was pretty boring. A broccoli quiche was just okay. Other entrées included gnocchi with confit of duck and shiitake mushrooms, a fish curry and vegetable moussaka. Dessert of crème caramel was fine, while mud pie—made with chocolate mousse—was only fair; a more bittersweet flavor and a silkier texture would have been welcome.
Lido Restaurant & Lido Grill
The buffet restaurant took up most of the aft portion of Deck 9, and it was a busy spot, especially at breakfast. Fortunately we didn't have too much trouble finding a table in the morning. Although the buffet offered a relatively good spread we found variety somewhat lacking from one day to the next—the four or five choices of prepared salads, for instance, did not change during our entire cruise.
Just outside the main seating area on the outdoor aft deck was the Lido Grill, open for lunch daily. But the two times we visited we found just one person staffing the grill, and a line for burgers. The cook was doing his best to keep up, but a second person should have been assigned, particularly since the vats of condiments (lettuce, tomato, onion, etc.) were often virtually empty. Another frustration, back inside: Almost daily, the stack of plates marked "cold plates" was filled with plates that were warm or hot—yep, just what we like to load our salad greens onto!
At breakfast we found a fairly predictable selection, with a few items added that catered to the English crowd. Cereals included Kellogg's brand boxes and a few healthy choices, along with hot oatmeal. There was a good range of whole fruits—apples, pears, plums, peaches, oranges, kiwi, grapes and banana, along with sliced pineapple, grapefruit, melons, and strawberries. There were yogurts—flavored or plain—and we looked forward to fruit smoothies, freshly prepared each morning (a different flavor daily, such as watermelon, strawberry and banana). There was lox with bagels, onions, tomato, capers, plus various cold cuts and cheeses with crackers and walnuts. Various breads and pastries were available, along with small jars of Wilkin & Sons preserve—raspberry, strawberry, apricot, orange marmalade. Hot items included a pancake and waffle station (in addition to maple syrup there was chocolate and banana-butterscotch topping) and an omelet station. Sides included bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes, hash browns, baked beans—all the makings for a traditional English breakfast.
At lunch there was a modest salad bar including an unchanging array of five or six prepared salads, and we found a soup of the day—roasted shallot and butternut squash soup, cream of broccoli, stilton and spring onions, tomato soup. There was a pizza station, but the pies lacked spark and flavor. The carvery had a different selection daily, such as lemon and garlic chicken, prime rib and beef top round. Entrées included veal scaloppini with wild mushroom sauce, chicken schnitzel, vegetable moussaka, fillet of haddock, Somerset pork cider pot and a mixed vegetable quiche. Among the side dishes were steamed pesto new potatoes, cauliflower polonaise, steamed vegetables, creamed spinach with pine nuts, and pulao rice. The daily selection of desserts features puddings, cakes and cookies, and there was an ice cream station with vanilla and chocolate soft serve ice cream and cones.
At dinner each night there was a theme buffet. This included nights dedicated to Italian, Scandinavian, American, English Carvery and Oriental. On the final night of the cruise there was a beautifully presented spread of seafood that came out, including prawns, mussels, salmon, tuna, fresh mahi mahi and cod, offered with various sauces. Also of note each evening was that one corner of the seating area each night was transformed into a specialty restaurant with a modest cover charge.
The ship's standard beer and wine list was available, along with cocktails from the Garden Lounge and Lido Bar, on either end of the restaurant. A station was set up for drinks on both sides of the buffet, with coffee, decaf, and about a dozen teas from Twinings available. Iced tea, cranberry juice cocktail and, in the morning, orange drink were available; we also noted Horlicks powder for malted milk.
Asado, Jasmine, Indian Bistro, Aztec
We were pleasantly surprised by this "alternative dining" venue. These days, it's not unusual for cruises to devote a section of their buffet to a surcharge restaurant at night. But often these seem like little more than the buffet with window dressing, with minimal improvement on food or ambience. But Queen Elizabeth got it right, with not one but four alternating restaurants serving distinct meals for two or three nights in a row.
There's Asado, with grilled meats and side dishes served South American style. Jasmine offered a pan-Asian menu, and Indian Bistro offered a panoply of curries. The fourth option, Aztec, with Mexican fare, wasn't provided on our cruise (but usually is on cruises longer than a week). Menus were short, but portions were huge, and with a modest cover charge of $10 we found all of them to be a good value, the setting relaxed and not crowded.
For Asado, an appetizer combo delivered a spicy beef empanada, coriander and coconut crab cake, and ceviche of lobster and halibut. For mains we were invited to order two items from either the rotisserie—pulled pork marinated in chili paste and Argentinean spices or chimichurri chicken marinated in olive oil and garlic—or the grill. The latter option included rump of lamb in oregano, garlic and ancho chilies, beef short rib marinated in beer and lemon, a chicken skewer, grilled chorizo sausage, or prawns marinated in Serrano chili and citrus zest. There wasn't one of the four we tried that we didn't like. With by side dishes (avocado and sweet potato fritters were fabulous), and dessert (chocolate banana cheesecake, caramel flan or a donut with lime-pineapple-coconut ice cream), we were stuffed when we left and still had food on our plates.
We returned the following night for Jasmine, and again, food was plentiful. The meal started with a pot of jasmine tea, with an hourglass-style timer. A tasting platter came with Korean barbecue pork spare ribs, shrimp toast, a chicken lollipop coated in sesame seeds, California style maki rolls, and wakame, pickled ginger and sour cucumber. There was a choice of two soups: Vietnamese phở, or Thai tom kha gai with crab, chicken and coconut milk—both were flavorful and spicy, but salt overwhelmed the tom kha gai. Dim sum was delivered—fried shumai and seafood Rangoon—and then off to our choice of one of three entrées: crispy duck with pancake, Mandarin-style crispy chili beef, and kropeck-crusted shrimp with sweet and sour sauce. Again, there wasn't one we didn't like, but the shrimp was most tantalizing. Dessert was another combo plate—a glass of mango lassi, coconut-caramel cheesecake, and a dish new to us called Wattalapam, a cinnamon and cashew caramel custard which seemed like a variation on Mexican flan.
On a roll, we signed up for Indian Bistro, and again it reached well beyond the typical cruise menu. We'd caution that spices weren't particularly watered down for non-Indian palates. Starters to share included tandoori chicken, lasoon wali macchli (garlic fried sole in yogurt and ginger), onion bhajis (fritters), sheikh kebab (minced lamb skewers) and aloo chana chaat. The latter was the winner here—greens, potatoes and chick peas with tamarind, dates and pomegranate. The quantity of food that followed was truly overwhelming. Sides of dal, aloo gobi (potatoes and cauliflower) and makai saagwalla (corn and spinach), mains like Malabar fish and shrimp curry, lamb Jalfrezi and chicken tikka masala, with naan bread and basmati rice. Desserts were equally memorable: fried bread pudding with cardamom, pistachio, and saffron-spiked condensed milk; rice and coconut pudding served atop pineapple carpaccio; and a cappuccino crème brûlée.
There's also Aztec, which wasn't offered on our cruise, but we hope to try in the future. The Mexican menu featured starters of guacamole and chips, tamales, chile relleno and tacquitos, with entrées ranging from chicken with pecan-prune mole, a port and chorizo skewer, crepes with shrimp, and beef tenderloin.
Vegetarians should note that, at all four of the options, entrées were strictly meat, chicken or seafood based. But there were plenty of starters that were vegetarian, and we suspect a fairly diverse meat-free dinner could be composed on request.
In addition to the ship's standard wine and cocktail list, there were themed drinks and wine to accompany each of the menus. And instead of an amuse-bouche a small cocktail sample was offered at the start of the meal. At Asado it was a mini caiprinha—cachaça, lime and passion fruit puree. With Jasmine, we enjoyed a sake taster.
Each venue was open for only two or three nights—the schedule was posted in the Lido Restaurant. While the space seated only a few dozen, it wasn't full on any night we ate here, though reservations are still advised.
The Verandah
Styled after the original Queen Elizabeth's Verandah Grill, a favorite of the cruising elite in the 30s, this is the modern-day vessel's top dining room. Seating only about 60, with a surcharge for dinner and (on sea days) lunch, the menu focuses on French cuisine. Not only was the food exceptional, but service was spot on—proper and deferential, but not stuffy or condescending. The room is plush and inviting, with lots of space between tables, allowing for quiet, intimate meals. The wine list is heady, but the sommelier was knowledgeable, and didn't push us towards pricier wines (of which there were many).
This is truly Queen Elizabeth's special occasion spot, but—relative to specialty dining on other ships—we found the charge fair. Instead of a set price for the entire meal, items are priced a la carte. At dinner, appetizers were $6-$7, entrées $17-$18, desserts $6-$7—so budget about $30 for dinner, not including drinks or tip. At lunch, appetizers were $5-$7, entrées $11-$12. Only quibble: We experienced a fair amount of engine vibration here at lunch.
For dinner there was a choice of cold and hot appetizers, every one of them mouth-watering. There was a lobster and shellfish salad, nuzzled against avocado and tomato jelly. For another, a lump of crab bathed in chilled asparagus and feta cream, lathered in crustacean foam. We loved the presentation of the homemade ravioli, plumped with fresh peas and parmigiano reggiano set against a pair of fried quail eggs encrusted with Guérande salt and floating in watercress jus—packed with flavor and not overly rich.
Hearty entrées included a rack of lamb for two, roasted in a salt crust dough and served with shallot potato cake and "stuffed" courgette. Beef fillet was accompanied by morels, baby vegetables and black truffle. The filet of sea bass was baked with a wild mushroom crust, topped with a dollop of onion-fennel marmalade, and floating on a ying-and-yang sea of sorrel sauce and chicken jus.
Perkiest dessert, in taste and presentation, was lemon tart, topped with peaks of braised meringue; the winged creature to its side was an almond wafer with a raspberry sorbet torso. We also liked the dark chocolate parfait filled with caramelized praline and topped with espresso semifreddo. Vanilla soufflé was infused with Edmond Briottet peach liqueur, and the cheese trolley was laden with fine options from England and France, followed close by a trolley with after-dinner drinks—aged rums and cognacs.
Again at lunch the appetizers sparkled, including a chilled green apple and cucumber soup with lobster salpicon and blackberry sorbet. Also lovely to look at (and eat) was the scallop mousse framed with chunks of langoustine and served atop of a green bean risotto. For mains, the supreme of guinea fowl was accompanied by a potato parcel, the fillet of beef was served with an orange-cognac sauce and parmesan bistro fries, and the roast rack of pork—Noir de Bigorre—perched atop puy lentils and Morteau sausage.
In addition to the standard cocktail selection, the Verandah had the most extensive wine list, a collection notable for its breadth of both Old World and newer wineries from more than 15 countries, with an emphasis on France. Despite some headier selections (Château Lafite-Rothschild First Growth—$895 for 1981, $1650 for 1999), the bulk of the list was below $100. The menu also feature the "Collection de Rothschild," the ship's selection from the Bordeaux and New World vineyards of the storied winemaking family, including Opus One from Napa, Caro in Argentina, plus Cunard-label wines produced by Rothschild and available by the glass. Five different wine flights—three glasses each and perfect to accompany a number of the dishes—were available for $25-$45.
The Verandah was open nightly, and on sea days for lunch. Reservations were essential, but we found plenty of openings available on the first day of our cruise.
The Golden Lion
Queen Elizabeth's pub doesn't quite feature the creaky, lived-in ambience of our favorite watering holes in England (that's an American's opinion), but it kept the British cruisers happy. International sporting events were played on the telly, while karaoke, a pianist for sing-along sessions, trivia contests, and board games were also available.
A short list of food items were available for lunch, with no surcharge added, such as fish and chips, shepherd's pie, bangers and mash and cottage pie. While the food was nothing special, and we didn't much care for the presentation of plastic packets of ketchup and malt vinegar on the side, it was sufficient for a change of pace.
In addition to the ship's standard cocktail list, several draft ales were available, including Boddingtons, Guinness, Old Speckled Hen, Stella Artois and Becks; there was also Aspall cider on tap.
The Golden Lion was open from 10 a.m. till late in the evening.
In-Room Dining
There were two room service menus available. The first, for breakfast, was on a door hanger to be placed outside the night before; delivery times were in 15-minute blocks between 7 and 10 a.m. Selection included hot and cold cereals, toast, pastries and muffins served with various preserves, yogurt (plain or fruit), fresh fruit plates and a selection of juices. Hot options included eggs (scrambled, sunny side up, over easy) accompanied by bacon, sausage, baked beans, hash browns or grilled tomato. Coffee, tea, milk and hot chocolate were offered.
Our breakfast one morning was ordered for 8 to 8:15 a.m.; the knock came at 7:54, and food arrived on a large tray with plastic lids on each plate. There was ketchup for hash browns, and a slice of lemon (perhaps for the fruit plate?). Toast was wrapped in a linen napkin. Salt and pepper was in paper packets along with plastic packets of ketchup, mustard and mayo (we found this tacky—glass jars or ramekins would have been more appropriate). Linen napkins wrapped silverware.
Breakfast was pretty much as expected. Eggs over easy and sunny side up arrived as ordered. We also ordered toast, a single small slice came—we'd have liked more, if it weren't barely lukewarm. The fruit plate was a bit flavorless, and comparable to what was on the buffet. Juices were fine, the coffee was watery.
A second menu was available 24 hours. This included salad, cold and hot sandwiches, fajitas, a Mediterranean quesadilla, penne Bolognese, grilled sirloin steak, and various burgers, including turkey. Dessert options included warm apple pie with custard sauce, vanilla cheesecake with cherries, a frozen chocolate bombe and crème caramel. There was no surcharge for late-night orders.
When we called for lunch, we were on hold for 1 minute before placing our order; no estimated delivery time was provided, but the food arrived 27 minutes later. We asked for the Caprese salad, nicely presented with a mound of arugula and dressed with basil infused olive oil; the menu called it balsamic dressing, but we couldn't taste much vinegar. The mozzarella was good—not the rubbery American kind—but the tomatoes were bland. A toasted York ham and English cheddar panini sounded better than it tasted; the sandwich was warm, but the fries cool; a limp spinach salad sat alongside. Chicken Thai curry (also available with shrimp) was great—a mound of jasmine rice surrounded with a flavorful green curry; the dish packed lots of heat (more than some might like) but hit the spot for us. For dessert we had the chocolate fudge cake and it was about as expected, satisfying if unexceptional.
In addition to the soft drinks and water in our minibar, the in-room beverage menu had a good selection of 1.5-ounce "nip" bottles, starting at $5.95 up to 7.95, with 1-liter bottles available for $55 to $75, accompanied by six sodas of our choice. The short list of beers included Budweiser, Corona, Heineken, Guinness Draught and Spitfire Real Ale ($5.50-$5.95) but only two wineries were represented on the room service list: Cunard Private Label, and Wente Vineyards—other labels were available on request. Champagnes and sparkling wines included prosecco from Valdobbiadenne ($7.25 for 150ml and $35 for a full bottle), Delamotte brut NV ($12.75 and $59.50) and Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label and rosé ($17.50-$19 and $82-$95).
As with the ship's bars, a 15 percent service charge was added to drinks ordered through in-room dining.
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The Butterfly's Fall – Postcards from Tokyo by Monica Silva
"Female beauty is like the flower of cherry blossoms, it fades away in no time, and there remain only the memories of the memory, the ethereal lightness of petals in the wind. It lingers, a nostalgic look, perfumes slumbering in soft whiteness of eternity. " There's much more in a woman than a man can see. Monica Silva
Press Release
Artist: Monica Silva
Exhibition's title: The Butterfly's Fall – Postcards from Tokyo
When: November 21st, 2013 – February 1st, 2014
Where: Via Nerino 3, Milan
Opening: November 21st, at 6pm
Opening hours: From Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 7pm
Nuova Galleria Morone presents an unedited Tokyo through photographic and video installations by the artist Monica Silva. The space, a project room, intimate as an introspective immersion in a world of fantasy and mysticism, very controversial yet as fascinating as the world's perception of the Japanese lifestyle.
The exhibition's title comes from a very intimate short video played on a huge screen in which the artist, shot in an empty room, bare soul, in a self therapy process, states her painful childhood made of raping and violence. The video is an emotional sentence, a strong message but yet poetic and delicate. Remarkable words in kanji appears on the artist's nude body as a statement, while her voice reads her feelings of ghosts from the past always present to remind her from where she comes. In the last two years, the artist has been running several photographic experiments shooting photography and video to narrate life experiences printed on her skin in a metaphorical vision using different artistic means. This time, she not only focuses on a introspective inner self but she goes further in a sort of pilgrimage in her trip to Japan, capturing an unexpected view of Tokyo. The photographic installations are ethereal, happy, a poetic view of the capital of Japan, a kaleidoscope of simple slices of daily life of Japanese women of all ages, forgetting for a moment, the chaos, the psychedelic lights of a city that never sleeps.
Monica Silva, Brazilian born and Italian "adopted", is a photographer specialized in conceptual portraiture. Her works are published on RCS Mediagroup for Corriere della Sera – La Lettura, Io Donna, Style, Sette, Max, and Dove Viaggi. Recently she has also been engaged by Mondadori Portfolio Agency for the group's main titles, including Flair, Chi, Panorama Travel, Donna Moderna, and Grazia. These collaborations lead to interesting encounters in both cultural and show business with well-known names such as Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Gad Lerner, Samuele Bersani, Nicoletta Mantovani, Fiona May and many others. Keen on photographic experimentation, in the last two years she has also shot architectural interior design. A Nikon Pro Photographer and ambassador for Hasselblad and Manfrotto, these global companies often engage her to take part in conferences and psychology therapy portraiture clinics in Europe and overseas.
In parallel to commercial work she started pursuing artistic photography in 2008 with the project "Life Above All", inspired by the Anthology of Spoon River by Edgar Lee Masters at Mazzoleni Art Gallery in Milan and Stefano Forni Art Gallery in Bologna followed by On My Skin, artistic nudes for Bologna ArteFiera in 2010 and My Hidden Ego, presented in 2011 at Palazzo Pichi Sforza in Sansepolcro.
In 2011, as special reporter for Corriere della Sera doing coverage of La Biennale Internazionale D'arte, Monica received a prize from Paolo Baratta, president of La Biennale, Curiger, curator of the 54th international art exhibition "Illuminations" and by the artist Shirana Shibazi for a portrait of Gillo Dorfles "Dorfles infinito e lo sguardo a Ghirri" as the 54th International Art Exhibition's best picture ex aequo.