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Located in Arorangi within a mile (2 km) of Black Rock, Crown Beach Resort & Spa is within 2 miles (3 km) of Aro'a Beach. This 36-room, 4.5-star hotel welcomes business and leisure travelers with a private beach, a full-service spa, and 2 restaurants. It's also close to Puaikura Beach and National Stadium.
Free hot/cold buffet breakfast is included with your stay and awaits you each morning from 8 AM to 10:30 AM. This hotel is home to 2 onsite restaurants, perfect for a quick bite to eat. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service.
All 36 soundproofed rooms provide balconies or patios, MP3 docks, and microwaves. 32-inch TVs come with DVD players. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries, and Tempur-Pedic beds with Egyptian cotton sheets ensure a restful night. Other standard amenities include refrigerators, stovetops, and coffee makers.
Property features
Guests of Crown Beach Resort & Spa have access to a private beach, a full-service spa, and an outdoor pool. You can take advantage of free parking, along with an airport shuttle (available 24 hours) for NZD 36.00 per person roundtrip. The front desk has multilingual staff that can help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this adults-only hotel include a health club, a spa tub, and WiFi in public areas.
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast
- Free parking
- Onsite dining
- Spa
Crown Beach Resort & Spa
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Simply walk outside to feel the sun on your face at the white sand beach. At Crown Beach Resort & Spa, pamper yourself with a treatment at the full-service spa or have fun in the sun with activities like kayaking and rowing/canoeing.
A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a beach bar and a poolside bar. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. This luxury hotel also offers an outdoor pool, a health club, and a spa tub. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Crown Beach Resort & Spa has designated areas for smoking.
- Outdoor pool
- On private beach
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 36
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of floors - 1
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Business center
- Wedding services
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Hair salon
- Tours/ticket assistance
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Designated smoking areas
- Health club
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Beach bar
- Poolside bar
- Conference center
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1998
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Beach sun loungers
- Pool sun loungers
- Free long-term parking
- Free parking nearby
- Beach towels
- Shopping on site
- Garden
- Number of buildings/towers - 40
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( NZD 50 for multiple minutes )
Free long-term parking, Free self parking, Free parking nearby
Room Amenities
Crown Beach Resort & Spa offers 36 air-conditioned accommodations with MP3 docking stations and DVD players. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Tempur-Pedic beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators, microwaves, and coffee/tea makers.
Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and safes. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and ceiling fans. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.
- Stovetop
- DVD player
- Premium bedding
- Room service (limited hours)
- Balcony or patio
- Soundproofed rooms
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Television
- MP3 docking station
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Tempur-Pedic mattress
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Flambe Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered. Reservations are required. Open select days.
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 10:30 AM.
Crown Beach Resort & Spa has 2 restaurants serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Oceans Restaurant - This restaurant overlooks the ocean. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Nearby Things to Do
A private beach and a health club are featured at the hotel. An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Kayaking on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
- Snorkeling nearby
Spa Services
Spa Ariki has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include deep-tissue massages, massages, facials, and body wraps. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with a spa tub.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Deep tissue massage
- Minimum age to access spa is 16
- Number of treatment rooms 5
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children 18 and younger are not allowed at this adults-only property. All guests older than 18 are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Minimum guest age is 18
No elevators
No cribs (infant beds) available
Caters to adults only
- Resort fee
- Breakfast
- Pool access
- Beach access
- Beach loungers
- Beach towels
- Fitness center access
- Bicycle storage
- Business center/computer access
- In-room safe
- In-room coffee
- Laundry facilities
- Concierge/valet service
- Self parking
- Lending library access
- Housekeeping
- Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: NZD 89
- Christmas Day (25 December) Gala Dinner per adult: NZD 89
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: NZD 89
- Valentine's Day (14 February) Gala Dinner per adult: NZD 89
- Airport shuttle transfer per adult: NZD 38.00 (roundtrip)
Optional extras
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: NZD 10.00 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: NZD 50 for multiple minutes (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: NZD 36.00 per person (roundtrip)
- Early check-in fee: NZD 250.00
- Late check-out fee: NZD 250.00-350.00
Hotel Name
- Beach Crown
- Crown Beach
- Crown Beach Rarotonga
- Crown Beach Resort
- Crown Beach Resort Rarotonga
We should mention
Guests must transfer via airport shuttle to the property. Guests must contact the property at least 72 hours before travel, using the contact information on the confirmation received after booking. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 17 years old and younger are not permitted from January to December. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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German's beating the US on the Internet of Things
US leadership not assured
It appears that when it comes to the Internet of Things, the US is not the key innovator and that the Germans are where all the innovation is.
US Nuclear shield out-of-date
Matthew Broderick might still have the gear to hack it
After decades, the US Defense Department is still using eight inch floppy disks in a computer system that coordinates the operational functions of the nation's nuclear forces.
UK hacker will not have to hand over passwords
Love one NCA nil
A UK computer scientist and activist Lauri Love has had a minor victory against the authorities who are trying to extradite him to the US.
Best year in the last seven for Huawei
Who needs the US markets when you have Chinese 4G adoption
China's Huawei posted its biggest annual revenue growth since 2008, thanks mostly to China's adoption of fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology.
Chinese fume over US's ZTE ban
Could be bad news for ZTE fans
The Chinese government is cross that the Americans have slapped sanctions on telecom manufacturer ZTE.
Dell's EMC deal could be taxed to oblivion
Tax theat
Michael Dell's $67 billion plan to take over storage giant EMC could be killed off by the US taxman.
European ISPs exaggerate their speeds
But are cheaper and faster than the US
A new EU Commission survey shows that European ISPs don't deliver on the download speeds they advertise. While the US ISPs are a little more honest, the Europeans are cheaper and faster.
US not allowed to take EU data
Legal ruling puts US tech in a spin
The US technology industry is paying the price for the obsession that its government has on stealing data.
US's spying obsession could cost it EU business
Technology companies could be shut out
An advisor to the European Court of Justice, Yves Bot has declared that the "safe harbour" agreement for transferring data between the US and EU is "invalid," because of concerns over US spying.
Russians behind western malware attacks
But US blames China
It would appear that while the US has been blaming China for all its cyber break-ins it appears to be ignoring Tsar Putin's elite hacking team for the last seven years.


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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) Substitute Andreas Ivanschitz scored two minutes after coming off the bench to give Mainz a 1-0 victory at Bayer Leverkusen and return his team to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Mainz, which has won eight of nine games, opened a two-point lead over Borussia Dortmund, which drew 1-1 with Hoffenheim at home.
Substitute Antonio da Silva scored a contentious free kick two minutes into injury time to earn Borussia's point.
In the third match on Sunday, Stuttgart beat St. Pauli 2-0 to jump four places above the bottom.
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"I kissed the ball before shooting, it was our last chance," da Silva said.
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Hoffenheim coach Ralf Rangnick had to rush onto the field to try to calm down his players and keep them away from the referee after the end of the match.
Earlier, Cologne fired coach Zvonimir Soldo, one day after the club slipped to its sixth defeat of the season with a 2-1 a loss at Hannover and fell to the bottom of the standings.
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Jen QuraishiDec. 10, 2010 7:00 AM
As MoJo's Kate Sheppard discusses here, a new report by international humanitarian organization DARA finds that climate change could kill up to 5 million people in the next 10 years—and most of them are children under the age of 5 in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. This predicted increase in mortality isn't due to Hollywood-style tsunamis or apocalyptic winters. Instead, the killers are much more ordinary: malaria, diarrhea, and malnutrition.
Of course, one way to help the planet—and the families most impacted by the planet's health—is to bear fewer kids in the first place. As Julia Whitty wrote in "The Last Taboo," overpopulation is a huge climate change driver that's rarely discussed—until this week. During the UN-sponsored climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, media mogul Ted Turner suggested such radical ideas as one-child policies and monetary rewards for not reproducing. Turner was quickly shut down by former Irish president Mary Robinson, who said, "If we do it the wrong way, we can divide the world...A lot of people in the climate world could communicate this very badly."
Turner's statements may have been the flashiest, but they weren't the only population-related ideas to come out of the Cancun climate talks. Population Action International's Roger-Mark de Souza told me that whenever he attended sessions on REDD, deforestation, or financing, someone would say, "'What about overpopulation? How does this factor in?'" PAI's panel there on female empowerment and family planning attracted 100 attendees, where consensus was that there continues to be a "strong unmet need for family planning." (See side panel schedule here: PDF.)
Unfortunately for the climate, and women, many of the countries that will be most affected by climate change are poor ones where high gender inequality hinders female education and access to contraceptives. Notes de Souza, "it's important to also get men engaged and understanding why family planning is important. The more that we have men serving as champions for the issue, the more success we will have."
Kate SheppardDec. 10, 2010 2:01 AM
Japan's been the bad guy in Cancun for the past week and a half, after the country took a firm stance against agreeing to a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol. Japan argues that it wants a new global deal, one that includes big emitters like the US and China, and will not consent to extending its commitment under the 13-year-old treaty, whose first round of commitments is set to expire in 2012. But on Thursday night, Russia formally joined Japan in that stance.
Here's an excerpt of the prepared remarks from Alexander Bedritsky, Russia's special envoy for climate, from the Thursday night plenary:
"Russia has repeatedly stated, including at the highest political level, that the adoption of commitments for the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, as it stands now, would be neither scientifically, economically nor politically effective … Russia will not participate in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
Well, you don't get much more clear than that. Everyone here knew that Russia and Canada were not very enthusiastic about a second commitment period, but Russia made it's unwillingness quite apparent tonight.
Bedritsky did note, however, that it would be "judicious to continue to use Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, including in a new agreement." He also said that Russia supports listing new commitments in a successor global deal and intends to hold itself to the pledge it made in Copenhagen last year to cut emissions 15 to 25 percent below 1990 by 2020.
The fate of Kyoto remains a major rub here in Cancun, as leader head into the final day of negotiations on Friday. Developing countries have insisted that they need a second period for what is currently the only legally binding global agreement on climate, but it looks like extending it is a deal-breaker for at least a few countries as well.
Jaeah LeeDec. 9, 2010 8:21 PM
The international climate change summit in Cancún wraps up tomorrow, and envoys are jostling over draft agreements into the eleventh hour. Cancún has been almost as disappointing as Copenhagen, but this week I came across a number of citizen-organized solutions that offer a glimmer of hope. They aren't silver bullets. Still, definitely worth noting.
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Julia WhittyDec. 9, 2010 7:59 PM
A paper in press at PNAS finds that summer temperatures in the North Atlantic have risen higher than winter temperatures since 1353. The research involved constructing a climate record between 1353 and 2006 for the shallow inshore waters of the North East Atlantic, then comparing these records to the abundance of marine zooplankton.
The results showed that summer marine temperatures have increased nearly twice as much as winter temperatures since 1353. And that beginning in 1700 a new instability emerged, characterized by climate oscillations approximately every 5 to 65 years. These oscillations appear to be a recent phenomenon.
The warming summer waters also correlate to diminished zooplankton populations. Which means that even warmer summers are predicted to hammer zooplankton even harder in the coming decades. Fewer zooplankton will ricochet hard through an already-battered foodweb once dominated by overfished cod. From the abstract:
Enhanced summer-specific warming reduced the abundance of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus, a key food item of cod, and led to significantly lower projected abundances by 2040 than at present. The faster increase of summer marine temperatures has implications for climate projections and affects abundance, and thus biomass, near the base of the marine food web with potentially significant feedback effects for marine food security.
Enhanced summer-specific warming reduced the abundance of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus, a key food item of cod, and led to significantly lower projected abundances by 2040 than at present. The faster increase of summer marine temperatures has implications for climate projections and affects abundance, and thus biomass, near the base of the marine food web with potentially significant feedback effects for marine food security.
The paper: Nicholas A. Kamenos, North Atlantic summers have warmed more than winters since 1353, and the response of marine zooplankton. PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006141107.
Kate SheppardDec. 9, 2010 7:58 PM
The pacific island nation of Kiribati is well aware of the looming threats that climate change poses to the small atoll. Increased flooding from storms and rising seas are already problematic for the 100,00 citizens of the nation, or i-Kiribati as they call themselves. A sea-wall improvement project for the country recently cost $2 million, President Anote Tong said at the Cancun climate summit this week.
The nation's GDP is just $152 million a year—meaning the investment in sea walls is significant for the country. "If we had to cover the whole country, we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars," said Tong. The republic is made up of 32 atolls and one island, spread over 1.3 million square miles—roughly the size of the United States. Tong has said previously that the government is already considering evacuation plans as another way to deal with the rising seas, which would also come at great cost.
Tong and other island nations, organized within the UN as the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), and other vulnerable countries have argued for the inclusion of a loss-and-damage plan in the context of an agreement here, one that would cover effects linked to climate change that were not prevented or could not be adapted to. The Cook Islands, on behalf of AOSIS, submitted a proposal that would create an international mechanism to deal with loss and damage, in addition to funding programs for adaptation and mitigation efforts. The provision also calls for assistance in improving risk-reduction assessment and management, and planning for the likely impacts.
The point of the provision is, of course, that even if countries set and follow through on their pledges to cut emissions, the world is still on a path to substantial warming. And that warming is going to have significant effects—sea level rise, loss of glaciers, diminished biodiversity, ocean acidification, and decline of forests. Many of those will have very real economic costs for countries. And that's before you even get to more dramatic costs like relocating an entire population or rebuilding a village destroyed by a cyclone—or the cost if an island community is someday completely submerged by the sea.
As they note, many of these countries have trouble getting insured for losses, Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Maliegaoi, tells Mother Jones, further increasing the need for an alternative way to deal with potential losses. The country suffered a tsunami in September 2009, which he said caused an estimated $300 million in damage—to a country with an annual GDP of just $567 million. Of course, the tsunami was not caused by climate change, but the island has also faced more frequent cyclones as well. But the events have made insurance premiums exceptionally high for the country, he said. "It is almost impossible even for government to insure its own properties, let alone the damage sustained by a cyclone or by a tsunami," he said.
John VidalDec. 9, 2010 7:44 PM
This story first appeared on the Guardian website.
Just over three weeks ago five Canadians died and 20 other tourists were injured when their Cancún hotel exploded. Investigations are not complete, but it is likely that it followed a build-up of gases from the rotting mangrove forest buried below the hotel. If so, most of the booming holiday city where the climate talks are taking place is in danger, having been built on hastily cleared mangrove forest and sand dunes.
But the biggest explosion in Cancún has been the city itself. New figures from the Mexican government show that the fastest-growing major resort in the world now gets more than 7 million visitors a year and has possibly 1 million permanent inhabitants. Yet in 1974 when the World Bank kick-started, Cancún it was a collection of huts and a small fishing village. It now has 80,000 hotel beds and more than 500 major hotels and resorts, including the Moon Palace hotel and the Cancúnmesse, where UN talks to agree action on climate change are under way.
"It was either forest or small communities [you would have seen if you visited before its development]. Everything exploded in the mid-1980s", says Barbara Bramble, adviser to the National Wildlife Federation in Washington DC, who used to visit at that time.
Arj SinghDec. 9, 2010 3:25 PM
This post courtesy BBC Earth. For more wildlife news, find BBC Earth on Facebook and Posterous.
Christmas has come to mean many things to many people, but the holiday started as a celebration of new life. So we thought we'd celebrate new life in nature.
Around this time of year common dolphins of the coast of South Africa make an early new start, with a large number of calves being born. Although they give birth all year round, the female dolphins that don't give birth in the summer sardine run use the huge food supply to build up reserves and calve in December. So to celebrate this abundance of new life, we've decided to share some of our favourite common dolphin videos and images with you.
The coast of South Africa hosts a massive number of common dolphins, around 20,000. They follow shoals of sardines, on which the newborns will be weaned in six months. These dolphins are sociable animals. Travelling in groups of around anywhere between ten and 50 individuals, they gather into huge schools that can number as large as 2,000.
When they do get together, they love to play, breaching, chin-slapping, tail-slapping and porpoising (constantly submerging and resurfacing).
They also love a form of 'surfing', known as bow-riding, where they swim or ride the crests of waves. Dolphin-watchers will know this behaviour, as it's what dolphins do when they follow boats. One theory suggests it started when dolphins started following whales.
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In October, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed installed solar panels on the roof of his home. The president himself, decked out in a hard hat, participated in the solar panel installation as part of the day of action organized by the group 350.org. It was more than a token gesture—in 2009, the country committed to going carbon neutral by 2020, which it says will be the world's most ambitious climate change mitigation target for a single nation.
Discussion of mitigation is usually focused on the big players, like US and China, while it's assumed that all that small island nations like the Maldives can do is adapt to the warming world. But the Maldives wants to turn that notion on its head—they're not delaying action while the rest of the world waits.
"I don't think we should wait for the big emitters," said Maldivian Environment Minister Mohamed Aslam. "We are the front line, we can start dealing with it ourselves."
It's an ambitious pledge from a country with much at stake when it comes to global warming. The nation in the Indian Ocean is made up of 26 atolls, totaling 300 square kilometers. If the islands were stretched into a single strip of land, that would be 400 miles of coast, just over half a mile wide and only seven feet above sea level. "So it's essentially a shoreline," says Aslam. And it's a shoreline that scientists predict could be underwater if sea levels continue to rise in a warming planet. (In 2009, the president held an underwater press conference to call attention to the country's plight.)
Aslam notes that adopting renewable energy is in the Malidives' favor economically and environmentally; right now the country relies heavily on diesel fuel for much of its energy needs. The government has already conducted an audit of their emissions, much of which comes from the shipping sector, a fact of life in island nations. But Aslam envisions solar, wind, tidal power, and renewable transportation fuels driving the nation in the near future—even if islanders don't have all the solutions now. "The available options and possibilities will be far greater two, three years down the line," he said. "We believe this is the only path we can choose to save ourselves and the entire global community."
The plan, the country hopes, will also draw investors looking to start renewable projects on the islands. "What we are looking at is to become a laboratory for cutting edge technology," said Mark Lynas, climate change advisor to the president.
All that water surrrounding the islands also means that there's an enormous potential to harvest power from the sea. On Wednesday, Aslam and Scottish Minister of Energy Jim Mather signed an agreement at the Cancun talks to work together on a tidal energy assessment off the coast of the Maldives. The Scottish government agreed to fund a $75,800 scoping study of both the potential for tidal development and the electricity infrastructure need. It's not a huge dollar figure, but the Scottish government has been paving the way on tidal energy. Earlier this year, the country announced plans for the first commercial scale wave and tidal project off the northern coast of the mainland. The country hosts the European Marine Energy Center, and is positioning itself to lead the world in new technologies for harvesting tidal power. Mather laid claim on Wednesday that they are the "Saudi Arabia of tidal power."
As for the Maldives, Aslam is hoping that his country's efforts help break the impasse in international negotiations. "We don't have to wait for everybody else to do this," said Aslam. "Once things start happening in the Maldives, others will see that is the path to choose.
Siddhartha MahantaDec. 8, 2010 2:41 PM
In a perfectly enlightened, technologically advanced world, computer software could be used to analyze existing data and determine what happened on the Deepwater Horizon just before it exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. In that world, all relevant parties with access to such data would be ready and willing to offer it up.
We're not there yet. Today, Representatives Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Lois Capps (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to National Oilwell Varco (NOV)—the company that provided the data display systems used by the drilling crew to monitor the well—demanding that the company hand over key information to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, the independent commission formed by President Obama to investigate the disaster. The information locked away in NOV's vaults could help the commission recreate the computer displays that engineers on the Deepwater Horizon were looking at just seconds before the rig exploded.
Unfortunately, NOV is declining. In their letter to the company, Markey and Capps cite their difficulties with NOV as a big reason why the commission needs the authority to issue subpoenas—a privilege it doesn't currently enjoy. The House passed a bill co-sponsored by Markey and Capps (by a vote of 420-1) giving it that power earlier this year. But Senate Republicans stymied any further progress.
"Your refusal to provide extremely relevant information is yet another example of why the National Commission should be given that power," Markey and Capps write to NOV. "If Congress is not able to enact such legislation, it will be up to those who do have subpoena authority, including the Congress, to make sure the true facts of the BP spill are placed into the public domain." In a press release, Capps says that "[i]t's clear that National Oilwell Varco shares the same goal as Senate Republicans, protecting BP from full scrutiny of the independent commission." And granting subpoena power to independent panels is nothing new, she says, citing the fact that the privilege was awarded to both the Warren and Three Mile Island Commissions.
Without subpeona power, the spill commission is toothless. Markey and Capps are using NOV's heinous stubbornness to hammer that point home, and are lucky to have gotten their bill out the door in a Democrat-controlled House. But it's not going anywhere in the Senate. Realistically, though, it doesn't seem as though Democrats would have the legislative capital to burn on empowering the commission anyway. That's too bad.
Kate SheppardDec. 8, 2010 2:35 PM
Sometimes I wonder how the public can still be so confused about global warming. But reading the news sometimes, it's really fairly obvious. Take, for example, today's top candidate for most misleading headline of the year, from the Telegraph: "Cancun climate change summit: glaciers increasing despite climate change."
Holy counterintuitive, Batman! But wait—that's not actually what the article, or the report it refers to, really says. Good thing you only have to read to the second paragraph to get the real story:
However, overall ice and snow on mountains has been retreating since the industrial age, according to scientists from around the world.
In some regions, it is very likely that glaciers will largely disappear by the end of this century, whereas in others ice cover will persist but in a reduced form for many centuries to come.
The report, released yesterday at the Cancun climate talks by the United Nations Environment Program, finds that glaciers in Patagonia, Alaska, the northwest United States, southwest Canada, the Hindu Kush region of the Himalayas, the Arctic and the Andes are all rapidly losing mass. Europe's glaciers were gaining mass from the mid-1970s until 2000, when the trend started reversing. Some may disappear by the end of the century—the consequence of rising temperatures.
Indeed, the report does note that there are some glaciers that have grown—though the trend overall is still decline. Why? Higher levels of precipitation in some areas has caused the growth in places like western Norway, New Zealand, and part of the Tierra del Fuego region of South America. Other mountain ranges are experiencing some contradictory effects—parts of Asia's Karakoram range, for instance, have seen glaciers making a comeback after 50 years.
To say the headline is disingenuous would, of course, be an understatement. It's particularly problematic given all the attention to the glaciers issue this year. Skeptics latched on to a minor error in a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that gave an incorrect estimate of the rate of decline for Himalayan glaciers. The error has since been acknowledged and corrected, but has nevertheless been used to undermine the entirety of the IPCC's work. This regardless of the fact that the overwhelming majority of the earth's glaciers are receding—just maybe not quite as fast.
The press has really blown it on coverage of this and other issues of science on global warming in the past year. The Sunday Times had to publish a retraction for a horrible story that dramatically distorted the IPCC's findings on impacts in the Amazon. They did retract it, but these things do have consequences—that story was repeated 20,000 times on the web before the correction.
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To Molly, Bruce is 'Old MacDonald', sat on his farm surrounded by pet goats when he could be living the rock star lifestyle. And Bruce won't let Molly forget the mammoth interview he'd given him years earlier – "This man right here once dragged me through the longest four hours of my life! Whenever I think of you I think of pain…"
Joking aside, Springsteen takes time to reflect on his incredible four-decade career as 'The Boss', talking about his current position as rock's elder statesman. He even delivers some timely advice to today's aspiring rock stars:
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Has our'new council leader' enlightened us yet or have i been sleeping?
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- I for one think it would be a far poorer place (FA) without you Simon. You stick to your guns and are entertaining with it.
Good debating skills, sometimes even winning arguments against the odds, often stunning opponents into silence.
- See above Simon-i put reply in wrong box. Sorry.
- Because it was a pre election stunt exagerated i feel for political points.
- Agreed, what a total waste of money.
- Wow! Cant wait.
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Cllr Breslin; Ian Angus MacDonald may well have been scunered and a perceptive individual but he certainly has left the stage to the sound of his own footsteps. I also hope that Andrew Vennard stands as he is buliding up a respectable share of the vote and is not afraid to stand by his principles. I voted for him last time and will do so again. Never thought i would but there you go.
- Agreement on fiscal framework looks like Davidson proposal
Hugh Jazz, can you not debate in a sensible manner. Im afraid you have become an irritation for most posters of all sides and no side. Tedious and and i would imagine an embarasment for the party you would have us believe you support.
I have for some years now enjoyed healthy debate about many subjects on 'forargyll' and have until recently been generally impressed by the respect shown to posters of differing views.
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First time I have voted Conservative, and probably as much to do with the stability and clearly defined policies at national level as for the commitment of the local candidate (Andrew Vennard). I have to agree with Newsroom on this occasion that currently Labour and Liberal Democrat are not ticking the boxes and the Conservative Party have beleive it or not become more appealling.
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Several largely unrelated factors are causing mutual funds and the firms that advise them to become more active in the corporate affairs of the companies in which the funds invest.
At least five factors are contributing to mutual funds' collective increased activism, according to fund executives and industry observers. They include:
* The $6 trillion fund industry's size, a factor which collectively gives funds more leverage in pressing for change;
* The role activism can play in improving fund performance by forcing company management to take steps that help increase the price of the company's stock;
* The increased prominence of socially-responsible funds that are investing and voting proxies based on the business and employment practices of the companies in which the funds invest;
* The growing number of concentrated or so-called focus funds - funds that invest all of their assets in perhaps 25 or fewer stocks, an approach which gives larger focus funds more leverage and makes individual investments more important to fund investment performance; and
* Depressed values for public companies in certain sectors of the stock market.
An increase in fund activism will not be particularly difficult to achieve. In past years, funds almost invariably sold out of a company's stock quietly when portfolio managers were unhappy with company management. Selling remains the overwhelming choice today for funds and fund companies that own only a small percentage of a company's outstanding stock, executives said.
Nevertheless, the tendency to sell rather than try to persuade management to make changes appears to be moderating somewhat, according to executives and industry observers. For example, on Sept. 30, Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC of Short Hills, N.J. filed a preliminary proxy statement saying the firm intended to wage a proxy campaign to have two of its nominees elected as independent directors to the board of Commercial Federal Corporation of Omaha, a bank holding company.
Franklin Mutual - which says it is the largest shareholder, owning approximately 7.9 percent of the company's stock - wants Commercial Federal management to sell or merge the company, according to the proxy statement. Franklin Mutual executives were not available for comment. Commercial Federal management believes that the company's stock largely has outperformed its peers and that the company's current business is creating long-term growth and value, a company spokesperson said in a statement.
A public fight with company management is not new for Franklin which, under the stewardship of Michael Price until last year, built its reputation by identifying hidden value in companies, taking a big position in their stocks and on occasion agitating for changes to increase the price of companies' stock.
A public fight, however, is a new tactic for Harris Associates LP of Chicago, which went public with its dissatisfaction with management practices at Dun & Bradstreet Corp. of Murray Hill, N.J. in an SEC filing Sept. 21. Harris, adviser to the Oakmark Funds, filed with the SEC a copy of a letter dated Sept. 21 it sent to Volney Taylor, chairman and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, calling on the company to put itself up for sale.
"It's a first for us," said William Nygren, a partner at Harris and portfolio manager of the Oakmark Select Fund, of the public fight with Dun & Bradstreet management. "If the situation was right, we'd do it again."
Oakmark owned about 12.6 percent of Dun & Bradstreet stock at the time it sent the letter, according to the SEC filing. A Dun & Bradstreet spokesperson did not return a call seeking comment.
More public fights for funds are possible, Nygren said. The market values of many small- and mid-capitalization stocks are depressed, he said. Meanwhile, the acquisition value of many of those same small- and mid-cap companies has tended to be much higher than their market value, Nygren said. The inconsistency in the public versus the private values of companies increases the possibility that funds will press for change at public companies that have become chronically undervalued, Nygren said.
"I think the current market environment does create more reason for activism," Nygren said.
In some cases, today's activism simply represents an increase in a well-established practice. At the $267 billion mutual fund and annuity manager Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) of New York, for example, executives have a tradition of pressing companies to change their corporate governance. The level of activism at TIAA-CREF has increased this year, said Kenneth Bertsch, director of corporate governance for TIAA-CREF. TIAA-CREF has raised issues relating to the independence of boards of directors, executive compensation and anti-takeover provisions in corporate charters, Bertsch said.


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Reasons Why
So first I want to go into some reasons why. When the Vita first launched I didn't have the money and I had just traded in a bunch of games and stuff to get a 3DS about a month or two prior. Also, the launch window games where not all that interesting to me. The heavy hitter, Uncharted: Golden Abyss is just not a game i'd buy a system for. Hell, what I have played of other Uncharted games I didn't even like. However, alot of other things about the system where very appealing. The big one for me is Trophy support. I have wanted a portable Xbox handheld for quite some time. I don't want a phone with touch controls that plays small games and arcade games. I always wanted a portable Halo or Gears of War. With the Vita it's the closest you can get to that experience and in a way it could even be a better experience. Achievements on the go is something I have wanted on a Nintendo portable for quite some time. The 3DS has it's own way of doing it but it isn't linked to an account and each indivisual game usually has some form of it's own awards. I am not a fan of that. Most say that achievements or whatever add nothing to the experience. I highly disagree, they make me try things i'd never try otherwise and add to the longevity of a game. So trophy support on the Vita is a great reason for me to want one.
Another reason is the fact that it's graphics are really good. Just like me wanting a portable Xbox 360 I always had power in mind. The PSP when it first launched was also a powerhouse and I remember when I first got one being blown away by it. This time I likely won't be as blown away but it'll likely still impress me greatly. One thing I will miss is the 3D from the 3DS. People say it adds nothing to the games and is stupid, but I really love it and turn it on for pratically every game all the time now. It's no more of a gimmick than HD graphics. It's a visual medium and can add to the overall experience just like HD can.
Duel Analog sticks built into the system was the best decision SONY ever made. When playing handheld games it's never something that's truly needed, but if you want a duel stick shooter or a 3rd person action game like Uncharted to play well on it you need two sticks. There's alternatives like the stylus controls of a 3DS and even though it's highly accurate it never felt comfortable. When I play a handheld I just want to sit down, relax, and be as comfortable as possible. You know, when i'm going number 2 and stuff.
The online system for the Vita is just leagues above and beyond the 3DS. On 3DS I have a huge list of friends added on it but the only way we communicate is with Swapnote. Swapnote is really cool but it's no messaging system. I can't chat with a friend and invite them into a game as of now. That will change when Nintendo Network is finally established fully on the handheld and on WiiU, but as of now having friends on it just feels like having email buddies. With Vita, I can chat with all my friends at all times much like on Xbox 360 which is a HUGE selling point for me.
Games I'd Like To See
When it comes to games i'd like to see it really comes down to what I love on consoles. I love games made for a handheld and adapted to play on them well, but having a console-like experiences on the go is awesome and there's no denying that. With PSP that was the selling point to me as well. It's just that this time the Vita isn't coming in as an underdog (Besides in sales). It's a powerhouse of a handheld that can display graphics on par or better than most launch games of this generation. Of the videos I watched and things I have read it's all really impressed me. Showing me there's a place for both 3DS and Vita which give you much different experiences.
Dark Souls/ Demons Soul series
This is at the top of my "Wanted List". I wasn't lying when I said earlier this year that if a Souls game released on Vita I'd trade in my 3DS for the system. I played a ton of Phantasy Star on PSP. Likely my most played series on it. The Souls games are kind of like those games but more realistic, intense, and punishingly hard. I want that experience on the go so bad I can taste it. With Sony owning the Demons Soul IP I fully expect a full blown sequel to the game. If not than I hope From Software sees the systems potential and either ports Dark Souls to the Vita or releases another in the series for it.
The one issue the game would have is not always being connected to the internet. Obviously a handheld game will be moving around alot if you want to take it places. Easy solution; anytime you connect online the game downloads the messages players have scattered throughout the world and imports them through the entire game. When you reconnect online the game updates the messages with new ones. Co-op and PvP could be solved by allowing bot support. Have random encounter with bots trying to kill you much like some of the NPCs scattered throughout Dark Souls that do the same. I think it'd make for a perfect portable set up if made this way. All I can say is please get to making this fast guys...
God Of War series
It's funny, i'm not a huge fan of God of War, but what's amazing is what these games always manage to do. They bring out the power of the system and the guys who make these games are true artists. Even on the original PSP the God of War games impressed me greatly. When I played Ghost of Sparta on my PSP I was blown away that the PSP could pump out a game like that. Sure , the combat can get repetitive, and there's alot of annoying button finishers for bosses and such, but the series has always blown me away with how it looked and it's huge and epic boss fights.
Putting the series on Vita is a no brainer. The series is one of the best selling SONY franchises and could really help the system. I'm sure one is being made right as I type this. Why wouldn't it be? You take this series, throw it on the Vita (Don't rush it) and you can truly show how powerful this system is. I would buy the game just to look at it and of course to get trophies. It would certainly help the system sale in the States and hopefully we will see or hear of a version of this series in development soon for Vita.
Mass Effect series
I am someone who would prefer if the series just ended honestly. All the controversy of the 3rd game's ending left a really bad taste in my mouth. I was sick of hearing about it in the media and in blogs. I literally took a weeks break from IGN because of it. However, Mass Effect is a series I truly love. The storytelling, gameplay, and the setting are just so great to me. Despite everyone's qualms with the ending I enjoyed all of it the whole way through. Sure, some things could have been done differently, but the series was not my story to tell. This was Bioware's and I respect that they brought us such a great sci-fi epic.
So now to Vita. Mass Effect on the go isn't really new. A not so well received iOS Mass Effect game released and to me looked very mediocre. With Vita you have duel analog, great online setup, and stunning graphics. Mass Effect could really shine on the handheld. Making decisions, leveling up, and even online multiplayer sound perfectly suited for Vita. Why not even introduce competitive multiplayer for the first time. It would be the portable Gears of War type game i'd never get to play unless someone else made an inspired version of it. Overall Mass Effect Vita just sounds right, and I think alot of people would agree despite their qualms with ME3's ending. This could potentially boost system sales if it was it's own game and a side story from the console versions.
Star Wars Battlefront Vita
If you played PSP you know that several Battlefront games where released on it. The thing was that the controls always sucked on it. With Vita's duel analog we could get that game we have all been craving. A next gen Battlefront. Don't tell me no one has been thinking of this. I haven't seen anyone say they want this on Vita. With the past entries of the series on PSP I fully expect Lucasarts is eyeing the Vita. Maybe they are just waiting for the moment when it's sales pick up speed. All I can think of is how epic it'd be to have a true Battlefront game on a handheld. The things it could do and the epic online multiplayer it could have. It will likely never happen, and we'd probably see an iOS version before we ever see a Vita one, but a man can dream can't he?
Borderlands 2
With rumors that the creator of Borderlands has said he'd like to port this game to Vita it sent my head swirling. While it'd be a more singleplayer adventure due to it being restricted to a handheld, I really wouldn't give a damn. Give me addictive loot collecting and level grinding on the go complete with duel stick shooter elements and it'd make my head explode with joy. Let me do all that and play with other PS3 users and i'd just throw my Vita in the garbage and say my life is complete all the while launching my body off the nearest and highest roof. Okay, just kidding about all that, and suicide isn't very funny. I just can't truly explain how awesome this would be to me without getting a little crazy
Games I Want
To prevent confusion this is about games I want that are already released or have been announced. Nothing out on Vita is a MUST have for me at the moment. There's some games i'd like to have on it however and a big one that is almost a system seller to me.
Little Big Planet Vita - This is the game series that I truly love on Playstation. Creativity is a huge aspect of these games and I love playing other people's creations and messing around trying to make my own. The artstyle is also just way too adorable to me. When I think of how epic and how interesting this sounds with touch controls it just gets me all excited. This will practically be a must have for any Vita owner. Like IGN has said it'll be like the Vita's own app store with tons of free games right at your finger tips. I just can't wait to get my hands on this game.
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 - I LOVE fighting games, but generally only like to play 3D fighting games. 2D is generally pretty boring to me. However Marvel Vs. Capcom is a freaking blast. Choosing to fight as heroes is so cool and the graphics and flashy colors likely look fantastic on Vita's OLED screen.
Mortal Kombat - Another 2D fighting game...I know...but this one has tons of modes and little things added to it that the cheap price tag it's at these days is a no brainer to me. I will have this game.
Uncharted Golden Abyss - I know what I said earlier, but I was simply referring to this game being a system seller to me. I am not sure if i'll even like this game, but it's worth a shot and i'll have the money to spare so why not?
Gravity Rush - I had my eye on this game ever since it was announced for Vita. Ultimately it just looked interesting and still does actually. I am not a fan of gimmicky motion controls , but this game doesn't look gimmicky to me. It looks like it does all that stuff justice. Hopefully it's as good as people who have played it make it sound.
Assassin's Creed III Liberation - I played the original PSP Assassin's Creed and let me tell ya, it sucked...While it wasn't the worst game on the system it was just a really bad Assassin's Creed game. Horrible controls, mediocre graphics even for a PSP game, and very uninteresting environments and platforming. With Liberation everything looks like a slightly scaled back version of the full console game. Depending on how you look at it that's either a bad thing or a good thing. When I look back at that PSP game though I think it's certainly a GREAT thing. I also am not sure if this one will have multiplayer but if it does then hell yeah i'd play it. I am very tempted to wait for the bundle of this game and the White Vita and have even looked at the White Vita's on sites like PlayAsia which are like double the price of a North American Vita. I'd be stupid to buy that but I really want a white Vita.
Final Thoughts and Words
This has been a pretty long blog, and if you made it all the way through than thanks. I'm looking to spend about 500 or a little more dollars on a Vita, games, and assessories. If you know of any great deals on games or the system and stuff let me know in the comments below. I know of a few already which I hope are still around when I get ready to purchase all this stuff.


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- Directed by: Chad Stahelski
- Cast: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Willem Dafoe
- UK release: 10 April 2015
- Website: www.johnwickthemovie.com
John Wick (Reeves), a retired hitman in mourning for his wife, gets back in the game when mob kingpin's clueless son Iosef (Allen) kills his puppy. One of Reeves' best roles yet, in a stylish hitman-with-a-heart thriller crammed with satisfying action sequences, solid direction, innovative cinematography and terrific production design.
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Good Overall Value, Speakerphone lacking
Solid phone and useful features for the price range. The speakerphone, as in most low cost phones, leaves a lot to be desired. If this phone is the primary phone for home business applications, don't use it for the speaker. The key to all these phones is the longevity of the LCD. Poorly made LCDs begin to fade after 24-36 months, often rendering the device useless. Panasonic has a good reputation for quality. I won't know if this is the case for another two to three years
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You can't take it with you when you go is what they say and they are right.
I am trying to get my affairs in order as being diagnosed with cancer has changed my priorities and I will not have time to pursue my interest in art and photography so I want to test the water to see if there is any interest in purchasing my collection of around 25,000 of my original stock photos.
Admittedly they vary considerably in quality, content including similar multiples of some of the subjects ranging from almost abstract accidental blurred shots (which could one day be useful) to beautiful beaches, landscapes, trees, sunsets, flowers, cloudy skies, animals, insects, plants, vehicles, macros, bones, skulls, sculptures, buildings, cemeteries, mushrooms, the Philippines, rocks, swords, doors, windows, ornaments, signs, drains, water, textures, steps, walls and fences.
I probably will not include my photos with people as I would not be able to obtain model releases at this time.
For the right offer I would transfer full copyright, ownership and all rights to the photos.
I just want to see if it is a realistic idea or if I should just let them fade into oblivion.


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