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"Overbooking is very bad at this hotel.
The Robinson Crusoe trip is over rated.
You pay for all foods.
I will never go back.
Our room was still uncleaned from last guests."
- Holiday details: Mar 2007, All Inclusive, booked with Airtours
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"'WOW' what a holiday. From the minute we arrived to the minute we left 'paradise'.
We arrived on Meeru after a 50 minute speedboat journey from the airport to be greeted and escorted to reception where we were given a refreshing drink and information about the island, we were then taken to our land villa, and we were situated at the end of the island near to the Asian wok very beautiful and peaceful.
The sand was white the sea turquoise. We went all inclusive well worth it the food was brilliant plenty of choice and rarely repeated.
The staff were friendly and nothing was too much trouble.
Plenty to do if you wanted lots of excursions, snorkelling, and diving.
We will definitely be back."
- Holiday details: Mar 2007, All Inclusive, booked with First Choice
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"We went to Meeru on our honeymoon and we stayed in a jacuzzi water villa, which was absolutely fantastic- outdoor jacuzzi which we enjoyed most evenings with a bottle of wine looking up at the stars.
The food was very good, but maybe a little repetitive. There were two other restaurants(not part of AI)- an Asian wok and an old sailing boat moored near the beach-fantastic lobster.
These are also open for cocktails till about 7.30 which was great for watching the beautiful sunsets.
The pool was lovely and never too busy and the waiters were always on hand to refill your glass-the iced coffee is a must.
Can recommend the boat trips, night fishing is fun, and the Robinson Crusoe island was unbelievable. Don't recommend island hopping-too cramped and rushed.
All in all a great holiday on one of the larger islands, lots to do, lovely weather and beautiful quiet beaches."
- Holiday details: Apr 2007, All Inclusive, booked with First Choice
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"The island was amazing, turquoise sea and white sand, exactly how it looks in the book.
Every member of staff was so polite and very welcoming. The land villa that we stayed in was so clean and tidy and room service cleaned the room twice daily. It was about 20 steps from beach! Everywhere was peaceful and relaxing just what you need in a place like that.
The restaurants were lovely, we couldn't have asked for better food and there was plenty of choice. We recommend the Dhoni bar the staff were so friendly and funny and very chatty making you feel welcome, overlooking the harbour.
There is a great choice of excursions to go on the Seaplane was excellent flying over lots of other islands.
The overall holiday was brilliant we would definitely go again and have recommended to family and friends."
- Holiday details: May 2007, All Inclusive, booked with Airtours
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"Love this hotel!
We went to Meeru just after the tsunami and the staff on Meeru just could not do enough to get everything up and running again. There was not a lot of damage to the island but the work needed to clean it all up again for visitors was enormous.
The staff there are the friendliest you will ever find and we were made to feel like royalty.
Beaches were really clean. Restaurants had an amazing selection.
Baby sharks swim in the shallow waters which are totally safe to swimmers but great for watching also.
Scuba diving the best I have ever done. We saw everything rays, dolphins and turtles. A must for animal lovers."
- Holiday details: Jan 2005, All Inclusive, booked with First Choice
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"Went to Meeru last October for a weeks relaxation and boy was it perfect. We flew with Emirites via Dubai (mainly as i don't do budget airlines!!) as we had heard terrible things about Monarch and we were glad that we did as i can't recommend them enough. We also upgraded to a Beach Villa which was well worth it especially after seeing the standard accommodation, but i believe that the standard rooms are all being upgraded soon if this has not already happened.
The resort was perfect, we particularly liked the "no need for shoes" feel of the place and the staff were so helpful and friendly at all times. The beaches were always clean and tidy and the snorkeling in the lagoon was brilliant - especially by the health spa at the water bungalows.
The weather at that time of the year was mixed but it didn't bother us as it was always warm even in the thunder storms, and swimming in the rain is so refreshing (plus everyone runs for cover so it just adds to the desert island feel of the place.
The speedboat transfer was good and not too long (its about 1 hour) and there is always a chance to see some flying fish on the way.
I really can't rate this island enough and are actually returning to the Maldives in May 06 but we decided to try a different island to compare the two and have decided to go to Kuramathi Cottage and Spa this time. We travel a lot (about 3-4 holidays per year and many weekends away too) and never try to go back to the same place (other than skiing) as we like to try as many different countries and cultures as possible - but with the maldives i just can't wait to get back."
- Holiday details: Apr 2006
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"We recently went to Meeru for our honeymoon, in April 2006. After a lot of research into all Maldives destinations, we decided Meeru seemed by far the best for our budget (around £4000 for the both of us). After spending 10 days in paradise, I can definitely say we made the right choice! Here's a lowdown on the holiday:
First of all there was the flight - we booked with Emirates, what can I say, they were absolutely amazing! I'd definitely recommend flying with them, their economy class is like other airlines' business class. The seats are very spacious, you have your own TV screen on the seat in front with around 200 films to choose from, lots of TV progs, 100s of CDs to listen to, an interactive games console with lots of games, and best of all you can view the plane's forward and downward camera so even if you're not sitting at the window seat you can still see amazing views, weather permitting! The cabin crew were superb, giving you complementary drinks whenever you wanted, the meals were superb and they couldn't do enough for you. We even got complementary champagne and a huge congratulations cake just because we were on our honeymoon - it was such a lovely surprise! There was no time to get bored on this flight, their inflight entertainment was just second to none. 5* to Emirates.
We flew from Glasgow to Dubai which took 7 hours, then we had a 3 hour stop in Dubai airport, which was fine because the airport is worth a look in itself. It's absolutely huge, and there's so much shopping to be done! Definitely an experience. We then flew to Male, a 4 hour flight, then got the speedboat transfer to Meeru Island which took about 50 mins. The boat is fairly small, with around 16 seats on deck and a further 16 or so down in the cabin. When we arrived at the island, we were taken to the reception and each given a cold minted towel and a lovely fruit cocktail juice - how refreshing! We filled out our registration details etc then were given the keys to our room. By the way, the hotel staff basically do the job of the rep, we booked with Kuoni but didn't see the rep at all during the holiday and the staff told us all about the trips and all inclusive basis etc, which really should've been the rep's job.
The room - if you're going to somewhere like the Maldives, especially if it's for a special occasion like your honeymoon, you have to stay in decent accommodation. In Meeru, that would be the Jacuzzi Water Villas - total bliss! They really are something special, I'd say better and more economical than the Honeymoon Suites. Look up the Meeru website for more details of the different types of accommodation available and you'll see what I mean! Each room is allocated their own room boy, and they come twice a day to make your bed and tidy up etc, they're very good and take such pride in their work, but will respect your privacy if you fancy a lie in one morning.
We went all inclusive, definitely worth it (except for the white band you have to wear, you're not allowed to take it off the whole time you're there - very annoying!). Again, you're allocated your own waiter which you'll have for the whole time you're there, they get all your drinks for you. The choice of food was amazing. There is definitely something for everyone! The quality of the food was also very impressive, much better than any other all inclusive holidays I've been on. The staff take a lot of pride in their work and are very creative - the waiters make different shapes out of the napkins everyday, and the chefs carve different pictures out of watermelons - very unique and totally amazing! There is also a wee guy who is in charge of cleaning the toilets. They were always spotlessly clean and he'd stand there looking so pleased with himself, and every day he would write messages in the sand like "good morning" or " have a nice day", it really did make me smile! The staff were all so friendly and couldn't do enough for you.
Snorkelling - the fish you'll see are totally amazing. There are such a variety and they're so colourful. There's even reef sharks - don't worry, they're quite small and totally harmless - it's fine to snorkel in and around them, they're so friendly!One thing I would advise though, get yourself a pair of watershoes like trainers (covered with hard soles - not the sandals type), here's why - I didn't know this, but when we went in April, it is apparently the season when fish lay their eggs(?) and dangerous triggerfish came into the reef to do exactly this. No one warned us of this, and there I was snorkelling away when I was attacked by two of these nasty fish because I had obviously went into their territory without realising. I sustained nasty bite injuries to my toes (I was wearing open sandal watershoes) and to my legs, so if you go at this time, please be aware of fish protecting their eggs! Whilst we were there, about 6 people were attacked and badly bitten, but the staff at the island said that this was the first time anything like this had ever happened and it was very unusual for the triggerfish to come in over the reef, so please don't let this put you off, but just be aware of it.
There is lots to do on the island including Cat sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, tennis court, a golf driving range(?!), badminton court, volleyall, football pitch, diving centre, 2 fantastic Spas (you must go, the treatments are divine!) and of course the snorkelling, so you definitely won't get bored!
There is also a variety of trips you can go on. We went on the Sunset cruise and the Fishing trip because they were included in our all inclusive package. The sunset cruise was lovely, we went out from 5-6.30pm with only about 10 people to each boat, got a nice cocktail and saw lots of dolphins! They were swimming along with the boat for what seemed like ages, there was about 12 of them altogether, absolutely beautiful animals! It was totally amazing. The fishing trip was from 5.30-8pm, again only 10 people to each boat, with the local fishermen showing you how to fish using a very simple plastic coil and line. We caught loads of fish, and you could arrange for the chef you cook your fish for tea the next night if you wanted! The only thing I didn't like was they just slung all the fish into a crate, and it was pretty horrible seeing them all flap about for what seemed like hours on end. Also the barracuda seemed to make a screaming noise when they were caught, probably just the noise of the air coming out of them, but nevertheless not very nice. I've heard the Loveboat cruise is also totally amazing, but it was about $300 per couple so we didn't bother doing that. Definitely go on whatever trips are included in your all inclusive basis though.
On our last day, since our flight was not till the evening, we had a day use room which was a standard room at the other end of the island. People talk about a divide on the island, we'd never noticed as we spent all our time in Meeru Village (the north end of the island where all the jacuzzi water villas, jacuzzi land villas, honeymoon suites, and normal water villas are). But when we moved to a standard room, boy did we certainly notice the difference! The standard room was well, very basic, had a funny smell, and lots of ants crawling around. I would not recommend staying in this part of the island. We didn't see the normal land villas though, maybe they are ok. But even this part of the island doesn't seem as nice. The sand isn't as white, it's not kept as tidy, and it's definitley not as nice as the north end of the island. We realised how lucky we were that day, to have stayed in a JWV for most of our holiday, it was definitely the best accommodation on the island. Apparently they're knocking down all the standard rooms in May this year, and building better accommodation, trying to bring that part of the island up to the standards of the Village end and lessening the "divide" feel to the island. If you're staying in Meeru village from May onwards, from seeing the island, I don't think the bulding work will affect you as it really is quite far away from the Village end of the island. As we discovered, you can spend all your time secluded at this end of the island and not need to go anywhere else and have an absolutely fantastic time!
Weather - apparently May to September is the wet season, with the best weather being in December/January. When we were there in April, the weather was fantastic. Around 30 degrees constantly with an amazing breeze. It rained twice when we there there, and when it rains, it really does rain. Talk about monsoon - it's a spectacular show! It didn't last for long though and the hot temperature soon dried it up again.
Wildlife - Apart from all the fish, there are lots of other animals to see on the island. There are the little geckos (lizard type things on the walls and trees, harmless and very cute!), the mad fruit bats that fly about the trees which you see at all times of the day, the heron that stands in the same place near the spa in the village at sunset waiting to catch a fish, lots of different species of birds, the tiny little white crab like things with shells that run about the beach at night, and much more. I became very attached to all the wildlife by the end of the holiday, especially my favourite - the heron. He was so funny and provided such entertainment!
Overall, Meeru is such an amazing place to go to. It really is exactly like the image you get if you imagine the Maldives in your head. I did a huge amount of research into all the islands when trying to decide which one to go to for our honeymoon, this one came out top and it really did live up to my expectations. The whole holiday was amazing from start to finish (with exception to the triggerfish incident!) and it was the best honeymoon anyone could ever wish for. I can't recommend Meeru enough. We'd definitely go back, maybe for our 10 year anniversary you never know!"
- Holiday details: Apr 2006
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"We flew from Manchester with MyTravel. Plane was a A300 so there was a bit of room on there we had seats 44 which were where the configuration goes from a 343 to 242 so we had the leg room for 3 people (if that make sense!) the flight was about two thirds full so most people who were at the back of the plane managed to get a row of 3 to themselves.
MyTravel are really clamping down on luggage and we were charged excess baggage for 4 kilos, which was £24 (£6 per kilo). MyTravel were advising some people to upgrade to premier gold, as it would have been cheaper.
Arrived into Male 10 hours 40 minutes later and it was 32 degrees! Cleared customs and luggage arrived quickly. We then went outside to the cafe. After about 30 minutes they called us and we boarded the boat, (we were later told the reason why we waited 30 minutes is because a couple had their suitcases broken into en-route and they were sorting that out - otherwise we'd have been a bit quicker)
Boat journey was ok we traveled on the Meeru Star, seats were a bit hard and there was a vibrating noise but apart from that it was fine.
Arrived onto Meeru - just as I had remembered it although this time I must admit there was no wow factor but it still felt nice to be here, walked along the jetty and saw 2 sharks and a stingray!
Was taken to Kakuni bar and had the normal peppermint towel and cocktail which was most needed! We were then told all of the Land Villas were full for that night so we were being upgraded to a Jacuzzi Land Villa for one night and we were give room 643.
On arriving in the room we noticed how cramped it felt compare to a normal land villa this was because there was a 4 poster bed in it an extra set of drawers (which are an excellent idea because there isn't much storage space normally) a sofa and a TV! The 'back garden' is out of this world lot of space and nicely presented much better than the normal Land Villas. We didn't unpack as we were moving at 11am the next day (which was a pain because we wanted fully unpack to settle in) We tried the Jacuzzi but it took ages to fill and then we turned it on to warm it up and the whole process took about 1.5 hours…
We ate in the Malaan and was really surprised as to how quiet and peaceful it was, we was allocated Hussain (who was our waiter from last year) and it was nice to sit wherever you wanted rather than being given a table for the full holiday. Meals were fantastic.
The next morning we moved to room 206 - right next to the Asian Wok a perfect location I thought, as you get the sun all day and drinks are only next-door! That night it started to rain........
It rained the next day............ (Wed)
Thurs, Glorious sunshine! We did nothing all day except sit in the sun!
It was crab racing in the Dhoni bar that night winner took 38 cans of beer, which was good as he wasn't all-inclusive.
Mark (Husband) started his open water diver on the Friday cost $691 including all boat hire, which worked out £411. But more on that later....
It was Maldivian night at the Kakuni bar, which was good. I bought a coconut cocktail served in a real coconut - I think it was $5.
Saturday once again glorious sunshine. Once again we didn't do much we had a walk round the island and sat in the sun. That night it was party night in the Dhoni, the music was really loud that night, we walked up to the Uthuru bar and could still hear the music! Wouldn't have liked to have been someone staying in the low/mid 600's.
Sunday - We walked around the island fully today to have a look if anything had changed since we were there last (Nov 04). Last year we stayed in room 259 and the beach there was lovely, we noticed this year that there is a big step in the sand and a tree which was over the water which we used to sit in and watch sharks was now half way up the beach. You could see that a lot of the 400 rooms and 200 rooms have had new fronts and a couple have had new decking. There was a boat at sea pumping sand onto the beach as a result we noticed the beach has a lot more coral and isn't as nice underfoot.
The next week merged together as we were so relaxed!
We moved rooms once again on Thursday we moved to a Water Villa (room 525), which was one of Shareef's allocated rooms, he was our room boy last year and he remembered us, which was really nice. He decorated the bed each night in a fantastic pattern and lots of flowers. We were originally told the room should be $130 upgrade per night but they could do it for $100, we bartered a bit and eventually got it for $65 per night. I would definitely recommend this as an upgrade.
On the Saturday (03/12) we went to Diffushi as we had bought children some gifts, we noticed on arriving there was damage caused by the Tsunami, the harbour wall was cracked and the house they used to take you to, and show you a typical Maldivian house was badly damaged. The shop windows looked like they had been damaged as most of them had sheeting over them whereas last year they were glass. The children loved their gifts and their faces lit up when we gave them to them. One boy accepted the toy car and gave me some shells as a swap; they are the most unusual things I have ever seen.
We had his and hers massage in the over the water spa which was fantastic! It cost $140 and was well worth it. Mark was a bit unsure but I would say he enjoyed it the most as it was very relaxing, we were given a lemon flavored water drink on arrival and ginger tea once the treatment had finished we were also given a bottle of Moet which was worth $90 so we got the massage for $50 for the both of us! We took the bottle to the Asian Wok and were given glasses and an ice bucket and we sat on the beach watching the sun go down.
On our return day (Mon 5th) Linda (Airtours Rep) called us to say we has a 3 hour delay but was still being taken to the airport at normal time so we would have 6 hours at airport (nice!) We arrived at the airport at about 12 noon and it was mayhem! When we booked this holiday we were told the flight on the way back was Male – London Gatwick – Manchester which we were fine about. On arrival at Male we were told the flight was stopping in Manchester first which was excellent for us but unfortunate for the London Gatwick people but there is nothing you can do really.
We were then told it wasn't a MyTravel flight that has been sent out for us it was a Monarch as the MyTravel flight had gone technical. As the Monarch plane was smaller we would have to make a re-fuel stop in Bahrain for about 45 minutes. This was making the Manchester passengers 4 hours later than estimated time of arrival but London Gatwick passengers were due to arrive 7 hours later than they should have.
At this point I must say I was ashamed of some of the London Gatwick passengers and the way they spoke to Linda, it was totally un-called for, their language was disgusting. She was the only rep there and she took the brunt of a full plane full of passengers, she kept apologising (even though it isn't her fault) but it was just not good enough for some people. What did they expect her to do? Build a 747 there and then?!
We were lucky as we had made friends with Wazeem from the Dhoni bar and it was his day off and he lives in Male, we called him and he met us at the airport and took 10 of us onto Male mainland for a sightseeing tour! It cost $3 total for the Dhoni boat to get there! We visited the big mosque, the fish market, indoor market and outdoor market and then he took us to a traditional Maldivian café, we spent about 3 hours in total on Male and it was fantastic – definitely recommend this, but I'm not too sure how much the Meeru excursion is. Wazeem then took us back to the airport and we only had about an hour and a half to kill before the flight left, MyTravel had organised complimentary drink & food at the airport.
The flight with Monarch home was ok, there were no screens in back of seats but to be fair to them they had lent MyTravel the flight at short notice and I suppose it was whatever they had available at the time. The crew were lovely – couldn't do enough for you. Food was nice.
The stop in Bahrain was good as you could have a wander round and stretch your legs. Cigarettes were $12 for 400!
Special staff: Saud & Wazeem – Dhoni bar once again excellent
Shareef – Water Villa Room boy
Building Work:
They are converting the last remaining land villas to Jacuzzi land villas (low 600's) didn't really notice it to be honest, mainly hand tools being used and it is screened off.
Farivalhu restaurant – ½ of it is screened off as it is being updated – no disturbance at all, didn't hear anything from it.
Something is going on behind the 400's/high 200's in the owner's house; I think it maybe a pool being added as a waiter said it was. Could hear a bit of noise but nothing too bad.
All Inclusive v Full Board – We went Full Board this time (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) as we thought this suited us the best. Had we have gone AI the upgrade was £784 for the two of us for two weeks. We drank what we wanted when we wanted and didn't think 'oh we cannot have that because were not all-inclusive' our bill for drinks at the end of the holiday was £324. In my opinion I was better going full board but not everyone is the same.
Diving – Husband did his Open Water Diver which his raves about! He visited the wreck, Chicken Island and also Manta Point. He said the Mantas were breathtaking and he is very glad he did it, apparently the mantas are only there between Oct and April, but they cannot guarantee this. He saw turtles at Chicken Island and saw 100's of dolphins whilst on the diving boats.
We watched a couple of vowel renewal ceremonies they looked very nice any questions feel free to ask.
Them and us feeling? I didn't feel this once and I ate at both restaurants.
All in all once again a fantastic holiday."
- Holiday details: Nov 2005, Full Board, booked with Direct Holidays
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"Returned from Meeru two weeks ago after a brilliant holdiay
Flight: Flew with First Choice premier class (have to say didn't pay full price, only paid £90 PP)brilliant leg room, food OK, cabin crew no different to normal. Would fly with these again most definately because of the good leg room however I wouldn't pay the normal price of £300 - £450?? pp to upgrade as I just don't think it is worth it. The attendant on the premier check in needed some training on how to smile and be pleasant, she was the most miserable person I have seen and as we were one of the first through I dread to think the reception the people at the back of the queue got.
Male: Yep people are right imigration takes for ever and a day but once everybody is through and if your transfer is by boat you are straight off. They have a good procedure at the airport you are given an envelope with your room number and information sheets which you need to fill in, you can fill these in in the airport while you are waiting for your transfer and then you hand them in to your rep on the boat. This means that once you reach the resort you are taken straight off to your room and not stood in queues at recption. Transfer takes approx 60 mins on a speedboat (not Miami Vice style but they do the trick).
Meeru: Have to say didn't go WOW but hey I was tired. Taken more or less straight to room (standard,only one that was available when we booked)and that was when my heart sank, it was like being in a prefab building and it had a small indoor bathroom.I do have to be honest though and say that it was very clean. It was in the 100's so wasn't directly on the beach but it wasn't a hike to it neither. Asked for an upgrade but the island was full so there was no chance of that but they did move us three days later to the other side of the island. Room still no better if anything worse, but it had a semi open air bathroom and was directly on the beach facing the honeymoon suit. Used to shower with the lizards and gekho's and if your really lucky you to may get a tree hamster sharing your bathroom (at first was a bit scared but they are more frightened of you and it is there home and eventually I wasn't bothered especially as hubby caught the tree hamster and let it go outside the room). Room boys are brilliant (not the usual 10 mins to clean your room that it takes when in Spain or other European counntries)they take up to 45 mins + to clean your room and towards the end of your stay they decorate your bed, which I have to say looks great on the pictures but when you actually see it it is unbelievable. Clean towels every day and sheets changed every other day. Once again a big thankyou to our room boy. I would like to say a big thankyou to the honey moon couple who did entertain us, firstly by the groom missing the boat and falling into the sea and also to both of them the day after the storm when it took the room boy 45 mins at least to get them to their suite (I did want to phone reception but the people watching said I couldn't as it was entertaining and if you got into real difficulties they would get in the water and help, or I could phone reception. Honestly some people will do anything for a laugh, but hats off to you both you laughed at the end.Congratulations to you both. Bye the way should mention that the honeymoon suite is on stilts out in the sea and depeding on the tide you are taken over by a boat which you stand up on and the room boy uses a punting stick to steer the boat, or if the tide is out you can walk.
Shown to your table and introduced to your waiter for your stay, this was good because you could eat whenever and didn't have to look for a table. As every body says they get to know what you drink and after the first day they just serve you with your drinks. These lads work really hard, they are up early in the morning and finish late at night yet they are always pleasant, smiling and helpful, they love football and tennis and you often see them on their free period on an afternoon playing these sports, they also have a friendly game of football on a Sunday with the vistors and I believe they have only ever been beaten tiwce by us. Plenty of choice with food with a three week rotation, and something for everybody no matter how fussy you are. Big thanks to Jay Jay.
Beaches beautiful even if it was a bit coraly in some parts, sea crystal blue, fish colourful and pleanty to see.
If you want to see some excellent coral and fishes then do the loveboat cruise, out of this world.
Although I didn't get the WOW factor on arrival and was disapointed at the room I have to say WOW now.I know this is long and drawn out but I could carry on and make it even longer but I won't. I would recommend this island and hope to go back to the Maldives next March. I would go back to Meeru without any doubts but there are so many other islands to visit.
The service throughout our stay was second to none apart from the rep the not so delightful Wyndham Peters, who you never see and when you do tells you bare faced lies that your flight is on time and that you will be leaving on time when he knows for certain that the delayed Gatwick flight is going home on your flight. Come on reps have the courage of your convictions and stop lying, nobody begrudged the Gatwick people from taking our flight after being delayed 48hrs plus (hope you all got home safetly, we left two hours after you). Many thanks to everybody for a brilliant holdiay."
- Holiday details: Mar 2006
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"We we just got back from Meeru a little over two weeks ago and I just want to go back.
I was so beautiful, everything I imagined and more, true paradise!
Right from the moment we touched down at the airport in Male people we so friendly and helpful. We boarded our speedboat to Meeru and after an exciting 45mins of watching flying fish we were greeted with the beatiful sight of Meeru Island, white sand, turquoise sea, green palm trees it was just amazing.
We spent the next two weeks just relaxing and getting tanned. It's not the sort of place to go if you need 'entertainment' although each night there was a planned event such as live bands, crab racing etc which were quite interesting.
The food was lovely, there was a wide range available each day such as spicy food, pasta, salads, rice etc and the puddings were to die for!
The service was incredable, the waiters in each bar and restaurant were polite, happy and helpful always checking to see what they could do for you.
I would definatly recommend going all inclusive as you are constantly drinking fluids due to the heat as this can so mount up.
The weather was perfect, the first couple of days were slightly cloudy but still around late twenty degrees and the rest of the fourtnight was mid thirtys! Although there were very hot periods such a midday it wasn't too much although it would have been for small children.
The wildlife was great, I saw dolphins, flying fish, fruit bats, geckos, herons, rays, baby sharks and all kinds of beautiful tropical fish.
This is the trip of a lifetime, not to be missed!!!"
- Holiday details: Mar 2006
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"My Husband and I have just returned from a weeks vacation at Meeru. We stayed from the 5th - 13th March.
We opted for a standard room as we didnt plan on staying in the room for the whole vacation (we went with a group of 10 people so only used our room for sleeping. Had we have gone on our own then i would have definatley upgraded to a jacizzi land villa)
The place is perfect. The staff are so friendly, nothing is too much trouble for them. The food was fantastic. we ate at the bufffet style restaurant most nights and could not fault this at all. As we are both vegetarians we usually have complaints about lack of choice but it was unbelievable there were so many dishes to choose from. I would even go as far as saying that it had the best choice for Veggies over any hotel that i have ever been to and yes i have stayed in 5 star hotels. I can not offer any comments on the rest of the food though (meat dishes ect.) We also dined under the stars at the Asian Wok and this was a beatiful experience and again the food was gorgeous.
Waiters are so friendly and helpful.
We took a few day trips. I would certianly recommend the sunset cruise. To see the dolphins was superb. I wouldnt bother with the submarine dive as you can see better fish snorkling. The night fishing was ok but i was a little freaked by the fact that they dont hit the fish over the head to kill them, they leave them flapping about the boat for nearly 2 hours to die which i found a little cruel!
Talk to the staff they are so informative about the way of life in the Maldives its fasanating.
We did not wear any shoes for the whole week, yes parts of the island were coraly but the whole island is made from coral so what do these people expect! We walked round the island every morning and every evening. There were people raking the sand all day long, the place is spotless.
They had some good entertainment on in the evenings, a couple of really good bands, a disco night, crab racing (was a little but disapointing). Ignore the bad reviews. This place is simple, if you like sand, sea, great food, great service and a little bit of coral you will love Meeru."
- Holiday details: Mar 2006
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"My boyfriend Matt and I visited Meeru Island on the 12th February for a week all inclusive.
Arriving at the island definately had the WOW factor. Infact I had a few tears as I walked down the jetty off the speedboat. What a beautiful place.
We stayed in a Jacuzzi Land Villa which could not be faulted whatsoever. I'm a bit of a clean freak and it certainly met the 5/5 cleanliness standard. 4 poster bed, CD player, TV, sofa, dressing table etc. Nice and spacious. Garden area also lovely - jacuzzi, great!
The restaraunts were very nice with a wide vareity of food. We tried both buffet ones as we were downgraded for our first night to a land villa and had to use the other one. (Apparently downgrading is a regular occurance so make sure you not only get your refund for the night, 90 USD Asian Wok voucher and fruit basket with wine. But have a trip or something too. We had a spa treatment and they more than made up for not having our jacuzzi for the first night, although it was annoying).The land villa was nice, but not as nice as the jacuzzi land villa.
The bar near the jetty was great. We didn't use the village one as we found the central one had a better atmosphere. The was a band one nigt etc. Amazing waiter who spoiled me with gorgeous birds and fish made from palm leaves. Very clever guy! Very accomadating and polite.
The Asian wok restaraunt was gorgeous. We ate on the beach which was lovely. Again, faultless.
The spa over the water was fantastic. Matt and I had the His and Hers Massage. GO AND HAVE ONE!! We felt like new people afterwards. We took our champagne back with us to have in our jacuzzi on the last night.
The waiters were also very polite - I can safely say everyone on the whole island was SO polite. What lovely people!
Snorkelling was fab! I loved it. Even if you don't want to go out far, there's fish everwhere. Take an underwater camera with you. Make sure you wear a T shirt though. You're only 3 degrees from the equator and it burns even if there's cloud cover. Balck tipped sharks and sting rays etc etc. Oh and very cool fruit bats!
Night sea fishing was fun as was the sunset punch cruise. We saw lots of dolphins really close up. It was great.
The pool area was spotless. I never got round to using the pool as I was more interested in the turqoise sea! But it looked lovely.
WHITE sand and very very blue sea. AMAZING! I still can't believe how beautiful it was. I didn't wear shoes all week. There was a bit of coral as everone keeps saying but what can you expect?! I was amazed that people rake the seaweed at virtually every wave, surely people don't think they're going to somehow clear the coral off the sea floor and beach in odd spots as well?
The place is spotless.
I could go on forever. Clean, friendly, good food/drink and range of excursions, beautliful scenery, gorgeous rooms (although I might be a bit disappointed with a standard room, but if you just want a bed and aren't planning on spending lots of time in your room they look fine) lovely people etc.
For people who get put off by comments from '5* downgraders' who say it isn't quite up to standard then don't. It's lovely. 4* at least and I was very, very happy with that."
- Holiday details: Mar 2006
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Be careful
November 17, 2008 - Heather Ziegler
Did you read the brief police report about two middle school boys being beaten by two older teens on Edgington Lane over the weekend? This was not just a playground scuffle. The younger boys were badly beaten by the older guys who asked the younger boys if they had any drugs or money. When the younger boys said they had neither, they were beaten up. One of the boys will be having plastic surgery to repair his injuries. The other boy's injuries required stitches and may have been knocked out during the attack. One boy attends St. Michael's and the other goes to Triadelphia Middle School. These are CHILDREN. They were attacked in an area well-traveled on a Friday evening. I walk the same area, as do many people even in the evening, because it has always been safe. I hope that there are witnesses that can identify these creeps and can send them to jail. If you hear anything, let the cops know or give me a call here at the newspaper 233-0100, ext. 240. If we don't stand up to bullies how can our kids?
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A magnificently luxurious private mansion, epitome of luxury, Hotel villa Honegg is a haven with fabulous views onto a breathtaking scenery across Lake Lucerne. The Villa Honegg is a unique 5-star superior establishment in the heart of Switzerland on mount Bürgenstock. The Hotel Villa Honegg is situated 914 meters above sea level overlooking Ennetbürgen, 20 minutes from the city of Lucerne in Switzerland. The historic building houses 23 brilliantly decorated guest rooms, a spa and mountain views that will take your breath away.
Jestico + Whiles, architects of the award?winning W London in Leicester Square, has completed the interior design of the luxurious boutique hotel Villa Honegg in Switzerland, recently classified as 'Five Star Superior'. Sitting at an altitude of almost 1,000 meters on Mount Bürgenstock, the exclusive resort provides guests with a peaceful haven and magnificent views across Lake Lucerne. Hotel Villa Honegg is a luxurious private retreat with 23 suites and guestrooms, spa, fine dining restaurant, conference facilities and a cinema?quality screening room. An outdoor infinity pool and whirlpool has stunning views over the lake and mountains. The five?storey chalet style hotel was originally built in 1905 in the Scandinavian 'Gustavian' style. Its facades have been restored by local craftsman to ensure its survival for another century or more.
Jestico + Whiles' design for the interiors were inspired by the breathtaking scenery in which the hotel is set. Rich timber and stone have been combined with silk and leather in natural colors to create a comfortable, contemporary environment. This is complemented by carefully selected, hand?crafted furniture finished in classic leathers and elegant, timeless fabrics. Every finish has been carefully chosen for its inviting appearance and texture, grain, pile, and weave, to provide a tactile quality to each surface. Guests at this alpine hotel, the whole of which can be privately booked out, are welcome to use the sophisticated spa with sauna, steam room, gym, massages and cosmetic treatments. Some of the other stand-out facilities include a movie theater for 20 people and an outdoor pool with stunning mountain backdrop.


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Disney's Maleficent Confirmed For March 2014 Release Date
By Katey Rich 2012-04-09 15:08:14 comments
Maleficent was starting to seem like one of those movies that stays in development forever but never gets made, with Angelina Jolie consistently hoping to play the classic Disney villain, but a series of directors from Tim Burton to David O. Russell rotating in and out behind the camera. But the project has been picking up steam lately, hiring production designer Robert Stromberg as director and getting Jolie out there to talk about how excited she is to tape into her dark side. And now enough pieces have finally fallen into place that a release date is in sight.
Disney announced today that Maleficent will come to theaters on March 14, 2014, making it even more clear that they intend this as another Alice in Wonderland-style hit. That spin on a classic tale opened March 5, 2010 and went on to gross a mind-boggling $1 billion worldwide, setting up a new model for female-led blockbusters that The Hunger Games also handily mimicked this year. Stromberg was the production designer on Wonderland, and while there's still time to hope that Maleficent will be a little more elegant and dark than the eyesore-heavy Wonderland, it's clear they're taking the Alice model to heart.
Tellingly, Disney's announcement did nothing to confirm recent rumors that Elle Fanning might play Sleeping Beauty opposite Jolie's Maleficent. She seems too perfect for the role to be out of contention entirely, but for now, we can assume that part isn't confirmed. Below is everything the press release told us that you can take to the bank about Maleficent.
The live-action film explores the origins of the evil fairy Maleficent and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in Disneys animated classic Sleeping Beauty. Leading a team of visionary filmmakers known for creating and transporting audiences to new and exciting worlds, Academy Award®-winning production designer Robert Stromberg (Avatar, Disneys Alice in Wonderland and Oz The Great and Powerful) will direct with a script by Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Alice in Wonderland). Maleficent is produced by Joe Roth (Disneys Alice in Wonderland and Oz The Great and Powerful).
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Honda Motor Co is considering diversifying its all-Japanese, all-male board by appointing a foreigner and could move as early as Monday, when it unveils its next slate of directors, sources close to the company said.
"I think we have to think quite seriously, and we are thinking very, very seriously," Honda Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura told Reuters when asked about naming a non-Japanese to the board. He was speaking on the sidelines of a plant opening in Celaya, Mexico, on Friday.
Japan's third-biggest carmaker, long considered a pioneer of Japanese globalisation with the likes of Sony Corp, now lags far behind Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co in building diversity in its executive ranks.
Japan's big companies are under pressure to bring in outsiders to bolster governance, risk management and global perspective, having traditionally chosen board members from senior male managers who had spent their careers at the company.
Honda started assembling cars in the United States in 1982 - a Japanese first - and now makes and sells about 80 percent of its vehicles overseas.
It has nevertheless resisted bringing foreigners into the upper echelons of its Tokyo headquarters, sources close to the company said, believing its largely autonomous regional operations, that include locally hired managers, have made it global enough.
That attitude now appears to be changing as it seeks faster growth and puts more emphasis on emerging markets.
The automaker recently consulted a major Japanese bank about diversifying its management board, an individual with knowledge of the matter said.
Sources close to Honda also said the company was considering appointing a foreigner to the board within the next several years and did not rule out that it could name one among board members and executives to be announced on Monday for the new financial year that starts in April. They added, however, that the company was in no hurry to diversify.
The company declined to comment on executive changes.
Honda has already appointed non-Japanese to senior posts at regional subsidiaries. At American Honda Motor, John Mendel, formerly with Ford Motor Co and Mazda Motor Corp, is executive vice president overseeing sales, and Mike Accavitti, previously with Chrysler, is senior vice president of auto operations.
Iwamura, their boss, serves as president and chief executive of American Honda.
It was unclear whether Honda was looking at potential foreign board candidates from inside or outside the company.
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Bridge to Mars:
Planetary Geophysics Lab
Colorado School of Mines
Department of Geophysics
Jeff Andrews-Hanna
Associate Research Prof.
Dept of Geophysics
Green Center, Rm 280K
Field trip
"If you want to gear the planets that revolve around the Sun,
We'll do the job up nicely, and we'll only call it fun,
And if you want a bridge to Mars, or a ten-foot shaft to hell,
We're the engineers of a thousand years and we'll do the job right well!"
   (Colorado School of Mines "Fight" Song)
Pictured (L-R): Dave Horvath, Hank Cole, Johanna "JJ" Jansen, Jeff Andrews-Hanna, and Stevie Francies
NOTE: I have now resigned from my Associate Professor position at Mines and taken a new job at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, CO. I continue to advise my graduate students as an Associate Research Professor, but I am no longer taking on new students or teaching. I am still happy to talk to students, so don't hesitate to contact me.
Welcome to the Planetary Geophysics Lab in the Department of Geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines. We focus on the study of the geology, geophysics, and geodynamics of the planets. Active areas of research include the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of Mars, Martian groundwater flow, the crustal structure of Mars and the Moon, and the structure of impact basins.
I am in Green Center room 280K on the Colorado School of Mines campus. Please feel free to drop by and say hello!
TRAVEL SCHEDULE: No updates at this time.
Three puzzles and an enigma: Conjunction of the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, and the Colorado School of Mines "M" on December 1st, 2008. The Moon, Venus, and the moons of Jupiter represent some of the diverse questions in planetary geophysics. The "M" represents one question: What possessed a bunch of geologists and engineers to carry a ton of whitewashed stones up a mountain to build a giant glowing "M" 100 years ago? (Image credit: J. Andrews-Hanna)
10/2/14 Recent GRAIL results revealing a system of buried rift valleys on the Moon have been published in Nature
See some of the press here.
1/5/14 Check out our group's abstracts for the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference on:
The hydrology of lakes on Saturn's moon Titan
GRAIL gravity and density variations in the lunar crust
GRAIL gravity and the Procellarum region of the Moon
7/3/13 Check out Yaser Kattoum's paper in press on the Orientale basin on the Moon in press in Icarus
1/22/13 Big congratulations to Ezgi Karasozen on her succesful MS defense today!
1/8/13 My GRAIL paper on ancient igneuous intrusions on the Moon is now published in Science. Be sure to check out all three GRAIL papers in this issue.
1/7/13 Our analysis of the volcanic history of Olympus Mons is now published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. This was the work of undergraduate interns Ryan Isherwood, JJ Jansen, and Lauren Jozwiak.
11/10/12 Check out my new paper in Icarus revealing the origin of the large gravity anomalies in lunar impact basins here
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Medications and Drugs
Brand Names: Infergen
Generic Name: interferon alfacon-1 (Pronunciation: IN ter FEER on AL fa kon 1)
What is interferon alfacon-1 (Infergen)?
Interferon alfacon-1 is made from human proteins. Interferons help the body fight viral infections.
Interferon alfacon-1 is used to treat chronic hepatitis C.
Interferon alfacon-1 may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
What are the possible side effects of interferon alfacon-1 (Infergen)?
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Stop using interferon alfacon-1 and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
Less serious side effects may include:
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
What is the most important information I should know about interferon alfacon-1 (Infergen)?
You should not use this medication if you are allergic to interferons, or if you have autoimmune hepatitis, severe liver problems from causes other than hepatitis C, severe kidney disease, or a hemoglobin blood cell disorder such as sickle cell anemia or thalasssemia.
Interferon alfacon-1 is sometimes used together with another drug called ribavirin. Ribavirin can cause birth defects or death in an unborn baby. If you are a woman, do not take ribavirin if you are pregnant. If you are a man, do not take ribavirin if your female sexual partner is pregnant. An unborn baby could also be harmed if a man fathers the child while he is taking ribavirin.
Before using interferon alfacon-1, tell your doctor if you have other liver problems (including hepatitis B), kidney disease, diabetes, pancreatitis, cancer, bone marrow suppression, HIV or AIDS, a bleeding or blood clotting disorder, numbness or circulation problems, a thyroid disorder, problems with your eyes, a breathing disorder, an intestinal disorder, high triglycerides, heart problems, high blood pressure, an autoimmune disorder, a history of organ transplant, a history of heart attack or stroke, or a history of depression, mental illness, suicidal thoughts, or drug or alcohol addiction.
Tell your doctor if you use any medications that weaken your immune system, such as cancer medicine, steroids, medicines to treat autoimmune disorders, or medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection.
Interferon alfacon-1 can cause serious side effects, some of which may be life-threatening. However, the benefits of treating your condition may outweigh any risks posed by using interferon alfacon-1. Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of using this medication.
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Space Echo EP
- Artists Fabio Macor
- Release Date 2012-04-02
- Labels Molecule Recordings
- Catalog MLCL017
Fabio returns to Molecule's shores with a phat double tracker.
'Space Echo' is an analogue celebration of 808, 909 and 303 tones, an incessent sequence filters and grinds underpinned by raw percussion and expansive classic space-echo FX.
Second track 'Detroit' pushes the retro Roland envelope further still, the 909 toms and a stuttered vocal sample are pushed and degraded to the limit, distorted claps and hats rattle and clatter creating a full on and intoxicating mix. This is deep.


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IBM Energy Management
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Addressing the pressure to change: achieving and sustaining energy efficiencies part 1
Karl Helbig 270001N2U6 email@example.com Tags:  tivoli maximo energy green-it green-data-center energy-efficiency energy-monitoring monitoring management energy-management sustainability ibm-energy-management ibm meo green green-infrastructure green-and-beyond 2 Comments 1,779 Visits
The rising cost and uncertain availability of energy
There are many specific issues around energy and the environment that are increasing the urgency for organizations to change the way they do things in order to achieve and sustain energy efficiencies. And these pressures are coming in various forms, not the least of which is the rising cost and uncertain availability of energy. We all know that energy is scarce and that prices tend to fluctuate. Humor me for a moment as I attempt to use an example to illustrate the challenge. One of my colleagues talks about the VP of a company that he's working with around energy management, and this person talks about his yearly budget being allocated fairly equally to three different areas: CapEx, labor or people, and energy. And when we think of plotting that out over time, let's say over a five year period, it should be fairly simple to control and maintain our capital expenditures and people costs, or at least predict what those costs might be. But if we look back at the history of where energy costs have been over the past few years, you realize that it becomes difficult to predict where these costs might be one or two years down the road, much less five years. And with demand expected to increase, those costs could be significantly higher than might be expected. How can a company address this issue as it tries to run the business in a more sustainable manner?
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Chapter 1: The IBM Energy Management Blog
Karl Helbig 270001N2U6 firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  green-data-center ibm-energy-management energy-efficiency green-and-beyond tivoli gts green-it green-infrastructure modular-data-center energy-efficient-servers sustainability stg energy-monitoring 2 Comments 2,149 Visits
Hello, Karl Helbig here... I am a worldwide marketing manager with IBM focusing on our energy management software portfolio. First, let's get the intro out of the way with just a little background on me... I am considered a subject matter expert on our energy management solutions. No simple task, but I find that to be pretty cool in and of itself! It's really quite exciting to be involved in this area... everyone's focusing on what they can do to "go green". I myself practice what I preach every day at home... I am energy conscious, I recycle EVERYTHING, I try not to use more water than I have to, and I try to buy products that have as little impact on our environment as possible. I also work out of my home office, so I feel that I am reducing my personal affect on the environment by not getting into my car every day and driving the 40 or so miles (each way, I might add) to get to an office. So you can imagine my excitement when I joined the "green team" at IBM. OK, enough about me. Let me set the stage for what's to come on this blog.
Our energy management software is really part of a much bigger picture. It falls specifically under our Green & Beyond initiative, and more specifically, within an area we call Green Infrastructure. What is a green infrastructure you ask? Let me try to explain. IBM defines a green infrastructure as one that can instrument, manage and optimize its business assets across the infrastructure, including IT equipment, data centers, property & facilities, and data & applications. Simply put, a green infrastructure is instrumented and interconnected, and as a result, it's intelligent. And if your infrastructure is intelligent, you can mitigate the environmental impact of the assets that support it and realize some real, measurable benefits. Make sense? That's just a tease…we'll talk more about it in future blogs.
As you can probably imagine, a green infrastructure is not just about software (we'll get in to some specifics about software another time). It's also about hardware, like energy efficient servers, and related technology for monitoring energy usage on that hardware (to make it even more energy efficient!). And it's also about helping you grow your data center – when, in this difficult economy, the money required to do it might not be there – we can help you define your data center requirements, and help you design a scalable, modular data center solution for virtually any IT environment. We'll cover all of this with an eye toward helping you save energy, reduce the impact of what you do and how you work on the environment, and hopefully save your company some money along the way.
So with that said, as you may have already guessed, this blog will be a collaborative effort between several areas within IBM. If that doesn't make you want to come back for more, I don't know what will. I'll wrap this up by letting you know that we'll try to do this at least once a week. But once we get rolling, don't be surprised if we up the ante a bit and talk with you a little more often. Until next time, thanks for reading this... and we will meet again very soon. I look forward to it.
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Directions in Energy and Environmental Management - Instrumentation and Insight
Chris Dittmer 27000033P6 email@example.com Tags:  energy-monitoring tivoli monitoring green-it green-data-center meo energy green green-infrastructure energy-efficiency management green-and-beyond ibm-energy-management ibm sustainability energy-management maximo 1,408 Visits
I wanted to take just a few minutes on this Friday afternoon to talk about the directions that we see emerging in the energy management space. As Rich mentioned, one thing that we don't see changing is the demand for energy cost reduction, the increased focus on regulatory compliance, and the pressure from various stakeholders to improve environmental social responsibility. But there are a number of trends in this space that are changing, and in ways that make these goals more possible with each passing day.One of the most important changes that we are seeing is that more and more assets are enabled for instrumentation and insight. Assets that were once simply plugged into power outlets are now tied to communications networks and are sharing key performance metrics, including energy and environmental information. Now we can see the energy consumption and environmental factors in real-time for assets varying from x-ray machines to IT servers to construction equipment. As we improve this instrumentation, it allows us to make smarter decisions about which assets to utilize, when to utilize them, when maintenance is needed, or when to replace them. We will also improve our ability to create policies that can dynamically respond to changing energy situations (pricing changes, demand charges, outages, natural disasters, etc.) in order to reduce risk, cost, and environmental impact --- without reducing our ability to deliver the critical business services that drive our enterprises. We can also use this instrumentation to report on our performance and track progress over time. When we make a change in our organizations, whether a new cooling system or an employee initiative to turn off the lights in their offices, we'll be able to see the change as it happens and track our key performance indicators. This is a far cry from many of today's projects, where we scramble around the organization looking for energy savings or waste reduction, but have no real way to know if our efforts are successful.So that's one major trend that is shaping the future of energy and environmental management. What other trends do you see that will impact our ability to better manage our energy and environmental resources in the enterprise?
Energy & Efficiency track @ Pulse 2010
Karl Helbig 270001N2U6 firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  sustainability green-data-center tivoli energy-efficiency meo green energy-monitoring ibm-energy-management monitoring management energy-management energy ibm green-it green-infrastructure maximo green-and-beyond 1,486 Visits
Pulse 2010 is just over 3 weeks away, so I thought I would give you a sneak preview of how the Energy & Efficiency track agenda is shaping up. If you are coming to Pulse 2010 and want to build your agenda in advance of the conference, head over to the Pulse web site and you can do so. And don't forget to stop by the Energy Management ped (#51) in the solution expo. I look forward to meeting you there.
Monday February 22:
- Energy and Efficiency -- Track Kickoff
- Smarter Datacenters and Energy Management: Getting Started Today
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management Product Details
- Smarter Buildings: Service Management Integration and Energy Efficiency Optimization
- How IBM Optimizes Energy Consumption Across Its Datacenter Space with Tivoli Energy Management
- Intelligent Approaches to Physical Infrastructure Management
Tuesday February 23:
- Managing Large-Scale Virtualization for Energy Efficiency
- Virtualization Best Practices to Maximize ROI
- IBM Service Management for Energy and Utilities
-IBM Energy Management Stack: Integrations and Openness
-Essential Elements to Incorporate into a Management Dashboard to Support Energy and Environmental Goals
-Green Principles and Service Management
Wednesday February 24:
- How Simulation Can Save You Money and Make Your Data Center and Test Lab Greener
- IBM Energy Management Deployment Planning
- Optimizing Facilities Infrastructure in Datacenters for Improved Energy Efficiency
- An Overview of Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization
-Go Green: How Johnson Controls Went Paperless with Mobile
-CenterPoint Energy Uses IBM Business Transformation Solution to Build Smarter Meters
Energy Efficiency in a Dynamic Infrastructure
Karl Helbig 270001N2U6 firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  sustainability ibm meo green-it monitoring energy green-data-center green-and-beyond green-infrastructure management energy-management maximo tivoli ibm-energy-management green energy-monitoring energy-efficiency 1 Comment 2,115 Visits
Greetings all-
On October 20, 2009, IBM announced several new and enhanced offerings designed to help our customers succeed in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. The announcements reinforce the vision of a Dynamic Infrastructure and support our client's desire to improve service, reduce cost and manage risk, while also laying the foundation to take advantage of future business and IT needs.
The solutions and capabilities announced enhance the visibility, control, and automation across an organization's business and IT assets.
Among these solutions is Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization 7.1. We've talked about this solution in the past (see "Heat maps, anyone? a.k.a. Thermal visualization in the data center"). MEO, as we call it for short, helps increase visibility of energy and thermal information with data center heat maps that help IT and facilities managers see thermal anomalies in a real-time, visual format. This allows them to take swift, corrective actions in order to optimize assets and ultimately reduce energy costs.
How does this relate to a Dynamic Infrastructure? Today's business environment is challenging on many fronts. And your IT infrastructure is no exception. You need to cut energy usage and cost, and you must meet increasing demands from your customers, partners and employees. You need to help your business stay ahead of the competition, but you have to do it all with a limited budget. Thus, you need a secure, flexible, intelligent and dynamic infrastructure to be successful. And visibility on to your data center and facilities assets is one place to focus your efforts. Because saving energy saves you money. Check out Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization for yourself.
Please feel free to comment! We'd love to hear from you.
Energy monitoring for greater efficiency in the data center and beyond
Karl Helbig 270001N2U6 firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  energy energy-monitoring green green-and-beyond ibm green-infrastructure energy-efficiency energy-management monitoring tivoli green-it management ibm-energy-management maximo sustainability green-data-center meo 1 Comment 3,134 Visits
Effective monitoring of IT, data center and facility assets can bring positive savings to companies that are paying attention to it. Based on a survey I read recently, decreased energy use (or greater energy efficiency) and increased cooling efficiency were mentioned as the biggest benefits that data center and facility managers are seeing from their green efforts. In reality, these companies should probably also realize that, in most cases, they may have to invest a little in technology to see real benefits. Easier said than done in today's economic climate, but worth investigating.
Getting started
Where can a company get started on a path toward a more energy efficient IT infrastructure? Start by gaining thorough visibility in to (or discovering) your actual IT (servers, etc.), data center (CRAC units, etc.) and facility assets, and how they are being used. Once you can see your assets and how they are performing, you can begin to take the necessary actions required to optimize those assets. This might come in the form of simply using your technology assets to their fullest capacity, or even a simple understanding of where your assets might require less cooling when they are idle. A better utilized, better performing asset should likewise be a more energy efficient asset. Let me put it like this: see what you have, understand how it is being (or not being) used, and adjust accordingly.
What should an energy monitoring solution provide?
As I said, visibility into energy consumption is key. Energy monitoring software should act as the "collector" if you will of sensor data from IT, data center and facility equipment. It should provide visibility to help manage the data center environment (think back to what I mentioned about "discovering" earlier). It should help you gain insight into energy and thermal information for such equipment and infrastructure and should enable the optimization of the monitored environment from a centralized point of control. It should allow information to be stored in real-time to leverage historic, and trending energy and thermal metrics in a common repository to help you make better informed decisions around energy management. Lastly, it should allow the collected data to be used by other solutions such as thermal visualization, dashboard, and applications that help you understand your costs and track, allocate and invoice by multiple criteria.
You may not have to have a huge budget to better monitor your assets. And you may not even need extra people either. Before you make the decision NOT to invest, do your homework. Look for the criteria outlined above. Explore solutions that monitor IT, data center and facility assets. Understand the full scope of what you might need to do. You might be surprised to find out that it's not as big of an undertaking as you may think. And the rewards are many fold.
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Heat maps, anyone? a.k.a. Thermal visualization in the data center.
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Hello again,
First, I'd like to thank John for his comment/question from our last blog. Let's plan to address that next time if that's ok. But for now, we have some important news to share with you. Today we are making available a new product that is part of our overall energy management solution portfolio. IBM Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization is the latest addition to a set of products designed to help you better manage your data center and facilities assets for energy efficiency.
MEO (as we will call it for short) works in conjunction with IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management to give you visibility in to thermal metrics within the data center. More specifically, ITM for Energy Management collects the data from the assets, and MEO uses that data to create a visual thermal map of the data center, so you can see both hot and cold spots within the facility and take the appropriate actions necessary to optimize assets for maximum energy efficiency. But it doesn't stop there. The solution allows you to remediate energy issues by generating service requests to take action on them. And it links energy metrics with asset information to manage energy as a part of service management processes, such as condition monitoring and preventive maintenance. We're pretty excited about the new product and hope that you will be too. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment or question here. And do check out the below links.
More information:
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Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization data sheet
Keep green in mind, part 1: Virtualization
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Is green still on your radar screen when it comes to managing your data center assets? If not, perhaps it should be. A greener data center can be achieved through various means, not the least of which is gaining efficiencies in the area of power (energy) usage. And there are many indirect ways to increase energy efficiency in the data center. Consider if you will virtualization, asset management, storage management, and cloud computing as potential contributors to a more energy efficient, "greener" data center. For the purposes of today's blog, let's focus on virtualization - and the notion that "green comes with it".
Through virtualization, you can improve data center efficiency by raising the utilization of servers. I've heard many times that most computing resources (CPU) are left untapped on a single server. A global study of server energy and efficiency supported by the Alliance to Save Energy found that 72% of server managers believe that 15% or more of their servers were not doing any useful work. Consolidating multiple applications and workloads that run on separate devices to a single, partitioned server reduces the number of actual servers needed to handle current as well as future demands. And fewer servers means increased utilization, which in turn means that less power is required to operate and cool them, resulting in a more efficient - energy and cost-wise - and environmentally friendly data center.
And when we talk about virtualization, we shouldn't forget about the network. As servers have sprawled, so has the network that's required for access to and communication with those servers. In some cases it's thought that networking equipment can contribute as much as 20% -25% of the power load. As servers are condolidated and virtualized, there too can be a significant opportunity to simplify the network as well, and drive additional savings in the areas of energy use and cost, and reduced environmental impact.
So if you think about the above, if should become clear that some green benefits of virtualization can include:
You may not think of green when you think of virtualization, but the potential benefits are compelling and should be part of the equation when thinking about the impact that virtualization could have on your IT infrastructure.
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Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization 7.1.1 released today!
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New release supports energy and environmental thermal visualization for facilities assets
On September 17th, IBM released a new version of Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization to help customers tackle energy and environmental management problems both inside and outside of the data center. This new release expands the product to collect and visualize facilities energy and environmental data, tying this information to key asset management processes for a complete solution. This release expands the visualization of energy and environmental information beyond temperature to include humidity, power, and other customer visualizations. It also includes new analytics to help analyze the efficiency of air conditioning equipment and locate and visualize hot spots.
In addition to these new features, Maximo for Energy Optimization 7.1.1 includes a "lightweight" version of Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management. The included monitoring tool supports facilities equipment from a number of vendors, including Johnson Controls, Siemens, Eaton, and APC. It also includes the ability to collect data from other sources.
For more information, please visit the Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization web page.
Measuring and benchmarking energy and thermal performance
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Measuring and benchmarking energy and thermal performance is often considered the foundation for most energy management capabilities. It involves gaining the necessary visibility into current energy and thermal data and the related costs. One would typically undertake this project to provide a consolidated and potentially more granular view of energy usage and if they desire, to collect a baseline that can be used to compare performance against industry metrics or internal past performance
Once the energy and thermal information is collected and stored, organizations will have the data, or 'raw materials', to enable future management capabilities, such as: improved power & cooling capacity planning, energy cost allocation, or reporting for compliance or subsidies
You'll also see here some of the key capabilities that should be considered for this particular initiative. In addition to the core requirement to collect and store energy and thermal metrics, you should also focus on other key capabilities when undertaking this initiative and deploying this type of solution, including:
I thought it would be interesting to show you how you can get started with measuring and benchmarking energy and thermal performance by looking at some of what we offer around this. So here you go::
Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization webcast featuring Forrester Research and IBM
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Meet the Energy & Efficiency experts at Pulse 2010!
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The excitement is mounting... the clock is ticking... we're just a few short DAYS away from Pulse 2010 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas!
I've blogged a couple of times around our Energy & Efficiency agenda and demo pedestals already, but I wanted to take a minute to let you know about our "Meet the Experts" sessions that are scheduled at the conference. We've got a great lineup of energy & efficiency experts for you to speak with, as follows:
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
Joe Saunders
Program Manager, Tivoli Service Level Advisor and Tivoli Performance Analyzer
Jim Fletcher
Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architec t- Tivoli Green Data Center
Vik Chandra
Program Director, Strategy - Green Solutions
Jim Fletcher
Distinguished Engineer, Chief Architec t- Tivoli Green Data Center
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
Joe Saunders
Program Manager, Tivoli Service Level Advisor and Tivoli Performance Analyzer
Chris Dittmer
Sr. Market Manager, Tivoli Energy Efficiency and Green Solutions
Wayne Riley
SAPM Portfolio Architecture, Tivoli Green Data Center
So stop by, ask a question or two, and pick their brains. And don't forget to stop by the Energy Management (#51) and Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization (#26) demo pedestals on the exhibition floor.
Be sure to follow IBM Energy Management on Twitter for updates throughout the conference. We're looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!
More on measuring and managing energy and thermal performance in the data center
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Energy management is no longer just an option for organizations today; it's a strategic imperative. There are growing pressures to control costs in challenging economic times and to operate responsibly amid concerns about climate change. Achieving energy efficiency across the vast range of systems and assets within an organization is essential. So why not take a closer look at your technology infrastructure and see if you can better manage how energy is being used?
Measuring and managing energy and thermal performance is often considered the foundation for most energy management capabilities. It involves gaining the necessary visibility into current energy and thermal data as well as the related costs. And it should provide a consolidated and more granular view of energy usage, and a baseline that can be used to compare performance against industry metrics or internal past performance. Once the energy and thermal information is collected and stored, organizations will have the data to:
- Identify areas where energy consumption and costs can be reduced
- Achieve operational efficiencies with a consolidated view of energy usage
- Enable future management capabilities, such as:
- Improved power & cooling capacity planning
- Energy cost allocation
- Reporting for compliance or subsidies
Learn more about IBM Energy Management at Pulse 2010 or check it out on the web.
New Release of ITM for Energy Management Available
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Today, December 15, 2009, IBM released Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management Interim Feature v6.2.1.01. This release added new support for Siemens building management, which integrates the energy and environmental management solutions delivered by Siemens and IBM in order to provide a common solution that spans IT, data centers, buildings, and beyond. This release also added additional support for custom energy management agents and makes it even easier to integrate custom data into energy and environmental reports and portlets along with data from sources that Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management collects with its native integrations.
These new files are generally available for use starting today, and we encourage customers to start using this new release right away. I'd also like to say thank you to our development team for all of their hard work in pushing this out the door before the end of 2009.
Pulse buzz: Welcome to Energy & Efficiency @ Pulse 2010!
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It's Monday and Pulse 2010 is open and people from all over the country and world are still filing in to the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada for Pulse 2010! Pulse 2010 is the premier service management event and this year's theme is "Optimizing the World's Infrastructure". If you are here, we're glad you are, and you will definitely want to check out the breakout sessions that are planned throughout the week around energy and efficiency. And tonight, you can stop by one of two peds focused on energy and efficiency, namely the Energy Management ped (#51), and the Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization ped (#26). Both peds will be staffed tonight from 5PM - 9PM, and we hope you will stop by to learn more about our energy management solutions.
Here's a quick primer on the solutions we'll be showcasing throughout the conference:
IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management is our core energy management solution. Simply stated, it allows you to monitor and manage energy, and helps you gain insight into energy and thermal information for IT equipment, data center infrastructure and facilities equipment and enable the optimization of the monitored environment from a centralized point of control. Be sure to stop by ped 51 for a closer look.
IBM Maximo Asset Management for Energy Optimization further supports energy and environmental optimization of data center assets with visual mapping. It integrates energy into service management processes, provides information to make better decisions about energy management, and includes mapping capabilities for energy and environmental metrics to identify issues that may effect costs or availability.
And let's not forget the "Ask the Experts" sessions planned Throughout the conference.
Be sure to watch us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/karlhelbig) for updates throughout the conference.
Pulse buzz: When you think of storage, think of green (Keep green in mind, part 2)
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On 19 March 2010, IBM will release Tivoli Storage Manager v6.2. Read more about it at the Tivoli Storage team blog. How does this relate to Pulse you might ask? You can learn more about what's going on with Tivoli storage solutions by checking out out the storage roadmap at Pulse 2010 (also on the Tivoli storage blog).
So let's talk about storage and green...that's why you are reading this, right? When we think about "green", we usually think about energy and eco-efficiency. But what we don't often think about is the fact that there are may ways to get to those green benefits outside of energy monitoring and management. Enter storage (we'll talk about a few other areas in future posts). How can you improve storage utilization for an energy efficient storage environment? You can reduce power consumption by reducing the amount of disk capacity required to keep data assets tuned and available to the business. More specifically:


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