Razer reveals the Blade Pro and 14-inch Blade gaming laptops (update: $999 Pro for indie game devs)

Razer promised it was aiming to iterate its Blade gaming laptop on a yearly basis, and despite the company's recent focus on tablets, it appears to be keeping its word. Today, a mere eight months after releasing the second-gen Blade, Razer unveiled two new members of the Blade family: the 17-inch Blade Pro and its 14-inch sibling. As you might expect, the Pro tops its elders with new silicon and storage options. It's exchanging third-gen Intel Ivy Bridge silicon for a fourth-gen Haswell chip and upgrading from an NVIDIA GTX 660M to a GTX 765M GPU. Oh, and Razer's nixed the HDD options from the big Blade's menu -- the Pro packs a 128GB SSD standard, with optional upgrades to 256 or 512GB. That new hardware is evidently smaller than what it's replacing: though the Pro shares the same size chassis as its predecessor, it packs a 74Wh battery (the older Blade has a 60Wh cell). Other than that, the Blade Pro comes with Razer's Switchblade interface, a trio of USB 3.0 ports, 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and a 1920 x 1080 display, just like the prior Blade.

Meanwhile, the new 14-inch Blade will come with mostly the same hardware as the Pro, meaning it's got a Haswell chip and GTX 765M graphics along with a buffet of SSD choices. Those components are stuffed inside a chassis that measures 13.6 x 9.3 x 0.66 inches, and weighs 4.13 pounds. Naturally, given its smaller size, it lacks the Switchblade LCD and buttons, has a 1.3 megapixel webcam (as opposed to the Pro's 2 megapixel unit) and a 14-inch 1600 x 900 display. And, despite its relatively svelte dimensions (for a portable gaming rig), the baby Blade still has a 70Wh battery inside. The Pro starts at $2,299, or $200 less than prior Blades and the 14-inch model will set you back a minimum of $1,799. Each will be available in North America in Q2, with a worldwide rollout of the Pro coming sometime later this year.

Update: Good news, Indie game developers! Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan just announced that those devs with a successfully funded Kickstarter can get a new Blade Pro for just $999.

Gallery: Razer Blade Pro and 14-inch Blade press shots

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No need to battle with cattle

Public release date: 30-May-2013
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New study points to win-win solution for livestock and the environment

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society's Animal & Human Health for the Environment And Development (AHEAD) Program, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and regional partners finds that a new approach to beef production in southern Africa could positively transform livelihoods for farmers and pastoralists, while helping to secure a future for wildlife and wildlife-based tourism opportunities.

Market access for livestock and livestock products from Africa is constrained by the presence of foot and mouth disease (FMD). Fear of the FMD virus largely precludes large-scale beef exports from Africa to potentially lucrative overseas markets and hinders trade within Africa itself. Wild buffalo, an ecologically and economically critical species in the region, can transmit the FMD virus to livestock but are not themselves affected.

The study looked at new commodity-based (value chain) approaches to beef trade (commodity-based trade or CBT) that focus on the safety of the process by which products are produced rather than on whether a given cow was raised in a location where wildlife like buffalo also roam. This food safety-type approach offers the potential for export of meat products that are scientifically demonstrable as safe from animal diseases for importing countries, while also diminishing the need for at least some of the veterinary fencing currently aimed at separating livestock and wildlife and constraining the Southern African Development Community's vision for regional transboundary wildlife conservation, which has in some places begun to surpass livestock agriculture in terms of its contribution to regional GDP through tourism and related industries. O

Working in close coordination with Namibian authorities, economist Dr. Jonathan Barnes led a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis evaluating policy options related to animal disease management and land-use decisions in Caprivi, Namibia. Caprivi is a core part of the Kavango Zambezi ("KAZA") transfrontier conservation area (TFCA) that is home to extraordinary wildlife including the largest population of elephants in the world (approximately 250,000). KAZA includes contiguous portions of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and may become the largest terrestrial area available to migratory wildlife on the planet if FMD-related land-use conflicts can be resolved.

Caprivi was selected for study in part because it is currently classified as an FMD-infected zone as its livestock and wildlife populations have co-existed for many years. The study found that economic costs associated with development of CBT in Caprivi would be outweighed by economic gains in terms of enhanced wildlife-based income generation, abattoir viability, and livestock-based incomes. Further, income growth is more diversified when CBT is applied, therefore less risky. CBT, because of its emphasis on science-based approaches to ensure that the meat produced is free of dangerous pathogens, helps assure product safety regardless of whether wildlife like buffalo also live in the area of livestock origin and therefore makes more conventional approaches that rely on fences to physically separate livestock and wildlife less necessary.

In contrast, the analysis showed that a scenario using spatially segregated, fenced FMD-free livestock compartments is technically impractical and would be economically undesirable. Here, significant loss of growth in wildlife-based incomes, and significant costs for fencing and maintenance, would outweigh any new economic gains in abattoir viability and / or livestock farming incomes.

"By carefully looking at the economics of different land-use planning options, it appears the way to optimize economic development in this case is through a value-chain approach to beef production," said Dr. Jon Barnes. "This would open up new markets for southern African farmers and reduce the threat to key wildlife movements brought about by fencing-based approaches to disease management."

The authors believe that the findings have important implications for development policy in and around the KAZA TFCA, and possibly other TFCAs in southern Africa. They strongly suggest that initiatives aimed at introduction of CBT to underpin sanitary risk management offer significant economic potential. At the same time, this approach can assist in meeting other TFCA objectives, such as the restoration of diverse ecosystems by re-opening corridors that allow for wildlife movements across large, historically connected landscapes. This will provide greater resilience in the face of natural catastrophes, disease outbreaks and /or climatic challenges.

"By working proactively to improve the health and productivity of animals and people, recognizing up front that livestock and wildlife depend on a much more unified approach to land-use management, we believe we're onto what had been an elusive but highly prized 'win-win' solution to the age-old problem of getting beef out of areas where wildlife is also allowed to thrive a win for wildlife as well as for communities who have long relied on domestic animals both economically and culturally," said Dr. Steve Osofsky, Director of the WCS AHEAD program.

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The Wildlife Conservation Society would like to thank the Rockefeller Foundation, the US Agency for International Development, and the World Wildlife Fund for the financial support that made this study possible.

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New study points to win-win solution for livestock and the environment

A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society's Animal & Human Health for the Environment And Development (AHEAD) Program, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and regional partners finds that a new approach to beef production in southern Africa could positively transform livelihoods for farmers and pastoralists, while helping to secure a future for wildlife and wildlife-based tourism opportunities.

Market access for livestock and livestock products from Africa is constrained by the presence of foot and mouth disease (FMD). Fear of the FMD virus largely precludes large-scale beef exports from Africa to potentially lucrative overseas markets and hinders trade within Africa itself. Wild buffalo, an ecologically and economically critical species in the region, can transmit the FMD virus to livestock but are not themselves affected.

The study looked at new commodity-based (value chain) approaches to beef trade (commodity-based trade or CBT) that focus on the safety of the process by which products are produced rather than on whether a given cow was raised in a location where wildlife like buffalo also roam. This food safety-type approach offers the potential for export of meat products that are scientifically demonstrable as safe from animal diseases for importing countries, while also diminishing the need for at least some of the veterinary fencing currently aimed at separating livestock and wildlife and constraining the Southern African Development Community's vision for regional transboundary wildlife conservation, which has in some places begun to surpass livestock agriculture in terms of its contribution to regional GDP through tourism and related industries. O

Working in close coordination with Namibian authorities, economist Dr. Jonathan Barnes led a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis evaluating policy options related to animal disease management and land-use decisions in Caprivi, Namibia. Caprivi is a core part of the Kavango Zambezi ("KAZA") transfrontier conservation area (TFCA) that is home to extraordinary wildlife including the largest population of elephants in the world (approximately 250,000). KAZA includes contiguous portions of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and may become the largest terrestrial area available to migratory wildlife on the planet if FMD-related land-use conflicts can be resolved.

Caprivi was selected for study in part because it is currently classified as an FMD-infected zone as its livestock and wildlife populations have co-existed for many years. The study found that economic costs associated with development of CBT in Caprivi would be outweighed by economic gains in terms of enhanced wildlife-based income generation, abattoir viability, and livestock-based incomes. Further, income growth is more diversified when CBT is applied, therefore less risky. CBT, because of its emphasis on science-based approaches to ensure that the meat produced is free of dangerous pathogens, helps assure product safety regardless of whether wildlife like buffalo also live in the area of livestock origin and therefore makes more conventional approaches that rely on fences to physically separate livestock and wildlife less necessary.

In contrast, the analysis showed that a scenario using spatially segregated, fenced FMD-free livestock compartments is technically impractical and would be economically undesirable. Here, significant loss of growth in wildlife-based incomes, and significant costs for fencing and maintenance, would outweigh any new economic gains in abattoir viability and / or livestock farming incomes.

"By carefully looking at the economics of different land-use planning options, it appears the way to optimize economic development in this case is through a value-chain approach to beef production," said Dr. Jon Barnes. "This would open up new markets for southern African farmers and reduce the threat to key wildlife movements brought about by fencing-based approaches to disease management."

The authors believe that the findings have important implications for development policy in and around the KAZA TFCA, and possibly other TFCAs in southern Africa. They strongly suggest that initiatives aimed at introduction of CBT to underpin sanitary risk management offer significant economic potential. At the same time, this approach can assist in meeting other TFCA objectives, such as the restoration of diverse ecosystems by re-opening corridors that allow for wildlife movements across large, historically connected landscapes. This will provide greater resilience in the face of natural catastrophes, disease outbreaks and /or climatic challenges.

"By working proactively to improve the health and productivity of animals and people, recognizing up front that livestock and wildlife depend on a much more unified approach to land-use management, we believe we're onto what had been an elusive but highly prized 'win-win' solution to the age-old problem of getting beef out of areas where wildlife is also allowed to thrive a win for wildlife as well as for communities who have long relied on domestic animals both economically and culturally," said Dr. Steve Osofsky, Director of the WCS AHEAD program.

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The Wildlife Conservation Society would like to thank the Rockefeller Foundation, the US Agency for International Development, and the World Wildlife Fund for the financial support that made this study possible.

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White House says it was aware of McCain's Syria trip

MADRID, May 26 (Reuters) - Radamel Falcao appeared to be saying goodbye to the Atletico Madrid fans after their final home La Liga game of the season on Sunday, indicating the coveted Colombia striker's days in the Spanish capital are numbered. Reports have suggested Falcao, 27, who has a price tag of around 60 million euros ($77.6 million), is poised to join Monaco, who have just won promotion back to France's Ligue 1 and have an ambitious billionaire Russia owner. ...

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Historic sea-level change along New Jersey coastline mapped

May 28, 2013 ? Hurricane Sandy caught the public and policymakers off guard when it hit the United States' Atlantic Coast last fall. Because much of the storm's devastation was wrought by flooding in the aftermath, researchers have been paying attention to how climate change and sea-level rise may have played a role in the disaster and how those factors may impact the shoreline in the future.

A new study led by the University of Pennsylvania's Benjamin P. Horton, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, relied upon fossil records of marshland to reconstruct the changes in sea level along the New Jersey coast going back 10,000 years.

The team's findings confirm that the state's sea level has risen continuously during that period. In addition, their analysis reveals that there have been times of very high rates of sea-level rise that coincided with periods of glacial melting, a particularly relevant finding to conditions today as a warming climate has caused the large ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland to melt into the sea.

Even leaving climate change out of the equation, the investigation indicates that sea levels will continue to rise over time, increasing the chances of disruptive flooding as was seen following Sandy.

"We're trying to better understand past sea-level changes because they are key to putting the future in context," Horton said.

The study was published in the Journal of Quaternary Science. Horton's co-authors were Simon E. Engelhart, who earned his doctorate at Penn and is now at the University of Rhode Island; David F. Hill of Oregon State University; Andrew C. Kemp, who earned his doctorate and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Penn and is now at Yale University; Daria Nikitina of West Chester University; Kenneth G. Miller of Rutgers University; and W. Richard Peltier of the University of Toronto.

To gain insight into the variations in New Jersey's past sea levels, the team compiled and standardized data from multiple studies conducted during the last few decades. All the studies used fossil evidence of marsh vegetation to estimate sea level at various times during the Holocene, with data points from 10,000 years ago through the year 1900.

"We knew that the sea level across the whole of the U.S. Atlantic Coast, including New Jersey, has been rising for the last 10,000 years," Horton said. "But it's been rising at different rates. We wanted to find out the reasons for the different rates of rise and the processes that control them."

An analysis of the data revealed three distinct time periods in which the rate of sea-level rise varied. From 10,000 to 6,000 years ago the sea level rose an average of 4 millimeters per year: from 6,000 to 2,000 years ago 2 mm per year; from 2,000 years ago until 1900,1.3 mm per year.

This last figure, a sea-level rise of 1.3 mm per year, is due to the fact that the land along the coast is naturally subsiding, or sinking over time. This rate may serve as a baseline to incorporate into future flood-risk planning, Horton noted. And the 4 mm rate of rise last seen thousands of years ago may also be relevant to the New Jersey shore's near future.

"If you look at what was happening 6 to 10,000 years ago, the ice sheets were melting on Earth, both from northwest Europe and North America, contributing to those high rates of rise," Horton said. "Now what's happening? Greenland and Antarctica are melting and could trigger similar rates of sea-level rise."

But 4 mm may not be the ceiling for rates of rise. Sea-level rise was higher than that even earlier than 10,000 years ago and could reach those rates again if climate change triggers catastrophic melting of ice sheets.

"Ice sheets don't respond linearly to temperature rise; they go through thresholds," Horton said. "That could lead to far higher rates of sea-level rise if they reach one of these tipping points."

Local factors could also drive the rate of rise much higher than 4 mm per year. While the scientists' analysis did not suggest that tidal ranges have changed significantly in the time range they studied, anthropogenic factors, such as dredging in the Delaware Bay or groundwater extraction in the Atlantic City region, could serve to increase tides or sediment compaction, thus effectively driving sea level higher in those areas.

"To model what the ocean is doing, you have to incorporate what the land is doing, too," Horton said. "This is the way we're starting to go from global to regional projections of sea level."

This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Malik's mother attacks bullies on Twitter

Zayn Malik's mother has joined Twitter to lash out at online bullies targeting her son.

The One Direction singer has been reeling since trolls began to send the star cruel remarks about his Muslim religion and Asian heritage.

UK newspaper The Sun reports Tricia Malik has now signed onto the social networking website to defend him.

"Hope you're happy now Zayn noticed your tweet! You can't even imagine how it made him upset, you psycho," she is quoted writing one user.

The concerned mother has already amassed close to 40,000 followers.

Zayn Malik quit Twitter for a short period last year following outlandish accusations he received on the micro-blog calling him a terrorist.

His mother, 41, said she constantly tells her son to ignore the online abuse.

"My son is strong enough," she wrote.

The matriarch's remarks come just days after reports her son has been at odds with bosses on One Direction's ongoing Take Me Home world tour.

The Sun reported the group's minders are worried about how forgetful he is and they've told him to "get his act together".

Bandmate Liam Payne recently confessed Zayn's spotty memory has been a problem in the past.

"Zayn is the most likely to forget his passport, and has done a number of times," he admitted.

One Direction are currently touring Europe and will travel to North America next month.

The trek will take the band to Australia and New Zealand in September and October before they wrap in Japan November 2 and 3.

- Cover Media

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/8726915/Maliks-mother-attacks-bullies-on-Twitter

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Jon Wellinghoff, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman, Announces Resignation

Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, speaks in Houston, Texas on Thursday, March 10, 2011. (F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is resigning.

A spokesman says FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff submitted his resignation letter to President Barack Obama on late Tuesday. Wellinghoff will remain at the commission until a replacement is nominated and confirmed by the Senate. He will continue as chairman and vote on matters before the commission.

Wellinghoff, a former Nevada utility regulator, has served as chairman of the energy panel since 2009 and has been a commission member since 2006.

FERC is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil.

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden of Oregon says that Wellinghoff launched important investigations to protect consumers from manipulation of energy markets and pushed to increase renewable energy supplies.

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Malaysian Overwater Resort Luxury | DEALS.com.au

Welcome to the?DEALS.com.au?Travel Blog, where you can see hear first hand reports from our expert team of travel consultants, jam packed with?photos and?real?accounts. The blog has been prepared by?actual?people who have visited the hotel.

You can check out the offer for yourself by?clicking here?(the offer will open in a new window so you can keep reading the blog).

The Golden Palm Tree Resort and Spa ? Arrival

After we arrived at Malaysia?s?Kuala Lumpur International Airport we were greeted by the Golden Palm Tree?s friendly chaffer who whisked us off to the resort in a black BMW (te offer includes a private transfer, with a range of luxury vehicles).

After a luxurious 40 minute drive which took us through the picturesque Sepang countryside, we arrived at The Golden Palm Tree resort.

Situated along Malaysia?s Sepang coastline, the resort has 392 luxuriously appointed sea villas, forming the shape of a palm tree. Each villa sits directly above the ocean, allowing guests to enjoy serene sunsets from their own private balcony.

The whole concept of the resort is simply breathtaking.

After a quick drive through KL and the Sepang Countryside you arrive at the resort.

On arrival, we were greeted by the resort?s friendly staff and each of us enjoyed a delicious coconut drink.

This is a view of the Lobby ?

We were whisked off to our room in a buggy. The buggy service is really handy and can be used throughout your stay to save walking back to your room.

The Swimming Pool

The resort has a spectacular infinity swimming pool, and we spent a couple hours each day enjoying the sunshine and sipping cocktails here!

The best bit: Canary Palm Overwater Villas

The villa we stayed in for most of the trip was very spacious with a fantastic view as it sits on the ocean.

While we?ve been in hundreds of hotels, this was our first over-water?experience?and it really is spectacular. You can hear the sound of waves directly beneath the floor and see the sunrise and sunset above the ocean from your private balcony.

The suites are a spacious 82 square metres (about the size of a two bedroom apartment) and are beautifully decorated in traditional Malaysian style, boasting amenities including beautiful fittings.

After each day, you can wind down in front of the flat screen TV or enjoy a drink on the balcony.

You can check out the offer for yourself by?clicking HERE?(the offer will open in a new window so you can keep reading the Blog).

Upgrade to the super luxury Ivory?Palm Villas

The DEALS.com.au offer also gives you the option to upgrade to the ultimate?indulgence?package. The indulgence package includes more spa treatments and meals as well as an upgrade to the Ivory Palm Villas. The Ivory Palm Villa was even more indulgent? being a huge 122 square metre villas with its own living room, very large balcony and bathtub.

The Ivory Villa is ideal if travelling with groups of friends or children as it gives extra space.

The upgrade is also worthwhile for spa and food junkies as it gives even more treatments and additional dinners.

The Escapade Spa

The Spa at Golden Palm tree enjoys a lovely view of the horizon.?With the wide variety of treatments on offer, and the relaxing ??island vibe?, ?it?s a must visit (the offers all include several spa treatments to choose from). We tried the traditional the full body massage, and a head and shoulder massage, and the signature massage. Each treatment was conducted by a professional massage?therapist who regularly asked if we were comfortable, and whether the pressure was ok.

The limited DEALS.com.au package comes jam packed with loads of extras. The standard package includes EIGHT individual 30 minute spa treatments between them, ranging from Full Body Massage, Back & Shoulder, Foot Massage as well as other options. Lovers of spa treatments can upgrade to the Spa package and enjoy an amazing SIXTEEN individual 30 minute treatments. Also, the Golden Palm Tree will offer DEALS guests the opportunity to combine or upgrade treatments too, and you will have the choice of some of the super premium treatments like scrubs, hot oil massage, or even mani/pedi?s too. If pampering is your aim, you might find yourself spending a lot of time in the spa!

Food & Drink?

The Golden Palm Tree prides itself on offering a large selection of cuisine at?reasonable?prices (despite being a five star resort). The atmosphere is relaxed and the prices are reasonable, especially for Aussies!

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Breakfast

The breakfast buffet is served at Bila-Bila restaurant. There were lots of choices on offer, there were regular cereals on offer, toast with a range of spreads including locally made jams. A huge selection of sweets, locally grown fresh fruit and nuts. And hot food that would change every morning, where things such as hash browns and beans were displayed, even up to fresh vegetables, noodles, rice and different meats could be eaten. There were also chef stalls around the eatery area, that would make you their dish custom to your liking, such as omelettes and noodle soups with whatever ingredients you chose, and also things like different Malaysian style porridge, roti and waffles! There were also coffees and teas as well as freshly squeezed juices on offer.

Candlelit Dinner At Perahu

The atmosphere was fantastic, sitting on the beach with candles on the table and on the sand surrounding us, the table was decorated beautifully and the wait staff were very attentive and kind. Overall the evening was lovely, relaxing, and beautiful.?For entree, we were served a pumpkin soup with fresh made garlic crouton. For the main meal we were served a spectacular looking fish and rice dish, presented in a very decorative manner. There were also non-seafood options, including a delicious looking?vegetarian lasagne. ?Dessert was a dish that had strawberry icecream and panacotta, Finally, we were served a lime ice with strawberry pieces on the top.

Three Course Dinner At?Stimbot

The environment in Stimbot is very relaxed, the restaurant is open, there are no walls around, just a roof above, so you can see the view of the resort lands, and surrounding folliage.?At Stimbot they had a main dish called the ?Seafood Steamboat,? which was a table full of food, a personal banquet for two. This dish comprised of fresh seafoods from prawns, oysters and clams to fresh cold meats, salads, tofu skin and pieces and dim sums. This was accompanied by a large pot of two separated soups, which sat upon a hot plate. The soups were chicken and corn on one side and tom yum on the other. The soups are used to put some of the vegetables and fish on the table into the soup, allow it to cook as you please and eat the soup and ingredients as a dish. The alternative to this was a banquet dish, where there were two set menu plans that you could choose from, serving things like soup and dim sums to begin with and then followed by meat, fish, vegetable, noodle and rice dishes. At the end of all the meals including the seafood dish, there was always an offering of desert, fruit and/icecream. If none of these choices suited your desires, you could always choose any of the dishes you like from the al le carte menu and make your own banquet.

All You Can Eat Yum Cha At Hai Sang Lou

The atmosphere in this restaurant was marvellous, it had a quiet and relaxing feel to it, with an open and large restaurant, creating space, beautifully set up with flowers around and fancy table settings. The staff were absolutely brilliant, taking care of everything we needed, very attentive and would do all that they could to make your experience even better, all with a lovely smile on their faces.?Hai Sang Lou included a huge range of dishes, everything from sweet buns, wonton style pockets filled with vegetables, dumplings with all differing fillings, tofu skin wraps, as well as delicious pockets of fruit that were encased in a coating of crumbs and fried, for a crunchy exterior and warm burst of fruit flavour inside.

Buffet Dinner At Bila-Bila

The Bila Bila Buffet dinner was very popular, lots of people would eat there. The atmosphere was fun, it had more of a ?community? feel, as people could strike up a conversation around the food tables. There was a huge selection of foods on offer, there were different sorts of breads, meats, fish, noodles, rice, fried rice, soup, fruit, vegetables, salads and sweets.

You can check out the offer for yourself by?clicking?here?(the offer will open in a new window so you can keep reading the Blog).

Activities?

There is plenty to do around the Resort, with lots to explore. The resort has bikes, canoes, sail boats, and pretty much access to any other water activity you could think of! Be sure to ask for a go ?cart surfing? which is like surfing on land in a cart! Great fun.?There is also an excellent gym on offer too at the resort, which guests are free to use.

Some of the activities such as yoga, the spa, and Shuttle Bus need to be booked (along with any tours as well).

The beach activities can just be participated in, as in, take a walk down there and meet up with the staff and choose what you want to do and have them join in on games like volleyball if you want (I have footage of them playing with us in the video).

At the resort?s Extreme Park, for a tiny fee (around A$15 per person) anyone 12 years or older can have some ?extreme? fun go carting, perfecting your archery skills, playing paintball or even going on an All Terrain Vehicle ride.

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Families with Kids

For families travelling with kids, in all of the packages, kids 16 years of age and younger can comfortably stay with them in the second room present in all the villas.

The resort also has a kids club and can organise special activities too. For example, when we were there one of the families had a fifth birthday party, and they organised a big treasure hunt. There must have been around 20 kids all having lunch there, and playing around, whilst the parents had a cocktail party close by.

The Resort also can offer a babysitting service too, to give parents a break.

Getting to Kuala Lumpur

Another great thing about the resort is the proximity to one of the best cities in the world, Kuala Lumpur. There is a free shuttle that takes guest to KL and back, a pleasant 60 minute drive.

We spent a few evenings checking out the shopping and nightlife in Kuala Lumpur. The shuttle back to the resort leaves at 5pm, but the cab ride back to the resort from KL was only around A$30 so we spent a couple nights in KL to enjoy some of the bars and nightlife too!

In KL, for some great bargains, go to the Sungwei Wang plaza, and for over 320 brand names Suria KLCC shopping centre, and check out the world famous Petronas Towers which sit above it.

You can check out the offer for yourself by?clicking?here?(the offer will open in a new window so you can keep reading the Blog).

Source: http://blog.deals.com.au/?p=8304

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