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5 Things the Pentagon Isn't Telling Us About the Chinese Military
Here's what you won't find in the Defense Department's latest report on China's military rise.
- By Trefor MossTrefor Moss is a Hong Kong-based journalist and a former Asia-Pacific editor at Jane's Defence Weekly. He can be followed on Twitter @Trefor1.
Think of it like an iceberg: The top lies in plain sight, but a lot more hides beneath the surface.
In its annual appraisal of the Chinese military published last week, the U.S. Department of Defense seems to be describing an object it finds both familiar and mysterious. The report certainly answers many of the important issues concerning China's military, including its attempts to develop an anti-ship ballistic missile and its continuing fixation on Taiwan.
Yet for many crucial aspects of China's strategy, the Pentagon seems like it's just guessing. Here are the five most important questions about Beijing's defense strategy that remain stubbornly unanswered.
1. What are China's long-term defense spending plans?
Although China's official 2012 defense budget is $106 billion, an 11 percent increase over last year and a fourfold increase from a decade ago, the Pentagon places China's total military spending at somewhere between $120 and $180 billion. "Estimating actual PLA military expenditures is difficult because of poor accounting transparency and China's still incomplete transition from a command economy," the report notes, referring to the People's Liberation Army.
There have been no credible estimates of Beijing's long-term defense spending plans. On its current trajectory, China could overtake the United States as the world's biggest military spender in the 2020s or 2030s — but there are too many unknown variables to accurately predict if this will happen. Is the PLA budget pegged to the growth of the wider economy, or have China's generals been promised double-digit growth even if the country suffers an economic downturn? Will growth slow once certain modernization milestones have been achieved, or are there no plans to close the PLA checkbook? What's clear is that the more funding the PLA receives, the closer it will come to achieving parity with the U.S. military.
2. What is China's nuclear strategy?
The Pentagon concludes that "China's nuclear arsenal currently consists of about 50-75 silo-based, liquid-fueled and road-mobile, solid-fueled ICBMs." The Pentagon doesn't attempt to estimate the total number of nuclear weapons that China possesses, although it's generally assumed to have a much smaller nuclear arsenal than the U.S. cache of over 5,000 nukes. Nonetheless, theories that Beijing possesses or plans to develop a much bigger nuclear weapons stockpile just won't die down. Speculation last year that China may have as many as 3,500 nuclear warheads — predicated on rumors of a sprawling network of underground tunnels — has been reliably trashed, but some still argue that Beijing sees a strategic opportunity in building a nuclear arsenal that could match or even exceed that of the United States in the coming decades.
China currently has only two Jin-class Type 094 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in service, the Pentagon tells us, and the missiles designed to arm the subs are not yet operational (though when they are, they will be nuclear-capable). Two submarines aren't much of a strategic deterrent for an aspiring superpower, but the true scope of the SSBN fleet that China plans to build remains unknown.
3. What is the Chinese navy up to?
American analysts often use the term "string of pearls" to describe Beijing's supposed strategy of establishing a network of foreign naval bases, especially in the Indian Ocean, but the Chinese don't. The latest Pentagon report does not discuss whether China plans to create a U.S.-style network of permanent forward bases for the PLA Navy.
Nonetheless, there is no shortage of speculation that China will eventually deploy military forces to port facilities it has constructed in places like Burma, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The Seychelles has invited China to use its ports as resupply points for Chinese ships, but Beijing has insisted that this is not the establishment of a first foreign base, unconvincingly calling it a "re-supply port." The "places or bases" debate has already been running for some years, and it will continue to rumble on while Beijing remains tight-lipped about its long-range ambitions.
The Pentagon report also struggles to shed light on China's future aircraft carrier program, beyond the existence of the single ex-Soviet carrier that is currently undergoing sea trials. "Some components of China's first indigenously produced carrier may already be under construction," it suggests, adding that "China likely will build multiple aircraft carriers and associated support ships over the next decade." That's guesswork. It's unknown whether China envisages merely a couple of working aircraft carriers as floating trophies designed to symbolize the country's arrival as a world power, a handful of combat-capable carriers to drive home its territorial claims in the South China Sea, or a larger number of U.S.-style carrier battle groups with a mission to project force globally.
4. What kind of space capabilities is China developing?
China is becoming increasingly proficient in space. The report mentions that China is assembling its own GPS-style satellite network, blasted the Tiangong-1 spacelab into orbit in 2011, and has developed a ground-launched anti-satellite missile to improve its counter-space capabilities. But the Pentagon neglects to mention one of China's most ambitious space programs: the development of the Shenlong spaceplane and the possible associated development of advanced propulsion systems, whose existence increases the risk of a military space race with the United States.
It is not yet known whether Shenlong is anything more than a hi-tech experiment. But because of Shenlong's military potential, any information about it could allay or exacerbate growing fears within the U.S. military that the PLA Air Force has more than a passing interest in space operations.
5. Paper tiger or fire-breathing dragon?
There are many other imponderables in China's military. Chinese cyber-espionage has been effective in obtaining foreign military secrets, but it's unclear how much of this know-how has been successfully and usefully absorbed into China's own military programs and doctrines. The overhaul of the Chinese defense industry has revolutionized the country's indigenous capabilities, but how close has China really got to ironing out the kinks in its military-industrial structures and processes?
All of the unknowns feed into one larger question: Is the PLA worth the hype? China's military is untested; it hasn't fought a major campaign since a disastrous war with Vietnam in 1979. In the event of conflict, would its performance live up to the nation's expectations, or would disadvantages like corruption and inexperience critically undermine its war-fighting capability? Is the 21st-century PLA even designed to be used, or does it exist to prop up and counterbalance the Communist Party domestically in a world where Beijing calculates that large-scale warfare is increasingly unlikely? Maybe the answers to these questions are buried in some secure vault at the Pentagon, but they're not in its latest report.
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'Tis only one thing missing in this wondrous collection. Great thanks are due to you for scanning these and sharing with us, but can we get a shout-out to the MIL for assembling such a collection? Perhaps a photo with a suitable inscription, that we might raise a glass to her memory?
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What an absolutely awesome find. So great that she kept all that stuff and now you all get to enjoy it. Thanks so much for taking the time to scan and share with the rest of us 'disney geeks.'
WoW DizDee, you keep all of your old Disneyland maps. I remember my dad, older brothers and sisters just throw them away. Throw away old memories.
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I find it interesting that the "Haunted House" was being thought of in 1958. The outside of the house looks pretty much exactly the same as it came out. Sad that only 1 out of the 4 things that were being talked about came to be.
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Among the most pleasurable entries in director Orson Welless filmography are those projects that find him trying to wedge his eccentricities into a standard genre template and failing to do so with fascinating results. The Lady From Shanghai, a late-40s noir elaboration being screened on Tuesday, May 5, as part of the Denver Public Librarys Fresh City Life series, is the most prime of examples.
Rita Hayworth, Welless co-star (and then-wife), was among Hollywoods most glamorous figures of the era, renowned for her long, luxurious red hair so, of course, he had her chop her locks and dye them blond in order to play an adulteress with more than her share of secrets. The plot, about a fake murder scheme that may be more genuine than claimed, is filled with twists and double-crosses that Welles accentuates via jagged editing and a thrillingly baroque visual style that reaches its peak in late sequences set in a Chinese theater and a hall of mirrors that reflects anything and everything including Welless twisted genius.
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23 CHAPTER SEVEN CASE STUDIES The two case studies presented in this section demonstrate that mately 1,400; a 24-hour ban on Stage 2 operations would there is a need for airports to have continued flexibility in reduce this to approximately 130. The Part 161 study was pub- addressing noise outside DNL 65--whether because commu- lished in June 2000 and recommended the total ban on Stage 2 nities have demanded it (Naples Municipal Airport) or because aircraft operations as the most reasonable and cost-effective the airport has conducted proactive planning (Dallas/Ft. Worth measure to minimize incompatible land use. On January 1, International Airport). 2001, the Stage 2 restriction went into effect. NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Implementation of DNL 60 Land Use Compatibility Criteria by City of Naples and Collier County The Naples Municipal Airport (APF) is the only airport in the United States with an approved Part 161 study; it has no resi- The city of Naples Comprehensive Plan contained specific dents living within the DNL 65 contour. A key factor in the information regarding rezoning of areas affected or poten- success of the Part 161 study was Naples Airport Authority's tially affected by the airport for the first time in 1984. In 1989, diligence working with local land use planning jurisdictions the city updated the Comprehensive Plan to establish an to implement land use policies that were aimed at residential Airport High Noise Special Overlay District (City Special land uses to DNL 60 dB. District), depicted in the 1989 Comprehensive Plan as the area of land exposed to noise in excess of DNL 65 accord- ing to the five-year forecast case (1991) in the 1987 APF Part 150/161 Background FAR Part 150 Study. Any applicant proposing to develop or significantly redevelop land in the City Special District was-- In 1987, the Naples Airport Authority (NAA) conducted its and is today--required to first obtain a rezoning of the prop- first FAR Part 150 study. As a result, in 1989, an Airport High erty to Planned Development. To obtain the rezoning, the pro- Noise Special Overlay District was established that required posed development or redevelopment must conform to rezoning for any new development or major redevelopment existing zoning standards and must, after specific review for of land within the 65 dB DNL contour. In 1997, the NAA sub- this purpose, be deemed compatible with the airport in terms mitted a revised Part 150, which adopted DNL 60 dB as its of safety and noise. threshold of compatibility for land use planning to preclude the development of incompatible uses in the vicinity of the Airport In 1997, the city revised the map of the City Special District (Figure 12). The FAA approved 14 of 15 measures; perhaps in the Comprehensive Plan to reflect the five-year forecast case most importantly, the FAA approved a ban on nonemergency (2001) 60 contour. In February 2001, the city and the NAA night operations in Stage 1 jet aircraft. In 1998, the NAA sub- executed an interlocal agreement to update the District and mitted a second Part 150 update, which included a single mea- Comprehensive Plan to reflect the 2005 forecast case DNL 60 sure: a 24-hour ban on nonemergency Stage 1 jet operations. contour. In 1999, the FAA approved this measure. The implementation of this measure essentially eliminated any population within In 1986, Collier County developed zoning maps indicat- the DNL 65 dB contour. ing aircraft noise boundaries. In 1987, the Collier County planning department began referencing standards for sound Despite diligent--and successful--NAA efforts to imple- control. In 1991, Collier County approved Ordinance 91-102 ment the approved measures, including the Stage 1 ban, the that redesigned aircraft noise zones using the five-year forecast NAA continued to receive community pressure regarding case (1991) 65 dB DNL contour (County Special District), noise exposure. In August 1999, the NAA initiated a Part 161 added land use restrictions, and implemented notification and study to identify potential operational restrictions that would sound level requirements for buildings and structures. These be appropriate for addressing these community concerns. The requirements are contained in the county's Land Development Part 161 study determined that Stage 2 jets were the principal Code. source of the noise impact that caused community concern. The number of people estimated to live within the 60 dB DNL In June 1999, the NAA requested that the county adopt the contour if there were no restrictions in 2000 was approxi- five-year forecast case (2003) 60 dB DNL contour from the


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Noticing that TV series focusing on the lives of Black men are nearly non-existent, author Zane decided to fill that gap with her new series, "The Jump Off."
"I realized that no one has ever really done a TV show that is totally focused on men of color. That's something I wanted to tackle. People are still talking about The Best Man, The Wood and The Brothers. It shows that there's a real need for that type of thing," she told Sister 2 Sister.
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"All five men, their life changes drastically, especially Dmitri," the main character. "In the beginning of the season, he's really a big man child, but things happen… He has to become a man," explained Zane.
Dmitiri Vance is the Jump Off, a moniker he picked up on the football field. "He's known for jumping over the defensive line and into the end zone," said Zane. His friends include Fenwick "Woody" Wood, who manages Dmitri's club; Spencer Martinez, a radio host; and Earnest Bishop, who was recently released from jail after being convicted for a white-collar crime.
For those keeping track, that's an athlete, a nightclub manager, a brother in the entertainment industry and an ex-con. Though at first glance, it seems like a stereotypical lineup, Zane said the characters are layered and viewers will get to know them beyond those limited roles.
"In the first episode, I purposely almost played into every stereotype there is about Black men," she said. "What's going to happen is over the season, people are going to say, 'Oh, wait a minute…These are real men. These are men who do have feelings, who do care, who are capable of love, who do have commitment issues, and do love their wives. They are good fathers."
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10. Intel (INTC - Get Report) is the world's biggest chipmaker. Intel will report third-quarter results Oct. 12. It swung to a second-quarter profit of $2.9 billion, or 51 cents a share, from a loss of $398 million, or 7 cents, a year earlier. Revenue grew 34% to $11 billion. The operating margin rose from 19% to 37%. Intel's stock trades at a forward earnings multiple of 10, a book value multiple of 2.4 and a cash flow multiple of 7.1 -- 23%, 56% and 52% discounts to semiconductor peer averages. Of analysts covering Intel, 31 rate it "buy", 19 rate it "hold" and two rank it "sell." Intel pays a quarterly dividend of 16 cents, equal to an annual yield of 3.4% with a payout ratio of 38%.
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We're taking a little break from our E3 coverage now that the show has ended to give you a quick heads-up: Wal-Mart is offering one free PlayStation Vita game with purchases of either the standard Wi-Fi Vita system or the more expensive 3G/Wi-Fi model. Not a bad deal, in theory -- but what are the games?
The applicable titles are: MLB 12: The Show, ModNation Racers: Road Trip, Little Deviants, Reality Fighter, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Unit 13, and Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational.
While clearly some are better than others, that's not a bad line-up. This deal is going to expire on June 9, so be sure to act fast if you're going to act at all. Now that we have seen what's on the horizon for Vita, I suspect you won't have to sleep on the decision.


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We were from 9-23. October in the hotel ERI Beach. We were because the hotel ERI village was already closed moved to the hotel ERI Beach. With 600 beds it is a very large but still offering a clear view hotel complex. You can tell but the the complex already older and in some places the 'paint' already from is. But altogether power the complex a satisfactory impression. Since there end of the season was were in the first week about 100 guests and in the s … read hotel review
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Old hotel need renovation, small rooms. No TV, no air-condition, no shelves to put the clothes (just hangers), poor bath. Dripping toilet, no towels, didn't change sheets even when asked after my child had an "accident" (peed in bed). read hotel review
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Food: modest, partly lukewarm or cold. If it was warm, but it was something for everyone Drink (all-inclusive): was from spenderautomaten and were mostly not properly filled (only water or the wrong taste). Room: ok, but very noisy Sleep: the evening entertainment with much too loud music (even the windows on the balcony door through the bass vibrates) on repeated request of us neither quiet or to appropriate time stopped. A night's sleep was impossible, because the music ended at 3:00 a. m. in the morning read hotel review
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The beach was easy to reach, much better i found however the beach from star beach, a pity, that we too late discovered, there is a door then, recommendation! The staff was rude, except for a few exceptions. The entertainment was funny, the volleyball game called and then you get there and no one came, already amusing. The food was not tasty, the meat you sometimes had to wait a long time. The room was very cramped and rather poorly decorated. Great was the free wi-fi internet access in the lobby bar. And also the neighboring star beach resort i ... can only recommend! read hotel review
Who loves already daily 13 hour techno noise?
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Who loves already daily 13 hour techno music? Size and number of rooms in the hotel the hotel is huge and has several houses and 3 pools plus children's pool with small slides. Condition and cleanliness of the room: very run-down, very old beds and mattresses, old sanitary facilities, calcified armatures, broken tiles, doors wedged constantly, air conditioner leaked into the bed (a sign, that these longer has not waited), tv didn't work, only 1 key for 1 room (3 adults), no waschraumschlüssel Condition and cleanliness of the pools: upon arrival at the 18 may 13 no pool maintenance after ... the winter, says: bucketful sand on the pool floor and strong deposits of algae. Damaged floor tiles around the pool, not cleaned of abflussgitter and carelessly manicured grounds; partly trash. Inclusive services: all inclusive = buffet unlit and economized example 1 sort of sausage and 2 sorts of cheese (of which 1 was analogkäse) for breakfast, jams artificial, no presentation of the dishes, mostly cold or maximum body temperature, constant repetitions of the food, juices watery syrup and that on an island, on the annual 10 thousand tonnes of oranges harvested!?!, good coffee. Guest structure. At least 85% russians read hotel review
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Microsoft issues warning over Word flaw that allows targeted attacks
Microsoft has issued a security advisory about a software flaw that may affect Word users.Microsoft said it was investigating reports of "very limited, targeted attacks using a vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine that can be exploited through Microsoft Word."The Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a database manager.
Mar 24 2008
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Microsoft offers Office Ultimate 2007 to students at steep discount
Microsoft's The Ultimate Steal promotion is offering eligible students Office Ultimate 2007 software for purchase at $59.95 though the end of April. Students are also offered free access to the software for 25 launches before purchase. The full retail cost for Office Ultimate 2007 is $679.Students with a valid e-mail address ending in edu who are enrolled in a U.S.
Mar 24 2008
Security patch for Excel doesn't add up
An Excel security patch issued by Microsoft is creating math problems, as a bug causes Excel to return zeroes instead of the correct number in certain cases.The problem occurs only for some Excel users, and only when certain types of macros are run within the program, due to a bug in the MS08-014 patch, which was issued last week, IDG News Service reported.In an online warning posted March 13, Bill Sisk, Microsoft security response communications m
Mar 23 2008
Latest e-mail scam targets TurboTax
As if the mad rush for Americans to collect all the necessary financial data and file their taxes wasn't bad enough, cybercrooks are beefing up spam attacks concerning taxes as April 15 approaches.Some spammers are targeting the wildly popular, do-it-yourself tax software giant TurboTax with an e-mail message telling the recipient to download software updates in order to comply with new IRS requirements. But the URL provided doesn't take you to TurboTax's official Web site.
Mar 19 2008
Understanding and using benchmark data
By Brian Hamilton, Developer, Profitcents.com"Benchmarks" are of interest to many types of financial professionals. The topic has been covered substantially lately because, if they are gathered and used properly, they can be helpful to the financial analysis process.As used here, "benchmarks" are financial metrics/ratios/results which show the average ranges of financial performance by companies in a given industry. There are many different types of financial benchmarks.
Mar 17 2008
Microsoft builds retail and adviser channels for Office Accounting
Notes from across the pond...Starting late last March, UK business software shoppers were able to go into retail stores and buy copies of Microsoft Office Accounting, the new business package launched into the UK last November, according to a report on our sister site, AccountingWEB.co.uk.
Mar 17 2008
Microsoft programs have difficulty dealing with leap year
According to the Microsoft Exchange 2007 team blog, system administrators attempting to configure Exchange e-mail networks on February 29th may have been met with the curt system message: "The Exchange server address list service failed to respond. This could be because of an address list or e-mail address policy configuration error."The error, it turns out, is Microsoft's, as several of its programs are unable to cope with the leap year date of February 29th.
Mar 13 2008
How to increase your online visibility using Work.com
Work.com is a new resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners, an online small business community on the Web created to help small business decision-makers solve their most pressing business problems and realize their most compelling opportunities. Our featured guest in this episode of Small Business Trends Radio is Shara Karasic, Community Manager of Work.com. Shara will provide the inside view on how to use work.com as a valuable source of insight for your business - and also the ins and outs of how to use the site to increase visibility for your own business online.
Mar 12 2008
Were accountants responsible for the dotcom bubble and burst?
A discussion has surfaced on our UK sister site, AccountingWEB.co.uk, regarding to what extent did involvement, or lack thereof, by members of the financial profession, contribute to the dotcom boom and bust.
Mar 11 2008
Google's anti-malware team uncovers million of potentially infected sites
Research by the search engine Google's anti-malware team uncovered more than 3 million potentially harmful Web sites. Weekly samples of infected sites among search results reached 1.3 percent in January, 2008 - a threefold increase on last year.
Mar 6 2008
Microsoft announces worldwide availability of Office Live Workspace
Microsoft Corporation has announced the public availability of Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta, the new Web-based extension of Microsoft Office that lets people access their documents online and share their work with others. Office Live Workspace was among the first entries in the new wave of online services in Microsoft's software plus services vision previewed last fall.Office Live Workspace is now available worldwide in English.
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Need for quality technocrats for rapidly changing IT industry stressed
GUNTUR: Bapatla Engineering College is celebrating its silver jubilee and celebrations will go on for one year, which was kicked off with a National Student Technical Symposium, BECTAGON 07.
The TCS Quality Assurance Division Head, V.R.S. Prasad, Hyderabad inaugurated the symposium on Tuesday and technical session would continue till Thursday.
Addressing the participants from engineering colleges all over the State he stressed the need for quality technocrats for the rapidly changing IT industry. Technical institutions had to provide infrastructure facilities on par with global standards and create a learning environment to be competitive worldwide.
Call to students
The ISRO Deputy Director of Liquid Propulsion Project Ch. Srinivasa Rao and alumnus of the college, in his inaugural address asked students to strive to excel in academics. Bapatla Education Society president Muppalaneni Seshagiri Rao presided.
College Principal G. Nageswara Rao said that BECTAGON was being organized biannually for the last eight years.
About 100 students registered from various technical institutions for the competitions conducted by Civil, Mechanical, Computer Science and Information Technology departments.
In the Civil Engineering department Bavi Reddy and Avinash of JNTU College of Engineering, Kakinada bagged First prize; Harshitha and Bhavani of RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur secured Second prize in Technical Seminar contest.
In Mechanical Engineering Department Phanidhar and Raghuram of Vignan Engineering College, Guntur secured First prize; Snehalatha of GITAM, Visakhapatnam secured Second prize in Technical Seminar competitions.
Out of the 53 papers received by the I.T. Department, 12 were selected for presentation and Hem Kumar of RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur won the First prize; Swetha and Ananth Kumar of GVP College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam won Second prize in Technical Paper contest.
In Computer Science Gayathri and Jubeda of JNTU College of Engineering, Anantapur secured First prize, while Satyanarayana and Hemanth won the Second prize.


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MADRID At the Spanish capital, nights pulsating with music and redolent of gourmet food segue beautifully into days pervaded by history, art and sport
Ernest Hemingway wrote: "Nobody goes to bed in Madrid till they have killed the night!" He was right. There's a constant buzz — hip cafes and gourmet food, sultry flamenco and music… Madrid is a cosmopolitan city that sure knows to party. We are on a bar-hopping walk with Joanna Wivell, our vivacious guide who runs Insider Madrid, which does niche tours such as cooking, flamenco and shopping. "Two p.m. to 4 p.m. is sacrosanct as everyone settles down for a leisurely lunch," says she. Madrilenos are night birds and fortified by their siestas, love their tapas platters of bite-sized snacks had in between gulps of beer, wine or sangria.
We gorge on fried pimento chillies, deep-fried pieces of eggplant, jamon (cured ham), swordfish with vinegar and garlic and the omnipresent tortillas with egg and potatoes. Our foodie walk leads us to grungy bars with discarded tissues and olive pips on the floor as well as the elegant wrought iron and wooden Mercado de San Miguel, an old covered market that was bought by private investors and converted into an Art Nouveau-styled gourmet food market. With stalls selling a wide range of food and drinks — from fried almonds and traditional sweets such as rosquillas (Madrid's answer to doughnuts) to platters of seafood and ham — this is a vibrant space that remains open till 2 a.m. on weekends!
There is a headless 'invisible man', an Elvis Presley look-alike and a giant Mickey Mouse, all waiting to pose with gullible tourists. Plaza Mayor is one of the biggest European squares, where tiny balconies in faded apartments built in the 1600s were hired to watch bullfights held in the quadrangle. Close by, the public square of Puerto de Sol, in the heart of the city is tense, filled with anti-riot police vans and noisy crowds. This is the place for public demonstrations, and just recently was the first anniversary of the grassroots 'Indignados' movement, which had sparked off protests in more than 80 Spanish cities. Over 1,00,000 Spaniards had gathered there, angered by grim economic prospects. The unemployment rates in Spain are the highest in two decades, and half the population under the age of 25 has no jobs.
Off the Puerto Del Sol is the Bohemian Plaza de Santa Ana, which used to be the literary quarter in the 17th Century. Close by is the house of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. Flanking the square is the oldest theatre in Madrid, the wedding cake-like Teatro Espanol with busts of famous playwrights on the facade and the iconic ME Hotel, once the hangout of the bull fighters. Today, the square is a sprawl of lively open air cafes with waiters scurrying around with plates of tapas.
Food remains an omnipresent motif over the next few days. All over town, I see branches of Museo Del Jamon — cheap stand-up bars with ham dangling from the ceiling alongside stalls selling greasy deep fried churros dipped in chocolate. We lunch at Botin's, said to be the oldest working restaurant in the world, famed for its suckling pig dishes (baby pigs that drink mother's milk for 21 days and end up being roasted in special ovens) and also because 'Hemingway ate there'.
Post-lunch is a feast of a different kind. The Prado museum with its classics by rockstar artists such as El Greco, Goya and Velasquez is the result of the relationship that Spanish kings had over the centuries with their court painters, and an art lover's delight. With a $ 238-million extension by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo, it's now got a new cafe and exhibition space. I marvel at the light and shade in Velasquez's masterpiece 'Las Meninas' portraying the infant princess and her ladies-in-waiting and Tintoretto's perspective in 'Washing Of The Feet'. What is particularly interesting is Goya's 'Dark Period', with sombre images in black and white, of ghosts, witches and monsters. Our guide explains it was not commissioned art, rather something he painted for himself as therapy to escape his tortured mind.
"Madrid has bid for the Olympic Games twice and lost and is again bidding for the 2020 Olympics — the advantage is the development of infrastructure that it has led to!" says our guide. Particularly impressive are the biking trails and the green spaces that the city has — I love the 300-acre Retiro Park filled with joggers, skateboarders, people walking their dogs and even puppet shows. This was the domain of royalty till good king Charles III decided to allow commoners.
I take a Bernabeu tour for an insight into the heady world of football. I am on hallowed ground — The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium owned by the Real Madrid Company is an amazing stadium seating over 80,000 spectators and the backdrop of some iconic victories .We get a bird's eye view of the stadium and imagine the roars of the fans as a crucial goal is shot. The tour takes us through the locker rooms, the player's tunnel and the museum packed with lavish trophies, shoes and jerseys. The football motif carries to the very end...
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The last time we reviewed notebooks was October 2003. In that review they were ultralight portable sub-2kg units, this time around they are virtually the opposite: ultra-bulky all-in-one notebooks designed to replace a desktop PC. And they are getting very close to that goal, with impressive LCD screen sizes, integrated DVD burners, and very quick processors translating to the all-important faster application response times and multitasking capabilities that users demand from the modern PC system.
We have also introduced a twist into the mix. We opened the field and asked vendtors to submit either an AMD notebook or an Intel notebook, or both if they had them. We thought with several vendors now producing notebooks using processors from both manufacturers, it would be interesting to compare how HP, for example, differentiated their Intel- and AMD-based products. We were surprised to discover that Acer was the only manufacturer to send us one of each for review. The AMD camp has vendors such as QDI, TPG, and Pioneer and the Intel camp has Sony, Toshiba, Dell, and IBM.
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Just when you thought Rock the Bells couldn't get any better, Guerilla Union has announced the final additions to an extensive line up including: A$AP Mob (featuring A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Ant, A$AP Twelvy, & A$AP Nast), Joey Bada$$ with Pro Era, Trinidad James, Logic, Action Bronson, Stalley, Young Dirty Bastard and The Internet. Check out the full line ups here.
Now for the best part: We're giving away tickets!
All you have to do is Tweet, Instagram or Tumblr: #HMJRockTheBells @Hail_Mary_Jane @GuerillaUnion with a picture/collage of your favorite artist on the line up. The more creative the better! We'll feature the best entries on Hailmaryjane.com
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1. You must be 18 or older to enter and be able to show ID.
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There will be a winner for each location so keep posting!!! We'll announce the Bay winner next week.
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The below pictures show the engine coming together nicely after all the machining, balancing and reboring...
The three main items left to buy to get it running amongst many other things are :
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However the car is now going in for a fully respray AGAIN because it is not up to my quality standards.
This is disappointing as it has set us back a number of weeks but it must be perfect.
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Kimberley accommodation options are up there with some of best accommodation West Australia has to offer, particularly if you're looking for adventure. Think rustic outback homesteads. Think wilderness retreats so remote the only way in is by helicopter or blazing a long trail of red dirt in a four wheel drive. Think luxury beach resorts and blissful eco retreats.
Whether you're keen to spend the night in a swag under a star-filled sky or you crave the luxury of five-star creature comforts, Kimberley accommodation has it covered. And of course, you'll also find accommodation in West Australia's Kimberley region that meets the basic needs of the budget traveller, with motels, hostels, backpackers, caravan parks and bed and breakfasts.
Click to view accommodation in West Australia's holiday hotspots of Broome and Kununurra. Or, to further refine your search for Kimberley accommodation, visit the advanced search page.
Bell Gorge Wilderness Lodge is located just off the Gibb River Road & close to the Imintji Aboriginal community. With magnificent views of the King Leopold escarpment & easy access to gorges, it is the perfect base for exploring the West Kimberley. 24 Standard tented cabins, with Twin beds & private en suites, feature a front deck with amazing aspects across the Kimberley Outback.
Mitchell Falls Wilderness Lodge is a stunning example of APT's 'touch of luxury in the wilderness' philosophy, providing guests to be surrounded by pristine wilderness. Perfectly situated in close proximity to Mitchell Falls, it features 24 Standard tented cabins with Twin or King Double beds & en suites. Sit back & relax on your private deck & soak up the tranquil surrounds.
Mt Hart Homestead offers unique accommodation off the Gibb River Road & in the heart of the spectacular King Leopold Ranges Conservation Park. Accommodation comprises of two sites - the original working cattle station homestead & recreated homestead which features 12 comfortable Double or Twin bedded rooms, close to shared facilities, in a secluded Kimberley setting.
Hotel Kununurra is centrally located in the heart of town, close to all amenities & offers quality accommodation with fully equipped rooms that are tastefully decorated to suit all budgets.
Ivanhoe Village Caravan Resort is a quiet park on the edge of Kununurra yet less than 1km from town. We offer grassy and shady sites, air conditioned cabins, a relaxing pool and a café will be on site in 2015. Entertainment nights by the pool through the season.
The Berkeley River brings a whole new level of luxury to the Kimberley Coast. Truly remote, it is only accessible by air with transfers available from Darwin & Kununurra. Twenty ocean view suites sit atop a coastal dune surrounded by native vegetation. Views take in the Timor Sea, Reveley Island & the mouth of the stunning Berkeley River.
Home Valley Station prides itself on providing guests with the ultimate outback experience. There are accommodation options for all preferences, from those who prefer the outback adventure with a twist of luxury, to those seeking a more intimate experience. A range of activities, including cattle mustering & barramundi fishing, are on offer.
Pinctada Kimberley Grande's guest rooms reflect the Kimberley's sense of space & the character of an Australian outback homestead whilst boasting contemporary style & comfort. Featuring cool polished concrete floors graced by cattle hides, artwork by prominent indigenous & regional artists, an abundance of natural light & wide verandahs.
One million acres in size, El Questro Wilderness Park is one of the world's last wilderness frontiers. Offering three independent accommodation facilities, each different in style and budget, the park boasts some of the most breathtaking and diverse landscapes in the world, and a truly quintessential Kimberley experience for all.
Kununurra's newest & only 4.5 star accommodation, Freshwater Apartments offers modern & spacious self-contained 1,2 & 3 bedroom apartments with resort-style pool. Located opp. Celebrity Tree Park, just 1km from town. Accommodation includes free wifi, Foxtel, BBQ's, guest laundry & airport transfers.


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For you, who like to create art & that have access to Photoshop, I think I have found a easy way to emulate the painterly style we see on the demos or for the cut scenes. You do not need a new version of PS. I use an old CS2 and I think that that brush should still be available in the latest versions.
1. Open up a picture (which will be put in your background) and create a new layer (which is names Ebene 1 in my German version)
2. Select the rough water colour brush almost at the bottom of all the available brushes in the drop down menu. This one has 100 pixel. Choose a pure white as your colour.
3. Paint with rough strokes at 100% opacity around your motive from the inside to the edges.
4. Turn down the opacity to around 40% to add a few strokes with a very watery colour
3 minutes of work, with a pretty good effect.


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Wonton SoupPosted on 12 / 29 / 2014
I have one word for you....no wait 3. VEGAN WONTON SOUP. omg it's so good. We go here all the time and I get the summer rolls and this soup. Everything is good but this is my fave. My son likes the vegan pho best. We go for the buffet once a month too. Also, vegan carrot cake!!


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Getting there and away
The only way to get to Vejer is by road as there is no train in this coastal area of the Cadiz province.
You can get to:
- JEREZ by plane and then hire a car or take local buses.
- CADIZ by train and then idem.
- ALGECIRAS by train and idem.
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When we travel, we like to be independent to do our own thing and it usually involves getting off the beaten path. As a result, we almost always hire a car if it makes any sense at all given the circumstances of where we are visiting. In this case, because Sue's sister was joining us from England for the first eight days of our trip in Andalusia, I had to go one size larger than normal to accommodate three suitcases. It turned out to be a diesel Ford Focus station wagon with a 5-speed manual transmission. There was enough space in the rear for the suitcases plus a few other odds and ends as well as a flap that covered-up everything from prying eyes.
We hired it from Red Ribbon Car Hire Spain but picked it up from the Goldcar desk at the Alicante airport - at a daily rate of 18.26 Euros. However, when all the extras like insurance and diesel surcharge were added in, the total for 18 days came to 618 Euros (~US$850 during the financial meltdown crisis).
Everywhere we went in Spain, we found the roads to be in excellent condition - even on small secondary roads in the Sierra Nevadas or along some 'off-the-beaten path' coastal roads such as this one not far southeast of Vejer de la Frontera. I must be a crazy driver, because the legendary Spanish drivers did not bother me at all. The biggest problem with this Group F-size car was in towns, trying to squeeze it into one of the few small parking spots that one might chance upon. It did not give us any mechanical problems during the 3240-km (~2000 miles) we drove it.
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Vejer to Conil
Comes buses are the only way by public transport to get from Vejer to the white beach town of Conil de la Frontera.
Conil and Vejer are very close it only takes 20 mins.
It costs 1,34 euros very cheap ;)
There are buses at 12:30, 15:00, 17:00 and 19:45 leaving from Vejer.
Conil boasts some of the most unspoilt beaches in the region.
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There are no trains that go to Vejer only TG Comes regional buses from Cadiz, Barbate, Conil, Zahara or Alanterra.
They are the big green coaches.
From Cadiz there about 6 buses that go to Vejer everyday and costs 4,53 euros. The first bus in the morning is at 9am then there is another at 11. The last bus going there at night is at 21:00.
There ar 6 buses a day going from Vejer to Cadiz too. The first bus is at 08:15 then 10:30, 12:30,15:00,17:00, 19:15.
The journet between Vejer and Cadiz takes a hour by bus.
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COMES buses
COMES is a buses company which offers the only public transport to get to Vejer from Cadiz, Algeciras or Malaga. There are plenty of buses daily.
Take a look at the schedules in the link below:
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|Examination of the robustness of viscosity sensitive molecular rotors against chemical modification
|Wilson, Joseph P.; Haidekker, Mark A., 1963-
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viscosity sensitive molecular rotors
intramolecular charge transfer complexes
intramolecular rotation
fluorescence emission
|University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research
|Molecular rotors, a special class of compounds which form twisted intramolecular charge transfer complexes (TICT), have dual deexcitation processes - intramolecular rotation and fluorescence emission. Molecular rotors exhibit a quantum yield that is sensitive to changes in solution viscosity; this property makes molecular rotors highly suitable for optical measurements of viscosity. The goal of this study was to test the idea that increasing the chain length of the molecular rotor increases its viscosity sensitivity. Molecular rotors of varying chain length were selected for experimentation; DCVJ, a thoroughly studied molecular rotor, was chosen as the control. Mixtures of differing ratios of ethylene glycol and glycerol were created to vary viscosity. Fluorescence emission intensity data for the six molecular rotors was measured with a Jobin Yvon Fluoromax-3 spectrofluorometer. Logarithmic graphs of fluorescence intensity versus viscosity were created and displayed a linear relationship with regression values exceeding 0.99. However, the slopes for the various molecular rotors were not significantly different. The results demonstrate that increasing the molecular rotor's chain length does not significantly increase viscosity sensitivity, indicating that additional elements can be attached to the molecular rotor without changing its functionality.
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Big Run VFW Post 9044 and the Ladies Auxiliary announced the winners of the Patriot's Pen and Voice of Democracy essay contests at their Pearl Harbor Day commemoration on Saturday.
Pictured (from left) are Ladies Auxiliary Secretary Ruth Soliday, Patriot's Pen winner Garrett Fairman, Voice of Democracy winner Merica Pallone, and VFW Post 9044 Commander Jim Pallone.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Spirit.
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