TANK

88 (some sources state 87) of these Soviet tanks were supplied between 1938 to 1939. Most were formed into the 1st tank regiment that was assigned to the newly forming 200th Infantry Division, the only motorized infantry formation in the Chinese Army at that time. Weight: 10.5 tons. Armament: One 45 mm gun and one bow mounted MG. Some had a second MG for AA purposes.

Click here for a short history of the T-26 provided by wargaming.net

By 1941, well over 12,000 units of this tank were produced, making it the most numberous vehicle in the Soviet inventory at that time. The Germans destroyed and captured huge numbers of these tanks when they invaded Russia. Many of these were converted into tractors for artillery or self propelled guns. The series ceased entirely in 1941 when the Germans overran most it this tank's manufacturing facilities.

French FT-17

A Number of Renault FTs were acquired by the warlord Chang Tso-Lin in the 1920s and served in his private Manchurian Armay against other warlords. After his assassination by the Japanese, his son permitted the incorsporation of the tanks into Chang Kai-shek’s National Revolutionary Army. Here they are seen in operation around 1929 in northern China.

France had dispatched a small of Renault FT's to Vladivostok in 1919, and these were later passed an to the Manchurian Army under Chang Tso-Ling. The continuing border wars between Bolshevik, White Russian, Chinese and bandit forces led the Soviets to deploy most most of their small inventory of refurbished FTs on the Manchurian border in the mid-1920s. The Manchurian Army purchased 14 more Renaults in 1924-25, and these were used in the fighting with the warlord Wu Pei-fu in 1926. In 1929, the Renaults were nominally attached to the 1^st Cavalry Brigade of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army (NRA). During the fighting with the Soviets over the Chinese Eastern Railway in the autumn of 1929 the Soviets brought up a company of MS-1 (T-18) light tanks to counter the Renaults, but a tank-vs-tank confrontation never materialised.

By 1930 the NRA had acquired in various ways about 36 Renault FT-17 tanks and some 24 Carden Loyd machine gun carriers, apart from its armoured train fleet.

The Japanese Army seized nearly all of Chinese/Manchurian Renaults in 1931 when they occupied Manchurian, adding to a small inventory of Renault FTs and NC 27s they had purchased 1922 (? NC 27). In Japanese service, they were known as the Type 79 Ko-Gata. The Renault FTs and NC 27s were used to form two tank companies in 1925 (? NC 27). in 1931, a section of Renaults was sent to Manchuria to operate alongside the Armored Car Platoon of the Kwangtung Army.

In the 1920s, two sections of Renaults were stationed in French Indochina, one in Saigon and the other in the citadel at Hanoi. During the China crises of 1927 the Saigon company was sent to Shanghai to protect the French concessions. It was joined latter in the year by the US Marine Corps Light Tank Platoon, equipped with the Six-Ton Tank. The Marine tanks were used to guard the rail line between Shanghai and Tientsin; and in 1928 two more French FT tank sections arrived to serve in Tientsin. Japan dispatched some of its Renault FTs and NCs to Shanghai in the same role. The Americans departed in 1929, but the French and japanese remained. The Japanese NC 27s, called Type 89 Etsu B, were used during the Shanghai incident of 1931. The Japanese seized the three sections of the French China Light Tank Company in the late 1930s; they were later turned over to the puppet Manchoukuoan Army which used them into the 1940s. The section in Hanoi remained there until 1945, and fought against the Japanese in that year when they occupied the citadel.

AIRCRAFT

Britain’s acquisition of two new ‘pocket supercarriers’ - HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales - is in the utmost national interest.

* These new vessels will secure Britain’s international role and leadership for decades to come, equipping the Royal Navy with extensive ‘blue-water’ capacities, and providing the nation with increased ability to lead the European Union’s emerging foreign, security and defence policies - as well as the dexterity to shape the political and diplomatic decisions of allies and foes alike.

* The Royal Navy is one of only three true Blue Water navies in the world - the other two are the US Navy and the French Navy



The new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy will be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales


Britain is to gain two new aircraft carriers as part of a multibillion pound defence spending package being finalised by the Treasury and Ministry of Defence.

Ministers are hoping that a long-awaited announcement giving the final go-ahead to the carriers, estimated to be worth between £3.5bn and £4bn, will come before the House of Commons breaks for its summer recess next Thursday.

Approval of the carriers is expected to safeguard 10,000 jobs at shipyards across the country, including in Rosyth, close to Gordon Brown’s parliamentary constituency. But the prospect of France taking a big construction role in the project appears to be fading.

London and Paris have been discussing whether to deepen co-operation and looked at the option of sharing construction with French shipyards. However, senior Whitehall insiders expect only limited scope for sharing ship-building.

Talks will continue on shared procurement and support. One person familiar with the negotiations said: “We will only collaborate as long as it doesn’t delay progress and there are clear cost savings.”

BAE Systems and VT Group, which will take on the work in a risk-sharing alliance that includes Thales of France, Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary, Bab and the MoD, will merge their shipbuilding assets following the decision.

The merger would create a £1bn company with docks in Portsmouth and on the river Clyde in Glasgow. Some 60 per cent of the work on the carriers – by far the biggest warships to be built in Britain – will be shared between yards in Scotland and the south and north-west of England.

During prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Mr Brown signalled that a decision was close. “I hope we will be able to make an announcement soon on the aircraft carriers.”

The future of the Royal Navy, he said, was best safeguarded by the levels of investment the government was putting in.

The MoD and the Treasury appear close to finalising the defence budget for the three years covered by the forthcoming comprehensive spending review. Mr Brown is expected to use the carrier announcement as evidence of the importance the government attaches to security and the fight against international terrorism.

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Britain needs a new generation of aircraft carriers


New aircraft carrier


In 1982 the United Kingdom came perilously close to a national humiliation. Only months before the Argentine Junta ordered the invasion of the Falkland Islands, the government sanctioned the eventual end of the Royal Navy’s remaining aircraft carriers. HMS Hermes was to be decommissioned and HMS Invincible was to be sold to Australia under Defence Secretary John Nott’s 1981 Defence White Paper. It was a time of renewed hostilities between the Western democracies and the Soviet Union, and British defence posture was becoming increasingly atlanticised in the sense that the principal concern was the monitoring and surveillance of Soviet nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the North Sea and North Atlantic. In a lurid way, the Argentine invasion of British territory came at the right time; had Argentina’s generals waited a few months longer, they might have claimed the islands without any fear of British armed reaction. For without aircraft carriers, the Royal Navy would have been powerless to act; the Falkland Islanders would have been forced to render to the demands of a military dictatorship, and Britain’s naval credibility would have been lost. The Soviet Union would have certainly noticed as well that Western Europe’s strongest military power could not even defeat a weak South American dictatorship. The war in 1982 showed that a maritime nation like the United Kingdom, with numerous security-defence interests all over the world, needed to retain the ability to project power anywhere and at any moment. The main lesson learned from the conflict was that Britain required its aircraft carriers, without which it would be hobbled, and repressed into the second rank of the world’s powers.


HMS Hermes fought in the Falklands War. She was the last of the Royal Navy's Centaur Class aircraft carriers


Although Britain subsequently sold off its one remaining and elderly conventional carrier, HMS Hermes, it ploughed ahead with the completion of two new but smaller aircraft carriers to complement HMS Invincible. The first, HMS Illustrious, was launched in 1981 and deployed in the aftermath of the Falklands campaign; the second, HMS Ark Royal, was completed in 1985. All three are in operation with the Royal Navy to this day, although HMS Invincible has been mothballed and placed on extended readiness - and is unlikely to ever see service again. And at 22,000 tonnes, these are small aircraft carriers, designed for a primarily anti-Soviet, anti-submarine role. While they can pack a formidable punch, they are dwarfed by the 92,000 tonne supercarriers of the United States Navy and the 40,000 tonne nuclear aircraft carrier of France’s Marine Nationale. With the end of the Soviet Union, and progressively larger British military deployments abroad in the 1990s, the small Invincibles became increasingly insufficient for meeting national security-defence requirements. This fact was acknowledged when the newly elected government of Tony Blair came to power in 1997 and implemented the innovative Strategic Defence Review a year later. Declaring that Britain needed a renewed fleet of substantial aircraft carriers and support vessels, it was posited that British Armed Forces had to be re-calibrated for expeditionary warfare. The subsequent lessons of British interventions in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq have only reconfirmed the nation’s need for the ability to deploy armed forces overseas. While the government’s acquisition of these potent new vessels must be lauded, planning has taken far longer than anticipated, resulting in the withdrawal of the Sea Harrier naval airgroups and the deactivation of one existing carrier, leaving the nation with limited naval capabilities for at least the next six years. This will change, of course: the project to build the Royal Navy’s largest and most powerful surface warships in history is now nearing completion. The Queen Elizabeth class will be of a unique size; smaller than America’s Nimitz supercarriers, yet considerably larger than France’s Charles de Gaulle, the new British vessels might be described as ‘pocket supercarriers’, and will displace about 65,000 tonnes each. They will be armed with approximately fifty high-tech warplanes and helicopters, advanced radar and sensors, and consequently will increase Britain’s deep oceanic power projection capabilities and global reach enormously.

Aircraft carriers are, in the modern world, the most important piece of politico-military apparatus a country like Britain possesses - perhaps even more significant than our strategic nuclear deterrent. Command of the sea in a globalising and more dangerous world remains vital. Seventy percent of the world’s population lives near the coast; many of the world’s capital cities are in littoral regions; over ninety percent of Britain’s imports and exports go by sea; and much of the world’s trade flows through strategic channels and other choking points like the English Channel, the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, Drake Passage, the Strait of Malacca and the Gibraltar Strait. The ability to deploy naval power in these regions can have enormous political impact, and keeps the seas open for international trade, which remains vital for British and allied countries’ prosperity. As such, the aircraft carrier’s role is thoroughly strategic; it helps to structure the global system, providing a platform for the upholding of the Western democracies’ primacy and the global economy. On a national level, it acts as the pivotal platform for Britain’s Armed Forces - the entire naval fleet is anchored around it. Not only is it the offensive weapon par excellence, it is also the best defensive weapon in any navy’s arsenal. It provides a mobile aerodrome - a few floating hectares of sovereign British territory - readily deployable to almost anywhere in the world where there is water deep enough to sustain its hull, removing the need for basing or overflying rights - as is the case with the air force. And the mere movement of a carrier into a trouble-spot can have a deterring and calming influence on adversaries and warring groups. In short, any country wanting to uphold a global role and have the means to defend itself and its interests must retain aircraft carriers.

MESSERSCHMITT

MESSERSCHMITT ME 262A "SCHWALBE"

Developed from a 1938 design by the Messerschmitt company, the Me 262 "Schwalbe," ("Swallow") was the world's first operational turbojet aircraft. First flown as a pure jet on July 18, 1942, it proved much faster than conventional airplanes. Development problems, Allied bombings, and cautious Luftwaffe leadership contributed to delays in quantity production. In late 1943, Adolf Hitler agreed to mass production, but insisted the aircraft be used primarily as a fighter-bomber. On July 25, 1944, an Me 262 became the first jet airplane used in combat when it attacked a British photo-reconnaissance Mosquito flying over Munich. As a fighter, the German jet scored heavily against allied bomber formations. The bombers, however, destroyed hundreds of Me 262s on the ground. More than 1,400 Me 262s were produced, but fewer than 300 saw combat. Most remained on the ground awaiting conversion to bombers, or were unable to fly because of lack of fuel, spare parts, or trained pilots.

The Me 262A on display was brought to the U.S. from Germany in July 1945 for flight evaluation. It was restored by the 96th Mobile Maintenance Squadron, Kelly AFB, Texas in 1976-79, and is finished in the standard production paint scheme, without operational unit markings.

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 41 ft.
Length: 34 ft. 9 in.
Height: 11 ft. 4 in.
Weight: 15,600 lbs.
Armament: Four 30mm MK-108 cannons, plus 1,000 lbs. of bombs.
Engines: Two Junkers Jumo 004s of 1,980 lbs. thrust ea.
Crew: One

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 540 mph.
Cruising speed: 460 mph.
Range: 650 miles
Service Ceiling: 38,000 ft.

Messerschmitt Me-262

The world's first operational jet fighter.

The Messerschmitt Me-262 was the first jet fighter to enter operational service. It was a superb day and night bomber interceptor, with a speed advantage so great, and armament so powerful, that it could easily intercept and destroy allied heavy bombers, while practically ignoring their swarms of piston-engined escort fighters, and the bombers' own gun turrets.

As with other advanced weapons produced by the german industry in world war 2, its contribution to the german war effort came far too little and too late than it could, due to great delays caused initially by Hitler's over confidence in a quick victory, and later by his obsession with bombers, and by rivalries in the german air force and military industry. Allied bombardments of the Messerschmitt factories and of the german fuel industry, and later of Me-262 air bases, also greatly contributed to delay and minimize its operational activity.

Performance, armament, types

When it did fly to air combat, the Me-262 was unstoppable at high speed, but it was vulnerable at low speed, after takeoff and before landing, because of its very sensitive and immature jet engines, and that's where allied fighters ambushed it, in addition to attacking it on the ground.

It was not a classic agile fighter aircraft. A fast twin-jet aircraft, it was designed to be a powerful bomber interceptor, what the germans called Zerstorer (destroyer). It had a speed of 870kmh (540mph) decisively faster than the 700kmh (437mph) of the allied P-51 mustangs which escorted the allied bombers.

The fighter version, named Schwalbe (swallow), was armed with four 30mm guns in the nose, giving it an enormous punch which easily destroyed a heavy bomber, and also a stand-off firing range advantage vs. the bombers' defensive weapons. Before the end of the war it was also armed with R4M unguided 50mm air-to-air rockets, which also proved very lethal against bomber formations, also from stand-off range.

The two-seater night fighter version was also equipped with an air intercept radar and a passive homing device that homed on the transmissions from allied aircraft. Its speed advantage over the slow heavy bombers was so great that it became a difficulty in the conditions of a radar-based night intercept, so its pilots specialized in intercepting the much faster Mosquito bombers, easily intercepting many of the previously almost invincible Mosquitoes.

The bomber version, that was produced only because of Hitler's command, was named Sturmvogel (Storm bird). In addition to the 30mm guns it also carried two 500lb bombs, and was generally inefficient as a bomber, due to its low precision (it was limited to high altitude level bombing), low bomb load, and low range. Without bombs, the bomber version was still efficient as a bomber interceptor, but initially they were simply not used as interceptors. Later they were, but since Hitler demanded that it will be flown by bomber pilots even in interception missions, this proved a total failure, since the bomber pilots simply lacked the necessary fighter pilot training to perform and survive this type of mission.

There was also a photo reconnaissance version, and several other versions which never passed the prototype stage.

A history of political intervention, delays, and misuse

The german advantage in jet and rocket technology, and in many other fields of military technology, in the beginning of world war 2, was not a coincidence. Since 1933, when Adolf Hitler became dictator of germany, with a firm and declared intention to go to war, germany was making a maximum national effort to prepare to a major war. The german military industry, which was already one of the world's leading industries, was given enormous budgets and other national resources, in a major national effort to equip the german military with the most advanced weapons possible, and such an effort was bound to produce results.

At those same pre-war years, the UK, France, US, were led by nationwide pacifism which preferred to ignore the rapidly rising threat, and their defense budgets were miserably low. Russia did not ignore the threat, but Stalin's paranoid totalitarian regime was then busy in self-destruction, by murdering most senior officers, sending many leading scientists and engineers and millions of other citizens to jail, and destroying initiative of any kind by fear.

So there's no wonder that between 1933 - 1939 germany achieved a significant advantage in military technology over its future enemies, an advantage it partially lost during the war, not just by the allied efforts but also by it own errors. In jet and rocket technology, the germans kept the technological advantage until the end of the war, but the errors, human errors, greatly reduced the actual military benefit from it, as was in the case of the Messerschmitt Me-262 .

RUDAL

Avibras Industria Aeroespacial - Air-to-Ground and Surface-to-Surface Defence

AVIBRAS Aeroespacial is a manufacturer of air-to-ground and surface-to surface weapon systems including artillery saturation rocket systems, 70mm air-to-ground systems and fiber optic multi-purpose guided missiles. Avibras is a true system house with expertise in R&D, manufacturing, integration and tests, as well as in integrated logistic support for the supplied systems.

AVIBRAS ASTROS II SYSTEM

For more than two decades, AVIBRAS' Artillery Saturat

ion Rocket System (ASTROS II) has been the most versatile in its class, with achievements unmatched by its competitors, being combat-proven in two major Gulf Wars.

Most of the ASTROS’ outstanding features are still exclusive:

• Capability of firing five different types of rockets, from the same launcher vehicle, and delivering a massive blow on targets located from 9km to 90km away
• The best area coverage with eight types of warheads and unmatched accuracy
• The same basic vehicle platform for the launcher vehicle, ammunition supply vehicle, mobile workshops and fire control unit thus providing total interchange ability

AMMUNITION FOR TRAINING PURPOSES

The AVIBRAS Subcaliber Training Ammunition 70mm (AV-TS 09) is designed to help trainees in the assimilation of the operational, handling and storage procedures of the ASTROS II rockets at a very low cost.

AVIBRAS SKYFIRE ROCKET SYSTEM

The AV-SF-70 SKYFIRE Rocket System is a recent product developed by AVIBRAS, combining battle proven and state-of-the-art aerospace technology.

The system is composed of a new family of 70mm (2.75in) rockets, using composite propellant, wraparound fins and powerful warheads. It has superior accuracy compared with the existing 70mm systems. This means increased effectiveness in air or land deployment, with a range of up to 12,000m.

For land applications, the rockets can be launched from a towed trailer AVIBRAS 36 Tube Multiple Launcher AV-LM-12/36. Due to its reduced dimensions and weight, the trailer can be towed by a light 4x4 or ¼t vehicle and, for operations on inaccessible sites, it can be transported by helicopter (Bell UH-1H, or equivalent) and by assault aircraft or even small embarkation.

Also for land applications, the rockets can be launched from the ASTROS Hawk Systems, which is self-propelled and highly mobile. The ASTROS Hawk System is an Artillery Saturation Rocket System to support light forces through the use of high mobility launcher vehicles and a variety of ammunitions. It saturates an area of 200,000m² in less than 12 seconds with a range of up to 12km, thus exploiting the surprise factor.

The AV-LM-12/36 and the ASTROS Hawk Systems provide the command with the possibility of:

• Increasing, significantly, the available organic fire support in determined combat situations
• actuating, with massive firepower, during the critical phases of an operation, an inversion of unfavorable tactical conditions
• accessing high mobility fire support system capable of being employed in all types of operations, particularly special operations

FOG-MPM - FIBER OPTIC MULTI-PURPOSE GUIDED MISSILE

Avibras FOG-MPM is a missile for multiple employment purposes, particularly against combat vehicles and fortifications. It has a modern guidance system based on data transmission by fiber-optic cables, offering operational efficiency even under severe battlefield conditions.

AV-VBL 4X4 - LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLE

The AV-VBL is a new member of Avibras' growing family of military vehicles. The AV-VBL is a 4t to 12t high mobility multiple purpose armored vehicle.

The vehicle's internal space is the best in its class, and its modular approach allows the vehicle to be configured to perform multiple tasks such as support, police patrol, ambulance, and C4IR (Command, Control, Communication, Computation, Intelligence and Reconnaissance).

The vehicle can be easily airlifted by C-130 cargo aircraft. The AV-VBL is already the standard platform to the support vehicles and C4I of Avibras' recognized Astros II System.

AV-VB4-RE - LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE VERSION

The AV-VB4-RE is also a new member of Avibras' growing family of military vehicles. The AV-VB4-RE presents excellent mobility, speed, range and outstanding 'under armor' internal space.

Its modular approach allows the vehicle to be configured as reconassance, observation, radar and weapon system. The vehicle can also be easily airlifted by C-130 cargo aircraft.

AVIBRAS Industria Aeroespacial SA Rodovia dos Tamoios, Km 14 PO Box 278 CEP 12300-000 Jacareí, SP Brazil Tel: +55 12 3955 6000 Fax: +55 12 3951 6277 Email: govsales@avibras.com.br URL: www.avibras.com.br

SUBMARINE

A submarine is a watercraft that can operate underwater. Military submarines were first widely used in World War I and are used by all major navies today. Civilian submarines and submersibles are used for scientific work at depths too great for human divers.

The word submarine was originally an adjective meaning "under the sea". Some firms who make diving gear but not parts for submarines, called their work "submarine engineering". "Submarine" as a noun meaning a submersible craft originated as short for "submarine boat" and older books such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea always use this term. Also, some people simply say 'sub' instead of saying the entire word 'submarine'.

Submarines encompass one of the largest ranges in capabilities of any vessel. They range from small one- or two-man vessels that can examine the sea floor for a few hours to the Russian Typhoon class, which can remain submerged for 6 months and carry nuclear missiles capable of destroying multiple cities. There are also specialized submarines such as rescue submarines (like the DSRV or Priz) and tiny one-person human powered subs intended for competitions between universities. An older device for use in underwater exploration, salvage, construction and rescue is the diving bell. A specialized form of submarine capable of extremely deep dives is the bathyscaphe.

Submarines are typically referred to as "boats" even though most modern submarines should technically be called "ships". The term U-Boat is sometimes used for German submarines in English. This comes from the German word for submarine, `U-Boot`, itself an abbreviation for Unterseeboot ('undersea boat').

The vertical structure, usually located amidships, houses communications and sensing devices as well as periscopes. In modern submarines it is the "sail" in American usage ("fin" in the Royal Navy). A submarine's "conning tower" was a feature of earlier designs: a separate pressure hull above the main body of the boat that allowed the use of shorter periscopes.

ALICANTE CAR HERE

ALICANTE CAR HIRE

Alicante Car Hire
The cheap alicante car hire test is similar to our cheap Alicante flights section, I did a cheap Alicante car hire test. Obviously pricing varies a lot depending on the time of the year and the car you want to hire. Here are the results of our Alicante car hire comparison.
Alicante car hire test :Car Hire for 24 May 2007 - 3 days - Economy Class - with AC (Test performed 11. March 2007)

Alicante Car Hire in GBP
Car / Details
Other specialiced Alicante car hire companies:
Results on the cheap alicante car hire test:
Our first choice for a cheap alicante car hire would be split between the local specialiced Alicante car hire companies and auto-europe.com . They are cheap, the online booking procedure is simple and the website is really fast. Second choice would be travelselect.com as it seemed to me they do go for a local car rental host. priceline.co.uk , opodo.co.uk and Lunn Poly book cars using holiday autos which is a very established car hire company.
Quick tips on car hire
Up until last year, we hired a car at Alicante airport every summer during our vacation. I guess it is pretty much the same all around Europe on how to rent a car. So allow me not to go into it.
But, I found some special issues which you might consider on your next car hire in Alicante:
Air ConditionStarting from April until November temperatures can be up to 40 C. Even now (in March) we already had days with 28 C. Needless to say that either air condition or opening the window manually are the two choices you have. (I go for the first option :-)
Baby/Children SeatIf you are travelling with a baby or child (we did over many years) you should really consider bringing your baby/child-seat with you. Sure, you can hire them with your car - but we tried this twice - and always got just dirty and insecure seats. We are certainly not the only one, because whenever I wait for my luggage at the airport I see people carrying there baby seats.
So don't care if it means a little bit of hassle - for your childrens safety it is worth it!
Extra DriverIt doesn't matter if you booked an extra driver at home - make sure at the car rental desk that they got the extra driver registered. If you and your partner want to drive the car - it must be in the papers you sign at the airport - (it does not matter what you might have ordered at your travel agency).
My wife and I had exactly this problem some years ago. So - please double check, if the extra driver is in the paper.
Booking at HomePlease make sure you book your car via your travel agency or via an internet travel agent. It is cheaper and easier, as particularly during summer season car rental companies are heavily booked. Book your car from home - before you travel to Alicante.
The following car rental companies have permanent Alicante car hire offices at the airport:

Finally, please have a look at our Alicante airport car hire parking plan, on how to find your car hire company at the airport. See where you will find the car hire counters and the parking lots where you can pick up your car. Full of information about major and local companies who offer alicante car hire.

LUXOR HOTEL LASVEGAS

LUXOR HOTEL LAS VEGAS

We provide the instant hotel Booking for Las Vegas hotels. Here is a brief introduction of Las Vegas. Because of its famous gambling-oriented facilities and casino hotels, "Las Vegas" was known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World" and was synonymous with adult entertainment until the early 1990s. Since 1990, Las Vegas has been converting itself into a family friendly fantasyland for both adults and children. A lot of family-oriented falicities appear such as roller coasters, arcades, working volcano, mini-versions of cities: paris and new york, and animal attractions. The two heart areas in Las Vegas are the Las Vegas Strip and Las Vegas Downtown. The Strip is about four miles long from north to south. Most of the major resorts, luxury or budget hotels, lavish stage shows and thrilling casinos are located either downtown or on the Las Vegas Strip. The Downtown Las Vegas is on the north of the Strip, The core of which is Fremont Street. You can have a "Fremont Street Experience" by walking in the dazzling show of lights, lasers and music at a fine night. For those who prefer a little quieter, there are quite a few hotels and casinos in the north and southeast. Every year there are more than 30 million visitors to Las Vegas. Go experiencing this fantastic "light city" by yoursel

Located at the south end of the Strip, the Luxor prides itself on offering all the luxuries that a pharaoh could want, such as excellent restaurants, renowned entertainment, amazing attractions and wonders of the modern world, paired with the no-holds-barred showmanship that made Vegas an adjective.
The Luxor incorporates so many amenities on such a grand scale that it's almost an entire vacation in itself. The spacious rooms are decorated in Eastern finery and surround the world's largest atrium. The casino, at more than 100,000 square feet, is one of Vegas' biggest.
Sunbathers and swimmers can be spotted soaking up the sun at the expansive and verdant pool deck from windows in the walkway that connects the two-story parking garage to the hotel. Located in the pool area, Luxor's spa Nurture, lives up to its name, offering a steam bath, whirlpool, sauna and an array of body treatments.
Dining choices run from Chinese specialties at Fusia to the gourmet delights of Luxor Steakhouse. Indulge in a casual Mexican meal at La Salsa, where guacamole is made fresh table side and some of the atrium level seating overlooks the bustling hotel lobby and Aurora, the lobby bar.
The atrium-level attractions floor is an exciting testing ground for cutting-edge film and ride technology, featuring a motion simulator, the two-story Games of the Gods video arcade and the spectacular IMAX Theatre, with its giant screen (68 feet tall by 48 feet wide) and 15,000-watt digital sound system. Following the Luxor theme, there also is a re-creation of King Tut's Tomb.
Let's not forget entertainment. Luxor is home to the topless show Fantasy, with its seductive cast of ladies, as well as comedian Carrot Top, with his surprising bag of props. The hotel also welcomes hypnosis, illusion and escape as it plays host to the third season of the A&E Network’s Chris Angel MINDFREAK. The Luxor Theater has welcomed big-name headliners such as the Beach Boys, Earth, Wind & Fire and Liza Minnelli.even the world’s brightest beam of light.
Perhaps no other hotel in existence has as mystical an air as the Luxor. Contained in this 30-story black glass pyramid and pair of stepped-pyramid towers is all the splendor of ancient Egypt and all the technological
This fully encompassing environment demands amazement, and few have walked away without according it. But once you’re ready to walk away, indoor walkways make it easy to visit the Luxor’s surrounding hotels, leading south through the Mandalay Place shops to the Mandalay Bay hotel and north to the Excalibur hotel. A monorail also connects the three properties.
With modern marvels married to the ancient sedate majesty of Egypt's City of the Living, Luxor fully deserves its self-appointed title as "The Newest Wonder Of The World."

FEDERAL CONSOLIDATION LOANS

Federal Student Loan Consolidation...
Why should YOU consolidate?

• Fixed Interest Rates
• Lower Monthly Payments
• Money-Saving Payment Incentives
• Only One Payment Each Month
• New or Renewed Deferments

Everyone has his or her own reasons for consolidating. The reasons listed above are just a few reasons why you may consider federal student loan consolidation.

Even if you didn't borrow your federal student loans through Access Group, you may be able to consolidate with us and take advantage of low interest rates, and our money-saving payment incentives — with no minimum loan balance required.

You can choose which of your loans you want to include in your Federal Consolidation Loan; you can also choose to consolidate your undergraduate loans while you are in graduate school; you can even choose to consolidate only a portion of your eligible loans.

With recent changes to the Federal Loan programs, consolidation may not be beneficial for you. Learn more here.

There are no deadlines in the Federal Consolidation Loan program. There are several things to keep in mind, however, regarding when to consolidate. Your loans must be fully disbursed to be eligible for a Federal Consolidation Loan. They also must be in their grace period or in repayment (including deferment or forbearance).

It is best for you to consolidate while your Federal Stafford Loans are still in their grace period, when they still have the lower in-school interest rate.

If you are consolidating your federal student loans during your grace period but are worried about losing your grace period, rest assured. Section D on the Federal Consolidation Loan application includes a question that allows you to enter your grace period end date. If a date is provided in this question, the lender won’t complete processing of the application or fund the loan until near that date. Therefore, you can apply for the consolidation loan at any time during your Federal Stafford Loan grace period, qualify for the lower in-school interest rate, and postpone the start of repayment on the debt until near the end of your grace period.

The longer you postpone funding of your Federal Consolidation Loan, however, the more interest will accrue on any unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans (or any other federal student loans for which you are responsible for the interest) that are included in your Federal Consolidation Loan. You should also know that, while funding of your Federal Consolidation Loan is pending, interest may accrue on your Federal Stafford Loans at a different rate than the rate used to calculate your Federal Consolidation Loan interest rate.

If your loans are already in repayment, federal student loan consolidation may still be beneficial. It allows you to fix the interest rate on your federal student loans while rates are still low.

GOENO TRADING

GOENO was founded in 1965. We started our business by using traditional cotton weaving machine with only limited workers. Along with the time, the products of GOENO have been developed together with the development of the Indonesian National Economy.
Having produced the quality tents for decades, GOENO has grown into a leading tent manufacturer company in Indonesia. GOENO is also the major tent supplier to Indonesian Army (TNI) and Police Force (Polri).
Since its establishment in 1965, GOENO has successfully positioned itself as a market leader in the industry due to its capability of consistently anticipating its costumers' needs.

*Mission
The mission of GOENO is to continuously grow and prosper for the benefits of its customers, employees, partners, and community. Therefore, the company deems Human Resources Development as a crucial part of this mission in an increasingly competitive business environment to further foster its professionalism, and to improve its
efficiency and productivity. GOENO will persistently apply new and innovative management and production methods to extend its leading edge in the tent product industry by endlessly improving its level of customers' satisfaction.


*Commitment
The management of GOENO strongly believe that professionalism is the key to our long success, and seriously regard our people as our main assets since they are the heart and soul of our business; they are the key ingredients in the formula of our success. As GOENO is supported by more than 500 qualified people, modern technology weaving cotton machines, and located in 4 ha land, we are confident to becoming a first class tent manufacturer that gives benefits to our customers, employees, partners, and the community.


Office / Factory
Factory :
Jl. Adil 65, Ngunut,
Tulungagung 66292,
Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Phone : +62 (355) 395 041
+62 (355) 395 355
Fax : +62 (355) 398 005
Website :http://www.goeno.co.id

Jakarta Office :
Bukit Gading Mediterania
Jl. Boulevard Bukit Gading Raya, Block A22,
Kelapa Gading Barat,
Jakarta 14241, Indonesia
Phone : +62 (21) 4586 6455
+62 (21) 4585 4847
Fax : +62 (21) 4586 6454
+62 (21) 4584 4076

www.goeno.co.id