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China will again host the Summer Olympics. In 2020?

This year China is hosting. World's Fair in Shanghai. To China again. Olympic host in 2020? If. It will be Shanghai!!! Shanghai, for example. Dubai, the Far East. I miss the days of the Olympics. Beijing.

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Please guide me land units. Best true in Shanghai,. I want to rent Apartments. Rental learn in Shanghai.

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For Hong Kong or Shanghai. vacation????

Im planning to vacation of. I came to Beijing in November ... Im,. Shanghai and Hong Kong. Problem. What are my only I have. Time limit for the location. These 3. I never received. Both Beijing and Shanghai; I had to Hong Kong earlier this year. But my time is too limited. That is why Im back this November. ..... Whehhehehhehe so that I will be. Long and what I will reduce the day. My stop? Hong Kong or Shanghai - only. Between the two guys .... I love shopping. And sightseeing in particular. What .... not always seen here. In my country, but do not want. Museums and history. backgroud.thanks.

Shanghai is the place. Good, but you will see that. Want to see on record. Hong Kong time.

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What is the genre of music that there's only voice of singer with no background music ?

as songs of the little girl in Shanghai Kiss movie

I don't know of the genre name, but you are talking about "a cappella", which is italian for "at the chapel." In our use it simply means singing solo.

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I am leaving to china (Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Xi'an What do I need to bring?

I will be with a group of 7 on a pilgrimage for 14 days. I would love to understand about the weather from May 28-June 9 as well. What clothes would I pack. What do Americans usually forget etc?

camera, Flight ticket, dollars, clothes

Other things can be bought in low prices in China, such as sunscreen cream, clothes and other things. Take enough dollars to get exotic items back home.

Shanghai Ren He Hotel

And in general the problem is always the same: there was no pilot in the plane

Shanghai Ren He Hotel

And that is not likely to change anytime soon. Many hotels, if not most, will go on dragging their website from company to company, caught in the web of spending money, loosing search engine rankings on the way, and forever jump on outdated tips.

What is the problem?

The internet is still too new. The reputation of a hotel website designer is still miles away of that of a lawyer, surgeon or pilot.

So what happens is this: the hotel itself takes over the whole marketing strategy.

But... the hotel is managed by a professional in hospitality, not by a marketing specialist!.

That is as much as knocking at the door of the cockpit and saying: Could you fly a bit more to the right? And avoid that cloud? And over Paris please. Because I have read an article about being a pilot, and in the pub they have explained me how to do it, so now please follow all my directions.

Obviously, this plane is going nowhere. If it does not crash.

But in the majority of cases it is just forever lost in a cloud.

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Many a hotel web designer hates this too. He or she knows that the hotel will get dissatisfied within 6 months... and cancel within 12. And also for him that means a terrible amount of lost energy, money and time... because he will not even be able to use this hotel website as a referral.

But he does not have a choice. In most cases companies have to produce, if only to keep their staff busy, and if he can do so by providing instant gratification, then that is what he will do.

In order to at least at the start have a satisfied customer.

So there the hotel goes. Armed with a website according to his personal taste, and the love for orange of the cleaning lady, and built on a vague mixture of tips found in the over 10 million online pages telling about search engine optimization.

How can a hotel know he is dealing with a good, serious, reliable web designer with marketing background?

If the hotel is told: "NO, I will NOT do this, this is NOT good".

That is the short version. In the long version it will probably sound more like: "I understand your concerns, but will have to advise you that, from a marketing point of view, this will not increase the potential, and I will explain this more clearly by informing you that...".

Anyone can make a beautiful design. That is what designers love doing. They are creative.

But in 2009 that is no longer the issue. In a massive universe of 400.000 hotel websites, and 10 million IDS and online hotel guides... a hotel website needs to be smart.

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Where can I eat out at 3:30AM in Shanghai (Putuo District)?

I arrived to my Shanghai hotel yesterday evening, and because of the jet-leg I went to sleep.
Now it's 3:30AM, and I am very-very hungry.

omg, i forgot about "jet-leg." I don't even know what I'll be doing to get that problem taken care of. Thanks for bringing it up, sorry i couldn't answer the question.
Are you in a hotel, ask around.

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Hello From Montreal - Part 13 - 360 degree Views From The Tower At The Olympic Stadium, Bugs And Nature At The Insectarium And The Botanical Garden, A

July 2, 2006

Appropriately rested from my action packed day yesterday I had a leisurely breakfast and headed out on the subway at 9:30 am. I love the subway system in Montreal since it's safe, efficient and all the major sights are accessible via underground transportation. And the interesting thing is the trains run on rubber wheels - none of that metallic clanking that I am so used to from places like Toronto, New York City or Chicago...

My first destination for this morning was Montreal's Olympic complex, located in the Hochelaga-Maissoneuve area, originally a city founded in 1883 by local farmers. Hochelaga-Maissoneuve was integrated into Montreal in 1918 and today is one of Montreal's main working class neighbourhoods whose residents are 90% French-speakers.

Montreal's Olympic Stadium is best accessed from the Pie IX subway station and upon leaving the station I walked across the vast concrete expanses surrounding this historic stadium, built for the 1976 Summer Olympics. One of it's nicknames is the "Big O" and it was supposed to be one of the most advanced structures of its time, holding just over 56,000 people. It featured a retractable roof that was held in place by cables suspended from a 556 foot tall tower, incidentally the highest inclined tower in the world.

The stadium was extremely expensive and its final cost came to more than C$1 billion, the debt on which was only paid off by the city in 2006. Interestingly, Jean Drapeau, Montreal's mayor at the time, announced that "The Olympics can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby", now a popular quote among Montreal residents. Due to various strikes, construction delays and complications, the retractable roof did not open until 1988, but that option was abandoned in 1992 in favour of a new stationary roof which continued to have various structural problems and a new replacement roof is being considered for installation once again. Despite these issues, Montreal's Olympic Park is a sight to behold and an interesting place to explore.

Between 1977 and 2004 the Montreal Olympic Stadium was the home of the Montreal Expos Major League Baseball team which was transferred to Washington, D.C., in the 2005 season. It also used to be the home of the Montreal Alouttes, Montreal's team in the Canadian Football League. Today the stadium is used for a variety of purposes including trade fairs, sporting matches, motorized sports, live shows, exhibitions, film shoots, balls, social activities and more. Since its opening, Montreal's Olympic Stadium has been one of the busiest covered stadiums in the world.

Montreal's Olympic Stadium is a fascinating, unusual yet aesthetic building and I decided to explore it in more detail by taking the funicular which in about 5 minutes takes you to an observation deck that provides a 360 degree of Montreal. Going up you have an unobstructed view eastwards towards the pyramid-shaped buildings of the former Olympic Village and at the top I enjoyed a perfect view of downtown and the skyscrapers, Montreal Royal and the various bridges spanning the St. Lawrence River.

The former Olympic cycling track, called the Biodome, has been converted into an artificial habitat that features four different ecosystems: a Tropical Forest, a Laurentian Forest, a St. Lawrence Marine Ecosystem and the Polar Worlds of the Arctic and the Antarctic. For me, my next item on the agenda was the Montreal Botanical Garden. I left the Olympic Stadium and walked under the Sherbrooke Street bridge and found myself right next to the entrance gates of Montreal's Botanical Garden. The C$12.75 entrance fee gives you access to both the gardens as well as the Insectarium, so I started off with an indepth introduction to the world of insects.

Open since 1990, the Montreal Insectarium holds hundreds of species of butterflies, moths, bugs and spiders. Its scientific collections hold 140,000 specimens and its exhibition collection consists of about 20,000, about 4000 of which are on public display. There is also a live collection of arthropods with about 100 species. Not only does the Insectarium focus on the science of insects, but it also explores insects in an artistic, cultural and even gastronomical context. In 2005 it even held an insect tasting event!

Well, this scientific introduction had warmed me up enough to continue my explorations outside in the Botanical Garden. Right across from the Insectarium is a marsh and bog garden garden that features a variety of gorgeous water lily specimens.

Moving on from there is a sizeable rose garden with about 10,000 roses from many different varieties. The roses were a bit past their bloom, but I would imagine that this garden must look just magnificent when everything is in full bloom.

A bit further to the north is the Japanese Garden, designed as a contemporary garden by renowned Japanese garden designer Ken Nakajima. All the elements, stones, water features and plants have been chosen carefully and are imbued with a unique symbolism. The chinese Garden next to it is a result of a bond between the Montreal Botanical Garden and the Parks Department of the City of Shanghai. More than 120 containers were shipped from Shanghai in 1990 and 50 Chinese craftsmen were needed to assemble the components to build the garden.

I then strolled through the First Nations garden which reflects a natural environment and is the first facility of its kind in Montreal. After walking through some serene ponds and woodlands I reached the Shade Garden which hosts a large collection of primroses, astilbes, hostas and ferns and proves that even shady areas can feature brilliant colours and a variety of foliage and blossoms. Now it was serious time for an ice cream and I sat down one of the tables outside the Fuji Pavilion which is a 66-seat restaurant providing cold beverages, ice cream and frozen yogurt and light meals.

After my little rest there was another part of the city that I wanted to explore and that was Little Italy. So I decided to take the free shuttle bus that connects the Olympic Stadium, the Biodome, the Insectarium and the Botanical Garden and was comfortably whisked to the nearby Vieau subway station. From there I took the subway to the Jean Talon station, along one of the major east-west thoroughfares of Montreal.

Like many cities in North America, Montreal has a large Italian community. Actually, Italians represent Montreal's largest ethnic group. Many immigrants came over from Italy as early as the beginning of the 19th century and many of them went into the hotel and restaurant business. The majority of them arrived after the Second World War, and most of those immigrants came from the poorer regions of the Italian south. One of the key ingredients of Italian culture of course is its cuisine, made from fresh ingredients. The Marché Jean Talon is an anchor point in this community where local residents can purchase fresh produce, cheese, meat, pastries and other products. This market is different from others since its layout is mostly outdoors. More than 100 producers display their products here in the summer, and the market has a distinct southern ambience to it. You almost feel like you are somewhere close to the Mediterranean or even a Moroccan souk.

I wanted to grab a seat in a little local restaurant beside the market, but most of them were so packed that I decided I was going to hop on the subway again (easy to do with my convenient 3-day visitor pass) and check out the St-Denis area a little. Definitely time for a late lunch!

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