COMO Shambhala Estate is a residential health retreat located near Ubud, Bali. State-of-the-art facilities include a Vitality pool, treatment area beside the River Ayung, climbing wall, outdoor gym and yoga pavilion. The Estate has a number of Resident Teachers including a Fitness Instructor, Yoga Master and martial arts teachers. The property also provides Guides for outdoor activities. Completing the holistic approach, The Estate offers a wide selection of healthful COMO Shambhala cuisine.

The award-winning holistic health company

A unique residential health retreat located in Bali, in inland jungle on a peaceful riverbank

Holistic concept and philosophy are brought to life by international specialists

A place where spring water is sacred, revered by Balinese for its healing properties

A place of anti-stress and beauty with wellness consultation, where silence still reigns

Participation in The Estate’s daily Scheduled of activities, include Estate Walk, Chi Gong, Pilates Mat Class,

Aqua Therapy, Yoga, Village / Rice field Biking, Rice field Trekking

Use of steam room, sauna and 25 metre lap pool

Services of a Personal Assistant Services of a Personal Assistant.

Addr – Po.Box 54 Ubud Bali, Gianyar, Bali 80571, Indonesia

URL – http://cse.comoshambhala.bz

Situated on 32-hectares of Ha My Beach, a picturesque section of the world famous China Beach with unspoilt stretches of white sands, sits our hotel offering a number of facilities.

We are ideally located 30 km south of Da Nang and 11 km north of historical city of Hoi An in Central Coast. The Nam Hai complements exclusive beach front living with cultural and historical attractions which reflect the true spirit of Indochina.

Our facilities include 2 restaurants and a bar. We also have spa facilities and a meeting room which comfortably accommodates up to 45 guests.

The Beijing National Stadium,also known as the National Stadium,the “Bird’s Nest” is a stadium finished form the Olympic Games in Beijing.The “Bird’s Nest”,the main venue for Beijing’s Olympic Games,is perhaps the most iconic structure of the 2008 Olympics.It is located east of the Beijing Natinal Aquatics Centre.

The stadium will host the main track and field competitions form the 2008 Summer Olympics,as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.The stadium can seat as many as 91,000 spectators during the Olympics.The capacity will then be reduced to 80,000 after the Games.It has replaced the original intended venue of the Guangdong Olympic Stadium.the stadium is 330 meters long by 220 meters wide,and is 69.2 meters tall.The stadium uses 258,000 square meters of space and has a usable area of 204,000 square meters.It was built with 36 km of unwrapped steel,with a combined weight of 45,000 tons.The stadium will cost up to 3.5 billion Yuan.

The National Stadium is dubbed the “Bird’s Nest” because ofits innovative grid formation.The twig-like structural elements and the bowl-shaped roof are the masterpiece of the project,yet they pose great challenges to technicians and workers who need to make the building stand on its own feet.The constructors have made decisive efforts to let the “Bird’s Nest” support its own weight without relying on any of the supporting structures.

The large steel skeleton of the project weights 42,000 tons,with the roof and the hanging parts around it accounting for 11,2000 tons.To bear such a heavy load,78 supporting structures were temporarily installed and distributed in different points under stress.Through accurate calculation and careful argumentation,experts came to understand that the unloading process of the supporting frameworks should be divided into seven steps and each step should abide by the sequence of outer circle,middle circle,inner circle,middle circle and innercircle.In other words,35 mini-steps are needed to complete the whole process.

To unload a supporting structure,or to load the insitu steel skeleton,a lifting jack is used.Jacking pads with a height of 100mm to 200mm are placed on the top of the supporting structures.When the lifting jack rises,it replaces the structure to bear the load of the steel skeleton,and a jacking pad is removed.Then the jack descends slowly to give the remaining load again to the column,thus repeating a total of 35 times until the steel skeleton is able to bear its own weight.

Accuracy is required during the process.The maximum descent of the outer circle is limited to  68-286mm,the middle circle 161-178mm and inner circle 208-286mm.If the descent of the steel structure,which relies on its own supporting capability,exceeds the extent,or cracks appear somewhere in the skeleton,then problems might exist in the design,manufacturing or construction stages in the past three years.In a word,the unloading process is a proof of “the Bird’s Nest” Quality.

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Guangzhou,located at ther north the Pearl River Delta,is an important trading center as well as a busy port and the capital city of the province of Guangdong.The city has an ara of over 16,000 square kilometers and a population of 6.7 million.

Like Athens of Greece and Rome of Italy,Guangzhou also has a history of more than 2,800 years.

Guangzhou WuYang

There are a lot of interesting legends concerning its past.One of the beautiful stories which gives the city its name Goat Town says that five gods riding on five goats brought the firest grain to the city.So,Guangzhou is also known as the City of Five Goats.Besides tales and stories,here and there stand monuments of the city’s democratic and revolutionary past.The monument to against a British invading force.The Huang Hua Gang Park Keeps alive the spirit of the 72 martyrs killed in an uprising in 1911 against the Qing Dynasty.The National Peasant Movement Institute is the former cadre-training school founded and run by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai in 1925-1926.The Guangzhou Memorial Garden is in memory of those who lost their lives during the Communist Uprising in 127.

The climate of Guangzhou is sub-tropical.August is the hottest month and January is the coldest month.The rainy season falls between April and August.The average annual rainfall is 1,720 mm.

Guangzhou Pearl River Bridge

Guangzhou is a beautiful city with an ever-green scnery and blooming flowers all the year round.The city boasts many tourist attractions,among which the highlights are White Cloud Hill Scenic Spot.Yuexiu Park,Gyuangzhou Zoo,Six Banyan Temple and Flowery Pagoda,Dr,Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall,etc.Inthe Suburbs,there are such scenic spots on Conghua Hot Springs,Xiquao Hill Scenic spot,Seven Star Crags,and Foshan City.Lots of tourists to Guangzhou like to visit one or two of them for out-of-city pleasure.

Guangzhou is also one of the most important centers of foreign commerce in South China.The Chinese Export Commodities Fair has been held twice a year in the city since 1957.

It is also a cultural center.There are several universities,the Zhongshan University.the South China University of Technology,the Ji-nan University and other higher educational establishments.The city is renowned ofr its arts and crafts,namely the GuangDong embroidery,ivory-carving and ceramics.

Eating in Guangzhou

“Eating in Guangzhou” has become a popular saying both at home and abrad.Guangzhou ranks first in the number of restaurants and tea-houses in the country.Cantonese cuisine is good in color,fragrance,taste and presentation.In addition,the delicate Cantoness pastry is also well-known for its wide range of varieties,delicious flavor and beautiful color.Cantonese cuisine is among the most famous four in the country.

Guangzhou used to be part of the so called “Maritime silk Road” that linked sounthern China with India,South_east Asia,the Middle East,and Africa. As a result of the lnks with the Middle East,a mosque was established in the city in 627,and a small Muslim community has lasted to this day.Furthermore,because the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism was born in Guangzhou where he taught the famous Platform Sutra and established a monastery in the north of the city,Guangzhou has maintained a strong conection with this school of Buddhism.

Hainan Province, also called Qiong, is located in the southernmost part of China. The main island is Hainan Island, which is the second largest island in China, and consist of Xisha, Nansha, Zhongsha and its sea areas. The province covers an area of 34,000 square kilometers and has a population of 6.7 million.

The Hainan Island is like a circle island. From the center spread outward, the rugged hills, plains and sea were linked one after another. The plain area covers more than 60 per cent of the total island. The main rivers are Nandu River, Wanquan River and Changhua River. It enjoys a tropical monsoon climate and has no frosting period all year round. Those islands in the South Sea are flat and small. Zengmuansha is the hottest place in the southwest. Iron ore and some other gold ore materials account for 70 percent of the nation’s mine resource. Reservation of oil and natural gas are strong. And there are rich tropical sea and fishery resources as well.

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Baogong Memorial Hall,a special memorial hall to commemorate Bao Zhen in the Northern Song Dynasty,is located in Fragrant Flower Mound of Bao he Park,Hefei.

It was first built in the period 1488 to 1505 of the Ming Dynasty.These buildings were rebuilt in 1882 and 1946 respectively.Fangrant Flower Mound used to be the place where Bao Zhen studied.During the Ming Dynasty,Song Guangming,the governor of Hefei,saw this scenic spot and the ancient temple into Baogong Academy.In the memorial hall display the statue of Baogong,stone carved image,cultural relics and relevant materials.By the side of the memorial hall,there is a pavilion with a well in it.

The well is named Honest and Clean Well.Legend has it that those officials who have not been honest and clean dare not to drink the water from the well.Bao Zhen,popularly known as Bao Gong,was prefect of Kaifeng,capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.He was famous in popular legend as an upright and capable official and fearless,impartial judge with a knack of passing true verdicts in all the cases he tried. The people called “Just Judge Bao” in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl Tower is situated at the mouth of the Lujiazui, Pudong New Area. The Oriental Pearl Tower, stands at 468m and is the highest tower in Asia and the third highest one in the world.
The tall tower is composed of three nine-meter-in-diameter cylinders, which are supported by three seven-meter-in-diameters cylinders with an oblique angle of 60 degrees. With eleven steel inscribed spheres of various sizes, the body of the tower creates an admirable image, which is described in an ancient Chinese verse as, “Large and small pearls dropping on a plate of jade.” People enjoy the panoramic view of the Bund and the Pudong New Area from the spheres which are 90m, 259m, 263m, and 350m high. The famous revolving restaurant is on the sphere of 267m high. It is the highest revolving restaurant in Asia and can serve 350. The Shanghai Exhibition Hall of Historical Development is on the “Zero Meter Hall” in the Oriental Pearl Tower. It covers an exhibition area of 6,000sqm and is an exhibition hall connecting history with culture, tourism and entertainment.

Name:Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower (Dongfang Mingzhu Ta)
City:Shanghai
Address:1 Century Boulevard, Pudong District

by Ozgur Tore

On May 16, Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd was awarded “2008 Most Investment-Worthy Local Management Company of China” at the Forum for Development Opportunities and Challenges for China Hospitality Industry & the fifth Golden-Pillow Award of China Hotels.

Sponsored by China’s leading financial media “21^st Century Business Herald” in association with China’s top business travel magazine “Business Travel” in 2004, the Golden-Pillow Award of China Hotels is the most prestigious award for the hospitality industry in China and even in Asia, in an aim to provide more business consulting for global business travelers as well as provide authoritative and advisory opinions for the development of China’s hospitality industry.

Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd is the largest hotel management company in China. It dedicates itself to quality hotel management, boasting professional management teams with rich experience. And the Jin Jiang brand is highly reputed in China. The company has the corporate website in four languages, i.e., Chinese, English, Japanese and French, and a new brand identification system as well as a sophisticated central reservation system. The company is poised to launch its Loyalty Program in 2008 amongst its over 100 star-rated member hotels across China.

Mr. Chen Hao, CEO of Jin Jiang International Hotels Development Co., Ltd, the parent company of Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd said, “The staff of ‘Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd feel great honored to receive such a prestigious award. We appreciate the recognition and encouragement from the hospitality industry and customers for our work. Jin Jiang International Hotel Management Co., Ltd will continue moving toward its “going global” strategic goal.”