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I found a good 'essay' some woman wrote about her trip to Shanghai. I think it's very well written, informative, with lots of nice pictures too. Take a look!
You know how there are certain people that love to fwd you all the stuff that they get forwarded? I've told my father a thousand times that 99% of those things are hoaxes but he still doesn't believe me, and forwards me stuff in a panic about how I might get my kidneys harvested or some sh|t like that. I used to get so angry that noone would get the message when I asked them politely to stop sending me this crap but then I had to resort to using more forceful words and even capital letters. So thankfully I don't get many of them anymore ;) On another note - I wanted to see how long I'd last having a funwall or superwall on my Facebook. I think I did quite well.. lasted a few months but took it down recently as it was full of more of this forwarded crap!
Many many years ago I found snopes.com and it was a godsend and my 'bible' to all things forwarded.
Anyway I was just searching google for images and came across this by accident. I wouldn't read it but I find the idea very clever and concept amusing. Someone has blogged about all the stuff they get sent!
stop clogging my inbox
SHANGHAI'S average salary increased 11 percent on average annually from 2002 to 2006, the city's labor union said today in a five-year report on wages.
Workers in the service industry increased four times in the city during the five years, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions said in the report.
The number in the financial industry increased 65 percent while the number of real estate industry professionals has risen 36 percent from 2002 to 2006, according to the report.
The Shanghai Labor and Social Security Bureau stipulated last week that workers at all local enterprises, including those companies making losses, should receive a salary rise this year.
The labor authority also said for the first time that companies running at a loss can also increase salaries for staff members by a minimum of 5 percent.
The city's government raised the baseline minimum monthly wage from April 1 to 960 yuan from 840 yuan.
In less than 2 weeks the Olympic torch will make its way into Shanghai, and I'm excited! (and all the China haters can go and get stuffed =D When I go home I'll try to find and scan and upload my torch relay pic from the 2000 Sydney Olympics when they passed through my suburb and I got up at some ungodly hour to wait for them to come through).
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You can track the torch's journey here
Shanghai will hold a torch-lighting ceremony on Donghai Bridge in Nanhui District on May 20 when the torch arrives from Zhejiang Province, Eastday.com said.
Torch bearers will relay the torch across Fengxian, Jinshan, Songjiang, Qingpu, Minhang and Changning and Xuhui districts. They will then take it to Century Avenue and Bingjiang Boulevard in Pudong New Area via the Nanpu Bridge in Xuhui District.
After that, the torch will be taken to the former Shiliupu pier in Huangpu District by ferry. It will then pass Zhongshan No.1 Road E. of Huangpu District.
Another ceremony will be held in Century Square on Nanjing Road E. at the end of the first day, the report added.
On May 21, the torch will be lit near the Memorial Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Luwan District, and then relayed to Jing'an, Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou and Yangpu districts. It will be ferried to Chongming Island from Baoyang Road pier and then ferried to Baoshan District from Shidongkou pier.
The torch will then move into Jiangsu Province after a ceremony in Anting Motor City in Jiading District.
The journey, which begun on March 24, will cover 137,000 kilometers, the longest in history, and last 130 days and involve 22,000 torch bearers worldwide.
I was reading this article which tells you how to "hack" your Canon point and shoot camera. It covers these models: A450
A460
A530
A540
A550
A560
A570
A610
A620
A630
A640
A650 IS
A700
A710 IS
A720 IS
S2 IS
S3 IS
S5 IS
G7
SD450 (IXUS55)
SD500 (IXUS700)
SD630 (IXUS65)
SD700 (IXUS800)
SD800 (IXUS850)
SD850 (IXUS950)
SD870 (IXUS860)
SD1000 (IXUS70)
TX-1
It looks really complicated to me but could be lots of fun for a geeky gadgety camera person!
