Little Italy San Diego

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Little Italy in San Diego is rapidly evolving as an inner city neighborhood that's perfect to live in, shop, dine, or visit.  The Little Italy offers great views of the bay, art and cultural festivities, and great food.  

The nearby street sign for Little Italy, created in 1999, signals that the area is the heart and soul of San Diego's inner community.  The sign is truly a signal of peace, and can be found on India Street between Date and Fir.

Each and every year, there are nearly a dozen festivals held in Little Italy.There are tons of holiday celebrations, music, and art expo's.  During this time, Little Italy comes alive like never before.

The heart of Little Italy is India Street.  This street has plenty of outdoor cafes, restaurants, galleries, and specialty shops.  Nearby Amici Park offers a playground for the Washington Elementary School and a community park that's complete with a bocce ball court.

Bigger than the Little Italy neighborhoods in New York and San Francisco, San Diego's Little Italy keeps getting bigger and better.  The waterfront district of San Diego is bouncing back with Little
Italy, proving to be a great place for tourist attraction.

Downtown San Diego Gaslamp Quarter

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The Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego contains some of the most extensive and dramatically designed historic buildings in the area.  Constructed between 1873 and 1930, these Victorian style buildings are truly a sight to behold.
The Victorian era buildings found in the Gaslamp Quarter are home to night clubs, restaurants, theaters, and shops.  A simple stroll down 4th and 5th avenue will put you at the heart of the Gaslamp Quarter.

Also found in the Gaslamp Quarter is the Horton Plaza and Horton Plaza Park.  The Plaza is the first place in the United States to feature a water fountain containing electric lights; a true tribute to the designer Alonzo Horton.

The Gaslamp Quarter received its name from the gaslamps that were used in the area around the early 1900's.  During those times, gaslamps were the main source of light for the area that is now the vision of Modern Day San Diego.

Now days, there are more than 130 stores and shops filling the Gaslamp Quarter.  With everything from Macy's to Mervyns, Gaslamp Quarter has plenty for you to see and do.  In Horton Plaza, you can find a multi screen movie theater that is sure to please movie lovers.

For a wonderful experience, the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego shouldn't be overlooked.  There is a lot you can do here, from fine dining to excellent shops.  For a family vacation, San Diego has a little bit of something for everyone.

Mission Bay San Diego

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Mission Bay Park in San Diego is the largest facility of its kind, offering over 4,600 acres with free recreational activities for visitors.  What was once a sprawling swamp in the 1960's, was dredged and
transformed into what is now a great attraction to the San Diego area.

Across the 27 miles of bay front, water activities are all over the place here.  For beach lovers, there are 17 miles of oceanfront property, including Mission Beach and Pacific Beach.  There are separate areas as well, for swimming, fishing, boating, and even sailing.  Mission Park also offers free events suchas volleyball, jetski, and many different types of competitions and exhibitions.

For the children, Mission Bay Park offers a playground area with plenty of other things to do as well.
Mission Park has always been an attraction, one that keeps people coming back for more.

For those living in the area, Mission Bay in San Diego provides plenty of things to do.  The location
is great, with something always going on.  If you plan to visit San Diego in the near future - make
sure you drop by Mission Bay and see what makes this area one of the best in the world.

Seaport Village San Diego

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The Seaport Village of San Diego combines the best of waterfront shopping, dining, and overall family entertainment.  While the Marina Park is here as well, nearby is the small but popular San Diego public park.  

In Seaport Village you'll find 14 acres of pleasure with more than 75 shops and galleries, restaurants, and eateries on the sidewalk.  Even though the area is primarily targeted towards visitors, locals get the best of the best with the restaurants and their out of town company.

The San Diego Pier Cafe is also here, which is one of the best known restaurants in the area.  Located on the bay, the cafe provides seafood with breathtaking views.

The Seaport village provides a great place to view Coronado and the Coronado Bridge, as it overlooks the harbor.  Just a short stroll from the village, you have the San Diego Convention Center, Pet co Park, and the Gas lamp Quarter.

Providing plenty to do and plenty of things to see nearby, Seaport Village has it all going on.  A visit
here is unlike any other, as the city of San Diego will always have something unique to offer you and your entire family.

Maritime Museum San Diego

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Since 1948, the Maritime Museum located in San Diego has served the city in many big ways. The museum here is dedicated to collecting and preserving the rich maritime heritage and historic values of the city - then presenting it to the public.

The biggest attraction to the museum is the historic ships.  Here, you'll find five great examples of
maritime vessels - Berkeley, Californian, Medea, Pilot, and the Star of India.

All across the museum you can find many examples of Naval technology and ships of the past.  The guides at the Maritime Museum are very friendly and helpful, willing to answer any question that you may have.

Nearby to the museum, you have several attractions and things to see.  With the museum being in the
downtown area of San Diego, it's very close to some of the other things that San Diego is so very well
known for.

If you happen to be on vacation in San Diego, make sure you visit the Maritime Museum.  Kids love to see the ships on display, as well as the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum, which is a short walk from the Maritime Museum.

Belmont Park In San Diego

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Located in sunny San Diego, the Belmont Park is one of the best amusement parks in San Diego.  With plenty for the entire family, this Park has something foreveryone.  With rides for the entire family and basically everything in between, Belmont Park makes for a very exciting adventure.

The most distinctive attraction in the Park is the Giant Dipper Roller Coaster.  The coaster was built in 1925 and has been restored over the years.  This coaster is trulyne of a kind, as it offers quick drops, steep hills, and insane speed!

Belmont Park in San Diego also offers the endless wave, which is perfect for wave riders.  The Flowrider offers hourly rides, even lessons for beginners.  If waves aren't your sort of thing, you may find the raceway bumper cars or the Chaos enticing.  Chaos resembles a ferris wheel, although it creates a random three dimensional rocking and rolling.  Anytime you get on it, no two rides are every the same!

For arcade enthusiasts, there is a family fun arcade and gamelords.  This creates the ultimate gaming experience,keeping kids, teenagers, and even adults occupied for hours on end.

Other rides at the park include the Vertical plunge, krazy kars, and the infamous "plunge".  The plunge is a great attraction, and actually happens to be the largest indoor heated pool in San Diego.  Perfect for swimming, diving, and just enjoying yourself, the plunge is a blast.

To feel the sensation, the Crazy Submarine and the Trampoline can help you.  To truly test your limits, the Rock Wall will offer a unique challenge.  Anyone wanting to give it a try, can get to climbing the wall and see if  they truly have what it takes to get to the top.

Miyabi Ganti Nama

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Maria Ozawa alias Miyabi kembali eksis dengan membintangi layar lebar horor Indonesia berjudul 'Hantu Tanah Kusir'. Bintang panas asal Jepang ini menjadi pemeran utama dalam film hasil karya rumah produksi Maxima Pictures itu.

Menurut Ody Mulya Hidayat, produser Maxima Pictures, Miyabi senang bisa bermain di film horor. Aktris cantik ini, lanjutnya, berniat untuk mengubah imej-nya sebagai bintang panas.

"Demi ubah imej, Miyabi juga sudah resmi ganti nama jadi Pauline. Nama ini khusus untuk karirnya di Indonesia, agar tidak menimbulkan kontroversi dan stigma yang macam-macam," ucap Ody saat dihubungi VIVAnews lewat telepon, 25 November 2010.

Nama Pauline ini juga dipakai untuk karakternya dalam film 'Hantu Tanah Kusir'. Dalam film itu, Miyabi atau Pauline, berlakon sebagai reporter asal Jepang yang ingin membuat penelitian tentang transportasi di Indonesia.

"Dia (Miyabi) mati-matian ingin mengubah imej-nya yang dianggap 'kotor' oleh masyarakat kita. Dia bilang lebih senang disebut sebagai bintang film horor, karena dia memang memulai karir sebagai aktris film horor," tambah Ody.

Ody menuturkan harapannya agar Miyabi atau Pauline bisa diterima di Indonesia. Karena, lanjutnya, aktris asal Jepang itu memiliki kualitas akting yang bagus untuk dikembangkan.

"Saya berharap semua pihak bisa mengerti dengan kondisi ini. Dia punya hak untuk bekerja di Indonesia. Toh dia datang ke sini untuk ubah imej dan sudah ganti nama menjadi Pauline. Demi menghilangkan imej Miyabi si 'bintang porno'," kata produser itu.

Uang koin Indonesia Edisi Khusus

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Uang logam paling langka di Indonesia kita tercinta ini, memang nominalnya gede2, karena tahun 45 – 75 an dan dari 95 – 99 itu negara kita kan sedang berusaha bangkit dari krisis, berdasarkan sumber, semua dari emas murni. Kalau saja jaman sekarang kita pegang uang emas senilai tersebut, bisa buat jajan sepuasnya. 

1974 Rp100,000 Gold Coin Komodo Dragon Conservation Series.

 

Koin dengan nominal Rp 850.000,-

Koin dengan nominal Rp 300.00,- dan Rp 150.000,-

Koin nominal Rp 150.000,-

Koin 25 tahun kemerdekaan Indonesia, nominal Rp 20.000,-

15th Floors Hotel in 6 Days

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China was incredible. Not only economic power that is able to make the United States and Japan worried, but also productivity and efficiency of its workers were awesome.
Imagine, a construction company in the city of Changsha, China successfully completed the construction of the 15 floors hotel in just 6 days. It's  name Ark Hotel.
Funny to imagine how the citizens of Changsha who was traveling a week for instance, suddenly came home and found the building 15 floors up.
Although built in a short time, the hotel is not a mock construction. Equipped with soundproof, and earthquake resistant structures that claimed up to force 9 on the Richter scale.
What is the secret that high hotel could be built in an instant? Apparently, a construction company that takes a direct manufacturer materials can be assembled - in the form of concrete columns.
And incredibly, despite working in conditions of a hurry, no single worker is injured. And because the materials have been prepared and printed in such a way, there's no pile of the remnants of building materials are scattered on the construction site.
Intrigued with how the hotel was built in record time.

What Is This?

08.06

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Ketika mendengar celotehan tukul di acara Bukan Empat Mata, saya tertawa geli. Si tukul ngomongnya keInggris-Inggrisan. Walaupun ucapannya salah, dia tetap PD aja. Rupanya fenomena bicara dalam bahasa Inggris tidak hanya diidap Tukul. Mulai dari host tv, merek produk, nama gedung dan lain-lain sebagainya. Bahkan banyak dari teman-teman saya yang mengidap syndrome ini. Mereka merasa dapat berbahasa Inggris walaupun belum pernah berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris. “Kayaknya seh gua bisa..” : itu kata mereka. (Kayaknya.. ga sekalian Miskinnya!!!)

Berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris dengan baik dan benar itu tidaklah gampang, namun bukan berarti tidak bisa. Setidaknya itulah yang terjadi pada saya, dengan pengalaman bekerja di kapal pesiar di luar negeri, yang notabene passengernya orang Amerika, tidak menjamin saya dapat berbahasa Inggris dengan baik dan benar. Itulah yang akhirnya saya sadari setelah ikut kursus bahasa Inggris di IEC. ”Oh My God… My English so bad..!”. Semakin saya menyadari, semakin saya bersemangat untuk terus belajar.

Kunci dari semua itu adalah Keep Trying, enriched your vocabulary everyday, know how to use in sentences. Mulailah berbahasa Inggris dari sekarang.! Sebenarnya American (baca: orang amerika) tidak mempersalahkan tentang grammar, selama mereka dapat mengerti apa yang kita maksud. Tapi ada baiknya juga kalau kita berbicara dengan tatanan bahasa Inggri yang baik dan benar.

Banyak keuntungan yang didapat jika kita ahli bercas-cis-cus Inggris dengan grammar yang benar, seperti : menjadi guru di tempat kursus, menjadi intepreter, menjadi translater dan kepercayaan diri akan secara otomatis meningkat. Itulah yang saya rasakan saat ini.. wkwwk.. (so pede yah..). walaupun saya belum dapat berbahasa Inggris dengan baik dan benar tapi paling tidak saya sudah melangkah kedepan untuk dapat speaking English fluently.

So.. have you already speaking English well..? If not, you can start from now! There is never late to learn. More Soon More Better..! (gun)

BETTER LIFE..

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1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. & while you walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement,
‘My purpose is to __________ today.’

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, and almonds.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
7. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

11. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

12. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

14. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. Time heals everything.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements:
I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

Bisnis Online

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Raih dollar dari Internet. Sukses Berbisnis Online. $$$ dari PTC, Google Adsense. Itulah judul buku-buku tentang cara mendapatkan penghasilan online melaui internet. Ketika ke toko buku Gramedia di Supermal Karawaci, saya agak sedikit bingung karena banyak sekali buku yang membahas tentang bisnis online ini. Banyak sekali penulis dadakan yang menerbitkan buku, walaupun saya tidak tahu bahan tulisan mereka itu berdasarkan pengalaman sendiri yang notabene sudah membuktikan atau cuma mensarikan isi dari buku orang lain maupun e-book yang kemudian ditulis sendiri? But, anyway I don’t care about that. Itulah salah satu cara orang mencari uang dari bisnis yang sedang tren sekarang ini.

Tetapi bagi anda yang belum pernah menjalani bisnis online, anda boleh mencobanya, walaupun tidak menghasilkan banyak, paling tidak anda mendapatkan pengalaman asiknya berbisnis online. Sebelum anda melangkah jauh silahkan simak macam-macam bisnis online berikut ini :

1. Paid To Click (PTC)

2. Pay Per Review

3. Pay Per Play (PPP)

4. Pay Per Click (PPC)

5. Pay Per Impresion (PPI)

6. Social Networking

7. Google Adsense

8. Toko Online

9. Reseller

10. dll

Dari sekian banyak bisnis online hanya sedikit saja yang dapat diandalkan sebagai pekerjaan utama, seperti Toko Online, Google Adsense, Reseller. Tapi ada beberapa nama yang saya ketahui sudah berhasil membuktikannya, sebut saja Anne Ahira, Cosaaranda, Robert Hanson, Fabian Lim. Coba saja anda tanya nama-nama tersebut pada om google. Mereka adalah orang-orang yang terkenal di dunia maya ini, yang sudah membuktikan bahwa mendapatkan uang dari internet itu benar adanya. (gun)

PSK Baru Praktek

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Akibat tekanan ekonomi, pasutri Sum dan Parto hijrah ke Jakarta mencari pekerjaan. Setelah ngalor-ngidul nggak dapat pekerjaan, akhirnya Sum diminta Parto untuk menjadi seorang PSK. Sampai akhirnya saat Sum mangkal pertama kali terjadi obrolan sebagai berikut:

Tak lama, sebuah angkot datang menghampiri. Sopirnya kesengsem dengan paras Sum yang ayu alamiah. "Jeng... berapa tarifnya?" tanya si sopir.

Sum kaget karena memang tanpa persiapan mateng, sampai urusan pasang tarif belum pernah dibicarakan, akhirnya menoleh ke pohon tempat Parto mengawasinya dari jauh. "Bentar Mas," katanya pada sopir angkot.

Ia menghampiri Parto, minta nasihat. Parto bilang, "Sum, awakmu minta lima puluh ribu" Sum pun kembali lagi ke sopir angkot dan bilang, "Lima puluh ribu mas"

"Wah, mahal yah, aku cuma ada Rp30 ribu, boleh nggak?" tawar Sopir angkot. Sum bingung lagi dan kembali ke balik tanya ke Parto "Mas, dia punyanya cuman tiga puluh ribu. gimana?"

Parto spontan, "Bilang deh, kalau Rp30 ribu ya cuman dapat service tangan". Sum pun kembali ke sopir angkot, "Mas, Rp30 ribu pakai tangan saja, mau?"

Sopir yang sudah kebelet akhirnya setuju. Mobil diparkir di tempat gelap dan di kursi depan si sopir memelorotkan celananya dan xxxxxx (sensor).

Giliran Sum akan melaksanakan tugasnya, ia terkesima melihat burung si Sopir, dan bilang pada si Sopir, "Mas, tunggu sebentar ya". Sum buru-buru ke tempat Parto bersembunyi dan bilang kepada suaminya, "Mas Parto, sampeyan ada duit Rp20 ribu nggak? Kalau ada mbok tolong dipinjamkan sama sopir itu dulu" (kpl/dar)