Seal your love with padlock forever at Namsan Tower You can lock your love with padlocks at Namsan tower one of the main attraction of Seoul. On the observation deck of Namsan tower, you will see thousands of locks displaying the unbreakable bond between couples. You can see locks of different shapes and sizes and colors. You can also find some letters dedicated to the one they love. Namsan tower is known as one of the most popular dating spots that provide a panoramic view of the city. Enjoy your romantic stroll at beautiful Parks You can enjoy your time with your partner while walking around the beautiful parks. You can enjoy the natural beauty of Hyochang Park, Naksan Park and Haneul Park with your loved one. If you are a die heart romantic then you must see the cherry blossoms at the biggest park in Seoul that is Yeouido Park, nothing can beat this romantic sight. Enjoy cable car ride to Mount Namsan While you are on your honeymoon trip you can spend your time in exploring the natural beauty around the Mount Namsan. You can take a cable car to reach Mount Namsan which is also known as Mongmyeoksan and is 262 meters high. The view is mesmerizing from the cable car. You can enjoy the view of Seoul's skyline from up there. If you love hiking and want to go on a hike with your partner then you can also take a cable car to reach up to the mountain for hiking. Enjoy the nightlife of Itaewon If you are a night animal then Itaewon is the place for you. Itaewon is known for its vibrant nightlife. You can 강남룸싸롱 find a variety restaurant to enjoy traditional Korean as well as international cuisine, delicious pastries, and desserts. The pubs and clubs are the heart of Itaewon. You have everything that you like to spend a vibrant nightlife. The list doesn't end here. There are a lot more things that you can enjoy during your honeymoon trip to Seoul. If you are dreaming of a special honeymoon trip then Seoul is the perfect place for you. California, the golden state, home to a diverse group of people with many different interests and hobbies. Orange County has been my home for my entire life. I have grown up in the heart of Orange County living around Anaheim for nearly 3 decades. Over the years, I have seen many changes occur, new buildings appear, old ones demolished, and tons of new businesses and events emerge. Orange County is a wonderful place to live, and the amount of activities that can be located in and around the area are endless. Anywhere you are headed to from Orange County can be accessible within a 1-2 hour drive. During the summer, beaches are the hot spot (pun intended) People flock every summer to our beaches along the west coast and there are a wide variety to choose from. The beaches around Newport and Laguna are extremely nice, clean and are not as full and there are plenty of places for water sport rentals. If you are looking to catch some waves, Huntington, Seal and Bolsa Chica State Beach have some pretty nice waves, although the water is typically colder than other places. Huntington Beach also has a dog-friendly beach perfect for pet parents looking to cool off and have some fun with their dogs. Long Beach is not a preferred beach to play in the water as the ports are located here and the water is not very sanitary (personal opinion) For those of you looking for some nightlife, Orange County is filled with a ton of activities to do in all the surrounding cities. Downtown areas are always flocking with people interested in grabbing a few drinks, hitting the clubs... or both. Downtown Fullerton is pretty frequently travelled by college-goers and young adults alike. There are a number of different bars to check out with very competitive prices, happy hours and lots of different types of music. There are also a number of breweries nearby for those not as interested in partying as they are in catching up with some old friends. Like Downtown Fullerton, the same goes for Downtown Anaheim, Downtown Santa Ana, Downtown Orange and even the new, revamped Downtown Buena Park. There are quite a few places to eat and many different styles to choose from. Depending on what you're craving I will say from personal experience that different cities cater to different ethnicities more than others. For example and from personal preference, if you are looking from some great noodles dishes then Westminster, Irvine and Tustin are pretty popular for their asian dishes. Ramen, Pho, Korean BBQ and the like I feel are made best in these cities. A couple of my favorite places by type/city/service would be: AYCE Korean BBQ - Star BBQ (Westminster), Cham Sut Gol (Westminster) and Mr. BBQ (Fullerton). Pho - iPho (Anaheim), Pho Thang Long (Westminster) -- and most places in Westminster. American - Fuddruckers (Buena Park), Buffalo Wild Wings (Buena Park/Orange), The Cheesecake Factory (Anaheim), Islands Bar & Grill (Cypress/Fullerton) or Lazy Dogs Cafe (Brea). Beyond eating some delicious food there are many things for entertainment to be found scattered throughout Orange County. Starting off with our amusement parks -- We are central to not only Disneyland but also Knott's Berry Farm and during the summer Knott's Soak City. Besides amusement parks we have a ton of movie theatres nearby ranging from basic to 4D screens involving special effects, lighting and environment interaction. Escape Rooms are interactive group/team-building brain games that have been growing in popularity in Orange County. A few of my favorite companies are Crossroads, Puzzlebox and Square Room Escape. Again, from personal experience, these are all pretty immersive and are a lot more fluid in terms of how well the hints connect to each other. For more sporty activities, there are a couple places in Anaheim and Santa Ana for indoor rock-climbing like Rock City, Rockreation, and Factory. If you are looking to go shopping there are countless places in all of the surrounding cities. The Outlets of Orange (formerly known as the Block) as well as the Anaheim Plaza are two great shopping centers with a number of different genres. Both are outdoors mainly and if you're looking for a few indoor malls, Westminster, Brea and even Cerritos have huge malls jam-packed full with different shops. With all the shopping, eating and wandering around what about places to stay? There are a number of hotels, motels, boutiques, and privately ran airbnbs to choose from. Almost any where you stay there are tons of the previously mentioned things to do and see within minutes. A lot of these places offer competitive prices, great amenities, discounts and tips on how to spend your time here. As you can see, the limits are endless in Orange County. You can do just about anything your heart desires from hiking, sightseeing, entertainment, eating, nightlife and more. As we head further into the future, we will only see more and more development appear. With the list of activities and population growing there will only be more and more things to do. Orange County is truly an amazing place and many travellers who end up here have told me just how satisfying their trips were.
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I’ve always taken pride in having an open mind … So, when the invitation came to visit Uri Geller at his estate in the English countryside back in the summer of 1987, I couldn’t pass the opportunity to personally experience the phenomenon he represents and/or channels. Uri Geller has made a career out of being controversial. His claims of possessing paranormal talents have not necessarily polarized opinions as much as the outrageous outlets by which he seemingly prefers to display them. For example, Geller has, at one time or another, alleged to have: – bent spoons and keys merely by concentrating on them, – made a soccer ball move just before a Scottish penalty kick was taken during an international match against England, causing the shot to be missed and victory assured for the English, – stopped the hands of time on Big Ben, – advised families that messages from the dead would appear to them in symbolic acts, – sent disorienting mental signals to KGB agents at the request of the CIA, and – healed people’s afflictions merely by being close to them. Uri Geller was an Israeli paratrooper who fought in the Six-Day War and dabbled in modeling and a small-time magician’s career before bursting onto the global oddity scene by apparently having access to a part of his brain that others didn’t. He seemingly had the powers to move objects and sense thoughts and do them well enough that major media and, yes, even major governments took notice. Results may have been mixed — the CIA, interestingly, doesn’t comment either way about their contact with Geller — but they all served to perpetuate his fame (or notoriety, according to the skeptics). When we approached his mansion, there was no doubting that his exhibitions, books, television appearances and hobnobbing with politicos and celebrities had allowed him to amass considerable wealth. Geller met us in the foyer, immediately conveying the impression that he may be a shameless self-promoter in public, but at home, he was a gracious host. This was a social call, so he was casually dressed, soft-spoken and totally unpretentious. I couldn’t say that for the furniture in his drawing room, however, as the matching sofa, chairs and coffee table were composed of huge glass-shards held together by metal spines. They were more artwork than furniture, and I was quite glad we settled in the kitchen instead. Inevitably, our conversation broached the topic of Geller’s talents. He asked if I wanted to see them for myself and, after receiving the obvious response, he pulled a spoon from the utensil drawer and gave it to me to inspect. I can attest that it was a normal, everyday spoon; I tried to flex it and confirmed that its malleability was what one would expect from a common spoon. Geller took it, kept it in clear view, and began to rub the stem in short, quick strokes from his index finger. Before my eyes, the spoon’s business end began a perpendicular rise, as if awakening from a nap. When it had formed a 90-degree angle, Geller stopped rubbing and handed me the spoon again. I felt the bent segment of the stem for signs of heat, but there was none. I checked to see if the tensile strength had been diminished, but it had not. He really did it. Geller then asked me to pull any spoon from 레깅스룸 the drawer and he’d do it again. I noticed that they were made of sterling silver — ie- a normal metal — and wondered how many he’d buy during the course of a year. Meanwhile, he repeated the feat. The only factor I noticed that could have possibly come into play was that Geller made sure he was standing in the same place both times. There was a metal radiator very close to him, but I have no idea if that played any role in the result. He then gave me a small notebook and pen and asked me to draw something simple. He stood away and there was no chance he could see what I did. As this was summer, I opted for something totally opposite from the season and sketched a Christmas tree with a star on top. I then closed the notebook and told him I was finished. Geller reached for a totally separate piece of paper and pen. He sat at the table, thought for a moment and began to draw. He briefly stared at me and then returned to his task. It only took another minute for him to announce he was done. He put down his pen and held up his drawing. It was a Christmas tree, with a star on top. I was impressed. I almost wished I had something he could heal. I could not resist asking one off-the-wall question. I knew a prominent shipbuilding family in Spain who had access to the records of many galleons which disappeared on return voyages from the New World. Many of them were laden with gold. Had Geller ever been asked to ‘divine’ for precious metals underwater? He didn’t bat an eye. “No,” he replied, “But I don’t know why I couldn’t.” He pulled a book from a nearby shelf and opened it to a section of photographs in the middle. The topic was Uri Geller. The photos were allegedly taken with a sensitivity that exceeded the spectrum of light. There seemed to be a ‘cloud’ between Geller’s head and a small object of his concentration, such as a ball. The inference was that his mental projection was being physically ‘captured’ on film, joining his mind with the matter on which he was focused. I ultimately did report to the Spanish magnates what I had seen and what I suggested. They were more than interested. One of their scions promised to get back to me, and he did, but somewhere during the course of our days, the momentum to pursue such a project faded. I did pay closer attention to Uri Geller in the next few years. The two displays I witnessed were clearly his top talents; I read accounts of similar feats from others who had met him. However, Geller wasn’t as successful when he attempted to expand his range. For instance, he bought a soccer team, Exeter, and said he’d keep his mind off the pitch. I guess he did, as they were relegated to a lower division under his chairmanship. Allegedly, Geller did later claim to avail his services to oil and gold companies. He said he got results, but that nobody wanted to disclose he was the secret to their success. He’s since written a number of books — some of the holistic tomes are actually quite logical and devoid of anything paranormal — and continues to enjoy the company of celebrities. I have no idea about his talents beyond what I saw. I am convinced that what I witnessed was authentic. My lingering thought is what Geller’s displays to me could portend for the human condition. It’s a fact that 90% of our cerebrum’s utility is yet to be understood. Did all of us really have the powers of telekinesis and telepathy? Those are deep thoughts, and I’m certainly open to further suggestions. In the meantime, if I ever come across shipping records which list a cargo of golden spoons lost at sea, I know who I’m going to call. The 30-year run of Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show was both memorable and historic. It was the setting for a number of classic TV moments remembered by television watchers of several generations. Though many people remember Carson for his hilarious characters and skits, he was not one to shy away from controversial topics when it was something that he truly believed in. Many of his best-known moments have been captured on various classic TV DVD’s, enabling fans of Carson to watch their favorite bits over and over again. One of Johnny Carsons best known moments, one that demonstrated to the world just how quick his wit really was, happened two years after he began his run on The Tonight Show. On April 29, 1965, Ed Ames of the Daniel Boone television series was Carsons guest. Ames was demonstrating how to throw a tomahawk using a wooden silhouette of a man, and when he threw the tomahawk it landed squarely in the silhouettes crotch. As the crowd laughed, Carson quipped, I didnt even know you were Jewish. This piece of classic television comedy was so popular that it was often replayed on the shows anniversary. Other classic moments on The Tonight Show revolved around some of the recurring characters that Johnny Carson portrayed, often with the help of Ed McMahon. Quite possibly the most famous of these classic television characters was Carnac the Magnificent, a mentalist played by Carson who would claim to be able to answer questions sealed in envelopes without ever seeing the question. The answers, of course, would never be straight answers and would instead be puns. When the audience didnt like one of the jokes, he would respond with equally outlandish curses, such as May a diseased yak befriend your sister. Carson had a number of other popular characters as well, such as Floyd R. Turbo, Ralph Willie, and Aunt Blabby. Not all of the comedy sketches that Carson did contained these repeating characters. There were a number of one-shot skits which appeared on the classic television show, including Carsons portrayal 강납가라오케 of Hamlet delivering the famous To be or not to be soliloquy. In the Johnny Carson version, however, were a number of product advertisements which flowed directly from the famous Shakespearean lines to create one of the funniest portrayals of the play to date. In addition to providing laughs and unexpected punchlines, Carson would from time to time use his show as a means of exposing scams and fakes who were taking advantage of the public at large. Famed psychic Uri Gellar appeared on the show in 1973. Carson himself set up the props for Gellars act without Gellar or his manager being able to see them before filming. Despite Gellars claims of having genuine mental powers, he was unable to reproduce his usual tricks with the props that Carson provided. This method of proving Gellar a fraud had been suggested by Carsons friend James Randi, a trained stage magician (like Carson himself) who later appeared on the show in 1987 to expose the supposed faith healer Peter Popoff. Though Popoff claimed that his knowledge of the audiences problems came from Godly visions, Randi provided Carson and his audience with video that showed Popoffs wife describing the people for him to heal via a microphone which broadcast to a speaker hidden in his hearing aid. Other classic TV moments on The Tonight Show included visits from zoologists such as Joan Embery and Jim Fowler. They brought animals which Carson would often interact with in some way; many episodes featured Carson being crawled on by smaller animals. One famous incident often shown as a clip featured Carson leaning down too close to a panthers cage which caused the cat to swipe at him with its paw. Carson ran across the stage and jumped into Ed McMahons arms for comedic effect. When Johnny Carson retired from the show, his final episodes were considered major events. The most sentimental moment came on the next-to-last of his episodes. Bette Midler and Robin Williams were his guests. After Carson revealed in conversation some of his favorite songs, Midler began to sing one. The song soon became a duet between her and Carson. She finished her appearance by singing One for My Baby (and One More for the Road). An emotional Carson began to tear up on camera. This historic and touching moment was caught on film using a long camera angle never used in the previous 30 years of Carsons run. One of his most emotional classic moments became a historic milestone in late night television filming. Carson was an amazing entertainer, a charismatic personality and a moment maker. His appeal as a celebrity and a comedian carries on to future generations as classic television shows become available on DVD. Willard Christopher Smith Jr., known as Will Smith, was born on September 25, 1968. He is both a Grammy winning rap artists and karaoke dangdut nada pria an Academy Award nominated actor. He is one of a very few people who have found success in all avenues of entertainment and media; from music to tv to films. Will Smith started his career with a childhood friend, DJ Jazzy Jeff, by starting a rap duo. Their music was primarily comedic and radio-friendly hip hop. They are best known for the songs Parents Just Dont Understand and Summertime. In high school, he was nicknamed fresh prince. They were the first ever rap artists to win a Grammy in 1988. In 1990, after his rap career had slowed down, he starred in a sitcom on NBC called The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He played the lead in this show which became wildly popular from the early to mid 1990s. His first notable role in films came when he played an action hero cop along side Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys (1995). After Bad Boys became a blockbuster hit, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air saga came to a close. However, he began receiving many more roles in films including: Independence Day (1996), Men In Black (1997), Enemy of the State (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), Ali (2001), Men In Black II (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), I Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004) and Hitch (2005). He was also considered as one of the top choices to play Neo in the popular sci-fi film The Matrix. In my first article I wrote how there’s never been a better time to buy a high definition (HD) television, and I had just preordered the Samsung HLS-5087W 50 inch rear projection DLP unit. The Samsung was delivered last Thursday and here’s a summary of my initial reaction. First let me give some background on preparing for the new HD television. I’m a satellite TV subscriber and needed to upgrade my DirecTV hardware to be HD-compatible. So last month I logged on to http://www.directv.com and ordered the HD upgrade package. For $200 DirecTV came out and replaced my old satellite dish with a new 5-LNB oval HD dish. The HD package included the lease of DirecTV’s new H20 HD receiver, and also included installing a new UHF antenna on my roof to receive other-the-air (OTA) HD local broadcasts. The new dish and receiver were required for HD reception since DirecTV is transmitting local HD broadcasts in the new MPEG-4 compression format instead of the older MPEG-2 standard. Since HD material requires much more bandwidth than standard definition video, satellite and cable providers will be migrating to the new MPEG-4 standard over time and DirecTV is leading the way for now. I was now all set to receive HD programming as soon as Samsung HLS-5087W arrived with one exception – an HDMI cable to output the digital video/audio signal from the H20 to the Samsung. I’m a big believer in investing in high quality cables for analog connections between audio/video components. But HDMI is a digital interface that transmits a stream of 0’s and 1’s. So either it works or it doesn’t. I therefore bought a $20 HDMI cable on the Web instead of investing $90 or more for a Monster cable that I thought would yield exactly the same audio and video quality. One great thing about HDMI is that it carries both video and audio signals (in uncompressed, digital form) so you can easily reduce the cable clutter behind your home theater system. Now everything was all set – I just needed the new Samsung to be delivered. I ordered the television from 강남텐카페 Crutchfield, which has a great reputation for customer service, is an authorized Samsung online retailer, and offered the television with no tax or shipping charges. The delivery guys brought the television into my living room, took it out of the box and placed it on my home theater stand. I connected the power cable, connected the HDMI cable form the H20 to the Samsung, turned on the power, modified the TV display type on the H20 from 4:3 to 16:9 and amazingly the new television just worked, right out of the box! I was quickly in HD nirvana – watching local broadcasts in full 1080i and Dolby Digital 5.1, as well as premium services such as HBOHD and the various HD channels that are part of DirecTV’s HD package. But how would the 150 DVDs I own (most of which I trade via Peerflix) look on the new HD Samsung? I first had to bring up the menu on my Panasonic DVD recorder/player and activate 480p output over the component cables that I connected to the Samsung. Most DVD players sold in the last three years can output a progressive signal (the “p” in 480p) over component cables instead of the normal interlaced picture transmitted on composite and S-video connections. 480p is a big visible improvement over 480i and you’ll want to make sure you are watching all of you DVDs on a HD television using 480p. I chose Shrek as the first DVD to showcase on the Samsung. Dreamworks did an amazing job with the animation quality of Shrek and thought the DVD would be a good test of the picture quality of a standard definition DVD on a HD television. So how did it look? One word sums it up – amazing! I don’t expect I’ll be going out to the movies much any more – I’ll just wait for the DVD to come out. On Saturday night I watched a broadcast of Steve Winwood in HD and Dolby Digital 5.1 on KQED, the local PBS affiliate. Being a huge Steve Winwood fan, and having seen Winwood on this tour at a local venue in 2005, I was eager to see what kind of audio/video experience the new HD unit could deliver via a local, OTA HD broadcast. Once again, I was just stunned by the picture quality and quickly went to KQED’s web site to see what future Soundstage broadcasts are scheduled. I’m now eagerly awaiting Garbage’s performance premiering next month. There was one more thing left to do though before I could experience the maximum picture quality from the new Samsung – I needed to calibrate the picture for maximum video quality. Virtually all televisions sold today ship from the factory with video settings that are far from optimal. Colors are typically oversaturated, with too warm a tone, and sharpness, brightness and contrast controls that are far from optimal as well. So I dug out my copy of “Video Essentials: Optimizing Your Audio/Video System” DVD and spent a half hour adjusting the color, brightness, contrast and sharpness controls. The HLS-5087W has numeric display of each of these settings, which is a nice touch for those of us who go through the trouble of tweaking every setting possible for maximum picture quality. It was hard to believe that I could improve upon the quality of the Samsung’s picture out of the box, but fine-tuning the picture settings resulted in a much more “film-like” appearance of movies from both my DVD player and H20 receiver. I’m looking forward to watching the season premiere of HBO’s Entourage series in full HD glory tonight. It’s also going to be difficult holding off purchasing a HD DVD source with HD-DVD and Blu-ray players and titles now starting to appear. But I’ll talk about that in my next article. 4 Secrets To Becoming A Guest On Top Tv Talk Shows The phone rings. You hear an authoritative voice say, *Hello, I’m the producer of…Good Morning America or Oprah, or Larry King Live* or any other top talk show, you name it. This is your big moment, the break you’ve been waiting for. After you catch your breath what do you do? Producers make an instant assessment of you in thirty seconds–or less. When you get that coveted call from a producer, you aren’t just *talking* to him: you’re auditioning. You are being screened to be accepted or eliminated as a guest on their show. How can you pass the audition? Secret #1: Ask Before You Speak Before you even open your mouth to start pitching yourself and your story to the producer, ask them a simple question: *Can you tell me a little bit about the kind of show you envision?* In other words, ask the producer the angle he is planning to take. Doing so has two advantages. First, it gives you a moment to overcome the shock and to collect your thoughts. Second, once you karaoke hear the producer’s reply, you can gear your pitch to the type of information he’s seeking. Listen closely to the angle that he’s interested in and tailor your points to it. Publicists often use this technique to get their clients booked on shows. They *get* before they *give* – so they are in a good position to tell only the most pertinent information about their client. Secret #2: Wow the Producers with Brevity Follow the advice of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie: *It’s not how much you play. It’s how much you leave out.* Keep your list of talking points by the phone when you call a producer (or a producer calls you), so you’ll be succinct. You will already have rehearsed your points so that they’ll sound natural and inviting. Be prepared with several different angles or pitches, different ways to slant your information. *Nobody gets on these shows without a pre- interview,* says publicist Leslie Rossman. *Be a great interview but don’t worry about the product you want to sell them because if you’re a great guest and you make great TV, they’ll want you.* And keep in mind the words of Robert Frost: *Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.* Secret #3: Prove You’re Not a Nutcase If you area nutcase on the air, the producer will lose their job. What constitutes a nutcase? You may think it’s a positive trait to be enthusiastic (and it is), but anyone who is overly zealous about his passion is considered a nut. Best-selling author and screenwriter Richard Price talks about this phenomenon as *The dangerous thrill of goodness.* He says, *What happens is you can get very excited by your own power to do good.* Don’t get carried away by this thrill. One way to tell if you’re being too zealous is that you’re hammering your point at top speed with the energy of a locomotive pulling that toot lever non-stop. I remember a man calling me up about how he was single-handedly taking on Starbucks – who, he felt, had done him wrong. He wanted me to promote his cause. While this could have been a great David versus Goliath type story, he was long on emotion and short on facts. Some statistics or figures would have tempered his mania. But he also never checked in with me to see if he had my interest. By talking loudly and barely pausing for a breath, he appeared to be a man who wouldn’t take direction well. His single-mindedness was off- putting, not engaging. When you’re talking to a producer speak for 30 seconds or so and then check in by asking, *Is this the kind of information you’re looking for?* Listen for other verbal cues, such as encouraging grunts, or *uh huhs.* Secret #4: Can You Mark *The Big Point?* Contributors to the popular radio show *This American Life,* hosted by Ira Glass, have taken to calling the wrap-up epiphany at the end of a story, *The Big Point.* This is the moment that the narrator gives his perspective on the story in an attempt to elevate it from the mundane to the universal. Another radio personality, Garrison Keillor, is a master at it. He tells long, rambling stories (not good advice for you), then ties up all the story strands in a coherent and satisfying way. As a great guest, you want to illuminate your story with a big standout point that helps the audience see the significance of your story in their world and the world at large. Rather than hitting them over the head with a two-by-four, you want to share your insights with a feather-like touch. By framing your story you alert the producer to the fact that you’re a thinker and can contribute great insights and clarity to a story thus increasing its appeal. |
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