The first ever York Chocolate Festival is due to take place from Friday April 6th to Monday April 9th.   Celebrating the city's close ties with the confectionary industry, the event will offer a busy programme of workshops, tastings, lectures and other chocolate-themed activities.   The full schedule for the festival is still being finalised, but visitors can expect Easter egg hunts and special demonstrations from the leading chocolatiers in the area.   A chocolate market will be set up in York's Parliament Street, where people will be able to sample and purchase ...

The Philip Glass Ensemble are due to perform at Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Musica on Wednesday April 25th.   Fans of the influential and prolific American composer will see him play a selection of his own works composed between 1971 and 1998 at this one-off concert, with the backing of his chamber group.   Glass is due to perform music taken from compositions such as Civil Wars, Music in Twelve Parts and his soundtrack to The Truman Show.   Now 75, the Baltimore-born musician is regarded as one of the most important composers of the late 20th century.   He is ...

People with a passion for the latest technology will not want to miss this year's Gadget Show Live, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham.   Running from Wednesday April 11th to Sunday April 15th, the event will showcase and demonstrate innovative products from more than 280 international exhibitors.   Many of the items will be presented in the UK for the very first time at the show, offering attendees a sneak preview of tomorrow's must-have household gadgets.   The Gadget Show Live has been held at the NEC each year since 2009 and is now one of Europe's largest ...

The Bournemouth Folk Festival is set to return for its second edition in an expanded two-day format next month.   Following the success of last year's inaugural event, the festival will be back to offer another celebration of contemporary folk music, song and dance at the Bournemouth International Centre's Tregonwell Hall.   Artists due to perform at the venue on Friday March 23rd and Saturday March 24th include Martyn Joseph, Martha Tilston, Emily Barker and Andy Cutting.   There will also be music from Grupo Lokito, Megan Henwood, Fearne and the Urban Folk Quartet.   With ...

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The Phuket International Boat Show (PIMEX) will be marking its return to the Royal Phuket Marina from March 29th to April 1st 2012.   Taking place for the ninth time this year, the 2012 edition of the annual event will be the first to be held in March/April rather than its traditional new year slot, with the end-of-the-season dates allowing a wider range of boats to be showcased.   A diverse array of new vessels will be shown off during the four days, from smaller 30 ft models to 90 ft superyachts, while luxurious villas and cars will also be on display, thus adding ...

Malaysia will play host to musical acts from across the globe at the upcoming Penang World Music Festival, which will be taking place for the third time at the Quarry Recreational Park at the Botanic Gardens Penang.   To be held from March 30th to April 1st 2012, the event has been billed as a "convergence of harmonic fusion" and will see thousands of attendees turning up to see a diverse range of performances.   Many of the musicians will be popular local acts performing in contemporary and traditional styles, including Didit Dinai, the Aseana Percussion ...

The Pattaya International Music Festival 2012 will take place from March 16th to 18th this year and will see a wide variety of musicians thrilling the audience on the city's beaches.   Celebrating its tenth anniversary last year, the event is organised annually by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, and is billed as Asia's longest beach music festival.   More than 100 artists from Thailand and other parts of the world performed over the course of the three days in 2011, spanning genres including pop, rock, hip-hop and R'n'B.   The ...

Visitors to Thailand this March will be able to enjoy the spectacle of the annual Cha Am Kite Fest, which takes place in Phetchaburi province for the 12th time this year.   Maruekhathaiyawan Palace will be the venue for the colourful celebration, which will showcase all manner of creatively assembled kites from around the world, including traditionally-styled entries and cutting-edge designs.   The central kite show will feature contributions from 38 teams representing 17 countries, including kites inspired by Thai culture, amazing stunt kites, radio-controlled models ...

Bangkok will be the venue for a performance by music industry legends Earth Wind and Fire this April when the band bring their Guiding Lights Tour 2012 to the city.   Taking place at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani on April 2nd, the show will see touring band members Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson treating audiences to some of their biggest hits.   Since rising to prominence in the 1970s, Maurice White's group have sold more than 90 million albums worldwide, putting them seventh on the list of all-time bestselling American bands.   Over the years, ...

An amazing $100,000 is up for grabs in the Intertops Poker $100K Points Race in March. There will be four $20K Weekly Races and one $20K Monthly Race, giving players five chances to claim a share of the $100K prize pool. Intertops players earn Frequent Player Points just by playing. Four Weekly Races will pay the top 350 point earners a share of $20,000 and up to $1,500 every week. All four Weekly Race point totals will be combined for the Monthly Race where the top 350 will earn a share of the final $20,000. A total of 1500 cash prizes will be awarded this month. The ...

Staff at WinADay Casino have just finished making travel arrangements for the winner of the instant casino's year-long Game of the Month contest. The Dream Vacation winner will take her two best friends for a girls' night out in Reno, Nevada this fall. "WOW! That was my first thought when I was informed I had won the vacation," said the excited vacation winner. "Next came excitement, and where am I going to go, and who will I take with... It gave me goose bumps just thinking about all the possibilities!" The player, known as MCDUFFGIRL by the ...

The Capitol Hill Nursing Center at The Specialty Hospital of Washington campus recently passed their Annual license and certification quality survey with no state deficiencies noted. The Capitol Hill Nursing Center was under the scrutiny of 12 surveyors. The unannounced survey was part of the new quality directive from the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services. The Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) is an effort to standardize how the survey process measures nursing home compliance with federal standards and the interpretative guidelines that define those standards. ...

The immigration department, also called the CIS or USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service) is considering making a major change to the way 601, also called I-601 or I601 waivers are dealt with. The change, if implemented, will have profound and significant ramifications for thousands of people. A 601 waiver is used by someone who cannot be admitted into the United States for one reason or the other, and there are many. As it stands now, when a person is in the United States unlawfully by entering illegally or overstaying a nonimmigrant visa, that person has ...

PassportCard, a development by David Shield and Israel Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd recently won an international innovative award in the credit card arena. This project was presented in a competition conducted by Payoneer, where hundreds of credit cards worldwide were represented. David Shield is a privately held company, with offices in New York, Beijing, Moscow, and Israel that manages hundreds of leading global corporate accounts and who since 2000 act as the overseas medical insurance division of several insurers worldwide. Alon Ketzef, founder and Chief Executive ...

Reducing expenditures to maintain quality of life standards has motivated homeowners to look more closely at their household heating bills to uncover savings. As a result, an increasing number of homeowners are turning away from fossil fuel in favor of wood heat. According to the Associated Press report titled - Wood heat heats up as homeowners give boot to oil - "Oil consumption has fallen as homeowners have found other sources of fuel, with wood being the fastest-growing alternative, according to census figures." Craig Shankster, President of Morso NA is ...

Glasgow's famous Barrowland Ballroom is set to welcome chart-topping US pop duo LMFAO next month. The pair, who shot to fame when their signature song Party Rock Anthem became one of 2011's biggest selling singles, will perform at the Scottish venue on Saturday March 10th. With tickets priced at GBP12.50 plus booking fee and the show open to people aged 14 and above, the concert will offer young fans and families a chance to enjoy LMFAO's unique brand of feel-good party music. Going by the stage names Redfoo and SkyBlu, the duo formed in California in 2006 and ...

Wembley Stadium is preparing to host a mouth-watering clash between Saracens and Harlequins, two of rugby union's biggest club sides. The fierce London rivals are due to play each other in a special Aviva Premiership fixture at the national stadium on Saturday March 31st, when fans of both teams are expected to be out in force. Saracens have already stepped out on the famous Wembley turf once this season, having recorded an exciting 31-26 victory over Ospreys in the Heineken Cup in December. Mark McCall's side are the reigning Aviva Premiership champions, although ...

Award-winning street dance troupe Diversity are due to appear at the O2 Arena in Dublin on Saturday April 14th. Having performed to more than 300,000 people around the world last year, the London-based group will unveil a brand new show at venues across the UK and Ireland this spring. Their latest performance, created by lead choreographer Ashley Banjo, is entitled Digitized: Trapped in a Game. Members of the audience can expect to see plenty of the slick routines, daring acrobatics and energetic moves that propelled the 11-strong troupe to fame. Diversity became ...

One of the most renowned landmarks of Donostia-San Sebastian, Hotel de Londres y de Ingleterra, is undergoing renovation during the months January and February of this year. It is upgrading the entire hard-infrastructure of the building, back-of-house and hotel rooms to meet the needs of todays modern traveller. The historic building of the Hotel de Londres has to be renovated to stay up to date with the expectations of the clientele. Not only the decoration but also the technical support of the hotel will be totally renewed. The hotel will of course keep its classic ...

McKesson's announcement of increased investment, research and development in Paragon through their Better Health 2020 strategy is aimed at attracting larger clients, according to the KLAS report, "Paragon: A Paradigm Shift." Paragon--McKesson's go-forward strategy for all hospital sizes--has a client base of community hospital customers satisfied with the system's integration, intuitive Window's architecture, and comparatively low cost of ownership. One CIO said, "We don't have very many back-end processes (with Paragon)... It has a much smaller footprint ...

Today Unique Properties, Denver's largest locally owned brokerage firm, announced a significant expansion of its property management services. Unique Properties' founders Marc Lippitt and Scott Shwayder will expand Unique Management Solutions, LLC, with the addition of a new partner, Dan Meitus, formerly of Bartell Meitus Real Estate, LLC. The combined portfolio, with Meitus at the helm, manages 1.2 million square feet of office, retail, industrial and multi-family properties in Denver and the surrounding areas. "With the recent sales and acquisitions among ...

The annual Cheltenham Festival kicks off this year on March 13th and once again it promises to deliver 4 days of excitement and drama. This year's Champion Hurdle sees Binocular take on Hurricane Fly under Ruby Walsh. The Cheltenham Gold cup offers the mouth watering prospect of a resurgent Kauto Star challenging young contender Long Run, while Oscar Whisky, Thousand Stars, Voler La Vedette and Dynaste are all in contention for this year's World Hurdle. To mark the biggest week in the national hunt calendar, AndroidBettingApps.com have put together a list of the very ...

Financial Spreads, the UK spread betting company, has launched a low cost Contracts for Difference (CFD) service. Financial Spreads is now offering CFDs on all its markets which means that clients can speculate on over 2,500 CFD markets including UK and US shares, forex, stock market indices, commodities, bonds and interest rates. Unlike many CFD brokers, Financial Spreads is offering a commission-free service. Instead of a commission, a small spread is applied to the underlying market; for example, on FTSE 100 shares the spread is as low as 0.1%. Benefits of ...

Introduced in January this year (2012), the new French property tax laws implemented by President Sarkozy have induced wealthy buyers to look past the usual French Riviera hotspots and onto Monaco. Accountancy experts believe Monaco is quickly becoming a favoured destination for affluent buyers because of its separation from France and the new, harsher French property tax laws. Of course its location on the French Riviera and its proximity to the Italian Riviera only adds to its allure. The new French tax reforms have led those buying in the region to investigate ...