Feast of the Assumption is a public holiday and is more commonly referred to as La Asuncion by locals who organise parades and large banquets for the occasion. As a feast eating is definitely part of the occasion but the event's main purpose is to act as a reminder of Mary taking her place with Jesus. As part of the parades an image of Mary is led graciously through the streets, the local neighbourhoods and into the city centre where crowds line the roads to watch the procession. Anyone visiting Pamplona and using hotels in Pamplona Airport can watch the spectacle for ...

Adelaide Youth Orchestra (AdYO) will mark its tenth anniversary with a celebratory performance at the South Australia capital's town hall later this month. The ensemble's first ever concert - an interpretation of Ottorino Respighi's Pines of Rome - came at the same venue back in November 2001. Since then, AdYO has taken part in 15 shows per year - predominantly across the Adelaide area - that have attracted audiences of almost 40,000 people. Comprising some of the state's most talented eight to 25-year-olds, the group has produced a number of graduates that have ...

Cinematography 2.0 Advanced will be happening from 20th July to 15th August 2011 at the institute's Evekal Building in Lab 315. The course will comprise a series of workshops with students being taught in a small group to ensure that each person receives specific training and to allow for one on one teaching. The content structure will focus on the optimum camera and lighting choices for different scenes depending on the style of the film being shot. Participants will be guided through detailed explanations of what can be achieved by using different filters, lens' and ...

A recent article in the Independent by David Wilkins about Auto Trader's digital offerings, outlined how in addition to being found in most UK shops and magazine counters that for the first time, the Auto Trader website received a billion page impressions in a single month. There were also a million more unique users in March than there had been in the same month last year. Mobile access to Auto Trader's online classified advertising and other content is growing strongly too; there are a million unique users for the company's mobile applications for platforms such as ...

The Gorilla Crew are set to showcase their extraordinary hip-hop dance moves in Return to Street in Seoul. Boasting a storyline championing family relationships and the beauty of youthful dreams, the production will tug at the heartstrings as well as impress with the physical agility of its cast. Fans of the Gorilla Crew will be well aware of the group's skills on the dance floor, which were showcased for the world to see at B-boy contest Freeze in 2005. They are arguably South Korea's most famous troupe of this type and foreigners going to see them perform will ...

Any teams entering the Bangkok International Soccer 7s can expect a real challenge, as sides travel from all over the world to compete in the tournament. Taking place on June 25th and 26th, the event does not offer any sort of monetary reward, so it is purely for the love of the game that clubs take part. The 2011 edition marks the fifth time that the competition has been held and it will feature two categories; open men and over-35s masters. Some lucky players may even get the chance to face off against well known ex-professionals at the Vichupa Ramintra venue. Michael ...

Shoppers will have plenty of opportunities for retail therapy this summer, as the Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival is due to begin this month. Starting from June 15th, a huge number of shops around the country - especially the capital city of Kuala Lumpur - will offer special discounts on their products. The Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival was inspired by a similar event in Singapore and has proved to be such a hit that the country has chosen to keep organising it. Running until August 31st, travellers looking to spend their holiday money on bargains should keep an eye ...

Tickets to see Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and Chelsea play in the Asia Trophy in Hong Kong are going on sale on Thursday (June 2nd). The teams will have to contend with local side Kitchee, who occupy the fourth place in the tournament after winning the Hong Kong First Division. Four games will take place over two match days, with Blackburn facing Aston Villa on Wednesday July 27th, while Chelsea play Kitchee in the other round. The final and third-place playoff will be held on Saturday July 30th. Tickets are sold per match day, so a GBP36 pass will allow ...

Benjamin Moore Drywall announced today the promotion of a service that allows customers to log their job quote online and can expect a response within 24 hours. Benjamin Moore Drywall specializes in drywall and plaster repair, textured ceiling repairs and sheetrock installation. "We have been doing these repairs for a long time," said Benjamin Moore, President of Benjamin Moore Drywall. "That's how we can save the customer time and money. We try to provide the job cost over the phone and since most repairs can be finished in the same day; that cuts down ...

For six days between 17th and 22nd July 2011, the 8th European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship will see the best players on the continent competing for the prestigious title. This will be the eighth edition of the contest and some of the countries taking part include Russia, Great Britain, France, Poland, Germany and host nation Spain. Universities from each country will be sending out their top pairs in the female and male divisions and around 32 teams in each category are due to take part. The format for the matches will comprise three sets and each match ...

International Folklore Festival will see artists representing the individual styles from their native countries to entertain audiences with distinct costumes and lively music. A great emphasis will be placed on the original and national dress used in the productions with performers and the designers going into great detail to achieve the exact look from the 19th century. Attendees can hear folk music in a variety of styles and there'll be individual performances along with ensembles and bands and even entire orchestras performing at the event. As well as traditional ...

Whirlwhim and Digital Media Interactive (DMI) have announced the digital release of the popularized award winning children's book series, "The Bafflegagging Blundernagging Brothers" written by Aaron Mason and Doug Warr, exclusively on iTunes, iPad & the iPhone. The Lite version, which is available for FREE download, features over sixty minutes of read-along entertainment, educational games, groundbreaking animation and narrative from Maurice LaMarche ("Pinky and the Brain", "Animaniacs", "Futurama"). The critically acclaimed novel's ...

Upstart property development firm 616 Lofts has recognized a gap between downtown Grand Rapids' growing economy and available spaces for living and business, and the firm is on a mission to close that gap. With much of the city's prime downtown real estate tied up in run down, unusable building space, 616 Lofts has seized the opportunity to rehabilitate these historic properties into unique mixed-use spaces for residential living, office space and retail. Working strictly with downtown properties, 616 Lofts aims to encourage growth in Grand Rapids' urban living, business ...

The Park West Gallery Summer Sale Collection is currently being featured online and boasts an array of fine artwork, sports memorabilia, Japanese woodcuts, animation art, and high-end designer jewelry, all of which are being offered at exciting sale prices now through August 14, 2011. Customers may also visit Park West's elegant gallery to view the Summer Collection in person and enjoy the surrounding 3 1/2 acres of luxuriant sculpture gardens. More than 300 works by some of the world's greatest artists are featured in this special collection, including old and modern ...

Online voucher codes specialist DiscountVouchers.co.uk is helping the country's diners to enjoy more eating out for their budget this June thanks to new restaurant deals. Consumers can save money at over 800 retailers through the site, which is this week home to savings at top restaurants the Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Cafe Rouge and Prezzo. Treating a loved one to a fun Italian meal this June need not be expensive thanks to new deals redeemable at Prezzo. DiscountVouchers.co.uk has announced a new Prezzo voucher which UK consumers can use to get themselves 2 main meals ...

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Hamilton Distributing, Inc. has a fully-stocked 45,000 square foot warehouse with the most popular paint and sundry items including Muralo and PPG paint, Rustoleum, 3M, Frogtape, Kleen Strip, UGL, Minwax, Wooster, E&J, Old Village, Sashco, Cabots, and many more product lines! Rollers, brushes, pails, tarps - we have it ALL! And new lines have just been added! Our shelves are full and our trucks are ready to deliver. Hamilton Distributing delivers on its own trucks, has an unbelievably low minimum order, breaks cases and has experienced customer service and ...

Hamilton Equipment, Inc., is proud to import and carry the full line of Galfre tedders and rakes - including stocking parts and expert customer service. Galfre tedders and rakes are recognized worldwide for their reliability and durability for the BEST possible forage quality. Hamilton Equipment stocks Galfre rotary tedders, carted hay rakes, rotary hay rakes, disc mowers, as well as parts. And at prices that beat the competition! For more information on Galfre rakes and tedders, call 717-733-7951 and ask for Jan in wholegoods or George in parts/service. Other ...

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (PCMS) is pleased to announce the 2011/2012 Piano Recital Series featuring exceptional artists from home and abroad along with two Philadelphia premieres - all at the Kimmel Center's intimate Perelman Theater. German pianist, Christian Zacharias, will leave his post at the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne to perform works by CPE Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Schubert. Canadian Anton Kuerti will also return to the Piano Series this year with an all-Beethoven recital. Known for his "wizardry [that] defies the laws of nature," ...

Between 7th and 16th July 2011, the Jerusalem International Film Festival will be highlighting films by new and established directors from home and abroad to undercover the best new releases. Approximately 200 different films will get to appear at the festival comprising work from a variety of genres and delving into the world of documentaries and short productions. Each film will be split into a specific category such as Panorama which is based solely on international entries while another will be dedicated to Israeli features. Film buffs can check out the efforts ...

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Spacify, Inc., a leading provider of modern furniture online has added a new Italian designer collection announced recently in Milan to their range of contemporary furniture. The collection is good news for all who have a penchant for cutting edge design at affordable price. Designer Paolo Cattelan from Cattelan Italia has decided to bring the trend to the masses. For a long time now, the designer has been producing a classic collection of artistic furniture items that have been hailed by all as being one of a kind. The Mickey Leather Dining Chair is simply a work of ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Think "mass extinction" and you probably envision dinosaurs dropping dead in the long-ago past or exotic tropical creatures being wiped out when their rainforest habitats are decimated. But a major mass extinction took place right here in North America in the first half of the 20th century, when 47 species of mollusk disappeared after the watershed in which they lived was dammed. Now, a population of one of those species---a freshwater limpet last seen more than 60 years ago and presumed extinct---has been found in a tributary of the heavily dammed ...

Albuquerque, NM – Under a completely new way of providing health care, primary care clinicians in remote villages, prisons and poor urban neighborhoods who were trained to treat patients with hepatitis C achieved excellent results identical to those of specialists at a university medical center. These findings, from an evaluation of Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), were published today online by the New England Journal of Medicine and will appear in the June 9 print edition. They demonstrate that primary care providers anywhere can be trained ...

In a recent clinical trial, non–HIV-infected individuals who used the antiretroviral drug Truvada on a daily basis cut their risk of becoming infected with HIV by 44 percent. While the findings are reason for great optimism, researchers say it is now important to understand the factors that could influence the public's willingness to use the drug in this way, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. Scientists, health authorities and policymakers are currently debating the pros and cons of PrEP in the U.S. and around the world. One significant issue is these ...