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COMIC-CON FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA!

    San Diego Comic-Con International , also known as  Comic-Con International: San Diego , and commonly known as  Comic-Con  or the  San Diego Comic-Con , was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San  Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by  Shel Dorf  and a group of San Diegans. It is traditionally a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday — though a three-hour preview night on Wednesday is open to professionals, exhibitors, and some guests pre-registered for all four days) held during the summer in  San Diego ,  California ,  United States , at the  San Diego Convention Center . Comic-Con is both the name of the annual event and the common name of the organization.  This year it we be held from July 8th through the 12th, 2015.     Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions,  WonderCon  and the  Alternative Press Expo  (APE...

CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!

   Christmas in July  is an event which is unofficially celebrated as a holiday by people. It is especially popular among the young people. A Christmas in July dinner usually includes Christmas Decorations Christmas Candles, colorful streamers, bonbons, Christmas hats and whistles.    During the summer months in the northern hemisphere, the weather becomes increasingly warm and many people crave for the atmosphere of cooler temperatures, gift giving, and holiday spirit. To satisfy this craving, some people throw parties during the month of July that mimic the holiday of Christmas. History of Christmas In July     It's hot, you're sweaty and longing for some relief from the heat. Aren't you? And while thinking about winter, you're probably also dreaming of all those snowy nights of Christmas celebrations? Well well, you can't actually change the season now, but the closest you can get to doing so is reduce the time left for ...

IKARI BRIDGE DIVING FROM BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA!

    Each July, tens of thousands of spectators line the banks adjacent to the Stari Most, the Old Bridge that crosses Bosnia-Herzegovina’s beautiful Neretva River in the city of Mostar. Undeterred by the Balkan sun, onlookers keep their eyes locked on the apex of the single-arch bridge where, one by one, divers enter the water in a spectacle of machismo and local tradition as they vie for title in the world’s longest-running high diving competition: the Ikari.    As one of the oldest venues for extreme sporting events, the Stari Most has been the place to go for male rites of passage since it was first built back in 1566. Set in the Ottoman Empire’s regional capital, the Old Bridge connected the Neretva River’s two banks at its narrowest point, a strategic location that marked the centre of the city’s earliest development. The name Mostar comes from the “mostari,” or bridge-keepers who held watch over the structure from the Halebinovka Tower on the we...