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Mad-City took 2nd place at the 2016 Wisconsin State Water Ski Show Tournament. The Rock Aqua Jays of Janesville took 1st, by less than 2 points (1st Place 1918.56, 2nd Place 1916.68) (that less than 0.2% margin). Mad-City still skied a … Continue reading
This morning a group of Mad-City skiers and a couple of our friends began their long trip to China to compete against one of the Chinese water ski show times in Liuzhou, China. They'll be practicing and then skiing a … Continue reading
Event though we still have one show left this year, the team is already hard at work for next year's show, and that means going higher. This year we consistently managed to put a up a double top 4-high, a … Continue reading
The past three weeks for the Mad-City Ski Team have been very busy. The weekend of July 16 – 19 Mad-City was at the State Water Ski Show Tournament where the team took 1st place overall. The following weekend, the … Continue reading
Celebrity Jump 2015 was a huge success! A big "Thank You!" goes out to our 4 participants for helping us raise money at the Clean Lakes Festival. For those of you that missed it, we have our favorite photos of … Continue reading
The Mad-City Ski Team won the team title Sunday at the 49th Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships at Lake Wazeecha in Wisconsin Rapids held the weekend of July 16 – 19. The Wisconsin State Show Ski Championships is the world's … Continue reading
After being rained/winded/stomed out for our scheduled first show on 5/24, we braved the windy and rough conditions this past Sunday (5/31) to perform the pilot episode of this year's theme, The Tonight Show with the Mad-City Ski Team & … Continue reading
The 2nd World Show Ski Tournament is taking place this weekend (Sept 12 – 14, 2014) at Traxler Park in Janesville, WI. Teams from the Australia, Belgium, Canada, China and the US will compete to see who takes home the world show ski … Continue reading
The Mad-City Ski Team will be competing at the National Show Ski Tournament at Traxler Park (directions) in Janesville, WI the weekend of August 8-10 and will ski 5th on Saturday with the show starting between 1pm and 2pm (approximately). Here's is … Continue reading


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Of Biebs and Boobs: Singer Hangs at Hootersby Hilton Hater at . Comments
In town for a concert on his "My World" tour, Justin Bieber made a quick stop on Saturday night in Edmonton... at Hooter's!
Said the restaurant's manager of the experience: "We probably had a row six people deep and 10 people long at the window [when he was here]. It was pretty cool."
Witnesses say Justin only stopped in for about 15 minutes, took the following photo and left. As a single artist, we assume that was enough time to get a number or five...
For those who prefer their Bieber separate from their large boobs, meanwhile, check out a couple shots of Justin performing last night at the city's Rexall Place arena.

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First, before we go any further – I'm Back. Deal with it.
Overview –
Everyone wants to talk budget today. There is a very good reason for that – our National Budget is out of control, and it is effecting the State and Local budgets. Further, given the tanked economy, it means we are getting poorer and only the truly rich are doing well. No one seems to disagree with it but at the same time, few are even close to seeing the real hammer falling. Let's take a real simple overview of the situation.
A balanced budget is actually a pretty simple equation – Proposed Spending + Owed payments on Debt = Revenue. This seems really simple right? Apparently not – at least for our legislators or even those that talk ad nauseum about how our spending is out of control with no real insight about the real problem.
Everyone wants to talk about cutting our spending. Let's cut this program or that program. Let's repeal "Obamacare" and that will save the budget. Let's reduce the money we spend on funding NPR and Planned Parenthood. That will surely balance the Budget.
BULLSHIT. Yes, you read that correctly, Bullshit. That kind of thinking is tantamount to putting a band-aid on an arterial bleed. To understand why it is bullshit, you have to understand exactly what kind of money we are talking about.
Our National Debt –
Remember the equation I quoted above? Let's put some figures into that equation. Every year, the US has to make payments on the debt it already has. It is no different than when you go to the bank and get a home loan. If you don't make your payments, the bank forecloses. I guess a better analogy is credit card debt. When you can't make your payments, you default on your debt. No one knows for sure what would happen if the US defaulted on it's debt – it has never happened. That said, you may well see it happen in April if Congress doesn't vote to increase the US debt ceiling, but that is a discussion for another time. Let's just focus on the basics.
Currently, the US Government has "borrowed" enough money to incur a hefty debt – so big a debt that the interest payments alone on that debt are almost 400 Billion dollars. Yes, you read that correctly, 400 billion dollars . Let's put that into perspective. If the Tea party Republicans are successful in cutting 100 billion dollars from discretionary spending like they promised to do, they will have found money to pay for a little under 1/3 of our annual INTEREST payment. That doesn't even address our principal debt payments – just the interest payments. Even if they succeed (which they probably won't, by the way), they will have INCREASED our national debt by over 200 billion dollars.
No one wants to talk about this. It is overwhelming for most people and I really do understand that. Unfortunately, it is the reality of the situation and we have to deal with it. If we don't deal with it, by 2020, our debt payments will be more than the national revenue and we will be essentially bankrupt. This the real issue here and it MUST be dealt with. Unfortunately, it is not an easy thing to do and it surely won't be politically healthy to deal with it rationally.
Spending –
As the Tea Party wants to point out to us, we must cut spending. If you look at the equation above – spending is part of the problem. So how do we go about cutting spending? Let me say, without any reservations at all, the current method of spending cuts being looked at by Congress is NOT the way to address the issue. Congress is using the Tea Party approach – lets cut "entitlements" and that will solve the problem. What utter stupidity.
As the article I linked explains, the Tea Party (and everyone else in Congress) seems to think that we can balance the budget by making cuts in the 15% of the National Budget set aside for non-defense discretionary programs. This includes things like infrastructure (highways, bridges, dams, etc), "entitlements" (welfare, food stamps, federal work programs like 'experienced works' etc), Regulatory agencies (EPA, NRC, etc), the list goes on. Unfortunately, this spending what makes our Federal Government work. Further, there isn't enough money in this budget to truly effect the overall problem – as I said above, it is only 15% of the Federal Budget. What doing massive cuts in the budget will do, though, is guarantee that the Tea Party will die a painful and lonely death come next election. "WHAT", you say? Yep, you heard me right. If the Tea party does succeed in cutting 100 billion from this budget, they will be murdered in the next set of elections.
Ask yourself this question – "What is the single largest voting block in America?" If you answered Organized labor, you would be wrong. They are large, no doubt about it. In fact, the recent Tea party attacks on Organized Labor are already taking their toll on contributions to both Republicans in general and Tea Party idiots in specific. Women Voters? Again, large but incorrect. The Single Largest organized voting block in the US is Seniors. Deal with that fact for second. What programs have the Tea Party caucus in Congress already attacked? Why the programs aimed at Seniors, the poor and women. The AARP has finally figured out that I turned 50 last year (point of fact, they started schmoozing me BEFORE I turned 50), and I get their monthly magazine. If you think they are not mad as hell right now, you are living under a rock. Believe me when I tell you that the Tea Party better duck and cover from Grandma and Grandpa come next year's election.
A good plain English overview of what has to be done with spending was "penned" by Jim Wright at Stonekettle Kitchen. His post is long (yes, he is even more long winded than I am) but you really need to read the whole thing. He says it much better than I can, though I will pull out some of the more important parts. I encourage you to read his blog, even though I don't always agree with his slant on everything (he is a little more liberal than I am and we certainly do not agree on guns/gun control).
Social Security –
Let me say this as plainly as I can…. Social Security is not an issue with the Federal Deficit, the Federal Budget or Cutting Costs. The Hoopla associated with Social Security is a smoke screen to distract people from the real issues. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying to you and trying to either scare you, or sell you something. The article linked above explains Social Security VERY well and you really should read it – I certainly could not have explained it better. The one issue I have with his explanation is that he does not cover the issues with SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance). Due to states having a large say in how a person qualifies for SSDI, and the current setback in the Economy, SSDI is an issue, but that issue can easily be resolved by doing 2 things – A) Standardize the qualifications for SSDI and B) fix the economy. As Jim points out, there is more than enough money as it stands in Social Security to cover the shortfall but we do need to get people back to work so that SSDI doesn't overwhelm Social Security.
The Military –
Tea Party "patriots" want to wave the American Flag and tell you – at length – how important the military is to them. They will talk your ear off about how "honorable", "wonderful" and "special" our Military is, and to some extent, I agree with them. As a veteran, I have a great deal of sympathy for the men and women that serve this country – especially given that my son is one of them. That said, the Military is one of the biggest cash cows the Federal Government (and the contractors that leech off of it) has and it MUST be part of the push to address the budget. Even Veterans and Active Duty Military understand this. There are glaring problems with Military funding (and not in underfunding) that would jump off the page if only we didn't treat the Military like some kind of sacred cow. Once again, I would direct you to Jim Wright's blog, as his summary of the excesses in Military Spending come from actually still being part of that world. In my day, it was the Bradley fighting vehicle. Now it is the F-35 strike fighter. Whatever the current toy is, it is a probably a boondoggle the likes of which to make even a Kennedy slobber in anticipation of the money to be made.
Further, we have been engaged in two VERY costly wars with no real end in sight. It used to be a War would help the economy, not so much now. In fact, these wars are quite literally bankrupting our economy, destroying our national moral, and killing our youngest and brightest. What MORON had the bright idea to get involved in a war in the Middle East anyway? They have been killing each other over religion for more than 4,000 years and there is no reason to believe they won't be killing each other over religion for another 4,000 years.
Now we find ourselves (in a limited capacity) involved in yet another conflict in the Middle East – and a civil war to boot. Just how crazy do you have to be to get involved in a civil war? When I was a police officer, the only call that ever made me nervous was a domestic dispute. Every other type of call had rules and you could – more often than not – deal with the situation easily in a controlled manner. Not so with a domestic dispute. You never had ANY idea what you were walking into. We answered one call and found an woman who had been stabbed by her (drunk and angry) husband. While we were wrestling this 6'4″ angry monster to the floor, the woman pulled the knife out of her shoulder and stabbed my partner to "protect her husband". Batshit crazy, man. A civil war is no different. It is impossible to tell who is on which side, the sides (and goals) change constantly and neither side really wants you there. Stupidity – and more importantly, expensive stupidity.
Medicare/Medicaid –
Another big problem is Medicare/Medicaid. This is one area that is really sinking the Federal Budget. I will not go into this issue very far in this post, because I am planning a followup post on Medicaid/Medicare/Healthcare Reform. I do suggest you read what Jim wrote on the subject, though. It will play heavily in what I have to say about it.
Revenue –
Now we get to the part of the Budget equation NO ONE wants to talk about. Remember the equation above – Proposed Spending + Owned payments on Debt = Revenue. As I have already discussed, spending cuts simply aren't going to get the job done – there isn't enough money that can easily (or politically safely) be cut from the spending side of the equation to meet the debt that we have allowed ourselves to accrue. To address this, we HAVE to address Revenue – that means talking about taxes.
Taxes are a necessary evil. You want a military to protect your country? You have to pay for it somehow and that means taxes. You want a national Highway system? Guess what, that means you have to pay taxes. There is really no way around it. The Tea Party demands that there be no new taxes – in fact, the name itself (Taxed Enough Already) indicates that they are not willing to pay anymore taxes. They are also DEAD wrong.
Smart Presidents understood the nature of Revenue VS Spending. Clinton understood it when he raised taxes to try to balance the budget. Even the Sainted Ronald Reagan understood it – he enacted some of the largest tax increases in decades. Think I am making it up? Check out this article and this post. Surprised? I am not, actually. I was a tax payer when Reagan was president and fully supported his tax increases because I understood the basic equation of how the Federal Budget works. Further, Reagan didn't actually pass tax increases, he simply made it harder for people to evade paying taxes and he closed a number of tax loopholes.
Unfortunately, recent Presidents have both increased spending and lowered taxes (or given tax cuts) – especially for the wealthy. This is disastrous for the Federal Budget. The Bush Tax cuts INCREASED our Federal Debt by over 800 Billion Dollars. Stop for a second and wrap your mind around that number. Even if the current Congress votes in the 100 billion dollars of spending cuts they promised, it would not even meet 1/8th of the debt incurred by the Bush Tax Cuts.
The sad reality is, though, that no Politician was ever elected by promising Tax increases. We voters are stupid when it comes to actually understanding how things work and all we see is that our wallets will be lighter. Add to that the media screaming that tax increases "hurt the economy" and "stagnate growth" and "will damage the recovery" as well as other misguided and short sighted slogans, and suggesting tax increases is tantamount to political suicide. What we, as voters, have to do is cut through the political doublespeak and actually realise that, without an increase in revenue, the situation will only get worse until our economy fails completely. Ask anyone that lived through the Great Depression what that feels like (and that wasn't an actual failure of the Federal Financial system).
Not even Obama (who, hate him or not, is a smart guy) doesn't seem to undestand the problem here. His proposed budget will INCREASE the deficit by over 2 trillion dollars just due to further tax cuts. This is insane.
So the question becomes, "How do you raise revenue without hurting the economy even more". First, it is a faulty question because not raising revenue will hurt the economy far worse than raising more revenue ever would, but let's try to answer it anyway. The first thing we need to do is take a look at how taxation REALLY works in the US. Given the exemption, loopholes, incentives and gotchas in the present tax system, it appears that middle income people ACTUALLY pay a higher percentage of their real income than those in the higher or lower tax brackets. It certainly isn't the way the "progressive" tax structure was designed, but it is the reality that has been made by the influence buying of the wealthy. Only a comprehensive tax restructuring will address the problem and those with money and influence will fight such a restructure tooth and nail. They have already proven that they can bring our economy to a halt simply to choosing not to hire or invest. Would you, as a Federal Legislator, take a chance on a backlash from the wealthy in an already bad economy by instituting a significant change in our tax structure – especially given that those wealthy patrons (and their corporations) pay for your re-election campaign? Obviously, few politicians are willing to bite the and that feeds them, even if it means their constituents grow poorer and poorer each year, the Federal Deficit grows rapidly toward bankruptcy and their actions are counter to the Oath they took when they took office.
We support this nonsense too. Look at the Tea party – a group bound and determined to push our country straight into bankruptcy because they don't have the brains to understand a simple math equation. We, as voters, have to stand up, make the hard decisions that our elected officials refuse to make, and make it understood by those self same, self-serving stuffed suits that it is time a real effort is made to fix this mess before it reaches a point that it can't be fixed.
Summary –
Hopefully, you made it this far and haven't gone completely to sleep. In a nutshell, we have to do some serious re-thinking about how we go about fixing the American Economy and Federal Budget. We can't continue the way we are going and we certainly can't afford to default the Federal Budget. Spending does have to be addressed – but it needs to be addressed across the ENTIRE budget, not just the small portion being debated on in Congress right now. More importantly, we need to address our Revenue Structure and how it needs to change to meet our crushing debt before it crushes into bankruptcy.


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Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that the federal government has taken up every bit of spare available space in his state to house the tens of thousands of illegal children flooding over the U.S. border, leaving him with no rooms for Texans who might be left homeless in a natural disaster like a hurricane.
"Were we to have a major event, I literally would not have places to house our citizens because of this influx from Mexico," he warned at a media luncheon hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.
"I am greatly concerned about the huge catastrophe that could occur with those two events happening simultaneously," he said of the potential for a hurricane hitting as the federal government continues to embrace illegal youths instead of sending them home.
Federal authorities are housing the youths in hotels and even military bases while they search for relatives to turn them over to.
After Hurricane Katrina, he said, many homeless Texans needed housing, but now there isn't anything left as the next hurricane season begins.
Perry, considering another run for the presidency, said that he told the White House two years ago about the problem with young illegals crossing over the border but was ignored.
But now that it is a crisis, he said, they are playing catch-up. "They don't address something unless it becomes an absolute catastrophe," said Perry.
What's more, he blamed the administration for ignoring Central and South America over six years, a complaint heard by many diplomats from those countries.
Perry added that immigration reform cannot be addressed until the border is secured. But he said of President Obama, "this government is not committed to securing the border." And as a result, Perry added, "immigration reform is down the list of things to do."
Perry also slapped Obama's effort to curb global warming by cutting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. He said the science of climate change is still evolving, and added that the policy is a jobs killer.
What's more, he said that the administration should pay attention to bigger issues, especially national security and threats from countries like Iran. "Short term," he said, "I'm substantially more concerned about Iran changing the temperature of New York than I am some 50 years down the road that could be plagued by the environmental choices that are being made by in United States."
He confirmed that he is still looking at running for president again and promised that if he does, he will be more "prepared" than he was in his 2012 fumbled effort.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at email@example.com.


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Guess who is selling his fancy boat on Craigslist:
Originally posted during the work day on Metro Government time:
As if he doesn't have a major scandal or two to handle during the work day. Taking time to sell personal items on Craigslist. And you think he's taking his job seriously.
Note: While I have email proof he discussed the sale of his boat during working hours, I can't post it without compromising the identity of our sources.


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Servant-Working: Living life courageously.
Saying the memory verse together at suppertime will imprint it on the hearts of your children forever.
With God all things are possible.
The story of Gideon is another story in the book of Judges. Like Deborah Gideon lived in Israel in the time between Joshua's leadership of Israel and the time of the kings, beginning with King Saul. Gideon was another reluctant leader and warrior. Gideon's adventure with God began when an angel came to visit him. This is the first time Gideon asked for a sign that would confirm that he was truly hearing from God. As a sign the angel placed Gideon's offering on a rock and burned it up with a miraculous fire that flared from the rock. Then right before the battle Gideon asked for another sign, and then another. Only then was Gideon satisfied that he was to be a mighty warrior of God. God asked Gideon for a sign too, a sign of his trust in God's power to fight the battle with him. God asked him to fight the battle with just three hundred men whom God would select. But with these men and confidence in God's power, Gideon and his three hundred men defeated the Midianites and the Amalekites and their allies. (You can read the whole story in Judges 6 – 8.)
This is another story that illustrates the courage that trusting in God gives to God's people. Every Christian is called by God to live life courageously. Our battles are different than Gideon's, but our God is the same. It takes courage to persist in belief when tragedy strikes. It takes courage to believe when we are sick or afraid or hungry or depressed. But God does understand our human need for signs that he is with us. Keep your eyes and hearts open to what God is saying to you today. And then take heart and rejoice—all things are possible with God.
How well did you listen to the story?
Q. Who came to visit Gideon?
A. An angel of the Lord.
Q. Who were the enemies of the Israelites this time?
A. Amalekites and Midianites.
Q. What was the name of the enemies' god?
A. Baal.
Q. What did God call Gideon to do?
A. To fight and defeat Israel's enemies.
Q. How many soldiers did God allow Gideon to take with him into battle?
This question is meant to help the children develop a biblical understanding of God, who He is and what He does. The "answer" is not meant for parents to read to their children. Rather its purpose is to assist parents in guiding the conversation to this biblical understanding. We encourage you to use an open Bible in this conversation, building biblical literacy and well as a biblical theology.
Why do you think that God cut Gideon's army to only 300 men?
God wanted Gideon and Israel to see who really fought the battle. It wasn't Gideon, it wasn't the Israelites. It was God. Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 12: 10 that "when I am weak, then I am strong." When we are weak, we are strong because God can work in us and through us. Our testimony of faith is based on what God is doing not what I can do. In 1 Corinthians 1: 27 Paul writes that "God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." When we are weak, God can be seen more clearly, God shines through.


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Usually the first Saturday in April this low cost event gives anyone interested in trying out a track day on a road course a chance to check it out. They have groups ranging from expert (racer) to recreational (gear & track prep not required - people in this group range from Harleys to Goldwings to people just cruising the track). No info is posted yet as of the official date but should be up soon. Their website is: http://www.teamchicago.tv/home.htm
If anyone needs any info or has any questions let me know.


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Technology has totally reshaped the way we consume information. Facts and trivial knowledge are available at everybody's fingertips in an instant. What used to be the meat and potatoes of our daily learning experience has been broken down into tidbits. These delicate morsels of info are leisurely shoveled into our brain mouths at our own individually fickle becks and calls. People read blog entries like these to share experiences, not facts. Am I right? You could easily google the fact that Tomatina started in 1945 and the true origin story is unknown. Everybody's best guess places blame on Bunol youth retaliating against some kind of authority for being left out of some kind of parade. I won't bore you with trivia like 130 tons of tomatoes are grown in the small community of Extremadura specifically for use at La Tomatina. You could get that from Wikipedia. I'll miss you with yawn inducing tidbits like 20,000 people showed up for the festival in 2013 which is the first year there was a participation limit enacted. In years prior up to 40,000 people were in attendance. I will, however, tell you this….
Bunol is a small town of 9,000 people located about 38 km west of Spain's third largest city, Valencia. Bunol is a peculiarly unassuming town. The local people are warm and friendly. The landscape is pastorally idyllic, yet modern enough to be charming for all travelers. It appears as though with the exception of the week leading up to La Tomatina, absolutely no interest or effort is put into pushing the festival. This is a refreshing change of pace from American ideology. We will turn a town known for a specific niche into a 24-7 advertisement for the attraction (think Disney World in Orlando). I stepped off of my bus at approximately 9 am, still buzzing with excitement from the previous night's festival. The bus backed in to a designated spot on a sparsely vegetated plot of land about 100 ft. from Bunol's sole Renfe train stop. We watched briefly as a train slowed to a stop at the platform. I can only assume the throngs of passengers that exited the train were in town for Tomatina along with us. Even at our location almost a mile away from the center of town, the festivities were already buzzing. Vendors were weaving in and out of the unyielding mass of foot traffic offering goggles, food and beverages for sale. I was dressed from head to toe in white, with the exception of a red bandana tied around my neck. Attire perhaps more suited to dodge bulls in Pamplona, but an ode to Spanish tradition nonetheless. In instinctive unison, the entire building crowd slowly slinked its way towards the center of town. The slow walk gave me plenty of time to take in the scenery as we approached the square. Tree lined walking paths gave way to cobblestone streets flanked by white and beige buildings on either side. Some Spanish style villas with ornate tile roofs and some more utilitarian looking buildings that housed 5 story apartments and small family owned businesses. Many of the windows, balconies and edifices were already covered in tarps to protect the properties from tomato damage. I quickly whipped out my camera and pointed it at Rome. He rattled off a quick narration of the bustling scene as I captured footage of the people and atmosphere. By the time we arrived in the town square, storm clouds were building overhead. We came to a stop about 20 feet from a gung ho group of festival organizers with their own water cannons. We were about 100 feet away from the palo jabon. The palo jabon (loosely translated to greasy pole) is an event that ceremoniously signals the start of the tomato fight. Basically, a pole is greased from top to bottom and a ham is hung at its apex. Festival participants chosen by the Tomatina organizers take turns attempting to scale the pole and retrieve the ham. In the early years of La Tomatina, the festival would not begin until the ham was retrieved. Nowadays, the trucks start rolling in at 11 am, regardless of if the ham has been captured or not. In a frantic build up to the pending food fight, the crowd huddled tightly together, to chant, sing and cheer the palo jaboners up the pole. Shortly after 10, those ominous clouds opened up and it started drenching everything in sight. To add karmic insult to injury, the water cannon crew decided to open up full blast on the crowd! Within seconds I was drenched from head to toe. I could hear the water sloshing around in my shoes with every step I took. The revelers were resilient though. There was only a slight lull of disappointment in the rain before the crowd was cheering and dancing again. Rome and I put on our goggles and gasped to narrate the events at hand in between huge bursts of water. Before long, it had stopped raining and the energy of the festival shifted its attention to the svelte Spanish man ascending the palo jabon. He hugged the top of the pole with all his might and reached out with his left hand to pluck the ham from its tether. Everybody erupted in joy! The water cannons went crazy, soaking everything in sight. The people that lived in the apartments lining the street began dumping water on the crowd below (a welcome tradition after the tomato fight). Shortly after the ham was snared, a loud cannon went off and hordes of officials wearing bright green t shirts filled the street. They began corralling the herds of people as close to the buildings as they could possibly get to make room for the huge truck load of tomatoes that was making its way through. I'm sure this was particularly uncomfortable for the people closest to the buildings. They were more than likely smashed between brick walls and rows of people continuously being told to back up. Miraculously, enough room was made without anybody's foot being run over. The organizers began throwing tomatoes out of the bed of the truck. As the truck approached the center of the mass, it stopped completely. The back gate was lifted and the entire load of tomatoes was dumped on the ground. At that point, chaos ensued! The frenzied crowd, already soaked with rain and still being bombarded by water cannons, dove at the tomato mound placed before them. I grabbed two fistfuls of tomatoes, crushed them in my hands (as is the etiquette to prevent any serious injuries) and flung them wildly in the air. The crowd was literally so close to me that I could do nothing more than either toss the tomatoes airborne, or smash them on the head of the person closest to me. As the rain subsided and the temperature rose, things got steamy. The goggles that I was clinging onto dearly for eye protection were rendered useless. Between condensation and tomato skins, I could no longer see out of them. I lifted them off of my face and slowly but surely began to go to war. Before it was all said and done, 8 to 10 trucks rolled through the battle zone. Each one dropping its lycopene rich payload before driving off into the proverbial sunset. Every time ammo was dropped, I pounced fiendishly on the red fruits of chaos. As space was made, it became easier to crush and hurl bombs at specifically selected targets. The pretty girl that you saw in your hotel lobby, BOOM, right in the forehead. The guy that kinda looks like a Spanish version of the guy at work that you don't like, WHAM, right in the chin. As the trucks rolled in and the crowds got pushed to the side, I got separated from my brother, Rome. I sloshed through the ragu under my feet back towards the water cannons where I was hoping to find him. Rome was nestled under a small tree covered in tomato from head to toe. He was holding his camera high in the air, surveying the madness at hand. "Yo Dirty Ice", he said as he saw me approaching. His greeting served as a notice to the patrons in his immediate area that there was fresh meat in town. They instantly began pummeling my big bald head with tomatoes from every direction. I ducked and scooped up an arm full of tomatoes from the ground. I threw them in the air like LeBron James powdering his hands before a game. I don't even know if they hit anybody. I don't even know if the celebration is truly about hitting anybody. At precisely 12 noon we heard another cannon go off. At this point all tomato throwing ceased. For the first time, I was able to look around and survey the damage. Tomato juice and pulp flooded the ground shin deep at some low points in the road. The first thing that hit me was the shear amount of tomato in my vicinity. The second thing that hit me was the heat! Just as instinctively as the crowd descended into the pits of hell, we also instinctively migrated back towards the highlands from which we came. I felt like rigatoni noodle in a mobile baked ziti. The sun was baking the tomato to our skin and the acid was making everybody itch furiously. The crowd, ever so anxious to find a place to clean up, was pushy to say the least. At one point, I stopped walking and let the festival goers behind me literally push me along the walkway. My lower legs cut through the sea of tomato goulash like a speedboat.
Two things became blatantly obvious to me as we ascended the walkway back towards our respective conveyances. Number one, there is a reason these tomatoes were used for fights and nothing else. They tasted horrible! They were extremely acidic with a bitter note that lingered on my palate for hours. Number two, it was going to be extremely difficult for me to find a place to wash off. The local gentlemen made sure water hoses were readily available for all of the lovely ladies. They were not so eager to enter me in that same wet t-shirt contest though. I wonder why! I was fortunate enough to find a splash of water here and there. By the time I returned to my bus, I had rinsed all of the solid tomato pulp, skin and seeds off of my body. The white ensemble that I wore for the event was of course permanently stained pink. I found as much of a secluded corner as I could to remove my pink Tomatina gear and put on some clean clothes for the bus ride back to my hotel. On a humbling note, as I tossed away my soiled clothing away, it was immediately fished out by somebody that I can only assume was either more thrifty or less fortunate than I am. As I turned to walk back to my bus, the gentleman yelled out "Hey"! I turned around to face him and he held up one of the shoes that I threw in the dumpster just seconds before. "I can't wear this shit….it's too big", he said with a smile and a wink. I laughed and continued on my way to the bus. When I got back to my room, my eyes were bloodshot red from exposure to all the tomato juice. I was digging tomato bits and pieces out of every crevice on my body. I stood in the shower and watched the water run from ketchup red to finally clear after about 10 minutes. Overall, I can say it was a great experience that I will treasure forever. Can I say I would do it again…….no. I would participate in the festivals and fanfare that lead up to the event in a heartbeat. The province of Valencia is a wonderful place to visit. I could even see myself living there and being happy. I'm even down for another gargantuan food fight. Just not tomatoes…..please god anything but tomatoes.


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With the tweet now heard around the world, a Walpole woman was chosen to star in a Dunkin Donuts commercial as part of the Canton-based coffee company's new social media ad campaign.
After Meg Anchukaitis, a Walpole native, wrote 140 characters about how her favorite iced coffee helps her through long a capella practices, the songbird's tweet was picked by Dunkin Donuts to appear in their new #myDunkin campaign.
Debuting on Oct. 14, Anchukaitis' commercial features an a capella freestyle and plenty of coffee.
Anchukaitis, 20, said she relies on her medium hazelnut iced coffee with skim milk and sugar to get her through practices with New Hampshire's Plymouth State University all girls a capella group, Mixed Emotions. On Sept. 18, she tweeted: "Every a cappella rehearsal needs a dd iced coffee to get me through. #singinondunkin #dunkin #favcoffee."
At the time, she said she was not aware of the company's new ad campaign, but was contacted through a direct message soon thereafter.
"This was like the most bizarre but exciting thing that ever happened," Anchukaitis said about Dunkin Donuts contacting her for the commercial. "I tweet so often that I never thought something would have come from it that's so huge."
The purpose of the campaign is to continue with the America Runs on Dunkin slogan by sharing real customer reasons for drinking Dunkin coffee, the company said in a statement. Anchukaitis' commercial shows her fueling up at Dunkin before practice, then doing some freestyle singing with three friends in a PSU classroom.
"It was a blast," Anchukaitis said of the shoot. "[The producers] just asked us to freestyle a capella. We don't usually do that at rehearsal, we don't usually spend time freestyling. Luckily the four of us were pretty good at harmonizing with each other."
Filmed on the PSU campus and at a Plymouth, New Hampshire Dunkin Donuts, Achukaitis said having friends and familiar faces around was helpful during the long shooting process.
"You have to get every angle just to make sure you have some material you can use. It took up the entire day," she said "A couple of my friends also got to do it with me. It was so cool to share the experience with them."
The theater and communications double major said seeing the behind-the-scenes action of ads might help her in the future. So far, she said the best part of her involvement in the campaign has been the widespread reach of her commercial.
Like Anchukaitis' practices run on Dunkin, so does her social media presence.
She said she gained followers on her Twitter account from the commercial, many of whom have blindly reached out and congratulated her on the ad.
"I keep getting feedback from people I don't know. It's nice to hear that it's reaching out to people," she said. " I've never had an experience where I've reached out to people across the country. Twitter is what's making it really go."
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Excellent Location good service Jan 31, 2017
We had a total o 5 days at this hotel, 3 at the beginning of our China trip , and another two days at the end.
We paid 774 RMB including breakfast at the beginning, and 830 at the end, not including breakfast,I am not sure why the rate changed.
Anyway the hotel was very satisfactory ,clean, and the breakfast good.
We found the staff helpful, they booked us a flight from Guilin to Shanghai, and answered all our questions as best as they could .They allowed us to check in at 8am when we arrived straight off the plane, and the best thing was the location, right next to Chongwenmen subway station.
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Excellent Hotel in Great Location Apr 28, 2012
Centrally located hotel; Right across from the Chong Wen Men metro station in the Dongchen District. Within walking distance to Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City or just jump on the metro for 2 Yuan which will take you anywhere. Hotel is large and clean with a restaurant next to the lobby and several complimentary computers with internet access and the staff was friendly. I reserved a premier room on the 15th floor which included free breakfast in their concierge lounge; free happy hour with an elaborate spread of cheeses and finger sandwiches and a good selection of alcoholic beverages and free wifi which worked excellently. My room offered an excellent view of the city and was well stocked with supplies. The room had two levels; the first level had a bathroom, a mini bar, a closet, a sitting room with sofas, dining table and large screen TV. There was a winding staircase up to the 2nd level which also had a mini bar, closet, safe, king size bed with large screen TV, a computer desk and a bathroom with an electric toilet! Both levels had a large glsss wall which offered spectacular views of the city. I would definitely stay here again and would highly recommend to anyone as a great hotel with good location and at a reasonable price!
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I love this hotel. English speaking front desk staff. The location is just perfect. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and the Famous Wangfujing shopping district is just a short 15 minutes away. Also just across is a street full of shops, restaurants, eateries.. you name it... Perfect for business travellers and leisure travellers alike even with kids. Beds are clean and chambermaids are very efficient and respectful. I will surely stay here again on my next visit.
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In this series of after-death communications, 7 year-old boy, Gian, Bridgette's dogs, Man and Lady, and Bridgette are able to experience some spirit activity from her deceased son, Durell, and possibly, other son, Tim.
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"My friend, Leslie's 7 year-old son, Gian, spent a couple of nights with me. He knew my son, Durell, but not well. While my son was alive, he never payed him any attention. I used to wonder if Durell was jealous of my relationship with Gian."
"Gian was at Durell's funeral and understands that Durell died. I don't see Gian everyday or even every week, maybe once or twice a month, but he will ask me every time that I do see him, "Your baby died, huh?" I say, "Yes he did. He's with Jesus now."
"Tuesday and Wednesday was first time Gian had ever spent the night. He wanted all lights out to go to sleep. After turning them off and getting in bed he said, "Turn the light back on. I'm scared, I saw a light. Durell is here!" I didn't ask him about what he said because I had been trying to get him to sleep for a while. I don't remember asking him about it the next morning either. His mom came over to drop clothes off the next day and I told her what Gian said. He might have heard us, I don't know."
"When Leslie was leaving and while seeing her out, I felt something on my neck but didn't react; thinking just a hair. Then, it felt like a finger tickle on side on my neck. I kind of jumped and turned around, thinking it was Gian playing with me. Leslie heard this and asked me, "What?" So I told her about the tickle and that I thought if was Gian. To that, Leslie replied, "No problem, Durell!"
"Anyway, after she left Gian and I, we were on the patio watching it rain and I was fooling with my plants. Gian said, "BRIDGETTE! There is a man sitting in that chair!" When I turned around, I calmly said, "What did he look like?" He said, "Durell, in a light!" "Really? You're not just saying that?" "No!" Gian pointed, "He flew up to the roof (patio cover). I believed Gian at that moment because I didn't think he would have added to it, or pointed, or said anything about flying, had he not been telling the truth. I told Gian. "Yeah, I believe Durell comes to visit sometimes. I just wish I could see him."
"The next morning, I told Gian to go brush his teeth. Next I heard Gian shout, "Bridgette! Bridgette! Come see, hurry!" I went to the bathroom and the drain opener/closer handle was opening and closing by itself! Gian said, "Durell is doing that!" I ran to get my camera, but as soon as I got back, it stopped. We even tried filling the sink back up to see if it would do it again, but it it didn't."
"Later that afternoon, Gian and I were laying across the bed watching it rain from the bedroom window. Gian says, "Durell is playing with the light in the bathroom." "Why do you say that?" "I saw him in the mirror. He was in the hall and he was wearing a shirt, pants and a cap." I believe Gian on that too, because my dresser has three mirrors, where you can see part of the hall. You would be able to see the bathroom light, as well. Even more convincing, or should I say, confirming to me, was the fact that Gian mentioned Durell having a cap on. Durell ALWAYS wore a cap!"
"What's your opinion about this? I've heard kids and animals are able to see the paranormal that we "adults" cannot see. I KNOW my dog sees and watches things that I can't see. I even have a video of one of my dogs watching something that I can't see. I also have several videos of orbs. Do you know if that's a myth or a fact about kids and animals?"
Commentary- Children can see spirits more easily because… they don't know they can't yet! They have not been conditioned by what's possible and what's not possible in their world. When I was a small child, I saw spirits playing in my bedroom. Because it was so different from my regular reality, I didn't know what to make of it and ran scared into my mother's room, screaming, "I just saw some ghosts!" Trying to calm me, but really making matters worse; for I did see them, my mother said, "There are no such things as ghosts!" At that moment, I knew I was on my own.
Throughout the years, I've talked to many mothers who have told me about their child's imaginary playmates. Some parents won't allow it because it challenges something in them as adults. It brings up fear. "Is my child normal?" "Is this something I need to be worried about?" "How does this look to other people?" Whether they are actually seeing spirits or not, (they probably are) this usually passes with time. As long as there is no danger to the child, it's probably okay. It could even be an unborn sibling, or a spirit child who is lost and hasn't made it to the light. Or an angel.
Gian, just outright sees Durell. There's no question about it and in his mind, it's completely possible. Bridgette and Gian's mother, Leslie, also have open minds, which helps, as Gian is assisting healing for Bridgette by validating that Durell never left.
When children come into this world, they are innocent and pure; untainted by the drudgery and limitation that comes from living in a world of no possibility. I'm not saying that possibility does not exist, because it does for children, as well as adults who have not forgotten their own innocent and playful nature. You see, many people have simply lost the possibility they once enjoyed as a child through a soaring imagination, feeling limitless, unencumbered and unburdened by life and the innocence of trusting with childlike faith. You see… Possibility is magic. I believe a great man once said, "Unless you are as a child, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven." Could this also mean that, unless you are as a child, you will not be connected to the things of heaven while still on Earth? Children have possibility. They are tapped in. Wouldn't it be nice to not discourage that? Wouldn't it be nice to encourage that in ourselves? Think what would be possible.
To answer Bridgette's question about whether it's fact or fiction that animals can also see spirits. Yes, they can. Like children and sensitive adults, animals can also see spirits quite easily. It's just part of their intuitive nature. Animals have access to a broader spectrum of light and sound than humans, thus making their ability to perceive… amazing.
Bridgette is able to observe her dogs, Man and Lady, watch her two deceased sons, Tim and Durell. When she sees that they are alerted, she captures her sons' spirits on her camera as orbs flying around before her. It would seem that although Bridgette has been through a lot in her life, having had two sons murdered, she is as a child, trusting, believing and seeing. Now, because of this, Bridgette has a sure knowledge that her sons still exist.
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'Majestic and Wild' is a tempting call to get back to nature and explore God's wilderness. Through the stories of an explorer, be invigorated with the unique experience of watching the grandeur of nature in all its glory.
Pastor, author and avid outdoorsman Murray Pura blends together his exploration through the Rocky Mountains with spiritual life lessons, capturing the majestic and wild creation for everyone to discover. Inside readers will discover:
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Murray Pura was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and has traveled extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Ordained as a Baptist minister in 1986, Pura has served five churches in Canada and headlined numerous speaking engagements in Canada and the United States.
He has twelve books published, is a contributor to the Life With God Bible, has been a finalist for The Paraclete Fiction Award, the Dartmouth Book Award, the John Spencer Hill Literary Award, and The Kobzar Literary Award of Toronto. Murray has an MDiv from Acadia University and Baptist Divinity School and a ThM and DCS from Regent College (Vancouver). He lives by the Rocky Mountains near Calgary, Alberta.
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That'd be like saying Gotenks was SSJ4. I don't think Super Saiyan 5 exists in GT, but it's worth noting that SSJ Blue is the fifth Super Saiyan transformation we see in Super.Considering how much the Bruits Wave Generator amplified Vegeta's SS4 power, his SS4 form may as well be considered SS5 in all but name.
Bad comparison. SS3 didn't bring Gotenks to his natural limits. The bruits waves on the other hand brought Vegeta far beyond his.That'd be like saying Gotenks was SSJ4.
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Hi guys I have a question about the Java Nio socket api.
So I'm making a MMO game server and want to use Nio sockets on the server side so I don't have to create a thread for each client that connects. What I'm wondering is if it is fine to just use regular java.net sockets for the client instead of Nio for simplicity and since the client only needs one thread for receiving. I tested this and it worked fine but wanted some advice from someone more experienced using the Nio api.
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I created a limited function HTTP server using Selector. The chief advantage was that I did not have to create a thread to wait on inbound traffic from each open socket; the Selector handled that for me. It waits for activity on at least one socket and then "wakes up". This is very useful when dealing with long-lived connections with intermittent sends. Another application I worked on used non-blocking sockets with a polling loop. This is the Selector concept without the Selector, you handle testing the sockets yourself. If you are serious about your app, I suggest looking at SocketChannel, ServerSocketChannel, Selector, ThreadPoolExecutor, and non-blocking sockets. The learning curve is steep, but implementing is easy, once your figure out how all the parts work together.The Java Tutorial. Read it.
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