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August 29, 2007
La Tomatina, Spain, Aug
http://www.latomatina.com/
On the last Wednesday of August, at the peak of tomato season, the village of Bunol, Spain stages a tomato war.
For two hours, the otherwise sober citizenry happily pelt each other with ripe, red fruit and the streets turn into rivers of tomato juice.
Picture this. You spend the morning enjoying pitchers of Sangria, toasting friends and enjoying the warming Spanish sun. You're dressed in your whitest of whites. You make your way out to the city's central street. After several valiant attempts, some drunkard is able to climb the greased flagpole and remove a large ham from the top of it. That means it's GO TIME!
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August 27, 2007
Notting Hill Carnival, UK, Aug
http://www.nottinghillcarnival.biz/
Bank Holiday weekend
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401K account balance
http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement/article/103412/401ks-for-the-ages:-seeing-where-you-stand
Have you ever wondered how your 401(k) nest egg compares with those of coworkers or neighbors your age? Here's a sneak peek into what Americans have stashed away in their 401(k)'s and how they've invested their money, by age group.
The numbers come from an analysis of some 20 million participants in nearly 54,000 employer-sponsored 401(k) plans done by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the Investment Company Institute, as of the end of 2006.
Median Account Balance / Age
| Salary Range | 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s | 60s |
| $20,000-$40,000 | $6,719 | $22,839 | $58,957 | $76,788 | $64,147 |
| $40,000-$60,000 | $16,393 | $38,693 | $78,834 | $99,932 | $97,588 |
| $60,000-$80,000 | $39,383 | $71,897 | $132,531 | $163,935 | $160,051 |
| $80,000-$100,000 | $56,194 | $114,298 | $196,592 | $243,382 | $237,303 |
| More than $100,000 | $57,794 | $163,769 | $290,349 | $367,413 | $350,576 |
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