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Friday, Nov. 8
MTHDS rock the Snake
The MTHDS will play back-to-back shows at the Snake River Saloon in Keystone on Friday, Nov. 8, and Saturday, Nov. 9. Music That Heightens Different Senses combines the fury of punk, the street-wise soul of hip-hop and funk with an over-the-top bombastic roots party groove. The music is rock influenced by hip-hop, reggae and punk — like the Partridge family if the mom was Lauryn Hill and the kids were Jimi Hendrix, Common, Peter Tosh, Sid Vicious and Q-tip. Doors open at 4 p.m., and the music starts at 9:30. Call (970) 468-2788 for more information.
Launch your ski season in Breck
Celebrate the start of ski season in Breckenridge on Friday, Nov. 8, with lg.group and SoGnar at three20south. This also marks the official release of Breckenridge Brewery X Never Summer Colab Beer "Imperial Express" in Summit County. The show features live performances from Raw Russ (https://soundcloud.com/raw-russ), WUKI (https://soundcloud.com/iamwuki), Cobraconda (https://soundcloud.com/cobraconda) and ThuMpeR. There will also be a twerk contest hosted by Cobraconda. Doors open at 9 p.m., and there's a $10 cover. Visit http://www.three20south.com for more information.
Free music at Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain will host a free live concert with The Swon Brothers from NBC's "The Voice" on Friday, Nov. 8, as part of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team announcement event. The Swon Brothers spent years performing and recording music on their own label, which have been well-received among their ever-growing fan base. Songs like the irresistibly catchy "Oklahoma Lovin'" and the bluesy, soulful "This Close To Gone," show their ability to write gripping lyrics that resonate with audiences from young to old. Their strong brotherly bond is undeniable in their everyday life as well as their performances, as they good-naturedly rib and tease each other onstage and trade off on tunes. The free show starts at 5 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.coppercolorado.com.
Saturday, Nov. 9
Metal favorites invade Frisco
Speak of the Devil with Crux will bring down the house with a free show at The Barkley Ballroom in Frisco on Saturday, Nov. 9. Speak of the Devil is the premier metal band playing Metallica, Black Sabbath and other head-banging, mosh pit-inducing favorites. Crux is Jason Nix on lead guitar and vocals, Kendrick Flor on drums and vocals and Ryan Nagle on bass, vocals and production and lists Tool, A Perfect Circle and Metallica among its influences. The show starts at 9 p.m. Visit http://www.barkleyballroom.com for more information.
Salem plays CAIC benefit
Hometown band Salem will play the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge on Saturday, Nov. 9, as part of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center fundraiser. Salem performs Todd Anders Johnson's socially conscious compositions blending funk, hip-hop and electronica. The band has played many competitive snowsports events, including the 48 Straight King of the Mountain in Sun Valley, the US Freeskiing Open, The US Snowboarding Grand Prix, Breckenridge Spring Massive, Keystone River Run Rocks and the North Face Masters of Snowboarding. General admission to the benefit is $35, and the event starts at 5 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.friendsofcaic.org.
Sunday, Nov. 10
Booty Band brings funk to The Goat
Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band will play The Goat Tavern in Keystone on Sunday, Nov. 10. Booty Band is a funkadelic five-piece featuring smokin' horns, a keytar slinging babe-a-licious brunette and old school funk rhythms. They've shared the stage with the likes of George Clinton's PFunk, New Mastersounds, DJ leSpam, Pimps of the Joytime, Galactic, Spoonfed Tribe, Monophonics and Jimkata! and are regular favorites at festivals and venues across the country. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show starts at 9:30. Tickets for the 21 and older show are $6. For more information, visit http://www.thegoattavern.com.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Bluegrass hog heaven at The Barkley
The Barkley Ballroom will host Hog Magundy on Wednesday, Nov. 13, continuing its Bluegrass Wednesdays series. Hog Magundy's passion for bluegrass and jam music shines as they bring a new kind of foot-stomping-good-timey grass music. Their shows are a mix of unique originals and covers from across the musical spectrum that will be sure to get the dance party started. Doors open at 9 p.m., and the free show starts at 9:30. Visit http://www.barkleyballroom.com for more information.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT women's tennis team won their ninth straight game on Wednesday afternoon by beating the Brandeis Judges 6-3. Despite a loss by its first doubles team, MIT was too much for the Judges at DuPont tennis courts in a marathon match that took six and a half hours to finish.
Lauren Quisenberry and Candace Wu suffered their first loss together in their nine matches at first doubles, losing to Faith Broderick and Rachel Rosman by an 8-3 score. They would each get revenge in singles play as Quisenberry took care of Rosman 6-2, 6-3, while Wu easily handled Broderick by matching 6-1 sets.
Julia Hsu was taken to three sets by Mackenzie Gallegos but was able to emerge with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory. Her doubles partner Bianca Dumitrascu was not as lucky, falling by a pair of 6-2 scores to Allyson Bernstein. Dumitrascu and Hsu had already paired to beat Gallegos and Nina Levine 8-4 at second doubles. Levine was able to beat Melissa Diskin at sixth singles, but Katie O'Neal, who had paired with Diskin for an 8-5 win at third doubles, was also able to grab a point at fifth singles. O'Neal beat Alexa Katz in three sets, 7-6, 2-6, 10-7.
MIT improves to 14-4 on the season and will prepare to host Simmons College at 1:00 PM on Saturday. Brandeis falls to 10-7 on the season. They will travel to Washington University in St. Louis this weekend for the UAA Championships, which begins with a Friday meeting with Carnegie Mellon.


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This has been the summer of some very huge blockbusters, many of which were films with comic book origins. Who would have imagined that in 2008 we would see an Iron Man, Hulk and Batman movie all in the same summer.
Here, I break down for you what I think are the top 5 greatest comic book movie adaptations. I'm sure that some of you might argue that the Superman (1978) should have been on the list or that X2 should have made the cut. This is just one man's opinions.
1) The Dark Knight (2008)
If you didn't like this movie then you have to either be blind, deaf or both blind and deaf. The Dark Knight is now the movie that all other comic book movies will be compared to. Christopher Nolan was a brilliant choice for director, and the best choice to progress from the previously campier incarnations in the Batman franchise. But let's not kid ourselves here, Heath Ledger stole the show and churned out the best performance. He was the Joker that we have been waiting for. Forget Jack Nicholson, Jack's Joker has got nothing on Heath's Joker.
2) Iron Man (2008)
If not for The Dark Knight, Iron Man would have gone down as the best summer 2008 movie. It was everything a comic book movie should be, action packed and filled with smart humor. Robert Downey Jr. portrayed billionaire arms dealer and playboy, Tony Stark, to the tee. Having fought his own demons in real life, Downey was a sure bet for the role. He brought a level of authenticity to the character that I don't think audiences have seen before in a comic book film.
3) Sin City (2005)
Directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, Sin City not only broke tradition by having duel directors but by being the first comic book movie (or simply movie for that matter) in recent memory to be shown [mostly] in black and white. Casting was another strong point for Sin City, Bruce Willis as Hartigan made complete sense and having Mickey Rourke as Marv was equivalent to the comic character stepping right out of the pages of the comic book. Much like 300, Sin City stuck to its comic book origins and looked and felt like the graphic novel it was based on.
4) 300 (2006)
More so than any other comic book film, 300 has to be considered the one that stayed most true to its comic origins. I'd say using the actual graphic novel as the storyboards worked out just fine. By filming entirely in green screen, the filmmakers were able to create sceneries that were epic and grandeouos in scale. Extra kudos to the cast for killing themselves in order to achieve the 300 look and feel.
5) Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 2 is in my opinion the best out of the three films in the Spider-Man franchise. Sam Raimi mixed in the right amount of humor to compliment the web-slinging action. The scene where Peter sings-a-long to Singing In The Rain was such a scene stealer. Doc Ock made for a fantastic villain, and one that the audience could actually sort of feel for. I did not really care for Willem Dafoe but Alfred Molina made for the perfect Otto Octavious.Â
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It seems to me that Senators and Congresspeople must be trained in the dubious art of ignoring wisdom ... because if they could listen to what Dr. Tyson says here and NOT be moved and motivated into action, then I have to wonder what it is that moves them at all.
Dr. Tyson has a lust for knowledge and learning which is both enlivening and infectious, even in the dry atmosphere of a Senate committee meeting, and I would love to join him in recapturing the excitement and sense of discovery which were the early days of NASA, because that IS where the future lies.
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Thank you for posting this video Loren. I swear every time Neil opens his mouth, wisdom and common sense just falls out.
It is scary to think that we waste so much money on the research and technology of things like 'pink slime' and how to extract and rape fossil fuels from the earth, or to make snuggies or diet cola and yet we want to do away with the space program which is ultimately our future.
It is sad that the only motivation to 'go to the moon' is for war and greed and not for the experience and learning.
I am so tired on the ignorance here on Earth.
There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
-- Robert F. Kennedy
Maybe that's it. Maybe the malaise of the day-to-day has so stultified the thinking of our politicians that they've forgotten how to dream. Certainly, as Pat suggests, they seem to dream more about money and another term in office more than anything else.
Maybe Dr. Tyson needed to put the current situation in terms of a war of a different sort, or at least certainly a competition. The playing field now is far more level than it was 50 years ago; technology has spread across a large portion of this planet, and those who value the advantage technology brings, like China and India, are milking that advantage to its utmost, while America sits back on rusty laurels.
What if, rather than speaking to an ill-attended committee, Tyson spoke to a joint session of Congress, at the invitation of the president. What if he gave the same talk in that session, but with more of a firebrand attitude and, please pardon the expression, a bit of pulpit-pounding thrown in. What if the numbers could be crunched, impact on the economy, unemployment, job growth and so on could be figured in and presented as a credible program, not just for the benefit of the US space program, but for that of the US as a whole. What if we had a 21st-century equivalent of John F. Kennedy's speech which propelled us to the moon half a century ago, delivered by a man who has the expertise, the credibility and the passion for the matter, could make it clear the imperative and the penalty for falling behind (which we are these days).
Do you suppose it would sell ... or have we become too lazy, jaded and jaundiced to take the lead again? To be honest, that question and its potential answer scare the crap outta me.
What is not to love about this man? Our congress is full of idiots and opportunists.
Science over Snuggies!
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Sadly, the way politics run, brilliant minds are opted out under the greed for power and money. Bullies aren't just in the schools. :/ (I'd love to see someone with his brilliance run for office! Can you imagine? Oh well. Guess we're stuck with Mad Men.)
I've listened to this man talk about NASA and the lack of support for scientific efforts many times. He's so passionate about it and he's completely right! The weaving of religion into our politics is to blame for that. Science says religion is wrong and we have proof. If the theocrats have the laws on their side, then we're screwed no matter what evidence there is. America, with a theocratic government, will fail because they refuse to see reality. We used to be the leaders in science and now there are several countries passing us by on innovations that change the world because they embrace truth instead of hanging on to myths that hold back the progress of civilization as we know it. Theocrats would rather poison children with lies and condition them to ignore their observations of the world around them because the bible already has all the answers, giving rise to the next generation of deniers.
Tyson has such an elegant way of speaking and, I agree, Loren, that his passion is infectious! I adore listening to him talk about anything! He's all about simple answers and putting things in "plain English". I love when he goes to shows for interviews and points out things that are wrong. For example, he told Jon Stewart that his Earth was spinning the wrong way or when he told Conan O'Brian that his Moon was too big, facing the wrong way, and was in the wrong part of the sky. He doesn't do that because he likes to correct people. I think he does that because he wants to make sure people have correct information. He knows a lot and he likes sharing it. I agree with Pat that it's very sad and disappointing to see so few people there to hear what he has to say. If they would only listen...
The kind of "American exceptionalism" in evidence THESE days is nothing I would boast about!
And if some redneck congressman wants to get bent out of shape about something as superficial as skin color, the next time they want to come over for dinner, I'll serve them a recording of the steak sizzling ... while I eat the steak.
Late 1950s - scientists who developed atomic energy, "formally trained to explore".
When a nation allows itself to dream big, John Glenn's beginning space journey.
Promise of wealth, "motivates" as well as war.
Cultural shifts, broke, jobs going over seas, collective consequence of absence of dreams.
Epic dreams plant seeds of exploration, innovation ...
Transform the nation, reclaim dreaming ...
Tyson's magnificent voice, his enthusiasm, his train of thinking just gets my blood pumping and my mind revving.
Thank you, Nontheist Central, for pointing a reality that other posters here don't see: theocracy and its need for an ignorant America. Repubs in Congress fear the theocrats whose votes they need, and they "whore themselves" to get those votes.
Dems, who also "whore themselves" to get votes, support science more but we who know how important science is need more than an enthused Dr. Tyson.
A challenge to the folks here: What, besides Dr. Tyson, will persuade Congresscritters to vote the necessary money?
If they don't want to be persuaded, Tom, not even the august Dr. Tyson could bring them to recognize the facts on the ground ... because THAT is what it takes: a clear-eyed, untainted understanding of the situation as it is and that inaction will swiftly relegate the US to second-class status, if not worse.
Facts talk. Bullshit walks. I don't see that truism as being subject to change.
I'd have to totally agree with that. Even if they were there, they don't understand things well enough, so they sit there, mentally rolling their eyes and waiting just so they can vote no. It's the lack of a grip on reality that is to blame here. There is no logical reason to ignore evidence and statistics unless you already have it in your head that you have the answers. Only believers would be so bold...
I'm very impressed with what Neil deGrasse Tyson says here, but not very hopeful that it will get through to the politicians.
Sadly, that seems to be the general consensus here ... and I sometimes wonder if any amount of ass-kicking by the secular community would wake those fuckers up.
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All she needs is a good defense, because she's accused of being a criminal.
Singer Fiona Apple, who found success with her 1997 hit "Criminal," was arrested Wednesday in Texas for hashish possession, a jail official told NBC's TODAY.
Apple was arrested around 10 p.m. local time after a Border Patrol drug-sniffing dog found 0.010 pounds of marijuana on her tour bus, a statement from the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office said.
Apple "freely admitted that the controlled substances belong to her," the statement added, indicating that she posted a $10,000 bond and was released Thursday morning.
A spokesman for the sheriff's office said marijuana possession in small amounts is a misdemeanor, but hashish possession in any quantity is a felony in Texas.
Apple had to postpone a concert in Austin that was previously scheduled for Thursday on account of the arrest.
Apple is touring on support of her acclaimed album "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do."
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To us, actually, the wife and me.
Tally tells the tale: Msaker's wearing 4 pieces of Deadly Gladiator's and 2 Wintergrasp pieces. Honorus is wearing 4 pieces of Deadly and 3 Wintergrasp pieces. Greenclaw is wearing 3 pieces of Deadly and 1 Wintergrasp piece. Arcarius is joining the fray and is wearing 1 piece of Deadly. The lovely wife's Droonda is wearing 3 pieces of Deadly and 1 Wintergrasp piece. (If Horde ever manage a win, ever, she can visit the vendor and pick up her 2nd Wintergrasp piece. Horde, however, never win.)
And given Horde never, ever, win in Wintergrasp (not until Tenacity is 100 and Blizzard ports all Alliance out of Wintergrasp and dumps them in Swamp of Sorrow to lessen defense of the fortress) it's kind of a free-for-all easy place to earn a little honor, earn a few shards, and some marks, and the wife and I are going take advantage and gear our Alliance toons up a bit before the next expansion.
I mean, I thought crafted was as good as it gets for the casual. Heck no. Crafting at the iLevel 200 level was a waste (except for the weapons). In an initial set of iLevel 187 crafted gear available at level 78 (i.e. Savage Saronite, Overcast, Eviscerator's, etc.) you'll be able to acquire a lot of the iLevel 213 set before you reach 80 just pvping I'm sure. Those crafted epics just aren't worth the effort. (As it turns out.) Tournament (or other dailies) for the cash. PvP for the gear.
One thing though: There are no weapons available in PvP unless you accumulate Arena Points. (And if there's stuff available for badges, why? since if you've got badges you can have your instance weapons.) So a Blacksmith who can provide spellpower maces and daggers, and bonecrushing maces one- and two-handed, is required. Well, that's not entirely true either. You can acquire weapons nearly the equivalent of the Titansteel ones at the Tournament. 25 Seals gets you weapons that compare.
I've been doing this prior to every expansion. At the tail end of the current expansion's content, basically leveled to the end-level, and not raiding, I PvP. Msaker had the full set of Level 60 PvP gear. He had a few pieces of the Level 70 gear. He's fairly close to have another full set of the Level 80 gear. (That's to say "Full set for this casual player.") And I'm going to say this gear accrual has never been easier. If you're Horde on Kirin Tor, come to Wintergrasp. Do it now. If you're Alliance on Kirin Tor… "Ooh, look. Ice Crown. Shinies. Go there. Wintergrasp will be fine. Honest."


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Park Güell is like something out of a fairy tale. It's a strange place, peculiar, even dreamlike, but it's certainly beautiful. A walk through this park awakens even the least active imagination. The weird shapes and daring colour combinations, mingling with the plants, create a different world that visitors find irresistibly attractive.
The architect's passion for natural shapes can be seen in every area. Gaudí wanted human creation in these woods to become an integral part of the landscape and complement it. Without doubt, he achieved just this. Snails, mushrooms, leaves, tree-trunks and elephants are constant leitmotifs in the mosaics and architectural shapes. Even the chimney-top on the caretaker's house has an inverted mushroom shape.
Like few others, Gaudí represents the idea of the artist ahead of his time, misunderstood when he was alive. It was largely thanks to a powerful industrialist, the visionary art-lover Count Eusebi Güell, that Gaudí was able to create what his restless mind thought up. The original idea behind Park Güell began in 1900 when Eusebi Güell bought a plot of land on the side of Carmel mountain, which at that time was on the outskirts of Barcelona, to create an estate to be designed by Gaudí. The idea was to imitate the English garden city concept (hence the name Park), by creating a few dozen homes in an idyllic setting for wealthy people who wanted to move out of the crowded and unhealthy city. Three kilometres of paths, a square, steps, the concierge pavilion and even a show home were built to convince possible clients. After fourteen years the project was declared a commercial failure and abandoned. Eusebi Güell died in his house in Park Güell, and his heirs offered the park to the City Council, which bought it in 1922 and opened it as a municipal park in 1926.
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At the entrance to the park we come across a curious house which is the first sign we are entering a fairytale world. It was the concierges' house and is now the visitors' welcome centre. From there, steps lead up to the park, with one of the symbols of Park Güell and Barcelona: the famous multicoloured dragon, covered in colourful tile fragments. This typical technique in Gaudí's work can be seen throughout the park. It is known as trencadís and uses irregular tile pieces and other materials to cover objects. The pieces came from tiles broken for the purpose and waste from other buildings. Much of the trencadís covering was the work of Josep Maria Jujol, Gaudí's assistant and outstanding disciple.
At the top of the steps, the Hypostyle room is a stone forest of 86 columns, originally designed to be the market where owners could shop without having to head into the city. Just above is the large square, with marvellous views out over Barcelona. The entire border of the square is marked out by a snaking bench covered in trencadís. The bench is not the only wavy line: all the paths through the park are winding, and the porches and raised walkways undulate, imitating the lines of nature.
Gaudí himself came to live in the show home in 1906 with his father and his niece, and lived there until 1926, when he moved to the basement of his masterpiece: the Sagrada Familia. The house is now the Gaudí Museum, which displays furniture created by him, models, drawings and other curious personal objects.
When Gaudí gained his architecture degree, Elies Rogent, head of the Barcelona School of Architecture, said: "Whether we have given a degree to a madman or a genius only time will tell." Undoubtedly, time has opted for the second choice and Güell Park, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984, is proof of this.
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If you think Madonna's obsession with boy toys is getting a little strange now that she's 52, the Material Girl's own brother agrees with you.
Christopher Ciccone told Radaronline his famous sister's string of half-her-age paramours since her breakup with filmmaker Guy Ritchie is dowright weird. Ciccone, who has been estranged from Madonna since he wrote a tell-all book, "Life With My Sister Madonna" three years ago, noted her current and last beau were less than half her age.
"I guess if she continues to date all these much younger guys, it could start to look creepy," Christopher tells RadarOnline.com.
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Ciccone said he figures his sister likes 'em young because she's not really looking for a soul mate.
"I think that a lot of Madonna's emotional needs are met by taking care of her children; these boyfriends must really be like a kind of distraction for her," he said. "She certainly isn't following societal values, but then again my sister never has and probably never will either."
Ciccone, who once helped run his sister's career, has started his own music management firm called The Ciccone Factory. He said he is hoping to get a reality show on which he could spotlight new stars he discovers.
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Rep. Millie Hamner (D-Dillon) has secured $5 million to go toward the cost of a $20 million fire suppression system for the Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel.
Lawmakers in the state House passed a bill setting aside money for the system on a 47-15 vote Tuesday.
"This bill will help minimize the vulnerability of the tunnels and the impacts from fuel tanker accidents," Hamner stated in a release. "This will ensure public safety and protect the tunnels that are valuable assets to Colorado."
The legislation creates a new cash fund for fees, fines and settlements to clean up sites across the site, but also secures funding for the tunnel suppression system, which transportation officials say is crucial to the security of the facility.
The Colorado Department of Transportation will be responsible for coming up with the remaining $15 million for the project.
The system would help keep temperatures under control if a fire were to ignite inside the tunnel, allowing emergency crews to get close enough to fight the blaze.
It currently takes tunnel crews 8-10 minutes to respond to an emergency within the structure. In about the same amount of time, under the right circumstances, a fire inside the tunnel can get so hot that firefighters can't get close enough to handle it. Meanwhile, help from Clear Creek or Summit County fire departments is at least 15-20 minutes away.
"If something happens that we can't get to that response time, we may not be able to fight that fire because the heat is so great we can't get to it," CDOT region 1 director Tony DeVito said of the project last year. "We're not trying to design this so it puts out the fire. It tires to keep heat to the point that it buys us time."
It is not yet determined where the remainder of the funding will come from or when the system might be installed.
"The $5 million is just a start," CDOT spokesman Bob Wilson said. "We'll go from there."
A serious fire could put lives inside the tunnel in danger and potentially shut down I-70, a highway that is crucial both to Colorado's tourism industry and to east-to-west travel across the U.S.
Hamner's legislation – House Bill 1252 co-sponsored by Ray Scott (R-Grand Junction) – will have to clear the state Senate and garner Gov. John Hickenlooper's approval for the funding to come through.
The fund created by the bill will also help clean up petroleum contamination at abandoned and former gas stations, which officials say will help reduce the risk of contamination for groundwater, and will help the areas be redeveloped for future use.
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The 1980's was a special time in my life. It was another phase in my development in loving film. That decade saw many films starring kids and teens in coming-of-age tales both comedic, thrilling, dramatic and poignant. While there were many filmmakers who delved into this genre it was Steve Spielberg who mined it to great effect culminating in his classic boy-meets-alien film, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. It's been almost 30 years since the release of that film and now comes a filmmaker who seem to have grown up idolizing and loving Spielberg films of that era. The year is now 2011 and J.J. Abrams is that filmmaker who dared to pay homage to those very same coming-of-age Spielberg films of the 80's with his very own simply titled Super 8.
From the very moment the film begins there's a sense of wonderment as we, the audience, meet young kids who become the central characters of Super 8. The film takes place in the early days of 1979 in the town of Lillian, Ohio as Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney) tries to cope with the death of his mother. His friends keep him busy and dwelling on this tragedy through the Super 8 film they're making in their spare time after school. These early scenes we begin to see the dynamics of the group as Joe acts as the calming influence on the group's filmmaker, Charles (Riley Griffiths), the neurotic actor in Martin (Gabriel Basso) and the group's stuntman/special effects tech in Carey (Ryan Lee). They all meet up at an old train depot where they plan to shoot scenes for their Super 8 zombie film. Into this eclectic group of kids comes in Alice (Elle Fanning) to play the wife to Martin's detective character in their film.
It's the scenes between the kids which lifts Super 8 from just being a nostalgic film to one that's charming and magical. These scenes captures the creativity and youthful energy kids have always had no matter the era and place. These kids don't act like stereotypes of what Hollywood thinks kids in films should act. There's still little of the cynical teen dialogue that films nowadays give kids to say to make them seem more mature and worldly. There's a sense of innocence in how these kids interact with each other. Some have called these scenes as being too on-the-nose nostalgic of Spielberg films of the 80's. What some might call nostalgic I prefer to call as timeless. I still remember myself behaving with my childhood friends the way these kids did in this film
If Super 8 had just been about these group of kids trying to finish their Super 8 zombie film I conjunction with the dysfunction in the two main leads in Joe and Alice's home life then Abrams film would've been the instant classic some have dubbed it. There's only one problem with this and that's the last half hour of the film and the scenes leading up to that involving the train derailment and the arrival of the U.S. Air Force to clean things up. The film begins to take on a split personality as these new elements get introduce to what has been a great coming-of-age story.
It's these new elements and the final half hour which shows Abrams trying to combine a sweet story of kids and their lives growing up in small-town with an otherworldy and conspiracy tale that seem to come out of left field. By the time the final act of Super 8 arrives it becomes a different film altogether and the transition doesn't work as well as the filmmakers might have hoped it would. Sure, this final reel has the thrills, explosions and danger, but the tonal shift in the story became so jarring that I had wished that Abrams just made two films instead of one. One film being the coming-of-age story and the other a thrilling sci-fi film.
Despite this I still enjoyed the film and I definitely loved the first two-thirds. The performances by Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning as Joe and Alice became the focal point for the story's emotional foundation. Elle Fanning's performance as Alice was one of the best things about Super 8. She nails every scene where she has to show extreme ranges of emotions but at the same time not try to oversell them. There's a scene in the middle of the film where she begins to recount a personal detail as Joe sits behind her listening. Emotions begin to overwhelm her, but as kids moving towards teenhood are wont to do she tries to hold back the tears just waiting to flow freely and the sobs wanting to escapes. I wouldn't be surprised if this scene alone had more than a couple people in the audience remembering similar events in their lives and just sobbing along with Alice.
Super 8 has been advertised as this mysterious film that may or may not have aliens but does pay homage to Spielberg and kid films of the 80's. Abrams' film definitely delivers on the thrills in the end, but it could've been so much more if it just stayed on course with just being about the kids and their magical time together making an amateur Super 8 zombie film in 1979. That would've been a film that deserved labels of instant classic.
All in all, Super 8 comes across as one of the more entertaining and magical films of the summer of 2011 if not the entire year. Make sure to stick around as the end credits roll to see the fruits of the kids labor titled simply as "The Case".


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Head and Neck Cancer Overview
Cancers of the head and neck account for 3 percent of all malignancies in the United States.1 According to Cancer Facts & Figures 2012, there were an estimated 80,500 new cases of head and neck cancers diagnosed in the United States. Head and neck cancer deaths totaled 15,700 in 2012.
Most head and neck cancers begin in the cells that line the mucosal surfaces in the head and neck area, e.g., mouth, nose, and throat. Mucosal surfaces are moist tissues lining hollow organs and cavities of the body open to the environment. Normal mucosal cells look like scales (squamous) under the microscope, so head and neck cancers are often referred to as squamous cell carcinomas. Some head and neck cancers begin in other types of cells. For example, cancers that begin in glandular cells are called adenocarcinomas.
Cancers of the head and neck are further identified by the area in which they begin:
Oral cavity: The oral cavity includes the lips, the front two-thirds of the tongue, the gingiva (gums), the buccal mucosa (lining inside the cheeks and lips), the floor (bottom) of the mouth under the tongue, the hard palate (bony top of the mouth), and the small area behind the wisdom teeth.
Salivary glands: The salivary glands produce saliva, the fluid that keeps mucosal surfaces in the mouth and throat moist. There are many salivary glands; the major ones are in the floor of the mouth, and near the jawbone.
Paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity: The paranasal sinuses are small hollow spaces in the bones of the head surrounding the nose. The nasal cavity is the hollow space inside the nose.
Pharynx: The pharynx is a hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and leads to the esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach) and the trachea (the tube that goes to the lungs). The pharynx has three parts:
Nasopharynx: The nasopharynx, the upper part of the pharynx, is behind the nose.
Oropharynx: The oropharynx is the middle part of the pharynx. The oropharynx includes the soft palate (the back of the mouth), the base of the tongue, and the tonsils.
Hypopharynx: The hypopharynx is the lower part of the pharynx.
Larynx: The larynx, also called the voicebox, is a short passageway formed by cartilage just below the pharynx in the neck. The larynx contains the vocal cords. It also has a small piece of tissue, called the epiglottis, which moves to cover the larynx to prevent food from entering the air passages.
Lymph nodes in the upper part of the neck: Sometimes, squamous cancer cells are found in the lymph nodes of the upper neck when there is no evidence of cancer in other parts of the head and neck. When this happens, the cancer is called metastatic squamous neck cancer with unknown (occult) primary.
Other locations: Cancers of the brain, eye, and thyroid as well as those of the scalp, skin, muscles, and bones of the head and neck are not usually grouped with cancers of the head and neck.
Patients with head and neck cancers are best treated by a team of specialists. The specialists vary, depending on the location and extent of the cancer. The medical team may include oral surgeons; ear, nose, and throat surgeons (also called otolaryngologists); pathologists; medical oncologists; radiation oncologists; prosthodontists; dentists; plastic surgeons; dietitians; social workers; nurses; physical therapists; and speech-language pathologists (sometimes called speech therapists).
1National Cancer Institute – A Snapshot of Head and Neck Cancer, October 2012
National Cancer Institute – Head and Neck Cancer: Questions and Answers
More articles about Head and Neck Cancer
- HPV Can Cause Head and Neck Cancer – What You Should Know
- Risk Factors for Head and Neck Cancer
- Diagnosing Head and Neck Cancer: Tests and Staging
- Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer
- Swallowing Problems
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Ice dancers, Drew Carey on ABC's 'Dancing'
Olympic ice dancing gold medalists Charlie White and Meryl Davis will try a less slick surface and new partners as contestants in the next edition of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."
ABC said Tuesday that game show host Drew Carey, actor Billy Dee Williams and long distance swimmer Diana Nyad will also be on the show, which begins a new season on March 17.
Other celebrity contestants include former pro hockey player Sean Avery, "Full House" actress Candace Cameron Bure, "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes, James Maslow of the TV show and music group Big Time Rush, actress Danica McKellar of "The Wonder Years" and "The West Wing," Paralympic athlete Amy Purdy and pop star Cody Simpson.
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23-Aug-2001 -- The year 10 Aviation students at Narrogin Senior High School have located this confluence by air using satelite navigation techniques. The position is only 6 nautical miles from the Narrogin Airport. I asked the owner could I also photograph the position from the ground which he agreed to although he did say that I was the 3rd visitor to photograph this confluence.
The photograph is taken looking Northwest towards the confluence point and shows the result of the recent rains on this wheatbelt country. The rams in the photograph are lying about 11 metres in front of the confluence point and were not concerned with my presence. This property is a very old property with a magnificent old turn of the century house with ball room included. What a place to live!


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The 2011 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology fall Hill Day hosted nine investigators who live or work in the districts of representatives from the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, which allocates funding for the National Institutes of Health. The invited researchers, along with eight members of the Public Affairs Advisory Committee, met with more than 40 congressional offices to advocate for biomedical research.
Gerald Shadel Yale University School of Medicine Gerald Shadel's research focuses on mechanisms that govern expression and maintenance of mitochondrial DNA, the requisite signaling pathways involved in regulating these processes, and how associated defects are involved in human disease and aging.
Malcolm Snead University of Southern California Malcolm Snead studies the control of biomineralization using structural biology approaches and interventional changes in gene structure via modifying the mouse genome.
Mark Quinn Montana State University Mark Quinn's research is focused on understanding microbicidal mechanisms utilized by innate immune cells in defense of the host against pathogens, specifically investigating the molecular and biochemical basis of phagocyte oxygen radical production as well as the role of phagocyte-generated oxidants in the tissue damage associated with inflammatory diseases in humans and livestock.
Kathleen Collins University of California, Berkeley Kathleen Collins studies functional complexes of RNA and proteins to understand their distinct assembly requirements and their innovations of activity. Much of the lab effort is focused on telomerase, an enzyme required for chromosome end maintenance and implicated in human disease.
Wayne Frasch Arizona State University Wayne Frasch studies ATP synthetase, the enzyme required by virtually every living organism to catalyze the conversion of energy from food or light into ATP.
Laszlo Prokai University of North Texas Health Science Center Laszlo Prokai uses mass spectrometry to identify novel proteins associated with aging and neurodegeneration. His broad interests are biological phenomena that can be explained with, elucidated through and made useful by the principles of chemistry.
Bernard Roizman University of Chicago Bernard Roizman studies the mechanism through which the herpes virus infects a cell.
Xian Luo Loma Linda University Xian Luo's focus is on cellular and molecular mechanisms of radiotherapy-induced normal tissue reactions.
Michal Laniado-Schwartzman New York Medical College Michal Laniado-Schwartzman's research consists of two projects focused on the role of lipid autacoids, more specifically, cytochrome-P450-derived eicosanoids, in the regulation of inflammation and vascular function in the areas of the cardiovascular system and vision.
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Richard EckertUniversity of Maryland
Mark LivelyWake Forest University
Bettie Sue MastersUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Lee GehrkeHarvard University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John KyriakisTufts Medical Center
William MerrickCase Western University
Ronald BachMinneapolis VA Medical Center
"I had an amazing day visiting with my congressional representatives … I was amazed at the process and how willing every office was to listen to our comments about the importance of biomedical research and NIH funding. I was pleased to hear the support for NIH that was evident across the many offices we visited, regardless of political party." -Mark Quinn, Montana State University
"I must say that this visit exceeded my expectations in terms of what I learned and what we achieved … We were welcomed and received the highest respect concerning the issues we raised. I truly believe that this forum is well worth our time and effort and appreciated the bipartisan positive feedback regarding the NIH budget. Also, I felt that from both sides of the aisle there was a great appreciation for biomedical research and understanding that support for NIH is conducive to economic growth and job creation." -Michal Laniado-Schwartzman, New York Medical College
"I learned that constituent voices do get heard, but only if we ask to be heard." -Kathleen Collins, University of California, Berkeley
"Two important aspects of these exchanges … were 1) the opportunity to clarify the difference between basic and translational research and the critical need to fund both going forward and 2) their recognition of the enormous social and economic impact of funding science in the U.S. and insight into additional measures that could provide more bang for the taxpayer scientific buck, such as lowering the regulatory burden on scientists. -Gerald Shadel Yale University School of Medicine
"The fascinating experience … made me realize that, as scientists, we must all speak out and reach out to politicians, who would actually later recollect what we shared with them when House of Representatives or Senate appropriations are examined. Believe it or not, our real-life stories are important for making progress with discovery in scientific research, especially when NIH funding is being cut…. And if we do not express the need for such fiscal support and the importance of those considerations repeatedly, politicians may not realize and prioritize these needs." -Xian Luo Loma Linda University
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Book Discussion: Yalta: The Price of Peace
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Although the conference is often conceptualized as a meeting between the West and the Soviet Union, Plokhii stressed that there were major differences between the two Western allies – the United States and Great Britain – and in fact 3 separate agendas were in play. Cooperation between U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill was minimal; FDR did not want to share a common platform with the latter because he felt that as a colonial power, the UK had different and morally ambiguous interests.
Plokhii argued that the Yalta Conference should be also examined through a cultural paradigm, not merely a geopolitical one. In particular, the political culture of each country affected its leaders' perceptions of the other players and their environment. Joseph Stalin's conception of democracy was vastly different from the other two leaders, and he did not understand the constraints FDR and Churchill faced from Congress and Parliament, respectively. Meanwhile, the two Western leaders were "under the spell of Stalin's charm," according to Plokhii, and had the false impression that the Politburo was forcing Stalin to adopt his harsh policy positions. Meanwhile, Stalin's "charm" masked his real belief that all Western leaders were capitalist thieves, and therefore using any means of deception against them was justified.
FDR and his advisors assumed that as the leader of his country, Stalin valued the lives of his citizens above all else. Therefore they assumed they could use loans as points of leverage at Yalta since Stalin would need money to raise the quality of life for a population devastated by war, especially one which suffered more casualties than any other Ally or Axis power. However, this was not the case. Perhaps the best example of this cultural gap is evident in the exchange of prisoners of war following the Yalta Conference. "The U.S. thought that is what any decent leadership would do," said Plokhii, referring to the deal struck for each country to get its soldiers back. However, from the Soviet point of view, there was no higher crime than being caught in the hands of the enemy. Stalin wanted POWs back to punish them, not to save them.
Plokhii also addressed some persistent "myths" about Yalta, including the impact of FDR's health on his participation. According to the author, Russian documents show no proof that the Soviet Union tried to take advantage of FDR's illness or that any position taken by the American president was due to his poor health. Moreover, Plokhii emphasized that the Yalta Conference was not a Cold War conference, but a WWII conference. When it occurred, the enemy had still not been defeated, and "the loudest voice went to him who had the most troops on the ground" – Stalin.
"In current debates, no one in the West is satisfied with the results of the Yalta conference, but no one can suggest any viable alternative. So why does Yalta get all the blame?" asked Plokhii, summing up what he called the "puzzle" of Yalta. After all, other conferences bear more responsibility for the Cold War-era division of Europe. One can think only about the meeting between Stalin and Churchill in October of 1944 in which they divided up the Balkans. Plokhii offered some explanation, stating that there was a large discrepancy between the expectations of the American people and the results at the end of WWII. As one crisis in the American-Soviet relations followed another, the feeling emerged that the victory in the war was stolen from the West; the dying Roosevelt and the Yalta Conference emerged as shorthand explanations for the failures of the post-war period.
Having gained a more comprehensive understanding of the conference and its significance from his research, Plokhii concluded that overall, when the West is engaged in alliances with dictators who share no common value system, it will result in a major price paid by all parties as well as other parts of the world. "Stalin wasn't the first dictator whose power was built with Western help," said the author. However, he concluded that the world is too complex to suggest that alliances should be made only with friends. "Ultimately, it is important to know your ally as well as your enemy, because the difference between the two could be just a matter of time."
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This week's AT&T National will be Erik Compton's 29th start on the PGA Tour, on which his unique story — twice a heart-transplant recipient — has made him a frequent recipient of sponsor's exemptions over the last decade.
There's a different outlook, though, as he arrives at Aronimink Golf Club. A PGA Tour card no longer is the goal; it's the next chapter.
"It's just a lifelong dream," said Compton, 31, whose win at last week's Mexico Open all but assures him a card as one of the Nationwide Tour's top 25 in earnings. "From everything that I've gone through and being down in the dumps to just now turning it around — it's a great feeling."
A little more than three years ago, Compton was giving his golf gear away. The donor heart he received at age 12 was weakening, and the wait for a new one had become discouraging.
"At that time, I wasn't so much worried about the golf," he said. "I was worried about living."
Now sporting the heart of a former college volleyball player, Compton seems to have found the balance between staying sharp and fighting fatigue. Once a range rat, he now spends no more than 25 minutes on the practice tee.
The Miami native compares it to fishing: "You're not practicing your cast; you've either got it or you don't."
British openings: Just six vacancies remain in the British Open field, with four to be filled this weekend.
Fredrik Jacobson, last week's winner in Hartford, Conn., and St. Jude champ Harrison Frazar are almost certain to book passage from a special six-event PGA Tour money list from The Players Championship through the AT&T National. Paul Goydos is third and likely needs a runner-up finish to bump Frazar.
Berths also await the highest player not already in the field from among the top five at both the AT&T National and French Open. The final two will come from the same criteria at next week's John Deere Classic and Scottish Open.
Tap-ins: Bethpage Black is joining a rotation for the FedEx Cup's first "playoff" event, set to host The Barclays next year and again in 2016. The two-time U.S. Open stage joins New Jersey venues Liberty National, Ridgewood CC and this year's host, Plainfield CC. ... The LPGA is bringing a second event to Canada, where the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic debuts next year in Waterloo, Ontario.
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Pat Renella, a suave character actor who played the mobster shot and killed by Steve McQueen in the waning moments of the 1968 classic crime thriller Bullitt, has died. He was 83.
Renella, who worked in Hollywood for more than three decades, died Nov. 9 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering for months with a chronic illness, his niece, Judy Portone, told The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
Renella also starred as one of con man Phil Silvers' cohorts on The New Phil Silvers Show in the early 1960s, guest-starred in five episodes of Mannix in the 1970s (his best friend was the show's executive producer and writer, Bruce Geller) and played Dr. Nelson on General Hospital for a 26-week stint in 1980.
The actor also starred in TV commercials and ad campaigns; one notable assignment was for Viceroy cigarettes.
In Bullitt, directed by Peter Yates, Renella plays Johnny Ross, who fakes his murder so he can become free of the mob. After McQueen's San Francisco Police Lt. Frank Bullitt discovers the ruse, he chases down Ross across the runways of San Francisco Airport and gets his man in the terminal.
Renella was a busy actor in the 1970s, appearing mostly as hoods and heels on such TV series as McCloud, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, Cannon, Faraday and Company, Police Woman, S.W.A.T. and Hunter.
Born on March 24, 1929, in Chicago, the dark-haired Renella came to Los Angeles and worked as an entertainer and nightclub singer in the club the Roaring Twenties. He appeared on the TV show The Alaskans in 1960 before making his first movie appearance in X-15 (1961).
His film résumé also includes Riot on Sunset Strip (1967), Moonchild (1974), Run for the Roses (1977) and Beverly Hills Brats (1989).
Geller, most famously known as the creator of the Mission: Impossible TV series, died in May 1978 at age 47 when his small plane crashed in a canyon near Santa Barbara. Renella's niece said it was her uncle who identified Geller's body.
In addition to his niece and her husband John, Renella is survived by his sister Florence.
RENELLA, Pat
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If you're grazing Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) ground, depending on where you live, you may have more time than the traditional emergency grazing deadline of Sept. 30.
On Friday, USDA announced an extended grazing period as late as Nov. 30 in some of the eligible states.
"Extremely dry weather conditions have created real hardships for farmers and ranchers in many parts of the country this year," says USDA Secretary Mike Johanns. "This emergency relief measure will provide feed and forage to producers who have lost hay stocks and grazing lands because of drought."
The 30 eligible states are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
According to USDA, state Farm Service Agency committees and USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) state technical committees must agree on the need for the emergency grazing extensions before they're finalized. Once approved, producers in the 30 states may graze CRP land until the following dates in 2006:
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Nov. 10 -- Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Missouri, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
Nov. 30 -- Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
In mid-July, USDA announced the expansion of eligible CRP acreage for emergency grazing and haying in Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. The expanded area radiates 150 miles out from any county approved for emergency haying and grazing in any above-mentioned state.
Additionally, USDA says CRP rental payments will be reduced by only 10% instead of the standard 25% on CRP lands grazed in 2006.
In related news, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is giving producers more time to purchase livestock to replace what they had to sell due to the drought a few years ago.
"Some producers are coming to the end of their four-year replacement period," says Jason Jordan, National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) manager of legislative affairs. "This announcement means ranchers still dealing with horrific effects of the drought will not have to restock their herds until one year after the official end of their drought conditions."
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Miller, Kelly still battling for fifth-starter job
JUPITER, Fla. -- There may not have been a resolution in the competition for the Cardinals' fifth rotation spot -- a competition that manager Mike Matheny indicated will last for a while longer -- but both Shelby Miller and Joe Kelly used their respective outings on Thursday to further mold their identities.
Miller was as effective and efficient, as he's been all spring, throwing 43 pitches (31 strikes) in four scoreless innings. He ended his outing by retiring 11 straight Marlins hitters and had to throw 20 extra pitches off the bullpen mound in order to get enough work in for the day.
Though Miller has been sharp throughout spring, he believes that the recent identification that he was tipping some pitches helped his progress. To address the issue, which pitching coach Derek Lilliquist brought to his attention, Miller deliberately held his glove closer to chest when starting his motion.
"It feels more natural anyways, and there is less room for error," Miller said. "I'm not going to give it 100 percent to why I threw good today, but it definitely felt a lot smoother and I worked the plate good. I felt a lot better than last time. I was keeping my fastball down."
Kelly's shift was much more substantial, as it constituted a change in style. At the Cardinals' urging, Kelly is making a focused attempt at becoming a sinkerball pitcher, not a power pitcher. In other words, instead of trying to use his velocity to collect strikeouts, Kelly wants to induce early contact on his sinker.
He successfully induced plenty of ground balls on Tuesday, though several found holes. Kelly allowed six hits in the seventh inning, which led to four runs.
"With that kind of style of pitching, you're either going to go deep in the ballgame quick getting grounders, or sometimes they're going to go through because you're pitching to contact there," Kelly said.
Matheny, in trying to sway Kelly to use his pitches in such a way, shared with him the evolution of Jason Marquis, who, after getting past his own stubbornness, adopted the suggestion from pitching coach Dave Duncan to transform himself from a power pitcher to a pitch-to-contact one after being traded to St. Louis.
"[Duncan] got him to believe that there is a beauty to pitching to contact and being an efficient ground-ball pitcher," Matheny said. "The next thing you know, 10 years later, the guy is still throwing sinkers.
"I think Joe has to figure that out for himself. If he doesn't buy into it, we're all wasting our time. But I believe him to be a sinkerball pitcher. He believes him to be a sinkerball pitcher."
As for a winner in this ongoing rotation competition, there isn't an announcement yet. Matheny noted that it's likely both young right-handers will pitch again before a decision is made.
"Throw them back out there when we can, and watch them continue to pitch," Matheny said. "That's really where we are. You guys [the media] don't like that answer. Our fans probably don't like that answer. I, personally, am OK with it because it means that we have a couple of guys throwing the ball real well. What we do is we continue to put them out there. They're both getting better with every opportunity. It's not hurting us as a club to continue to give them opportunity to help get their pitch count up."


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Audi A3 Saloon | 40 TDI 184 Quattro Black Edn 4dr S Tronic [Tech]
Audi A3 Saloon Overview
I would like all maintenance and service costs included
Initial Rental (Personal)
£3,774.49 inc VAT
Initial Rental (Business)
£3,107.97 ex VAT
Contract Length
48 Months
Processing fee
£199.99 ex VAT
Standard Options
- Front and rear electric windows
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- Heated windscreen washer jets
- Privacy glass - dark tinted rear and rear side windows from B-pillar backwards
- Electromechanical parking brake
- ESC - Electronic Stability Control traction control
- Front/rear floor mats
- Sports suspension
- Audi connect
- Audi phone box with wireless charging
- Audi smartphone interface
- Bluetooth interface
- Voice control system
- Audi drive select
- Cruise control speed limiter
- Electro-mechanical PAS
- Hill hold assist
- Rear parking sensors
- Automatic start/stop system
- Audi Virtual Cockpit - 12.3" LCD instrument cluster
- Colour driver's information system display
- MMI navigation plus with MMI touch
- Service indicator
- Auto dimming rear view mirror
- Black door mirrors
- Electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors with integrated LED side indicators
- Aluminium air vent surrounds
- Aluminium trim elements
- Matt brushed aluminium inlays
- Diesel particulate filter
- 10 GB hard disk
- 2 USB interfaces and Aux-In jack
- Audi Sound System with 10 speakers
- CD player
- DAB Digital radio
- MMI radio plus with 7" colour MMI screen and MMI controller
- Two SDXC card slots
- Body colour bumpers
- Dual branch tailpipe
- Illuminated door sill trims with S logo
- Model and engine designation badges at rear
- S Line badges on the front wings
- S Line body styling with high gloss dark chrome radiator grille and rear diffuser in platinum grey
- S Line roof edge spoiler
- Single chrome exhaust tailpipe
- Solid paint
- Automatic lights and wipers
- LED headlights with LED rear lights dynamic rear indicators
- Dual zone electronic climate control
- 3 spoke flat bottomed multi-function leather sport steering wheel with gearshift paddles
- 4 lashing points to secure luggage
- Adjustable front centre armrest
- Black cloth headlining
- Driver/passenger sunvisors
- Height/depth adjustable steering column
- Illuminated glovebox
- Sequence cloth/leather upholstery with S embossed logo
- Stainless steel pedals
- Storage compartments in doors side trims, centre console and under front drivers seat
- Tool kit
- Front and rear interior lights with delay
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- Black styling pack - A3/S3
- LED interior light pack - A3/RS3
- Non smoking pack - A3
- Storage and luggage pack - A3/RS3
- 3 point seatbelts on all seats
- Active front headrests
- Airbags - front driver/passenger, front & rear side, curtain, drivers knee
- Predictive pedestrian protection
- Seatbelt warning
- Tyre pressure warning
- Warning triangle and first aid kit
- 3 adjustable rear headrests
- 60/40 split folding rear seat
- Front sport seats with S embossed logo
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- Manual height adjustable front seats
- Anti theft alarm
- Anti-theft wheel bolts
- Immobiliser
- Remote control central locking
- 18" 5 arm trapezoid design sport alloy wheels in gloss anthracite black with diamond cut finish
- Tyre repair kit
Technical Options
- Standard Euro Emissions: EURO 6
- Catalytic Convertor: True
- Cylinder Layout: IN-LINE
- Cylinders: 4
- Engine Codes: 8VMBTY
- Engine Layout: FRONT TRANSVERSE
- Fuel Type: COMMON RAIL
- Gears: 7 SPEED
- Number of Valves: 16
- Valve gear: DOHC
- EC: True
- EC Combined: 56.5
- WLTP - MPG - Comb - Min: 6.2
- WLTP - MPG - Low - Min: 6.2
- WLTP - MPG - Medium: 6.4
- Any aspect of the vehicles safety cause concern?: Data Not Available
- Based On ID: N
- Coin Description: TDI Quattro 184
- Coin Series: Black Edition [Tech]
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 12
- Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years: 3
- NCAP Adult Occupant Protection %: N
- NCAP Child Occupant Protection %: 5
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 184
- NCAP Pedestrian Protection %: 2.0
- NCAP Safety Assist %: M1
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: N
- Special Edition: Data Not Available
- Special Order: Data Not Available
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 60000
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
- Timing Belt Interval Frequency - Months: N
- Timing Belt Interval Mileage: N
- 0 to 60: Data Not Available
- 0 to 62: 6.8
- Engine Power KW: 135
- Engine Power RPM: 3500
- Engine Torque LBS.FT: 251
- Engine Torque MKG: 34.7
- Engine Torque NM: 340
- Engine Torque RPM: 1750
- PS: True
- Top Speed: 147
- Alloys?: True
- Space Saver?: Data Not Available
- Tyre Size Front: 225/40 R18
- Tyre Size Rear: 225/40 R18
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: 5 ARM TRAPEZOID
- Wheel Type: 18" ALLOY
- Height: 1416
- Height (including roof rails): N
- Length: 4458
- Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 10.9
- Wheelbase: 2637
- Width (excluding mirrors): 1796
- Width (including mirrors): 1960
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 55
- Gross Vehicle Weight: 2040
- Max. Towing Weight - Braked: 1800
- Max. Towing Weight - Unbraked: 750
- Minimum Kerbweight: 1480
- No. of Seats: 5
- Payload: 560
Audi A3 Saloon AUDI PUTS THE BOOT IN (76/100)
Audi leaves no niche unfilled and the A3 Saloon fills a hole once occupied by the original A4. Jonathan Crouch reports.
Ten Second Review
The Audi A3 Saloon might look like a shrunken A4, but it offers some of the very best efficiency measures in its class and brings a cool elegance within the reach of those who might find an A4 a bit of a stretch. This rejuvenated version gets a more advanced 2.0-litre petrol engine, plus innovations like the Audi Smartphone interface and the clever 'Virtual Cockpit' instrument layout. All of this embellishing a classy, stylish and pretty practical basic package.
It's been a fact of vehicle development for many years now. Each successive generation of car gets bigger than its predecessor. Today's Ford Mondeos are bigger than the old executive class Scorpios. The baby Land Rover, the Discovery Sport, takes up as much space on the road as the original Range Rover. Audi's original A4, the car that really propelled the marque into the stratosphere of compact executive class profits, is a car very similar in size to the car we look at here, the A3 Saloon. It doesn't take a work of genius to figure out that the A4 Saloon has pushed ever further upmarket with each bigger generation and with the original version of the model we look at here, Audi saw fit to fill the void. It's a trend that repeats across the class, with the BMW 1 Series and the Mercedes CLA-Class increasingly accounting for sales that would once have gone to old 3 Series and C-Class variants. Both BMW and Mercedes have strong offerings in this sector and Audi needed to create a similarly strong contender, then maintain its competitiveness. Hence the changes made to this car in recent times including extra infotainment technology, an improved 4WD system and a more sophisticated 2.0-litre turbo petrol TFSI engine.
Driving Experience
All A3 Saloons get an electromechanically assisted steering system and a next-gen stability control package which includes an electronic limited slip differential for composed deployment of power. The standard Audi drive select system lets the driver vary the throttle response, steering weighting and, where the S tronic transmission is present, the gearbox shift points. What's more, it can also be upgraded to manage the optional Audi magnetic ride system with its clever magneto-rheological fluid-filled dampers. Engine-wise, many will want to avoid the entry-level unit (a 110PS 1.6-litre TDI diesel) in favour of the two powerplants that make up the heart of the range. The most obvious choice is the one most buyers will probably make, the 150PS 2.0-litre TDI diesel. Personally though, if we were buying this car, we'd take the other mainstream option, a 150PS version of the 1.5 TFSI petrol unit with clever CoD, or 'Cylinder on Demand' technology. We're not sure we'd really want to go much faster than that in this car, but Audi centres are ready and willing to oblige those with a further need for speed. Diesel folk prepared to special quattro 4WD and tronic auto transmission get a pokier 184PS version of the 2.0 TDI unit. While those preferring petrol have the further option of an all-new 190PS 2.0-litre TFSI powerplant, the engine you have to have if you're looking for a mainstream petrol-powered A3 Saloon with the option of quattro 4WD. This variant also gets a slicker 7-speed S tronic auto transmission set-up than diesel drivers can have and with this fitted, 62mph is just 6.8s away en route to 155mph. The same system is also an option on the ritziest version of this car you can buy, the potent S3 flagship model, which mates quattro 4WD to an uprated 310PS 2.0-litre TFSI turbo engine able to power you to 62mph in a fraction over 5s.
Design and Build
Yes, the A3 Saloon does look astonishingly like an A4 that's been scaled down slightly. Some might not be fans of Audi's Russian Doll styling approach and sure enough, there aren't too many surprises about the look and feel of this one. Still, given the upward trajectory of Audi's sales figures, perhaps that's no bad thing. Exterior changes to this revised version are slight but the front looks a little more purposeful, courtesy of sharper lines for the familiar and now broader Singleframe grille. The headlights are flatter, with distinctive outer contours and can now be ordered in Matrix LED form, so they are significantly brighter and constantly adapt themselves to avoid dazzling other road users, plus of course they never need to be dipped. Equally subtle changes at the rear aim to accentuate the width of this car - hence the horizontal illuminated graphics of the rear lights. Inside, the 'Virtual Cockpit' instrument display used in the TT and other pricier Audis is now available in this one as an option. This displays the most important driving-relevant information in high resolution on a 12.3-inch diagonal TFT screen. The driver can switch between two views by pressing the "View" button on the multifunction steering wheel. In addition, the menu structure that works the centre dash MMI infotainment screen has been redesigned and is now more intuitive. As before, the boot's carrying capacity amounts to 425-litres with the seats up - 45-litres more than the A3 Sportback. This capacity can be increased by folding down the split rear seat backs. The boot lid automatically swings upward when unlocked.
Market and Model
The A3 Saloon is only offered in high-spec Sport and S line trims and most buyers of the petrol variants choose the S tronic twin-clutch auto transmission. Prices start from just over £24,000. Basically, you're looking at paying a £1,000 premium over a five-door A3 Sportback with the same engine and trim. The key option with this improved model is the clever 'Virtual Cockpit' system replacing the conventional instrument dials with an eye-catching 12.3-inch TFT display. But of course, there's much else to select from. Things like the LED interior lighting package, a panoramic glass sunroof, sports seats, heated seats, advanced key keyless access, deluxe electronic climate control with economy mode and adaptive lighting for the xenon plus headlights, which can be supplemented with variable headlight range control. Where Audi has made the biggest strides in recent years is in connectivity of electronic systems and the A3 fully embraces these advances. An 'MMI radio plus' set-up with an electrically extending 7-inch diagonal monitor is standard, as is the 'MMI navigation' system. Go further and specify the 'MMI navigation plus with MMI touch in conjunction with the Audi connect' package (what a mouthful!) and you can have many online functions in your A3 at high speed via the super-fast LTE standard. They include, for example, navigation with Google Earth and Google Street View traffic information in real time, as well as practical information on parking, destinations, news or the weather. There's also a free 'Audi MMI connect' app that enables other services, such as online media streaming and transfer of a calendar from a smartphone to the MMI. Mobile phones with iOS and Android operating systems can now be connected with the car via the standard Audi smartphone interface.
Cost of Ownership
The A3 Saloon replicates the already excellent economy and emissions figures of the rest of the A3 range. The 1.5 TFSI engine with the cylinder on demand system is particularly interesting. This offers 150PS of power so it's fairly brisk, but when you're cruising along a main road, it imperceptibly cuts power to two of the cylinders, so you'll be running along on two. This car can average 55.4mpg on the combined cycle and emit just 115g/km of carbon dioxide (on 17-inch wheels). It almost makes you wonder whether it's worth springing the extra for the diesel engine. The frugal 1.6-litre TDI unit may be worth looking at but the 2.0 TDI variant is notable less economic, delivering 67.3mpg and 107g/km which is only a modest improvement on the petrol 1.4. Even the punchy 2.0TFSI petrol unit will do 50.4mpg on the combined cycle and emits 128g/km.
It's easy to get a little blase about cars like the Audi A3 Saloon, to take its achievements for granted somewhat but let's pause for a minute and consider not the numbers but the philosophy behind this car. It's properly smart, offering a compact, light and efficient car without being overblown. Its key problem is probably the A3 Sportback, a car that's all of these things and which offers the added practicality of a hatchback. Still, there's little doubt that the A3 Saloon looks a good deal more upmarket than a Sportback. In fact most would have difficulty distinguishing it from an A4 without a sneaky look at the badge on the back. While it won't turn your head like a Mercedes CLA, there are many who prefer Audi's more discreet take on this more compact compact executive saloon. As the A4 has become bigger and more sophisticated, it has created a space below it for Audi to demonstrate how well it does clean and elegant.
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