| Saturday: Jason Mraz returns
Where do you know him from: Jason's "I'm Yours" has entered the record books as the longest running song in the history of Billboard Hot 100 chart, He's played the happy little hippie song for five years and it has spent a remarkable 71 weeks on the chart. It's certified 4x platinum and ranks as the third best-selling digital single of all time. Why should you go: His Gratitude Café Tour has proven a popular and critical success with sold-out shows accompanied by a bevy of rave reviews. Mraz will perform Oct. 4 alongside Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Dave Matthews at the 2009 Farm Aid benefit concert in St. Louis before embarking on his first South American tour in late November. Mraz has been touring the past two years promoting his platinum-selling CD "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things." A live CD/DVD, due out Nov.
Masten Space Systems fly 1st leg of NGLLC, but no Prize Today
Jon Goff had spoken earlier this week on the Official Masten Space Systems Forum, detailing some of the progress the team were making Jon told the Space Fellowship that they had done two 95-100s flights adding "the engines are now proven for the flight duration we need." He later discussed how they had done some ground and landing takeoffs and the new controls were doing well. This was only their second untethered flight, the first to rise 50 metres, could the craft perform for the judges? All set for the Level 1 attempt the team were joined by Burt Rutan, the man behind SpaceShipOne, the Mothership WhiteKnightOne flew overhead catching the eyes of many spectators. The weather was an improvement on the rainy day Armadillo Aerospace flew in four days ago. The safety briefing was completed in the morning, the vehicle preparation took place while the judges made all of the necessary measurements.
Enjoy the fall air at Chandler's 60 parks
The center is at 745 E. Germann Road. Call (480) 782-2900 for more information. EEC nature events The Environmental Education Center presents an "Amazing Race"-style competition for couples Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The race will whisk participants through Veterans Oasis Park and end with a catered, lakeside lunch. A prize will be awarded to the team that wins the race, so be ready to compete. Any team of two people can participate, and there is a $35 fee ($44 for nonresidents). A kids’ "Nature Fest" is scheduled for the same time so that children can have fun while parents compete. Children will be treated to a movie, crafts and lunch, all with a nature theme. The fee is $19 ($24 for nonresidents) and is for children 3 and older.
Jets talk just plain trashy
"They can treat whatever they want to treat it as," Patriots' running back Laurence Maroney said Thursday. "We're going to treat it like we treat every game and go out there and try to win."Maroney was not alone in shaking his head over the excessive hype for this first regular-season game between the two rivals, one of them under new management that seems determined to stoke up the fires through means that are rarely seen outside the high school ranks. .
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