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Continued from page A-4 INVASIVE RICHARD'S MATTRESS OUTLET AFFORDABLE, GOOD QUALITY, AMERICAN-MADE MATTRESSES WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 2 RichaRd's MATTRESS WAREHOUSE MONDAY-SATURDAY: 10AM-5PM 512 W. Grave St., Patoka • 812-385-3855 If you didn't buy it at Richard's, you're probably losing more than sleep! Page Plus Deluxe Free Mattress Cover King Set – $349 Queen – $299 Full – $239 Twin – $189 Credit Problem? Divorced? Bankruptcy? We can get you approved! 12 Months Free Financing* *With approved credit We will MEET or BEAT any competitor's price! Everything reduced in the stor for the Holiday Sale! Bunk Beds starting at $298 with any purchase over $499 Expires: 12/30/17. Must present coupon. BLOWOUT SALE DECEMBER 12-30 12 Days of Christmas 2803 B W. Broadway, Princeton 812-385-CAKE December 25 - January 3 CLOSED TO CELEBRATE WITH FAMILY Gift Baskets Holiday Coffees, Teas and Cocoas Stocking Stuffers FROM: The Teel Family DECEMBER HOURS: Monday-Friday 9am-6pm • Saturday 9am-4pm Sunday, Dec. 17 & 24 • 10am-2pm • Fruit and Gift Baskets • Meat, Cheese & Cracker Baskets 1415 W. Brumfield, Princeton • (812) 386-6365 Mon.-Fri.: 10-6 Sat.: 9-4, Sun.: 11-4 Berry's Produce & Country Market LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEAS! • Candles • Teacher gifts • Unique one-of-a-kind gifts • Gourmet Foods • Stocking Stuffers • Jams, Jellies & Homemade Noodles • Poinsettias, Christmas Cactus & Potted Fir Trees Local Delivery Available Custom made to fit your budget! Now Taking Orders For MONDAY-SATURDAY: 10AM-5PM RichaRd's FURNITURE & MATTRESS 108 N. Main, Princeton • 812-385-3855 12 Days of Christmas BLOWOUT SALE • DEC. 12-30 If you didn't buy it at Richard's, you're probably losing more than sleep! BUY ONE HALF OFF! RECLINER GET THE 2ND SAVE 50%–60%–70% OFF other retailer prices! Everything reduced in the store for the Holiday Sale! Fresh and Silk Christmas Centerpieces and Arrangements for your Christmas table. Book a Party in January 2018 for 8 or more guests and receive your paint piece free! Need that last minute exchange gift for kids or adults? We have gifts for $10 and under! R uby's Floral Designs & More 7846 U.S. 41, Fort Branch • 812-753-3459 Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. Sat: 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. See us on Facebook! Rubys-Floral-Designs 10% OFF ALL CHRISTMAS By Cindy Petty SG Star-Times Staff Writer cpetty@sgstartimes.com "I began Richard's Mattress Outlet because I wanted to of- fer good quality, American-made products at extremely reason- able prices that working people could afford," said Richard Thom- as, owner of Richard's Mattress Outlet. The Mattress Outlet Store opened about four months ago at what had been Richard's Fur- niture and Mattress Store's old warehouse in Patoka, along the U.S. 41 North corridor. "We need- ed more space to be able to offer more selections and varieties. I believe that we have the largest selection of American-made mat- tresses in the local area," Thom- as added. "We are family owned and oper- ated with a no-commission sales staff. We can help you get financ- ing. It's big city inventory with a hometown touch." Richard noted. Located at 521 W. Graves Street, Patoka, Richard's Mattress Outlet provides mattresses and founda- tions, along with bunk beds, and some bedroom furniture. Rich- ard and Jennifer Thomas, along with their daughter and son-in- law, Miesha and Jeremy Branch, have plans to expand the products found in the Mattress Outlet dur- ing 2018. With more than 40 years of ex- perience selling mattresses and furniture, Richard and his family are proud to say that low overhead helps them to offer extremely low prices. Richard is often known for telling others, "If you didn't buy it at Richard's, you're probably los- ing more than sleep! " If you're looking for furniture, be sure to check out Richard's other store, Richard's Furniture & Mattress, located on 108 North Main Street, Princeton. Both stores are open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. To 5 p.m. Tele- phone the Mattress Outlet at 812- 385 -3855. Research shows why meteoroids explode before they reach Earth By Kayla Zacharias Purdue News Service kzachar@purdue.edu Our atmosphere is a better shield from meteoroids than researchers thought, according to a new paper published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science. When a meteor comes hurtling to- ward Earth, the high-pressure air in front of it seeps into its pores and cracks, pushing the body of the me- teor apart and causing it to explode. "There's a big gradient between high-pressure air in front of the me- teor and the vacuum of air behind it," said Jay Melosh, a professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University and co-author of the paper. "If the air can move through the passages in the meteorite, it can easily get inside and blow off pieces." Researchers knew that meteoroids often blew up before they reached the Earth's surface, but they didn't know why. Melosh's team looked to the 2013 Chelyabinsk event, when a meteoroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, to explain the phenomenon. The explosion came as a surprise and brought in energy comparable to a small nuclear weapon. When it en- tered Earth's atmosphere, it created a bright fire ball. Minutes later, a shock wave blasted out nearby windows, in- juring hundreds of people. The meteoroid weighed around 10,000 tons, but only about 2,000 tons of debris were recovered, which meant something happened in the up- per atmosphere that caused it to dis- integrate. To solve the puzzle, the re- searchers used a unique computer code that allows both solid material from the meteor body and air to exist in any part of the calculation. "I've been looking for something like this for a while," Melosh said. "Most of the computer codes we use for simulating impacts can tolerate multiple materials in a cell, but they average everything together. Differ- ent materials in the cell use their indi- vidual identity, which is not appropri- ate for this kind of calculation." This new code allowed the re- searchers to push air into the meteor- oid and let it percolate, which lowered the strength of the meteoroid signifi- cantly, even if it had been moderately strong to begin with. While this mechanism may pro- tect Earth's inhabitants from small meteoroids, large ones likely won't be bothered by it, he said. Iron mete- oroids are much smaller and denser, and even relatively small ones tend to reach the surface. This research was supported by NASA's Office of Planetary Defense under grant NNX14AL15G. Understanding the factors influencing in- vasive species can help foresters and those in the hardwood industry determine the best ap- proaches for addressing the problem. While managing invasive species in all forests is im- possible, foresters and ecologists might use my- corrhizal information to focus on the most sus- ceptible areas. Fei's findings come from surveys by the U.S. Forest Service that have identified more than 150 invasive species that are problematic for the health of native plants in forests. A national in- vasive plants distribution map can be found at Fei's research website: http://web.ics.purdue. edu/~sfei/midas-data-products.php. Fei's research collaborators include: Insu Jo of Purdue's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Kevin M. Potter of North Carolina State University's Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, and Grant Domke of the U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Sta- tion. The project is partially supported by the National Science Foundation's Macrosystems Biology program. The Press-Dispatch Shopping Wednesday, December 13, 2017 A-5 Press-Dispatch WITH THE