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Selling a car is easy... letting it go is the hard part.
by Eric Petersen
posted Mar 31 2016 11:46AM
Whenever my father would sell a car, any car, he would become overwrought with emotion. I remember the day when he sold one of our fellow Daltionians an
almost dead
Toyota Corona (yes there was one by that name). He stood in the lawn watching as it pulled out of the driveway and lingered there staring long after not only the car was out of sight, but the sound of the engine was no longer audible. I could swear to this day that he had a small tear in the corner of his eye. It seemed ridiculous to my 17 year old mind.
I must admit that I have inherited just a slight sliver of that sentimentality, but I have never had a car that I sold which held that high of a position in my heart… till now.
My wife and I have decided to sell my mother's '02 PT Cruiser. It's got rust, and dust, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 180k on the odometer, but it was mom's and parting with it is going to be rough, maybe a lot.
I remember well the day that it came home for the first time, shiny, tight and flawless. I had worked for the car dealership where they bought it as a salesman for several years and after having test driven the then brand new "segment buster" that Chrysler had named the PT Cruiser, I had recommended that they look at and seriously consider it, because it seemed the obvious choice for my mom & dad.
Even so, it came as a total shock to me that my father, a man known for taking months to decide on what others could do in days, had pulled the trigger on buying a brand new $25k car that the entire family agreed was the ideal fit for them. I also was in awe of how it was
so high end
as compared to the cars they'd chosen in the past with heated seats, keyless entry, a moon roof, and a CD player… whoa!
My mom sat a bit taller in the seat of that car when she finally mustered up the guts to drive it, and both of them fell deeply in love with it, not just from their pride of ownership they felt, but the satisfaction of knowing that they'd saved, and skimped, and worked for it, and it now was finally theirs.
It would be the last car that my mother would drive, in fact, I remember the day that she unknowingly ran a stop sign in our neighboring town of Factoryville in that car, and surrendered her driver's license the next day, forever as a result.
I sold my car and took it as my own soon after. I would take mom to church and McDonalds, to Thanksgiving dinner with my cousin and to visit the doctor's office, on Sunday afternoon drives to see the turning leaves, and it was to be the very car that I took her to the hospital in early May, for a
brief stay
to treat her 2
bout of pneumonia… how could we have known that last ride of her life, that one, would be in her PT Cruiser.
In the years since, it's been reliably carting me back and forth to work, and will soon be in the driveway of someone else, but I hope they look at it and see that in all paint chips, rust spots, carpet smudges and signs of age, the deep history that is living there… for it is her's.
As for me... I will undoubtedly stand with a small tear in my eye, and watch till mom's PT Cruiser in long out of sight, and the sound of the engine is no longer audible.
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She doesn't need glasses... but loves them anyway!
by Eric Petersen
posted Mar 24 2016 11:37AM
Sometimes when a child finds something they like they not only take it with them everywhere, but they simply won't live without it. Case in point: my wife Erika's fashion glasses.
Shortly after we first met, my wife and were on a date, and as we were leaving the Viewmont Mall she spotted a pair of
glasses that people use for a fashionable look and really nothing else. The lenses are clear glass and serve no other purpose than to
enhance your look
and she bought 2 pair, one intended for me, and I reluctantly wore mine everywhere we went for the night's duration. I later found out it was a
dating test
(ladies like to do that stuff) to see if I were fun enough to try her bespectacled experiment… I was, she was pleased.
Anyhow, years later they became a souvenir from our early dating life and wound up in a dresser drawer where our 6 year old daughter not only caught sight of them, she instantly fell in love with them. Piper now refuses to face the world without them resting on the bridge of her nose, for better or worse.
She wears them to school, she wears them to bed, she wears them to her grandparent's house (that provoked several questions) and we're pretty sure that she wore them during class picture day last week, meaning that the fashion glasses that were bought as a joke will now live in print, and pictures, forever.
Luckily she wears those silly spectacles well, very well in fact, and in the coming years that will only serve to make remembering her brief obsession with the
Buddy Holly horn
rims even more adorable.
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Shouldn't that be included?!!
by Eric Petersen
posted Mar 18 2016 10:58AM
When you spend thousands of dollars on something you expect a certain degree of items to be included in the purchase, but beware friends, today's money won't buy much!
A neighbor of mine recently purchased her
brand new
car and parked it prominently (rightfully so) in the driveway. I, being a car-guy, strolled over to examine the new ride and give my neighbor my sincere congratulations on a
We looked at the interior, under the hood, at the grill and taillights and eventually wound up in the trunk… that was where I stood in disbelief; the car had
NO spare tire
I have seen, and owned, several cars that had what's called a "doughnut" or what my father called a
temporary tire
(a basic mini steel rim and smaller tire to match) as a spare, but never once seen a car, a new one at that, sold without one at all. In fact all she had was a can of Fix-A-Flat to hopefully get her to safety in the event of a flat!
As walked home I began thinking about all the things that we buy these days that you'd, of course, expect come with obvious
necessity type
items, only to discover that they are considered
, or
optional equipment
Think about these beauties:
*build a house- garage is optional,
*buy a car- floor mats not included,
*adopt a dog- pony up for the food bowl
Shouldn't these be included, or is it just me expecting too much?!
What did you buy only to have to buy another item to make your purchase complete?!!! Talk amongst yourselves.
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The Force Awakens... often when you don't expect it to.
by Eric Petersen
posted Mar 11 2016 10:15AM
We had made some
family plans
to go see the new Star Wars movie in the theater, when I began thinking that I had forgotten where the last sequential movie,
Revenge of the Jedi
had left off! So, since I had an Amazon gift card I hadn't used yet, I decided to order the
Star Wars Collection on Blu-ray
, that way I could be properly prepared for Episode 7 and the rest of the family could attempt to grasp how cool it actually was.
My wife laughingly called me a nerd (I am) and dismissed my purchase as a slight waste of a great gift card… but our daughter Piper was not so put off, in fact she seemed curious about this sci-fi story that her dad was so pumped to watch with her. I figured that I would finally have the entire Star Wars saga in my possession, and if the girls liked it too, well that was bonus.
Several days later the set arrived and on what ended up to be the perfect day, because on this day, like any parent sometimes does, I needed something to distract our super-antsy 6 year old for a while and thought I'd give
The Force
a try. It worked…
I opted to start on episode IV "A New Hope", it was after all the first ever film in the franchise, and I wanted her to see why all of us geeks fell in love with the world of Star Wars in the first place. She asked A LOT of questions and stared on awe at the
light sabers
, she began memorizing the characters names as well as the names of the planets, and soon thereafter found herself pretending to have Jedi powers… just like I had in 1977!
Ever since that first viewing we have soared on the
Millennium Falcon
, jousted with toy
light sabers
, brushed our pet
and all because our daughter loves a movie that's nearly 40 years old!
The lesson: Show your kids what things you loved when you were their age- they won't always love them, but when they do, it's glorious!
May The Force Be With You!!!
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Yo dog, if you love me... please just let me sleep!
by Eric Petersen
posted Mar 3 2016 10:42AM
If I had to list one beef that have about owning our dog (I have many) it's his Saturday morning ritual… he's an early riser on the weekends!!!
As you may know I have a weekday alarm that goes off at 3am (with a second set for 3:15) so when Saturday arrives I have always tried to take just a bit more
shut-eye time
, but thanks to the emergence of an antsy, needy, and slightly neurotic, boxer/pit-bull mix named Endo, those days are seemingly over.
My wife firmly believes that "family life" demands a pet, or two, in the mix, and to spite my frequent and serious verbal opposition, her adoption of Mr. Endo into our brood happened secretly one day while I was working. Sneaky.
In full disclosure, he is a good dog… he doesn't bark, he's great with kids (except that he bowls over our neighbors 4 year old daughter in the yard daily), and he loves to cuddle, maybe a bit too much. Why can't he just learn to let me sleep in?!!! Arg!
I suppose that now is where I have to admit that I've got it pretty good.
Why, you ask?
Well, I always see two faces when I wake up in the morning, and if you look at the picture attached here you get to see them for yourself… four eyes all saying "I love you very much", and with scenery as beautiful as that, who could complain?
I only hope that Saturday mornings don't get any much earlier.
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What's so wrong with "the old fashioned method"?!!
by Eric Petersen
posted Feb 26 2016 10:52AM
I mailed out my insurance payment yesterday, and as I was pressing the stamp onto the envelope there came a voice (from one of my co-workers) offering a dose of unearned ridicule for not using a computer to pay the bill instead of the USPS to deliver it. I was not surprised.
For the last several years I have been dodging people's questions about why I still pay for things with a check, or correspond at all through "snail mail"… to which I always say: "It's just how I do things". In reality I always wonder:
what's wrong with the old method
Sure I've paid bills online and it's been fine, but I have a better chance of keeping track of what's paid and what's not if I write a check.
In full disclosure if I were to go completely
I'd be not only lost in the haze of digital banking but no doubt have a credit score of 22 due to a lack of timely bill payments… I won't run that risk.
I'm sure that there will eventually come a time when I'll no longer have an option on sending some (or most) company's their dues by a hand written bank document, but till then I'll be buying stamps, signing checks and keeping accounts payable employees employed…
the old fashioned way.
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Could you work with your spouse? -Me neither!
by Eric Petersen
posted Feb 19 2016 11:04AM
I met my wife at work around 5 years ago and shortly thereafter she left for greener pastures. It was great getting to know her here and seeing her randomly in the hallway, but would it still be that way if she'd stayed? What if I got a job working with her company now? Could the magic still exist or would it get "real old" fast?!!
Look, when you're a married couple you have a never ending list of things to do and the
work at home/ work at work
balance it a delicate act to perform.
So, is it too much to think that two people can do it ALL together, or is it best to live separated lives during working hours? That's a good idea to ponder...
Working together is a risky thing when you're married and it raises a series of complex questions:
Do we carpool together?
Do we eat lunch together?
Would you be suspicious of co-workers of the opposite sex talking to your spouse?
Could you handle working with your spouse?
My wife and I
to work together and may never again… and honestly, I think that's just fine.
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It's my birthday and I'll care if I want to...
by Eric Petersen
posted Apr 30 2015 12:03PM
It's my birthday Monday (May 4
) and I say: "So what"! I never really understood the people that made WAY too big of a deal over it being their birthday.
You know the ones, they post things on Facebook like:
It's my birthday week
, or
I've been counting down since last month
or sometimes, like a woman I know well, they even give their birthday day event a title like
"The Month of Melody"
(no kidding, she celebrated for a solid month)! WTH!
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my birthdays, and do feel like it's a necessity to acknowledge a passing years' time for the real achievement that it is, but com'on already!
If you spend a month in the celebration of your birth date coming and going, then how do you then celebrate other milestones… like the first sight of crow's feet or a first grey hair, successfully grilling a first steak or the first time ever properly trimming the dogs toenails… should a first pumping of a perfect tank of gas get you a parade float named in your honor? No.
So then please, celebrate your ability to turn the calendar page of your birth as you wish, but let's all try to keep a perspective on just how big of an event it really is.
In closing I'll admit that
milestone birthdays
big ones
(I'll be celebrating one next year) and I hope that they are recognized as such. So, if it's going to be your 30
, 70
, or 100
birthday then have a PARTY maybe a two day festival… but if your 43
birthday is looming, have a cake, that'll be plenty.
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With some luck you'll be boring someday too...
by Eric Petersen
posted Apr 24 2015 11:47AM
For the last several weeks I've been pondering a disturbing thought: Am I getting boring?
Laugh if you will but for a man like me this is a pressing issue. Am I becoming more refined as I age or am I careening toward being labeled
for my indulgences?
I have always been a man who could pride myself on being a
thinker when it comes to the things that I choose to surround my life with. I consistently opted for
stuff than what people would expect, and always steered clear of the crowd mentality when it came to almost anything… food, drink, music, cars, career choices… even relationships for me were unlike my NEPA peers!
Let me prove my point with some concrete examples: I have an unabashed of love Japanese food, you can easily win my heart with a perfect Southern Comfort Manhattan, I stop cold when I hear early '90's country (and Dave Brubeck), a black 1979 Trans Am can literally make my knees weak, and I'm a radio DJ… dear God I even married a woman who's from South Carolina (as opposed to a girl from the good ole NEPA)! All different choices from what the average person you'd see at the Viewmont Mall would have opted for!
But as of late I find myself becoming a bit more basic in my choices… am I losing my MOJO?
but I prefer the word
to describe my thinking these days: The restaurants I frequent are few (but great), the clothes I wear are usually always black, I love a well shaken So-Co Manny (rocks please), I enjoy the back deck of our house as opposed to a bar stool, and I require only the curve of my wife's smiling face to help me recover from a less than perfect week… you see simple, and kinda scary.
Yes, I may be getting what some would call a bit boring these days, but if there's one perfect gift that time gives us it's
… and I feel it a little bit more every day.
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An Easter story of faith re-found... at dinner!!!
by Eric Petersen
posted Apr 3 2015 10:57AM
With Easter upon us, I thought I'd share a story of faith… re-found.
I'm not going to lie… I was always partially
from our church. My parents were devout in their faith and weekly attendance to our chosen house of worship, but me, I was what you could easily describe as
lack luster
at best. I felt like it might be
to be as faithful as my parents were… and that's where my latest life lesson was set into motion.
As a kid I started out strong in my weekly show of faith, mainly because my parents gave me no choice in the matter, but began to fade as the years went on, and eventually got to where I could count the dates that I'd been
warming a pew
in single digits… and that was based on a multi-year span of time.
Our church, like many scores of others, had a significantly older population and was typical for turning over a pastor every 4-5 years, it was discouraging. It also, being and
old school
Baptist church, was pretty strict on dress code (or maybe that was just my mom who made me put on my
Sunday best
) but a tie was suggested and so was a sport coat.
Time passed, workloads got bigger and later into the night, and my interest in being religious went flatly numb. I found myself talking to God less and less, and for me attending church was a thing of the distant past.
Strangely I didn't even notice the changes that were taking place in me since taking
guy exit ramp
. I was not the same person anymore; I felt no shame for being an absentee to faith and prayer. I went from asking for strength and being thankful for simple blessings to wondering why I felt so lost and frequently alone… it should've been obvious to me that I had left the high road a long time prior, but it simply wasn't… until a random Thursday evening family dinner.
Erika, Piper and I seldom eat as a family (something my parents did nightly) so when she suggested that we "
dine at the table like normal families do
", I jumped at the chance. I cooked, she set the table and Piper helped me serve. We sat down, draped the napkins across our laps and prepared to dine… but as I reached for my fork my wife intercepted my hand, held it tight, then reached for Piper's and bowed her head and began praying.
I sat there speechless, listening as she spoke the words of thankfulness for our little family, and warm home, and the food that was on the plates. As she spoke I could feel the vibrations of her voice resonate in my hand; it was humbling. I peeked over to see a smiling 5 year old; unaware of exactly what was happening, but somehow knowing that she was feeling the peace of the moment and the powerful calm of grace.
I could feel my face flush in that moment of self judgement; I hadn't prayed in months. Right then I knew that I had drifted away from being a person of faith to being an unstable fool. I felt embarrassed that it had taken a simple act of being thankful to our creator for a weeknight meal that showed me how far I had fallen from my own spirituality.
I'm no saint, nor will I ever be, but I see now that I have some work to do. I may never be a consistent church goer, but I am sure that I do have to begin my journey back to a graceful life. Being
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We are planning a move from old hardware to new, ZCS NE 7.2.2.
There's a bug (http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=79581) which is standing in our way, where messages that exist in hsm on the source, do not get updated properly on the destination if the destination does not also use hsm.
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To get to the bottom of what employers really want and need in their workers, Wheeling Rotary Club members participated Tuesday in a survey at the request of West Liberty University President Robin......
You mean to tell me that it is just now dawning on those entrenched in academia to find out what types of skills that employers are looking for in the real world???
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With the release of google sync i just can't resist on the possibility of moving my email on to gmail. It's good and it's free.
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IMO Zimbra should include it's mobile tool into the open source and network edition for free in order to compete with gmail.
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I am liking where this is going. I do like the idea of a scifi hexmap, and this does give that feel.
So here is my initial go at a map. The location is an area of an unexplored planet, close to a human colony. The colony is on its own (somehow... map and story grow together!) and so the inhabitants need to do a survey of their area. Humans arrived to a post-apocalyptic world, there are alien survivors living in the ruins and terrible mutated monsters everywhere! The map is intended to represent a survey that provides various kinds of data: predominant terrain, availability of resources, and general threat level based on hostile environments or aliens.
My problem right now is that I need to figure out a better work-flow to build this thing because it takes awhile to set up each hex. There are a few other logistical problems hampering my efforts, but hopefully I can clear them up and get this looking like something.
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I think this is more a test of the concept.I don't really like my terrain icons yet but I'm happy with how the hexes are going. I basically want to try to make the actual hexes an important part of the map, as well as delimiting space.
Edit: in the current configuration the solid coloured circles attached to each hex indicate availability of resources (top circle, green, blue, violet) and level of threat (bottom circle, yellow, orange, red). The terrain icons are forest, badlands, hills and mountains, though I'm thinking that I should really make them more alien-looking. Especially the trees...
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I am liking where this is going. I do like the idea of a scifi hexmap, and this does give that feel.
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Will there also be mixed terrain?
Neat idea. I for one like the hex symbols, but then I don't know what you had in mind.
I'm planning on including a marker for a secondary terrain type as well, but I'm having a little trouble figuring out how I will put it all together. Sadly I'm short on time, but thank you for the feedbacks!
Well, after having laid down some of the hex borders I've decided that it's too cluttered. Unfortunately this means I'm starting from the beginning again, so I'm not sure that I'll manage to carry this through to the end. Here's the point I decided to fail the current process. I have taken off the terrain icons for now. I think if I get back to this they will be part of the base map, with the hexes floating over it. Also inputting the coordinate values by hand is killin' me
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Well best of luck to you, I know what a pain hand entering all that information can be (I've done a hex map myself). Hope you do manage to come up with another entry though, I'd love to see it.


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Brooke Parker, a 2012 graduate of Holyoke High School, was recently named to the Colorado Christian University undergraduate Dean's List, which recognizes outstanding student academic performances during the semester.
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Faced a situation where All Zimbra Services where reported Up and Running with zmcontrol status , but webLogin and admin login was not appearing on client screen as well as on the server.The DNS and Reach-ability of respective IP were OK.Found that java Process at this point was reported 100 % . But Over All CPU utilization was not very High , as this is a 12 Core CPU.
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TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. -- Rescuers have found the body of a man who fell off a waterfall Sunday while hiking in Transylvania County, according to a report from WSPA-TV.
Bobby Cooper, chief of the Lake Toxaway Fire & Rescue, told WSPA crews found the 46-year-old's body Monday afternoon. But they were unable to recover his body, which was located between the rocks and water below an area adjacent to Big Falls in Pisgah National Forest, because of the difficult terrain.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Evan Turner scored 22 points and the
Philadelphia 76ers held off a late comeback attempt by the Dallas Mavericks to
produce a 100-98 victory at the Wells Fargo Center.
Thaddeus Young added 20 points and Jrue Holiday had 18 along with seven
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Support Plus — make a difference to mathematics
If you are a regular Plus reader who enjoys the weird and wonderful world of mathematics, then you may be interested in helping Plus secure its future. We are launching a campaign to raise the funds we need for the continued development and production of Plus beyond 2009.
As you may know, Plus receives no statutory funding and is entirely supported by donations and grants. Our activities are made possible by the generosity of organisations and individuals committed to the future of mathematics education and to improving the public understanding of mathematics. However, our current core funding is due to end in March 2009, and we are therefore actively seeking further funds to sustain the future of Plus.
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Monday, December 01, 2008
Heavenly threesome
Tonight sees a rare astronomical event: the Moon, Venus and Jupiter can all be seen close to each other in the same region of the night sky. In fact, Venus just passed behind the Moon! Over the next few nights, clouds permitting, you'll be able to see them slowly moving apart — get out your telescopes and look out for bright objects near the Moon!
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Monday, December 01, 2008
The science of complexity
What do the human brain, the Internet and climate change have in common? They're all hugely complex, and while they're very different, the tools used to grapple with this complexity are likely to be similar. We visited the Cambridge complex systems consortium, dedicated to building an over-arching science of complexity, and talked to neuroscientist Ed Bullmore, mathematician Frank Kelly and climate scientist Hans Graf about their take on complexity. Listen to the podcast of the interviews.
This podcast accompanies the article Catching terrorists with maths.
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Monday, December 01, 2008
The recent news of the great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar surpassing West Indian Brian Lara's record number of test runs has given maths-loving cricket geeks another opportunity to pull out their calculators and Excel spreadsheets. Marc West is openly one of these nuts and did just that.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
It may come as a surprise that your average proof in an academic journal is riddled with holes. Authors gloss over details, appeal to pictures, even intuition, and take hidden leaps of logical faith that, philosophically speaking, aren't entirely justified. These days mathematics contains proofs so long and complex that few people are able to check and understand them in full, yet once a result has made it through the peer review process and into a journal, its truth is taken as read.
All this is a far cry from the mathematical dream which started with Euclid over 2000 years ago: that every mathematical statement should be derived from the very axioms of mathematics in a sequence of verifiable logical steps. Proofs which do this are known as formal proofs, and they are the focus of a special issue of the Notices of the American Mathematics Society, which is now freely available online.
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November 25, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Say cheese! First ever images of exoplanets.
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet orbiting another star. Estimated to be no more than three times Jupiter's mass, the planet, called Fomalhaut b, orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis, or the "Southern Fish." An immense debris disc about 21.5 billion miles across surrounds the star. Fomalhaut b is orbiting 1.8 billion miles inside the disc's sharp inner edge, and is 1 billion times fainter than the star.
In a separate development, Canadian scientists have used ground-based telescopes in Hawaii and Chile to take infrared images of three giant planets they believe are orbiting a star about 130 light-years away in the Pegasus constellation.
These are not the first examples of exoplanets — planets orbiting stars outside our own solar system — but Formalhaut b is the first that can actually be observed in visible light wavelengths. All others have been detected indirectly, for example through the wobble their gravitational pull induces on their star.
To find out more about the new discovery, and see more images and videos, visit the Hubble Site. There is more information on exoplanets in general on physicsworld.com and in the Plus article Brave young worlds.
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Beers + Brunch = Public House's Beerunch
Mimosas and Bloody Marys may dominate the brunch-beverage rankings, but MateVeza is aiming to change all that with their line of caffeinated brews, which derive their buzz from yerba mate. With a brew that packs both alcohol and caffeine, it's no wonder they're promoting the concept of "Beerunch," a magical time when drinkers can knock back a couple of brews without returning to bed by 2 pm.
Beerunch will be in full swing this Sunday, and the MateVeza folks have brought a lot of good friends along for the ride, with their rare brews in tow. The event boasts seven beers in total, each paired with a different brunch dish. San Diego-based Ballast Point's beloved Sculpin IPA, which is rarely found on draft in these parts, will be paired with huevos rancheros, while Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head's second Life & Limb collaboration (also a draft rarity) will go head-to-head with Medjool dates wrapped in Niman Ranch bacon.


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Tuesday News, August 21
Phase II Project Dedicated
(Le Mars) -- About 1200 people turned out Monday evening to see the new Phase II addition to the Le Mars Community High School. It was seven years in the making from beginning to completion. The new addition includes a new gymnasium, band room, art room, multi-purpose/wrestling room, locker rooms, public restrooms, and the renovation of the choir room. Current School Board Director and past president Pat Murphy praised the leadership of his fellow board members, the administration, and the community for taking on the project. Murphy says it took both leadership and creativity to make the project a reality. He says seven years ago, members of the booster club approached the school board with a plan to expand.
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The school board director says he and his colleagues knew Le Mars Community deserved such a facility, but financing such a project, perhaps would stand in the way of progress.
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Murphy says it was a courageous move for everyone to go ahead with the construction of Phase II, and he says he is proud of how the board approved the project, without placing a higher tax levy on the community.
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Community pride was evident on nearly everyone's face as they toured the new addition. That pride carried over to the Bulldog spirit night when the students of autumn activities were introduced.
Supervisors Meet New Patrol Dog
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors are scheduled to meet the latest member of the Plymouth County Law Enforcement team, during this morning's meeting. "Fala" is a new canine patrol dog and is being trained by Deputy Jacob Wingert. Fala is a German Shepard breed, and she is four and a half years old. Fala will be used to detect drugs and weapons, apprehend criminals, crowd control, and public safety awareness.
The Supervisors are also scheduled to meet with PLymouth County CPC Director, Sharon Nieman. The board is expected to review for approval the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation contract renewal for leasing space at 2nd Avenue Services Building.
City Council To Discuss DOT Property
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars City Council is scheduled to meet at noon today, and their agenda includes discussion on the former DOT property. The council will review an offer to purchase the property. The council will also discuss a fence easement request, and an extension to the Madison Avenue water main.
King Answers Questions At Le Mars Townhall Meeting
(Le Mars) -- Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King told a group of 50 plus people attending a townhall meeting in Le Mars, that he has a goal to get a balanced budget. But, when he was asked if he believes the Republican leadership has the will to push for a balanced budget, King has his doubts.
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King says perhaps the only way is if a constitutional amendment would be passed, and he challenges his home state of Iowa to lead the nation. King says there is little time left before the United States is in some serious trouble with its spending and ever-growing deficit.
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Crop Specialist Tells Farmers To Check Corn For Nitrates
(Le Mars) -- Many farmers have started chopping their corn for silage since the summer drought prevented the corn from full development. Iowa State University crop specialist, Joel DeJong says farmers need to continue to check their corn for nitrates. He says the recent rains may have actually increased the nitrate level.
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DeJong says he has witnessed marginal improvement with the area's crops due to the cooler temperatures and the rainfall. The weekly crop condition report shows the state's corn crop still 53 percent as being poor to very poor, 32 percent is fair, and only 14 percent is listed as good condition. Soybeans are slightly better with 37 percent as being poor to very poor, and 38 percent as fair, and 23 percent as good.
Terrorism Charges Dropped For Sioux City Man
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A terrorism charge filed against a Sioux City man over comments he made on his Facebook page has been dismissed.
Woodbury County prosecutors say Gabriel Rodriguez wrote suicidal and homicidal-themed messages between Aug. 2 and Aug.9. According to court documents, Rodriguez asked if he needed to "shoot up a mall before people understood."
Assistant County Attorney Terry Ganzel says there was insufficient evidence to meet the legal requirement of the crime in order to prosecute Rodriguez.
Ganzel says words that don't constitute a true threat are protected under the First Amendment. He says there isn't enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Rodriguez made
"true" threats and, even if they were, that the act was "imminent."
Rodriguez's attorney didn't immediately comment.
Mapleton Man Sentenced For 10 years
ONAWA, Iowa (AP) - A 33-year-old western Iowa man has been given 10 years in prison for twice arranging to have someone shoot him in attempts to gain sympathy from his ex-wife.
Darren Hieber, of Mapleton, pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy and two counts of solicitation for the shootings. Prosecutors dropped other charges in exchange for the pleas.
Hieber was accused of persuading Brady Chapman, an employee at Hieber's trucking business, to shoot him in a leg on Feb. 5. Hieber told police he'd been shot by a burglar.
Hieber also was accused of hiring Joseph Roberts and Timothy Culley, both of Omaha, Neb., to shoot at him on March 8 in Mapleton. No one was injured in that incident.
Roberts, Culley and Chapman have been given probation.
Bridges Named After Fallen Highway Patrol Troopers
CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) - Officials will dedicate two bridges in eastern Iowa to honor two Iowa State Patrol troopers who died in the line of duty.
The bridges will be dedicated Wednesday in honor of Troopers Allen Nieland and Harold DeGear.
Nieland died Oct. 14, 1990, when the plane he was flying crashed while he was helping other troopers locate a robbery suspect.
DeGear died Feb. 19, 1954, of injuries he received the night before when he was struck by a vehicle while he was issuing a citation for another motorist.
Both bridges cross the Iowa River in the Coralville area.
The dedications are part of a statewide effort to honor the 10 troopers who died while serving the state during the patrol's 77-year history.
Des Moines Police Officer Wins Lottery Jackpot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A newly retired Des Moines police officer will have extra spending money for retirement after winning a special $1 million lottery jackpot at the Iowa State Fair.
The Iowa Lottery announced Monday that Dean Stuhr was the winner of Sunday's "Mystery Millionaire" drawing at the fairgrounds in Des Moines.
Two others won $100,000 prizes and 12 claimed prizes of $25,000 or $50,000 during the event. Stuhr won the big prize.
The Lottery says Stuhr retired in April after 42 years on the Des Moines police force. He told the Lottery that his plans for the winnings were to "help out family, more than anything."
The Lottery's "Mystery Millionaire" campaign gave away $2 million in prize money, using Iowa's share of two multistate jackpots that went unclaimed.
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Teens arrested at bus stop
Published: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 11:21 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 11:21 a.m.
OCALA - Police arrested two students Wednesday morning at a school bus stop after one of the students decked the other, who in turn busted out a window on a school bus.
The incident, which occurred at the intersection of Southwest 14th Street and Southwest 27th Avenue, caused a traffic bottleneck in both directions on the busy avenue.
Ocala Police Department officers said as the bus stopped to pick up students, a 13-year-old and an 18-year-old exchanged words. Jose Morales, the older teen, a student at West Port High School, punched the younger Fort King Middle School student in the face. Morales got on the bus and sat down, followed by the 13-year-old, who used his fist to smash the passenger side window where Morales was sitting.
No one on the bus was injured, police said.
Morales was arrested and charged with battery on a minor. The younger boy was charged with criminal mischief. His name was not released by police because the charge is a misdemeanor.
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This vaccine is a live, weakened form of the varicella zoster virus. It is given as a shot under the skin.
The vaccine is licensed for adults aged 50 years and older. One dose is typically given.
You should not get the vaccine if you:
You cannot get shingles if you have never had chickenpox. However, you may get a severe case of chickenpox. If you had chickenpox, you are at risk for shingles. Getting the vaccine can reduce your risk.
During a shingles outbreak, varicella zoster virus can be spread to people who have not had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine. People who have not had chickenpox should get the
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Shingles (herpes zoster). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/about/index.html. Updated January 10, 2011. Accessed November 19, 2013.
Shingles vaccine: What you need to know. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/shingles.pdf. Updated October 6, 2009. Accessed November 19, 2013.
Tseng HF, Liu A, et al. Safety of zoster vaccine in adults from a large managed care cohort: a vaccine safety datalink study.
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Tseng HF, Smith N, et al. Evaluation of the incidence of herpes
zoster after concomitant administration of zoster vaccine and polysaccharide
pneumococcal vaccine.
Zoster. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us. Updated July 22, 2013. Accessed November 19, 2013.
Zoster vaccine live. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us. Updated February 4, 2013. Accessed November 19, 2013.
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(USA Today) -- Can you hear the palace trumpets blowing?
Happy royal news!
Clarence House says Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, and her sweetie Prince William are expecting a baby.
Their royal highnesses and families are "delighted" with the news.
And also announced: The Duchess was admitted this afternoon to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with "Hyperemesis Gravidarum," says the statement, explaining that it is "very acute morning sickness, which requires supplementary hydration and nutrients."
The palace also say, "As the pregnancy is in its very early stages, Her Royal Highness is expected to stay in hospital for several days and will require a period of rest thereafter."
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You've got your dress ready to go, your favorite shade of lipstick applied, and visions of festive frivolity dancing in your head.
The only thing left between you and the perfect holiday ensemble? A new look for your locks. So we deferred to our in-house stylist, Rachael, for the best way to update one of this year's most-utilized styles: the top knot. Here's how to make it holiday-ready.
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Governor Jack Markell, secretary of agriculture, and Delaware legislators, will dedicate the Department of Agriculture main administration building to former Delaware state senate, president pro tempore, and secretary of finance Richard S. Cordrey.
The event will be held at 10 a.m. Dec. 19 at the Richard S. Cordrey building, Delaware Department of Agriculture, 2320 S. DuPont Highway, Dover. (if you are using a GPS, enter the location as Camden). For visitors coming from the south on northbound U.S. 12, there is no longer a direct crossover at the median into the department parking lot. Guests should continue north to the next crossover and make a U-turn onto southbound U.S. 13, then make a right turn into the parking lot.
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Always encouraging to hear regional partners creating alternatives products that don't sacrifice in its quality or operations.
Why non-GMO canola?
Canola (Brassica family), not traditionally a southern crop, is an attractive commodity. It has the lowest saturated fat of any major vegetable oil, with a favorable mix of mono- and polyunsaturated fats. It's also an excellent protein meal for animals.
"We found that canola as a winter crop has extremely good yields in the Southeast," Robert said. "The climate is mild enough. Previous farmers didn't have a market for it, nor did they have the right seed—this seed we use, specifically a winter type, is well adapted to the region."
Winter oilseed crops like canola complement existing winter crops in the southeast and can be double-cropped, improving production of the following summer's crops.
The company committed to non-GMO canola from the beginning. "Non-GMO canola doesn't sacrifice yield and provides the necessity for crop rotation," said Robert. "When we started, we didn't see it becoming a high-demand item. But as acreage began to grow it made sense agronomically to focus on non-GMO, to coincide with a growing international market."
Around 35,000 acres are now grown in the Southeast by more than 300 farmers.
Most of those farmers grow non-GMO canola, and a small number grow organic. But Davis said AgStrong aims to increase the number of organic canola growers, and they are encouraging new farmers that join the project to grow organic.
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Kill Bill
Kill Bill
posted at 11/18/2009 5:12 PM ESTCan you believe it, another bad coaching decision. No Ty Warren, Banta Cain goes down, no excuse. What a load of crap......losing to an undefeated team on the road. And who are all these young guys and why are they getting away with mistakes and not getting cut immediately? Bill F'd up.......Teddy, Rodney, Vrabs probably could dominate well into their late 40's and be leaders....hell, probably into their mid 50's. Bring back Mcginest for God's sake. We've already blown it with Ty Law. Matt ain't getting old, cut Volmer and sign Joe Andruzzi, he looks great in the Bob's commercials. Everyone with half a brain knew we shoulda signed Drew last year after Brady went down. Maybe even bench Tom, turns out he can't walk on water anymore. We have no number 3 receiver..........am I the only one that is wondering why we haven't signed number 80? Why do we even have to have rookies and new guys? We hate having to learn new names and uniform number changes. If Bill just left it alone and brought back the entire 2007 roster intact, we all know our team would be undefeated again this year but no, he thinks he is a genius. Let me tell you this, the only real football geniuses are in these here forums. We are never mistaken. We not only have forsight, we have hindsight too. That's right, we can predict the past. While I'm at it let me drop this bombshell, BOB KRAFT, I knew he was a bad seed the second he fired Tuna. I'd bet we'd have won all the superbowls since 96, even last year with Matt as QB if tuna stayed. KILL BILL!
Ok, can somebody explain this to me. Why is everyone saying Bill shoulda had faith in his defense at the end of the Colts game. He woulda had faith in the old guys but then why did Bill get rid of the old guys. What a moron. If we had just one single leader out there, we woulda won. When our old guys reached retirement which everyone knows is 65 (62 early) we could rebuild. Let's be realistic, we're not gonna rebuild and still go undefeated but that's no reason why we still wouldn't win the Superbowl. KILL BILL!
Last question. Why isn't there a rule in the NFL that if the Patriots lose a player to injury during the game that the opposing team has to sit their coresponding player. I'll tell ya why......Bill and Bob ain't getting it done. KILL BILL! I would bet that close to 95% of the folks that post on this forum would make way better owners and head coaches for sure. We are Patriots fans and we are entiled, we have all the answers and deserve better. The road to the Superbowl starts right here.........in the Boston Globe forums.
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posted at 11/18/2009 5:32 PM ESTMe again.........I almost forgot.....the refs and the NFL hate Belichick and there is a conspiracy to make the Patriots lose. KILL BILL!
Re: Kill Bill
posted at 11/18/2009 5:37 PM ESTyou are a moron.
Re: Kill Bill
posted at 11/18/2009 6:28 PM EST
- Sarcastic humor is a form of dry, understated humor that is less obvious and much more clever as a result.
- Some people do not understand the real humor behind a sarcastic sense of humor. You may need to point out to others when you are only joking so they don't become offended.
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posted at 11/18/2009 6:56 PM ESTIn Response to Re: Kill Bill:you are a moron.
Posted by MVPKilla2009
i agree lol a moron... that has WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS... idiot
Re: Kill Bill
posted at 11/18/2009 7:05 PM ESTHow the hell are people going to know that you are being sarcastic over the internet? I cant hear your tone of voice or anything like that so its impossible to know if you were being sarcastic or just dumb.
Re: Kill Bill
posted at 11/18/2009 7:14 PM ESTSorry...........my bad........I guess i thought that the utter absurdity of 99% of the statements was obvious. I appologize for thinking people here were more intelligent. Next time I'll dumb it down and not use any punctuation.
It is suppose to be a post making fun of the kneejerk reactions and criticisms of Bill Belichick who has done a great job of rebuilding and putting a good team out there while doing so. Can you understand that?
Re: Kill Bill
posted at 11/18/2009 7:35 PM ESTCouldn't tell if he was sarcastic? The mention of Bruschi playing into his 50s, or cutting Vollmer, or signing Andruzzi, or benching Brady, or Signing Bledsoe...not one of those tipped you off?
Who's the real moron?
Oh, and yeah, a loser for having too much time on his hands for creating a sarcastic, funny post. ALMOST as big as the miserable human being pointing out flaws in others, while failing to reckognize they are commiting the same "loser" behavior. Brilliant! Oh right, I'm sure he's a bigger loser, and you're just responding. Sorry, that just makes you a spineless weasel.
Re: Kill Bill
posted at 11/18/2009 8:42 PM ESTIn Response to Re: Kill Bill:Sorry...........my bad........I guess i thought that the utter absurdity of 99% of the statements was obvious. I appologize for thinking people here were more intelligent. Next time I'll dumb it down and not use any punctuation. It is suppose to be a post making fun of the kneejerk reactions and criticisms of Bill Belichick who has done a great job of rebuilding and putting a good team out there while doing so. Can you understand that?
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Hey Carol Burnet, nice pic of your mom. You had your 15 seconds now fux off
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posted at 11/18/2009 8:52 PM ESTPointless post- never thought it would end. But this does bring up a good point:
There needs to be a universal sarcastic font.


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AFRINIC assigns IPv4 addresses to End-site organisations who meet the criteria established in its End-User assignment policy (afpol-euv4…). End-site organisations have to become AFRINIC members to get resource assignments and pay for each assignment according to the size of IP block requested. The different End-Site categories are below:
Organisations holding both ASN and IPv4 space will not be charged with the ASN maintenance fee but will pay a unique fee associated with their IPv4 End-User membership (USD 100 /Year).
At this point, AFRINIC will not charge any fees for IP address and ASN transfers. The category of the new organisation that is taking over the allocated resource will be recalculated after the transfer and a new fee may apply at its next year's renewal. The new organisation may be asked to pay if they require a change of the Organisation Handle linked to the joint resources. The fee applied is equal to the Initial set-up fee for the category of the previous organisation. - Before requesting transfer of IPs and/or ASN, please check AFRINIC allocation policies about the transfer.
|Billing Category
|Set up fees
|Membership (Annual)
|Corporate/Institutions Small
|Corporate/Institutions Medium
|Corporate/Institution Large
1 The discount for this category of member will be reviewed by the Board every year.
2 These fees are applicable only to payment made in advance or less than 30 days after the renewal invoice is generated.
3 These measures will be reviewed by the board each year.
AFRINIC Services Factsheets
|Member Guidebook
|Member Factsheet
|Get more of our Services factsheets here
|WHOIS Handout
|MyAFRINIC Handout
|IPv6 Handout