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Gustav Petterson
At MSU 1913-1957
Gustav S. Petterson (1889-1965) grew up on a farm near Cliterall, Minnesota with Norwegian immigrant parents. Norwegian was the primary language in his home and community. He learned English only after starting school at the age of eight. G. S. earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Economics and Education in 1911 and a Master of Arts in Sociology in 1912 from the University of Minnesota. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the prestigious academic honor society. He taught for a year at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota before coming to the Mankato Normal School in 1913.
G.S. taught the first sociology class at the Mankato Normal School and became known as "Socie Pete." He also taught courses in Anthropology, Economics, Criminology, and Race and Ethnic Studies. Students enjoyed his sharp, yet sometimes subtle, sense of humor. He helped with many transitions over the years as the Mankato Normal School became the Mankato State Teachers College in 1921 offering two- and three-year degrees. The first four-year degrees were granted in 1939 and the first Master's degrees in 1954. Enrollment exceeded 3,000 by 1956 and the name was changed to Mankato State College in 1957, the same year that Socie Pete retired.
G. S. loved to teach, loved to read and had many interests both at the college and in the community. He served as Editor of the School Progress publication and helped to start the College Reporter, the student newspaper. He enjoyed chaperoning trips with the football and basketball teams. He coordinated graduation for years and his daughter recalls helping him deliver the rented gowns to students.
In 1938 G.S. started producing "The College Hour" radio program that he hosted once a week at KYSM, the first radio station in Mankato. The show discussed books and current events. He typed all of his own scripts making three or four carbon copies. The series ran through 1952 and included 1500 shows. In 2010, his daughter, Donna Carlson, donated many of his hand-typed scripts, photographs and other materials to the MSU Library Archives. Information about this collection is available at http://lib.mnsu.edu/archives/fa/smhc/smhc245.html.
G.S. was active in the community serving as a frequent speaker for the Kiwanis and various business organizations. He was an active member of both the Presbyterian Church and the Unitarian Fellowship that he co-founded with colleagues and friends in 1953. Upon his retirement in 1957 he became museum curator for the Blue Earth County Historical Society. He particularly enjoyed developing and giving a special tour for children that included a visit to the Model A Ford in the garage. He worked at the historical museum until his death in 1965. His 5,000-book library was then largely donated to the libraries at the Mankato State College and the Unitarian Fellowship.
T.R. Schaffler
At MSU 1949-1968
Theodore "T.R." Schaffler (1902-2000) was born in Hitchcock, Oklahoma Territory. He graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor's degree from Oklahoma City University in 1926 with a major in English and a minor in Sociology. He completed his Master's Degree in Sociology with a minor in Economics in 1933 at Oklahoma University Norman. His EDD in Educational Philosophy & Sociology in 1942 was from Oklahoma University. His dissertation was titled "Education for a Democracy." He was a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
T. R. worked as a school principle and superintendent before coming to Mankato in 1949. He and his wife traveled by train from Oklahoma to Owatonna, MN where they were picked up by Dr. Clarence Crawford, President of the Mankato State Teacher's College for T.R.'s interview. Dr. Crawford hired T. R. for the specific purpose of expanding the Sociology Department. T. R. was fond of recalling that people in Oklahoma predicted he would only last one year in Minnesota but he stayed for more than fifty years. He served as Department Chair for twenty years
T. R.'s favorite courses to teach were Criminology, Marriage and Family, Urban Sociology and Rural Sociology. His philosophy of teaching emphasized the importance of class participation as a vital part of education. Students could not get more than a B without good class participation. He was ahead of his time in appreciating diversity and advocating the importance of respecting everyone. He encouraged everyone to do their best.
T. R. was particularly noted for his scholarship in the area of socialization. He authored "The Process of Socialization" in the Phi Delta Kappan (1953) and "A Formula for the Process of Socialization" in the Journal of Educational Sociology (1953). His 1958 manuscript, "Community Integration of the Lebanese in Mankato, Minnesota" is available in the Southern Minnesota Historical Center Archives at the MSU Memorial Library.
T. R. coached Women's basketball in Oklahoma and enjoyed attending MSU sporting events including basketball, wrestling and football throughout his years in Mankato. He attended every home basketball game he could and preferred the seats next to the basket. He was an active member of the Kiwanis for fifty years and became Vice President for the North Central Kiwanis Organization. After retirement he and his wife traveled world and he taught sociology for the World Campus Afloat program. At home he enjoyed reading and gardening until his death at age 98 in 2000.
Wendell Wessman
At MSU 1964-1986
Wendell Wessman (1921-2004) was born in Meeker County, Minnesota. He attended local, rural, elementary and high schools, the University of Minnesota, Trinity Seminary, and South Dakota State University, earning B.S., B.D., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. He served various Presbyterian pastorates in Minnesota and became Superintendent of the Christian Children's Home in Holdrege, Nebraska. He demitted the ministry to begin his academic career in 1964.
Colleagues remember Wendell as a dedicated, student-centered teacher who spent much time helping students. He was admired for being a good advisor and skilled at mentoring graduate students with their theses. The department faculty appreciated his willingness to teach any course that was needed ranging from urban sociology to public opinion to criminology. He was easy to work with and team-taught both Introductory Sociology and Community Structure and Organization.
Wendell also served as department chair. He is remembered for being devoted to both the students and the department and especially supportive of new faculty. He was a dedicated theorist and writer, endlessly curious, and a good and compassionate man. He enjoyed snowshoeing in the winter. He played softball and is still remembered for hitting the ball amazingly far. He devoted his retirement years to hobbies and volunteer work.
Boyd Duncan
At MSU 1965-1985
Boyd Duncan (1919-1986) grew up in Cottonwood County, Minnesota on a farm near Jeffers. During World War II he served as a glider air pilot. After the war he re-enlisted in the military and trained as a weather forecaster. He worked in that capacity at the Rapid City Air Base in South Dakota for a few years. He later worked in Intelligence and was stationed in both Japan and England.
After retiring from the military as a Master Sergeant, Boyd earned a Bachelor's Degree from Mankato State College (MSC). He then completed a Master's Degree at the University of Iowa. He returned to MSC to teach in 1965.
Boyd pioneered teaching a course on Human Sexuality at MSC in 1970. His course was one of the first in the country and at a time when having such a course was controversial. To learn how to best teach the course, Boyd received a grant and attended a five-day workshop by Masters and Johnson, the research team famous for making the study of sexuality academically and socially acceptable. Boyd was adamant that students should have access to good, accurate information about sexuality through an academic course. He and his wife, Helen, also a faculty member, team-taught the course for years. They felt that having a husband-wife team teach the course made it more comfortable for all students.
Colleagues remember Boyd as a kind and soft-spoken man. They also enjoyed his gentle sense of humor. He often used humorous stories to illustrate a point in the classroom and in conversations.
Helen Duncan Purcell
At MSU 1965- 1993
Helen Duncan Purcell grew up on a farm south of Jeffers, Minnesota in Cottonwood County. As a child she attended a country school in which one teacher was responsible for 33 children in all eight grades. During World War II she attended Mankato State Teachers College (MSTC) and initially acquired a Permit to Teach which required one year and two summers of course work. A second year of coursework gave her a two-year degree.
One of Helen's significant memories as a student and living in the residence hall was becoming aware of discrimination against minorities. Marian Anderson, an African-American singer, came to Mankato to perform but had to stay at the women's residence hall because she was not allowed to stay at the hotel.
Helen taught in country schools in Minnesota including near Redwood Falls in 1944 and near Mountain Lake in 1945. She had 17-18 students in all 8 grades. Helen gave up teaching to marry Boyd Duncan and follow him with his Air Force career. They especially enjoyed living in England and Japan where Helen developed an interest in diverse cultures, educational systems and sociology.
Helen and Boyd returned to Mankato after his retirement from the military. They both completed four-year degrees at Mankato State College (MSC) and Master's Degrees at the University of Iowa. Helen and Boyd started teaching at MSC in 1965. Helen was the first woman in the department to receive tenure.
Although Social Psychology was her area of specialization, Helen taught a variety of additional courses including Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Medicine, Minority Cultures, Sociology of the Future, and Human Sexuality. She reflected on the impact of the Human Sexuality course that she and Boyd team taught at a time (the 1970's) when sexuality was not discussed in society. Students were curious and wanted to learn. Helen commented, "One of the remarks, I used to hear is 'Somebody should have told me all this when I was fourteen years old.' or 'Somebody should have told me this when I was eight...'" She said that students "were so grateful that somebody was, finally, telling it like it is."
Helen indicated that one of her greatest rewards throughout her career was "to see people learn, look at new ideas and get interested by it." She felt that the purpose of teaching was not to give students final answers but to teach them to think critically to evaluate the information and make their own decisions.
Her advice is: "Be as real as you can. … If we don't like something we should be able to say so and we can do so in a way that is not offensive… But you ought to speak up and tell it the way you see it. They don't have to agree with you. But if you don't do that, there can't be any learning at all. If everybody's telling each other lies there's no reality. We need to look for the facts. And that's the scientific method."
Roy Demaree
At MSU 1967-2004
I taught in the Sociology Department from 1967 to 2004. I had never heard of MSU until the spring of 1967, when I applied for a summer position there. There were no summer slots available, but I was offered a one-year contract to fill-in for a faculty member on leave. He never returned and my "one-year" appointment turned into an amazing 37 year run. I wouldn't trade it all for anything.
I was born and raised in Memphis (and yes, I met Elvis several times, mostly at the local Harley shop---he was a very approachable guy and not at all impressed with himself). I triple-majored in sociology, anthropology, and psychology at the University of Memphis, where I also did archeological fieldwork for two summers at a pre-Columbian site. I was never quite able to divorce myself from anthropology and psychology, and each would ultimately color my teaching, sometimes to the considerable consternation of my colleagues!
I received a Master's in Sociology from Arizona State University at a time when operant conditioning permeated the College of Social Sciences. There, I abandoned Neo-Freudianism and happily became a Skinnerian. The behaviorist perspective subsequently served as a stimulus (pun intended) for me to create a course entitled "Modifying Behavior in Social Settings," which I taught for many years. Since the majority of behavior occurs in "social settings," I think it is time for me to confess that it was pretty much a thinly disguised heads-up course in Behavior Modification. But while some of my colleagues groused endlessly about the course, it nevertheless prospered, ultimately drawing Social Work and Corrections students with an interest in altering behavior and a smattering of Sociology Majors willing to risk the potential wrath of some of the Department's "true" sociologists! Ultimately, I taught 4 or 5 sections of it a year. The course was terminated (with "extreme prejudice"?) shortly after I retired.
After a stint as a NIMH Graduate Fellow in Social Psychology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, I completed my Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Minnesota. My area of concentration there also was Social Psychology.
I created "The Family Across Cultures," which I taught from a purely anthropological perspective. I'd argue that anthropology does a superior job of treating cross-cultural analyses, as opposed to a purely sociological perspective. In the late sixties, Boyd Duncan and I developed MSU's first course in human sexuality. Under Prof. Duncan's excellent tutelage, it became a wildly poplar elective.
I also taught "Family Life Dynamics" and "Courtship and Marriage." The latter was my first experience in teaching large classes. The most frightening memory of my first year at MSU was teaching multiple sections of this class. I taught it in the auditorium at "Old Main," with a few TAs, a microphone and an overhead projector. 200 to 300 students were usual; one section had 347!
My hiring at MSU occurred completely over the phone and was based on my responses to two questions: "Are you married," and "Who are your references?" I said that I was married, and was told that meant I would be teaching family courses! As I began my list of references, I was told that the first name on my list was enough, since the Chair knew him when they both were Fulbright Fellows. A quick phone call to my single reference and that was it: I was hired on the spot. The "good old boy" network was in full bloom then! Another example involved the recruitment of a faculty member's wife into the Department. Before she could be approached, the husband's approval had to be sought and gained! At least our Department allowed for the possibility of married couples teaching together; not all did. But, "the times, they were a-changing," and shortly thereafter, Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, and the Peace Movement would drastically alter the mind-set of most Americans and universities.
During the late Sixties and early Seventies, the Department often added three or four new faculty members a year. Some of these were memorable characters. One hung a kayak over his tiny cubicle, which greatly increased the sense of claustrophobia for his office mates. Another, known for the sheer number of movies that he showed his classes, became "A-V Davy." An older faculty member became "the timekeeper" for his penchant for keeping track of his new colleagues' office hour attendance. Another new hire was caught shoplifting a ham from a local grocery store (faculty pay then was bad, but not really that bad). Then there was the graduate student who abruptly announced to her advisor one day that she would rather "do" sociology" than study it, and intended to become a high-level prostitute. She did exactly that, made a small fortune, and left "the profession" after about a dozen years, all the while keeping regular contact with her former (female, for the curious) graduate advisor! These were heady times and a wildly exciting time to be teaching college.
Due to space constraints, I'll end my memory trip with the Seventies. But I'm certain that future faculty will have many other interesting stories to relate upon retirement. I can't think of a better career; it was a blast. To younger and yet-to-be faculty members, I'll make a plea for your acceptance and tolerance for different styles, perspectives, and methodologies. Remember that there are many ways to slice a pie, and yours is not the only knife in the kitchen.
1968 Department Picnic – Do you recognize T.R, Wendell, Dave, Helen and Boyd ?
Dave Janovy
At MSU 1968-1998
Dave Janovy grew up in Nebraska. He earned his undergraduate degree in Social Studies at Wayne State College in Nebraska. He then served as an officer in the Marine Corps for four years in North Carolina and Virginia. After his military tour he earned his Master's and Ph. D. at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL). While there, he worked as a Research Assistant and received a National Science Foundation Fellowship.
Dave taught at Illinois State University for four years after graduate school. A phone call from a college friend teaching at Mankato State College (MSC) prompted his application to chair the Sociology Department here. Dave and his wife had not previously considered moving but were pleasantly impressed with both Mankato and the campus.
Dave served as Chair for eleven years during a time of significant growth in the department while Mankato State grew to over 14,000 students. In 1968 MSC offered a BA or BS in Sociology but not in Social Work, Corrections or Anthropology. In fact, while the Department had one Social Worker and one or two sociologists specializing in Corrections, there were no Anthropologists. Over the next eleven years the department added three Anthropologists as well as additional faculty in Sociology, Social Work and Corrections. Faculty worked very hard to develop an accredited Social Work program as well as Bachelor's degrees in Corrections and Anthropology and three Master's degrees. (The Department was later split so that Social Work and Anthropology formed separate departments in the 1980's.)
Dave saw his job as Chair as that of a facilitator helping faculty do what they wanted to do for students. He and the faculty created frameworks and programs and pushed the paperwork through the system for the necessary approvals. It wasn't always easy but they made it happen.
Dave founded the Gerontology Program in the 1970's after attending training at the University of Southern California Summer Institute. He developed both a master's program and a certificate program in Gerontology. He also helped to develop the Nursing Home Administration course that is required for Nursing Home Administrator licensure. He served as the Director of Gerontology until his retirement. He also supervised all of the internships in the department having as many as 25 interns in a quarter.
Faculty faced a particular dilemma during the Vietnam War era. A low Grade Point Average (GPA) could result in a student being drafted and sent to Vietnam. Faculty did not want to be responsible for students getting drafted. It was hard, however, to maintain academic integrity while declining to give low grades to vulnerable students. To counteract this dilemma the MSC faculty suspended the use of the "F" grade and substituted a "No Credit" grade that did not impact the GPA.
Dave considers one of his career highlights to have been invited to give the Commencement Address when he retired in 1998 after thirty years at MSU. Dave continues to be active in Gerontology after his retirement including serving as President of the Minnesota Gerontology Society. He also was appointed to the State Board on Aging first by Governor Jesse Ventura and then by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Dave suggests that faculty continue to ask "What is most useful for students to know?" as they develop and revise curricula and programs. He used to have a sign on his door that said, "No problems accepted without solutions." He advises students to realize that their success is very largely dependent on what they know and what they can do with it. It's not just in their subject matter field but to be adaptable to any field. Students need to know how to write, how to speak, how to reason, how to think critically. That is where sociology really comes into the mixture. Student need to be able to look at and evaluate the evidence so they don't buy into all of the nonsense out there.
Jane Vanderwiltl
At MSU 1968-2000
I grew up in Iowa – many places in Iowa! I was born in Des Moines, and subsequently lived in Waterloo, Cherokee, Des Moines again – but I consider my "hometown" to be Davenport IA, where I graduated from high school.
I attended Iowa State University as an engineering major, ultimately graduating with a B.S. and M.S. in Sociology. (at that time, women were not allowed to wear slacks on campus in certain buildings – and it got mighty cold during the winter!). My graduate assistantship office was located in a metal quonset hut (one of many hastily constructed "temporary" post World War II university buildings built to handle the influx of students after the war was over). My husband and I both were hired at Mankato State University (he as Dean of Students) starting in August 1968. (At that time there were many universities that would not allow both husband and wife to be employed at the same university – Mankato State did not have such a limitation. However, all new employees had to sign a "loyalty oath"). The campus was divided into the lower and upper campuses – with bus transportation between the two. Probably the most memorable and turbulent time occurred during the Viet Nam war – one spring quarter classes were quickly ended early for the term in order to minimize the possibility of violent demonstrations on campus. There was no McDonalds restaurant in Mankato when we moved there – the city ended short of the Madison East Mall but there was a Shakey's Pizza located approximately where the Mexican Village is today (and that was pretty much in the country then).
While still teaching, I started law school in 1993 and retired from teaching in May 2000 to accept a new position with Northwest Airlines. I was a Passenger Service Manager for various locations including Hawaii, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. I retired for the 2nd time in 2007 from Delta Airlines.
My husband and I currently reside in Eden Prairie and have 5 children and 5 grandchildren.
(For some reason, I saved all the department meeting minutes starting in 1968 --- evolution of technology is displayed in our minutes as we didn't have computers or printers or even copy machines…..we typed the minutes on "ditto" paper and ran them off on a mimeograph machine! It was quite normal to have purple ink on your hands, face, and clothes if you weren't careful…I didn't realize I was saving a bit of history as the years went by and when I retired I gave them all to Karen. I can only imagine how entertaining they are today!)
Denny Braun
At MSU 1968-2002
Denny Braun, author of The Rich Get Richer: The Rise of Income Inequality in the U. S. and the World (199t, grew up in Rochester, Minnesota and earned an AA degree at the Community College there. He completed his Bachelor's (1965) and Master's Degrees (1967) in Sociology at the University of Minnesota. A job as a Demographer Statistician for the US Census Department took him to Washington DC for a year before beginning his 33-year career at MSU in 1968.
While he enjoyed his time at the Census Bureau, frustration with the bureaucratic slowness and the absence of academic freedom prompted his decision to pursue an academic career. He also realized that he preferred the "safer, saner, more democratic" Midwest. After two years at MSU, he returned to Washington DC to earn a Ph.D. from American University. He completed his course work in fifteen months and wrote his dissertation while teaching at MSU.
Denny especially remembers the anti-Vietnam War protests in 1968 and 1969. When the students occupied the administration building on campus, President James Nickerson wisely did not involve the police but negotiated with the students. Another protest blocked the downtown bridge between Mankato and North Mankato. The Highway Patrol used tear gas and a Sociology Graduate Student was left black and blue after being hit with a tear gas canister in the chest.
Denny recalls, "I found out very early how much I loved teaching. I could see a real influence in terms of enlightening people … (with) more positive values (and) compassion with a sense of social economic justice. … Sociology had a renaissance because students were angry. They questioned everything, but felt that sociology had a lot of the answers. The catch word at the time was relevancy. We were relevant. Sociology classes were packed. We felt that we were making a big difference. And I think we were."
Denny encourages today's students to get involved with social justice: "There's all kinds of projects …. anti-poverty organizations, hunger issues, homelessness. … I approve of Occupy Wall Street. People are camping out on city hall … and saying 'there's injustice going on here. We need change that.' … At least, we should have students doing research. They could interview the protestors and ask 'What's going on? What do you see is happening and what are your aspirations?' It's a good research and learning opportunity as well. … Any attempt to make things better in society would help."
Lawrence Menezes
At MSU 1969- 2000
Lawrence Menezes grew up in Mangalore, India and earned his Bachelor's Degree in India. He studied philosophy and languages and speaks Hindi, Bengali, Sanskrit, Latin and Greek as well as English. He came to the United States and attended Fordham University in New York 1958-1963 completing a MA and achieving ABD status in Sociology. He taught at Northern Michigan University in Marquette for several years before coming to Mankato in 1969.
Larry's primary focus at Mankato was teaching and his favorite memories are working with students. He particularly enjoyed teaching courses in Sociological Theory, Marriage and the Family, and Social Problems in which he focused on poverty issues. He liked to share ideas with students both in and out of class. He hopes he made his students think.
Larry reported that the department grew and expanded tremendously as the faculty developed more programs to meet the needs of the community and society. Student and university involvement in community social concerns also became more important.His advice for students is to use knowledge not only to improve your own life, but also to better your fellow beings and your community. Larry emphasized the importance of being open-minded and accepting of each other, particularly in the areas politics and marriage. Before taking offense at something, we should ask for clarification. The other person might have a different meaning that what we assume. Discover what it means. Listening, taking no offense, speaking, giving no offense. That is what it means.
When the occasion to take offense arises before you do take offense ask for clarification. Make sure your impression is correct. Or that maybe the person talking to you might have different meaning altogether to what he said, to be understood. Discover what it means. Listening, taking no offense, speaking, getting no offense. That's what it means. When the occasion for offense happens, ask what is happening, listen to other side, and take action to see what happened before being offended.
Joe Davis
At MSU 1983-2009
Joe Davis grew up in Jackson, Tennessee and earned his Bachelor's Degree in 1958 at Union University before joining the U. S. army. His experience as a chaplain's assistant in the army prompted him to pursue a career in human services and social work. He became a Juvenile Probation Officer for the state of Tennessee in 1962 in an agency that was very treatment oriented and encouraged his interests in this direction.
Joe completed a Master's in Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1966. He worked in the child psychology program at The University of Missouri Medical School teaching hospital. They used the taped interviews with families in the clinic to teach the medical and graduate students the importance of understanding the family dynamics that could hinder treatment. He also worked at the Missouri Division of Youth Services 1968-1972 and as administrative consultant and vice president for Positive Peer Culture Inc. in Shenandoah, Virginia 1973-1975.
Joe finished his Ph. D. at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1978 and started teaching at Columbia College where he earned tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor. It was a small college where he became the head of both Social Work and Criminal Justice and was handling the whole program single-handedly. He searched catalogs in the library to look for larger universities offering Master's degrees and Corrections majors. Academic programs specific in Corrections were rare (still are) but he found Mankato State University. He applied for a position here and the interview confirmed that it was a good match. His field experience combined with his academic credentials was particularly important.
Joe came to MSU in 1983 and focused on teaching Corrections courses, particularly Correctional Counseling, a skills-development course during which students' counseling skills were videotaped twice and reviewed by the class. He reports that some students were initially resistant to this skills-demonstration approach. His experience in teaching medical students in Missouri, however, had convinced him of the value of such videos. Students learned to evaluate their work and development. It becomes a worthwhile, life-long process.
Joe also supervised the 10-credit, 400-hour Field Practice (Internships) and co-current Capstone Seminar required of all Corrections majors. He is especially pleased to follow the careers of his students, some of whom eventually become the directors of the agencies at which they had interned under his supervision. He enjoyed the experience of former students hiring current students and realizing that some agencies benefitted from three or four generations of his students.
Joe's favorite memories include meeting with former students who update him on their lives, careers and accomplishments. They often thank him for teaching them the valuable skills and knowledge important in their careers. He observes that these students enjoyed a broad outlook, were open to developmental experiences and appreciated the reasons for what they were doing in college. They understood that it was more than just obtaining credit for a course.
Department Chairs in 1993:
Back row: Joe Davis, Roy DeMaree, Dave Janovy, Leland "Mac" McCormick.
Front row: Wendell Wessman, Barbara Keating, T. R. Schaffler.
Leland McCormick
At MSU 1973-2006
I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, leaving there in 1959 to join the Navy where I worked with early computers that took up entire rooms and required hours of wiring and rewiring "motherboards," which, in those primitive days, were large and cumbersome things made of ceramics. I was stationed in Norfolk, VA, where I was witness to the early days of lunch-counter sit-ins and saw several instances of police brutality against civil rights demonstrators. One of my friends was a black man from Chicago. We spent time together on base, but were forbidden to be seen together in town because it could easily have caused a scene which the Navy wanted to avoid.
I left the Navy in 1963 and spent the next seven years in Albuquerque, New Mexico working for a private company under contract to the Atomic Energy Commission to make nuclear bombs. I quit that job in 1968 when the factory was leased to General Electric to make jet engines for fighter-bombers for the Viet Nam war. We needed them more than we needed more atom bombs. Have you ever seen an acre of atom bombs? At that point, I went to college full-time, completing my BA in Sociology in two and a half years, graduating magna cum laude in 1970 from the University of Albuquerque, a Catholic liberal arts college located on the west bank of the Rio Grande River with a magnificent view of the Sandia Mountains to the East. I also worked part time at a juvenile detention home. I was involved in a number of demonstrations in 1968-70 pertaining to racial discrimination and free speech. As part of the requirements for my social problems class, I worked with the local organization for the Poor People's March on Washington which took place in the spring of 1968.
Upon graduation, I received a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to attend the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for graduate work in the study of deviance, doing research on the rise and spread of the early Charismatic Movement, which was very controversial at the time. I also did research on a halfway house for adult Indian males for the Governor's Crime Commission. I earned an MA in 1972 and ABD in 1973. I was hired at what was then Mankato State College in September of that year to develop the nascent Corrections Program. At that time the department included anthropology and social work as well as sociology and corrections, which consisted of two faculty. For the next seven years, I developed and coordinated the corrections program, spending 1975-76 in the Twin Cities developing the off-campus graduate program. I taught courses at the Lino Lakes Correctional Facility and other places around the Twin Cities area and developed the courses in Correctional Theory, Correctional Research, and Law and Justice in Society.
In 1980, I left the corrections program and joined the sociology program where I taught large sections of introductory sociology. In addition, I taught courses in the sociology of religion, social change, and social organization. I also offered courses in the Sociology of Science and Sociology of Humor (not funny). I served as Chair from 1983-1989, during which time I spearheaded the development of separate departments for both Anthropology and Social Work.
In my early days at Mankato State, there was a tradition of faculty cooking midnight breakfast for students the night before finals week started. Faculty would cook and serve any students who showed up at the dorm dining hall from midnight to four AM or thereabout. My first year happened to be during the popularity of streaking. I was carrying a large tray of eggs to serve a table of students when suddenly three guys with ski masks streaked the dining hall. Several other incidences of streaking occurred that year around campus.
One of my fondest memories during those early years was being voted by corrections students as the most deviant professor at Mankato State (for which I was given a totally politically incorrect award). A few years later, I received an Outstanding Faculty Award, which was an actual award also voted by students. I loved teaching the large introductory classes of 100-200 students where I tried to impart sociological concepts through story telling. I always thought that sociologists should do more to translate their ideas into language more accessible to the general public.
In all, I spent 33 years teaching corrections and sociology at Minnesota State University, Mankato, retiring in 2006.I still reside in Mankato, but keep dreaming of returning to warmer climes. In the meantime, I enjoy writing controversial letters to the local paper, maintaining a couple of websites, and hanging with my Pomeranian, Oso.
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After having declined Tuesday in reaction to the surprisingly fast planting pace indicated on the Monday afternoon Crop Progress report, corn futures bounced modestly overnight. There seemed to be little substantive news, so the rise seemed to be motivated by technical factors. July corn futures were unchanged at $6.40/bushel Wednesday morning, while December added 3.25 cents to $5.235.
Soybean futures followed their strong showing Tuesday with a mixed performance early Wednesday. For example, the nearby July contract set back from the four-month high hit yesterday. Asian palm oil strength seemed to support the oil market, whereas nearby meal futures dipped (and deferred futures posted modest gains). Traders are apparently looking for pertinent news. July soybean futures slipped 1.75 cents to $14.765/bushel in early Wednesday trading, while July soyoil gained 0.11 cents to 49.59 cents/pound, and July soybean meal lost $2.4 to $436.3/ton.
Wheat futures recovered somewhat overnight from their weak Tuesday performance. Talk of a firm bid at an Indian wheat tender may have signaled support under the international market, while the strong showing posted by Minneapolis wheat yesterday seemed to indicate domestic firmness. July CBOT wheat futures surged 4.0 cents to $6.845/bushel early Wednesday morning, while July KCBT wheat climbed 3.5 to $7.42, and July MGE futures inched up 0.5 cents to $8.14.
Persistent beef gains have seemingly boosted cash market prospects for this week, which in turn are supporting nearby cattle futures. The fact that most 2013 live cattle contracts are trading at discounts to recent cash values is probably encouraging traders as well. June cattle gained 0.10 cents to 121.20 cents/pound as the sun rose over Chicago this morning, while December was steady at 125.20. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle futures increased 0.15 cents to 146.62 cents/pound, whereas November skidded 0.20 cent to 151.80.
Anticipation of seasonal strength through mid-June seemed to support CME lean hog futures Tuesday. Moreover, news that the cash and wholesale markets had performed better than expected earlier in the day very likely translated into continued strength overnight. Swine futures could continue rising until traders see signs of cash and/or wholesale weakness. June hog futures advanced 0.30 cents to 92.70 cents/pound Tuesday night, while December futures added 0.10 cents to 78.70.
The Tuesday cotton breakdown seems somewhat overdone this morning, which may partially explain the rebound posted overnight. The drop posted yesterday very likely reflected trader concerns about the strength of futures Chinese buying, potentially improved U.S. plantings and U.S. dollar strength. Only time will tell if those worries are overdone at this point, but the technical consequences of the decline are not very promising. July cotton futures rebounded 0.74 cents to 84.60 cents/pound in early Wednesday trading, while December jumped 0.96 cents to 85.11.


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TRS Party and its leader KCR prides that they are the champions of Telangana but when Supreme Court gave ruling against AP Govt against Babli project thus supporting Maharashtra, TRS instead of opposing it went into silent mode.
While some of its leaders decided to go on protests against the ruling, its water resources wing head R.Vidya Sagar Rao who was Retd. Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission,supported supreme Court ruling stating that Telangana will not suffer at all. This came as shocker to people of Telangana.
Many are of the opinion that TRS is keen on increasing its votes and seats rather than bothered on solving peoples problems.


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Kids, Adults Finding Heat Relief at Area Splash Pads [AUDIO]
ST. CLOUD – Temps are soaring into the upper 80s and90s this week – and fortunately, the St. Cloud area is full of splash pads and wading pools.
Kristin Johnson is with the Boys and Girls Club's Kidstop program. She's been spending this hot day with the kids at the Lake George Municipal Park splash pad.
She says the club has weekly outings to area pools – and on days like this one, those trips are necessary to keep the kids cool.
And, the kids, like one 7-year old St. Cloud resident, don't exactly mind the outings.
All told, St. Cloud has 10 different public pools and splash pads, and one for nearly every neighborhood. Visit the link above for more info and individual hours.


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Plan of Iguala | Treaty
of Cordova | Annulment Decree by the Spanish Cortes
1. La religi�n de la Nueva Espa�a, es y ser� la cat�lica,
apost�lica, romana, sin soberan�a de otra alguna.
ART. 1. The Mexican nation is independent of the Spanish nation, and of
every other, even on its own Continent.
>Treaty concluded in the Town of Cordova on the 24th of August, 1821, between Don Juan O'Donnoju, Lieutenant-General of the Armies of Spain, and Don Augustin de Iturbide, First Chief of the Imperial Mexican Army of the "Three Guarantees."
>New Spain having declared herself independent of the mother country; possessing an army to support this declaration; her provinces having decided in its favour; the capital wherein the legitimate authority had been deposed being besieged; the cities of Vera Cruz and Acapulco alone remaining to the European government ungarrisoned, and without the means of resisting a well directed siege of any duration, Lieut.-Gen. Don Juan O'Donnoju arrived at the first, named port in the character and quality of Captain General and first political chief of this kingdom, appointed by his most Catholic Majesty, and being desirous of avoiding the evils that necessarily fall upon the people in changes of this description, and of reconciling the interests of Old and New Spain, he invited the First Chief of the imperial army, Don Augustin de Iturbide to an interview in order to discuss the great question of independence, disentangling without destroying the bonds which had connected the two Continents. This interview took place in the town of Cordova, on the 24th of August, 1821, and the former under the character with which he came invested, and the latter as representing the Mexican empire, having conferred at large upon the interests of each nation, looking to their actual condition and to recent occurrences, agreed to the following Articles, which they signed in duplicate, for their better preservation, each party keeping an original for greater security and validity.
>1st. This kingdom of America shall be recognised as
a sovereign and independent nation; and shall, in future, be called the Mexican Empire.
In the Session of l3th February, the Extraordinary Cortes at Madrid
approved of the following Articles.
>Mexicans! As a fellow-citizen desirous of the preservation of order, and anxious for your welfare infinitely more than for my own, I address myself to you. Political changes and alterations in the government of states produce no evils when the people are guided by that prudence and moderation which you have ever displayed. The army and the inhabitants of this city have just taken a decisive step; to the rest of the nation it appertains either to approve or reject it. As for me, at this moment, I can do no more than feel grateful for their determination, and beg of you, yes, fellow-citizens, I beseech you (for Mexicans need not my command) to repress any violence of passion, to forget all resentments, and to respect the authorities; for a people without authorities, or which possessing, treads them under foot, is a monster. (Ah! let none of my friends incur the appellation !) Let us wait for a time of greater tranquillity before.we irrevocably decide on our system and our destiny; it will speedily arrive. The whole nation is the country; its deputies this day represent it; let us hear them; let us not prove a scandal to the world; fear not that you shall be led astray by listening to my advice! The will of the people is the law; there is nothing superior to it. Listen to me, and give me this last proof of your attachment, which is all that I look for, and the height of my ambition. I dictate these words with my heart on my lips; do me the justice to believe me sincere and your best friend, ITURBIDE. sdct
The Sovereign Constituent Congress of Mexico at the Sitting of
yesterday decreed the following:
The Congress solemnly declares that at no time was there any right to bind the Mexican nation to subject itself to any law or treaty, unless by its own consent, or that of its representatives appointed according to the public right of free nations. Therefore the Plan of Iguala and the treaty of Cordova do not subsist as to the form of government and the invitation given; and the nation is at full liberty to constitute itself according to the form of government that suits it best. Mexico, 8th April, 1823. sdct


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Viking Knit Part 3 – Wire
Today the topic is the viking knit wire you'll be using. There are all kinds and gauges to choose from, and here's some information to help you choose best.
You've probably seen part 1 and part 2 of my viking knit series; if not, you may want to take a look when you're done with this post.
Kinds of Wire
Unless you have money to burn (or are just super-coordinated), I highly suggest that you start learning to make viking knit chain using either copper or artistic wire (which is basically a coated copper wire). Both are inexpensive and readily available. (In a pinch when I run out, I hop on over to my local hardware store for some copper wire.)
You can also try brass wire, but it seems to harden up faster than copper does, making it more difficult to work. But it does give you a gold color without using gold-filled wire.
Fine silver, sterling, argentium and gold-filled wire are glorious but they are expensive to start out with, due to the amount of wire you will use. Once you are confident of your skill, though, then try your wings with wires other than copper or artistic!
Wire Shapes
When you go to buy your wire, you may be confronted with a choice of wire shapes. The three most common are round, half round and square.
You'll want to use round wire with your viking knit. Half round and square would be much too frustrating to use when you are learning. Half round might be interesting to experiment with, though, once you can do viking knit in your sleep. 😉 I don't know that I would try square, though, even as an experiment.
Besides, round wire is the least expensive to purchase; the price goes up for any other shape.
Wire Gauges
Wire gauge refers to the thickness of the wire itself. The most important thing to know is this: the higher the number, the thinner the wire! (I know, it seems backwards, but that's the way it is.)
The two most popular viking knit gauges are 24 g and 26 g. And while you can use any gauge to your heart's content, keep the following in mind. If you go larger to 22 g, the wire will work harden faster (or at least be harder to work because it's thicker and stiffer). And if you go smaller with 28 g, you'll be having a very narrow chain indeed.
Wire Hardness
When buying wire, you may or may not see a reference to the wire being hard, half-hard or soft. You will want to go with soft wire. Why? Because the act of making the viking knit chain will "work harden" the wire, making it stiffer. And while you might could go half-hard with 26 or 28 g wire (since it's so small in diameter to begin with), if you do, you'll need to work with shorter lengths of wire.
Other Gauges for Viking Knit Jewelry
To finish your viking knit jewelry, you will need a small amount of a 20g or 18g wire. This will be for finishing the ends and making a clasp (unless of course you plan to use a ready-made clasp). I personally like 18g for clasps, since it is harder and stronger than 20g. But there are plenty of people who successfully use 20g, so the choice is yours.
How Much Wire -- Lengths
Starting out, you'll use quite a bit of wire trying to get a handle on the viking knit, which is why I suggest an inexpensive wire in the beginning. But how much wire is needed for a viking knit jewelry project?
Here's an estimate you can use: 1 troy ounce of 24g sterling wire (48 feet) will make roughly an 18" (after being drawn) double-knit chain. At the time I am writing this, the lowest price I've found for sterling wire is about $20 an ounce.
Like I said, this is just an estimate; your chain may vary somewhat. And if you use a single knit instead of a double knit, you can just about double that finished chain length.
And of course, the gauge of your wire makes a difference as well. That's why I suggest making a chain library before you start on your jewelry projects. You'll have a better handle on what you need, as to length of wire.
One more thing -- how much working length of wire should you use for a session? I tend to like using 6 feet of wire at a time. If you're not familiar with using wire, you may want to go shorter, with 3' lengths to start. But I know other people who like to use 10 feet at a time. Ultimately, use the working length most comfortable for you!
About Your Eyes
If you're of a certain age, you'll need reading glasses to work your viking knit. If you don't need reading glasses to see the chain stitches, then wear safety glasses. Wire can whip around, and you do not want it to strike your eyes!
Now that I've covered wires, I'll next discuss the relationship of dowels, petals and wire gauge for your viking knit jewelry project.
While you can go out to your local hardware store and/or beading or craft store for your wire, if you don't have any of these kinds of stores nearby, here are some copper and art wire available on ebay.
Til next time!
Artistic Wire Copper Craft Wire 24 Gauge Thick 20 Yard Spool Antiqued Brass
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Copper Wire Pure Round Dead Soft 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 22 24 26 28 30 Gauge
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Copper Wire Round Half Round Square 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 22 24 26 28 Gauge
Time Remaining: 1d 9h 23m
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Copper Wire Round Half Round Square 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 22 24 26 28 Gauge
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Artistic Wire 30 colors Round Copper Craft Wire REGULAR Spool
Time Remaining: 26d 16h 26m
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6 Colors BeadSmith Copper Craft Wire Non Tarnish
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Copper Wire Pure Round Dead Soft 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 22 24 26 28 30 Gauge
Time Remaining: 10d 22h 26m
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Pure Copper Wire Round Half Round Square 12 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 Gauge DS
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Copper Wire Round Half Round Square 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 22 24 26 28 Gauge
Time Remaining: 1d 9h 23m
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Hotel Chicamocha is a well located, comfortable hotel in Bucaramanga. Service is very good, rooms are well equipped. Breakfast was included and offers a variety of tropical fruits and local and international food. Excellent coffee.
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"ask for a room facing a quiet street, although double pane windows fend off noise. Higher rooms have a view."
"When you check in, make sure you're furthest as possible from bars and loud noise"
"All high rooms have a view of the city, but with hills in background."


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Caring and Sharing Child Care Center Opens
Senator Robach recently had the privilege to speak to, and visit with, kids at the grand opening of the Caring and Sharing Junior Academy on Webster Avenue in Rochester. Caring and Sharing has provided child care in Rochester for 12 years and recently expanded to include the junior academy. The center offers an experimental educational enrichment program to youth who are too old for traditional child care services.


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Chris Paterson's three penalties and three conversions were vital.
Simon Webster, twice, Craig Smith and Ally Strokosch were the try scorers for Edinburgh, who dominated early on.
Mark Jones and Dafydd James replied for Llanelli, while Gareth Bowen and Mike Hercus kicked the other points as the Welsh pressure failed to claim a win.
The visitors had missed an early chance when Bowen made a complete hash of an easy penalty.
And Edinburgh quickly rattling up 12 points in as many minutes.
Webster reached the target in the wake of a tapped penalty by Mikey Blair and prop Smith dived over from close quarters.
Paterson added the extras, making amends for an earlier conversion attempt that had struck the woodwork
Llanelli kick-started their challenge with a penalty by Bowen, followed by a superb touchdown from Jones, who finished clinically after a slick handling sequence.
The Scarlet piled on the pressure in the opening stages of the second half.
Edinburgh managed to stem the tide, but they suffered another setback when substitute Ally Strokosch was sent to the sin-bin for playing the ball in an offside position.
Play became disjointed and scrappy again with both sides making mistakes galore.
And, in the inevitable spate of penalties, Paterson landed three in quick order, while substitute Mike Hercus could only reply with one.
There was a flurry of tries in the dying minutes with Strokosch and Webster scoring for Edinburgh and James for Llanelli.
They were converted by Paterson and Hercus respectively.
Edinburgh: Southwell, Paterson, Di Rollo, Jorgensen, Webster, Godman, Blair, Dickinson, Kelly, Smith, Kellock, Murray, Mustchin, Hogg, Taylor. Replacements: Dey for Di Rollo (40), Leonelli Morey for Jorgensen (69), Lawson for Blair (69), Jacobsen for Smith (69), Duley for Kellock (69), Strokosch for Hogg (45). Not Used: Hewett.
Llanelli Scarlets: Byrne, M. Jones, King, G. Evans, D. James, Bowen, Peel, I. Thomas, Rees, J. Davies, Cooper, Wyatt, Afeaki, D. Jones, Mills. Replacements: Hercus for Bowen (55), John for I. Thomas (64), A. Jones for Cooper (28), Edwards for D. Jones (74). Not Used: Hawkins, Stuart-Smith, G. Evans.
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As a broker, I get the odd email along these lines: ''I have a mate who reckons that most of the movement in company share prices is driven by the companies and traders trying to manipulate the market by sending out incorrect signals to generate momentum in the wrong direction and provide them with an opportunity.'' Or this one: ''I often read of some big company becoming a substantial shareholder in a particular company. Is this done because they want the voting power to obtain inside information?''
Or this: ''Are you telling us to buy XYZ because you want to sell it?''
Yes, that's right. The sharemarket is a colossal machiavellian plot designed to take from the poor and give to the rich. It's all a conspiracy and you fell for it. Moohahahaha.
I do occasionally wonder whether there isn't some kind of supreme being that has us all brainwashed with an erroneous collective hysteria. There must be, because some of our financial theories are, despite universal acceptance and implementation, costing us money and I can't help thinking we are perpetuating these bunkum hypotheses not because they add value but because we need them.
After all, as Captain Cook would say, discover any group of human beings, no matter how remote, and they will already have a god and a religion. It was not someone's idea, it is a human need, to huddle under an omnipotent being and a creed. To have all our biggest questions in life answered, not by logic but by a figurehead and his teachings.
Net result, from religion to financial theory, our insecurity endows our ideas with vastly more trust and belief than they could ever mathematically possess or deserve. We have to occasionally stop and ask: ''Are we doing it right?''
It is too easy and, frankly, unintelligent to just plough on and not question accepted practice in any field. Especially in finance and especially in the current market when the theories aren't working and adding value requires something more than just saying ''Buy''.
There are a number of investment theories that run a fine line between adding value and adding nothing.
For instance:
Set and forget. It took the GFC to teach us this is nothing but a lazy investor's excuse for doing nothing and a lazy adviser's catchphrase for buying you a product and then not giving you any advice while they continue to get paid. The fact it rhymes has made it all the more compelling.
Diversification. Another lazy theory focused on hedging your ignorance rather than making you money. We need to make money, not dull our failure and, therefore, success by buying a lot of different things rather than a few good ones.
Portfolio optimisation. The efficient frontier and the efficient market hypothesis. The more academic the theory, the less likely it is to work in practice. A lot of financial academia is used as a platform for fund managers to market themselves to the asset consultants who need the science to look smart when they tell the people with the money who to pick as a fund manager. But does any of it actually make anyone money?
Compounding. Produces some great historic returns that dazzle us into buying products but only ever seems to work in theory and in hindsight, and it almost never happens to us. You know the one: ''If you'd invested $1 in XYZ in 1961 it would now be worth blah blah blah.'' Well, we didn't, right, and the reason is it only works if you actually do it, and almost no one does. Who has so much money they never have to touch it, ever? Compounding is the pinnacle example of marketing over reality.
Mean reversion. It went down so it must go up. Dazzling logic that worked really well on Babcock & Brown and ABC Learning.
Average down. Buy stocks that are falling. Clever stuff.
Dollar-cost averaging. Invest without caring when. Brilliant. Especially for the people getting your regular cheque.
I could go on. Astonishingly enough, animals don't have religion. Stupidity, blind faith and insecurity are, it appears, higher brain functions.
Marcus Padley is a stockbroker with Patersons Securities and the author of newsletter Marcus Today. His views do not necessarily reflect those of Patersons.


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Childhood Overweight-What a Parent Can Do
Guide F-123
Martha Archuleta
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
Author: Martha Archuleta, PhD, RD, Extension Food and Nutrition Specialist, New Mexico State University. (Print Friendly PDF)
Three times as many children are overweight today as compared with 20 years ago. If you think back to your own childhood, it's probably not hard to figure out why this is the case. Twenty years ago, kids didn't have many computer games and not nearly as many TV channels. Kids were more likely to have regular PE at school and there was less worry for parents about kids playing outside safely. There also were not nearly as many fast food places or super sized soft drinks. The reason that childhood overweight has gone up over the last 20 years is because the environment (or surroundings) has changed. It is easy to eat a lot of calories and difficult to get enough exercise to burn up all of those calories.
Childhood overweight is caused by many factors. Some of those we can change and some we cannot. For example, a person has no control over their genetics (or heredity) and genetics have a major influence on a person's tendency to be thin or heavy. The things that we can change are related to lifestyle—making healthy food choices and being physically active. Some lifestyle factors are easier to change than others. For example, it may not be possible for a child to walk to school because of safety issues. But the child's family could choose to take a bike ride after dinner twice a week. Also, a community might work together to change the environment so it's easier for kids to be physically active. For example, a neighborhood could advocate for a swimming pool, so more kids have a chance to swim nearby.
This article describes several things parents can do to help prevent or manage childhood overweight including: eating more fruits, vegetables and dairy foods, drinking fewer sugary drinks, increasing active play time and decreasing TV time, and eating meals together as a family. It also gives suggestions of ways to increase your child's self esteem.
Ideas for Increasing Fruits, Vegetables and Low-fat Dairy Products in Kids' Diets
Research has shown that increasing these foods in children's diets can help them achieve a healthy weight. Following are some ideas to help your child eat more of these:
Fruits and vegetables
- Keep fruit in a bowl on the countertop.
- Make smoothies with frozen fruit, milk (or soymilk) and yogurt.
- Serve fruit for breakfast, snacks and instead of dessert.
- Have kids munch on fresh cut-up veggies when they are hungry before dinner.
- Serve veggies at meals. Have kids pick the vegetables to have at dinner.
- Be a role model—eat a variety of vegetables.
- Serve milk (1% or nonfat) at meals.
- Keep yogurt and string cheese on hand for snacks.
- Make chocolate milk with 1% milk and just a little chocolate syrup.
- Make oatmeal with milk instead of water.
- Make smoothies with milk or yogurt and get creative with other ingredients.
- Add low fat mozzarella cheese to tacos, pizzas or burritos.
- Be a role model—eat a variety of dairy products
Ideas for Decreasing Sugary Drinks
Children drink an average of two soft drinks a day. This is equal to 15 teaspoons of sugar a day. Think about what your child drinks during the day. How much milk? Water? Sugary drinks? Where do they get sugary drinks? At home? School? Do they buy them at fast food places or convenience stores? Now think of ways they might be able to drink less of a sugary drink and more water or milk. Ideas might include:
- Drink milk or water instead of soda at meals.
- Have the child carry a water bottle.
- Remind kids that when you're thirsty, water is the very best thirst quencher.
- Put money saved from not buying soda in a jar and spend on a family outing.
- Keep cold water in the refrigerator.
- Put a cooler with ice water and cups outside where kids are playing
- Be a role model—make water your main beverage.
What about fruit juice? In some fruit drinks, juice is a very small part of the drink and the fruit drink is similar to a soft drink. One hundred percent fruit juice can contribute important nutrients like vitamin C to a child's diet. However, even juice that is 100% fruit juice has a lot of calories (about 120 calories per cup). The best choice is to eat the whole fruit, which has fiber, other nutrients and fewer calories.
Ideas for Increasing Active Time and Decreasing "Screen Time" for Children
Children watch an average of more than three hours of TV a day and this doesn't include any time spent watching videos or playing computer games. (The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children spend no more than two hours a day watching TV or videos.) More than half of kids over eight have a TV in their room. Watching TV actually causes a person's metabolism to go down. Even quiet activities such as reading or drawing burn more calories than watching TV. Also, as kids get older they spend less time being physically active. This is especially true for girls. Think about: What does your child do when he gets home from school? On evenings? On weekends? How much time is your child watching TV or videos or playing computer games? How much time is spent being active.
Ideas for decreasing TV and other "screen" time and increasing active time might include:
- Set a limit on TV/video/computer time per day.
- Go on family walks or bike rides.
- Do "silly dancing" to favorite music.
- Plan outside time with simple toys like balls, hula hoops or jump ropes.
- Give sports equipment or active toys for holiday or birthday gifts.
- Walk to school.
- Go on outings to the park.
- Join a team sport the child is interested in.
- Be a role model—get active yourself, especially play with your kids.
Ideas for Encouraging Appropriate Serving Sizes
Parents of overweight children are often concerned that the child is eating way too much. This can lead to a power struggle between the parent and child. It is important to remember that the goal for most children is not to lose weight, but rather to maintain their weight or slow their weight gain. Then, as they continue to grow taller they will grow into their weight. If parents are controlling and restrict how much a child eats, this will actually backfire, and the child will want to eat even more and can develop behaviors such as sneaking food.
Parents need to make sure that the pantry and refrigerator are stocked with nutritious foods and that these foods are served at meals and snacks. Foods like chips or cookies shouldn't be eaten frequently, but it's OK to have "treats" occasionally. Banning these types of foods completely can lead to kids eating too much of them when they do get a chance to eat them. Kids need to learn to "listen to their stomachs" to know when they are hungry and when they get full. Kids need to be allowed to eat enough at meals so they leave feeling satisfied. Most children can learn to recognize when they are hungry and full and will not overeat. However, some children don't seem to be able to control how much they eat as well as others. A child may also have a particular "problem food" that she tends to overeat on. For example, a child may love pasta and want to eat several large servings. If a child really seems to be overeating on a regular basis, a parent can give guidance to the child to help them recognize when they've had enough food. This should always be done in a positive loving manner, not in any way that berates or embarrasses the child. Some strategies that might help a child eat less of a problem food or control the amount of food s/he eats include:
- Ask the child if her tummy is really still hungry.
- Don't have large amounts of food on the table.
- Remove problem foods from the table after everyone has had one or two servings.
- Put food away right after the meal is over.
- Have everyone in the family eat at the same time, so food is not out later to tempt the child.
- Occasionally measure out serving sizes.
- Don't order super sizes at restaurants or split them among several family members.
- Be a role model—eat reasonable portion sizes.
Ideas for Making Time for Family Meals
Children who eat meals together with their families have more nutritious diets. In our hectic world, it can be difficult to get everyone to the table at the same time for a meal. But often with a little planning ahead and getting the whole family involved, it is possible. Think about often you eat together as a family now. Then think about the reasons it isn't happening as often as you would like. See if you can think of possible solutions. Some ideas might include:
- Have dad (or mom) get home from work earlier, so the family can eat together.
- Use a slow cooker to prepare a main dish that cooks when you're away so dinner can be on the table quickly before family members are off to evening activities.
- Make sure everyone keeps their schedules free for several evenings a week.
- Have kids help prepare the meal.
- Turn off the TV.
- Have a set time for dinner so everyone can plan to be home at that time.
Ideas for Improving Your Child's Self Esteem
Because of the stigma that being overweight has in our society, overweight children often have lower self esteem and more depression as compared with other children. This is very sad and unfortunate. Parents can have a big role in helping their child feel good about themselves. A child who feels good about himself is more likely to make changes like trying a new sport.
Some ways a parent can help a child have good self esteem are:
- Let your child know that you love him just the way he is—say it often.
- Praise your child for things she does well (and do it in front of others).
- Praise your child when he makes good food choices or does things to increase his physical activity.
- Let your child know that kids' bodies come in different shapes and sizes and every body is a good body.
- Let other children in the family know it is not OK to tease the overweight child because of her size.
- Talk to the teacher if the child is getting teased at school.
- Talk to the child about how to handle teasing.
- Have your child get involved in activities that he enjoys doing and talk about those.
- Have your child get involved in community service projects with you or with children's organizations.
Going Further
Think about ways you could get involved with your child's school or your community to improve the physical activity and nutrition environment for children. Most schools have parent organizations that can influence things like which foods are sold during the school day or after school activities available for kids. Teams are also being formed in many New Mexico school districts that are partnering with health professionals, parents and community members to improve schools. Your city's Parks and Recreation Department may also be a place where you can get involved to make playgrounds and activity programs more available and affordable for families.
To find more resources for your business, home, or family, visit the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences on the World Wide Web at aces.nmsu.edu.
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Printed and electronically distributed March 2007, Las Cruces, NM.


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Saramandra Model
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Tallinn 2.9m Oak Table & 10 Winchester Brown Leather Chairs Set
This 10 seater oak dining set comprises of the large Tallinn butterfly extending dining table that extends from 2.4m to 2.9m with a 50cm butterfly extension along with 10 matching Winchester solid oak chairs with real brown leather seat pads. Choose from 10 or 12 dining chairs from the drop down list above along with the different seat pad colours and coverings that are available - MADE IN EUROPE.
Feel free to call us on 01889 560999 to discuss this dining set in more detail or to order over the telephone.
Table Dimensions: 240cm long extending to 290cm long. 100cm wide. 78cm high. 40mm thick table top. 90mm thick legs.
Chair Dimensions: Height to Top - 101cm, Height to Pad - 47cm, Pad Width - 46cm, Pad Depth 40cm
We will endeavour to dispatch most items within 2 - 3 weeks of ordering and you will be called by a member of our transport team to schedule in the delivery day with you. Some smaller items may be dispatched with an express carrier such as TNT within a few days.
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Evergreen sprinters shine at CC track meet
With its 800-meter relay overcoming two dropped batons to provide it with one of three event wins, Evergreen Park's boys' track team piled up 80 points to finish third in the 13-school Chicago Christian Invitational.
Illiana Christian (143 points) was the meet champion, while Leo (87) nosed out the Mustangs for the runner-up spot.
Evergreen's 800-relay unit comprised of Sean Ryan, Don Lewis, Charles Taylor and Josh Carter mishandled the baton at both the second and third exchange points, but Carter's anchor leg of 22.9 seconds over the final 200 meters allowed the Mustangs to cross the finish line ahead of the field. Evergreen's foursome clocked a 1:36.95.
Carter was a standout at other times, too. He captured the long jump title with a leap of 19 feet, 1 3/4 inches and also ran the final leg for the triumphant 400-relay team. Joining him in posting an overall time of 45.36 in that race were Ryan, Taylor and William Reeves.
The Mustangs also registered two second places and a pair of thirds. Kameron Brown was runner-up in the triple jump (40-1 1/2) and Sam Senerchia (139-4) occupied that same position in the discus, while Matt Przeslicke (4:46.19) and Taylor (11.40) wound up third in the 1,600 and 100, respectively.
Marist records pair of ESCC volleyball victories
Behind two strong performances from Tom Inzinga along the net, Marist bagged a pair of East Suburban Catholic Conference volleyball victories.
Inzinga paced the RedHawks with 10 kills and four blocks in a 25-17, 25-16 win over Nazareth Academy, which followed his seven-kill effort versus Marian Catholic. Marist also captured that match in two sets, 26-24, 25-15.
Jake Moran backed Inzinga with nine kills and two service aces against the Roadrunners, while Tim Hauser distributed a team-best 25 assists. Other RedHawks contributors included Luke Mayer (eight digs, one ace), Brian Barry (six digs), Matt Munro (two blocks) and Dan Anzelmo (ace).
Also chipping in opposite the Spartans were Munro (five kills), Nick O'Gorman (five kills, six digs, one ace), Barry (six digs, two aces) and Hauser (17 assists, one ace).
Rice doubles team takes fourth
Brother Rice's double duo of Jack Gorman and Liam Millerick wound up fourth overall at the Crusader Classic, which enabled the host school to place seventh. Rice totaled 15 points.
Marist (27 point) and Shepard (25) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the team standings.
Summer softball camp at Richards
Richards coach Julie Folliard will host her annual softball camp for girls in grades 3-12 June 16-19 at the high school.
Separate sessions will be conducted for those entering grades 8-12 and individuals who will be in grades 3-7 in the fall. The younger participants will be broken up into two groups (grades 3-5 and 6-7) as well. Hitting, bunting, baserunning, catching, throwing, strategies and mental approach to the game will be taught Folliard, her staff and alumni.
The cost is $40 and registration is currently being taken. Forms are available in Richards' athletic office and online at www.CHSD281.org. Go to the "Richards softball" link.
Annual Shepard football camp set for May 18
The sixth annual Shepard Youth Football Camp will be held Sunday, May 18, from 2-4 p.m. at the school's football field.
Registration for the camp, which is open to ages 6-14 (grades 1-8), will be taken at 1 p.m. that same day. The cost is $10, and includes a T-shirt and pizza. Players must supply their own cleats/gym shoes, shorts and practice T-shirt.
Astros varsity coach Dominic Passolano, who guided Shepard into the state playoffs in four of his first five seasons in charge of the program, will lead the non-padded camp, which seeks to develop the skills and teamwork necessary to participate in the sport. There is no weight limit or experience level necessary for individuals to take part.
Local golf instructor to conduct free clinic
Professional golf instructor Bob Gates, a former coach at Oak Lawn High School and longtime contributor of a golf advice column to this paper, will conduct a free one-hour clinic on Saturday, May 17, at Stony Creek Golf Course, 5850 W. 103rd St. in Oak Lawn.
The session, which will run from 11 a.m.-noon, will focus on two of the sport's most neglected fundamentals: proper set-up position and club takeaway. Both subjects will be discussed, demonstrated and have solutions suggested through hands-on instruction.
The clinic is open to all. For more information, call Stony Creek at 857-2433.
Moraine to conduct summer sports camps
Moraine Valley College will conduct three youth sports camps this summer.
Athletic director and former men's basketball coach Bill Finn will lead a hoops camp from July 14-17 for youngsters entering grades 3-8. Each session will run from 9-10:30 a.m. The camp is designed to develop and improve fundamental basketball skills through instruction, group and individual drills, and team play.
Former Cyclones volleyball coach Gloria Coughlin will host a camp in that sport July 14-17 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. daily. The program, which is open to players entering grades 5-9, will improve fundamental skills through individual attention and group work.
Moraine women's tennis coach Nicole Selvaggio will instruct youngsters entering grades 5-12 in the fundamentals of her sport July 7-10. Sessions for those in grades 5-8 will go from 9-10:30 a.m. each day, with ones for grades 9-12 to follow from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The cost of each camp is $70, and all three will be held in the school's new Health, Fitness & Recreation Center gymnasium. For more information, call 974-5727 or visit www.morainevalley.edu/Athletics.
Girls' basketball camp to be offered at SXU
St. Xavier University women's basketball coach Bob Hallberg will host his annual basketball camp for girls aged 7-15 the week of June 16-20 at the Shannon Center.
Sessions will run from 1:30-4 p.m. daily. Participants will be grouped according to age and ability, and Hallberg will actively teach each day. SXU assistant coaches and players will also be on hand to instruct campers.
The cost is $135 per individual, and includes a camp T-shirt. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications are available through the SXU athletic department or online at www.sxucougars.com under the "summer camps" link.
For more information, call Laura Kurzeja at (773) 298-3785.


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Ball tampering has been taken to a whole new level.
Fringe Melbourne Stars and South Australian paceman Daniel Worrall has copped a suspension of four points (equal to two four-day matches or four one-day or Twenty20 matches) for engraving a picture of a penis and testicles into the Toorak Park wicket being prepared for a grade cricket final.
The incident took place while Worrall was himself playing for the SA 2nd XI against Victoria's 2nd XI on Friday.
Worrall wil serve his suspension next season.
SA Cricket's high-performance manager Jamie Cox took a dim view of Worrall's actions. "We are extremely disappointed in Daniel's actions, it's not in line with the behaviour we expect of a Redbacks player," Cox said.
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Both the top panel of the brim and the top button of this hat are made of super soft Napa Valley Lambskin leather. The panels are constructed using 100% black cotton duck cloth and finished with black metal eyelets. This hat is adjustable to fit any size by a leather strap and metal clasp at the back. Made in the USA.


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Richard Wilson initially turned down the part of Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave because at the age of 53 he didn't want to be playing older people. However, Victor was never meant to be a pensioner, rather, a man who had been made redundant. He wanted to work but no one else wanted him to work for them, a sad reflection of current times when those who are fifty plus find it very difficult to get the chance at a new job/career. When Richard discovered that the role of Victor had been specifically created for him, he accepted the role and as we all know, One Foot in the Grave would not be the same without him.
To throw a Meldrew is often used to explain people going over the top over small things but the writer David Renwick never aimed to make Victor look unreasonable, rather the situations that surround him were meant to make him feel out of control.
His long suffering wife, Margaret (played wonderfully by Annette Crosbie) seems to rise above all of the problems that inflict Victor except for the odd occassion where Victor gets it in the neck.


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With the October 14th Apple Notebook Event just around the corner, the TUAW blogger squad decided it was time to look into our iCrystalBalls and make
a SWAG predictions about what laptop goodness will be announced by the Cupertino Kids on Tuesday. To make this extra crunchy, we're not only posting our best guesses as to what will actually be announced, but what Steve J. will announce as "one more thing".
Steve Sande
Best Guess -- The entire MacBook line will be made of aluminum, and the 15" and 17" models will get slightly faster processors and more installed RAM. If that's the only announcement, expect Apple's stock to dive even further than it has during the recent stock market freefall.
One More Thing -- The iTablet. Netbooks are selling like hotcakes, so Apple will get in on the action by coming out with a 9" tablet with a virtual keyboard and multi-touch support. Since it is all display and no keyboard, it will weigh less than two pounds. Think of an über-iPhone.
Victor Agreda, Jr.
Best Guess -- Ditto what Steve said, except I think a drop in price will happen in light of tough economic times. Despite what some analysts may babble about, Apple is interested in the long game, and that means building more market share. To stay in the game they have to get more price competitive on the low end.
One More Thing -- Again, I agree with Steve, although I wouldn't call this a tablet. More like a mini-Air with a decent keyboard (Apple has long been in favor of keeping decent-sized keyboards on smaller laptops) and touchscreen up top. I think the form factor will be something clever and surprising. If it appears at all, of course.
Robert Palmer
I think we'll see higher-end MacBook enclosures made of aluminum, and a sub-$1,000 model still made from white plastic. There's a part of me that says they won't ditch plastic altogether, because of the style factor: I bet there will be some people who still want a black MacBook. Hey, maybe there will be a black aluminum MacBook. Classy.
One More Thing -- I'm still bearish on the iTablet. I think Apple has too much invested in the iPhone as a mobile platform to try and dilute it with another form factor with a different screen size. If it's a Mac, I'm not a fan of jury-rigging traditionally mouse-driven operating systems for styluses. Personally, I just don't think there will be "one more thing." He hasn't done that in a while, especially at "themed" events (like the music event last month).
Michael Rose
I'm also fairly well convinced that the $800 MacBook (dare we call it the MacBook Jr.?) is inbound on Tuesday, although I'm not sure that the manufacturing rumors are completely on target. The mutterings about a mystery port on the new MacBook -- and a dockability patent from years past -- are starting to sound credible too.
One More Thing: I would love to see a BTO touchscreen option... and maybe a technology preview of an iTablet for delivery later in 2009.
Mike Schramm
New MacBooks are a given -- the Nvidia rumor sounds credible to me, not to mention that it's just what would push me to finally replace my old G4 Powerbook (though I'll miss my little 12" screen). "One more thing" seems like it's trending towards an AppleTV upgrade -- we've got HD content on the iTunes store, so it's time to have a set-top box that's fitting to play that content on. I'm hearing lots of Mac mini rumors as well, but I wonder if Apple will ever upgrade the mini -- it's small, it sells as-is, why break what's not broken?
Of course, as Victor mentioned in an email, "Whatever happens, AAPL will drop 10% because iUnicorn wasn't announced..." Think we're out of our minds? Let's hear your prediction in the comment section!


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As expected, there is a lot of praise for Günter Grass's missive in rhyme against Israel's imagined plans to annihilate Iran with a pre-emptive nuclear strike.
One interesting perspective comes from Sidsel Wold, for several years the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's correspondent in Israel, famous in Israel mostly for a) halting Hebrew, and b) leeching off Israelis only to stab them in the back afterwards. On Twitter, Ms. Wold wrote:
She writes: "Isn't it a double standard that nobody demands an inspection of Dimona? While Iran is being pressured by a whole world? Just asking. #grass."
Sidsel Wold has obviously never heard of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is only binding upon its signatories. In case Wold reads this, let me explain: Israel is – for better or worse, which is beside the point – not a signatory to the treaty, so it is under no obligation to subject its facilities to IAEA inspection. Iran is a signatory, so in denying such inspection, the government is in violation. It would be a legal novelty if there is a double standard in requiring a country to fulfill its treaty obligations.
(She also famously claimed that Tzipit Livni was Israel's first female foreign minister, so basic knowledge is obviously not her strong suit).
But hey, as long as you have the right opinions (and Wold makes sure she always does), it doesn't matter if you don't have the right facts. Or any facts at all.


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Situated just south of Cowichan Lake, March Meadows Golf Club's nine-hole course invites golfers to play a scenic layout replete with mountain views. The course features cedar-lined doglegs and creek-split fairways, such as those on the second hole—the course's most difficult—which forces players to unhitch the oxen from their golf carts and ford a waterway to reach the green. The charming course summons budding players to its fairways each year for a Junior Golf Tournament sponsored by Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member Dawn Coe-Jones, who began playing golf at March Meadows when she was 12.
After rounds, players can head to the clubhouse's restaurant to feast on casual grill fare. The on-site pro shop showcases the latest golf gear, apparel, and rocket-propelled three-woods.
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Seanster - you almost slipped past me......but I see you and guessing the bunny let you get to far ahead. Congrats on a fine finish! What is your next goal?
"Nothing's better than the wind to your back, the sun in front of you, and your friends beside you." Aaron Douglas Trimble
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"Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up." –-Dean Karnazes
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Main goal is to train and complete my marathon in November. If I happen to get to 1000 miles for the 2nd straight year, that would be nice too.