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D4 LIFE FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2013 DECATUR, ILLINOIS www.herald-review.com dies nventor of iconic game Twister Transgender woman seeks rules for dating Son says father Charles Foley wanted game that could light up a party ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Twister called itself "the game that ties you up in knots." Its detractors called it "sex in a box." Charles "Chuck" Foley, the father of nine who invented the game that became a naughty sensation in living rooms across America in the 1960s and 1970s because of the way it put men and women in compromising positions, has died. He was 82. Foley died July 1 at a care facility in the Minneapolis suburb of St.

Louis Park. His son, Mark Foley, said Thursday that his father had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Foley and a collaborator, Neil Rabens, were hired in the mid-1960s by a St. Paul manufacturing firm that wanted to expand into games and toys. They came up with a game to be played on a mat on the floor, using a spinner to direct players to place their hands and feet on different colored circles.

"Dad wanted to make a game that could light up a party," Mark Foley said. "They originally called it But they sold it to Milton Bradley, which came up with the 'Twister' name." The game became a sensation after Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor played it on "The Tonight Show" in 1966. To be sure, the game got plenty of innocent play, too, becoming popular in top seller. "What makes the Twister, game timeless is the fact that it's always been about showing off your free spirit and just having some laugh-out-loud, out-of-your-seat fun," Hasbro said in a statement noting Foley's death. Mark Foley said his father made little money from Twister but that never seemed to bother him much.

The game was not his first invention, and far from his last. Born in Lafayette, Foley was just 8 when he made his first invention a locking system for the cattle pen at his grandfather's farm. As a young man he worked as a salesman, but his interest in games and toys led him to apply for a job at a toy company in the Minneapolis area. He moved his family to Minnesota in 1962. Over the years, Foley invented dozens of other toys and games.

He also invented a product called un-du, a liquid adhesive remover. Mark Foley is now president of un-du Products based in St. Louis Park. Chuck Foley had lived in North Carolina for a number of years, but his son said he returned to Minnesota six years ago when his health began to decline, to be closer to his family. Foley's wife, Kathleen, died of breast cancer in 1975, and he never remarried.

"He never stopped having fun," Mark Foley said. "He tried to think like young people thought. He never wanted to grow up, and he always maintained his enthusiasm for seeing things through the eyes of a child." fcaiimiMiiw i iiiin5tl -i Associated Press Co-inventors of the game 'Twister' Charles Foley, left, and Neil Rabens demonstrate the game for Charles McCarty, foreground, president of Research and Development, in Minnesota on Dec 16, 1966. grade schools and at children's parties. But its popularity among teens and young adults was owed to an undeniable sex appeal.

Players would become tangled up, and various body parts male and female would inevitably come into close and embarrassing proximity. Players would often lose their balance and fall on top of each other in a heap. Hasbro which now manufacturers the game, said it continues to be a Study: Youth attitudes shift in Great Dear Abby: I am a 30-year-old transgender woman who has just started her journey. Feeling more comfortable in my skin, I have been going to some local hangouts with some friends from work and meeting straight men. My question is, when is it appropriate to disclose that I am a preoperative trans woman? I have tried online dating on trans-friendly websites, as well as visited the local transgender bar, but those men tend only to be looking for sex, and I am looking for more than that.

I would love your advice on the matter. Starting My Journey Dear Starting: For your safety, it is important that you disclose your status early, before there is any sex involved. If you don't, the straight man could react violently and possibly put you in danger. At this point, it would be a good idea to contact PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) because it can put you in touch with resources to help you through your journey. The largest increase in new individuals reaching out to PFLAG is now among people with "trans" issues and this includes trans individuals and their family members.

It is critically important to seek out a culturally competent therapist to help you with specific issues. To find referrals and a local chapter, visit pflag.org. Testing for STDs Dear Abby: My husband is in Afghanistan for a year. When he returns, I want to ask him to get tested for STDs before we have sex. I do not have any specific reason to think he would be having sex with someone while deployed, but let's face it.

He's a man, and a year is a long time to abstain when there are females present. I have seen text messages from his buddies that read, "What happens on deployment stays on deployment," regarding them cheating on their spouses. How do I approach the subject in the most effective way? I know that when I do, he will be mad, but it's not the first time that STDs have been a problem in our relationship. Help! Thinking of My Hearth Dear Thinking of My Health: One would think that a man who loves his wife would want to be absolutely POSITIVE that he wouldn't give her a sexually transmitted infection. However, because your husband has given you one before, it is perfectly logical that you tell him it is the reason you want him to be tested before resuming your marital relationship.

Birthday checks Dear Abby: I'm a single 32-year-old who lives across the Focused on what's important in life rather than luxury CHICAGO (AP) Drew Miller clearly remembers the day his father was laid off. Miller, now 25, was a freshman at an Ohio college, full of hope and ready to take on the world. But here was this "red flag a big wake-up call," he says. The prosperous years of childhood were over, and his future was likely to be bumpier than he'd expected. Across the country, others of Miller's generation heard that same wake-up call as the Great Recession set in.

But would it change them? And would the impact last? The full effect won't be known for a while, of course. But a new analysis of a long-term survey of high school students provides an early glimpse at ways their attitudes shifted in the first years of this most recent economic downturn. Among the findings: Young people showed signs of being more interested in conserv ing resources and a bit more concerned about their fellow human beings. Compared with youths who were surveyed a few years before the recession hit, more of the Great Recession group also was less interested in big-ticket items such as vacation homes and new cars though they still placed more importance on them than young people who were surveyed in the latter half of the 1970s, an era with its own economic challenges. Either way, it appears this latest recession "has caused a lot of young people to stop in their tracks and think about what's important in life," said Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who co-authored the study with researchers from UCLA.

The analysis, released Thursday, is published in the online edition of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science. Its data comes from "Monitoring the Future," an annual survey of young people that began in the mid-1970s. The authors of the study com- 1 BEAR ABBY country from my family. I have two sets of grandparents who send me birthday and holiday cards containing checks. The problem is, I earn close to six figures, which is far more than my grandparents' income in retirement, and I have only myself to support.

I typically shred their checks when I receive them. Should I continue to do this, or should I tell them that as much as I appreciate the sentiment, a simple card would be fine? Secretly Shredding in Seattle Dear S.S. in When a check isn't cashed, it is obvious to the check writer, and it can cause problems in balancing the person's checkbook. I think your solution to tell them you no longer need the checks is a good one Skip the hint Dear Abby: My husband's stepmother and father send religious-themed gifts for every holiday. We have an abundance of unused books, DVDs, stickers, coloring books, dolls, bookmarks, purchased from local Christian stores for a hefty price We don't see them often during the year because we live in different states, but we would like our kids to have a good relationship with theni.

The kids don't seem to be fazed by it, but they also don't get excited about opening and using these gifts. We pay for our children to participate in religious education as well as attend several church functions during the school year. We believe grandparents should be interested in learning about what each child is drawn to, and not so much about preaching their own religious beliefs to us. It makes us uncomfortable and resentful at times. How does one politely tell in-laws to stop sending religious-themed gifts? Overloaded in South Carolina Dear Overloaded: One doesn't.

A better way to handle it would be to communicate with them in between these holidays and tell them what activities the grandkids are involved in, and any new interests they may have. A stronger hint than that would be offensive, and I don't recommend it. Dear Abby is written by Jeanne Phillips for Universal Press Syndicate. Write to Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. 4 data from by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX.

The Earth-orbiting spacecraft was launched in 2008. Scientists always presumed the heliosphere had a tail, but this provides the first real data on the shape. Chief IBEX investigator David McComas, who's with the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, says it's difficult to calculate the length of the heliotail. But the evaporating end of the tail could stretch 100 billion miles. The findings were published in the Astrophysical Journal.

GRADUATES Recession Would eat differently to help the starving: 70 percent (1976-1978); 58 percent (2004-2006); and 61 percent (2008-2010). Psychologist Patricia Greenfield said the findings fit with other research she's done that shows that people become more community-minded, and less materialistic, when faced with economic hardship. "To me, it's a silver lining," said Greenfield, another of the study's contributors, along with lead author Hee-jung Park, an advanced doctoral student in psychology at UCLA. Their analysis found that, of the three groups, the Great Recession group was still most likely to want jobs where they could make a "significant" amount of money. But the authors say that may simply be attributable to the ever-rising cost of day-to-day expenses, from groceries to electric and gas bills.

In comparison, they note that the Great Recession group also showed a bit less interest in luxury items than the students who were surveyed in the mid-2000s. ren Jordan, Jacob Jost (juris doctor), John Kaczmarek (master's), Rachel King, Charles Miericke, John Moreland (high honors), Heidi Olson, Ginger Reeser (master's, honors), James Rose (master's), Mlnghao Zou Montrose: Jordan Rauch Mount Pulaski: Austin Maske (high honors) Moweaqua: Lauren Adcock, Tracey Daniels, Matthew Entler (honors) Mount Zion: Emily Bitzer, Jared Postlewait, Joseph Walker Neoga: Kaitlin White (master's, honors) Newman: Victoria Wax Newton: Jessica Frohning (master's), Leah Rudolphi (master's) Niantic: Henry Dunn, Kevin Kaylor (honors) Oakland: Jessica Callaway Oblong: John Winters Olney: Mason Dehlinger (honors), Hannah Feutz, Benjamin Russell, Oreana: Trace Hammond, Preston Welker Pana: Chad Miller Pocahontas: Justin Thiems Robinson: Jacob Avery, Jillian Baker (honors), Kyle Shimer (high honors), Robert Trimble (doctor of veterinary medicine) Salem: Abigail Breeze Shobonier: Braden Ehrat (high honors) Shumway: Justin Mechling (honors), Nicole Mechling (master's) Stewardson: Luke Anderson Sullivan: Lee Diana (doctor of veterinary medicine, honors), Madison Mauck, Dalton Shasteen (high honors) Taylorville: Sanat Bhole, Polly Bland, Timothy DelValle (cum laude), Edward Kahle, Emily Raab, Christopher Waddell (honors) Tuscola: Lily Benner, Shannon Breen (magna cum laude), Catherine Selen Villa Grove: Suzanna Cassida (master's), Brittany Hosselton (master's), Hannah Smith (juris doctor), Andrew Spannagel Warrensburg: Blake Despres pared responses of high school seniors from three time periods 1976-1978 and 2004-2006, as well as 2008-2010, the first years of the Great Recession. They found that at the beginning of this latest recession, more of the 12th- RussellSage Foundation: www. russellsage.org graders were willing to use a bicycle or mass transit instead of driving 36 percent in 2008-2010, compared with 28 percent in the mid-2000s. However, that was still markedly lower than the 49 percent of respondents in the 1970s group who said the same.

There were similar patterns for other responses, such as those who said they: Make an effort to turn heat down to save energy: 78 percent (1976-1978); 55 percent (2004-2006); and 63 percent (2008-2010). Want a job directly helpful to others: 50 percent (1976-1978); 44 percent (2004-2006); and 47 percent (2008-2010). Dieterich: Philip Niemerg, Jessica Wright Effingham: Logan Bloemer, Samantha Miller, Kathryn Mumm (honors), Corey Painter (master's), Lisa Sebree (doctor of veterinary medicine), Alex Westendorf, Michael Wilke Emden: Adam Cross Farmer City: Debra Hardy, Amanda Lawrence (cum laude), Kristina Schneman (high honors), Elizabeth Thacker (master's) Fisher: Austin Fiedler (high honors), Sarah Hubbell, Ethan Trovil-lion Forsyth: Mariel Ejankowski, Kathryn Krueger, Melanie Lambert (master's), Venkateswara Vajja (master's) Greenville: Allison Grissom (high honors), Ethan Robertson Heyworth: Wyatt Lawyer (honors) Hillsboro: Michael Ginos, Andrew Jorn, Abbey Roberts llliopolis: John Bruntjen Ivesdale: Ivan Dozier, Brandon Zech Kansas- Thomas Saxton (master's) Latham; Aaron Letterly Le Roy: Erika Cruz Lincoln- Kelli Brooks (honors), Blair Bruns, Samuel Chon, Shelley Daugherty, Daniel McShane Litchfield: Mallory Adams, Russell Montgomery, Michael Smith, Joseph Weber (summa cum laude) Maroa: Troy Davis (highest honors) Marshall: Andrew Brown, Ethan Delp Mason: Gary Hendricks Mattoon: Trevor Arnholt (high honors), Zoe Corso, Megan Goldstein, Rachel Holmes (highest honors), Sarah Nolan (high honors), Chad Rash (honors), Briana Thornton (summa cum laude) Monticello: Eric Adomaitis, Lau-ryn Charles, Danielle Davinroy, Dayle Dillon (doctor of veterinary medicine), Kyle Dooley, Lindsay Franklin, Jeremy Frieburg (master's, honors), Elizabeth Gravlin (honors), Jennifer Joesting, Lau Associated Press This image provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows a diagram of the sun, the white dot in the center of the circle which represents the inner heliosphere encompassing the entire solar system. A tail of particles flows to the right of the heliosphere. The elongated shape in light blue, containing the inner heliosphere and heliotail, is the outer heliosphere, the region where the sun still has a small amount of influence.

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