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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A2 A 2 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012 winnipegfreepress. com A Union that Works WAREHOUSE LOCATED AT CORNER OF GERTRUDE & SCOTT ( 3- 201 SCOTT) Sat 10- 5 . Sun 12- 4: 30 PARKING AT FRONT & BACK OF WAREHOUSE SOFAS . SECTIONALS . LIGHTING BEDROOM & DINING FURNITURE . ARTWORK EXCESS STOCK . CANCELLATIONS . SCRATC H & D EN T WAREHOUSE BLOWOUT 80 % UP TO OFF SAT 10 - 5 . S UN 12 - 4: 30 This Day in Manitoba June 15, 1927: Const. David White of the Winnipeg Park Police is run over by a car while patrolling Assiniboine Park on his bike. He died of his injuries three days later, becoming the force's only officer killed in the line of duty. http:// thiswaswinnipeg. blogspot. com . TODAY ON WINNIPEGFREEPRESS. COM VIDEO: Behind the scenes at the Stardust Drive- In POLL: Do you agree the Montreal high school teacher should be fired for showing the infamous body- parts killing video? �� A TTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE: Sorry for shouting, but I need to remind you it's that time of year again. That's right, there are only two more sleeps until Father's Day, and you know what that means. It means you have to ask yourselves a difficult question, namely: " I wonder if those DNA results have arrived yet." Because the truth is, young people, it wouldn't hurt to have some scientific evidence to prove that big tub of goo with the gigantic salsa stain in the middle of his AC/ DC T- shirt is, in fact, your real dad. Seriously, take a look at yourselves. You are young and hip, a veritable social- media hurricane. Now look at Dad. He's over there on the couch, snoring like a runaway locomotive, assuming that locomotive hasn't exercised since 1978 and spends every weekend in its " lucky underpants" and a ratty bathrobe dusted with orange crumbs from a crumpled bag of Cheetos. The real question you need to ask, young people, is this: Is it possible someone as hip and happening as you sprang from those flabby loins? And, while we're on the topic, what exactly are loins? Do modern people still have them and, if so, how, using words that can appear in a family newspaper, do people spring from them? Unfortunately, we don't have time to answer those questions, young people. Because, unless you have DNA evidence to the contrary, you need to start thinking about what to give Dad this year to thank him for the invaluable life lessons he's taught you, such as the importance of buying low and selling high, or hitting left- handed against righthanded pitching. Fortunately, as a public service, I have scoured hundreds of news stories, all of which say the same thing - the hottest Father's Day gift this year is any high- tech gadget that Dad, even if terrorists were pointing loaded weapons at his head, could never operate in a million years. So forget what the experts are recommending, young people. The truth is, the last thing Dad wants in the house is another computerized gizmo or appliance that is smarter than he is. How do you think it makes Dad feel knowing that, in terms of IQ, he ranks below your toaster and microwave oven? It makes him feel even worse than the moment he realized that, unless one his kids was still in the house, he could not figure out which of the three remote controls in the den turns on the TV. In my opinion, young people, what you need to give Dad this year is something simple, something lowtech, something that will tell him that, even though he looks more like Jabba the Hutt every year, deep down he is a sensitive guy who cares about you almost as much as he cares about who the Winnipeg Jets pick in the first round of the upcoming NHL entry draft. What I'm trying to say here, kids, is this year you need to give Dad his very own hovercraft. I am not kidding. I base this gift advice on an awesome article I have just finished reading in the June edition of Wired magazine, which, in big block letters on the front cover, screams: How to be a GEEK DAD!" In this article, Adam Savage, one of the uber- geek hosts of the Discovery Network's Mythbusters TV show, details how to build 14 projects that will make Dad the envy of all the other dads on the block, including a homemade catapult he can use to fling patio blocks at that neighbour who refuses to return his snowblower. But the coolest project is a working hovercraft, which you can make using a sheet of � - inch plywood, a leaf blower, a couple of rolls of duct tape, some foam pipe insulation, assorted screws and an old shower curtain. " The air escaping from the shower curtain... will be the cushion that puts the hover in your craft," it advises. Before Dad can ride it, however, you need to bolt on an old plastic patio chair. I would caution everyone patio chairs can be extremely dangerous. I say this because the other weekend, while entertaining friends, I sat on a patio chair in our backyard and one of the legs slipped off the patio and plunged into a mushy part of the lawn. The leg immediately sank into the mire, sending me, still clutching a cold beer, toppling onto the grass at the exact spot where one of our dogs had just deposited a small surprise. So get cracking, young people. That hovercraft is not going to build itself. For safety reasons, remember to look in your mail box first. Because, if you're lucky, those DNA results have finally arrived. doug. speirs@ freepress. mb. ca Don't make Dad feel stupid THOUGH the prevailing Father's Day question is what to get Dad, a new study suggests the more pressing issue is what dads can give in return. In a long- term analysis of 36 international studies of nearly 11,000 parents and children, researchers have found a father's love contributes as much - and sometimes more - to a child's development as that of a mother, while perceived rejection creates a larger ripple on personality than any other type of experience. " In our half- century of international research, we've not found any other class of experience that has as strong and consistent an effect on personality as does the experience of rejection - especially by parents in childhood," says co- author Ronald Rohner, whose study appears in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review. " In many instances, fathers are as important developmentally as mothers. In some instances, they turn out to be even more important developmentally than mothers. And what we find extraordinary is that, sometimes, a mother's influence drops out altogether." Across decades of studies, perceived paternal acceptance was significantly linked to less hostility; independence; healthy self- esteem; feelings of adequacy; emotional stability and responsiveness; and a positive world view. By contrast, perceived paternal rejection was significantly linked to problems with anger or aggression; lower self- esteem; feelings of inadequacy; emotional instability and unresponsiveness; and a dim world view. A father's love, meanwhile, more strongly predicted satisfaction and well- being and acted as a better buffer against substance abuse and depression. - Postmedia News Power of a father's love Give him something that won't spoil Father's Day Top News A 3 Manitoba A 4- 11,14 Editorials A 12 Letters to the Editor A 13 Canada A 17,18,21 World A 22,24,27 Health A 25,26 Weather A 30 City B 1 Business B 5 Family Notices B 9 Classified B 10 Jumble B 10 TV B 12 Sports C 1 Entertainment D 1 Horoscope D 4 Miss Lonelyhearts D 5 Movies D 5,6 Comics D 8 Diversions D 9 . COLUMNISTS Michael Den Tandt A 12 Michael Madigan A 12 Doyle McManus A 13 Lindor Reynolds B 1 Maureen Scurfield B 2 Paul Williamson F 2 CLEMENT ( n�e WOLPERT), Beryl Mavis. CHRISTOFF , Raymond E. LASHEK ( n�e HARASYM), Pauline. MALCOLM , John A. MEYER ( n�e CREIGHTON), Kathleen Jessie. MIREAULT , Jacinthe. NEVILLE , Kenneth Arnold. NIXON ( n�e BUDGE), Margaret Irene. PELECH ( n�e COLE), Karen. ROTHSTEIN , Marvin. 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