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Learn the early warning signs of bullying Children grow and develop their personalities in various ways. While many youngsters are teased or receive some good-natured ribbing at some point in their school careers, some teasing can eventually turn into bullying. The National Education Association estimates that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Furthermore, more than 70 percent of students report incidents of bullying at their schools. Although children in lower grades have reported being in more fights than those in higher grades, there is a higher rate of violent crimes in middle and high schools than in elementary schools. According to the association Make Beats Not Beat Downs, harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school shooting incidents. Bullying can take many forms, and learning the warning signs as a parent can help prevent harassment and potentially dangerous situations. Verbal: If your child reports being called names, being the recipient of racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, or being spoken to in an offensive or suggestive way, this can be a form of verbal bullying. Cyber: Social media, email and text messaging has become a way for bullies to spread malicious messages or photos. In the era of digital media, this type of bullying has increased considerably. Physical: Some bullies engage in physical attacks, including hitting, kicking, spitting, or other forms of physical confrontation. Destroying personal property also is considered physical bullying. Indirect: Gossiping and spreading nasty rumors about a person is another form of bullying. This type of bullying may go hand-in-hand with cyber bullying. Signs your child is being bullied Parents can recognize certain signs that their child is being bullied at school. Bullied children frequently make excuses to avoid going to school. While the desire to stay home is something many children may express, those who are bullied may do so much more frequently. Bullied children tend to avoid certain places and may be sad, angry, withdrawn, or depressed. (continued in next column)

They may have trouble sleeping or experience changes in appetite, and bullied youngsters’ academic performance may suffer. Also, parents may notice that children return from school missing some of their belongings. Signs your child is the bully Parents may not want to imagine their children bullying other students, but bullies do exist. Children who bully other kids have strong needs for power and negative dominance. They may find satisfaction in causing suffering to others. Some signs that your child may be a bully include: * easily becoming violent with others * having friends who bully others * blaming others quickly * comes home with belongings that do not belong to him or her * getting in trouble with teachers or school administrators * picking on siblings * not accepting responsibility for actions There are ways parents can teach their children to act properly when faced with a bully. First, parents should explain that bullying is not the child’s fault and he or she does not deserve to be picked on. Next, parents can let children know that being assertive but not violent with bullies may diffuse the situation, as some bullies thrive on the fear of their victims. If the bullying behavior continues, the student should speak to an adult or authority figure. Parents of bullies may need to be especially mindful of their children’s behavior. Counseling could be necessary to determine what is compelling kids to bully other students. --------CHILDREN/TEENS EDUCATION/SCHOOL FAMILY/PARENTING SCHOOLYEARMICROSITE

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TOMATO (cont’d) • Americans consume 30 pounds (13.6 kg) of tomatoes per person, per year. Over half of that is in the form of processed tomato products such as ketchup and tomato sauce. Salsa recently outpaced ketchup in sales. • The largest worldwide producer of tomatoes is China, followed by USA, Turkey, and India. • California produces 96% of the tomatoes processed in the U.S. • The heaviest tomato on record weighed in at 7 pounds 12 ounces (3.51 kg) grown by Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma in 1986. Gordon sliced the tomato to make sandwiches for 21 family members. A single tomato plant was once documented to have produced 16,897 tomatoes. • Tomatoes are a natural source of the antioxidant lycopene, which may help prevent heart disease. More lycopene is absorbed by the body from cooked tomatoes than from fresh tomatoes. A single 1/2 cup serving of canned tomatoes delivers three times the lycopene as is found in one raw tomato. • The highest concentration of vitamin C in tomatoes is in the jelly-like substance around the seeds. • Tomatoes sold in grocery stores are picked when green and ripened artificially by being surrounded with ethylene gas. That’s why they don’t taste as good as home-grown. The longer the fruit is on the vine, the better it tastes. It’s estimated that 94% of people who garden grow some tomatoes. • Superstition held that placing a ripe tomato on the mantel of a new house would bring prosperity. Since ripe tomatoes were hard to find in winter months, it became popular to make pin-cushions in the shape of a tomato and use that instead.

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• Just south of Collinsville, Illinois on Route 159 you will find the world’s largest catsup bottle constructed out of a water tower. • A canning and packing company started up in Collinsville in 1891. By 1933, the line included beans, sauces, soups, and the popular Brooks Old Original Tangy Catsup. • A water tower at the plant was painted to look like a giant can of Brooks beans. The plant drew so much water from the local supply that residents were left with little water pressure. In 1947, a 100,000-gallon water tower was built next to the Collinsville plant. The 70-foot water tower on 100-ft. legs was completed in 1949. It was shaped like a bottle and painted to look like Brook’s Old Original Tangy Catsup. Someone calculated that it was big enough to hold 1.5 million tomatoes, or enough catsup for about 25 million burgers. • By 1954, the company was filling 350 catsup bottles per minute, taking tomatoes from the field to the bottle in less than three hours. • In 1960, the factory was acquired by Agrilink Foods. Food production was moved to Indiana and the Collinsville plant became a warehouse for Brooks products. • 1970 saw a fresh coat of paint on the old catsup bottle, the last for a long time. But by the 1990s, the Big Bottle was covered with graffiti and falling into disrepair. When Agrilink put the land, warehouse, and water tower up for sale, the future of the catsup bottle was in jeopardy. • Then the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile stopped by on a promotional visit in 1992, a match made in heaven. Prompted by the publicity generated by photos of the Wienermobile parked beneath the World’s Largest Catsup Bottle, the Catsup Bottle Preservation Group (CBPG) swung into action. (continued on next page)

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