TODAY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2012g 7B COFFEE BREAK Honor trade workers this week Dear Abby: America's tradespeople plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics, roofers, masons and more get very little respect. In fact, the only time these skilled professionals get our attention is when we have an emergency. This lack of regard is leading our nation down an unfortunate pathway, as fewer and fewer young people pursue jobs in these professions. If we don't change our attitude about the worth of tradespeople, who will build our homes and schools, repair our cars, keep our water flowing and our power turned on? On Sept. 21, we have a chance to thank a tradesperson.
The date has been HOROSCOPES ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are a master persuader now and could do any number of things with your influence. You'll be extra careful to steer people in the direction of their own best interests, and not just your own. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are polite without being fake, persistent without being overbearing.
The qualities you exhibit let others know that you are not to be trifled with. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You'll make people smile, and they will want to do business with you not because they think it will be fun and games, but because they think you'll "get" them enough to make them happy. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You may still be trying to figure out why you are doing something, and the answer doesn't come readily.
Let it be a question mark for a while. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The ghosts come knocking long before Halloween. They remind you of a happy part of your past, a time that still adds color to your days.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are the artist in your life. At some point, the artist must abandon notions of "good" and "bad" and decide not to have a preference between the two.
There is something lacking in both. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You'll sense where your talents can be used to turn a messy situation into a winning enterprise.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You would like to be good at something that presently brings up feelings of inadequacy. our humility and willingness to learn will make all things possible.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The time you spend organizing and clearing space will align you with the powers of productivity and clarity. Even if it takes all day, it will be worth it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22- Jan. 19). There's something about getting public recognition that makes you very hopeful about the next phase of your life. AQUARIUS (Jan.
20- Feb. 18). You suspect you have a hidden talent that has yet to reveal itself. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You'll experience a key moment of interaction. The most important thing about your conversation will be your ability to listen well and thoroughly. TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 17). Give sweet support and tough love alternately.
You'll inspire those you love to great- ness. You'll be on the hot list socially from November through Januaryl. Afterward, you'll enjoy a focus on projects and getting your financial picture into a more comfortable range. Cancer and Leo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 15, 2, 33 and 1.
Log on to floridatoday.com for an interactive horoscope. ABIGAIL VAN BUREN DEAR ABBY earmarked as National Tradesmen Day. Everyone can participate: Drop a box of doughnuts at the job site near your home. Call your plumber and say, "Thank you for your help over the years." Invite a skilled tradesperson to speak at your child's school. The ways to honor them are limitless.
Abby, would you help to get the word out? Jeff D. In Greenville, S.c. Dear Jeff: I'm pleased to help because I agree with your message. Tradespeople don't often receive the respect and gratitude they deserve. Everyone needs to know his or her efforts are valued and appreciated, and failure to extend this courtesy may affect our quality of life in the coming decades.
In years past, skilled. trades were handed down with pride from one generation to the next. However, as baby boomers have been retiring, fewer work. Talk with them young people have been about this. People in the stepping forward to take trades can earn good montheir place.
In fact, ac- ey. cording to a recent talent And please, show shortage survey by Man- tradespeople how much powerGroup, more jobs their contributions are for skilled tradesmen go valued. Call your favorite unfilled than any other handyman, plumber and category of employment. HVAC technician not to Why? Because there once again scream for aren't enough trained re- help, but to express your placements to fill open- appreciation. Treat them ings for electricians, weld- to a box of your special ers, mechanics, plumbers, home-baked cookies or roofers and more.
brownies, refer them to Part of the reason may your friends and family so be our emphasis on pursu- they can get business, ing advanced college de- write to your newspapers, grees for almost every- websites or blogs expressone. But another may be ing your appreciation. the lack of respect that has Visit nationaltradesbeen shown for these vital menday.com, and please occupations. The result remember, these hardhas been, according to the working individuals need Bureau of Labor Statis- to know that although Natics, that for every three tional Tradesmen Day is tradesmen who retire, Friday, we are grateful for only one person is step- their efforts the other 364 ping up to fill the gap. days a year, too.
I hear from many readWrite Dear Abby at DearAbby.com ers whose young adult or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA children are unable to find 90069 Britain's Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, travel on a decorated truck through central Honiara, Solomon Islands on Sunday. AP Palace to file criminal complaint over topless photos By Jill Lawless policy. Sun tabloid. The palace LONDON Lawyers for Britain's royal family will make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took pictures of Prince William's wife Kate sunbathing topless in the south of France, William's office said Sunday.
The palace has already launched a civil lawsuit against France's Closer magazine, which published the paparazzi snaps of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, relaxing during a holiday at a private villa in Provence. The couple is hitting back hard against publication of the pictures, which William's office called a "grotesque" abuse of the young royals' privacy. A spokeswoman for William's St. James's Palace office said the couple's lawyers would file a complaint with French prosecutors on Monday against the unidentified photographer or photographers involved. "The complaint concerns the taking of photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge whilst on holiday and the publication of those photographs in breach of their privacy," she said on condition of anonymity in keeping with palace Associated Press The palace said it would be up to French prosecutors to decide whether to investigate and pursue a criminal complaint for breach of privacy or trespassing.
The couple's lawyers are already due in a Paris court Monday seeking an injunction against Closer's publisher, the Italian media group Mondadori. It also publishes Italy's Chi gossip magazine, which says it will publish 26 pages of the images on Monday. The palace will seek damages from the publisher, which is owned by former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. The palace said it was considering "all proportionate responses" against Chi, though no decision has been made on legal action against it or the Irish Daily Star which reproduced the Closer photos on Saturday. No British publication has run the pictures, and Britain's tabloids have lined up to denounce them as an invasion of the duchess' privacy.
The strong response stands in contrast to the reception of naked photos of Prince Harry partying in Las Vegas, which appeared online last month and were later published in Britain's Boggle GO BUPH AGLM on Brain Busters! By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek HRSL OP PEU GAM WOCT BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. 9-17-12 2012 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Media Services. All Rights Reserved.
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