00 1 B8 TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2023 Quad-City times AMY DICKINSON ASKAMY Birthday Fortune favors your career this year. Reorient shared routines to grow savings and equity.Writ- ing, publishing and launching creative projects this autumn promptwinter career read- justment. Patiently navigate miscommunications next spring, before your research unveils treasure next summer. Professional growth develops naturally. To get the advantage, check the rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 themost challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) is a Infuse your workwith love. Abundance is available. Look for solutions beyond a challenge. throwmoney at the problem. Get creative to Taurus (April 20-May is a know how to get results.
Advance a personal project around un- expected domesticmatters. Contribute extra effort for fam- ily harmony. Your inspires others. Gemini (May 21-June is a sensitivities with peaceful pri- vacy. Adapt with unexpected circ*mstances.
Step back to process recent events.Nurture yourself especially. Process transitions with comforting rituals. Cancer (June 21-July 22) is an and share with friends. Adapt around unexpected plans. Consider team considerations.
strength in diversity. Build collaborations.Weave and bend around obstacles together. Leo (July 23-Aug. day is a your creativity, talents and passion towork on a professional project. Choose privacy over publicity.
Clean messes and polish cosmetic de- tails before presentation. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. Today is a complica- tions could arise. Avoid pitfalls, traffic or delays.
Enjoy classes, seminars or Discover what looking for in your own backyard. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. Today is a Study and review resources.Monitor conditions with shared ac- counts. Avoid or irrita- tions.
An argument worth winning. Pursue common in- terests in collaboration. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) is an together.
Learn from profes- sional experience. Partnership providesmutual support. Col- laboration and romance spark in conversation. Raise each other up to blossom. Sagittarius (Nov.
22-Dec. 21) is a Savor time for physical activities that feed mind, body and spirit. Travel could get complicated. Take a walk outside.Make a natural connection. Capricorn (Dec.
22-Jan. is a about what you love. Romance can blossom.Abandon preconcep- tions. Clarify and simplify. A walk outside clears the cob- webs.
Patiently create some- thing beautiful together. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) is an your talents and creativity to home improvement. Coordinate deci- sions patiently with your part- ner.
Communication resolves a puzzle. Positive results energize your efforts. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) is a chal- lenges require your attention. Disciplined efforts produce satisfying results.
Consider the situation from another view. Express your unique perspec- tive. Tribune Content Agency YOURDAILYASTROLOGY NANCY BLACK highlight On Aug. 8, 1974, President Rich- ard Nixon, facing damaging new revelations in the Watergate scan- dal, announced he would resign the following day. On this date In 1814, during the War of 1812, peace talks between the United States and Britain began in Ghent, Belgium.
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the re- mainder of his days in exile. In 1911, PresidentWilliamHoward Taft signed a measure raising the number of U.S. representatives from 391 to 433, effective with the next Congress, with a proviso to add two morewhen NewMexico and Arizona became states. In 1942, during World War II, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing in the U.S.
were exe- cuted in Washington, D.C.; two oth- ers who cooperated with authorities were spared. In 1945, President Harry S. Tru- man signed the U.S. instrument of for the United Nations Charter. The Soviet Union declared war against Japan duringWorldWar II.
In 1953, the United States and South Korea initialed a mutual se- curity pact. In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew branded as reports he had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland, and vowed not to resign he ended up doing. In 1994, Israel and Jordan opened the road link between the once-warring countries. In 2000, the wreckage of the Confederate submarine H.L.
Hunley, which sank in 1864 after attacking the Union ship Housatonic, was re- covered off the South Carolina coast and returned to port. In 2009, Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the U.S. Supreme Hispanic and third fe- male justice. Ten years ago: The U.S. sharply escalated its drone war in Yemen, with military officials in the Arab country reporting three strikes that left a dozen dead.
Actor Karen Black, 74, who was featured in such coun- terculture favorites as Easy and died in Los Angeles. Opera singer Regina Resnik, 90, died in New York. Five years ago: The United States announced that it would im- pose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former spy and his daughter in Britain. Associated Press TODAY INHISTORY Dear 8-year-old niece is having trouble copingwith and sorting out her feelings. She is confused by abandonment of the family home and by her very erratic behavior.
Onemoment, hermother makes scenes over her two children not loving her, and then the nextmo- ment she is send- ing them out of the house on their own in a strange townwhile she spends timewith her boyfriend. Momblames everybody for not loving and respecting her. In spite of niece des- perately wants her parents to come together again. She has lost her dence and blames herself for any failure or frustration. She is very bright, but her schoolwork is suffering.My sister and broth- er-in-law (and the father) would like appropriate books to read to her.
Any suggestions would be greatly Retired University Librarian Dear great source for recommendations is your local public or school librarian, but I also have some ideas. The recommendation is for your dad and other adult familymembers to develop a regular practice of reading to her and her sibling. Childmind.org has a list of book recommendations for childrenwho are struggling. One this familymight want to read together is: to Do When YouWorry TooMuch: A Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What-to-DoGuides for Kids Series), by therapist Dawn illustrations by BonnieMatthews nation Press). This is also a good age to start reading the Harry Potter series.
journey starts with his escape from a deeply neglectful household; children can identify with his worries, and cheer his and his and bravery. and I have been very happilymarried formore than 30 years. Our three children are grown and gone, andwe are enjoying our empty nest.We have two well-behaved dogs that we adore, andwe share responsibil- ity for the as we shared our parenting duties. husband has taken up a new hobby (bird- that he is gone on excursions with vari- ous groups onmanyweekends. I have no problem at all with his being gone, but there is an assumption now that I will stay at home and take care of the dogs whenever hewants to often at the last minute.
Sometimes I want to away from home, but stuck here with two furry goofballs. We are both still and our weekends are valuable. Can you give us some ideas for how to handle for Canines two dogs, spontaneous getaways are pretty much out of the question, but my strongest suggestion is that you and your husband two sources of responsible and re- liable dog care: perhaps a sitter and also a kennel, and that you and he switch offmonths where you are each responsible for ar- ranging and paying for dog care if you are planning to be away. For those times when your husband leaves you holding the doggy bag, he could compensate you for the cost he would pay an outside source for weekend dog care. This would recognize the responsibility you are assum- ing; youmight choose to use the extramoney to fund your own You can email Amy Dickinson at A hurting young girl is in need of a good book ADVICE To advertise, call 563-383-2233 Find a new home with all the space you need for your growing family in the classifieds! Roofing Siding Licensed Bonded Insured Free estimates 34 years experience 309-206-4483 Illinois License 104-004737 ROOFING HOME IMPROVEMENT Iowa License C092413 IA Insured IL Roof and Leak Repairs Gutter Guards Sales Installation Dryer Duct Cleaning Competitive Rates Free minor repairs with cleaning flushing gutters.
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