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"For The Kids" is the motto embraced by Penn State and South Williamsport Area High School students alike.
After spending the weekend at Penn State University's THON held each year at the Bryce Jordan Center, South Williamsport students held the countdown to miniTHON assembly to energize the rest of the student-body for the school's second annual miniTHON.
Modeled after Penn State's 46 hour dance marathon to combat childhood cancer, South Williamsport joined high schools around the state last year in holding a scale version of the event.
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South Williamsport Area High School held a countdown to miniTHON assembly in February to prepare for the event main this month. Pictured from left are Jen Jackson, chair; Rebekah Fries, Christina Furister, Four Diamonds survivor; and Ryan Carper, student adviser.
At 7 p.m. March 22, students will begin "dancing for a cure" for 12 hours to aid in the fight against pediatric cancer.
Last year, through the support of individual and corporate donors, South Williamsport students raised $18,169.99 for the Four Diamonds Fund, which benefits children and families fighting pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
MiniTHON chair Rebekah Fries has taken the lead heading up this year's event.
Sh her committee have raised more than $3,000 by canning at sporting events and hope to reach an overall goal of $25,000 for this year's event.
Fries and others attended this year's THON at Penn State, which raised a record $12, 374,034.46. The students said the experience was amazing and they hope to bring that same level of excitement and dedication to South Williamsport High School that students at Penn State have.
The Four Diamonds Fund provides funding for medical research, patient treatment and family resourcing.
There are several Four Diamond families from the Williamsport area that can testify to the overwhelming support provided by The Four Diamonds Fund.
Last year the Snyder family of Williamsport helped kick things off for South Williamsport Area High School's first ever miniTHON.
This year, Williamsport native Christina Furister spoke to students at the high school about her battle with pediatric cancer and the support of the Four Diamonds.
Furister said, "(my family and I) might not have made it through the struggle had it not been for the support of the Four Diamonds and it is students like you who keep hope alive in families battling the horrible disease today."
Furtister and her family also will be in attendance, along with the Snyder family, at this year's miniTHON.
The 12-hour event will include music, live bands, Zumba sessions with instructors, bounce houses, food, games, prizes and dancing.
Opening ceremonies will kickoff at 7 p.m. by the trumpet section of the Penn State Nittany Lion Blue Band.
At that point students will begin dancing and will not be permitted to sit down or stop dancing for twelve hours.
The reason: "Dance for those who can't." The purpose: "For The Kids!"
The event itself is limited to students and alumni, but financial and gift-in-kind support will be accepted.
Donations can be made to "South Williamsport HS Student Council -memo: miniTHON" and be sent to SWAHS 700 Percy St., South Williamsport, PA 17702.
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For more information about miniTHON, contact Ryan Carper at 326-2684 ext. 3212 or email rcarp email@example.com


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ok im having trouble with my imput box it crashes when i enter text, nothin and when i press the cancel button. i do realise when i click the cancel buttin it returns a null value and vb doesnt like it but why does it crash with letters or typing nothin because i have put if it = "" then.... shouldnt that mean it will accept nothin entered?
heres one of the input boxes maybe u can tell what im doin wrong and how to fix it.
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If Q = ""
Did you try debugging?
Does it crash at this statement?
You can try using vbNull or just NULL, whichever works correctly.
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Let me know the outcome.
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i got a reply on another forum and that way seems to have worked perfect plus made the code alot shorter but thanks for your reply :)
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Even after a night of sleep, individuals who have taken sleeping pills may remain too impaired to drive or execute other tasks that require alertness, according to the latest US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety notice about medications designed to help patients sleep.
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February 20, 2013
My new hero, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson, really tells it like it is. How refreshing to hear a high profile M.D. who is not a sycophant of this administration....
...and so we hear agin from Mr. I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I!
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Clueless Bobbie and Wayne!
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Blah, blah, blah...They praise Dr. Carson by tearing down President Obama.
What more worthy target is there than the O, the very first anti-American President of the US?
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I knew the liberal fools on here wouldn't take kindly to my poking holes in their assertions that light is darkness and darkness is light. It's difficult and heartbreaking to give up on them though!! God still believes in them, even if they've given up on Him!
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I find it amusing how upset the conservatives are about the treatment Dr. Carson has received from the left wing blog sphere and here. The right wing has no problem doing the same to people held in high regard by the left. They praise Dr. Carson by tearing down President Obama.
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"CHayes, Here's something from the Bible you can get behind; idol worship. You seem to be really good at that."
Not sure why you would say that. I don't really have many "idols", though I do have an awesome Hunter Thompson print on the wall next to my desk that I received as a Christmas present, and a classic picture of Woody Guthrie over my desk.
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"Naturally, the liberals are going to be against Dr. Carson."
I don't recall seeing more than one comment on this thread mentioning Carson. I DO see many people questioning the letter writer. But why let silly little facts get in the way of your comment, right?
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I find it disturbing that when we have a man speak out against what our government is doing to the very ones it purports to help and the enslavement it causes, he and those who believe it as well, the argument becomes an issue of race, religion and politics. Why can't anyone appreciate one's freedom to speak without turning it into a slander fest? And we wonder what is wrong with our country and why we will never come together given the current climate. It is truly sad.
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Spike2 said:
"Yes. Most of you do cling to guns and Jesus. The good news is you are not representative of the country."
No, we do have representatives.
That is why I am grateful to our founders that we are not a democracy because we would see the tyranny of the majority on display over guns and Jesus just like we do in the inner cities where they prosecute those who defend themselves and remove the cross from the tops of churches.
It is your side, Spike, that has revealed itself as wanting to legislate all firearm owners into criminals overnight, with warantless searches and visits by law enforcement.
Liberalism is hate and you attempt to silence your opposition rather than debate an issue.
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Dr. Carson is NOT a hero. He has done well, has a deserved medical reputation, and has not let the fact that he is of African descent rule his life. Hs is to be ADMIRED for his accomplishments, and serve as a wonderful example to others, especially African-Americans.
The men who went forth and gave their lives trying to save our ambassador in Bangladesh; the people who used their bodies for cover in order to save their fellow human beings in recent shootings; the firefighters who give their lives in an effort to save others; there are many good examples of HEROES, but a future politician is not one of them.
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When light shines into the darkness, it exposes sin for what it really is; therefore, the response is to refute and discredit the light. Don't shoot holes in their arguments.
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As to the question of te Bible condoning slavery, that's not there, either. Slavery is an invention of humanity, not God. Instruction for the treatment of slaves was designed to insure that those who wished to oppose God by owning slaves treated them in such a way to show them how ungodly slavery is, that they might abandon the human act of owning other humans. No endorsement of slavery in God's word, either.
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Living in a cave, producing children of incest, consequences of his sin of offering his daughters to the men of Sodom. Where's the act of the Bible, and God, condoning fornication, incest or rape?
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There seems to be some confusion concerning Lot in Genesis. Yes, he was the only righteous man in Sodom. He received two guests, angels disguised as men. Lot recognized who they were, and guests were protected any way possible. The men of Sodom came knocking on Lot's door, insisting that Lot turn over his guests so the men of Sodom could, well, sodomize them. Lot panicked, then sinned immeasurably by offering his daughters to the men as substitutes for the guests. Now, Lot was righteous, but not perfect. As the men of Sodom tried to knock Lot's door down, the angels blinded them and helped Lot escape. Lot and his daughters wound up living in a cave. The daughters got Lot drunk and were incestuous with him so they could have children. Their sons' descendants became the nations of Moab and Ammon, enemies of Israel, descendants of Abraham's grandson, Jacob.
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Naturally, the liberals are going to be against Dr. Carson. He is teaching others what he was taught. To believe in yourself and your ability and not believe you are a victim or use race as an excuse. The exact opposite of what the liberals are teaching.
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Religion part aside I agree...the same who ***** about fairness also usually want the rich to pay more....fair is fair
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enigma---hat could possibly be more fair than a tax which is the same for everbody.
It would be absolutely fair! But the pantywaists(liberals) wouldn't have anything of it. They have to protect their welfare trash friends, government minions, and union hacks. Moochers, leaches, and parasites have to stick together supporting and performing legislative theft on the successful..
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Bobbie - you might want a big glass of water to go with all that swallowing! In re: "Just let the media feed the morons enough garbage to swallow about him and he'll be destroyed also." of course.
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Maybe we could get back to the real subject here (liberals hate that). What could possibly be more fair than a tax which is the same for everbody. That's the definition of fair. When I hear people talking about a tax hurting one group more than another, I wonder why anyone would think that the purpose of the government is to hurt people equally, or to hurt people at all. It should not be the government's job to hurt people, or to help them. Our government was set up to protect us from those who would take our rights whether they be from another country or this one. If they would stick to that, we wouldn't need high taxes and it wouldn't hurt anyone. All in favor of a government that doesn't hurt anyone say 'Flat Tax'.
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I remember reading similar letters over the past year extolling the virtues of Herman Cain, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich. I would be a little cautious about jumping on the band wagon of the newest rising star. Give them time to flesh out their thoughts and beliefs.
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CHayes, Here's something from the Bible you can get behind; idol worship. You seem to be really good at that. Unfortunately, God likes that about as much as he likes slavery and child rape. Or did you think that God approved of everything that happened in the Bible? If so, you're all set, the Bible mentioned every perverted and immoral thing you are in favor of. The only catch is that God did not approve of these things. You wouldn't know about those things because you haven't read the Bible, only stupid atheist websites where they lie to you about it. BTW, Lot's daughters were not raped. Do you know why? God didn't allow it. Also, Lot was not a Godly man, he was only saved because he was Abraham's nephew. Like I said, please don't tell me about the Bible until you've read it.
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Josh: "Nobody ever said it wasnt in the bible, only that is wasnt condoned."
enigma: " Not a lot of child rape in the Bible."
As for condoning, the letter writer first claims we should have a flat tax, because he claims that is what they had "in Bible times". Then goes on to claim:
"The Lord, in His infinite wisdom, wanted everyone to have skin in the game. If a flat percentage is good enough for God it should be good enough for our government."
Is he saying his deity condones everything that happened in the Bible? Even the child rape, murder, and slavery? Stoning children to death? Really?
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"Here's an idea, since it's obvious that you've never read the Bible, maybe you should stop telling us what it says. Not a lot of child rape in the Bible."
Really? Lot, who the Bible declares to be the only "righteous" man in Sodom offered his daughters up to be gang raped.
Are you absolutely sure YOU'VE read the book in question.
And then of course there was the slavery that is condoned in the Bible, and also more pedophilia.
The letter writer CLEARLY indicated that he advocated a flat tax structure for the US, because that's what they had in "Bible times". I don't think it's out of line to ask what else he'd like to bring back from "Bible times."
Maybe stoning insolent children to death?
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Yes Bobbie I am. Funny, I have employment, do you? Yes Bobbie, I am not dependent on the media, Fox, or any of the talk news for information. Yes Bobbie, I know you have a problem with original writing. You simply regurgitate something told to you or you heard, each and every time.
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Nobody ever said it wasnt in the bible, only that is wasnt condoned.
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Trent Duffy, Public Affairs, FBI Terrorist Screening Center, Washington, D.C.
very week, according to data from the TSC, hundreds of known or suspected terrorists meet face-to-face with state, local, and tribal law enforcement in the United States under different circumstances. For many local officers, the contacts are during traffic stops; at other times, the contacts involve petty larceny and misdemeanors, or even incidents of suspicious terrorist activities. The attempted Christmas Day 2009 bombing of a Detroit-bound jet1 and the attempted car bombing in Times Square in New York City2 are reminders that terrorists still want to inflict great harm on people in the United States, as well as in other countries.
Further, as this article is being prepared for publication in early October 2010, a homeland security bulletin has been issued to state and local law enforcement agencies advising them that the U.S. Department of State has issued a travel alert for Americans in Europe, based on intelligence of the potential for attacks by al-Qaeda and other groups in Europe.
The travel alert, issued Sunday, October 3, by the State Department, warns of possible acts of terrorism by al-Qaeda and other organizations, particularly on public transportation and at tourist attractions. On Monday, October 4, Japan and Sweden issued similar advisories. Britain has warned that France and Germany are dealing with a "high threat of terrorism."3
Local-State-Federal Information Sharing and Integration
The commonwealth of Virginia is a good example of how the flow of information has improved. Virginia, home to the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, is a high-encounter state for terrorism for several reasons: proximity to the nation's capital; heavy military and intelligence presence throughout the state; and the well-traveled I-95 corridor. Because of this, Virginia's law enforcement community has been at the forefront of the collaborative effort in homeland security and counterterrorism.
"They felt like they had received information that they previously did not have," said Captain Terry. "They saw it as new information and better information. They now have a much better feel for how it can help them."5
The Arlington County and Fairfax County police departments, located in Northern Virginia and bordering Washington, D.C., have also worked hard to integrate TSC training for all personnel. Because of this coordinated approach, Virginia law enforcement now leads the nation in contacting the TSC when a potential match is identified.
The objective of TSC's law enforcement outreach program is to inform every law enforcement department that this training is available. TSC's active outreach program seeks to raise awareness and recognition of this important system, with the end result being TSC integration into daily officer practices.
Recognizing the need for enhanced coordination and communication between the FBI and its federal, state, local, county, tribal, and campus law enforcement partners, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller created the Office of Law Enforcement Coordination (OLEC) in 2002. Since January 2009, Ronald Ruecker has served as the Assistant Director of OLEC. Ruecker was the Director of Public Safety for the city of Sherwood, Oregon; is a Past President of the IACP; and was previously the General Chair of the IACP's Division of State and Provincial Police. He served for more than 31 years with the Oregon State Police, concluding his tenure as Superintendent in December 2006.
While Ruecker challenged the perception that local-state-federal law enforcement relations and information sharing were poor prior to 9/11, he said that in the years since then, the partnership had grown stronger than ever.
"In pre-9/11 days, I don't think people thought much about it," Ruecker said. "When I was in state and local law enforcement, I was confident that if I needed to know something, the FBI special agent in charge would tell me. The biggest contributor to the perception of there being barriers in law enforcement was probably in the media and the movies. Sure, there were a few cases that got some attention, but, overall, I always felt that it was more myth than truth."6
After 9/11, it became apparent that all of law enforcement needed to work together better, and this reality led to more focused interaction. The fusion centers, the Joint Terrorism Task Forces, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the TSC all involve a growing level of interaction with the FBI. These foundations provide a solid information-sharing partnership.
In recent years, there has been a real uptick in information sharing, attributed in part to the outreach efforts and the growing partnerships that have been built on more openness and more information exchange. According to Ruecker, the other driving factors are the threat landscape and the high-profile incidents that make the security challenge real. "There's more chatter out there, and we had 9/11, Timothy McVeigh, and Times Square," he said. "People no longer think about encountering a known or suspected terrorist as a pie-in-the-sky type of idea."7
Actionable Intelligence for Beat Officers
While significant intelligence, teamwork, and advanced information technology are required to compile and maintain all the records that make up the terrorist database, the way officers verify whether an individual is on the list is ultimately through a simple phone call. A beat officer can make a traffic stop, and identifying information is immediately cross-checked through the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system, available to all state and local officers in the United States.
If NCIC responds that the individual is on the terrorist watch list, the officer then needs to call one of the many trained operations specialists who staff the TSC operations center, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The main priority of this call is to elicit enough information to enable an identity determination. For example, if the suspected terrorist lost a right thumb in a previous bombing, the TSC specialist would tell the officer to check the stopped suspect's right hand for a missing thumb. If the officer reports that the thumb is missing, this builds a stronger case that the individual is in fact the individual on the watch list.
Information sharing is not a one-way street. Beat officers have an important role and the information they may be able to collect adds to the national databases for other officers. A local beat officer's role can be simplified to answering the following questions: What else can I find out about these people? What sort of items do these people have in their cars?
Once a positive match is made, the information flow begins—all to the benefit of enhanced national and homeland security (see figure 1).
On December 28, 2007, a vehicle was stopped for a tinted window violation in a heavily populated area in Southern California.8 An NCIC hit on the driver was identified. The responding officer followed up with a quick call to the TSC to confirm that the driver was on the terrorist watch list and was the subject of a southwestern FBI terrorism investigation. The officer determined that the three passengers had consumed alcohol, but the driver had not. The officer conducted a basic search of the vehicle and found two business cards belonging to FBI special agents. Further information revealed two of the three passengers were subjects of terrorism investigations in a southeastern U.S. city and a midwestern U.S. city. This information was communicated to FBI case agents.
This discovery of a vehicle containing three terrorism suspects under investigation by three separate FBI field offices provided invaluable intelligence information to the federal authorities. This is thanks to a police officer who was doing his job and using all the tools afforded to him. This is just one of the thousands of real-life examples of how the stronger partnerships among the local-state-federal law enforcement communities have made immeasurable improvements to homeland and community security.
Although 10 states lead the country in the times an officer encounters a known or suspected terrorist (see figure 2), encounters have occurred in every state in the nation. This is why it is critical for officers everywhere to contact the TSC when an NCIC check indicates a potential hit. Some states like Virginia aim for a rate of 100 percent for officers contacting the TSC for a possible match. Other states and localities have improved their rates, but, in some areas of the country, the contact rates are still below where they should be.
While there are competing demands on state and local law enforcement, working with the TSC not only improves officer safety and community protection, but actually increases operational efficiency. The TSC and the fusion centers are force multipliers, so strong partnerships help all do more with limited resources.
The TSC and the Terrorist Watch List
Before 9/11, various government agencies maintained nearly one dozen separate watch lists, including
While some lists were shared, there was little integration and cooperation among agencies, and there was no central clearinghouse where all law enforcement and government screeners could access the best information about a potential person of interest.
The TSC began operations on December 1, 2003, and is the U.S. government's consolidation point for known and suspected terrorist watch list information, both foreign and domestic. The terrorist watch list, also known as the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), contains thousands of records that are updated daily and shared with federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement and intelligence community members, as well as international partners, to ensure that individuals with links to terrorism are appropriately screened.
The process by which an individual is placed on the terrorist watch list is fairly straightforward. Intelligence is gathered, biographical data are secured, and a person of interest is nominated for inclusion. The National Counterterrorism Center collects international terrorist information and sends identifying data to the TSC for review, while the FBI is responsible for purely domestic terrorist identity information and nominations (see figure 3).
The TSC accepts nominations when they satisfy two requirements. First, the biographic information associated with a nomination must contain sufficient identifying data so that a person being screened can be matched to or disassociated from a watch-listed terrorist. Second, the facts and circumstances pertaining to the nomination must meet the reasonable suspicion standard of review established by terrorist screening presidential directives. Due weight must be given to the reasonable inferences that a person can draw from the available facts. Mere guesses or inarticulate hunches are not enough to constitute reasonable suspicion to watch-list an individual.
While there have been occasional news reports on some individuals being misidentified while traveling, the actual number is a mere fraction of the overall list.
"We take great care in the watch-listing process because we don't gain anything by inconveniencing the general public," said the TSC's Timothy Healy. "And the number of individuals who thought they were inappropriately listed and actually had any connection to the watch list is less than one percent. The fact is, we have limited resources, so we have to keep our focus on those who we believe want to do us harm. Last point, there are no children on the No-Fly List."9
Building and keeping the watch list accurate, current, and thorough is only half of the TSC's strategic mission in homeland security and counterterrorism efforts. The other half is implementation, information sharing, and pushing the list to the people who need it.
Without the participation of the entire law enforcement, homeland security, and counterterrorism communities, the watch list is just a hollow bunch of names. A core part of the TSC's mission is to push this information out to law enforcement so all law enforcement knows where to find help and also understands the local beat officer's critical role in the effort to keep up with today's modern terrorist threat.
To schedule a TSC training session for your department, contact the TSC at 703-418-99586 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.■
1Anahad O'Connor and Eric Schmitt, "Terror Attempt Seen as Man Tries to Ignite Device on Jet," The New York Times, December 25, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/us/26plane.html (accessed October 5, 2010).2Al Baker and William K. Rashbaum, "Police Find Car Bomb in Times Square," The New York Times, March 1, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/nyregion/02timessquare.html (accessed October 5, 2010).3Charisse Jones, "Terror Warning Puts U.S. Travelers Overseas on Alert," USA Today, October 5, 2010, http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-10-05-travelwarnings05_ST_N.htm (accessed October 5, 2010).4Lenmuel S. Terry, face-to-face interview, April 27, 2010.5Ibid.6Ronald Ruecker, telephone interview, June 17, 2010.7Ibid.8Privileged information provided by the TSC.9Timothy J. Healy, a series of face-to-face interviews, June 2010. Please cite as: Trent Duffy, "Training for Face-to-Face Encounters," The Police Chief 77 (November 2010): 24–31,http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/CPIM1110/#/24 (insert access date).Top
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AUSTRALIA'S tradies have struck it rich, some seeing their weekly wage shoot up almost $400 in just two years.
But IT and health workers have seen their salaries take a turn for the worst.
The Employee Earnings and Hours survey from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed that between 2010 and 2012, the growth of salaries for technical and trades workers was the highest nationally, with electricians and telecommunication trade workers not far behind.
Assistant Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union, Troy Gray, believes employers nationwide need to offer the big bucks to attract electrical workers.
"There is strong demand for skilled electrical workers in large projects. To compete for the workforce, they need to be offering at least $45 an hour," he said.
The wealth is being shared equally amongst our tradies. Industry sources suggest a skills shortage is responsible for the increase.
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"The number of plumbing apprenticeships taken up since 2010 has been reducing, which creates a skills shortage in the industry," said General Manager of the National Plumbing Associations Alliance, Paul Naylor.
And the ageing population of plumbers need the increasing salaries to help with plans for retirement.
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Bricklayers, carpenters and joiners have seen their overtime pay increase by 22 per cent to $50 an hour.
At the other end of the spectrum, Aussies working in air and marine transport have seen the biggest drop in salary, with earnings declining almost $6000 annually.
The bank accounts of IT professionals have also been hit, with annual salaries for network and support staff dropping $4500.
And the medical professional has also seen a downturn in salaries, with the annual income of health therapists dropping more than $4,000 and even our highly paid GPs seeing an annual loss of $156.
President of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Steve Hambelton, believes longer consultations are responsible for the drop, which will continue as our population ages.
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Charles of Gold Coast Posted at 9:54 AM January 24, 2013
And we wonder why Australia's property is the most expensive in the world...Time to get on a boat to somewhere else as a refugee and start a new life! It's ceratinly worth it for young people.
JT of Outback Posted at 9:52 AM January 24, 2013
A sparky for $45 an hour, I would be rapped. I can't get one for under $80 an hour and then they charge me just to have a look and quote. Some of those who have gone backwards were being overpaid before. Not doctors as I do agree with Wayne, they do not work 9-5 and due to shortages, extremely overworked.
Pedro Posted at 9:51 AM January 24, 2013
Tradies wages have gone up because they rip of consumers and are a huge part of the black(cash) economy which Labor will not crack down on because they are Labors "mates"


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Multiple reports are suggesting that the Dzeko transfer has stalled, even though City "have agreed" a transfer fee, with the Wolfsburg striker asking for 180,000 a week and City initially offering 125,000. This has subsequently, again according to reports, been raised to 150,000. Are City mad? Give the man the money.
Hang on, I hear you say... and probably other words less printable. That's a ludicrous amount of money. Of course it is.
First, football does not participate in the real world. It is an entertainment in a similar manner that is film, television or music. The sums that professional footballers earn for playing a game is beyond silly. But beyond silly is where we are and given the vast amounts of money in the game, of which fans paying at the turnstiles is just one small part, the players can reasonably expect to have a significant share.
Second, let's look at this in practical terms. The difference between City's reported first offer and the striker's asking price is 55,000 a week. For argument sake and round numbers let's say that there are 20 weeks left in the season. Multiply those together and even my Hartlepool education comes up with 1.1 million.
So if as a club you are willing to pay the 30 million fee for Dzeko's services and then another 125,000 a week why on earth are you haggling over the price of a promising youngster from the 3rd tier of English football?
Yes of course, it's probably a five year contract and a long term commitment etc. etc. But in the grand scheme of things when everything this season is focused on gaining Champions League football is this not a case of penny wise and pound foolish?
Argue that football salaries are nuts and you'll get little dissent from me. Comment that football needs a salary cap of some kind and in principal I agree. But currently this is the way the game is played and if that is the case City should play their hand to the full. Arsenal lost the Premier League title last year because of lack of guts in the January transfer window; now is not the time for City to get cold feet.
Update Reports now filtering that a deal has been struck. Nothing as of yet officially from City.
Oh come on now you cannot suggest that man city have been cheap in their approach to buying players this season. This is about so much more than 55000 a week. There are principles at stake, city cannot be held to ransom by every transfer target - that would leave them open to total abuse. Also there are the UEFA fair play regulations soon being introduced which play a big part in the clubs approach. After upwards of 750 million pounds has been invested by the owners it is tough to call them tight or lacking in motivation to secure the champions league football they crave. Especially for a player completely untested in the premiership.
Wallace Reply That's my point. City have gone after their targets. To stop now when Champions League qualification is so close seems silly. That's the priority, City have sacrificed potential silverware and spent heavily to get there. Once they have Champions League qualification then they can worry about the UEFA regulations. It all matters for nought if they don't qualify this year.
Man Citeh will pay (and it looks like they already did) for Dzeko and might qualify for the CL this year along with Spuds as Chel$ki and Liverpool are struggling.
BUT constantly changing managers (look @ Chel$ki now) and the UEFA Fair Play rules will make Citeh uncompetitive in the long run
However, if qualifying for the CL Group Stages next yr (which requires a top 3 finish) is the main goal you guys are probably in luck.
Spuds and Chel$ki will probably fight for 4th
Wallace Reply How City and the Italian teams address the UEFA Fair Play rules is certainly an interesting question.
What do you mean by 'and the Italian teamsôÇ?
Wallace Reply I've read reports that indicate that both Inter and Milan have issues with meeting the UEFA requirements.
i think city shouldn't buy dzeko cuz he clearly wants to go 2 juve and i have a feeling he might end up as an adebayor-just in it for money
Wallace Reply I don't feel that way about Adebayor at all. He's a confidence player who clearly loves playing when things are going right for him but gets down easily when he struggles. That's just his personality.
Hey Wallace,
Missed your blog before the christmas period. Good to see you back for the madness of january. Just wondering who you would sell or loan out from the squad, everyone talks about the big teams needing depth but you almost feel we have too much depth.
I feel we could sell Wright-Phillips, Santa Cruz, Adebayor, and loan out M. Johnson, Jo, Given, and a couple of other younger players without feeling any affect, because most of these players haven't played a minute.
All the talk is about who we're going to buy, but honestly I feel the squad is pretty strong and pretty set for the moment, and it's getting results without playing well which are the signs of a good team. Maybe 1 or 2 additions but more than that will upset the chemistry I think.
Wallace Reply Yes I think SWP and Santa Cruz will be gone. Bridge and Adebayor on loan probably. Lescott will probably stay. Given needs to be playing regularly, but it must be a loan with a call back option.
UEFA Fair Play regs are a joke and will never be enforced -- the last thing Platini wants is someone sniffing about Real Madrid's and Barca's books -- and there are some VERY dodgy dealings there involving banks and politicians...
Wallace Reply Will certainly be interesting...
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In systems industries, combinations of components are consumed together to generate user benefits. Arrangements among component providers sometimes limit consumers' ability to mix‐and‐match components, and such exclusive arrangements have been highly controversial. We examine the competitive and welfare effects of exclusive arrangements among system components in a model of relatively differentiated applications that run on relatively undifferentiated platforms. We show that there is no "One‐Market‐Power‐Rent Theorem." Specifically, exclusive deals with providers of differentiated applications can raise platforms' margins without reducing applications' margins, so that overall industry profits rise. Hence, for a given set of components and prices, exclusive arrangements can reduce consumer welfare by limiting consumer choice and raising equilibrium prices. In some cases, however, exclusivity can raise consumer welfare by increasing the equilibrium number of platforms, which leads to lower prices relative to the monopoly outcome that would prevail absent exclusivity.
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Duvall Police Sgt. Bob Akey demonstrates the department's new Mobile Data Computer (next to the steering wheel). The computer allows the officer to type in names or license numbers and receive information about the subject or vehicle almost immediately. Akey was recently honored for his work with domestic violence cases.
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DUVALL--Duvall Police Sgt. Bob Akey and four other area officers were honored last month by the King County Prosecutor's Office for their work with victims of domestic violence.
Akey, a 13-year veteran of the department, received the 1999 Law Enforcement Professionalism Award at a ceremony at the King County Courthouse on Oct. 20. The officers were selected for recognition by victim advocates who work with victims, officers, and the court system in King County.
Police Chief Glenn Merryman said the award reflects the work the department has done in the area of domestic violence over the recent years. It was about four years ago, Merryman said, that the city police department decided to take a more corrective role in dealing with domestic violence.
To achieve that aim, the department decided to take several actions, he said. They contracted with Ward Urion, a domestic violence advocate, and created their own municipal ordinance that allows them to file charges through the city rather than the state. The city now has its own prosecutor who works with misdemeanor cases that are filed through Northeast District Court and are heard on Duvall's "court night."
"That gives us greater latitude and opportunities for us to be involved in the process," said Merryman. "We have really made a mission of domestic violence."
Akey says his job as a primary responder to domestic violence calls is to protect the victim. He acts as a coordinator between the staff, the victim, and the court system. "It gives us a personal touch, and a direct link between the victim and the court," he said.
Merryman said he is pleased with the recognition. "We didn't set out to be noticed," he said. "But it is a high honor for a small agency such as ours to be recognized by the larger law enforcement community."
Domestic violence calls are particularly hazardous to police officers who are entering a potentially volatile situation. For that reason, two officers are required to respond.
"We are going into a home where we don't know the people, and there may be weapons there," Merryman said. "A quick response is critical. We want to get there while the argument is still verbal."
Akey said that on average, the city has about two physical assaults per month.
Merryman said because the city has grown so much over the last several years, it was necessary to take steps toward dealing with the ever-increasing problem.
"We can show a significant positive response to our efforts," he said. "We can respond more efficiently, have better trained officers, and can provide better assistance to victims."
Other officers honored included Donna Rorvik and Phil Goguen of the Kirkland Police Department, Rande Christiansen of the Seattle Police Department, and Robin Ostrum of the King County Sheriff's Office.
King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng said at the ceremony that progress is made every year in the handling of domestic violence cases. "The teamwork of police, prosecutors and victim advocates enables us to prosecute domestic violence cases effectively," he said. "The preservation of evidence, the gentle handling of victims, and the testimony at trial is crucial to moving these cases forward. We are recognizing these five police officers for their efforts and for performing outstanding work in domestic violence investigations."
The annual event coincided with Domestic Violence Awareness Month.


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From the Depression to the early 1950s, Chicago was the hot center of African American creative expression in literature. On the South Side, sometimes called Bronzeville, young writers such as Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, William Attaway, Theodore Ward, Frank Marshall Davis, Frank Yerby, Willard Motley, Era Bell Thompson, and Margaret Danner honed their craft, launched careers, and authored works that would equal the achievements of the Harlem Renaissance. Supported and mentored by such veterans of the Harlem movement as Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes, Chicago writers broke new ground in African American letters and achieved unprecedented critical and commercial success. Working variously in fiction, poetry, …
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The first and most important step is to get a clear picture of where your money is coming from and where it goes. The "coming from" part is pretty easy, especially if your income is mostly a salary from a single job. The "where it goes" part can be devilishly difficult—but rewarding.
"There's a difference between saying, 'We're tight this month but we know exactly why,' and saying, 'I have no idea where the money went,'?" says Me'Shae Brooks-Rolling, a financial literacy instructor at Syracuse University and author of "How to Save Money and Organize Your Finances: Tales of an Urban Consumer (AuthorHouse, 2006). "It's more satisfying to know where it's going."
So start by creating a "money plan"—a complete record of your income and expenses on a month-by-month basis. If you're a computer person, you'll find it easiest to do that using a spreadsheet, a desktop personal-finance program such as Quicken or an online budget calculator. Most of the programs and sites can automatically gather spending data from the Web sites of your bank and credit-card companies. They also let you mark each item with a tag that categorizes its purpose, such as "clothing," "dining out," or "auto repairs."
If you're more comfortable working on paper, simply collect and organize your bank and credit-card statements, and keep a file of receipts with dividers for each of the above categories and any others that might be applicable.
Don't overlook big, one-time payments such as taxes or insurance premiums. You can allocate them proportionately across all 12 months to give a complete picture of your monthly costs. But also keep track of small cash purchases by jotting them down in your smart phone or in a notebook as they occur. That will help plug that sneaky hole that most of us seem to have in our pockets when it comes to carrying cash. Soon you'll see where your money is going—and that's the first step in stopping the leaks.
Most people save best when they have a specific purpose for the money, such as buying a home or new car, sending a child to college, or retiring well. We cover many of those separately—see college advice and retirement advice. In this report, we're going to concentrate on saving, pure and simple, for whatever goal you have in mind.
Let's start with the first goal, which—especially in these times—should be to build up a cushion of cash to protect you and your family in case of emergencies such as job loss or medical bills.
How much of a safety net do you need? Tim Maurer, a financial planner in Hunt Valley, Md., says it depends on the source of your income. A dual-income family working in stable industries should aim for at least three months of cash reserves. A six-month cushion is preferred for single earners with stable income supporting a family or dual earners who rely on non-salary income such as commissions or bonuses. If you're self-employed, a one-year emergency fund would be even better. Obviously most of us fall well short of those goals, as the MetLife survey mentioned shows. But at least the goals drive home the importance of effective savings.
Setting such goals can seem daunting. But getting there comes down to some old-fashioned rules: Spend less than you earn, pay down your debts, and keep the rest in a safe place. And here is perhaps an upside to our prevailing economic anxiety: The climate is perfect to do just that. "Don't worry at first about numbers that seem out of reach," Maurer says. "Step One for everyone should be saving for at least one month ahead. The idea is to get past living from paycheck to paycheck."
Next, determine where to put the money you save. Safest places for your cash offers some specific suggestions. In general, it's a good idea to establish a separate account—or accounts, if you need them to keep all of your money FDIC-insured—for each savings goal. That way you'll know at a glance how much you have in your emergency fund, your new-home fund, or other funds. Money for retirement should usually go into a tax-advantaged retirement account, as discussed in our retirement section. If you don't mind accepting some risk, you can also consider investing a portion of your long-term savings—money you won't need for many years—into the stock or bond markets. Here, we concentrate entirely on cash-like investments, where your money is as safe as possible and is shielded, to the extent it can be, from market ups and downs.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, as the saying goes, and that is definitely true of savings. With the responsible part of our brains, we set up savings programs, determine goals, and take the kinds of steps recommended in this magazine. But as time goes by, almost everybody faces temptations—from that new gadget or great-looking pair of shoes to, more seriously, the temptation to raid long-term savings for short-term needs.
Maybe there's no foolproof strategy for resisting temptation, but at least you can make sure that you are automatically putting money aside. The easiest way is through programs that take money out of your paycheck before you even see it. Join your company's 401(k) or 403(b) plan, if it has one, and set aside at least as much money as the company will match and more if you can handle it.
You can also set up regular deductions from your checking account to go into your emergency fund or other savings account. Call your bank or the institution where your savings account is located for more information. Even if you are saving at some institution other than your bank (through a money-market mutual fund, for example), you can generally link that account to the institution where your emergency fund is held and have it withdraw a certain amount each week.
Financial planners generally recommend that you save approximately 10 percent of each paycheck. Even if you can set aside only a few dollars a week, just having the automatic deduction in place will help. Soon you'll adjust to not having that money, and you might find it easier to increase the amount gradually without causing real pain.
To help make the above strategies more palatable, also look for savings in your daily spending and activities. Ken Robinson, a financial planner in Cleveland, suggests putting aside $5 every time you withdraw money from the ATM. You can stash the cash in an envelope somewhere out of sight, so you won't be tempted to spend it but you can still find it in case of need. Advisers also recommend setting aside envelopes of cash for groceries or entertainment to force yourself to limit your spending.
You can probably also find places to save in everyday spending. For instance, if you're spending $7 a day on lunch, brown-bagging it four days a week will save you approximately $1,000 a year.
Scour any recurring bills for savings too. Your telephone bill, for example, probably includes a laundry list of charges for services—some of which might have sounded like a good idea when you signed up for the package but which might no longer be needed. Canceling your landline phone if you can manage with just a cell phone can save even more. Switching to a prepaid cell phone can also help control spending. Prepaid services such as Boost, a division of Sprint, offer unlimited phone, text, and Web use for $50. A similar contract-based plan at Sprint costs $100 a month.
For more savings strategies, see How to spend less on everything. And to save more on specific expenses, see Smart credit-card strategies, Plug your home's money leaks, and Save on wheels.
Last, if you're having trouble sticking to your plan, don't go it alone. Jill Sturm, an assets service director at EARN, a San Francisco nonprofit that helps families with saving strategies, recommends finding a "saving buddy." That's a friend or family member who is as committed as you are to saving more, with whom you can compare notes and share progress reports.
Remember, as our new money rules state, saving successfully is a lifestyle, not a response to a crisis. The greatest benefit won't be simply to get through this downturn but to develop habits that will guide you day by day. "This is a habit of accumulation," says John Henry McDonald, a financial adviser in Austin, Texas. "It takes some people a couple of years to build that habit, but everyone can do it."


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An estimated 50,000 bogus non-EU migrants entered Britain while claiming to be studying after a new visa regime was introduced without proper controls being in place, according to a Commons report published today.
Applicants were able to exploit the system when the Home Office's UK Border Agency abandoned making spot checks on candidates, including interviews with potential students.
The report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee accuses the agency of only belatedly beginning to take action to remove from the country migrants it knows are not studying.
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Progressive Authors: Predicting the "Future of Faith"
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Christianity is in the midst of a major transformation. And last week at a Progressive Book Club event in New York City co-hosted by the Center for American Progress, Harvard professor Harvey Cox and Washington Post op-ed columnist E.J. Dionne discussed Cox's new book The Future of Faith, which documents Christianity's changes.
In his book Cox argues that Christianity is entering a third phase called the "Age of the Spirit," in which a growing number of adherents to the faith abandon institutional, dogmatic churches and instead join religious communities less focused on creeds. Christians, according to Cox, used to emphasize institutional belonging during the "Age of Belief" that dated between the 4th and 20th centuries, but now they are returning to the original, more fundamental essence of their faith in a renewed sense of "followership" of Jesus. Cox finds that this new evolution is in many ways a return to the early church, or the "Age of Faith" as he describes it.
Although the media still tends to focus on Religious Right figureheads, both Cox and Dionne agreed that extreme religious conservatives' politically powerful grip is loosening. Cox called the past few decades of Religious Right domination "aberrational" and in fact claimed that fundamentalism in most faiths is losing influence.
A resurgence of the progressive social justice tradition is coinciding with the Religious Right's decline. Professor Cox spoke about helping organize people of faith in Pennsylvania for the Obama campaign last year. He—along with many religious scholars—believes that many American Christians are applying their religious ethics to a broader range of issues such as ending the war in Iraq and fighting poverty. Some groups, such as evangelicals, still deeply care about abortion, but now many of them consider this issue as one among many to which their faith must bear witness.
Cox's predictions about the future of faith renew a sense of hope among progressives that religion—and specifically Christianity—can be a force for social justice and community strength instead of division and prejudice.
This discussion with Professor Cox was this month's event for Moving Forward: Foundations of a New Progressive Era, the ongoing Progressive Authors Series hosted by CAP's Progressive Studies Program along with the Progressive Book Club.
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Rihanna had an unidentifiable new man in tow when she showed up with an entourage to New York City hotspot, Avenue, on Monday night.
The pop star's latest flame "waited in her truck while she went inside," a source tells PEOPLE. "He waited for paparazzi to [go away], then he followed inside after her."
Included in her crew throughout the night was, Aziz Ansari, Busta Rhymes and Maxwell.
Clad in a white pin-up style dress, with black shades and Converse shoes, the "Where Have You Been?" songstress caught the eye of her controversial ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, who was also inside the venue with "a bunch of people."
"He looked over at her from his table across the way," a source tells PEOPLE. "His group was sipping Ace of Spades champagne and taking shots of Patron."
Brown, whose group was being "super nice," wore a white button-down shirt with a red jacket and glasses.
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She's got moves like … Hermione! Emma Watson got down at the Struck by Lightning Nintendo 3DS/Tribeca Film Festival after-party at Avenue in New York City. The actress had a dance-off with one of the film's stars, Roberto Aguire, as a DJ spun hits and partygoers looked on.
Also at the bash: the film's writer, Glee's Chris Colfer, supported by his FOX costars Amber Riley and Ashley Fink. The trio enjoyed appetizers and drinks and challenged each other to a spirited game of Mario Kart 7 on Nintendo 3DS. – Jessica Wedemeyer
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Kinney Zalesne is an assistant district attorney and a cantor at Society Hill Synagogue.
Anthony D. So is a physician and an organizer for the Asian-American Health Care Network.
James J. Eisenhower 3d, a former federal prosecutor, is chief counsel for Philadelphia's Police Advisory Commission.
These three super-achievers, all from Philadelphia, have new plums for their resumes and the opportunity to view the upper levels of the federal government from the inside. They're now White House Fellows.
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'Most Wanted' fugitive apprehended
A man wanted by the Erie County Sheriff's Office on a probation/parole violation was apprehended shortly after he was featured in the Erie Times-News.
Ryan Johnson, 22, was apprehended early Thursday morning by Erie police in the 3800 block of East 38th Street, deputies said. Johnson was featured in Thursday's Times-News Most Wanted.
Johnson is the 756th fugitive to be apprehended since the feature began in March 2004.


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Mexico is officially joining the group of nine nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, an effort to create a free trade area spanning the Asia-Pacific region, the Malaysian government said Tuesday.
"Mexico will be able to formally participate in the negotiations after all the current participants have undertaken their domestic procedures," the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry said.
The TPP was initially signed in 2005 by Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore, with Malaysia, Peru, Australia, the United States and Vietnam joining later.
The Mexican government expressed interest at last November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, forum in Honolulu in negotiating to join the TPP, which Canada and Japan are also seeking to join.
Mexican Economy Secretary Bruno Ferrari visited Australia and New Zealand in February to win support for Mexico's bid to join the countries negotiating the TPP.
"Considering the advanced state of negotiations, Mexico will have to abide with procedures established to ensure that there is no undue delay to the negotiations," the Malaysian government said. EFE


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A woman called police because her soon-to-be ex-husband's family was following her around and stalking her.
She said she met a friend in a grocery store parking lot and was surprised by her brother-in-law when she opened the hatch back of her car and started snapping pictures of her and her male friend.
The brother-in-law then circled her car and took more pictures.
She told police she just wanted to be left alone by her husband's family and be able to leave the parking lot safely knowing they were not following her, according to the police report.
Police made contact with the brother-in-law who told quite a different story. According to the police report, he was at home watching the hockey game and texted the score to his nephew. The nephew then texted back and told his uncle he was in a grocery store parking lot watching his mother cheat on his father.
The uncle told his nephew to leave and go home, but the nephew refused. that's when he decided to go to the grocery store a defuse the situation. He said he convinced his nephew to go home, according to the police report.
But, he told officers, since he was there, he thought he might as well collect some evidence for his brother.
He said his brother was embroiled in an infidelity divorce case.
He said that his sister-in-law denied any inter-course with her male friend, but he and his nephew saw it with their own eyes, he told police.
By this time, the brother arrived on-scene and police questioned him as well. He said his kids learned of their mother's alleged affair and were not happy abut it. He said he was having a hard time keeping his sons out of their divorce proceedings.
The officer advised the man about other options for gaining evidence. He said he would talk with his sons about following their mother around.
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Detroit's newest theater should be open by this time next year, and an adjoining housing and commercial development won't be too far behind, developers said Monday.
The Woodward Garden Block Development, a more than decade-old project, received the last financing needed in April to complete the $12.3 million rehabilitation of the 32,000-square-foot Woodward Garden Theatre.
The theater will be modeled after the Pageant Concert Nightclub in St. Louis.
The theater's open venue will have a capacity of 1,300 with primarily standing attendee arrangements, said Michael Byrd, a partner in Woodward SA-PK LLC, which has worked with Woodward Garden Theater LLC on the project since 2002. It will house "concerts of all kinds" but will lean toward Motown and bluegrass artists, he said.
"We're not looking to be the Fox (Theatre)," Byrd said. "We're looking to be the best at our level."
The residential and commercial development should be completed in 14 months, Byrd said.
There will 47 apartments priced "between market rate and high-market rate," he said. The Midtown area currently has an apartment vacancy rate of less than 4 percent, according to Midtown Inc.
The commercial development could include a clothing store, shoe store, computer center and battery repair shop, but no commitments will be official until the structure is complete, Byrd said. The project will create an estimated 380 jobs.
The long-closed Garden Theater in Detroit's Midtown area, on the 3900 block of Woodward Avenue, received $1 million in loans from state and Detroit development agencies in April.
The theater development also is using part of a state brownfield tax credit of $2.2 million approved in 2007.


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The annual Nutcracker Market is a few months away, but Houston handbag designer Mary Nichols has created the "Ballerina Clutch" to kick off then Nutcracker Market celebration this year. A kickoff party is 4:30-6:30 p.m. today at Del Frisco's in the Galleria, 5061 Westheimer. Guests will enjoy light bites and wine.
The Ballerina Clutch was created exclusively to benefit the Houston Ballet and retails for $250, 20 percent of sales goes to the Ballet. The clutch comes in pink, black and gray. You can buy it at www.ShopMaryNichols.com.