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July 23, 2010

Obey hat. Quiksilver bathing suit. Vintage skirt. Rumi x RVCA tank. Opening Ceremony shoes. Persol sunglasses.

Spent the weekend sneaking into nice hotels on PCH to beat the heat and relax in some pathetic pseudo-vacation. The goal was to make the pool while it was still sweltering hot, but sitting at home gets the energy sucked out of you to the point that leaving the house just seems too heavy of a burden. Funny how I managed to bypass NYC's massive heat wave but came back to a hotter California. We finally got out of the sans-air-conditioned home and made it to the pool right when the temperatures started to delve. Pretty much meaning "heated" pools never really feel heated unless you're in the jacuzzi or it's still 95 degrees out.

Also managed to have a sudden urge to cut the lining of this skirt two minutes before my friend picked me up for shabu shabu. Got way too scissor-happy on the lining and cut it way too short and savagely poor. I should never yield a pair of scissors in the heat and be anywhere near my closet. I've had one too many close calls and a number of cherished items that couldn't be salvaged.

Just strangely noticed the abundance of Orange County derived brands I'm wearing. Yay! I support you Costa Mesaians!

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  1. Anonymous

    Greetings loved one

  2. Pretty! Love those heels. Makes me long for warm weather and a pool.

  3. Amazing photos! You look great in black!

  4. Anonymous

    that picture of you on the chair lounging = absolutely stunning. you look soooo great!!!

  5. amazing pics dear! You look like a diva! <3

  6. WOW! Your pictures are really amazing! I love how the sun shines into the pictures! Really summery!
    I'm really going to follow you!

  7. Ha, I love that you were sneaking into hotels. These black and gold looks are killer, I'm really into those heals. Also, I had no idea Quicksilver was making such cute bathing suits!

  8. love this outfit...great swiming suit!!!
    you look fab!

  9. gold tassle shoes and earrings? YES PLEASE! ck :) x

  10. im totally with you on the tasseled shoes and earings!

  11. forgot to mention the silly bands...

  12. I dunno, I kinda like the sheer effect the dress now has, I think it's darling., And those tassels on the shoes, TDF!

  13. looks like a very good day! love the sheer! and the shoes are incredible! lovely post. xx

  14. Those tassle shoes are so cool and i love how the skirt is now sheer.

  15. looooove your swimsuit! great photos

  16. This post is so cute! I love your outfit and bathing suit! :D

  17. You look so gorgeous in these pictures!!! Very glamourous! Come check out a pair of high waisted silk trousers from my own collection

  18. gorgeous!
    love the tank and hat!

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  19. i totally understand what u mean by feeling too much burden to get out the house once u have been comfortable fr too long, thats hw i have been feeling since the weather has been so crap in saigon, anyways gotta say so in love wit two of ur black shoes! looking gorgeous!

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  20. This post exudes summer! You look great!

    xx rk

  21. LOVE those shoes! and i love how you're wearing that vintage sheer skirt :)

  22. Angela Cho

    Totally understand the scissor-happy tendencies during the summer. :)

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  23. lusting all of these photos! the outfit is great.. every part of it!

    Too bad that's the only thing you did not mention were they're from.

    Love the outfit,
    kisses :)

  25. Great oufit. I really love the Persols.

  26. i realized you have vietnamese root cause of your last name! so many friends of mine have the same last name as urs, its really common right? heh i have been living in vietnam fr almst 8 years nw, bt im korean! and saigon is a hme fr me! you should totally visit here soon, its amazing here well might be a culture shock fr you, bt if ur true vietnamese in blood, then u ll loveee hw much better the viet food is here!
    anyways I have a couple of vietnamese friends who are big fan of ur blog! including me! looking forward to mre posts!

  27. that last shot with the lawn chairs..just stunning. the light is captured perfectly.. oh, and the ones with you are lovely as well. :]

  28. amazing photos! how i adore these photos and your style! stunning black and gold outfit! love your swimsuits! this is glam resort!

  29. Congrats for the blog!!

  30. Anonymous

    Love the hat!

  31. Amazing outfit, I love the sheer skirt, it turned out really well!

  32. Oh you gorgeous girl. Your photography is always the best.

  33. Love this, your swimsuit is gorgeous! I tried to look for a cut out on the cheap but that didn't happen :(

  34. you look fab! i love it love it love it. your shoes especially.

  35. Wow. amazing. Love all pics, excellent style ;)

  36. love this look, that black maxi is great and the hat is fabulous on you

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  37. your post makes me wish summer were here longer :(

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  38. really pretty... love the way the light is hitting in all of these pics...lovely <3 love that rumi x rvca tank

  39. love the pictures, and the bathingsuit from quicksilver look amazing on you !

  40. i love these pictures... i guess the sun really is brighter in california!

  41. Your shoes are gorgeous!

  42. That pool shot is simply stunning, and I love the sun flares in some of the shots. Classic ensemble, brilliant! xoxo

  43. Love those tassel shoes - and they look comfy. Great blog!

  44. things i love: your one piece and sandals. all black in the summertime. and beautiful pictures like these!

  45. the golden metallic tassles on the shoes are cute!

  46. haha i thought you were wearing all those brands on purpose

  47. Love this look! All black in the summer is so much chicer than all white!

    Ernest Bee

  48. stunning! i love all your photos! xo

  49. wooot! lovely ensemble!! gotta represent the california girls!! =)

  50. The second photo of you is beautiful!

  51. such beautiful photos as usual! what kind of lens were you using here?

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September 12, 2010

Zara headband and sweater. Leyendecker skirt. Marc by Marc boots.

Didn't make it out to NYFW this season and somewhat feeling a bit remorseful via all the fun Twitter updates, but not really since I've had a busy weekend: assimilated every fact of the solar system at the Griffith Observatory, duly noted to bring a full blown picnic next time, pulled all the half-hidden clothes in my car and placed it in my closet where it belongs, celebrated Ted's 21st birthday and was sorely disappointed that everyone opted out of drunk bowling, fulfilled my affinity for japanese food, talked on the phone late night until keeping my eyes open became a difficult task, trekked up an eerie, clandestine field of tall grass at night to try to watch the fireworks. (realized it wasn't worth being petrified of the rustling sounds in the bushes and went back to the car immediately).

Also didn't make it out for Fashion's Night Out - decided to stay back in Orange County and enjoy the humble company of close friends. Feels somewhat refreshing to completely detract yourself from the materialistic world we all get a little too caught up in... hence the slowdown of posts. On the bright side, feeling inspired to blog some more. Updated my blogshop last week too, check it out here!

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  1. Thats a brilliant de-stresser you opted for :) And I LOVE the sweater!
    Great blog!
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  2. Props to you for taking a break! I have to say, I was feeling the same way as I was finally unpacking my boxes from LA and preparing to pack my suitcases for my trip. All I could think was, "Jeez, why do I have so much stuff??" Promptly decided that 2m calls for a big clean up of my closet! Time to give back :)

  3. yay for squirrel sweaters! so cute

  4. amazing sweater dear! you look fab! <3

  5. Anonymous

    you are always PERFECT!! love love this outfit,the headband is tres cute! xx

  6. I always love what you wear!
    The marc jacob boots are so gorgeous and your smile is lovely :D

  7. thats the cutest sweater EVER!!!

  8. the sweater is gorgeous! I love the print on it.

  9. Ooooh the sweater is cute. Love the second last photo, it's really beautiful!

    xoxo, http://heelsandwedges.blogspot.com

  10. oh, i love that print on your top it's so so so pretty

  11. Anonymous

    Do you get told that you're mixed a lot?

    Are you mixed?

  12. Oh thank god, someone else who didn't attend the fashions night out! I thought I was the only one :(

    p.s I loovee your jumper!

  13. love your top

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  14. it's so nice to take a step back every once and a while isn't it? for the next month and a half I'm working and studying for the GRE, so I'll be slowing down my pace as well.

  15. adorable sweater!! you are too cute :)

  16. I love that skirt! It is always good to take a break from fashion. x

  17. im sad i didnt go to ny or fno in sf, my weekend was super dull. oh well, next year right?

    love the boots.

  18. ntaw, the sweater is so cute !

  19. Love the sweater! x

  20. that squirrel is so cute! love your photos as usual :)

  21. your outfit is totally adorable!

  22. I guess it is easy to get caught in the web of the cool and flashy materialistic fashion sphere :)) I'm pretty addictive too. but I'm miles away from any FW so I haven't been there either. Just daydreaming in the blogosphere :)) love your blog

  23. aww, well it sounds like you've been having plenty of fun, too (:

    1060xo, Fernanda Lucila

  24. Im sorry you missed the fashion events but sometimes we all need a break! But I still love the outfit you put together ESP the sweater! I love Zara!

  26. I'm so glad you feel inspired to blog more I love your posts they are so inspiring!!!And on an outfit related notee What your wearing is so whimsically cute!!!

  27. That squirrel is the cutest!

  28. your sweater is SO adorable!!
    I am also inspired to blog..too bad I just got my teeth out and am all puffy :(

    PS. I've got a jewelery giveaway, maybe you'd like to enter:

  29. I love the sweater!
    I have a Zara sweater also, but yours are totally cute!

  30. Love the sweater, it's so fun! :0)

  31. Your outfit is so cute! I din't know Zara has such cute sweaters,Im definitely gonna go check them out!!

    Elena from The One With The Fashion

  32. i love the t-shirt and combined with the mini skirt, it makes a perfect dress for an evening out, i really like these kind of outfits and have a number of such printed t-shirts, cool dressing

  33. meowpongky

    SO CUTE! <3

  34. It sounds like you had a GREAT weekend. Loving the Zara squirrel sweater. I have such an affinity for random animal motifs on clothing.

  35. You look cute in this outfit! NYFW wasn't that great but you had a great weekend w/o it.

  36. love your boots so much!

    please visit my blog, every day new pics from NY fashion week!

  37. OMG I feel for you. I couldn't make it to NYFW this year either because of school complications :( And it's just depressing to see invites and not be able to go to anything.

    But on the bright side, you look gorgeous as usual. Kinda looks like the outside of my favorite cafe in Clarke Quay in Singapore!

  38. Although, I did make it to FNO India. You should check my latest post out for updates, it's got a bunch of fabulous Indian designers you'll probably love. Just sayin :)

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  40. aww such a cute style!!
    i love the Zara sweater <3

  41. stela.dohle@googlemail.com

    Nice sweater!!

  42. killer killer killer jumper!!!!!

  43. its nice to take a break from FW every once in a while.. esp since you can always catch up online!

  44. Cute! Different from your usual. I like that sweater!

  45. love the way the light hits you in the third photo!

  46. Tasha

    I absolutely love Leyendecker! I like the way you styled the skirt. Too cute!

  47. wow, these photographs are simply beautiful!!

    x, Sabinna

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Bryan Proctor admits his dream is not a common one, but the work of 127 Worldwide isn't common either.

A 1999 graduate of Anderson County High School, Proctor has been working as a bi-vocational pastor for the last 12 years, but he resigned his position as children's minister at Lawrenceburg's First Baptist Church in November to go to work with 127 Worldwide as an orphan's advocate.

His passion is to raise awareness about orphans, whether in the United States or in another country.

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  • BREAKING NEWS: Police searching for missing Mount Eden teen

    The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office joined the search Wednesday for a missing Mount Eden girl whose father said she apparently took off with a 19-year-old man.

    Deputies here were alerted by the Spencer County Sheriff’s Office around noon Wednesday that the girl’s father, John Ray, of 165 Goodlett Road had been able to track the 19-year-old’s cell phone to a location off Anderson City Road, about six miles west of Lawrenceburg.

  • Open Hands plans benefit motorcycle ride

     From staff reports
    Open Hands Community Food Pantry will host a benefit motorcycle ride on Saturday, July 13 with registration beginning at 11 a.m. and kick stands up at 12:30 p.m.
    The ride will begin and end at the food pantry, according to a press release from Open Hands.
    All proceeds will go to the food pantry to support its mission.
    Door prizes will also be awarded at the event, and a meal will be provided by the pantry after the ride.
    There will be plaques for the best and worst hands.

  • Church Briefs: 7-3-13

    Pigeon Fork Baptist plans Bible school
    Pigeon Fork Baptist Church will host vacation Bible school Monday, July 8 through Friday, July 12, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
    Activities are planned for children from age 3 through those who have completed the sixth grade, according to a news release.
    The week centers on the theme “The Kingdom Chronicles.

    VBS at Glensboro Christian

  • Court rulings show laissez-faire philosophy of life

    When the Supreme Court last week issued its rulings concerning Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, to say I was not surprised is an understatement.
    Although I was hoping for a different outcome, I had already prepared myself for this ruling; this has been coming for some time.
    Our culture is ripe for such a shift. The moral fabric of our nation had begun to rend long before last Wednesday; the rulings of the court were simply indicative of the direction we are heading as a society.

  • Community calendar: 7-3-13

    Wednesday, July 3
    8 a.m. to noon, GED instruction and college preparation, Anderson Community Education building, 219 E. Woodford St.
    Noon to 4 p.m., GED instruction and college preparation, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, U.S. 127 campus.
    4:30 to 7:30 p.m., GED instruction and college preparation, Anderson Community Education building, 219 E. Woodford St.
    6:30 to 8:30 p.m., English as a Second Language, Anderson Community Education building, 219 E. Woodford St.

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  • Anderson Public Library plans tribute to Dr. Suess

    From staff reports
    Anderson Public Library will host a Tribute to Dr. Suess, the library announced in a news release.
    The event is scheduled for Friday, July 12 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the library, located on North Main Street in Lawrenceburg, according to a news release.

  • Brown family holds reunion at Fairview Christian

    From staff reports
    The family of the late Mr. and Mrs. William B. Brown had its annual reunion June 22 at the Fairview Christian Church fellowship hall, according to a new release sent last week.

  • Group performs for Joe B. during reunion

    From staff reports
    Musical group BCB & Company entertained members of the Cynthiana High School Class Reunion(1938-1968) and former University of Kentucky basketball coach, Joe B. Hall with the hits of Motown and the golden oldies June 22 at the Prizing House in Cynthiana.
    Performers in BCB & Company represent Anderson, Boyle, Mercer, and Franklin counties.

  • Woodford Theatre enrolling students for summer camps

    From staff reports
    The Woodford Theatre is currently enrolling students for its 2013 summer academy.
    At the end of each week of training, students will showcase what they have learned in a performance for friends, family and invited guests.
    The performances will showcase the techniques taught throughout the week and the practical application of these techniques, according to the theater’s press release.

  • Waldridge placed second in Region 8 bus rodeo

    50 YEAS AGO
    April 4, 1963
    Mrs. Jerry Dadisman received a severe cut to her right leg Sunday when a plank struck her while she was in her yard. Seventeen stitches were required to close the wound.

    Douglas Hanks, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan S. hanks, fell off his bicycle as he was going home from school Monday afternoon and hit his head on the road.
    He sustained a concussion and a bruised elbow. He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington and returned to his home Tuesday morning.


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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

suck it up or BLOW OFF

I have been contemplating blowing off my "career" for quite some time. It sort of feels like that relationship you've been in for way too long where all signs point to break up, but that little voice inside your head says "is waking up with someone mediocre better than not waking up with anyone at all?"

I've been in the online tech industry for 7+ years and at one time worked for one of the most revolutionary companies (sounds like Poogle). I've enjoyed some of the greatest perks (money) and made some of my best friends, but I've close to hated the "job" from Day 1.  I don't know if I just hate working in general or if I've just fallen into an industry that leaves me passion-less (i.e. that yucky feeling you get after really bad sex).  I mean seriously who cares about optimizing and monetizing video views and ads, increasing traffic, driving coverage and click-through rates, over-deliver and under-delivery. I'm clearly not saving lives or making the world a better place. I'm making the online world cluttered with more ads so my damn company can make a buck or two before it sinks for good or gets bought out by some company that thinks we're worth more than we actually are.  It's like standing on the sidelines at a wedding and forever holding your peace even though you know someone's getting the raw end of the deal.

The good news is in the last year I've found
my one true love, a small business that I've started with a friend, that involves all the fun and creativity my "career" has sucked out of me. The bad news is this venture won't be making career-like money for a long time, maybe never and for now it's my "cost center".

So now I'm trying to stay focused on taking steps towards blowing off my career for good,
but here is where I get stuck:

#1 No "affordable" insurance paid by my company. This is the year of "actively" starting a family* with the husband who is self-employed and can't put me on his insurance without mucho additional $$$$. *"actively" starting a family deserves an entire post of its own.

Like many Americans, re-financing has become part of our everyday vernacular, but good luck trying to make it happen post job blow off. In today's economic times, the bank won't even look at you if you're unemployed.

I wish someone would have told me the American Dream = doing something that makes you miserable just so you can own property and go to the doctor.

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  1. i vote that you quit! life is too short for crappy jobs and you'll have more time to focus on what makes you happy. blow this job off and tell us what happens after!


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I am concerned about the amount of sex offenders we have in Clay County.

We have one officer who actually deals with all of them. How can we keep a better eye on them around our children?

There was an incident where a convicted child molester was working near Eastside Elementary. He was less than 1,000 feet from the school. He worked for three days before the officer could get to him and chat with him as the officer said to me.

I called the police and Eastside Elementary to let them know he was close to the school working.

My child and niece go to Eastside Elementary and it bothered me that no one knew where he was working. What else concerns me is that the convicted child molester knew he was not supposed to be there. He disobeyed the law and was asked to leave the premises after they laughed a bit and chatted.

To me, this is no laughing matter.

It goes to show some people do not change for the better.

I would like to know if anyone else would be bothered by this and how many of you knew he was working that close to the school.

I feel, as a parent, I should let the school know and the police. I was also wondering, isn't that against his probation to be that close to a school? Did he just get a smack on the wrist or did he get something out of it?

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We don't even recall ever consciously looking at a particular aspect of rain, but we know we are Bengalis, and no matter how muddy our roads get, how much our traffic worsens and how flooded our streets become, we will take one look at the cloudy rainy sky and say, “Today's going to be a beautiful day.”

So what happens when you are a Bangladeshi? What happens when rain means cancelled plans and increased fares and getting wet means a possible cold? What happens when you grow up and no excuse of rain can postpone the report due or the meeting that must be attended? Do we start to resent those days or do we still somehow manage to forget all the inconveniences and love it?

“Whenever it rained we used to get into the big field outside our school and play football, no amount of rain could make us do anything else. The field would always get a little too muddy and at least one of us always ended up with a cold,” Imran, a university student, remembered fondly.

“These days with all the work pressure at university and at work we hardly even get to take a look out the window on a rainy day. But back then was different. It  wasn't just football, it meant something more. The carefree comfort of those couple of hours was amazing” he added.

It's not just the footballers who get the best of it;  “Just before a big rainstorm, you would see the campus getting emptier and when the first droplets hit the ground almost everyone went inside and that is when my friends and I used to get  out”, said Wajahat, a Marketing major at Dhaka University.

“The campus in all its greenery looks so serene and beautiful, unlike anything else in the city. Taking a walk, soaked in rain was the favourite part of the four years I spent there” he also said.

Even if you aren't outside, sitting down with a Tagore book or watching a movie that has been left aside for weeks is all that you need.

These days with so few fields to play on and even fewer free hours, it might seem that we have lost our touch with rain. But take a look outside during rains and you see couples holding hands, school kids running around with their raincoats on and their worried mums chaperoning them to get home dry, strangers sharing an umbrella starting a political discussion under the dry shelter where, a steaming mug of tea and a book, the verandas full of umbrellas put to dry and you find out that rain never even left that adored spot in our hearts.

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The Coalition for Common Sense Use (CCSU) board announced on Monday that they have voted to send $5,000 to help fund Citizen’s for Balanced Use lawsuit directed at limiting Fish-Wildlife & Park’s ill advised relocation of wild bison across Montana.

Senator Rick Ripley (SD-9), brought the request to the Coalition Board which represents eight counties in northcentral Montana and received unanimous approval.

Senator Llew Jones (SD-14), reports that the primary focus of the CCSU is to keep Montana lands viable for multiple use opportunities ranging from hunting to Ag use to riding.

The Senator says that multiple use and access will be very negatively impacted by current FWP Bison relocation plans, especially as these plans do not fully consider the regional and economic issues of a large, hard to contain bison herd.

Montana’s southern border with Yellowstone Park has ready evidence of numerous problem issues that are associated with wild bison: in particular the numerous challenges of containing the wild herds that routinely escape causing devastating impacts that make nationwide news including statewide issues such as when Montana lost its brucellosis free status.

“The impacted region around Yellowstone is very much analogous to a wildfire burning out of control,” says Jones.

The current FWP relocation proposals are very much akin to lighting similar fires in multiple locations across this state and somehow expecting different results.

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Why should "Bullies" get all of the attention?

By Stephen C. Schultz

Over the last few years or so I have noticed a surge in media coverage about bullying. My 8th grade daughter Amanda mentioned the other night at dinner how a boy in one of her classes called her the “B” word in a totally unprovoked interaction. The boy sat directly behind her in class and they had just returned from the library.

When I asked her why he would do that, she simply said;
“I don’t know…I think he has a rough time at home and I think he is adopted.”

Those certainly aren’t excuses for that kind of behavior nor does that particular life situation "cause" kids to be that way. However, Amanda realized he had some struggles in his life that most likely contributed to his behavior and she did not take it personal. While the comment probably took my daughter by surprise, she had the insight and confidence to weather that brief eighth grade social storm.
The dinner discussion reminded me of a childhood experience I had with bullying.

The conversation then moved on to her recent experience with the school choir teacher. Two weeks prior, Amanda made the announcement she was trying out for the school choir. There were a limited number of spots available, so the teacher decided she was going to have a try out.  The teacher told the class prior to the try out that the decisions would be final. She did not want those who did not make it to try and talk with her after the names were posted.

Amanda chose to sing the Star Spangled Banner, a relatively difficult song. She thought she did well and received some positive feedback from her teacher. About a week went by and the teacher finally posted the names of those who made it on the door. Excited with an adolescent anticipation, Amanda went to the class with some other students to see if her name was on the door. Disappointment hung heavy in the air. Amanda stood tall and tried to put on a good face in the midst of her friends. Amanda tried to make sense of the fact that her name was not on the list.

For almost a week, she stewed and fretted. She couldn’t understand how she didn’t make it. There were some students that did make it and she knew she was better than them. She also didn’t dare go talk with the teacher. My wife told her to ask the teacher what she could do to be better prepared next year, but Amanda refrained. Then one day between classes, Amanda saw her teacher at the outside door, which was locked. Amanda walked to the door and opened it for her teacher. As they walked, Amanda mustered the courage to casually ask what she could do next year to be better prepared. Her teacher just looked at her…and looked at her…and looked some more! Amanda was concerned she had said something wrong.

Her teacher then said, “What are you talking about Amanda, you made the choir!”

Amanda replied, “But, my name wasn’t on the list.”

Her teacher said, “Yes it is, I put it there myself.”

Amanda, “No, I’m pretty sure it isn’t. I checked a number of times.”

They then walked to the door and the teacher was horrified to see that Amanda’s name was not on the list. She apologized profusely and pulled out her notes. She told Amanda that she had mixed up Amanda with another girl with the same first name.

My daughter then paused in her excitement, and in a solemn tone said to her teacher,

“But, the other Amanda is very excited that she made it. I heard her talking to her friends in the hall. If it means that I will be taking her spot, then I can wait until next year.”

Her teacher reassured Amanda that she would make room for all of them in the choir and that Amanda would not be taking the other girls place.

Back at the dinner table, I mentioned to Amanda that I was glad she made the choir and that it all worked out. I mentioned that she had handled herself in a mature manner. I also let her know that I was most impressed with her kind, compassionate and empathetic attitude towards the other Amanda.

How often do we see this type of consideration now days? In my work with troubled teens, that kind of selfless consideration is almost non-existent. It tends to be rare in adults, let alone 8th grade girls! I hope as we navigate life’s experiences, we can take the time to recognize those around us who demonstrate kindness, compassion and empathetic behavior towards others. Let’s make sure the bullies don’t get all the attention!

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What a great story and how proud you must be of your remarkable Amanda! This story is so lovely especially because it not only reflects well on her, on her mother, on her teacher but also because 'right' prevailed!
Thank you so much Judith. I appreciate your thoughts and kind words.
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Hi Stephen:
You not only should be proud of Amanda, but save some of that pride for the parent that taught her good values. :)

Thanks Lon. I appreciate your kind words. For some reason, Amanda is one of those young people mature beyond her years.

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Parenting & The Hard-Easy Principle

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The sun was peaking over the snow capped mountain. The morning sky was awash in a brilliant amber color. Mornings often bring an unexpected gift.

For some odd reason, my 15 year old daughter Emma and her friend Ramzie enjoy having me drive them to school so they don’t have to ride the bus. I don’t really mind, it is fun hearing them talk about their days in high school. They tell me that most of all, they like “70’s on 7”, the 1970’s music channel on the satellite radio in my car. So, as the typical awkward dad, I talk about and share stories of my time as a teen listening to the likes of Led Zeplin, Boston, Van Halen, Journey etc, etc, etc!

As we were winding our way through town, I happened to hear an infomercial talking about a local radio program that will be discussing the benefits of walking to school vs riding the bus. My focus immediately shifted to the radio since I happened to have two anti-bus culprits right there with me.

The report continued to mention that more and more students are riding to school even when they are within walking distance. Parents are understandably concerned about safety, but the safety risks probably don’t outweigh the health benefits; both physically and emotionally. Over the last twenty years, the number of students riding to school has doubled.

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“Why am I driving them to school?”

Maybe it’s time for the old dad lecture about the “Hard - Easy Principle”. I became familiar with the Hard-Easy Principle while growing up in Eugene, Oregon. This principle was made popular by legendary University of Oregon Track & Field coach Bill Bowerman. He would have his athletes alternate their work outs with a hard day and then an easier day. This would give the body time to rejuvenate after a tough workout.

Over the years, I have modified the “Hard-Easy Principle” just a bit as I have shared it with my kids. It has morphed into a principle I share when there needs to be a discussion around homework, baseball or volleyball practice, doing family chores, dealing with teachers or navigating adolescent communication in high school.

My version simply says that anytime we have something to accomplish or get done, if we take the “Easy” way first, it will be “Hard” later.  If we do the “Hard” thing first, it will be “Easy” later.

For example, it’s hard to come home from school and study. It’s easy to have a snack and watch TV. So, if you watch TV and sit around not doing homework, it’s much harder to get it done later. If we do the hard thing first, it’s usually easier later. This principle applies to many situations in life.

So, I had this conversation with my daughter and her friend. They listened politely and even rolled their eyes once or twice. Did the discussion sink in? I don’t know. Is it a principle they will apply to their lives? I don’t know that either.

Some parents find themselves in the painful situation of having a child head down a destructive path. In those situations, it's a difficult and emotional process to finally realize that there needs to be some type of intervention. At some point, you know in your heart that simply waiting for them to "grow up" will not change the course your son or daughter is on. Fortunately, there are options for families and the earlier the intervention, the better chance parents have of realizing a cost effective home based solution. Should there be a need for a more clinically enhanced structure, programs like RedCliff Ascent, Discovery Ranch for Girls, Discovery Ranch for Boys, Discovery Academy and Oxbow Academy may be an appropriate solution.

Parenting is a funny thing. Parents teach the lessons that have influenced their lives in one way or another throughout their life. They want to share the knowledge and experience so their children can learn as well. But, we all know, many of life's lessons we learn through our own experience. For parents of teens, this reality is full of mixed emotions. It seems the “Hard-Easy Principle” never goes away.

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Channel Islands Landing Ready to Reopen

CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR — A grand reopening is planned this month for the completely revamped Channel Islands Landing Marina and Boatyard, located at 3821 Victoria Ave., on the east side of Channel Islands Harbor.

The complete reconstruction of the 14.5-acre site that includes a yacht marina, a boat services yard, dry storage for boats and Catalina Yacht Brokerage had been schedule to finish last September, but permitting delays added about 7 months to the construction schedule.

“The original plan was to complete the makeover in one phase,” explained Bob Nahm, general manager and project manager for the site. “But with the economic slowdown and unforeseen project delays, we will have completed what is now Phase 1 — and in a year or so, we’ll begin to work on Phase 2 of the project.”

Phase 2 will include the addition of two new buildings for the boatyard and marine services, along with retail space.

The $8.5 million makeover includes an increase in boat berthing capacity from 91 to 157 slips, the addition of two new restroom/shower facilities and a laundry room for slip renters, as well as improved dockside parking. Also, boaters and other visitors will have a wonderful new 1,500 linear feet harbor-side promenade to stroll and enjoy the views of the harbor. Visitors will enjoy the new eco-friendly landscaping and modern lighting, as well.

“We believe the improvements will benefit boaters as well as improve overall public access to this side of the harbor,” Nahm said. “All of the reconstruction includes new Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant gangways and public restroom facilities, as well as room for wheelchair access to the promenade.”

The boatyard has undergone a facelift, too, including new hoist piers to support a 75-ton Travelift. The landing currently has a lift capacity of 55 tons. And the entire site has been equipped with state-of-the-art bio filters, to collect and filter water so that no runoff reaches harbor waters.

Bellingham Marine built the new concrete docks and slips that range in size from 22 to 50 feet, with 46 percent of the berths designated for boats 32 feet and smaller. To better accommodate transient boaters, 15 new slips are being added.

According to Nahm, the redesign of the site plan has allowed for increased storage capacity for trailerable boats from 325 to 400 with hoisting services that can accommodate boats weighing up to 8,000 pounds.

“We will start renting slips” this month, Nahm said. “We have 75 boat owners who are already on our waiting list for slips and others who have kept in touch, waiting for the marina to reopen.”

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Εμπουσα Εμπουσαι

Λαμια Λαμιαι

Empousa, Empousai

Lamia, Lamiai

Latin Spelling

Empusa, Empusae

Lamia, Lamiae

Moves on One-Leg

Large Shark (lamia)

THE EMPOUSAI (Empusae), LAMIAI (Lamiae) and MORMOLYKEIAI (Mormolyceae) were fearsome daimones which assumed the forms of beautiful women to lure young men to their beds to feed on their flesh and blood. Behind the illusory facade the creatures were truly demonic--the Lamia had the tail of a serpent in place of legs, while the Empousa had flaming hair and two mismatched legs, one of brass, one of an ass.

Later authors describe the Lamiai as ghosts (phasma) which used illusion to seduce young men. They were companions of the goddess Hekate which followed her to earth from the depths of the underworld.

The Empousai and Lamiai were the ancient equivalent of vampires and succubi--vampiric ghosts and demons.

[1] Perhaps HEKATE
[2] Some were ghosts of dead women

[1] ARISTONYMOS & AN ASS (Aristocles Frag, Plutarch Greek & Roman Parallel Stories 29)

LAMIA KORINTHIA (Corinthian Lamia) A demon which haunted the city of Korinthos (Corinth), seducing and feeding upon handsome young men.

LAMIA LIBYS (Libyan Lamia) A Libyan queen loved by Zeus. When her children were stolen by the goddess Hera, she fell into a crazed, child-murdering frenzy and was transformed into a demon.

LAMIA PHILINNION The ghost of a Makedonian woman who returned from the dead to seduce a young man.

EMPU′SA (Empousa), a monstrous spectre, which was believed to devour human beings. It could assume different forms, and was sent out by Hecate to frighten travellers. It was believed usually to appear with one leg of brass and the other of an ass. (Aristoph Ran. 294, Eccles. 1094.) Whenever a traveller addressed the monster with insulting words, it used to flee and utter a shrill sound. (Philostr Vit. Apoll. ii. 4.) The Lamiae and Mormolyceia, who assumed the form of handsome women for the purpose of attracting young men, and then sucked their blood like vampyrs and ate their flesh, were reckoned among the Empusae. (Philostr Vit. Apoll. iv. 25; Suid. s. v.)

LA′MIA (Lamia). In later times Lamiae were conceived as handsome ghostly women, who by voluptuous artifices attracted young men, in order to enjoy their fresh, youthful, and pure flesh and blood. They were thus in ancient times what the vampires are in modern legends. [p. 714] (Philostr. Vit. Apollon. iv. 25; Horat. de Art. Poet. 340; Isidor. Orig. viii. 11; Apulei. Met. i. p. 57; comp. Spanheim, ad Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 67.)

MORMO (Mormô), a female spectre, with which the Greeks used to frighten little children. (Aristoph. Acharn. 582, Pax, 474.) Mormo was one of the same class of bugbears as Empusa and Lamia.

MORMO′LYCE or MORMOLYCEION (Mormolukê, Mormolukeion), the same phantom or bugbear as Mormo, and also used for the same purpose. (Philostr. V'it. Apollon. iv. 25; Menandr. Reliq. p. 145, ed. Meineke; Aristoph. Thesin. 417 Strab. i. p. 19; Stob. Ecloq. p. 1010.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

Greek Name

Latin Spelling

Terrible One

Terrible Wolf

Greek Name

Latin Spelling

Terrible Wolves

To be scared by Mormo

With an Ass's Leg

Erinna, The Distaff (trans. Page, Vol. Select Papyri III, No. 120) (Greek poetry C6th B.C.) :
"We clung to our dolls in our chambers when we were girls . . . Oh, what a trembling the Mormo brought us then, when we were little ones!--On its head were huge ears, and it walked on all fours, and changed from one face to another!"

Aristophanes, Frogs 288 ff (trans. O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th to 4th B.C.) :
"[Comedy in which the god Dionysos travels to the underworld. He and his slave Xanthias encounter and Empousa amongst the guardians of Haides after crossing Lake Akheron :]
Xanthias : We'd best be moving on. This is the spot where Herakles declared those savage monsters dwell . . . Hallo! I hear a noise.
Dionysos : Where? what?
Xanthias : Behind us, there.
Dionysos : Get you behind.
Xanthias : No, it's in front.
Dionysos : Get you in front directly.
Xanthias : And now I see the most ferocious monster.
Dionysos : O, what's it like?
Xanthias : Like everything by turns. Now it's a bull: now it's a mule : and now the loveliest girl.
Dionysos : O, where? I'll go and meet her.
Xanthias : It's ceased to be a girl: it's a dog now.
Dionysos : It is Empousa!
Xanthias : Well, its face is all ablaze with fire.
Dionysos : Has it a copper leg?
Xanthias : A copper leg? yes, one; and one of cow dung.
Dionysos : O, whither shall I flee?
Xanthias : O, whither I?
Dionysos : My priest, protect me, and we'll sup together.
Xanthias : King Herakles [Dionysos is dressed up as Herakles], we're done for.
Dionysos : O, forbear, Good fellow, call me anything but that.
Xanthias : Well then, Dionysos.
Dionysos : O, that's worse again,
Xanthias (to the Spectre) : Aye, go thy way. O master, here, come here.
Dionysos : O, what's up now?
Xanthias : Take courage; all's serene. And, like Hegelokhos, we now may say ‘Out of the storm there comes a new weather.’ Empousa's gone.
Dionysos : Swear it.
Xanthias : By Zeus she is.
Dionysos : Swear it again.
Xanthias : By Zeus.
Dionysos : Again.
Xanthias : By Zeus. O dear, O dear, how pale I grew to see her, but he, from fright has yellowed me all over."

Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1057 :
"[A young man disparages an old woman who had tried to seduce him :] It is an Empousa with a body covered with blemishes and blotches."

Aristophanes, Acharnians 582 ff :
"Your terrifying armor makes me dizzy. I beg you, take away that Mormo (Bogy-Monster)!"

Aristophanes, Peace 474 ff :
"This is terrible! You are in the way, sitting there. We have no use for your Mormo's (Bogy-Like) head, friend."

Plato, Crito 46c (trans. Lamb) (Greek philosopher C4th B.C.) :
"Children are frightened with bogeys (mormolyttomai)."

Plato, Phaedo 77e :
"Try to persuade him not to fear death as if it were a Mormolykeion (Hobgoblin)."

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2. 2 (trans. Rackham) (Roman rhetorician C1st B.C.) :
"Where can you find an old wife senseless enough to be afraid of the monsters of the lower world [presumably Empousai, et. al.] that were once believed in? The years obliterate the inventions of the imagination, but confirm the judgements of nature."

Suidas s.v. Empuosa (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.) :
"Empousa (Empusa). A demonic ghost (phantasma daimonios) sent by Hekate and appearing to the ill-fated. [Something] which seems to change into many forms. Aristophanes in Frogs [indicates this]. [It is called] Empousa from the fact that it moves on one leg (heni podizein), i.e. that its other leg is bronze. Or because it used to appear from dark places to the initiated. She was also called Oinopole. But others say [that it bore this name] because it changed form. It also seems to appear in the light of day, when they are offering sacrifices to the dead. Some say that she is the same as Hekate. But [another name for her is] Onokole, because she has an ass's leg; which they call manure (bolitinon), that is donkey manure. For bolitos [is] the proper word for donkey excrement. Aristophanes in Frogs [says] : ‘by Zeus, I see a huge wild beast.--What kind?--Terrible. It appears to be everywhere at once : at times it is a cow, then a mule, then again a most beautiful woman.--Where is she? I'm heading towards her.--She is no longer a woman, but a dog now.--It is Empousa, then.--At any rate the whole face is glowing with fire and she has a bronze leg.’"

Bell, Women of Classical Mythology (sourced from Aristophanes Frogs 294; Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 1094; Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana 2.4 & 4.25; Suidas s.v. Empusa) :
"EMPUSA was yet another female monster. She was in the train of Hecate and originally was sent out to frighten travellers. She was supposed to have on leg of brass and one of an ass. This absurd combination lends a certain comical effect rather than one of horror. Moreover, a traveller could rout the monster with insulting words, causing her to flee with a shrill shrieking. Naughty children were threatened with visits from this awkward creature. But the Empusae (plural for Empusa) were not comical at all when it came to their real design--luring men, especially young ones, to bed. For this purpose they could turn themselves into beautiful women, in which shape they sucked the blood from their victims and ate their flesh. In this respect they were related to the Lamiae and Mormolyceia."

Bell, Women of Classical Mythology (sourced from Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.25; Horace Ars Poetica 340; Apuleias Golden Ass 1.57) :
"LAMIAE, obviously related to the persona of Lamia, the fearful child-snatcher, were handsome, ghostly women who by various sensuous means lured young men to their beds. There they enjoyed the fresh, youthful energy of their victims, then drank their blood and ate their flesh. They were in ancient times the equivalent of vampires in modern legends."

Bell, Women of Classical Mythology (sourced from Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.25; Aristophanes Archanians 582; Aristophanes Peace 474) :
"MORMO was a female spectre that the Greeks used to frighten little children. She was one of the same class of frightful creatures as Empusa and Lamia. The Mormolyceia further were said to be able to assume the form of beautiful women for the purpose of luring young men to bed, where they sucked their blood and consumed their flesh."

Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek & Roman Parallel Stories 29 (from Scholiast on Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae) (trans. Babbitt) (Greek historian C2nd or 3rd A.D.) :
"[The scholiast on Aristophanes quotes a story attributed to Plutarch describing the origin of the Empusai.]
Aristonymos of Ephesos, the son of Demostratos, hated women and used to consort with an ass; and in due time the ass gave birth to a very beautiful maiden, Onoskelis (Girl with an Ass's Legs) by name. So Aristocles in the second book of his Strange Events."

Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 2. 4 (trans. Conybeare) (Greek biography C1st to C2nd A.D.) :
"[The C1st A.D. pagan prophet Apollonios of Tyana and his companion Damis :] They were travelling by bright moonlight [across Mount Kaukasos (Caucasus)], when the figure of an Empousa appeared to them, that changed from one form to another, until finally it vanished into nothing. And Apollonios realised what it was, and himself heaped abuse on the Empousa and instructed his party to do the same, saying that this was the right remedy for such a visitation. And the phantasm (phasma) fled away shrieking even as ghosts do."

Eusebius, Treatise Against Hierocles 13 (trans. Jones) (Greek rhetorician C4th A.D.) :
"He [Philostratos relates how] Apollonios and his companions saw [in Persia on their way to India] some sort of Daimon, to which he gives the name Empousa, along the road, and of how they drove it away by dint of abuse and bad words."

Other references not currently quoted here: Horace Ars Poetica 340 [Lamiai].

A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page.


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Being on a lean budget these days, I’m still finding I can make minor improvements to 48 Ugly*.  For instance, I picked up a grill for free in Quartzsite a few weeks ago and finally took a chance and got it out today…

I’ve only done this a handful of times in my entire LIFE, but after cooking up these two beauty’s I’ve decided I have skills — this little grill is going to be getting a workout in the next few months!

I’m also thrilled with my newly-tinted windows.  Not only can I spy on my neighbors while walking around my home naked, I just think the old rig looks so much sharper when the curtains are concealed.

It’s funny, last spring when I traveled a few days with the Dixons, Jim loaned me some heavy-duty electrical tape to secure my loose trim and weather-stripping on the front.  I’ll bet he didn’t expect we’d be removing that tape eight months later in Quartzsite, Arizona!  We came up with a creative solution by securing the trim with some brackets (freshly painted red). Maybe it’s a tiny bit crude, but you can do this sort of thing to old rigs and, more importantly — I like it.  Occasionally I catch a neighbor studying  the fix with curiosity.

Last, but not least, I’ve been doing some interior decorating…

A couple are sentimental favorites.  My dad recently gave me an antique he found in a shed in Illinois…

And this one, Kansas, is the one I’d been looking all over for until I found it lying on the ground at the flea market at the Q! Appropriately enough, I left some caked dirt on it.

It’s a reminder that, as I’m beginning to struggle a little here in Vegas, that it’s never as bad as last year when I was camping in Coffeyville, Kansas battling the coldest winter on human record with only $300 to my name!

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Dept of Homeland Security warning

In an unprecedented move, the US Department of Homeland Security has issued a second warning over a Windows flaw that leaves computers vulnerable to attack.

The newly formed US federal government department said in its warning that a critical flaw in certain versions of the Windows operating system, if left unpatched, could leave computers open to dangerous cyber-attacks, some of which have the potential to allow the attacker to take control of a vulnerable system.

The warning comes two weeks after Microsoft issued its own bulletin notifying computer users of the problem and about a week after the Department of Homeland Security issued its first warning urging people and companies to fix their systems.

Essentially, the bug can allow malicious attackers to seize control of users' machines to steal files, read e-mails and launch wide-scale attacks that could damage the Internet as a whole. Microsoft has issued patches on its Web site to let administrators repair systems, but analysts have said that there is still a large proportion of computers plugged in to the Net that remain susceptible to attack.

This is said to be partly because Microsoft issues patches so frequently that they are increasingly being ignored. Last year the software giant issued about 70 patches, and about 30 have been made available this year.

The United States government is said to be especially worried over the latest flaw because it has the potential to hit so many computers. Homeland Security spokespeople have been quoted as saying that about 75 percent of the computers in the US rely on the flawed versions of Windows.

The move from Homeland Security simply highlights the lackadaisical attitude many network administrators have toward updating their systems -- a bad habit that e-security experts regularly rail against. Indeed, new research released this week from US e-security firm Qualys at the most recent Black Hat briefing in Las Vegas indicates that dangerous flaws often go un-patched for weeks, months or even indefinitely.

At the event, Qualys CTO Gerhard Eschelbeck unveiled the company's "Laws of Vulnerabilities," which were drawn from statistical analysis of more than 1.24 million vulnerabilities collected by 1.5 million scans during an 18-month period. Among other things, the company's research shows that half of vulnerable systems remain unfixed after 30 days, which means that critical flaws that can disrupt the world's computers don't completely die out and, over time, they may actually make comebacks.

Possibly more worrying is "law two" of the company's three laws, which says that 50 percent of the most prevalent and critical vulnerabilities are replaced by new vulnerabilities on an annual basis. Furthermore, 80 percent of vulnerability exploits are available to hackers within 60 days after the vulnerability release, the company claimed.

"The security industry is flooded with constant, sometimes daily, warnings of new vulnerabilities, and they vary drastically in their degree of potential damage," said Eschelbeck. "With research like this, we can provide the industry with a statistical look at network threat trends in real time."

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US rehash hits the small screen

Here's some good news for those of you who like a good British TV series with fewer British people in it and preferably set in the US of A: American viewers will later this week get to enjoy Life on Mars relocated to New York and with Harvey Keitel as "irascible" Lieutenant Gene Hunt.

The blurb explains:

Where were you in 1973? NYPD Detective Sam Tyler finds himself in the cultural hotbed of New York City in the tumultuous times of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women's lib and the civil and gay rights movements - without a cell phone, computer, PDA or MP3 player - suddenly hurtled back in time when he's ripped from 2008 after being hit by a car while chasing down a criminal. He's trying mightily to understand what has just happened to him and how he can get back "home".

Sam Tyler was, of course, played by John Simm in the two original BBC series, broadcast in 2006 and 2007, and received some initial rough handling at the hands of DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister).

In the US rehash, Irish thesp Jason O'Mara will tackle the role, and we can only hope Harvey Keitel gives him the full Bad Lieutenant treatment.

Oh yes, and just to make sure you're clear that this Life on Mars is set in the "cultural hotbed" of 1970s NYC and not the cultural flatline of 1970s Manchester, the breathless ABC punt notes: "At home in Sam's apartment building in the East Village, there's Windy, a free-spirited, post-hippie chick who can teach Sam a thing or two about the cultural revolution taking place in front of his unbelieving eyes."

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Autumn in the air

Oak Lawn held its annual Fall on the Green last Friday through Sunday, with the festival occupying the Village Green as well as the grounds of the Oak Lawn Public Library and Oak Lawn Village Hall. The feel of autumn was in the air, as the sweltering temperatures that had baked the area all summer abated, to be replaced by pleasant weather perfect for outdoor activities. Among the attractions at Fall on the Green were a carnival ride, climbing wall, mechanical bull, music and bath tub races. Children swarmed the playground and inflatable obstacle courses on the Village Green, and a Ferris wheel stood iconically at the corner of 95th Street and Raymond Avenue.

Sean Kelly, guitarist for The Opinions, plays the Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” during the band’s set on Saturday (photos clockwise from right).

Charlie Selke, 13, of Chicago’s Mount Greenwood community, ponders his next move while trying to scale the climbing wall. Maggie Ritter, 5, of Oak Lawn, gets a rainbow painted on her cheek.

Amy Blicharski, 9, of Oak Lawn, tries to maintain her balance in a waterball, an inflatable plastic sphere that floats in a pool of water.

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SOUTHPORT, Ind. — A central Indiana police department’s decision to hire the police chief’s son to fill its only other full-time, paid officer position has raised concerns about nepotism.

Southport Police Chief Tom Vaughn told the Indianapolis Star that his son, Capt. Kyle Vaughn, was the most qualified candidate. Tom Vaughn says he wasn’t involved in hiring or direct supervision of his son. Kyle Vaughn will report to the assistant chief or the mayor.

“He’s earned it,” Tom Vaughn said. “He’s worked really hard. I think it’s also unfair to not allow him to be the full-time officer because his dad is the police chief.”

Paul Helmke, director of Indiana University’s Civic Leaders Center, said the decision goes against nepotism laws, which aim to ensure public money isn’t enriching a single family.

“I think it does look bad,” Helmke said. “It looks like the person is being hired just because of a relative. Even though that might not be the case at all, that’s how people are going to assume.”

The city has an ordinance that prohibits the city from employing relatives of an elected official and bans municipal employees from overseeing or promoting relatives.

Southport Mayor Russell McClure says he’s not concerned about the issue.

The Vaughns are the only paid officers on the force. The department has about 40 unpaid volunteer reserve officers who cover the municipality of nearly 2,000 residents south of Indianapolis.

Kyle Vaughn has been with the department for five years. He was one of five candidates who applied for the position when it originally opened at the beginning of the year, but the position went to Lt. Aaron Allan.

Allan was fatally shot in July, leaving the position vacant once again.

Prosecutors have charged 28-year-old Jason D. Brown with murder in the fatal shooting of Allan. Authorities say he shot Allan 11 times as the officer was trying to help him following a car crash.

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News outlets report that MFC and Plan-It Geo recently launched an online tool to report sightings of the Chinese Tallow, also known as the “Popcorn” tree.

Popcorn trees were imported decades ago from eastern Asia. They have distinct heart-shaped leaves, dangling yellow flowers and fruit that appear similar to popcorn.

Urban Forestry and Forest Health Coordinator Todd Matthews says Popcorn trees look attractive, but they kill the native ecosystem and their seeds are toxic to animals and humans.

Matthews says the state hopes to use the data collected from the sightings to get leverage for federal funding to attack the invasion.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee can’t quite explain the reasons for its lack of emotion in its last game, but the Volunteers understand they must not let it happen again.

The Vols (3-1, 0-1 SEC) showed an uncharacteristic lack of passion last week in a 17-13 victory over winless 27 ½-point underdog Massachusetts. With No. 7 Georgia (4-0, 1-0) heading to Neyland Stadium this week, a repeat performance could prove disastrous.

“We can’t go out there and have the same energy we did last Saturday,” defensive tackle Kendal Vickers said. “It’s not going to end well if we do that.”

Vols coach Butch Jones called his team’s passion and energy level against UMass “very lackluster.”

“That’s something we will not tolerate,” Jones said. “We will not go backward with that. We’ll address that situation. You can make a lot of excuses for it, but there are no excuses for a lack of passion and energy.”

Tennessee’s lack of spirit last week was an odd look for a program that prides itself on resilience.

The Vols have won five games they trailed by double-digit margins since the start of the 2016 season. Each of the last two seasons, a Tennessee defensive player has chased someone down at the end of a 70-plus-yard run to turn a likely touchdown into a touchback .

That tenacity was missing against UMass in an apparent hangover effect from the Vols’ heartbreaking 26-20 loss to Florida a week earlier.

“I thought we had a few good practices last week, but we didn’t come out ready to play Saturday,” defensive end Kyle Phillips said. “That really hurt us and really, really impacted the game. Going into this game, it starts in practice. We have to bring that passion and energy during practice.”

The lack of passion against UMass carried over to the fan base. With about 10 minutes left in the game, it appeared that at least one-third of the crowd already had left a game that remained very much in doubt.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart expects a much different Neyland Stadium atmosphere this week with Tennessee seeking to beat the Bulldogs for a third straight year.

“It’s loud, loud, loud,” Smart said. “They’re right on top of you, and they’ve got two people in every one seat. You know that. It’s loud. It’s tough.”

Georgia is heading into Knoxville as an eight-point favorite, even though none of the last five games in this series has been decided by more than seven points. The point spread reveals how the Bulldogs enter this game on a roll while Tennessee has looked out of sorts.

Tennessee didn’t play particularly well against Florida, though the Vols showed their grit by erasing a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter. The Vols never trailed against UMass but couldn’t put away an opponent that seemed overmatched on paper.

“I don’t know exactly what the cause was, other than we just need to have more energy from the start,” quarterback Quinten Dormady said.

Offensive tackle Brett Kendrick said an energy boost could come from the sideline. Kendrick said it would be “huge” to have more of Tennessee’s injured players on the sidelines encouraging them.

Tennessee’s already suffered numerous injuries to top players this year, and some of the injured guys weren’t on the sidelines for the UMass game. For example, Jones noted that injured wide receiver Jauan Jennings doesn’t like being on the sideline while hurt because he’s so competitive and eager to play.

Jones quipped that “knowing Jauan, I’d be afraid he’d run out on the field regardless and want to play.”

“I think we’ll start seeing some of them back on the sidelines,” Kendrick said of the injured players. “That’s something we need to take care of inside the team, I guess. Obviously senior leaders and just older guys in general out there can kind of show the younger guys what it’s supposed to look like and how the sidelines are supposed to look.”

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BEIRUT — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):

7:45 p.m.

Save the Children says the escalation in fighting in Syria has also forced hundreds of schools across the country to suspend classes over the past two weeks, with teachers sending children home in terror as bombs and shells fall nearby.

Thursday’s statement from the group says that vital education and psychological support for tens of thousands of Syrian children has been disrupted and at least three schools have been attacked in the past week.

The statement also says that 55 of the 60 schools and learning spaces that it supports in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo — attended by nearly 20,000 children — have had to shut for days at a time to try and keep the children safe.

Sonia Khush, Save the Children’s Syria director, says “education in Syria is yet again coming under attack, and it is too dangerous to keep the schools open while bombs are falling all around.”

4:10 p.m.

The Russian Defense Ministry says its submarines have fired 10 cruise missiles at Islamic State positions outside the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen, one of the last major IS strongholds in the country.

Russia has been a major backer of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces and has helped government troops gain significant ground from opposition fighters and militant groups in the war.

The ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement that the Kalibr missiles killed an unspecified number of IS fighters and destroyed major ammunition depots and command posts.

Konashenkov said the missiles were launched from the Veliky Novgorod and the Kolpino submarines in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.

Syrian troops with the help of Russian air cover have been closing in on Mayadeen, which has become a main IS hub for militants and the group’s leaders after its former strongholds of Raqqa and Deir el-Zour have come under attack.

1:45 p.m.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says 10 hospitals in Syria have been damaged over the past 10 days cutting hundreds of thousands of people from health care.

The ICRC said in a statement Thursday that Syria is witnessing the worst wave of fighting since government forces captured rebel-held east Aleppo in December.

ICRC said it is alarmed by reports of hundreds of civilian casualties and the destruction of hospitals and schools.

The head of ICRC’s delegation in Syria, Marianne Gasser, said that for the past two weeks, “we have seen an increasingly worrying spike in military operations that correlates with high levels of civilian casualties.”

Violence has intensified in recent week in central, northern and eastern Syria between government forces and rival insurgent groups. The violence is also taking place in de-escalation zones that are part of a deal reached in the Kazakh capital of Astana between Iran, Turkey and Russia.

It said that with swelling numbers of civilians fleeing military operations – some camps around the northern province of Raqqa and eastern region of Deir el-Zour are receiving over 1,000 women, children and men every day.

10:40 a.m.

Russia’s military says its jets have been targeting positions of an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria for two straight days, killing seven militant commanders and dozens of fighters.

Moscow blamed the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee for attacking Russian military police last month.

The Defense Ministry said Thursday that seven of the group’s commanders and 49 militants were killed in the airstrikes in the Idlib province on Wednesday. The strikes also destroyed a major ammunition depot at a militant-controlled air base.

On Wednesday, the Russian military reported that its airstrikes critically wounded the group’s leader a day earlier.

Russia has been waging an air campaign in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces since 2015, helping them to make major advances against the Islamic State group, al-Qaida-linked insurgents and mainstream rebels.


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