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KILO | IBA SE 99. [I wish to communicate with you. | I acknowledge 99] will Premiere at the 2015 BlackStar Film Festival.
*Director Tiona McClodden, Producer Allison McDaniel + Performance Artist Ash Tai will be in attendance!
Date: Friday, July 31, 2015 Time: 5:25 PM + Location: International House Philadelphia
Synopsis: KILO | Iba se 99. takes inspiration from an excerpt of a report produced by the Women's Bureau division of the United States Department of Labor titled Negro Women War Workers, published in 1945. The film is also an exploration of the relationship between the US Navy Flag signal Kilo which has the assigned message of "I wish to communicate with you", the first 12 Black women allowed to work on the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1942, and the Orisha Ochosi.
CALLING ALL LA FOLKS!: 2013 HGM-QBWTArtist Tchaiko Omawale is gearing up to shoot her first feature length film Solace and they are currently casting two of the leads! Peep the details below................
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Story Line: Following the death of her father, Sole, an idealistic 17-year oldgirl is sent to live with her estranged family in Ladera Heights and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with Jasmine, her self-destructive neighbor, leading both on a startling path to self discovery.
JASMINE - Jasmine, 19 years old, African-American. She's the pariah of her neighborhood. She was abandoned by her addict mother at 14 years old and left to be raised by her grandmother (who dies one year ago). Her mercurial nature and revealing, in-your-face Alexander McQueen gothic-style outfits don't go over well in her conservative cul de sac. Jasmine is one of the 'cool kids' on the scene (an awesome dancer) who secretly dreams of moving to New York City to be a professional dancer. Until she meets Sole, the only things that comfort her pain are Jack Daniels, cutting (which she does regularly) and dancing. Non sexual nudity involved.
GUEDADO, African-American, 18 years old, talented musician, comes from a wealthy family. His mother passed away when he was younger, he doesn't get along with his father who is now remarrying. He is a man of few words and Jasmine's closest friend. When Sole questions his attraction to her after seeing him kiss a guy he explains he doesn't believe in labels and is attracted to people's inner spirit. The only person that seems to really get that is Jasmine. He's the musical son of David Bowie & Fela – more than anything, he wants to be an artist and wishes Jasmine would come with him to New York and leave the mediocrity of her Los Angeles neighborhood but he has no idea how to motivate her until Sole enters their world. Non sexual nudity involved.
Tiona will be screening black./womyn. at Peace Corps for Women's History Month in DC tomorrow! The screening is open and free to the public!
*photo of Tiona by Jared Soares
Tiona will be participating in the 2015 LGBT Media Journalists Convening in Philadelphia, PA - March 14, 2014-Saturday at 2pm as a participant of the panel How to Be the Best Allies: Race and Gender Moderated by Sarah Blazucki with fellow panelists Yasmin Nair and Erik Olvera.
THEESatisfaction - Recognition
Music Video, (Premieres 10a.m. EST Jan. 8, 2015 on okayplayer.com)
Read Tiona's Artist Statement here.
2014-2015 HGM-QBWTArtist Akwaeke Emezi (Writer/Filmmaker) will present her award winning short film UDUDEAGU as a part of the The Boda Boda Lounge Project, a cross-continental video festival that will feature screenings at over 15 spaces throughout Africa.
The HGM Black Queer + Women + Trans Artist Booking & Management Program's mission is to support emerging and established Black Queer, Women, + Trans artists working across a range of visual art and media platforms. HGM will work exclusively with artists whose work examine, explore, and critique issues at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. HGM provides booking and management services at a reduced rate for a one year contract cycle for the artist while also teaching key booking and management skills to strengthen the sustainability of the artist during their career.
2014-2015 HGM-QBWTArtist
Ash Tai (Performance Artist/Writer)
Akwaeke Emezi (Writer/Filmmaker)
King Texas (Photographer/Director)
Lorna Williams (Visual Artist/Sculptor)
Bumming Cigarettes is an Official Selection of the KANSAI QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2014 and will be screening in both Osaka + Kyoto | Japan *screening dates for the Oct. 2014 festival coming soon!!!
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In Memoriam:
Georgia Brooks, 70
Georgia Brooks was a retired academic lab manager at a Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, NJ. She was born and raised on a farm outside of Augusta, GA ; she moved to New York City at age 18. A longtime activist, she was involved in several black lesbian community groups in New York City and New Jersey, Including Jemima Writers Collective; African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change (AALUSC, formerly known as Salsa Soul Sisters), and the Committee for the Visibility of Other Black Women, the first black lesbian conference on the East Coast. She was also on the first board of the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and was part of the Lesbian Herstory Archives collective. She is survived by two children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Georgia's Memorial Service will take place Saturday, December 7, 2013. From 6pm-8pm. At Watson Mortuary , 26 Gifford Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07304.
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A Conversation with Daito-ryu's Other Child
by Ellis Amdur
Aikido Journal #101 (1994)
Over the past six months, I have had the honor to be invited to teach both kenjutsu and aikido at the Pacific Rim Martial Arts Academy, a school which offers instruction in hapkido, tae kwon do, judo, and aikido. The school is headed by Quanjan Nim (3rd generation Grandmaster) James Garrison of the Ju Sool Kwan hapkido traditioa. The headquarters of the Ju Sool Kwan is in Korea.
It is asserted by practitioners of this art that the founder, Yong Sool Choi, studied Daito-ryu under Sokaku Takeda. Unfortunately, no records have been located to substantiate this assertion, and it may well be that none will ever be found. First of all, due to Japan's former colonization of Korea, many historical records were lost or destroyed. Secondly, according to Mr. Garrison, the Korean people generally do not have as strong an affinity for maintaining tradition unchanged, or even maintaining records of traditions as do the Japanese martial schools. Korean martial arts have, instead, maintained themselves as syncretic entities, absorbing and adapting new influences in each generation, attempting to establish themselves as viable in their chosen environment Viability is determined by such factors as combat effectiveness, political influence, financial standing, social standing of the participants, and changes in fashion.
All this makes the world of Korean martial arts one of constant ferment, showing some of the best and worst traits of martial arts practice. On the down side, inflated ranks, even rank for sale, are rife, and political maneuvering among the practitioners occurs at all levels. Commercialism takes place on a mind-boggling scale, and traditions are sometimes changed to suit the whims of a fickle public. On the up side, however, creative individuals, who have diligently trained in the basic requirements of their respective arts, have a lot of room to breathe and to continue to develop. Korean yudo (judo), for example, shows an energy and fierceness often absent from the more mannered practice of modern-day Japanese dojos. Some of the innovative kicking techniques of tae kwon do have been incorporated into karate, both in Europe and America, and this, through the influence of international tournaments, seems to have been imported back into some Japanese karate schools.
Hapkido, perhaps more than any Korean martial art, exemplifies this creative drive. There are small dojos in back alleys, run by men in the shadowy world between the law and organized crime, schools that teach how to survive and win on the hard, mean streets of Seoul. The Presidential guard is composed of hapkido experts, and they focus on hapkido as it pertains to their role as a paramilitary force. Other schools appeal to a rising middle class, with flowing techniques softened and controlled, so that one returns safely home with hardly a bruise. Other schools are maintained by Buddhist organizations, and practice is considered a means of stilling the mind-much of training time is taken up in meditation. Breakaway factions have emerged, becoming more publicized abroad than in Korea. Most notable among these factions are the Hwa Rang Do and Kuk Sool Won, both of which now claim lineages going back hundreds of years.
I recently had the opportunity to view a long video tape of a Korean national demonstration of Ju Sool Kwan hapkido. Although the techniques and styles of different groups within this federation varied, I believe that one could easily recognize all of the participants as belonging to a single tradition-colored, as it were, by the personality of the founder, and of the art.
Many of the demonstrations had a theatrical flair with broken bricks and boards, and dramatic footwork: crescent kicks, double hitch kicks, and flying side kicks. There was an emphasis on use of the belt and cane as weapons of self-defense, unarmed defenses against shinai and knife, and many self-defense moves from a chair.
There was frequently an attempt to show the techniques in as brutal a light as possible Sequences were usually decided with a joint lock or throw. Younger teachers, hopeful of selection in the Presidential guard, perhaps, or merely intent on showing their power, deliberately threw their partners at awkward angles, sometimes directly on their head or neck. The ukes, for their part, grunted, moaned, even screamed in pain when locking techniques were applied, and although this was in part for the benefit of the audience, several were injured so severely that they had to be helped off the stage.
Mr. Garrison informed me that this theatrical performance is typical of demonstrations in Korea, but is antithetical to behavior in the dojang (dojo), where a stoic calm and quiet acceptance of pain is the norm, and practice, although quite rough at times, is not done in the brutal-seeming way of the demonstrations I observed.
Most non-Koreans have an image of hapkido derived partly from the movies (several prominent action stars including Hong Kong's Angela Mao and Boo Soong Han in America are hapkido practitioners-perhaps some readers will remember the painfully politically correct Billy Jack movies) and from martial arts magazines and demonstrations. However, the techniques that are shown in both of these venues are the most spectacular, and that includes dynamic crescent and flying kicks, whirling leg sweeps, and punches leading into judo-like throws. Only occasionally are locking techniques shown in any detail, and these, too, are often done in a showy manner which is furthest from hapkido's own mainstream.
It is also an unfortunate truth that many of the practitioners who claim to be teaching hapkido, particularly outside of Korea, have earned their ranks through less than honorable means. Legitimate instructors are few. Thus, it has been difficult for many of us who are outside the hapkido family to realize just how close hapkido technique can be to both Daito-ryu and aikido, because we have not had the chance to see top-level instructors.
It was quite striking to me in viewing the aforementioned video, and even more so, in observing a recent demonstration by Mr. Garrison, that joint locking techniques and kokyu-nage throws form a major part of the curriculum. Quite a few countries have techniques for locking joints and grappling. Notable are those in China (generically known as chin'na), and Indonesia/Malaysia (as part of pentjak silat). In the arts of both these countries, however, the way of rooting the body, and of using the limbs, torso, and hips to direct power into the technique are quite different from the methods that are common to both Daito-ryu and aikido.
This way of aligning the body and coordinating one's movement is also different from either judo or karate, both of which could have had an influence on hapkido due to their incorporation into the Korean education system before the Second World War. It is true that hapkido has some throws which appear to be derived from judo, and has some punching and kicking techniques which may, in part, be influenced by karate, but the majority of the locks and throws as well as the taisabaki (movements to displace the body out of the line of attack and in a position to effectively attack one's opponent) are nearly identical to those of aikido. In fact, if one took the video, and erased the lead-in techniques of kicks, blocks and punches, and changed the clothing of the participants to Japanese-style keiko gi and hakama, then the remaining techniques would look like an extremely rugged form of aikido.
Hapkido's "mood" and way of presenting itself seems to be from another world entirely, and many of its techniques are alien, not only to the Daito-ryu line, but to all Japanese martial arts. It is certainly true that hapkido has also incorporated many techniques from both native Korean and Chinese sources. However, this "alien" character is primarily derived, I believe, from the fact that Korean people see combat, demonstrations, and martial arts practice very differently than Japanese people do, and therefore it is natural that they both structure and perform their martial arts differently. Nonetheless, based on the way the core techniques of locks and throws are performed, I am convinced that hapkido is derived from Daito-ryu.
This "categorical opinion" is prompted by another video I recently viewed, that of Katsuyuki Kondo Sensei's Daito-ryu. I have observed Daito-ryu over the years, and I find it a most singular art. Although it is classified as a koryu (old martial tradition), it is quite unlike any other remaining jujutsu school in Japan. One of the most significant differences is the number of kata-literally hundreds of elaborations of grappling and locking techniques. The almost minute delineation of technique is quite unusual among old martial arts, particularly when concerning hand-to-hand unarmed combat. Unarmed techniques were almost always a small subset of techniques in a much larger body of kata concerned with combat with weapons. A second difference is the almost rococo nature of the kata-there is often an almost circus-like atmosphere (common in most offshoot schools of Daito-ryu as well), in both the dramatic arching throws, and those in which a person is locked to submission, and then a second limb is locked, then a third, and then sometimes, while still locking the first individual, a second or third person may attack, to be immediately locked and piled on the one(s) below. Finally, there is the reversal of roles, now common in modern martial arts, in which the sensei or senior is tori (the one who throws or wins), and where the junior is uke (the one who is pinned or loses). Unlike Daito-ryu, almost all other koryu insist that the one in the teaching position takes falls. Instruction takes place as the teacher sets the situation up so that it is necessary for the student to be working at the limit of their capabilities in order to "win."
There is actually a moment on the Daito-ryu film where Kondo Sensei takes a fall for his student to illustrate a point, and good-naturedly has to stop the demonstration to catch his breath, having had the wind knocked out of him. I mention this not to criticize Kondo Sensei, who is clearly maintaining the tradition of Daito-ryu's methods for what is, at the least, its third generation from Takeda Sokaku Sensei, but to note how different Daito-ryu is from other koryu jujutsu.
Daito-ryu has an extremely long and elaborate curriculum, the memorization alone of which would take decades. This suggests that Daito-ryu, despite the rigor of many of its techniques, was not a warfare art, as battlefield combat is taught far more economically. It was developed, or at least revised and embellished in peacetime, for peacetime use. Daito-ryu was made by an individual who seems to have had an almost obsessive desire to elaborate every possible way one human being could pin or lock another into submission. This elaboration is so extensive that I believe many individuals, although not "staying the distance" to master the entire curriculum could, after a number of years, absorb inclusive principles which would enable them to "distill a tincture" of Daito-ryu in their own martial art. Most of the significant successors to Daito-ryu, including such individuals as Seigo Okamoto of the Daito-ryu Roppokai, Ryuho Okuyama of Hakko-ryu, Kotaro Yoshida (at least as passed down by his putative second generation successor, Don Angier) and most significantly, Morihei Ueshiba of aikido and Yong Sool Choi of hapkido, abandoned the Daito-ryu kata, as well as many of the more dramatic and unrealistic techniques. Despite their many differences, elaborations of approximately ten to twelve techniques are among the core techniques of all of these arts (ikkyo-gokyo, kotegaeshi, shihonage, irimi/kokyu/tenchi-nage, juji-garami, koshinage, and kokyuho). These techniques are practiced in a somewhat flowing way, without the ritualistic and rather stilted form of Daito-ryu kata. Those who left Daito-ryu did so for a variety of reasons, but each, on a technical level, seems to have altered the art in much the same way simplifying technique, and emphasizing principle over minute variations. And yet, aikido and hapkido, although bearing clear similarities, are very different arts. For those in the aikido world troubled by what they see as aikido's insufficiencies as a system of hand-to-hand combat, hapkido offers the other side of the mirror. Iriminage, for example, is done with a knuckle pressing into nerve centers under the cheekbone, and painful pressure points are attacked all over the body. Kicks can land with bone-crushing force, and techniques are often decided with a finishing blow rather than a simple pin. If one is concerned that one's aikido lacks pure combat effectiveness, at least in a street-fighting situation, there is another art "in the family" which, while holding roughly the same technical roots, cannot be attacked on the same grounds.
For my part, I anticipate a continued association with Mr. Garrison and other legitimate hapkido practitioners, and I look forward to all I can learn from them. However, I have no intention of confusing these two arts-aikido and hapkido. I am not speaking of better or worse; I am speaking of difference. As I have written before, almost every martial art has a moral basis, sometimes of profound depth. As a senior hapkido student recently stated in a letter, "As the practitioner becomes more and more advanced, contact with the uke becomes less violent, less forceful, less necessary. And thus, at the master level, hapkido and aikido tend to greatly resemble one another." However, unlike almost all other martial arts in which peace, a surprise and revelation, lies at the end of a long and harsh road, aikido seems to require that aiki (harmonious spirit) be present as an explicit goal from the first day. The techniques one learns upon entering the dojo are the same as those learned on the last.
I am mystified and challenged by O-Sensei, a man who went to war, who obsessively trained both in bujutsu and austere religious rituals, and emerged, claiming that "aikido is the realization of love" and "aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family." I would encourage readers to look at the photograph that has been printed several times on the back of this magazine, advertising O-Sensei's films, in which he is in a tenkan movement with his wrist held by Kazuo Chiba. I would submit that there is nothing, anywhere, in any other martial art, that is expressing exactly what O-Sensei expresses here, with his perfect postural alignment, and open curved arms. Were someone to lay a sleeping baby in his arms, that infant would not wake. Yet this is where the "problem" of aikido lies, for O-Sensei himself trained much as that senior exponent of hapkido describes above, a method very different than that handed down to the followers of aikido. The question that still nags at me and drives me onward after all my years of training, both within aikido and outside its boundaries, is simply, "Is aikido the best way to learn aikido?"
When I practice my koryu, I make every effort to reach the spirit of the founders, who were born and died in a bloody era of survival. Such practice has both kept me safe, and enabled me to help and protect other people. But as I practice, I often stop and think, "What are you doing? There are millions of people, right this minute, slaughtering others using methods not too different from what you are practicing now." I have found good reasons to continue my martial training, but I must be mindful of its pitfalls every time I practice. To paraphrase Nietszche, if I begin to play with power too casually, it may begin all too casually to play with me.
When I ask if aikido is "for real," I mean "Will aikido create, within me, what O-Sensei asserted was created and embodied within him?" The development of combat skills will probably always be an interest of mine, but such concerns are relevant only in so far as their execution keeps me safe so that I can ask truly important questions. Thus, in my heart of hearts, I deeply desire that all my studies lead me to be able to stand in as elegant and perfect a posture of welcome and protection as the old man in the photograph. Strong, open, at peace.
Ellis Amdur, a crisis intervention specialist in Seattle, and the creator of 'Therapeutic Self-Defense," began his martial arts training in 1968. Since that time he has spent 13 years in Japan, and now holds the mokuroku menjo and shihan-dai licenses in Araki-ryu Torite Kogusogu, and okuden (betsu mokuroku) and shihan menjo in Toda-ha Buko-ryu naginatajutsu. Amdur is 3rd dan in aikido and is also active in Ch'en family t'ai chi di'uan.
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We'll be at Phoenix Comicon!
Sorry for not putting this blog together sooner. My job (that one that pays me so I can pay bills like the schmuck sheeple that society necessitates I be in the world of finances) has been pulling a lot of overtime of which yours truly has had put in her fair share.
Regardless, Sarah and I will be at Phoenix Comicon (June 5th-June 8th)! Kit is arriving a day late to the party, coming in on June 6th, BUT I will be there bright and fairly early on the very first day and throughout most of the con the exception being Friday to pick Kit up from the airport. I'll be giving out free pins of Aila and the Ever Night logo in black but my supply is limited so move quickly folks! We'll have a full range of cast available for purchase sometime later this year.
I'll also be doing my best to live Tweet from PCC as the action happens with updates here on the blog roll and dittoed on my blog/geeky/whatever site that I've launched with Adam called Geekery Beat. (Excuse the quietness. Need to get our blog roll up-to-date in the next 36 hours.)
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Either way the assumption republicans prefer to believe a lie over righting the truth is pathetic.
Maybe if I'm more specific.
If your statement above is true, then why are so many on these boards wasting so many pixels trying to dispute a settled point:
The R's were invited but they refused to attend.
I hear you, but I am comenting on this statement.
No word yet on whether his viewers believe his apology, as the lie was more appealing to them.
Judging by the efforts just on these boards to keep the lie alive, then it's pretty obvious that the statement had a lot of truth to it.
Well I beleive there were efforts made to include all, how much an effort we don't know.
Pathetic statement though that Fox viewers may not accept O'Reillys correction and apology because the initial misquote is more appealing to the Fox viewers beliefs.
There are so many lies coming out of the Republicans these days that I have to consider that they aren't "lies" and that they truly believe the garbage they are spitting out.
Perhaps a psychologist could weigh in here...if there are any on this board.
Is there such a thing as mass hysteria where millions become so enthralled with an ideology that they all delude themselves to the point of collectively disconnecting with reality?
Sorry...watch MSNBC for a while I can say the same thing.


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I believe in some cases men who are already married can become Roman Catholic priests. I think the idea of priests never getting married went from 'a good idea so they could devote themselves to the service of Christ 24/7' to an official edict somewhere along the way. Peter had a mother-in-law, so it's safe to assume he was married.
Priests in my denomination can be married, as is the case in most denominations/branches of Christianity.
But he knew what he was getting into when he got ordained Roman. Seems like it would've been better to go to the Anglican church or maybe an offshoot of the Roman church that allows for married priests, than to have a secret marriage.
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There were a flurry of spinouts reported on local roads Thursday morning, as light snow began falling across the region. Accidents on I-95 in Stamford, I-91 in New Haven and I-84 in Waterbury lengthened the morning commute for some.
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Manitou will launch a line of compact excavators manufactured by Yanmar, under the Gehl and Mustang brands for the North American Sales Region.
WEST BEND, Wis., ADAIRSVILLE, Georgia – Manitou Group, a material handling and compact equipment company and Yanmar Co., a global manufacturer of diesel engines and a broad range of compact equipment, has formed a strategic alliance. The two companies have had a long-standing partnership including the use of Yanmar engines in Gehl and Mustang branded compact equipment manufactured by Manitou in the United States, the company said in a statement.
Initially as part of the alliance, Manitou will launch a line of compact excavators manufactured by Yanmar, under the Gehl and Mustang brands for the North American Sales Region. With this announcement, Manitou has concluded its distribution relationship with Wacker Neuson who has provided compact excavators and all-wheel steer loaders to Manitou for the Americas region since 1999.
In parallel, Yanmar will launch a range of skid loaders and compact track loaders designed and manufactured in the United States by Manitou's Compact Equipment Division under the Yanmar brand for distribution in North America.
After the completion of the initial launch by both companies, they will look at broader distribution opportunities aimed at growing sales activities for both companies while strengthening each company's independent dealer network, the statement said. Further opportunities for manufacturing alliances will also be explored to shorten time to market and better utilize existing worldwide manufacturing facilities and expertise.
"There is a strong synergy between our organizations, from our core culture and values to the complimentary fit of our product lines. We believe the market will readily embrace the quality and value that our products have to offer," stated Ted Bregar, president of Yanmar America.
Daniel Miller, Manitou Americas president and CEO said, "Manitou is extremely excited about this enhanced alliance and the opportunities it presents for our dealers and customers. Yanmar has been a key supplier and this new relationship only strengthens this long term partnership."
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The season is just four games old but it has already been an eventful campaign for Enol Ordonez.
Histon's Spanish goalkeeper suffered a cut below is eye after being unceremoniously bundled into his own net during the opening match against Frome, and he has been called into action far more times than he or manager Brian Page would like, pulling off a string of eye-catching saves.
Unfortunately for him and his team-mates, his efforts have largely been in vain as Histon have just one point from a draw at Biggleswade to show for their endeavours so far.
But the affable 26-year-old keeper is confident the team will make the necessary improvements.
"At the moment it's been difficult because we're a young team with not a lot of experience in this league," he said.
"We have to improve. The league is hard with strong teams and players, and with more experience.
"We've missed a lot of chances in important moments. At the moment it's not good but we're confident we can get better because we're playing well. We're creating chances and we're hopeful we'll get goals and points soon."
In such a young squad, Ordonez is considered a veteran with only captain and centre-back Stuart Wall older at 27.
With such a position comes responsibility and a certain amount of pressure, and for Ordonez that is exactly how he likes it.
"I'd played at Cambridge City with experienced players," he said. "Here we have two players over 22. But we have good quality players and I like the spirit because they're happy and are looking forward. I don't care about the age.
"I'm the goalkeeper, one of the most important positions in the team, and have to make fewer mistakes so I feel the responsibility. But I like to play like that, I like the pressure and tension."
Ordonez said he has enjoyed working with Page and coach Lance Key since joining in the summer, but he takes little consolation from his own performances, even Tuesday's outstanding display during the 2-1 loss to Dunstable.
"I'm not completely happy because the team lost," he continued.
"I'm the most critical person with myself. I have to correct some mistakes.
"We've been unlucky with goals at important moments but this is football. In general I'm happy with my performances but I have to improve."
Ordonez has now been playing in England for two years, with a host of Mid-Anglia clubs on his playing CV – Cambridge City, St Ives, Huntingdon, Godmanchester and Soham Town Rangers – and has thoroughly enjoyed his time at each one.
Having acclimatised to the physical nature of the game over here has helped him shake off the incident in the Frome game when he appeared to be fouled in the build up to their second goal.
"I've been playing in English football for two years so I know people are more physical than in Spain," he said. "I was waiting for this kind of thing.
"After two years (here) I know everything to expect. I'm maybe quite small but I'm a strong keeper. I like this kind of football, it's better than in Spain, and I enjoy my time in England. I'm happy here."
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The two teams played each other in pre-season in the Cambs Professional Cup, but Monday's league game will take the rivalry to a different level.
"It's important to us because we need the points and it's a derby," he added.
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In a blog post from last week, Chad Garrison reported on RFT freelance photographer Nichole Torpea, who was assaulted at My Chemical Romance's sold-out May 3 Pageant show by someone who she believes was part of the band's security team.
After hearing about the incident, the New Jersey quintet's manager offered to fly Torpea and her boyfriend to New York to photograph the band's tour-ending show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Garrison followed up with Torpea this morning when she returned, and files the following:
Last Friday, May 9, she was given full access to the band, including photo credentials and an invite to the after-party celebrating the end of their concert tour. This time around the photographer had no run-ins with the band's security. But while she snapped some fine photos of the band that night, Torpea says her favorite shot came the following evening when she ran into actor Will Smith in Times Square.
"He was taking a break from shooting a movie and I asked him if he'd mind taking a photo with me," Torpea recalls. "He was like, 'Sure, sweetie.' He couldn't have been more of a gentleman."
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The morning scrimmage featured about half of the plays of the full scrimmage the Aggies held last weekend. Players at all depth positions saw time on the field in game situations after some light stretching to begin the day.
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Off page optimisation (off-page SEO) are strategies for search engine optimization that are done off the pages of a website to maximize its performance in the search engines for target keywords related to the page content. Examples of off page optimization include linking, and placing keywords within link anchor text. Methods of obtaining links can also be considered off-page optimization. Links can be obtained through Public relations, Article distribution, Social networking via sites like Digg and StumbleUpon, Link campaigns, such as asking complementary businesses to provide links, Directory listings.
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The night skies of Fort Smith provide the venue for some of the most brilliant displays of aurora borealis in the world, due in part to the town's proximity to the north magnetic pole. Our location is ideal for viewing the northern lights. On clear nights, the skies above Fort Smith glow with green, yellow, pink, and sometimes red dancing lights that brighten, dim, and simmer in an awe-inspiring show.
The aurora borealis streak the sky all year, but they can be difficult to see during the late spring and early summer because of our long daylight hours. August through the end of March is the best time for aurora viewing in Fort Smith.
The northern lights are the focus of hundreds of stories and legends in many cultures. The Dene people of the North say that if you whistle, you can bring the lights down and make them dance. For many people, seeing them is a spiritual experience.
Scientifically, the aurora phenomenon is the result of charged particles from the sun entering the earth's atmosphere. When the particles hit the earth's atmosphere their energy turns into light and the northern lights are created.
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KIPP STRIVE Primary will implement a balanced literacy framework across content areas to ensure all students have frequent access to literacy instruction in a myriad of modalities and applications. The extended literacy block each day will afford students no fewer than 180 minutes of literacy instruction daily. Literacy instruction will include distinct blocks to focus on specific aspects of literacy, such as phonics, shared reading, guided reading, reading aloud, independent reading and writing. KSP will utilize Reading Street, Imagine It and Lucy Calkins' Writer's Workshop curricular programs to plan for and enhance our literacy instruction and to build students' love of reading through exposure to a variety of engaging literature genres.
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The science curriculum at KSP will be inquiry-based and will utilize a hands-on, lab-centered approach. Students will be encouraged to discover and explore in order to practice the scientific method and master science standards, even as early as kindergarten. The focus will be on both what is known (content) and how students come to know it (process). The best way for students to learn scientific concepts and develop critical thinking skills is through student-led investigations and analyses. Curriculum such as the FOSS program, which is designed to engage students in these processes as they explore the natural world, will be adopted for science. As in all other subjects taught at KSP, literacy skill-building will be integrated into all science instruction.
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Social studies curriculum will be integrated into KSP's writing block. This integration affords additional instructional time for literacy. Social studies curriculum will also be tied to KSP's character development program, utilizing values-based thematic units.
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KIPP STRIVE Primary students will benefit from additional instructional time through a longer school day, week, and year. Students will attend KSP for approximately 9.5 hours per day, with three additional hours one Saturday each month and an additional two weeks of summer school. This schedule offers over 500 hours of instructional time to KSP students than what they would receive at their traditional district school. Although not all of this time will be spent in explicit skills instruction, KSP students will be immersed in a college-going culture that is building the character and academic skills, which will serve as the foundation for KSP's students' success throughout their educational path. The extended day and year will afford KSP families a safe, supportive environment that, for most families, will eliminate the need for after care or other child care during the work day.
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The rush is on right now just north of the Quad Cities in Maquoketa, where volunteers are working almost around the clock to rebuild a park. They could use a few extra hands to meet their deadline.
Volunteers are working away to get Little Bear Park finished, but time is not on their side. The six day build is coming close to wrapping up. So far around $300,000 has been raised for the 10,000 square foot park.
The city and the school district decided to tear down and rebuild the park.
"The park was made all out of wood and it had deteriorated over 21 years," said volunteer Jeff Tampir.
The design behind it came from elementary school students.
"In the background is a pirate ship that will be laid out, there's towers, there's all kinds of slides, climbing wall, ropes, swings," said Tampir.
Crews Started on Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Volunteers have been pulling 14 to 15 hour days.
"We keep going until everybody's pretty well exhausted," said Tampir.
However, if they want to be done by Sunday, September 15, they're going to need more help.
"We can use anybody that would like to show up and work at Little Bear Park," said Tampir.
Tonya Nims and her ten year old son Cayden came out to lend a hand.
"We decided just to come out and help the community,"said Nims.
A community coming together to get the job done.
"Probably one of the most gratifying things here, everybody coming together to pull for one effort," said Tampir.
They expect to have around 100 volunteers this weekend to get it done. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be help September 29, 2013.


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So if you are familiar with ConfigMgr 2007 you probably got used to whipping through the site setup. With a few clicks I could have a new site configured with the basics in no time at all and get my hands into configuring the rest of the site without worry that I'd be missing anything.
In ConfigMgr 2012 however it's very easy to miss correctly enabling Software Inventory on your clients in a new 2012 site. As you set up client defaults you'll notice by default Software Inventory is enabled however in ConfigMgr 2012 RTM there are no file types set to inventory. With it set like this Software Inventory will run correctly all day however no actual software inventory data for any files will be gathered. Thankfully the 'fix' is quick and easy.
When configuring client defaults under Administration –> Site Configuration –> Client Settings. Right click the client setting deployment you want to configure Software Inventory for and click Properties from the drop down box.
- In the Settings dialog box left hand column, click on Software Inventory
- Next to Inventory these file types, click the Set Types…. button
- In the Configure Client Setting dialog box click the sunburst icon to open the Inventoried File Properties dialog box
- In the text field enter in the file extension or specific file you want to have ConfigMgr 2012 inventory on the client systems this client setting is targeted at. For the initial inventory in this instance I am enabling searching for executable files. Click OK
- Repeat the above process as needed. Keep in mind the more files you add to this list, the longer it will take for the software scans to complete and the more space inventory data will take in the database.
- Click OK to close the Client Settings.
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Dear Current & Prospective Students,
As the new Director of Professional + Adult Programs for the University of the Arts, I am excited about the wide array of wonderful education programs we have to offer our students. Whether you are interested in "getting your feet wet" by taking a course in a discipline you've never studied before; are looking to enhance your knowledge in your current field; or are an educator ready to take the next step and earn a graduate certificate or degree, UArts is the place to make it happen. I encourage you to explore our website further to get a feel for the different education options available to you.
Our courses are designed with you in mind. The class sizes are kept small; offered at a time, format and location convenient to your busy life-style; and at an affordable cost. Our instructors are some of the best and brightest in their respective fields and bring that desired mix of real world experience and theoretical perspectives to the classroom.
The staff in the Department of Professional + Adult Programs is here to support your success as a member of The University of the Arts community. Everyone here is committed to making your educational experience as meaningful and relevant as possible. We offer one-on-one advising and will help you map out a training plan that best meets your goals and objectives. If you have any questions, would like to set up an advising appointment, or need information on next steps, please feel free to contact us via email, phone or in person. We look forward to the opportunity to meeting your education needs.
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Its time to untangle the Christmas lights. Every year, we pull endless strands from the attic, only to find half of them not working.
When I was a kid, my dad just bought packs of giant bulbs, and it was our job to swap out the duds. Now we throw the strands away and buy more. Its such a waste.
Light pollution, however, is wasting energy on unnecessary light. Incandescent bulbs, like the old-fashioned Christmas lights, use only 10 percent of incoming energy to produce light. The rest is wasted on heat. Try to change one when it burns out. But light pollution isnt just about energy waste. Urban sky glow washes out starry skies, light trespasses into neighboring yards, and glare can reduce nighttime visibility. In the Lowcountry, light pollution has a direct impact on sea turtle hatchlings.
The International Dark-Sky Association has established guidelines to reduce light pollution (www.darksky.org). IDA-approved fixtures are hooded to direct light toward the ground to minimize waste and reduce sky glow. Although holiday lighting and low-voltage landscape lighting are exempt from these regulations, a maximum of 1,600 lumens is allowed outdoors on residential properties. Regardless, low-voltage landscape lights output is less than 1,600 lumens.
Were accustomed to wattage when describing bulb illumination because, for the past two centuries, weve used incandescent lights. Even though we know how bright an incandescent 60-watt bulb will be, wattage is a measure of electrical power, not illumination. Lumens is the measure of light relevant to humans.
Halogen bulbs, improved incandescent bulbs, are commonly used in low-voltage lighting. A 10- or 20-watt halogen light will produce a warm spectrum of light suitable for up-lighting most medium-size trees. A 20-watt halogen generates about 350 lumens. A 35-watt halogen would be used to up-light a large tree, and that generates 650 lumens.
Incandescent bulbs are being phased out by the curly designed fluorescent bulbs, otherwise known as compact fluorescent lights (CFL). While they are much more energy-efficient, they contain mercury. If you read the cleanup procedures for a broken CFL, you might get nervous. Fluorescents, though, arent commonly used in low-voltage landscape lighting.
In the past couple of years, light-emitting diodes have emerged in popularity. Many Christmas lights are LEDs. They are extremely energy-efficient, converting 90 percent of input energy into light. A 6- to 8-watt LED will generate about 800 lumens, equivalent to a 60-watt incandescent. In other words, it uses 7.5 times less power to produce the same amount of light. While they are significantly more expensive, the cost can be offset over time.
Solar lights use LEDs precisely because they are energy efficient. Most solar lights, however, operate more like beacons of light and lack the ability to illuminate a tree or sidewalk. The solar panel also requires full sun. That can be difficult if lights are located in shade.
Until recently, halogens have ruled landscape lighting systems. For a halogen lighting system, a 300-watt transformer (power supply) would adequately light many residential properties. In theory, this can power 30 10-watt halogen lights. In actuality, its less than that due to voltage drop and transformer efficiency. While halogens are still popular, LEDs are becoming relevant. Compare a 3-watt LED to a 10-watt halogen that has the equivalent lumen output. Theoretically, 100 3-watt LEDs can be used on the same 300-watt transformer. However, only 30 3-watt LEDs are needed to get the same lumen output; therefore, a less expensive 100-watt transformer can be used. Money also can be saved with LEDs because smaller gauge wire can be used.
One criticism of LEDs is the light quality. While halogens provide warm light, LEDs can be harshly white. But even this has improved as filters have been used to alter LED output quality as good as halogens. And those Christmas lights you pull out of the attic? Probably LEDs.
Tony Bertauski is a horticulture instructor at Trident Technical College. To give feedback, email him at email@example.com.
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Before I traveled to Prague, I knew 2.5 things about the city:
- They have a thing for defenestration.
- They were invaded by the Soviets in the 1960s.
- Something about a Golem?
That's it.
I'm not going to pretend I always do a lot of research before I visit a city — that's Blair's department — but I usually have at least a little background to draw on. Aside from those three historical tidbits, I'd only heard vague rumors about Prague — that it was cheap, that it had a sad, romantic quality to it and that just about anything was de facto legal there.
Right after I graduated from college, a friend of mine tried to convince me to give up on my writer schtick and move to Prague with him. We were going to be doctors, he told me. The medical school application was only a page long, the classes were all in English and $4,000 and 18 months later, we'd have medical licenses that would be good anywhere in Europe. We would become gentlemen physicians who attached themselves to wealthy women with weak constitutions. We would heal them with "nontraditional" techniques and live like Eastern European kings — picture a cross between Dr. Nick Riviera and The Continental. And Prague was the key to it all. These kinds of things happened there all the time.
He was lying, of course. I knew he was lying while he was still talking, and not just because 51% of all the things he ever said were lies*. But I could almost believe it. Almost. It was the kind of thing people were always saying about that part of the world: That it was free; that it was dangerous; that it was not quite civilized. That it sort of place where anything could happen to you if you wandered down the wrong alleyway.
The real city isn't like at — or at least, not quite. Maybe there was a time, after the Velvet Revolution when Prague was an anything-goes kind of town. It's still filled with Absinthe bars and head shops and strip clubs**. It might be a little sleazy, but it doesn't feel unsafe. And the city is cheap, but it's not that cheap. You never pay so little for something that the price makes you inherently suspicious. It's hard to tell how much of the grunge is organic to the city and how much is an adult puppet show put on the benefit of tourists.
Sometimes expectations can ruin a city for you, but this wasn't one of those times. Because you know that sad, romantic air I mentioned earlier? It has it in spades. Maybe it's the way the castle towers over the rest of the city, or the way it's lit at night, so that every shadow is as long and thin as possible. Maybe it's all the ties the city has to the occult. Maybe it's the little scars of a Communist past, which you can only pick out if you know to look for them. Maybe it was just because it was January in Eastern Europe. But I felt deeply melancholy there and I didn't mind it. It feels like a city built for the forgetting of old loves.
*He once convinced me that Russia had invaded Mexico in the 1860s. He did it by tying his lie into the very true and equally strange French invasion of Mexico under Napoleon III. He was a very, very good liar.
** All of which promise to be "nonstop," just in case you need to see a boob at 6 a.m.


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Am I going crazy? Did something just disappear in front of my eyes? I think the whole thing is hysterical, what world hungers or wars are you causing with posting your website? :D
Do you promise to come back as someone else when you get booted off? :D
I haven't been spanked at all, not even a little whip on the bum for me. Why? Have you? :D
....the torpedos Aan.......full steam ahead!!!!
deleting going on? Have you been struck or spanked yet Aan? What did you do, acknowledge something that is out in the open for all to see?
according to Jason anyway.. .
.....really and truly, if they count posting something on the wrong forum a strike, then I don't give a fiddler's %^&*% if I'm knocked off the boards!!!
The moderators are giving people a "strike" each time they break a rule -- off topic posts on the wrong board, self-promotion, abusive posts..... after you get three strikes, I believe you're no longer allowed to use the boards.
I think you ought to be an advocate for a living if you are not one already! I agree entirely. If I were the appeal court, your plea would be heard and the sentence revoked.The moderators have applied a penalty which, by the rules they themselves established, does not fit the crime. I agree, Redheron's strikes ought to be removed. They might now add "advertising your own business" to their list of "strikable" offences, but since they promised not to apply their code retroactively, the Birdie should have a clean slate.
I absolutely agree. The only way her post should have been deleted is if she would have said "here is my website you filthy #@%^^&*^% "!!!!!!
I beg to differ. A few of us are relentlessly mature and even consistently civilized. Witness: suzieg. There are others too, but at the risk of offending any of my pals, I will not attempt to write a list. Anyway, there may well be a myriad of other reasons my idea won't work, so you may ultimately be correct but just for the wrong reasons!
It's too bad that we need any moderating at all. Nobody should need to be scolded or awarded a strike for bad behaviour.
Jody, you say that people aren't allowed to use the boards for self-promotion -- yet you allow MamboGirl to use the boards to promote and even sell her prints. Why is there a double-standard?? Either everyone can or everyone can't.
I know you have the best intentions, but I think your idea is horrible.
Although this is something they practice on other forums, I don't think this place could handle that, it's not mature enough.
I think that it would be helpful to the forum and the moderators, if there were member moderators appointed, who could delete any hostile posts. I can think of a few members who have been consistently even tempered and are undoubtedly fair minded. (No, not me, I know). If the member moderators were anonymous, they could delete at will, answer only to J&J and not be subjected to harassment or threats. What do you all think?
that keeps getting revived in various guises. This is just the latest.
Good for you!!!!
I don't really know what's been going on lately, but I have noticed at least one person who was a frequent contributor who has disappeared (besides Artsy). And of course, it sucks that Artsy felt the need to leave the boards.
I personally find that any time you get a bunch of females all together in one place at one time, you're bound to get infighting. (I think it's OK for me to say that, seeing as I'm a girl!!) I don't know why, but it just happens,
Actually, today I'm posting exactly what I'm thinking, whether it's the wrong stuff or not!! I don't think anyone should be getting "strikes" for saying what's on their mind or trying to help other people out (whehter or not it's construed as self-promotion).
How come MamboGirl can sell her prints though the boards, but you get booted off for posting a link to your web site in response to a request for the information??
I suspect your first strike came after you posted the message about looking for someone to work in your store?? (I noticed that message thread disappeared). Which I thought was a very kind and considerate thing for you to do.
I think your insight and advice have been very beneficial and welcome additons to the boards. I hope they don't boot you off for good.
come on over...
I am on yahoo and msn...
But not in the chat...
Are you anywhere? Where?
then I do not feel sorry for you, you should be able to hop on chat right away! Waaah!
If you are kicked off the boards, a darkness will come and spread........darkness that can be felt for many people who need your help. I really and truly hope this doesn't happen :(
and I will get there yet...
I'd love to in fact, rather than wathing the two of you trying to lead each other. It will end in bruised egos I'm sure.
But I'm on a mac, and so is red. Dreamer, she gave you a clue, have another sip of coffee and go from there.
I posed the question in Tech, because it's seems 'unfair' to me.
IF I had the address...
Aan is the one to help, but selfishly she will not. You need to open your MSN hotmail account, then go to the MSN album site and try to enter the chat. IF at that point, you are asked to download something, it will be called "MSN chat" something or other. Gee, I am no technophile...
You are wondering about the appeal process. I am sure it has not been posted...
Take it easy, darling. Aren't you Nordic types cool and of flat affect?
your firewall, temporarily, to download the chat software....
You're leaving me in the dust. I can't go to chat on macs.
Oh well, just go you naughty people. I will sit here and be my sweet self all alone.
Can you go to "chat"? Sorry about the rhyme, trying to save time.
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NEWPORT–Ten seconds.
That is all it took, just ten ticks of the clock for the face the North Country-Champlain Valley Union girls basketball game to go from one direction to another.
The Falcons went from being down 37-35 with 5:30 left in the game to being down 46-35 with 5:20 left to play, thanks to the Redhawks' Sofia Lozon.
Lozon knocked down a three, the first points of the quarter, got fouled, nailed two from the line, hit for two off of a steal, got fouled again, and again made both of her shots. North Country never recovered, eventually losing the contest 54-40.
NEWPORT CITY – Individuals concerned with the replacement of the Long Bridge met with city and project officials at the Newport City Council Room yesterday afternoon.
Work will start March 5 and will be complete around Oct. 18, 2013, 19 months later. Workers will typically be on site from 6 a.m. to about 5 p.m. However, there might be times when workers want to remain on the jobsite later.
The majority of public concerns came from business owners in Railroad Square. John Robillard from Poulin Grain wanted to make sure his company would be able to operate during construction.
DERBY - Controversy continues to mount over the proposed Derby Line Wind Project.
Vicky and Daniel Lewis live on Whittier Road, about one mile from where one of the turbines would be located. The Lewises came to the Derby Select Board's regular meeting, Monday evening, prepared with information and many questions for the board.
NEWPORT CITY - The Newport City School Board outlined its 2012-2013 budget to the city council Monday evening. Residents will vote on the budget on Town Meeting Day. The budget this year has a 4.98 percent increase.
Principal Stephen Earley, who presented the budget with school board chairman Leo Willey, said the school board had level funded the budget for the past five years. The increase would mean about a $44 increase on a $100,000 home.
JAY–On a night where they were honored for their hard work and dedication to the game of hockey, the North Country seniors did not disappoint, scoring a combined 6 of the team's nine goals in the Falcons 9-2 win over Harwood.
Nate Stewart was tops in the goal department, as he had a hat-trick in the big win.
Josh Bernier had two goals, and the captain Ebin Fournier had a goal and an assist for North Country.
Junior Adam Viens pumped in two goals, and sophomore Ross DeLaBruere had an outstanding night, recording a goal and picking up a playmaker.
NEWPORT– As the Falcons played host to the Crimson Tide of Spaulding Monday night, they paid tribute to their 5 seniors. Josh Puckett, Matthew Benn, Steven Raboin, Taylor Prue, and Devon Martin are what coach Bonvechio calls, "a good group of young men that show up every day wanting to get better."
NEWPORT–It was a good weekend to be an Eagle, but a tough one to be a Crusader as both the Mid-Vermont Christian Eagles and Canaan Eagles flew into the Newport Elementary School this past weekend and picked up wins over UCA.
On Friday evening it was Mid-Vermont in to take on the Academy.
As the girls game got underway, UCA was without two of their starters as Nicole Roy is out for the season with a broken bone in her hand and Olivia Foster was out due to medical reasons, so the Crusaders were already at a disadvantage.
CRAFTSBURY-The Craftsbury Academy boys improved to 16-3 on the season as they put the pedal to the metal in a 74-27 win. The Chargers had good balance as senior Andrew Marckres netted 22 and fellow senior teammate Jason Martin tacked on another 11. Freshman forward Jon DelaBruere collected ten for UCA.
ISLAND POND, VT - The last event during the Island Pond Winter Carnival on Sunday was the cardboard sled race, organized and sponsored by Reno and Jeanne Gervais.
Winners took away trophies for their efforts.
Brendan Jenks of Ferdinand won best decorated sled with his race car theme. First place winner was Mary Odonnel, second was Alison Gray and third went to Ryan Higgins.
The race was sponsored by Reno and Jeanne Gervais of Gervais Plumbing and Heating.
Twenty-eight homemade sleds of all shapes and sizes competed in the event, which included a race for the kids and one for the adults.
NEWPORT CITY – The North Country Union High School Board will be looking for a new director for the North Country Career Center.
Richard Hoffman confirmed Monday that he handed in his resignation at last Tuesday's Resources Committee meeting. Human Resources approved the request with regret. The full board will act on the resignation at tonight's monthly meeting.