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Here's what Trippy members say about Cortona:
"But i think the best to visit on the way (and pick only one, maybe two so you have time to spend there and start early) are Siena (like a smaller more formal Florence), Orvieto, Cortona, both great little walled hilltop towns, Montalcino or Montepulciano two great mountain top wine towns, if you want a town and wine tasting." See More
"Orvieto, Cortona, Perugia, Assisi, and Arezzo are all possible stops available by train." See More
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In the second discourse, the Buddha taught the group-of-five not to identify with the five body-skandhas as if they were the self. On receiving this teaching all five became arhats, underlining how essential this teaching of emptiness is.
In the second discourse as preserved in the Anattalakkhaṇasuttaṁ, it is not stated explicitly that the five skandhas are empty of self. Rather than saying that the five skandhas were empty of self, the Buddha is recorded as describing the skandhas as anāttā, "not self" or "without self."
But in Samyutta Nikāya 35.85...
where the Glorious One was, in that direction Venerable Ānanda approached. On arrival, having made respectful salutations, he sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Glorious One, "It is said that the world is empty, the world is empty. In what respect is it said that the world is empty?" "Insofar as it is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self: Thus it is said, Ānanda, that the world is empty..."
Again, Aśvaghoṣa confirms in SN17.20 that when Nanda saw that this world was empty, he saw that there was no doer or knower – in other words, no separately existing self:
yataś ca saṁskāra-gataṁ viviktaṁ na kārakaḥ kaś-cana vedako vā /
samagryataḥ saṁbhavati pravṛttiḥ śūnyaṁ tato lokam imaṁ dadarśa // 17.20 //
And insofar as separateness comes from doings, there being no doer or knower, / And the activity done arises out of a totality, he realised, on that account, that this world is empty.// 17.20 //
samagryataḥ saṁbhavati pravṛttiḥ śūnyaṁ tato lokam imaṁ dadarśa // 17.20 //
And insofar as separateness comes from doings, there being no doer or knower, / And the activity done arises out of a totality, he realised, on that account, that this world is empty.// 17.20 //
In the third discourse, the Instruction about Burning, the Buddha praises the condition which is free of passion (virāga). Again, the Pali does not record the Buddha specifically describing this freedom as a condition which is empty of passion. But that the Buddha did indeed identify emptiness with the dispassion of just sitting – without greed, without fear, without being unduly disturbed by any idea – is confirmed by later suttas such as the Lesser and Greater Discourses on Emptiness.
The connection between emptiness and the main teaching of the fourth discourse – dependent arising – is less immediately apparent. But we will see in translating MMK that, for Nāgārjuna, emptiness and dependent arising were very definitely two names for one teaching. Hence:
yaḥ pratītya-samutpādaḥ śūnyatāṁ tāṁ pracakṣmahe |
sā prajñaptir upādāya pratipat saiva madhyamā ||MMK24.18||
Whatever dependent arising there is, we call that emptiness. This teaching, when put into practice, is the middle path itself.


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Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Zaretta Hammond)
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Hammond makes a strong case that an updated understanding of neuroscience and culture, and the effects they have on the way students - and teachers - think and behave, can build a foundation for a broader application of a culturally relevant teaching approach. While there is plenty of excellent information here, along with suggestions of strategies and ways to build community in the classroom, this is a title whose real power comes when educators read it with a reflective approach, thinking about how it can be applied in through greater warmth and rigor for all students, anchored by strong relationships.
Teach Like a Champion 2.0 (Doug Lemov)
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If you're looking for specific techniques in a wide range of instructional areas that you can put into action very soon, this is an excellent resource. In addition to providing 62 techniques, it includes a DVD with video examples of the techniques. The successor to the original Teach Like a Champion (2010), the book was developed by Lemov and his team observing a multitude of different teachers identified as the highest performing teachers (their students' growth was demonstrably strong) at multiple levels (elementary and secondary).
Particularly helpful are chapters 1 and 2 on formative assessment and creating a "culture of error" in your classroom (so that kids feel okay about making mistakes and understand it is a vital part of learning) and chapters 7 through 9 on ratio of student-to-teacher thinking and working through means of questioning, writing and discussing. That said, there is plenty to learn from the entire book. While Lemov focused on instantly actionable techniques, what lifts the book to another level is the way it thoroughly discusses multiple variations for implementation. It is imminently practical, but does not ignore theoretical background.
Responsive Teaching: Cognitive Science and Formative Assessment in Practice (Harry Fletcher-Wood)
Fletcher-Wood is a secondary teacher in the United Kingdom, and his book definitely references specific aspects of the UK schools at times. However, the overall ideas and applications of findings from neuroscience are applicable just about anywhere. One of the things that is so appealing about this book are the excellent chapter overviews that lay out the big picture ideas and points for application in the classroom with superb clarity. The book is largely engaging and does a good job, in most areas, of providing examples from classrooms. In fact, the book is organized around a set of perennial questions that we face as teachers planning for a school year, a unit, or a lesson: :"How can we plan a unit, when we want students to learn so much, and have so little time?" "How can we plan a lesson, when we want students to learn so much, and have so little time?" "How can we show students what success looks like?" "How can we tell what students learned in the lesson?" "How can we tell what students are thinking?" "How can we help every student improve?" "How can we make this work in reality?" Who hasn't asked questions like these? The author does a great job of pitching the book right at the places where teachers live.
Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12; Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12; Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12 (Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey and John Hattie)
Embedded Formative Assessment (Dylan Wiliam)
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The heart of Wiliam's book is the argument that formative assessment is not a tool, or collection of tools, that we use in a classroom but, rather, an ongoing process (in which gathering data using formative tools is the 2nd of 5 overall steps). This is an extremely valuable corrective to some of the more popular ways of discussing formative assessment, which sometimes are more in line with less deep-rooted "trend of the month" pitches, rather than appreciating it as a comprehensive way of understanding (and implementing) the learning process.
Wiliam offers many research-based insights along the way (including a compelling discussion about the essentially negative effect of grades on student performance, and the great importance of high-quality feedback to the learning process), but the best parts provide examples of ideas for practice (even though most teachers will probably need to make extensive adjustments to fit the ideas to their subject area). In the end, Wiliam's book is an essential read, offering a new way of looking at education, and helpful pointers on how to get there.
Reading Nonfiction and Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading (Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst)
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These are two of the very best books on close reading strategies. Beers and Probst really provide it all in Reading Nonfiction: a critical examination of what we mean by "nonfiction," a clear-headed explanation of why it is so important for our students (both now and in their adult future), and plenty of specific strategies for implementation. The applicable use of "Notice & Note," "Stances," "Signposts," and other strategy concepts is clear and often inspiring. This is an essential read for teachers of all subjects that include nonfiction reading, and makes a convincing case for expanded use of nonfiction reading, combined with reduced reliance on monologic lecture on those same topics. Notice & Note goes into greater detail about the specific strategies related to the "Notice & Note" approach. Both books are highly practical and can be referred to as a resource. However, Beers and Probst do an excellent job also of providing a comprehensive read about why we need these strategies in the first place.
Assessment 3.0 (Mark Barnes)
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Mark Barnes (a teacher, and also author of ROLE Reversal and co-author of Hacking Education) argues for dropping the use of grades in education. In its place, he proposes a system of narrative feedback (both written and spoken in class) built around a system called SE2R (a four step process in which teachers: Summarize, Explain, Redirect, and ask students to Resubmit).
The book is thought provoking and contains some ideas that may be adaptable without going all the way in. It is a potentially strong book for visioning discussion, though some may find it impractical for large high school classrooms.
IF YOU LIKE THIS BOOK AND WANT TO KNOW MORE, READ THIS NEXT: Hacking Assessment, by Starr Sackstein.
How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students (Susan Brookhart)
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Brookhart is a leading expert on feedback, and this ASCD-published book is packed full of excellent, directly applicable recommendations for written and oral feedback, along with delineating different types of feedback. There are clear examples to support points being made. This ASCD-published book covers a range of forms of feedback and when and how to deploy them. While the book sometimes leans a bit heavily on elementary school examples, there are sufficient secondary examples to make it more than worthwhile. The overall principles are applicable to all levels of education.
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Peter C. Brown, Henry Roediger III and Mark McDaniel)
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A well-written exploration of research into learning, with some counterintuitive results regarding retention and understanding. Perhaps most memorable is the distinction between massed practice and spaced practice (with the latter being more effective, according to research). The authors use stories to hook readers into the background information (in a style somewhat reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell's). While it does not spell out clear strategies to implement in the classroom, it contains stories about implemented approaches and their effectiveness. Chapters 2 and 3 are particularly noteworthy and have practical implications for teachers of most subjects.
Total Participation Techniques (Pérsida Himmele and William Himmele)
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The subtitle of this book is "Making Every Student an Active Learner," and that is an accurate summary of what it offers. We have turned to this book on many an occasion for ideas for Prolific PD sessions on teaching strategies for collaboration, information processing, formative assessment and more. While not every technique offered here will work for your situation, a great many will. Even better, the ideas here can inspire you to make adaptations for your classroom or come up with new ideas that work along the same lines.


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Our 5 hour drive ended in an abandoned lot. Across the street was the office where we spent the next 5 days with 15 leaders of an indigenous African ministry. Nicholas our team leader began unpacking the van, and we followed his lead. During the week he worked tirelessly, pouring the wisdom of 50 years of leadership experience into the lives of the seminar participants. He led by example. He served. Nothing was too little for him to do. As the week progressed I learned that he had been the leader of a large denomination. He had "the ear" of the highest religious and political leaders in his nation and across the region. Yet he carried his own bags, set up chairs, drove the van, and never complained. Nicholas exemplified Philippians 2: 7 – taking on "the nature of a servant". He led from "below" not from "above."
Nicholas was following the example of Jesus who told us in Matthew 20: 25-28 to not follow the example of the leaders of the day – who expected to be served and who took joy in telling others what to do. Instead, Jesus told us that the way to power is through service. They way to Kingdom greatness is from below, not from above.
As we think about what it means to redeem power, we must reimagine what leadership looks like. We can't take our cues from the world around us. We can't take the "old leadership wineskins" and put "new leadership wine" into them. Rather we need to throw out the old wine in the old wineskins and replace them with new wine and new wineskins.
But what does that look like? In Matthew 20:25-28 Jesus tells us that the new wine is the leaders heart to serve, and the new wineskin is a leader with no concern for status or power. This is the heart of Kingdom leadership. This is leadership from below, not from above.
This is what we will explore in the blogs that follow. But, let's begin to imagine a world where all our leaders exhibit true Kingdom leadership.
Author: Karl Mueller, DAI Senior Consultant for Church and Leadership Services, strengthens international partnerships between ministries around the world and churches in the USA. He joined DAI in 2014 and brings with him 35 years of ministry experience. Karl serves on the boards of African Leadership And Reconciliation Ministries (ALARM) and Community Health Evangelism (CHE).


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San Francisco's summer of urine and drug-addicted homeless
How bad is the urine situation in San Francisco? This is not a joke: Monday night, a light pole corroded by urine collapsed and crashed onto a car, narrowly missing the driver. The smell is worse than I have known since I started working for The Chronicle in 1992. It hits your nose on the BART escalator before you reach Market Street. That sour smell can bake for blocks where street people sleep wrapped in dirty blankets. I talked to Mayor Ed Lee and rode around with police to find out what can be done to clean up San Francisco.
Why does the city stink so? With the drought there has been less rain to wash away the city's sins. Prosperity has produced a building boom — so there are fewer vacant spaces where the homeless can burrow.
I asked Lee Wednesday why other cities seem so much cleaner than San Francisco. "I think they enjoy serious winters," Lee answered — cold weather can drive street people to easier climates. Ess Eff doesn't have really cold weather: "We're a year-round attraction for various lifestyles."
Lee said things I didn't think I'd hear a San Francisco mayor ever say. Like: "I do think that people are being somewhat more irresponsible." (Remember: The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it exists.) And: "It's not so much the urination," but "historic levels of drug use."
Changes in California law and policy mean that offenses that once rated as felonies are now misdemeanors. Police can't lock up drug users as they once did. Prisons and jails are releasing inmates who, Lee added, haven't worked through their "bad habits."
This year, Hizzoner has ramped up public restroom access. Newly staffed Pit Stop public toilets have decreased requests for sidewalk steam cleaning in the Tenderloin. They've put a pissoir in Dolores Park. The mayor has budgeted more money for Department of Public Works cleanup crews and for housing to improve the lot of 500 homeless families at a time. The new Navigation Center in the Mission has drawn chronic homeless who resisted programs because they refused to part with their pets and possessions. Last year, the Board of Supervisors adopted a version of Laura's Law that allows authorities to compel the mentally ill to accept outpatient treatment. Still, Lee warned, better bathroom facilities won't necessarily change the habits of street people who "can't even make a rational decision because they're so drugged out."
I saw proof of the street drug problem later that morning as I went for a ride with San Francisco Police Lt. Mike Nevin and Sgt. Joe McCloskey who patrol the homeless beat. We had traveled one whole block when we came across a couple passed out in an alleyway with a small pack of dogs — one was their dog, two belonged to a friend. The woman said they'd been living at a nearby homeless hotel, but got evicted for failure to pay a week's rent. I saw caps from syringes and small plastic bags used for heroin. A Homeless Outreach Team soon arrived to see what services the couple needs. A Department of Public Works truck came to pick up unattended mattresses, blankets and backpacks.
Later we drove to King Street, to a stretch of unused road turned homeless encampment. Enterprising street people had hooked into electricity — there were dozens of cords plugged into power strips; someone had tampered with a fire hydrant for water (but now city workers say it has to be fixed before it can be used to put out a fire). There were couches, expensive-looking tents and piles of refuse. I saw a Vespa and at least a dozen bicycles. Spying a cache of bike frames, McCloskey suspects a chop-shop. Another officer opines, "If you are a drug addict, you are going to come to San Francisco."
Across an overpass, I see new condos — a two-bedroom unit is for sale for $1.5 million. As the city gets smellier and scarier, I wonder, how many suckers can one city find to pay that kind of money in a neighborhood so clearly on the edge?
By now, most of the two dozen or so King Street squatters have taken off. Two remaining, still packing up stuff, tell me they have spent a month there. A man named Brian from New Orleans says he came to San Francisco four years ago. He spent three days on King Street. " I love the city." Of course, he does.
"All we are really is a nuisance to them," McCloskey says. Later he tells me, he's great at clearing blocks, but that only moves the homeless to a different place.
I have just finished reading a June 2015 UC Berkeley Law School Clinic report, "Punishing the Poorest: How the Criminalization of Homelessness Perpetuates Poverty in San Francisco." The authors maintain that San Francisco "is responding to homelessness with a punitive fist." Punitive? As in tough? The report cites laws against overnight camping and lying on public sidewalks, as well as drug possession or alcohol consumption in public places. Such laws are Jim Crow 2015, according to the report; the term "quality of life" is an "offensive misnomer" that works against "poor people, people of color, and homeless people who are disproportionately impacted by these laws." In short, if street people are self-destructive and anti-social, it's because of the police.
I have to laugh because Lt. Nevin sounds like a social worker. He makes a lot of the same points as the Berkeley report. You can't expect drug addicts to get clean without providing housing first, he says. And: "It doesn't do any good to cite somebody and then run into them a week later and cite them again." He wants more resources, like the Navigation Center, which take the time needed to steer the chronic homeless into the right programs.
There's one point in the UC Berkeley report that does strike a chord — the argument that many SFPD actions just don't work. Move a homeless man, and he just goes elsewhere, not into housing. The cycle of citations doesn't work because street people don't pay fines. Take away someone's driver license for not paying fines and he or she can't get to work. Arresting drug users is futile, I gather, because misdemeanors mean little more than a short stint in jail — hours maybe. Report ethnographer Chris Herring interviewed homeless people who told him arrests were turnaround events that resulted in maybe a night in jail — if that. At most, a weekend.
"I do find it cruel to say it's unacceptable to camp in San Francisco," Herring told me over the phone. On principle, I have no problem with police citing street people for squatting on and trashing public spaces. That's vandalism. But if citations don't work, that bothers me. Maybe there are things SFPD should be doing less, because they don't work. Or things they should do more to improve — I'll say it — San Francisco's "quality of life." If you think "quality of life" is a slur, you're part of the problem.
San Francisco is an affluent and vibrant city. It shouldn't smell like stale piss.
Debra J. Saunders is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @DebraJSaunders
Solutions, please
I asked police what they thought would work. No one suggested more permanent housing units.
To them, homelessness is a drug problem. One officer suggested repealing Proposition 47, the 2014 voter-approved ballot measure that made drug possession a misdemeanor. Another wanted drug testing for welfare recipients.
If catch-and-release incarceration doesn't work because there's "no deterrent," Sgt. Joe McCloskey suggested, maybe the city could focus on sending the worst offenders behind bars for 30-day stints. That would make jail not a speed bump, but a real obstacle — and a reason for unrepentant recidivists to leave town.


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Location: Soufriere, St. Lucia
Today on Ocean Star, we woke to the lovely smell of scones baked by our very own Brooke and James. After breakfast, the students had a Marine Biology class with Nick, where they had the much-awaited lecture on fish, sharks, and rays! The SMMA (Soufriere Marine Management Association) officials came for a visit after class to teach us all a bit about what they do and what makes them so successful. Saint Lucia was actually voted one of the most successful marine parks in the world. We then jumped into the dinghies and headed off for a dive led by the SMMA. The first dive of the day was at a site just below the Petit Piton (one of two large mountains characteristic of Saint Lucia) called Superman's Flight. It was a gorgeous drift dive. The second dive was even better, at a site called the Pinnacles. It was as if someone had shrunk the Pitons and placed them on the seafloor. We saw tons of beautifully colored sponges and all sorts of fish, including a massive barracuda. We dove this as a drift dive as well, which takes much of the navigation aspect out. This afternoon, we all had a bit of time to go for a snorkel, have a swim, or catch up on some work. Nick, Ivy, and Ben went over to the other side of the harbor to check out at bat cave. As dark falls, hundreds of bats fly out of a slit in the side of the cliff, but during the day, it is an awesome spot to snorkel. After dinner, Nick will finish up his lecture on fish, and I will teach an SLD class. We cannot believe it is already day 40; sadly, that means we are halfway through the trip. During dinner, we discussed what we all want to accomplish in our next 40 days. It sounds like we all have some pretty amazing things to look forward to, from fishing to earning sailing certifications and climbing up to the crow's nest (a little platform at the top of the forward mast). Life is pretty wonderful here on Ocean Star.


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The $1.025 million sale of the town's Willowbrook School building to Goodwin College inched nearer to completion Wednesday night, when the planning and zoning commission gave the project a green light.
Goodwin plans to use the adjacent acres to build an early childhood education magnet school, and will rent the Willowbrick building back to the town for up to 10 years — or until the district finds a new location for its preschool programming. The next step in the sale will be the a vote at the Aug. 17 town council meeting, where the council is expected to approve the sale and send it to the mayor's office for finalization. Goodwin hopes to have the new magnet school online for the 2012 school year.
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Confessions of a Reformission Rev
Mark Driscoll, Zondervan 2006
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Our current facility cannot accomodate much growth beyond our current four Sunday services. Additionally our kids' ministry is bursting at the seams, our Capstone classes are in desperate need of space, and our cramped, windowless office space would be perfect if we were a third-world sweatshop.
So the elders voted to purchase a 43,000-square-foot dumpy warehouse Jamie found one block away from our current building. When the project is completed, we will have two buildings only a block apart, each hosting church services, with 1,300 seats in one location and a projected 1,000 seats in the other. We will be able to grow to more than 10,000 people per Sunday through multiple services in multiple locations. Each service will have live worship teams, butI will only be live in some services and in video in others.
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November 9, 2007
Section: Stewardship
Answers submitted by Pastor Jamie Munson
Q: What is the status and future plans for the property M.H. owns just north of the Ballard campus?
We purchased the building on 50th with the intention of performing a massive renocation, and by connecting it with our Leary building, to create a large campus in the middle of the city. Sicne the 50th building dedication, our renovation plans were delayed by our attempt to obtain a change of use permit. During the permitting delay we were gifted a building in West Seattle and undertook renovating and opening that building as our next campus. At the time of these changes we communicated this to the members of the church openly and honestly as we wanted to be faithful to the stewardship and generosity of the body. Also, each quarter a letter is sent to members, along with their donor statement, urging faithful stewardship and giving updates to vision and building strategies. In addition, Pastor Mark wrote a lengthy letter that was sent ot members electronically, and handed out at all campuses explaining the shift ot a multi-campus church before the West Seattle campus opened. Due to the restrictions and expense of buildilng a single large buildilng in our city our focus has shifted from one large campus to becomine a multi-site church of smaller campuses. Your elders feel this will enable a more effective and cost-efficient spread of the Gospel throughout Seattle and beyond. It will still take capital campaigns and the purchasing of facilities but allows us to spread and grow more quickly as Jesus leads.
We are leasing part of the 50th buildling to generate some revenue. We are also performing a minor renovation of portions of the building to alleviate our current office and production space needs. This will eliminate the need for leasing office space for our use. In addition the property provides some much needed parking relief for our Ballard campus and also needs such as storage. An average church of our size functions with about 4 times as much square footage as we do with our Ballard campus. Storage, meeting rooms, office space and parking are greatly needed and this property serves those with purposes in the mean time. Future development options are being considered as well but there are no firm plans for these. This is further complicated as the city is considering further zoning changes and restrictions in industrial areas of the city. Until this legislation is decided it hangs property owners up as the future possibilities of the property are unclear. We are hanging on to the property and using it to the fullest extent possible in the mean time.
Had Mars Hill leadership heeded or sought counsel from business owners in the region they might have found out that the property discussed here by Driscoll and Munson was only zoned for industrial use and thus have avoided ever considering the purchase. Whether or not the permit for change of use was ever granted by the City of Seattle is something I leave to others to verify.


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- Huge Tokyo 2020 boost for SA Paralympians
- Team SA named for African Youth Games
- SASCOC condolences for wrestling fraternity
- SASCOC host breakfast of appreciation for NLC
- Team SA kit unveiled ahead of Commonwealth Games
- Wilson named in Team SA for Winter Olympics
Bonnet still upbeat
- Updated: July 9, 2012
Last week's back-to-back 5-0 defeats against reigning Olympic champs and world number one Holland do not faze our national women's hockey team head coach Giles Bonnet, writes Jon Cook.
Speaking ahead of SA's third tour game, another unofficial international, against world number four Great Britain at 12 noon SA time Monday in London, Bonnet said he would have preferred 3-2 but the team has a specific programme in place where intentionally they are nowhere close to where they will be on July 29 and their first London 2012 game against world champs Argentina.
SA had four-weeks of intensive training interspersed with nine Test matches in May/June where the team were at a high level, bowing out on penalty shoot-out against Holland in the Investec London Cup semi-finals.
Three weeks' physical training followed, no sticks, the playing level deliberately dropped in order to recharge to a higher level than at the London Cup by 15 July and the last tour game against Belgium.
ÔÇ£We will taper off again [at SASCOC's Team SA holding camp] before eight days training and playing [in London] ahead of the Argentina match on July 29,ÔÇØ said Bonnet. ÔÇ£Without this dip now, we wouldn't go higher than the London Cup so the dip is necessary to ensure we get 20% better than at that tournament.ÔÇØ
Bonnet said the team is busy now with the small detail. ÔÇ£After defeats the girls are more receptive to explore things. Holland are going for gold [at London 2012]; we aim to be competitive; this is the difference, so it's working out well, there is no negative reaction, there's been a huge improvement [since SA's arrival], a lot of energy and growth.ÔÇØ
Holland have chosen a different approach; recent weeks of intensive stick and ball with seven matches thrown in. Now they have taken the foot off the gas until July 29. Why?
ÔÇ£The Dutch have an intensive club season, the best league in the world; centralised training three days a week since January, they don't have to travel and tour [like SA],ÔÇØ said Bonnet. ÔÇ£They have done all the detail we are doing now as they have so many contact moments.
ÔÇ£Their centralised training is paid for by their Olympic committee; they will maintain this level because of their technical skills. We do not have [paid-for] centralised training so have to do it differently. We need a periodisation.ÔÇØ
The lowest-ranked team in Pool B, what of South Africa's final placing at London 2012? ÔÇ£We are good enough to compete for top eight but every team in our pool is playing for medals except us, so put that in context,ÔÇØ said the former SA men's captain and coach.
ÔÇ£[Nevertheless] We will probably be the most well-prepared SA team sent to the Olympics in the last 12 years and will be ready for this event.
ÔÇ£We will be pleased to make top eight; based on world rankings SA should finish last in Pool B, we are trying to change that, we know it won't be at all easy.ÔÇØ
The USA beat Argentina last week; New Zealand has beaten Australia; Australia has beaten Germany. They are all in SA's pool.
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2013-06-29 23:29:20
Snoop Lion and Eddie Murphy
Comedian EDDIE MURPHY has recruited rapper-turned-reggae star SNOOP LION to channel the sounds of Jamaica on a new song.
The Beverly Hills Cop actor has released a video for Redlight on YouTube.com, with the promo featuring the pals at work in the studio as they record the tune.
The purpose of the track is not yet clear, but Snoop Lion, aka Snoop Dogg, revealed in May (13) that he had been in talks with the reclusive movie star to collaborate on a series of film and TV-related projects - and it appears Redlight is their first offering as business partners.
Snoop told Rolling Stone magazine, "I'm gonna holler at him, see if I can get some paper (money) to do some of these movies. I got a lot of ideas and I'm tired of paying for them myself. He ain't making fresh, dynamic s**t. He only do a movie once a year for the white world.
"I'm talking about real n**ga s**t that'll keep him connected. Real boss s**t (sic)."
Murphy is no stranger to music - he's released a number of albums over the years and scored hits with singles like Party All the Time in 1985 and 1993's Whatzupwitu, an R&B song with the late Michael Jackson.
Will Smith was broke when he landed role on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Janelle Monae's film career influenced her new music
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Hayley Kiyoko and Kehlani slam Rita Ora's new track
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Twenty-five years ago, people in my village did not know that wild geese should be protected from hunting. My grandfather was the best of the hunters, selling the geese in town to pay for my schooling. One day, as he hunted, an eagle attacked the flock of geese, injuring the lead goose. My grandfather drove the eagle off and brought the lead goose home to tend to its wounds. Soon, the goose's mate joined it, and my grandfather, hunter of wild geese, found himself with two new companions...
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) also run on active notice, stock price dropped -1.47% after traded at $37.42 in most recent trading session. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich told employees the company does not back the Trump Administration's immigration order that bans travel for those hailing from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
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The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion ($1.69 billion) for "abusive practices in online advertising." That is in addition to the $5 billion and $2.4 billion fines it handed to Google in 2018 and 2017 for other anti-competitive practices. Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google "shielded itself from competitive pressure" via exclusive advertisingContinue reading
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Suicide Series Part Four
The military grind for mental health
My own struggle was revealed in the first part of this series. I lost someone. He was brilliant and kind, gregarious and handsome. That loss gutted me in every possible way. As he started his military career a Marine, I joined Team Rubicon in memoriam of him. Team Rubicon is a military led volunteer organization which helps with disaster relief efforts all over the world. The idea is to give veterans a sense of purpose which may be lost when leaving military service.
Clay Hunt, one of the founders of Team Rubicon and a Marine Veteran died from PTSD/suicide. So, in 2012 the organization, believing "We Can Combat Suicide as a Community" began offering Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) to volunteers. ASIST is one of many suicide intervention training programs; however, the U.S. military adopted ASIST as their chosen program because of its effectiveness. I signed-up and attended a two-day course held at Fort Harrison Army Base outside of Helena as one of two Team Rubicon members present.
The majority of attendees – around 30 people – were military. Between the four instructors, two being civilian contractors (Cherri Shmaus and Mark McGinley) and two active duty military, (Bill Ballinger and Julie Vacura) there was over 80 years of military experience between them.
"There will be no test in this class," Alcohol and Drug Prevention Coordinator and retired Lt. Colonel McGinley said. "Your test will probably come within a month of receiving this training – when you are back out in your communities."
There was a gulp and sharp intake of air from nearly every person in the room. Many of us had been there before: 80 percent of attendees lost either a close friend or family member to suicide. It was a cocoon of camaraderie, really. We were all there so that it wouldn't happen on our watch again. Or, at least, we would try to keep friends/loved ones/acquaintances "safe for now" and allow an opportunity for help and healing. We basically learned emotional/psychological triage.
The first day was full of introductions, lecture, discussion and personal stories. Sharing was not required but encouraged. The next day was more lecture and discussion and then application of what we learned: simulations of suicide interventions. The process was awkward, uncomfortable – and necessary.
The majority of us initially felt fundamentally unprepared to help anyone going through crisis. By the second day, we left the class with more tools in the toolbox and a different way of listening to and interacting with people considering suicide.
The prevailing sentiment from instructors and military personnel was not if we would need to use the suicide intervention skills learned, or if we would find ourselves having dangerous thoughts when life difficulties compounded – but when.
"Anyone can have a bad day and have suicide ideation – truthfully – and then two weeks later be fine," CPT Kaleigh Koeppen, Deputy State Surgeon of the Montana Army National Guard said to those in attendance of ASIST. There is a quiet but consistent effort from a core group of military members to encourage an open and honest discussion of mental health.
McGinley said what often comes out of the class is a willingness to talk – to have the hard conversation. It led to him creating a safety plan with his son after the suicide death of one of his son's friends from Helena High School. Those dark days and dark thoughts will someday come, because this is life, he explained. When that happens, his son agreed to call three people to let someone try to help him: his mother, his sister and his father.
"We can build a safety plan even when we're not in crisis in the moment," he said.
Cherri Schmaus, Alcohol and Drug Control Officer and Master ASIST Trainer said that ASIST is cathartic for many in attendance.
"This may be the first time some people have shared their own personal story about suicide. It just feels so good to be able to talk about it. That starts the healing process. Just being able to talk frankly in front of people and to know that your story is going to benefit somebody," she said.
McGinley said it's an important topic and it's important to talk about it.
"You're halfway home if you can talk about it," he said.
It was upon returning home, after leaving Fort Harrison and my training buddies, that the realization fully hit me: I did everything wrong – for him. I did everything wrong. It is a heartbreaking and humbling thing to admit. I suffered through a storm of regret. It was difficult. Writing this – admitting that my recent education proved my overwhelming shortcomings with my first suicide intervention – well, it hurts.
I admitted as much in a later conversation with Schmaus and McGinley.
"If you missed it and then there's a death, you can't go back over it. You can't beat yourself up… Let it go. You can't change it – learn from it," McGinley said.
Mutual struggle
There has been much discussion in the realm of sociological research on the impact of industrialization on mental health. Logically, as countries climb out of third-world status; as they leave the fields and enter offices and are capable of putting steady food on the tables for their families, they should be happier as a populace. That logic contradicts evidence.
One theory explored by psychiatrist Gerald Klerman and psychologist Myrna Weissman is that desk jobs foster alienation, whereas time in the fields, embraced in a mutual struggle and goal, creates a sense of community.
"As South Korea has become more industrialized, the country has followed the same pattern that Klerman and Weissman observed earlier in industrialized Western countries. In country after country, when a society becomes industrialized, depression and suicide rates shoot up. Something about the process of industrialization is making people very unhappy," Ori and Ram Brafman wrote in their book, "Click: The Forces Behind How We Fully Engage with People, Work and Everything We Do".
Could this also be part of the problem with military veterans? They come from barracks and close quarters, embracing mutual struggle and survival. Upon returning to the states, they split-up across the country and feelings of alienation surface. Secret military Facebook groups are created, a buddy system enforced – on the lookout for military brothers/sisters "going dark" or cutting off contact due to depression. Some veterans scoff at what they view as weak efforts from the Veteran's Administration to confront the issue. The recent discovery by the Government Accountability Office – which published in its report that the Veteran's Administration spent only $57,000 of the $6.8 million allocated for suicide prevention for fiscal year 2018 – does little to dispel that belief. Beyond that, it still seems a struggle for the military to make service members aware of options available and encourage a willingness to use resources when they are known.
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Another Fit Tuesday (get it? like Fat Tuesday, but Fit rather than Fat), time for another goals update!
Overall, my fitness goals are really coming along! This is what I've worked up to by now:
When I started running/jogging, about a month ago, all I could handle was jogging to the park and then doing one or maybe one and a half laps. By now I'm up to running to the park plus 7 laps! Uninterrupted, as I've been doing my jumping all the way at the end of my run now. I'm doing over 15 minutes of running without stopping, which is a huge deal for me. Hadn't ran for that long since maybe P.E. class in jr. high, or maybe never.
Running is so fun once I get the rythm of it down. I find it incredibly relaxing.
Still, I haven't been able to recreate the feeling after my first run, as I gasped for air with ragged breaths. Besides increasing the duration of my run, I don't know what else to do to get there again. The way it is now, I feel a little tired, but like I could keep going given the right motivation – which could be as simple as the thought of something yummy. Homemade mashed potatoes, here I come!
After finishing up running comes jumping. Rather than continuing to do wannabe-ballet jumps, I've been doing jumping jacks – both the regular kind and the kind where you touch the ground every time your feet are in the "open" position, bringing your arms up when the legs close. The main reason that I switched out the kinds of jumps was that I didn't want to get into bad habits by doing "ballet jumps" but not being able to practice them correctly. Ever try pointing your feet in tennis shoes?!
I've been doing about 100 jumping jacks per workout session (5-6 days a week). Afterwards I do little "gallops", 4 sets of 8 on each side, alternating sides. Although I keep telling myself that I have to work up to doing more sets, I've been stuck on 4 sets of 8 for over a week now; my legs just feel rubbery and exhausted by the time I'm nearing the end of my 4th set.
Today I also tried doing these sideways jump-gallops that I saw on a youtube exercise video. Perhaps I was doing them wrong because they didn't feel like much of a challenge…
And then I skipped home. Because skipping is fun – and the weird looks you get from others for being an adult skipper are classic! At least if I'm in a good mood…
I've still been doing my slow lunges with my arms either in second or high fifth, to help me with my getting on and off the floor transitions. Lately, I've noticed that after we do our leg-on-the-barre stretches and get on the floor to stretch some more, Teacher asks us to stand back up gracefully with no hands. Could this be a harbinger of things to come? If so, luckily, this time I will be ready!
Remember in my last update I said that I was going to start doing something for my abs, as Teacher said that strong obliques are the key to stability during turns? Well, first I started doing that exercise where you lay on your back, spread your arms, put your legs up (straight), and then slowly lower them from side to side, making sure to not twist the upper body. Did about 10 of those to each side. Then I follow up with bicycle kicks, around fifty of them. This was all I did for abs for the first few days – not bad – but then I started thinking of something better.
I found this thing called an Ab Wheel, which apparently Boyfriend and I purchased around the time of the Shakeweight and pull up bar, and then forgot about. I thought 'what the heck…' and decided to give it a try.
This thing works! My abs are now in a state of permanent soreness. I've always heard that the abs can be worked out daily, so that's what I've been doing. To use this thing you get on your knees (I use a pillow under them) and then grab on to the handles and roll away, using your abs to stabilize you and roll back in. I've been doing these "rolls" both straight out in front of me and at a sideways angle to work out the obliques. For the first time in my life I'm seeing what looks like the beginnings of ab definition – and this is only after about a week.
After determining that Shakeweight is all but ineffective on me, I've instead been doing push ups. I'm too weak from the upper body to do regular ones, so I do the modified, on-the-knees version. After doing – more like attempting to do, by the end they're looking not so good – about 20 or so I stop and the soreness lasts all day. But in general my form is good; I make sure to not stick out my butt or let my stomach hang down.
Yoga has been going great! My flexibility appears to have increased, especially when it comes to my back. I've found that I really enjoy the pose where you lay on your back and bring your legs up and over your head, resting your feet behind you. I also like having my legs pointed straight into the air, trying to balance that way for as long as possible. My legs have also been increasing in flexibility, and I've been practicing lifing my leg over my head – and keeping it held there with no hands for as long as possible.
Overall, I feel like I'm getting to be in great shape. I've noticed that walking uphill is no big deal now that my legs are stronger. Hopefully soon my upper body will catch up, but I may have to look up more specific workouts for that. I'm sort of getting Boyfriend on the fitness bandwagon too, which is good. We both eat extremely healthy but that only takes you so far, as I've found out…


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Will Buhari's presidency offer change or a charade?
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Nigeria's President-elect Muhammad Buhari is being inaugurated today as the country's third democratically elected president since its return to constitutional democracy in 1999. Since his election in March, a lot has been said about the historic transition of power from an incumbent president to an opposition candidate. Many have savored Nigeria's moment of democratic ethos, but his administration faces enormous challenges, including corruption, power outages, unemployment, poverty and Boko Haram.
The stakes are so high that Nigerian observer Murray Bruce recently said, "Buhari may wish he did not win the 2015 elections when the reality of our economic situation sets in." Buhari is the second person to get a second chance to govern Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. How he approaches the country's myriad challenges will determine whether the transfer of power is truly a change or charade. His two major tests will be to rein in the country's corrupt political and business class and to end the hemorrhaging of Nigeria's resources, especially oil revenues.
During his brief tenure as the head of state in the 1980s, Buhari built a reputation for incorruptibility. If this record is any guide, Nigerians should look forward to a disciplined presidency. But the young and energetic Buhari of 1984 is not the same as today's, in his 70s. His diminished zest and the current democratic restraints may mean that he won't be able to enforce order and discipline as he did 30 years ago. This is one of the many known unknowns in Nigeria currently and possibly for the next few years.
Buhari ran for president an unprecedented four times. Unlike his predecessor, who found himself in the exalted office with little preparation, Buhari's success may hinge on his deep knowledge of the country. And regardless of his experience, as Nigeria transitions to a new administration, so should Buhari. As a military leader, he issued orders at his whim, commands that will now be subject to review and resistance from the legislature and judiciary. (Olusegun Obasanjo, his onetime colleague in the military and a former president, had a difficult time making a shift from soldierly impulses to civilian accommodation and tolerance.) In addition, Buhari must learn to accept criticism from citizens, the media and his opponents.
He has already demonstrated the need for lessons in democratic governance. Last month his transition team allegedly barred the popular Africa Independent Television from covering his activities, thereby reminding Nigerians of the infamous Decree 4, which he promulgated in 1984 to intimidate the media. The law barred the media from criticizing public officers.
His influence with the new legislature also raises concerns. His All Progressives Congress (APC) controls both chambers of the National Assembly, ensuring that there will be
little or no opposition to his policies. It will give him a political space sim
ilar to the command and control method in the military, denying Nigeria the benefits inherent in having a check on executive power.
Genuine political opposition is a necessary attribute of democracy. It animates the political scene and shakes off lethargy, complacency and groupthink. Through vigorous debates, lawmakers often express the views and policy preferences of their diverse constituents, resulting in better decisions. During its 14-year hold on power, the defeated Peoples Democratic Party did not have any opposition. This led to political cannibalism, in which influential politicians engaged in politics of vendetta, mudslinging and inordinate ambition, ensuring its downfall. After winning majorities in both houses of the legislature, the APC faces a similar political structure. If the actors, starting with Buhari, misinterpret the electoral mandate to suit their parochial views, the party could quickly lose the people's trust.
Nigerians voted for change, and expectations are understandably high for the born-again democrat. The transfer of power offers Buhari an opportunity to end the plutocrats' predatory behavior. The War Against Indiscipline, an ethical reorientation and anti-corruption program that Buhari championed in the 1980s, should start in house. He can begin with the chairman of the APC, Bola Tinubu, who faces allegations of a dark past, including an unresolved money-laundering and drug-trafficking case in the United States. Buhari won the election in part because of Tinubu's influence in Nigeria's monolithic southwestern region. Consequently, he is indebted to the deft politician, but how Buhari deals with him is likely to bring to the fore the struggle between the military and Nigeria's political class. In the early 1980s, Buhari threw the likes of Tinubu in prison with little or no judicial review — impossible under a democratic government.
Foreign policy will provide another test. For starters, Buhari needs to restore the Nigerian-U.S. relationship, which has been harmed by security concerns emanating from Boko Haram's activities. He must regain the confidence of the White House, and connecting with the U.S. delegation to his inauguration, led by Secretary of State John Kerry, will be an important starting point. He should impress on the delegation why President Barack Obama should add Nigeria to his itinerary during a planned visit to Kenya later this summer. Such a high-profile visit would send a clear message to other African countries, which may be looking to emulate Nigeria's recent electoral success.
Nigeria faces a daunting task under Buhari, but the country is no stranger to doomsday predictions. He must harness the goodwill and resilience of Nigerians and the international community to usher in real change. The overwhelming embrace and reception of his administration is reminiscent of the 1983 coup, in which


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At the two-day Parau Parau Tahiti conference in Papeete, there were a host of meetings as the industry got to grips with the best offerings in paradise.
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The newest kid on the block, Tahiti Air Charter had just received its official government green light a day before the show. This makes them the first seaplane operator in French Polynesia with two Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibians based in Raiatea that will do scenic flights over Bora Bora, 30-45-minute flybys of Mt Otenahu as well as day trips to the surrounding islands. The last seaplane stopped 60 years ago, once airstrips were built on the islands, be one of the first to welcome them back.
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Swim with humpback whales (and more)
Fluid Dive Centre, Tahiti is offering guests a 90% chance of viewing humpback whales in season and a 70% of getting into the water with them. Tahiti is one of the last spots in the world to allow people to swim with these amazing sea mammals. A guide and a safe distance keeps everything above board and Fluid also offers trips with dolphins and feeding local tiger sharks – in water far warmer than Australia.
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Stay in even more luxury
At the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa, the newest name is luxury is the Brando Suite. These two-storey luxury overwater stays look right onto Mt Otemanu and comes with a private swimming pool, retractable roof over a second storey deck and can take four adults and four children.
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Go luxe away from Bora Bora
On the "garden island" of Huahine, so named for its lush greenery and the local's attention to their own gardens, the Hotel Le Mahana has had a facelift. On its own stretch of beach near the town of Parea, the hotel has 32 Polynesian-style bungalows and one new bungalow made in the local style plus a bright and modern reception to stake its claim as one of the best boutique stays in the region.
Check it out at Hotel Le Mahana.
READ: How to get more Aussies and Kiwis to island paradise
READ: Promoting Paradise: inaugural Parau Parau kicks off


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Russian transportation company Gett announced plans to immediate shut down all operations at Juno, the ride-hailing service it owns, while also announcing a new nationwide partnership with Lyft.
Juno, which operates largely in the New York metropolitan area, will go dark by the end of today, November 18, 2020.
The company cited the "the enactment of misguided regulations in New York City earlier this year" as well as Get's increased focus on the corporate transportation market as the reason for the shutdown. Last year, New York City enacted regulations that cap the number of drivers for ride-hailing companies such as Uber, Lyft, and Juno, effectively bringing the issuance of new licenses to a trickle.
Gett acquired Juno in 2017 for $250 million.
The partnership with Lyft will allow Gett's corporation customers to use the Gett app to order transportation with Lyft. Gett, which is partially funded by Volkswagen, operates in over 100 countries.
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American model Rachel Yampolsky is a girl that I've been following for a number of years now. She just has this very natural look about her and lets face it that body of hers is totally easy on the eyes. I've got a really good collection of pictures that I want to share with you, in them she is posing for Lions Magazine and you don't need to take my word for it but the pictures are rather sexy!
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Posted On: July 24, 2018
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We're looking for interns who can work two days a week. The internship is unpaid and all applicants must be able to receive school credit.
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Five members resign from Quinte Humane Society board
By Tyler Penney
BELLEVILLE – The Quinte Humane Society has lost five members from its board of directors.
The announcement of the resignations came on Friday. Shortly afterwards two new members were appointed to the board, according to Frank Rockett, the society's executive director.
"We already had a plan in place to strengthen our board and bring on new leadership," said Rockett.
"This has just sped up the process a little bit and we're going to continue to follow that plan."
Even though the board lost five members at one time, Rockett said it won't affect operations.
The press release Friday announcing the new members does not mention a recent issue where several board members wanted to close the shelter after a few cats became ill. The illness was caused by a bacterium called streptococcal equi subspecies zooepidemicus, strep zoo for short. It can cause respiratory disease in cats that is often be fatal. Two of the cats at the local shelter died, while three others who were infected survived.
Asked about that situation by QNet News, Rockett said: "I'm not sure how long it would've been an issue, but basically I had already received some information from various veterinarians, at both the local and provincial level, that indicated it wasn't necessary" to close the shelter. "My preference is always to follow the advice of trained professionals in that area. A doctor in veterinary medicine is a substantial degree and I give quite a lot of weight to recommendations by those types of individuals."
The shelter is unable to pinpoint where exactly the disease came from, since it brings in such a large number of animals, Rockett said.
"We don't know what exactly brought it in. Because we receive so many different animals from so many different backgrounds, including a number that are stray, it's really difficult to pinpoint sources of various elements.
"The thing is, just given the volume of animals we deal with on a daily basis, with unknown backgrounds, these sorts of things do occur in shelters on a regular basis."
The society believes the problem has been resolved, he said.
"We have done a couple of tests on cats after that event and we now have no positive results anymore."
Rockett said couldn't comment on why the board members had left because he hadn't heard anything from them.
"There were some statements to the media, and to be honest I've never seen those statements personally," he said.
The board will continue to move forward after resolving these issues, he added.
"We wish them well in their future endeavours," Rockett said, speaking about the former board members. "They've contributed to the organization through the time they were here and now we're looking to move forward to new individuals."


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Gallagher broker takes top prize at the NT Insurance Awards | Insurance Business
A Gallagher employee has been named Senior Broker of the Year at the Northern Territory Insurance Awards.
Andrew McCormack, account executive at Gallagher Alice Springs, took the top honours this year, after being named a runner-up in the category in 2017, beating Jane Taylor of MGA Insurance Brokers and Dennis Rebbeck of DPR Insurance Brokers for the prestigious title.
McCormack started his insurance career in 2002 and became a broker in 2010.
McCormack "is a dedicated and conscientious professional who always puts the needs of his clients first," said Damien Pile, Gallagher's acting Northern Territory manager. "He's well known and respected in the Alice Springs business community and is a very worthy winner."
Another Gallagher broker who was recognised during the event was Doug Black, Darwin-based NT claims manager, who was named a runner-up in the Claims Professional of the Year category.