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Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu
Ngati Apa and Nga Rauru; faith healer, religious founder, political leader
This biography, written by Angela Ballara, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1996.
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana was the founder of a Maori religious movement which, in the late 1920s, also became a major political movement. He was the latest in a line of prophetic descent which included Te Ua Haumene, Tawhiao Te Wherowhero, Tohu Kakahi, Te Whiti-o-Rongomai, Titokowaru, Te Kooti Arikirangi, Paora Te Potangaroa and Mere Rikiriki.
Ratana is widely believed to have been born on 25 January 1873 at Te Kawau, near Bulls. His father was Wiremu Ratana, also known as Wiremu Kowhai or Urukohai, and his mother was Ihipera Koria Erina. Through his grandfather, Ratana Ngahina, he was connected to Ngati Apa, Nga Wairiki, Nga Rauru and Ngati Hine. The family also had connections with Ngati Ruanui, Taranaki and Ngati Raukawa, but in official documents they usually described themselves as Ngati Apa.
Ratana Ngahina inherited and bought land on which he developed a prosperous sheep and cattle station at Awahou, near Turakina. An Anglican, pro-government loyalist, Ratana Ngahina was respected as a chief and generous benefactor of the community. After the 1918 influenza epidemic Tahupotiki Ratana was his only male heir. Ratana's mother was Methodist; his senior kinswoman, Mere Rikiriki, a faith healer and dispenser of herbal medicine, had been at Parihaka with Te Whiti and Tohu and had later established her own Church of the Holy Spirit at Parewanui, near Bulls. She taught Ratana her beliefs and skills. He was thus exposed to strong but diverse religious and political influences from his childhood.
Ratana, who had many younger siblings, was brought up by an adoptive mother, Ria Hamuera, at Te Kawau, attending a village school. He later said that he learned little at school. Ratana worked on the family property and other farms; he was keen on rugby and race-horses, and was a champion ploughman and wheat stacker. As a young adult he took part in the social life of the district centred on the Turakina hotel and later stated that before his enlightenment he sometimes drank to excess.
Towards the turn of the century Ratana married Te Urumanaao Ngapaki, also known as Ngauta Urumanao Baker, of Nga Rauru and Ngati Hine, in the Methodist Church at Parewanui. They had four sons: Haami Tokouru, Matiu, Arepa (Alpha) and Omeka (Omega); and three daughters: Rawinia, Maata and Piki. All would play important roles in the Ratana church and political movement.
Although Mere Rikiriki had prophesied in 1912 that Ratana would become a spiritual leader, he showed little sign of his potential until 1918. That year, events occurred which were later interpreted as omens of significance. During one of these, on 8 November, he saw a strange cloud like a whirlwind approach. As he ran towards his house he experienced a vision of all the world's roads stretching towards him and felt a heavy but invisible weight descend upon his shoulders. His family saw that he looked strange. He had been struck dumb, but the Holy Spirit spoke through him to his family: 'May peace be upon you; I am the Holy Spirit who is speaking to you; wash yourselves clean, make yourselves ready.' Ratana was regarded as the Mangai (mouthpiece) of the Holy Spirit, and in later years this day was celebrated as the anniversary of his maramatanga (revelation).
Through the next few weeks Ratana's family believed him mad. At times he spoke with the voices of the Holy Spirit or the archangels Gabriel or Michael. He cleared out his house and took his family for night walks over rugged farm land. He put all the clothes and belongings of some members of his family in piles and said they belonged to the dead; all of their owners died in the influenza epidemic then raging throughout New Zealand. Those who had followed his advice to leave their homes survived. As his strange behaviour continued, Te Urumanaao and other family members came to believe that he was not mad but divinely inspired.
Ratana began to show an ability to heal through prayer. The first healing was that of Omeka, who had become ill in October when a needle became lodged behind his knee. A planned operation at Wanganui Hospital did not eventuate because the needle could not be located. Omeka was brought home; it was predicted that he would die. After a week of intensive prayer the needle emerged from Omeka's thigh. Word spread, and at a hui tangihanga for all those who had lost family members in the influenza epidemic, the Whanganui chief Te Kahupukoro brought his bedridden daughter to see Ratana. After asking the girl whether she believed in the power of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Ratana told her to rise; she recovered to lead a normal life. This was the second of many healings, and by the end of 1918 a growing number of visitors came to Ratana's farm.
The three years following saw the rapid rise of Ratana's reputation throughout New Zealand and, after his first cures of Europeans, further afield. During 1919 and 1920 the train disgorged from 20 to 100 visitors at Ratana station daily; in these early years they were all entertained at his expense. A makeshift village began to develop at what was beginning to be called Ratana pa. Requests to the government were made (but refused) for free railway passes for patients to visit the pa. Many articles, pamphlets and books were published about Ratana; one called him 'the Maori Miracle Man'.
His calling legitimated through cures, Ratana also led a sweeping religious revival, mainly among Maori. In 1921 and 1922 he travelled throughout the North and South Islands with dozens of supporters; marquees were erected to shelter them and some meetings were attended by thousands. His motorcade between Napier and Tauranga was estimated to have cost £1,300. All of these visits produced numerous conversions to his teachings; in some places more than half the Maori population agreed to become part of the morehu (survivors), the name for Ratana's followers.
Ratana continued to use tribal institutions to host his tours and allowed his followers at Ratana to organise themselves tribally; initially, he also encouraged them to continue as members of their own churches, and some of his most enthusiastic followers were Anglican and Methodist clergymen. Mass conversions meant that several other locally based Maori churches ceased to exist. In places visited by Ratana the cures witnessed lent weight to his prophetic sayings, which were treasured afterwards. As part of his campaign against traditional Maori religion and tohunga he deliberately desecrated places of ancient tapu.
Ratana was physically unremarkable save for his piercing eyes. His voice and manner were quiet and gentle; he adopted no histrionics and did not touch his patients. His method was to question them about their illness and their faith in the healing powers of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and the Faithful Angels. If the answers were satisfactory he would command them to rise, or set aside their crutches. He worked mainly with the lame, the blind or the paralysed. He did not always aim for instant healing, often commanding cripples to give up their props over a number of days. A growing pile of crutches, walking-sticks and wheelchairs at Ratana pa testified to his success.
In these early years Ratana regarded himself as a Presbyterian layman and did not preach during services, even in the church, Piki-te-ora, he had built on his property in 1920. His teaching and healing was done at night in the meeting house. There he also signed the letters prepared by his secretaries in response to the many written pleas for help. He did not allow journalists to photograph or even to interview him, and in his travels hid among his followers. Because of the press of the curious, bodyguards surrounded him.
From the beginning of his public mission, Ratana was criticised. Eyewitnesses who attended his meetings said they had seen no cures, and the reports of miracles were often second-hand, many being described to journalists by Pita Moko, Ratana's secretary. Even the famous cure by letter of Fanny Lammas was said to be through auto-suggestion. Accusations were made that sick followers were refusing to visit doctors. Orthodox Christians claimed Ratana was worshipping angels. Reweti T. Kohere conducted a campaign against him in Maori newspapers, claiming he was a tohunga similar to Rua Kenana, Te Wereta and Hikapuhi – a potentially damaging charge. Ratana was defended by the superintendent of the Anglican Maori mission, the Reverend W. G. Williams, and by Arthur F. Williams in Te Toa Takitini. They claimed he preached a simple biblical faith, and that his revivalism and work against 'tohungaism' were invaluable. Nevertheless, in 1921 Ratana sent newspapers a defence of his activities, saying that criticism was so frequent and antagonistic that, although he had received more than 70,000 letters from New Zealand and other countries, he would in future work only with Maori.
Through the early 1920s Ratana's movement became gradually more institutionalised and politicised. In 1920 he set up an office at Ratana, and as the costs of his meetings increased, gifts of food and money were canvassed from other Maori settlements. The King movement leader, Tupu Taingakawa, was among those who challenged him in 1920 to care for the sicknesses of the land as well as those of the body. Ratana's response was that first it was necessary to unite the people in the worship of Jehovah. Convinced of his divine mission, Ratana and his staff were confused and upset when an attempt to draw the Maori King Te Rata and his people into the movement in 1922 was rejected by King movement leaders as an affront. Ratana made later attempts to heal the breach but was never successful. Throughout 1922 he and his staff denied any interest in politics. The press labelled various followers of Ratana, including his son Haami Tokouru, as official Ratana electoral candidates. Ratana continued to say publicly that voters should follow their conscience. But the movement was growing beyond his own aims. The rise of other strong leaders within the movement with their own agenda of Maori nationalism was lessening Ratana's control over its direction.
By 1923 the first Ratana federation, the United Maori Welfare League of the Northern, Southern and Chatham Islands, had been formally set up. Football, haka and poi dancing teams were organised; apostles (Ratana ministers) had been appointed and sent to travel the country seeking converts; awhina (sisters) and akonga (lay readers) were being instituted; the first two Ratana churches had been built by Ngati Maniapoto and Ngati Whatua; and Ratana choirs and bands had been trained, dressing in their distinctive purple, white and gold uniforms. A schoolhouse had been opened at Ratana pa.
In a speech at Christmas 1923, Ratana publicly committed himself to a partly political programme: on a planned journey to Britain he would take both the Bible and the Treaty of Waitangi, symbolic of the spiritual and political sides of his mission. While Pita Moko obtained passports from a reluctant government, on 18 March 1924 Ratana and his family visited Mt Taranaki and Parihaka. Beside a stream on the mountain he heard a voice repeating words of Titokowaru, and encountered at Parihaka sayings left by Te Whiti and Tohu that foretold that he must take his spiritual message to the wider world.
Before leaving, Ratana endorsed a new formal organisation of his federation and its banking operations. They were announced in the Ratana newspaper, Te Whetu Marama o Te Kotahitanga, the first issue of which appeared on 15 March 1924. An executive council of the federation was appointed, as was an interim management committee.
The party of 38 left Ratana pa on 9 April 1924 and returned there on 24 December. It included Ratana's wife and children, Pita Moko as the main organiser and spokesman, Ratana himself to care for the spiritual side of the journey, and Tupu Taingakawa and Pepene Eketone to look after the material aspects. They hoped to present their petition on the Treaty of Waitangi and land confiscations to King George V. A large group of young people also travelled, whose function was to perform at concerts to raise money for the movement. The travellers were prevented from presenting their petition to or even encountering the King. Ratana remained in Paris while Moko led a group to Geneva in an unsuccessful attempt to present the petition to the League of Nations.
On the positive side Ratana had taken the first step in his aim of bringing his message to every continent. He had to make a supplementary trip in 1925 to the United States and Canada as a change of plans had prevented a visit there on the first journey. The party had also succeeded in getting the petition into the hands of the New Zealand government, contributing to its decision to set up a royal commission of inquiry into confiscated land. Ratana would later reject the commission's findings as a political move against the Ratana party.
Ratana returned from his first trip to find a number of storms raging. There had been talk before he left of forming a Ratana church, and this continued while he was away. An attempt by Otene Paora of Ngati Whatua to register his own Church of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit and Faithful Angels was forestalled when the Reverend A. J. Seamer, general superintendent of the Methodist Maori mission, hastened to Ratana pa to warn the morehu to remain faithful to the Mangai. Instructions were issued not to sign covenants endorsed with the Mangai's seal while he was away, and lists of authorised apostles were published in Te Whetu Marama. The Ratana church was formally established on 31 May 1925, and a list of ministers gazetted on 21 July 1925. This move provoked the Anglican church into declaring it schismatic, and announcing that anyone who signed its new covenant was automatically excommunicated.
The breach with orthodox religions widened over the years, provoking intense theological debates at Ratana pa. Initially, Ratana had discouraged attempts to deify him, but within two years the Ratana formula for the godhead included the Mangai, as well as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Ratana began to refer to other churches as introduced to New Zealand by gentiles, and therefore not fit for his people. In the early 1920s the Mangai had often prayed publicly in the name of Jesus; in the 1930s this practice was dropped and the Mangai himself was sometimes regarded as the kaiwhakaora (saviour). Both Arepa and Omeka, always regarded as imbued with spiritual forces, died early in the 1930s, and not long afterwards the Mangai began to encourage his followers to regard them as Ratana saints or mediators.
The final straw for the orthodox was that Ratana abandoned monogamy. In 1925, encouraged by Te Urumanaao, he took a second, much younger, wife to protect him against the infatuation of thousands of admiring women; this was Iriaka Te Rio, one of the female dance troupe who had travelled with Ratana. He had two children by her: another special son, Hamuera, who also died early, and Raniera Aohou; later there were other associations, causing controversy among his followers. In all, Ratana is said to have had 18 children. Te Urumanaao was known from this time by the title, Te Whaea o te Katoa (the mother of all).
A second battle was raging in 1925. On his first overseas trip Ratana had returned via Japan, visiting a Japanese Christian bishop. Relations with the Japanese had been very good; it was the highlight of the trip. Ratana thought that both Maori and Japanese were among the lost tribes of Israel. A marriage between two of his party took place in Japan, the ceremony presided over by a Japanese bishop. The idea grew that Ratana had 'married the Maori race to the Japanese race', had enlisted their support for Maori grievances and had prophesied the coming of worldwide war between the non-white and white races. He was accused of brandishing a 'Japanese Dagger' and flying the Japanese flag at Ratana pa. Eyewitnesses denied these stories, and Ratana himself gave a speech describing his family's loyalty to the Crown, but some Maori leaders grew concerned and reported their fears to the government. When Pita Moko issued an official denial and published the text of Ratana's new covenant to demonstrate that the church was not disloyal, some morehu were disappointed at what they regarded as a betrayal and withdrew from the movement.
A third battle concerned the Ratana federation's banking operations. While away, Ratana had received disturbing reports about the 'bank' and had tested it by demanding money, but none was forthcoming. There had been reports, later denied, that its secretary had managed to lose some of Ratana's family money. Certainly the management committee had entered into unwise commitments in his absence, acquiring expensive property on which mortgages were later foreclosed. In Ratana's absence the government had asked the Crown Law Office for an opinion on whether the federation's activities were illegal, but the office considered they were not. In 1925 questions were asked in the press and in Parliament about the Ratana bank, and a constable was sent to Ratana pa to investigate, but the government decided it could not prosecute without evidence.
The next two years brought mixed fortunes for the movement. Ratana's troubles drove him at times to take refuge at the seaside with only his immediate family. Typhoid was endemic at Ratana pa and its haphazard development and lack of amenities made it difficult to improve matters. In 1926 the Ratana Post Office was authorised and opened, and money was collected for the planned Ratana temple and building commenced. But Ratana's healing power, as he had predicted, was deserting him, although Pita Moko continued to report some cures. In 1927 Ratana was convicted on a charge of drunken driving. Name suppression was refused; news of his lapse, and a similar one in 1931, caused waves throughout his movement and beyond. He offered to resign his leadership of the church, but the morehu could not agree on a successor. On the suggestion of Te Urumanaao, he resumed his position.
Ratana's attempted resignation was due partly to his weariness with his own money problems and those of the federation; this was now registered as a company, the Maori Welfare, Provident and Finance League Limited, of which he was president. The government refused the movement's 1927 petition for financial aid for Ratana pa and for its schemes for Maori welfare. Ratana also believed that as a registered minister he was working for the government. From this time two grades of apostle were accepted; those who were licensed to perform marriages, and those who were apostles of the spirit.
From the dedication of the Ratana temple on his 55th birthday in 1928, Ratana indicated that his spiritual work was complete; his attention would now be focused on politics. But there was never a rigid line between his religious and political aims. He continued to make journeys throughout New Zealand at which he taught spiritually, but electioneering for the Ratana party and ratification of the Treaty of Waitangi were also discussed. On these journeys he sometimes called himself Piri Wiri Tua (the campaigner). He called the Maori parliamentary seats the four quarters of his body, indicating his intention to capture them all with the support of the estimated more than 20,000 morehu – about a third of the Maori population. In 1934 the number was calculated by some as being close to 40,000. From 1928 he chose the candidates, and asked them to sign a covenant declaring themselves to be his representatives and pledging to work for the whole Maori race. After their strong showing in the 1928 election Ratana was seen as a powerful political leader by those who had previously ignored him.
Ratana had secretly favoured the New Zealand Labour Party since 1925, and the party had developed its Maori policy with the help of Rangi Mawhete, a supporter of the Ratana movement. Discussions took place prior to the 1931 election, in which Labour did not endorse Maori candidates. In 1932 Eruera Tirikatene became the first Ratana MP; shortly after his election, Ratana assured Labour of the full co-operation of his movement, and Tirikatene consistently supported Labour in Parliament. One of Ratana's sons, Tokouru, was elected for Western Maori in 1935, and both he and Tirikatene joined the Labour Party. In 1936 Ratana declared himself and his family to be Labour Party members, and in a historic meeting on 22 April 1936, presented the prime minister, M. J. Savage, with symbolic gifts. Savage's acknowledgement of Ratana's mana laid the foundations of an alliance between the Ratana movement and Labour Party. Members of the former had been elected to three out of the Maori four seats by 1938, and the fourth was captured in 1943.
Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana died at Ratana pa on 18 September 1939, survived by both wives, three daughters and three sons. He was buried before the temple on 24 September. His tangihanga was attended by thousands and lasted a week. He had founded a national Maori church that melded the political and spiritual in a way aimed for but not previously achieved by any other Maori leader. In doing so, he had provided charismatic leadership at a national level, and had set a course followed by his political representatives and spiritual successors. To his Maori opponents and many Pakeha he was a charlatan and an over-ambitious politician. In his lifetime, those who initially ignored him saw his church firmly established and his political movement becoming victorious in the polls. Both church and party endured as powerful forces.


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ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Naval Academy has announced charges against three football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman.
The academy said Wednesday the students have been charged with making a false official statement as well as rape, sexual assault or other sexual misconduct.
Cmdr. John Schofield says the case is still in the pre-trial phase and declined further comment.
Earlier this week, the academy announced that the superintendent decided Article 32 proceedings should be held in the case. They are held to determine if there is evidence to hold a court-martial.
Meanwhile, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski on Wednesday made public a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel calling to increase oversight and accountability of military service academy superintendents in response to increasing rates of sexual assaults.


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My God, what am I doing here!?
What the hell am I thinking!?
Well, It's not so clear…it's not so clear.
You lay next to me and you look in my eyes.
Well, I'll try to forgive…It just depends on the night.
I cant provide what was never out there.
We sleep restlessly through the middle of our lives
and we count all the stars like we're ever gunna' fly.
I can't rely on your sweet ambition.
We teach kids not to play with fire.
And we teach them how to pray on their knees.
We teach sons how to marry our daughters.
And we teach sons how to spread their seed.
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And at the same time I find it….. Hilarious.
God, please pluck her teeth out.
I know it's sick to say, I know I've gone a stray.
God, please pluck her teeth out
Cause this will never end nor ever go away
She'll never see unless you sway...
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In Vermont author Beth Kanell's THE DARKNESS UNDER THE WATER, teen Molly Ballou confronts the risks of her Abenaki heritage. In THE SECRET ROOM, Shawna and Thea unearth the Underground Railroad, through evidence "today." In COLD MIDNIGHT, follow teens Claire Benedict and Ben Riley to the roofs of downtown St. Johnsbury, Vermont, at night - and a murder. Order books at www.BethKanell.com or locally.
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In the writing room right now ... I have taken down the brown "butcher" paper that held ideas, photos, drawings, and my hand-drawn maps and plot outlines for the past five or six books. I've placed all those items into three-ring binders, and cleared the deck for paintings and photographs that involve courage, as I move forward in GHOSTKEEPER, the new novel set in Lyndonville, Vermont. My 1850 Vermont adventure THE LONG SHADOW is under contract with Five Star/Cengage -- I will give you a publication date as soon as I know! Scribbling lots of poems, too. And there's a possible route to publication of the "Vermont Nancy Drew" novel I built on Wattpad (see right-hand column). Yes, I guess I do like multi-tasking! How about you?
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Meanwhile ... here we go! Have I mentioned that September is my favorite month?
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Acanthosis nigricans is a skin condition in which brown or black velvet-like markings appear under the arms, in the groin, or on the back of the neck. Any skin fold can be affected, including the lower lip and chin.
Causes of acanthosis nigricans may include:
- High insulin levels in people who are obese
- A family history of acanthosis nigricans
- A cancerous tumor—rare
Risk Factors
Acanthosis nigricans is more common in people of African-American decent. Other factors that may increase your chance of acanthosis nigricans include:
- Being overweight
- Type 2 diabetes
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Tests may include:
- Blood tests
- Skin biopsy if your doctor is concerned about skin cancer
Your bodily structures may need to be viewed. This can be done with:
- X-rays
- Endoscopy and colonoscopy —might be considered to screen for a rare malignancy associated with acanthosis nigricans if you are not obese or do not have diabetes
Treatment often involves treating the underlying cause. For example, if acanthosis nigricans is due to obesity, weight loss can improve the skin condition.
Topical and oral retinoids and other medications have been reported to improve appearance in some cases. They help remove excess layers of skin.
To reduce your chances of acanthosis nigricans:
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Eat a balanced diet
- Get regular exercise most days of the week
- Talk to your doctor about your blood sugar levels
Revision Information
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text: Rasian 0 Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) Hi guys, this is just a question on what everyone eats. im 180cm and 87-89kg kg at 9-10% bf Because I just pulled out of a comp im not that strict with diet anymore and i havent set up a macro diet yet. But anyways, this is what I have everyday,( varies a little to time dependent on training times). 7:00am -- 10 weetbix and banana/ oats/ 10 eggwhites and 2 yokes/ 6-8 slices of whole grain toast 10:00am-- 100grams rice 425 can of tuna in o/oil and vegs 12:30pm- same as above 3:00pm-- same as above (third one goes down hard, its more like forcefeeding a baby 5:30pm-6:30 w/e my housemate cooks. Usually rice/doughy stuff. He's a thai fella so he's quite inventive lol 8:00pm-- 500grams yogurt 10:pm-- 200grams chicken breast/ 6 weetbix and protein in milk Before i Sleep- protein shake with milk/ if I buy casein protein then I have that but usually I dont buy it often. I train 2 times per day, 1 weight training and 1 martial arts. 5 weight training days a week. 2-3 crossfit and 3-4x mauy thai/boxing/mma Because im doing so much aerobic exercises it's fking so hard to gain weight. After training I take 40 grams protein, 80 grams carbs, l-glutomine, and creatine. Usually I eat a meal 30 min after I finish shake. Also, I wouldnt mind you guys giving a bit of recipes advice lol. I only eat tuna cans (without mercury content) because I dont have enough time to make food everyday. Sometimes when I can be f**ked I make Chicken mince + magi noodle or satay flavoured crap Edited August 11, 2012 by Rasian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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A 2-hour fun filled workshop was organised in which, participants could play, pool, fetch and long walks on a cool summer evening. This event was conducted at Petsitters, Hinjewadi Pune, twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, throughout the summer.
Our team of volunteers knows the importance of sharing the joy and companionship of their pets with those in need. They visit various institutes and settings with our Therapy Dogs with the purpose of spreading joy and bringing about smiles on people's faces. These visits come under the category of Animal Assisted Activity, which are not goal oriented or documented. We visit places like orphanages, old age homes, pediatric Cancer Centers, nursery schools, libraries etc.
Innovative ways of learning with pets were discovered at the Academy of Learning and Development when they had a unique therapist visit the children every week. Therapy dog Pepe, one of our senior therapy dog along with our team of therapists visited the children every week to provide them Animal Assisted Therapy. Her job at the center was to work with the children with various disabilities like CP, Autism, mental retardation and provide them sensory and mental stimulation. With such enthusiasm and motivation provided by Therapy Dog Pepe, the children who were hyperactive learned to calm down, the ones who had difficulty in walking too their first steps, the once who had flat affect actually smiled! The presence of Therapy dog Pepe had truly transformed their lives. (watch video here) The Academy of Learning and Development was established by Mr Ajinkya Deo and Mrs. Arti Deo runs on is the belief that stimulating the brain with increased intensity, frequency and duration will help the child move towards achieving his or her fullest potential. They attempt to address the root cause of a disability (i.e. the brain injury) rather than the symptoms.
Animal Assisted Therapy fit in perfectly with this principle. With the therapy dog Pepe (Golden Retriever) being a package providing sensory and metal stimulation, the child gets to experience various sensations and also an opportunity to exercise his abilities.


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XML::Pastor::SimpleType - Ancestor of all simple classes generated by XML::Pastor and also the builtin simple classes.
This class descends from XML::Pastor::Type.
XML::Pastor::SimpleType is an abstract ancestor of all simple classes (those global and implicit Simple Type definitions in the schema, including builtin ones) generated by XML::Pastor which is a Perl code generator from W3C XSD schemas. For an introduction, please refer to the documentation of XML::Pastor.
XML::Pastor::SimpleType defines some overloads (stringification, numification, boolification) and method overrides from XML::Pastor::Type.
XML::Pastor::SimpleType contains (actually inherits from XML::Pastor::Type) a class data accessor called "XmlSchemaType()" with the help of Class::Data::Inheritable. This accessor is normally used by many other methods to access the W3C schema meta information related to the class at hand. But at this stage, "XmlSchemaType()" does not contain any information and this is why XML::Pastor::ComplexType remains abstract.
The generated subclasses set "XmlSchemaType()" to information specific to the W3C schema type. It is then used for the XML binding and validation methods.
Several overloads are performed so that a XML::Pastor::SimpleType object looks like a regular scalar. Basically, they all use the 'value' field as the scalar.
This is done with the stringify (overridable) method. The returned value is the stringification of the contents of the 'value' field.
This is done with the numify (overridable) method. The returned value is the numification of the contents of the 'value' field.
This is done with the boolify (overridable) method. The returned value is the boolification of the contents of the 'value' field. This method is indeed overriden by the XML::Pastor::Builtin::boolean class in order to count the string 'false' as a false value.
CONSTRUCTOR overriden from XML::Pastor::Type.
The new() constructor method instantiates a new XML::Pastor::SimpleType object. It is inheritable, and indeed inherited, by the generated decsendant classes. Normally, you do not call the new method on XML::Pastor::SimpleType. You rather call it on your generated subclasses.
Any -named- fields that are passed as parameters are initialized to those values within the newly created object. The only field that makes any sense at this time is the 'value' field. This is why it has been made easier to pass value as the one and only parameter.
The following two calls are equivalent:
my $object = $class->new($value);
my $object = $class->new(value => $value);
Stick with the first one, as the second one requires the knowledge of the internal organization of the object.
my $object = $class->from_xml_dom($node);
CONSTRUCTOR that should be called upon your generated class rather than XML::Pastor::ComplexType.
This method instatiates an object of the generated class from a DOM object passed as a parameter. Currently, the DOM object must be either of type XML::LibXML::Attr, XML::LibXML::Text or of type XML::LibXML::Element (with textContent).
Currently, the method is quite forgiving as to the actual contents of the DOM. No validation is performed during this call.
my $type = $class->XmlSchemaType()
CLASS METHOD, but may also be called directly on an OBJECT.
XML::Pastor::SimpleType defines (thanks to Class::Data::Inheritable) a class data acessor XmlSchemaType which returns undef.
This data accessor is set by each generated simple class to the meta information coming from your W3C Schema. This data is of class XML::Pastor::Schema::SimpleType.
You don't really need to know much about XmlSchemaType. It's used internally by Pastor's XML binding and validation methods as meta information about the generated class.
$currentValue = $object->value(); # GET
$object->value($newValue); # SET
Gets and sets the value of the 'value' field, which is the actual SCALAR value of the object.
$bool = $object->is_xml_valid();
OBJECT METHOD, inherited from XML::Pastor::Type. Documented here for completeness.
'is_xml_valid' is similar to "xml_validate" except that it will not die on failure. Instead, it will just return FALSE (0).
The implementation of this method, inherited from XML::Pastor::Type, is very simple. Currently, it just calls "xml_validate" in an eval block and will return FALSE (0) if "xml_validate" dies. Otherwise, it will just return the same value as "xml_validate".
In case of failure, the contents of the special variable
$@ will be left untouched in case you would like to access the error message that resulted from the death of "xml_validate".
$object->xml_validate(); # Will die on failure
OBJECT METHOD, overriden from XML::Pastor::Type.
'xml_validate' validates a Pastor XML object (of a generated class) with respect to the META information that had originally be extracted from your original W3C XSD Schema.
On sucess, xml_validate returns TRUE (1). On failure, it will die on you on validation errors.
The W3C recommendations have been observed as closely as possible for the implementation of this method. Neverthless, it remains somewhat more relaxed and easy compared to Castor for example.
The following properties of XML Simple Type declarations in the W3C schema are observed:
- length
The string length of the value.
- minLength, maxLength
The minimum and maximum string lengths for the value.
- pattern
One ore more W3C regex patterns that the value must match. If more than one is present, any one match is considered sufficient for validity.
- regex (not present in W3C schema)
Like 'pattern', but guaranteed to be a Perl regular expression even if the W3C 'pattern' diverges from this in the future. This is used internally for builtin types. Like 'pattern', one or more regexes can be present.
- enumeration
A hash of enumeration values.
- minInclusive, maxInclusive
Minimum and maximum inclusive values.
- minExclusive, maxExclusive
Minimum and maximum exclusive values.
- totalDigits, fractionDigits
The total and fraction digits (in a floating point number) respectively.
These properties are obtained from the schema type object returned from the "XmlSchemaType" class data accessor call.
The builtin types use these properties extensively to enforce vaildity. The 'regex' property is used heavily for builtin types.
After checking the conformity with these properties, xml_validate calls "xml_validate_further" to perform extra checks. For XML::Pastor::SimpleType this always returns TRUE, but some builtin types (like XML::Pastor::Builtin::date and XML::Pastor::Builtin::dateTime) actually perform some extra validation during this call.
Then, the xml_validate method is called on any capable ancestors in the ISA array. A failure in any one of these calls will result in the failure of xml_validate which will consequently die.
$object->xml_validate_further(); # Never called directly.
OBJECT METHOD, overriden from XML::Pastor::Type.
'xml_validate_further' should perform extra validation on a Pastor XML object (of a generated class).
It is called by "xml_validate" after performing rutine validations.
This method should return TRUE(1) on success, and die on failure with an error message.
For XML::Pastor::SimpleType, this method simple returns TRUE(1).
This method may be overriden by subclasses and it is indeed oevrriden by several builtin classes like like XML::Pastor::Builtin::date and XML::Pastor::Builtin::dateTime.
There no known bugs at this time, but this doesn't mean there are aren't any. Note that, although some testing was done prior to releasing the module, this should still be considered alpha code. So use it at your own risk.
Note that there may be other bugs or limitations that the author is not aware of.
Ayhan Ulusoy <dev(at)ulusoy(dot)name>
Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Ayhan Ulusoy. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See also XML::Pastor::Type, XML::Pastor::ComplexType, XML::Pastor
And if you are curious about the implementation, see Class::Accessor, Class::Data::Inheritable


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CONTINUUMe necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Directors Financial Group is a medium sized mortgage banker licensed in 12 states including California.
Directors Financial has thrived around a strong and genuine belief in the "customer for life" principal of doing business is what fuels this company. Referrals from previous customers and local real estate professionals have always delivered the majority of the Company's production.
Directors Financial Group is launching a new retail business called myRateCall.
MyRateCall is designed to be a web destination and service of DFG where consumers can receive the latest information about rates and products via any channel they wish – email, phone call, SMS, tweet, etc.
We will be determining the core look and feel of the site in this Phase I project. While our core initial offering will be mortgages, we want the overall look and feel to be more like some of the more successful general financial sites and less like other existing mortgage sites. However, studying the identified mortgage vertical competitors will provide you with a concept of the core functionality we'll use for mortgage pages (rates, calculators, etc.).
Homeowners looking to refinance or purchase a home as well as insure and improve it.
General Usability:
-- The site must be modern, clean, and easy to understand. We will reject designs that appear confusing to users (avoid clutter). Corporate but not flashy.
-- Incorporate design best practices for other online companies.
Technical Details:
-- Need all PSD as well as PC compatible font files delivered
-- Optimize images for load time – we would prefer .png
-- Template/Design has to be CMS agnostic (can be used with ANY content management systems)
-- Navigational elements should NOT be images
-- Adhere to Usability and Accessibility standards (text navigation, optimized images, cross-browser compatible, etc.)
-- Standard elements like Footer, Header, Side Navigation should be:
-- In text, styled with CSS
-- Arranged in an easy to navigate experience
-- We understand you will not be providing CSS code
Please see the accompanying PDF file for the general design of the logo and site examples.
In addition to the core home page mortgage offering, we will offer complimentary "SmartCredit" and "HomeIQ" channels, which for purposes of Phase I will be a somewhat awkward presentation of our partner's offerings under our header and footer on a generic "channel page".
We are seeking the following designs:
-- homepage that can be cloned for other products , used for general pages such as support, contact, education/FAQs
and for their myRateCall page – their homepage where they can modify their "Rate Calls" (alerts), see progress of their mortgage or get a grade that will score them as to how easy it will be for them to get a mortgage or sell their home --
-- generic "conversion-focused" landing page that can be cloned for other products
Please use the existing sites (www.directorsfg.com and http://www.directorsfinancialgroup.com) minimally as reference points to the look and feel of the parent bank as we will be referring and linking to DFG in a "powered by" capacity only. The new site should have a new, unique but compatible look and feel. Right now all of our DM web traffic goes through https://secure.directorsfg.com/appl…oanapp.asp.
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Every year it seems like hurricane season takes us by surprise. We know it's coming but still find ourselves shocked – understandably – when the first hurricane makes landfall on our shores.
And despite growing concern over extreme weather events, a recent Esurance survey found that the vast majority of us are ill-prepared for them.
As with most things, the best way to handle a hurricane is to be prepared. That said, we put together a short list of things you should know about preparing for and driving through intense storms.
Here are the top 5 most-important hurricane driving tips to know:
Be hurricane prepared.
The best way to be prepared is to be prepared. If you're in a hurricane-prone area, check local weather and newscasts regularly, and be ready to leave even before an official evacuation is ordered. Keep your gas tank full and your bag of essentials packed. Most importantly, don't wait until the last minute to make your way out of town. If you procrastinate, you risk being stuck in traffic as the storm intensifies around you. (Not good!) Consider comprehensive coverage, which may cover storm related damages.
Be hurricane prepared.
We really can't say it enough. If you live in a place all too familiar with names like Igor, Hugo, and Andrew, put together a hurricane kit and make sure it's easily accessible. It may sound like paranoia to you now, but you'll thank yourself for being so crazy if you ever need it. The Red Cross recommends including obvious things, like fresh water, food, and flashlights, as well as some not-so-obvious items, like pet supplies, games for the kids, and liquid bleach. Build your preparedness kit. Check out our guide on the perfect emergency road kit.
Be smart when the hurricane hits.
If, in spite of all your preparation, you find yourself on the road when a hurricane hits, use your noggin (and WSJ Blogs) to stay safe:
- Stay in your car and try to find shelter — an overpass or parking garage — if you can.
- When possible, avoid driving through water, which can hide dangers, damage your engine, or even carry your vehicle away.
- Watch out for wires that have been knocked down in the storm. You could get stuck driving through them, and worse, they could make rescue impossible.
Be aware of your surroundings.
When you're on the road during a storm, it's essential to remain aware of what's around you. Because of their increased surface area, larger vehicles, trailers, big trucks, and buses are actually more vulnerable when driving in high winds. Keep your eyes out for big vehicles and maintain more of a distance than you normally would.
Be a hurricane driving pro.
As you head away from the storm, it may be tempting to set the cruise control and go. Don't. Cruise control can cause your vehicle to accelerate during a hydroplane, making a bad situation worse in just seconds. If you hydroplane, let off the gas slowly and steer straight until your tires find the road again. Don't slam on the brakes or turn the steering wheel. Once you regain traction, lightly tap the brake pedal to help dry the brakes.
And of course, if it's raining so hard that you can't see the road or the car in front of you, pull over and wait it out.
When it comes to hurricanes, your best bet is to steer clear of danger altogether. If you find yourself caught in a big storm during the next few months, however, keep these tips in mind to avoid the worst and stay safe on the road.


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Possible scenarios where you'd need a travelling mixology set: Either you're a highly sought-after travelling bartender, you're a filthy rich jetsetter with a drinking problem, or you just appreciate how slick this Tumi set is.
The ultra-portable case comes with a full bartending kit, two martini glasses, and two bottles of Ketel One Vodka. This adult equivalent of a Boy Scout backpack isn't available yet, and we don't know the price, but check with Tumi for more info. Meanwhile, you can just dream of all the implausible places you'll be able to make yourself a stiff drink. [Tumi via AcquireMag]


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Can The Cavs Win A Title ?
Almost from the moment last month when LeBron James said in a Sports Illustrated essay that he was returning to Cleveland, the sports books in Las Vegas made the Cavaliers the favorites to win the 2015 NBA title.
With a roster then full of young, unproven talent in a city that took pride in being wanted again, that was largely about pure emotion.
Now it's about (Kevin) Love.
With the official completion of the long-awaited deal that sent a package including No. 1 draft pick Andrew Wiggins to the Timberwolves, the Cavaliers have vaulted to the top of the Eastern Conference, if not the entire league.
Oh, there will be plenty to be heard from out of Chicago, where former MVP Derrick Rose tries yet another comeback as he joins up with a formidable group of Joakim Noah, Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson and Nikola Mirotic.
But the simple truth is that arrival of Love to Cleveland gives the Cavs with James and Kyrie Irving the best young All-Star threesome in the NBA.
James himself had cautioned everyone not rush to judgment and expect too much too soon. He said it would be a long road for the Cavaliers to reach a champion's level and that was speaking from the experience in Miami.
That was also speaking from as the lone playoff-tested veteran on a team where the rookie Wiggins would have had to learn about the league and about himself. But all of a sudden, James and the Cavs have a shortcut.
Love, 26 in a couple of weeks, is a completely different animal, a top 10 level talent, who can produce double-doubles every night and has 3-point shooting range. Love is someone who changed his body and has changed his game to become one of the most consistent number producers in the league, the kind of front-line anchor right now that the Cavs could only have hoped they'd get from last year's No. 1 pick Anthony Bennett, who was included in the deal with Minnesota.
The critics will say that Love never got the Timberwolves to the playoffs in six seasons, point to a sometimes detached attitude and something less than a whole-hearted enthusiastic commitment to that franchise.
Yet the perpetual state of turmoil that has been a trademark of the Timberwolves certainly is responsible for much of that. He missed 64 games in the 2012-13 season due to a broken bone in his hand, but otherwise has been the guy who scored the ball and attacked the backboards equally with as much hunger as anyone in years. Love is the only player in the past 30 seasons to have a 30-point, 30-rebound game.
Maybe Love wasn't a lead horse who could pull the weight of the entire wagon. Not everyone is. Now he doesn't have to be.
There are sharp edges that will have to be honed in the playoffs, just as there are with the gifted and not-always-clued-in Irving. But those are edges for James to sharpen as he returns to his old neighborhood as the wise head who has been to the mountaintop and held the Larry O'Brien Trophy (twice).
Love had reached a crossroad in his career where he was simply going to pile up mountains of stats or make the transformation to being part of a contender's foundation. It is no coincidence that in the weeks since the trade was agreed upon and had to wait for a 30-day embargo, the Cavs reeled in James Jones and Mike Miller from Miami, Shawn Marion from Dallas and could still add Ray Allen, if he chooses to play again next season. The role-playing veterans recognize the potency of the juiced up lineup and the immediate potential. With LeBron and his kiddie corps, the Cavs were still facing a long, hard slog to be able to truly compete with the Bulls in the East, not to mention the crop of contenders — Spurs, Thunder, Clippers, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies — in the A-list Western Conference.
The next task for Cleveland is to get Love to sign a contract extension that keeps him around past the end of the upcoming season. That shouldn't difficult. This is the situation he's been searching for, the kind he's needed, a place to learn and grow and win all at the same time.
When the oddsmakers tabbed the Cavs as the team to beat in the aftermath of James' homecoming, that was as much about hope as anything. Now it's about Love and reality.


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I know I'm supposed to be writing about wine, and, oddly enough, a lot of people are interested in learning about the various wines. I'll get around to wine. Promise. But these are ominous times, and as a hedge against what I fear might be an election that proves that super-rich oligarchs can simply buy a democracy and loot the public treasury with impunity, I'm trying to prepare myself.
I'm trying to learn Republican. It ain't easy. The language is strange and the logic is twisted.
The posturing, that I grasp — act defensive even while attacking anyone who might find greed and selfishness distasteful. And the props are fairly simple — put a Bible in one hand and a flag in the other (no real need to read the first or feel loyal to the second). But I've been struggling for a week with just the phrase "legitimate rape." That's a tough one, though I'm sure it's much tougher for a woman who's been raped, especially if the woman finds herself pregnant with the rapist's spawn. With a strong, beautiful wife, five sisters, four daughters and a long association with a whole host of competent, intelligent women, I'm having a hard time adopting Republican scorn for women and their rights.
And that whole me-first, neo-Ayn Randian thing: "See that bridge? I built that, not the guv'mint. Those soldiers, sailors, flyers, police and firefighters? Never did nuthin' for me. I didn't have teachers. Even my parents didn't help much. Oh, sure, inheriting millions didn't hurt, but I did all the rest." I guess I don't have much skill in acting like a superman. I've read Atlas Shrugged. I shrugged.
I'm also wrangling with the raging racist fantasies of ultra-rightists like Judge Tom Head of Lubbock, Texas, who foresees, if Obama is re-elected, "Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war, maybe," followed by United Nations "armored personnel carriers" rolling through the streets, sent by Obama. Day-um. Who knew the U.N. had APCs, or that Obama controlled them? I wish I could think that this particular Head is unique, but I'm afraid Head's dementia is symptomatic of a broader malaise. And I just don't get it.
Let's be clear: I happen to know some Republicans — decent people, sensible, principled, not at all raving lunatics. They don't rant about the "guv'mint"; some actually realize that America has thrived on a mixed economy, a strong public sector and a strong private sector. But these folks are, in such parlous times, rather rare Republicans, often uncomfortable with their own party, daily more in the grip of the loony fringe.
I'll keep working, practicing. Meanwhile, wine:
I've decided that there will be good weather and a bountiful harvest this year. I'm going to make a lot of good wine. But I've also found — all by myself, with no help from little people — some good juice, ready to drink.
Take, for example, Witness Tree 2009 Pinot Blanc ($15). This is not rosé or 'blush.' The pinot blanc grape yields a particularly versatile white wine, a match to many foods. The Italians make pinot bianco to match with seafood; the style is often, as with the Witness Tree, clean, crisp, with flavors of green apple and Asian pear, with acidity that'll cut right through creamy pastas.
Our neighbors have scored again: Benton-Lane 2010 Pinot Gris ($16) is a bright white, nicely balanced, with flavors that span from white peaches to ripe pears to green apples and zesty citrus. The 2010 is still on shelves, but the 2011 is no slouch.
Despite the taint of collectivism in their efforts, I have allowed three young winemakers to produce Guild 2009 Red Wine, Columbia Valley ($13), a medium-body, Rhone-style blend of syrah, grenache and mourvedre that slides down nicely with late-summer/early-autumn 'Q. Silky smooth, well balanced and quite pleasant, it's also good value.
I'm not done, still learning: Send me your money and give me more power, and I will make a better world for you and any children I decide you should have. For now, enjoy the America I built.


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Homeschooling in India
Why Parents are Choosing to Unschool Their Children
Homeschooling Parents Pool Resources, Set up Centers to Enrich Learning
Mumbai: A Group of Parents� Forward March Towards Alternative Education
Parents of Homeschooling Kids Demand Board for Accreditation
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In a class of its own: homeschooling gathers ground
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India Sees Rise in Homeschooling
Hindustan Times: Homeschoolers Petition High Court
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Times of India: RTE: Homeschooling, Too, is Fine, Says Sibal
Times of India: When Staying at Home Does Not Mean Skipping Education
Indian Express: Plea dismissed, but homeschooling still a grey area.
Compulsory Education Ages: 6-14
Legal Status: A new education law (Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009, RTE) came into effect on April 1, 2010 that mandates compulsory attendance in schools. Education in India is both a national and state matter. In the past, homeschooling has been regulated solely at the state-level and homeschoolers have largely been left alone.
Homeschoolers and alternative schools in India are continuing to petition the government in favor of a parent's right to choose the form of his child's education. In April 2010, the High Court heard a case regarding whether the RTE infringes on the freedom of parents. The court dismissed the petition, but gave parents who homeschool or send their children to alternative schools eight weeks to make a presentation before the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Homeschoolers met to draft a presentation, as well as a letter to the Minister of MHRD asking that he accommodate homeschooling in the RTE Act or at the very least clarify its stand on home education.
In September 2010, Minister of Education Kapil Sibal released a statement through The Times of India stating that the "RTE Act wants every child to be in school, but if somebody decides not to send his/her children to school, we [the government] are not going to interfere. The compulsion is on the state, not on the parents. Parents are free not to send their children to school, but teach them at home. We cannot be micromanaging." This statement offers the official clarification that homeschoolers in India have been waiting for.
Estimated number of homeschoolers: 500-1000 children
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