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Postcard from Ephesus – Glory, Decline and Resurrection

November 13, 2011

The last stop on our cruise around the religious Mediterranean before we returned to Istanbul was Ephesus. Well, actually, Kusadasi, a port city on the Turkish Aegean coast a few kilometers away from the Graeco-Roman ruins from which this card is posted.

This time, in contrast to the official cruise trip to Jerusalem in which forty-five of us were crammed into a large bus for a route march through the holy places, we were six in a minibus. Much more flexible.

Our guide was a sweet young Turkish woman from Izmir. How you manage to retain a sense of enthusiasm when you go to the same places two hundred times a year I know not, but she managed it admirably.

Her chat on the way to the first stop was subtly revealing. She spoke of the traditions of Aegean Turkey. How the Aegean Turkish were much more European in their outlook than the more conservative people in the East. Code for secular rather than religious. Also of how much culture the Greeks and Turks share thanks to the ancient Greek and Roman heritage of the region. She touched lightly upon the forced expatriations of Greeks and Turks from their ancestral homelands in 1923 based on their religion – Orthodox Christians from Turkey to Greece, and Muslims vice versa – without mentioning that the Treaty of Lausanne was seen by many as the ex post facto ratification of an ethnic cleansing process that had been going on in both countries for years before. But we were simple tourists, so her presumption was probably that we didn’t want to hear too much of that political stuff.

Our first stop was yet another holy place – The House of the Virgin Mary. Tradition has it that after the crucifixion, Mary, the mother of Jesus, was spirited away by St John to Ephesus, and spent the rest of her days living in a quiet place in the mountains above the city.  Our guide faithfully recounted the tradition and its origins, but as an archaeology graduate, made it clear that her heart lay with the sceptics. The location of the house was “revealed” in a dream to a sickly German nun in the 19th Century. When discovered according to the description of Anne Catherine Emmerich’s dream, the ruins quickly became a shrine, despite the fact that  – as our guide pointed out – they dated from well after the 1st Century.

But religious leaders don’t let small details get in the way of basic truths, and the little shrine enjoyed visits from Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and the current incumbent, Benedict XVI. So it must be authentic, mustn’t it?

Authentic or not, it is a beautiful location. High in the mountains, surrounded by pine trees and with a little stream tinkling nearby. A good place for quiet contemplation, whatever your religion. And even better because we were near the end of the tourist season, so were spared the usual throng. If the Virgin Mary hadn’t got there first, I would have been happy to spend my days up there before being called to account. Provided it had an internet connection, of course.

Then back down the hills towards Ephesus, the main attraction. At which point here are four things I didn’t know about Ephesus:

  1. Its name comes from the Hittite word for bee, one of the few words of the Hittite language to survive into Latin (Apis) and so into the present in the form of apiology, the study of bees.
  2. Ephesus lost its power as a commercial centre when the River Meander started silting up. It is now five kilometres away from the coast. As with most of the coastal cities, it was a political football, suffering numerous conquests and sackings.
  3. A big earthquake in AD 270 hastened its decline, and the malarial marshes left by the silted-up river made it an increasingly dangerous place to live. It lingered on until the 15th Century, and finally gave up the ghost.
  4. The famous temple of Artemis, one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the world, was a ruin by the 6th Century, at which point the Emperor Justinian, on the hunt for building materials for the Basilica of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (now known as Ayia Sofia – see previous post on Istanbul) removed many of its beautiful columns for his new church.

Sic transit gloria mundi. But luckily for us, the Ottomans were not much given to archaeology, so Ephesus slowly sunk under the soil, waiting to be rediscovered by British, German and Austrian archaeologists in the 19th Century. And what a magnificent site they uncovered. Theatres, temples, aqueducts, commercial centres, a huge library and a well preserved terrace of houses dating from the Roman period that give as good an insight into the lifestyle of the wealthy as any buildings in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Oh, and a very impressive communal lavatory where the citizens would sit side by side at their ease, gazing out on the city and discussing the events of the day – the waste sluiced away a few feet under the row of marble seats.

It’s not just the big picture sites that impress. Touching small reminders of the lives of the inhabitants – such as the backgammon board etched into a marble slab, and the intimate mosaics on the floors of the terrace – are to be found throughout the city.

Modern Turkey is well aware of the value of its Aegean sites, and continues to discover new wonders all around the region, often with the help of international archaeologists such as the Austrian team that has excavated the Ephesus terraces. I have been to more ancient sites in Italy, Greece and Turkey than I care to remember, but Ephesus is up there with the best of them. Truly magnificent, even if few traces of the earlier Greek city remain.

A brief visit to the Ephesus museum, crowded with statues and sarcophagi, as well as a couple of very un-classical looking statues of Artemis retrieved from the massive temple dedicated to the goddess, and we were away for lunch. For all the photos, grateful thanks to my friend Shon.

On the way to lunch we stopped by the site of the famous Artemision. Very little remains beyond the temple base a and a pile of broken columns. A single reconstructed column stands to show us the height of the building. On the hill above, a sturdy fort built by the Seljuk rulers to defend themselves against the Crusaders in the 12th Century.

Finally, no tour would be complete without the commercial opportunity. Our little restaurant was next to a carpet workshop, where local girls were demonstrating how Turkish carpets are made. My wife sat this one out, muttering to me “you are NOT going to buy another bloody carpet”.  I wasn’t, but it’s always a pleasure to see fine handicraft, even if the finest examples would have set us back $20,000. She also missed a demonstration of silk spinning – from the cocoon to the thread – which I had never seen before.

Back to the port, and a quick stroll the thought bazaar offering “genuine fakes” – branded shoes, tee shirts, Rolexes and so forth. I prefer fake fakes myself. The whole fake business is something the Turks would have to deal with should they finally gain entry to the EU. But that’s unlikely to happen for a while, if at all, so I imagine that the fake business will continue to flourish for years to come.

So ended the last of our excursions, and it was back to the ship a day’s sailing through the straits of Gallipoli towards the cooler air of Istanbul.

In the three countries we visited, the unifying theme was an endless cycle of conquest, liberation and re-conquest, of prosperity, decline and resurgence.

The resurgent country today is clearly Turkey. Whatever its murky past, many aspects of which it denies or glosses over, modern Turkey is vibrant, energetic and, in its cities, sophisticated. Greece is downtrodden but still alive. Israel effectively came into being through a form of conquest, and suffers from the fact that the world acquired a conscience after World War II, whereas its neighbours acquired their domains in a period when conquest was considered something to be proud of, and the names of the conquerors adorn the streets of their capitals today.

For me, Turkey comes out top of the three as a place to visit. Though I believe it is the poorer through the departure over the past century of many of its ethnic and religious minorities, the diversity of its heritage remains in its cities, archaeological sites, customs and culture. Much as it tries to emphasise its “Turkishness”, it has more in common with its neighbours than meets the eye. It is part of Europe and the Middle East, and should rejoice in its ability to speak the language of both cultures, whatever its future political affiliations.

Since we got home from the cruise, Greece has a new government, Turkey suffered a second earthquake in Van, and Israel is rattling the sabre over Iran’s nuclear programme.

Nothing stands still for long in this neck of the woods.

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Actually, I’m not going to tell much of the story beyond the headlines (you can read a more detailed version on a friend’s blog), but I am going to reflect on what it’s like to tell the story.

What Happened?

Well, when I found someone that I thought it was a good idea to marry, we discussed what we would do about surnames. We both wanted any children that might come along to have the same surname as us.We didn’t want to have hyphens in our surname.

We both didn’t like the idea of perpetuating the historical tradition of male-domination of surnames, and I didn’t especially fancy taking on my wife’s surname (getting along with in-laws is hard enough!).

The only plausible solution seemed to be for both of us to take on a new surname altogether. So the search for a new name began. Merging our surnames (Hickman, Ford) didn’t work very well (Hird was OK but dull, Fockman was … not good). So we came up with something that was meaningful to both of us, which just happens to be Baraka.

It also happens to be a great little movie that uses imagery and music (ostensibly without any dialogue) to tell a human / world story – Baraka – that we both really like.

What Happens when I tell the story?

Usually when I start telling the story, men act shocked or just go quiet. Which is fair enough – it’s not a common occurrence for most people. Usually some head-snapping involved. Occasionally, “Why would you do that?”. Rarely, “Good on you!”.

Women also tend to be a bit shocked, but for many its something they have already thought about and so their processing time is much faster. Most often the women tell me what a good thing they think it is. Including those who point out they wouldn’t do that themselves. It is generally a much warmer response.

Certainly much warmer than the bank teller, who upon being presented with the relevant forms and hearing that I was changing my name, asked, “What, did you commit fraud or are you a criminal?”.

Some men never get past their shock to tell me what they think – presumably it is just a bit too much to comprehend or a bit too far outside their frame of reference.  surprised-face

Which leads to a tricky question – What is it about men (especially heterosexual ones) that we are so insecure that we feel threatened our partner not taking our last name?

Or why was it so hard for the bank teller to comprehend that I was doing what so many women had done in the course of his narrow-minded, behind bullet-proof glass, bank-telling experience?

insecure-guySince then I’ve found out that it is culturally normal in several countries for women to not take the male surname.

In most Spanish-speaking countries, the custom is for people to have two surnames. It is widely understood that the first surname denotes the father’s family, and the second surname denotes the mother’s family. So, for example, “Rodríguez Zapatero” is not in fact one surname, it is two distinct surnames.

In China, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Madagascar, Vietnam, parts of India and in many other East Asian countries, the family name is placed before a person’s given name and women don’t usually change their name when they get married.

In Scandinavian countries (which have been quite aggressive about equality of women) it is something of a free for all, and men frequently take all or part of their wives surnames, and vice-versa.

Which brings me to the ‘F’ word, Feminism.

I don’t think it means what many of us think it means (especially us men).

Inigo-Montoya-WORD-MEANSIt doesn’t mean women are better than men. It doesn’t mean that men are all horrible creatures that should be burnt at the stake or incarcerated or castrated (Actually it might mean some of those things in some radical versions of Feminism, which is quite a broad church; and I don’t mean a group of ‘broads‘).

But it does mean that the role of women in many aspects of life is under-valued or discounted. And that is something that should be addressed, not just by women, but by men.

Women in Leadership

OK Dear reader. I hear you asking, “So what does  this have to do with sustainability?”

Quite a bit.

Study after study highlights how much better off organisations are when they have women in leadership. And that seems to be true in every sector, every type of workforce and every type of organisation.

Organisations that have women on Boards significantly out-perform those that don’t. And at least in countries like the UK, adding a women to the Board increases profit, share price and lots of other things.

It seems the traditional male values of distrust, personal ambitions and jockeying for power don’t tend to create functional organisational dynamics. Hardly grand revelations, but we do seem to be slow to learn such things.

I hope that many companies will support #HerDay2015, not just on International Women’s Day, but in their regular practice.

CSR and Sustainability practitioners, whether male or female, have to support such initiatives.

I hope that this story is a Baraka to some of you.

This blog first appeared on Dwayne Baraka’s Blog

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Chinese health officials say that about 14% of people who had the coronavirus but recovered and were discharged from hospital have tested positive for the virus again.

Health officials admit they’re still learning about the new coronavirus and how it operates within the human body.

The same phenomenon has been reported in Japan when a woman in her 40s who had recovered and tested negative for the virus then tested positive more than three weeks later.

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Martin Barstow, RAS President 2014–16.

How and why do you stand as RAS President? Martin Barstow, interviewed in 2014.

Martin Barstow, RAS President 2014–16, came into astronomy through a fascination with space and relishes being able to support the development of the subject and the people who practise it.

“It is a tremendous honour to have been elected president by the fellowship of the RAS. I want to continue developing the RAS to be more open, inclusive and outward-looking”. Martin grew up in the Apollo era; the enthusiasm for space exploration that prevailed in the 1960s and 70s led him to find out more by joining his local astronomy society. He took a physics degree as a way to become an astronomer; he works on high energy astronomy and is currently focusing on ultraviolet observations of hot white dwarfs, including those that are accreting rocky material from the debris of their planetary systems.

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Cass Gilbert, a prominent American architect whose buildings include the Woolworth Building and the Alexander Hamilton Customs House in New York, started his career in St. Paul. This tour will focus on Gilbert’s early work: homes located in the Ramsey Hill neighborhood, the largest historical district in the country, the Minnesota State Capitol, and several buildings downtown St. Paul.

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This post is an excerpt from a paper that was previously published in the AASLH Nomenclature Community, “Adopting a Classification System for Collections of Human-Made Objects.”

Museums that are using an older version of Nomenclature (such as Revised Nomenclature), or that are using the Parks Canada Classification System and want to switch to Nomenclature 3.0 may be in for a substantial amount of work, depending on the number of items they have catalogued. Museums will need to assess the work required and make sure it is feasible before deciding to upgrade. It is better to be consistently using an older classification system, than to be stuck part of the way through a conversion, and struggling with inconsistencies.

For users of Revised Nomenclature that use commercial software packages that offer support for “automatic” data conversion from Revised Nomenclature to Nomenclature 3.0:

  • After an automatic conversion, museums will need to clean pre-existing data.
  • Review local terms that have been added, to see if they are now included in Nomenclature 3.0, and if not, decide where to organize them in the new structure.
  • Review terms in the museum records – a better or more specific term from Nomenclature 3.0 may now apply.

For users of Revised Nomenclature or Parks Canada Classification System, that wish to change to Nomenclature 3.0 without commercial software support:

  • Museums will need to look up every term they have used in their old system, to find out how it is handled in Nomenclature 3.0, and update the term and its hierarchical position accordingly. Some terms may have changed spelling or may have been removed, and many will have been moved within the hierarchy.
  • Museums will also need to review all the local terms that they have added to their lexicon, to determine if they are covered in Nomenclature 3.0. If they are covered, the museum’s data must be changed to Nomenclature 3.0 terminology. If they are not covered, the museum must determine how best to organize them within the new hierarchical structure of Nomenclature 3.0.


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Rajala & Pasanen to play basketball at Finlandia

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Hancock, MI – Finlandia University women’s basketball  coach Terry Klemett has announced that Valerie Rajala and Brooke Pasanen have committed to continue their education and basketball careers at Finlandia University starting in the fall.

Rajala, a 5’10” forward, averaged 10 points per game while shooting 56% from the floor and grabbed 12 rebounds per game for L’Anse High School. She led the Purple Hornets to a 20-4 record, a West-Pac Conference title and a district title during her senior season.  During Valerie’s senior season she was named to the West-Pac All-Conference First Team and was named to the All-UP Second Team.

While at Finlandia, Valerie will be majoring in Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) and Business.

“Getting Valerie really fills a need we have under the basket,” said Coach Klemett. “Valerie is a tremendous athlete and a fantastic ball player and is one that doesn’t need the ball to have an impact on the game. She knows the game very well and will fit in perfectly to our program.”

Pasanen, a 5’7” guard, averaged 14 points (52% FG, 39% 3-point FG), 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals per game for Superior Central High School. During her senior season, she led the Cougars to a 21-3 record, a Central UP Conference Title, district title, and to the regional finals.  As a junior and a senior, Brooke was a Central UP All-Conference First Team selection. She was also named to the All-UP Second Team as a senior.

Currently, Brooke is undecided on a major.

“Brooke is an extremely strong and smart basketball player,” said Coach Klemett. “She won a ton of games in her high school career and will help carry that tradition on here at Finlandia. Brooke is a very driven leader and will only get better.”


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Preparing for Educational Travel

Being prepared for your trip is much more than just checking items off of a packing list. We understand the importance of planning a field trip well, and in our many years of experience we have seen the most common things our students miss and forget. To avoid this, we have created a helpful list so you can be fully prepared and get the most out of your trip.

Connections to Home

Do you have a relative buried in Arlington National Cemetery, or whose name is written on the American Immigrant Wall of Honor at Ellis Island? Perhaps there is someone from your hometown whose name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial… Making connections to home is a great way to personalize your visit, and it really helps to be prepared ahead of time. Ask relatives about veterans of WWII, Korea, or Vietnam, or if family members have served in any of the military branches such as the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, or law enforcement. There are memorials to all of these in Washington DC, for example, and one of your affiliated family members may wish to send something personal along with you to leave at one of these memorials. If at all possible, find out and let us know about these connections BEFORE your tour begins. We will do our best to accommodate your connection, either as a group or privately as an individual.

Layers, layers, layers! Always dress in layers and you will be prepared for whatever Mother Nature brings. Check the weather in your destination before your trip and pack appropriate clothes to deal with varying temperatures. Even if rain is not in the forecast, bring an umbrella or travel poncho regardless, as the weather can change unpredictably.

Even with pick-up and drop-off in our coaches, most groups walk an average of 8 miles per day. Comfortable shoes are a life-saver! Bring two pairs of lightweight walking or running shoes (preferably water-resistant) that are already broken in. Many sites can only be truly appreciated by foot, so it’s also important to come mentally prepared to immerse yourself in a full schedule designed to help you travel deeper and get the most out of your experience.

Dehydration is the number one ailment while traveling, which is why savvy travelers always have a water bottle on hand. Refillable water bottles are essential. Especially in areas where fountains may not be accessible and/or access to affordable water vendors is limited. Bring your water bottle, and you’re guaranteed the healthiest and happiest experience!

Before leaving home, be sure to double check that you have enough phone or camera memory to capture your entire journey. Most coaches have outlets available to recharge while riding on the bus, however this is not always guaranteed. Running out of charge is a letdown, so consider bringing a battery pack or power bank for backup if needed.

Money and Valuables

Students often choose to bring an average of $25 per day to spend on small purchases and souvenirs. Cash is king and accepted pretty much everywhere, however debit cards can be a good option as well (and if the card is lost, funds will be safe). Pickpocketing is rare, however we recommend leaving valuables at home. The most common issue is forgetting a bag, camera, or wallet along the way. When traveling, tour leaders repeatedly remind everyone to keep an eye on their possessions, be aware of surroundings, and to help look out for one another as well. We teach students to be street-smart and prepared for each area they visit.

Security Screenings

Popular tourist sites as well as government buildings require security checks before entering. For smoother and faster processing, come prepared! Leave thick western-style belts, large buckles, and garments embedded with metal at home. Keep your change in removable wallets (not in your pockets), and NEVER bring a pocket knife. Jewelry and watches are typically fine. More and more sites are not allowing backpacks, so it helps to wear pants or jackets with pockets large enough to carry your camera, wallet, or water bottle. Above all, bring your patience! While lengthy at times, the goal of these security measures is to keep us safe.

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Post-traumatic Growth: Hope Is a Strategy, Not a Feeling

When a young person experiences trauma, there is no single answer regarding how that experience may impact them in their later years. Two 12-year-olds experiencing the exact same kind of trauma, for example, may have two very different responses — one crumbles and the other rises. One processes it deeply and the other suppresses it. One becomes a powerful force for change in the community and the other struggles to make their place in the world.

Furthermore, what may be considered traumatic for one person may not be for another. It can take many forms and yield remarkably different results. I am going to dissect the concept of growth after trauma by using hope as a catalyst for positive life change.

Post-traumatic growth is not just about surviving a traumatic experience. It is not resilience — though it can lead to greater resilience later in life. It is not having the ability to heal and move on with life. It is the equivalent of developing a new superpower as a result of a traumatic experience. It is life improvement and empowerment that serves not only the individual experiencing the growth, but also those whose lives are touched by that individual’s growth.

The Posttraumatic Growth Research Group at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, which coined the term, describes post-traumatic growth as positive change experienced as a result of the struggle with a major life crisis or a traumatic event. This is not to say that the traumatic experience was good or that everyone who experiences trauma has the support and resources needed to experience growth, but the research does offer ideas about how some people manage to grow after trauma, and one of those ideas is hope.

Chelsea is one example of how a young person experiencing years of living in crisis can follow a path of hope to create positive life change. I interviewed Chelsea for a study on post-traumatic growth. She shared her story of being homeless throughout much of her middle school and high school years and the shame she experienced as she went to great lengths to keep her homelessness a secret. Today, she is a thriving professional who uses her career to positively influence struggling youth.

Memories of her adolescence are colored with grey experiences of separated parents, of her and her mother living in their car and of moving from place to place to dodge harassment from the police. It was a secret Chelsea desperately kept for fear that she would be humiliated or ostracized in front of her peers. As is the case with many adolescents, she struggled with self-esteem, and with each passing year through middle school and high school, her struggle only intensified.

Socially, she felt awkward and out of place among her classmates. Many of them knew each other well because they grew up in neighborhoods together, but no one knew the place she called home. To keep this secret, Chelsea made it a point to stay busy at school by engaging in after-school activities. It was where she could connect with others on equal ground and where she eventually found the support she needed to change the tide of her life.

A creative at heart, Chelsea engaged in as many of the arts as possible, including theater, dance, chorus and writing. Going home was difficult and heart-breaking, but school gave her hope for the future. It was her safe haven. After-school is where she found teachers and mentors who cared enough to offer support, advice and opportunities for her future. If she could just push through, she knew she would go to college. Hope was taking form in her life.

Every now and then, we are graced with a news story that reinforces our sense of hope. Maybe no one died in the shooting this time. Perhaps the hurricane will go around the poor, impoverished village. Hopefully that abused child will survive and finally get to experience a better life.

Most recently, that story was that of the 12 soccer players who were miraculously rescued from a deep, slowly flooding cave in the mountains of Thailand. The first victory was that after weeks of searching, the missing team of youth and their coach had been found. But that was only the first obstacle. The world remained on edge for weeks as experts weighed the pros and cons of proposed rescue strategies, all while racing against time and nature to make what seemed to be the impossible happen.

Several factors were at play: The water was slowly rising, threatening to flood the cave at any time; none of the 12 boys knew how to swim, and getting out required swimming through parts of the cave that were fully submerged in water. One rescuer had already lost his life in an attempt to transport oxygen tanks to the kids before the operation began. It didn’t look good. The odds were against them, but hope never seemed to waver.

We, the onlookers of the world, braced ourselves because truly, we did need a win in light of the hopelessly negative news that has inundated social media and our airways lately. We braced ourselves and held on to hope that this story would end well. And in a turn of events that culminated in the ending we all needed, all 12 of the boys were rescued — boys who were not skilled in navigating the terrain that lay before them. But they did it. Hope won.

When former President Barack Obama launched his presidential campaign in 2008, he did so under the banner of hope. It was a banner that triggered a storm of criticism, even from those who believed in his platform. Hope is too abstract. It is naïve. It has no weight. Hope is a warm and fuzzy feeling without a plan.

Yet, even in light of the criticism, much of the nation was won over by this idea of hope. Like watching the rescue of the boys in Thailand, we wanted hope to work. We wanted to believe that hope would lead to change. And we wanted to reclaim the hope we once had in the days of our youth. Hope feels good when the result is success or survival. But all too often, our lifted spirits are met with heartbreak and disappointment, and over time, as a society, we begin to lose that hope.

The true manifestation of hope is much more than just a good feeling. Contrary to popular belief, it is indeed a strategy. We don’t often speak of hope in this way, but positive psychologists like Charles R. Snyder have been doing work on the concept of hope for decades. As it turns out, there is a formula for hope, and its components include the practical, action-oriented elements that many critics of hope claim are missing. According to Snyder, sustainable hope — high hope, as he calls it — requires two elements: agency and pathways.

Snyder demonstrates that hope is possible when agency and pathways are present and recognizable. Agency is our internal reservoir. It is our sense of ability, freedom, strength and will to pursue our interests and desires. We perceive that our lives are in our control and that we have the ability to reach the dreams we hope for.

Pathways consists of what is external to us. This includes the resources and forms of support outside ourselves that we recognize as available to help us achieve what we hope for – like financial aid for college, a therapist to overcome a traumatic experience or a vehicle to get to work each day. The combination of agency and pathways is what allows us to have hope and to find the resiliency to survive. Understanding this could serve as a powerful tool in our work with youth who struggle to see hope for their futures.

In the case of the soccer team rescue, we learned of two very important agency strategies that contributed to their rescue: (1) the rescuers taught them to swim so that they could, in a sense, help save themselves and (2), the coach taught them meditation skills that enabled them to stay calm throughout the entire process. With the absence of just one of these agency strategies, they may not have made it out alive.

The pathways were also present — rescuers, numerous escape strategies, health professionals and safety equipment — but without the boys having their own sense of agency, each of these pathways stood the risk of being unsuccessful. The physical and psychological impacts of this potentially traumatic experience remains to be seen, but what is known is that because these boys were equipped with the coping skills of meditation and the elements of hope, their chances of experiencing growth after this ordeal are great.

In Chelsea’s story, she activated her own sense of agency when she took the initiative to join numerous after-school programs. When she spoke with teachers and counselors, they became her resources — or her pathways to the military and eventually to and through college. The combination of her agency and the pathways she identified undoubtedly created a hope that triggered change in her life. Even as she struggled with self-esteem and fitting in, Chelsea managed to devise a plan of her own to survive homelessness without being consumed by it and to eventually create a life dedicated to positively impacting others.

With so much exposure to the ongoing traumatic events that occur all over the world, how do we inoculate our youth against the tragedy of losing hope in society and, more importantly, in themselves? We do so by instilling, not just a sense of hope, but by instilling practical strategies for hope. This includes helping them recognize their own agency by showing them their strengths and arming them with self-empowerment skills, like problem–solving, meditation or relationship-building.

And it includes helping them identify the pathways by engaging in strategic conversations and offering informational and material resources. In even the most dire, life-threatening of situations, if we arm them with a sense of agency and the ability to identify pathways, they too can possess the hope it takes to aid in their own rescue. As the saying goes, it takes a village. It does. But if that village fails to arm them with the ingredients for hope, especially after trauma, they may very well drown in their own fear.


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Alan Caig

Professional Memberships

  • Chartered Legal Executive (Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives)   ( FCILEx).
  • Member of the Solicitors Family Law Association.
  • Member of the Law Society Family Panel.
  • Member of the Law Society Family Mediation Panel.

43 years experience of working in the law.  Mainly matrimonial/family (divorce, separation, ancillary relief, domestic violence injunctions, children residence contact, prohibited steps and specific issue),  but including general civil work, wills, change of name deeds etc.  In 2004 I was made an Associate of the firm, which at that time was the highest position a non-solicitor could hold in a solicitors’ practice.

In 2012 the institute was granted Chartered status and became the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. Fellows of the institute were designated Chartered Legal Executives with the post-nominal letters   FCILEx.

On 21 July 2006 I was elected  President of CILEX, after 40 years in the legal profession and 6 years on Council.  This was an enormous pleasure and privilege. CILEX has come a long way since it was formed in 1963 from the Managing Clerks Association. The Lord Chancellor announced that, following the submission of a response by CILEX ( and others) to his consultation on judicial diversity, he was to allow Fellows of CILEX to be eligible to become District Judges (County Courts and Magistrates Courts) and Chairman of Tribunals. This is a huge leap forward for CILEX and one of our more stunning achievements.  I was pleased to chair our Working Party which prepared our response to the Lord Chancellor.    Fellows of CILEX enjoy rights of audience which have been recently increased on a par with solicitors,  can become mediators, they are Commissioners for Oaths, and they are qualified lawyers who form one of the three main branches of the legal profession. CILEX has been granted litigation rights so that our members can be self-employed as a lawyer.

The Legal Services Act, in which I had a played a large part during my time on council, allows Chartered Legal Executives to become partners in solicitors practices or invest in legal practices.

  • Member of the UK College of Family Mediators  (MCFM)
  • By the end of 2005 I had undertaken over 500 hours of mediation.
  • Accredited family mediator by the Legal Services Commission and Resolution
  • I qualified as a Family Mediation Consultant in May 2005.

On 15th October 2000 I was asked by the Chief of Clan Farquharson, Captain A A C Farquharson of Invercauld  MC, to assist in the formation of a Clan Farquharson Society UK and this is now well established.  The first meeting took place in Edinburgh on Saturday 20th January 2001 . At the end of 2003 we had 160 members.  I was elected President of the Clan in August 2001 and I served in this post until August 2003 when a new President took on the challenge.  In 2014 I was elected again as President and in 2019 we have in mind my successor. Holding the position of President of a major Scottish clan is a huge pleasure and privilege and I thoroughly enjoy it.  In 2008 I was delighted and honoured to be appointed Honorary Vice President.

I was honoured to be asked to carry the Clan Chief’s personal flag ( which is almost 200 years old) in procession at the opening of the Ballater Highland Games in August 2005, and again to lead our Clan Chief, who is the Chieftain of the Games, out of the arena at the close of the Games.

I was honoured to present a dram of Laphroaig whisky to HRH Prince Charles on his arrival at the Ballater Highland Games in August 2019.

See the arrival of the Clan Chief at the Ballater Highland Games in August 2019 here:

Below are photos from the 2018 Gathering

In early September 2019 I stepped down as President of Clan Farquharson UK after 19 years of being involved closely with the committee. I have left the clan in the competent hands of a new President Elect, confident that he will take the clan forwards with vigour.   I remain Honorary Vice President.

I have 13 kilts!

  1. Farquharson modern tartan and which is a traditional kilt.
  2. Hillwalker kilt in weathered Farquharson. This is slightly shorter and sits on the hips like trousers, has 3 pockets and has larger pleats. This is a bit light in a wind !
  3. 21st Century kilt in plain dark grey.
  4. 21st Century kilt in light-green tweed.
  5. 21st Century kilt in black (2 of these).
  6. 21st Century kilt in Camouflage. Great for hillwalking and fishing etc. It is poly-viscose, lightweight and dries quickly.
  7. 21st Century black imitation leather. Daring !   Great for ceilidhs.
  8. Leather kilt. Even more daring and even better for parties !
  9. House of Bruar kilt in Borrowdale brown tweed. This is very smart.
  10. Black Watch regulation weight in traditional 8 yards.
  11. Farquharson ancient 6 yards.
  12. Farquharson ancient 8 yards.
  13. Tweed kilt in Dunnock tweed from Marton Mills.

I served for 13 years with the Sea Cadet Corps, instructing cadets in seamanship, outdoor adventure training and various naval subjects. I was the Commanding Officer of TS Fortitude for 2 years before I retired.  I was awarded the Cadet Forces Medal. Upon that retirement  I joined the Territorial Army, Royal Military Police in 1984 and when there was no room for more officers I transferred to 22 Ordnance Coy  Royal Army Ordnance Corps (now the Royal Logistic Corps).  I was granted the Queens Commission on 15th June 1986 on passing out of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. I served in the TA for 10 years, latterly as Staff Officer Combat Supplies 2 Ordnance Battalion and then transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers.

Full Coat of Arms

Crest badge. This silver badge is worn on my Scottish Balmoral hat, sometimes with a single eagle feather.

On 25th September 1999 I was granted a Scottish Coat of Arms by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Edinburgh.

Vert, a saltire couped Argent between a cannon Or in chief, two bezants in the flanks and a stag’s head cabossed Or in base. Above the shields is placed an Helm befitting his degree, with a Mantling Vert doubled Argent, and on a Wreath of the liveries is set for Crest an antique mortar proper and in an Escrol over the same, the motto “WITH FORTITUDE”.

The Motto contains the word “Fortitude”. This is taken from my Clan Chief’s coat of arms,  the old coat of arms of the Borough of Stockton on Tees and is the name of the Training Ship of the Sea Cadet Corps in which I served for 13 years.

The Crest – antique mortar – was chosen to represent my father’s association with the Royal Artillery and my own service as an officer in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

On the shield, the saltire cross is for Scotland, green for the Caig Society, cannon and two cannon balls for my British Army (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) connections and my father’s military service with regular and TA units (Royal Artillery),  and the stag’s head from the coat of arms from the family of my mother’s maiden name, Staveley.

In 1960 I joined SJA as a cadet and became their only Cadet Leader and captain of the first aid competition team, winning several trophies at county level. I then formed the Billingham Ambulance Cadet Division in 1968 and trained their competition team, winning the Yorkshire Trophy. In later years I returned to SJA as an adult volunteer and ended up as County Staff Officer.

In 2013 I took a 6 months job with St John Ambulance as Emergency Transport Attendant, which entailed crewing an emergency ambulance in support of the NHS ambulance service. Pity that their management was not up to the job!

In 2014 I joined Durham County Council as a Bikeability National Standard instructor. I traveled around schools in County Durham teaching primary and secondary school children how to ride a bike on a road. In 2016 I was promoted to senior cycle instructor and I obtained the qualification of National Standard Instructor Trainer (Provisional). I left this job at the end of 2017.

I have a Koga World Traveller expedition touring bike that is capable of, literally, taking me and my luggage round the world. This is a very stable bike, even hurtling down Sutton Bank with full camping gear at 35mph ! I did the Great Glen Cycle Way on this bike in 2018.

I have since my childhood enjoyed hillwalking and camping and often take to the hills at weekends.

I have regularly attended various Scottish country dance classes and groups.


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Some of the advantages of die cutting are accuracy, speed, cost and a limited amount of waste. Die cutting provides uniformity across all of the parts reducing waste and increasing quality as compared to other methods. The speed of die cutting is unmatched by any other process as multiple parts can be cut at once in much faster succession.

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Curried Chicken and Mango Chili Salad

Curried Chicken and Mango Chili Salad
Serves 2

Running out of chicken salad ideas? We lightly coated our lean chicken breasts in a mild curry powder and grilled them to perfection. The bright, bold flavours of the sweet mango, acidic lime and spicy chili ‘relish’ is an ideal accompaniment. You can serve it over any salad leaves of your choice, but we love the delicate flavour of peas in pea shoots. Don’t forget the toasted almonds, they add a lovely texture.

1 TB flaked almonds
1 tsp mild curry powder
2 medium chicken breasts, skinless and deboned
3 tsp roasted sesame oil
80g diced fresh mango
1 small red chili, finely chopped
1 lime, halved
½ large avocado, sliced
2 cups pea shoots
a few small mint leaves

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Toast the flaked almonds in a hot, dry pan on the stovetop until golden. Remove and set aside.

Rub the curry powder onto the chicken breasts and season with salt. Add one teaspoon of the sesame oil into the same pan used for the almonds and colour the chicken breasts on both sides until golden. Transfer the breasts to an oven tray and place in the oven, allowing them to cook through for an additional 15-20 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool slightly before slicing.

In the meantime, combine the diced mango, chopped chili and the juice of half a lime juice in a small bowl.

Assemble the salad by lightly tossing the pea shoots in the remaining sesame oil. Divide between two plates and add the sliced avocado and sliced chicken. Top with the mango/chili mix and garnish with a scattering of the toasted almonds and some small mint leaves.

A squeeze of the remaining lime juice and salt will finish the salad perfectly.

Calories per serving = 338Cal

Macros per serving

  • Fats 20g
     of which saturates       7g
  • Carbs 3g
     of which sugars           6g
  • Fibre 3g
  • Protein 30g

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Understanding more on Androgenetic alopecia

Understanding more on Androgenetic alopecia

The term androgenetic alopecia usually refers to hair loss with a hereditary pattern in both men and women. Hair loss usually begins in the fronto temporal region and progresses to the top and top of the head. This affects more than half of men and about the same percentage of women during menopause. Studies show that this disease is more common among Caucasians than in any other racial group. Androgenic alopecia is usually asymptomatic. Affected people barely notice that they have lost 30 or 40 percent of their hair, as hair loss occurs gradually.

Androgenetic alopecia

Androgenic alopecia is caused by the interaction of genetic factors and male hormones. The gene responsible for the condition has not been identified, but is said to be inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. People with androgenetic alopecia have genes that predispose to the disease and, therefore, can lose hair at any time in their lives. A genetic predisposition to androgenetic alopecia makes sick people sensitive to the action of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The presence of high levels of DHT in androgen-dependent areas of the scalp contributes to hair loss and slows hair growth. DHT readily binds to receptors in the hair follicles and causes contraction of the hair follicles. Contraction of hair follicles causes hair loss and hair miniaturization.

Alopecia androgenetica requires immediate treatment. Although this condition does not cause serious health problems, it can seriously affect the self-esteem and self-confidence of affected people. In addition, the condition is progressive. If left untreated, the condition can cause baldness. It is important to find the right treatment as soon as the condition is diagnosed. Usually, doctors prescribe minoxidil or finasteride, which are the only drugs approved for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Minoxidil is used topically, and finasteride is used internally. Both drugs are effective in stopping hair loss, but the continued use of these drugs is recommended to prevent the resumption of hair loss.

If you have any suspicions about the possible side effects of drug use over an extended period, you should look for other options. Some people with androgenetic alopecia resort to natural therapies such as rubbing olive oil, aloe vera extract and applying herbal extracts to the affected area of the scalp. Natural methods are also effective, but you must follow the regimen to see the results. Currently, there are other natural remedies on the market. These natural treatments come in many forms, such as shampoo, conditioner, vitamins and supplements.


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Integrating Active Directory With Apache

See also: Apache Tips and Tricks

At work CVS access has always been fairly open, after all we’re all friends behind the firewall … right? Well it was decided from upon high that we’re a big enough company that this is no longer appropriate, “many things need to change”. The one thing I wasn’t quite sure how to fix was to protect ViewCVS (a web read-only CVS client).

Here are my requirements:

  1. Must use Active Directory for the user/pass database
  2. Must use Active Directory groups to determine membership in “departmentA”
  3. Must be able to implement group based restrictions, eg. “repositoryA” must only be accessible by “departmentA”

So being a Debian sorta fellow I did a search for all the Apache and LDAP packages which my servers had packages for:

# apt-cache --names-only search libapache | grep -i ldap
libapache-auth-ldap - LDAP authentication module for Apache
libapache-authnetldap-perl - LDAP authentication for Apache+mod_perl
libapache-authznetldap-perl - LDAP access control for Apache+mod_perl
libapache-mod-ldap - Apache authentication via LDAP directory

I’m not a mod_perl fan so that ruled out two, which left me with mod-ldap or Auth_LDAP. I did some reading. It appears that mod-ldap just stores usernames/passwords in an LDAP tree, it doesn’t actually validate credentials by binding to an LDAP server (which seems mostly useless to me but maybe I’m missing something) so that was no use to me. Which left me with Auth-LDAP. I tracked down it’s homepage and started to despair as there was no mention of Active Directory, since AD isn’t quite normal LDAP that’s normally a bad sign. I spent some more time staring listlessly at the documentation …

After gathering enough entropy I started to experiment, in the end it was quite easy. The hardest part is wrapping your head around LDAP URLs. Once you grok that the rest is straight forward enough.

  1. Install libapache-auth-ldap into Apache (I’m assuming you know how to do this)
  2. Make sure you know the DN for your Active Directory server,typically it will be in the format of cn=users,dc=domain,dc=com
  3. Setup an Active Directory user that has read only permission to view all your users attributes
  4. Using the username you just created, login to AD, using a normal LDAP browser, and view a different users information
  5. In the users information you should see a memberOf attribute, cut and paste the value somewhere you’ll be able to grab it later. Normally the value will look something like CN=DepartmentA,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com
  6. Configure Apache to require a valid user to enter a directory:

    <Location /cgi-bin/viewcvs>
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Restricted Directory"
    AuthLDAPURL ldap://,dc=com?sAMAccountName?sub
    AuthLDAPBindPassword secretpassword
    require valid-user
  7. Open up a browser and try and access your newly restricted directory, you should be prompted for a username and password and it should only let you enter if you enter in a user/pass combo that exists in your Active Directory server.
  8. Assuming that works, lets add in the group restrictions. We only want /cvsroot/reposA to only be accessible by people in departmentA. All you need to do is to change the AuthLDAPURL to have a filter, like this (should be all one long line):

    AuthLDAPURL ldap://,dc=com?sAMAccountName?sub?(memberOf=CN=departmentA,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com)

    This looks a little confusing but all you are doing is saying that in order for the URL to match a user they must have an LDAP attribute called memberOf which matches CN=departmentA,CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com

And more or less, that’s it. You’re done! There are some other useful tips which are included below:

  • Active Directory doesn’t allow anonymous binds. This is why you have to specify the AuthLDAPBindDN and AuthLDAPBindPassword directives
  • Microsoft has somewhat made up for disallowing anonymous binds by setting things up so that you don’t need to know a users proper DN in order to bind to the server. You can bind to any AD server using a DN of the format
  • I specify sub as part of the LDAP URL because our users are broken out into sub-trees, if you have the standard AD setup you shouldn’t need it (eg. set the URL to AuthLDAPURL ldap://adserver/cn=users,dc=domain,dc=com?sAMAccountName)
  • You can’t restrict access using Apache based on GET parameters, only on directories and files (eg. from an authentication point of view /path/to/cgi?var=value and /path/to/cgi?var=value2 are identical)
  • If you specify each repository in your viewcvs.conf with the cvs_roots variable, ViewCVS will use GET parameters to differentiate between repositories. The only way around this I found was to make sure that all your repositories are in one directory (eg. /cvsroot/reposA and /cvsroot/reposB) and then just point ViewCVS at the root directory and let it browse from that point down. Using this scheme you get URL’s like /viewcvs.cgi/reposA/module which works nicely with Apache authentication
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This is us. The complete first season [videorecording] / produced by Bekah Brunstetter, Vera Herbert ; written by Dan Fogelman, Donald Todd, Joe Lawson, KJ Steinberg, Isaac Aptaker [and others] ; directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Ken Olin, George Tillman, Craig Zisk [and others].

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Follows the adventures of several families as their lives become interconnected.
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Dolby digital 5.1, wide screen 1.78:1.
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Pilot -- The big three -- Kyle -- The pool -- The game plan -- Career days -- The best washing machine in the whole world -- Pilgrim Rick -- The trip -- Last Christmas -- The right thing to do -- The big day -- Three sentences -- I call marriage -- Jack Pearson's son -- Memphis -- What now? -- Moonshadow.
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Follows the adventures of several families as their lives become interconnected.
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For private home use only.
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Subject: Families > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Genre: Television comedies.
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Story: Moko, Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati

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Moko, Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati

Ngāti Whakaue; land agent, commission agent, Rātana administrator

This biography, written by Angela Ballara,  was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1998. It was translated into te reo Māori by the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team.

Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati Moko was born at Rotorua on 9 May 1885, the son of Tāmati Moko and his wife, Rawinia Te Whau Wharetutu. He was principally of Ngāti Whakaue of Te Arawa, although he was also connected to Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi. Pita Moko attended Rotorua School and then St Stephen's Native Boys' School at Parnell, Auckland, becoming fluent in English as well as Māori. He later worked as a land agent in Rotorua. On 24 August 1912, in Wanganui, he married Roka Waiāria Tīhema of the Wanganui tribes and Ngāti Tama hapū of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. In 1915, when he enlisted as a soldier in the First World War, he was a self-employed commission agent in Taihape. Moko served in Egypt and Europe, rising to the rank of sergeant major. He was invalided home and discharged in 1916.

About 1920 Moko was converted by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana to his movement, and for over a decade was never far from Rātana's side. If Rātana was the mouthpiece (Māngai) of God, Moko was the mouthpiece of Rātana to the English-speaking world. Since the Māngai kept himself apart, impressions of him obtained by reporters and the curious were those given by Moko.

Moko was usually described as Rātana's secretary or executive officer. He answered the hundreds of letters that poured into Rātana pā, especially following the cure by letter of Fanny Lammas in March 1921. Moko's answers were looked over and signed by the Māngai. Late in 1921 Moko rather than Rātana announced to the press that all practising tohunga had been invited to Rātana's Christmas Day hui, when he intended to abolish all such practices and end 'pagan doctrines' among Māori.

In March 1924 Moko organised Rātana's world tour, which was intended to bring the Māngai's enlightenment and the Treaty of Waitangi to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley and to the wider world. The party of 23 men and 16 women included Moko and his wife, Waiāria, who, with Te Urumanaao, wife of Tahupōtiki Rātana, and Rīpeka, wife of Tokouru Rātana, was in charge of the younger women. Moko experienced difficulty acquiring passports for the group, and after writing to the native minister, Gordon Coates, was informed that the costs of fares and accommodation would have to be deposited in advance with the Department of Internal Affairs. Moko was convinced that these financial obstructions had been placed in their way by the government at the urging of Māori opponents of the movement.

Eventually the group departed in April. Moko took many documents and exhibits to back up Rātana's claim to healing powers. They travelled by the Barrabool to London. On their return on the Niagara in December, the young women who performed poi and other dances to raise money for the movement were offended by European male passengers; Moko struck one, but no legal consequences seem to have followed.

In London Moko complained to the press that the party had been treated so badly at Wembley that they had refused to enter the New Zealand pavilion. Nevertheless, they saw the carved house Mātaatua exhibited there; Moko said that the workmanship was only half Māori, and the exhibit showed how 'low down in the scale of native races' Māori were considered to be. An attempt was made to get the party's petition, concerning breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi, to the British government by handing it (as a loyal address) along with gifts to the Prince of Wales at a garden party. However, the gifts and address were returned to Moko as unacceptable. When this avenue of protest was blocked by colonial authorities, Moko addressed several public meetings on the subject. While Rātana remained in Paris, Moko led a party to Geneva hoping to present the petition to the League of Nations. However, the league was not in session. After returning to New Zealand, Moko reported that the deepest impression made on the Rātana party was the bad social conditions of the poor in Britain.

During the party's absence, the movement's first federation had been set up. Pita Moko was not included, nor did he become a Rātana minister in the newly gazetted Rātana church. He remained close to Rātana, accompanying him as principal aide and organiser of his spiritual missions around the country. He continued to report miracle cures performed by Rātana, even though the Māngai declared his powers had departed.

In 1925 Moko had seconded a motion that the building of a temple take precedence over all other activities at Rātana pā. From February 1926 he was assistant secretary of the temple-building committee. Plans were received, and in March the committee resolved that to cut costs the followers of Rātana would do the work, supervised by two Pākehā master builders. By May it was decided that the Māngai with divine guidance would design the building. New Zealand Truth alleged that Clifton Hood, a Wanganui architect, had delivered his design to Moko; the plan called for the expenditure of £7,000. Moko was pleased with the design and kept the plans to obtain Rātana's approval. He later returned them to the architect, but no commission followed. When the temple was built Hood considered that the people at Rātana had used some of his features and adapted the rest. He sued Moko and Rātana for £250, and obtained a judgement for £130.

In 1928 Rātana took his important decision to divide his ‘body’ into four ‘koata’ (quarters), appointing four young men to be his candidates at the 1928 election, standing as independents. In October he announced their names; Moko was the candidate for Eastern Māori. Rātana also announced that they were to follow a policy based on the Treaty of Waitangi, self-determination for Māori and redress for grievances arising both before and after the signing of the treaty. At the election in November, Moko, facing an uphill battle against Apirana Ngata, came second in a field of three with a respectable 1,846 votes. He was chosen again to contest the 1931 election. During this campaign Paraire Tomoana sent a telegram to Rātana demanding that he show respect to Ngata by withdrawing Moko. Although Moko received 1,994 votes he lost to Ngata by a resounding 3,211 votes.

Rātana was very bitter over the defeat of his four candidates and threatened to withdraw from politics altogether. But the following year, when Eruera Tirikātene won Southern Māori, he turned his full attention to parliamentary politics. Accompanying Tirikātene to Wellington, he began official negotiations with the New Zealand Labour Party and installed Paraire Paikea and his own son, Tokouru Rātana, as Tirikatene's aides. Moko was left out. Progressively out of favour with the man to whom he had once been indispensable, he quarrelled bitterly with the Māngai in mid 1933. His cousin, the Reverend W. Te R. Pareiha (Fraser), alleged that there was an 'opposition party' at Rātana pā to which he and Moko belonged; their major concern was the tendency of Rātana to de-Christianise the Rātana faith. He gave details of the Māngai's departures from orthodox religion, some of which were substantiated in his teachings reported in the Rātana newspaper, Te Whetū Mārama o Te Kotahitanga; some were not. It was clear that the immediate cause of the quarrel was the Māngai's abandonment of monogamy and rumours concerning his ongoing marital plans. This was the ground on which Moko angrily accused the Māngai of hypocrisy. At a special meeting on 21 October 1933 Patu Te Rito suggested, and Rātana agreed, that a new Eastern Māori candidate be found. In 1935 Tiaki Ōmana was endorsed.

After his quarrel with Rātana, Moko and his wife lived on at Rātana pā for some years, although Moko was stripped of all office. Waiāria died in 1941; they apparently had one son who died without issue, and adopted a son. Possibly after Waiāria's death, Pita Moko returned to Ōhinemutu, where he died on 8 June 1943. The officiating minister at his burial was Anglican.

How to cite this page:

Angela Ballara. 'Moko, Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, (accessed 27 September 2020)


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During the first months of my residence in New York City, the lavishness and consumption of the American lifestyle surprised me. As a new immigrant from rural China to the Big Apple, I was mentally unprepared for the sights and sounds of such a wealthy country, which is capable of utilizing so much of the world’s resources for her luxurious ways. Now, I have become accustomed to these ways of life. Water, food, and shelter come easily and everyone around me is immune against contagious diseases. I soon discovered the harsh truth, however, that not everyone is so fortunate. When I returned to my birthplace, I found myself unable to grasp the magnitude of the health problems people face outside of the United States. I visited hospitals and temporary clinics that had unacceptable health practices according to American standards. Still, to people with acute and chronic illnesses, those establishments were the best options available. 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One monumental societal problem we encounter today is proper medical response for people after a calamity. From this single earthquake alone, we can see clearly that handling medical crises can be extremely difficult. The first main obstacle is securing clean water and supplies. Efficient and timely global transportation systems and rapid communication will help to resolve this issue. Secondly, most victims after natural disasters such as an earthquake or a cyclone need immediate medical attention. Establishing temporary clinics requires sanitary conditions for patient treatment and recovery. In addition to addressing this problem, we need to recruit competent volunteers and doctors in order to staff these emergency facilities. Lastly, one nation should not face the medical crisis caused by an unpredicted natural catastrophe alone. As global citizens, we need to raise awareness and encourage international collaboration to minimize the obstacles in responding to medical emergencies. 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Good attempt at this genre.

Play time ~ 22 hours (until I ran in to the bugs that blocked my progress and when I gave up due to some of the “why would I do that” puzzles).

This game is more about exploration than puzzle solving, although it does have a fair number of puzzles and some of which are fairly good.

It has decent voice acting, although sometimes hard to understand behind the static-radio quality; it seemed intentional but degraded the experience a bit for me.

I would also have liked a bit more music in the background; as opposed to the emptiness and eeriness that is in the game now.

The game boasts the potential to raise awareness of dementia which is a noble cause. However, it also has storytelling that tells of violence; to make it worse, it is told in a way that is like being told to children, which doesn’t seem very family friendly…

Lastly, The puzzles range from mind-numbing easy to “why would I think to do that”. To make things worse, several of the puzzles are bugged and I could not restore all the projectors because of it, this is very frustrating. FYI, here are some (WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILER):

BrimCliff Mines: DO NOT EXIT this area when you are doing the reels puzzle, otherwise a reset will cause you to lose a reel. Similarly for the Bible puzzle.
Pinwheel Village: When doing the piano quest, the rope pulling wasn’t working for me. To finish the Export area projector, you need a sharp object. If you had previously got rid of your broken bottle or previously already used the Presser machine in the Brewery, you may be at a loss…

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December 7-13 is National Influenza Vaccination Week

If you have not already gotten your flu shot, we urge you to get it this week. We have heard that many of the clinics and drug stores have run out of the vaccine, but we still carry it at our Urgent Care Center in Danbury. If you are experiencing  flu like symptoms and you are unsure as to whether it is the flu or a cold, watch this Medical Minute Is it The Flu or a Cold  or come in and get diagnosed and treated.

You may have heard recently that many cases of this year’s flu strain is the H3N2 strain, or Influenza A. Our own Dr. Brown was interviewed by the Stamford Advocate last week about whether this changes the protocol for protecting against and treating the flu. He had this to say

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