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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: Anonymous on September 14, 2007, 05:29:20 PM
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Foundation for troubled teens in Samoa will offer financial help for some locals to attend
Posted at 23:22 on 26 August, 2007 UTC
A new facility for troubled male teens in Samoa says scholarships will be offered to suitable applicants.
The Manuia Foundation has just opened its campus on Upolu to rehabilitate delinquent boys aged between 13 and 18 years of age.
Proprietor, Alema Fitisemanu, says there’s been international interest in the inaugural five month programme, which begins in October.
He says although appealing to the wealthy, with a daily charge of $400 US a day for the programme, scholarships will be on offer.
“This programme is a great programme. It’s basically a very high end programme but we’ve also set aside, knowing a lot of our ethnic families wouldn’t be able to afford this programme, we started a non profit foundation in the United States and in Samoa, to raise money so that we can scholarship kids that we select that we know would definitely thrive on the programme, but can’t afford it.â€
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Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".
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Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".
Ha,Ha,Ha,....... thats funny...Ha,Ha
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Did somebody take over the Who? Since he's been back, he seems like such a different person. :question:
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Did somebody take over the Who?
Lady, if you think I or any other entity is gonna possess this guy, you've gotta lay off the drugs for a night or two.
Even demons have standards.
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Did somebody take over the Who? Since he's been back, he seems like such a different person. :question:
His daughter sometimes signs in on his name. He said that she spends every weekend at home with him. He claims they have a close relationship and are like "best-friends". I think it's his daughter, she's been signing on a lot lately talking about her program. She really hated it a lot. But now she lives with her dad on the weekends??? I don't get it?!?!?
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Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".
Yeah there will be a lot of fisting going on. Just like at the last program in Samoa.
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Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".
Yeah there will be a lot of fisting going on. Just like at the last program in Samoa.
::puke::
Don't google it, for the love of God and all things holy
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In the WWASP group we were investigating a program, but it did not seem to be WWASP. Some rumors are talking about them expanding on another continent.
Could it be the same program, you are discussing?
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851 (http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851)
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In the WWASP group we were investigating a program, but it did not seem to be WWASP. Some rumors are talking about them expanding on another continent.
Could it be the same program, you are discussing?
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851 (http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851)
ABSOLUTELY!! "Lemme fisti-fuck you" appears to be on that one too:
Successful applicant would be expected to be settled in Apia, ready to start by the 1 October 2007.
Email Resume or CV and Job Description requests to:
Manuia Plantation
PO Box 1458
Apia, Samoa
www.manuiaplantation.com (http://www.manuiaplantation.com)
http://www.strugglingteens.com/employme ... ation.html (http://www.strugglingteens.com/employment/ManuiaPlantation.html)
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I am not so worried about WWASP in Samoa, but I am afraid that it could be an old player in the game.
http://www.rickross.com/reference/teenb ... oot17.html (http://www.rickross.com/reference/teenboot/teenboot17.html)
http://www.teenliberty.org/Samoan.htm (http://www.teenliberty.org/Samoan.htm)
Mr. Cartisano was last seen in that area of the world and until someone travels out there and pull the pants of every person named in relation with the program, I think people should be concerned.
We do not even know if the place has something to do with Pacific Coast Academy located in the same town.
http://fornits.com/wiki/index.php/Pacific_Coast_Academy (http://fornits.com/wiki/index.php/Pacific_Coast_Academy)
None knows how he looks today and he could hide under any name he wants. Who wants to visit this god forsaken place?
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Might also notice the Sudweeks, were involved with Steve Cartisano.
The Sudweeks who ran Whitmore Academy who had been ran out of Canada, Mexico, and plea bargained for Abuse in Utah.
If these birds of feather who flocked togeather open a place, or either one of them, it would be a injustice for any youth enrolled in the program, thanks for the information. We need to keep an eye open on this new place.
Bunnie
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Given there is nothing to stop the Suds from opening a program in utah, as long as it's not in Juab County - it seems logical that is where they will do so. Operating programs out of the U.S. is going to get very difficult in the near future.
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From the Manuia Plantation website:
Sione Tavake grew up in Northern California. He attended University of Utah where he earned a BS in Political Science. Mr. Tavake has vast experience in the juvenile justice system serving as a parole officer, probation officer, foster parent, and tracker. For the last 13 years as Executive Director of New Leaf Alternative a child placement agency serving the State of Utah. Mr. Tavake's personable and high energy personality has allowed him to make friends with everyone he meets, especially the many youth he’s served over the years. He chairs the National Tongan American Society which amongst many things, serves to educate the Polynesian community in the areas of drug/alcohol abuse, diabetes and higher education. His commitment to Manuia Plantation's Core Values reveals itself in his personal and family life. He and his good wife Maile have 6 children and have lived in Draper Utah for 11 years.[/list]
Head Coach (Program Director) / Trainer / Owner
Coach Alema S. Fitisemanu II grew up in Apia and is an authority on Samoan culture and Samoa's tropical island environment. He is thankful for the wisdom gained while part of the management team of Provo Canyon School and Coral Reef Academy Samoa. Each year of experience, 7 years in all, has played a part in solidifying his own beliefs on how to affect change in troubled teens. He has created Manuia Plantation inserting all the necessary components he has come by over the years. He and his wife Geraldine have 5 children of their own and take a hands on approach to their roles as the "Dad and Mom" of Manuia Plantation. Their home over the years has been a place of sanctuary for youth. Whether they lived in Los Angeles, San Diego, Provo UT or Samoa, it is not unusual to find a house-full of youth, over for dinner or just to spend time with their family. Coach Fitisemanu has a BA in Political Science from Brigham Young University and has vast experience in team sports and physical fitness, having played on several championship college football teams including having been inducted in the Brigham Young University Sports Hall of Fame as a member of their 1984 National Championship Football Team. His hobbies are reading, scuba diving, travelling, watching rugby and playing with his kids. Coach lives permanently in Samoa and supervises all student activities.
http://www.manuiaplantation.com/staff-bios.html (http://www.manuiaplantation.com/staff-bios.html)
Manuia Plantation Core Values[/b]
Character/Integrity, Personal Responsibility, Respect, Gratitude, Humility, Love and Honor
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." – G. Eliot
Manuia Plantation or 'MP' uses a unique 'team setting' to teach core values. It uses the Samoan tropical island environment to create 'mountain top' experiences where all activities are designed to intensify learning and teach our core values.
MP has 5 levels. Each level has required tasks to complete to advance to the next level. Each task teaches a core value.
ALL Levels require: teamwork, leadership, goal setting, personal sacrifice, commitment, service, learning culture & language, facilitating cultural activities at the program culture center, song, dance, art, 'fautasi' long boat rowing, hiking, cooking, planting/harvesting, family heritage/genealogy, personal growth activities, education and therapy.
The MP educational component offers BYU Independent Study Courses to work towards diploma requirements; in addition, as part of level advancement, students are required to complete a 'personal development' curriculum that range in topics such as 'examining the lives of the Founding Fathers' to 'developing character' to even 'financial literacy.'
http://www.manuiaplantation.com/program ... ation.html (http://www.manuiaplantation.com/program-information.html)[/list]
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There are a couple of small, potentially coincidental pieces of this puzzle which might point to Steven Cartisano's involvement here. The Utah connections appear to be there, no surprise here. However, two other locations that Cartisano has been known to be active in recently are Arizona and Oklahoma.
Regarding previous program (now defunct), Pacific Coast Academy (2000):
"The Americans involved are reportedly
Steve Cartisano (aka Steve Michaels) of Arizona and Lonnie Fuller who is said to be still in samoa. Neither of them is on the telephone directory, nor is that other company they are supposed to represent, Pacific Coast Academy."
"The problem though is that Cartisano is no longer around. He has returned to
the United States where he could not be reached for a comment. But before he
left, he managed to cash a string of US bank cheques in a local bank
totaling about $25,000 and using New Hope Academy as guarantor.
Issued by OSU Community Federal Credit Union of Oklahoma to "Stepehn
Cartisano", all the cheques were returned as there were no funds to cover
them. Wakefield said he had since paid the debt to the bank in installments
"to protect the integrity of the bankers involved." Now he wants Cartisano
to pay back the money so that he could pay his local creditors."
"Although the programme's Web page lists a Mesa, Ariz, mailing address, Mesa city officials say they have no record of a business license for the academy, or Pacific Coast Foundation, a so-called "outdoor intervention referral service" using the same phone number as Pacific Coast Academy (PCA).
PCA bills itself as a nonprofit organization, and all non-profits in Arizona are required to register with the secretary of state's office. The state has no record of either the academy or foundation. The toll-free phone number for PCA rings through to an office in Stillwater, Okla, where Cartisano resides much of the year. However, a statement sent to The Salt Lake Tribune via e-mail maintains Cartisano has no involvement in the operation of PCA."
http://www.teenliberty.org/Samoan.htm (http://www.teenliberty.org/Samoan.htm)[/list]
Regarding program of current interest, Manuia Plantation (2007):
This is the information of godaddy for the domain registration:
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851 (http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851)
"Staff receive 'Residential Child and Youth Care Professional' training as developed by The University of Oklahoma National Resource Center for Youth Services..."
http://www.manuiaplantation.com/program ... ation.html (http://www.manuiaplantation.com/program-information.html)[/list]
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Finding info on Pacific Coast Academy is difficult since it no longer exists, there is now some television program by that name (and that website), not to mention the Dance school and Martial Arts Schools, etc. etc. etc.
Here is a link to a search on the Wayback Machine, which gives links to this website from 1999-the present:
http://web.archive.org/web/*sa_/http:// ... ademy.com/ (http://web.archive.org/web/*sa_/http://www.pacificcoastacademy.com/)
The years of interest are 2001 and 2002. There were no pages archived in 2003, then the site was parked for a long while at GoDaddy, and then started up in February of 2005 by the television show.
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Yet another strange Polynesian-Utah Mormon thing. Besides this bunch of Samoan Mormons doing their teen behavior modification thing in the south Pacific, there is also the infamous Ah Quin family of Polynesian Mormons who are deeply involved in Liahona Academy and several other Utah programs.
What a strange outcome from past Mormon missionary activity in the Pacific islands -- who would've guessed that someday the descendents of those converted island natives would make their fortunes by abusing and brainwashing American teenagers.
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From all research I have found that Joe Ahquin is the owner of that Certified Teen Help bull-oney on the web.
Sorry off track here.
Last research I have found on Cartisano, he sold his Art business, now no further data. Probably has a new alias.
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I have tons of info regarding Pacific Coast Academy and the unfamous Steve Cartisano, AKA, Steve Michael's, Scott Richard's.
It wouldn't surprise me if Cartisano was somehow involved with this 'new' program.
Michelle Sutton Memorial Fund, Inc.
Catherine Sutton
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Selected pages from Steve Cartisano's now defunct Pacific Coast Academy. Titles also serve as links to the source page on Wayback. These pages are from 2001 and 2002 (not all pages are from same website revision, as not all are available).
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Phone - (877) 686-4560
FAX - (877) 686-4570[/list]
Mailing Address
(http://http://web.archive.org/web/20000617193812/www.pacificcoastacademy.com/homepage.html)P.O. Box 8241
Mesa, AZ 85214-8241
Internet
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WHY are mormons so fucking obsessed with brainwashing kids exactly?
I also heard some mormons basically tell their kids at 18 to go on a "missionary" thing or they're out of the family for good.
Fucking cultists.
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While we are waiting for the truth, I have used the time to create a page about the program on Fornits Wiki:
http://fornits.com/wiki/index.php/Manuia_Plantation (http://fornits.com/wiki/index.php/Manuia_Plantation)
If you find links about the place, please post them on the discussion page, so they can be a part of the page.
It would also be nice to have the exact address for a sat photo (and for Coral Reef Academy, which seems to operate in the same manner.) If someone is living in Utah, please call and pretent to be a parent (My phone bill would be too high).
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Re. Sione Tavake, from the Staff Bio section of Manuia Plantation:
"For the last 13 years as Executive Director of New Leaf Alternative a child placement agency serving the State of Utah."
There is a program that is part of "The Aspen Collection" called New Leaf Academy (2 schools, one in Oregon, and the other in North Carolina, I believe), which does not appear to be related.
Both Manuia Plantation and the now defunct Pacific Coast Academy (Steve Cartisano) emphasize similar "core values," i.e., pulling in immersion in Samoa culture and family values as a means of helping a teen cross the bridge into manhood. They also share similar website management patterns of having sections perennially "under construction." It may be too early to tell in Manuia Plantation’s case, as the program is just starting up. Keep on eye open though... Currently zippo in the photo gallery and video testimony sections.
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The 2 new leaf's are not related. new leaf Academy used to be called Green leaf. It was always for young girls and started in oregon not utah
To any Mormons who read or post- is there a big mormon Community in Samoa? It seems to be the first place that ppl like Cartisano go when they are run out of America?
if there is a big mormon community there, is there any way of educating it on what happens in these programs?
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There are sixteen of them.
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Manuia Plantation
Apia, Samoa
www.manuiaplantation.com (http://http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/ManuiaPlantationPR_071121.shtml)
Sione Tavake
801-664-4880 USA Admissions Office
800-972-6090 Int'l Toll Free
sione@manuiaplantation.com
November 21, 2007
Manuia Plantation of Samoa is proud to announce the hiring of Dr. Merav Nagel to serve as Clinical Director and Therapist. Dr. Nagel comes with outstanding credentials and experience to offer to Manuia Plantation's indigenous intervention in Samoa for adolescent males in a village/outback setting.
She expresses her great excitement to make a difference in the lives of the youth of the world and confides "that her partnership with Manuia Plantation of Samoa and its mission to 'Bring Families Closer Together' will be a catalyst for the 'peace process' in the Middle East."
Dr. Nagel has just returned from an around-the-world trip to Mexico City and Israel meeting with colleagues, government leaders and attending educational conferences where she passionately presented academic views of "Samoa Cultural Immersion, Team Building and the Peace Process." Her views were met with great enthusiasm and hope, and has her booked as a presenter for next year's conferences already.
Dr. Merav Nagel has a MA with a 4.0 GPA in Educational Psychology from Haifa University, Ph.D. in Sport Psychology from UNAM and yet another Ph.D. with a 4.0 GPA in Clinical Psychology from Westbrook University. Dr. Merav is fluent in English, Hebrew and Spanish. She served as an Officer and a Captain in the Israeli Defense Force and brings her military and physical fitness to Samoa's outback.
Dr. Nagel worked as a clinical therapist in a variety of settings, including having been involved in educational and clinical workshops for the public worldwide. Nagel is the author of the book 'Perfectionism, Mood States, and Disordered Eating in Female Athletes and Performers' and is presently in the process of publishing the book 'The Secret of Fit Brain.'
Dr. Nagel's vast experience and education offers all students at Manuia Plantation professional and sound guidance to develop therapeutically and educationally.
PUBLICATIONS:
Nagel, M. (2007). The secret of fit brain. In press
Nagel, M. (2007). The Influence of exercise on stress and depression. In press.
Nagel, M. (2007). An exercise intervention based on the Chinese modality. In press.
Nagel, M. (2006, March 06). Israel/Palestine relations are very difficult to sort out [letter to the editor]. The Daily Utah Chronicle, pp. 1-2.
Nagel, M. (2006, August 16). Winning is not everything [letters to the editor]. Desert News, G2.
Nagel, M. (2005). A novel approach in treating children with ADHD. Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 11(2).
Nagel, M. (2005). The return. In: International Poetry Society. New York: International Poetry Society
Nagel, M. (2005). Longest way for self discovery. In: International Poetry Society. New York: International Poetry Society
Nagel, M. (2004). The relationship of the Female Athlete Triad with psycho cognitive functions and balance, Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 1(2), 116-124.
Nagel, M. (2003). Perfectionism, mood states, and disordered eating in female athletes and performers. New York: Mellen.
Nagel, M. (2002). Ethnical differences in response to an intervention program in fitness. The Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine & Sports Science Journal, XIV, 40-48. Recommendations for athletes to lose body fat and increase strength. (2002. April 10). The McKenzie Banner, p. 5B
Nagel, M. (2001). A path analysis of attitudes toward eating, perfectionism, and mood states, in ballet dancers. The Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine & Sports Science Journal, XIII, 1-21.
Nagel, M. (2000), A proposal for the foundation of a cooperative school in the occupied territories. A proposal for cooperative Palestinian-Israeli education. Jerusalem, Israel: Special Affairs Minister Office.
Nagel, M (1999, Fall). Am I emotionally healthy? The Unitarian Universalistic Newsletter, (4), 3-4.
Nagel, M. (1999). Experiential learning, motivation, and academic achievements; A factor analysis. Unpublished manuscript, Springfield College at MA.
Nagel, M (1998). Education and the future; Integration of body, mind and spirit. Unpublished manuscript, the National Autonomous University of Mexico at Mexico City.
Nagel, M. (1998). Are soldiers prepared to operate in the heat? The Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine & Sports Science Journal, VII, 56-58.
Nagel, M. (February, 1997). Guidelines and instructions for Israeli students who come to study in the United States. Paper presented at the Minister of Special Affairs office, Tel-Aviv, Israel .
Nagel, M. (1997). Poverty and drugs; the Rosenthal Effect of the Mexican blue collar workers. Unpublished manuscript, the National Autonomous University of Mexico at Mexico City,
Nagel, M. (1996). The sociopsychological and cognitive influences of physical education; An intervention program for underprivileged children. Haifa, Israel: Haifa University.
Nagel, M. (1995). Humor and tolerance to pain in the Kibbutz, Moshav, and City. Unpublished manuscript, Haifa University, Israel.
Nagel, M. (1994). The relationship between the levels of officers' physical fitness and their social status. Tel-Aviv, Israel: The IDF Bulletin.
Nagel, M. (1989). Conflict of puberty. Haifa, Israel: Rechassim
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Some more on Merav Nagel... These two bits from an April 14, 2003 issue of News and Notes, a faculty/staff newsletter for Idaho State University, where she was teaching at the time.
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(http://http://www.isu.edu/urelate/newsnotes/archive/nn20030414/Nagel2.jpg)
http://aahperd.confex.com/aahperd/2003/ ... _16418.htm[/url]. Dr. Rick Kearns, professor of health and nutrition sciences, presented "Patient Education: The Next Horizon for Health Education"; a description can be found at http://aahperd.confex.com/aahperd/2003/ ... _12910.htm (http://aahperd.confex.com/aahperd/2003/finalprogram/session_12910.htm). Dr. Cynthia Pemberton, chair of educational leadership, presented "Defining Sport for Women and Girls: Contemporary Issues and Research"; a description can be found at http://aahperd.confex.com/aahperd/2003/ ... _18040.htm (http://aahperd.confex.com/aahperd/2003/finalprogram/session_18040.htm).
http://www.isu.edu/urelate/newsnotes/ar ... ntent.html (http://www.isu.edu/urelate/newsnotes/archive/nn20030414/content.html)
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More again on Merav Nagel... The following (below) from her Zoominfo profile, which contains one entry, namely that of her employment by The National Association for Child Development as their Research Director in 2005.
The references to her work at ISU in the previous post sound legit, albeit a bit strangely focused on stretching the limits of physical endurance and an anti-obesity slant. The position at Manuia Plantation is a bit wacko, and the one at NACD... well, see this thread for more on NACD:
'NACD, that is, Robert Doman Jr.'
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=24285 (http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=24285)[/list]
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1. NACD :: what is NACD? :: key personnel
www.nacd.org/about/personnel.h (http://www.nacd.org/about/personnel.h) - [Cached]
Published on: 5/13/2005 Last Visited: 5/13/2005
Merav Nagel, Ph.D. Director of Research
Employment History
Director of Research1
The National Association for Child Development
Headquarters Address:
549 25Th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
USA
Website: www.nacd.org (http://www.nacd.org)
Phone: (801) 621-8606
Fax: (801) 621-8389
NACD is an international organization that exists to gather, evaluate, and disseminate information and procedures relative to human development. We empower parents with specific expertise enabling them to assume primary responsibility for their children's maximum growth and development.. More
http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDe ... =494946622 (http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=494946622)