View allAll Photos Tagged practitioner,
Mayor Eric Adams and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) announce a new partnership — as a result of a massive $44 million investment by ACLM — to provide every New York City health care practitioner with free introductory training in nutrition and lifestyle medicine, enabling practitioners to integrate evidence-based content into their clinical practice to treat certain health conditions. City Hall. Monday, December 5, 2022. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.
Australasian Law Awards gets some entertainment and wow factor with Human Statue Bodyart judge living statues at Sydney Town Hall...
The ALB Australasian Law Awards is the premier awards event for the Australian and New Zealand legal industry. It brings together under one roof more than 500 in-house counsels, private practitioners and industry leaders to celebrate excellence in the legal profession, recognising individuals, teams and companies for their outstanding achievements.
For the uninitiated, ALB stands for 'Australasian Legal Business', which is a leading trade publication from Thomson Reuters.
Last Thursday the awards came with some extra excitement and wow factor.
The legal world collaborated with the creative arts arts and entertainment world, as Sydney based Human Statue Bodyart created and provided 4 human statue 'Living Judges'.
The prestigious event was so large that it took up two rooms. The human statues were in the 'Vestibule' room, while dinner for hundreds of guests was served in the adjoining 'Centennial Hall'.
As far as we can ascertain, it was the first time that the Law Awards (or any other legal entity in Australia), has used human statues, living statues, or even done anything with bodypaint. From the excellent feedback received, it will not be the last time that the awards or legal sector in Australia uses statues from Human Statue Bodyart.
It's understood that Thomson Reuters was the prime organiser of the event.
About Thomson Reuters...
Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs approximately 60,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com
Websites
Human Statue Bodyart
Human Entertainment
ALB Awards
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters (Australia)
Sydney Town Hall
Media...
LAW IN ORDER PROUDLY SPONSORS THE ALB AUSTRALASIAN LAW AWARDS 2013...
Law In Order proudly sponsors the ALB Australasian Law Awards 2013.
The ALB Australasian Law Awards is the premier awards event for the Australian and New Zealand legal industry. It brings together under one roof more than 500 in-house counsels, private practitioners and industry leaders to celebrate excellence in the legal profession, recognising individuals, teams and companies for their outstanding achievements.
The ALB Australasian Law Awards return to the Sydney Town Hall on 30 May 2013 where all the winners will be announced.
Law In Order is a proud sponsor of 3 awards:
• Innovative Use of Technology
• Insurance Firm of The Year
• Employment Specialist Firm of The Year
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate The 2013 ALB Award finalists and look forward to celebrating the big night with you all soon.
Gilbert + Tobin a multiple winner at prestigious ALB Law Awards 2013...
Gilbert + Tobin (G+T) won a total of five awards including Australian Deal of the Year at the ALB Law Awards 2013, hosted at Sydney Town Hall on May 30.
G+T was awarded Australian Deal of the Year for the Nine Entertainment Group restructure. The firm represented Nine Entertainment Co. in pulling the company back from the brink of receivership, resulting in a recapitalisation of A$3.4 billion.
Amanda Laing, Group General Counsel of Nine Entertainment Co. was awarded In-House Lawyer of the Year for her instrumental role in the restructure and sale of the ACP Magazines business. As a key member of the Nine executive team, Amanda was also recognised for establishing a joint venture between Nine and Fox sports for the NRL broadcasting rights.
G+T was also recognised with awards for Debt Market Deal of the Year for Fortescue Metals term Loan B financing, M&A Deal of the Year for Foxtel’s acquisition of Austar United Communications and Insolvency + Restructuring Deal of the Year for the Nine restructure.
In addition to the recognition for major deals over the past year, G+T was also awarded Sydney Law Firm of the Year.
G+T lawyers were also nominated for deal team and dealmaker of the year.
Managing Partner Danny Gilbert said, “We are delighted with the recognition as it reflects the calibre of our work and lawyers.”
The ALB Australasian Law Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of the past year within the Australian legal industry.
More information
For further information on Gilbert + Tobin, please visit www.gtlaw.com.au
Media...
Clayton Utz a finalist at 2013 ALB Australasian Law Awards...
Sydney, 14 May 2013: Clayton Utz is in the running for several awards at the 2013 ALB Australasian Law Awards, which recognise and celebrate the legal profession's achievements and successes over a 12-month period.
Clayton Utz is a finalist for Corporate Citizen Firm of the Year, as well as being shortlisted in the Employee Health & Wellbeing and Innovative Use of Technology Award categories.
Several deals which completed in 2012 and on which Clayton Utz had key advisory roles have also been named finalists in their respective categories:
Energy and Resources Deal of the Year
Yancoal Australia and Gloucester Coal merger: Clayton Utz advised longstanding client Noble Group on a proposed A$8 billion merger between Gloucester Coal and Yancoal Australia. Key partners: Rory Moriarty and Graham Taylor.
Ichthys LNG Project Financing: A Clayton Utz team advised Chubu Electric Power Co. on its acquisition of an interest in the Ichthys LNG Project, which will develop the Ichthys fields, located in the Browse Basin off-shore of Western Australia, for the production of LNG and condensate. Key partners: Kevin O'Sullivan and Adel van der Walt.
Equity Market Deal of the Year
Sell down of shares in QR National: Clayton Utz acted for Queensland Treasury Holdings on its A$1.5 billion sell-down of shares in ASX-listed QR National Limited. The sell-down comprised a A$0.5 billion block trade to institutional investors that settled 11 October, and a A$1 billion buy-back by QR National (subject to shareholder approval). Key partners: Tim Reid and Stuart Byrne.
M&A Deal of the Year
Pacific Equity Partners' acquisition of Spotless: Clayton Utz advised longstanding client Spotless Group Limited on its acquisition by Pacific Equity Partners. Our role included advising Spotless on all aspects of the scheme of arrangement, including the preparation of all transaction and disclosure documents. Clayton Utz also provided ongoing counsel to the Spotless Board, executive team and management throughout the process. Key partners: Rod Halstead, Karen Evans-Cullen and Andrew Walker.
Sydney Desalination Plant privatisation: Clayton Utz had a minor role advising Infigen on its involvement in the Sydney Desalination Plant. Key partner: Bruce Cooper.
Project Finance Deal of the Year
APLNG project financing: A Clayton Utz team advised APLNG and its sponsors in respect of the successful close of the US$8.5 billion financing for APLNG's liquefaction plant and facilities on Curtis Island. The transaction is Australia's largest ever project financing and the first time that the export finance arms of the United States and China (which together will contribute at least US$6 billion of debt) have co-operated on an Australian project. Key partners: Bruce Cooper, Arch Fletcher and Stephen Fall.
New Zealand Deal of the Year
Haier's acquisition of Fisher Paykel: Clayton Utz advised Haier Group on the Australian aspects of its acquisition of 20% of Fisher & Paykel Appliances. Key partner: John Elliott
Award winners will be announced at a gala function at Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, on Thursday 30 May. The Awards event is well attended by both private practice and in-house lawyers and other legal industry professionals from Australia and New Zealand.
Bell Gully welcomes recognition at Australasian law awards...
31 May 2013
Bell Gully’s 18-partner Corporate team was named New Zealand Deal Team of the Year at the 2013 ALB Australasian Law Awards held at the Sydney Town Hall on Thursday night.
The awards offered recognition of Bell Gully's work on many of the leading transactions in 2012. The firm advised clients on all four of the transactions named as finalists for New Zealand Deal of the Year, including Vodafone’s acquisition of TelstraClear, Haier’s acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances, the sale of AMI Insurance to IAG and the Fonterra Shareholders Fund IPO. The Fonterra IPO, which involved a number of New Zealand firms, won the New Zealand Deal of the Year category as well as the Australasian award for Equity Market Deal of the Year.
Last night’s wins reflected a total of nine finalist nominations for Bell Gully, more than were received by any other New Zealand law firm.
Roger Partridge, Chairman of Bell Gully, said the strong result reflected the firm’s ongoing efforts to deliver outstanding value and service to its clients in a competitive market.
"In a market where there is considerable choice, clients consistently select Bell Gully to advise on New Zealand's biggest deals. That’s not just because of the value we add to our clients’ transactions, but a reflection of the trust they have gained in us as we have helped them and their businesses succeed day-to-day.”
"This result is a testament to strong client relationships, and we’d like to thank our clients for their ongoing support.”
The ALB awards recognise the key transactions in Australia and New Zealand in 2012 and the legal excellence among the firms that advised on them. The finalists were assessed against criteria including deal value, complexity, breadth and the degree to which the work involved groundbreaking, original legal techniques and structures.
About Bell Gully
Bell Gully’s team of over 200 lawyers combines market-leading corporate, commercial, financial services, tax, property and dispute resolution capability with a wide array of specialist skills. We work closely with many of New Zealand’s leading companies and are recognised as a leading New Zealand legal adviser in a number of independent international legal directories.
Websites
Human Statue Bodyart
Human Entertainment
ALB Awards
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters (Australia)
Sydney Town Hall
GX56BJE, South East Coast Ambulance Service Volkswagen Touran Se Paramedic Practitioner Vehicle on a call in Brighton City Center
You can support your local ambulance service by becoming a member. Signing up is easy, and it’s free!
To become a member of SECAmb, just fill in a membership form, become a part of the organisation and get as involved as you like
Click Here to see their short DVD and let their staff show you what their work involves and tell you how you can get involved.
On 28 December 1949, medical practitioner and former Olympic medalist Jack Lovelock died after falling in front of a train in New York.
Although he built a career within medicine, Lovelock is perhaps best remembered for his sporting achievements. In 1936 he became the first New Zealander to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, in the 1500 metres. The 1936 Olympics were also notable for their location, having been hosted by Nazi Germany.
This photograph of Lovelock comes from a digitised passport file held at Archives New Zealand. This small set of records contains passport applications, mostly from well-known New Zealanders, politicians, and sports people.
Follow this link to view the entire online collection: collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=12330086
Title: Passport Files - Passport - Lovelock, John Edward
Archives New Zealand reference: ACGO 8333 IA1 Box 1350 / 15/11/48408
More information at NZ History:
nzhistory.govt.nz/lovelock-wins-1500m-in-world-record-tim...
nzhistory.govt.nz/people/jack-lovelock
In 2018, the personal papers of Jack (John Edward) Lovelock held at the Alexander Turnbull Library were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World New Zealand register. To read more about the register follow this link: www.unescomow.org.nz/new-zealand-register/browse
For more information use our “ask an archivist” link on our website: www.archives.govt.nz
Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Maj. Brad Franklin, U.S. Army 418th Civil Functional Specialty Team nurse practitioner, tracks children receiving medication in Shinile Woreda, Ethiopia, Oct. 14, 2010.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kat McDowell.
Nursing students from the Arts Medical College of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, with help from the U.S. Army 418th Civil Function Specialty Team, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, distributed medications to more than 900 children in seven remote villages during the second phase of a Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) to improve health conditions in the Shinile Woreda (district), south of Djibouti Oct. 19.
Medications distributed were tailored to the results of parasitological testing of samples collected from children in the area during the first phase of the Shinile MEDCAP. Children were treated for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworms, parasitic worms that cause dysentery, dehydration, anemia and skin lesions.
“Part of the sustainability piece of these missions is the collaboration between our medical and nursing experts and the students,” said U.S. Army Maj. Brad Franklin, an FSP nurse practitioner. “Sharing experiences with the students helps guide the next generation of healthcare professionals in Ethiopia.”
Franklin said the participating students would graduate in a year’s time. The MEDCAP provided them practical field experience to better prepare them for future responsibilities, including how to treat patients with limited supplies and capabilities in rural situations.
“Most cases we’ve only read about and haven’t seen,” said Kadar Mohammed, one of the four nursing students involve. “Things like elephantiaisis and gout, we only hear about in class. This experience will help us better care for the people that need it most.”
In the third phase of the mission, more samples will be collected from children in Shinile Woreda and tested for parasites. Data from all phases of the MEDCAP will be provided to the Ethiopian Ministry of Health to augment their knowledge base and awareness of health issues in Shinile.
“The upshot is that healthier populations are more stable populations,” said Staff Sgt. Douglas Rueff, 418th CA combat medic.
“If the government can show it can provide basic services for the people, the people will feel more connected to the government and feel less sympathetic to extremist groups that come through the area. This helps the long-term view,” he said.
To learn more about U.S. Army Africa visit our official website at www.usaraf.army.mil
Official Twitter Feed: www.twitter.com/usarmyafrica
Official Vimeo video channel: www.vimeo.com/usarmyafrica
Was heading towards the Holy Trinity Church when I saw another part of the Shakespeare heritage - Hall's Croft.
This house was home to Doctor John Hall, The Stratford Physician. He was a General Practitioner in the Town from 1600 until his death in 1635. He married Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna in 1607.
The house is run by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
It is a Grade I listed building.
Town house now museum and club and attached wall. Early C16
with c1600 addition to right; C19 and C20 alterations and
1920s and 1950s restorations. Timber-frame with plaster infill
on coursed rubble plinth; tile roof with stone and brick
stacks. 3-unit plus cross-wing plan.
2 storeys with attic; 4-window range. Left half has jettied
1st floor with 2 gables, the right half has gable to right.
Entrance to left of centre has studded and battened door with
overlight. Wooden-mullioned windows: 4-light window to left of
entrance and small 2-light window to right; right end has
2-storey canted bay window with dentilled cornice and
1:3:1-light windows; 1st floor has 3-light ovolo-mullioned
window flanked by 4-light windows and 2-light window to right;
gables to left have 3-light windows. Large cross-axial stack
has 4 clustered and attached brick shafts. Left end has close
studding with square framing to 1st floor; right end has
storey-height posts with middle rail. C20 timber gutters and
lead rainwater heads and downspouts.
Right return has single-storey addition with flat-roofed
projection to front which has entrance with battened door;
return has segmental-headed windows with 8:16:8-pane sashes,
and 2-storey timber-framed wing to rear; entrance has studded
and battened door with strap hinges.
Rear has right end as to front, with varied mullioned
fenestration; wing to left has storey-height posts; re-entrant
block has gable to each side and paired mullioned windows,
entrance to angle with plank door. Large axial stack to left
end, and stack to left of right end gable with diagonal brick
shafts.
INTERIOR: heavy chamfered beams and joists; ground floor has
flagged floors. Hall has stone fireplace with Tudor arch in
square-headed architrave, battened door to room to left, which
has similar fireplace; room to right end has stone fireplace
and C17 panelling with entablature; open-well staircase to
rear wing has simply turned balusters, dentilled handrail and
string, and square baluster-form newels with finials; rear
kitchen has large elliptical-headed fireplace with fan-spit
and battened doors. 1st floor has right end room with barrel
vaulted ceiling and Tudor-arched fireplace; room to left,
formerly ?3, has 2 similar fireplaces.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wall extends approx 43.5m to
left along Old Town; coursed rubble with brick coping, paired
gates with timber gatepiers to right end attached to house.
HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly the home of John Hall, 1575-1635, an
eminent local physician, and his wife Susanna Shakespeare,
1583-1649, from their marriage in 1607 until they moved to New
Place after her father William Shakespeare's death in 1616; it
was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1949 and
opened to the public; part is used by the Festival Club.
(VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 15-6; Fox L: Hall's
Croft: Norwich: 1981-).
Hall's Croft, Stratford - Heritage Gateway
First shot - people in the way, but took it anyway.
What is the Five Ghosts Transfer Wealth Technique? In Feng Shui some of you may have heard of it, "The Five Ghosts Transportation Wealth Technique" it's actually a Feng Shui secret technique to enhance your wealth and good fortune. Most Feng Shui practitioners know how to use these theories to enhance their wealth. In religious Taoism, we also have the "Five Ghosts Transportation Wealth Technique" also called "Five Ghosts moving treasure". It's a secret dharma from Taoist lineage, it had the ability to make a practitioner very wealthy by practicing this secret dharma. However to practice this secret dharma there are several criteria that needs to be fulfilled before anyone can practice it. Firstly the date of birth of the practitioner is evaluated to see if he has an affinity with the Five Ghosts, there is an elaborate chart that we need to consult to determine this. Only these with affinity with the Five Ghosts can practice this secret dharma otherwise it will not work.
Next a set of rituals need to be perform, practitioners need to follow all procedures and must have the perseverance to practice it consistently for 49 days. If any of the steps in the procedures are omitted you will need to restart the entire rituals again. It may seems very tedious but the rewards gained after the 49 days rituals is very lucrative and rewarding.
What I am revealing to you now is a guarded secret of most Taoist practitioners, which most are reluctant to revealed it. However for the benefits of readers here I shall make it an exception. As I get a lot of people writing to me with this situation, and perhaps this applies to someone you know. They're are constantly encountering a lot of problems in life, which is usually a lack of money. That in turn will cause them further problems and destroyed their mental peace. In religious Taoism, as you are aware form a part of China’s heritage and traditions incorporating Buddhism, Confucianism, folk’s belief and Shamanism. Ancestor's and Spirits worshipped are practice. This secret dharma actually beseech the retinue of Five Ghosts to assist the practitioners to gain enormous wealth and fortune. Practitioners well versed in this art are mostly wealthy and successful. As the Five Ghosts actually delivers wealth spiritually to the practitioners and indirectly enhancing the chance of the practitioners in gaining material wealth! This happens by enhancing the practitioners luck and affinity with people around him. If the practitioner is a merchant or business person he would be able to generate more revenue with their help. And at times if he were to gamble he would have a sudden windfall. The practitioner will never run out of Cash! Whenever his cash is running out the Five Ghosts will then deliver wealth to him.
It's quite unbelievable especially to most skeptics, but I had personally know an acquaintance practicing this dharma and I can attest that he's filthy rich! He just seems to have the Midas touch, whatever he invest he would make good returns while others will lose. Most people will start looking for a cure using some alternative means i.e. feng Shui, astrology, numerology and some spiritual means that will somehow miraculously solve their financial problems. Whether the problem anyone experiences in life is due to actions performed in THIS life or from a Past life, the point is that the troubles are YOUR karma and you have to solve them or work through them. At times no matter whatever means you try be it spiritual, etc...nothing can change them and you must simply bear them as long as is necessary until the time changes and they transform themselves. A life free of problems, troubles, difficulties or challenges is impossible. So it all comes down to KARMA. This is the reason why I always ask people to perform meritorious deeds no matter how small, when accumulated it would be a great field of blessings. NOTE: Before I start let me clarify that viewers discretion is advice as some people may find it disturbing, if you do please leave my website immediately. I had deliberately omitted some of the procedures, mantra's and mudra's. For these interested it's all covered in my book, THE SECRET TO THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF TAOIST MAGIC, ISBN 983-3206-02-6 available SOON on the www.taoistsecret.com website.The Five Ghosts originally are spirits from the Five directions each representing the five elements namely; North (Water element), South (Fire element), East (Wood element), Center (Earth element), West (Metal element). Some practitioners even claimed that the Five Ghosts are the denizen of Hades. On another account some practitioners claimed that the Five Ghosts are not human souls, they are the souls of five types of animal i.e. cow, goat, pig, dog and donkey. They claimed the so-called Five Ghosts moving treasure is actually using the spirits of five types of animal to move the treasure. I'll show you some essential Talismans that are needed to be used to practice the Five Ghost Transfer Wealth Technique.The Taoist Dharma of Opening the Third Eye to see Ghosts In the past I had received a lot of emails and enquiries asking me if there is a possibility of seeing ghosts. I do occasionally hear a lot weird or unheard of practice that is used to see ghost, some of these are wittingly humorous. As listed below:
Putting animal tears into their eyes. As they believed dogs could see ghosts! Please refrain from doing this its unhygienic and you may get your eye infected instead.Placing a pail of soil above your head while you catch a glimpse to see them.Using a chop stick to hit a bowl during the night at a deserted alley, believed that it would attract hungry ghost. And if you are lucky enough you may see they. Playing hides and seeks during the night, and hopefully you will bump into some unexpected guest that may have joined you instead.
Playing with the Ouija board at night and hopefully or deliberately some player might slip their hand from the board to release any spiritual entity. Cruising haunted house, or places which are well known to have paranormal activities. Visiting places where a suicide was committed or a venue where, there are a history of unnatural death. Why would any sane person do these? Either you are curious or you really have the guts! In Taoism there is actually a secret dharma to open your third eye to enable you to see ghosts. However be warned that once it’s open there is no way you can closed it back later. This secret dharma is used by Taoist practitioner to see these entity, so that they can render help to deliver them from sufferings or used widely to see if any attached entity is clinging to anyone.
We usually draw a special talisman that are burned and place into a bowl of water, next a mantra is recited and the water are drunk and a small amount is applied on the eye. Once this is done your vision would get a bit blur then gradually you will then see these entity.
This is not to be used casually as it’s actually very risky especially these whom are frightened of ghosts you may end up having psychological problems if you can’t accept them.The above is the talisman used to open the third eye.For these interested the full detail's are all covered in my book, THE SECRET TO THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF TAOIST MAGIC, ISBN 983-3206-02-6 available SOON on www.taoistsecret.com website.
Taoist Magic used to win in Gambling? It makes a destitute a rich man all of a sudden without any toll and in the next moment reduces a rich man to a destitute. Gambling is a double edge sword it works both ways. Gambling sows the seeds of disputes and quarrels among the gamblers which ultimately assume the shape of enmity and hatred among them. I do not advocate or condone any form of gambling. Can Taoist Magic be used to win in gambling? Yes, in fact there are few secret dharma that are used by compulsive gamblers to win. I will now exposed one of the following by just using a special talismans that invoked the Five Ghosts. The talisman is drawn on a white piece of paper, with cinnabar (a mercury substances) in red. Then the five ghost is invoked to empower the talisman.
The talisman is then folded into a rectangular and then place in the upper left pocket on his shirt. He needs only mentally recite, "Five ghost, Five Ghost, help me win!". When gambling he need to place his left hand on his shirt pocket touching the talisman. He can only use it for three times, after that he will have to stop gambling. As the talisman will lose its potency after winning for three times in a row.Although this type of practice is unorthodox and inappropriate a lot of gamblers do use it. So the next time if you gamble and see anyone holding his hand on his shirt pocket beware as he's actually using this secret dharma. An exposed of Taoist Magic used for Gambling is covered in my book, THE SECRET TO THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF TAOIST MAGIC, ISBN 983-3206-02-6 available SOON on www.taoistsecret.com website.The Hungry Ghosts Festival The seventh month of the Chinese lunar month holds an important festival for the Taoist and Buddhist communities; deliverance of spirits or ghosts. It is believed during this month the gates of hades are open for a month to enable these spirits and ghosts to seek salvations.
This practice was originally a religious ceremony back then for Buddhist called Ullambana or Yu Lan festival but later took on culturally Chinese overtones. In the Ullambana Sutra, there is a well descriptive account of a well-to-do merchant who eventually gives up his trade to become a Buddhist monk. He became one of the Buddha's chief disciples. His name was Mahāmaudgalyāyana. (Ch. 目連, Mulian, Pāli Mahāmoggallāna) Celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month. Buddhist would hold ceremonies to commemorate their loved ones and ancestors due to filial piety and it became popular in most Chinese regions.
Mahāmaudgalyāyana Saves His Mother From Hell After he attained the position of arhat, he thought of his father and mother, and wonders what happens to them. With his clairvoyant power he saw his father in heaven.However, his mother was reborn in a lower realm, known as the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. His mother took on the form of a hungry ghost---it could not eat because its throat was very thin (just like a tiny hole made with a needle) and no food could pass through, yet it was always hungry because it had a huge belly. His mother was attached with the money he left her. He had instructed her to kindly host any Buddhist monks that ever came her way, but instead she withheld her kindness and her money. It was for this reason she was reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts.
Mahāmaudgalyāyana eventually saves her from this plight by entreating the help of the Buddha. This is how the relevance of the Ghost Festival and ancestor worship originate.
The Buddha established a day after the traditional summer retreat (the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar--usually mid-to-late August) as a day of prayer and offering in which monks can pray and make sacrifices on behalf of dead ancestors or hungry ghosts. The family members of the deceased essentially pay for this service, by setting up memorial plaques with the names of the deceased and thus their patronage is a form of charity. The deceased ancestors are pacified and hungry ghosts can eat (the sacrificial foods) after an elaborate ritual is performed. The story ends with this festival and the rescue of his mother from hell. She ended up being reborn as a dog, but as a pet in a well-off household.Today, the exact same ritual that the Buddha asked for Mahāmaudgalyāyana to do is well practiced in many parts of Asia. The day of offering foods or alms to monks is called "Sangha Day", celebrated in many Buddhist temples. It marks the first day of the Ghost Festival. Lord Buddha then expounded the Ullambana Sutra. China followed the custom since the Liang Dynasty (502-557 A.D.) and it was evolved into the present Zhongyuan Festival. In addition to the fast provided for the monks, the present festival has special sacrificial ceremonies. When the festival sets in, a sacrificial altar and a raised platform are built for the Buddhist or Taoist priest either at street entrances or in front of villages. A paper effigy of the statue of the Ghost King is placed at the altar together with our hades deities i.e. the Ox head and Horse head general, the White and Black official. Together with a paper replica of a fleet of ship and a horse.
Why is the Ghost King paper effigy invoked? He's there to control these ghosts or spirits. Imagine unlimited numbers of starving refugees storming in to get hold of a morsel of food. Wouldn't that be chaotic? He is there to maintain order and ensure every souls get a share of the foods and offerings. People believed that by offering prayers to the Ghost King they are protected from any harm, accidents, spirits or ghosts and mishaps throughout the entire year.
Cio Hernandez, mental health practitioner for the Marin County Department of Health, at the Marin Nonprofit Forum.
‘Super paramedics’ to look after Londoners
The London Ambulance Service has appointed its first advanced paramedic practitioners who will be treating the most seriously ill and injured patients in the capital from May.
The 12 advanced paramedics will receive additional training and will respond to the most serious one to two per cent of life-threatening incidents. These include patients in cardiac arrest and those who are continually fitting and are difficult to convey to hospital. They will also be able to administer more powerful drugs currently only given by a doctor.
Their training will include a four day trauma course with doctors from the Service and London’s Air Ambulance and an advanced paramedic science course at Hertfordshire University.
Clinical Team Leader Chelsey Pike is one of the successful applicants. She said: “I thought it was a new and exciting opportunity and I’m all for developing my career.
“The Service is pioneering in terms of training and drugs trials and I think this will keep us at the forefront. It’s also a great promotional opportunity that allows clinicians to remain largely clinical, rather than go into a managerial role.”
Director of Paramedic Education and Development Mark Whitbread said: “We are very keen to develop the paramedic profession. Paramedics are a trusted brand but there is a lot more we can do by developing our paramedics as really skilled clinicians.
“Appointing advanced paramedics shows our determination to do better, both for our patients and our staff.”
The role was introduced as part of the clinical career structure. Twelve advanced paramedics have been appointed and subject to funding, a further 24 will be recruited.
For More info contact:
Communications Department
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
220 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SD
Phone: 020 7783 2286
Was heading towards the Holy Trinity Church when I saw another part of the Shakespeare heritage - Hall's Croft.
This house was home to Doctor John Hall, The Stratford Physician. He was a General Practitioner in the Town from 1600 until his death in 1635. He married Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna in 1607.
The house is run by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
It is a Grade I listed building.
Town house now museum and club and attached wall. Early C16
with c1600 addition to right; C19 and C20 alterations and
1920s and 1950s restorations. Timber-frame with plaster infill
on coursed rubble plinth; tile roof with stone and brick
stacks. 3-unit plus cross-wing plan.
2 storeys with attic; 4-window range. Left half has jettied
1st floor with 2 gables, the right half has gable to right.
Entrance to left of centre has studded and battened door with
overlight. Wooden-mullioned windows: 4-light window to left of
entrance and small 2-light window to right; right end has
2-storey canted bay window with dentilled cornice and
1:3:1-light windows; 1st floor has 3-light ovolo-mullioned
window flanked by 4-light windows and 2-light window to right;
gables to left have 3-light windows. Large cross-axial stack
has 4 clustered and attached brick shafts. Left end has close
studding with square framing to 1st floor; right end has
storey-height posts with middle rail. C20 timber gutters and
lead rainwater heads and downspouts.
Right return has single-storey addition with flat-roofed
projection to front which has entrance with battened door;
return has segmental-headed windows with 8:16:8-pane sashes,
and 2-storey timber-framed wing to rear; entrance has studded
and battened door with strap hinges.
Rear has right end as to front, with varied mullioned
fenestration; wing to left has storey-height posts; re-entrant
block has gable to each side and paired mullioned windows,
entrance to angle with plank door. Large axial stack to left
end, and stack to left of right end gable with diagonal brick
shafts.
INTERIOR: heavy chamfered beams and joists; ground floor has
flagged floors. Hall has stone fireplace with Tudor arch in
square-headed architrave, battened door to room to left, which
has similar fireplace; room to right end has stone fireplace
and C17 panelling with entablature; open-well staircase to
rear wing has simply turned balusters, dentilled handrail and
string, and square baluster-form newels with finials; rear
kitchen has large elliptical-headed fireplace with fan-spit
and battened doors. 1st floor has right end room with barrel
vaulted ceiling and Tudor-arched fireplace; room to left,
formerly ?3, has 2 similar fireplaces.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wall extends approx 43.5m to
left along Old Town; coursed rubble with brick coping, paired
gates with timber gatepiers to right end attached to house.
HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly the home of John Hall, 1575-1635, an
eminent local physician, and his wife Susanna Shakespeare,
1583-1649, from their marriage in 1607 until they moved to New
Place after her father William Shakespeare's death in 1616; it
was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1949 and
opened to the public; part is used by the Festival Club.
(VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 15-6; Fox L: Hall's
Croft: Norwich: 1981-).
Hall's Croft, Stratford - Heritage Gateway
Another door - also open.
Open Space in Action, Assn. for Change Management Practitioners (click on tags of interest to find out more)
Click the tags or review the albums to find out more.
Change blogs by Deb related to this event are here:
reveln.com/detroit-vegas-a-tale-of-two-cities-as-our-come...
and
reveln.com/theres-no-such-thing-as-leadership-using-pull-...
and
reveln.com/agile-learning-for-sustainable-change-steps-th...
Program:
Liz Guthridge - Session Facilitator
Managing Coach and Consultant,
Connect Consulting Group
Deborah Nystrom - Open Space facilitator (me)
Owner, Partner
Reveln Consulting & CMRsite.com
Jim Bohn, PhD.
Global Director, CMO
Johnson Controls
Gail Severini
Director,
Conner Partners
Michael Nestor
Vice President, Head of Change Management,
Bayer Group
Find out more about Deb via: www.REVELN.com and
A close-up of this flipchart visual is in this photo set "Trusted Advisors Open Space"
ACMP global 2012 Conference (The Association for Change Management Practitioners)
Link to the program description here: flic.kr/p/bvHg3h
ACMP Global 2012 Conference (The Association for Change Management Practitioners) - Las Vegas (at the final day of the event, I sat with a groups of Aussies, Australians, 6, who had traveled to LV from down under.)
Open Space in Action, Assn. for Change Management Practitioners (click on tags of interest to find out more)
Open Space Technology is attributed to the work of Harrison Owen
With higher ed, with faculty, with professional coaches, with the horses, with professional women, with change management practitioners and consultants, with clients, Open Space has many applications, OST
If you'd like to learn more about this agenda-less type process organized around a key theme, an Open Space handout is available here: reveln.com/open-space-on-speed-and-social-business-video-...
Some groups were standing. Some were sitting. Most used flipcharts to capture conversation. Some did not.
At the previous year, 2011 global change conference
ACMP Change Management, we were delighted to talk with keynoter Daryl Conner several times during the ACMP in Orlando this past May, 2011 connected with work we've been doing on "Change Management Resources"
Check out a large source of newer change management news and resources on this curated ScoopIt stream: www.scoop.it/topic/change-management-resources rated Gold among the various ScoopIt curated online newsletters
Also see more current REVELN Consulting and "Deb Nystrom" change management consulting and change leader coaching photos here: www.flickr.com/gp/stella12/K5t40y
Find out more about Deb via: www.REVELN.com and
my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RevelnConsulting
as well as LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dnrevel/
Deb Nystrom at REVELN Consulting
Was heading towards the Holy Trinity Church when I saw another part of the Shakespeare heritage - Hall's Croft.
This house was home to Doctor John Hall, The Stratford Physician. He was a General Practitioner in the Town from 1600 until his death in 1635. He married Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna in 1607.
The house is run by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
It is a Grade I listed building.
Town house now museum and club and attached wall. Early C16
with c1600 addition to right; C19 and C20 alterations and
1920s and 1950s restorations. Timber-frame with plaster infill
on coursed rubble plinth; tile roof with stone and brick
stacks. 3-unit plus cross-wing plan.
2 storeys with attic; 4-window range. Left half has jettied
1st floor with 2 gables, the right half has gable to right.
Entrance to left of centre has studded and battened door with
overlight. Wooden-mullioned windows: 4-light window to left of
entrance and small 2-light window to right; right end has
2-storey canted bay window with dentilled cornice and
1:3:1-light windows; 1st floor has 3-light ovolo-mullioned
window flanked by 4-light windows and 2-light window to right;
gables to left have 3-light windows. Large cross-axial stack
has 4 clustered and attached brick shafts. Left end has close
studding with square framing to 1st floor; right end has
storey-height posts with middle rail. C20 timber gutters and
lead rainwater heads and downspouts.
Right return has single-storey addition with flat-roofed
projection to front which has entrance with battened door;
return has segmental-headed windows with 8:16:8-pane sashes,
and 2-storey timber-framed wing to rear; entrance has studded
and battened door with strap hinges.
Rear has right end as to front, with varied mullioned
fenestration; wing to left has storey-height posts; re-entrant
block has gable to each side and paired mullioned windows,
entrance to angle with plank door. Large axial stack to left
end, and stack to left of right end gable with diagonal brick
shafts.
INTERIOR: heavy chamfered beams and joists; ground floor has
flagged floors. Hall has stone fireplace with Tudor arch in
square-headed architrave, battened door to room to left, which
has similar fireplace; room to right end has stone fireplace
and C17 panelling with entablature; open-well staircase to
rear wing has simply turned balusters, dentilled handrail and
string, and square baluster-form newels with finials; rear
kitchen has large elliptical-headed fireplace with fan-spit
and battened doors. 1st floor has right end room with barrel
vaulted ceiling and Tudor-arched fireplace; room to left,
formerly ?3, has 2 similar fireplaces.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wall extends approx 43.5m to
left along Old Town; coursed rubble with brick coping, paired
gates with timber gatepiers to right end attached to house.
HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly the home of John Hall, 1575-1635, an
eminent local physician, and his wife Susanna Shakespeare,
1583-1649, from their marriage in 1607 until they moved to New
Place after her father William Shakespeare's death in 1616; it
was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1949 and
opened to the public; part is used by the Festival Club.
(VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 15-6; Fox L: Hall's
Croft: Norwich: 1981-).
Hall's Croft, Stratford - Heritage Gateway
One last look before moving on.
Eleanor Elizabeth Bourne (1878-1957), medical practitioner, was born at South Brisbane on 4 December 1878, eldest child of John Sumner Pears Bourne, clerk in the Land Commission Court, and his wife Jane Elizabeth, née Hockings. She was educated at the Brisbane Central School for Girls, the Leichhardt Street State School and the Brisbane Grammar School, whose trustees awarded her an extension scholarship; she passed the 1896 senior examination with distinction, winning the Grahame and the John West gold medals. The government exhibition awarded to her late that year to the University of Sydney was the first to a woman; she thus became the first Queensland woman to study medicine. Despite a severe attack of typhoid fever during the course, she won honour passes in four of the annual examinations and graduated as bachelor of medicine and master of surgery on 6 July 1903.
In 1903-07 Dr Bourne was resident medical officer at the Women's Hospital, Sydney, at the Brisbane General Hospital, where she was the first woman resident, and at the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane. In 1907 she entered general practice at 69 Wickham Terrace, serving as honorary out-patient physician to the children's hospital and as an anaesthetist. Appointed the first medical officer in the Department of Public Instruction on 1 January 1911, she had to establish principles for the medical examination of children and the conditions under which they studied; she also briefed teachers and laid down the procedure for notifying parents of marked physical defects. She saw medical inspection as 'likely to do its work, more by relieving slight defects in a large number of children than by making a few improvements in marked and startling conditions'. In 1910-11 she visited Charleville, Cunnamulla, Thargomindah, Augathella, Eulo, Blackall, Longreach and Barcaldine, while in 1912 she worked in North Queensland, particularly in the Cairns and Mackay districts. The results of her research on hookworm disease, published in the annual school medical report, were used in the Rockefeller-financed hookworm survey of North Queensland after World War I; she also reported on ophthalmia in the western area. At the request of J. D. Story, under-secretary for public instruction, she prepared a brochure on diet which was distributed to parents of all schoolchildren.
Disagreements with the department and her heavy work-load reinforced her desire for war service and, though dedicated to child health, she applied for leave in January 1916. She went to England at her own expense and served as a lieutenant of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Endell Street military hospital, London, staffed entirely by women. Promoted major in 1917, she became medical officer to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Awarded a Diploma of Public Health in 1920 by the Royal College of Physicians and of Surgeons, Dr Bourne was appointed assistant medical officer to the city of Carlisle, responsible for organizing child welfare services and for the new maternity hospital and associated maternal welfare services. In 1928 she applied for and was offered a position as Commonwealth director of maternal hygiene and children's welfare in Australia; but after discovering that the conditions were unsatisfactory, she withdrew her application. Forced to resign by ill health in June 1937, she left Carlisle and retired to Manly near Brisbane.
After fifty years membership of the Queensland branch of the British Medical Association, Dr Bourne was made an honorary life member in 1953. She was also interested in the Queensland Medical Society and was the first honorary medical officer to the Crèche and Kindergarten Association. Her family had supported the Women's College within the University of Queensland from its foundation in 1914 and the Bourne wing was named in their honour. She was a life vice-president of the college standing committee and donated £1000 shortly before she died. She was also prominent in other cultural activities.
Dr Bourne was an unusually confident and self-reliant woman within Australian society up to the outbreak of World War II. She was also noted for her excellent relations with hospital staff and patients. She died unmarried in Nundah Private Hospital on 23 May 1957 and was buried in South Brisbane cemetery with Anglican rites; her estate was sworn for probate at £11,040. A sister, Florence Ida Bourne, retired in 1948 after thirty-one years as principal of the Maryborough Girls' High School; a brother, George Herbert, had a distinguished record in World War I.
Queensland State Archives Item ID 435752, Photographic material
Chelsey Pike travels all over the city treating people in critical conditions.
“I’m currently the only woman part of the advanced paramedic team and I won’t be the last - I’m really proud of that.”
You can find out more about here bit.ly/1OyJPFu
For More info contact:
Communications Department
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
220 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SD
Phone: 020 7783 2286
‘Super paramedics’ to look after Londoners
The London Ambulance Service has appointed its first advanced paramedic practitioners who will be treating the most seriously ill and injured patients in the capital from May.
The 12 advanced paramedics will receive additional training and will respond to the most serious one to two per cent of life-threatening incidents. These include patients in cardiac arrest and those who are continually fitting and are difficult to convey to hospital. They will also be able to administer more powerful drugs currently only given by a doctor.
Their training will include a four day trauma course with doctors from the Service and London’s Air Ambulance and an advanced paramedic science course at Hertfordshire University.
Clinical Team Leader Chelsey Pike is one of the successful applicants. She said: “I thought it was a new and exciting opportunity and I’m all for developing my career.
“The Service is pioneering in terms of training and drugs trials and I think this will keep us at the forefront. It’s also a great promotional opportunity that allows clinicians to remain largely clinical, rather than go into a managerial role.”
Director of Paramedic Education and Development Mark Whitbread said: “We are very keen to develop the paramedic profession. Paramedics are a trusted brand but there is a lot more we can do by developing our paramedics as really skilled clinicians.
“Appointing advanced paramedics shows our determination to do better, both for our patients and our staff.”
The role was introduced as part of the clinical career structure. Twelve advanced paramedics have been appointed and subject to funding, a further 24 will be recruited.
For More info contact:
Communications Department
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
220 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SD
Phone: 020 7783 2286
Cindy (Nurse Practitioner) walked in and said "Whoa, I see you've had some work done" We told her the result was radiation necrosis and she jumped a little. Squeeee! She said it's good that that we said that because it wouldn't make sense otherwise. You see Devon's HCG number is still @ 2.
We like the shape of his new scar it looks more cohesive.
We have another appointment 4 weeks out. Everything seems to be going so well. When we do get the word from Dr. Smith that Devon can go ahead and have the cyst removed from his down stairs region I am going to ask that he also have the porta-catheter in his chest removed at the same time. I still feel that he is in remission and the faster we can get him into a normal life pattern he will be so much better.
Program Description photo
At the global conference: ACMP Success Secrets of Trusted Advisors 2012
At the ACMP global 2012 Conference (The Association for Change Management Practitioners) session,
After the panel, some groups were standing. Some were sitting. All were in choice-led conversations, staying beyond the end of the session time.
Most used flipcharts to capture conversation. Some did not.
The link to our conference program description:
www.acmp.info/conference/guthridge-nestor-nystrom-severin...
Find out more about Deb, who was on the panel and helped lead the open space event via: www.REVELN.com and
See more public shared examples by clicking on the relevant tag below. NOTE: Most timelines from our retreats and work, due to the nature of consulting, are private.
Find out more about Deb via REVELN.com and on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dnrevel/
In higher ed, with faculty, with professional coaches, with associations and membership groups, with the horses, with professional women, with change management practitioners and consultants, with clients, Open Space has many applications, OST
If you'd like to learn more about this agenda-less type process organized around a key theme, an Open Space handout is available here: reveln.com/open-space-on-speed-and-social-business-video-...
At the previous year, 2011 global change conference
ACMP Change Management, we were delighted to talk with keynoter Daryl Conner several times during the ACMP in Orlando this past May, 2011 connected with work we've been doing on "Change Management Resources"
Check out a large source of newer change management news and resources on this curated ScoopIt stream: www.scoop.it/topic/change-management-resources rated Gold among the various ScoopIt curated online newsletters
Also see more current REVELN Consulting and "Deb Nystrom" change management consulting and change leader coaching photos here: www.flickr.com/gp/stella12/K5t40y
Find out more about Deb via: www.REVELN.com and
my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RevelnConsulting
as well as LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dnrevel/
Deb Nystrom at REVELN Consulting
With higher ed, with faculty, with professional coaches, with associations and membership groups, with the horses, with professional women, with change management practitioners and consultants, with clients, Open Space has many applications, OST
Buddhist practitioners during the Kagyu Monlam 2016 in Bodhgaya.
--
Every year since 1996, thousands of Buddhist practitioners gather under the guidance of Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, for the "Kagyu Monlam" celebrations in Bodhgaya, India.
Bodhgaya is the place where Buddha achieved Enlightenment more then 2,500 years ago and it is the most important pilgrimage site for all Buddhists worldwide.
During the Kagyu Monlam, we make wishes for world peace and freedom and the happiness of all beings. It is one of the most significant events in the annual Buddhist calendar and a wonderful time, during which Western and Eastern students of Karmapa meet and foster their friendship.
The Monlam Celebration is an old tradition from Tibet and it is celebrated by the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism since more than 600 years.
Karmapa's Page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/17th.Karmapa/
Karmapa's Website: www.karmapa.org/
This is a sample selection of the photographs from NRS9873. The series consists of photographs of doctors applying for registration as medical practitioners in New South Wales. The photographs were required by the Medical Board of New South Wales from the beginning of 1889 to assist in the future identification of those issued with a licence by the Board.
Doctor: Walter Fitzmaurice Burfitt
Dated: No date
Digital ID: 9873_a025_a025000037
Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions
We'd love to hear from you if you use our photos.
Many other photos in our collection are available to view and browse on our website using Photo Investigator.
Was heading towards the Holy Trinity Church when I saw another part of the Shakespeare heritage - Hall's Croft.
This house was home to Doctor John Hall, The Stratford Physician. He was a General Practitioner in the Town from 1600 until his death in 1635. He married Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna in 1607.
The house is run by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
It is a Grade I listed building.
Town house now museum and club and attached wall. Early C16
with c1600 addition to right; C19 and C20 alterations and
1920s and 1950s restorations. Timber-frame with plaster infill
on coursed rubble plinth; tile roof with stone and brick
stacks. 3-unit plus cross-wing plan.
2 storeys with attic; 4-window range. Left half has jettied
1st floor with 2 gables, the right half has gable to right.
Entrance to left of centre has studded and battened door with
overlight. Wooden-mullioned windows: 4-light window to left of
entrance and small 2-light window to right; right end has
2-storey canted bay window with dentilled cornice and
1:3:1-light windows; 1st floor has 3-light ovolo-mullioned
window flanked by 4-light windows and 2-light window to right;
gables to left have 3-light windows. Large cross-axial stack
has 4 clustered and attached brick shafts. Left end has close
studding with square framing to 1st floor; right end has
storey-height posts with middle rail. C20 timber gutters and
lead rainwater heads and downspouts.
Right return has single-storey addition with flat-roofed
projection to front which has entrance with battened door;
return has segmental-headed windows with 8:16:8-pane sashes,
and 2-storey timber-framed wing to rear; entrance has studded
and battened door with strap hinges.
Rear has right end as to front, with varied mullioned
fenestration; wing to left has storey-height posts; re-entrant
block has gable to each side and paired mullioned windows,
entrance to angle with plank door. Large axial stack to left
end, and stack to left of right end gable with diagonal brick
shafts.
INTERIOR: heavy chamfered beams and joists; ground floor has
flagged floors. Hall has stone fireplace with Tudor arch in
square-headed architrave, battened door to room to left, which
has similar fireplace; room to right end has stone fireplace
and C17 panelling with entablature; open-well staircase to
rear wing has simply turned balusters, dentilled handrail and
string, and square baluster-form newels with finials; rear
kitchen has large elliptical-headed fireplace with fan-spit
and battened doors. 1st floor has right end room with barrel
vaulted ceiling and Tudor-arched fireplace; room to left,
formerly ?3, has 2 similar fireplaces.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wall extends approx 43.5m to
left along Old Town; coursed rubble with brick coping, paired
gates with timber gatepiers to right end attached to house.
HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly the home of John Hall, 1575-1635, an
eminent local physician, and his wife Susanna Shakespeare,
1583-1649, from their marriage in 1607 until they moved to New
Place after her father William Shakespeare's death in 1616; it
was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1949 and
opened to the public; part is used by the Festival Club.
(VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 15-6; Fox L: Hall's
Croft: Norwich: 1981-).
Hall's Croft, Stratford - Heritage Gateway
Sign welcoming you to Hall's Croft.
Voodoo Bunker - Hidden New Jersey
Friday, April 15, 2011
The Voodoo They Do So Well At Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook is rife with abandoned and decaying gun batteries and supporting structures. Look around closely enough, and you're bound to find pillboxes and Quonset Huts among the larger batteries and office buildings. Some of them are in pretty decent shape, while others look as if they were intentionally wrecked to prevent explorers from going within and possibly getting hurt.
Then there are the mysterious treasures you can only see with a Ranger or an intrepid volunteer. Back in November 2009 I was fortunate to join a caravan of other curiosity seekers on a "Weird Sandy Hook" tour. We were promised entry into restricted areas, and I wasn't disappointed.
Right at dusk, we were escorted to a gate just off the main road, on the bay side of the hook. As the gate was unlocked and we drove through, our volunteer guide warned that if we chose to return to the area on our own, unescorted, we would be apprehended and arrested. The Park Service is very serious about this particular "no entry" sign. Our bus stopped at Kingman and Mills, the two bayside World War Two-era batteries that are still reasonably intact, but we weren't going there, quite yet. We had a short hike ahead of us.
Walking along the beach, an abundance of slipper shells crunched under my boots. Wood poles lined the water's edge; they were the last vestiges of the dock which once stood there. We were headed to the structures that dock served: the bunkers that held the ammunition for the nearby batteries. The sand that had once obscured the bunkers had eroded over time, leaving two brick and concrete buildings with curved roofs. The one that lacks a door is the Voodoo Bunker.
Before we entered, our guide warned us that we might encounter the carcass of a sacrificed animal inside, and indeed, a several-days slaughtered chicken was decaying in the corner. But that was just the confirmation of what we'd come to see: the Voodoo Bunker.
Our lanterns and flashlights exposed several large pieces of spray painted artwork on the walls, all apparently done by Santeria Practitioners. The creatures looked oddly pre-Columbian with a touch of Keith Haring, and undoubtedly had some sort of significance in whatever rites were practiced in the bunker. But who did them, and how did they find this isolated, virtually unreachable part of the park? Our guide posited that the artists had canoed across Sandy Hook Bay under cover of night, originating from Highlands or perhaps someplace further down the bay.
Though the artwork was fascinating, it was also a little freaky, especially as the evening skies outside were darkening. There were probably about 40 of us inside and around the bunker, but I still had that eerie apprehension of being caught at someone's sacrificial altar.
Unfortunately my photos were less than ideal, given the lack of illumination and the difficulty in getting a clear shot with so many people milling about. These should give you at least a tiny understanding of what's out there.
As I said, the Voodoo Bunker is in an area of Sandy Hook that's closed to public exploration, but there's always a chance the National Park Service will run another tour. Check their events website for a quarterly schedule of activities, and call ahead for more information. There's always something interesting on their calendar! ~ Posted by Sue
www.hiddennj.com/2011/04/voodoo-they-do-so-well-at-sandy-...
weirdnj.com/stories/abandoned/bizarre-art-inside-abandone...
This is a sample selection of the photographs from NRS9873. The series consists of photographs of doctors applying for registration as medical practitioners in New South Wales. The photographs were required by the Medical Board of New South Wales from the beginning of 1889 to assist in the future identification of those issued with a licence by the Board.
Doctor: Walter Frederick Matthews
Dated: No date
Digital ID: 9873_a025_a025000004
Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions
We'd love to hear from you if you use our photos.
Many other photos in our collection are available to view and browse on our website using Photo Investigator.
Was heading towards the Holy Trinity Church when I saw another part of the Shakespeare heritage - Hall's Croft.
This house was home to Doctor John Hall, The Stratford Physician. He was a General Practitioner in the Town from 1600 until his death in 1635. He married Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna in 1607.
The house is run by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
It is a Grade I listed building.
Town house now museum and club and attached wall. Early C16
with c1600 addition to right; C19 and C20 alterations and
1920s and 1950s restorations. Timber-frame with plaster infill
on coursed rubble plinth; tile roof with stone and brick
stacks. 3-unit plus cross-wing plan.
2 storeys with attic; 4-window range. Left half has jettied
1st floor with 2 gables, the right half has gable to right.
Entrance to left of centre has studded and battened door with
overlight. Wooden-mullioned windows: 4-light window to left of
entrance and small 2-light window to right; right end has
2-storey canted bay window with dentilled cornice and
1:3:1-light windows; 1st floor has 3-light ovolo-mullioned
window flanked by 4-light windows and 2-light window to right;
gables to left have 3-light windows. Large cross-axial stack
has 4 clustered and attached brick shafts. Left end has close
studding with square framing to 1st floor; right end has
storey-height posts with middle rail. C20 timber gutters and
lead rainwater heads and downspouts.
Right return has single-storey addition with flat-roofed
projection to front which has entrance with battened door;
return has segmental-headed windows with 8:16:8-pane sashes,
and 2-storey timber-framed wing to rear; entrance has studded
and battened door with strap hinges.
Rear has right end as to front, with varied mullioned
fenestration; wing to left has storey-height posts; re-entrant
block has gable to each side and paired mullioned windows,
entrance to angle with plank door. Large axial stack to left
end, and stack to left of right end gable with diagonal brick
shafts.
INTERIOR: heavy chamfered beams and joists; ground floor has
flagged floors. Hall has stone fireplace with Tudor arch in
square-headed architrave, battened door to room to left, which
has similar fireplace; room to right end has stone fireplace
and C17 panelling with entablature; open-well staircase to
rear wing has simply turned balusters, dentilled handrail and
string, and square baluster-form newels with finials; rear
kitchen has large elliptical-headed fireplace with fan-spit
and battened doors. 1st floor has right end room with barrel
vaulted ceiling and Tudor-arched fireplace; room to left,
formerly ?3, has 2 similar fireplaces.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wall extends approx 43.5m to
left along Old Town; coursed rubble with brick coping, paired
gates with timber gatepiers to right end attached to house.
HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly the home of John Hall, 1575-1635, an
eminent local physician, and his wife Susanna Shakespeare,
1583-1649, from their marriage in 1607 until they moved to New
Place after her father William Shakespeare's death in 1616; it
was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1949 and
opened to the public; part is used by the Festival Club.
(VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 15-6; Fox L: Hall's
Croft: Norwich: 1981-).
Hall's Croft, Stratford - Heritage Gateway
This is the Entrance door to the house.
Internal medicine physicians in Louisville, KY performing modern primary care. Comprehensive physicals, medication management, diabetes care and much more.
Self Liberation through Seeing with Naked Awareness by Padmasambhava
Guru Rinpoche, Amitabha Buddha / Gyalwa Gyamtso, and Vajrasattva (Dorje Sempa) statues .... Manjushri, Tara in background with an angel...
www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/sets/72157615037339490/s...
Migraine headaches - stress relieving photo - alternative practitioner Michael Prgomet
www.anxiety-attack-panic-chronic-depression-bipolar-disor...
This is a sample selection of the photographs from NRS9873. The series consists of photographs of doctors applying for registration as medical practitioners in New South Wales. The photographs were required by the Medical Board of New South Wales from the beginning of 1889 to assist in the future identification of those issued with a licence by the Board.
Doctor: Arthur Paul Gillespie
Dated: 10/1/1907
Digital ID: 9873_a025_a025000031
Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions
We'd love to hear from you if you use our photos.
Many other photos in our collection are available to view and browse on our website using Photo Investigator.
The uniform of medical practitioners during the Great Plague of the 1600s. The strange appearance is the result of the erroneous belief that the plague was caused by 'foul air.' To counter this, the 'beak' of the mask would be filled with herbs and spices which would 'filter' the air like an early gas mask. However, this made communication very difficult, so the plague doctor would use a 'wand' or staff to issue instructions. They would also often prescribe odd medicines, such as spiders, toads (which absorb air apparently) and even urine baths.
Of-course, in reality, the bubonic plague is caused by flea bites that lived on the many rats in cities at this time. Ironically though, plague doctors were protected by their uniforms, but not for the reasons they thought. The mask came with a thick leather overcoat and gloves, which somewhat protected the wearer from flea bites to a degree.
Taken at Derelict pump house / orangerie. Abandoned and slowly being reclaimed by nature.
Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner Jennifer Payne and the team of Sandia ecologists help Sandia uphold its commitment to protect land leased from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, and land withdrawn from the U.S. Forest Service. After construction projects, the team stabilizes the soil and re-establish the natural habitat, which benefits wildlife who use the area for cover, forage and breeding.
“I think people would be surprised and impressed to know the lengths we go to protect the environment,” said stormwater program lead John Kay.
Learn more about Sandia’s ecological restoration work at share-ng.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/ecologic...
Photo by Randy Montoya.
‘Super paramedics’ to look after Londoners
The London Ambulance Service has appointed its first advanced paramedic practitioners who will be treating the most seriously ill and injured patients in the capital from May.
The 12 advanced paramedics will receive additional training and will respond to the most serious one to two per cent of life-threatening incidents. These include patients in cardiac arrest and those who are continually fitting and are difficult to convey to hospital. They will also be able to administer more powerful drugs currently only given by a doctor.
Their training will include a four day trauma course with doctors from the Service and London’s Air Ambulance and an advanced paramedic science course at Hertfordshire University.
Clinical Team Leader Chelsey Pike is one of the successful applicants. She said: “I thought it was a new and exciting opportunity and I’m all for developing my career.
“The Service is pioneering in terms of training and drugs trials and I think this will keep us at the forefront. It’s also a great promotional opportunity that allows clinicians to remain largely clinical, rather than go into a managerial role.”
Director of Paramedic Education and Development Mark Whitbread said: “We are very keen to develop the paramedic profession. Paramedics are a trusted brand but there is a lot more we can do by developing our paramedics as really skilled clinicians.
“Appointing advanced paramedics shows our determination to do better, both for our patients and our staff.”
The role was introduced as part of the clinical career structure. Twelve advanced paramedics have been appointed and subject to funding, a further 24 will be recruited.
For More info contact:
Communications Department
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
220 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SD
Phone: 020 7783 2286
Open Space in Action, Assn. for Change Management Practitioners (click on tags of interest to find out more)
Some groups were standing. Some were sitting. Most used flipcharts to capture conversation. Some did not.
ACMP global 2012 Conference (The Association for Change Management Practitioners)
The link to our conference program description:
www.acmp.info/conference/guthridge-nestor-nystrom-severin...
At the 2011 global change conference
ACMP Change Management
We were delighted to talk with keynoter Daryl Conner several times during the ACMP in Orlando this past May, 2011 connected with work we've been doing on "Change Management Resources"
Check out a large source of newer change management news and resources on this curated ScoopIt stream: www.scoop.it/topic/change-management-resources rated Gold among the various ScoopIt curated online newsletters
Also see more current REVELN Consulting and "Deb Nystrom" change management consulting and change leader coaching photos here: www.flickr.com/gp/stella12/K5t40y
Find out more about Deb via: www.REVELN.com and
my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RevelnConsulting
as well as LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dnrevel/
Deb Nystrom at REVELN Consulting
‘Super paramedics’ to look after Londoners
The London Ambulance Service has appointed its first advanced paramedic practitioners who will be treating the most seriously ill and injured patients in the capital from May.
The 12 advanced paramedics will receive additional training and will respond to the most serious one to two per cent of life-threatening incidents. These include patients in cardiac arrest and those who are continually fitting and are difficult to convey to hospital. They will also be able to administer more powerful drugs currently only given by a doctor.
Their training will include a four day trauma course with doctors from the Service and London’s Air Ambulance and an advanced paramedic science course at Hertfordshire University.
Clinical Team Leader Chelsey Pike is one of the successful applicants. She said: “I thought it was a new and exciting opportunity and I’m all for developing my career.
“The Service is pioneering in terms of training and drugs trials and I think this will keep us at the forefront. It’s also a great promotional opportunity that allows clinicians to remain largely clinical, rather than go into a managerial role.”
Director of Paramedic Education and Development Mark Whitbread said: “We are very keen to develop the paramedic profession. Paramedics are a trusted brand but there is a lot more we can do by developing our paramedics as really skilled clinicians.
“Appointing advanced paramedics shows our determination to do better, both for our patients and our staff.”
The role was introduced as part of the clinical career structure. Twelve advanced paramedics have been appointed and subject to funding, a further 24 will be recruited.
For More info contact:
Communications Department
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
220 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SD
Phone: 020 7783 2286
Trusted Change Advisors, Open Space group ACMP 2012, Las Vegas
Open Space in Action, Assn. for Change Management Practitioners (click on tags of interest to find out more)
Open Space Technology is attributed to the work of Harrison Owen
With higher ed, with faculty, with professional coaches, with the horses, with professional women, with change management practitioners and consultants, with clients, Open Space has many applications, OST
If you'd like to learn more about this agenda-less type process organized around a key theme, an Open Space handout is available here: reveln.com/open-space-on-speed-and-social-business-video-...
Find out more via REVELN.com
Prof. Eleonora Rosati spoke at the first edition of the the Monsters of Law series. In this series academics and practitioners of law are asked how the intersections of technology and law shape our everyday life. They answer with examples and perspectives that help us navigate the interesting times of technological transformation, both practically and from the policy perspective. Prof. Eleonora Rosati is an Italian-qualified lawyer (avvocato) with experience in the area of copyright, trademarks, fashion and internet laws. An associate professor in intellectual property (IP) law at the University of Southampton, an Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press), an IP Kat and a Door Tenant at specialist IP set 8 New Square in London.
The Monsters of Law is organized by the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU, a group of Wikimedians who promote free access to, and re-use of, human knowledge. We take a stance on legislation on open access, copyright, and other major legislative and political changes affecting the vision, mission and values of the Wikimedia movement. For more information: www.monstersoflaw.brussels
Nurse Practitioner Stock Photo
When using this photo on a website, please include an image credit for www.patientcaretechniciansalary.net.
For Example: [Photo credit: Patient Care Technician]
FOR HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, BEAUTICIANS OR FOR ALL...
This book is practical and accessible with explanatory diagrams. This book is not based on Chinese medicine.
First part: lymphatic drainage (Venus-Star Protocol).
Second part: deepen the drainage.
Third part: rejuvenation and treatment of facial wrinkles. Try three protocols of rejuvenation.
Fourth part: concept of integrative facial cupping
(cleaning the mouth, nasal cavities, massage of the Meibomian glands).
Advanced paramedics like Dan Davis have additional skills and training and can support regular crews as they care for the most seriously ill and injured patients.
An advanced paramedic in our control room screens all emergency calls and will dispatch Dan to the most critically ill patients. This could be someone in cardiac arrest or a patient who is continually fitting and difficult to transfer to hospital.
The Service has many clinical roles with varying skill levels including trainee emergency ambulance crews, senior paramedics, clinical team leaders and paramedic consultants.
You can find out more about working for us by visiting www.noordinarychallenge.com
For More info contact:
Communications Department
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
220 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8SD
Phone: 020 7783 2286
Last year Bill Daniel put together an amazing show that I was fortunate to participate in.
Here is one of four print I made that measured 48” x 12” for the show.
People will say its photoshopped.
Using Third Generation NLP to Alleviate Stress for the MBA Students at Amity Global Business School
masternlpcoach.com/2011/06/mba-dissertation-third-generat...
James Leong, NLP Master Trainer, is the First in the World to complete a MBA Dissertation on Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and the Enneagram Personality Profiling System. Outside of U.K. and U.S., he is also the First Person to conduct the "Business NLP Practitioner Program" in Singapore and Asia.
www.facebook.com/album.php?id=829664833&aid=300155
To his fellow NLP Master Trainers in the USA and UK, because of his dedication in making the latest Third Generation NLP technology relevant to Business, Leadership and Executive Coaching, James Leong is affectionately know as the “The NLP Singapore Guy” as well as “Innovator of NLP.”
James insists on upholding The Gold Standard in Business NLP Singapore! His Business NLP Practitioner Program (which includes Mentoring after one graduates from his program) is More THAN 200 hours!!!