Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Oct 5, 2011, 5:08 pm
Following on from my last post I can now reveal that we, Grandma and Grandpa MacArena, travelled from Sydney to Townsville to help celebrate our granddaughter's second birthday. Yes, Emmi turned two and she have a whale of a time with presents galore festooning the family home from pillar to post. ...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Sep 1, 2011, 10:58 pm
To be with you know who we’re going from 33°52'8.11"S151°12'25.43"E 19°15'27.46"S 146°49'4.43"E Where are we leaving from? What is our destination? Why are we going? Destination clues: Aon / Eins ...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Aug 29, 2011, 8:29 am
My, how quick they grow up. One day a baby and the next, a young lass with a fondness for prancing and dancing and chattering away in pretty girl’s dresses. Yes, our one and only grandchild is on the verge of turning two. Becoming a grandparent makes you feel old doesn’t it? Where I stand, I...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Aug 11, 2011, 12:55 am
The list below contains major topics for the period: May 1 2007 until 11 August 2011. Clicking on any of them will take you to posts with that label, aka, Tags. Anzac Day Aldara Australia Australian Baby Boomer BCC Bilobed Flap Black S...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Aug 1, 2011, 10:14 am
Unlike my last post this example of image protection uses the z-index property to place a transparent image on top of the image you want showcased. What did I want to achieve by this and what other resources did I use? (1) Saving the image by right clicking will only save the transparent imag...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jul 18, 2011, 10:10 pm
Much has been written about web image protection, and for us bloggers it’s impossible to prevent images from being copied. The good news is that we can make things hard for novices. In this example of image protection, I’ll go through what I did to get the image below. Image splitting (a)...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jun 27, 2011, 8:28 pm
As America prepares to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, some quarters, as reported by President Obama, are giving thought to America retreating from their responsibility as an anchor of global security, and embracing the isolationism of the past. If this was to ever go ahead, you’d have to w...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jun 4, 2011, 10:04 pm
Have you ever considered what you’d be doing at the age of sixty? Nearing the big six-0 myself, I look back and then forward with a touch of humour: The big 1-0 comes without a care in the world and a number one cut care of dear old dad, budgies are a breden, schooling and churching a plenty a...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - May 22, 2011, 8:14 pm
Poor old Fred, my friend, never to be seen again, what a pity? Having spent a lifetime spitting in the eye of danger while surviving on measly pickings and very little pay, lady luck failed him two days ago, resulting in Fred kicking the bucket in spectacular fashion. Head down and tail up for a...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - May 8, 2011, 1:12 am
To all the mums out there, no matter where you live, Happy Mother's Day. Yes, where would we be without you? It doesn't seem right that only one day of the year is celebrated as Mother's Day, considering the love and effort mums put into their families. Often putting aside their own needs to kee...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - May 5, 2011, 12:54 am
Among the two billion viewers, Australian Republicans and Monarchists alike celebrated the recent Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Australia, a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations with Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state along with its twent...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Apr 23, 2011, 10:26 pm
Short and Sweet Happy Easter Everyone Emmi's Highlights: Bonza Emmi Isn't Life Just Grand Ten Steps To Happiness ...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Apr 20, 2011, 9:50 am
The past twelve weeks have been tremulous to say the least, with all that’s been happening here at home. That said, I have no right to complain nor should I feel sorry for myself. Why? During this time I saw the worst of what Mother Nature and man-made creations can throw at others, and that m...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Mar 31, 2011, 11:39 am
Following on from Dorsal Nasal Flap - Post Mohs Surgery: Part I this pictorial documents my recent: 1. Two stages of Mohs surgery to remove nasal basal cell carcinomas 2. Dorsal nasal flap for nasal reconstruction 3. Dressing removal post-surgery Mohs surgery involves the removal of skin cance...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Mar 21, 2011, 8:53 am
This article is an update to Aldara skin cancer treatment: A Patient's Perspective and part one in a series of articles covering my personal experience with nasal reconstruction after the surgical removal of two basal cell carcinomas in close proximity to each other. First off, good news, as my...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Feb 22, 2011, 8:31 pm
This pictorial chronicles a course of Aldara cream 5% (Imiquimod) to my face and nose to remove precancerous lesions (solar keratosis) and superficial basal cell carcinomas (BCC). The treatment is the prelude to further Mohs surgery to remove a biopsy confirmed superficial multifocal BCC and a 0.4 m...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Feb 13, 2011, 1:03 am
Finally, here are the pictures of the Australian Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus) that I have been waiting for so long to put up here. The only reason I got so close was that I was camouflaged by my homemade bird blind: Two wheelie bins for sides, a sheet of cardboard with a s...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Feb 4, 2011, 11:32 pm
Yes, I'm still a recluse and I'm still playing around with my Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd digital camera to occupy my time. I've tried another of times to photograph a Rosella or a Little Wattlebird to show you, but they're far too elusive. So this Australian Garden Orb Weaving Spider, Eriophora sp. (A...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jan 26, 2011, 6:06 pm
Bird photography is certainly one way to relieve the boredom while my face undergoes six weeks of Aldara skin cancer treatment. Living the life of a recluse during this time has had its benefits though. Through patience and sheer good luck this fine specimen popped up in front of my camera lens, but...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jan 24, 2011, 8:05 am
Web content is king, right? Perhaps, but without the support from experienced bloggers in the form of mentoring, blog design and search engine optimization (SEO) tips, we’d find it even harder to make a dent in the ever expanding blogosphere. Since the conception of this blog in 2007 I have be...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jan 12, 2011, 7:47 am
In Australia, the land we call “The Lucky Country”, soaring electricity bills due to the renewable energy targets (RET) and the subsequent need by electricity suppliers to upgrade to meet this challenge will increase the health risks for impoverished Australians, especially the elderly. Ele...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jan 3, 2011, 9:20 pm
Behold, Emmi, the apple of her parent’s eye and that of her grandparents. Now, to showcase Emmi’s Christmas day I’ve come up with, Bonza, a simple open source image gallery that contains no JavaScript. (see source code below) If you pass your mouse cursor over the four quadrants of the im...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Dec 25, 2010, 8:11 am
Another year over, another one starts, is there no end to it? Perhaps one day, but lets make hay before the ozone depletes! ‘Tis was a good year though, with an heir turning one and a wedding to boot. Newly anointed parents have done more than their fair share. Now with Ma and P...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Dec 17, 2010, 8:37 am
Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to my extended family, friends and acquaintances on the blogosphere. To say a big thank you to each and everyone of you I’ve done a deal with Santa. Yes, Santa and yes, I still believe ! Below you will find Christmas presents that I endorse and tr...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Dec 14, 2010, 8:37 pm
This article is a follow on from LinkWithin Widget Alternative - Howzat, my three column three story version of the popular related posts with thumbnails widget from LinkWithin. Here I explain how to make a four column version of the Howzat widget. Howzat is still highly customisable, even allo...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Dec 12, 2010, 9:31 pm
The 31 May '08 marked the first anniversary of my blog. It’s now 2011 and a lot has happened since the conception of my blog so I thought it best to update my blogroll once again. As for my blog lists they are found at the bottom of this post. This is my way of showing the ones below my grati...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Dec 8, 2010, 4:14 pm
On the 6th December 2010 Norman Hetherington OAM – a great Australian, master puppeteer and creator of "Mr Squiggle" passed away. The ABC Mr Squiggle television series ran from 1959 to 1999, touching the hearts and minds of millions of Australian children and adults alike, including yours truly fo...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Dec 3, 2010, 5:38 pm
As a follow up to the news on my son’s recent wedding to the girl of his dreams, here are a few of my personal favorites from the wedding of the year picture album. So Moonshadow and Mum, what do you think? Sealed with a kiss Anyone got a penny? The Magnificent Ten These boots ...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Nov 26, 2010, 9:59 am
Yes, tanning beds are dangerous. Ultraviolet-emitting tanning devices are so dangerous they have been classed group 1 (agents that are carcinogenic to Humans) by the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC). Group 1 explained: This category is used when there is sufficient evidence of...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Nov 15, 2010, 4:55 pm
I don't normally vent my spleen about trivial things but the whiz-bang technology that we have around here at home since the renovation is really starting to bug me like you wouldn’t believe. Don't get me wrong, I am over the moon by the way we have replaced the old with the new, but why does...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Oct 29, 2010, 10:25 am
And it came to pass that my son, Stephen, married the love of his life, Nicole, just a few short days ago. The happy bride and groom at the wedding reception (Blog visitors - place your cursor over the image to read the "Father of the Groom Speech.") As did the many that raised their glasses ...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Oct 13, 2010, 10:57 am
Thanks to Vincent Liu and Ryan Michney I was able to incorporate random rotating header images for my blog. A number of the old St Vincent’s Hospital photographs have been retouched, taking many hours. In total there are nine 900 by 250 pixel images named banner_0 to banner_8, and if anyone w...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Sep 27, 2010, 10:04 am
My elusive male Satin Bowerbird, with his bower (nest) conveniently parked alongside my driveway, and his mates, have recently hit the headlines at Current Biology, Australian Geographic and Deakin University. What’s all the fuss about? A study has revealed the male Satin Bowerbird utilises a...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Sep 20, 2010, 9:05 am
Prelude to a father’s wedding speech - in words and images. For a start, welcoming a prospective daughter-in-law into your family doesn't commence from the day they become betrothed to your son. It starts way before and the sooner the better to make her feel at home and at ease. Failing that wil...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Sep 5, 2010, 5:20 pm
The following is a guest post written by American Nurse, Maryanne Osberg. Nursing is not just a career; rather, it is a profession that encompasses every aspect of your life because of the nature of your work. When you choose to become a nurse, you dedicate a part of yourself to caring for othe...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Aug 27, 2010, 6:04 pm
You'll need to visit my blog to get the picture. Hint: Then move your cursor over each image Top images courtesy of Wiki Commons You might also like: Isn't life just grand Thank God Yo...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Aug 19, 2010, 9:21 am
Suppressing the urge to openly express emotions while dealing with critical incidents, especially those that involve death, is all part of the job for nurses, doctors, paramedics, rescue and other emergency service personnel. In the beginning you learn quickly from experienced staff, and it beco...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Aug 5, 2010, 9:00 am
As I skip through two decades of images I can only imagine the struggle this absent single mother has had to endure bringing up a child afflicted since birth. Now a young adult, he portrays all the hallmarks of a mischievous child as he plays in a corner waiting the return of the one that has ca...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jul 22, 2010, 2:30 am
Being a baby boomer born and breed to adhere to the letter of the law, I’m disappointed by the increasing workplace trend to openly ridicule decision makers. No matter who’s around. Yes, it is important to listen to what others have to say but a final decision has to be made, with the respon...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jul 15, 2010, 3:52 am
The reliance on social networking to communicate can be confusing for others when you’re a member of multiple social networking websites. To get around this many exhibit a social networking widget. Social networking widgets however, in these days of Google’s need for speed, will slow down y...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jun 16, 2010, 8:41 am
This article is about, Howzat, my version of the popular related posts with thumbnails widget from LinkWithin. Howzat is highly customisable, even allowing you to place it wherever you want. Howzat Screenshot Like LinkWithin, Howzat allows you on to click on a thumbnail to view a related ...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Jun 5, 2010, 9:01 am
Watching mates fall by the wayside as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder incurred during their work life is one of the things I have experienced for more decades than I can remember. Suicide, broken marriages and personality disorders, to name a few, are left in its wake for both newcome...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - May 21, 2010, 10:26 am
Being a avid observer of the results displayed in Google webmaster tools experimental labs feature, site performance, I was mortified to find that on average, pages in my site took anywhere from 10 to 15 seconds to fully load and not the few seconds that I am accustomed to. In an attempt to fin...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - May 5, 2010, 1:52 am
A journey’s end blessed by a sea kissed shore You stood alone as the stars looked down and offered solace. How were they to know your evil acts had brought you there. With two quick steps darkness swallows you whole on judgement day, Hesitation is for those who crave saving. ...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Apr 18, 2010, 8:11 pm
Imagine this:  You are driving alone at night on a business trip in a very remote area when you come across a motor vehicle on its roof. One other vehicle is lighting up the scene with its high beam after sending out a plea for help. Stopping to assist you observe under torch light, a female o...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Apr 7, 2010, 8:05 am
In 2009 I attended a hospital emergency department in-service lecture given by a senior radiologist who spoke on the use of computed axial tomography scanners (CAT or CT Scan) as a diagnostic tool and their dangers, especially for children, due to the high levels of radiation. So much so that s...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Mar 28, 2010, 6:47 pm
First off, please don’t take flight on sight of our old toilet as there is more to this story than meets the eye. Not only is this post a bit of fun but it’ll show you something that you can use yourself when it comes to getting more out of your images. As some of you know part one of our ho...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Mar 25, 2010, 3:48 pm
Back on the 11th September 2009 we received the wonderful news from our son that his beautiful partner had given birth to our first grandchild. Their first child was surely a gift from heaven; not only for them but for us as well. How time flies! Now we hear that Emmi, our one and only grandchil...
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Peter M. posted an article on St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst - Male Nurses - Mar 12, 2010, 7:34 am
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