Official Magic and Witchcraft News: The Black Sash – Arcadia California — Making Human Rights Real
The story of the Black Sash, a 55 year old human rights organisation, committed to making human rights real for all who live in South Africa. Click Image to play video
If I may have your pardon for the interruption of the regular audience of the Official Magic and Witchcraft Newsfrom LA. I would like to say thank you for reading and considering this personal perspective from my life. Yes some of us wore a Black Sash to protect constitutional rights halfway around the world and to bear silent witness in Los Angeles.
LA is Halloween LAnd
Please don’t ever forget that “Pagans, Witches and Women” have real community and political power today. It has taken over 50 years, a whole lifetime to do it.
South African Native Flower The Protea
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One of your editors as a child.
Black Sash Image 001
The mothers decided to have the boys wear the sashes in a cultural day event. People usually ask where the international connection in Arcadia California comes from and it comes directly from the international companies in the Los Angeles area. Very large multinational companies often socially network between offices, especially if they have a official directory and a wives and family network. Executives travel from office to office and they talk about social issues together.Heaven forbid they do not understand each other’s religions and think the other office is full of evil people.
Black Sash Image 002
Executives families usually will take care of each other’s families BUT it’s done through the wives and family members AND usually kept out of the office. AA&Co. and now Accenture had and still have offices in Africa and all over the world. Another example is Wakenhut G4s with its worldwide security network. These kinds of companies can and often do form their own social support networks and the whole thing is called Level 2 diplomacy by the United Nations WHEN it interacts with other companies and governments. It’s a very real thing every day.
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We are the same kinds of people today and the momentum can be huge. Exploring and communicating multi-cultural common beliefs is a very important part of maintaining a cohesive international working environment.
Imagine the immense effort to stand a silent vigil 24/7 for years, only holding placards with your message. Imagine having to face these women who would not look you in the eyes day after day because of the shame of what you did to the constitution. Remember these women are also doing this for the people that died because of what their government did.
Blocks all stacked up and my raccoon face. I had a raccoon face a lot.
Sometimes pictures speak a million words. It’s not Halloween paint on my face — some of my “friends from those days” are not really my friends. At the time Arcadia was almost all white and almost all Christian. Some of us paid a heavy personal price.
People started saying I was their son so nobody would ever figure out who I really was. I “had my own church” because you can’t do that to “Little Pagans and Witches“. So we started believing in Magick and Spirituality, Witches and Wizards.
Spiky Flowers in Garden
People said we were just protecting our reputations. We were physically protecting ourselves — other people (Christians) were protecting their families reputations after they were caught slamming my head into brick walls at elementary school.
The problem is they arestill alive today. It’s a common issue with abused or battered people later on in life. The people that did it will come back around again, they will pretend to be a friend when in reality they hurt you a long, long time ago.
The Women’s Constitutional Protest Movement: Black Sash Members
This was also a problem in the townships in South Africa with the same people coming back over and over again. Protecting your rights is a never ending process of taking care of yourself first so you can help others to take care of themselves. I like their new community advice center focus.
Thanks Black Sash members for caring and reminding me to put the pictures on the web. Thanks for also reminding me that the erosion of Human Rights also means Constitutional Rights and Women and Children’s Rights. Whatever the color of your skin.
—ED
Notes:
(1) Wikipedia Extract and Link: The Black Sash was founded on 19 May 1955 by six middle-class women, Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson. The organisation was founded as the Women’s Defence of the Constitution League but was eventually shortened by the press as the Black Sash due to the women’s habit of wearing black sashes at their protest meetings. These black sashes symbolised the mourning for the South Africa Constitution. The founding members gathered for tea in Johannesburg before they decided to organise a movement against the Senate Act. They succeeded to hold a vigil of 2,000 women who marched from Joubert Park to the Johannesburg City Hall.
This would be Mercury, Maui, The Trickster, Loki, Enki at work.
The religious system of description (1) varies, the most appropriate would be Mercury because that combines commerce and the trickster attributes or roles. The communal spell was probably in fact a type of a wish. I was not involved in it. It was humorous to me and fit the circumstances well. When I lived in Hawaii I grew accustomed to these everyday explanations of things that happen like “magic”. It’s a fun communal way to describe and interact with your world. We did not ascribe everything to the work of the gods and goddesses because that negates the free will of the human being. It’s only when it is sufficiently random or a mystery that it takes on the properties of “something magic”.
There I was eating my breakfast pie and looking at the news on Yahoo and well, the picture says it all: Trump interacting with the press is all about the flying kitty cats. Every time I see him and the press I think “OMG this is like flying kitty cats, how distracting ;-)” see pic below for a screen snap of a video ad after a Trump press conference:
Trump was a flying kitty cat today according to the ad gods of the interwebs which makes sense if you watched the video on Yahoo. It’s a Witch thing, it really is.
Witch hunt mentioned here. People said they were trying to cast spells on Trump so he could not get anything done. So, “the trickster god’s” response is basically “the flying kitty cats curse” [Witches and cats, get it? they did not ask for something specific so,.. LOL] If you watch the videos it basically sounds like President Trump and the press are “flying kitty cats” at each other.What am I talking about?
Witches cast a spell so Trump could do no harm or get anything done without hurting him.
The obvious answer from Mercury (commerce and trickster) is his press conferences are like “flying kitty cats” and if you watch them it sure seems like it. The words witch hunt were mentioned but not on the Yahoo page with the video. There was also no mention of the word cat. So people in my neighborhood were laughing about the random occurence of a advertisement with flying kitty cats which negated his message. This is why I laughed this morning. It’s called magic. nā mea kilokilo vs kilokilo [Low Magic v.s. Sorcery].
In this case it can be attributed to Mercury in the Classical Greek system or a similar trickster in another system. What was asked for exactly was that so he could not do any business: You’re fired was “the exact wish”. The universe responded is what we used to say. Seeing it in everyday life is just a perspective that magic exists and you can relate to “the magic” of it. Absolutely real. There it is. How random is that? How magic is that? nā mea kilokilo eh brah? For realz.
It’s all about the breakfast pies and the kitty cats:
Post Script:
He’s at it again:
Really? You are telling me with a straight face that that’s not a incoming flying kitty cat question photo?
(1) Yes there are saints that do these things also. This time? I am going with the witches version.
My Medical Life Record
AKA My EHRS, My Lucy, My CCD, My CDA and My EHR
Stick it on your phone everybody OR carry it on a thumb drive/memory stick. It’s a XML document or pdf you can import into your iphone or store on a thumb drive there are several different kinds of documents available. I have a folder called: My_EHRS_Health_Summary
plus another folder called: My_EMR_Medical_Records
with appropriate sub folders: My_Health_Tests and My_Health_Visits
Like this screen shot shows:
health record folder layout
I have worked in College Textbook Publishing (Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology and Health) all my career and it took literally two days to research and write this curated article. I know what SGML and XML is. [Ouch already there is a ouch in here, sheesh!]
I have no idea what the records are called or what to look for, so read on to see why if you dare. Here we go on the internet together:
Health Standards In The News: CCD and Consolidated CDA - Corepoint Health
Legitimus comments => What is a Clinical Care Document? What Types of Records are Available?: Usually they are called CCD [old State of MA CCR] and the whole thing is called the CDA [Clinical Document Architecture]. The main subject here to me is meaningful clinical use. Which should be obvious to laypersons. Can they USE the thing on the other end? does it have enough information in it to transfer the patient?
corepointhealth => It's primary purpose is for exchange – specifically in the context of a patient being transferred from one care setting to another.
Legitimus comments => OK is this what I need to not die? Err, maybe, exactly what is it they have for me that is available?
Key terms: C-CDA CCD and CCR [Check!]
Sunset From Roof June 3 2019
This next article discusses “meaningful use” which I thought was interesting because it is the whole: Is she drunk? is it toe fungus OR a ruptured brain aneurysm conundrum.
5 things to know about CCD
Legitimus comments =>
This article discusses meaningful use and what that means: A CCD [Clinical Care Document] is a snapshot with 17 different sections that is supposed to include the information that is critical to provide continuity of care of the patient. Meaning a medical condition that is super important will not be lost but may not be what you were in the Dr. Office or hospital FOR this last time. The Dr's need to know about the life critical issues to triage correctly in an emergency.
The triage should also be based on prior scientific evidence not just a 5 minute snapshot of the vitals at one moment in time in order to fast track correctly.
A CCR started out as a Continuity of Care Record that was three pages long created by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Custom Healthcare IT Extract=> What is the difference between a CCD document and a CCR document? Brull said in a class he teaches, the "three C's of healthcare" are discussed: CCD, CDA and CCR, or Continuity of Care Record. "The CCD owes its existence to CCR and CDA," he said. "The CCR started out as a three-page paper document, which was used in patient care referrals." Additionally, the CCR was created by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and included information necessary for providers to effectively continue care. "Since it was a very successful document in the transfer of care scenario, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health teamed up with ASTM and the Massachusetts Medical Society to create an electronic version of CCR," said Brull. Eventually, he continued, ASTM combined efforts with HL7 to construct the CCD document, which includes all the same content of the CCR, but under the architecture of the CDA.
Legitmus => Yes meaningful use is important. Is it a CCD or a CCR? meaning a CCD is a Lucy but a CCR is the Mass. version of a Lucy? [YES]
Eagle point sunset 2016
OK so I am interested in how these things work and how I can get it into my phone so I apparently digressed for a week and now I am back at it again. What levels of record are available, what is in them?
Wrong question. (!)
Which record do I need so I don’t die if I am unconscious? Ding ding ding! Winner!
What are the differences between electronic medical records, electronic health records, and personal health records?
Learn more about the important differences between electronic medical records, electronic health records, and personal health records.
From that website with “curator comments”:
EMR
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are a digital version of the paper charts in the clinician’s office. Legitmus notes => Each office has one folder of records for you.
EHR
Electronic health records (EHRs) do all those things—and more. EHRs focus on the total health of the patient—going beyond standard clinical datacollected in the provider’s office and inclusive of a broader view on a patient’s care. EHRs are designed to reach out beyond the health organization that originally collects and compiles the information. They are built to share information with other health care providers, such as laboratories and specialists, so they contain information from all the clinicians involved in the patient’s care. Legitimus Notes => Each hospital or healthcare organization has a large folder or in my case a box for you BUT they need to have the managing physicians basic patient exchange/transfer document on top of the boxes or folders. It’s like stapling “the most important thing in the word to this patient” is this letter on the outside of the chart OR the first page in it. What the heck is that called? [Hint: It’s like a old time Doctor’s transfer the patient letter? i.e., a Lucy/CCD/EHR]
PHR
Personal health records (PHRs) contain the same types of information as EHRs—diagnoses, medications, immunizations, family medical histories, and provider contact information—but are designed to be set up, accessed, and managed by patients.
Let’s stop here for a money moment.
Apple wants to do what?
Stick it on your phone.
What does the publisher do?
Email me the XML file please.
Thanks!
Lucy Record <= A health record summary Epic Systems My Chart term AKA C-CDA, CCD, CCR (Pick one)
EMR Electronic Medical Record EHR Electronic Health Record PHR Personal Health Record
EHRS Electronic Health Record Summary [I made this up myself]
XHRS XML Electronic Health Record Summary “Xhers” Stunning,. isn’t it. All that to get to this: What you want or have is a XML Electronic Health Record Summary which in the textbook and media publishing world of SGML would get a custom XML DTD. Probably it would be called XHRS the XHRS DTD would have custom style sheets probably starting with XHRS as the prefix like this: xhrs.xsl
Legitimus Notes: Today we have XMLelectronic health record summaries called among other things Lucy or CCD records that can save your life. Please make sure yours is up to date. If you are ever taken to a psychiatric facility make them look at the Lucy/CCD records from your last doctor visit before they assume you just tried to commit suicide by walking the wrong way down the streetORfalling down on the Golden Gate Bridge. (It’s a Black Humor San Francisco Joke)
(!) Every CDA record type should have these things in it: Header <–Obvious, who what where when. Body <– A problem if it is not in sections, it can be in one big blob full of PDF files of written records, and electronic records. Section(s) <–This should eliminate the “reading through your toe fungus problem to get to your brain cancer problem”. Narrative Block <–What the Doctor or PA wrote about the visit or observation AND/OR the interpretation of the scientific evidence. Entries <–the scientific evidence including machine readable records of BP/HR etc., etc.,
Way more stuff:
Insider Report: Apple Brings Provider Medical Records Into the IPhone
Legitimus => The Apple health app already supports C-CDA XML documents. You can import them. The difference is being able to seamlessly import records from beta sites such as UC San Diego or Cedars-Sinai.
PHR records is what we need here. If you can't get the data make your own on your phone.
histalk => Patients will be able to view information extracted from the provider’s EHR [Electronic Health Records] that includes their allergies, conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, vital signs, and procedures. The encrypted information is stored on the user’s IPhone rather than on Apple’s servers.
Legitimus=> Getting the records yourself and putting it on your phone yourself is what Apple is making possible for a patient to do without hospital intervention. You can do it from a patient portal login on the phone (1) in the health app or a web browser and save the file on the phone OR ask for the record when you leave the facility. Either way works I probably would save the xml file so I could email it to a new provider at the front desk. [ (1) Changes are thanks to a reader suggestion ]
Legitimus=> You can also store it [CCD or a C-CDA, your patient transfer records] on a memory stick but you can not read it on your phone. If you need to show someone your records in the field you need to be able to look at them. A phone is handy for that.
I Have Seen The Portal, And It Is Handy
Legitimus comments => Interoperability issues from proprietary health records systems means patients still need to download their own records and put them on a memory stick or a phone.
healthcareittoday customized extract to end of box--> Lucy is a PHR [Personal Health Record] that is not connected to any facility’s electronic medical record system. It stays with patients wherever they receive care and allows them to organize their medical information in one place that is readily accessible. Patients can enter health data directly into Lucy, pull in MyChart data or upload standards-compliant Continuity of Care Documents from other facilities.
As great as the possibility of integrating outside records sounds, that’s where I ran into my first snag. When I attempted to hook up with the portal for DC-based Sibley Memorial Hospital — a Johns Hopkins facility — and integrate the records from its Epic system into the Inova’s Lucy PHR, I was unable to do so since I hadn’t connected within 48 hours of a recent discharge.
Legitimus comments => Why not stay connected while you are in the facility and download it as it gets uploaded? It's something to do while you are in the hospital. Frequency of updates and types of records available in a PHR are an issue. This seems to depend on the facility.
Lucy is a PHR that is not connected to any facility’s electronic medical record system. It stays with patients wherever they receive care and allows them to organize their medical information in one place that is readily accessible. Patients can enter health data directly into Lucy, pull in MyChart data or upload standards-compliant Continuity of Care Documents from other facilities.
It’s a XML document you can load into your iphone and view in a web browser or store on a thumb drive. You can email it and it comes encrypted or unencrypted. But technically it is a CCD or CCR not a PHR.
Confused I was, now I am not, Thanks Mr. Legitimus.
View health records on your iPhone or iPod touch (beta)
With iOS 11.3 and the Health app, a new beta feature lets you see all your health records — such as medications, immunizations, lab results, and more — in one place.
How do I put medical records on my Iphone?
Add your health records
Open the Health app, then tap the Health Data tab.
Tap Health Records > Get Started. …
Search for your hospital or network, then tap it.
Under Available To Connect, choose an option.
Sign in to your healthcare provider’s website or app. …
What am I using?
Plus email? (because my EHRS ~800KB and EMR is 700 MB?)
Email the Xhrs docs to myself on my phone and done.
Kingston usb thumb drive for medical records from Amazon: Kingston Digital DataTraveler SE9 16GB USB 2.0 (DTSE9H/16GBZET)
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