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01/02/24 10:32 AM #1272    

 

Keith Longworth

Thanks to everyone for the best wishes and congratulations to Colin as well.  Being a grandparent is good as you get lots of congratulations without having to do a lot of the hard work.  You might however argue that we spent a lot of time, effort and costs in breeding one of the new parents who made us a grandparent.

I enjoy walking our granddaughter with my son 2-3 mornings a week at 7am.  Good exercise for me and I love the extra relaxed time I spend with my son and grand daughter.

 


01/02/24 01:31 PM #1273    

 

Ian Carragher

Congratulations to Colin as well. Being a grandparent is one of the great joys in life.


10/02/24 10:23 AM #1274    

Bernie Newsom (Teacher)

G'day all.  Enjoying the grandparenting conversation and photos, and the comments, especially re the joy entailed for us oldies.  As it happens, my wiofe Dora and I are down to look after our two grandies (age 14 and 10) this evening - probably playing mahjong, and laughing a lot.

Much interested in Alan's forum at Westmead on March 4, and we would like to attend if that's OK.  Dora was a librarian, specialising in medical research: ten years at the Dental Hospital, and 40 years at Sydney Eye Hospital - and she has had quite some experience as a patient with unusual, challenging issues.  We would bioth appreciate being able to join the party.

Best wishes to all,

Bernie


11/02/24 01:18 PM #1275    

 

Keith Longworth

Hi Bernie. Both you and Dora would be most welcome to come along to Alan Bendoussan's talk. The invitation is extended to all classmates and teachers

Look forward to seeing you there 😊


12/02/24 11:11 PM #1276    

 

Peter Sheldon

Warmest congrats to the expanding Longworth-Anselmi and Cussell clans. Lovely photos and stories (eg Keith walking baby and son early mornings). All that joy but no night-time wake ups for nappy changes and feeds. Sounds like a deal!


13/02/24 01:27 PM #1277    

 

Alan Bensoussan

Hi Bernie 

It would be an absolute pleasure to host you and your wife Dora on the 4th March at NICM. I think most details have been posted, but I will advise further re parking etc. 

I've just returned from my youngest daughter's wedding in the Blue Mountains. Fabulous, semi-bohemian event, very sociable with lots of her/his beautful life-affirming friends. Now also about to start a 3 day & night grandparenting stint for our other daughter's 2 year old. He's absolutely gorgeous, but yes it does mean interrupted sleep and nappy changing!  We might need some more ginseng this week. :)


19/02/24 04:22 PM #1278    

 

James Daniel

NICM Health Research Institute Event, Monday March 4th, hosted by Emeritus Professor Alan Bensoussan. (Founder)

     Full details at the bottom of this post.  

As Alan is kindly organising arrival and late morning refreshments we need to finalise numbers by this Thursday 22nd February. 

Please advise if you are attending ( if not already done so) by contacting one of the below or make a forum post .

    a) Alan Bensoussan,  E. A.Bensoussan@westernsydney.edu.au M. 0404 055 292 

    b) Keith Longworth    E. keithrlongworth@gmail.com M.0417 277 112 

    c) James Daniel         E. jmtdaniel10@gmail.com M.0451 511 290

This is a unique opportunity to hear from Alan and some of the Researchers  from the NICM on this important area of Health, especially as we head towards seniority. 3 in 4  Australians use some form of Complementary Medicine as part of their Health Management Plan. 

      Alan has told me he is including a bit of humour, you have me in suspense, Alan ,😊. It is also a great opportunity  to catch up with Classmates. 

  Classmates who have advised of their attendance so far ,

     

Address

NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, 158 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead.  The building looks like Hogwarts and sit directly above Westmead train station – so easy commute.  Very limited parking is available, but if needed, people would need to send their car rego number and model and we’ll try!  Otherwise parking in Westmead hospital (adjacent) is $20 for the whole day.

 

We’ll meet from about 9.15am on the ground floor of NICM and start talks at 9.45am. The approx. schedule will be:
9.15am               Arrive and coffee/tea 

9.45am               Start talks (Gary Lam Auditorium, Ground Floor NICM)

Alan Bensoussan with a history of NICM and what we do.

Dr Deep Bhuyan – Deep’s work focuses on the microbiome.

Assoc Prof Gen Steiner – Gen focuses on neurocognition, cognitive decline, dementia.

Assoc Prof Mike Armour – Mike focuses on women’s health (endometriosis) and cannabis studies.

10.30-11.10am Tour of all NICM facilities, including laboratories (Prof Dennis Chang), Western Sydney Integrative Health.

11.15am             Wind-up, refreshments (outside Gary Lam Auditorium).

 

 


27/02/24 07:22 PM #1279    

 

James Daniel

We are in the process of fine tuning the Blue Mountains walk, with option of  joining for one ,two or three days.Tuesday 19th March, Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st.Depending on response we may focus on just one or two days .

Refer Forum post 1253 for details 

Would appreciate if you could advise if you plan to come along and how many days you would like to join the group, either by a forum post , sms or email to   

Morten Storaker   E  nordicodin@gmail.com M . 0417 218 761 

or  

James Daniel.      E. jmtdaniel10@gmail.com M.0451 511 290

If we go for one day  the proposed one day trip is below  , 

   Appreciate so much in having a fellow Classmate, who knows the Blue Mountains area so well and is willing to share his knowledge . Thank you Morten. 

From Morten 

"Boys single day trip" All Classmates partners are considered one of the boys smiley

Tuesday 19th March 

9am, meet at Medlow Bath

1: SES headquarters visit, incident  control centre, vehicles and equipment at Katoomba

2: followed by Ngula Bulgarabang walk Katoomba 4km easy, last 300m steep  and rocky, great view over the megalong valley

3: Megalong tea rooms for lunch

4: Coach house glen walk, easy rainforest 

5: mermaid cave  waterfall, easy walk, some steps

6: Artillery emplacement followed by Hassans wall lookout 

7: Anvil rock Blackheath plus the wind eroded cave

Finish around 6pm

Anyone wishing to stay a bit later, we could have dinner  at one of 4 different  pubs, then do the Katoomba falls night walk, a really nice path lit up at night. Easy 2km . Starting at 7.30 pm


28/02/24 12:43 PM #1280    

 

Keith Longworth

Hi James & Morten,

Looking forward to the walks in the Blue Mountains.  I will be staying for 2 days and 1 night.  Yet to decide which days .

Regards

Keith


29/02/24 02:02 PM #1281    

 

Adrian Graham

It is great to see the ongoing activities. Wish I lived a bit closer. 

would have loved the trip to NICM but bowls finals make it a bit tricky.
I may yet make the Blue mountains subject to co-ordinating with the lovely wife.

Bushfires have been close both to the south and North east of us. Fortunately weather conditions were favourable to mean we did not need to evacuate although I did get a bit concerned when we had some burnt leaves fall in the paddock. The leaves were not active embers and fell from the high smoke stream.

Still have some bowls to play and some cruise ship tour guiding to do before the season ends.


29/02/24 08:42 PM #1282    

 

Tim Connell (Connell)

Hi Alan, 

Just wondering if your NICM event on Monday is going to be recorded.  Would have loved to attend but can't be in Sydney on the day. I'm sure it'll be very interesting. 

Cheers,  Tim


01/03/24 01:52 PM #1283    

 

Keith Longworth

Hi Tim,

Yes we are intending to record the morning for all classmates unable to attend.  Ian Carragher is bringing his camera and I am also going to record on my iPhone.  Will record sound using my Jabra conference speaker and microphone so hopefully we have it all covered,

Regards

Keith


01/03/24 02:39 PM #1284    

 

Morten Storaker

Adrian, glad to hear that the bushfires bypassed you. It would be great to see you in the blue mountains.
Mort

01/03/24 09:28 PM #1285    

 

Alan Bensoussan

Sorry you can't make it Tim but understand completely. It would have been lovely to see you.

Keith & Ian, you're amazing putting all the recording hardware together!  Many thanks. 
 

 


02/03/24 04:33 PM #1286    

 

Colin Cussel

Hi All
 
I was interested in coming for the Blue Mountains program if it was 3 days. I wouldn't come for 1 day. It's too far me to travel. I thought that the Blue Mountains trip was replacing the Snowy trip we had planned for March 2024.
 
My comment is that the revised itinerary for 1 day (Tuesday) is trying to fit most of the things in the 3-day event into 1 day. It may be too much for 1 day but if people can only come for 1 day, it might just work. However count me out.
 
If enough people wanted to go to the 3 day trip, I might still be interested. However don't do it just for me.

04/03/24 04:17 PM #1287    

 

James Daniel

Many thanks , Alan for putting together, this morning, such an informative, entertaining, multi-discipline speaker presentation . Along with a great tour of the labs and the morning coffee and lunch. For me personally and I am sure it was for the group, hearing about how to improve one's health using integrative medicine was the highlight, along with answering our questions. Also fascinating, to learn about your research and involvement with industry.

Keith, looking forward to the video / photos of the presentations.  

Professor Dennis Chang, starting the tour of the labs. 

 

A bonus was the food , thanks again Alan!! 

    

 


05/03/24 10:56 AM #1288    

 

Keith Longworth

A big thank you Alan,

Totally concur with all of James comments on the morning spent with Alan Bensoussan and his collegues informing us on all the incredible research they are doing. 

Alan has been the powerhouse behind the formation of the National Institute of Complementary Medicince (NICM)  From humble beginings of Alan and just one other researcher in the mid 90s he has built up a team of over 70 researchers doing a breadth of scientific study into complementaty medicine that has not been replicated anywhere in the world.  The research facility of NICM was re-purposed a few years back from a disused building to cutting edge research facility with a capital investment of over $30M.  

 

 

There were so many interesting facts in all the presentations I will leave it to the posting of the video in the next few weeks to serve justice to the valuable work the NICM are doing.

It must be incredibly satisfying for Alan to look back and see the wonderful legacy he has left with both the team and facility.  Alan continues his involvement on a part-time basis for NICM as well as undertaking private research as a consultant.

There is an abundance of internet articles on Alan, the following gives just a snippet of all the valuable work he has undertaken over the years

https://www.cmaustralia.org.au/Media/9343575

A big thank you to James Daniel for encouraging Alan to do this talk and show us the facility.  Also thanks to the other videographer Ian Carragher for filming the morning.

Those who came along to hear Alan talk

 

 


05/03/24 11:14 AM #1289    

 

John Casey

 Alan B did truly amazing work at NICM. Here's one little quirky anecdote about the NICM building that appears in the photo. I was teaching at Charles Sturt's Graduate School of Policing which shared premises next to Collins Beach Manly with the AFP's Australian Institute of Police Management. Around 2005-2006, there were tensions between the two institutions and the rumour was that the AFP was going to kick us out (they didn't in the end). One of the options that were rumoured to be offered to us was part of a former NSW police training facility in Westmead. So I led a semi-clandestine scouting mission to a building in Westmead. We checked it out and thought it was great, ... but we never got to occupy it. It was that same building!!! Was happy to hear later that it ended up in the hands of a NSBH friend!!!


05/03/24 07:09 PM #1290    

 

James Daniel

Update Blue Mountains Walk . Tuesday 19th , Wednesday 20th , Thursday 21st March   Including  Itineraries for the three days  

Attendees to date, 

 

Tuesday 19th March 

9am, meet at Morts place. 5 Richmond Ave Medlow bath 0417218761

1: SES headquarters visit, incident  control centre, vehicles and equipment at Katoomba

2: followed by  Ngula Bulgarabang walk Katoomba 4km easy, last 300m steep  and rocky, great view over the megalong valley

3: Megalong tea rooms for lunch

4: Mermaid cave  waterfall, easy walk, some steps

5: Anvil rock Blackheath plus the wind eroded cave

Finish around 5pm 

Dinner  at the Gardiners  Inn pub, Blackheath ,

then do the Katoomba falls night walk, a really nice path lit up at night. Easy 2km . Starting at 7.30 pm

 

Suggested Accomodation 

Gardiners  Inn pub, Blackheath

 

Wednesday, 20th,

Meet at Medlow 9am

drive towards Lithgow, stop at the lolly bug shop at the bottom of Mt Victoria, visit the WW2 gun emplacements, view the viaduct at Bowenfels,  then on to the blast furnace, lunch at the Tin Shed in Lithgow,  then on to Hassans walls lookout , then maybe a drive out to the Mt  Banks walk, or possibly  on to Mt Tomah (fabulous botanical gardens) ? 

Dinner at Morts house

Suggested Accommodation 

Gardiners  Inn pub, Blackheath

 

Thursday 21st

9am at Morts place

Drive out to Evans crown via Rydal, nice walk not too hard, quite a few steps, great views, then on to Tarana pub, lunch at the pub  


06/03/24 06:14 AM #1291    

 

Ian Carragher

A huge 'thank you' to Alan and his colleagues for the day at NICM.

Sue and I both got so much out of it.

What an impressive facility and a wonderful legacy to leave the community.

It's also apparent that all staff share a sense of both enthusiasm and pride when talking about the work at NICM.

The World needs more people like Alan

.


06/03/24 08:29 AM #1292    

Bernie Newsom (Teacher)

May I join in the tributes to Alan Bensoussan and his incredible achievement.  I just cannot imagine the obstacles he must have faced to bring the NICM into being; and yet now we see a thriving, busy institution making a huge contrubution to the lives of so many people.  What an impressive facility he has built, what a dedicated staff he has gathered.  Sincerest thanks from my wife Dora and me, both to Alan and to James for inspiring our morning.

Best wishes to all, 

Bernie


07/03/24 04:57 AM #1293    

 

Ken McLoughlin

It was a fantastic morning . My wife and I really enjoyed the whole experience of being there and learning of the important work

that is carried out .     A great achievement Alan .    Thanks Alan for the talks and tour .    Well done James for coming up with 

the thought of it . 

                                      


07/03/24 09:24 AM #1294    

 

Alan Bensoussan

You guys truly made my day!  It was so lovely to have these warm, interested NSBHS friends at NICM and sharing with you our ups and downs as we built the institute.  Thank you so much for coming out and your positive feedback.  I'll share some of that with colleagues - it is always such a boost to our morale.  On Tuesday night we also had a big event with ~180 industry executives and researchers. We opened our small scale Good Manufacturing Practice facility, annouced a $10million donation by the (Marcus) Blackmore Family Foundation and spoke to our recent KPMG industry report. The NSW Minister for Medical Research assisted, along with out local MP, Chancellor, and Vice-Chancellor, etc.  I'm so thrilled to be able to share this public facility and to get some decent recognition for the field of integrative and complementary medicine. Thanks again to all of you!


09/03/24 01:44 PM #1295    

 

James Daniel

We would like to confirm the numbers by this Tuesday 12th March, for the Blue Mountains Walks.  With option of 1, 2 or 3 days. Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st March.  

If you plan to come along or if you have questions please contact, 

Morten Storaker   E  nordicodin@gmail.com    M. 0417 218 761 or 

James Daniel.      E. jmtdaniel10@gmail.com  M. 0451 511 290

Updated Attendee List below 


12/03/24 12:30 PM #1296    

 

Keith Longworth

 

Talk by Alan Bensoussan

 

A fascinating talk by Alan Bensoussan to some of his old classmates and teachers from nsbhs1973 on complementary medicine. 

 

Videos of the other researchers will be posted later.  Please excuse the clattering of dishes for the first 3 minutes of the talk as the microphone seemed to want to focus on the nearby kitchen. 

 




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