Re: [QUAD-L] Research Paper
Hi Luke, Anything dealing with depression should work for a research paper. There is a lot of research numbers and info out there to crunch! Stay strong. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post Texas, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I was recently accepted into the McNair's Scholar program at Lamar University. Now I must choose a topic for my undergraduate research paper. I can do the research over the topic of my choice. I have been thinking about doing it over depression and baclofen use but nothing is set in stone. I am wondering, do you guys had any suggestions? It has to be within the reasonable limits of an undergrad quadriplegic but I'm willing to consider all your ideas. Luke- c-5/6 incomplete 7 1/2 years post - More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail!
[QUAD-L] Fwd: Landmarks I got 13 out of 16
You think you know a lot but. try this. Guess the Spot. How well do you know landmarks? http://www.guessthespot.com/
Re: [QUAD-L] Re: Our Relationship With Others
Hi John, Hang in there, buddy, and you'll get around to everybody and make that quota! I think we can handle both unadulterated self pity and words of wisdom, after all we've been through. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post Texas, USA John S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bill, Unfortunately, as best I can tell, you qualify to write on any topic on the list. Sometimes it isn't so important that we say things of profound truth. The importance lay in saying it. There will always be someone glad to bump heads over the wording or get whacked out of shape because your politics doesn't fit with their tax agenda, all can say is, don't let em bug you. Don't even reply. Jim has done an awesome job on the list but he can't make sure everyone on here is a quad or a para. I'm very serious when I tell you this is where you may find some great words of wisdom right next to some unadulterated self pity. You got to be tough just to lurk on this list. If I offended anyone, well, cest la vie. If I offended everyone,, then damn, I've really blown my quota! Blessings and peace to all, john P.S. I'm hoping y'all have guessed I don't know which Bill is which any longer. P.P.S. This is as good as I get at relating to others at the moment. My new bed from Medicaid broke my foot and after three days of would you like to see a different doctor?, now blood is pooling in my backoohh pity pity pity. - Original Message From: Dr. William E. Heft [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: QUAD LIST quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:07:27 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Re: Our Relationship With Others Normal: a: according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle b: conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern: occurring naturally normal immunity4 a: of, relating to, or characterized by average intelligence or development. Abnormal: deviating from the normal or average. I quote from one of my statements in my last post, Once again, I am only expressing my own thoughts and ideas on these matters. Please do not assume me to be dictatorial or presumptuous with my statements. Or perhaps I am mistaken. I was under the impression that a member of this list still retained the freedom of expression. I quote from another source. In a move entitled 'Uncommon Valor', a movie that is dear to my heart because I served with many of my beloved brothers in Vietnam. A statement from this movie was made by an actor named Sailor, who said, Man,you don't ever quit. Yes, yes, I've heard it all before, on how men like me are politically incorrect for being involved in that crazy Asian war. I personally don't care, even though the cause of my t-1 2 condition is from Agent Orange. All I'm describing is what is best for me. I haven't and I never will quit trying. If I drop something, and it takes me a half an hour to pick it up, who's going to complain, or will the politically incorrect police come and arrest me? You say that it's important to conserve your strength for the important things, well struggling to exist everyday is my form of freedom, and that to me is the most important thing in life. Perhaps the prejudice on this list run the other way, and apparently I don't qualify as being a legitimate quadriplegic, at least not on this list. I made a mistake by joining, but that's ok, I make many mistakes. I'm sure there may exist other lists such as this one, or maybe there isn't. Either way it doesn't make any difference. Bill of Ill. - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
Re: [QUAD-L] 64bit speach recognition
It has been awhile since I checked on this, but the guys over at know-brainer indicated that NaturallySpeaking did come up with a way of working with Vista. I have chose to stick with my rather archaic computer because it uses windows XP and I know Vista has caused problems for a large amount of the people using voice technology. One of these days I might take the leap and get a Mac if I can be sure that their voice technology is about as good as NaturallySpeaking. As for which version of NaturallySpeaking, I think it depends on how much return you have. If you're just wanting to dictate within certain applications like Microsoft Word, and e-mails, it may be more beneficial to buy the preferred edition from one of your local computer stores. You can always go over to the guys I mentioned up above, but they are trying to sell their own software and if you combine NaturallySpeaking promotional with their stuff it is absolutely unbelievably high priced. Let me know if you have any other questions. You can always send me an e-mail direct. Of course, I'm not an expert at all. I ended usually going to some of the forums to answer questions myself. Quadius On 1/22/08, Danny Espinoza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I igured I would just ask…. I have a 64bit pc with Microsoft Vista 64bit. I cannot find any speech recognition software other than Vistas that will run on it. Im stuck using my quadjoy and onscreen keyboard to type. Does anyone know of any way to get good speech recognition to work? I asked the speech guru's and their answer was a new computer… I have got it working in a vmware session with winxp installed but that's such a pain….. Danny Espinoza 24/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer Broke c2,c6,c7 and doner bone at c2 TBI from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord off a vent woohoo however only one diaphragm works right now due to asymmetric SCI http://secureminds.us/
Re: [QUAD-L] What Keeps Us Entertained
Actually Dave I don't think I have seen it. I did, however, look on Turner classic movies and discovered it is showing on February 6 at 3:45 p.m. There's another one in April, but I'm going to set it up for my DVR now. Have you gone through Turner classic movies website? It allows you to look at what's coming up. Quadius On 1/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so, have you watched the all-time best movie ever - a real classic Citizen Cane ??? I finally found it in the daylight hours, turned on all the lights, turned it up very loud - and.. wow, what a cool message it has. I'm really glad I watched it, not because Orson Wells was so spectacular but the message was outta sight. Dave In a message dated 1/22/2008 4:32:02 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I like classic movies, however, I haven't been watching too many lately. I guess it's because I have a DVR and for me it has been unbelievable. I used to watch a lot of classic movies during the summer months, but the networks and cable stations have finally learned that there are many of us out there looking for newer shows to watch it during the summer, so they have started making new series during that timeframe. About two years ago I had a TiVo and I had it set up so that any movie with Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and a couple other actors were recorded. I even watched quite a view Hitchcock movies during that time frame. It's kind of interesting how I grew to like the classics. My first exposure was Arsenic and Old Lace. I watched it when I was a young 19-year-old private in the Army and fell in love with the movie. I have seen and probably seven or eight times over the years. Back around three years ago one of my professors was talking about Casablanca and when he looked around the room and he realized that the majority of the students had blank looks on their face. He asked how many of them had seen the movie and was absolutely shocked to find out that only one or two had. Well, I wasn't in that particular class, but my brother was and I was embarrassed to admit that I hadn't had an opportunity to see the film yet either. So, the next time it was aired on television are recorded it and really enjoyed this movie. I had no idea how many catchphrases came from that movie alone. At one point I was so hooked on classics that I would even watch a movie which was quite slow so I could witness some wonderful cinematography. Touch of Evil (1958) directed by Orson Welles comes to mind. The opening was pretty phenomenal and one particular scene where there is a small piece of trash floating in the hypnotic circular motion through the scene was fantastic. Well, enough of that. Take care. Quadius On 1/19/08, Dr. William E. Heft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Morning: Being a great fan of the theater, I especially love the old black and white films of the 20's, 30's 40's and 50's. I guess the reason for this is that I grew up in the era and genre. So it was with great pleasure that I found a good Bogart movie last night that I had never seen before. It was entitled,'Marked Women' co-staring Betty Davis and was a 1937 production. As Bogart starred in mostly B movies in his early career, it wasn't a bad production. It was also quite evident that Bogart had not reached his potential yet. I am curious to know if by chance there are any other fans of classic moves here. Those of us who share the love of the black and white cinemas talk by the hours about the likes and dislikes of the classics and sharing bits of trivia. For example, the Bogart movie 'Casablanca has been rated as the most Romanic movie in the history of US films. Another circa favorite of the black white films are the Bowery Boys, produced from the late 30's up through the 1950s. These films have developed a cult following and produced such loveable characters as Slip, Sach, Chuck, Whity and Louie, the sweet shop owner. Anyone on the list old enough to remember these films? Some of these films were entitles 'Hell's Kitchen, Angles With Dirty Faces and The East Side Kids'. Much thanks goes to Ted Turner for airing the TCM television network which airs these classics 24/7 commercial free. Perhaps I might just invoke interest in this subject or even the associated field of literature, but then on the other hand this subject might be perceived as the ranting of an old man. Bill of Il. Dave Visit My Home Page http://www.users.qwest.net/~daveoc/index.html -- Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shapehttp://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489in the new year.
Re: [QUAD-L] bruising
hey john, good luck, man. i hope everything turns out well. Lucinda C-4,5 complete July 31, '05 Mpls., MN - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
[QUAD-L] EC Health Subcommittee Members who came to the hearing -
**Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ---BeginMessage--- A very true correction! And Congressman Towns asked several questions too. - Original Message - From: Chris Hilderbrant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADAPT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:57 PM Subject: RE: EC Health Subcommittee Members who came to the hearing Edolphus Towns of NY showed up about 3/4 of the way through the session before lunch break. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of ADAPT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 1/22/2008 4:43 PM To: commchoice-list Subject: EC Health Subcommittee Members who came to the hearing Several folks wanted to know which members actually showed up for the hearing. Here's a list: Energy Commerce Chairman Dingell (MI), Subcommittee Chairman Pallone (NJ), Subcommittee Vice-Chair Green (TX), Subcommittee Ranking Member Deal (GA), Rep. Murphy (PA), Rep. Wilson (NM), Rep. Buyer (IN), Rep. Capps (CA), Rep. Eschoo (CA), Rep. Solis (CA), Rep. Burgess (TX), Rep. Baldwin (WI), Rep. Schakowsky (IL), Rep. Hooley (OR) NATIONAL ADAPT MAILING LIST - Adapt Community Choice Act List http://www.adapt.org NATIONAL ADAPT MAILING LIST - Adapt Community Choice Act List http://www.adapt.org ---End Message---
[QUAD-L] Urban Legends_Biography Channel
Hey...has anyone been watching Urban Legends on the Biography Channel? It is very similar to the program that used to play called Beyond Belief hosted by Jonathan Frakes. They both portray (for the viewer) three different case scenarios and leave the viewer to try to figure out which ones are true and which ones are false. I really miss Beyond Belief but Urban Legends is pretty much the same thing. Cool show. Anyway... last night one of the three episodes was about a World War II parachute jumper that ended up a prisoner of war. When he landed on the ground he fractured his vertebrae at the C5/6 level. When he was in his prison cell... it was so small that he was forced to stay completely in one position on his back. Even though how terrible that must have been... by doing that it saved his life as far as being a quadriplegic for the rest of his life because, by being forced to stay in that position, his spine and vertebrae did not paralyze him. *This was the third story of three and the true one!* What is eerie here he is that that guy's name was B (Billy?) Boyd and when they first started talking I thought they were talking about the Boyd that was on this list! Anyway... I rarely watch television but it seems to have been coming on just as I have been getting ready to take my medicine than getting into position for bed so I have caught several of episodes and t*hey are great to try and guess what is real and what is not as far as the stories portrayed during an hour or half hour. * -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ
Re: [QUAD-L] What Keeps Us Entertained
I always used to have this mental block whereby if it was a black-and-white movie then it was boring!!! How stupid I know... let alone naïve! But I have reached the age where I now really enjoy them. Because my husband and I met on the Internet ... we absolutely love the movie *You've Got Mail *with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The previous movie those two made together was* Sleepless in Seattle* which is another all-time favorite of ours. In that movie they talk about *An Affair to Remember *with Cary Grant and Debra Kerr (1957). Well... I had never seen *An Affair to Remember* but* *my husband (not only 15 1/2 years my senior but a big movie buff) has. Anyway... we watched it together about six months ago and it was pretty good. I wouldn't say it was great but pretty good and now I know what they are referring to in Sleepless in Seattle! We started collecting DVDs in the year 2000 and we have close to 250 of them. Three quarters of them are favorites and others will be given away or perhaps I will try to sell them on eBay someday in the future. We started collecting our favorite Christmas movies (older ones) eight few years ago and now we have four different versions of *A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life, The Bishops Wife, and The Polar Express (I kno*w... that one is more recent but look how much animation has become magnified since we were young!). Anyway... this year we got together with another couple who are good friends of ours to watch one of the movies and we chose *The Bishop's Wife *(1947 with Cary Grant and Loretta Young). I have a newer movie that is currently a great favorite of mine. * V for Vendetta.* The first time I watched it I thought that is an OK/pretty good movie! The second time I liked it better using the subtitles and now I have watched it four or five times and I think it is a moral imperative despite many other things! My husband is not impressed by too much at all as far as more recent movies coming out of Hollywood. In fact, he really has not enjoyed anything enough to call it great since *The Lord of the Rings. * But not too long ago he watched *The Illusionist * and even though he can pick up and remember movies like a sponge... he said that that is definitely one that needs to be watched at least twice to really, really get it and then enjoy it. And was really, really, really good! I had not seen it so we just got it on DVD and I am looking forward to it! Last night I started listening to the audio book* I Am Legend*. I have not seen the movie although my husband and my niece were not all that impressed with it. My husband has already listened to the audio book (that is another one of our favorite things to do separately or together) of *I am Legend *and he says that* they are completely and totally different except for one thing. * So there it is for me! Although I have not touched the tip of the iceberg as far as my entertainment but I will not bore you if you have even gotten this far! LOL Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ I had only seen a couple of times but I thoroughly enjoyed this viewing! On Jan 22, 2008 4:31 PM, Quadius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like classic movies, however, I haven't been watching too many lately. I guess it's because I have a DVR and for me it has been unbelievable. I used to watch a lot of classic movies during the summer months, but the networks and cable stations have finally learned that there are many of us out there looking for newer shows to watch it during the summer, so they have started making new series during that timeframe. About two years ago I had a TiVo and I had it set up so that any movie with Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and a couple other actors were recorded. I even watched quite a view Hitchcock movies during that time frame. It's kind of interesting how I grew to like the classics. My first exposure was Arsenic and Old Lace. I watched it when I was a young 19-year-old private in the Army and fell in love with the movie. I have seen and probably seven or eight times over the years. Back around three years ago one of my professors was talking about Casablanca and when he looked around the room and he realized that the majority of the students had blank looks on their face. He asked how many of them had seen the movie and was absolutely shocked to find out that only one or two had. Well, I wasn't in that particular class, but my brother was and I was embarrassed to admit that I hadn't had an opportunity to see the film yet either. So, the next time it was aired on television are recorded it and really enjoyed this movie. I had no idea how many catchphrases came from that movie alone. At one point I was so hooked on classics that I would even watch a movie which was quite slow so I could witness some wonderful cinematography. Touch of Evil (1958) directed by Orson Welles comes to mind. The opening was pretty phenomenal and
RE: [QUAD-L] Research Paper
Hi Luke, I am currently finishing my doctorate in clinical psychology, I hold a master degree and teach, if I can help in any way, drop me a line, I did my dissertation in Sense of Coherence and family support in individuals with SCI (with a lot of help from participants of this list, THANK YOU ALL WHO PARTICIPATED BY THE WAY) and I studied depression quite a bit. Tim From: David K. Kelmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:55 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Research Paper Hi Luke, Anything dealing with depression should work for a research paper. There is a lot of research numbers and info out there to crunch! Stay strong. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post Texas, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I was recently accepted into the McNair's Scholar program at Lamar University. Now I must choose a topic for my undergraduate research paper. I can do the research over the topic of my choice. I have been thinking about doing it over depression and baclofen use but nothing is set in stone. I am wondering, do you guys had any suggestions? It has to be within the reasonable limits of an undergrad quadriplegic but I'm willing to consider all your ideas. Luke- c-5/6 incomplete 7 1/2 years post More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mailhttp://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp000503!
Re: [QUAD-L] supra pubic
You have the wrong person... I do not have and have never had one. Lori On Jan 23, 2008 10:35 AM, John Biby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Hi Lori, im john im a C6 quad im having a pubic tube put in next week and i wondered how it went for you ?john*
