Saturday, March 29, 2025

 hứ hai, 19/8/2024, 05:00 (GMT+7)

 Reeve purchased a 12-year-old American thoroughbred horse named Eastern Express, nicknamed "Buck", while filming Village of the Damned. He trained with Buck in 1994 and planned to do Training Level events in 1995 and move up to Preliminary in 1996. Though Reeve had originally signed up to compete at an event in Vermont, his coach invited him to go to the Commonwealth Dressage and Combined Training Association finals at the Commonwealth Park equestrian center in Culpeper, Virginia. Reeve finished in fourth place out of 27 in the dressage, before walking his cross-country course. He was concerned about jumps 16 and 17 but paid little attention to the third jump, which was a routine one-metre-tall (3.3 ft) fence shaped like the letter "W".[162]

On May 27, 1995, Reeve's horse made a refusal. Witnesses said the horse began the third fence jump and suddenly stopped. Reeve fell forward off the horse, holding on to the reins. His hands became tangled in them, and the bridle and bit were pulled off the horse.[note 2] He landed head first on the far side of the fence, shattering his first and second vertebrae. The resulting cervical spinal injury paralyzed him from the neck down and halted his breathing. Paramedics arrived three minutes later and immediately took measures to get air into his lungs. He was taken first to the local hospital, before being flown by helicopter to the University of Virginia Medical Center.[164] He had no recollection of the accident.[165]

Hospitalization

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After five days in which Reeve was heavily medicated and delirious, he regained full consciousness. His doctor explained to him his first and second cervical vertebrae had been destroyed and his spinal cord damaged.[166] He was paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe without a ventilator.

Reeve's first thoughts when informed about the seriousness of his injury was he had ruined his life, would be a burden on his family, and it might be best to "slip away". He mouthed to his wife Dana, "Maybe we should let me go." She tearfully replied, "I will support whatever you want to do, because this is your life and your decision. But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you. And I love you."[167] In what she would later describe as a "sales ploy", she also told him that if he still wanted to die in two years they could reconsider the question.[168]

After this conversation, and visits from his children in which he saw how much they needed him, Reeve consented to lifesaving surgery and treatment for pneumonia.[169] He never considered euthanasia as an option again.[167][170]

Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His upcoming operation to stabilize his spine in June 1995 "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent. He announced that he was my proctologist, and that he had to examine me immediately." It was Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months. "For the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay."[171][note 3] In addition to visits from friends and family, Reeve received over 400,000 letters from all over the world, which gave him great comfort during his recovery.[175][note 4]

John A. Jane performed surgery to repair Reeve's neck vertebrae. He put wires underneath both laminae and used bone from Reeve's hip to fit between the C1 and C2 vertebrae. He inserted a titanium pin and fused the wires with the vertebrae, then drilled holes in Reeve's skull and fitted the wires through to secure the skull to the spinal column.[176] To access the cord, the surgeon had to cut a tendon on the right side of Reeve's neck, which became shorter and less flexible as a result, causing his head to tilt slightly to the right.[177]

Rehabilitation

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After a month in the hospital, Reeve spent six months at the Kessler Rehabilitation Center in West Orange, New Jersey, to continue with his recovery and learn skills such as operating his sip-and-puff electric wheelchair by blowing air through a straw. In his autobiography Still Me, he described initially not wanting to face the reality of his disability. Getting used to sitting strapped into a wheelchair or taking a shower was initially terrifying. Reeve developed a deep fondness for many of the staff at Kessler, and through conversations with the other patients gradually started to see himself as being part of the disabled community.[178][note 5]

For the first few months after the accident, Reeve relied on a ventilator, which was connected to his neck through a tracheostomy tube, for every breath. With therapy and practice, he developed the ability to breathe on his own for up to 90 minutes at a time.[180]

At home, Reeve exercised for up to four or five hours a day, using specialized exercise machines to stimulate his muscles and prevent muscle atrophy and osteoporosis.[181] He believed that intense physical therapy could regenerate the nervous system, and also wanted his body to be strong enough to support itself if a cure for paralysis were found.

Beginning in 2000, he started to regain the ability to make small movements with his fingers and other parts of his body. By 2002, he could feel the prick of a needle and sense hot and cold temperatures on 65% of his body.[182][183] He regularly exercised in a swimming pool and could push off with his legs from the side of a pool and make a snow angel movement with his arms. He also had a sense of proprioception, which is critical for movement control.[184] Initially, Reeve was given an A grade on the ASIA Impairment Scale, indicating no motor or sensory function. In 2002, his grade was changed to C, indicating some degree of muscle movement and sensation. Reeve's doctors were surprised by his improvements, which they attributed to his intensive exercise regimen. The degree of his recovery was reported in scientific journals.[185]

In February 2003, Reeve became the third patient in the United States to undergo an experimental procedure in which electrodes were implanted in his diaphragm to help him breathe without a ventilator.[186] Previously, he could force air into his lungs using his neck muscles, which required a lot of effort. With a diaphragm pacing device, he was able to breathe normally through his nose, regaining his sense of smell and normal speech.[187][188] At first, the device allowed him to breathe for 15 minutes an hour, but over time this increased up to 18 hours a day.[189] In November 2003, Reeve appeared in public without a ventilator for the first time since his accident.[190] In 2008, the device was approved by the FDA under a Humanitarian Device Exemption, and received premarket approval in 2023.[191]

Life with paralysis

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In December 1995, Reeve moved back to his home in Bedford, New York. By two years after the accident, Reeve said he was "glad to be alive, not out of obligation to others, but because life was worth living."[192] He continued to require round-the-clock care for the rest of his life, with a rotating team of 10 nurses and five aides working in his home.[193][note 6]

In the aftermath of the accident, Reeve went through intense grief. He gradually resolved to make the best of his new life, with a busy schedule of activism, film work, writing and promoting his books, public speaking, and parenting. In 1998, he said in an interview:

Who knows why an accident happens? The key is what do you do afterwards. There is a period of shock, and then grieving, with confusion and loss. After that, you have two choices. One is to stare out the window and gradually disintegrate. And the other is to mobilize and use all your resources, whatever they may be, to do something positive. That is the road I have taken. It comes naturally to me. I am a competitive person and right now I am competing against decay. I don't want osteoporosis or muscle atrophy or depression to beat me.[6]

In another interview, Reeve said he drew on the self-discipline he had gained in his early years in the theater:

Nobody wants another actor. There's too many of them now already. ... To keep believing in yourself in spite of those kinds of obstacles is certainly good preparation for what I'm going through now.[170]

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

TẠI SAO VNCH PHẢI SỤP ĐỔ VÀO NĂM 1975?

                           

               
Cảnh đồng bào miền Nam leo lên một xà lan ở Khánh Hội chiều ngày 29 tháng 4, 1975 di tản khỏi Việt Nam. Các ông Joe Gettier, Mel Chatman và Bill Egan, nhân viên tòa Đại sứ Mỹ bất tuân lệnh của Đại sứ Martin, đã dùng tàu kéo xà lan chở người Việt Nam đi tị nạn.

Sau khi qua Mỹ năm 1994, tôi đã nghiên cứu về Numerology hay Lý thuyết Số. Nhờ đó,  tôi đã biết rằng trong cuộc họp lịch sử ngày 14.3.75 tại Cam Ranh với năm người tham dự, dẫn đến sự sụp đổ của VNCH, có ba người đều có tên bằng số 13 và 1 người có tên bằng 22. (Đây là các số rất xấu theo Lý thuyết Số vì thuộc Nhóm trả nợ dồn gồm các số 4 8 13 17 22 và 26). Đó là Tổng Thống Nguyễn văn Thiệu, thủ tướng Trần thiện Khiêm, thiếu tướng Phạm văn Phú tư lịnh quân khu 2 đều có tên bằng 13; riêng đại tướng Cao văn Viên có tên bằng 22. (Riêng trung tướng Ngô quang Trưởng, TL của quân khu 1, gặp TT Thiệu ngày 13.3.75 cũng có ngày sanh là 13).  

Theo LTS, tên của 1 người, 1 cuốn phim, 1 cuốn sách, 1 công ty, hay 1 nước, v.v... đều là một THỰC THỂ (entity). Cũng như vậy là ngày sinh, năm sinh. Nay ta phân tách năm 1975 bằng cách cộng 4 số này: 1 + 9 + 7 + 5, ta thấy bằng 22. Sau đây là ý nghĩa của số này.

Sự thần phục - Sự cảnh giác (Submission and Caution)

Số 22 được tượng trưng bởi hình ảnh một Người Tốt (Good Man) bị mờ mắt vì sự ngu dốt (folly) của những kẻ khác, với một túi đeo lưng, đầy những sai lầm. Trên hình vẽ cho thấy người này có vẻ không phòng thủ gì trước một con cọp dữ đang bắt đầu tấn công hắn. Số này cũng cảnh báo về ảo tưởng và lừa dối. Nó cho thấy một người tốt (hoặc thực thể) đang sống trong hạnh phúc và thỏa mãn, và tin tưởng không có vấn đề gì xảy ra, nhưng thực tế thì không phải vậy. Nó cho thấy một người đang nằm mơ, chỉ thức dậy khi nguy hiểm bao quanh hắn, nhưng lúc đó thì quá muộn. Nó cảnh báo về những sai lầm trong phán đoán, khi đặt lòng tin vào những kẻ không đáng tin cậy..." Nếu 22 là ngày sanh, người này nên cẩn thận và luôn cảnh giác hay canh chừng (caution and watchfulness) trong những vấn đề về nghề nghiệp và cá nhân. Điều bắt buộc (karmic obligation) đối với người này phải tỉnh táo hơn, phải kiềm chế (curb) sự lười biếng về tâm linh, và phát triển hơn sự năng nổ về tâm linh – để thực hiện khả năng riêng (của mình) nhằm thay đổi sự việc, cũng như để ngăn ngừa sự thất bại bằng cách quyết tâm đạt được sự thành công (by simply ordaining success). Khi trách nhiệm cá nhân này được nhìn nhận, thực hành và cuối cùng  được nắm vững, người mang số 22 sẽ làm chủ mọi sự kiện, không còn bị mờ mắt bởi sự ngu dốt của kẻ khác, và sẽ thấy ý tưởng và niềm mơ ước của mình được thực hiện. Bất cứ ai sanh ngày 22 cần phải đọc đoạn nói về số 4 và 8, bắt đầu ở trang 269.

(Dịch từ trang 258-259 của sách Linda Goodman's Star Signs*). 

NHẬN XÉT: Nếu bạn thay thế chữ "Người Tốt' bằng VNCH thì sẽ thấy sự trùng hợp CHÍNH XÁC với những gì xảy ra năm 1975 tại VN; nghĩa là mọi việc đã xảy ra trong năm 1975 là do TRỜI ĐẤT SẮP ĐẶT. Hơn nữa 22 = 2 + 2 = 4 (TRẢ NỢ DỒN). 

* Bà Linda Goodman là một cố chiêm tinh gia nổi tiếng của Mỹ, tác giả của nhiều sách trong đó có quyển Linda Goodman's Star Signs mà tôi dùng để viết về Lý thuyết Số.

SJ ngày 27/3/2025, cập nhật ngày 20/4/2025.


Tuesday, March 25, 2025

 Yvon Chouinard (born November 9, 1938)[1] is an American rock climber, environmentalist, and businessman. His company, Patagonia, sells outdoor products, outerwear, and food. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.[2]

YVON = 1675 = 19 = 10 = 1

CHOUINARD = 357615124 = 34 = 7

Tánh tình của tuổi BẢO  BÌNH 

          sinh từ 21/1 đến 19/2

Đáng  tin cậy.  Vô tưChu đáo.

Rộng rãi.  Công bằng.  Độc lập.

Sống vì người khác.  Quan tâm 

tới  người  khác Trung  thành

với  bạn  bè.   Ý  chí  mạnh mẽ

Tánh  tình  cởi  mở.   Có nhiều 

sáng  tạoSuy  nghĩ  hay hành

động  không  giống  đám đông.

Toàn hảo về mọi  phương diện.


 

Tên khai sinh
Trần Quang Trạch
Ngày sinh
1924
Nơi sinh
Quận Châu Thành, tỉnh Mỹ ThoNam KỳLiên bang Đông Dương


TRẦN = 4215 = 12 = 3
VĂN = 615 = 12 = 3
TRẠCH = 42135 = 15 = 6
TRẦN = 3
 QUANG = 16153 = 16 = 7
TRẠCH