goldnucs
12-12-2001, 01:24 PM
Hi all. I've never posted to this board and suppose its time to introduce myself. My name is Rick Goldstein. I'm a c5/6 quad, 23-years post- injury resulting from a cliff-diving accident here in Tucson in 1978. I did the rehab gig at Rusk in '78-'79 afterwhich I was "drafted" on to the board of directors of the Paralysis Cure Research Foundation. I was its youngest director at age 23. PCRF later merged with Kent Waldrep's group and, for some reason I fail to recall, I went my separate way.
During the early 80's I had the good fortune of meeting and working with many great and well-meaning scientists. I don't know if you remember me, Wise, but we met on a number of occasions at PCRF-sponsored research events and, I believe, at NYU. I participated in research in various capacities, including guinea pig, starting with an anterior decompression performed by Dr. Kao at Georgetown, followed by DMSO therapy with Stan Jacob in Portland, and clonidine with Eric Naftchi at NYU. Eric and I became friends and I engaged in fund-raising efforts on his behalf. I did the same with Harry Goldsmith and Harry Demopolous.
At some point, I had made the decision to "go on with my life", not having cure as a prerequisite to my happiness. I returned to Tucson where I built a successful contracting and real estate development company which I ran from 1986 until 1998. At our peak in the mid-90's we were doing in excess of $6 million a year in revenues.
I also owned a telecommunications company which opened up the whole resale of telecom services industry following the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. I was instrumental in the development and subsequent passage of the Arizona resale tarriff (initially the Goldstein tarriff)which was eventually adopted by the FCC as the national standard.
In 1998, I began daytrading stocks and loved it so much, I retired from the construction industry to pursue trading full-time. I've just recently acquired my Series 7, General Securities license with the SEC. I intend to continue trading, however, with the advent of recent technologies, I've decided to take it on the road.
I am about to embark on a real adventure! My house is on the market and as soon as it sells, we're off. (If anybody's looking for a magnificent 3500 sq.ft. 4 b/r, 4 bath home, with views to die for, in Tucson, AZ, don't hesitate to let me know......pics at http://www.tucsonre.com/homes/4524rockcliff.shtml)
We're driving south where we'll spend a month in Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, then a month in Acupulco, then another month in Antigua, Guatamala. Then on through El Salvador, Nicuaragua and Honduras into Costa Rica where we'll spend another month or two. From Northern Panama we'll ferry across the Carribean to Cartagena, Columbia, drive across Columbia into Equador (hopefully drop in on Carl Kao while we're there), head on down into Peru, Chile and Argentina. I figure it'll take about a year and a half to get that far, and then, who knows what.
I plan on turning on the camcorder the moment we leave and video-journaling the entire adventure, uploading it to a website so family and friends can join in the fun. I'm also researching opportunities with respect to exporting native arts and crafts back to the States as a potential business.
If any of you have any input to add to my adventure plan, I'd love to hear from you.
During the early 80's I had the good fortune of meeting and working with many great and well-meaning scientists. I don't know if you remember me, Wise, but we met on a number of occasions at PCRF-sponsored research events and, I believe, at NYU. I participated in research in various capacities, including guinea pig, starting with an anterior decompression performed by Dr. Kao at Georgetown, followed by DMSO therapy with Stan Jacob in Portland, and clonidine with Eric Naftchi at NYU. Eric and I became friends and I engaged in fund-raising efforts on his behalf. I did the same with Harry Goldsmith and Harry Demopolous.
At some point, I had made the decision to "go on with my life", not having cure as a prerequisite to my happiness. I returned to Tucson where I built a successful contracting and real estate development company which I ran from 1986 until 1998. At our peak in the mid-90's we were doing in excess of $6 million a year in revenues.
I also owned a telecommunications company which opened up the whole resale of telecom services industry following the divestiture of AT&T in 1984. I was instrumental in the development and subsequent passage of the Arizona resale tarriff (initially the Goldstein tarriff)which was eventually adopted by the FCC as the national standard.
In 1998, I began daytrading stocks and loved it so much, I retired from the construction industry to pursue trading full-time. I've just recently acquired my Series 7, General Securities license with the SEC. I intend to continue trading, however, with the advent of recent technologies, I've decided to take it on the road.
I am about to embark on a real adventure! My house is on the market and as soon as it sells, we're off. (If anybody's looking for a magnificent 3500 sq.ft. 4 b/r, 4 bath home, with views to die for, in Tucson, AZ, don't hesitate to let me know......pics at http://www.tucsonre.com/homes/4524rockcliff.shtml)
We're driving south where we'll spend a month in Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, then a month in Acupulco, then another month in Antigua, Guatamala. Then on through El Salvador, Nicuaragua and Honduras into Costa Rica where we'll spend another month or two. From Northern Panama we'll ferry across the Carribean to Cartagena, Columbia, drive across Columbia into Equador (hopefully drop in on Carl Kao while we're there), head on down into Peru, Chile and Argentina. I figure it'll take about a year and a half to get that far, and then, who knows what.
I plan on turning on the camcorder the moment we leave and video-journaling the entire adventure, uploading it to a website so family and friends can join in the fun. I'm also researching opportunities with respect to exporting native arts and crafts back to the States as a potential business.
If any of you have any input to add to my adventure plan, I'd love to hear from you.