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It was not a Gulf War goal. The objective was to liberate Kuwait. That objective was accomplished with UN Sanction.

Beginning to end... SysAdmin WinNT4.0 -> MS Access Development-> Data Integrity Project Manager (Oracle) -> Sales Engineer of Fiber Optic Systems -> Management; Systems Implementation & Data Integrity-> GE Smallworld GIS certified SysAdmin, DB Admin & Applications Developer -> Laid Off -> College Professor (communications) & Tandem Driver.

Well considering you're probably one of the last of the System Administrators on the planet with a job... you've probably got the rest of the planet's machines to take care of... so your brevity is understandable. Now get back to work so MAE Central doesn't crash... I don't want to miss out on my nightly chess.net

BRAVO, BRAVO!!

I the thread and am glad you've decided to stay. These thoughts are normal. I've trained a lot of folks to jump. Over time, I began to notice a phenomenon which I called, "The Wall." You remember your first skydive? How much of it did you remember after the dive. 20%, 30%, 50%? As your Instructors were going through the debrief on your first dive, they probably prompted you with questions to help you remember ALL the events that took place. The brain has a funny way of creating tunnel vision during a "perceived" dangerous state. Not that unlike the car accidents you went to as a Firefighter where those in the crash explained that everything seemed to go in "slow motion." Yet, even though everything is in slow motion, different folks will give you different explanations of the same event - because their brain filters out things. It takes more than one perspective to get the full picture... like when your instructors prompted you with questions. "The Wall" appears to happen anywhere between 25 and 50 jumps. I "believe" what happens is that those perceptual filters finally become conduits. You used to look at your three rings as a "piece" of the system and accepted it as "part" of the big picture. Overtime, those perceptual filters broaden and you begin to see everything as a system, rather than as individual components. Using Bloom's "Taxonomy of Learning Stages," as your education level increases, the final stage is the ability to "apply" the application (you learned how to build a network by the numbers, now you can build the network by visualizing the entire system). In skydiving, now you can visualize the bigger picture and like networks can see the potential failure points. Like networks, you will focus your attention on those failure points until you come to depend on their reliability (you add something new to the network, it becomes the focus of your attention until you "feel" it's running well and won't disable the network). You developed this "feel" by testing and it became the device's responsibility to prove itself to you on the network. Over time, it "proved" itself as a stable device and you were again able to focus on the big picture. The same is true for the primary components of skydiving. Confidence in gear, confidence in others, confidence in your freefall, confidence in your canopy and confidence in your landing awareness. The "Wall" can be overcome in skydiving just as it is with networks. Keep pushing to make it work. Commit to ten more "all about me jumps." Go out by yourself and enjoy. Remove some of the peripheral devices on the system and slowly intergrate them back on the system until you feel comfortable the environment is stable. In closing, I have suggested overcoming "The Wall" to many students using the "all about me" dive plan. Some chose to do it, others did not. One of them hit "the wall" at 41 jumps told me she was getting out... I told her about "the wall" and she chose to push past the wall by doing doing ten "all about me" hop-n-pops. Today, she does big-ways, has jumped with the Golden Knights on more than one occasion and has a symphony of awards and is a well-respected Coach. That's my suggestion... ten more... all about me. If folks invite you to go with them... just thank them and say, "Ya know, today I'm doing "all about me" solos. Most folks will understand, figure out you want to make a jump, but want to be left alone. Almost every sunset jump is still an "all about me" skydive. Solo. Get out last... open about 8,000', turn and face the sunset, feel the wind and embrace the silence. Good Luck

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Dave, Do not get any below your bicep. Not conducive with corporate America.

http://www.back2college.com/onlinedegrees.htm http://news.com.com/2100-1017-253671.html?legacy=cnet Opinion: I "believe" that getting a regionally accredited degree from any institution is better than having no degree when you're targeting a profession. I also believe that it is important to demonstrate some educational diversity as you move up the corporate ladder. There will always be the nay-sayers about strictly on-line degrees. My experience in corporate America is that an on-line degree will help get a job when comparing the degreed applicant against the non-degreed applicant. However, when faced with an on-line degreed applicant against one that has a "traditional" university degree (you mentioned the University of S.F.), the microscope gets focused a little tighter. My recommendation is; One should consider an opposing degree from each venue to demonstrate a well-rounded ability to learn in either environment. So, for example, if you get an undergraduate degree from an on-line university, one should consider a "traditional" university graduate program or vice versa. "Traditional" university undergraduate program and a "professional" on-line graduate program. If your desire is to move up in an organization or move to another organization (which we all will move 6-8 times in our lifetime), consider the impressions of the hiring manager for advancement on the following resume options: 1. B.S., Business Administration, University of Phoenix. 2. B.S., Business Administration, University of Phoenix. M.B.A., University of South Florida 3. B.S., University of South Florida M.B.A., University of Phoenix 4. B.S., Business Administration, University of Phoenix. M.B.A., University of Phoenix Many "traditional" universities are now formatting an accelerated graduate program whereby the Master's candidate goes to class one night a week, but only studies one subject area for six weeks for 2 years (with no semester breaks), rather than three subjects for three nights a week for 2 years (with semester breaks). In addition, if you intend on staying in one State (FL), there is a lot to be said regarding corporate networking in relation to State universities - University of Southern Florida degrees in corporate America in Florida. Somebody up the food chain will always have an instant comaraderie with a fellow State university alumnus. Finally, it's my "understanding" that your tenure in the UoP program is conditional on employment. If you lose your job, you only have "X" amount of time to get another job to remain in the UoP program... but you may wish to check that out and whether it has to be in the same field if in a technical preofessional degree program (i.e., Information Technology). As Dennis Miller used to say, "That's just my opinion, I could be wrong."

Well, we all know (or should know what the BSRs and "Breakaway" say to do). I "think" I would do nothing as long as its pointed towards a SOFA. If I HAD to make turns I might use/test using the risers of the rear (reserve) canopy to make gentle nudging turns on the main canopy. Be interested in your thoughts on using nudge turns.

That could be done right here. All he'd have to do is create some code to delete any "Talk Back" threads where > "X" number of months. Could do it based on capacity too.

I pm'd him - He should be joining us shortly.

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Well... teaching communications in college and one of the classes I teach is "Interviewing." So, here goes... 1. Develop a list of anticipated questions - a. So, tell us about skydiving?" b. How did you get started in skydiving? c. What's it like to jump out of a plane? d. Is it dangerous? e. Have you ever been hurt or seen someone else hurt? f. How many people skydive? 2. For each of those questions develop an answer. Think about how you would want to answer each question in a positive way. 3. For those questions that are looking for a sensationalistic perspective (1.e), develop a "rollover answer" (one that answers the question in a postive light). You might say, "Ya know I've been hurt and it was really a stupid thing, blah blah, blah, but overall skydiving is less dangerous than other sports. Finally, think about your most favorite skydive and try to work that in to the interview. Really paint a verbal picture for them so they can visualize the jump as you're telling them about it. Some folks get a little anxious with interviews because its structured rather than informal (but knowing you personally; have doubts this will be an issue for you ...), but remember this... They have no idea about what you do; which makes you in charge of the interview. They will be asking a lot of open-ended questions to get things started... based on what your answers are; it will lead them to probing questions. Therefore, the direction of the interview is completely up to your answers. You answer the open-ended questions by painting a positive picture for them and it will reduce the number of probing questions. You're a very personable person, Chile... be yourself, think about the possible questions and how you might answer them and just be you. I've enjoyed our conversations and am sure they will enjoy the interview also. When its printed, you'll have to scan and post it or scan/copy/paste it back here so we can read it. See ya later...

While developing the lightbulb, Edison went through 10,000 attempts at getting it to light. With numerous inventions under his belt, a reporter asked if he was going to give up on the light bulb since he had failed 10,000 times. Edison replied, 'I didn't "fail" 10,000 times, I learned 10,000 ways that don't work."

No matter which instructional methodology you choose, You must complete Category F to be cleared for solo's and/or Coach jumps. Both instructional methodologies are internationally recognized, so no matter where in you are in your training, you should be able to continue on your path. Some DZ's have different "internal" programs so you might want to check before going somewhere else. Best advice I can give you is to be assertive to completion in whichever program you choose. You "should" be able to get your "A" license before the end of February.

6'6" 240# Tallguy is the "first" skydiver I've had to look up to.

Climbed Tallguy yet? Climbed Tallguy yet? Climbed Tallguy yet? Climbed Tallguy yet? Me & AggieDave just ain't feelin the luv anymore

I can't answer your question, but I can share something interesting. Oklahoma has THE highest paid meterologists in the nation. There's more than one that make over 300K/annum. Reason being is their ability to predict storms. Now here's where it gets interesting, They are right on sunshine & rain about 75% of the time. But, there are two of them that when they say there's going to be wind at "X" number of hours tomorrow. Count on it. Freaky. Some folks who have moved to Oklahoma have thrown the 15 yard penalty for bullshit flag on wind predictions when they hear, "Winds tomorrow will be 14-18 with gusting to 30... They'll be like, "BULLSHIT, how can he predict that!?!?!!?" Everyone just nods their heads and waits.

Yup, yup, yup. What they said.

The Raven and Raiders are good first choices as a first main. You'll be happy with it for the first 100 jumps (one season) or so and it gives you time to explore your other future main canopy options while skydiving.

Don't jump "up."

Don't be surprised by the lack of response. Review the following hyperlink on the "Johari Window" regarding self-disclosure. There's some things that folks choose to remain "Hidden." Especially in cyberspace. http://www.noogenesis.com/game_theory/johari/johari_window.html

Since I brought up ISO 9001, the thread seems to have migrated in that direction. The reason I brought up ISO9K is not because it guarantees any specific product's quality; it guarantees that there is a better process in place to catch manufacturing flaws anywhere in the process. Rather than the antiquated system of quality control whereby one picks "X" number of final products for random testing and statistically factors "Y" for the whole lot as an acceptable ratio of error - ISO9K ensures that anyone at any point in the manufacturing process can hit the "Stop" button if they see any flaws in any product. The goal being that those items can be pulled out, sent to the front of the line for remanufacture and/or taken out and discarded. Personally, I applaud Aerodyne for taking the steps to go through what can be a brutally difficult certification. I've taken more than one company through the ISO certification process. Those that emerge on the other side haven taken great steps in changing their manufacturing environment from one of "Quality Control" to one of "Quality Assurance." And assuring the customer is what generates sales. Especially in an industry where one's life literally rests in the hands of the manufacturing process. I "believe" that over time, Aerodyne is going to be a global force in the parachute industry for having taken this path. Their leadership is to be congratulated for moving in this direction. I "suspect" that others in the parachute industry will be forced to take the same path.