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Professor Lerine Steenkamp of the College of Management and Professor Jerry Crist of the Department of Natural Sciences retired from Lawrence Tech at the end of the fall semester. They were honored by their colleagues at a retirement party on Dec. 11.
After growing up in rural northwestern Ohio and earning his PhD in chemistry at the Ohio State University, Crist joined the Lawrence Tech faculty in 1968. One of his first projects was to help design the new chemistry curriculum as the program evolved to what was initially a stand-alone department
"Dr. Crist is an award-winning professor, and arguably the most well respected and loved member of our Chemistry faculty," LTU President Virinder Moudgil said. "Dr. Crist is admired by all of his colleagues as an outstanding educator."
Crist has chaired the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Natural Sciences, and served as interim dean of students from 2001-03.
He was the faculty advisor who started the LTU Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society. He was also faculty advisor to the University's Honor Society, Lambda Iota Tau.
In 2009, he received the Henry B. and Barbara J. Horldt Excellence in Teaching Award .
For the past 20 years Crist chaired the University Scholarship Committee. "Knowing the need for scholarships would always outstrip the funds available, Dr. Crist took the scholarship review process to heart, working diligently with the scholarship committee to help as many students as they could," Moudgil said.
Last year an alumnus established an endowed scholarship in Crist's name, and this year another alumnus offered to match contributions to the fund up to $10,000. "Dr. Crist played a pivotal role in helping me thrive as an LTU student, and it is my privilege to give back in a way that honors such a special man," the anonymous donor said in setting up the challenge grant.
Steenkamp came to Lawrence Tech in 2002 as director of management and information technology. She had previously taught at the University of Detroit Mercy and the University of South Africa, where she was named professor emerita.
Steenkamp provided leadership for the introduction of the College of Management's first doctoral program in information technology. As director of the doctoral program, she supervised 24 doctoral candidates and served on eight dissertation committees.
Steenkamp brought a strong research background to LTU and became a role model for her doctoral students and the rest of the faculty.
"Her body of research in the areas of enterprise architecture, knowledge management, and system life cycle modeling is widely cited by scholars and practitioners around the globe. Her scholarship has been demonstrated by a large number of journal articles, national and international conference proceedings, and book chapters," Moudgil said.
Associate Provost Al McCord added that Steenkamp was instrumental in setting high standards for the doctoral programs in the College of Management.
"She was an early proponent of encouraging our doctoral students to publish in peer-reviewed journals and at academic and professional conferences, often collaborating with her students and accompanying them to make their presentations," McCord said. "This practice is now widespread across all of our doctoral programs, but it is Lerine who led the way."
Steenkamp was also honored for serving as a mentor for other faculty members.
"Dr. Steenkamp has been an inspirational colleague who I have admired and looked up to since my arrival at LTU," said Assistant Professor Nadia Shuayto. "She always placed the students first and went beyond the call of duty to help them with their academic and professional careers."


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These days the problem isn't as much pre-adulthood males as it is uncultured people–including women. When I was in high school at Georgetown Prep, a Jesuit school that prided itself on producing men who could both lay down a block and conjugate Latin, we had a term for well-rounded women: "cool chicks." Yeah, she's a cool chick. A cool chick would go to a baseball game with you, maybe liked a cool band, and also had a favorite museum and novel. They were cool because they weren't just one thing–the Lena Dunham hipster, the scholarship-obsessed athlete, the Ally Sheedy Breakfast Club basket case. Do cool chicks exist anymore? Is there a Dianne Keaton of this generation?Translation: I just can't beat off to the Vanity Fair "Hollywood" annual since Meryl Streep got crow's feet.
But then I found that Judge's essay is only "part of a symposium in which a variety of writers and thinkers weigh in on the question: 'Can men be men again?'" -- a line I'd prefer to believe is a Rusty Warren set-up, but which these brightish youngish things apparently take very seriously. One of these is Ryan Duffy, and his essay is called, not even kidding, "Training Men to be Better: Rewards and Punishments."
Duffy tells us it's important that we get guys to stop liking casual sex because who knows why (with this crowd the reasons don't even have to be mentioned, but I bet birth rates are involved), and like Judge he blames women (I sense a pattern), because they "have been feeding the beast of men's desire for short-term relationships." But if the stupid bitches will just listen to him and Steve Harvey, we can turn this thing right around:
But should we also look to women to play a role in this process? In his book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey talks about men like animals and the importance of rewards and punishments. Harvey actively acknowledges his suggestions might not work so well with feminists, but makes suggestions likely waiting ninety days before having sex with men to ensure he is truly in it for the right reasons.
I believe there is some morsel of truth to Harvey's claims. If we as a society want men to grow up and be real men–whatever that definition is–it's critical that we go back to the simple rules of behaviorism. People will feel, think, and behave in ways that they are rewarded or punished for. If we truly want men to change, we can hope they will reward and punish themselves, but acknowledge that we (and especially the women dealing with them) must also play a part.I suppose it is progress, in a way, that instead of relying on embittered mothers or maiden aunts to teach women to treat men like dogs, conservatives are starting to enlist the aid of Magic Negroes. Maybe this is the direction their minority outreach will take: encouraging Ice Cube, for example, to go out on stage with Allen West to do "Black North Korea."
Still, if your strategy relies on convincing people to stop having sex, you've got a hard sell no matter how you jazz up the pitch. Maybe it's time they went really retro and advocated the establishment of red light districts. Of course, they'd probably abandon the project once they realized they have to pay the comfort women at least $9 an hour. Sigh. I guess it's rightwing sitcom reviews until someone gets them all jobs at The Atlantic.
Parting irony, though: Isn't it rich that their plan for whipping male sexuality into shape requires women to behave like a union?
UPDATE. ADHDJ, in comments: "Indeed, it's easy to forget the world pre-January 2009, before titty bars and pool halls were invented."
UPDATE 2. Late as it is, I should like to add chuckling's observations on Judge and his Lena Dunham hangup, which could easily be applied to any of these guys and their Lena Dunham hangup:
Anyway, interesting the dude's definition of cool when applied to a young woman: It's not someone who's smart, well-educated, cultured, ridiculously successful in television, probably crown fucking princess of the New York indie celebrity scene -- no, none of that is cool -- but someone who will fetch him a hot dog at a baseball game. Of course pretending to share the interests of some conservative ass and smiling as he drones on and on about whatever infuriates him at the moment is a more achievable aspiration than being Lena Dunham for most women, but unfortunately it's pretty much nobody's definition of cool.

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Henderson County Sheriff Charlie McDonald called Saturday for a rational discussion on ways to curb gun violence and preserve Second Amendment rights.
Henderson County Sheriff Charlie McDonald called Saturday for a "serious, rational debate" on effective methods of curbing gun violence, and said it's too soon to know the local impact of executive orders the president signed this week.
McDonald joined Buncombe County gun manufacturer Ryan Croft as guest speakers for a two-hour Second Amendment discussion in Kaplan Auditorium at the main Henderson County Library on Saturday morning. The event, attended by about 50 mostly pro-gun citizens, was hosted by the Henderson County 9-12 Project, a nonprofit, conservative Christian community group in Western North Carolina.
"Until I am tasked with doing something specific as a sheriff that is illegal or against the Constitution, we can sit here and argue about what-ifs, but nobody has come to my door," McDonald said of President Barack Obama's orders.
"I don't have federal agents lining up asking me to task my deputies to do things that are unconstitutional, and I'll tell you I'll not do it … I'm not going to talk in theories (about) things that haven't happened," McDonald added.
The sheriff, however, did reiterate his opposition to gun control voiced in a Times-News article last week, which he said has generated "an awful lot of phone calls and texts."
"We don't know what we're going to be tasked to do as sheriffs, but I believe in the Constitution and I certainly believe in defending the Second Amendment of the Constitution for our citizens," he said.
However, the sheriff added that too many people on both sides of the issue base their stances on inaccuracies circulated by the media and various online sources, as well as intense emotion. McDonald said a "serious, rational debate" based on facts will be necessary to achieve effective methods of confronting gun violence.
"I see it on both sides – people get so spun up," he said. "Catch phrases and buzzwords are great, but we don't need mob mentality and I won't take it from either side."
McDonald said he has spoken with several friends in the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association. The consensus is to wait and see how potential impacts of the executive orders will play out before the organization reacts.
He said lawyers will be looking at the situation and "figuring out what are the interests and the opinions of the sheriffs" before issuing a statement.
He added that the sheriffs "believe in a lot of the same things you guys do, too," referring to the pro-gun rights supporters in the audience.
"I definitely support the Constitution and the Second Amendment, and I'm kind of upset with what the president is doing here – I don't think he supports it," Hendersonville resident Bob Edmondson said. "I'm just curious to see what is going to happen here. You have to listen to all the different viewpoints, and listen and learn. The sheriff had a good point: You listen to the pros and cons on each side and come to a sensible agreement."
Croft, meanwhile, strongly criticized the president's impending orders, wondering aloud how they will play out within the context of local law enforcement. Calling McDonald the "highest legal authority in the county" who heads "the key American office, period," Croft said citizens rely on the confidence they have in their sheriff to live their lives.
"But where are the lines for you?" Croft asked McDonald. "And what is next if those lines get blurred, not by you but by outside entities? What you should be able to say is, 'I'm the highest legal authority here and this is my stand, this is what I will enforce.'"
Croft specifically attacked Obama's plan to clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors from asking their patients about guns in their homes.
"These (executive orders) right here, this is gun control in the one of the most nefarious ways that we've ever seen because it doesn't require people like you to actually knock on doors," Croft said. "It turns our doctors into deputies."
McDonald said he has no plans to "deputize doctors."
Answering a question from the audience about the National Rifle Association's suggestion to put armed officers in schools, the sheriff said that would not be feasible because of staff limitations. Stepping up training for school staff during emergencies would be a more reasonable alternative, he said.
"If I put three deputies in every single school, I can't guarantee somebody's not going to get killed," McDonald said. "Even the NRA, and I'm a member, doesn't get it right all the time. I don't think right now with the economy we can do that. But I can tell you as sheriff, we are putting things in place.
"Our patrol guys and detectives are looking into ways to be in schools on a non-routine but committed basis," McDonald said, "but we can't be there all the time."


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Smyrna Town Council discussed several topics at their Dec. 17 meeting, including a robo courtesy call system for delinquent bills as previously reported in the Dec. 19 Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times. Here are some tidbits from the rest of the meeting:
Town strategic plan
Councilwoman Joanne Masten explained to council that the Personnel Committee believes the council should start doing a yearly strategic plan. The idea stemmed out of the expansion of utilities north of Duck Creek and the possible changes in the town's services and residents because of the project.
"It always seems like the tail is wagging the dog," Masten said. "We think there should be a two-day workshop or something where we could discuss what the plan is for 2013."
Masten noted the town receives this type of information of future projects from town supervisors and the committees, but there's no actual uniform plan to put together the plan and execute it.
Mayor Pat Stombaugh said the strategic plan is done through the Capital Budget and eventually finds it's way to council for approval. But Masten said by the time projects come to council the work is already done without much direction from council.
Masten did say she wasn't sure of how to put together a strategic plan because the year is split up in April because of the town election. Therefore, she questioned if the plan should be put together in January or in May after council's reorganization meeting.
Councilman Jeff Flairty said this is something the town is supposed to do when the Town Manager Dave Hugg goes over the town's priorities at the reorganization meeting.
"Long Range Planning said the same thing. We need to discuss this at the beginning of the year," Flairty said. "We need to filter the priorities down to the committees."
Councilwoman Valerie White suggested not starting until 2014 to do a strategic plan to allow for any new council members elected this year to catch up.
No action was taken on the suggestion.
Smyrna economy looking up
Hugg said it's been a good few weeks from an economic standpoint for Smyrna. He said the sale of the building that most recently housed City Tap has been completed. Legacy Distilling signed the lease to a location on Commerce Street. He also said there's some interest in the Hoffecker car dealership site on Route 13 north of Duck Creek near Paddock Road.
Route 13 corridor update
Councilman Jeff Flairty gave an update on the Route 13 Corridor Plan in terms of the Long Range Planning Committee. He said the committee is looking at all three aspects of the draft plan – north, central, and south.
"We're focused on how future land use will interact with the surrounding neighborhoods," Flairty said.
He said there are a number of potential tweaks and the plan should be scheduled to come back to council by the end of January.
Work to town hall
Hugg said there will be some plumbing work done to Smyrna Town Hall on Monday, Jan. 21. The office will be closed for observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
The plumping, which Hugg said was installed in 1976, is starting to fail. Fletchers Plumbing will come in early that day and work as late as possible. Hugg said the repairs will cost a $7,000 or $8,000.
"We want to try and get the repairs done so it doesn't disrupt town hall activities," Hugg said.
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The deadline deal struck by Congress to prevent major tax hikes and spending cuts has physicians breathing a sigh of relief — albeit temporarily.
One of the "fixes" included in the budget deal pushes back Medicare payment cuts to physicians by one year. If a deal had not been reached, docs would see their reimbursement decreased by 27 percent beginning this year.
Raymond Saputelli, executive vice president of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, said he's really not sure much could have been done keep primary care practices afloat if the fix had not been included in the deal. Saputelli called the possibility "cataclysmic" for New Jersey.
While the one-year extension of Medicare reimbursement levels will allow family practices to plan for the remainder of 2013, looking beyond this year remains difficult.
"It's difficult, as it would be for any business person, to plan for future growth, to plan to invest in infrastructure, especially in a time like today and in a place like New Jersey," Saputelli said. "Then we do this dance every year where physicians, up until the very last minute, don't know if a significant portion of their revenue is going to be slashed by sometimes almost a third. And Congress fixes it every year, and while we're glad for that, the real issue is that it's well past the time for our country … to look at a new payment system."
Saputelli said he's been with the NJAFP since 1999, and has been involved in the "doc-fix" dialogue every year during the budgeting process.
Congress found the money to implement the physician payment fix by cutting Medicare hospital reimbursement, a move that disappointed New Jersey Hospital Association president and CEO Besty Ryan.
"NJHA has long supported a fix to the physician pay cut. However, we are extremely disappointed that it was accomplished with even deeper cuts to hospitals," Ryan said in an e-mail. "Cuts that pit one health care provider against another fail to accomplish the overall mission of providing quality and accessible care to our communities."
Ryan added that New Jersey's hospitals already were prepared for large Medicare cuts under the Affordable Care Act, but the additional cuts implemented through Tuesday's deal "place yet another burden on hospitals as they fight to provide high-quality care to our patients."
While physicians are avoiding the drastic Medicare cuts for another year, Congress' budget deal only prevented the severe sequestration measures included in the debt ceiling negotiations for two months. Among the spending cuts included in sequestration is graduate medical education funding, among other health care programs.
Also, funding for new insurance plans under the ACA was cut significantly. The Freelancers Co-Op of New Jersey received $107 million in low-interest loans in February 2012 to start a new insurance plan, part of an initial round of $1.9 billion funding to 24 nonprofits. The remaining $1.9 billion allocated under the ACA for establishing these plans was slashed in the final deal.


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This is an idea I had a while back for a comedic blog about my Bubbie and her antics. If you all enjoy this, perhaps I'll write a few more, such as how Bubbie voted entirely Democratic except for Mitt Romney because she thinks he's handsome or how Bubbie now has a crush on Jake Gyllenhaal because he's a "nice Jewish boy."
Much Ado About Bubbie
Bubbie (noun): A term of endearment for a Jewish Grandmother.
Example: My Bubbie doesn't keep kosher outside of the house.
Bubbie's Mad About Hamm
My Bubbie Isabelle has a crush on Jon Hamm.
Just like the rest of the family, Bubbie tunes into Mad Men every Sunday night to watch the admen of 1960s Madison Avenue drink, smoke, whore, and gossip – not to mention dish out sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and anti-Semitic dialogue by the second, all of which (with the exception of the anti-Semitic variety) go unprotested by my Bubbie, a true product of the time.
To me, the series is a literary masterpiece on film regardless of how small the screen. To Bubbie, it's just another one of her "weekly stories," on par with General Hospital and The Young and the Restless.
Jon Hamm plays the brooding protagonist slash advertising genius, Donald Draper, on the show. Ever since reading in The Kansas City Star that the handsome actor is a St. Louis native, Bubbie – who's lived in Missouri for over seventy years – has harbored a vicarious pride for Mr. Hamm. Much to my family's embarrassment, this is not Bubbie's first crush on a man that is at least a decade younger than my dad.
One time on vacation, while my family was checking into the Waldorf Astoria for a night, Bubbie was mesmerized by the dazzling charm and good looks of an Israeli desk clerk.
What a five-foot tall, eighty-something-year-old – complete with her teased-and-set helmet hair, her rhinestoned schoolteacher sweaters, and her constrictive girdle that makes her waddle – would want with a thirty-something-year-old desk clerk was not exactly a welcomed thought in my thirteen-year-old brain.
…a thought that was only exacerbated by the phrase Bubbie used to convey her attraction to the young man:
"He can put his shoes under my bed any day!"
Bubbie employs the same phrase in regards to Jon Hamm.
Whenever I phone Bubbie, my curiosity always gets the better of me. I can't help but ask her what she thought of the most recent episode of Mad Men. And just like that, she goes off on her classic rant.
Firstly, Bubbie is angry at the show for not portraying the 60s how she remembers it, what with the show's excessive drinking, smoking, and sex in the office. "When I worked in an office, they didn't do that kind of stuff!"
Furthermore, Bubbie not only treats Jon Hamm as if he truly exists during the 1960s, but as if Jon Hamm is accountable for his character Don Draper's actions. Whenever Don Draper does something that Bubbie doesn't approve of (for instance, whenever Don has sex with a woman he's not married to – an incident that occurs almost every episode and with what seems like a different woman every time), Bubbie is not only upset with but in disbelief that Jon Hamm would do such a thing, as if she's oblivious to the profession of acting.
That's when Bubbie whips out yet another one of her famous phrases, this time to express her disappointment with Jon Hamm's behavior:
"Why, it's disgusting!"
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Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Toranza Jamal Thomas, 28, 231 Ridgeway St., Houma, insurance fraud, injuring public records.
Brent Michael Tye, 29, 165 Bayou Blue Bypass Road,, Schriever, three counts contempt of court, holding for other agency.
Darryl Patrick Amacker, 38, 132 Greenville St., Raceland, failure to appear.
Westley Cole Hemphill, 21, 1300 Laban St., No. 30, Houma, three counts failure to appear.
Sonny Marie Thomas, 24, 109 Park Ave., Thibodaux, failure to appear.
Scott Daniel Roberson, 44, 341 Old Court, Houma, failure to register as sex offender, simple burglary.
Alphonse Denzel Williams, 20, 3947 Myers St., Gray, two counts failure to appear.
Terry Grant, 59, 1501 Earl St., Shreveport, theft by unauthorized use of access card.
Morris Watson Jr., 55, 331 Broad St., Houma, failure to appear.
Chantel Marie George, 37, 158 American Blvd., Houma, failure to appear.
Houma City Police
Trendel Romero Lyons, 18, Grace St., Houma, failure to appear.
Louisiana State Police
Lisa Kay Ledet, 55, 2012 Slatter St., Houma, DWI, careless operator.
District and City Courts
The individuals whose names follow were incarcerated on the order of a court or processed following a judicial determination.
Edwin Dewitt Ray Jr., 37, 129 Joaquin Drive, Houma, parole violation.
Clarence James Matthews Sr., 34, 2622 Madge St., Houma, two counts contempt of court.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Sabrina Washington, 29, 128 Buford St., Raceland, theft of goods.
Elaine Kraemer, 66, 1566 Hwy. 307, Thibodaux, DWI, improper lane usage.
Carlton Ingram, 30, 432 St. Philip St., Raceland, two counts contempt.
Jasyne Madison, 34, 3392 Bayou Blue Rd., Gray, contempt.
Kelvin Adams, 23, 1316 Lasseigne Rd., Thibodaux, turning movements and required signals, suspension/revocation/cancellation of licenses, judicial review, open containers.
Jake Champagne, 21, 282 Champagne Ln., Raceland, violation of protective orders.
Regina Sonnier, 42, 227 St. Phillip St., Raceland, contempt.
Angela Bourgeois, 37, 139 E. 152 St., Galliano, contempt.
Bambi Breaux, 32, 125 W. 213th St., Galliano, contempt.
Cody Dupre, 26, 307 Country Estates, Houma, contempt.
Patrick Roby, 25, 16 Elliot Dr., Lockport, contempt.
Greg Blanchard, 49, 162 E. 153rd St., Galliano, contempt.
Gary Esponge, 21, 234 W. 59th St., Cut Off, contempt.
Gerard Pitre, 24, 16902 W. Main St., Cut Off, contempt.
Faron Bourgeois, 25, 155 E. 95th St., Cut Off, contempt.
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Jermane Gray, 19, 324 Leonard St., Raceland, possession of marijuana.
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During his playing days, Hodson led the Trojans to the Class 4A state semifinals and helped rewrite the LSU and Southeastern Conference record books.
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Hodson is part of a nine-member class that includes NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal, tennis great Chanda Rubin and eight-time NFL Pro Bowler Kevin Mawae. The 2013 induction class will be enshrined June 29 in Natchitoches to culminate the June 27-29 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration.
With Hodson's addition, there will be nine athletes with ties to the area in the Hall of Fame.
Skating forward — "We're entering the building phase. The train is out of the station, it's moving, and we are going to go ahead and get this thing constructed as soon as they can get it agreed to."
That was the assessment of Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet of the status of Houma's skate park.
Fireman's Skate and Bike Park will be an enduring legacy of longtime Bayou Cane Fire Chief Jerry Gautreaux who left in his will $10,000 to get the project going — as long as it would not be named after him.
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In a nation and region as given to obesity and all the health problems associated with it, we need to be encouraging activity, not stifling it. Because of safety concerns, though, bikes and skateboards just aren't appropriate everywhere.
Thanks to Gautreaux, the Terrebonne Parish government and the many dedicated residents who have not given up on this project, they will have a good, safe place for their activities. If all goes as planned, it should be ready by the end of the year.
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This needn't be an anxiety-filled time, though. There is help for many of those who might need it.
If you can afford to take your taxes to a professional, do it. If you feel comfortable filling out the forms yourself, do that as well.
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Catholic Charities is offering help for low-income local residents through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.
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Family fun — Carnival festivities in New Orleans have a bawdy reputation for irreverence and indulgence.
Closer to home, our parades tend to be more family-friendly. But there are options for people who want to enjoy the sights and sounds of the parades without being around any alcohol and tobacco use. For those, there are the alcohol-free zones being sponsored in Houma by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana and in Thibodaux by the city, the Lafourche School Board, the mayor's office and the Bayou Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
In Houma, the zone will be at the Good Earth Transit Depot, 7617 Main St. In Thibodaux, the zones will be on East Seventh Street from East Thibodaux Middle to Thibodaux Elementary, and in Chiasson Park at Jackson and West 10th streets.
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Just got back from Disneyland. I was surprised how many Seahawks shirts/jerseys/hats I saw people rocking. I wore my new Lynch home jersey one of the days and I had several people come up to me and excitedly say "Go Hawks!!" Pretty flippin' cool! My how times have changed.
So on to the prediction. Well my trend didn't last long. I picked the 49ers to follow my trend and got bit. So it's back to just predicting what I think will happen.
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It looks like an Imperial stormtrooper from "Star Wars" has finally found employment since the destruction of the second Death Star.
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After four days of deliberation and a near-mistrial, a Boulder County jury convicted Frederick Allen on six felony charges Wednesday, agreeing with prosecutors that the 32-year-old diabetic drugged a University of Colorado student with insulin before raping her in 2011.
The jurors, however, didn't hand prosecutors a full victory, acquitting Allen on three counts, including sexual assault with a deadly weapon and sexual assault on a physically helpless victim causing serious bodily injury -- Class 2 felonies -- as well as sexual assault on an impaired victim, a Class 3 felony.
Allen -- who has been convicted in five felony cases in Boulder County over the past 12 years -- is due to be sentenced April 12.
"This case was about the survivor, and what he did to this lady and how her life is not the same because of what he did to her," prosecutor Katharina Booth said after the verdict was read in court.
The jury found Allen guilty of sexual assault on a person incapable of appraising the nature of their conduct while armed with a deadly weapon, sexual assault on a person incapable of appraising the nature of their conduct causing serious bodily injury -- Class 2 felonies -- and first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, a Class 3 felony.
The jury also convicted Allen on two counts of second-degree assault and tampering with evidence, also felonies.
According a grand jury indictment, Allen met the victim at the Sundown Saloon on the Pearl Street Mall. The two previously had met, but had never really talked to each other. During the encounter in February 2011, Allen and the woman talked until the bar closed, at which point he offered to walk her to her nearby home.
One of the victim's roommates -- who remembered the victim coming home with a man the previous night -- noticed the victim's door was locked at 1 p.m. the next day and did not see the victim again until 10 p.m. that night when she checked again and found her door unlocked, according to police.
The roommate told investigators the victim's room was a mess and she found the victim naked on the bed, according to the indictment. She appeared to have thrown up and was sweaty and having trouble focusing.
Investigators found a note in the victim's room that prosecutors say was from Allen, which read, "I will wash your sheets for you love, see ya Saturday!!" There also were signs a cleaning agent had been used in the bedroom and bathroom.
The victim was taken to Boulder Community Hospital, where doctors said she had dangerously low blood sugar levels and was suffering from severe hypoglycemia, most likely due to an insulin injection.
Prosecutors said Allen -- a Type 1 diabetic -- not only used insulin, but had knowledge of its effects from working with his stepfather, who is an endocrinologist.
According to court records, Allen told investigators he had sex with the victim, but that he stopped when she started getting sick. He then offered to clean her bed sheets, but threw them away in a Dumpster instead.
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Allen's attorney, Pamela Mackey, said witnesses recalled the two were hitting it off at the bar. She also said the victim's symptoms could have been caused by alcoholic hypoglycemia, which she said can be caused by drinking too much without eating properly.
The trial lasted for almost two weeks, and featured hours of medical testimony from experts for both the prosecution and the defense. The jury deliberated for almost 24 hours, and a mistrial was very nearly declared in the case on Tuesday.
At about 2 p.m. Tuesday, after more than 16 hours of deliberation, the jury informed the judge that it had reached verdicts on charges of second-degree assault and tampering with evidence, but did not foresee reaching a unanimous decision on five counts of sexual assault and one count of first-degree assault.
But Boulder District Judge Thomas Mulvahill sent the jury back into deliberations after reading them further instructions over the objections of Allen's attorneys, saying the complex nature of the case warranted more deliberation from the jury.
Mulvahill said Tuesday that if the jury did not indicate that it was nearing a verdict by mid-morning Wednesday, he would call the jurors back into the courtroom and would declare a mistrial if they had not made any progress.
But when Mulvahill called the jury into the courtroom just after 10 a.m. Wednesday, the jurors said they felt they might reach a verdict on the remaining charges. A little more than an hour later, the verdict was read and Allen was remanded into custody.
'Verdicts that served justice'
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said his office makes trying violent sexual crimes a priority.
"Cases like this really involve public safety risk, and one of the things that this community made clear is they expect my office to make sexual assaults a priority, and we do," Garnett said. "It's very satisfying to take a case like this and get justice for the victim."
Booth also gave credit to the jurors for listening to almost two weeks of testimony and taking the time to go through all of it during deliberations.
"It's clear this was an incredibly complex medical case, as well as the emotional difficulties of trying a case like this," she said. "I believe they found verdicts that served justice not only to the survivor, but to the community."
People convicted of sexually violent crimes who are sentenced to any prison time must undergo an evaluation before being released from prison.
"The important thing for the community to know is any sex offender, particularly when it is a serious sex offense... will get a lengthy period of incarceration and is required to get thorough treatment before he's released," Garnett said.
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I never posted an introduction post so I guess this is as good a time as any
Ground school- have been studying on my own for
, made power points on how to deal with different malfunctions, flashcards, dry-runs, etc. Did fine on the written test.
Jump Time- not once, but TWICE I tried to do my AFF1. The first time I had all my gear on and essentially started hyperventilating (and then I cried because I was totally embarrassed in front of some tandem students. Not pretty). Have not had this level of fear yet AT ALL. Loved my tandem , have been feeling comfortable in the days leading up the AFF1. (Though I did have a horrific nightmare last night in which I slammed into the ground because I froze and couldn't take care of a malfunction. Urgh).
So instead of getting on the plane, I took about an hour to relax and regroup. Felt ready to go and confident.
Second time- Get my gear on, going to the plane, notice my harness feels kind of loose (around my legs and behind). I see on everyone else that their harness looks quite tight in those areas. Perhaps it's because I have no junk in the trunk, but there is some serious space around my upper thighs(or what feels like it). I know my perception is heightened because I'm about to count on this equipment (with my help) to save my ass. I understand the risk of a too-tight harness but this just didn't feel secure-- to me. Apparently the harness was as "tight" as it will go. I let my instructor know as we were taxiing to takeoff that I was not ready.
Took off, got to altitude, and felt even more certain did not want to go because of *what I felt like* was a loose harness (again, this is my
Bottom line- nerves + feeling insecure about my equipment resulted in my riding the plane down. And feeling like crap (and utterly embarrassed- not one but TWO refusals in one day.)
to do this, but I want to leap from that plane having zero doubts about my gear so I can completely focus on the jump, deployment, canopy control, landing pattern, emergency procedures, etc.
Advice? Am I nuts? Do slender women have problems with harnesses being too loose/large? Do I need to go to a DZ with a larger selection of student gear?
I refuse to give up on my dream to learn how to be a great skydiver, but today's events were discouraging. Any words of advice would be appreciated. I do believe I want to jump. Why? Because I imagine if someone told me right now that I will never get to do it again, I would be extremely upset.
Oct 5, 2012, 2:47 PM
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I want to leap from that plane having zero doubts about my gear ...
Unfortunately that is not possible. Just like it is not possile to have zero doubts that the guy driving towards you in the opposite lane isn't going to veer into your lane and cause a headon as you drive down the highway. All you can do is evaluate the statistical likelihood and either accept the risk or not.
I've never heard of an AFF student falling out of their gear. For that matter, I've never heard of any skydiver falling out of gear that was otherwise properly secured (chest strap on, legs in the the leg straps). The risk must certainly be vastly less than 1 in 10 million. For this particular scenario, I'd venture the risk is less than the risk you took just driving to the DZ. There are things to "worry" about in skydiving, but on the scale of things, IMO this one is pretty near the bottom of things I could conceive of.
Oct 5, 2012, 2:57 PM
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The nightmares are pretty normal. I had skydiving nightmares when I started. You shouldnt be discouraged though. There will be setbacks and bad days but the AMAZING days will outnumber them by far. You shouldnt jump till your 100% ready. As for the harness questions I'm not qualified to get into that but it might be a good question to ask in the "Instructors" section. Keep your head up. Blue skies.
Oct 5, 2012, 3:02 PM
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A) The harness should fit. Without seeing it on you, we can't tell if it did, but your instructors can tell.
2) Given the content of your posts on here, I'd say go to the wind tunnel in Orlando until you can hold a heading and make simple turns. Kind of like swimming, you feel better about jumping into the deep end of the pool if you know how to swim.
Do what you will with the above advice - I'm not there and you are.
Oct 5, 2012, 3:18 PM
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Did tunnel time, felt very comfortable. Stable, making turns. Went great. I'm hoping that experience will pay off when I actually *get in the sky*.
Oct 5, 2012, 3:43 PM
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I guess by the statement "zero doubts about my gear" I would be referring to a glaring problem (misrouted strap, too tight, too loose, etc) that could be avoided by proper, routine checks prior to the jump.
Oct 5, 2012, 3:46 PM
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Thank you for your encouraging words, Portagee. I'm going to push through these tough first jumps so I can get to the amazing ones!
Oct 5, 2012, 3:48 PM
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It is possible that for thinner, smaller individuals, the leg straps don't easily tighten right down.
A LITTLE bit of looseness shouldn't be a problem except mentally.
Leg straps don't have to be super tight, but you don't want too much slack from legs to shoulders either. Leg straps can OK being a little loose for example if the main lift web is snug so you are tightly contained from crotch to shoulders up against the shoulder straps.
If there is looseness there, on opening the chest strap can ride up a lot and be up against your throat. Not a good feeling, not good for being able to look around, and dangerous if it went too far. That does happen when a harness gets too loose. (But you aren't going to fall out just because of that.)
So see if there is other gear that fits tighter, or make sure the leg straps are absolutely tightened all the way (with one set of the ends of the leg pads folded away to prevent the leg pad ends from stopping the harness being fully tightened). If that's still not enough it gets trickier. A DZ might be willing to remove a bartack in the leg pad to allow the pad to slide back a bit on the strap, allowing more tightening.
Make sure your instructors are aware of the issue so they can see what can be done.
I've also heard of people finding pads to slip over the leg straps, both to compensate for crappy foam if the student gear is older, and to bulk up the leg strap area a bit. (The pads might be ones sold for protecting one's shoulder from a seat belt.)
As for the fear that newbies get in the sport, well, that's a common issue and there are plenty of threads about overcoming fear. Hell, that's part of the fun of throwing yourself at a planet. And it's kind of a hazing ritual, as we experienced jumpers get to crack a smile at the newbies.
Still good for you for standing up for yourself and deciding not to jump when you felt uncomfortable. It may cost you money and embarrass you but skydivers need to be ready to back down too.
P.S. - Standard procedure on dz.com is that if a slender girl is uncertain about gear fit, we guys request that she post photos of herself in underwear, so we can better evaluate the situation. That's also the way the world works...
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Welcome to the forums (officially!)!
I'm wondering...do you think it would be worth it for you to do another tandem so you could feel a little more comfortable with exiting? You can tell your TI you'd like it to be more like a training jump than a thrill ride. Maybe he or she could let you take control and talk to you about where you should be setting up on each leg. Do you know where your fear lies the most?
As for the gear, this is another situation where you need to talk to your Instructor before you get on the plane and voice your concern about it being too loose. Don't be afraid to speak up, people will respect you for making safety a concern.
Oct 5, 2012, 7:06 PM
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PChapman- That last bit actually made me laugh out loud. I needed that today- so THANK YOU!
I appreciate the very thorough post. My instructors assured me that the leg straps were a bit loose but would be fine. Logically I know to trust their expertise but I suppose my imagination got the better of me. Instructors have been great; my apprehension was due to my own insecurities and not a reflection on them, for sure. I think you're spot on with the problem being mental in nature.
I like the way you frame-the newbie fear as a hazing ritual of sorts- I'll have to remember that. :) "With hard work comes great award" is certainly applicable to this sport from what I gather.
I have indeed read about fear and although I know it's natural, it sure is tough when it gets the better of you- and such a strange emotion when you *know* this is something you
to do.
Thank you again for your perspective and the laughs!
Oct 5, 2012, 8:15 PM
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Skymama, thank you so much for your warm welcome! You know, I think a working tandem might just be the trick.
To be honest, I believe my fear is two-fold:
A) Malfunctions- specifically horseshoe and oddly enough, line twists. Do I know how to handle these problems and have I been trained sufficiently "by the book"? I believe so. But as a *soon to be* green skydiver still getting my head around the environment in ideal circumstances, dealing with a malfunction is, well, a daunting prospect to say the least. Something I'm sure every student goes through, but there just isn't any truly realistic practice/simulation for the EPs. It's a risk I personally have to reconcile. I do have to be careful not to let my mind go wild. Yes, mals can happen but they don't happen EVERY time and there is a greater chance of a successful deployment than not.
B) Landing Pattern Accuracy/Landing without breaking my neck!
I think a working tandem is a great idea to settling some of these canopy flight fears.
I did speak to my instructor before we got in, he tried to reassure me, but doubt grew into fear from hangar to aircraft. Reptilian brain kicked in- visions of slipping out of the harness, etc.
The plus side, which I am trying to recognize, is that the humiliation of backing out a jump in an aircraft full of seasoned divers did not dissuade me from speaking up. I don't know if I got a lot of respect, though. Face-palms, yes.
Thank you again, SM. I appreciate your input and I think a working tandem may be just the thing I need to make a smooth transition into jumping with my own rig.
Oct 6, 2012, 4:28 AM
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Hang in there, and try not to Over Analyze, tooo much..
power point, flash cards, etc especially about malfunctions can be creating an OVER emphasis on that one part of your instruction...ok??
think more about relaxing, breathing, envisioning Moving TO the door, and then the positive, energetic and smiley faced exit,, for the start of your adventure....YOU are more capable than you may think....
if your size ( dainty) results in a sense that your legstraps are loose, consider extra clothing, shorts, pants, sweatsuit, etc to increase the bulk UNDER your jumpsuit and simply cinch down the legstraps to the Max... But try not to allow that distraction to lead your mind, astray.....
You live in a wonderful state for skydiving. Great DZs All over and super experienced and NICE people at EAch one of them... skymama has made an excellent point, about another tandem... speak with your instructors....
your post prompted a couple of questions...
what sort of airplane?
and did one of your instructors stay WIth you ?? in the plane.. for the descent???
good luck..
you'll be Ok and as they sometimes say......in less sypathetic places,,,
"shut Up and jump" !!!
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Oct 6, 2012, 10:05 AM
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First I would like to say welcome to the forums, and the sport. Everyone here has given you great advice, I just would like to see if I can help and maybe the words coming from a newbie just like you might encourage you.
As I said I'm very new to the sport, just finished my 6th AFF and funny enough PChapman has been my instructor for my first 2 jumps hehe. Anyway, let me try and break it down one concern at a time.
1) Gear and harness in particular: Just like you I'm always worried about my harness coming loose and not being tight enough to hold me well, but all my instructors have been great. They have watched me strap myself, made sure everything is secure, safe and in good condition. Then again, I am not exactly a slender woman to it might be different.
2) Nightmares: I think they are pretty normal, happened to me when I first started a lot. The more I jumped the less frequently I got those nightmares, they still happen just not as much anymore. I mean, you are jumping out of a plane for the first time in your life, that's pretty nightmarish enough to be honest, but as long as you are confident in the knowledge you have received from your instructors you should feel more confident. What helped me a lot at the beginning was knowing that my instructors are great, experienced, and know exactly what to do in case anything goes wrong. After all, you are jumping with them right next to you. Knowing both of them will be around me the whole time you're flying down, they actually hold on to you, made me feel a lot safer about the jump.
3) Doubt in gear: I don't think it's possible for you to have absolutely ZERO doubts in your equipment. Just know that as long as you take pre-caution and try your best to follow what you are taught to be safe you will be fine. Malfunctions will happen, line twists will happen, but you should be ready and prepared enough to deal with them.
I also believe you are stressing yourself way too much with the whole powerpoint stuff and what not. It's great to know what you're supposed to do if the worst were to happen, but what you are doing might be affecting you psychologically and scaring you more than you should be in the first place.
Now when it comes to fear of the jump itself, you will be scared and chances are the first 10 seconds or so you will be in shock after you jump, I definitely was, but that gets easier as well. I would be lying if I said I don't get scared still every time to come up to the door, but it's a good thing. One of my instructors told me: "See that fear that you have? Hold on to it for as long as you can, because once that is lost, you'll start doing stupid stuff."
Another tip, you will be expected to relax your body for the flight, and it is definitely easier said than done. What helped me to be honest with you was something my instructor told me, he told me to make sure I'm smiling on the way, smiling while exiting the plane and smiling flying down. That's what I do now, that and watching the horizon helps me relax more than anything else I have tried.
Good luck, and I hope you stick around with the sport. It's a beautiful activity, wait until you your instructors let you fly down without holding on to you, and the first time you pull your own canopy, and the first time you land by yourself. Feelings that I can't even describe. You will be in love.
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Oct 6, 2012, 10:26 AM
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Welcome to the bit i really got stuck with ! The mental side of skydiving.
When I posted my concerns someone guided me to Namowal brilliant blog -
I was always amazed by 'those' people who could just open the door and jump out.....
Someone told me to have faithtin myself and in my instructors, faith in my training and faith in the fact that the parachute wants to open....
I put my legs straps on so tight I could harldy walk - but it worked for me....
Blue skies...
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Oct 6, 2012, 12:37 PM
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I weight 225 without gear on and on my first few AFF jumps I was nervous the equipment was too loose. It wasn't, I was fine,
These first few jumps you just have tell the voices in your head to shut up and jump out the door.
Oct 6, 2012, 1:28 PM
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speaking from my limited experience, I think you are not afraid of being unprepared or of gear failure...my biggest obstacle was simply admitting to a deeper fear. Jumping out of an airplane is scary. It evokes a basic fear hard wired into every human- the fear of falling. Admitting that I am afraid was a huge step in my training. I asked one of the pros at the DZ how long it took to stop being afraid. He said he would let me know if it ever stops scaring him... of course you are scared! Admit to that deeper fear, take a deep breath, and JUMP! Like the shoe ad says, just do it
Oct 6, 2012, 9:19 PM
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I think you're spot-on about studying over-kill. I made a conscious decision NOT to crack open my color-coded study binder today. :)
The airplane was a Cessna 206. I did my tandem out of a Caravan, so the exit procedure for the 206 was a bit unnerving (at least it was during practice!). One of the instructors did ride down with me. I'm sure he was *thrilled*.
I'll remember to smile on my next exit- I sure had perma-smile when I left the plane for my tandem (and for about a week after).
Shutting up and jumping...
Oct 6, 2012, 9:43 PM
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Thank you so much for your encouraging words, Kalrigan! You've made great points and I think you've touched on lots of things I'm experiencing. Over-thinking? Check! I'm putting away my materials and ENJOYING my AFF1. I'm prepared and I need to believe that.
"make sure I'm smiling on the way, smiling while exiting the plane and smiling flying down"
I LOVE this advice. I'm fairly certain research suggests that merely using those muscles can facilitate the matching emotion. Wonderful!
Don't worry, I'm sticking around. IF my instructors will have me
Oct 6, 2012, 9:53 PM
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I LOVE the TOTR blog!!! It needs to be published in book form and available at every dropzone.
Funny, in "real life", there aren't too many people you can turn to and ask "so, how did you get through your first SKYDIVE?"
It's so wonderful to have this community for reassurance.
"Someone told me to have faith in myself and in my instructors, faith in my training and faith in the fact that the parachute wants to open.... "
^That's fantastic. I'll remember that for sure!
Oct 6, 2012, 9:57 PM
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Voices will be getting a talking-to and put in their proper place!
Oct 6, 2012, 10:23 PM
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Oh, I think you're right-on. Was I nervous about my gear? Yes. Was it also a "convenient" excuse to ride down? It was.
Being around the dropzone with all of these seemingly "normal" people having zero problems jumping is, well, a mindf*ck!
I suppose I got myself thinking the fear was a sure sign of unpreparedness or weakness. You begin to wonder...what is my problem? But you're right- the very act of skydiving IS unusual and frightening! And admitting the fear is pretty freeing; good to know that even the old pros get the jitters.
Ah well, moving forward! Thanks so much for your input
Oct 7, 2012, 4:18 AM
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I doubt there is anything I can say that will make a huge difference. What you desire to do, must win over that which is holding you back. It will most likely be completely up to you to shift that balance. Education about the gear, dive plan, and trusting yourself will all play a role, I think.
From an old Clint Eastwood movie....."Endeavor to persevere."
Oct 7, 2012, 4:51 AM
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I'm heading for the DZ right now...and my heart is already beating a little faster than usual...scared? Yeah, a little! But also, excited - I'm going skydiving! WOOT!
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Oct 7, 2012, 7:23 AM
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EJ, welcome to the sky = or at least the ride up (so far - now jump!!!)! I detailed my AFF experience earlier this year - after I got over the initial sensory overload, the thing that scared me most was the harness failing. But I did a bit of research - and as fat as I am, there is NO WAY that I will break a harness that has been maintained. The load bearing factor of the harness is very great - and as you are really dinky then the harness should never fail. Learn the kit checks, trust the equipment, and enjoy the jumps! It is awesome!!!
Oct 7, 2012, 7:57 AM
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Flip your perspective of fear. I never feel so thoroughly alive and in the moment as when I am afraid. That is part of why skydiving hooked me in the first place. As crazy as it sounds I love the feeling fear gives me. It feels as if all of my senses go into high definition. It is like a sudden injection of the best drug in the world. The sky is bluer, the grass is greener, and I become hyper alert. Everyone feels fear when they start in the sport. Those that don't are either liars, or they have a screw loose. To be honest sometimes I still get a pinch of fear when doing something new in the sport. My first tandem (as the instructor) I felt that old familiar feeling creep in. Put a big ass smile on my face because I hadn't felt it in awhile, and I missed it. My first cutaway was amazing. It feels really good to save your life. Remember fear is temporary, but regret is forever.
I respectfully disagree with others that have stated something similiar to laying off the studying and preperation. I am stoked to hear a student put in that kind of work. There is only so much information I can bombard a student with in the first jump course. Getting your own time in the SIM is awesome, and is to be applauded. The sport is risky. You CAN die. If you are willing to accept that risk the next step is do do everything you can to ensure that you don't (die). The only way to do that besides actual experience (that comes with jumps and time) is by doing exactly what you have been. Know what to do when the shit hits the fan. Throwing yourself out of plane without that knowledge is suicidal. Your first jump course was just the bare legal minimum.
You just need to accept fear. It is okay to be afraid. Just don't let your fear keep you from your dreams. Learn to embrace it, or just kick it in the balls.
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