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Pammi

Need some help for my paper - oh, and hi!

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Hey everyone! I've missed chatting with ya all. I'm obviously still alive and kicking. I have a coworker just learning to jump that is just killing me with her stories every Monday. I swear I feel like I need a cigerette after we chat. If I ever get up in the air again I might pass out from the airgasm!

Anyway, I could use some help. I'm doing the college thing after all these years and talked the prof into letting me write my persuasive paper on skydiving. Basically, I'm going to try to convince her that we're not all crazy, there are some safety precautions and she wants me to show her WHY we do it. It seems obvious, but apparently I need citations to back up my point.

Can any of you direct me to some really good articles I could use? I'd love to find some stuff about the psychology behind skydiving, accomplishments like Jump for the Cause or anything compelling you can give me a link to.

Thanks!

Pammi

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I have not read this yet myself but you might want to check out:

Transcending Fear: Relax, Focus and Flow
By Brian Germain

more info at bigairsports.com
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

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Jump For the Cause has their own website, I believe.

Since skydiving is an "extreme sport", I'd look to psychology literature about what motivates risk takers; mountain climbers, scuba divers, the big wave surfers who use jet skis to tow them out to sea. What motivated the Wright brothers or Charles Lindbergh ? There are a few of us who aren't satisfied to sit on our asses watching life go by on a TV screen and there's plenty of literature written about that. Sorry if I can't be more specific, but that's the direction I'd try.

Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity !

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I came across an article probably 2 weeks ago that was talking about trying to use skydiving as a recovery method for drug users..... it basically said that drug users are addicted to the adrenaline and risk of taking drugs as well as the feelings they get after taking it.... they were trying to compare that to skydiving, and said that skydiving may be a good substitute for people trying to get clean..... I was trying to look for the article for you, but I couldn't find it.... maybe you could dig a little deeper than I did though ;) I know the article has to be rather new, and I found it online somewhere... just can't remember the website... sorry!
Into the great wide open/ under them skies of blue/ out in the great wide open/ a rebel w/out a clue.....

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Hi, Pammi! Great to hear from you!

I don't have any assistence, just wanted to poke my head in and say "hey" to a cool Mom, skydiver, and fellow student!

Ciels-
Michele


~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek
While our hearts lie bleeding?~

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Check this link out. It provides basic details of an executive development program designed around skydiving. The idea is that to be an effective leader/manager and to develop teams, one must be able to take risk, deal with it appropriately, and to adjust to the rapidly changing environment.

http://www.skydivetherockies.com/corp/executivedevelopment.htm

Hope this helps you out.

Mark
Mark Lynch

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Was this the article?

btw... in finding that article, I also found this.
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Analysis indicated a significant three-way interaction with the attractive male targets described as high sensation-seeking and being perceived by men as most likely to have a sexually transmitted disease.

:o:D:D

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Ahh, there you are...Hi Pammi. I've missed you and Judge (Merrick, too, but just not as much, lol). I don't have anything to help you with this but wanted to say "Hi" and let you know that you are missed around here.

TripleF

"Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up."

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Ahh, there you are...Hi Pammi. I've missed you and Judge (Merrick, too, but just not as much, lol). I don't have anything to help you with this but wanted to say "Hi" and let you know that you are missed around here.

TripleF



HI !!! How are you doing?! Poor Judge is getting old these days - Merrick has been giving the eye to our young lab, Tuffy. It's getting a little creapy ;)

We miss ya all too! We'll certainly be back, before too long hopefully. I'm keeping Merrick busy on house renovations right now - we bought a place last summer. That is when he's not teaching our oldest daughter to drive (because she scares the Hell outta me so I avoid riding with her whenever possible!) or showing our little one how to do all kinds of crazy stuff since she takes after her daddy and will try any stunt! He's looking at getting our boy a dirt bike too, so I'm sure visits to the hospital for both of them are in our future. :S

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