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Dive Universities problem by Λα✝†✝ωΩ: How can I turn out to be a dive instructor reasonably cheaply?
Is it even probable? (Deep sea diving I am speaking about)

If you happen to be studying this and personal a diving college… Please, give me a work in trade for lessons –)

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You indicate recreational scuba, I assemble, not commercial diving.
Ain’t no low-cost way about it. Some getaway form educational institutions will supply an internship, this sort of as individuals in Thailand and a number of in Florida. You nonetheless have to pay out for your courses which will normally expense you about 10 grand, but that usually also covers accommodation as nicely. Then you can work for next to nothing at all ( possibly even absolutely nothing at all) for a couple of months as an intern at the school to achieve some encounter Instructing.
Bottom line right here is Assume that you will be carrying out free operate for a bit and it will price you. Even in a local dive store. It can be the same all over.
You may well luck out and snag an internship from a slave driver who will only look at you if you’re currently a dive master, but from scratch? Nope.

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Bishop Don Johnson; pioneering female photographer Nadia Price Bates Strid and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

Nadia has been photographing bishops at St. Mary’s for about 60 years.
Strid was the first professional female photographer in Memphis, Tenn. An apprentice to Memphis photographer Avery N. Stratton in 1939, she opened her own studio, "Photographs by Nadia," in 1945 with Caroline Jenkins. Her exhibitios at Arkansas State University and Rhodes College (Memphis), A Delta Era Gone By, featured her mid-20th century documentary work. Strid’s lens captured the Delta’s African Americans at work, at school, at play, and at church in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama.

St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Memphis
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b>Nadia Strid, in her own words
"It was probably late in 1939 when I started as an apprentice with Avery N. Stratton, an outstanding photographer in Memphis, learning retouching and dark room work. A year later, he paid me .00 a week for 6-8hr. days. It was nearly a year after that when he moved to a new location where he had built a studio to his specifications. A lovely place on newly extended Union Ave. (it is now the Junior League House). It was early December when we moved his mid-town studio and had an opening reception on Sunday December 7, 1941. Then about 4 P. M. someone told us of hearing on the radio (before television} about the bombing of Pearle Harbor! I wanted to do what I could. So I left Avery Stratton’s Studio to go to drafting school and later worked for U.S. Engineers. At that time, they were doing war work. I stayed with them for 13 months. After war work had played out, I went to work for Fisher Air Craft who was making parts for the B25s. I was the plant photographer, which not only included photographs in the plant but IDs and finger printing.
Things were slowing down and I decided to take a summer camp job. I applied to one of the top summer girl’s camps in Wisconsin. The director had just lost her diving instructor and wanted to know if I could teach diving. I had worked on the one-meter board but not the 3-meter. Thought I would try. I did not know I was following the Olympic diving champion, Janie Faunce Manskie. Needless to say, her students were better than I was, but not old enough to teach. A difficult year, but I did go back the next year as the photographer. That summer the war ended. Everyone was rationed on film and paper (plus many other things). I was to put out a catalog with only 2 boxes of24 sheets each of 4/5 film and one box of 100 sheets of 8/1 0 paper. The catalog did have 46 different new photographs. Probably the most difficult assignment I had in all my professional years.
I do remember another difficult assignment when Newburger Cotton Co. called and wanted photographs of their warehouse in action for their prospectus. It was after the season and the warehouse was empty! There was one bale of cotton. I kept putting it in the foreground and shooting around it. Some how it worked and they were pleased.
I once had to do the same thing with people in a church. No one was there except my assistant and the priest. I shot his back at the communion rail to get a good altar view of the priest-giving communion.
The fall after my first year at Camp Nagawicka in Wisconsin, I visited my sister and her husband who was stationed in Louisiana. He was to be sent overseas and said he was going over to drop the last bomb. He could have, I still do not know. However, in the mean time, Billy and I were driving their loaded red conversable back to Memphis and approached a huge cloud of smoke burning leaves late in the afternoon on a beautiful October day. The car was so heavy that it held it’s position in the road, but suddenly I knew we’d been hit. When I saw the grill of a truck facing us. ‘Billy this is it!’ I didn’t know how we’d come out of that alive. The man who hit us was passing the truckload of cotton pickers and being blinded by smoke took our left light, which later identified him. Billy and I both went through our windshields (they were divided at that day and time and not shatter proof). There was just 4" between my seat and the wheel.
I had been a counselor for Camp Woodhaven at Montgomery Bell State Park NW Tennessee the summer before. In 1946, the National Girl Scouts were starting a new program working with seniors as Program Aids, as assistant counselors. They needed a counselor for the group. I did not think I qualified but they wanted to try it, as I loved working with girls that age. Caroline and I had already started our Business and were contracting summer camps for business, which generally meant a week at a time. We had joined the American Camping Association, which is where we made our contacts. I would need to be in Hardy, Arkansas for two or three days while I was supposed to be on the job for Woodhaven. I did take photographs for the Girl Scouts and YWCA in Hardy plus Woodhaven and tried to be a counselor at the same time. The photographs were great but I do not know how good a counselor I was. They were still using the program the last I heard.

The doctor called and flagged a train to get us to Memphis. When we boarded the crowded train, I remember swinging from seat to seat and someone remarked, ‘Oh, my aching back’ and I replied ‘and it’s really aching’.
With a scarred face, I knew finding a job would not be easy. I asked Mr. Stratton if he still needed someone in the darkroom. He gave me a nice raise. The following summer was the year I was the photographer for Camp Nagawicka. That fall Caroline Jenkins, a classmate of my sister’s, also my instructor in Lifesaving and I decided to combine equipment, her movie lights, and my graduation present, the 21/4×31/4 Anniversary Speed Graphic and take children’s photographs. With out a studio, we would go into the homes.
When Caroline and I were planning the business, Helen Geohegan was there but not interested as she was working for a clothing store, but did give us her support. It was Halloween night and we had just taken a photograph of the costumed neighborhood children. All the parents wanted a copy. Caroline was great with children. In fact, she could make anyone laugh. We sat up ’til 4AM making our plans. We named our business ‘Photography by NADIA’ and set up a dark room in the basement of my folk’s apartment on Union Ave. in Memphis. We started by taking babies in the homes, which the mothers loved. Our motto was ‘Let Us Come To You’.

Caroline was working for the local Girl Scouts and had talked me into being a leader for a Mariner Troop. Our troop traveled and did more extensive camping than any other troop in the country. At one point, we had 13 straight camping weekends and I soon burned out. Most of the girls made their money by baby-sitting.
I had been a counselor for Camp Woodhaven at Montgomery Bell State Park NW Tennessee the summer before. In 1946, the National Girl Scouts were starting a new program working with seniors as Program Aids, as assistant counselors. They needed a counselor for the group. I did not think I qualified but they wanted to try it, as I loved working with girls that age. Caroline and I had already started our Business and were contracting summer camps for business, which generally meant a week at a time. We had joined the American Camping Association, which is where we made our contacts. I would need to be in Hardy, Arkansas for two or three days while I was supposed to be on the job for Woodhaven. I did take photographs for the Girl Scouts and YWCA in Hardy plus Woodhaven and tried to be a counselor at the same time. The photographs were great but I do not know how good a counselor I was. They were still using the program the last I heard.

To get started in business, we needed money. As it was near Christmas, a man told me about Department Stores needing something different and attractive to sell for gifts. She had been selling hand painted scarves and ties, but was getting married and would not be doing it any more, would I like to continue? It was the answer to a prayer. We made 0.00 enough to get us started with dark room supplies and film. We needed a larger darkroom enlarger than the one I had. It was not easy borrowing from the bank without credit, but somehow we managed. After we paid it off, I kept borrowing, put the money aside, paid the interest, and gradually borrowed more until I built up a fair credit.

It was one 5th of July 1959 when I returned home and Billy, my sister, asked me what happened to me on the 4th at 6:00AM? I quickly replied that I was in bed at that hour, and then I remembered that a few of the counselors at Camp Monterey where I was taking photographs, were going horse back riding early and did I want to join them? We went to an open field and just let the horses run. There was a big stump in the way of my mount, which we both saw at the same time. He went one way and I the other and off! Holding onto his reins, I saw a big hoof coming down just in time to turn. His hoof caught my hair. I nervously remounted and joined the group. I ask Billy why she asked. She said my riding picture that Mother had painted with a red riding habit, had fallen off the wall It was a good portrait, but always embarrassed me as only the hunt master wears the red. The time of the falling was the same time I had fallen, as East Tennessee was on daylight savings time. Twenty years later, that same portrait fell off the wall on July 4th! My first husband, Bill Bates, and I were living north of Quitman at the time.

It must have been May of 1959 when Les Passes Hospital was to be dedicated. I had taken photographs of all the living and copies of the past deceased presidents to be hung in one of the corridors. When I knew they were to be hung on a concrete block wall, I had called the archbishop to find out what size nails were needed. I was prepared but a little late as the janitor was leaving and gave me af1imsy hammer to use. Not my job, but if they were to be hung, I guess it was up to me. The two women from Les Passé didn’t know anything about a hammer. The first nail I tried to hammer in between the concrete blocks bounced off the opposite wall. The nails kept bending and bouncing. I told the women to stand back before someone got hit. The contractor had not honored the architect’s wishes. It was a difficult job. About the third picture we were hanging, the nail bounced into my left EYE. "As deep as it could go with out going through" to quote the doctor later. As there was no pain, I told the women what I thought had happened, one laughed and the other nearly fainted. I decided not to tell anyone else. We did finish the job. I drove back to the studio, still wondering. The next day was Sunday. As I sang in the choir, I closed my right eye to see if the left was OK. That afternoon was the hospital dedication I As I stood in the sun, my eye began to throb. Maybe I had a bit of a headache, I don’t remember, but when I met my mend, Alice Crocket to go to an afternoon musical she ask me what I had done to my eye, and I ask why she asked? She said my eye was all blood shot. I put on dark glasses and when we reached the home of a mend whose party we were going to, she made me call my ophthalmologist. The same one that had stitched up the same eye fourteen years before. He told me to come in first thing in the morning. I did not tell Mother or my sister, as they were Christian Scientists. Papa drove me to the doctor. It was about 11:00 AM before he could see me. About four doctors and attendants were standing over me burning out infection. I was supposed to look at one spot on the wall with doctors moving back and forth between the spot and me. God helped me and they did a superb job. Two more hours and the insurance would not have covered it. That was my dominant eye and they burned out all the infection. I later learned that my odds were about a million to one of seeing again! Several months later I met a meant and ask him if he minded if I asked what happened to him since he was wearing a glass eye. He replied that he struck a nail in his eye. The goose bumps ran up and down my spine!

One month and a day later thrombosis appeared! A blood clot behind the retina. It was dissolved and in due time disappeared. God has been good to this child of his. He is making me realize that the greatest vision is understanding and love. The love of our neighbors.

Another assignment I remember, where Caroline and I were covering a wedding. in Hernando, Mississippi (I believe). The home was an old one remodeled. The dogtrot had been enclosed. The groom was running late as he was flying in from New York and his plane was late. Folks seemed a little tense. I was taking a group shot, when I climbed on an antique chair, after taking my shoes off when I heard a thunderous crack. I disappeared. I just knew I had ruined that old chair! With the weight of so many folks, the floor caved in. They finally found me and the show went on. They all had a good laugh about me.

Driving home on the 5th of July from Camp Monterey after a week of taking photographs of all the camp activities, I came over a hill in middle Tennessee, and realized the car in front of me was stopped or slowed down. I saw the funeral line coming in the opposite direction. It was probably 1959, and I was in my Plymouth. It was a beautiful sunny day, but the car that had been far behind me, ran me down when he came over the hill. He was going to fast to stop. He swung to the right; hit a mailbox on the right, with through his rear into my rear, and my car into the cousins of the funeral line. I had cameras thrown across the highway. I was jolted, I had a whiplash and badly shaken but O.K. I picked up the cameras and started taking photographs, but I never had to show them. They knew I had them. My car was so old that the cameras were worth more than the car. They did give me more than the car was worth. I guess they were glad I didn’t have large medical bills. I waited almost the eleven months and 29 days according to Tennessee law. I bought another second hand vehicle, which turned out to be a "lemon" God has really taken care of this chick through the years.

One of the nicest rewards in photography is the people we meet. The knew young and rich were always reaching for something they did not have, never satisfied with life and grabbing for more of what ever. Hard to satisfy and hard to photograph. I guess they did not know how to relax. On the other hand the leaders, presidents, CEOs were generally, for the most part agreeable, good natured, happy, satisfied, inspirational and generally offering some good advice which made them much easier to photograph. And then one I was always glad to have met.

One of these people was Eva Jessey who directed Porgy and Bess. She was in Memphis for a performance at our Little Theater. A mutual men and reporter from New Orleans was in town and brought her by the studio. I took her photograph. It was a real pleasure. My husband, Bill Bates, and I took her to dinner. But in the seventies finding a restaurant was not easy. I called a place where Bill and I ate a good bit and they put us in a luncheon room where there were only a few people which was fine with us as we could visit better."

Nadia Strid
June 2000

Scuba Diving Certification: Learn From The Pros

Article by Eddie Lamb

Scuba diving is a lot more than just strapping on some flippers, a tank of oxygen and jumping in the water. Scuba diving is a lot more complicated than that. You need to learn from professionals who are skilled in the art of scuba diving. They will show you what you should and shouldn’t do in order to improve safety and guarantee a great time.

Everything’s Provided, From The Equipment To The Expert Instruction

To get your scuba diving certification, check the local yellow pages or do a quick internet search to find a scuba diving school near you. These places provide everything you need in order to get comfortable wearing the equipment so that you can focus on going where not many people get to go, deep underwater to see what treasures lie beneath.

Most scuba diving schools have an agreement with local gyms or indoor pool facilities. They make use of the indoor pools to show you what it’s like wearing your equipment and using it underwater. Of course, if you live near water, the scuba diving places will likely take you straight there but if you don’t, indoor pools are probably where you’re going to get the most of your training for your scuba diving certification.

In order to breathe underwater, you need to wear an oxygen tank, which can be very heavy when you’re out of the water. Your scuba diving certification says that you know how to use this bulky equipment and make use of it while underwater. Scuba diving can be dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. For instance, if you’re not careful, you can create air bubbles in your blood which can prove fatal. While rare, your scuba diving instructors will show you how to prevent this.

Scuba diving certification will get you the instruction and experience you need to have a great time underwater. Not many people get to see what it’s like underwater. There are many things underwater that people don’t even know about. Sure, they may have seen pictures but they have no idea what it’s like when you’re actually down underneath the water, able to reach out and touch fish and other vegetation that one can only see up close when they’re scuba diving.

So, go out and get your scuba diving certification today. Learn what it’s like to use the equipment that allows you to go where not many people are able to go. You get to go deep underneath the water to visit a completely different world. The money is well worth it but you might want to check a few schools so that you can find the best price. Go get your scuba diving certification today and visit the land beneath the water’s surface.

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Recommend this story? n Apparently the Lubbock-Midland baseball rivalry goes a little deeper than I thought. All three Northern Little League teams that advanced to this past week’s sectional tournaments had to play Lubbock Southwest teams to advance.

Professional Diving School question by Unsilenced Lioness: Jehovah’s witnesses is there anything left for your conscience to decide?
Why Can’t you:
Celebrate Mother’s Day
Celebrate Father’s Day
Celebrate Grandparent’s Day
Celebrate Birthdays
Celebrate Thanksgiving
Celebrate New Year’s Eve or Day
Celebrate Christmas
Celebrate Halloween
Celebrate Easter
Celebrate Flag Day
Celebrate Independence Day (Fourth of July)
Celebrate Hanukkah
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Celebrate “Any” Holiday
Sing any Holiday Songs
Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving
Create Holiday artwork in school
Join the Boy Scouts
Join the Girl Scouts
Buy Girl Scout Cookies
Become a Cheerleader
Attend class reunions (No “Worldly” association)
Go to the school prom
Play School Sports (No competition allowed)
Play Professional Sports
Join any organization that has ties to Christianity
Shop at the Salvation Army
Volunteer for the Salvation Army
Donate to Relief Organizations like the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Charities and more
Shop at Church run thrift stores
Shop at Church Garage Sales
Shop at any Store that has Christian ties
Contribute to the Red Cross
Attend a Church School
Join the YMCA
Join the Military
Become a Police Officer
Attend Alcoholics Anonymous
Have any job with a gun
Strike against a Company
Salute the Flag
Can’t Stand at Public Events while others are Standing to salute the Flag
Sing the National Anthem
Go to War
Wear Clothing Associated with War; e.g. Combats or Army Tops
Learn karate
Vote (Conscience matter now to please Governments, you will be ostracized if you do)
Run for any Public Office
Campaign for a Candidate
Contribute to the Presidential Campaign Fund on your tax return
Can join union, but not participate in its affairs
Run for class president
Join Sororities or Fraternities
Participate in holiday parties at school
Buy lottery tickets
Gamble
Play Bingo
Can’t buy a raffle ticket
Date without supervision – young or old
Watch R rated movies
Cannot work on another Church if it’s a regular customer
Own a religious picture or statue
Smoke cigarettes, pipes or a cigars
Sell cigarettes, pipes or a cigars
Accept Blood
Donate Blood
Store your own blood before an operation
Wear blue jeans or casual clothes to the Kingdom Hall
Wear pants to the Kingdom Hall if you are a female
Wear skirts or dresses that are above the knee at any time
Wear any type of long hair if you are a man
Wear a beard in some Kingdom Halls and areas (judged hard)
Pierce ears if male, other body parts if female
Have any tattoos
Say curse words
Can’t be hypnotized
Get divorced unless scriptural (adultery or fornication is committed by one partner) if you do divorce cannot remarry unless ex fornicates first
Toast drinks (pagan origin)
Throw rice at a wedding (pagan origin)
Say “Bless You” when someone sneezes
Say “Good Luck!”, “Wish me Luck”, “I was Lucky” or “You were Lucky”
Tell ghost stories
Practice Yoga
Own a Smurf
Eat Lucky Charms Cereal (References to Magical)
Throw a penny into a wishing well
Read Horoscopes
Promote anything Superstitious
Have wind charms because they represent a pagan symbol for scaring away demons
Watch TV shows, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch”, “Touched by an Angel”, or “Bewitched”
Say “It was fate” or mention anything to do with “fate”
Engage in any risky acts such as: Sky Diving, Bungie Jumping & Hang Gliding
Have Jesus as your Mediator and Savior
Can’t partake in the Memorial of Jesus’ death, by eating the unleavened bread or drinking the wine; only allowed if you are from the elite group of the 144,000
A woman can’t hold a position of responsibility in the congregation
Wear or own a Cross
Attend another Church (Spiritual Fornication)
Associate on a regular basis with nonbelievers
Associate with ex-members
Associate with disfellowshipped ones
Talk with disfellowshipped ones
Sue another Jehovah’s Witness
Marry a nonbeliever (If you do, you are judged hard by the congregation)
Marry in another Church or attend a wedding in another Church
Have a funeral in another Church or attend a funeral in another Church
Pray, including holding your head down, when a nonbeliever prays
Study other religious articles not from the Society
Read negative information about the Society
Question the Watchtower Society on anything
Exercise your on conscience if it goes against the religion
Question the Society or the Organization
Have Christian freedom
If you are a woman you can’t pray aloud in the presence of men, without a covering on your head
If you are sick and need alternative medical help you can’t get illegal medicines from another country

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Discover To Dive

Article by Matt Garrett

Numerous people dream of scuba diving on their exotic vacations, but are frightened that if they learn to dive, they will end up throwing away a whole lot of their holiday time and money on 1 exercise. The reality is, there are diving courses and educational institutions all more than the globe, and it is possible to get started your find out to dive program in your native nation and to complete it while you are on vacation. Or greater yet, you can discover to dive just before you go on trip and make a diving passport that will permit you to scuba dive anywhere in the globe. So ahead of you go on holiday, search into your alternatives cautiously if you want to understand to dive.

When you discover to dive, you will be taught basic mechanics in a swimming pool. This may possibly look simplistic, but even the very best swimmers want to find out specific strategies for motion when they learn to dive, because mechanics are not the very same as people employed with standard swimming, specifically because divers have products to offer with as nicely. The starting program also teaches the potential diver gear use and maintenance. This is the most intimidating aspect for those who want to understand to dive, but as soon as you get the recognize how to manage your gear, you can start to dive with self-confidence.

Of course, safety is an critical element of your course as you discover to dive, and the buddy system is vital, even for seasoned divers. Other ideas taught in beginning and intermediate programs consist of:

* Buddy diving* Human life support* Gases below stress* Ocean diving* Rescue abilities

Most beginning courses will instruct you dive theory, which may contain some classroom as nicely as pool operate, and open water dive abilities. You will learn to dive via handbooks and video clips, not just underwater, but a lot of of these supplies can be studied at property to increase the quantity of time pupils shell out in the h2o.

Some universities spot limitations on whom they will acknowledge for their learn to dive programs. Most areas have a minimum age, but this is rather youthful, usually all around twelve. For people who have healthcare ailments, this kind of as diabetes or asthma, their may well be certain restrictions, unless a doctor approves the course for the individual. Some educational institutions will call for you to take a healthcare exam, and other individuals will let everyone to start the program if they look to be in great general wellbeing.

Numerous scuba dive colleges give refresher programs anybody who wishes to find out to dive and to keep on diving as a hobby will need to take a refresher course if they do not complete a dive every six months diving passports expire if also significantly time has passed amongst dives. Some students who find out to dive at specified colleges will want to keep on and get more innovative courses, these kinds of as open water and ocean diving. Some will want to quit their boring nine to five grind and turn into complete-time scuba diving instructors. It is a great job for these who like to be in the drinking water and to travel to exotic locations. Even so, provided the security factors, certification for scuba dive instructors is typically really rigorous, and numerous would instead just discover to dive than to ponder a occupation in scuba diving.

No matter whether you want to discover to dive or need to just take a refresher program, it is not difficult to locate a course available inside of a affordable distance. Shortly after you discover to dive, you will want to check out out your capabilities on an exotic vacation in the tropics or elsewhere.

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Lexington recreation programs stay afloat through hard economy
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Whilst budget cuts have pressured several state and nearby parks and recreation plans to scale back, the Lexington Recreation Department is doing work to preserve a substantial degree of services for residents.

Dive Schools query by Corbin: What is the navy EOD dive college like?
Far more especially what is dive college indoctrination like and dive school? In what locations do most individuals fail or rollback? How lengthy will I have to tread h2o and maintain my breath? I ship March seven for EOD pipeline and I am functioning out 6 days per full week but is there anything at all I really should emphasis on. Thank you for the help. Also I am hunting for personalized experience solutions make sure you do not list internet sites you locate about it I’ve possibly study it already.

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hey brother, i’m army EOD, but just in circumstance you don’t get any of my naval brothers responding to you, i can inform you that the dive school is quite challenging. I saw a few films of the navy guys who have been in my class. When you get “hit” it seems to be like it sucks lol, people instructors have entertaining with you guys. What i can tell you is that the pipeline navy little ones do shed a few folks in dive college and the ones who make it by means of are inclined to be in quite very good bodily and psychological shape. Great luck guy. EOD is a fantastic work. Once you get some rank in navy eod you will function with the NSW guys on occasion. They’re a great great deal. We get to play with them too on event. Make sure you do oneself a favor even though, don’t consider that you might be greater due to the fact you’re navy. The other solutions loathe that. Particularly the men who have time in and have truly witnessed a bunch of combat. You are going to discover that each and every service offers a special viewpoint and set of expertise. Have enjoyable carrying out PT in IED’s with a particular senior chief. lol, could not aid myself.