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#201
03-09-2006, 04:00 PM
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 Re: PADI Training vs.. others "Matthias Voss" <spammat.voss@gmx.de> wrote in message news:dupreu$qfe$00$1@news.t-online.com... > Happened indeed. > In Dubai a diveboat burned down to the waterline when a B.I. caught fire > and subsequently the boot. The Diver hard turned the oxygen on, and put it > a bit hard on the bench. Your stories definitely would make me rethink ever diving in the Middle East. The rest of the world is far safer, even without all the natives running around shooting their AKs into the air as greetings.  |
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#202
03-09-2006, 04:00 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others "Matthias Voss" <spammat.voss@gmx.de> wrote in message news:dupreu$qfe$00$1@news.t-online.com... > Happened indeed. > In Dubai a diveboat burned down to the waterline when a B.I. caught fire > and subsequently the boot. The Diver hard turned the oxygen on, and put it > a bit hard on the bench. Your stories definitely would make me rethink ever diving in the Middle East. The rest of the world is far safer, even without all the natives running around shooting their AKs into the air as greetings. |
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#203
03-09-2006, 05:10 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others In article <8YYPf.3783$8w2.2683@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, mike gray <omgray@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Requirements to audition for the Calypso crew? > Std 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe the history of diving from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Std 2. TEACHING SKILLS Sketch the development of diving skills in humans. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of diving skills in non-humans. Std. 3 LEADERSHIP SKILLS At your signal, your examiner will let into the room 35 members of WKPP and George Irvine. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek. Std 4. DIVING PHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on Paul Bert's theories of decompression. Std 5. MARINE BIOLOGY Create a new form of marine life. Estimate the subsequent differences in marine biology if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the slimy doris (Dendrodoris krebsii). Std 6. DIVE MANAGEMENT Plan a dive to 20,000 leagues under the sea. Trace the effects of the following on your dive plan: the wave theory of light; the Donatist controversy; cubism. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your points of view as demonstrated in your criticism of your method. Std 7. FIRST AID You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of rum. Demonstrate on yourself the surgical relief of an embolism. Do not suture until your examiner has inspected your work. Std 8. WATERMANSHIP - Level 1 In full scuba gear and using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat to the dive site where Syandards 9 - 12 will be evaluated. (Minimum 36 boat, minimum 3.5 miles to site. Waiting time for drawbridge(s) will not be penalized) Descend to 190 fsw, place the anchor, remove and discard your tank and regulator(s), and await your examiner. Std 9. MIXED GAS PHYSIOLOGY Your examiner will give you three tanks, one containing pure oxygen, one containing pure helium, and one containing pure nitrogen. You will conduct the remainder of the underwater exam managing your mix by breathing from the valves of the three tanks. Plan on 40 minutes to complete the remainder of the underwater exam. Std. 10 BASIC SKILLS Remove your mask, fins, weight belt, and dry suit, in that order. Place all in the basket for removal to the surface. Std 11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Enter the shark cage. Your examiner will release 2500 pounds of chum and play a tape of the mating call of the Great White Shark. On the floor of your shark cage will be found a block of walnut, a block of tool steel, a length of surgical tubing, and rough drawings of a high-powered spear gun. On your signal, the examiner will open the door of the shark cage. Std 12. RESCUE SKILLS At your signal, your examiner will release from the boat three concrete divers each 6 feet by two feet by two feet. Within three minutes from your signal, you must have each diver back on the boat. Defend your method legally, citing all appropriate case law from California, Florida, Texas, and the Dominican Republic. Std 13. WATERMANSHIP - Level 2 In full scuba gear but excluding mask, snorkel, and fins, and using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat back to the marina. (It is not required to reverse the boat into the slip, if necessary) Std 14. DIVE BOAT SUPERVISION Get the other divers each a beer. Unload the boat, rinse all gear, and hang neatly. Get the captain a beer. Hose down the boat. Get the examiner a beer. Pump out the head tank and put in fresh chemicals. Get the captain a beer. Load all gear in the truck. Get examiner a beer. EXTRA CREDIT Denigrate the standards, procedures, and contributions to diving of all certifying agencies. Define the positive effects on western civilization had these agencies never existed, with emphasis on the free market system and the British parliament. (may be substituted for failure of any of the above standards) |
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#204
03-09-2006, 05:10 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others In article <8YYPf.3783$8w2.2683@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, mike gray <omgray@worldnet.att.net> wrote: Requirements to audition for the Calypso crew? > Std 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe the history of diving from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Std 2. TEACHING SKILLS Sketch the development of diving skills in humans. Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of diving skills in non-humans. Std. 3 LEADERSHIP SKILLS At your signal, your examiner will let into the room 35 members of WKPP and George Irvine. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek. Std 4. DIVING PHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on Paul Bert's theories of decompression. Std 5. MARINE BIOLOGY Create a new form of marine life. Estimate the subsequent differences in marine biology if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the slimy doris (Dendrodoris krebsii). Std 6. DIVE MANAGEMENT Plan a dive to 20,000 leagues under the sea. Trace the effects of the following on your dive plan: the wave theory of light; the Donatist controversy; cubism. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your points of view as demonstrated in your criticism of your method. Std 7. FIRST AID You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of rum. Demonstrate on yourself the surgical relief of an embolism. Do not suture until your examiner has inspected your work. Std 8. WATERMANSHIP - Level 1 In full scuba gear and using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat to the dive site where Syandards 9 - 12 will be evaluated. (Minimum 36 boat, minimum 3.5 miles to site. Waiting time for drawbridge(s) will not be penalized) Descend to 190 fsw, place the anchor, remove and discard your tank and regulator(s), and await your examiner. Std 9. MIXED GAS PHYSIOLOGY Your examiner will give you three tanks, one containing pure oxygen, one containing pure helium, and one containing pure nitrogen. You will conduct the remainder of the underwater exam managing your mix by breathing from the valves of the three tanks. Plan on 40 minutes to complete the remainder of the underwater exam. Std. 10 BASIC SKILLS Remove your mask, fins, weight belt, and dry suit, in that order. Place all in the basket for removal to the surface. Std 11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Enter the shark cage. Your examiner will release 2500 pounds of chum and play a tape of the mating call of the Great White Shark. On the floor of your shark cage will be found a block of walnut, a block of tool steel, a length of surgical tubing, and rough drawings of a high-powered spear gun. On your signal, the examiner will open the door of the shark cage. Std 12. RESCUE SKILLS At your signal, your examiner will release from the boat three concrete divers each 6 feet by two feet by two feet. Within three minutes from your signal, you must have each diver back on the boat. Defend your method legally, citing all appropriate case law from California, Florida, Texas, and the Dominican Republic. Std 13. WATERMANSHIP - Level 2 In full scuba gear but excluding mask, snorkel, and fins, and using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat back to the marina. (It is not required to reverse the boat into the slip, if necessary) Std 14. DIVE BOAT SUPERVISION Get the other divers each a beer. Unload the boat, rinse all gear, and hang neatly. Get the captain a beer. Hose down the boat. Get the examiner a beer. Pump out the head tank and put in fresh chemicals. Get the captain a beer. Load all gear in the truck. Get examiner a beer. EXTRA CREDIT Denigrate the standards, procedures, and contributions to diving of all certifying agencies. Define the positive effects on western civilization had these agencies never existed, with emphasis on the free market system and the British parliament. (may be substituted for failure of any of the above standards) |
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#205
03-09-2006, 05:12 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others In article <2bUPf.765$96.71@bignews8.bellsouth.net>, Lee Bell <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote: It's amazing how people can misinterpret simple declarative statements I purposely qualified my statement when I said "I have decided that I will avoid any PADI courses iF AT ALL POSSIBLE". That does not mean that I will never take a PADI course but will likely prefer other types of instruction. I also mentioned that there are good divers in all schools and NEVER said "ALL" anything Sy > <sytech@yahoo.com> wrote > > > I now see why. and Lee hit it right on the head when he said " have, > > and have always had, a problem with any agency that puts sales above > > safety and, in my opinion, PADI corporate has done just that". > > > > I have decided that I will avoid any PADI courses if at all possible. > > In fact I will be traveling in about 10 days and though it's difficult > > have weeded out several PADI facilities. > > Your choice, but possibly a bit of overkill. There are a lot of good PADI > divers and a lot of good PADI instructors, just like in all of the agencies. > It is the corporate attitude that offends me. The biggest problems with > that attitude, in my opinion are that it leads people to believe that this > sport is automatically safe and it fails to weed out instructors who don't > teach well enough to motivate students to learn and do what it takes to > participate in this inherently dangerous sport, safely. > > Lee > > > -- Please post and reply to sytech@yahoo.com |
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#206
03-09-2006, 05:12 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others In article <2bUPf.765$96.71@bignews8.bellsouth.net>, Lee Bell <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote: It's amazing how people can misinterpret simple declarative statements I purposely qualified my statement when I said "I have decided that I will avoid any PADI courses iF AT ALL POSSIBLE". That does not mean that I will never take a PADI course but will likely prefer other types of instruction. I also mentioned that there are good divers in all schools and NEVER said "ALL" anything Sy > <sytech@yahoo.com> wrote > > > I now see why. and Lee hit it right on the head when he said " have, > > and have always had, a problem with any agency that puts sales above > > safety and, in my opinion, PADI corporate has done just that". > > > > I have decided that I will avoid any PADI courses if at all possible. > > In fact I will be traveling in about 10 days and though it's difficult > > have weeded out several PADI facilities. > > Your choice, but possibly a bit of overkill. There are a lot of good PADI > divers and a lot of good PADI instructors, just like in all of the agencies. > It is the corporate attitude that offends me. The biggest problems with > that attitude, in my opinion are that it leads people to believe that this > sport is automatically safe and it fails to weed out instructors who don't > teach well enough to motivate students to learn and do what it takes to > participate in this inherently dangerous sport, safely. > > Lee > > > -- Please post and reply to sytech@yahoo.com |
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#207
03-09-2006, 05:55 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others Classic. If there ever was a rec.scuba HoF, this would be there. The only thing missing is a reference to big-breasted bimbettes - a very vital part of any enjoyable dive experience. Vandit mike gray wrote: > Std 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE > > Describe the history of diving from its origins to the present > day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, > political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on > Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. > > Std 2. TEACHING SKILLS > > Sketch the development of diving skills in humans. Estimate its > significance. Compare with the development of diving skills in > non-humans. > > Std. 3 LEADERSHIP SKILLS > > At your signal, your examiner will let into the room 35 members > of WKPP and George Irvine. Calm them. You may use any ancient > language except Latin or Greek. > > Std 4. DIVING PHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY > > Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an > evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on > Paul Bert's theories of decompression. > > Std 5. MARINE BIOLOGY > > Create a new form of marine life. Estimate the subsequent > differences in marine biology if this form of life had developed > 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its > probable effect on the slimy doris (Dendrodoris krebsii). > > Std 6. DIVE MANAGEMENT > > Plan a dive to 20,000 leagues under the sea. Trace the effects > of the following on your dive plan: the wave theory of light; > the Donatist controversy; cubism. Outline a method for > preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all > possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your > points of view as demonstrated in your criticism of your method. > > Std 7. FIRST AID > > You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and > a bottle of rum. Demonstrate on yourself the surgical relief of > an embolism. Do not suture until your examiner has inspected > your work. > > Std 8. WATERMANSHIP - Level 1 > > In full scuba gear and using only your teeth to hold the line, > tow your boat to the dive site where Syandards 9 - 12 will be > evaluated. (Minimum 36' boat, minimum 3.5 miles to site. Waiting > time for drawbridge(s) will not be penalized) Descend to 190 > fsw, place the anchor, remove and discard your tank and > regulator(s), and await your examiner. > > Std 9. MIXED GAS PHYSIOLOGY > > Your examiner will give you three tanks, one containing pure > oxygen, one containing pure helium, and one containing pure > nitrogen. You will conduct the remainder of the underwater exam > managing your mix by breathing from the valves of the three > tanks. Plan on 40 minutes to complete the remainder of the > underwater exam. > > Std. 10 BASIC SKILLS > > Remove your mask, fins, weight belt, and dry suit, in that > order. Place all in the basket for removal to the surface. > > Std 11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT > > Enter the shark cage. Your examiner will release 2500 pounds of > chum and play a tape of the mating call of the Great White > Shark. On the floor of your shark cage will be found a block of > walnut, a block of tool steel, a length of surgical tubing, and > rough drawings of a high-powered spear gun. On your signal, the > examiner will open the door of the shark cage. > > Std 12. RESCUE SKILLS > > At your signal, your examiner will release from the boat three > concrete "divers" each 6 feet by two feet by two feet. Within > three minutes from your signal, you must have each "diver" back > on the boat. Defend your method legally, citing all appropriate > case law from California, Florida, Texas, and the Dominican > Republic. > > Std 13. WATERMANSHIP - Level 2 > > In full scuba gear but excluding mask, snorkel, and fins, and > using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat back to > the marina. (It is not required to reverse the boat into the > slip, if necessary) > > Std 14. DIVE BOAT SUPERVISION > > Get the other divers each a beer. Unload the boat, rinse all > gear, and hang neatly. Get the captain a beer. Hose down the > boat. Get the examiner a beer. Pump out the head tank and put in > fresh chemicals. Get the captain a beer. Load all gear in the > truck. Get examiner a beer. > > EXTRA CREDIT > > Denigrate the standards, procedures, and contributions to diving > of all certifying agencies. Define the positive effects on > western civilization had these agencies never existed, with > emphasis on the free market system and the British parliament. > (may be substituted for failure of any of the above standards) |
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#208
03-09-2006, 05:55 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others Classic. If there ever was a rec.scuba HoF, this would be there. The only thing missing is a reference to big-breasted bimbettes - a very vital part of any enjoyable dive experience. Vandit mike gray wrote: > Std 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE > > Describe the history of diving from its origins to the present > day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, > political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on > Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. > > Std 2. TEACHING SKILLS > > Sketch the development of diving skills in humans. Estimate its > significance. Compare with the development of diving skills in > non-humans. > > Std. 3 LEADERSHIP SKILLS > > At your signal, your examiner will let into the room 35 members > of WKPP and George Irvine. Calm them. You may use any ancient > language except Latin or Greek. > > Std 4. DIVING PHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY > > Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an > evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on > Paul Bert's theories of decompression. > > Std 5. MARINE BIOLOGY > > Create a new form of marine life. Estimate the subsequent > differences in marine biology if this form of life had developed > 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its > probable effect on the slimy doris (Dendrodoris krebsii). > > Std 6. DIVE MANAGEMENT > > Plan a dive to 20,000 leagues under the sea. Trace the effects > of the following on your dive plan: the wave theory of light; > the Donatist controversy; cubism. Outline a method for > preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all > possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your > points of view as demonstrated in your criticism of your method. > > Std 7. FIRST AID > > You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and > a bottle of rum. Demonstrate on yourself the surgical relief of > an embolism. Do not suture until your examiner has inspected > your work. > > Std 8. WATERMANSHIP - Level 1 > > In full scuba gear and using only your teeth to hold the line, > tow your boat to the dive site where Syandards 9 - 12 will be > evaluated. (Minimum 36' boat, minimum 3.5 miles to site. Waiting > time for drawbridge(s) will not be penalized) Descend to 190 > fsw, place the anchor, remove and discard your tank and > regulator(s), and await your examiner. > > Std 9. MIXED GAS PHYSIOLOGY > > Your examiner will give you three tanks, one containing pure > oxygen, one containing pure helium, and one containing pure > nitrogen. You will conduct the remainder of the underwater exam > managing your mix by breathing from the valves of the three > tanks. Plan on 40 minutes to complete the remainder of the > underwater exam. > > Std. 10 BASIC SKILLS > > Remove your mask, fins, weight belt, and dry suit, in that > order. Place all in the basket for removal to the surface. > > Std 11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT > > Enter the shark cage. Your examiner will release 2500 pounds of > chum and play a tape of the mating call of the Great White > Shark. On the floor of your shark cage will be found a block of > walnut, a block of tool steel, a length of surgical tubing, and > rough drawings of a high-powered spear gun. On your signal, the > examiner will open the door of the shark cage. > > Std 12. RESCUE SKILLS > > At your signal, your examiner will release from the boat three > concrete "divers" each 6 feet by two feet by two feet. Within > three minutes from your signal, you must have each "diver" back > on the boat. Defend your method legally, citing all appropriate > case law from California, Florida, Texas, and the Dominican > Republic. > > Std 13. WATERMANSHIP - Level 2 > > In full scuba gear but excluding mask, snorkel, and fins, and > using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat back to > the marina. (It is not required to reverse the boat into the > slip, if necessary) > > Std 14. DIVE BOAT SUPERVISION > > Get the other divers each a beer. Unload the boat, rinse all > gear, and hang neatly. Get the captain a beer. Hose down the > boat. Get the examiner a beer. Pump out the head tank and put in > fresh chemicals. Get the captain a beer. Load all gear in the > truck. Get examiner a beer. > > EXTRA CREDIT > > Denigrate the standards, procedures, and contributions to diving > of all certifying agencies. Define the positive effects on > western civilization had these agencies never existed, with > emphasis on the free market system and the British parliament. > (may be substituted for failure of any of the above standards) |
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#209
03-09-2006, 06:05 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:44:52 GMT, mike gray <omgray@worldnet.att.net> wrote: >Std 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE > >Describe the history of diving from its origins to the present >day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, >political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on >Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. > >Std 2. TEACHING SKILLS > >Sketch the development of diving skills in humans. Estimate its >significance. Compare with the development of diving skills in >non-humans. > >Std. 3 LEADERSHIP SKILLS > >At your signal, your examiner will let into the room 35 members >of WKPP and George Irvine. Calm them. You may use any ancient >language except Latin or Greek. > >Std 4. DIVING PHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY > >Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an >evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on >Paul Bert's theories of decompression. > >Std 5. MARINE BIOLOGY > >Create a new form of marine life. Estimate the subsequent >differences in marine biology if this form of life had developed >500 million years earlier, with special attention to its >probable effect on the slimy doris (Dendrodoris krebsii). > >Std 6. DIVE MANAGEMENT > >Plan a dive to 20,000 leagues under the sea. Trace the effects >of the following on your dive plan: the wave theory of light; >the Donatist controversy; cubism. Outline a method for >preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all >possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your >points of view as demonstrated in your criticism of your method. > >Std 7. FIRST AID > >You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and >a bottle of rum. Demonstrate on yourself the surgical relief of >an embolism. Do not suture until your examiner has inspected >your work. > >Std 8. WATERMANSHIP - Level 1 > >In full scuba gear and using only your teeth to hold the line, >tow your boat to the dive site where Syandards 9 - 12 will be >evaluated. (Minimum 36 boat, minimum 3.5 miles to site. Waiting >time for drawbridge(s) will not be penalized) Descend to 190 >fsw, place the anchor, remove and discard your tank and >regulator(s), and await your examiner. > >Std 9. MIXED GAS PHYSIOLOGY > >Your examiner will give you three tanks, one containing pure >oxygen, one containing pure helium, and one containing pure >nitrogen. You will conduct the remainder of the underwater exam >managing your mix by breathing from the valves of the three >tanks. Plan on 40 minutes to complete the remainder of the >underwater exam. > >Std. 10 BASIC SKILLS > >Remove your mask, fins, weight belt, and dry suit, in that >order. Place all in the basket for removal to the surface. > >Std 11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT > >Enter the shark cage. Your examiner will release 2500 pounds of >chum and play a tape of the mating call of the Great White >Shark. On the floor of your shark cage will be found a block of >walnut, a block of tool steel, a length of surgical tubing, and >rough drawings of a high-powered spear gun. On your signal, the >examiner will open the door of the shark cage. > >Std 12. RESCUE SKILLS > >At your signal, your examiner will release from the boat three >concrete divers each 6 feet by two feet by two feet. Within >three minutes from your signal, you must have each diver back >on the boat. Defend your method legally, citing all appropriate >case law from California, Florida, Texas, and the Dominican >Republic. > >Std 13. WATERMANSHIP - Level 2 > >In full scuba gear but excluding mask, snorkel, and fins, and >using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat back to >the marina. (It is not required to reverse the boat into the >slip, if necessary) > >Std 14. DIVE BOAT SUPERVISION > >Get the other divers each a beer. Unload the boat, rinse all >gear, and hang neatly. Get the captain a beer. Hose down the >boat. Get the examiner a beer. Pump out the head tank and put in >fresh chemicals. Get the captain a beer. Load all gear in the >truck. Get examiner a beer. > >EXTRA CREDIT > >Denigrate the standards, procedures, and contributions to diving >of all certifying agencies. Define the positive effects on >western civilization had these agencies never existed, with >emphasis on the free market system and the British parliament. >(may be substituted for failure of any of the above standards) Ya done yerself proud with that one. JF |
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#210
03-09-2006, 06:05 PM
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| Re: PADI Training vs.. others wrote: >Std 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE > >Describe the history of diving from its origins to the present >day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, >political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on >Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. > >Std 2. TEACHING SKILLS > >Sketch the development of diving skills in humans. Estimate its >significance. Compare with the development of diving skills in >non-humans. > >Std. 3 LEADERSHIP SKILLS > >At your signal, your examiner will let into the room 35 members >of WKPP and George Irvine. Calm them. You may use any ancient >language except Latin or Greek. > >Std 4. DIVING PHYSICS & PHYSIOLOGY > >Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an >evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on >Paul Bert's theories of decompression. > >Std 5. MARINE BIOLOGY > >Create a new form of marine life. Estimate the subsequent >differences in marine biology if this form of life had developed >500 million years earlier, with special attention to its >probable effect on the slimy doris (Dendrodoris krebsii). > >Std 6. DIVE MANAGEMENT > >Plan a dive to 20,000 leagues under the sea. Trace the effects >of the following on your dive plan: the wave theory of light; >the Donatist controversy; cubism. Outline a method for >preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all >possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your >points of view as demonstrated in your criticism of your method. > >Std 7. FIRST AID > >You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and >a bottle of rum. Demonstrate on yourself the surgical relief of >an embolism. Do not suture until your examiner has inspected >your work. > >Std 8. WATERMANSHIP - Level 1 > >In full scuba gear and using only your teeth to hold the line, >tow your boat to the dive site where Syandards 9 - 12 will be >evaluated. (Minimum 36 boat, minimum 3.5 miles to site. Waiting >time for drawbridge(s) will not be penalized) Descend to 190 >fsw, place the anchor, remove and discard your tank and >regulator(s), and await your examiner. > >Std 9. MIXED GAS PHYSIOLOGY > >Your examiner will give you three tanks, one containing pure >oxygen, one containing pure helium, and one containing pure >nitrogen. You will conduct the remainder of the underwater exam >managing your mix by breathing from the valves of the three >tanks. Plan on 40 minutes to complete the remainder of the >underwater exam. > >Std. 10 BASIC SKILLS > >Remove your mask, fins, weight belt, and dry suit, in that >order. Place all in the basket for removal to the surface. > >Std 11. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT > >Enter the shark cage. Your examiner will release 2500 pounds of >chum and play a tape of the mating call of the Great White >Shark. On the floor of your shark cage will be found a block of >walnut, a block of tool steel, a length of surgical tubing, and >rough drawings of a high-powered spear gun. On your signal, the >examiner will open the door of the shark cage. > >Std 12. RESCUE SKILLS > >At your signal, your examiner will release from the boat three >concrete divers each 6 feet by two feet by two feet. Within >three minutes from your signal, you must have each diver back >on the boat. Defend your method legally, citing all appropriate >case law from California, Florida, Texas, and the Dominican >Republic. > >Std 13. WATERMANSHIP - Level 2 > >In full scuba gear but excluding mask, snorkel, and fins, and >using only your teeth to hold the line, tow your boat back to >the marina. (It is not required to reverse the boat into the >slip, if necessary) > >Std 14. DIVE BOAT SUPERVISION > >Get the other divers each a beer. Unload the boat, rinse all >gear, and hang neatly. Get the captain a beer. Hose down the >boat. Get the examiner a beer. Pump out the head tank and put in >fresh chemicals. Get the captain a beer. Load all gear in the >truck. Get examiner a beer. > >EXTRA CREDIT > >Denigrate the standards, procedures, and contributions to diving >of all certifying agencies. Define the positive effects on >western civilization had these agencies never existed, with >emphasis on the free market system and the British parliament. >(may be substituted for failure of any of the above standards) Ya done yerself proud with that one. JF |
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