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Actually that is exactly how the US's industrial growth took place. Factories used to employ women and children because they could pay them less. And if education was a requirement for today's manual laborers you can bet more people than just the illegal immigrants would be out of work. Those innovations are mainly coming from overseas. Regardless, as new equipment and technology shifts towards automation the number of "industrial based" jobs for "uneducated workers" is dwindling and many people are finding themselves jobless irrespective of their nationality status. The US's industries have grown because they have hired cheap labor since the beginning and over time have developed technologies resulting in dispensable jobs. Don't blame illegal immigrants because big industries are doing what they've always done.

Like rehmwa said...both 90 and 180 degree turns give you apprx 90 degrees of separation (visualize both and you'll see why) so there is no real advantage to the 90 degree turn over the 180. The advantage with the 180 is that jumper A can turn and track without waiting for jumper B to make make his/her turn. Imagine you and I are in a compressed and my audible goes off before yours. I make my 90 degree turn but you're in my way. I either need to wait for you to turn or try and track over/under/around you. The delay means I track a shorter distance before my second beep (less separation between you, me, and the camera flyer) or I ignore my second beep and complete my track resulting in a lower pull altitude than anticipated. Even if we both turn at the same time there's a chance we could end up facing each other and collide while trying to track around each other. With a 180 degree turn our airspace is clear and we can track and deploy as planned regardless of what the other is doing.

Hey Angela, I'm a current senior at Tech and compete with GT Fusion. I moved here from Rhode Island and absolutely love it. Atlanta is wonderful! Will you be a grad student, transfer, or new undergrad? In-state tuition is out unless you live and work here for a year without taking classes or are a grad student who has an arrangement with their department. It stinks. I've lived and worked here for 5 years and still pay out-of-state. PM me if you have any questions or would like to come visit. The school itself is very difficult and there's a lot of work involved. But supposedly once you get out into the real world you are set. I'd be happy to show you around. We have an awesome club too! (http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/skydive/) Becky

The BSRs state that a student (aka a non licensed jumper) must always be equipped with a helmet. You wore one on your tandem to prevent your head from hitting the plane door getting in, out, etc. It also protected your tandem master from getting a head butt to his/her chin. Every once in a while I'll check out all of the marks and paint chips on my helmet from riser slap, the expected RW contact, and air debris. It makes me appreciate my helmet all the more. "What's the point of wearing a helmet when you skydive? If that parachute doesn't open, that helmet is now wearing YOU for protection."- Jerry Seinfeld