Neil Pardington - The Vault

Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature

Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature: "Women often say no to men. Men have had to conquer foreign lands, win battles and wars, compose symphonies, author books, write sonnets, paint cathedral ceilings, make scientific discoveries, play in rock bands, and write new computer software in order to impress women so that they will agree to have sex with them. Men have built (and destroyed) civilization in order to impress women, so that they might say yes."

How to Change the World: The Nine Best Story Lines for Marketing

How to Change the World: The Nine Best Story Lines for Marketing

Six ways to write more comprehensible code

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Title: Six ways to write more comprehensible code

As a developer, time is your most valuable resource. These six tips on how to write maintainable code are guaranteed to save you time and frustration: one minute spent writing comments can save you an hour of anguish.

Learn more:
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Golden Rules for Living

Golden Rules for Living: "Golden Rules for Living


If you open it, close it.
If you turn it on, turn it off.
If you unlock it, lock it up.
If you break it, admit it.
If you can't fix it, call in someone who can.
If you borrow it, return it.
If you value it, take care of it.
If you make a mess clean it up.
If you move it, put it back.
If it belongs to someone else and you want to use, get permission.
If you don't know how to operate it, leave it alone.
If it's none of your business, don't ask questions.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If it will brighten someone's day, say it.
If it will tarnish someone's reputation, keep it to yourself."

zombie pyramid - http://stahss.com/finalgirl/zfp.jpg

http://stahss.com/finalgirl/zfp.jpg

7-6-2007_12512

1) think end game

2) multi layer and dimensional over end to end

3) adapt to pace

4) manage expectations and question authority

5) functional strength

6) gorilla sprints - lateral sprints

7) tombstone - doc holliday - how did it end? Kurt Russel acting at its finest

8) watching a movie with no sound just visuals

9) body language and reading lips

10) elisha cuthbert

11) tabasco - left v. right shoulder - devil/angel scenario

12) cross training styles - spike tv/ufc - "caveman training" - tire lifts, bear crawls, sledgehammering, plyometrics, rope crawls

13) presence precedes position

14) recovery speed can be more important than execution speed

15) shoot moves - ufc, mma styles

16) the kill point – wahlberg

17) Eat for performance

18) Finding every way/angle to work your body

19) Slo mo mojito hip sway ala barcardi

20) Casey from TopChef 3

A UFO at O'Hare? Some pilots thought so - Yahoo! News

A UFO at O'Hare? Some pilots thought so - Yahoo! News: "A UFO at O'Hare? Some pilots thought so

Mon Jan 1, 6:58 PM ET

CHICAGO - Federal officials say it was probably just some weird weather phenomenon, but a group of United Airlines employees swear they saw a mysterious, saucer-shaped craft hovering over O'Hare Airport last fall.

The workers, some of them pilots, said the object didn't have lights and hovered over an airport terminal before shooting up through the clouds, according to a report in Monday's Chicago Tribune.

The
Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged that a United supervisor had called the control tower at O'Hare, asking if anyone had spotted a spinning disc-shaped object. But the controllers didn't see anything, and a preliminary check of radar found nothing out of the ordinary, FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said.

'Our theory on this is that it was a weather phenomenon,' Cory said. 'That night was a perfect atmospheric condition in terms of low (cloud) ceiling and a lot of airport lights. When the lights shine up into the clouds, sometimes you can see funny things.'

The FAA is not investigating, Cory said.

United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said company officials don't recall discussing any such incident from Nov. 7.

At least one O'Hare controller, union official Craig Burzych, was amused by it all.

'To fly 7 million light years to O'Hare and then have to turn around and go home because your gate was occupied is simply unacceptable,' he said."

Two factor theory of emotion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Two factor theory of emotion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Two factor theory of emotion
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The Two Factor Theory of Emotion is a social psychology theory that views emotion as having two components (factors): physiological arousal and cognition. According to the theory, cognitions are used to interpret the meaning of physiological arousal in a particular situation. Because cognitions are influenced by the situation, the theory predicts that elements of a person's environment can have a significant impact upon their emotional state, provided that the reasons for any physiological arousal are ambiguous."

Smart Graduate School Applications :: How To Get Started On Anything

Smart Graduate School Applications :: How To Get Started On Anything: "How To Get Started On Anything

There’s an experiment called the “High Bridge Study,” that was conducted in 1974 that led to the Two Factor Theory of Emotion, which is a contemporary theory in social psychology that attempts to explain the link between physiological response and human emotions. The study was setup as follows:

…an attractive female experimenter asked male passersby to complete a brief survey. She intercepted potential subjects either at the end of a bridge or on the bridge itself. The footbridge used was long, narrow, and spanned a deep ravine. Following the survey interview, the experimenter gave the subjects her telephone number in case they had further questions. The dependent variable in this experiment was the number of telephone calls received from the subjects after the experiment."

ThinkGeek :: Big Tiki Drive

ThinkGeek :: Big Tiki Drive: "Tiki Drive inspired by the Hawaiian Islands"

World news from The Times and the Sunday Times - Times Online

World news from The Times and the Sunday Times - Times Online: "How do you tackle an invasion of giant jellyfish? Try making sushi"

Boing Boing: Atheist group offers free porn in exchange for Bibles

Boing Boing: Atheist group offers free porn in exchange for Bibles: "Atheist group offers free porn in exchange for Bibles
Atheist Agenda, an atheist group at U Texas San Antonio, staged a 'Porno for Bibles' event, where they gave free pornography to people who traded in religious scripture"

dec 1 2005 free will

Free Will Astrology : Gemini Horoscope: "I love America--every part of it, the red states as well as the blue states. I love its loudness, unpredictability, extravagance, and contradictions. I'm intrigued by the bizarre myths at the heart of the public discourse and entertained by the hysterical tone of that discourse."