Aphorisms

339. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade (lem-uh-neyd).
340. When pigs fly: When an impossible task actually comes true.
341. When the cats away, the mice play. When authority is gone, the children misbehave.

More holes than Swiss cheese: The detective said, that story has more holes than Swiss cheese.

The questionable truth of a story.

Top 30 list of most popular Superstitions in America.

1. Knocking on Wood
2. Wishing on a Star
3. Four-Leaf Clover
4. Breaking a Mirror
5. Bad News Comes in Threes
6. Lucky Penny
7. Don't Open An Umbrella Inside
8. Beginner's Luck
9. Crossing Your Fingers for Luck
10. Walking Under a Ladder
11. Bless You
12. The Wishbone
13. Spilled Salt
14. Horseshoes
15. Wishing at 11:11
16. Fortune Cookies
17. Gypsy Curse
18. Rabbit's Foot
19. Black Cat Crossing Your Path
20. Itchy Palms Has to Do with Money
21. The Number 13
22. Voodoo
23. Ears Are Burning
24. Friday the 13th
25. Don't Step on a Crack
26. Dogs Howling at Night
27. How You Start Your Year Is How You Will End It
28. Shoes on the Table
29. Bad Luck to Put a Hat on a Bed
30. Purse on the Floor

Meeting People and connecting. Food, Sports, Clothing, Locations, Politics

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Hey, I have a lot in common with you. Yes, you do, amazing.
or

Hi, we both like to play tennis, let's meet at the court. Sound good? Great, let me get my racquet.

We both like (foods, sports, cars, clothing)  Let's get a bite to eat sometime? Sure where do you want to go?  or Would you like to have lunch? Go to run, next time.

We both play(golf, tennis, chess, volleyball, poker) Would you like to join me for a game of tennis? It's too hot for tennis.

We both come from(country, city, town, continent) How long since you have been back? Been five years.

We voted, have you? Of course, see my sticker.

Do you Smoke? No, thank you.

Do you like to Listen to Music? Yes, all the time.

Can I use your Pen? Briefly, got to finish this letter.

May I borrow your Car to drive to work, I'm late. Let me drive you.

Can I borrow your Cell Phone? Let me call for you.

May I use you Dictionary? Absolutely, what's the word?

Can I borrow some Money? Got to go.

What are you doing Tonight? Nothing, just watching some Netflix.

Can I come over tomorrow? Sure let's meet after dinner.

Can I read your Newspaper? Here you can have it, I'm done.

Can we have a party? Sure, but my parents will be home Monday.

The man in the suit has just bought a new car from the profit he's made on your dreams., (Traffic, 1971)

Dream Big.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall: Meaning, sometimes size works against you.

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Take charge. To lead. Time is of the essence. The fish rots from the head.

“A leader is a dealer in hope.” -Napoleon Bonaparte

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” -Arnold H. Glasow

“A leader is admired, a boss is feared.” -Vicente del Bosque

“The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.” -Simon Sinek

“Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I’ll show you a poorly uniformed leader.” -Robert Baden-Powell

“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.” -Ralph Nader

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” -Henry Kissinger

“A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn’t go by yourself.” -Joel A. Barker

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” -Jack Welch

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” -John C. Maxwell

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincy Adams

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
-Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals.”

“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.”
-Theodore M. Hesburgh

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
-John F. Kennedy

“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.”
-Jim Rohn

“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”
-John Maxwell

There were three reactions to the student going off topic and talking about real problems at the University. The first was to try and talk over and louder than the student, the second was to block the student and push him away from the microphone and the third was to let the student speak, which is what happened.

opportunity(op-er-too-ni-tee)

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Give me a fulcrum (fool-kruhm)and I will move the universe.

A fulcrum(fool-kruhm) is the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.

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Red Herring

Red herring A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences towards a false conclusion. 

Mechanical Failure modes

Buckling
Corrosion
Corrosion fatigue
Creep,
Fatigue
Fouling
Fracture
Hydrogen embrittlement
Impact
Mechanical overload
Stress corrosion
cracking
Thermal shock
Wear Yielding

Term and Thesis Paper Characteristics

3.27     Term and Thesis Paper Characteristics

Exercise: Does your paper have the following?

Thesis Statement:

A good thesis is focused and not too broad, centered on a debatable topic and picks a side.

A good thesis makes claims that will be supported later in the paper.

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