... point somewhat removed from normal, to one that veers dangerously close to pathological. These efforts to regain control are often fruitless; mostly because they are generally an illusion in the ... denigration focused on one parent and perpetrated by the other. In mild cases, there is some programming fostered on the part of the alienating parent, but, all in all, relationships remain intact. In ...

I'm not sure what I have more contempt for. Sarah Palin's pathological lying or the people who can say with a straight face that Sarah Palin is qualified for anything other ... personalities slowly replacing actors and filmmakers, and the calculation coming from the Palin camp seems to be that this programming formula can be applied to presidential politics. Here's how it works: Take ...

... pretty good ideas. Object-orientation is mainstream today; it was once a fad. Extreme programming has been shown to be more effective than its alternatives under many conditions; some people still label it as a ... name) with almost no empirical validation. If this is the case, if what SEMAT refers to is our pathological growth of academic software methods without empirical validation, then I would ...

... tendency to recreate painful emotional dynamics -- no doubt a result of negative imprinting or programming. The child we once were we still are. If we are unaware of it and decide not to act on it, our life-view as a young child ... painful way of coping - Extreme anger - furious rage without sorrow; indicates pathological dependence when the mourner's sense of wellbeing is threatened by loss - ...

... either what we do or what occurs to us. We regard ourselves as machinery, incapable of influencing our own programming even if we could fathom it. Believing in al jabr births an apathy that easily causes us ... do not fulfill dreams or hold true to the choices we make. Either view can be pathological in nature. The balance is difficult. The lesson to take away is to understand what is good for you, ...