0_Wizard
It really irks me that Laziness is often considered a pejoritive term for someone who is a couch potato or slacker.
It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include couch potato, slacker, and bludger.
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Laziness (also called indolence) is disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or  exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include couch potato, slacker, and bludger. Despite Sigmund Freud's discussion of the pleasure principle, Leonard Carmichael notes that "laziness is not a word that appears in the table of contents of most technical books on psychology... It is a guilty secret of modern psychology that more is understood about the motivation of thirsty rats and hungry pecking pigeons as they press levers than about the way in which poets make themselves write poems or scientists force themselves into the laboratory when the good golfing days of spring arrive."
Poodle Hat
Poodle Hat is the eleventh studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on May 20, 2003. It was the seventh studio album self-produced by Yankovic. The musical styles on the album are built around parodies and pastiches of pop of the early-2000s. The album's lead single, "Couch Potato", is a parody of "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. The single failed to chart, although the album's song "eBay" (a parody of "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys) eventually peaked at number 115 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 2007. The album featured five parodies. Aside from the aforementioned "Couch Potato" and "eBay", the album also spoofs "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne, and "Piano Man" by Billy Joel.
Arnold Schölzel
Arnold Angelus Schölzel (born October 21, 1947) is a German editor and former defector, currently the editor-in-chief of the far-left newspaper "Junge Welt". Prior to 1989, Schölzel worked at Humboldt University in East Berlin, and also was an informant for the East German domestic intelligence agency, the Stasi. Arnold Angelus Schölzel was born on October 21, 1947, and grew up in Bremen, West Germany, and at age 16 became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the largest moderate left-wing political party in Germany. On August 13, 1967, the anniversary of construction beginning of the Berlin Wall five years earlier, Schölzel decided to desert from the West German Army, and then defected to East Germany.
List of villains in VR Troopers
This is a list of villains in the television show "VR Troopers". Ziktor Industries is a company owned by the fictional Karl Ziktor, aka Grimlord. The company served as his base of operations from the other side of the reality barrier. It is operated as ruthlessly as the virtual world and is poorly regarded by many of Cross World City's citizens. However no one (the Troopers and Professor Hart included) is aware that Ziktor and Grimlord are the same person. Very little is seen of the building except for the exterior (taken from Metalder) and Ziktor's office. Throughout the show's run, the office scenes mostly serve as a bridge into Ziktor's transformation into Grimlord and most of his actions take place in Virtual Reality than here.
List of Married... with Children characters
This is a list of characters in "Married... with Children". The show revolves around Al Bundy, his wife Peggy, children Kelly and Bud, their next-door neighbor Marcy, and her husband Steve Rhoades—who leaves in Season 4 and is eventually replaced by Jefferson D'Arcy. The creators of the show named the "Bundy" family after their favourite professional wrestler King Kong Bundy, though some fans mistakenly believed that the name was derived from serial killer Ted Bundy. King Kong Bundy once appeared on the show as Peggy's hick inbred uncle Irwin, and again appeared as his wrestling persona, since "NO MA'AM" (National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood, a fictional club depicted on the show) were big fans of the wrestler.
Couch Potato (song)
"Couch Potato" is a parody song by American satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the Academy Award winning song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. In it, the narrator details his obsession with watching television and the television shows he watches. "Couch Potato" was originally going to be the lead single of "Poodle Hat", but due to Eminem's concern that it might hurt his career, its commercial release was postponed indefinitely. "Couch Potato" has never been released as a promo, nor a commercial single. It is only available on the "Poodle Hat" CD, or as a digital download on the internet.
Scott Burns (newspaper columnist)
Scott Burns is a newspaper columnist and author who has covered personal finance and investments for over 30 years. He is known for creating the "Couch Potato Portfolio" investment strategy, which advocates the use of index funds over managed funds or stock-picking. In 2006, he co-founded the Web startup AssetBuilder, where he serves as chief investment strategist. Burns graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in humanities and biology (1962). Burns began his career as a newspaper columnist at the "Boston Herald" in 1977 where he was also the financial editor. The column was nationally syndicated in 1981 and is now distributed by Universal Press Syndicate.
1_Apprentice
I totally agree with you! and Laziness is a habit rather than a mental health issue, some people think that it can be treated but you need to put your effort to eliminate that habit
0_Wizard
Yeah. Mental health is more about a subjective well-being, and competence, and one's intellectual/emotional potential according to the WHO.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health includes "subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, inter-generational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others."
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World Happiness Report
The World Happiness Report is a measure of happiness published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The World Happiness Report is edited by John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs. The 2017 edition added three associate editors; Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Haifang Huang, and Shun Wang. Authors of chapters include Richard Easterlin, Edward F. Diener, Martine Durand, Nicole Fortin, Jon Hall, Valerie Møller, and many others. In July 2011, the UN General Assembly resolution 65/309 "Happiness: Towards a Holistic Definition of Developmen"t inviting member countries to measure the happiness of their people and to use the data to help guide public policy.
Mental health
Mental health is a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of mental illness. It is the "psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment". From the perspective of positive psychology or holism, mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life, and create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health includes "subjective well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy, competence, inter-generational dependence, and self-actualization of one's intellectual and emotional potential, among others."
Well-being contributing factors
Well-being is a much-studied topic in psychology, especially positive psychology. Related concepts are eudaimonia, happiness, flourishing, quality of life, contentment, and meaningful life. Central theories are Diener's tripartite model of subjective well-being, Ryff's Six-factor Model of Psychological Well-being, Corey Keyes' work on flourishing, and Seligmann's contributions to positive psychology and his theories on "authentic happiness" and P.E.R.M.A. Positive psychology is concerned with eudaimonia, "the good life" or flourishing, living according to what holds the greatest value in life – the factors that contribute the most to a well-lived and fulfilling life.
Tripartite model of subjective well-being
The Tripartite model of subjective well-being (SWB) is a theory developed by Diener which describes how people experience the quality of their lives and includes both emotional reactions and cognitive judgments. Psychologists have defined happiness as a combination of life satisfaction and the relative frequency of positive and negative affect. SWB therefore encompasses moods and emotions as well as evaluations of one's satisfaction with general and specific areas of one's life. Concepts encompassed by SWB include positive and negative affect, happiness, and life satisfaction. Positive psychology is particularly concerned with the study of SWB.
Mental health professional
A mental health professional is a health care practitioner or community services provider who offers services for the purpose of improving an individual's mental health or to treat mental disorders. This broad category was developed as a name for community personnel who worked in the new community mental health agencies begun in the 1970s to assist individuals moving from state hospitals, to prevent admissions, and to provide support in homes, jobs, education and community. These individuals (i.e., state office personnel, private sector personnel, and non-profit, now voluntary sector personnel) were the forefront brigade to develop the community programs, which today may be referred to by names such as supported housing, psychiatric rehabilitation, supported or transitional employment, sheltered workshops, supported education, daily living skills, affirmative industries, dual diagnosis treatment, individual and family psychoeducation, adult day care, foster care, family services and mental health counseling.
Happiness economics
The economics of happiness or happiness economics is the quantitative and theoretical study of happiness, positive and negative affect, well-being, quality of life, life satisfaction and related concepts, typically combining economics with other fields such as psychology, health and sociology. It typically treats such happiness-related measures, rather than wealth, income or profit, as something to be maximized. The field has grown substantially since the late 20th century, for example by the development of methods, surveys and indices to measure happiness and related concepts. Its findings have been described as a challenge to the economics profession.
Psychology
Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope and diverse interests that, when taken together, seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, and all the variety of epiphenomena they manifest. As a social science it aims to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases. In this field, a professional or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and biological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.
1_Apprentice
Yes i agree, i did a tesis on Laziness and it showed that may manifest as procrastination or vacillation, so when im doing one of these or both, i need to snap out of it!
0_Wizard
I know there's a Spanish thriller of the name, "Tesis", but is this the same as thesis? Perhaps in spanish?
Tesis ("Thesis") is a 1996 Spanish thriller film.
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Tesis ("Thesis") is a 1996 Spanish thriller film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar and was written by Amenabar and Mateo Gil. The film was made while he was studying at Universidad Complutense in Madrid The film won seven 1996 Goya Awards including the award for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega. Ángela, a university student in Madrid, is planning to write a thesis on audiovisual violence and the family. As she is sitting on a commuter train, it halts and passengers are told to evacuate. A man has committed suicide by jumping on front of the train.
Carlism in literature
On March 21, 1890, at a conference dedicated to the during the last civil war, Miguel de Unamuno delivered a lecture titled "La última guerra carlista como materia poética". It was probably the first ever attempt to examine the Carlist motive in literature, as for the previous 57 years the subject had been increasingly present in poetry, drama and novel. However, it remains paradoxical that when Unamuno was offering his analysis, the period of great Carlist role in letters was just about to begin. It lasted for some quarter of a century, as until the late 1910s Carlism remained a key theme of numerous monumental works of Spanish literature.
Austin &amp; Pickersgill
Austin & Pickersgill was formed in Sunderland in 1954 by the merger of S.P. Austin & Son Ltd (founded by Samuel Peter Austin in c.1826) and William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd (founded c. 1838). After the merger Austin's Wear Dock yard was used for repair while shipbuilding was concentrated at Pickersgill's Southwick Yard. The latter was modernised with the introduction of large assembly shops and prefabrication processes. This reduced costs and increased the maximum size of a vessel that the yard could build from 10,000 to 40,000 tons deadweight. In 1957 a consortium of three companies led by London & Overseas Freighters Ltd. (LOF) took over Austin & Pickersgill.
Sigma SD14
The Sigma SD14 is a digital single-lens reflex camera produced by the Sigma Corporation of Japan. It is fitted with a Sigma SA mount which takes Sigma SA lenses. The camera was announced on August 29, 2006 with a "teaser" advertising campaign and was unveiled at the photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany on 2006-09-26. After production delays, Sigma announced the official release of the SD14 to be on March 6, 2007. Sigma has released sample images on their website. Unlike most consumer cameras, which use color sensors based on a Bayer color array, the SD14 uses a Foveon X3 sensor. Another unusual feature is the fact that the infrared filter is fitted to the lens mount rather than the sensor and doubles as a dust protector, sealing the mirror and sensor compartment, and can be removed easily, to allow infrared photography.
Foveon X3 sensor
The Foveon X3 sensor is an image sensor for digital cameras, designed by Foveon, Inc. (now part of Sigma Corporation) and manufactured by Dongbu Electronics. It uses an array of photosites, each of which consists of three vertically stacked photodiodes, organized in a two-dimensional grid. Each of the three stacked photodiodes responds to different wavelengths of light; that is, each has a different spectral sensitivity curve. This difference is because different wavelengths of light penetrate silicon to different depths. The signals from the three photodiodes are then processed, resulting in data that provides the amounts of three additive primary colors, red, green, and blue.
Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor)
Eduardo Noriega Gómez (; born 1 August 1973) is a Spanish film actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in two of Alejandro Amenábar's films: the multiple Goya Award-winning "Tesis" () (1996) and "Open Your Eyes" () (1997). He also starred in "The Wolf" (Spanish: "El Lobo") (2004). In the United States, Noriega is probably best known for his role as Enrique in the political thriller "Vantage Point" (2008). Noriega was born in Santander, Spain, to a Mexican father and a Spanish mother. He is the youngest of seven siblings and the only one who became an actor. As a child, he devoted himself to music.
Licentiate (degree)
A licentiate is a degree below that of a PhD given by universities in some countries. The term is also used for a person who holds this degree. The term derives from Latin "licentia", "freedom" (from Latin "licere", "to allow"), which is applied in the phrases "licentia docendi" meaning "permission to teach" and "licentia ad practicandum" signifying someone who holds a certificate of competence to practise a profession. Many countries have degrees with this title, but they may represent different educational levels. Originally, for the student in the medieval university the "licentia docendi" was of a somewhat different nature than the academic degrees of bachelor, master or doctor.
1_Apprentice
That is correct, i am fluent in spanish so sometimes i make this kind of mistakes i meant thesis, the slogan of my thesis was: If you don't have willpower, you won't practice the hard habits you need to practice to acquire more willpower.
0_Wizard
Have you seen that movie, Tesis, it stared Ana Torrent? 
It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega.
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Tesis ("Thesis") is a 1996 Spanish thriller film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar and was written by Amenabar and Mateo Gil. The film was made while he was studying at Universidad Complutense in Madrid The film won seven 1996 Goya Awards including the award for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega. Ángela, a university student in Madrid, is planning to write a thesis on audiovisual violence and the family. As she is sitting on a commuter train, it halts and passengers are told to evacuate. A man has committed suicide by jumping on front of the train.
Ana Torrent
Ana Torrent Bertrán de Lis (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish film actress. Her debut came in 1973 with the starring role as "Ana" in the film "El espíritu de la colmena" ("The Spirit of the Beehive") directed by Víctor Erice, when she was seven years old. This was followed by another memorable role in which she played another character with the same name in "Cría Cuervos" ("Raise Ravens") (1976) by director Carlos Saura. In 1989 Torrent performed with Sharon Stone in the film "Blood and Sand" directed by Javier Elorrieta. In 1996 Torrent received numerous awards and nominations, including a Goya Award nomination for her lead actress role in Alejandro Amenábar's film "Tesis" ("Thesis").
Jaime de Armiñán
Jaime de Armiñán (born 9 March 1927) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. His films have been nominated for Academy Awards in the Foreign language film category twice, in 1972 for "Mi querida señorita" and in 1980 for "El Nido". His 1974 film "El amor del capitán Brando" was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1985 film "Stico" was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival, where Fernando Fernán Gómez won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. In 1994, his film "Al otro lado del Túnel" was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Jaime de Armiñán was born on 9 March 1927 in Madrid within a family of artist, politicians and writers.
Blood and Sand (1989 film)
Blood and Sand () is a 1989 Spanish drama film directed by Javier Elorrieta and starring Chris Rydell, Sharon Stone, and Ana Torrent. It was loosely based on the novel "Blood and Sand" of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which had been made three times before in 1916, 1922 and 1941. "Blood and Sand" revolves around the young and talented natural gifted Toreros Juan Gallardo played by Christopher Rydel. Gallardo wants to be popular in bullfighting. His love Carmen (Ana Torrent), has a cousin who has left home with Gallardo for bullfighting competition. They successfully earn some level and skills in the arena, but something went wrong and the bull charged at Gallardo, but his friend saved Gallardo and it cost him his own life.
Cría Cuervos
Cría Cuervos ("Raise ravens") is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is an allegorical drama about an eight-year-old girl dealing with loss. Highly acclaimed, it received the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Eight-year-old Ana, stoic and quiet approaches her father's bedroom where she hears a woman in bed with her father, confessing her love for him. Descending the stairs, she spies an attractive middle-aged woman, hastily dressing and rushing from the bedroom to the front door of the darkened house. The woman and Ana exchange glances but do not speak.
BitTorrent
BitTorrent is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing ("P2P") which is used to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet. BitTorrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, such as digital video files containing TV shows or video clips or digital audio files containing songs. Peer-to-peer networks have been estimated to collectively account for approximately 43% to 70% of all Internet traffic (depending on location) . In November 2004, BitTorrent was responsible for 25% of all Internet traffic. As of February 2013, BitTorrent was responsible for 3.35% of all worldwide bandwidth, more than half of the 6% of total bandwidth dedicated to file sharing.
Amar en tiempos revueltos
Amar en tiempos revueltos (Spanish for "To Love in Troubled Times", or literally “Loving in Turbulent Times”) is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and the early Francoism. The serial has been aired from 2005 and has won prizes in Spain and a Silver Medal in the New York Festival. Since January 2013 has aired on Antena 3 with new name,  Amar es para siempre (Spanish for "To Love is Forever"). Started: 26 September 2005  Ended: 26 June 2006  Episodes: 199  Based on the years 1936-1945. Main love story: Andrea Robles "(Ana Turpin)" & Antonio Ramirez "(Rodolfo Sancho)"  Main cast: Ana Turpin, Rodolfo Sancho, Ágata Lys, Pilar Bardem, Héctor Colome, Luisa Gavasa, Cristóbal Suárez, Elisa Garzón, Félix Gómez, Ana Otero, Pilar Barrera, Jesús Noguero, José Conde, Francisco Algora.
1_Apprentice
Yes i saw it! 1996 directed by Alejandro Amenábar, according to IMBD it won 7 GOYA awards, that are same as the OSCARS to the spanish! 
0_Wizard
I believe  Alejandro Amenabar  won 9 Goyas total, and even an actual Oscar.
Among other honors, he has won nine Goyas, two European Film Awards and an Oscar.
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Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972), commonly known as Alejandro Amenábar, is a Spanish and Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer. Among other honors, he has won nine Goyas, two European Film Awards and an Oscar. He has written or co-written the screenplays to all six of his movies and composed almost all of the soundtracks. Amenábar is the son of a Chilean man, Hugo Ricardo Amenabar and a Spanish woman, Josefina Cantos. He has a dual Chilean-Spanish citizenship. His father worked as a technician at General Electric, while his mother decided to stay at home and take care of the children.
Jon Beutjer
Jon Beutjer (born August 15, 1980) is a former American football quarterback. As a senior at Wheaton Warrenville South High School he threw for a then-national high school record of 60 touchdowns in a 14-game season, winning several Illinois High School Player of the Year honors in the process. He began his college football career at the University of Iowa, ending Iowa's 19-game losing streak with a victory over Michigan State in his first collegiate start during the 2000 season. He passed for 390 yards and scored 4 touchdowns against the Spartans. Throughout his first season campaign with the Hawkeyes, Beutjer could not overcome crowd assaults throughout many games.
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author, and actor. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at "Rolling Stone" magazine, for which he still frequently writes. Crowe's debut screenwriting effort, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", grew out of a book he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Clairemont High School in San Diego, California. Later, he wrote and directed one more high school saga, "Say Anything", followed by "Singles", a story of twentysomethings that was woven together by a soundtrack centering on Seattle's burgeoning grunge music scene.
List of Aurora (telenovela) characters
This is a list of characters featured in the Telemundo-produced telenovela "Aurora". Angela Amenabar is portrayed by Sonya Smith. She is the title character and main protagonist of the series replacing Sara Maldonado after her departure from the series. Receives Aurora's heart as transplant, Lorenzo's lawyer, sister of Clara, in love with Lorenzo. she is also a doctor  Aurora Ponce De León is portrayed by Sara Maldonado. She is the title character and main protagonist of the series. Aurora is the only child of Gustavo and Inés Ponce De León. She is beautiful, passionate, generous, and loves with all her heart and soul.
The Orphanage (film)
The Orphanage () is a 2007 Spanish horror film and the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker J. A. Bayona. The film stars Belén Rueda as Laura, Fernando Cayo as her husband, Carlos, and Roger Príncep as their adopted son Simón. The plot centers on Laura, who returns to her childhood home, an orphanage. Laura plans to turn the house into a home for disabled children, but after an argument with Laura, Simón goes missing. The film's script was written by Sergio G. Sánchez in 1996 and brought to the attention of Bayona in 2004. Bayona asked his long-time friend, director Guillermo del Toro, to help produce the film and to double its budget and filming time.
Gérard Barray
Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French comedian and film and television actor. Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, he discovered a passion for jazz; he participated in a few shows in nightclubs while pursuing his studies and obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Toulouse. Camille Ricard, an actress and teacher at the Conservatory of Toulouse, who advised him to go to Paris with a letter of recommendation for a friend, Noel Roquevert. Barray enrolled at the Cours Simon, a drama school in Paris.
Rick Schwartz
Rick Schwartz is an American film and television producer and financier based in New York, whose credits include "The Departed", "Black Swan", "Gangs of New York", "Machete", "The Others", and "Lip Sync Battle". He has contributed articles to "The Huffington Post", "Times of London", ESPN's "Grantland", and "The Daily Beast". Schwartz began his film career at Miramax under Harvey and Bob Weinstein, working there for seven years and eventually serving as the company's senior vice president of production. At Miramax, Schwartz oversaw the development and production of projects including Martin Scorsese’s "Gangs of New York", and "The Departed", and Alejandro Amenabar’s "The Others".
1_Apprentice
He was definetly not LAZY at all, he had a lot of will power so thats why he achieve all of that, Laziness is a symptom of a fundamental lack of willpower