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Optimism (other)
Optimism is an attitude for outcomes to be positive, favorable, desirable. Optimism may also refer to: * OPTIMISM ("operational Perseverance twin for integration of mechanisms and instruments sent to Mars"), an engineering model of the NASA-JPL 2020 Mars rover ''Perseverance'', used as a test and problem solving vehicle on Earth for Mars * New Optimism, stagename of Japanese musician Miho Hatori * '' Candide, or Optimism'' (aka: Optimism, Canadide), a satire by Voltaire * '' Optimism Monthly Magazine'' (1995-2009), a Czech literary magazine * Optimism Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House founded by Simon Sinek * "Optimism" (song), a 1974 song from the album '' Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy'' * "Optimism" (song), a 2020 song by 'Spanish Loves Songs' off the album ''Brave Faces Everyone'' * "Optimism" (episode), a 2018 episode of the TV series ''Supernatural'' in season 14 * "Optimism" (essay), an essay by Helen Keller See also * '' Candide, or Optimism Part II'' * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optimism
Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is a glass filled with water to the halfway point: an optimist is said to see the glass as half full, while a pessimist sees the glass as half empty. The term derives from the Latin ''optimum'', meaning "best". Being optimistic, in the typical sense of the word, is defined as expecting the best possible outcome from any given situation. This is usually referred to in psychology as dispositional optimism. It thus reflects a belief that future conditions will work out for the best. For this reason, it is seen as a trait that fosters resilience in the face of stress. Theories of optimism include dispositional models and models of explanatory style. Methods to measure optimism have been developed within both of these theoretical approaches, such as various form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perseverance (rover)
''Perseverance'', nicknamed ''Percy'', is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. It was manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on July 30, 2020, at 11:50 UTC. Confirmation that the rover successfully landed on Mars was received on February 18, 2021, at 20:55 UTC. As of , ''Perseverance'' has been active on Mars for sols ( Earth days, or ) since its landing. Following the rover's arrival, NASA named the landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing. ''Perseverance'' has a similar design to its predecessor rover, ''Curiosity'', although it was moderately upgraded. It carries seven primary payload instruments, nineteen cameras, and two microphones. The rover also carried the mini-helicopter '' Ingenuity'' to Mars, an experimental aircraft and technology testbed that made the first powered flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. As of December 22, 2022, it has made 37 successful flights. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Hatori
is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician. She is best known as a solo artist, co-founder of New York City band Cibo Matto, and as the first person to provide the voice of Noodle in the virtual band Gorillaz, as well as for her work with the Beastie Boys, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Smokey Hormel, John Zorn, and many more. Biography Hatori expressed an early interest in music while growing up in Japan. She worked at used record shop Flash Disc Ranch in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, where she was exposed to many styles of music and sometimes performed as a club DJ. Her earliest history in a music project dates to 1991 when she joined hip hop group Kimidori; she left the group in 1992. Hatori moved to New York City in 1993 to study art; she quickly met Yuka Honda through performing together in punk/noise band Laito Lychee, a project that featured Hatori on vocals and violin played through distortion effects pedals. Hatori and Honda co-founded Cibo Matto in 1994 and released their d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candide, Or Optimism
( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The Optimist'' (1762); and ''Candide: Optimism'' (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Garden of Eden, Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Gottfried Leibniz#Theodicy and optimism, Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes Candide with, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds". ''Candide'' is characterized by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optimism Monthly Magazine
''Optimism Monthly'' was a Czech not-for-profit literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ..., which from 1995 to 2009 published poetry, prose, and art by Prague-based and international writers. When operational, Optimism published a new edition each month for ten months of the year. Each issue was published in English and contained writers from across Europe, as far east as Bulgaria, as well as American and Australian authors. It sold for 49 Czech crowns in English-Language book stores across Prague, Europe, the United States and Australia. As of 2009, it had published works by over one hundred and thirty writers. It was started by an American, Tim Otis, who was joined after the second issue by another American, Thomas Alan Ward, as editor, after issue 30, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Sinek
Simon Oliver Sinek (born October 9, 1973) is a British born American author and inspirational speaker. He is the author of five books, including ''Start With Why'' (2009) and ''The Infinite Game'' (2019). Early life and education Sinek was born in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, United Kingdom. Sinek’s mother, Susan, is Jewish and of Hungarian Jewish descent. As a child, he lived in Johannesburg, London, and Hong Kong before his family settled in the United States. He graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in 1991. He received a BA in cultural anthropology from Brandeis University. He studied law at London's City, University of London, City University, but left law school to go into advertising. Career Sinek began his career at the New York ad agencies Havas Worldwide, Euro RSCG and Ogilvy & Mather. He later launched his own business, Sinek Partners. Sinek has written five books. ''Start With Why'', his first book, was published October 2009. His sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy
''Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy'' is an experimental music/spoken word album by poet Lady June (a.k.a. June Campbell Cramer). It features musical contributions by Kevin Ayers and Brian Eno. Overview The recording was made for £400 in the living room of Kevin Ayers' Maida Vale home. The original release was of 5000 copies which quickly sold once followers of Eno and Ayers realized that they contributed to the recording.Album review by Jonh Ingham, ''NME'' 18 January 1975 The album was later reissued by Market Square Records. Track listing Music by Kevin Ayers except "Optimism" by Brian Eno and "Am I?" by Kim Solomon; Lyrics by June Campbell Cramer. ;Side 1 # "Some Day Silly Twenty Three" – 2:25 # "Reflections" – 1:10 # "Am I?" – 2:33 # "Everythingsnothing" – 4:25 # "Tunion" – 4:16 # "The Tourist" – 2:22 ;Side 2 # "Bars" – 2:46 # "The Letter" – 4:03 # "Mangel/Wurzel" – 0:58 # "To Whom It May Not Concern" – 2:52 # "Optimism" – 1:34 # "Touch Downer" – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave Faces Everyone
''Brave Faces Everyone'' is the third studio album by American rock music, rock band Spanish Love Songs. It was released on February 7, 2020 under Pure Noise. The album was greeted with widespread acclaim by music criticism, music critics, with a weighted score of 86 on review aggregator website Metacritic. On April 15, 2022, a reimagining of ''Brave Faces Everyone'', titled ''Brave Faces, Etc.'', was released. It featured alternate and more Electronic music, electronic versions of the songs from ''Brave Faces Everyone''. Commercial performance The album debuted at No. 21 on Vinyl Albums chart and No. 61 on the Top Album Sales chart with 2000 copies sold. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 86, based on 5 reviews. Track listing Notes * "Self-Destruction (As a Sensible Career Choice)" and "Optimism (As a Radical Life Choice)" are stylized in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural (season 14)
The fourteenth season of ''Supernatural'', an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered on October 11, 2018, on The CW, and concluded on April 25, 2019. The season consists of 20 episodes and aired on Thursdays at 8:00 pm (ET). This is the third season with Andrew Dabb and Robert Singer as showrunners. The thirteenth episode of the season marks the 300th episode of the series. The season follows Sam and Dean who, along with Jack and Castiel, try to take down the archangel Michael from another world, and learn something bigger is at hand. Cast Starring * Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester * Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester / Michael * Mark Pellegrino as Nick / Lucifer * Alexander Calvert as Jack Kline * Misha Collins as Castiel Special guest stars * Jim Beaver as Bobby Singer * DJ Qualls as Garth Fitzgerald IV * Jeffrey Dean Morgan as John Winchester Guest stars Episodes Production On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a fourte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candide, Or Optimism Part II
''Candide, or Optimism — Part II'' is an apocryphal picaresque novel, possibly written by Thorel de Campigneulles (1737–1809) or Henri Joseph Du Laurens (1719–1797), published in 1760. ''Candide'' was written by Voltaire and had been published a year earlier (1759). This work was banned, but was popular enough that unauthorized publishers and printers sold it on the blackmarket anyways. The second part was attributed to both Campigneulles—"a now largely unknown writer of third-rate moralising novels;" and Laurens—who is suspected of having habitually plagiarised Voltaire. The story continued with Candide new adventures in the Ottoman Empire, Persia, and Denmark. A new scholarly edition with introduction and notes all in French was produced in 2003 by Edouard Langille (see References), and in 2007, Langille also edited ''Candide en Dannemarc'' (''Candide in Denmark''), which takes up the story following ''Candide, Part II''. See also *''Candide ( , ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optimist (other)
An optimist is a person with a positive outlook on life. Optimist, (The) Optimist(s), or ''similar'' may also refer to: Albums and songs * '' The Optimist LP'' and ''The Optimist Live'', albums by Turin Brakes * ''The Optimist'' (Anathema album), 2017, or the title song * ''The Optimist'' (DD Smash album), 1984, or the title song * ''The Optimist'' (New Young Pony Club album), 2010, or the title song * ''Optimist'' (album), a 2021 album by Finneas O'Connell * "The Optimist", a song from The Dreams on their 2010 album '' Revolt'' * "The Optimist", a song by Emma Pollock from her 2007 album ''Watch the Fireworks'' Film and television * ''The Optimist'' (TV series), a 1983 British television comedy series * ''The Optimists'' (film), a 2006 Serbian film directed by Goran Paskaljević * ''The Optimists of Nine Elms'', a 1974 British film also known as ''The Optimists'' * ''The Optimists'' (original title: Оптимисты), a 2017 Russian historical drama series directed by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
