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Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
Various research groups, including Positive psychology, endeavor to apply the scientific method to answer questions about what "happiness" is, and how we might attain it.
Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics.
Happiness economics suggests that measures of public happiness should be used to supplement more traditional economic measures when evaluating the success of public policy.
Happiness is a fuzzy concept and can mean many things to many people. Part of the challenge of a science of happiness is to identify different concepts of happiness, and where applicable, split them into their components.
In English, lower case man (pl. men) refers to an adult human male (the term boy is the usual term for a human male child or adolescent). Sometimes it is also used as an adjective to identify a set of male humans, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "men's rights". Although men typically have a male reproductive system, some intersex people with ambiguous genitals, and biologically female transgender people, may also be classified or self-identify as a "man".
The term manhood is used to refer to masculinity, the various qualities and characteristics attributed to men such as strength and male sexuality.
The English term "man" is derived from Old English mann. The Old English form had a default meaning of "adult male" (which was the exclusive meaning of "wer"), though it could signify a person of unspecified gender. The closely related "man" was used just as it is in Modern German to designate "one" (e.g., as in the saying Man muss mit den Wölfen heulen). The Old English form is derived from Proto-Germanic *mannaz, "persona", which is also the etonym of German Mann "man, husband" and man "one" (pronoun), Old Norse maðr, and Gothic manna. According to Tacitus, the mythological progenitor of the Germanic tribes was called Mannus. The Germanic form is in turn derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *manu-s "man, person", which is also the root of the Indian name Manu, mythological progenitor of the Hindus.
Actors: Danny Trejo (actor), Tina Pavlides (producer), Mark Burman (producer), A.J. Calomay (miscellaneous crew), David Hillary (producer), Mark Linthicum (producer), Kerry Knuppe (actress), Jorge Xolalpa (actor), Treva Etienne (actor), Marie-Françoise Theodore (actress), Walter Boholst (writer), Walter Boholst (director), Frank Langley (actor), Walter Boholst (producer), Sloane Morgan Siegel (actor),
Plot: Imagine an insatiable demon that feeds on blood, thrives on pain, and reaches from beyond the grave to torment the living...and the dead. For believers and skeptics alike, there is nothing in this world or the next to rival the relentless evil of a Voodoo Possession. Burdened since childhood with a gnawing sense of guilt, cynical Aiden Chase journeys to a Haitian insane asylum in search of his missing brother. Upon arriving, he discovers all the inmates and the hospital administrator (Danny Trejo, Machete) are seemingly possessed by a bloodthirsty voodoo spirit. Now, Aiden must abandon reality and descend into a terrifying spirit world to try to rescue his brother - or they will both be damned for eternity.
Keywords: blood, gore, haitian, hoodoo, possession, religious, slow-burn, supernatural, thrill-ride, voodooActors: Ethan Barrett (editor), Ethan Barrett (actor), Ethan Barrett (writer), Ethan Barrett (composer), Ethan Barrett (director), Caroline Mills (actor), Parker Young (actor), Patricia Abella (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Leos Sucharípa (actor), Radek Tuma (director), Radek Tuma (writer), Vratislav Brabenec (composer), Vratislav Brabenec (actor), Václav Koubek (actor), Václav Klaus (actor), John Bok (actor), Roman Kasparovsky (producer), Milos Zeman (actor), Ondrej Vavrecka (editor), Janek Palát (actor), Jaroslava Moserová-Davidová (actress), Tony Duchácek (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Branscombe Richmond (actor), Paul Reubens (actor), Henry Kingi (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Michael Keaton (actor), Michael Murphy (actor), Steven Brill (actor), Anthony De Longis (actor), Michael Keaton (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Pat Hingle (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Christopher Walken (actor), Doug Jones (actor),
Plot: Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Earlier however, Selina Kyle, Max's secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the same personality disorder as Batman. Batman must attempt to clear his name, all the time deciding just what must be done with the Catwoman.
Keywords: 1990s, action-hero, action-heroine, ambush, answering-machine, answering-machine-message, applause, attempted-mugging, attempted-murder, badgeActors: Buck Henry (actor), Lewis Arquette (actor), Viveca Lindfors (actress), James Avery (actor), Thomas Newman (composer), David Bowie (actor), Marlee Matlin (actress), Rosanna Arquette (actress), Brad Stephens (miscellaneous crew), Christine Bonnem (miscellaneous crew), Maura Tierney (actress), Eloy Casados (actor), Maxine Elliott Hicks (actress), Sophia Lansky (actress), Andrea King (actress),
Plot: Two disgruntled restaurant employees (David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette) decide to rob their employers (Buck Henry, Andre Gregory).
Keywords: escape, independent-film, magic, restaurant, robbery, spaghettiActors: Elinor Donahue (actress), Julia Roberts (actress), Lloyd Nelson (actor), Alex Hyde-White (actor), Al Sapienza (actor), Garry Marshall (actor), Ralph Bellamy (actor), Larry Miller (actor), Jason Alexander (actor), Larry Hankin (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Richard Gere (actor), Hector Elizondo (actor), Arnon Milchan (producer), Dey Young (actress),
Plot: Edward is a rich, ruthless businessman who specializes in taking over companies and then selling them off piece by piece. He travels to Los Angeles for a business trip and decides to hire a prostitute. They take a liking to each other and he offers her money if she'll stay with him for an entire week while he makes the "rich and famous" scene (since it doesn't do for a man of his stature to be alone at society parties and polo matches). Romantic comedy (and complications) ensue.
Keywords: 1990s, affection, automobile, ballroom, bare-breasts, bath, bathroom, bathtub, beverly-hills-california, black-bra