THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

The Stockholm syndrome was born 40 years ago in a Stockholm bank. A man named Jan Erik Olsson was present that day, he remembers eveything! On August 23, a 32-years old (Olsson) stormed into the Kreditbanken on the central Normalmstrong Square, pulled out a gun and took 4 hostages, screaming: 

"The party is starting! Everyone, face down!"

This attack has been the beginning of what American psychiatrists call "The Stockholm syndrome": the relationship between victims and kidnappers that can develop during the course of a sequester. The attack became something else after many days.
Olsson (the kidnapper) had a wig with brown cream on his face, just to look like an Arab terrorist. When he took off everything in front of the hostages, he started to talk about his life, his dreams, his fears and his children The first sign that things were starting to change was when one of the hostages asked permission to go to the toilet. Olsson said yes even if he knew that he would escape. The hostage came back, neverthless the police tried to convince him to flee. Later, the Swedish Prime Minister telephoned and Kristin Enmarkl, one of the hostages, picked up. She said that they were not scared of Olsson, but of the police. 
This incomprenhensible behavior upset public opinion.
Later, the Stockholm syndrome was explained by Ochberg who has dedicated his whole life explaining this syndrome.

“I’m a 12-year-old boy who likes music and doesn’t like global warming.” This is how Aitan Grossman opens his website, KidEarth, where he is using his love of music to help solve the climate crisis: “I’m not old enough to solve the problem,” he says. He’s old enough to try, however, and try he does.

While still a 6th grader and in preparation for the community service requirement for his bar mitzvah, Aitan composed and wrote a song he called “100 Generations,” which he sent out to schools around the world, asking students everywhere to join the chorus. Enlisting the aid of friends, their school’s music teacher, and his own father, Aidan recorded his song, posted it on YouTube, and formed the nonprofit organization KidEarth to funnel money from sales and donations into the environmental movement. That was in 2008. From all over the world, children responded. Aitan’s song has been sung and recorded in Botswana, Ethiopia, France, Guatamala, Taiwan, and, of course, many places across the United States, where Aitan and his family live. His instructions are simple: “Sing our song with us, share it with your friends, and, if you can, buy a copy so we can give money to environmental groups that are working hard to stop climate change right now.” He has three goals: to raise awareness of this problem that is gripping the earth and endangering the lives of all the species on it, to get his song recorded by lots of children, and, as he says, “to inspire kids that if they want to do something, they can get it done. He chose the theme of a hundred generations because he wanted to get across that while nature is eternal, humankind can cause its destruction.

The Celts

The Celts were the first habitants of Britain.
There were many groups, speaking a common language. The word "Celt" comes from the Greek word Keltoi which means 'barbarians'.
The Celts loved bright colours, infact they dyed their clothes into bright colours.  They also loved to wear jewellery made from bronze, gold, silver.
The Celts ate what they could grow or hunt: plants, animals and insects.
They lived in scattered villages in round houses made of wattle and daub. The houses had no windows but they had a hole in the roof and the animals were kept inside for protection.
The Celts believed in many gods and goddesses: over 400. They believed that the human soul lived inside the head so they nailed them over the doors after their death.

The origins of the "selfie"!

A selfie is a self-portrait photography taken by a camera or a smartphone. The term was first coined by Jim Krause in his 2005 book 'Photo Idea Index'.
Selfies began on MySpace with the digital camera. On this social network people could put up a little bit of their biogrpahy and pictures of themselves. That's where selfies were born!
This trend has come to the rise of ths selfie stick (a monopod that attaches to a smartphone and holds it in place, while its handle extend so the user can fit a group or the background into the photo and snap the selfie with a press of a button).
There are many types of selfie:

• The best side of me
• The bed selfie
•  The beach feet brag selfie
• The bathroom selfie
• The gym selfie
• I saw a celebrity selfie  
• The duckface selfie

 

 

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Homeless in Hollywood

Some people as Bruce Turner don't have to imagine having no home, no job, no family and no friends and trying to survive on the streets of one of the most dangerous cities. He spent two-and-a-half years living on the streets in Skid Row in Los Angeles, an area full of homeless people, drug addicts and prostitutes. Bruce, who is originally from Los Angeles, has been used drugs for 40 years, before becoming homeless. When he lived on the streets, he survived because of selling drugs and cheating people out of their money. Now, his life has changed. He stopped taking drugs and started working with the Los Angeles Mission, who has been assisting homeless people in LA for more than 70 years. Bruce started partecipating at the Mission two years ago. Recently he had a second job and soon he will get his own apartment. He said that being homeless was rough, but it was also fun because he could do anything he wanted. He had no bills. There were also women, so he involved with women. Some people think that who's living in Skid Row street is because of drugs, but they don't know that there are no drugs. The highest percentage of people out there have mental problems. Some others are lost and don't want to be found. For Bruce, the most misconception about homeless people is that they are dumb and dirty, but they're not. There are a lot of smart people out there and some others walk around looking sharp everyday: you can never tell they're homeless. People misjudge too much the homeless. They're not dumb because they nedd to be smart to survive!

Belt up, young men!

Florida's attempt to ban teenagers from "sagging": wearing jeans low just to show their panties, it has many precedents. In 2008, on the campaign trail, Obama told MTV that teenagers should pull up their pants. One year before the mayor of Delcombresaid that anyone who wears low jeans should pay a fine of $500 and spend six months in jails. The look os most associated to the hip-hop culture, that was born in the early 90's. The godfather of the skinny jeans, Heidi Silmane, deisgned his denims to sit well below the hip-bone, and a loot of brands have followed. Those kinds of jeans are not even easy to wear! So why do they do that? The answer is simply: rebellion. The look comes from prisoners having their belts taken away in case they use them to hang them. Showing your underpants in only an echo of lawless attitude. There's also a fact that showing your arse is just an insult that is centuries older than hip-hop. Hip-hop also permeated that boys pay no attention that a look could may seem threatening. When womes wear wear their jeans so low it shows off their knickers it's considerated alluring, while if boys do that it's a moral panic. Mosty gay-man have avoited the saggy-jeaned look. In fact, pointing out that in displaying your bottom you might be making it an object of deisre. Otherwise, no amount of nagging will stop young men sagging!

Voodoo donuts, the magic is in the hole.

Oregon is full of many bizarre tourist attractions. A fine example comes in the form of “Voodoo Doughnut” at 22 South-West Third Street. When you walk in you’ll see an oversize doughnut sculpture hanging on the wall. In the chiller cabinet big colorful doughnuts are waiting for customers. Open 24 hours a day, Voodoo Doughnut is the brainchild of two entrepreneurs and artists, Tres and Catdaddy. They wanted to open a bar, basically, is how this... how it ended up... and they couldn’t get a liquor licence. It was, like, really hard, and so they were like, “Well, let’s just do doughnuts!” And so they ended up going down to LA and went to Doughnut College, and decided to open up a doughnut shop, and wanted to do something a little bit different, and, you know, they kind of stayed with the bar idea and decided to be open all night, instead of during the day. Prices for these hand-made doughnuts start at under a dollar and go up to nearly five dollars for the most elaborate creations. The menu is constantly changing. You still find lots of All-American ingredients, such as Oreo cookies or grape frosting, and often a good dose of sexual innuendo. Death also features on the Voodoo Doughnut menu. Staff will be more than happy to prepare a coffin full of doughnuts. Sometimes new bands play in the store, there are Swahili lessons and doughnut-eating competitions. And customers can even get married beneath a holy doughnut. Yet Voodoo Doughnut’s pride and joy is the Voodoo Doll, which comes with a stake through its little heart.

 

Religious symblos

rak, random act of kindness.

A random act of kindness is a selfless act performed by a person or people wishing either to assist or to cheer up an individual person or people. The phrase may have been coined by Anne Herber. Random acts of kindness are a means by which we make a deliberate attempt to brighten another person's day by doing something thoughtful, nice, and caring. Kindness is a way of showing others that they count and that, even in the face of hostility and selfishness, you're making a stand for kindness. This concept has become an organized celebration through various events around the world, as well as referring to a general call to action in the name of kindness. And you don't need to wait for someone else to initiate a day or week of celebrations to practice random acts of kindness; you can put them into play any time you like! 

How to do rak?

1. Be kind.

2. Be thoughtful.

3. Use your manners as a form of kindness.

4. Give out compliments generously. 

5. Think about people who quietly make a difference to your community and thank them. 

6. Cheer up the lonely.

7. Volunteer.

8. Shower a coworker with kindness.

9. Share a little wealth around.

10. Give your family a break.

11. Hold a friends night-in.

12. Send a message.

13. Forgive somebody.

14. Share a smile.

15. Expect nothing.

My new year's resolutions.

The most populare new year's resolutions.                                                                My new year's resolutions.

• Lose Weight                                                                                                                             • Lose Weight

• Volunteer to Help Others                                                                                                     • Go to the gym
• Quit Smoking                                                                                                                          •  Study more
• Get a Better Education                                                                                                           • Be more obedient
• Get a Better Job                                                                                                                       • Help my parents
• Save Money                                                                                                                              • Cut my hair
• Get Fit                                                                                                                                        • Help others                    

• Eat Healthy Food                                                                                                                   • Save money
• Manage Stress                                                                                                                        •  Love more myself                       

• Manage Debt                                                                                                                          • Take a journey
• Take a Trip                                                                                                                              • Learn German
• Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle                                                                                               • Spend more time with family
• Drink Less Alcohol                                                                                                               • Be organized

- Palindromes.

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward. 
Palindromes have been created for many centuries. Greeks are known to have often inscribed the following onto their fountains: 

Nipson anomemata me monan opsin.

It means:  wash the sin as well as the face. The word "palindrome" was coined by the English playwright Ben Jonson in the 17th century from the Greeks. 
Palindromes often consist of a sentence or phrase: "Mr. Owl ate my metal worm", Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog!
They can also be composed by a word: eye, Bob, Anna; or even number: 131, 5885, 989, 232, 6446. 

Here are some palindromes:

• If I had a Hi-Fi.
• Eva, can I see bees in a cave?
• Madam, I'm Adam.
 • No lemon, no melon.
• Was it a cat I saw?
• Now I see bees, I won.
• May a moody baby doom a yam?
• Dennis sinned.
• Madam, in Eden I'm Adam.