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Nindibaajimomin Official Website
The Oral History Centre is pleased to promote the official Nindibaajimomin website. The website is the fruition of a long running project supported by the Oral History Centre and funded by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation that brings forth the voices of inter generational survivors of residential schools. The Oral History Centre assisted in two phases of this three year long project, ininiwag dibaajimowag: First Nations Men's Digital Stories on the Inter-generational Experiences of Residential Schools and indibaajimomin: The Intergenerational Digital Storytelling on the Legacy of Residential Schools, both of which are available on our website as well as the new Nindibaajimomin website. The skills, technology and expertise the Oral History Centre provided helped participants narrate, record and publish their digital stories online.
The Nindibaajimomin website also contains a toolkit intended for users to be able to create their own digital story. Many of the toolkits elements were created with the participation and knowledge of Oral History Centre staff members Kent Davies and Chris Hopgood who assisted the process with technical training and workshop assistance.. Oral History Centre Co-Director Nolan Reily offers his thoughts on the completion of this important collaboration.
The legacy of residential schools in Canada is a tragic one. Evidence presented to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada continues to expose the psychological, cultural, and social effect of this oppressive schooling on the students of those institutions. The multi-generational impact of the residential school system is less well known, but those impacts are perhaps no less significant for the second generation- the children of survivours- than it was for the actual residents of the schools. Inter-generational Experience of Residential Schools, a collaboration of the Oral History Centre, the Department of Indigenous Studies and the Aboriginal community, with crucial and generous support from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, investigated the long term impact of residential schools over multi-generations.
The Oral History Centre housed the project in its facility and provided administrative oversight to Inter- generational Experience of Residential Schools project. Extensive technical and research consultation and access to multi-media equipment and software were provided by the OHC throughout the life of the project. Roberta Stout and Wendy McNab, the project's primary researchers, conducted an excellent research programme that begins to shed light on the deep psychological, cultural and social scars of the legacy of residential schooling on the children of the survivours of those schools. The digital stories told and created by those children attest to the profound impact of residential schools on Aboriginal communities. These stories must be heard and viewed not just by Aboriginal peoples but by all Canadians, if there is to be any hope for a resolution to this disturbing legacy of abuse and assimilation. The educational tool kits developed as part of this project and distributed to communities across the country represent an important step in revealing the inter-generation effect of residential schools and, hopefully, will provide at least a small step towards promoting understanding and healing for individuals and communities. The OHC is grateful for the funding provided by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and congratulates Roberta Stout, Wendy McNab, and participating members from First Nations and Metis communities on the successful completion of this important collaboration.


Lorient, designer and manufacturer of sealing systems for door assemblies has launched its new website that showcases its range of products and services.
An interactive doorset has been introduced on the homepage, which clearly sets out Lorient's range of products from architectural seals, air transfer grilles to ironmongery protection.
Lorient's 'Acoustic Search' app; which provides access to hundreds of tested acoustic sealing systems on a variety of popular door constructions and configurations has also been redeveloped in line with the new website, improving both its design and functionality.
There's a host of smaller, but impactful changes to improve the user experience including newly designed images, datasheets and fitting instructions; a sample ordering device; and a new customer log-in area where information can be saved for future visits. Plus, a finishes tool within certain pages, that displays Lorient's options for its acoustic, smoke and fire seals and architectural seals.
Visitors to the website can explore a selection of Lorient's case studies from a diverse range of sectors including commercial, industrial and public buildings. The website will be continually updated with latest company news and developments. It is also fully responsive with mobile devices, making it easy to navigate on a wide range of web browsers and devices.


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Precise completes the acquisition of EastCoast Solutions and issues 6,982,473 new shares
Precise Biometrics AB (publ) ("Precise" or the "Company") has completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in EastCoast Solutions AB and Besökssystem Sverige AB that was announced on 29 November 2021. In connection therewith, Precise's Board of Directors has resolved upon an issue of 6,982,473 shares to EastCoast International, corresponding to an amount of SEK 7 million. In addition, SEK 18 million were paid in cash in the upfront payment of the acquisition.
The total purchase price for the acquisition of EastCoast Solutions amounts to SEK 80 million on a cash and debt free basis. The total upfront purchase price of SEK 25 million was paid today to the seller EastCoast International AB, a company wholly owned by the founders of EastCoast Solutions, Richard Skalsky and Martin Sjöberg. Of the upfront purchase price, SEK 7 million was paid in 6,982,473 newly issued shares in Precise through a set-off issue to the seller and the remaining amount of SEK 18 million was paid in cash. In addition to the upfront purchase price, an additional SEK 55 million will be payable to the seller in two installments:
SEK 25 million shall be paid in cash at the date falling one (1) year from closing of the acquisition; and
SEK 30 million shall be paid in cash at the date falling two (2) years from closing of the acquisition.
The set-off issue was resolved today by the Board of Directors of Precise pursuant to the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2021. The reason for the deviation from the shareholders' pre-emption right is to enable Precise to fulfill its commitments made in connection with the acquisition of EastCoast Solutions. As was communicated in the announcement of the acquisition, the subscription price per share for the newly issued shares amounts to 1.00251 SEK, corresponding to the volume weighted average price per share during the twenty (20) business days before (and excluding) 29 November 2021.
As of the date of this press release, the Company has 360,231,467 shares outstanding. After registration of this set-off issue to EastCoast International, the number of shares in Precise will increase by 6,982,473 shares to 367,213,940 shares and the share capital will increase with SEK 209,474.19 to SEK 11,016,418.2, corresponding to a dilution of approximately 2 percent. After registration of the shares in the directed issue that was completed on 29 November 2021, the number of shares will increase by 28,750,000 shares to 395,963,940 shares, and the share capital will increase with SEK 862,500 to SEK 11,878,918.2, corresponding to an additional dilution of approximately 7 percent. The shares issued to the seller will be subject to customary lock-up terms during 12 months following completion of the acquisition.
EastCoast Solutions will be consolidated into Precise's consolidated financial reporting from 1 December 2021.
Mannheimer Swartling acted as legal advisor to Precise in connection with the acquisition.
About EastCoast Solutions
EastCoast Solutions is the main actor in the Nordic region and one of few businesses that focus mainly on visitor management. The company was founded in 1998 and since then we have put all our focus on replacing guestbooks with modern visitor management systems. We have developed a stable product which is used by companies all over the world. For more information, please visit https://www.eastcoast.se/en.
Stefan K Persson, CEO
Precise Biometrics AB (publ) ("Precise") is a global supplier of identification software. The company offers products in various areas of application that enable users – using their own biometrics – to identify themselves in a convenient and secure way. Precise has two business areas; Digital Identity and Algo, and operates out of its offices in Lund, Sweden, Potsdam NY, USA and Shanghai, China. The Precise share is listed at Nasdaq Stockholm (PREC). For more information, please visit www.precisebiometrics.com

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by Jay Wrolstad -- "Two U.S. government agencies charged with regulating mobile phones have combined their radio-frequency and phone-safety data to establish a Web site for consumers.
The Cell Phone Facts site was launched this week by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The site includes basic explanations about how cell phones and wireless base stations work, describes the current standards for these devices, and answers questions commonly raised about the safety of wireless equipment.
While links to health-related reports are included, the Web site says that -- thus far -- no definitive connection has been established between mobile phone use and health hazards.
Bruce Romano, assistant chief in the FCC's office of engineering and technology, told Wireless NewsFactor that the FCC and the FDA have separate consumer affairs departments, but "this gathers the expertise from both agencies and offers information that is consistent, eliminating confusion for the public."


Europe has a bigger combined economy than the US and we've been economic partners for decades. If things don't turnaround in Europe, the US revival will certainly falter.
Our chief investment strategist, Keith Fitz-Gerald, just got back from "across the pond" and answered some questions about the risks and opportunities unfolding in Europe right now.
I know, you're sick of hearing about problems in the Eurozone.
But the problem with Europe is that it won't go away. And if it does go away, we'll have even bigger problems. What a mess.
Of course, I'm talking about the Euro-currency zone and the European Union, not Europe itself.
I love Europe. I love every country in Europe. I love the different cultures. I love the different languages. I love the different societal models. I love the history of Europe.
And no doubt all the Europeans love all the same things about their Europe - except maybe some of their history.
But even more than loving Europe, Europeans love their own countries. Why? Because they have different cultures, languages, societal models, and differing views of their history. Vive la différence!
So, whose bright idea was it to gloss over (with shiny promises and, later, a shiny new currency) thousands of years of differences and shove all Europeans into a funnel in the hopes that they'd all come out the other end as one homogeneous mass of humanity?
Oh, that would be the bankers and financiers who wanted a United States of Europe so that the free flow of goods and services payable with a common currency would make everyone better off, and make themselves better, better off, by a lot of betters.
And now, what a surprise! There are differences all across Europe about, well, Europe and what it has become and where it has to go to get out of the mess it's created for itself.
How that's going to end is playing out right before our eyes.


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Q: cannot find symbol class ImplementAndroidArchitecture I have implemented these codes.
activity_quotes.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <data>

        <variable
            name="quote"
            type="e.com.learningprojects.ImplementAndroidArchitecture.QuotesModel"/

    </data>

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        tools:context=".ImplementAndroidArchitecture.QuotesActivity">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/quotes"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="137dp"
            android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
            android:text="@{quote.quotes"
            android:textColor="@color/black"
            android:textSize="25sp"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/author"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
            android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
            android:text="@{quote.author}"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/quotes" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/next_btn"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
            android:layout_marginEnd="32dp"
            android:text="@string/next"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/author" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/previous_btn"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
            android:text="@string/previous"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/next_btn" />
    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</layout>

QuoteActivity.java
package e.com.learningprojects.ImplementAndroidArchitecture;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil;
import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider;

import e.com.learningprojects.R;
import e.com.learningprojects.databinding.ActivityQuotesBinding;

public class QuotesActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    MainViewModel mainViewModel;
    TextView text, author;
    Button nextBtn, previousBtn;
    ActivityQuotesBinding binding;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       // setContentView(R.layout.activity_quotes);
        binding = DataBindingUtil.setContentView(this, R.layout.activity_quotes);
        mainViewModel = new ViewModelProvider(this, new ViewModelFactory(this)).get(MainViewModel.class);

        text = findViewById(R.id.quotes);
        author = findViewById(R.id.author);
        nextBtn = findViewById(R.id.next_btn);
        previousBtn = findViewById(R.id.previous_btn);
        mainViewModel.fetchQuotes();
        // setQuotes(mainViewModel.fetchQuotes());
        nextBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> setQuotes(mainViewModel.nextQuotes()));
        previousBtn.setOnClickListener(v -> setQuotes(mainViewModel.previousQuotes()));

    }

    public void setQuotes(QuotesModel quotes) {
//        text.setText(quotes.quotes);
//        author.setText(quotes.author);

//       binding.quotes.setText(quotes.quotes);
//       binding.author.setText(quotes.author);

        binding.setQuote(quotes);

    }
}

QuoteModel.java
package e.com.learningprojects.ImplementAndroidArchitecture;

public class QuotesModel {
    public  String quotes, author;

    public QuotesModel(String quotes, String author) {
        this.quotes = quotes;
        this.author = author;
    }

    public String getQuotes() {
        return quotes;
    }

    public String getAuthor() {
        return author;
    }
}

I am implementing data-binding. I have implemented everything for data binding to work and initialized all views from layout but this is still giving this error:  cannot find symbol class ImplementAndroidArchitecture
error
cannot find symbol class ImplementAndroidArchitecture

import e.com.learningprojects.ImplementAndroidArchitecture;
                             ^
  symbol:   class ImplementAndroidArchitecture
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package ImplementAndroidArchitecture does not exist

 protected ImplementAndroidArchitecture.QuotesModel mQuote;

A: replace  ActivityQuotesBinding binding; with QuotesBinding binding;
then
binding=QuotesBinding.inflate(LayoutInflater);
setContentView(binding.root);

A: I can point out two issues with your code.

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*You need to complete the assignment expression below with "}"
android:text="@{quote.quotes"

*Change the package name "ImplementAndroidArchitecture" to lower case.
Look here https://stackoverflow.com/a/12534322/5980764 for further explanation.

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Ronald Singson lucks out, GMA charged with plunder, P-Noy is "hands off" on Hacienda Luisita issue, and more lowlights.
1. CONGRESSMAN RONALD SINGSON GRANTED BAIL BY HONG KONG COURT AFTER THE 26.1 GRAMS OF COCAINE IN HIS POSSESSION WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONLY A 6.7-GRAM PURITY. There comes a time when you thank your drug dealer for selling substandard cocaine.
2. FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH "ERAP" ESTRADA RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL DUE TO NOSEBLEED. Rumor has it that he was trying to read Twilight.
3. MANILA ZOO LAUNCHES CONTEST TO NAME "UNINTENTIONALLY BRED" HEBRA (HALF HORSE, HALF ZEBRA). Studies show that constant exposure to the stench of animal droppings lead to brain damage.
4. JAMES YAP FINALLY TALKS ABOUT HIS SPLIT FROM KRIS AQUINO, HIS CAMP REVEALS THE COUPLE WERE ACTUALLY MARRIED TWICE. If--as writer Ambrose Bierce said--"love is temporary insanity curable by marriage" then James Yap is 200 percent cured.
5. MARIEL RODRIGUEZ GOES ON INDEFINITE LEAVE, FOLLOWS ROBIN PADILLA TO INDIA. Memo to perfume companies: Get Robin Padilla and bottle up his pheromones or something.
6. PRIVATE CITIZEN DANILO LIHAYLIHAY FILES PLUNDER RAPS AGAINST GMA FOR "ANOMALOUS SALE OF THE OLD ILOILO AIRPORT IN 2007." This is the best joke we've heard all week.
7. INFORMAL SETTLERS PANIC OVER NEWS OF MORE DEMOLITIONS. For emergencies, dial your Informal Homeowners' Association.
8. THE OPTICAL MEDIA BOARD (OMB) CONTINUES TO RAID PIRATED DVD HUBS. OMB head Ronnie Ricketts stands a better chance of reviving his career than shutting down the bootleg empire.
9. THE REAL-LIFE SOAP OPERA STARRING KRIS AQUINO AND JAMES YAP CONTINUES. Next week, James' long-lost twin will turn up and admit it was actually he who was married to Kris.
10. PRESIDENT NOYNOY AQUINO TAKES A HANDS-OFF STANCE ON HACIENDA LUISITA ISSUE. Hello, deja vu.


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I have had a very busy week, so there is not much to talk about. I haven't really read anything and I didn't even go to the library. It will be a very short post today. The guy and I are going on a road trip overnight, but then will resume life on Monday. I am hoping that will mean some reading! I think this is my slowest reading week of the year, but maybe the break will be good when I get back around to reading regularly.
You can read my wrap-up post for the R.I.P Challenge here.
I find that the spell after a "quiet reading spell" is often filled with the best reading. Hope you enjoy whatever is in store for you next!
Road trip! Have so much fun. I always enjoy a good road trip ... even if it cuts into my reading time.
Sometimes we get busy! Hope you are having some fun!
**Buried in Print: I hope so!
**jenclair: It was lots of fun, thanks!
**Amused: Thanks, I had a lot of fun on the weekend, so I don't feel so bad about reading very little.


However, any decision not to introduce the new fees could end up costing the council nearly $100,000 a year, a staff report has suggested.
Councillors would consider the idea of tourist-only entry fees for cultural attractions at a meeting of the council's finance committee on Monday, more than a year after the new system was suggested.
However, a report by Dunedin Public Art Gallery director Cam McCracken, to be considered at the meeting, recommended the proposed new charges be scrapped.
While such a move could generate an annual profit totalling $96,000 from year two, upfront costs - including new reception counters - would contribute to a loss of more than $300,000 in the first year, he said.
An even bigger blow could be felt by some the city's leading cultural institutions, including the DPAG and the recently redeveloped Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, he warned.
Both could expect ''significant'' drops in visitor numbers if the system was introduced, potentially by up to half, he warned.
That was in part because the Otago Museum - governed by a trust and outside council control - did not support the introduction of entry fees for non-residents.
It already received some council funding but also generated 40% of its revenue from ''value-added'' activities, which could be threatened by the introduction of an entry fee, he said.
And, without a uniform approach across the city, visitors would likely switch from visiting the DPAG and settlers museum facilities to the still-free Otago Museum instead, he said.
It was expected visitor numbers could fall by 35%-50%, which could threaten tenants running the settlers museum cafe and the revenue it generated for the museum, among other possible effects, he said.
The report was backed by market research - carried out by Ben Parsons and Associates for the council - which showed about half of all visitors to the facilities considered entry fees for non-residents to be a good idea.
However, a significant drop in visitor numbers would result, in part because some locals would no longer bring out-of-town guests to the attractions, the research also concluded.
The change would also mean a host of extra costs for the council, including $200,000 for the possible introduction of a new museum card identifying residents, changes to reception areas and extra staff, he said.
There would also be a drop in income from the Dunedin Chinese Garden, even as its visitor numbers increased, if its existing entry fee was cut to bring it into line with other council-owned attractions, he said.
In total, the new system would be expected to cost the council $415,000 in upfront capital costs in the first-year, and $550,610 in ongoing costs each year.
That would be offset by an ongoing jump in revenue from the settlers museum, DPAG and the Chinese Garden facilities, estimated to be worth $647,589 a year, Mr McCracken said.
That meant a total loss of $318,000 in the first year, due to upfront capital costs, followed by a profit of $96,978 the following year.
Mr McCracken's report also noted the idea of entry fees had been tried, and abandoned, by Dunedin's cultural attractions in the past, as well as elsewhere in New Zealand and internationally.
Capital cost of introduction: $415,000- Includes foyer upgrades, signage, marketing and museum card.
Ongoing annual costs: $550,610- Includes loss of retail income, grant income and Chinese Garden admissions revenue, marketing costs and museum card costs.
Estimated annual income: $647,589- Annual fees revenue from DPAG ($204,450) Toitu Otago Settlers Museum ($361,800) and Dunedin Chinese Garden ($81,339).


Arts Mid-Hudson is requesting nominations from Ulster County residents and businesses for the 7th Annual Ulster County Arts Awards.
Arts Organization Award: Rewards an Ulster based arts organization that has made an important contribution to the growth of Ulster County's cultural life over a significant period of time.
Business/Corporation Award: Recognizes an Ulster County business or corporation that has demonstrated extraordinary support of the arts and/or vision and leadership in using the arts to enhance community life and enrich Ulster County's cultural heritage.
Arts in Education Award: Acknowledges an Ulster-based educator, teaching artist, arts or educational administrator, school, school district or organization that, through extraordinary vision and leadership, has expanded or enriched arts education opportunities to students in Ulster County.
Individual Artist Award: Recognizes an individual residing in Ulster County, whose achievements in his/her discipline are widely recognized and who has demonstrated a compelling or unique artistic vision.
Recognizes an Ulster County resident and either a high school or college student ages 16 through 22 as of June 2019, working or studying in all arts disciplines including visual, performing, literary, film/video, and computer, among others. Nominee must be available to attend the event on June 4, 2019.
(Nominations must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, March 3, 2019. Recipients will be selected by an awards panel comprised of professionals in the field.
Award winners will be recognized by Ulster County's arts, cultural, civic and business leaders, at a festive reception on June 4, 2019.
Nomination forms can be accessed at: artsmidhudson.submittable.com/submit/133541/2019-ulster-county-arts-awards-nominations.


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CHICAGO, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Chicago entrepreneur group, Bootstrappers Breakfast, pours the first cup of coffee at 7:30 a.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month. The next gathering for entrepreneurs who enjoy "eating problems for breakfast" is Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30 a.m. at Cafe300 (300 N LaSalle St).
Attendees, all with an entrepreneurial streak, discuss innovative ways to operate more efficiently, gain revenue and reach company goals for their businesses. Attendees range from serial entrepreneurs to innovative professionals looking for co-founders.
The roundtable meetings are lead by Sarah Gray, who is currently working on MercuryApp.com, a life-tracking journal, and has co-founded Technical Advocates, a consulting practice that gives advice to non-technical startup founders. Gray invites you to be a part of Chicago's start-up community whether you're a beginner or an expert.
Check out the group's blog at bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog and you will see what the excitement is about.
Bootstrappers Breakfast meeting is for entrepreneurs of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing their business.


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OP-ED: The personality traits that make lockdown coping easier
Andreas Kluth
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
In March 2020, still early in the pandemic, I opined that for introverts quarantine can be a liberation. I was extrapolating from personal experience and historical examples. And many other pundits had a similar hunch. But we were speculating before we had empirical data. Now that such information is available, what does it say?
By and large, the research shows that I was wrong. But I couldn't be happier because what the evidence actually says is that the truth, as usual, is more complex, more subtle and more interesting.
The studies published since the outbreak agree that personality plays a huge role in how we do or don't cope with difficult situations such as lockdowns. Obviously there are other factors as well, from age (the young suffer much more from depression and anxiety) to employment (no job, no cheer) and, well, infection. But personality determines how we greet our lot in life. And it's the combination of several traits that shapes resilience.
Scholars break down those traits into five main bundles. One is the aforementioned degree of extroversion — how stimulating (or draining) we find social interactions. Another is openness — how curious, inquisitive, adventurous and creative we are, for example. A third is agreeableness — how helpful, optimistic and kind we are. The fourth is conscientiousness — how organized, focused, prepared and disciplined we are. The fifth is neuroticism — the extent to which we get moody, nervous, worried or unstable.
As far as introversion goes, the evidence certainly surprised me. One study of college students at the University of Vermont did find that introverts in lockdown reported improvements over time in their mood, whereas the extroverts said their mood got worse. But the extroverts were still in a better mood overall, thanks to their more cheerful default position.
Another study, of people from various ages and backgrounds, found that introversion was clearly associated with more loneliness, anxiety and depression during lockdown. I wonder whether that's in part because many introverts can't actually withdraw into solitude when they're stuck with suite mates or family members. As one introvert joked on Twitter, "This quarantine is not our dream come true. We have people in our house who NEVER leave."
But as a study published in January suggests, other traits appear to be more important than extroversion. In particular — and rather unsurprisingly — neuroticism was strongly correlated with more anxiety and worse depression. People who are worrywarts even in normal times are also at heightened risk of freaking out when a deadly virus is making the rounds.
Openness was also associated with increased anxiety, though not with depression. That surprised me. This trait includes abstract, creative and lateral thinking. That's why, in last year's column, I used Isaac Newton, an introvert who also had an unusually open mind, as an example of somebody who had stunning intellectual breakthroughs in quarantine. By the same token, perhaps, very open minds are also better at imagining all the things that could go wrong.
Being agreeable helped against both anxiety and depression, but not as much as you might think. It's possible — I'm speculating — that agreeability mainly turbo-boosts the positive effects of that aforementioned other trait, extroversion. After all, it's no good being a social butterfly, on Zoom or in your dormitory, if you're not also empathetic and kind. It's the quality, not the quantity, of human connections that comforts us in bad times.
The winner on the positive side of the ledger was clear. The more conscientious people were, the less anxious and depressed when stuck at home. This makes sense. People that score highly on this trait are better at hewing to routines that provide structure during endless days of working or studying remotely. I have a friend who never wore coat and tie in the office, but started dressing up in fancy, and rather eccentric, suits during lockdown. Looking sharp, he ascends every day to his attic to do productive and satisfying work.
Conscientiousness, or what we used to call self-discipline, also helps in every other way. It gets us on the yoga mat day after boring day, corks the wine bottle after the fourth second glass, and helps us meet our deadlines on the job, so we can keep it.
What I find uplifting about this research is that there are many individual paths toward resilience. For each trait, we're all somewhere on a spectrum. With self-awareness, we can compensate for risk factors — neuroticism, say — and we'll be fine. Moreover, we still have recourse to some secret weapons the psychologists forgot to include in their categories. Even (or especially) in a macabre situation like a pandemic, humor is an option.
— Andreas Kluth is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. He was previously editor in chief of Handelsblatt Global and a writer for the Economist. He's the author of "Hannibal and Me."


I spent some time yesterday in New York City with the delightful Ellen Goldberg of School of Oracles ( http://www.schooloforacles.com ), having my hands photographed for her upcoming palmistry book. We met at ACA Galleries, and it was so entertaining to me to have my palms and fingers praised extravagantly as being 'a rare jewel' in the sense of being 'a water hand', denoting psychic ability and whatever else the book will tell us all about (I'll keep you updated as to title and release date etc.). After their egos were vastly inflated by praise, my elbows and arms were propped on pedestals, literally, to be photographed. The young photographer was very good-natured and understood the Spinal Tap reference of my teeshirt ("Make 11-11-11 Nigel Day"), and in all it was a great, diverting, time. Can't wait for the book party!