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2. The Class A Shares were sold at prices ranging from $2.27 to $2.36. Upon request, the Reporting Person will provide to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Issuer and any security holder of the Issuer full information regarding the number of Class A Shares sold at each separate price.
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Breonna Taylor's mom and Beyoncé's mom get emotional talking Heroes Act, voting reform
Cydney Henderson
Tina Knowles-Lawson and Tamika Palmer are mothers on a mission.
The mothers of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles and Breonna Taylor teamed up to help Americans safely exercise their right to vote amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In an open letter Thursday, Knowles-Lawson urged Congress to pass the Heroes Act, a bill that would make voting more accessible while funding absentee voting. Palmer signed the letter, in addition to stars Viola Davis, Jada Pinkett Smith, Whoopi Goldberg, Taraji P. Henson, Beyoncé and more.
"I'm outraged, like everyone else, and I want to do my part," Knowles-Lawson said on "CBS This Morning" Thursday. "I'm not a politician. I'm not an activist in that public sense, but I feel like I have to do this."
Beyoncédrops 'Black Parade' on Juneteenth, proceeds to benefit Black-owned businesses
The bill's sponsors say its goal is to to root out voter suppression so Americans can hold their public figures accountable, especially in minority communities, amid calls for justice following the deaths of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, and Taylor, who was fatally shot by members of the Louisville Metro Police Department in March.
"I think a lot of Black people feel (their votes don't count)," Knowles-Lawson said. "And how I connect the dots with them, if you vote, you vote for the mayor and the mayor hires the police chief and the district attorney and all the people in power to make those changes in your community. So if you don't vote, you don't have a voice."
But that's hard to do if people don't have the opportunity to vote, Knowles-Lawson said.
The June 9 primary election in Georgia, for example, was harshly criticized for malfunctioning equipment, long wait times, a limited number of polling places, poll workers unable to operate voting equipment and paper ballot shortages.
'Complete catastrophe':Georgia primary voting blasted for long lines, malfunctioning equipment
Palmer said she supports the Heroes Act because "we need to get out here and vote" and need "the resources to do it."
Palmer's daughter Taylor, 26, was killed by officers in her apartment on March 13 as they entered to serve a no-knock warrant. Her boyfriend thought officers were intruders and fired a shot as they entered. Taylor was shot eight times in the ensuing gunfire from officers.
More than 100 days after Taylor was killed, Officer Brett Hankison was fired Tuesday for his role in her shooting death, Louisville Metro Police announced.
"Of course I'm happy to hear that he was fired. He should've been fired," Palmer said on "CBS This Morning." "It's just the beginning though. It's so much more to go. There's so many other people involved."
'Honor her life':Oprah, Alicia Keys more celebrities celebrate Breonna Taylor's birthday
More: Louisville cop Brett Hankison fired for his role in Breonna Taylor fatal shooting
Palmer got emotional when describing what she missed most about her daughter: "Her smile. Just her smile. And just remember that she didn't deserve this. And she would do anything for anybody."
Last week, Beyoncé penned her own open letter to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, calling for "swift and decisive action in charging the officers" responsible for Taylor's death.
"It's amazing to have so much support from so many different people," Palmer added. "And all over the world. People who don't know me or don't even know Breonna. But they know that what happened wasn't right. And that they're willing to stand and demand justice. … I'm so eternally grateful to so many different people."
Contributing: Darcy Costello and Tessa Duvall, Louisville Courier Journal
Beyonce seeks 'swift and decisive action,' urges arrest of police involved in Breonna Taylor's death

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Adrienne Gunn is a writer and humorist based in Chicago. She received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and her work has appeared in McSweeney's, TriQuarterly, PANK, and Chicago Magazine. Visit her at www.adriennegunn.com.
My wishes are: World peace, to stop reading social media, and to meet Stanley Tucci.
Adrienne is sharing a story with us at Steppenwolf Friday, February 1.


When she thinks about all that she's been able to accomplish since coming to the medical school more than two years ago, three significant milestones come to mind for Dr. Debra Taubel.
She arrived in Kalamazoo in October 2016 tasked with founding the new Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at WMed. Just seven months later, the pieces were in place and the inaugural class of four residents came aboard last July.
Now, Dr. Taubel is preparing to take on a new challenge as she has been named the new chair of the Department of OB-GYN, effective April 1, 2019. She replaces Dr. Robert Rebar, who is stepping down as founding chair of the department on March 31, 2019, following a five-year stint in that role.
"Dr. Taubel is very experienced," said Dr. Rebar, who will remain a member of the medical school faculty and continue with his commitments as a Scholar-Advisor and teaching in the OB-GYN residency program.
Indeed, her new role is one for which Dr. Taubel is well-suited.
Prior to coming to WMed, she built an impressive resume as a physician and educator. She's a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a member of the Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics. She earned her MD degree in 1995 from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine and then completed a four-year residency in OB/GYN at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Later, she spent 17 years at Weill Cornell Medical School/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, where she was the departmental Vice Chair for Education, Clerkship Director, and Associate Program Director.
As department chair, Dr. Taubel said she has several goals that she hopes to accomplish in a short period of time.
She said she wants to continue to work closely -- and collaborate -- with Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems – Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare – to integrate the growing OB-GYN residency program into each hospital's medical practices. At the same time, she wants to reinforce the role the department and residency program play as a community partner in improving women's health and women's access to quality health care.
Lastly, Dr. Taubel said it is important to continue building strong relationships with community organizations in Kalamazoo that focus on the importance of maternal health, such as Cradle Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County's Fetal Infant Mortality Review.
As all of that work remains a focus, Dr. Taubel said the OB-GYN practice at the Oakland Drive Campus will continue to grow, as will the residency program with the acceptance of each new class of resident physicians. The program is set to accept its second class of residents in July and the program will include a total of 16 residents once it's operating at full strength.
For the 2018-19 academic year, Dr. Taubel said the department has already tallied more than 100 deliveries that have either taken place or will be delivered in the near future. Additionally, physicians are taking on two to three cases per week in local operating rooms and the appointment schedules at the Oakland Drive Campus are booked. Meanwhile, the addition of urogynecology care under the leadership of Dr. Melinda Abernethy has been very successful and Dr. Abernethy is performing 20 to 30 surgeries per month.
Going forward, Dr. Taubel said she wants to be strategic about how the Department of OB-GYN will seek to expand services to bolster comprehensive maternal and prenatal care in the community.


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Hi there from Australia, I need your help please!
I have made a homemade CNC router/mill. All works well except for this persistent problem with the stepper motors locking up on me and missing steps. It is okay at the slow speed settings, but even then you can hear it occasionaly making a "knocking" noise. From mid range to full speed it makes a constant "knock'' or "ticking" noise at about one second intervals, followed by a " lockup" every 20-30 seconds of run time. Apart from this the motors sound nice and smooth.
I have disconnected the stepper motors from the machine and still the same problem, so it is nothing to do with friction etc.
I have tried everything i have read in these forums but to no avail!
My computer is 1.8Ghz Pentium 4, 1 Gig ram, 16meg plugin video card, Windows 2000 pro. running Mach3 and absolutely nothing else. No antivirus, internet, or any other program is installed.
1) re-installed Win. 2000 and latest drivers.
2) reinstalled Mach3, and tried the latest version.
3) Installed Windows XP. & service pack 4.
4) tried optimization, special driver, 1/2 Sherline mode, various step/direction pulse widths, enhanced pulsing, turned watch dogs off/on, tuned plug-ins off, played with Dir low/active etc. kernal speeds and everything else i have read in these forums.
5) I am an electrician by trade and have checked all connections and ground everything that needs to be.
Failing this, what do you guys think of trying a Smoothstepper (usb) solution?
If you run the Drivertest.exe, how stable is the pulse rate? Are you using 25Khz mode?
Have you disable APCI in the bios?
Yes, i've tried 25, 35 & 45khz mode. Driver test came up excellent and looked smooth. Pulse rating is about 23300. I only tried Driver Test on 25khz mode.
ACPI is disabled and running as "Standard PC.
Is this a desktop or laptop machine? Laptops regularly turn the parallel port off, and/or reduce the pulse rate to the parallel port in an effort to save power / increase battery life. If it's a laptop, DEFINITELY get a SmoothStepper - - I did, I lost all the troubles I was getting and I have never thought "Gee, maybe I could have tried xxxx . . . "
Then I have used a USB controller, and never returned to parallel port.
It's a desktop computer. Thanks for your input.
I checked out that USB controller, looks interesting but 69Euros for controller then another 69Euros for license, I think i would go for the Smoothstepper. Plus 12uS minimum pulse width isn't real fine. I read that 2 or 3 uS is recomended for my Gecko drives. Thanks also for your input.
I have built my own controller. So it's just 69Eur for me.
In one last attempt to fault find my computor i hooked up an ossciloscope to my parralel port and discovered it is putting out a very poor wave form. So this narrows it down to the parralel port (i think?), as the driver test worked great so this must mean the motherboard & CPU are capable enough. Is this assumption correct? Anyone.....?
Is your parallel port a 3.3V model ?
if so, it can create problems with interfaces using 74HCxxx buffers or direct optocoupler interface with anodes to +5V. The reason for the problem is that 3.3V in "high" state still puts (5-3.3=1.7V) across the optocouplers inputs (when it should be below 1V), and that can trigger them randomly (as supply voltages have spikes or slightly fluctuate). same for 74HC buffers that react to a voltage between 40% and 60% of their supply voltage. Interfaces using 74HCT buffers are much less susceptible to these issues.
A simple way to solve most of these problems is to insert a diode (1N400x or equiv) in serie with the interface card's +5V supply. That reduces the voltage to 4.3V, thus reducing the voltage difference between the port and the interface. there should be an electrolytic capacitor on this "new" 4.3V supply line.
Did you end up buying the Smooth Stepper?
I had the same problems with my desktop driving a Gecko G540.
I bought a Smooth Stepper and almost all my problems were gone.
I increased the rapid rate from 48ipm (1200mm/min) to 96ipm (2400mm/min) and it sounded so smooth, no hiccups.
worked great got my 5v from a usb and now the charge pump works fine.


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You will be missed. I hope you LOVE your new floor.
rest up while you can, we'll miss it.
I'm missing your lovely face Jim, hurry back!
Missing you already Jim!!! Hope all gets finished up for you!!! Have a fabulous week!!!
You are soooooooooo missed. Hope things back to 'normal' soon!
Sending happy wishes for you to recoup soon and for things to get going in the right direction! Hope the house revamp is finished soon as I know (from remodeling) how disturbing it can be to a crafters mind when all things are in a disarray and one can't play!!
I hope next week Jim, that you can come out and play!!! LOL I know it is killing you right now and that you are probably having crafters anxiety not to be able to function in your studio (or your whole house for that matter). Besides, we miss you. Hope your ankle is healing nicely.


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The Real Cartuja de Valldemossa
Originally the Real Cartuja de Valldemosa (Royal Carthusian Monastery) was the site of a royal palace for Rei Sanxo I (1311-1324). In 1399 the palace was given to the Carthusian monks, who extended the buildings and converted the site into a monastery. The sanctuary had to be dissolved though in 1835 when the new law of Desamortización (Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizabal) led to many or indeed most of the ancient monasteries in Spain being expropriated and privatized, including the one in Valldemossa.
Today, most visitors journey to Valldemossa to explore the Real Cartuja in search of the spirit of Frederik Chopin and George Sand, but believe me, this eminent site has so much more to offer than just that brief episode during the winter of 1838/39. I find the Palau Sanxo fascinating with its imposing defence tower and the Sala Anckermann where short piano recitals are given almost daily. The Museo de la Cartoixa is equally interesting, with its church and the frescos by Francisco Bayeu, the old library and the historic pharmacy from the 18th century. And yes, do visit the Chopin celda and its exhibits, even though it is said that cell no. 4 was not where Chopin and his consorts actually stayed. A visit is recommended overall, although it must be said that admission fees are on the steep side, especially for families with older children (adults: 8.50 €, children under 10: free, students with identification: 4 €). Opening hours during the Winter months are Monday to Saturday, 09h30 to 15h00.
The photo was chosen from my archive. It was taken in Valldemossa, Mallorca, Baleares, Spain. The date: March 9th, 2008. The time was 18:16:40.
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Albania & North Macedonia: Cradle of the Balkans
Group Tour | Arts & culture
9 Days & 8 NightsLead-in price: £1,595Current prices from: £1,595
Travel to Albania and North Macedonia with expert Dr William Taylor to discover a rich variety of archaeological and historical sites, along with spectacular mountain scenery. This tour explores the wonderful Ottoman museum cities of Berat and Gjirokastër, the impressive Roman ruins at Butrint and Apollonia, historic mosques, as well as Byzantine and Orthodox churches. Access to sites not normally open to the general public and meetings with senior clerics will also be arranged.
The Cox & Kings signature experiences
Special access to the King's Mosque & Halveti Tekke in Berat
Explore the Unesco world heritage sites of Butrint & Lake Ohrid
Admire Byzantine & Orthodox churches, superb Ottoman architecture & spectacular mountain scenery
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Day 1: Fly to Tirana • Durrës
Fly from London (regional connections available) to Tirana with British Airways. Transfer to Durrës, founded in 627BC and one of Albania's oldest towns. Tour of Durrës, including the largest amphitheatre in the Balkans. Welcome dinner and stay overnight at Hotel Arvi (or similar). (D)
Day 2: Berat • Vlora
Drive to Berat and visit the Museum of Icons and the castle, which contains the remnants of 42 churches within its walls. Special access to the King's Mosque and adjacent Halveti Tekke, containing some excellent Ottoman paintings, has also been arranged. In the afternoon, explore the Graeco-Roman ruins of Apollonia, an important trading port for the Roman empire until the third century AD. Continue to Vlora and stay overnight at the Palace Hotel (or similar). (B, D)
Day 3: Saranda • Butrint
Morning drive through the mountains and along deserted stretches of coastline to the resort town of Saranda. Afternoon tour of the Unesco world heritage site of Butrint. Explore the ruins of this Graeco-Roman town on the shores of Lake Butrint and view the third-century BC theatre, bath houses and the remains of the largest baptistry in the Balkans. Stay overnight at the Bougainville Bay Resort (or similar) in Saranda. (B, D)
Day 4: Gjirokastër
Drive to Gjirokastër, stopping en route at St Nicholas' monastery and the church of Labova, one of Albania's oldest and best-preserved Orthodox churches, dating from the sixth century. In Gjirokastër, see the birthplace of Enver Hoxha and Zekate House (or similar), an example of Ottoman-style architecture. Stay at the Hotel Argjiro (or similar) for 1 night. (B, D)
Day 5: Korca
This morning, travel through mountainous landscapes to Korca, historically an important trade town. Continue to the Mirahori mosque, one of the oldest mosques in Albania. Stay at the Regency Hotel (or similar) for 1 night. (B, D)
Day 6: Lake Ohrid
Visit the Museum of Medieval Arts, which displays more than 150 icons, then drive to Voskopojë, stopping en route to see the Shen Kolli (St Nicholas) church, which contains some of the best-preserved 18th-century ecclesiastical art in the Balkans. Drive to Ohrid in North Macedonia, via the monastery of St Naum. Its position on a rocky overhang provides excellent views over Lake Ohrid and Ohrid itself, listed by Unesco as natural and cultural world heritage sites. Stay at the Hotel Royal View (or similar) for 2 nights. (B, D)
Day 7: Ohrid
Morning tour of the town known as the 'Macedonian Jerusalem' due to its large number of churches. See St Sophia cathedral, the oldest cathedral in Macedonia; the church of St Clement at Plaoshnik; and the Gallery of Icons. Also visit the National Museum, housing works of art dating from 1863; Samuil's Fortress; and the antique theatre, the oldest such building in Macedonia. Afternoon at leisure. (B, D)
Day 8: Tirana
Travel to Elbasan to see the Ottoman fort. Continue to Tirana for an afternoon tour of the Albanian capital, including visits to the National Museum, the mosque, the main square and its clock tower. End the day with a visit to the Bektashi World Centre to learn about this Islamic Sufi order. Stay at the Hotel Collesseo (or similar) for 1 night. (B, D)
Day 9: Kruja • Fly to London
Morning visit to Kruja, visiting the fortress of Kruja, the Skanderbeg Museum, ethnographic museum, and the old bazaar. Lunch in Kruja, then return to Tirana for free time before transfering to the airport for a flight to London. (B, L)
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As per itinerary – B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner, N: No meals.
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This tour is based in 3- and 4-star accommodation. Outside Tirana, facilities should be regarded as tourist class.
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This tour involves some long walks over uneven ground and therefore requires a good level of fitness.
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Hamari Adhuri Kahani has decent collections
by Joginder Tuteja PUBLISHED: June 19, 2015, 9:17 am UPDATED: March 30, 2019, 2:22 pm
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Despite all the negative reviews that came the way of 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani', the film has managed to demonstrate decent hold at the box office, especially on the weekdays. There was patronage from the crowds in the interiors that ensures that between Monday and Thursday, the film collected over Rs. 10 crore (Rs. 100 million), hence bringing the film in the safe zone. As a result, the first week's billing of the Mohit Suri directed film is over Rs. 27 crore (Rs. 270 million), which is better than what it had seemed till Saturday, before a reasonable jump on Sunday brought back smiles on the face of those involved with the film.
Of course a lot more was expected from the film due to the credentials involved. Ideally, a film like 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' should have looked at a lifetime total of over Rs. 50 crore (Rs. 500 million) at least. However, with the film primarily finding audience in the single screens, it would now reach till the Rs. 35 crore (Rs. 350 million). Since the film's satellite and music rights have been sold for an impressive Rs. 22.5 crore (Rs. 225 million), the theatrical collections are decent enough to help the film sail through as the cost of production (including P&A) is controlled at Rs. 35 crore (Rs 350 million).
Meanwhile 'Dil Dhadakne Do' had a decent second week and now stands at a little over Rs. 71 crore (Rs. 710 million). Again, a lot more was expected from the multi-starrer due to hype surrounding it as well as names involved. As of now, the film would stretch towards the Rs. 80 crore (Rs. 800 million) mark which is similar to Priyanka-Ranveer's 'Gunday' (Rs. 78 crore – Rs. 780 million) and less than Zoya Akhtar's 'Zindagi Na Miledi Dobara' (Rs. 90 crore – Rs. 900 million). Average.
'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' continues its victory ride, though for the first time since its release, the weekday collections went below the Rs. 1 crore (Rs. 10 million) mark on every passing day. Still, it continued to collect in the face of competition and now stands at a whopping Rs. 145 crore (Rs. 1.45 billion) The All Time Blockbuster is now heading towards the Rs. 150 crore (Rs. 1.5 billion) mark lifetime total. Remarkable.
Joginder Tuteja tweets @tutejajoginder
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SCCR hosts first Wellness Afternoon
Lauren MacGill
Published on: October 23, 2019 | Last Updated: October 23, 2019 1:33 PM EDT
Above, Registered Nutritional Therapist Sonia Funk and South Central Cancer Resource Programs Coordinator Deb Thiessen hope the Wellness Afternoon raised awareness about nutrition and the work SCCR does. (LAUREN MACGILL, Winkler Times)
South Central Cancer Resource expanded their programming by offering a Wellness Afternoon on Oct. 16.
SCCR Programs Coordinator Deb Thiessen said in the past, SCCR has focused on helping patients with their treatments and transportation, and are now taking a look at wellness programs for their patients.
"As they're going through their treatments they have people galore working with them and now they're kind of at a loss sometimes as to where to go from here," she said.
The wellness afternoon was open to the whole community as well.
"It's not just for our cancer clients because it's so important that everybody knows the nutritional values out there and what we've had in our brain up until now is maybe not the right thing," Thiessen said. "With our cancer clients, everybody has a support system, and with some of our people it's more the support systems that are coming in so that they know how to help their loved ones."
SCCR received funding from the Winkler Community Foundation for wellness programs. The afternoon was one program that SCCR initiated.
Registered Nutritional Therapist (RNT) and owner of The Whole Avocado Sonia Funk spoke at the event, speaking about the effect of food and stress on health and wellness.
Funk's talk focused on the fact that there isn't one right answer when it comes to nutrition. "We are a society that's looking for the one pill and it doesn't exist," she said. "I'm going to split that pill apart into different pieces of all the things that contribute to our wellness. Food is a focus, but everything relates to food and the impacts."
Funk said she doesn't have the one answer to make everything better for people, but she hoped her insight and knowledge would help attendees find the right question.
"That's the definition of insanity, to keep asking the same question expecting a different answer," she said. "If people walk out of here thinking about one or two things about their wellness that they hadn't thought of before, or if they're asking a different question about something they've been struggling with, then I have done my job."
Funk said she finds food and nutrition marketing annoying. "People are confused by all of that," she said. "The general theme is that there's just so much out there… whether it's researchers that need to publish something and just keep publishing the same thing over and over again a little bit different, or food companies that latch onto something… it's just not fair."
"At the end of the day I'm probably going to recommend that people stop Googling things for three months," she added. "I will take people off of Google like I take them off of gluten if there's an allergy."
Ultimately, Thiessen said she hoped the event would raise awareness about both nutrition and the work SCCR does. "We always like to be out there so that people are aware of what we can do for them," she said. "There's still so many people out in our community that are not aware of South Central Cancer Resource and that's what we want to promote."
Registered Nutritional Therapist and owner of The Whole Avocado Sonia Funk presented at South Central Cancer Resource's first Wellness Afternoon on Oct. 16. (LAUREN MACGILL, Winkler Times)
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secondary schools with the object of increasing awareness and understanding of the role of water and the environment in all our lives. Schools are encouraged to include water and environmental projects in a range of subject areas as part of the normal curriculum and prizes are awarded to pupils or study groups producing the best results.
projects such as the provision of ponds and an aquarium. These facilities allow the children to study water ecology, consider water quality and the need to balance the ecology of water life.
to further ecological studies at the school. Members designed and constructed the pond in partnership with other donors, including the AIDU, the Company's Royal Air Force affiliate. More recently the Trust has funded the provision of an aquarium at the school for all students to see and maintain on a daily basis outside the classroom. It is also used as a teaching tool.
children. This has helped the school establish a garden and develop gardening skills. The school decided to take those skills into the community and the Company was able to fund tools and equipment for the work bus. This project has attracted considerable interest from other schools in the area and beyond. The Company maintains an interest in developments at the school and the WCT has allocated further funding for development.
The Trust is looking to expand its commitment to the Schools Programme and is pursuing the possibility of widening its links with schools initially in the London area by working with Thames Water on a project to improve water efficiency in selected secondary schools. This project could also link with the Pupils' Prizes Scheme. The success of this venture could lead to similar schemes with other UK water companies.


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Edited by Michael Bamberg, Clark University, Massachusetts, Carolin Demuth, Aalborg University, Denmark, Meike Watzlawik
Book: The Cambridge Handbook of Identity
Print publication: 11 November 2021, pp xi-xviii
28 - Where Is Identity? Reflections on Identity Conceptualizations, Dimensions, and Implications
from Part V - Where Is Identity?
By Carolin Demuth, Meike Watzlawik
I'm Not There (2007) is the title of a movie about the life of singer, songwriter, and poet Bob Dylan. In the film, the role of Dylan is played by six different actors (including Cate Blanchett), each of whom depicts, in turn, the various facets of his persona (poet, prophet, outlaw, fake, superstar, rock-and-roll martyr, born-again Christian – seven identities braided together). While the title I'm Not There refers to one of Dylan's songs, the movie can be seen as an exploration of identity, whose title hints at the fleeting nature of self that scholars seem to struggle with. We may also – somewhat provocatively – apply the statement "I'm not there" to the concept of identity in the sense that it might not be just where it has been assumed to reside, as defined by Western academia. Thus, in the following, we will try to approach the question, "Where is identity?" from various angles, and point out future directions for identity studies.
1 - Identity: With or Without You?
By Meike Watzlawik, Carolin Demuth, Michael Bamberg
Print publication: 11 November 2021, pp 1-22
The conception of this handbook goes way back, taking us more than five years until completion. It all began with an early plan to organize a symposium for the 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP) for July 2016 in Yokohama, Japan. The intention was to bring together a group of international identity researchers, from within psychology and from neighboring disciplines, to see whether there were any new developments in identity theory and empirical research, and whether they had a common center or were drifting pieces moving in all kinds of directions (cf., for example, Nochi, 2016, or Watzlawik, 2016). This was the original idea. So, in the summer of 2015 we started contacting researchers we knew (and whom we did not know up to that moment), asking whether they would be interested in joining us for the symposium. Preparing the symposium was as stimulating as the actual gathering that took place on the afternoon of July 28 one year later under the header Identity and Identity Research in Psychology and Neighboring Disciplines. Janka Romero, the Commissioning Editor for Psychology at Cambridge University Press, had contacted us beforehand with the offer to talk about the potential to turn this into a book project, and we, the symposium participants, started following up the same night over dinner – not knowing that this would keep us busy for the next five years. We went through the usual editorial routines: developing a proposal, revising the proposal, and contacting old and new colleagues in the field, up to the point of delivering the full set of manuscripts in January 2021.
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Part IV - Current Domains
Part V - Where Is Identity?
Part I - The Origin and Development of the Concept of Identity
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Part II - New Perspectives and Challenges
Print publication: 11 November 2021, pp 99-238
Part III - Methodological Approaches
The Cambridge Handbook of Identity
Edited by Michael Bamberg, Carolin Demuth, Meike Watzlawik
While 'identity' is a key concept in psychology and the social sciences, researchers have used and understood this concept in diverse and often contradictory ways. The Cambridge Handbook of Identity presents the lively, multidisciplinary field of identity research as working around three central themes: (i) difference and sameness between people; (ii) people's agency in the world; and (iii) how identities can change or remain stable over time. The chapters in this collection explore approaches behind these themes, followed by a close look at their methodological implications, while examples from a number of applied domains demonstrate how identity research follows concrete analytical procedures. Featuring an international team of contributors who enrich psychological research with historical, cultural, and political perspectives, the handbook also explores contemporary issues of identity politics, diversity, intersectionality, and inclusion. It is an essential resource for all scholars and students working on identity theory and research.


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← The Global Impact of the U.S. Anti-Prostitution Pledge
Workers in the sex industry fight discrimination, violence, and HIV →
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Sex workers in Washington, DC, and Brazil develop creative strategies to fight stigma, violence, police repression, and HIV
By Darby Hickey
SEP. 2007 • Issue 6
The "DC Madam" is in the news again. Some sex workers on the streets of the nation's capital may be glad that Deborah Jeane Palfrey (accused of running an illegal escort service for 13 years) has helped reveal the hypocrisy of moral crusader David Vitter, the Republican Senator from Louisiana, who has admitted to being a client of the service. At the end of April this year, Deputy Secretary of State Randall Tobias – the man responsible for implementing the policy that forces all organizations to denounce prostitution in order to receive U.S. global AIDS funds – also resigned after being linked to the alleged prostitution service. Although it may be a joy to watch Vitter and Tobias tumble, many DC sex workers want to know why Palfrey is getting so much media attention while most sex workers regularly face violence and police arrest.
Sex workers from around the world demonstrate at the XVI International HIV/AIDS Conference in Toronto, August 16, 2006.
You won't hear about sex workers organizing for their rights in DC in the media frenzy surrounding Palfrey's case – but they are organizing. Transgender women, African-American exotic dancers, online escorts, male street-based workers and sex workers from many different fields are coming together to push for change in the District and to support broader activism by people trading sex for money and other things they need for survival.
Washington, DC: Safety in the Streets
In 2005, community members and organizations such as Different Avenues, HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive), La Clinica del Pueblo, and HIV/AIDS groups, organized to form the Alliance for a Safe & Diverse DC to work against proposed repressive legislation targeting people in public spaces. Although the legislation passed, the organizing effort built community among those involved. People were determined to keep up the fight for the rights of some of the most marginalized communities in our city. One of the most alarming aspects of the law was to create "prostitution free zones" where police could arrest anyone in the jurisdiction they believed were there for the "purpose of prostitution" – even if they weren't breaking any law. Basically, the legislation gave legal backing to long-standing practices of police profiling of certain individuals and communities. For example, these techniques pushed transgender sex workers out of a downtown stroll into a much more dangerous area located on the literal edge of the city where they are not only robbed, raped, shot at and more, but also have greater difficulty interacting with health outreach teams.
To help support our claims about the negative impact of the legislation, the Alliance for a Safe & Diverse DC started the Community Research Project. The Project is examining ways that DC's prostitution policies affect communities, including trans people, the homeless, and women of color. Community based research in this case means research directed and conducted by members of the affected communities, rather than by academics. Our diverse research team will use anthropological and sociological techniques in gathering surveys, observing police activity, and conducting interviews to get as much information as possible. Very little research has been done on the impact of prostitution policies and issues in the United States, and little of that sparse research has been led by people who engage in commercial sex.
We wanted to do this research to show lawmakers that they should make decisions based on evidence-based research and careful thought rather than knee-jerk reactions. By continuing to pass new anti-prostitution laws without having more information, they are not making good policies and are even contradicting their own efforts – like HIV prevention. The District has among the highest HIV rates in the country, but increased criminalization and harassment by police of suspected sex workers drive the workers further underground, further from services like health outreach and HIV counseling and testing. Police harassment also decreases sex workers' ability to negotiate condom use or even to carry prevention materials, since police sometimes seize the materials or use them as an excuse to arrest someone on prostitution-related charges.
Building the movement to push back against repression, members of the Alliance and other individuals and groups are working with national sex worker networks to organize the first Sex Worker Leadership Training Institute this fall in Washington, DC. The Institute will bring together a small group of activists from communities of sex workers to receive training in skills to make social change – like organizing a rally, working with the media, and planning an advocacy campaign. Since people with experience trading sex for things they need rarely have been supported as activists (because we're viewed as criminals or victims), we see this as an important step toward strengthening our local movements as well as the national effort.
Brazil: Activists on the Runway
Movements for sex workers rights are much stronger in other parts of the world. In Brazil, for example, groups have been organizing since the 1970s, not only on health issues – and later, HIV – but also to fight against stigma and state violence and for labor rights. "Any group, when it is organized, can better demand their rights," said a representative (who preferred not to be named) of the group Davida, an organization of sex workers in Rio de Janeiro. In 2005, when the Bush Administration implemented its policy requiring that U.S. global AIDS funds could only go to groups that denounce prostitution and sex worker empowerment, Davida and other sex worker groups in Brazil were instrumental in persuading the Brazilian government to reject $40 million in U.S. aid rather than sign the pledge – the only country so far to do so.
Daspu, the clothing line benefiting Brazil's sex worker rights organization, Davida, can be viewed online at http://daspu.com.br/putique/. For international orders, email international@daspu.com.br.
Davida's representative said the group recognized that there was a problem with being dependent on outside funding sources even before this policy, so Davida started its own fashion line – Daspu. "Daspu is really helping the movement, in the sense that people are better informed about us and our demands, even wearing clothes that symbolize our struggle," they said. "When people see prostitutes showing their faces with no shame, going on catwalks, showing their clothes, or watch [us] on TV, they can't ignore us any more."
Davida's representative added that decreasing stigma and increasing self-esteem, as the Daspu project does, are essential not only to organizing, but also to preventing the spread of HIV. People exchanging sex for things they need will feel more empowered to demand safer sex techniques, access services without facing discrimination, and value their own lives more – leading to greater self care around HIV and other issues.
Expanding Sex Workers' Rights
By fighting discrimination, violence and criminalization, sex workers are fighting HIV. Communities that trade sex for money and other necessities are often isolated, and an important step for sex worker rights is to make connections across movements. Sex workers are the people best positioned to stop HIV in their own communities – they are positioned to change community norms (including clients' norms) around condom use and needle sharing. They are the experts on what will work best for their communities. They are also best positioned to run their own programs, as they are less likely to sustain the discriminatory behaviors of biased service providers.
Our marginalization makes us vulnerable to repressive policies – like a recently approved law in Tennessee that forces convicted sex workers to undergo mandatory HIV testing – and we need the support of other AIDS activists. As sex worker activists united to say at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, "You can't fight HIV without sex workers – and we can't fight HIV without human and workers' rights!"
Darby Hickey is Co-director at Different Avenues, where she works on programs, finance, fundraising, and more. Darby is also a writer and reporter who has been broadcast/published by Free Speech Radio News, Pacifica Radio, $pread Magazine, DC North, ColorLines, Left Turn, and others. If not doing any of the above, you're likely to find her DJing, dancing, agitating for trans and economic justice, or gathering with friends for a cookout.
Filed under Alternatives to 501c3, arts and culture, Brazil, displacement and gentrification, gender, imperialism/colonialism, police repression, sex workers' rights, sexual violence, Solidarity Project, stigma, trans and gender non-conforming, Uncategorized, Washington, DC, women


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BID Company's operating board recruits major Liverpool signing
Liverpool Commercial District BID looks after the city's business vicinity and has just appointed highly respected optician Mark Blankstone to join its operating board.
Mark joins current board members including chair, Julie Johnson, partner at Morecrofts Solicitors plus the newly-appointed deputy chair, Sean Keyes, from Sutcliffe, alongside the BID team led by chief executive, Bill Addy. A number of other significant appointments have been added recently.
Commercial District BID incorporates the Castle Street area, Old Hall Street and St Paul's Square of Liverpool City Centrre.
Mr Addy said: "Our new board members share in our vision and ambition to improve the city centre for all – making it a cleaner, safer and thriving environment which is attractive to investors, developers, established commercial businesses and which encourages the creation and growth of new businesses.
A delighted Mark Blankstone said: "I look forward to being able to add value to the team given my independent retail experience and knowledge of the area spanning more than 25 years."
"I look forward to being able to add value to the team given my independent retail experience and knowledge of the area spanning more than 25 years. "
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Thrive wins Click Dealer branding brief following six-way pitch
Thrive has been appointed by Click Dealer, the StokeonTrent based automotive software provider, to carry out a thorough brand refresh. The digital and creative agency based in Congleton, was appointed following a sixway competitive pitch


I have spent some time trying to understand the situation in Venezuela. How could a country with such natural wealth end up in so much economic trouble? Most of the articles I found seemed to cast the problem in political terms. The conservatives were corrupt and stole all of the oil money. The socialists were corrupt and stole all the oil money. I suppose both could be true.
A friend from Iran recently used the term Black Curse for oil, The article I just read used the same term several times. I suppose that is a good way to look at it, Throw a group of people of any sort into a vast supply of easy money, and watch things go down hill.


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Opinion|The Annals of Extreme Surgery
The Annals of Extreme Surgery
BARRON H. LERNER AUG. 29, 2011
THE heat is on again in the world of cancer treatment, both literally and figuratively.
More and more doctors are now using an extremely aggressive procedure to treat certain colorectal and ovarian cancers called Hipec, in which patients first undergo surgery to remove any visible cancer, then have heated chemotherapy pumped into the abdominal cavity for 90 minutes to kill any remaining cells.
Although it has given some patients hope, there is almost no evidence that the treatment is more effective than traditional chemotherapy — besides one small trial in the Netherlands over a decade ago that did show a benefit, but in which 8 percent of the participants died from the procedure itself.
We shouldn't be surprised by the sudden emergence of this therapy. Heated chemotherapy is the latest in a long list of very toxic treatments used by well-meaning cancer doctors who have confused doing more for patients with doing what is best for them.
History tells us that this "more is better" dictum is rarely true.
Aggressive cancer therapy started in the late 19th century with the radical mastectomy, which involved the removal of the breast, along with the chest muscle below it and nearby lymph nodes, and was championed by William S. Halsted, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins.
In the following decades, Dr. Halsted's methods became more and more popular, particularly after World War II, when surgeons who had performed heroic operations on European battlefields returned to America optimistic about what could be achieved in cancer surgery. In an attempt to eradicate all potentially dangerous cells without the assistance of chemotherapy — which was not yet in wide use — surgeons began removing even parts of the sternum and rib cage of certain breast cancer patients in something called a super-radical mastectomy.
If the cancer had spread into the arms, surgeons at times removed entire shoulders (forequarter amputations). If the cancer was in the legs, part of the pelvis was removed with the leg (hindquarter amputations). The most aggressive operation of all was probably the pelvic exenteration, devised by the New York gynecologist Alexander Brunschwig. For cancers that had spread throughout a woman's pelvis, he removed not only her gynecological organs but also her bladder and rectum.
The goal of these operations was straightforward: to remove as many cancer cells as possible, which would theoretically prolong the survival of patients and possibly even cure them. The problem was that none of these procedures had been formally tested in controlled clinical trials. By the 1960s, it had become clear that they were of little or no benefit, while causing dying cancer patients disfigurement and suffering.
Why such enthusiasm for aggressive surgery? The explanation can be gleaned from the language surgeons used to justify their operations. Military metaphors were ubiquitous. In 1946, Cushman Haagensen warned his colleagues against "surgical cowardice" in the face of the "formidable enemy" that was cancer. Jerome A. Urban, the father of the super-radical mastectomy, was fond of saying "lesser surgery is done by lesser surgeons."
It was not only surgeons who made these assumptions. In the late 1980s, oncologists began treating metastatic breast cancer patients with a highly toxic and expensive regimen of so-called very-high-dose chemotherapy, followed by bone marrow transplants. Once again, early data proved misleading. Women who received this treatment turned out to live no longer than those getting standard chemotherapy, and many died from either the high doses or the side effects of the transplants.
Cancer patients and their families, desperate for anything that might work after exhausting all other treatment options, are also part of the problem. But the history of cancer treatment provides a crucial cautionary tale for both those seeking out and those providing heated chemotherapy today. Doing more for cancer patients has often served a cultural as opposed to a scientific purpose, reflecting more the desire to defeat the cancer enemy than to take care of sick patients. Hospitals should offer heated chemotherapy — and insurance companies should pay for it — only after controlled trials have proved its effectiveness.
In the meantime, we should remember not to conflate our efforts with our achievements.
Barron H. Lerner, a professor of medicine and public health at Columbia, is the author of "The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America" and the forthcoming "One for the Road: Drunk Driving Since 1900."
A version of this op-ed appears in print on August 30, 2011, on Page A23 of the New York edition with the headline: The Annals Of Extreme Surgery. Today's Paper|Subscribe


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James C. Robinson resigned as chairman and CEO of Munder Capital...
James C. Robinson resigned as chairman and CEO of Munder Capital Management to start a fixed-income hedge fund, according to a statement from Munder Capital. Mr. Robinson did not return a call made to confirm his intention. Dennis Mooradian, executive vice president of the wealth and institutional management division of Munder parent, Comerica, will replace Mr. Robinson while keeping his current position, said Wayne J. Mielke, a Comerica spokesman.
Enrique Chang, Munder Capital president and CIO, was also given the new title of chief operating officer.


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Jacques Delarue
"The Gestapo", what do we think about when we hear those two words? Secret, police, horror, torture, evil? Yes and this book tells the reader all there is to know about this organisation and so much more.
The author was an actual member of The French Resistance and thus had first hand knowledge of the evils that went on during the occupation of France.The research that was carried out for this book is mind boggling to say the least, for one the author used transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials, that in itself amounted to 23 volumes and 17 appendix volumes. The author also interviewed numerous persons in order to give us a piece of work which will astonish, educate and dare I say maybe even shock every one who reads this book.
The book itself comprises of some 354 pages not including a very detailed index, Preface and Introduction! Attention to detail was very much at the fore of the authors thoughts when he put this book together.
The book not only covers the founding of this organisation but also goes into great detail as to how the NSDAP, ie the Nazi party came to power. Most of us are aware of the great depression and unemployment and hyperinflation which gripped Germany and the failed Munich 1923 Putsch which led to Hitler been imprisoned. This book touches these events and goes deep into the pre Gestapo days of the Nazi Party and how the NSDAP finally seized power when 80 Communist Party members failed to take their seats in The Reichstag after been 'advised' not to.
The book also goes into great detail concerning the fire at The Reichstag where the Communists were blamed, it details how the fire was started who planned it, (Goebbels and Goering) the execution of the fire and the subsequent trial where Goering actually took the stand. This book went into a lot of detail concerning this episode and although I had read about this fire in Anthony Beaver's book "Hitler" this book went deeper and delved into the cunning and thinking behind this audacious scheme to finally bring down the Communist Party in Germany once and for all and to pave the way clear for the most ruthless, evil and brutal organisation to take power that the world has ever seen.
The founder of The Gestapo and leader was not Himmler but Goering the author explains how Himmler was brought into the organisation, and how it spread its tentacles into everybody's lives in Nazi Germany and how eventually Himmler became leader and how Himmler went onto form the SS, which was a political military machine which worked closely with the Gestapo.
I could go on, I haven't touched upon the lives of the prisoners in occupied Europe, I will leave that in the book, but hopefully if you have read this review this far you will be interested enough to go out and buy the book because this book deserves a place on the book shelf of anyone who has the slightest interest in the Second World War. It truly brings home the horror in which the world would today would be subjected to had The Allied Forces succumbed to Hitler and his evil Henchmen.
I thoroughly recommend this book and have no hesitation in awarding it FIVE Mushroom Heads!
As a footnote this book was first published in 1962 and has received two awards in France.
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Interview with Doom Man – UK Rapper
Local Harrow Rapper big in Europe and soon the UK!
Gino Morgan stage name Doom-Man aged 29 from Harrow, with and Jamaican parents, has been in the UK rap game for over ten years, and has many achievements to his name. He has performed with De La Soul, and has packed out venues in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Prague, France, Germany and even Poland where US rapper Jay-Z was performing last week.
Born at Park Royal Hospital in North West London, he resided in Stonebridge till the age of seven then moved to Perryvale, to eventually end up in Harrow, where he is continuing his journey to make it big in the UK as a rap star.
Doom-Man is well known at the local Petri Bar in Harrow where he has performed to a crowd no more than 50 on regular occasions, and has done so without wanting to gain profit from his fellow residents "I do it out of the love for music and that's what has kept me going for so long."
The Doom-Man has had his fair share of performances in the UK, Doom has been on BBC Radio1 on Ras Kwame's show, performing at BBC's Maida Vale studios, Doom also has a video on Channel U where he has a video to accompany his song "Have you any flows" with a tune based on the nursery rhyme Ba Ba Black Sheep; He also has a song with Harvey from So Solid Crew called "We ride".
This upcoming UK artist definitely does have lyrics, and beats that all flow; surprisingly he has had more success in Europe than the UK. When asked why he thought this was he said "They love pure Hip-Hop out there, and they prefer the UK artists because we're actually going out there to perform, whereas in the UK rap is more saturated with genres and has more of a diverse audience, so it's a harder market to break, but not impossible, soon very soon."
You may be wondering where the inspiration for the name came from, "I was a huge fantastic four fan and the idea of the Marvel characters really appealed to me." So much so that in 2000 he and his brother "Punisha" came up with the idea to start a group called "Da Marvel" the concept derived from the well known Marvel superhero characters. "I liked the sound of Doom-Man because it represents my style of rap, dark, sinister, and serious sounding; I also liked the "man", similar to artists Method man and Red Man both of whom have inspired me significantly."
The comic character theme has allowed Doom to be more animated in his lyrics and this is obvious in a track called Superman "spit the flow like a locomotive train, no we're not the same, here to lock the game." The game he refers to is the rap game of course, and Doom-Man genuinely seems to be one of the upcoming stars in the game, with a unique storytelling style filled with energy, character, humour, charisma and although intricate at times, he still manages to articulate himself with a simple charm that everybody can understand.
Doom-Man has a variety of tracks, with an assortment of sounds utilized from many genres from hip hop, soul, classical, garage, grime, rock, and even reggae, with one track in particular sampling a Bob Marley track called Kaya (Getaway) which will be on Doom-Man's upcoming album date still to be announced called Doomsday.
I asked what message the album was sending and what his message is for those in the UK, he says in his sinister voice "To those in the UK it's time, time to do something before doomsday comes (he laughs), its about anything you want to do in your life, do it. Take opportunities, embrace your life, soak it all in, sleep with different cultures, and travel, you only have one life so enjoy it. It's time for the UK artists like me to set the platform and to show the US that we have artists just as good as they do. Doomsday is my attempt at sending this message." Keep an eye out for Doom-Man either at Petri Bar, or on radio or TV, he is set to make it big in the near future.
For more information on Doom-Man or to listen to his tracks visit:
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Nice post Raj, did you get this printed in any newspapers or magazines?
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Yes, another version of this article was published in a local newspaper called The Harrow Observer
rajmehta19
raj, i really like the article!!! very nice.
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I just spent a very enjoyable 45 minutes 'charting' the songs I'm considering recording on my next album. Oops, did I say I was going to record another album. Ahem.
Anyway, over the past couple of years I've done lots of stealth writing and arranging, material that for the most part I've not performed or videotaped. I did debut a couple of pieces on my November tour with Steve Davison and in December with Raymond Gonzalez, but for the most part the 16 songs I'm going to record haven't been heard much by the general public. I've been doing this on purpose because I really want the tunes to be a bit of surprise.
So this morning I was doing what I normally do about 30-45 days out from the studio dates; taking an inventory of what I'm planning on recording, which for me includes which instruments I'm going to use, an estimate of how long the piece will be, the tempo of the piece, the tuning of the piece, and whether it will be solo or ensemble.
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Brand New Creative Writing Topics for Grade 3 Students— When kids write, their minds are opened to brand new worlds and endless possibilities—and there is no form of writing more conducive to inspiring ideas than journaling.
Students who keep regular journals enjoy the opportunity to explore their deepest thoughts in a totally safe space. For younger kids who are still learning how to be comfortable with expressing their ideas in front of their peers, a journal offers the freedom to think aloud without fear of judgment—and in turn, helps students become accustomed to sharing their own ideas and opinions. Journal prompts are one of the best ways to get young students started on regular writing and self-expression.
In these 30 new creative writing topics for grade 3 students, your class will get to explore wild hypotheticals such as what three wishes they would request from a magic genie and what new ways of life people might experience in the future. They'll also practice self-reflection as they think about big topics like what it means to be a good friend and the importance of the Golden Rule.
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Write a story about the future in a world set 500 years from today. What kinds of technology do the people have? How are their lives similar and different to ours today?
What is the best toy you've ever played with? What is so great about it? Do you think your other classmates would also enjoy playing with it?
Do you like telling jokes? Why or why not? What makes a good joke?
If you met a magic genie who would grant you three wishes, what would you wish for? Why?
Why is it so important to treat others as we want to be treated? Write about a time when you applied the Golden Rule to an interaction with one of your friends, classmates, or siblings, and explain what happened.
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Think of someone who you consider to be a hero. What makes this person heroic?
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Have you ever had an imaginary friend? What was he or she like?
What is your favorite thing to do in the summer with your friends or family? What do you like about this activity?
One day, you go outside and all of the grass and trees have turned into an ice cream sundae world. What is the first thing you would do? Write a story about how you would spend the day.
If you could live anywhere in the entire world, where would you want to go? Why?
Imagine that you receive a letter from Hogwarts inviting you to come learn how to be a wizard or witch. Would you go? Why or why not? What type of magical spell would you be most excited to learn?
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What is the hardest part of friendship? Write about a time when you struggled to do something that one of your friends wanted. What happened?
Write a gratitude list of 25 things that you're thankful to have in your life. Then, choose one and explain why you're thankful for it.
Who is your biggest inspiration? Write about the person whom you most admire, and explain what makes him or her so special.
What would happen if everything switched and kids were in charge of running the world? What would change? What would stay the same? Would things be better or worse—and why?
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Imagine that you suddenly have the ability to talk to animals. Which animals would you chat with first? What would you say to them? What do you think they would say to you?
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'Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and receipts for all major purchases.' Bridger Winegar.
It's done . . . the last of my Christmas shopping . . .
Pressies are wrapped, tagged and ready to be distributed (please don't let me have forgotten anyone because I really don't think I could face having to go back to the shops again today . . . ) The fridge is full of yummy food and drink ('we elves like to stick to the four main food groups') and I can't think of a single thing I still have to do. Sigh. I might even go and have a little nap . . .
Christmas I am ready for you. Bring it on . . .
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