Insights Into Things

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was first published in London in 1843 and recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol during a period when the British were exploring and re-evaluating past Christmas traditions, including carols, and newer customs such as Christmas trees. He was influenced by the experiences of his own youth and by the Christmas stories of other authors, including Washington Irving.
Dickens was inspired following a visit to the Field Lane Ragged School, one of several establishments for London's street children. The treatment of the poor and the ability of a selfish man to redeem himself by transforming into a more sympathetic character are the key themes of the story.
Published on December 19th, the first edition sold out by Christmas Eve. By the end of 1844 thirteen editions had been released. In 1849 Dickens began public readings of the story, which proved so successful he undertook 127 further performances until 1870, the year of his death. A Christmas Carol has never been out of print and has been translated into several languages. The story has been adapted many times for film, stage, opera and other media.
A Christmas Carol captured the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday. Dickens had acknowledged the influence of the modern Western observance of Christmas and later inspired several aspects of Christmas, including family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games and a festive generosity of spirit.
The Insights Into Things Hosts now present to you for your enjoyment, our abridged and slightly altered version of this holiday classic, A Christmas Carol.

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This week we're talking about conflict resolution. We'll look at some of the common causes of conflict, how conflicts aren't necessarily a bad thing and how we can learn from them. We'll talk about the ten commandments of conflicts and how to handle conflicts with love ones, friends and others. We'll show you the skills you need to cope with conflict, how to avoid turning it into a negative experience and finally we'll discuss the steps to take to reach a conflict resolution.
Much of what we talk about in this weeks episode applies not only to teens but to any situation where two or more people find themselves in conflict or on opposite sides of a given issue. We'll teach you how to compromise, how to reason, and how to see a given issue from both sides you can better understand all points of view and argue your points from an informed perspective.

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This week is a cute kitten episode. We showcase the newest addition to our family, our little kitten Pumpkin. We'll discuss the circumstances of why we decided to expand our family after feeling the loss of one of our beloved elder cats. We'll talk about where we found pumpkin, who we were lucky enough to get her from and the details of the adoption process.
The second half of the show is dedicated to Pumpkin herself. The diva of a kitten makes an early and unexpected appearance early on in the show but is kind enough to come back to close out the show with us. We'll talk about some of the fun little things we've discovered about her so far, explore her interesting personality, detail how she's gotten along with the rest of the family and share some fun stories we've got from her in just the last couple of weeks.
Stick around until the end of the show with a special bonus montage of some of our favorite photo's that we've snapped of the cute little kitten, including her holiday outfit!

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This week we tackle a common problem in adolescents, acne. Specifically we're talking about teen acne. We'll take a look at exactly what acne is from a clinical standpoint and what some of the most common causes of teen acne are.
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Round 2 will look at reasons respondents gave for voting for either candidate. We'll look at personality traits of each candidate in Round 3. Round 4 is a measure of voter confidence in key issues as it relates to each candidate. And the fifth and final round looks at which candidate is more trustworthy.
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