text: Thanks! For a Kindle, cute little bookmarks are needed, which is sad. Wouldn't it be cool if Kindle had a tool where readers could pick a digital bookmark to use?
  Congrats on your upcoming release!!! How very exciting! Seeing the lovely bookmarks makes me want to read real books again instead of just the electronic ones.
  Congrats on the new book. Sounds fabulous. Congrats to your mother too. I wish her much luck in her new endeavor.
  I love bookmarks. I have one that looks like a ransom letter, with the text something like, "Help! Help! I can't move! It's very dark and the pages are heavy. Please read more. It gets boring stuck between the same pages."
  Congratulations on the new book! It sounds great and will be very helpful to aspiring writers. And I do like bookmarks, especially when bookstores give them out for free when you buy a new book. I also like the ones that have the ribbon or colored string at the ends.
  Congrats on your upcoming book, Chrys! This will be a fabulous hand book for us writers. Awesomeness!! Will it be in both print and e-book format?
  The sales pitch is always tricky. It was almost easier for me when it was just my books. For some events, when it's slow and everyone is just poking at the books, I almost want to say "Just buy the damn book!" LOL
  Congrats on the book. I already am planning on purchasing a few as gifts for some aspiring writers. Your mom is talented. Wish her best of luck.
  Congratulations on your new book! Another blogger friend, Charles Gramlich, who writes in the fantasy and horror genres in addition to academic writing, has also published a book on writing that I found very helpful.
  If you have a blog packed with sound advice, why not turn it into a book? I did something like that around critiquing, which started life as a series of blog posts. I hope it does well for you!
  I ordered a book mark. I plan to give it to my sister for Christmas...I may regret not keeping it myself!
  I do like bookmarks. I've had some made with the cover and blurb of a few of my books on them and give these out at events. I'm not entirely sure this promotes sales, but it's possible.
  Your mother's work looks lovely. Good for her. You're quite the talented family. Best wishes to both of you.
  Woohoo, congrats on the upcoming release! That sounds like a ton of great info from cover to cover, and it's awesome that you included those 100 marketing tips (which are gold even if you do know how to properly formulate a story).
  I do like bookmarks and collect them. I've been following all your moms creative ones on Instagram and love them.
  Hi Chrys - that's brilliant news - well done and I'm so pleased for you - sounds exciting ... I'll enjoy the read and the 'SPARKS' that fly into my mind - cheers Hilary
  
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  1990 census reported they spoke little or no English." One might, after reading this conclude, that uniformity of language and culture is one facet that defines an "American." However, I have lived th ...
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  hat of his or her peers. Therefore, it is impossible to avoid such conflicts because of the lack of uniformity in the way people think and comprehend ideas.Ludwig Wittgenstein was a revolutionary phil ...
  "Indeed, it is the theme of paradox that best describes the postwar era - diversity in the face of uniformity, the creation of close-knit communities despite massive mobility, changes in sex roles oc ...
  ainst the issue. There are two main points surrounding school uniforms, performance in schools and, uniformity.The arguments for school uniforms argue that school uniforms decrease violence in the sch ...
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  maintaining power, this ruling elite has developed methods to eliminate dissent and impose complete uniformity of opinion upon its people. It was Stephen King who said, "The beauty of religious mania ...
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  Cultural Globalization Write an essay in which you present the writers point of view, your claim, and your response
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  Trump Administration Weighs Publicizing Secret Rates Hospitals and Doctors Negotiate With Insurers - WSJ
  Requirement to release secret prices of health care would put more decision-making power in hands of patients, possibly lowering copays or deductibles.
  Hospitals could be required to disclose the actual prices of medical procedures under a Trump administration proposal. Above, Mount Carmel West Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is sounding out the medical industry on requiring hospitals, doctors and other health-care providers to publicly disclose the secretly negotiated prices they charge insurance companies for services, a move that would expose for the first time the actual cost of care.
  Mandating public disclosure of the rates would upend a longstanding industry practice and put more decision-making power in the hands of patients. Hospitals and insurers typically treat specific prices for medical services as closely held secrets, with contracts between the insurers and hospital systems generally bound by confidentiality agreements.
  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment on whether patients have a right to see the discounted prices in advance of obtaining care, federal officials said. The invitation for comment—outlined in a little noticed passage of a broader patient-data proposal released last month—is a major step toward a possible rule that could require providers to release such information, they said.
  Commercial health-care markets are rife with complex systems of hidden charges and secret discounts. Policy makers, employers and patients are often unable to see clearly which hospital systems and doctor practices are driving high costs.
  The administration’s vision—which would possibly include fines for noncompliance—is to arm patients with information needed to make health-care decisions much like shopping for other consumer services. Rates potentially could be posted on public websites, where consumers would check the negotiated price of a service before they pick a provider. That, in turn, could lead to lower copays or deductibles.
  
  I've heard this in a movie or some TV program and it hit me really hard. I started going through a list of people I might have upset but also remembering my own time sitting opposite a counsellor talking about other people in my life who upset me to the point I felt the need to talk it through with my therapist.
  I couldn't help but think back to times when I was first promoted to be a manager. I was there to do a job and not to be liked. At least that's what I was told by my then regional director. Even though I got the results, the process wasn't pretty and I wouldn't be surprised if few people did mention me if not to their therapist, at least to the friends and family. And not in a pretty way. I was what I call a Task Manager - good at my job, delivering results so the promotion was inevitable. Even though I enjoyed the results and meeting the companies KPI's I didn't enjoy the hatred I was feeling from people who worked for me. I knew I had to change.
  I started reading books and looking out for ways to improve my people skills. Talking to Managers I respected and liked and who were liked by others, more self development to talking to my staff and finding out what works and what doesn't
  As a manager or a team leader you have a huge responsibility for people in your team. Not just to deliver results but to ensure people are treated with respect. Understanding and clear communication are very important. But also a desire to get the best out of people through identifying their strengths. Most people work in roles where creativity is required, no matter where you are or what you do you often have to think on your feet. Customer requests you need to deal with immediately, sudden unexpected changes to name but few. When you trust your team and they trust you, you can rest assured that they will be able to deal with challenging situations because as a manager you give them the courage and self believe they need to be able to deliver great results.
  How would you feel if you found out that you're the main subject of your employees therapy session? Just typing this makes me feel uneasy.
  Self reflection and awareness is the first step towards making the necessary changes to your management style.
  I ended up in training because I believe people skill should be high on a list of training topics for anyone who manages people or is in any way, shape or form responsible for people.
  We all deserve to work and live in a positive environment. All it takes is will to learn, find the right information and put it in practice in your daily life.
  Can I help you gain the knowledge and the skills you need to improve your relationships? Get in Touch @ info@wttraining.org
  
  Hundreds of earthquakes in Hawaii are shaking the eastern side of the Big Island, and authorities are concerned that ...
  The US Geological Survey revised the magnitude of the most severe quake to a 5, from the 4.6 reported earlier. It hit at 10:30 a.m. local time on Thursday. Within half an hour, two more quakes came, registering at 2.5 and 2.7. There have been a total of six smaller earthquakes since the biggest one, the agency said.
  The frequency of the minor earthquakes decreased Thursday compared to the preceding days, the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said in a statement.
  However, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has indicated that a volcanic eruption was "possible but not imminent," the agency said.
  Residents in the area should prepare and review emergency plans in case of evacuation, the civil defense agency warned on Wednesday.
  It's located in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which has since closed off nearly 15,700 acres due to "the possibility of a new eruption and unstable geologic activity." But most of the park remains open, according to its statement.
  Since Monday, hundreds of earthquakes -- most of them around 2.0 magnitude -- have been recorded in the area. The series of earthquakes came after a collapse of a crater floor of Pu-u ----, which is a volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the K-lauea Volcano.
  Since that collapse, about 250 earthquakes were reported in the area into Tuesday evening, according to a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status report.
  The tremors have been going on for days now, jarring residents, who've been reporting nearly constant ground vibrations in some areas.