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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who has been put in charge of restoring normalcy in the violence-hit parts of Delhi, again visited the area this evening to review security and interacted with locals there. "Inshallah, there will be peace here," he told reporters. Mr Doval later met and briefed Home Minister Amit Shah, who the NSA said, had instructed him to visit the troubled areas.
"Situation is totally under control. People are satisfied. I have confidence in law enforcement agencies. Police is doing its work," the NSA Ajit Doval said.
Mr Doval walked along with a convoy of police officials in Jafrabad, one of the worst-hit areas since Sunday. 27 people have died and over 200 injured in the clashes over the contentious citizenship law in the last four days.
Mr Doval, in Jafrabad, was confronted by a girl, who told him, "I am a student, we can't sleep at night, we are not fighting, I can't go to study." To which, Mr Doval responded, "You don't have to worry. This is the responsibility of government and the police." When the student asked Mr Doval to take strong step as the "police are not doing their job", Mr Doval assured her, "I give you my word".
The NSA then briefed the home minister about the current law and order situation and steps taken to bring back normalcy there, a home ministry official said. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Arvind Kumar and Commissioner of Delhi Police Amulya Patnaik attended the meeting.
The move to put NSA Doval in charge of restoring peace in northeast Delhi has raised eyebrows since the Delhi Police reports directly to the Home Minister.
Before he took stock of the situation on the ground this evening, Mr Doval held a meeting with Delhi Police Special Commissioner (Law and Order) SN Srivastava, who was appointed to the post last evening, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satish Golcha and Deputy Commissioner of Police Northeast Ved Prakash Surya.
Sources say Mr Doval reviewed the security arrangements and enquired whether there had been any new incidents of violence.
There was fresh violence this morning with reports of arson and stone-throwing. A battery shop was set on fire in Bhajanpura area. The shop was vandalised and burnt batteries were strewn on the road, according to news agency PTI.
Late last night, Mr Doval had visited Seelampur, Jafrabad, Maujpur and Gokulpuri Chowk, which saw violence. "People were doubting the capabilities and intentions of Delhi Police. This needs to be addressed. People need to trust the man in uniform," he had told NDTV.


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Welcoming Clubs – Develop a more welcoming culture across
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Amazingly, very few clubs put much focus on how they lead and manage themselves. Many somehow expect that having a few people on the committee and a 32-year old constitution will ensure that their club is well-run and going forward in the right direction and at the right speed, both on and off the pitch.
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- We are completely focused on being welcoming, be it towards players, members, supporters and sponsors and we are aware of their different needs and we work hard to satisfy those needs
- We are getting increasingly welcoming although not everybody may be as welcoming as we would like. We know how we want to improve and we are working hard to get there
- We need to focus less on internal and political issues and more on being welcoming
- We rarely talk about being welcoming – do we really know what that is?
- We are a sports club – why should we be talking about being welcoming?
Despite continued efforts, and various initiatives, community sport and physical activity in England has not managed to significantly increase participation among people with different attributes and backgrounds (i.e. race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion) in a meaningful way.
Also, we continue to see those groups lag behind their white counterparts in terms of being physically active and living long and healthy lives.
The demographic of the communities in which sport operates has also changed dramatically. Our culturally, linguistically and gender diverse communities are looking for sporting options and experiences that celebrate diversity, promote inclusion, and most importantly, make people feel like they belong.
We must develop pro-active behaviours, options and actions to make people from all backgrounds, ages and abilities feel welcome, respected and that they belong at your club/centre.
Being inclusive is about following best practices for what sport/physical activity should be so that everyone can get the most out of it.
Diversity is the mix of peoples' different attributes and backgrounds and a good way is to think about diversity is to think about your local community. Does your club reflect the diversity of your local community? Diversity is the mix of people, inclusion is trying to get this mix to all work together in harmony.
For many people, great coaching is roughly 10% technical skill, 20% being reactive and able to think on your feet and about 70% being nice to people. In their research into the sporting workforce published in 2017, London Sport asked almost 2000 regular Londoners what they'd mostly be looking for in a sports leader and things like 'focused on fitness' and 'focused on technique' came pretty far down the list. What came out consistently on top were qualities like 'motivating', 'friendly' and 'not going to judge me'.
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Colombia's Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez said that there were contradictions and irregularities in Congressman Yidis Medina's case that led to his decision to aquit the case.
Ordoñez was responding to the investigation opened against him by the Supreme Court, following his decision not to pursue his predecessor's investigation into government officials bribing congressmen but would start anew. A lawsuit was filed by opposition Congressman German Navas Talero of Polo Democratico.
Ordoñez said that procedural rules were not respected in the transferral of Medina's investigation to the Supreme Court. He said it would have been "a sin" had he not observed this and other irregularities within the decision, in which he absolved of all responsibility the Minister of Social Protection, Diego Palacio and former Minister of the Interior and Justice, now ambassador to Italy, Sabas Pretelt de la Vega.
"It was the bringing of [Medina's] case before the Supreme Court that was not only [wrong] because it did not repsect procedural rules, but also when it was subject to ratification the Court refused, fearing self-incrimination," daily El Espectador reported Ordoñez as saying.
Similarly, he said that the former Conservative MP himself who denied having been bribed for his support of President Alvaro Uribe's first re-election. After that declaration, Ordoñez said, someone else was in charge of the Inspector General's Office, and it was when the archive was reordered that the challenge was raised leading to the reopening of the case.
"In the disciplinary proceedings Medina's denial of receiving bribes, under the penalty of perjury, appeared. It was the management of the Inspector General's Office at that time, and not mine, that ordered the case closed," said Ordoñez.
The Inspector General said that he had the full confidence to go ahead. He said that the Supreme Court's investigation into him was a natural response into a citizen's concern, as they must. He rejected the suggestion that it was a retaliation to the disagreements he has publicly had with rulings of the Court, and said that this type of complaint was much more common than the public thought.


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It has been my experience that the one that families often call the "crazy one" is actually the sane one. This is particularly true in very dysfunctional families where ideas of healthy functioning are turned upside down.
In these families, members often repress their authentic feelings and turn against anyone who reminds them of their unresolved issues and patterns. As a result, the truth-speakers, the ones who refuse to contain their feelings, those who challenge and humanize the toxic status quo, are often scapegoated and vilified, made to feel crazy by those who lack the courage and insight to see beyond the family's madness.
If you have been labeled the 'crazy one', take heart. You are truly not alone. Most great creators and paradigm shifters were met with fiery resistance by those afraid to grow.
Whatever you do, do not allow your voice to fade away in the face of their messaging. Your voice, your vision, your ways of being, live at the heart of your unique soul's journey and are the key to collective transformation. No one has the right to bury them under a bushel of shame. No one!
And remember- what is crazy to an unconscious person is often brilliantly sane to one is awakening. Without you, we are lost. Blessed be the 'crazy' ones!
By Jeff Brown – https://www.facebook.com/SOULSHAPING/?fref=photo
This is so true of my dysfunctional family of origin. I was scapegoated, called crazy, blamed for everything. This was all a huge projection of themselves.
I am the only sane one. I am the only one with the courage and insight, to see the toxic and abusive souls I was surrounded by throughout my entire childhood.
I am the only one willing to speak the truth, even though it has nearly killed to have to confront the cold hard truth, of just how much abuse was occurring, and who was complicit in it.


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The warmest community events will be happening in the cold Friday starting at 5pm.
- 5p-6p 7th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
Centennial Riverwalk Park
Cookies and candy canes
Special guest appearance by Santa and Mrs Clause
- 5p-10p Olde Fashioned Christmas
Pioneer Park in the Old Settler Cabins
Enjoy hands-on crafts and games. And the General Store is stocked with old-fashion Christmas gifts available for purchase. Writing letters to Santa is encouraged in the school house and the letters can then be mailed at the historic post office. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on hand and families will be encouraged to take their own photos with them.
Bundle up, bring a camera and make it a family night out with your friends and neighbors.


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I am sure i am not the only one to experience this bug/issue.
The problem when in Admin view or Classic UX:
When scrolling to the bottom of a module (one large enough to require scrolling to see the line items at the bottom of the module) the bottom-most line items can not be reached using the scroll bar. To even see these line items you must select a visible line item and use the down arrow keys to reach the bottom-most line items. It looks like the auto-calculate bar which appears automatically is causing the issue.
The solution: Allow the scroll bar to reach the bottom-most line items such that ALL line items are visible.
100 % agree with this. There seems to be a general bug reaching the far most items in Anaplan using the scroll bar. The difficult part is that it's not consistent. Sometimes I struggle with and sometimes it works perfectly fine.
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Book Releases
Holding On (Colorado High Country #6) —
The Colorado High Country series returns with Conrad and Kenzie's story.
A hero barely holding on…
Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help. He's the last person in the world she should ask to foster this little furball. He's barely capable of managing his own life right now, let alone caring for a helpless, adorable, fluffy puppy. But Conrad has always had a thing for Kenzie with her bright smile and sweet curves. One look into her pleading blue eyes, and he can't say no.
The woman who won't let him fall…
Kenzie Morgan's life went to the dogs years ago. A successful search dog trainer and kennel owner, she gets her fill of adventure volunteering for the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. The only thing missing from her busy life is love. It's not easy finding Mr. Right in a small mountain town, especially when she's unwilling to date climbers. She long ago swore never again to fall for a guy who might one day leave her for a rock. When Conrad returns from a climbing trip haunted by the catastrophe that killed his best friend, Kenzie can see he's hurting and wants to help. She just might have the perfect way to bring him back to the world of the living. But friendship quickly turns into something more—and now she's risking her heart to heal his.
A hero barely holding on…
Harrison Conrad returned to Scarlet Springs from Nepal, the sole survivor of a freak accident on Mt. Everest. Shattered and grieving for his friends, he vows never to climb again and retreats into a bottle of whiskey—until Kenzie Morgan shows up at his door with a tiny puppy asking for his help. He's the last person in the world she should ask to foster this little furball. He's barely capable of managing his own life right now, let alone caring for a helpless, adorable, fluffy puppy. But Conrad has always had a thing for Kenzie with her bright smile and sweet curves. One look into her pleading blue eyes, and he can't say no.
The woman who won't let him fall…
Kenzie Morgan's life went to the dogs years ago. A successful search dog trainer and kennel owner, she gets her fill of adventure volunteering for the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. The only thing missing from her busy life is love. It's not easy finding Mr. Right in a small mountain town, especially when she's unwilling to date climbers. She long ago swore never again to fall for a guy who might one day leave her for a rock. When Conrad returns from a climbing trip haunted by the catastrophe that killed his best friend, Kenzie can see he's hurting and wants to help. She just might have the perfect way to bring him back to the world of the living. But friendship quickly turns into something more—and now she's risking her heart to heal his.
In ebook and soon in print!
About Me
- Pamela Clare
- I grew up in Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, then lived in Denmark and traveled throughout Europe before coming back to Colorado. I have two adult sons, whom I cherish. I started my writing career as a columnist and investigative reporter and eventually became the first woman editor of two different papers. Along the way, my team and I won numerous state and several national awards, including the National Journalism Award for Public Service. In 2011, I was awarded the Keeper of the Flame Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism. Now I write historical romance and contemporary romantic suspense.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Looking back and looking forward
When I look back on 2013, I'll think of a lot of things. Struggling every day for what seemed an eternity to finish Striking Distance (I-Team Book 6). Being a RITA finalist for Defiant (MacKinnon's Rangers Book 3). Meeting actor/voice artist Kaleo Griffith, who narrates my audiobooks. Having a little party with I-Team group members in Atlanta.
Raging wildfires across the state. Coffee and sushi with Jenn LeBlanc. Epic flash floods that turned my neighborhood into an island and left friends bereft of their homes and property. Watching my younger son get on a plane for eight months in Europe. Hitting the USA Today best-seller list with Striking Distance. Writing two novellas — First Strike, the erotic prequel to Striking Distance, and Upon A Winter's Night, the MacKinnon's Rangers Christmas novella that picked up where Defiant left off.
It was a big year.
I am grateful beyond measure for the friends and family who supported me through the highs and lows — and there were plenty of both — that made up 2013. A special shout-out goes to my sister Michelle, for always being there, and to Jenn LeBlanc, who is one of those friends who understands why I'm pissed off or sad (or both) without my needing to explain and who periodically shows up with a latte just when I need it most. Seriously, how many people do that?
My two sons, Alec and Benjamin, have been there for me at every turn, as well. Alec finally talked me into watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel this year, and we've spent a lot of nights sitting up way too late just to watch one more episode.
I'm also grateful to my readers, whose devotion to me and to the I-Team series landed Striking Distance on the best-seller lists. I couldn't do any of this without you. Thank you!
Did I meet all my goals this year? Hell, no. Not even close. I didn't meet a single deadline for Striking Distance, caught between compulsive perfectionism and the emotional difficulty of writing a story that deals with such gritty and complicated material. I didn't lose 50 pounds, though I did make it to the gym — sometimes. I didn't overcome my absolute loathing for cooking — and I'm pretty sure I never will. In fact, it's really impossible to overstate how much I hate to cook.
But some things I did do better than in the past.
I consciously made time for a "weekend" — hey, other people have them — and used that time for fun. Benjamin and I visited a number of museums and state historical sites, including Bent's Fort near Las Animas (below). We also hiked at beautiful Mud Lake and in Rocky Mountain National Park (above), enjoying some fresh air and time away from computers and work. I saw my first wild moose after living in this state all my life. No, none of this helped me meet deadlines, but it helped me recover from writing Striking Distance and enabled me to enjoy my life more. By the time Benjamin left to go abroad, we both agreed it had made for a very memorable summer.
Lesson learned: You can't have memories if you don't actively make them.
It was a year of experimentation on so many levels, and I learned a lot about myself. I tried all kinds of new techniques to help myself write faster, ultimately coming up with one that enables me to be more creative and worry about the perfectionism part later. I also played around with different schedules for getting to the gym, a process that proved to me that, deep in my heart, I'd rather skip the gym and go hiking. And I would — if all my favorite trails weren't still closed due to the floods. Thus, I am resigned to unenthusiastic trips to the gym.
I also had to face months without Benjamin at home. That might seem silly to some of you, but the whole empty nest thing is a real challenge for me. It's not that I just want company; I want my kids' company. Facing a Christmas with one son overseas was tough. I found it hard to get into the spirit of the season at all and probably wouldn't have given a fig for Christmas if it hadn't been for Alec and his girlfriend, who helped me find new ways to reconnect with the holiday. I will give myself credit for taking hold of those opportunities, rather than pouting my way through box after box of Puffs.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I take New Year's pretty seriously. It's never been a party holiday for me. I usually spend it with close friends or my kids doing something quiet and focusing on the aspects of myself and my life that I want to improve.
For 2014, I'm going to focus on acceptance.
I made a big decision this month and decided to spend two months next year visiting Benjamin and reuniting with friends and family in Denmark and Sweden. I'd been waiting for the magic moment when I would be thin and rich and caught up on book deadlines. And then it hit me rather out of the blue that I should probably make this trip now, while I and all my friends and family are still alive in case that magic moment never comes. I bought the tickets that very morning.
So, imperfect and low on funds as I may be, I am nevertheless heading off to Europe for a trip that will include an event in Paris and possibly a signing in Madrid, in addition to lots of time with Benjamin and my old friend and family in Denmark, where I feel so at home.
One thing became pretty clear to me this year amid all this experimentation and trial and error: Now is all I have, and I need to do what's important to me today. That means writing the books I want to write, being with the people whose company I enjoy, going to the places I want to go.
Oh, yes, I'm still going to try to live a healthier life style with more exercise and less sugar, but I'm not going to do it with any goal in mind apart from feeling better, being healthier and more energetic. I will never look like my 30-year-old self again, so I need to quit trying. My 30-year-old self was the self that fell off the mountain. She had things pretty easy before that moment when idiocy met gravity.
Like I said, 2014 is ultimately about acceptance — accepting who I am today, deciding what I want out of life, and then taking action to accomplish those things.
A friend told me shortly before she passed on that her 80s were the happiest years of her life because she truly quit giving a shit what other people thought about her or what she did. She quit doing things that people expected her to do and started doing what she wanted to do. We should all take her advice now and not wait for our 80s.
Also — and this may seem contradictory — I want to spend more time putting my life into service for others through volunteering somehow, perhaps at the homeless shelter or a women's shelter. I've considered volunteering at the county jail, too, where I would love to work with women inmates, perhaps starting a reading group. I've always believe we live up to our fullest potential when we live for our fellow human beings. As my kids move on with their own lives, I need to find meaningful ways to give. That desire to nurture is, I think, part of what makes having an empty nest so difficult, at least for me.
I also want to spend more time with my fellow Colorado authors — Jenn, Courtney Milan, Thea Harrison, Tara Janzen and others. There's nothing like an afternoon with them to make me laugh. Somewhat immoderately and loudly.
Having said all of that, I am still experimenting with plotting and writing techniques and am excited to see if I can meet my goal of writing at least THREE full-length novels and a novella this year. I'd like to work a historical into the mix soon, too. My biggest challenge as an author has always been productivity. Whereas some writers can crank 3,000 words a day or even more, I have plenty of days where I managed to write only 500 words. I intend to change this without sacrificing quality.
So what's does all of this mean for you as a reader?
Right now, I'm plotting my next I-Team book — probably Holly's story. So far it's going well. I hope to have a draft written before I leave for Europe so that you can get it late in 2014 or early 2015.
I also want to start a new contemporary series set in a Colorado mountain town — not a sweet town, but a real Colorado mountain town with its marijuana shops, old hippies, rednecks, ranchers, miners, powder hounds, rock climbers, Buddhist ex-record execs, hunters, and ordinary folk.
I am excited for this coming year!
What was the most memorable part of 2013 for you? And what goals do you have for 2014?
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas!
Wishing all of my friends and readers around
the world a Merry Christmas!
May the spirit of the holiday stay in our hearts
throughout the coming year.
Saturday, December 07, 2013
The 2013 I-Team Charitable Donation Campaign
This is Isla Fordyce. She's five months old. Here she is on Thanksgiving, sleeping with her oxygen, her IV pump, and a little plush turkey toy. Her grandmother, Pat, one of my readers and a member of my Facebook I-Team group, posted this photo online. Pat was grateful to be enjoying Thanksgiving with her baby granddaughter. It's a near miracle that Isla made it to this moment.
Isla was born prematurely, and though she seemed to thrive, she caught a cold when she was just four months old that resulted in her being almost unable to breathe. Her worried parents took her to the doctor, who ordered some tests then sent them on to Children's Hospital in Denver, where specialists delivered a devastating diagnosis — Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension.
Pulmonary Hypertension, sometimes called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, is high blood pressure in the lungs. It is a chronic condition that can lead to heart failure. It is not like ordinary hypertension. It has nothing to do with weight or lack of exercise or smoking. The disease carries a high mortality rate. At the moment, there is no cure and no real approved treatments for pediatric patients.
Little Isla spent her fourth month of life in the the Intensive Care unit of Children's Hospital here in Denver. For a part of that time — a good week or so — Isla was in an induced coma after she contracted pneumonia. Doctors wanted her tiny body to devote all its energies toward fighting the pneumonia.
Amazingly, treatments worked, and this tough little baby girl made it through the pneumonia, gaining enough strength to be sent home with her parents for Thanksgiving.
At this point, Isla has to remain on oxygen. She also has to remain on non-stop IV medication. Her grandparents and parents are hoping for a breakthrough that will enable their daughter to live a long, healthy, normal life. For that to happen, we need more treatments.
Ultimately, we need to find a cure.
Every year, I make a charitable donation on behalf of my readers to an special organization that does outstanding work on behalf of women and/or children. The past few years, those donations have gone to International Midwife Assistance, an organization that delivers prenatal and birthing services to women in Uganda, where pregnancy is too often a death sentence. But this year, because of Isla, I'm making a donation to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association's Robyn Barst Pediatric Research and Mentoring Program.
A 501(c) 3 nonprofit, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) is the one place families can turn for in-depth information and support when someone they love is diagnosed with this frightening disease. Though one can donate to the PHA's general programs, I want to help fund the research that has to happen to help Isla experience a full life with things like riding a bicycle, chasing butterflies, and hiking.
The holiday season is typically a time when we struggle to pay for all of the good times and gifts we plan for our family and friends. A big holiday meal. Lots of fun baking. Wine for get-togethers with friends. Gifts for our family members. Travel to see kin far away. It can be a challenge to find the mental space, the time, or the money to make a donation.
But I am asking you please to do just that. I believe that you and I can raise a significant amount of money for PH research, not by giving our last dime, but by each of us giving just what we can afford.
I know for a fact that small donations add up. When I was editor-in-chief of a local paper, I wanted to do something about the fact that homeless people were freezing to death on the streets of Boulder, my hometown. The local homeless shelter and churches were overflowing, turning people away each night. The most they could do was to hand these people a blanket and some food and send them on their way.
I decided to come up with a fundraiser that was simple. I asked the people of my community to donate a $10 and an old blanket to the homeless shelter. It was easy. All they had to do was grab $10 in cash or write a check and drive to the shelter. Local churches got in on it, announcing my blanket drive during Sunday services.
At the end of December, the homeless shelter had a storage space the size of a two-car garage filled floor to ceiling with blankets and $6,000 specifically in ten-dollar bills. (They had no way to track exactly how many people donated money. Some people may have donated more. But they did have a stack of tens 600 high.)
Giving works when we all do our part. All that is required is the determination to act.
I'm asking for a donation of $10 from all my readers — more if you can afford it, less if you can't. Ten dollars is less than the cost of two venti lattes at Starbucks. It's $2.01 more than the cost of the average mass market paperback. But what it represents to Isla and her family is hope — a chance that an effective pediatric treatment or maybe even a cure will be found.
If every single person who follows my author page, this blog, Goodreads and my personal Facebook page were to donate just $5 — almost everyone has $5 to spare — we would raise more than $40,000 for pediatric research. But that means each of us has to join in. It's not how much we donate that matters; what matters is that we each donate something. If each of us contributes a pebble, we can become a landslide. So take a deep breath, let the holiday stress go, and donate now.
Let's give Isla's parents, Matt and Ellie, and her grandmother, Pat, hope for Christmas.
PLEASE REMEMBER to make the donation In Honor of Isla Fordyce at the bottom of the online donation form where it says Tribute Information. Also, PLEASE check the box to mail a letter announcing your donation.
The address to enter is my PO Box:
Isla Fordyce c/o Pamela Clare
PO Box 1582
Longmont, CO 80502
If your business offers matching donations, please email me through the Guest Book on my website to work out the details. The PHA does have a letter you can present to your employer.
I will collect the letters at the end of the campaign — Jan. 8, 2014 — and announce the total raised for research before passing the letters on to Isla's parents as gifts from strangers who are keeping their daughter in their thoughts and prayers. Can you imagine the look on their faces when they see the letters or how it will feel to them to know so many people they've never met care what happens to their little girl?
To those of you who take the time to donate, I offer my sincere thanks. I hope your kindness comes back to enrich your life in the New Year.
Photos courtesy of Pat Fordyce
Monday, December 02, 2013
A Week of Christmas Giveaways, Deals, and Fun!
I hope everyone had a peaceful and satisfying Thanksgiving. I enjoyed spending time with my sister, who is now back home in Sweden. The time passed far too quickly!
Good thing that Christmas is on its way — my favorite time of the year. I've got a week of giveaways and special deals for you this week to help kick the Christmas season into high gear. I've got something both for fans of my historicals and also my I-Team series.
Here's an overview of the events that will be taking place all week on my Facebook Author Page.
Cyber Monday — To celebrate the release of Upon A Winter's Night, I'll be giving away a signed copy of all three full-length MacKinnon's Rangers novels — Surrender, Untamed and Defiant to one lucky winner *and* the friend of her choice. That's a cool way to score a fun gift for a friend who reads romance.
In case you haven't checked it out yet, here are the links for Upon A Winter's Night:
Barnes & Noble #Nook: http://bit.ly/1dyHAA1
Smashwords: http://bit.ly/IiIKle
Amazon Canada: http://amzn.to/185wXlI
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/18xaNJK
Amazon Australia: http://bit.ly/1eFVoVV
Box Set Tuesday — The Kenleigh-Blakewell Family Saga Box Set, which includes long historical romances Sweet Release and Carnal Gift, has been marked down on Amazon and B&N from $6.99 to $3.99 for this week only! The individual novels have been marked down to $2.99 each from $3.99, a deal that is also limited to this week.
Hump Day Hotness — I'll be giving away two signed copies of Striking Distance, featuring His Seal Hotness Javier Corbray to people who share their favorite I-Team quotes.
Audiobook Thursday — I'll be giving away two signed audiobook copies of Striking Distance, featuring Kaleo Griffith and his fabulous narration, to two lucky winners who comment and share.
Freebie Friday — First Strike is available for free in all e-reader formats on Smashwords. Downloading is easy!
So make yourself some hot chocolate or a cup of hot cider, head over to my author page, and have some holiday fun! You might walk away with a prize. But remember — this is all taking place on my Facebook author page, not here on this blog.
Have a great week!
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"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery."
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"Writers are those for whom writing is more difficult that it is for others."
—Ernest Hemingway
"When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth."
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"The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar is the test of their power."
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"No tears in the author, no tears in the reader."
—Robert Frost.
"I'm a writer. I give the truth scope."
—the character of Chaucer in A Knight's Tale


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The CEW membership and management team is consistently impressed by the generosity of its sponsors, which helps ensure that the registration fees remain at affordable levels. In recognition of these sponsors, varying levels of public acknowledgment are provided. Whether you are a smaller or larger organization, every contribution is appreciated! Details on sponsorship can be found below.


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QBotic Enhancement Released
Travel Automation announced the release of a new enhancement for QBotic, the suite of schedule change software for the travel industry. QBotic Service will now include the ability to distribute PNRs from the inbound queues directly to agent's personal queues. The queue distribution is based on the PNR creation agent's ID.
Dale Weston, Sr. Vice President at Travel Automation, says, "This new QBotic Service feature is a nice improvement for agencies that do not have dedicated staff watching the inbound queues. While QBotic Service handles about 80% of the PNRs with no agent involvement, the few that do need attention can now go directly to the person that needs to see it."
This new QBotic Service enhancement is available now for Sabre and will be released shortly for Amadeus.


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Fears are now growing that he will be made an example out of in the new prison
Activist and journalist Tommy Robinson who was jailed last month for an alleged a "breach of the peace" whiles live-streaming a trial involving a Muslim rape gang outside Leeds Crown Court, has been sent to a new prison which will be a 'deaths sentence' according to an insider.
Robinson was sentenced to 13 months in prison for interfering with court proceedings.
Insiders say transfer to Onley means "certain death."
Robinson's manager Caolan Robertson said a large majority of the prison population of Onley is Muslim.
ISnews reports: Various prison population estimates range from 1 in 5 to a full 71% Muslim majority
He added that Robinson had been subjected to Muslim prisoners banging on cell walls and threatening to kill him since he arrived at the jail.
He is now being held on the main wing of the jail among the general population which is "full of people who don't like him," according to Robertson. Robinson's family confirmed he had received many death threats.
According to the family, he slept in a cell without heating, containing only a thin mattress. Relatives explain that Robinson's transfer to the new prison was meant to undermine efforts to appeal his sentence.
The family also believes that the British legal system is deliberately trying to put Robinson's life in danger.
Infowars reports a fatwa was issued against Robinson by an imam within 24 hours of his being transferred to the new prison.
At a rally held in London on Saturday in support of Robinson, a crowd of more than 20,000 participated.
The British press hardly covered the demonstration. The next demonstration for Robinson is scheduled for another month.
If this is true @sajidjavid and @theresa_may than Tommy is in serious life threatening danger.
If he's hurt you will have blood on your hands and people all over the world will hold you accountable.
Be wise and release him. Now.#TommyRobinson #FreeTommy #Tommy #Freedom https://t.co/9VYaNCtR2k
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 13, 2018
In 2016, a man who was jailed for leaving bacon outside of a mosque in Bristol was found dead in jail halfway through his prison sentence, says Infowars. An investigation later claimed the man died of a drugs overdose.
"He's a much higher target now," Robertson told Infowars, adding that this was the "most devastating news possible" because lawyers had been confident of securing Robinson's early release.
Former Breitbart London editor Raheem Kassam confirmed the news, tweeting, "Tommy's human rights are being violated as he was moved to a new UK prison last night, without warning or reason.
He is now in a very heavily Muslim populated prison in the Midlands in England."
He also said that the decision to move Robinson came directly from the UK Home Office.


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Destiny 2 Guide: How to Use Cross-Save on PC, PS4 & Xbox One
In Destiny 2, it is unimportant which platform you are playing on. Thanks to the Destiny 2 cross-save function you can play with one and the same character on PC, the PS4 and the Xbox One. Below, we will tell you how to enable it and use the cross-save function on PS4, PC and Xbox One, so that you can save your game progress on all platforms available.
How to use Destiny 2 Cross-Save on PS4, PC and Xbox One:
First of all, you need to log into Bungie.net, through any account that you have got. After that link your accounts associated with any of your platforms. Now, you just need to log in with your Xbox Live account, your PSN account, your Steam account or your Battle.net account.
Once you have logged in, just click on the Profile's Avatar and choose the Cross-Save option. In case you have not done this already, then you should log in with the credentials of the other accounts that you want to use to share the Destiny 2 game progress with Cross-Save. For an example, if you are playing on PC, then just migrate from Battle.net to Steam. Remember that, from the start of October 1st 2019, the Destiny 2 PC version will be only available on Steam and it won't be available on Battle.net as it will disappear from that platform forever.
After that, you will have to specify which account you want to share the progress with all other profiles. Note that, here you won't be able to select a combination of characters and progress between accounts. Just that a series of the progress of a single platform will be shared with the others.
If you have played the game on a single platform then the above steps can be easily done, however, if you have played the game on PC and PS4, then you need to select carefully which of the 2 accounts you want to use to share the progress.
Once all the above steps are done, your characters will start to show on the next login to one of these accounts, including all the types of equipment, progress and loot that you have unlocked along the way with the main account. So, from now onwards, all game progress achieved on any platform can be shared with other accounts.
Destiny 2 Cross-Save Restrictions:
Cross-save allows you to share your Destiny 2 progress on all platforms, but with the following restrictions:
The cross-save function of Destiny 2 will let you to share your game progress on all platforms, but there are restrictions that are as follows:
- Players who disable Cross Save cannot re-enable Cross Save until 90 days after it was disabled.
- Players who purchase Silver cannot disable Cross Save until 90 days after the Silver was purchased.
- Players who perform a refund for purchased Silver cannot activate Cross Save until that Silver is re-purchased for that account.
- Players subject to a ban or restriction cannot activate Cross Save, or disable Cross Save if already active, until that ban or restriction has expired.


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Tony Mastroianni Review Collection
"The Corrupt Ones" Runs Out of Steam
Cleveland Press February 24, 1967
"The Corrupt Ones" is a pot-boiler of an adventure story, but it merits some praise for its breakneck pace and rough-and-tumble fight scenes.
On the debit side it also has some unnecessarily sadistic torture sequences. How do you choose to go? This movie offers a choice -- acetylene torch or dripping acid.
Robert Stack is tough and manly in the stock role of an American adventurer in an exotic setting.
The familiar twist is that of having a stranger hand him a package to keep as pursuers close in. Stack hangs on to it although rival gangs make it clear they will turn him into mincemeat if he doesn't give it up.
A third party after the package is Elke Sommer, who tries other methods of persuasion.
THE PACKAGE contains a medallion which is the key to the hiding place of an ancient Oriental treasure. Also seeking it is the local police chief (Werner Peters) who is fat, bearded, amiable and corrupt.
Other standard-type people for this sort of thing is the mysterious, evil but beautiful woman (Nancy Kwan) who heads a gang of Oriental thugs, and the tough, nasty gambler (Christian Marquand) who heads a group of Occidental thugs.
Stack gets bounced around from one group to the other, fights with the strength of 10, always manages to escape.
"THE CORRUPT ONES" has been handsomely photographed in Macao and Hong Kong plus the reconstruction of a Macao street in West Berlin.
James Hill, who directed "Born Free" and "A Study in Terror," handles this movie in whiz-bang style.
He keeps it up for nine-tenths of the way, runs out of steam at the end. With so many ways of ending this, the writer conceived a silly, anti-climactic conclusion dragged in from left field.


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Box of 1000 Crickets
Boxes of crickets can be ordered in small (3/8 inch), medium (5/8 inch), large (3/4 inch). If the order is placed by 2:00 PM Monday the boxes are $25.99 and will be available for pickup on Friday of that week, otherwise the crickets are the normal price upon availability. The crickets will be available for pickup on Friday. Please call the store at 614-267-8025.
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Picking the safest and most efficient search engine.–PC Pitstop.
Learning About Search Engines
by Jim Canfield for Daves Computer Tips
Making yourself aware of the pitfalls on the web and doing what you should to keep them at bay is the best defense.
Programs like WOT shown in the previous post can help, but nothing can take the place of common sense. While a browser may unlock the door to potential threats on the Web, search engines can be the key that throws it wide open. Ok, that sounds ominous, but what is your actual exposure to threats? Before I get into that, I want to point out that scare tactics are not something I would do or condone. It worries some clients to the point that, they would rather stay off the internet than use it. A single message that screams "you are infected" with 125 malicious files is the type of technique scammers use to get you to purchase that useless program they are hawking. Therefore, the answer to the question in the previous paragraph is; I want to assure you that if you take the proper precautions, the web is safe. Thieves are always going to find a way but like car thieves, if your car is locked and the one next to you is not, who do you think is a risk?
Search Engines
Users have a very wide selection of Search Engines, (listed as SEs in this article) and naturally, not all of them are created equally. Exceptional examples are Bing and Google, and I will tell you why.
Most of you use the SE installed on your machine when you purchased it. If Yahoo, AOL or MSN were pre-installed, you are probably still using it. Why switch to a different program after you have invested time in trying to figure out this one. Additionally, if you have an Email account associated with them, it is even harder for people to leave. Companies usually pay computer manufacturers for the privilege of being "the" factory installed software and therefore the first thing you see when you turn on your computer. They make money on the ads you click and the products you purchase.


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Renewable Energy Sourcescomposed byPawan Saini
In the last 100 years, the Earth warmed up by ~1° C100 years is nothing by geological time scales!
Climate change due to natural causes (solar variations, volcanoes, etc.)Can we predict the past?
CO2 Concentration, Temperature, and Sea LevelContinue to Rise Long after Emissions are Reduced100 years1,000 yearsSea-level rise due to ice melting: several millenniaSea-level rise due to thermal expansion: centuries to millenniaTemperature stabilization:a few centuriesCO2 stabilization:100 to 300 yearsCO2 emissionsCO2 emissions peak0 to 100 yearsToday
The possibility / likelihood of global warming is disturbing …… but there may be a bigger problem!Chu
Consumption of Energy Increased by 85% Between 1970 and 1999By 2020, Consumption will Triple
World production of oil and gas is predicted to peak within 10 - 40 years
Energy conservation and efficiency can buy time(a factor of ~2) but the fundamental problem remains
Electrical generationSwitch from petroleum to coal and natural gasWhy has hydroelectric declined?When did nuclear go up?
Numbers = how long it would last if all energy came from one sourceResource recoverable recoverable and hoped forCoal 125 1300Petroleum 5 50?Natural gas 5 50?Oil shale 0 2500Conventional reactors 3 15Breeder reactors 115 750Fusion 106 to 109Geothermal surface 0.2 60 deep rock 0 600Estimates of depletable energy resources in the U.S.
Numbers = proportion of current U.S. energy needs that could be supplied for an indefinite period. Tidal energy 0.1 Organic Waste 0.1 Photosynthesis 0.23 Hydropower 0.14 Wind Power 5 Solar radiation 740Estimates of renewable energy
(in the U.S. in 2002)1-4 ¢2.3-5.0 ¢6-8 ¢5-7 ¢Today: Production Cost of Electricity6-7 ¢25-50 ¢Cost, ¢/kW-hr Courtesy Nate Lewis
Energy CostsBrazilEurope$0.05/kW-hrwww.undp.org/seed/eap/activities/weaCourtesy Nate Lewis
Potential Sources of Energy when Fossil Fuels Run OutMagnetic Plasma Confinement,Inertial FusionWaste &Nuclear Proliferation Nuclear Fusion10 TW = 10,000 new 1 GW reactors: i.e., a new reactor every other day for the next 50 years
Solar, Wind and WaterWe do not know how to store electrical energy on a massive scale
GeothermalHeat near surface of the earth = geysers, volcanoes, hot springs
PhotosynthesisPhotovoltaic andelectricity to chemicalH OOH222scMesceMCOSugarH OO222Solar to Chemical EnergySemiconductor/liquid junctions
Energy gained in corn ethanol production
Total CO2 emissions
From Summary of Renewable Fuel Options (NCEP)"Unlike corn ethanol, cellulosic ethanol has potential to achieve near-zero net carbon emissions. Cultivation of cellulosic feedstocks requires very low energy inputs and, if sustainably managed, the carbon released during fuel combustion is reabsorbed by the growth of new feedstocks."
Use heat to make steam to turn turbine for electrical generationNote: deep hot waters are corrosive to best to inject clean water in a closed system and bring it back to the surface as steam.Geothermal Energy in More Details
In U.S., much done on public land = cheapVery little potential in east and mid west
World wide distribution of volcanos, hot springs, etc.Japan, Iceland,New Zealand big users of geothermal.
Although hot areas near surface are limited, the earth is hot everywhere if you go down far enough.
Bright idea!? – drill deep enough to find heat. Since rock is a poor conductor of heat, set off a big bomb to crack the rock and allow heat to move – then pump down water to make steam.
Hydropower in More Details
Hydropower = damsNot much used in world, why??
Norway, Zambia, Ghana big users
Most unused hydropower in U.S. = Alaska, In World = Canada, Russia
Problems with hydroelectricLocation = unused rivers are in extreme north or low population areasCompetition with recreational uses (U.S.) and environmental concernsHard to build dams in populated river valleysSiltation of dams – limited life.
Tidal PowerIn areas of large tidesAnywhere – build offshore dam
Highest tides in the world = Bay of Fundy 16 meters = 48+ feet!
Tidal power anywhereNo dam – but a turbine.Problems:CorrosionNavigationAppearanceAmount of energy available is lowBest tides are near poles – away from people.
Banning PassWind Power in More Details
Wind Power Generation
Best wind location = Aleutian Islands, why no wind development there?
Best U.S. localitiesMidwest, mountainsAnd coastal areas.
Netherlands = coastal development
England = off shore
Wind energy problemsLocation – near population centerBird migration – VisualMust be coupled with other sources of electricity (intermittent supply)
Solar Energy in More Details1. Solar Thermal
At focal point = heat liquid – steam to turn turbine
Solar Resource for a Concentrating Collector
Big Plants
2. Solar Photovoltaics
'hard' vs 'soft' energy pathsHard =Big plantsCentralized productionSoft = Decentralized units per household
Big Plants
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Prevention also includes regular dental exams, cleanings, and x-rays. Sealants and fluoride are also great preventive treatments that help protect the teeth.
Prevention helps avoid serious and costly dental problems and is the key to having a healthy, confident, beautiful smile.
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The lyrics, "Come fly with me, come fly, come fly away" are instantly associated with Frank Sinatra (although, troublingly, the Michael Buble version appeared higher in my google search for a link to the lyrics). It is a little known fact* that the original version of the song was an ode to woodsmen and forestry workers and went something like this: "Come log with me, come log, come log away."
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- King Charles' former staff have opened up about the criticism the monarch and Camilla face.
- The couple have faced public scrutiny since news of their affair leaked in the 1990s.
- The former staff say Princess Diana fans should let go of the past and embrace the couple.
King Charles III's love life has been a subject of public scrutiny since news of his affair with Camilla — now Queen Consort — was first leaked in the 90s.
As Insider previously reported, an intimate transcript of a 1989 phone call between the then-Prince of Wales and Camilla was released to the press in November 1992, which revealed their relationship. At the time, Charles was still married to Princess Diana.
Although they wed in 2005, Charles and Camilla still receive criticism for their affair to this day. The love triangle between Charles, Camilla, and Diana was portrayed in season four of "The Crown," and Clarence House disabled its Twitter replies due to a wave of pro-Diana comments at the time. The show's fifth season is due to air on November 9, Netflix has confirmed.
Camilla has faced online harassment by TikTok users since Charles ascended the throne on September 8, Insider previously reported. In the videos, slideshows of Camilla captioned "the new queen" or "his wife" juxtaposed with photos of Diana captioned "the real queen" and "his ex-wife" have been set to contemporary music. The hashtag "Cowmilla" has also been used in videos directing online hate towards Camilla.
The king's former staff say that Princess Diana fans should let go of the past and embrace the Queen Consort
"There are always going to be people who love Diana — that's not going to change," Grant Harrold, a former butler to King Charles, told Insider. Harrold worked for Charles from 2004 until 2011 and went on to create his own butler and etiquette school after leaving the royal household.
"In reality, how many people in this country have affairs? How many marriages break down?" Harrold said.
"It's tricky when people judge and point fingers, but I don't think people should judge others... It's their private life, things happened whether right or wrong. But it was the right decision for all of them and we have to close the door on it," he added.
Meanwhile, Darren McGrady, a former royal chef, said Camilla has been a "stability" in Charles' life for many years. McGrady worked at Buckingham Palace for 11 years before going on to work at Kensington Palace in 1993 until Princess Diana's death in 1997. He now runs his own catering company, Eating Royally, in Dallas, Texas.
"A lot of the country still adore Diana... you know, if things had gone to plan, we would have Queen Diana right now," McGrady said. "They didn't. But he's been married for 17 years now, and Camilla seems to be that stability in his life."
The Queen Consort's facialist, Deborah Mitchell, previously told Insider that the public doesn't understand how kind she is as a person.
"I was a real Diana fan until I met the duchess, I really was," Mitchell told Insider in December 2020.
"I wasn't expecting that she would be absolutely lovely in real life. She's a very thoughtful person, she's very much for women's rights, and when she does any charity work, she does it because she wants to. Not because she has to, or for the fame. She doesn't do anything for any other reason than that it's the right thing to do," she said.
Since marrying Charles in 2005, Camilla has become patron or president of more than 90 charities, according to her biography on the royal website. She is passionate about a number of themes including health and well-being, promoting literacy, the arts, animal welfare, and supporting survivors of rape and sexual assault, the website adds.
Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.


text: After briefly considering the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Gotham as possibilities, trainer Todd Pletcher on Tuesday said that the unbeaten Verrazano would make his stakes and two-turn debuts in the Tampa Bay Derby on March 9.\r\nVerrazano, 2 for 2 in his brief career, most recently romped in a Gulfstream Park allowance race, a one-turn mile, by 16 1/4 lengths on Feb. 2 while earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 105.\r\nPletcher was uncomfortable coming back in the Fountain of Youth, both because it is a short turn-around from the allowance race, and because another of his unbeaten colts, Violence, is scheduled to make his 2013 debut in that race on Feb. 23 at Gulfstream Park.\r\nThe Gotham, March 2 at Aqueduct, also had a conflict, since Remsen winner Overanalyze is scheduled to make his first start of the year there for Pletcher, and it would require moving Verrazano out of Florida.\r\n[ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY: Prep races, point standings, replays]\r\nThe Tampa Bay Derby gives Verrazano the longest time between races, something Pletcher frequently desires, and it keeps him in Florida.\r\nAnother Pletcher trainee, Delhomme, was also under consideration for the Tampa Bay Derby, but Pletcher said he most likely will await the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 16 for his first start of the year.\r\nAll of those races – the Fountain of Youth, Gotham, Tampa Bay Derby, and Rebel – are worth 50 points to the winner under the new eligibility system put in place this year by Churchill Downs for the May 4 Kentucky Derby. The Risen Star at Fair Grounds on Feb. 23, plus the San Felipe at Santa Anita on March  9, the Spiral at Turfway on March  23, and the Sunland Derby on March 24, also are worth 50 points to the winner, with 20 to second, 10 to third, and 5 to fourth.\r\nThe final two Derby preps worth just 10 points to the winner are this weekend, the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate on Saturday, and the Southwest at Oaklawn on Monday, the Presidents' Day holiday.\r\nThe final round of major preps to the Derby, where the points are worth 100-40-20-10, respectively, to the top four finishers, begins with the Florida Derby at Gulfstream, the United Arab Emirates Derby in Dubai, and the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds, all on March 30. The Wood Memorial at Aqueduct and the Santa Anita Derby on April 6, and the Blue Grass at Keeneland and Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn on April 13, are also worth 100 points to the winner.\r\nVerrazano was the shortest-priced individual entry in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which closed Sunday. He was an 11-1 chance, behind only "all others," which was favored at 8-5.\r\nIn the aftermath of Verrazano's allowance win, an interest in the colt was purchased by the Coolmore Stud of Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, and Susan Magnier. Coolmore last year purchased a half-interest in Shanghai Bobby, who went on to win the Eclipse Award as champion male 2-year-old. He, too, is trained by Pletcher.\r\nVerrazano, a son of More Than Ready, was purchased as a yearling for $250,000 by the Let's Go Stable headed by Bryan Sullivan and Kevin Scatuorchio.\r\n


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Life has a way of catching up on most of us. If we are parents, we dont realize how one day blends into the next and before you know it is the end of the year. With every passing year, we list down resolutions. Come mid January, we dont even remember where we kept the tissue in which we boisterously wrote down the Big Hairy Audacious Goals we set for ourselves.
Make this year a little different, here goes a list of things you can do to make your resoultions and goals last beyond mid- January!
1.Set small goals- We ususally have a long list of goals we would like to achieve, however it is best to start small , as small as 2 -3 goals. It can be spread over a week or 10 days.Goals as insignificant as Bathing, laundry, hair cut, to as big as replying to emails, applying for a part time. It helps.
2.You can take a break and pause- It is okay to pause your goal if you see it is taking too much time, you can always resume.The point is to start and not stop.
3.Identify factors motivating you- Do not set goals for the sake of it, barinstorm the significance of your goal, and dedicate you time to it, think of how will it help you feel once you achieve it? Something as small as reading one chapter off your novel, sounds small, but if reading is your passion then, completing Chapter 1 will make you feel refreshed.
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5.Note down your support system- No goal can be achieved alone. Make a note of poeple who can help you achieve your goal. It could be your husband or your sibling or a friend, who can help you access resources motivate you and keep you on track
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Plot Multiple Data Sets on the Same Chart in Excel
Sometimes while dealing with hierarchical data we need to combine two or more various chart types into a single chart for better visualization and analysis. This type of chart having multiple data sets is known as "Combination charts".
In this article, we are going to see how to make combination charts from a set of two different charts in Excel using the example shown below.
Example: Consider a famous coaching institute that deals with both free content in their YouTube channel and also have their own paid online courses. There are broadly two categories of students in this institute :
- The students who enrolled in the coaching but are learning from YouTube free video content.
- The students who enrolled as well as bought paid online courses.
So, the institute asked their Sales Department to make a statistical chart about how many paid courses from a pool of courses which the institute deals with were sold from the year 2014 to the last year 2020 and also show the percentage of students who have enrolled in these paid courses.
Table :
Here, the first data is "Number of Paid courses sold" and the second one is "Percentage of Students enrolled". Now our aim is to plot these two data in the same chart with different y-axis.
Implementation :
Follow the below steps to implement the same:
Step 1: Insert the data in the cells. After insertion, select the rows and columns by dragging the cursor.
Step 2: Now click on Insert Tab from the top of the Excel window and then select Insert Line or Area Chart. From the pop-down menu select the first "2-D Line".
From the above chart we can observe that the second data line is almost invisible because of scaling. The present y-axis line is having much higher values and the percentage line will be having values lesser than 1 i.e. in decimal values. Hence, we need a secondary axis in order to plot the two lines in the same chart. In Excel, it is also known as clustering of two charts.
The steps to add a secondary axis are as follows :
1. Open the Chart Type dialog box
Select the Chart -> Design -> Change Chart Type
Another way is :
Select the Chart -> Right Click on it -> Change Chart Type
2. The Chart Type dialog box opens. Now go to the "Combo" option and check the "Secondary Axis" box for the "Percentage of Students Enrolled" column. This will add the secondary axis in the original chart and will separate the two charts. This will result in better visualization for analysis purposes.
The combination chart with two data sets is now ready. The secondary axis is for the "Percentage of Students Enrolled" column in the data set as discussed above.
Now various formatting can be carried out in this secondary axis using the Format Axis window on the right corner of Excel.
Select the secondary Axis -> Right Click -> Format Axis -> Format Axis Dialog Box
You can further format the above chart by making it more interactive by changing the "Chart Styles", adding suitable "Axis Titles", "Chart Title", "Data Labels", changing the "Chart Type" etc. It can be done using the "+" button in the top right corner of the Excel chart.
Finally, after all the modification, the chart with multiple data sets looks like :
We can infer from the above chart that in the year 2019, the percentage of students who enrolled in the online paid courses are relatively less but in 2020 more students have enrolled in paid courses than free content on YouTube.