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During our 5 hour timeshare presentation with Karri and leaving our two young children in their childcare room at the resort, unknown how they were or offered a chance to check on them. We spend hours going over options we were on the fence as we would not be in California for much longer but trusted the real estate and financing were all legal and what we were being disclosed was in the contract.
Our sales agent, disclosed that we could hold your vacation weeks with Welk for 2 years, then roll them over to beheld with Interval for 4 years, or if we couldnt use our weeks, Welk would buy them back from us and rent them out. We could to plan our vacations around military obligations and allowed us to retain our weeks for up to 4 years should our military obligations limit us from being able to vacation. After we leave San Diego, which we informed the sales agent would be in February 2013, we are planning on retiring on the East coast and never returning to California . That is why the sell back and roll-over weeks made your program so attractive to us. We found
all of these statements to be false after talking to owner services on December 6th.
We spoke to ML on December 7th who informed us that, Welk will holds our unused weeks for 2 calendar years and Interval would hold them 2 additional years giving us a total of 4 years of unused weeks which supports what was disclosed during our sale presentation. She also informed us that we purchased 300,000 points which was only equivalent to 1 week in a 2 bedroom lock-off. After we hung up with her we called Owner Services again and were told, ML is incorrect she does not work in Owner Services, does not know the program, and she misinformed us. Welk will hold our weeks for 1 calendar year and they can be rolled over into Interval for 2 years but the 2 years starts from the original calendar year you received your Welk weeks. So the maximum length of time you can roll over your weeks is for 2 years.
We trusted that KS was held to the same legal standard of real estate disclosure guidelines for the presenting a product with true accurate information and that those disclosures were provision in our contract. During our 5 hours of talking with KS, we explained how we were going to use our vacations, ran our options and plans by her to make sure we understood them correctly, and even increased our package. There was no doubt in our minds we were all on the same page and that everyone had a clear understanding about what we were buying and what our expectations were about the program.
We found to be misleading was there was no mention of a point based system during the presentation, we were buying 2 weeks at Welk in a 2 bedroom lock-off, that there were tax right-offs, that we could sell our contract back to Welk, and there was no mention of an expiration date for the bonus week program. All of these details were not disclosed during our presentation and had they been we would have known this program would not work for our family. We could not think about it an come back as the price would not be offered.
According to Mr. SS in 2012 Welk changed their policies for how weeks are held. He did roll our weeks over till 2015 for Welk and in 2015 should we decide to use our weeks said Interval will help you out. We have not confirmed this with Interval.
I know they are in violation of the Real Estate Laws and refuse to let more people be burned bu this company. If anyone has had issue like this I would like to attempt a large class action against them. We are hoping to prove that we are not liers ourselves in what we were told since they do not vidio tape the meetings (of course not that would be incriminating that they lie) I need other people to share their story.
Do not waist your time with this company.
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Earth Sci. Res. J. v.13 n.1 Bogotá jan./un. 2009
S.K.G. Krishnamacharyulu1 and G.V.S. PoornachandraRao2
1 School of Earth Sciences, SRTM University, Nanded -431 606, Maharashtra, India
2National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad - 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Manuscript received: January 02th, 2009. Accepted for publication: June 10th, 2009.
This paper reports the utility of palaeomagnetic investigations first time in the ground water studies. The magnetic anomalies along with palaeomagnetic studies are used to locate barriers obstructing groundwater flow in a basaltic terrain. Magnetic anomalies in an area of around 4 sq. km in the university campus, Nanded, Maharashtra, India brought out two distinct anomaly closures that can be attributed to bodies with different directions of magnetizations. Palaeomagnetic investigations reveal that the basalts are almost uniformly magnetized, asserting that the anomalies come form the subsurface and the anomalous sources are attributed to weathering of basal basaltic flows. The difference between the measured palaeomagnetic directions of the surface rocks and the observed magnetic anomalies, in corroboration with local geomorphologic conditions and the nature of the basaltic flows in thin basaltic terrains suggest that subsurface weathering plays a major role in the ground water movement. This paper presents a novel idea on the utilization of the palaeomagnetic studies coupled with ground magnetic anomalies in deciphering groundwater flow.
Key words: ground water, palaeomagnetic, magnetic anomalies
Este artículo reporta por primera vez, la utilidad de las investigaciones paleomagnéticas en el estudio de aguas subterráneas. Las anomalías magnéticas junto con estudios paleomagnéticos se usan para localizar barreras que obstruyen el flujo de aguas subterráneas en terrenos basálticos. Las anomalías magnéticas observadas en un área de 4 km2 del campus de la Universidad STRM en Nanded - Maharashtra, India, indicaron dos cierres anómalos atribuidos a sendos cuerpos con diferentes direcciones de magnetización. Las investigaciones paleomagnéticas revelaron que los basaltos fueron magnetizados casi uniformemente, lo cual indica que las anomalías provienen del subsuelo y que las fuentes anómalas se atribuyen a flujos basálticos basales meteorizados. La diferencia entre las direcciones paleomagnéticas medidas en el afloramiento y las anomalías magnéticas observadas, corroboradas con condiciones geomorfológicas locales y con la naturaleza de los flujos basálticos en laminas delgadas, sugieren que la meteorización del subsuelo juega un papel clave en el movimiento de aguas subterráneas. Este artículo presenta una idea novedosa para el uso de estudios paleomagnéticos conjuntamente con anomalías magnéticas para descifrar flujos en aguas subterráneas.
Palabras Claves: aguas subterráneas, paleomagnetismo, anomalías magnéticas.
The utility of magnetic method in ground water studies, although limited, to trace the floor of the basins or locating the structures that obstruct or control the groundwater flow is well known. However, palaeomagnetic investigations with unchallenged contributions to calculate the pole positions, to construct the history of the Earth's magnetic field and to decipher the plate motions were never sought after in groundwater investigations. In an aimed finding the clues for anomalous quantities of groundwater in a localized area, the palaeomagnetic data is found to be of utmost value to supplement the magnetic anomalies in identifying the barriers obstructing the groundwater flow. This paper presents the case study of this investigation, where the palaeomagnetic studies are utilized probably for the first time in ground water studies.
Geology and location of the area
Figure 1 presents location and general geology of the area. The area lies in the toposheet no. 56 E/8 of Survey of India (190 061N & 770 171E) on the banks of river Godavari. The area is covered with Deccan lava flows with exposures of massive and columnar-jointed basalt, which believed to be erupted during Cretaceous-Eocene period over the Precambrian basement rocks. In general, this area comprises of three flows (Kumar and Naik, 1990; Bhaskar, 1990). Approximately 60m thick flow I is of compound pahoehoe type and highly weathered, exhibiting fragmentary tops at some places. This flow I is over-lain by columnar aa type flow II. The present area is exposed with many columnar basalts. Flows III, is a massive basalt exposed in limited places as hillocks. In this area, the elevated places are typically covered by massive basalts, while low relief areas are covered by columnar basalts. Table I shows the general stratigraphic sequence of the region and the present study area represents flow II with exposures of columnar basalts. Mostly the ground water in this region is in the fractures and vesicular basalts. The water bearing capacity of the vesicular basalt largely depends on the size and percentage of vesicles, density and degree of interconnection. Generally pahoehoe flows exhibit good porosity and permeability with uniform vesicles. In the Massive compact basalts the weathering, fractures, joints, shearing leads to secondary porosity. The pre- trappean topography of this area was irregular and the lower flows are abutting against the hillocks of the pre-trappean period (Raychaudhuri et al., 1984).
Foote (1876) reported rude massive blocks at basal basaltic flows formed due to weathering. According to him the massive blocks are common striking features in thin basaltic layers particularly in the margin areas of the Deccan basalts and decomposition of the trap rocks under certain circumstances gives rise to eminently clayey products containing large percentage of iron.
Several E-W joints/fractures were identified from photo-interpretation, showing the curvilinear nature on the ground. The Godavari River in this region presents a corrugated shape with U turns and right angle bends The Central Ground Water Department identified three sets of lineaments in this area in NW-SE, N-S and almost E-W directions. (Fig.1; CGWB AAP report, 1996).
The elevation map of the area is presented in figure2. There is a geomorphic denuded feature in approximately E-W direction (shown by arrow in figure 2), flanked by columnar massive basalts to the North and South, corresponding to flow II. A perennial lake forming cal de sac to this denuded feature can be seen on the eastern side (figure 2). Hydrogeologically this is supposed to be a highly favourable condition for the groundwater. However, the existing bore wells (shown as Star symbol in figure 2) in this area established only poor supply of groundwater. The bore wells went up to a depth of around 70 m. Some open wells dug up to a depth of around 10-15 m within the top flow produce some water. This paper is an attempt to find out the probable cause for the obstruction of the ground water in the subsurface formations.
Magnetic Survey and Anomalies:
To investigate the anomalous behaviour of the bore wells on the EW denuded area, a magnetic survey was conducted covering an area of approximately 4 sq.km. Figure 3 shows the observed total field magnetic anomaly map with a station spacing of 200m. The magnetometer used in this study is a Proton Precession Magnetometer of EG & G Geometries, Canada, with a reading accuracy of 1 gamma. The magnetometer readings were corrected for the Earth's normal field and diurnal variation by making repeated measurements at a chosen base station
The magnetic anomaly map shows two conspicuous pairs of positive and negative magnetic anomaly contour clusters. These two anomalous zones show almost a similar range of anomalies, with -1400 nT to 2500 nT on the northern anomalous zone and -2200 nT to 1600 nT on the southern zone; but they exhibit different trends, one in almost N-S direction and the other in E-W direction. Since the interest is to have the order of the depths, two-dimensionalmodel-ing is attempted though the anomaly pattern suggests a three-dimensional nature. Two profiles AA and BB, one from each anomalous zone for quantitative interpretation. Various models tried using the algorithm developed by Radhakrishna Murthy (1998) and found that the dyke model is best-fitted model for these profiles. It is observed that for this model the objective function is minimum and the fit between observed and calculated anomalies is good. The interpretation revealed that the anomalous bodies are situated at depths of 37 m and 40 m respectively under AA and BB. While the intensity of magnetization needed for both is almost the same, the directions of magnetization differ: the values being -74 and 172 degrees respectively. The lava flows of same age are expected to show same magnetization and hence these values are attributed to subsurface features altered probably due to weathering. Further the calculated depth values interestingly correspond to the base of the top flow and clearly rule out the possibility of the anomalies coming form the magnetization changes within the top flow. To further rule out of this possibility, twenty two oriented rock samples from the surface were collected from the exposed rock units covering both the anomalous zones, and were subjected to palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic studies.
Rock magnetism and Palaeomagnetism
Cylindrical specimens of standard dimension were drilled from the oriented samples and their Natural remnant Magnetism (NRM) was measured using a Spinner Magnetometer (Model DSM-2, Schonstedt, USA)atNGRI, Hyderabad, India. NRM vectors of these samples exhibit some scatter (Fig. 4A) with downward pointing inclination in the SE quadrant. However, the specimens in each sample reveal good grouping. The sample meanNRM intensity (Jn) varies between 0.74 and 41.07 A/m. The Susceptibility of these samples is very uniform varying over a limited range of 9.68 to 23.5 x 10-3 SI units. Stability of the remnant vector in these samples has been examined by subjecting the samples to AF and thermal demagnetization on a pilot basis. A peak field of 20-30 mT has been applied to these samples to recover the Characteristic Remnant Magnetization (ChRM) vectors in these samples (figure 4B). When the samples were subjected to thermal demagnetization on a pilot basis up to 580 °C at intervals of 50 to 100 °C, the remnant vector in them revealed very stable nature. The samples revealed a blocking temperature of500 °C where the ChRM can be recovered, indicating the presence of titanomagnetite as the carrier of remnant magnetization in these rocks. Typical demagnetization characteristics in case of some specimens to AF and thermal fields are shown in Figure 4C and 4D respectively.
The specimen remnant vectors obtained after laboratory AF demagnetization have been averaged to obtain the sample mean ChRM vectors using Fisher's (1953) method. Sample mean ChRM improved as result of demagnetization by removal of viscous magnetization acquired by these rocks with the precision parameter (K) increasing from 4.64 to 25.74. The mean ChRM vector for all the specimens together is Dm = 148.1 and Im = + 43.5 (K = 25.74, α95 = 5.88) and are presented in Figure 4 B.
The ChRM vectors of samples from the two anomalous zones, the northern and southern zones in the vicinity of AA and BB are grouped separately and derived the mean remnant magnetic vectors from each anomalous zone. The northern zone showed a mean remnant magnetic direction of Dm = 138.1 and Im = + 42.24 (K = 29.21, a95 = 7.81) and the southern zone showed a mean remnant magnetic direction of Dm = 158.3 and Im = + 43.9 (K = 33.72, α95 = 7.27). Thus the NRM directions of both the zones are practically the same.
Discussion and conclusion
The inversion of observed magnetic anomaly suggests that two different bodies responsible for the anomalies are differently magnetized in direction, one practically horizontally and the other vertically. Since the palaeomagnetic directions of the rocks from the two anomalous zones are almost the same, and the surface rocks exhibit uniform susceptibility, the cause of the magnetic anomalies need to be expected to lie in the subsurface. In the peripheral areas of Deccan basalts there are reports of rude block formations in the basal flows, which in turn forming iron rich clay bodies due to weathering. (Foote, 1876). Therefore, the magnetic anomalies can be attributed to the two different iron rich clay bodies formed at the base of the flow I. These clay bodies might be acting as local barriers in the subsurface and may be obstructing the flow of ground water, resulting poor ground water conditions in the area down below the lake.
We thank the Director, National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad and Prof. I. V. Radhakrishna Murthy, Andhra University, Visa-khapatnam for their encouragement. We acknowledge the financial support by DST, New Delhi (16/165/2002).
Bhaskar, B. (1990) Geology in part of Nanded District of Maharashtra, Geological Survey of India Records, v.123, part 6, pp. 83-85. [ Links ]
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Foote, R.B. (1876) The Deccan Trap and Associated Formations, Mem. Geol. Survey of India No.12, pp. 171-199., which reprinted in Geol. Survey of India Special Publication No.38., Annals of Deccan trap study and Bibliography on Deccan traps (1996) pp.43-65. [ Links ]
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Raychaudhuri, J.K., Saxena, N.P., Sinha, A.K. and Sen, D. (1984) Deccan trap flows in parts of Nanded and Yeotmal districts, Maharashtra, Geological survey of India special publication No.14,pp. 6-8. [ Links ]


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As Samir mentioned in his blog post, currently student-run executive hiring is at its busiest in the Commerce program. As Co-Chair of the Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition Executive, I recently sat through over 40 interviews in two days as we tried to find the best candidates to join the QEC 2012 team.
The whole hiring process has been a great learning experience. As first and second year students, you are primarily the ones who are sending in applications, sitting through interviews, and receiving feedback from the interviewers, who are mostly upper year students. This year, I got to experience what it was like to sit on the other side of the table–from publicizing open positions, to reading through applications, and of course, conducting interviews. It was really interesting to observe which applicants had done their research and who were truly passionate about something, compared to other students who failed to prepare in advance of their interview. Similar to job interviews you may have had outside of school, showing up late or having your cell phone ring definitely left a negative impression. Those who were well-spoken and had confidence in themselves gave me more confidence in their skills and qualifications.
Interviews for hiring in the Commerce program are run as fairly as possible. From ensuring gender representation on the panel, to bringing in a third-party Commerce Society (ComSoc) representative from outside of the hiring committee, to asking a standard set of screening questions, these hiring requirements are in place to ensure that potential bias is minimized. If a candidate has any concerns during the interview, he or she is able to contact the Human Resources Officer of ComSoc who will work to rectify the situation.
The interviewing process is a valuable tool for Commerce students of all years. Whether you're receiving interview feedback or learning to remain professional amongst your peers; executive hiring is a good way to prepare for interviews with future employers. Getting to experience the hiring process in the Queen's Commerce program gives you insight from both sides of the equation.
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The CFS scheduler divides time into periods, during which each process is expected to run once. The length of the period should thus determine the maximum amount of time that any given process can expect to have to wait to be able to run - the maximum latency. That length, by default, is 6ms. If there are two processes running, those 6ms will be divided up something like this:
This assumes that both processes are completely CPU-bound, have the same priority, and that nothing else perturbs the situation, naturally. If a third ideal CPU-bound process shows up, that same period is divided into smaller pieces:
This process of dividing the scheduler period cannot continue forever, though. Every context switch has its cost in terms of operating system overhead and cache behavior; switching too often will have a measurable effect on the total throughput of the system. The current scheduler, by default, draws the line at 2ms; if the average time slice threatens to go below that length, the period will be extended instead. So if one more cranker process shows up, the result will be:
In other words, once the load gets high enough, the kernel will start to sacrifice latency in order to keep throughput up. In situations where the load is quite high (kernel builds with a lot of parallel processes are often mentioned), latencies can reach a point where users start to get truly irritable. Mathieu Desnoyers decided he could improve the situation with this patch, which attempted to shrink the minimum possible time slice until there were more than eight running processes; in this way, he hoped to improve latencies on more heavily-loaded systems.
Mathieu's patch included some test results showing that the maximum latencies had been cut roughly in half. Even so, Peter Zijlstra dismissed the patch, saying "Not at all charmed, this look like random changes without conceptual integrity." That, in turn, earned a mild rebuke from Linus, who felt that the kernel's latency performance was not as good as it could be. After that, the discussion went on for a while, leading to the interesting conclusion that everybody was partly right.
Mathieu's patch was based on a slightly flawed understanding of how the scheduler period was calculated, so it didn't do quite what he was expecting. Rejecting the patch was, thus, the correct thing for the scheduler maintainers to do. The patch did improve latencies, though. It turns out that the change that actually mattered was reducing the length of the minimum time slice from 2ms to 750µs. That allows the scheduler to keep the same period with up to eight processes, and reduces the expansion of the period thereafter. The result is better latency measurements and, it seems, a nicer interactive feel. A patch making just the minimum time slice change was fast-tracked into the mainline and will be present in 2.6.36-rc5. Interestingly, despite the concerns that a shorter time slice would affect throughput, there has not been a whole lot of throughput benchmarking done on this patch so far.
Things don't stop there, though. One of Mathieu's tests uses the SIGEV_THREAD flag to timer_create(), causing the creation of a new thread for each event. That new thread, it seems, takes a long time to find its way into the CPU. The culprit here seems to be in the code which tries to balance CPU access between a newly forked process and its parent - a place which has often proved problematic in the past. Mike Galbraith pointed out that the START_DEBIT scheduler feature - which serves to defer a new task's first execution into the next period - has an unpleasant effect on latency. Turning that feature off improves things considerably, but with costs felt elsewhere in the system; in particular, it allows fork-heavy loads to unfavorably impact other processes.
Mathieu posted a patch adding a new feature called START_NICE; if it is enabled, both processes returning from a fork() will have their priority reduced for one scheduler period. With that penalty, both processes can be allowed to run in the current period; their effect on the rest of the system will be reduced. The associated benchmark numbers show a significant improvement from this change.
Meanwhile, Peter went away for a bit and came back with a rather more complex patch demonstrating a different approach. With this patch, new tasks are still put at the end of the queue to ensure that they don't deprive existing processes of their current time slices. But, if the new DEADLINE feature is turned on, each new task also gets a deadline set to one scheduler period in the future. Should that deadline pass without that process being scheduled, it will be run immediately. That should put a cap on the maximum latency that new threads will see.
This patch is large and complex, though, and Peter warns that his testing stopped once the code compiled. So this one is not something to expect for 2.6.36; if it survives benchmarking, though, we might see it become ready for the next development cycle.
Improving scheduler latency
Posted Sep 16, 2010 8:22 UTC (Thu) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]
I am not an expert, but should not this be a bit more dynamic? I mean, it could impact CPU-constrained systems which usually run few tasks. Maybe the slice could start at 2 ms and reduce down to 750 us as more processes turn up?
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I wondered this before too, I assumed the answer was so obvious to everyone else that I would just be exposing my naivety in bringing it up. (So I'm glad you did because that makes me feel better :-)) After all, CFS scraps the 'arbitrary' un-CPU-centric HZ.
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There is a really simple and cheap way to make subjective feelings objective: blind trials. Randomly switch between the two kernels to compare and write down your impressions. After a few times, look in the logs which kernels were tested when.
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Posted Sep 22, 2010 20:50 UTC (Wed) by Corkscrew (subscriber, #65853) [Link]
1) Set up both kernel versions so that they can be swapped with minimal effort (e.g. via bootloader).
2) Give the volunteer a few minutes on the old version, as a baseline.
3) Send the volunteer out of the room. Toss a coin to decide which kernel version to run. Secretly record which version you booted.
4) Leave the room and send the volunteer in. They should play around with the computer and record whether it feels more or less responsive than the baseline.
(Ideally there should be no contact between the developer and the volunteer after the choice in step #2 is made.)
5) Repeat steps #3-#4 (or #2-#4 if you're not worried about the volunteer getting bored). Each second repetition, use the kernel version you didn't use the first time round (this doesn't compromise randomisation and makes the statistics easier).
6) Perform a basic statistical analysis on the results. [Turns out this isn't as basic as I thought, and my battery's about to give out; will look it up tomorrow.]
This is a bit primitive - there are still a few opportunities for bias. A better tool would be a randomised bootloader of some kind that would log the choices of kernel and only reveal them after the tester had stated their preferences. This would have the additional advantage that the developer could do the testing without compromising blinding.
Anyone fancy developing one of those?
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I started my blogging career with lofty expectations: I wanted to secure freelancing gigs, connect with industry experts and make enough money to buy a ticket to Thailand. Yeah.
What I discovered is that blogging is a slow-going process, and it takes time to build relationships and generate revenue (more on that later). Here are the biggest surprises I have encountered so far.
1. Blogging isn't the writing you learned in school.
Blog posts are not the formulaic, joyless, five-paragraph essays you churned out in high school. You must hone your writing skills as well as develop your own (preferably humorous) voice.
Some of the biggest bloggers have very identifiable writing styles: David Lebovitz quips sarcastically, Everywherist pokes fun at herself and Nomadic Matt tells it like it is.
As I blog I have to remind myself to show more of my personality through my writing. Readers don't want a list of tips, they want to hear your story and learn more about who you are. Bottom line? It's a blog, not a guidebook.
2. Twitter is the best way to connect.
In the past two months I have gone from having two Twitter followers to more than 225. The New York Times Travel section retweeted one of my tweets, which resulted in lots of new followers and blog hits. GotSaga sent me an offer to publish an article on their site which I happily accepted.
I now understand why so many social media experts extol the benefits of Twitter; it is truly the best way to connect with other people in your industry, and to score anything from a job interview to a free lunch.
In my very, very limited experience, not all social media is effective up front. StumbleUpon hasn't done anything for me yet, and my Google+ account lies untouched. And generating my Klout score (of 10!) was just discouraging.
3. Monetization is impossible, apparently.
Out of all topics related to blogging, blog monetization seems the most disputed. This blogger loves Google Adsense, this blogger hates it.
After an unsuccessful three-day stint with Google AdSense, I decided the ugly ads weren't worth the meager income. I then began thinking about installing an advertising page. Private advertising doesn't just fall into your inbox, apparently. And when will I start getting emails for these elusive sponsored posts?
4. There's a lot of information out there, but it's not all in the same place.
To blog well you have to boast competency in so many different areas: photography, photo editing, writing, internet marketing, social media, web design, SEO, site monetization, pitching and WordPress.
I have visited a variety of websites to develop these skills, including Improve Photography, SEOmoz and ShoutMeLoud. In addition to countless articles and blogs I have also read ProBlogger: Secrets to Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income and Nomadic Matt's e-book, How to Make Money with Your Travel Blog.
I found that while there are countless resources on the interwebs, you have to go looking for it. And despite the best efforts of many, there is no decisive guide to creating a successful travel blog.
5. The blogging community is like a family.
Before starting a travel blog I thought that all bloggers were in competition with one other. I never dreamed of how connected and supportive the community actually is.
Most of the comments you will see on blogs are in fact made by other bloggers. It turns out most bloggers not only write prolifically, they also read voraciously. And the majority of bloggers I have reached out to have been so willing to give me much-needed advice.
6. WordPress is super confusing.
There's a lot to know about WordPress, and it first it can be overwhelming. I found myself googling, "What's an alt tag?" "What's a hex code?"
After only six weeks of blogging, I have installed over 30 active WP plugins. This involved sending out lots of awkward emails to other bloggers along the likes of, Um, so what plugin did you use to install that cool scroll-bar social media thing on the left side of your website? Thanks!
And after using a few blogging platforms, I've learned that WordPress is undoubtedly the way to go. But that doesn't mean that it's simple to use.
If you enjoyed this post please consider sharing it! Through the scroll-bar on the left you will see ways to share via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and StumbleUpon. I also love hearing what you have to say through the comments below.
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Let's see if this comment works! Sadly, I think you may have missed all my insightful original comments… :(
It's a slog I'll give you that… I get super frustrated at times but I still get a kick out of being RT… so that makes it all worthwhile:p
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Great post Ashley, I'm new to the blogging scene as well (Only been blogging for 5 weeks) I have to say that I too have encountered alot of the same things you are mentioning. I totally agree about trying to let your personality shine through in writing. I have to constantly keep reminding myself to try and loosen up when writing. I'm guessing its one of those things that comes over time :).
I agree twitter is amazing. I'm still getting the hang of it but found that the more people that I follow the more that follow me haha.
Your right about wordpress I almost pulled all my hair out the other day trying to get a header image centered on my site by mucking around with css code. I swear i'm going to be a css coding wizard within a year haha.
From my short bit stint in travel blogging I think its just about consistently putting out quality content, being active in community and connecting with other bloggers and the numbers should slowly keep going up. Atleast that's what I'm hoping anyway :D
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Thanks Ashley :)
Sounds like solid advice, I try not to think about numbers or making money from my blog because If I do I get too bogged down worrying my posts arent good enough. I'd rather just do it because I enjoy it and if it becomes popular and makes money that's an added bonus :)
I am getting slowly better at coding, That still didn't stop me from crashing my entire website for 30 minutes the other night because I was messing with the functions.php file haha
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Hi Ashley! I'm not sure whether my comment went through yesterday, but I wrote that as a fan and a fellow blogger, and an intern in marketing for a study abroad company, I would send your blog to my manager just to see whether he'd be interested. The update is that he loved it! So if you are interested in sponsored posts, let me know if you'd want to talk?
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Keep writing, experimenting, and connecting with others… and be patient! I've read a lot of successful blogger stories and most of them didn't really start to see significant financial results until 18 months to two years in.
My personal blog isn't monetized, but my English-teaching blog is (www.espressoenglish.net) and it's taken me 10 months, 300+ posts, active marketing, and a ton of hours/week to begin to see some decent income.
BTW, I too believe that selling products (either your own, or an affiliate's) is way more lucrative than AdSense – if you consider earning about 40 cents per click from Adsense, and if 1% of your blog's visitors click on the ads, then your blog needs about 250,000 visitors a month just to make $1000 from Adsense. However, if you sell products and let's say earn an average of $20 from each one you sell, then you only need 50 customers a month to hit that $1000 mark.
Of course, a lot of successful bloggers use a combination – products, affiliates ads, sponsors, etc.
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I agree. We are all like a big family. We understand each other, support each other during our travels and we speak like friends despite the fact we have never met :) AMAZING. I also agree that Twitter is the best way to connect. WordPress isn't confusing, easy peasy for me :-P
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Hi Ashley!
Love this post – can really relate to it. I only started blogging about 6 weeks ago and it feels like such a steep learning curve! It's exciting and daunting at the same time and I just find myself researching and learning constantly at the moment. I hope if I always keep the writing as my main focus, I'll put all the other pieces together in time. Fingers crossed!
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Great post! Thanks so much for sharing Ashley! I have been blogging for less than a month and so far so great. I am focusing on having fun with it and working on the content. I am moving to South Korea in February to be a first time expat. So I will be following your expat adventures and counting down to mine. :-) Safe travels!!
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I think the one of the most important when we are writing a post on our blog or web is, we must focus on giving the many information about our topics.
The monitize of the blog/web isn't a primary focus on it, but to share what we know to other people and to writing what we "love" is the primary focus.
And one thing that i am sure is, we must writing with our heart..:)
And having a many friend in our blog, that is mean that we was "monitize" our blog
Thank you for sharing about your story…it's fun article…i am sorry if my english isn't good..but I try for it…:)
You are welcome…:)
Hi Ashley,
I'm just starting out too, and I can identify whole-heartedly with the upward battle of trying to build a readership. In the first month of blogging (back in June) I had 58 unique visitors (most of whom were family and friends).
I then wrote like crazy (using SEO techniques I pulled from around the web to target specific key words) and also used pretty much every social platform you can imagine (Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Facebook fan page, Delicious, Reddit)…you name it.
Last month (October) I got to 1900 unique visitors. So I think it just takes lots of time and patience to grow an audience.
Google always talks about how all you need to do is just write unique content. That is just the first part. You have to write unique content then market the he*! out of it…otherwise, how will anyone notice you?
Great post, and looking forward to tracking your progress. Cheers.
I've been blogging for years now, but I think these are all still really relevant. There are so many social media outlets and profiles to have, too… I feel like attending to those is a job all on its own in addition to creating new content and having your day job (at least for me). Blogging definitely is not the silly little hobby some people think it is!
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Hello, my name is Cat, or Felis Margarita, and I'm a struggling artist. I've been a bit nervous about joining this site but I'm sick of not improving, so I finally signed up. I found it hard to get critique from places like Devinatart and Tumblr, so hopefully I'll have better luck here.
The 1st picture is based off of this skeleton model:
2nd picture is a thylacine, no refs were used, and the 3rd image comes with the ref.
I'm currently studying "The Art of Animal Drawing" by Ken Hultgren, but I also tend to be a slow learn and need as much help as I can get.
I also have "Drawing the Head and Figure" by Jack Hamm, want to know of any other good books for learning how to draw people.
I also wanted to ask, and I'm sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to ask this and I'll delete this part if it is, I have clinical depression which from time to time will completely wipe away my motivation to draw, and I wanted to know if any other artists on here deal with the same thing and advice for how to overcome it?
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Harlequins v Toulouse, The Stoop
Quins eye fifteenth straight win
ESPNscrum Staff
December 8, 2011
Ugo Monye handed a boost to Quins this week with his new contract
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The leaders of the Aviva Premiership and Top 14 come face-to-face at the Stoop on Friday in round three of the Heineken Cup. Harlequins are currently in the midst of a 14-game unbeaten run having taken 10 Premiership matches, two Anglo-Welsh Cup clashes and their opening two games of the Heineken Cup. They accounted for Connacht in the opening round at the Stoop winning 25-17 before travelling to Kingsholm and coming away with a 28-9 win against the Cherry and Whites. And with two clashes in as many weekends against the Top 14 champions Toulouse, they will aim to cement their status as genuine Heineken Cup contenders with a pair of impressive performances. But standing in their way are the four-time Heineken Cup champions. Under the guidance of Guy Noves, the Top 14 giants know what it takes to travel to the Stoop and come away with the win. The sides have met three times in Europe in the past with Toulouse taking all three ties. But with Harlequins looking to preserve their unbeaten record, this will be Toulouse's toughest clash with the Premiership side yet. Harlequins - Player to Watch: George Robson is the inform second-row in the Premiership and his name has been bounded around the England scene. And in what will be his biggest test of the season, expect Robson to put in a big performance. Harlequins - Team News: The Quins team sees a number of players returning, having missed the victory over London Wasps last weekend. George Robson returns to the front five alongside Tomas Vallejos, with Chris Brooker starting at hooker alongside Joe Marler and James Johnston. Nick Easter returns at number 8, allowing captain, Chris Robshaw to return to the flank partnered with Maurie Fa'asavalu. The backline remains unchanged from Wasps, other than Benjamin Urdapilleta taking over at inside centre from Tom Casson who has picked up an ankle injury in training. Toulouse - Player to Watch: The top try-scorer of the 2011 World Cup starts for Toulouse on the wing and Vincent Clerc will hope to make an immediate impact. On his day he is still one of the most potent attacking weapons in Europe so expect Clerc to shine on the biggest stage of them in all in terms of domestic rugby. Toulouse - Team News: Despite injuries to the likes of Clement Poitrenaud and Gurthro Steenkamp, the Top 14 champions have still managed to name a team laced with quality. Maxime Medard takes the fullback reins while Vincent Clerc and Timoci Mantanavou start on the wings. Florian Fritz and Yannick Jauzion are the chosen centre combination with Luke McAlister and Luke Burgess starting at half-back. Jean-Baptiste Poux, Gary Botha and Census Johnston form the front-row with Gregory Lamboley and Yoann Maestri in the second-row engine room. Yannick Nyanga, Thierry Dusautoir and Louis Picamoles form the back-row. Key Battle: The battle of the Kiwi fly-halves will be fascinating. Both would have had an envious eye on Stephen Donald as he kicked the winning penalty in the 2011 World Cup final and with this in mind, both will look to put down a marker on Friday evening. Trivia: Ugo Monye is Harlequins' top try-scorer in clashes between the two sides with four scores. Stats: Toulouse recorded their biggest ever Heineken Cup win against Ebbw Vale back in the 1998-99 season when they prevailed 108-16 Quote Unquote:
"It's the ultimate test - they can pick two sides packed full of full internationals, world-class superstars. If you're not going to enjoy playing rugby in that kind of environment, you shouldn't be around."
"It is a great competition, renowned worldwide and it is an honour to be playing in it. It is extremely challenging and you get to experience different styles of rugby across the nations so it makes it a very interesting tournament. It is both very physical and very tactically challenging."
Prediction: Quins will make it 15 from 15 on Friday under the floodlights © ESPN Sports Media Ltd.


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Skoda's Rapid now available with Plus package
Active Plus and Ambition Plus are the newest inclusions in the Rapid's variant line-up
The festive season has just commenced. Volkswagen, Skoda's sister company has already gone ahead and launched mildly updated versions of the Polo and Vento, and logically, Skoda shouldn't stay too far behind.
So, in order to offer customers even more choice, Skoda has decided to offer the "Plus package" for the Active and Ambition trims. Which means there is now a total of 5 Rapid variants to choose from.
In addition to the features offered on the existing Active and Ambition variants, the Plus package brings useful add-ons - features like electrically-adjustable ORVMs and a folding remote locking key with remote opening and closing of windows are common to both Active and Ambition Plus trims, while the Ambition Plus carries a security code-enabled MP3 player with Aux-in and SD/MMC card reader, one-touch power windows and a sprinkling of chrome on the dashboard, features which aren't available on the Active Plus.
No word on how much more do the Plus package-equipped versions cost compared to the usual Active and Ambition variants, but even with a marginal price hike, the Rapid should still comfortably undercut its refreshed cousin, the Vento. Is that a "plus" in your books, TopGear.commers?
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Hi all you BFF's I know how much you LOVE up and coming artist with hawt talent and sweet sounds, so of course I thought of you guys when I interviewed the lovely LIGHTS! She's the the cutest indie pop sensation to pop out of Toronto, and she has given us a sneak peek at what its like to be her! Check it out, I know you'll fall head over heels for this pint sized, headband wearing, keyboard playin' cutie pie!
The first time we heard Lights, was on the Old Navy commercial. How has it helped people know about you and your music?
Old Navy was the perfect thing for me at the perfect time. They didn't even attempt to change me, they simply presented my music and me for everything I was. Even for my sweet outfit, they pushed Old Navy out of the box to suit my style as opposed to pushing my style more into the Old Navy model. They gave me that platform which enabled the world to see Lights! And everyone there was really nice. It's actually a really great company!
What inspires you and who influences your music?
I am inspired by moments of intense emotion. That is the material that people can relate to, so you have to capture it in its most concentrated form before you lose it. In other words, I write when I'm really emotional, it's hard to be expressive when you're feeling just mediocre. I pretty much just write to cheer myself up most of the time.
You're playing Warped Tour this year! Are you so super excited?
Yeah, it started last Thursday. I had no idea how it would be! But so far it's great, I'm very excited to be here. I heard the sound quality would be crap, but that's the trade off I guess. Lots of people, weak sound!
Describe a typical day for you.
Well my wall of weapons include my keyboard, my guitar, my computer, my marker box. That is my day! I'm always interchanging between these mediums. If I'm not maintaining my Myspace page or lurking or recording or writing songs, I'm playing WoW or making comics. I'm not a complete shut in though! I have a rad pink cruiser bike named Lenny, and we are tight.
What's next for Lights?
My EP is about to be released across the globe this fall, and a full length will be out shortly after, in spring of '09! I also have a song coming out on a Billie Holiday tribute album which should be out the end of this year, and I've done a vocal score (interesting/moving and sort of hard to explain--there are no lyrics just singing) on a beautiful Canadian indie film starring Joshua Jackson coming out this fall. Also, in the fall, I will be embarking on a 30-day Verizon campus tour in the States with Boys Like Girls and Cute is What We Aim For. Busy busy!
Okay, time for everyone's fave... SPEEDROUND!
FAVE T.V. SHOW: How It's Made
FAVE PLACE TO PERFORM: It's been new every time so I haven't chosen a favorite, but I assume I would like playing on a remote tropical island where everyone gets bottomless smoothies and monkey minions for a day.
FAVE BAND: A few all time favorites are Bjork, Phil Collins and Abba
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET: Spongebob. Though, I have a feeling I would probably be a little disappointed.


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I just got mine this arvo, mostly sold out in perth but everyone forgot about my local harvy norman and they had plenty in there, think mine was the first they sold.
Yet to really play with it as I have been at work for last 8 hours, favourite thing so far is the full auto camera (must be like 5/6 shots a second) and the fact you can take photos while shooting video.
Its weird getting used to no menu button and the unlock swapping sides from the Desire HD.
The screen is just amazing, just everything feels so smooth, the DHD is good, but this is brilliant. Nowhere near as fat or heavy as the Desire either.
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Contagion (2011)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Lawrence Fishburne, Jennifer Ehle, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Bryan Cranston, Demitri Martin, Elliot Gould, John Hawkes
Spoilers everywhere. Watch first, read later.
I've often wondered what a film would be like if it were entirely populated with top actors. Contagion has a good stab at answering that question. Anyone who's seen Breaking Bad will know what a truly great actor Bryan Cranston can be. Here, he's pretty much an extra, playing an unremarkable army bureaucrat in three brief scenes. How opulent this film is to cast an actor of such talent in a role so inconsequential. Same with Elliot Gould, same with Marion Cotillard. Kate Winslet has a leading role but only for half the film, taking early retirement to a mass grave.
A good question would be "why?" Why fill your movie with famous, and therefore expensive actors, especially in roles that don't really matter? Of course, there are obvious business answers to this. Steven Soderbergh is a director who can handle both big budget Hollywood (the Ocean's series, Traffic, Erin Brockovich), as well as indie/experimental features like Ché and The Girlfriend Experience, and often mixes these sensibilities to great effect; so who wouldn't want to work with him? Also, big names help sell the movie and are an investment. And for the actors, working in a big budget all-star production connects them with other successful players thus elevating, or at the very least, maintaining their status. But the most interesting reason lies in what kind of film Contagion is and what its relationship is to the viewer.
Contagion depicts a global pandemic. It's a disaster/apocalypse film. As such, there are bunch of different characters in all sorts of places all over the world. Despite their cosmetic differences -ethnicity, language, culture –they all retain 'everyman' qualities. The characters are broadly drawn, ciphers, foils to our common human fears, hopes and concerns. And their lack of complexity isn't a problem because we're bombarded with so many of the prosaic folks that we don't have time to notice. So perhaps, just maybe, the decision to employ all these brilliant actors in roles that don't come close to testing their abilities has something to do with their familiarity to the audience. For the global pandemic to be meaningful, we've got to not want it to happen and for that we've got to care about the people in peril. But if we're bouncing across the planet and only spending a few moments with each character, it's tricky to care, no matter how much you highlight their universal humanity.
So did I care more because all these big and little roles were filled with actors that I know and like? Not really. I will say this, it was a fun distraction. On a metatextual level, there was a giddy uncertainty as to what fate would befall these characters simply because we meet them in roles that show a rare disregard for an actor's perceived value and status. What other film would snuff out Winslet at the half way mark? Other than that, humanity could have died out and it would've been fine by me.
Luckily for Contagion, the main character is actually the disease and as it turns out they're pretty interesting. As the film plays out the global pandemic from beginning to end, there are all sorts of issues that are raised, from little background mentions like that of law enforcement absenteeism being at 25% while looters raid peoples homes, to debates over what is more dangerous: the disease or the fear of it. Pedestrian as the characters may well be, the nitty gritty of the disease and its effects are enough to keep us entertained as we enjoy the vicarious thrills of a worldwide catastrophe.
Having said that, for a genre that thrives on spectacle, Contagion is notably low-key in that respect. Yes, there are mass graves, sudden deaths, stampedes, but such events are in the minority. This film is about the process of the disease. It aims to give a realistic picture of what would happen if such a disease were in our world. I think it succeeds in this but along the way there are a few missteps.
Other than the disease, the only other villain is Jude Law's character, Alan Krumwiede, an Australian (when Jude can be bothered to maintain the accent) who claims to be a freelance journalist but is really just a blogger, albeit one with a big following. Alan fakes contracting the MEV-1 virus and claims to his readers that he's been cured with Forsythia, a homeopathic product that Alan has a financial interest in and subsequently makes $4 million. Strangely, Alan is the only character that brings the internet into the story and as he's a venal scumbag and his readers are contrary conspiracy theorists. By association, the internet is dismissed as an irrelevant, negative side show. This is incredible. At one point "social distancing" is advised. That is, no shaking hands, physical contact, etc. In such a world where physical contact could be fatal, wouldn't the internet become an even more important part of people's lives? Contagion has made itself look old-fashioned by not thinking about what role the internet would play. And when you consider how careful and accurately the film uses epidemiology, it's all the more disappointing.
Contagion's other boo-boo is its obstinate desire to remain apolitical. Again, this weakens the verisimilitude by ignoring the fact that governments would be an incredibly important factor in how things went down. As Contagion tells it, the US Government-run CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), with a little help from the business world, manage to tame the disease, and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) more or less do ok helping people. But this is all based on the massive assumption that governments are basically trustworthy and capable in times of extreme crisis. Perhaps, it was best that they didn't get bogged down in politics, admittedly it could have been very boring, but Contagion's lack of scrutiny towards its authority figures, the vilification of its sole dissident, and the dismissal of populist medium The Internet, leaves a sinister aftertaste.
Nonetheless, Contagion is a good film. The techno-political follies are only noticeable because the rest of the film is so well conceived. It lacks an emotional kick but works well as a brain tickler. I'm glad I've seen it. I think others should see it. I'm going to bed.
Tags: bird flu, CDC, disease, epidemic, h1n1, Matt Damon, pandemic, SARS, virus


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Good Mexican food! The dining room was a little crowded, but service was friendly and meals came out of the kitchen fast--even on a weekend night.
Good Mexican food! The dining room was a little crowded, but service was friendly and meals came out of the kitchen fast--even on a weekend night.
The only thing we eat at El Mezcal is the fajitas, which we love. My daughter likes to go there on her lunch hour because they have fast service. But last month at our luncheon something happened that has irritated us. My daughter has a Spanish degree from KU and lived and studied in Spain for a year, is very... More
We eat here often, food is always consistently good, service is excellent. They now have three locations in Lawrence
Dry chicken enchiladas with a one-dimensional red sauce. I always use refried beans as my measure of quality. Sometimes a standard run-of-the-mill place can rise above the norm. Not here. The beans tasted straight out of the can. Service, though, was reasonable.
Recommended by a friend and KU grad. Food is great and service is fantastic. Only thing keeping from a 4 overall is that it was a bit messy. If you're a neat freak, this may not be the place for you. Food is really good, though.
Lots of TVs to watch sports on, make sure you get there early for the happy hour specials. 6pm the dining area gets pretty packed.
The food was excellent and the service was very good even though the restaurant was very busy. I eat here when in the area. El Mezcal is also a very good value.
Very fresh! Good service and cold beer! Good service! Had the steak fajita. I like that you can get a large or small quest dip!
I have yet to find an El Mexcal that doesn't have great food at a value. Good food, good, fast service.
When I purchase some food for to go there is a extra charge for take the food to go.the Manu price was something else and take from me it's some different,it's more price charges.when I asked for it he say very rudely that it's a special order so price is different and after I say I order vegetarian he charge... More
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I'm re-routing the wiring on my 500efl pro so everything is in bits.
Regarding the tail control guide, do I glue this on the tailboom? I can't see it on the manual needing CA.
And regarding the ESC - it's installed under the battery holder with the 2 things (capacitors?) on the front.
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Because of the thick smoke, McCormick says fire crews had to search for the house that was burning.
After the fire was extinguished, the body of 82-year-old Helen Jacobson was found in her home. She lived alone and was found in a room in the back of the house. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.


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VISTA — A special shareholders meeting set for Jan. 24 at controversy-torn Frontier Bancorp in Vista has been called off after directors agreed on a new business plan and its former president agreed to drop a lawsuit against the firm.
The special meeting, called by former chairman M. Jim Lucas, sought to remove all 10 directors of the bank holding company, parent of Frontier National Bank. Lucas had been critical of the Nov. 2 firing of E. Jerome Kraffert, who was the president and chief executive officer.


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Remember when you were a child and you believed that life was magical? Well, the magic of life is real, and it's far more exciting and awe-inspiring than you ever imagined as a child. You can live your dreams, you canhave anything you want, and your life can touch the stars! In The Magic a great mystery from a sacred text is revealed, and with this life-changing knowledge Rhonda Byrne will take you on an unforgettable journey for 28 days. Step by step, day by day, secret teachings, revelations, and scientific law are brought together into one breathtaking book-a book that will lead you to a life and a level of happiness beyond your wildest dreams.
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Rhonda Byrne's intention is to bring joy to billions. She began her journey with The Secret film, viewed by millions. The Secret book, now available in 47 languages, continues to bring the law of attraction across the world—still on bestseller lists after five years. In The Power, another worldwide bestseller published in 2010, Rhonda Byrne reveals the single greatest force in our Universe.
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