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As of 4 October, 2015 the World Bank has announced that the percentage of the world's population living in extreme poverty (defined as less than $1.90 a day) has dipped below 10% for the first time.[1] Specifically, the rate of extreme poverty decreased to 9.6% from 12.8% in 2012.[2] However, what does this number mean? Is this one statistic enough to start patting ourselves on our collective backs? I think not.
Notably, the World Bank methodology does not account for the whole world and may very well exclude extremely impoverished areas. If a region has less than 60% of the population reporting, then that region is not included.[3] These regions are often the ones suffering from "conflict and fragility"[4], conditions which naturally lead one to think of places containing a large number of people suffering from severe poverty. Ergo, the Middle East and North Africa, among others, are not part of this statistic[5]. This is problematic because these are areas which very well may have increased the percentage of people living in extreme poverty. In addition, if 60% coverage within a region is necessary for inclusion in the statistic, those people reporting their situation are most likely living in or near urban areas. Rural areas are not only harder to reach due to infrastructural issues, but also more difficult to survey. This stems from the fact that as purchasing power is calculated nationally[6]; with the recorded, rural wages, their purchasing power is often less than that of an individual living in or near an urban area. In turn, the people living in stated rural areas are often the some of the poorest as they rely heavily on agriculture, which can easily be disrupted by droughts, pests, and wildfires etc., and relief can often be delayed[7]. Furthermore, it has been discovered that the average distance a family is located from clean drinking water is 6 km in Africa and Asia[8] – hardly something that $1.90 a day can fix. The point being: even if only 9.6% of people are now living in extreme poverty it does not necessarily mean they are leading a safe and healthy life. Sadly, this is only one of the many issues with said number.
Geographically there has been a massive shift in where extremes poverty resides. In 1990, South East Asia accounted for roughly 50% of poverty and Sub-Saharan Africa approximately 15%[9]. Twenty-five years later, these numbers have essentially flip-flopped, with poverty rates of near 12% for South East Asia and 50% for Sub-Saharan Africa[10]. As the World Bank rightly states, the reduction in poverty can be primarily attributed to high growth rates in developing countries[11]. This appears true for the 'Asian Tiger' nations, which have certainly raised the tide for all boats through the route of industrialization and total integration into global markets. In contrast, much of Sub-Saharan Africa lacks these factors, contributing to the region's current larger poverty burden. This is not to suggest that the World Bank, along with developed nations, has not attempted to invest in order to cement a stronger industrial base, but it certainly seems to be the keystone issue. Unless this issue is fully addressed, the region is far from saved. While I am certainly not against charity, the parable of the man who was taught to fish comes to mind; in the regions that need it the most we should be fostering growth in the necessary economic and industrial areas. Just this has helped spring so many out of poverty worldwide and improved, in the long run, quality of life. The World Bank stated that countries with the highest rate of poverty are often those with an economy reliant on the export of commodities, not those with an industrial foundation[12], again suggesting that the key to lower rates of poverty is to work on industry and try to shift economies to be less focused on the export of raw goods.
So if this measure is somewhat misleading, how can it be adapted to help one better understand the true situation? One possibility would be for further qualitative and quantitative data regarding how the population lives. Making it above the extreme poverty line certainly does not mean one is then safe in all senses. The poverty statistic should not be presented alone. Rather, it should be accompanied by further detail, including statistics on each region (divided as well by rural and urban) for the average distance to clean water, schools, hospitals, ability to access the internet, ability to consistently put food on the table, how safe people feel in their region, etc. These are basic necessities for modern life. For as Maslow argued one can only reach the full human potential if certain needs are met previously: physiological needs (food, shelter, water, etc.) and safety needs (security, law, lack of constant fear, etc.).[13] Money is simply the means to an end; to enjoy a life free from starvation and thirst, where people can hope to avoid violence, and combat illness. It simply seems erroneous to provide this one statistic, 9.6%, alone, for the average person will view that and assume 'looks like we are doing a good job', when in fact one has to look deeper to see the true way a large portion of the world is still living.
The World Bank has stated its goals as being able to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030[14]. To me, this is a lofty and worthwhile goal, but, pessimistic as it sounds, seems impossible. The world is a gradient of many things, including wealth; I am not suggesting we should not strive to push that lower end up, as the World Bank is trying to accomplish, but simply that there always will be a group with lower incomes. To deny the fact that there will always be a group with incomes lower than the rest is ignorant and unrealistic, and just because the percentage of people in extreme poverty dips (hopefully) this does not paint the whole picture.
I stress that I am not suggesting that there will not be absolute gains, for the trend of human evolution is a collective movement towards better lives as a whole, but some may experience more or less movement than others. Of course the world as a whole has made great strides towards better lives for all in the past centuries, decades even, but there will always be said relative gradient. Until Marx's grand and ever imminent class revolution this is how the world will work. All in all, one of the relatively constant desires for mankind is progress, which improves our lives collectively, even if it may take years or decades for certain benefits to reach certain groups, but saying only 9.6% of people are living in extreme poverty means a lot less than it has been presented to mean.
[1] http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/10/04/world-bank-forecasts-global-poverty-to-fall-below-10-for-first-time-major-hurdles-remain-in-goal-to-end-poverty-by-2030
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.
[5] http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/10/03/090224b08311e963/1_0/Rendered/PDF/A0global0count00and0initial0results.pdf
[6] http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/10/03/090224b08311e963/1_0/Rendered/PDF/A0global0count00and0initial0results.pdf
[7] http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/issues/issues26/
[8] http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/publicity/news-releases/2005/24_wwd.html
[9] http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/10/04/world-bank-forecasts-global-poverty-to-fall-below-10-for-first-time-major-hurdles-remain-in-goal-to-end-poverty-by-2030
[10] Ibid.
[11] Ibid.
[12] http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/10/04/world-bank-forecasts-global-poverty-to-fall-below-10-for-first-time-major-hurdles-remain-in-goal-to-end-poverty-by-2030
[13] http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
[14] Ibid.


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With the Cowley team scattered across Oxfordshire, Endeavourfinds himself policing a lonely country patch, and back inuniform. His day job is a monotonous investigation of missinglivestock and stolen tractors. But when he discovers the deadbody of a missing schoolgirl, it opens this quiet backwater tothe roar of Castle Gate CID – now staffed by Thursday and anold adversary, the newly promoted DCI Ronnie Box, alongsidesidekick DS Alan Jago.
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Announcing release 1.2 of checkstyle. The changes are: - Added checking for redundant importing from the java.lang package, and importing from the package the file is declared in. - Added a flag to ignore checking whitespace (a much requested feature:-). - Added a flag to ignore checking braces on if/while/for/do constructs. - Output is now sent to standard out (rather than standard error). - Bug-fix: Correctly detects import statements referenced by the .class syntax. Release 1.2 of checkstyle is available at: http://www.puppycrawl.com/checkstyle The things that checkstyle checks for are: - Unused or duplicate import statements. - Javadoc comments are defined for class, interface, variable and method declarations. - Javadoc tags for a method match the actual code. - The file starts with a specified header. This is useful to ensure that a file has a copyright notice. - An @author tag exists for class and interface Javadoc comments. Note: this can be turned off. - Format of variable names match specified regular expressions. - Format of class and interface names match a specified regular expression. - Format of parameter names match a specified regular expression. - Variables that are not declared as private or protected. - Correct use of white space around binary and unary operators. - Ensure {}'s are used for if/while/for/do constructs. - Lines are not longer than a specified length. - Lines do not contain tabs. Note: this check can be turned off. Checkstyle can be run via an ANT task or a command line utility. It is available under the GNU General Public License. Regards, Oliver Burn http://www.puppycrawl.com
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Product Review: Ink Joy by Paper Mate
Writing With Ease is Important to a Writer
I have always loved to write, but I suffer from arthritis pain. The traditional way to write with a pen or pencil becomes harder to manage as the pain keeps me from doing it. Regular pens and pencils don't work well for me if I need to write for very long. My hands cramp and I either have to take several breaks before I finish a letter or stop and go back to it at another time. Using a keyboard has become my main way to write. I found myself writing less and less if I had to do it with a pen or pencil. I still enjoy writing personal letters to loved ones and I still fill notebooks with poems, stories and notes taken from various research sources. Writing notes and ideas as they occur are important to a writer. I need an easier way to jot things down.
The Day I Found Ink Joy
One day while browsing a local variety store I found something truly amazing. I bought a pack of two ink pens called Ink Joy by Paper Mate. The writing on the package claimed it to be an effortless way to write. My first letter using Ink Joy was three pages long and I wrote it without having to take a break. It is everything its manufacturer claims it to be. Ink Joy comes in many colors and designs. Besides from being inexpensive, these pens are made by a company that's been making well quality ink pens for many years. They certainly built a winner this time. People suffering from any problems with their hands can guide this pen with ease. One does not need a tight grip or much pressure to make it write. I've used many pens over the years and this one offers comfort the others couldn't. I have only tried the black Ink Joy 100 RT, but there are many more designs and colors available. The pen delivers a clear sharp image and does not drag or skip like others do. It writes from start to finish every time.
See What Others Say About Ink Joy
Ink Joy has its own Facebook page. See what folks are saying about Ink Joy. Anyone with a reason to use a pen will benefit from writing with an Ink Joy pen by Papermate. I highly recommend this pen. Students, authors, and letter writers alike will be glad they found such a product for effortless writing. Journalist, teachers, and even cooks will write with ease. Why spend money on high priced pens when these pens are so much better. I wish I had tried them much sooner and I know you will be wishing the same thing. When you can't use a keyboard, an Ink Joy pen is the next best thing. I'm not trying to sound like a commercial here or even promote extra sales for anyone. I merely want to pass along an experience to change the way someone suffering with arthritis, carpal tunnel or other pain writes. This could even help stop future discomfort for those not affected yet. Would it not be great if someone is spared the agony associated with hand cramps just by this simple prevention?
Ink Joy is Great for Artwork
If Ink Joy pens deliver an effortless writing experience, imagine what a creative artist can do with them. Art work drawn with clear crisp lines and plenty of colors, too. Perhaps Ink Joy can spare the discomfort of hand cramps for the artist, too. Drawing never got easier and Paper Mate wants your opinion. Visit their website and let them know what you think.
- InkJoy | Paper Mate's Revolutionary New Ink System
Experience the vibrant new colors and joy of effortless writing with InkJoy, a revolutionary new ink system from Paper Mate. Pick one up or explore the stylish new collection at PaperMate.com/InkJoy
That's really thinking at an imrisespve level
Jackie, I am a watercolor ptianer and occasional teacher who lives in a cottage in the woods, on a tiny peninsula poking out into the Pacific on the west coast of the US Washington state. I have followed your blog for several years and love your work as well as the way you share your life with those of us who lurk here. My morning visits to your studio brighten my predominately gray days we get over two and half meters of rain here every year. I love your reports on all the new techniques you try and find them inspiring. I tried the gold leaf on a painting of young cowboys and ponies and sold it for a tidy sum. I was wondering if you get bothered by the solitude of your studio at times? Pat
Wow, this is interesting! I will have to try and find these pens here. I have an arthritic friend who would really enjoy this as a gift. Great little hub.


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The Journey To The Centre Of The Earth — Just How Far Down Have We Gone? (Video)
The journey to the center of the earth: is this a myth, a story, or is this something that we have done or are in the process of doing?
We know about drilling into the Earth's crust for resources such as fossil fuels, mine shafts that go deep, deep down, and we know, to some degree, about some underground bunkers etc.
But how far into the Earth have we actually gone, and how much has been left undiscovered?
We know what science has told us about the composition beyond the Earth's crust, but what may be surprising for you to know is that we have barely even scratched the Earth's surface in comparison to what is still waiting to be discovered.
After watching the video below, it may leave you questioning whether there may be something to those inner earth theories after all.
After watching this video I was completely floored. I actually remember in Science class being taught about what the Earth is made of: the crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core comprising rock, liquid iron, and solid iron. I asked my teacher how they knew this, and she replied, "oh because they've drilled down and have been able to find out." Of course I just accepted this answer.
I did not realize how impossible that actually would be (drilling down). But now, I'm feeling a bit skeptical, and more so just open to the possibilities of what the Earth might actually be made of.
Now, in no way am I presenting this as fact, but merely something to consider for those of you who enjoy exploring the unlimited possibilities of what could be, despite what mainstream science has led us to believe. No, I'm not about to state a case of the flat earth theory, quite the opposite actually.
Enter, Agartha — The Hollow Earth Theory
There are many theories alluding to an ancient city that lies deep within this Earth's centre, where either beings once lived or in some theories are still living. It is well known that Hitler himself was fascinated with this theory and made efforts to find the inner earth; there were even maps drawn up that support this claim.
Then there is the story of Operation Hyjump and Admiral Byrd, who apparently flew to the centre of the earth through an opening in the south pole – many believers claim that the entrance to the inner earth is via either the North or South Pole, and interestingly, nowadays, aircraft are prohibited from flying over either of these poles.
Once there, he apparently saw lush lakes, greenery, and woolly mammoths, which we all know have been extinct, on the surface of Earth anyways, for thousands of years.
Also Read: Are Human Beings Alien to Planet Earth?
Numerous writers throughout history have been inspired by this story. Creator of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs At the Earth's Core, 1914, Edgar Allen Poe The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, 1838 and, most famously, Jules Verne, whose 1864 novel A Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been adapted into film a few times.
There is a huge amount of research and theories that back up this notion, and if you are intrigued by this story I highly suggest looking into it some more. The theory of the inner earth has been tied to many different civilizations throughout our history, and is intriguing to say the least.
When you consider the sheer volume of the Earth and how massive it actually is, then it makes it easier to believe in possibilities such as this. At the very least, it's a very compelling story that has been told for thousands of years.
What do you think of this theory, could it hold some truth? Is it truth? Or is it absolutely, positively impossible? Let us know!
Related CE Article that goes into more detail about one of many lands that might exist within our own, in some way shape or form.
Also Read: 500-Year-Old Map Explodes 'Earth-Shattering Reality'
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Set content type headers and POST values to an HTML form using Chai HTTP.
- [Instructor] The reservation form has, well, a form, so let's functionally test that next. Switch back to Atom, and make sure that test, functional, and reservations.js is open. Navigate to after the get and add a new context for post, so context post, which takes a function. Our first assertion is that it should accept a valid reservation request, which takes a function with a done callback.
Chai will request the app. Instead of get, we're going to post to forward slash reservations. Since this is a form submission, set the content type to application forward slash x-www-form-urlencoded. For the form submission itself, we can .send an object, which Chai HTTP will unpack for us.
This dummy object is the same we've used elsewhere, so date of 2017/06/10. The time is 06:02AM, the party is size four, the name is family, the email is email@example.com. Finally, .end to get the callback of the error and response.
The response text, so res.text, should contain "Thanks, your booking request number," and we're going to specify the hard coded ID, so 1349. The status should also be 200, so res should have status 200. When complete, use the callback, so done and error, which should be empty.
Close out the semicolons. Now let's test the inverse. Copy and paste the first test, then new line, paste, so instead it should reject an invalid reservation request. For the party size, let's specify something obviously incorrect. So the party size is going to be bananas. The result text will change as well to contain the error message.
Instead of thanks, let's do "Sorry, there was a problem with your booking request." The status is 400, not 200, and there was an error so do not pass it to done. Save the changes, then open up a terminal. Let's check the coverage now. Using NPM, run the coverage script. Press return.
If we open it up just a little bit more, much closer to that elusive 100%. Want to parse the HTML properly instead of just searching for text? Check out cheerio.js.org for an implementation of core jQery without the browser cruft. Speaking of that 100% coverage, should we attempt it? What's the worst that could happen?
- What is code quality?
- Testing and code quality fundamentals
- Coding conventions and standards
- Creating and enforcing coding standards
- Unit, integration, and functional testing
- Test-driven development test specificatons
- Behavior-driven development test specifications
- Finding errors with linting
- Extending an ESLint shareable config
- Validating correctness with unit testing
- Replacing and inspecting with stubs, spies, and mocks
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Until we leave for Hawaii. YAY
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Travel Light Aussies
So. You want to shop. You have saved up your pennies for many months now, and you plan to buy up big when you get to Oahu. You want to take carry on only. Can it be done?
I did it, on our last trip. I took 7kg of hand luggage. That was all. I had enough clothes for 3 days, plus the clothes I wore on the plane. I count arrival day as one day, by the way – you will want to change out of your plane clothes into something a lot more light and fresh for Hawaii as you will arrive early in the day after an all night flight.
I knew I would be heading to Ala Moana very early on to shop up a storm, and I knew I would be able to find enough clothes there to last me the 10 days we would be there, and then some.
Of course fate had another plan for us, and we ended up there for 21 days. There was only one thing about that which I regret and which caused me a bit of hassle and I will share that with you now to try and save you that same hassle. This tip applies whether you are travelling light, or travelling with more.
Beedoo Most Important Tip #1 –
If you are taking any kind of prescribed medication, make sure you take more than you actually need for the time you will be there. To be on the safe side, take as much as you would need for one full month. Sure, the travel insurance people helped out and I got scripts sent over by my doctor and got them filled, but I could have saved myself this drama by just taking a little more medication. And it would not have taken up much space or added much weight.
Beedoo Most Important Tip #2 –
Pretty much everything else you could need, you can easily buy in the USA, and for a lot cheaper than you can buy it in Australia. Here are three quick examples of this –
Nail scissors for $3.99 from the ABC store, with cute Hawaiian patterns on them, vs $8.99 upwards for boring nail scissors here in Australia. They have cute tweezers too, same price!
Macys underwear section has a lot of fantastic underwear for $2-3US – this would cost you a minimum of $10 in Australia. I got some Jockey camisoles for less than $5 each there as well. I picked up Genie Bras 2 for $19.98 at Walmart. I got 4 packs of Fruit of the Loom sports bras for $9.98. Walmart is open 24/7 behind Ala Moana, so you can do your shopping whatever time suits you, and they have a lot of great stuff at much more reasonable prices than Australia.
My main pair of sports shoes that I have been wearing the last couple of years are some hot pink Skechers which I picked up for $50 bucks or so. Those shoes I did find here in Australia, at the Skechers DFO clearance outlet – priced at $160. No kidding. You can get a good pair of Adidas running shoes for $29.99. There are brand name shoes to be found from $5 upwards at Ross Dress For Less.
So What Does Beedoo Pack?
If landing on Oahu and not going to any other islands –
3x tops (usually light weight cotton long or 3/4 sleeve shirts to protect arms from the sun)
2x shorts (again light weight cotton cargo pants with plenty of pockets)
1x long pants
2x bra
2x camisole tops (for under the shirts, just how I roll)
5x underwear (3 for day, 2 for night)
1x night sleep wear
5x socks (3 for day, 2 for night – I like fresh very thin socks for wearing around the hotel room once you are done for the day, but thicker socks for daytime use)
1x tablet (for book reading) wrapped in pashmina
1x mobile phone
1x small camera
Charger for phone/tablet
Hair Comb (with hair bands wrapped around the base)
Small jewellery container
Slippahs (otherwise known as Thongs, to us Aussies, for feet, not underwear!)
On my next trip –
I am going to the Big Island for 3 days first, and shopping is not on the agenda for those days. So I do need to pack a bit more, and we have actually just done a practice pack. All the fun of packing without the reward of going on a trip? Fantastic idea. 🙂 But I did want to do it because we have such a small suitcase. I will write a post about this soon, I will also put together a post with everything I am putting in my carryon for this trip (and it is nearly identical to the list above) and also you can look forward to a post about what Ziploc bags can do for you.
Rash Vests & Sunscreen
I see that some people find the blog by searching for "do you need to put suncream under a rash vest" – "do you not need sunscreen if you wear a rash vest" etc.
The answer is – you do not need to put sunscreen on under a rash vest as these contain their own sun protection – either 30+ or 50+ are the most common I see.
You WILL need to put sunscreen on any area not covered by your rash vest. This includes your hands, neck, ears, face, etc. And you WILL also need to make sure you protect your scalp from the sun with a hat, and protect your eyes with a pair of sunglasses with UV protection.
Where can I buy a rash vest?
You can buy rash vests and full body suits in many places – they are fairly common these days – if you want to shop online in Australia you might like to take a look at the range of sun protection offered by the Cancer Council. Some of the items there are made by Stingray and you can look at their range online too. They also have a decent range of plus sizes which can be difficult to find.
If you want sun protection as well as wind protection and keeping warm in the water for extended lengths of time, you might want to check out Sharkskin. These are technically awesome garments with a micro fleece lining – great for snorkelling, surfing, kayaking, paddle boarding, kite surfing, etc. I have a set of these for kayaking and I love them.
A little secret
For those of us not entirely bikini ready (and for those of us who do not want and never intend to be bikini ready!) rash vests or body suits can also be shapewear – they hold all your jiggly bits in just that bit firmer. For this reason combined with the sun protection factor I highly recommend these for your next beach trip.
Interpreting A Review
I began to add this into the choosing series of posts, then I thought this is a bigger topic and deserves a stand alone post with screenshots. So let us dive into this subject, feet first! 😉
Disregard The Rankings – Read The Reviews
This is a really important point when looking at hotels on Tripadvisor. Here is the hotel listing for Honolulu. If you look at it closely, you will see one hotel in the top ten only has 68 reviews! How can that be fair to the other hotels in any way shape or form? I do not understand how they put this ranking table together but I can tell you this, ignore it completely.
To get the real story of Honolulu hotels you need to dig a little deeper, read some reviews, once you have a shortlist post it on the forums and people will chime in with their thoughts which might offer you new suggestions you had not considered before.
Why do people write reviews, anyway?
The reason I write reviews is to inform others of the experience – good or bad – that I had. I cannot assume that is the motive of everyone posting, and to be on the safe side, nor can you!
It is important to understand that to get consistently good reviews from real travellers is *hard work* so some companies will occasionally short cut and hire people to write good reviews of places they probably never stayed in, or they will actively solicit reviews from people they are pretty sure are going to write a positive review and not mention writing reviews to those they think might give them a bad review.
This is called gaming the system, and it is not cool. 😦 But this is how some companies – hotels, tour operators, attractions – operate.
In most cases, the businesses that may be gaming the system are doing it quietly and behind the scenes. However, at the end of this post, I will discuss one company on Trip Advisor which I am confident are doing it mostly because they have admitted they do it. Not only that, some of the more critical reviews have mentioned that they were directly asked to put a positive review on Trip Advisor by the company's owner.
These solicited, not quite genuine and on occasion totally fake reviews are generally easy to pick out of the crowd, if you know what to look for. And if you did not before, you will once you read this post. 🙂
How Many Reviews or Forum Posts?
The first thing I do is look at is how many reviews – or forum posts – the review poster has.
Please note there are some incredible people who spend a lot of time helping people out on the forums rather than writing reviews of the places they visited. When they do go to the effort to write a review, it is usually very well done, and should not be disregarded because of a low review count. I will give you one example of this – one of my favourite Destination Advisors on the Oahu forums – MsFuzz.
MsFuzz has written only two reviews. However, if you click on her name while on Tripadvisor (not in the image you see above because that is a screenshot – when you are on Tripadvisor keep in mind any text in blue is a link on TripAdvisor) you will be led to her profile, where you can see MsFuzz has been on the forums since March 2007, and has written a huge 22,690 posts plus 97 traveler articles. MzFuzz, If you happen to be reading this – Love your work – you are a wonderful destination advisor and help so many people on a regular basis.
If the number is of reviews is 1 *and* the forum post count is 0, I normally disregard that review, unless it is incredibly well written and informative, and has a balance of positives VS negatives. You have to remember, every reviewer started out with one review at some stage. Revisit my first ever review here – I now have written 41 reviews!
If the reviewer has less than 5 reviews and they are joined Tripadvisor a while ago, I will wonder why they only have 5 reviews. I will look at their profile and see what the other reviews were for. Depending on what I see, I might give their review a little less weight than I would for someone who joined this month but has written 5 reviews.
I also know the forums can be difficult to find, so I do not usually hold a lack of forum posts against someone.
Sorting The Reviews
You can sort the reviews on Trip Advisor by grading – click on the blue word eg Excellent, Very Good, Average, Poor, Terrible.
Why would you want to do sort by grading?
I like to look at all the terrible reviews together, I will sometimes do this for the poor grading as well. You can pick up on a theme by doing this – eg if there are 24 terrible reviews and every single one of them mentions the hotel has low water pressure in the shower, and then you go on to read the most recent reviews without sorting by grading and some of those reviews mention it too, it is a safe bet that the hotel actually does have low water pressure.
So then I can decide – can I live with low water pressure? For an overnight stay, sure I can. No problem. For a 10 night stay? Unlikely.
Secondly, this is a good way to tell if people went into their hotel experience with super high expectations which were not met. One of the reasons some of the 3 or less star hotels get excellent reviews is because people had paid a lower price for the room and therefore were not quite as picky with the experience they had, whereas those who stayed in a 5 star hotel generally expect everything to be perfect.
How do I turn off sort by grading?
Once you are done looking at the reviews for that grading, click on the little X on the box seen below –
And you will go back to sort by date with all the different gradings included.
The More Factor
If someone has written less than 5 lines for a hotel stay, this is not what I call a helpful review. Even my one night stays generate long reviews, because I am trying to give the other people as much information as possible to make a good decision on whether or not they should stay at this hotel.
When you visit most review pages on Tripadvisor you will get condensed versions of the reviews, and at the bottom of each review is a more button. Once you have clicked it, this will give you the long versions of every review on that page. I think you have to click it again for every page, too. At least that is my experience.
Too Positive, Too Many Short Posts.
If all the of the reviews for a business or attraction read like this –
Close to the beach, great customer service, nice & friendly. Couldn't have been happier
– and they seem to all come from one review posters.. something is wacky there. You will find this happens especially on vacation rental reviews so be super careful with those, do not always rely on them. Google the name of your condo block and the room number, and you might find a different story entirely.
Too Many Helpful Votes
If a one review poster gets over 10 helpful votes for their short and all positive review, it would be safe to assume that something screwy is going on there. I have written 41 reviews. I have received 17 helpful votes. I appreciate every one of them because I do work hard on the reviews and knowing my reviews have helped people do encourage me to put the time and effort into writing the next one.
Those helpful votes are difficult to get because a lot of review readers do not vote. But you will now, when you read reviews you find helpful, right? 🙂 And here is how you do that.
Click on the green YES box next to Was this review helpful? Also, I included problem with this review in the screenshot, where you can report a review if you need to.
The Very Negative Review.
There are some people on this world who have a bad time everywhere they go, and then they rush home to write bad reviews about it. This is one reason when considering reviews it can be helpful to look at the profile of the writer – is every review one dot for terrible? If yes, I would disregard that reviewer.
You Are Doing It Wrong
Remember I said I would link to a company I am confident has gamed the system? Here tis. I will not name that company here, nor will I name anyone associated with it, because it has been my experience the guy who runs it loses his shiznit when people say bad things about his company.
Read through the reviews for and decide for yourself, taking into consideration the topics I'm talking about in this post, whether or not the reviews you're seeing for this particular company are real, or staged in order to earn your business and money.
He visited the Oahu forums and blasted us for not recommending his tour, a while back, and spoke downright disrespectfully to a much loved destination advisor. At the same time he admitted he has solicited reviews. See also this thread where someone who received abusive emails from him after writing a bad review talks about their experience.
When you read through the many pages of one review glowing reviews, note the huge amount of helpful votes on these reviews – some of the reviews have over 10 helpful votes.
And make sure you read his replies to those who wrote bad reviews – or even average reviews – he tears those reviewers to shreds – you can look for them under average, poor, terrible. Then ask yourself, is that someone you want to pay a large sum of money to be around? I'm going with no, hell no, no way would I ever take a tour from this company.
I do not link to it to be mean to the guy – I link to it so you can get an idea of how you do need to pay close attention and not just book a hotel, tour, or restaurant based on the ranking it has been given on a website. You need to look deeper, read the reviews, look for patterns which might suggest someone is trying to gain an advantage by getting a higher ranking, and especially be careful with the "rankings" on trip advisor.
In the end
It is your holiday. If you pick a tour that everyone supposedly loves and it turns out you hate it, the most you have lost is the money you spent on the tour and the time you spent on it. If you eat at a restaurant everyone supposedly adores and have a bad meal, it is one bad meal.
However, if you pick a hotel where things have been deliberately skewed in order to get a better ranking and it turns out you hate the hotel – it could turn your trip into a nightmare. So be very careful – google the name of the hotel together with words like travel blog, trip reports, ask on the Tripadvisor forums if anyone stayed where you want to stay, research as much as you can, check on Oyster and see if there are pics of the hotel, and when you do read reviews, read them in context and for content.
Foodies – Time Your Trip
The Cheesecake Factory – Crispy Crab Wontons – Crabmeat Blended with Cream Cheese, Green Onion, Water Chestnuts and Sweet Chili Sauce Fried Crisp in Wonton Wrappers.
If you are a foodie – I do recommend trying to time your visit with one of the following
– Night Market Honolulu which is held on the 3rd Friday of each month
– Eat The Street held on the 4th Friday of each month
Both of these events feature local food trucks.
You might also want to check out – Cookspace where they often hold awesome cooking classes, and DishCrawl. These two sites might not have events a huge distance in advance, so check back on these sites closer to your trip to see if there is anything happening you might be interested in.
Murals around Honolulu – Friends of the Library
I could also call this post a lesson in mediocre photoshopping skills, as you will see later. It is worth it, however, due to the situation of the photos that you will see.
One of the great things about the photos that were forwarded to us for publication is that they had location information on them, so that I could get an idea of where the murals were located at.
Thanks to that, I can tell you that these particular photos were all taken at 684 Pohukaina Street, which is home to the Friends of the Library of Hawai'i.
We start off with a duck who, as it would seem, has seen better days, but things are looking up for him or her.
We then move along to a roller door which has what appears to be some text on it, but it is hard to tell. Next up is a pinkish fellow who looks to be presenting us to the door. If you can identify him, that would be awesome 🙂
As we swing around the corner, we have what appears to possibly be Pele? Though I think this is probably not her since, well, it's a he in the image, and Pele's a she…
And we finish off with these two folks, sharing flowers, as a bug of some variety looks on from behind the low wall.
Now, this is where we get into my very mediocre photoshopping skills that I have. In fact, I don't even use Photoshop. I used the Gimp to do this, mostly because I can't justify the cost to purchase Photoshop 🙂
Ultimately, I realised that these three images were a continuation of each other, and made them into a panorama, which came out like this:
There are still a bunch more photos that we have received to be published. I am working on getting them readied to post (which should go quicker now that I have located where all the photos were taken), and there should be more coming 🙂
All of these photos are provided to use with thanks to the photographer, Sweetiedarling1 from Canberra
Great Travel Tips
CatTravels wrote this fantastic post – My Travel Advice – and I felt it needed to be shared here. Go read it. 🙂 I want to get me some of that Bandaid blister stuff and try it out before I go. Not sure where I will find it in Australia, though. I have never seen it here, but I guess I haven't exactly been looking because I never heard of it before – what a fantastic invention.
Today I am thinking about two things – organising my books on my new tablet, and putting together a playlist for the plane.
Last trip, I did not make my playlist until I got on the plane, and I was putting together a playlist of soothing, slow type songs to try and get some sleep. After the food was served and everyone settled in, I put in my earphones and hit play. I drowsed a little, maybe napped a couple of times, but it seemed to me that one song just kept playing over and over, even if I would hit skip, the next song would be that same song. I thought something was wrong with my iPod, or maybe I was actually asleep and just dreaming that the same song kept playing.
On the one hand it was ok because it was a song I liked a lot. On the other hand, I cannot hear this song now without being instantly transported back to that flight which seemed like it was never going to end.
Later, I discovered I had actually added at least 8 different versions of this one same song – Amsterdam, by Coldplay – onto the playlist. This is what happens when you make it at the last minute. I must have heard that song 20 times in the 10 hour flight.
This time, I will be making certain that one Iz classic finds its way to the playlist for the plane. This piece of music I first heard on ER, when one of my favourite television characters of all time died. It is beautiful, and speaks so much about Hawaii to me.


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AccorHotels is concerned by the .HOTELS registration policy as described in the "New gTLD Application" submitted by Booking.com on 12 January 2016. Although AccorHotels notes that in this new version, Booking.com has renounced "to implement[ing] a single registrant TLD" (Cf. previous version dated 13 June 2012), we are however concerned that Booking.com's new registration policy now specifies that "only Booking.com and Eligible Trusted Third Parties will be entitled to register domain names" (Cf. Section 18A and 18C). Indeed, "Eligible Trusted Third Parties" (i) is not defined by Booking.com; (ii) obviously covers a restricted group of persons; (iii) entails that Booking.com will not give an open access to .HOTELS but rather decide, on discretionary criteria, who should be considered an Eligible Trusted Third Party. This not only creates an uncertainty as to the eligibility of future registrants, but more generally is against the essence of a Generic TLD such as .HOTELS which access must be guaranteed to all of the hotel market and community.
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6M – Drisky
'DRISKY' remains our primary design within this class. Now over 10 years old and after an upgrade to the foils, this design will remain competitive in the future. The hull is shaped with a bow bussle, which allows the displacement to remain at 12kgs, but keeps the waterline length short. This feature allows DRISKY to employ a large amount of sail area. Despite this the design remains competitive across the wind speed range, but is powerful when sailing to windward in the stronger wind conditions
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Cheryl and Rick first met and started dating at age 13 and 16. For the next three years they were filled with love and enthusiasm for each other but life drove them apart and after a beautiful three year run decided to separate. Years later, after both having children and living lives on their own, Cheryl sought out Rick on Linked in and after 40 years they reunited in relationship. Three years flew by as if they were dating in high school and neither could resist spending the rest of their lives together. Their true love and devotion for each other brought them back together after 40 years and now for the rest of their lives they will spend together. They found their dream location in Palm Springs California at Colony 29 with dream spouse in each other.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City metro man is hoping to track down the family of a woman who wrote dozens of letters in 1938.
Marcus Turner said he worked on a renovation crew that transformed the Savoy Hotel downtown. Turner said he made quite the find when he walked into the historic building one day in 2017.
"I was picking up trash in the demo area room, and I guess they had knocked the ceiling through. Letters just started falling from the ceiling," he said. "I picked it up to see what it was, and it's a bunch of letters."
The crew thinks that someone stored the letters in the floorboard of a room in the building. Each letter is addressed to "Dearest" or "Darling." A woman named Mary signed each letter.
"She's writing either her husband or boyfriend or somebody," Turner said. "Several of them saying her and the kids are doing well, she wishes he was here."
Turner is hoping someone will hear about the letters and help put him in touch with the family of the woman who wrote the letters or the man who received them. If he can't find the family, Turner hopes to find a museum that will take the letters to display.


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The RD101 program will start Jan 11 2019 and run for 12 weeks.
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Analyst James Higgins at CS First Boston upgraded Delta Air Lines DAL, +0.26% citing relative safety. He feels investor appreciation of the airline industry's outlook will deteriorate over the next few months, and Delta's liquidity, operating costs and balance sheet "stand out as relatively strong in this industry." The stock closed Friday down 53 cents at $12.16. Since the Oct. 9 close, the stock had ascended 87 percent, versus a gain of 51 percent for the Amex Airline Index $xal over the comparable period.
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Warm Quinoa Salad with Lemon Tahini Dressing
Happy New Year, y'all!
In the past, I've said "recipe to follow on the blog," and I'm finally fulfilling that promise. Life gets mighty busy, so recipes like this one come in handy! It's delicious when served warm and equally as delicious served cold the next day.
Double-up batches, because you're going to love it!
2 cups cooked tri-color quinoa
1 bulb fresh fennel, thinly sliced
4 medium carrots
1/2 medium zucchini, sliced
6-8 cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 cup arugula
1 tsp fresh thyme
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/8 tsp freshly cracked pepper
1/4 cup tahini
Juice of 2 lemons
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Zest of 1 lemon
1/8 tsp coriander
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/8 tsp freshly cracked pepper
Preheat oven to 425F.
Prepare tri-colored quinoa according to box directions; I prefer using chicken or vegetable broth in place of water - it adds more flavor!
Dice the fennel, zucchini and carrots into 1/4 inch wide strips; add zucchini, fennel and quartered cherry tomatoes to a baking sheet lined with parchment and sprayed with coconut oil. Arrange the vegetables so they're in an even layer across the entire baking sheet. Spray the veggies with a thin layer of coconut oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper and fresh thyme. Roast the veggies at 425F for 20 minutes. (Note: in the photo I used broccoli this go-round in place of the zucchini!)
While the vegetables roast and the quinoa cooks, make the dressing!
No methodology here - just dump all the dressing ingredients into a food processor or bowl and mix until you've got no lumps left! (By now your kitchen is starting to smell good, right?
Once the quinoa and veggies are cooked, allow them to rest for approximately 5 minutes (they should be warm, not hot!). Dump the quinoa into one large mixing bowl, and add 1 tablespoon of the dressing; toss until all the quinoa is coated.
Add the roasted vegetables, arugula and 2 more tablespoons of dressing to the quinoa - keep tossing again until it's fully coated. Spoon yourself a heaping helping into a bowl, and garnish with whatever your hearts desire; I used sliced avocado and slivered almonds, but feel free to have fun with it!
Happy eating! xx,
Mrs. O'Brien
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Hello Bloglovers! Hubby is sick today so I'm trying to do 'quiet' things, but mainly I'm trying out my new camera. I'm a very beginner photographer, so it's a bit of a learning curve. Aaanyway. We are soon to be freshening up our dining area. We originally bought the dining table and chairs from … Continue reading A Tablescape & Just Puttering
Weekly Dinner Plan – Week 1
Hello everyone and happy Monday! I've been doing meal plans for a few years now. I find it saves a huge amount of money at the grocery store if I have a plan and a grocery list. It eliminates impulse buying and ensures that we make healthy choices when it comes to food. And it … Continue reading Weekly Dinner Plan – Week 1
Menu Planning – Save Time and Money!
What's for dinner? That's the question of the day, and one I used to ask myself every day without a single clue as to what I was going to feed my family that night. For a lot of us, making a menu plan is something we intend to do - when we get around … Continue reading Menu Planning – Save Time and Money!


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By Diane Kepus:
Too many so-called Americans have allowed themselves to be drug into the Swamp of Communism and Slime – Lies, Deceit and Distortion…
An interesting fact was brought to my attention today and just might explain the mindset of many of those leading (?) various countries from around the world:
- Macron, the newly elected French President, has no children
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has no children
- British Prime Minister Theresa May has no children
- Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni Has no children
- Nor do Holland's Mark Rutte; Sweden's Stefan Löfven; Luxembourg's Xavier Bettel; Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon; and finally Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission
Could this be why they show no concern for the future of the world, and are willing to join hands with those who are following all the edicts of the United Nations and are also looking at the New World Order?
Those of you like me that have children and grandchildren – some having great-grandchildren are extremely concerned about the futures of these children and if you are not, you certainly should be. There are those that would as soon eliminate the children of the future to a mere minimum and that is one of the agendas of the United Nations and their various agreements.
Americans no matter their political affiliation need to wake up and fast. I don't care right at this moment if you like or support Trump. I do care if you support the future of America and you have been had.
The Paris Climate Agreement is an enormous burden which has been placed on our country. What is amazing is the United States, the "Capitalist Bad Guy" is expected to carry the largest portion of the burden in this deal by the very individuals who refer to us as the "Capitalist Bad Guys" and are sitting back and not living up to their part of the obligation.
1. As Herman Cain stated, this agreement is a "toothless beast" and would have done "jack squat" for the environment". It is all part of the original plan to bankrupt the "Capitalist Monster". To "redistribute the wealth", but America is the only country who is going to be "redistributing".
To remind Americans, the United Nations Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) warned the world in November 2015 that the fight against climate change is a process and that the sought-after transformation of the world economy will not be decided at one conference or in one agreement.
At a press conference in Brussels prior to her announcement, Figures proudly stated: "This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history."
"This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting for ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been in place for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 — you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation."
Al Gore, Prince Charles and all those supposedly in the know threatened us with Environmental Armageddon if we didn't believe what they were telling us that the earth was going to dry up and fade away and allow ourselves to buy into their massive scheme.
But I question all the science which has been presented since we not only have found out in the past two years by the scientists themselves, that their "science" was fudged and not proven facts.
I prefer my science on just one issue and that is the rising sea waters – take that glass of water and fill it with ICE and WATER and just let it sit and honestly tell me if that glass EVER OVERFLOWS!
- Truth be known, many signatories (like Pakistan and India) are already violating the treaty. If anyone seriously believes mega-polluters like China and Russia will toe the line, they're nuts. Even supporters admit that there is no way to punish countries that fail to comply, because including such provisions would have kept polluting nations from coming on board – thus killing the "deal" before it was even signed, but we will be the "bad guy" for dropping out!
- Since it has been determined the treaty would increase U.S. electricity expenditures of 15-20 percent over the next decade, 400,000 fewer American jobs, a total income loss of over $30,000 for an American family of four, and a loss of over $2.5 trillion in U.S. gross domestic product with the U.S. carrying the largest financial burden and we have our own debts to take care of – how are we to take care of the debts of the world? https://youtu.be/P1pgV6OCKoM
We aren't – we are supposed to go under and float over to the socialist world.
Being a red-blooded American is a very difficult task today. Not because true Americans expect any special treatment, but because so many of the so-called Americans have allowed themselves to be drug into the Swamp of Communism and Slime – Lies, Deceit and Distortion.
What goes through the mind of a person like Kathy Griffin to stand up holding a bloody mask of the head of our president and when she receives massive backlash decides to apologize? That's not good enough. Did you ever see or hear anyone from the Tea Party groups around this country do anything as vulgar and vile as the Women's gathering on Inauguration Day or Kathy Griffin's antic against Obama who is most certainly the worst president this country has ever had the misfortune to put into office.
And never forget, one of Obama's goals was to destroy this country and he certainly worked very hard to carry that out. Obama never cared about any of the people in this country to include those who supported him. Those people were tools to an end goal, nothing more.
America has several fights on her hands – Preserving Christianity, Islam, Pedophilia, Human Trafficking, Destruction of our Education System, Immorality and the fraud and corruption which has taken over our Congress.
But the red-blooded Americans need to start standing up for their rights or they are going to be completely gone and it is being done through the United "my foot "Nations. The United Nations was established to replace the failed League of Nations for the destruction of America into a New World Order/One World government and for no other reason.
If Americans had been awake or even cared about what is being done to destroy their country they would have been outraged at what was really within the Paris Climate Agreement from the beginning.
We now have a President who is trying his best (with some bad advisors I might add) to do what the Constitution states is his OBLIGATION.
Thank you, Mr. President, for having the courage to stand up against those who wish to destroy our country.
And one final note to Herman Cain and Sean Hannity – please stop giving half the stories and not giving all the truth. You both should have told your listeners the true goal of the Paris agreement as the president did today.
© Copyright by Diane Kepus, 2017. All rights reserved.
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How to Build A Network From Scratch in 15 Minutes A Week, Part IV/
This week is the fourth and final part of our series on building your network in just 15 minutes per week. By the end of this week, you should be much farther in your effort to cultivate your network, based on just an hour of effort. As a refresher, first we created a list of all of your affiliations, past and present.
Then we narrowed our focus to the affiliations most likely to broaden your network and result in deeper ties, and created a list of 10 people you wanted to contact.
Last week we created a list of your goals in reaching out to each person, and the type of interaction you wanted to have (coffee, lunch, etc.) Then you reached out to 2-3 people.
This week we'll wrap up with what to do after you've met with someone. (If you'd like help on what to do and what to avoid during networking meetings, mark your calendar for Thursday, June 28 at 1:00 p.m. eastern/noon central/11 a.m. mountain/10 a.m. Pacific for a free webinar addressing common networking issues, including what to do and what to avoid during a networking meeting. Join our email list and like us on Facebook to be sure you don't miss it when registration opens.)
You know that you need to follow up after a networking meeting. But what does that mean? This week, we'll go through some easy ways to make sure that happens.
First, as you meet with people, keep track of your contact, whether in a spreadsheet, the contacts program on your computer, or some other method. Whatever you do, come up with a system for keeping track so as you move into following up and intentionally cultivating your network, you don't find yourself wondering who you were talking to about a particular subject. (This system should be in addition to whatever system your employer wants you to use. Yes, it's less efficient, but you are cultivating your own network and don't want to be in a position of not having contacts if you aren't able to take the information if you leave.)
Second, as I wrote about in our piece on three common networking mistakes you can avoid, schedule time into your calendar when you set up a networking meeting or RSVP to attend an event. It doesn't guarantee that you'll follow through, but you're more likely if you have the time set aside to do it.
Third, sit down and do it. If the thought of writing an email or sending a note is overwhelming, come up with a template email or note that you can modify and send. This should definitely not be a form email you cut and paste, and you want it to be polite and professional, but it doesn't have to be Shakespeare. Just as you thought about your goal for the meeting, think about your goal in following up. You want to thank the person, you want to let them know you appreciate their time, and you want to follow up on anything you promised to do – passing along an article, forwarding a job posting, introducing them to someone, passing along your resume, whatever it is.
In addition to following up with the person directly, you should connect with them on LinkedIn. (Many people think connecting on LinkedIn is enough. It is not, but it is helpful to do in addition to an email or note. )
Fourth, when you send the email or mail the note, the follow up isn't over. (Remember that this series isn't about "how to find people to have coffee with once" – the goal is to develop a network that you can cultivate throughout your career.) Schedule it into your calendar then to follow up again, whether in a month or two months or whatever you think will be an appropriate time.
Next, send out an email to another person on your list. You're on a roll – keep the momentum going.
Finally, pace yourself and celebrate your progress. Some people find that they love networking, and are energized by learning about other people's careers and industries, and feeling more engaged in their own career. But others find it draining. It will not help you advance in your networking goals if you find yourself so overextended that you're showing up to networking events or meetings exhausted and coming across as less than the energetic, interesting person you really are. So remember the advice last week about designing interactions that you will actually enjoy, – whether that's arranging to go to a favorite restaurant for lunch, going to an activity that you enjoy, or just leaving plenty of time so you can walk in feeling focused and calm rather than flustered and scattered.
So that's all there is to it. Networking does not have to be complicated. Be intentional and organized, reach out to people who can expand your network rather than the people you see all the time, be thoughtful about why you want to reach out to specific people and pick activities that will allow you to deepen your ties, keep track of your contacts, follow up, follow up some more, and keep at it. Without a lot of time, you can build your network, even if you're sure you don't have one.
Congratulate yourself on putting time and effort into building your network. If you would like more help – from designing your networking strategy to helping with outreach emails, structuring conversations, or any other career or career transition issue, let us know.
And remember to join our email list and like us on Facebook to hear when registration opens for our free webinar on what to do and what to avoid during networking meetings.
PART I: How to Build A Network From Scratch in 15 Minutes A Week
PART II: How to Build A Network From Scratch in 15 Minutes A Week
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Strange, Megan
- Upper School Principal & Director of Camps
Megan graduated in 2000 from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. She completed a Master of Arts degree in Christian Leadership from Liberty University in 2009 and an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership in 2013, also from Liberty University. Megan holds an ACSI All Levels-Principal Lifetime Certificate and has completed further doctoral studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Megan came to North Cobb Christian in 2005 as the Director of Student Life. She has also served as a teacher, basketball coach, dean of student life, and assistant principal prior to being named Upper School Principal in 2009. Before joining the staff at NCCS, she served as the Director of Student Ministries at Acworth United Methodist Church and as the Director of Sports and Special Events at a church in Memphis, Tennessee. She has also served in leadership for the Atlanta-Marietta District of the United Methodist Church and on the board of directors for One Goal Sports in the Atlanta area. Megan coaches the Varsity Girls Golf Team at NCCS. In addition to her roles at NCCS, Megan leads the Principals 101 group of the Atlanta Christian School Association.
Megan and her husband Clint, who also teaches a law class at NCCS, have two children who both attend NCCS. Their church home is Cedarcrest Church in Acworth where Megan and Clint are both a part of the servant leadership team.
Megan enjoys hanging out with her family, reading, writing, anything having to do with Apple computers, and all sports. She also blogs regularly at www.meganstrange.com and is active on Twitter as @MeganStrange.
Megan's favorite Bible verse is I Timothy 4:7-8- "Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales, but rather train yourselves to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness holds value for all things, both the present life and the life to come."
Why I love my job:
I love my role as the Principal of the Upper School because it gives me the opportunity to support our faculty and staff, our students, and our families. I am so grateful to serve with some of the brightest and most gifted educators around. We love the chance to speak truth into the hearts and minds of our students everyday. The partnership we have with parents is one of the greatest blessings in the NCCS community.
Golden Moment at NCCS:
As a principal, one of the highlights is when a student comes back to say thank you. Over the years, we have had the opportunity to deal with a variety of discipline situations that come up when working with middle and upper school students. My goal has always been to focus on the "disciple" part of discipline. It is very exciting when a student realizes that and shows their gratitude for the time that was spent talking with them and helping them learn through a "teachable moment".
Why I work at NCCS:
I work at NCCS because I can't imagine doing anything else. I genuinely love driving into the parking lot every morning, excited about what God has in store for us that day. Our faculty, staff, and students are a blast to be around and it is my pleasure to serve them each and every day.
Original hometown: Memphis, TN