Erika's Work Life, Hobbies & Interests| MY INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
PROFESSION/OCCUPATION: MOST RECENT POSITION: Staff RN/Charge Nurse on Surgical Care/Oncology/Telemetry Unit 15 years [Specialty training in Oncology, Wound Care and Bariatrics] Including 6 years as Clinical Manager OTHER SPECIALTY AREAS WORKED: Cardiac Care/Progressive Intensive Care/Telemetry + Cardiac Cath Recovery (14.5 years) [Specialty training in Advanced Cardiac, Cardiac Cath Recovery, Critical Care] Gynecology (5.5 years) Med-Surg & Ambulatory Care (5 years) SURGICAL CARE UNIT SPECIALTIES: Gastrointestinal/Pulmonary/Renal/Vascular Surgery/ Gynecology/Urology/ Bariatrics/Wound Care. OTHER EXPERIENCE: Quality Assurance Reviews (Nursing and Medical) Substitute for Infection Control Specialist Educator/Clincial Instructor for Associate Degree in Nursing ACLS qualified for over 25 years, PALS 10 years. ONS Chemotherapy Certified 15 years. HONORS: Illinois State Scholar based on college entrance exams Honors Entrance Scholarship to local college Phi Theta Kappa Who's Who in South/Southwest PROFESIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Nurses Association (ANA) 10 years [Illinios Nurses Association (INA) 5 years] [Florida Nurses Association (FNA) 5 years] American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) 12 years National League of Nursing (NLN) 5 years Academy of Medical Surgical Nursing (AMSN) 10 years VOLUNTEER/FUND RAISING Volunteer for American Cancer Society 10 years Relay for Life Cancer Fund Raiser Activities 5 years American Heart Association Fund Raiser Activities 10 years
Select any of following under "Hungarian Folk" MY HISTORY WITH AMAZON.COM REVIEWS: (ADDENDUM: This section has had no impact whatsoever on my getting more positive votes or an improved ranking number on Amazon.com [for reviews, that is]! Yes! Really!) I began by primarily reviewing Balkan and Central European music but expanded to include a large variety of books and films, many international (DVDs) because traditional music just does not get a large readership. My first 200 or so reviews are of international/traditional/world music CDs from Hungary, Romania, Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albania, Scandinavia (Nordic), Gypsy (Roma), Israeli & Asian . Around Spring 2007 an attack of negative votes began on my reviews which lasted almost a year: spammers/trolls who visited the Amazon Reviewers Discussion Board were driven by false beliefs/assumptions that no one would write reviews for free on a regular basis. Therefore, they believed reviewers receivied some form of compensation. Some accusations left in the comments section went along these lines: "sounds like a blurb from inside a CD" or "sounds like something copied from a jacket cover" or "that is a summary, it is not a review, a review is not like an essay assignment for school". My only response is: well that is what I wrote regardless of what it sounds like and it is ALL ORIGINAL AND WRITTEN BY ME. You can agreee or disagree with just one vote, be it positive or negative. My sole reason for reviewing was to share my love of traditional music which translates into lively, upbeat, and joyous 4 or 5 star reviews. Since reviewing is a hobby, it is done voluntarily, there is no reason for me to review what I do not like! This means you will not find many 1 or 2 star reviews. This is a hobby not a job. Many Top Badge Reviewers who posted on the DB were attacked from late 2007 into mid 2008 for expressing these sentiments. Since music reviews of CDs from the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe typically receives limited readership or attention, I expanded my reviews to include books and films, primarily internatonal. Amazon limits the specific number of votes (+/-) per day (believed to be 5) that any one person may give to one reviewer. There is also an unknown TOTAL LIMIT of life time votes one person may give to any one reviewer. Once that limit is reached, the voter is labelled "fan" and their votes (+ or -) no longer register on the product page nor do they show up on the reviewers page. This means a "fan" can not influence the "ranking number" of a reviewer. July 2015, Amazon again revised their method of registering votes on reviews. The most current review by date is 'spot-lighted', i. e. prominently placed on the left side of the product page where it is more visible and has an advantage to attract more reader/votes. Also the reviews with the most positive votes are Spot Lighted in this prominent location - unless another review gets *more* possies which bumps the older review out of the spot light. Aug 2015, another helpful change was made by amazon: a reviewer may not "wash reviews". "Washing reviews" means to delete the review and afterwards reposts the same review. All votes (positive and negative) are erased/removed which essentially clears the negative votes of changing "ranking number.". Most often reviewers *washed* reviews to remove "revenge" neg votes. Some readers of reviews deliberately gave negative votes to knock someone else's review out of the spot light, hoping theirs got placed in a better slot. I have enjoyed writing reviews but I have decreased the number written in the past several years. No relative ever voted on any of my reviews [they are all in Hungary and do not even know about amazon.com]. If any friends voted on a review, it was by chance and I do not know about it unless individual left comment. If I discovered anyone who was giving me frequent positives on a regular basis, I put a stop to it. I don't discuss this hobby with friends ... AMAZON.COM REVIEW LINKS: CLICK Amazon.com US site AMAZON removed reviews at the end of 2016 or beginning of 2017 for reasons unknown, as they did not write a letter to reviewers explaining why. I had a total of about 843 reviews at the time. I don't have the date when I first noticed 25 - 30 reviews were missing. Since then I slowed down in the reviewing process. I just felt it was not worth doing if REVIEWS can be removed without explanation. Couild be there were too many or they were too old. I am only guessing ... LATEST RANKING STATS JUNE 9, 2016:
July 2, 2015 Erika Borsos Gulf Coast of FL, USA #1,625 Reviewer ranking 91% helpful votes received on reviews (8,701 of 9,608) FOR TOTAL REVIEWS: 794 DEC. 11, 2014 RANK OF 2707 ... AUG 14, 2013 Customer Reviews: 703 Top Reviewer Ranking: 1,641 Helpful Votes: 7723 JAN. 7, 2012 Helpful votes received on reviews 90% (7,000 of 7770) SEPT 4, 2011 Erika Borsos' Profile Customer Reviews: 661 LOST TOP REVIEWER BADGE WITH THIS RANK: 1,103 on Dec. 18, 2011. Under new system would have had TOP 1000 REVIEWER badge until Nov. 2011. CLASSICAL Amazon.com (USA) TOP 1,000 BADGE: 1/20/04 and TOP 500 BADGE: 3/16/05 US amazon.com *new* rank # 505 as of 5/27/2010. BEST CLASSICAL RANK = #183 NOTE: fan votes and negative attack votes were removed by amazon and are done so on a regular basis. Sept. 2008 *before* the changes : my "classic rank" was #173 based on 8,138 positive votes with total votes of 9,617 (approximately). Amazon.com changed how they calculate the ranking system by removing votes attributed to fans during Oct. 2008 - Dec. 2008. Fans are frequent voters which they deemed biased. I was attributed 630 "fans" on 10/24/08. Fan statistic was 664 on 1/03/2009. Then fan number decreased to 143. Oct. 2009 fans were 80. On Dec. 18, 2011 I had 87 fans. As of July 31, 2015 : 101 fans per amazon after which amazon stopped posting this statistic for public viewing. I had a CLASSICAL TOP 500 REVIEWER badge up until Dec. 8, 2011 until the system changed once more! Amazon created a "Hall of Fame" badge to honor *only* TOP 10 REVIEWERS. NOTE: under the *NEW* ranking system, I would have had a "TOP 1000 REVIEWER" badge for the past year ... Lately, I simply do not review enough to earn a badge. USA YEAR 2007: TOP 500 BADGE: Rank #302 - 318. Average 308 USA YEAR 2006: TOP 500 BADGE: Rank # 324 - 344. Average 334. UK AMAZON TOP 1,000 BADGE on 8/10/04 Then amazon.co.uk changed the ranking calculations, I dropped! HERE IS THE LINK: UK reviews are the same as USA except fewer total number because I got tired of sending (cut/paste) them there. CLICK Amazon.co.uk UK site * NEW* UK TOP 500 BADGE on June 13, 2006 after changes/updates. Current UK AMAZON RANK # 130. Reviews: 332 Votes: 2117 on Mar. 18, 2009 Most of the Canadian amazon reviews are the same as USA & UK but in a different order. HERE IS THE LINK: CLICK Amazon.ca Canadian site CANADA Current Rank #67. Reviews: 312. Votes: 156 on Mar. 18, 2009 Best in 2007: # 36. Was TOP 50 rank of #37 with 280 reviews and 137 votes on Mar. 25, 2008 CANADA Amazon: TOP 500 BADGE 6/13/06 RANK #110 Reviews: 212 Votes: 51 CANADA Amazon: TOP 100 BADGE 6/28/06 Rank #81 Reviews: 241 Votes: 60. CANADA Amazon TOP 50 BADGE 12/10/06 RANK #44 Reviews: 251 Votes: 93 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 40 GREAT VACATIONS 1972 - 2012: 9 VISITS TO EUROPE: HUNGARY: 1972, 1975, 1981, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009 May 1972 - 6 weeks, July 1975 - 3 weeks, Aug. 1981 - 4 weeks, July 1999 3 weeks, Oct. 2001 - 10 days, Oct. 2003 - 2 weeks, Oct. 2007 3 weeks, April - May 2009 for 3 weeks : Bakonycsernye, Mór, Székesfehérvár, Lake Velence (Agárd). Csetény, Zirc, Csesznek, Tihany, Budapest VIEW MAYAN RUINS AND NATURAL SITES IN BELIZE Click Belize Explorer 1977, Apr. "Egnatia" (Ferry) from Brindisi, Italy to Corfu and Patras, Greece. 1983 Sept. SS Amerikanis (Chandris Cruise Lines) - 4 days 2002, May: Regal Empress (Regal Cruise Lines) - 6 days 2005 Feb: Norwegian Spirit - 6 days 2006 Jan. Enchantment of the Seas: Cancun/Cozumel, Mexico, Belize (Altun Ha Mayan Ruins), Key West, FL 2006 Sept. Enchantment of the Seas: Key West, FL; Cozumel, Mexico; Coco Bay, Bahamas APRIL 2007 on MSC LIRICA 12 DAYS/11 NIGHTS: San Juan, Puerto Rico [San Crisotobal and El Morro Fort tour, walking through Old San Juan]; St. Maarten, Netherland Antilles [best shopping for beach clothes and jewelry]; Grenada, West Indies [outstanding island bus tour, old plantation tour, Annandale Falls, extinct volcanoe lake, high peaks up to 9200 feet]; Barbados, British West Indies [outstanding island bus tour through 4 or 5 parishes, Bathsheba beach Atlantic side]; St. Lucia. Fr. West Indies [walked in city of Castries]; Tortola, British Virgin Islands [outstanding island bus tour, into mountains, old rum factory, Cane Bay Gardens Beach]; Cayo Levantado, Domincan Republic [beautiful beach, island drinks, food, and souveneirs] SEPT. 2008: Enchantment of the Seas 6 days/5 nights ... Key West, FL; Cozumel, Mexico; Belize, Central America MAY 2010: Solstice (Celebrity Cruise Lines): San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, USVI; St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. This a beautiful ship, outstanding food at the Oceanside Cafe & main dining, fantastic ports of call and wonderful entertainment/shows. DEC. 2010 Norwegian Pearl (NCL): Roatan, Honduras; Belize, Central America; Costa Maya; and Key West, FL ... Took a tour to fanstastic Mayan Ruins from Costa Maya. OCT. 2011 Carnival IMAGINATION: 4 nights : Key West, FL, one day at sea, Cozumel Mexico and one day at sea. NOV. 2011 MSC POESIA: 5 nights: One day at sea, Costa Maya Mexico, Cozumel (went to Playa Del Carmen and Cancun on a tour), One day at Sea APRIL 2012 Carnival VALOR: 6 nights - Miami, FL to Key West, FL, day at sea, Grand Cayman Island, Montego Bay Jamaica, day at sea return to Miami ... SEPT 2012 Carnival VALOR: 7 night cruise from Miami (9/15- 9/23) ... Sun: Miami then at Sea; Mon: At Sea, Tues: Antigua; Weds: St Thomas, USVI; Thurs: Tortola, BVI; Fri. Sea; Sat: Nassau, Bahamas, Sun: Miami ... SEPT 2018 NCL GETAWAY: 7 night cruise from Miami (9/23 - 9/30) ... Sun: Miami then at Sea; Mon: At Sea, Tues: Roatan, Honduras; Weds: Harvest Caye, Belize; Thurs: Costa Maya; Fri: Cozumel; Sat: at Sea; Sun: Return to Miami ... |
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