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Week 39 of 52
Abita Brewing Company & Tasting Room
166 Barbee Rd.
Abita Springs, LA
Wed,Thurs & Fri: 2pm — 3pm
Tour Time: 2pm
Sat: 10am — 3pm
Tour Times: 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Rank: 4/5
Type of Establishment: Brewery & Tasting Room
Visit: After a incredible week of consumption in the French Quarter, it was time to get the hell out of Dodge. We headed West to the Bayou to have some frog legs and catfish and embarked north to Abita Springs, home of Abita Brewing. It was about 85 degrees with 100% humidity on a late October day. We were thirsty, but severely full. The beer beckoned, we did not back down.
Beers on Tap (at time of visit):
Turbodog Brown Ale
Christmas Ale
Purple Haze Raspberry Ale
Pecan Harvest
Satsuma Wit
Jockamo IPA
Restoration Pale
Select Rye Pale
Save Our Shores Imperial Pilsner
Fall Fest
Bottle List:
Its a brewery, you drink from the taps. You cannot get any bottles here.
But you can obtain Abita Brewing's bottled beer at almost any store selling beer in Louisiana. They also distribute in 48 states, including Washington.
You can most reliably find some Abita down at Full Throttle Bottles in Seattle. Next time you have a fish fry, crawfish/shrimp boil, or a Mardi Gras party — head down there to get your Turbodog.
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Again, my comments are limited. If you brought a bag of peanuts or chips — I think you can eat them here. But, this is purely a brewery visit. They are focused one thing: letting you drink the beer and see where it came from.
Abita Brewing does, however, have a brewpub up the road about 1 mile. In the teeny town of Abita Springs, LA, Abita's brewpub puts out some interesting food and showcases roughly 20 beers on tap at all times.
More interestingly, the brewpub pours some pub exclusives that cannot be found anywhere else, including Chocolate Stout, Blue (blueberry wheat beer), and Nitro Pale. You can also purchase growlers of these beers, or snag a six pack of some of their packaged ales.
The food at the brewpub provides a nice snapshot of Louisiana cuisine. Its not the best place to get this food, but its serviceable. A collection of po boys with all the fixins, oysters brochette, fried artichokes, blackened shrimp, crawfish cakes and stuffed quail might make you right. For me, I always loved their home recipe meatloaf, which is no longer on the menu — boo. If you are looking for a recommendation, try the Andygator infused crawfish cakes topped with a Turbodog remoulade sauce. Yum.
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I'll just get this out of the way: You serve yourself at Abita Brewing. Yep, you heard me — be your own bartender at this tasting room.
The fact stated above was the main reason that I decided to return to Abita. Some six years ago when I was nothing more than a Loyola student, a few friends and I visited the still relatively small Abita brewery. We wanted to see what changed, after some major renovations and upgrades.
The Old Brewery & Tour
My first visit was back in 2004, before Hurrican Katrina. Abita was producing a lot of beer at the time, but not nearly what they sell these days. At the time, they had just a few beers in their collection and did not produce one hoppy ale.
The brewery was in the same location but remarkably smaller, less efficient and much less attractive. I remember walking into the brewery for a tour and being directed to what had to be a refurbished closet. The "welcome room" was a tiny space with a jockey box setup and about 5 taps. There was a stack of cups and sign that read: "serve yourself." What!? Of course, I will. Thank you very much.
The mentality at the old brewery was grab as much beer as possible, make sure you try all five styles and then stumble around the brewery tour for 30 minutes, with absolutely zero idea what the brewer was talking about. Except for my buddy Nick asking dumb questions about how they clean the place — we had zero communication with the tour guide. We had no idea how to connect with the guy, because we had such little knowledge of the brewing process.
Regardless, the old brewery tour was a hell of a time. Not once have I visited a brewery that left you to your own devices in procuring drunkenness. What a world. Would it all change as Abita grew up?
All Grown Up — Abita Goes Gorgeous.
I had heard a lot of amazing things about Abita in the past few years. First, Abita underwent an incredible transformation right after we visited in 2004. Even before the great storm of 2005, Abita was in the midst of a great growth, increasing brewing capacity, fermenting capacity and brewery technology.
The brewery purchased one of only two Merlin brew kettle systems that are currently being used in the USA (we believe, but their may be more). Their 100 bbl system is only defeated by the 200 bbl system being used over at New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, CO.
The Merlin allows for an extremely clean brewing process, while maximizing heat efficiency (it saves 70% in energy cost) and removing trub. Its a pretty sexy thing to see and you can taste the difference in Abita beer.
Additionally, Abita grabbed a slew of 300 bbl fermenters and built a brand spanking new brewhouse that sparkles with cleanliness. Very impressive.
They also built a new administrative building with a New Orleans flair. This building houses the Tasting Room and patio, where you get to enjoy Abita's beer — as your own bartender. That's right, even though they built a gorgeous new bar — you still pour your own beer.
One big difference is that you now have to choose from about 15 beers! But do not fret, the tasting experience is now expanded to roughly an hour. After a brief introduction, visitors are invited to grab a beer (or two, three, whatever you can carry) and take a seat. The tour begins with an extremely informative and appealing video (on big flat screens) about the brewing process.
The video is perhaps the smartest move that Abita could have made. I was on the tour with my father and his friend, who know very little about brewing. But, Abita's video showed the brewing process in action; the ingredients, the working parts, and even a life cycle of a beer were all comprehensible and tangible.
At this time, you are finally ready to take a quick (10 minute) peak at the brewery. By now, you understand how all the parts work and this is a great opportunity to ground the images you just saw on screen with the real thing. I love this tour.
Going Green.
Abita also uses this opportunity to "wow" you with its green initiative. I was utterly shocked to see a Louisiana brewery doing some of the things that Abita is doing.
As the site says:
"Conserving energy and water, reusing by-products and waste, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, driving greener vehicles and using recycled materials are some of the ways the Abita Brewing Company is working to keep our part of the world green and clean."
This brewer is recycling cooling water into their liquor tanks, using a kettle that saves 70% in energy cost, capturing vapor to reuse steam, reusing waste water to produce energy, capturing bio-gas to fuel boilers, using snub bottles to reduce glass, and using recycled cartons that use 50% less paper. These are just a few of the things that Abita is doing to improve the way brewing damages the environment. If you ever brewed a batch of beer, you know how wasteful it can be; its nice to see someone doing something about it.
The Beer & Result
All in all — I was floored with the improvements at this place. That includes improvements to the beer.
I never have been a huge fan of Abita Brewing, but their beer is noticeably improved. Additions to the family include: Jockamo IPA, a 6.5% IPA generously hopped with Willamette and Columbus hops; Restoration Pale, a nice malty pale dry-hopped with Cascade, which was created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and started as a fund raiser; and last but certainly not least — SOS.
SOS stands for Save Our Shores. Abita has always got involved with helping out Louisiana during times of disaster. This time, Abita put together a charity to help out families that were impacted by the BP oil spill. Abita brewed this Imperial Pilsner (its marketed as just a Pils, but its big as hell) with the intention of raising .75 cents per bottle sold for its charity — and its doing a heck of a job.
SOS is easily Abita's most desirable beer. The wheat malts blend perfectly with the Perle and Sterling hops that are packed in the bottle gratuitously. While the beer has a subtle malt backbone, its sharp and packs a delightful hoppiness. Get this beer — and help save Louisiana shores. You can also contribute by going to their website here.
All in all, I still love New Orleans and I'm beginning to love Abita, more and more. I was blown away with what the brewery has become and how great this tour is for visitors. If you are in New Orleans, there is no justification for missing this trip.
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When you push the button to open your garage door, you probably just assume it will work.
After all, it has always worked in the past.
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There are at three entirely different mechanisms that you can use to open your garage door. There's the remote, usually used from your car. The interior button and the exterior keyless entry.
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The opening control devices we mentioned earlier in this article are either hard wired to the electric motor or connected through a radio signal. The hardwired button is for your convenience when you are in your home. It is directly connected to the motor, but through wiring, you can place it by your door from the house or anywhere else in your home or perhaps in the garage.
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So, NOW it's come to this. A seven-year-old suspended from school for crudely fashioning his breakfast pastry into a gun-like shape and brandishing it in the most menacing fashion a gun-shaped pastry can be wielded.
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The pastry "gun" was a rectangular strawberry-filled bar, akin to a Pop-Tart, that the second-grader had tried to nibble into the shape of a mountain Friday morning, but then found it looked more like a gun, said his father, William "B.J." Welch.
- Feb. 5, 2013 - A ten-year-old Virginia student was suspended for bringing an orange-tipped toy gun on a bus.That's just a sampling. There are many more stories like these out there. There are many that are underreported or never reported, where parents just deal with the ridiculous outcome of zero-tolerance policies. For some reason, many schools still labor under the delusion that "zero tolerance" equals "tough, but fair." It's neither, and utilizing zero tolerance policies simply prunes the whole process back to a disfigured stump devoid of logic, perspective or context.
- Feb. 1, 2013 - A 9-year-old student was suspended for bringing a 2-inch toy gun on a key fob to school.
- Jan. 29, 2013 - A 5-year-old student could be suspended for crafting a Lego gun during an after-school program. Not only that, but he'd crafted his fingers into a gun mere weeks earlier.
- Jan. 22, 2013 - A 5-year-old is suspended for discussing her Hello Kitty bubble gun, saying, "I'll shoot you, you'll shoot me and we'll all play together."
- Jan. 2, 2013 - A 6-year-old in a Washington D.C. school was suspended for making a gun gesture with his hands.
- August 28, 2012 - A deaf 3-year-old preschooler is asked to change the sign he uses for his name -- Hunter -- which he signs by forming a gun with his hands. Apparently, "saying" his name violates the school's weapon policy.
- Feb. 24, 2012 - A drawing of a gun by a four-year-old resulted in the arrest of her father when he came to pick her up from school. He was detained by police and strip-searched while his children were questioned by social services. The gun his child depicted? A plastic toy that belonged to his kids.
So, a child eats something and starts playing with his food because it resembles something other than the RDA-approved Pop Tart knockoff. And his school responds by twisting its own weapons policy into a parody of itself. The actual wording pertaining to prohibited items, courtesy of Lowering the Bar, reads like this:
Any gun of any kind, loaded or unloaded, operable or inoperable, including any object other than a firearm which is a look-a-like of a gun. This shall include, but is not limited to, pellet gun, paintball gun, stun gun, taser, BB gun, flare gun, nail gun, and air soft gun.How does this policy apply to the pastry? That's a great question, and Lowering the Bar doesn't have an answer:
Josh's gun was not a firearm, because it was a pastry, and it seems highly unlikely that it qualified as a gun "look-a-like," again because it was a pastry. It certainly is nothing like any of the "look-a-like" items set forth in the list, largely because those items are not pastries.The school's logic apparently is that if it vaguely resembles a gun and someone is pretending it's a gun, then it's a gun look-a-like. Case closed.
This, in and of itself, would be pathetic enough. But it gets worse. The school sent home a letter regarding the (non) incident, which hilariously offers the assistance of staff counselors for anyone "troubled" by the weaponized pastry.
Dear Parents and Guardians:Kevin Underhill at LTB adds:
I am writing to let you know about an incident that occurred this morning in one of our classrooms and encourage you to discuss this matter with your child in a manner you deem most appropriate.
During breakfast this morning, one of our students used food to make inappropriate gestures that disrupted the class. While no physical threats were made and no one [was] harmed, the student had to be removed from the classroom.
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As you are aware, the ... Code of Student Conduct and appropriate consequences related to violations of the code are clearly spelled out in the Student Handbook, which was sent home during the first week of school and can be found on our website, www.aacps.org....
If your children express that they are troubled by today's incident, please talk with them and help them share their feelings. Our school counselor is available to meet with any students who have the need to do so next week. In general, please remind them of the importance of making good choices.
Pretty sure that if your children are "troubled" by another kid biting a pastry into something that looks sort of like a gun and waving said pastry around, you have already failed as a parent.And I'd add that if you've done even a merely passable job as a parent, the only "feeling" your children might want to "share" is that their school is run by officious asshats, even if they haven't quite developed the vocabulary to say that in so many words. (Don't kid yourselves, parents: they're quite capable of swearing well above their grade level.)
This is the nadir of the education system's zero tolerance weapon policies. Zero tolerance does nothing more than relieve the administrative staff from the possibility of having blood on their hands. No situtation is too ridiculous to be taken seriously -- and punished harshly. Reducing every incident to binary ensures that no school employee can ever be held responsible for overreacting to any perceived "threat," no matter how innocuous. In many ways, the education system is a reflection of our current "homeland security" ecosystem where the endless pursuit of "safety" has become the impetus for thousands of terrible policies, all enforced inflexibly.
There's a way to pull out of this nosedive but it involves many, many people being willing to make judgement calls on the fly and able to face the heat should their judgement falter. Unfortunately for many in the system, the risk is much higher than the reward. For many in these positions, the possibility of being wrong is incapacitating and zero tolerance policies relieve this pressure. Trying to steer the system back towards a greater reliance on common sense won't be easy, but continuing to let it drift in its current direction will do nothing to improve the safety and security of our schools, much less our country.
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Hiring Employees
The 5 Traits (Some Surprising) I Look For When Hiring New Workers
Think you want a "yes man" (or "yes woman") as your next next employee? Actually, you don't.
The success of your team is highly dependent on the people who make it up. That's why it's so important, when you have an opening, to ensure that the person you hire for the job is right for the role.
Research from Bersin by Deloitte finds that the average company spends $4,000 to fill an open position. And, if that person turns out to be a bad hire, it could end up costing the company even more.
So, how do you ensure you hire the right person? According to the National Federation of Independent Business, 47 percent of small businesses polled said they couldn't find qualified applicants for open positions. But if you focus on the key qualities your ideal candidate should possess, you'll know the perfect hire when you see him (or her).
In his book, Start With the Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Action, motivational speaker Simon Sinek wrote: "Great companies don't hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them."
Related: Dr John Demartini On Hiring The Right People
Not sure what characteristics you should be looking for? Here are five of the top qualities – some surprising – that I look for when building my team:
In an interview with Business Insider, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington said, "I love working with people who say exactly what's on their minds." If all you want is someone to nod his or her head and agree with everything you say, all you're going to get is a "yes man," and that won't benefit your business.
You need to hire people who aren't afraid to share their ideas, speak up and challenge the status quo. These are the people who will be able to push your team to improve and make positive changes.
2Eager to learn
When asked whom they want to hire, most managers will mention intelligence as a key characteristic of their ideal candidate. But intelligence doesn't always translate to business success.
Instead of looking for book smarts, focus on finding someone who is curious and willing to learn. These candidates will be better able to adapt to change in your organization and be able to grow along with it.
People who are eager to learn are always looking for new challenges and ways to improve. They may even be able to come up with new ideas for how things should be done in your business.
3Balanced life
It may seem like you'd want someone who is super dedicated to your company, spending extra hours in the office and always the first one in and the last one out. But it's actually people who maintain a balanced life outside the office who make the best employees.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook said, "We don't put people through a machine where they come out and talk the same, look the same, think the same. We really value diversity with a capital 'D': We want diversity of thought. We want diversity of style. We want people to be themselves."
Diversity is important, to allow your company to grow, and people gain diverse thoughts by experiencing life outside the office. So, those with hobbies, friends and family don't tend to be one-dimensional. They bring a lot of worldly knowledge and interesting contributions to help your organisation.
Related: Hiring Tip: Ask About The Candidate, Don't Talk About The Position
4All-star player
This may be an obvious one, but it's important. You need to staff your team with people who go above and beyond what is asked of them and aren't afraid of doing hard work.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shared his hiring secret with Business Insider: "I've adopted this hiring rule, which is that you should never hire someone to work for you unless you would work for them in an alternate universe."
Similarly, in a 1998 Amazon shareholders letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that when hiring, he and his listeners need to ask, "Will this person raise the average level of effectiveness of the group they're entering? We want to fight entropy. The bar has to continuously go up."
The people you should hire, then, are the ones who will raise the standards in your business. They contribute more than just what their position entails, and they're always looking for new ways to grow themselves and the business.
In a speech at the University of Florida, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett said, "We look for three things when we hire people. We look for intelligence, we look for initiative or energy, and we look for integrity."
No matter how great a candidate is, if he or she isn't honest and authentic, you might not be able to trust this person or his/her work. People with integrity are better able to work with others and provide work that is high quality and dependable.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.
Hiring Employees
Are You Hiring A Cultural Fit? Do You Actually Want To?
Acknowledge your culture, and share it with applicants before they even get to the interview phase.
Who should you hire: The superstar with great skills who feels like a poor fit with the culture, or the person with weaker skills but who fits in culturally? Even though I believe in hiring the stranger, cultural fit really matters.
I once had an interview set up with a candidate who looked strong on paper. Within one minute of meeting him, it was obvious that he was too crude in his language and thinking for the culture I was building. I would have been embarrassed to have him introduce himself as affiliated with our company. I terminated the interview faster than I had ever done before.
Forty-six percent of newly hired employees will fail within 18 months, while only 19 percent will achieve unequivocal success, according to a study by Leadership IQ. Of those that fail, 11 percent lack the necessary technical skills. The remaining 89 percent have other difficulties integrating into the workplace. That statistic – the 89 percent – is startling, but even more startling is that a majority of employers are not addressing it sufficiently. How many interviewers make a formal assessment of cultural fit? Even the most impressive candidate may turn into a mis-hire if he or she onboards into a poor cultural fit.
Cultural fit includes both a firm's personality – values, interpersonal skills, extracurriculars – and how a firm works – management, hours, pace, etc. I know one well-known start-up that, in its early days, required that every hire be interviewed by the entire team. Not only that, but any one person could veto a candidate. "I think there is something to be said for the 'airport lounge test,'" a colleague said to me. "If you don't want to sit with somebody when stuck waiting for a plane, you probably won't want to work beside them either."
At the same time, cultural fit should not become a euphemism for hiring a bunch of people who look or think just like you. "Don't hire people you know." If you do, you're not going to get the best fit for your organisation. An organisation that selects for the highest performers cannot possibly also be a homogeneous organisation.
It's also worth assessing if your culture is what it should be. Let's say you interview someone who tends to be very frank, and therefore irritates people. In your culture, people tend to speak indirectly about sensitive matters. They say, "If I could make a suggestion" and "perhaps" before saying, "We're screwed." On the one hand, you might say this person is going to irritate folks.
On the other hand, is your firm burying problems rather than addressing them? Every hire shapes future culture; the new person might be an infusion of useful straight talk.
Related: Hiring Your First Employees
For employers, here are six steps that you can take to increase the likelihood of attracting candidates who will be cultural fits within your firm:
1. Have a company mission plus values statement, and list it on the job posting and your website
Every firm has a culture. What is yours? We recommend to acknowledge it, and share it with candidates. In particular, highlight what is unusual, not generic, about your firm. If everyone in your office is obsessed with sports, then mention in your job posting. "Benefit: Get to attend home Rangers games with many of your colleagues!" This allows for candidate self-selection based on their values and whether they would feel like they fit into the culture.
2. Obtain data on a candidate's behaviour, values and most preferred/least preferred company culture
My executive coach observed that it's helpful to ask candidates to describe their ideal corporate environment, their "most preferred" culture, as well as to describe a place where others might like the culture but where they would not. This is to discourage them from describing a company culture that no one would like. These open-ended questions encourage candidates to free-associate about their company culture wish list, and can enable you to assess whether their ideal company is close enough to your real company.
I recommend to screen for cultural fit values and technical skills separately, in order to minimise the risk of missing something. Some firms make a point of screening for cultural fit, before even bothering with the technical fit interview, on the grounds that it's a waste of time to do otherwise.
Related: When To Hire A Consultant
3. Enforce a standard rating system
I suggest formally assessing against the mission values of the firm. Show the mission statement to the candidate, and give an example of the mission conflicting with itself or other imperatives. Example: We have committed to a deadline of July one for a client, but the product still has bugs. What should we do, given our cultural imperative of keeping promises? See what the candidate recommends.
4. Assess a candidate's interactions with other employees and make observations
Take note if they fit in with the rest of the firm's people by observing how the candidate participates in group exercises and how effectively the candidate communicates with the rest of the employees.
Ask people at all levels to interview the candidate. After all, the candidate will interact with people throughout the organisation once they start the job. To encourage interaction, pay attention to how they talk with the receptionist, security guard and/or other candidates in the waiting room. The candidate is more likely to show his/her true self in these interactions.
5. Ask the candidate for their observations
Dattner suggested you can also ask the candidate what they observed about the culture in discussions and meetings with you to ascertain how attuned they are to the culture. You may get valuable feedback about how an outsider perceives you.
6. Execute a post-facto analysis
Review any mis-hires retroactively to determine what went wrong during the interview process. You can also interview any candidates you made offers to, but who did not accept, to get additional feedback about your company and its employment brand.
Related: Looking For Talent? Here Are The Benefits Of Hiring A Graduate
The candidate's point of view
Here are some questions I suggest candidates ask before accepting a job offer:
Office personality and communication
- How have you responded to feedback from subordinates?
- Can you give me examples of how you support your subordinates' growth and development?
- What does my working group do together outside of work, if anything? Friday get-togethers, other functions?
Job pace
- When do most people arrive/leave work?
- Am I expected to be on call and/or checking email often in case any work needs to be completed outside of office hours?
- How formal is the firm? (Dress code, etc.)
Firm structure
- How many reporting layers are there?
- How often and how will I have access to senior management?
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.
Hiring Employees
The Consequences Of Appointing People In The Wrong Positions
Let's consider the consequences and impact of poor appointments.
We all know of someone who might have been appointed on a whim, based on someone's gut-feel or because of their connections, just to discover that they do not fit the job description – or the organisation.
What are the consequences of this? Why should we care about recruiting the correct people for the correct positions? Simply put, the negative consequences of poor appointments can drain money and energy and have long-lasting effects on the organisation. In fact, I believe this to be one of the fundamental dysfunctions that negatively impacts leading purposefully. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, expresses the same sentiment advising to rather keep the position vacant than appoint inappropriately.
Consider the case of James who happens to meet the required qualifications for the post as advertised for Financial Manager at Company ABC. He is interviewed and seems to know his stuff. James is appointed in the position and starts with great enthusiasm. However, it soon comes to light that, despite his qualifications on paper, James does not fit into the company culture at all. He also seems to divulge a bit too much. A few weeks after having started, someone overhears him openly sharing information that is considered highly confidential.
He is approached about this by Company ABC's Financial Director who explains that it is completely unacceptable for him to betray confidences and that there will be a formal disciplinary process if he does this again. James feels threatened and defaults to "water cooler talk" about his boss, belittling him and saying that the organisation obviously doesn't recognise his worth, all while trying to justify his actions.
Needless to say, not too long thereafter – following a few more incidents – James leaves Company ABC. He also leaves a mess that now needs to be cleaned up.
Related: Dr John Demartini On Hiring The Right People
Let's consider the consequences and impact of poor appointments such as that of James:
- Severed relationships: in the case of James, team members have now become privy to information which they should never have known about. Leaked information can cause great discomfort within the team and impact relationships between leaders and teams negatively. This needs to be managed very carefully with all to move forward and regain trust.
- Lack of trust: those who appointed individuals such as James may be second-guessed if they are ever to appoint others in future. It might also impact the level of trust the team has in their other decisions, even if not linked to any appointments.
- Frustration: if the person who has been appointed simply cannot do the job, there is a huge risk for the organisation. Not only do others need to step up to guide the new team member (consequently taking time away from their own work), but it causes irritation and possibly resentment amongst those involved.
- Lost traction: we often appoint hastily because we can't afford to lose time, but we don't realise that by appointing inappropriately, we lose even more time. While the role is vacant, the work that needs to be done will most probably take a backseat or not get the amount of focus it requires. Also, if you appointed the wrong person the first time, you will have to do damage control on top of that. This causes a backlog which affects not only the organisation, but the team and the person who will fill the role in due course.
- Cost of re-appointing: once the person has left the organisation, it could take months before someone new is appointed. More than that, it takes a few months at least for the next new person to be brought up to speed and on track to fill the role effectively. Don't forget the bottom-line costs of recruitment which could include a fee for finding a new placement, or opportunity costs of HR now having to spend time on filling this role at the cost of other roles that need to be filled.
While it is easy to think that the only cost of a team member leaving is that the work is less likely to get done, the above shows that it can also have dire impacts on culture and bottom-line. While most of us are aware of these consequences, we still fall into this trap. But there are a few ways to apply ourselves and avoid appointing poorly – although there are, of course, no guarantees:
- Hold panel interviews: even if doing this prolongs the recruitment process, it can be hugely beneficial to have more people involved in the selection process. It is important to make sure that everyone's opinions count. If possible and appropriate, have the person who is leaving the organisation be part of the interview panel as well.
- Assess functionally: have the potential candidate/s complete a practical exercise or even give them the opportunity to spend a few hours in the office to see and experience ways of working. This will also give them the opportunity to see whether they feel comfortable in the environment.
- Assess psychometrically: have them complete suitable psychometric tests to gauge their suitability for the organisation and the role from a personality and aptitude point of view. Culture fit is vital.
- Interview references: it is important to ask the questions that really matter i.e. did the person welcome constructive feedback? Would you re-appoint this person if you had the opportunity? Are they self-driven or do they work better in a team environment? Which three words would you use to summarise this person's work ethic?
Related: Hiring The Right Person Is Critical When Growing A Business
While you can never be truly sure about a candidate, and chances are that you could appoint inappropriately despite your best efforts, it is vital to be as thorough as possible during the process. Don't appoint on a whim or out of desperation to fill an empty position. Spending more time to make a well-considered appointment will serve all organisations and teams well. And if you realise that you have made a mistake, act quickly before too much damage is done.
Hiring Employees
Unemployment Is Way Down: 3 Tips To Attract Employees In A Tight Market
Now that ping-pong tables have become table stakes, it will take benefits with substance to attract the best employees.
Get creative. From remote work options to diverse compensation plans, employers like you can tailor your employment package to match the employee.
In this way, you'll follow the path of the most successful businesses, which see competitive talent markets not as an obstacle but rather an opportunity to demonstrate their companies' merits, and entice would-be employees.
Flashy perks are out of fashion
Startup culture glorifies fun fringe benefits like ping-pong tables, beer on tap and free pizza. After all, what employees wouldn't choose to spend Friday afternoons goofing off with co-workers and snacks?
Turns out, most of them. Gallup's State of the American Workplace report found that most employees would leave their current job if a competitor offered substantially more flexibility and money – not perks.
Real adult workers might enjoy Galaga arcade games in the break room, but they would rather be able to leave early to pick up their kids, schedule longer vacations and pay for better lifestyles with fatter pay cheques.
When the job market puts the power in the hands of the worker, businesses can't skate by on superficial perks. To attract high-quality employees who will stay, companies must offer practical, competitive benefits with long-term appeal.
Related: Why Innovative Employee Benefits Are Your Competitive Advantage
Here is what the top talent really wants:
1. Assistance with student debt and housing costs
The student loan debt crisis is bad and getting worse. College graduates are finding jobs, but their wages aren't going up. Those in the workforce are making payments late and falling into delinquency.
The problem isn't limited to recent grads, either. Debt.org reports that the number of people older than 60 with student loan debt has quadrupled over the last 10 years.
Companies can help workers break this cycle by offering student loan support in addition to regular salary. Some providers of programmes now help employers offer student loan assistance programs, to attract new employees.
Employees saddled with debt often struggle to save up for big purchases like houses. In addition to student loan assistance, consider offering a mortgage assistance programme to help employees pay for housing. Not only will employees appreciate the fast track to home ownership, but they might stay with the company longer if they buy a house with a five-minute commute.
2. Forward-thinking travel policies
The Global Business Travel Association found that 59 percent of candidates surveyed consider travel policies when they choose an employer. And there's a lot more to take into account here than just help booking a flight.
In fact, a movement is growing to make employee comfort a priority in business travel plans, since 79 percent of business travellers report that travel experiences affect their job satisfaction.
"The direct benefit of revamped travel policies is increased loyalty from employees and potential hires alike," Scott Hyden wrote on Recruiter.com; he's chief experience officer for RoomIt, a hotel-booking solution for corporate travellers.
What's important is that smart employers not cram employees into the cheapest non-chain hotel closest to the airport. They take care of the little things (like storing and shipping business clothing) to make every travel experience go smoothly. They allow traveling workers to earn loyalty perks and points from hotels and airlines for personal redemptions. These small courtesies don't cost much, but they make a big difference to workers.
Related: 5 Benefits Of Turning Your Employee Into An Intrapreneur
3. Preparation help for retirement
According to PwC's 2018 Employee Financial Wellness survey, most employees are not confident that their retirement savings will even make it to retirement; 42 percent surveyed believed they would need to use money from retirement plans for other expenses.
Leaders should work with retirement plan providers and financial services companies to provide employees with resources and tools to plan for the future no matter what their salary grade.
By providing retirement literacy and investment-education options, enterprises help workers make the most of their pay cheque and live healthy, fulfilling lives. Don't just put the resources out there and let employees figure it out themselves, though. Invite financial advisors to come talk to employees every few months about their options.
Invest in workers' futures, and they will be more likely to spend that future with the company that helped them. Even if it's not currently possible to offer a pension equivalent, employees will appreciate the educational assistance in getting their savings plans up to snuff.
So, yes, ping-pong tables and puppy breaks are fine, but employees are more interested in stability and flexibility than entertainment. Use practical benefits to attract top talent, retain the best workers and ensure that people who work for the company have the resources they need to live successful lives.
This article was originally posted here on Entrepreneur.com.


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At Last, a Proven Solution to Fortify Your Company's 401(k) Plan
Do you own a closely held business, one with a self-directed 401(k) plan where each employee selects how to invest his funds, typically selecting among a family of mutual funds offered by the plan sponsor? If so, learn how not to lose your retirement funds to Wall Street and, more importantly, how to improve the economic health of the plan.
I am on the warpath to change a system that has long been broken; not delivered on its promises; and skimmed billions of dollars in unearned fees from 401(k) plans. Let's start by dealing with the "buy-and-hold" myth touted by many self-proclaimed Wall Street gurus to investors. Following is a quote from an article titled, "A 10-Year Scam Called the Stock Market," by Michael Lombardi.
"What a decade it's been," writes Lombardi…"The stock market is at the same level (nearly) today that it was 10 years ago despite interest rates falling like a rock since 2001. The majority of Americans who buy mutual funds in their retirement funds with the hope of seeing that money grow through the years have followed the worst possible strategy. Buy and hold for the long term—I'm not sure who made up that motto."
Worse yet, when you factor in inflation, instead of your retirement funds standing still, the intrinsic value of the funds has gone down.
Now let's dig a bit further into mutual funds. According to an article titled, "The Market Data Against Fundamentals," by Douglas Davenport, "an annualized return from 2000 through 2008 for large-cap U.S. stocks show a market return of –0.27 percent…and the average mutual-fund return for the same period was a –3.25 percent." Much of this loss is directly attributable to mutual-fund expenses.
Mutual funds are an expensive investment choice. Except in a long-term bull market, even the fund managers do not make money. Yet the current, crazy 401(k) system dictates that each 401(k) participant makes the investment decisions for his own account, regardless of their investment training and experience. A detailed analysis of how the typical self-directed 401(k) plan impacts the plan participants is nothing short of a national scandal. Each participant's account gets charged two management fees: one by the plan sponsor and a second by the various mutual funds selected by participants. A rising market hides the sins of the fees. But a bear market or go-nowhere market (such as that of the past 10 years) causes the continuing fees to only exasperate the pain of investment losses suffered by plan participants.
It's time for a change, in order to avoid employer liability, increase earnings to an acceptable rate of return, and still minimize risk. Here's how.
Avoiding liability. It's easy to do and the strategy is as old as the existence of qualified plans, including 401(k) plans. The owner(s) or trusted employee(s) become trustee(s) of the 401(k) plan. Then, the trustees hire a professional money manager.
Increase rate of return. I am on a constant quest to find and take advantage of new opportunities afforded by the best money managers—those that use a strategy that consistently accomplishes an acceptable rate of return, yet limits risk. Yes, I have discovered an investment manager with a proprietary strategy—known as "trend following"—that does the job. This strategy does not attempt to predict market or stock movements. Instead, the strategy capitalizes on natural market movements (the volatile ups and downs) when they occur. A trend-following manager takes advantage of what is actually happening in the market, rather than trying to guess what may happen in the future. (See my article in the March 2011 issue of MetalForming for more on this topic).
Trend following turns volatility from foe to friend. A trend is a strong, sustained move that can last from several days to a number of years. A trend may be rising or falling, and is applicable to any specific security or index, like the S&P, or a commodity such as oil, gold or the Euro.
The basic concepts of trend following are simple. For example, when the investment is gold and gold is trending up, the manager is long gold; if it is trending down, the manager is short gold. What if gold is flat? The manager stays in cash, temporarily. The beauty of trend following is that investors make money not only when the market rises, but when it drops.
As an example, consider trend-following results from a portfolio manager working with Sir John Templeton, managing a fund in an advisory firm owned by Sir John's family. In 2008, when the S&P lost 37 percent, this manager's trend following returned a rate of 29 percent. And, the annualized rate of return from December 2006, when the strategy was first implemented, to March, 2011: 18.5 percent.Want more information? Send a fax titled "Trend Following" to 847/674-5299 with your name, snail-mail address, e-mail address and phone numbers. Indicate the type of funds (401(k) or otherwise) to be invested. MF
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Kings Valley Charter School provides a rural, community-based education tailored to the individual needs and interests of each child, emphasizing the involvement of parents and the community.
The goal of the Kings Valley Charter School is to achieve academic excellence for all students through an individualized program. The environment at Kings Valley Charter School is designed to promote self-motivation, responsibility, and a positive attitude.
A former principal, Hershel Olmstead, composed the following poem that outlines our school's vision:
-What we need is a school where we are welcomed, and valued for who we are, where there are many talents that are recognized and praised.
-We need a place where we are encouraged to try new things, take risks, and making mistakes is accepted as normal learning.
-What we need is a place where there is lots of celebrating and fun, where there is a ready hand for those who need a boost, and an open ear for those with something to say.
-Parents are involved here and seen as experts on their kids.
-We are all learning together, rooted to the community in which we live by our connection to our neighbors both young and old, because everyone is included here and someone is checking to see that no one is forgotten, and nothing is left out.
-This is the knowledge that is in our hearts. We all know what we need, and all the policies and procedures, meetings, mission statements, and even these words that you now read cannot give it to us.
What we need is the best in each other, and if we can find it, and if we can give it, the rest will follow, the children will blossom, and we will all get what we need.


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Annemiek needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Two Trees
Two Trees is a one woman company and that woman is me, Annemiek. I design and make jewellery, sculptures and bowls in clay, porcelain, silver and glass (so far). Besides that I am an independant kitchen designer. The name Two Trees comes from the 2 trees which were planted for every project sold, when I still had a kitchen showroom. Now that has changed but I kept the company and still design kitchens. My other work is inspired by nature, so I'm happy with the trees (of life) to represent my company still. And I'm working on ideas to start planting again too.
Target market is not well defined. I create things which I like and I think have an own style. Anybody who likes this style is my audience. What I create is usually both rough and detailed, just like nature.
As for my kitchen design, anybody who wants something different, as long as it isn't a cool unhomely kitchen can come to me. I think I may say that I can understand and read my clients wishes fairly well, which leads to a good customer relationship and end result.
What I need is a logo, I had a graphic designer take a look and we came a long way, but in the end she found it technically too hard. So I already know what it needs to look like, that proces has been done. I stay open to suggestions, but am realy hung up on this one.
It is a cirkel with 2 trees in it, or in a way only 1 tree with roots and branches and if you turn this round the roots become the branches. I like it to be natural and have a flow. The branches and roots should create the cirkel and it should NOT feel as if the cirkel is just drawn around it. The lines vary in thickness. I need 2 versions, one is a sillouette so I can make this in porcelain or silver. The other for stationary etcetera is a bit more detailed.
I'd like a vector format so I can change color and size if need be and a jpeg too.
Please mail me (ahamelink at telenet dot be) if you are interested, so I can send you my primitive sketch for you to work on.


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Mercator pipeline for automated sequence annotation
Using the Mercator web application you can assign MapMan "Bins" to arbitrary DNA or protein input sequences. The output will be a text file mapping each input identifier to one or more Bins. This file can directly be used as a mapping file for the high-throughput data visualization and meta-analysis software MapMan.
The Mercator tool generates functional predictions by searching a variety of reference databases (currently 6 are available: 3 BLAST-based, 2 RPSBLAST based and InterProScan) and subsequently evaluating and compiling the search results for each input gene to propose a functional Bin based on the manually curated binning of the reference database entries.
All input data has to submitted in FASTA format.
- Create new job
- Tutorial
- Download demo results
If you use the Mercator tool for your work, please cite:
Mercator: a fast and simple web server for genome scale functional annotation of plant sequence data.
Lohse M, Nagel A, Herter T, May P, Schroda M, Zrenner R, Tohge T, Fernie AR, Stitt M, Usadel B.
Plant Cell Environ. 2013 Nov 15. doi: 10.1111/pce.12231. [Epub ahead of print]


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Ted Scapa's Threesixty Ride (SUMZ100) glides on wings of adrenaline, capturing the thrill that snowboarders seek by flying high in cool, clean white spaces. Taking advantage of new technology, the charismatic designer uses the inner surface of the watch glass to render his three dimensional, action-studded scene of five tricked-out snowboarders spinning around the dial. Pink Ride (GZ200) is the same design fully clothed in snowsuit-pink, and Big Ride (GZ201) uses gradations of colour to make each of the performers pop from the dial and strap as they ride the slopes. Square dots mark hours 3, 6, 9 and 12, leaving the surfaces free for snowy adventures in the air. Winner Ride (GZ202S) presents the conclusion if this joyful and vivid series with a golden key note for winners of the slope.
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- Plastic
- Strap Material
- Silicone
- Movement
- Quartz
- Water-resistance
- 3 bar
- Functions
- Snowpass
- Case Width
- 38.00 mm
- Case Height
- 43.50 mm
- Case Thickness
- 11.00 mm
- Product Line
- Originals
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- Jelly in Jelly
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- 2009
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A Collection 20+ Weird but Beautiful Fashion Photography. Fashion is an ever changing art. Today's bizarre is tomorrow's style and in their works, fashion photographers always try to visualize the future of fashion, style and trend. This photography collection showcases some beautiful women with strange and gothic make ups and clothing styles.
Strange and Weird Fashion Photography by Kirsty Mitchell
Weird and Gothic Fashion Photography by Kakhabad
Photography: Strange Fashion Fads by Fomkin Konstantin
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- aMa photographer Italy said...
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What's the big deal about having a UNESCO World Heritage site?
Recent revelations that Hong Kong officials favored a rebuilt nunnery over the city's famous Victoria Harbour for UNESCO World Heritage nomination have sparked indignation among heritage conservation experts.
The decision made Chi Lin nunnery the first and only site in Hong Kong to advance to China's "tentative list." An annual maximum of two sites on the list can be nominated for World Heritage certification.
As Hong Kong is part of China's national territory, the State Administration for Cultural Heritage reviews site applications. The group announced in November that the nunnery had been added to its tentative list and updated the version on its website.
However, the embattled property isn't on China's tentative list filed with UNESCO, which is dated January 29, 2010. UNESCO requires that tentative lists are revised at least once every 10 years.
Countries are free to revise their lists more frequently -- China has done so four times since 1996.
More on CNN: Xanadu added to UNESCO World Heritage lineup
What's wrong with the nunnery?
The apparent short-listing of Chi Lin Nunnery and its accompanying garden has met with skepticism by heritage conservationists, who point out that the Buddhist complex wasn't even built until 1998.
"It was built in the Tang Dynasty style but not during the Tang Dynasty," says a veteran heritage professional in Asia who has worked with UNESCO. (And who asked to remain anonymous out of professional concerns.) "It was built using wood, which is traditional, but the wood comes from Canada."
Should China choose to nominate the nunnery for World Heritage status, it would be difficult to argue for its authenticity during the technical evaluation, she added.
Other heritage experts doubted the nunnery would meet any of the selection criteria.
"But it can still be done if Beijing is willing to support it and lobby ICOMOS (one of UNESCO's advisory bodies)," says Lee Ho-Yin, director of the Architectural Conservation Program at the University of Hong Kong.
He described the nomination process as highly political, with countries sometimes resorting to quid-pro-quo deal making when casting votes in the World Heritage Committee.
The Advisory Antiquities Board, a government group established by a heritage protection ordinance, has been particularly vocal in its opposition.
The nunnery "has nothing to do with the historical development of Hong Kong," said member and historian Tim Ko, adding that the board wasn't consulted in the matter.
More on CNN: Gallery: 9 new geoparks endorsed by UNESCO
Is Victoria Harbour worthy of World Heritage status?
Some heritage experts viewed Victoria Harbour, rumored to be a candidate, as more much deserving of the World Heritage accolade.
The harbor is "more appropriate of what we think of Hong Kong -- what it is and what it means. It's the pivotal point for why we have Hong Kong today," says the insider.
"If you take Chi Lin, of course, it has meaning and importance for some people," she adds. "But when you're talking about world heritage, you're talking about a place of universal importance that can speak on many levels to an incredible number of people."
All UNESCO World Heritage sites are deemed by the World Heritage Committee to have "outstanding universal value" by fulfilling at least one of 10 selection criteria. These range from representing a "masterpiece of human creative genius," containing "superlative natural phenomena" or being "directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions."
Currently, the list includes 962 cultural, natural or mixed cultural-natural sites across the world.
Lee believes the harbor fulfills several of the criteria, but suspected it didn't pass muster due to government concerns of "spooking" harbor front property developers.
"China would probably favor a place that can express the Chineseness of a place, whereas Victoria Harbour is a product of the British, so you would be celebrating the colonial period," he says.
Others argue that the historic harbor doesn't merit World Heritage status in its current state.
"Ideologically it may meet many of the criteria ... it was really the place where East meets West," says Bob McKercher, a professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Hotel and Tourism Management.
"(Now), there's hardly any evidence of the go-downs and shipbuilding ... it's really not a cultural asset anymore."
China travel journalist Michael Meyer dismisses the fuss over the harbor.
"It's a living, working environment, and doesn't need UNESCO warranting its worth any more than Meryl Streep needs an award to remind us that she's an excellent actor."
More on CNN: Gallery: UNESCO adds 12 sites to its World Heritage list
Why does Hong Kong want a UNESCO site?
It's unclear what sparked the seemingly sudden movement in Hong Kong to seek World Heritage status.
By 2010, tourism board officials had already begun discussions and the government enlisted four independent experts to provide general advice about the nomination process. The Development Bureau, which manages the application process, said Chi Lin Nunnery submitted its application the same year.
Heritage and tourism experts believe the quest for World Heritage accolades is at least partially informed by domestic politics.
"One of the carrots used to attract Macau to revert to China was the commitment that its historical center would be the number one priority for designation," says McKercher.
Lee says Macau's site was bumped to the top of the list for nomination in order to boost the city's status, demonstrating that the central government may use the World Heritage designation to exercise its political, rather than cultural, priorities.
The push for a heritage site in Hong Kong may also be an effort to be "fair and equitable so all sites don't come from just one part of the country, but reflect the country's diversity," says the expert who worked with UNESCO.
"China came to World Heritage late, so they're playing catch-up" she adds, pointing out that China has had 43 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List since joining the program in 1985.
Is UNESCO designation a good thing?
While the World Heritage initiative was intended to protect unique examples of natural and cultural heritage, it's widely acknowledged that participating countries often view the accolade as a means to draw visitors.
However, a UNESCO stamp of approval may not necessarily lead to a boost in tourists, say tourism experts.
"The general rule of thumb is if the site was famous before it got World Heritage designation, it will become more famous," says McKercher. "If it was unknown, the designation is really not going to mean much in visitor numbers."
In some cases, visitor numbers have actually fallen after a site received designation, he says, particularly in remote natural zones that are subject to stringent visitor restrictions and lack the urban proliferation of tourist attractions.
Tourism not only depends on a site's heritage value, says Sharif Shams Imon, an assistant professor of cultural heritage management at the Institute for Tourism Studies in Macau.
For example, a lack of tourist infrastructure in developing countries and perceived security risks discourage visitors.
While the impetus behind the World Heritage designation wasn't to boost tourism, it often results in a tricky struggle between conservation and commercialization.
"By recognizing a site, there's a risk that it will become overly popular and could be damaged by its very designation," McKercher says, describing tourism as "one of UNESCO's dilemmas."
UNESCO requires reporting and monitoring of site management and can rescind the designation over non-compliance. But experts say the organization lacks the teeth for enforcement.
Meyer, who helped train UNESCO site managers in China, says designations are "collected by China the way actors chase Oscars. They are a validation of possessing 'culture' and an economic boon via tourism."
He found that World Heritage status typically leads government officials to meddle with the site, such as restricting local access or unnecessarily building or tearing down infrastructure around it to boost GDP figures.
More on CNN: Insider Guide: Best of Hong Kong
Does Hong Kong need a World Heritage site?
UNESCO designation or not, Victoria Harbour needs little help reinforcing its place in Hong Kong, say heritage and tourism experts.
Classic tourist activities, such as visiting the Peak observatory, riding the fabled Star Ferry, finding Jackie Chan's handprints on the Avenue of Stars promenade and posing with the statue of Bruce Lee ensure broad views of the famous waters that made the city a success story.
"In the case of Hong Kong, which is already a major tourist destination, having a World Heritage site might attract more tourists or a different kind of tourist -- more cultural tourists," Imon ventures.
Others say that aside from its obvious emblems, Hong Kong has plenty of heritage worth protecting.
"HK's cultural authorities should place value on the dai pai dong, hawkers, newsstands and other contributors to the territory's vibrant street culture that's being exterminated by government policies," says Meyer.
"It would better off promoting its communities -- the tightly-knit, functioning ecosystems of housing, commerce, schools, clinics and parks that make it one of the densest, and most unique, urban spaces in the world."
What attraction would you nominate for UNESCO World Heritage status? Share you picks in the comments box below.


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An important feature of English culture is, of course, politeness. If you've ever visited England, you've probably noticed the way the English say, Please, Thank you, Pardon me, Sorry and Excuse me absolutely all the time.
You may also notice that people hold the door open for the person coming after them, whether or not they know that person. The English are also the best queuers in Europe. If you look at an English bus stop, you will be amazed as to how well-organised the queue is!
The Butcher Who is Alternately Rude and Polite
Politeness in English
English speakers are generally known for their politeness. One of the biggest blunders Scandinavians make when they talk to English speakers is being too brusque and direct. Although we Norwegians have a lot in common with, say, Britons, North Americans, and New Zealanders, we tend to forget the value they place on being polite - even in casual conversation.
Among foreigners who come to this country, the Norwegian habit of not greeting people is notorious. Whether they are from America, Africa or Asia, they are taken aback when they experience in Norway that people seem to look right through them. In any other culture, this is totally unacceptable.
In which of the following situations should you say hello, and in which situations can you just drop the greeting and pretend the person is not there?
When you meet a friend or acquaintance on the street and he or she is with someone you do not know. (Do you greet the stranger?)
When you go into a shop. (Do you say hello to the shop employee?)
When you meet friends of friends at a small party or social gathering. (Do you greet your friends' friends?)
When you go to a friend's house and meet their parents. (Do you greet the parents?)
1. Which of the following is not a common greeting in English?
(It's) nice to meet you.
(I am) pleased to meet you.
(It's) good to meet you.
(It's been) nice seeing you.
How do you do
2. Please and Thank You
Grunner Ikke Gel 22 Til Å Kjøpe 11 Asics Kayano november Runrepeat 2018 "Please" is a word that is much used in English. However, it cannot be stuck anywhere in a sentence. Which of the following sentences is/are incorrect?
a. Would you open the window, please?
b. Would you open please the window?
c. Would you open the please window?
d. Please, would you open the window?
e. Would you please open the window
b. Would you open please the window? (borderline)
c. Would you open the please window? (illogical grammar)
3. Could you Repeat That?
- Pardon?
- What was that?
- I beg your pardon?
- Excuse me?
- What?
- (I'm) sorry?
- Come again?
What? (not very polite) Come again? /What was that? (I'm) sorry? / Excuse me? / Pardon? I beg your pardon? (very polite)Hide
4. Which of the following phrases is incorrect English
- Would you mind if I borrowed your pen for a minute, please?
- Would you mind to smoke outside, please?
- Would you mind looking after my dog while I go and buy a coffee?
- Would you mind holding the door for me, please?
Incorrect: Would you mind to smoke outside, please?
Correct grammar: i. Would you mind smoking outside, please?, or ii. Would you mind going outside to smoke, please?Hide
5. Test your politeness in the tasks in the link collection.