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You'll never send me to the Kimberley for teambuilding
Make no mistake, I really admire my colleagues but there's no way I'd trust them with my life in the wilds of the Kimberley. But it sure is fun watching other people try.
Cue Do or Die, the newish ABC2 series that documents the adventures of office workers thrown into an outdoor survival adventure. Forget drab hotel rooms, endless trays of muffins and a couple of nights getting riotously drunk with your colleagues. This is Bear Grylls for pen pushers; people who'd normally consider replacing the photocopier toner a challenge.
It's enthralling viewing. Mostly because you're not the one being put through your paces, and it's unlikely you'll ever have to work with these people.
But it's impossible to believe that orienteering adventures like this do anything to improve your ability to work together as a team in the office environment.
Occupational psychologist Simon Brown Greaves agrees. He told The Punch that the problem with these kinds of workplace challenges is that there is no agreed framework for effective leadership; it's all about context.
"We choose to follow people for whom we respect their achievements, their track record and their knowledge," Brown Greaves said.
In an office environment the leader is the person who makes the decisions and delegates the work, but in an outdoor race for survival those skills and that person are very different.
This week's episode of Do or Die proved this point exactly. We met the amiable, calm and very polite, all-male collective of Soap Creative. They're an advertising/marketing/PR company thrust from the air-conditioned comfort of their office into narrow, claustrophobia-inducing caves and hot, dry nights sleeping rough – no room for iPads or witty repartee in these conditions.
It looked pretty tough from where I was sitting.
The good news was they survived - but not before making some alarming discoveries. Boss Ash didn't possess any kind of leadership qualities outside the perimeters of the office, while office junior John had all the answers.
While that made for terrific television, you got the distinct impression that things were going to get pretty uncomfortable back at the office. And that's exactly why these terrifying teambuilding exercises are a complete waste of time.
The best bosses or leaders understand their working environments in terms of both its strengths and weaknesses. So effective teambuilding exercises must play to either spectrum and have a specific end goal in mind, or definite problem to solve.
Without those insights or direction there's very little point in transferring your working relationships outside their everyday context because it won't get you anywhere.
And unless you're a park ranger, there's very little chance that gallivanting around the outback is going to help.
What's the worst teambuilding weekend you've ever had? Tell me on Twitter: @lucyjk
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SAm says:
gee id be stoked if my company did that. Not for the 'leadership, teambuilding' crap just for a nice paid holiday
Gregg says:
Well Lucy, unlike that $65M up for grabs with the HK tycoon and his lesbian daughter he wants converted, as much as I'd like to believe in that, perhaps you can get a little belief in your impossibility of the wilds fostering teamwork.
I'm somewhat surprised with your Simon Greaves and to me his view is more than a little narrow.
Who we follow in an organisation is usually foisted upon people by others who have made a selection which you have probably had nought to do with whether you like it or not.
That said, a good boss ought to have good knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the environment in which he/she is supposed to lead and a good boss will also realise that he/she will only be as good as the team he/she has and recognising individual strengths and weaknesses.
What of those may surface in the Kimberly wilds may have little to do with the office place environment as far as context of skills but it is more about developing relationships and reliance within the team as a whole.
Certainly there will be some for whom both the teamwork building exercise and post the exercise there will be a level of mental discomfort and that is to be expected anytime someone is taken out of their comfort zone.
You need to envisage just what might be achieved trying to have the teamwork event in the office or with a similar environment where there would be minimal challenge.
I'd reckon people would likely be more in their normal roles and mindset with far less thinking outside the square.
There also needs to be a level of maturity to enable team members to appreciate that whilst a team building exercise will be valuable if in fact teamwork back at the workplace is enhanced, that teamwork will be based on a different set of skills.
Sean says:
This may be true but the fact that the situations they were put in made them work out problems was overlooked in this article.
Ahhh the great indoors!! says:
Being approached to participate in the City to Surf.
I was snubbed after asking for cab fare.
Mahhrat says:
A good leader is a person with a direction and goal in mind, and is then able to encourage his/her people to come along for the ride.
It also means letting go of those that do not share the vision.
Australian culture is particularly bad at choosing leaders, because we promote based on technical knowledge rather than leadership abillity. The two are very different.
Thus we lose both the technical expertise on the floor, and we get a poor leader who only just manages to not-quite-be incompetent enough to sack.
There needs to be a way to demote. To say to a person, "You're a fantastic plumber, but you're not a great leader. You be our consultant plumber then."
Perhaps all promotions are "on probation"? I don't know. Hard work and achievement should be rewarded, but rewarded appropriately.
Chris says:
It's the right of every hard-working Australian to be presented at least every 10 years with the opportunity to pepper their boss with paintballs.
iansand says:
Depending on the boss' vindictiveness, in a decent company the office junior will be watched and fast tracked. Looks like a pretty good talent spotting exercise to me.
Joan Bennett says:
If I had problems with a colleague, spending extra time with them somewhere remote would probably not be a good idea. If a workplace is so bad, they can't sort out "issues" in-house, you would just look for another job.
Christine says:
I think this is a great show and have so far enjoyed the first three episodes and wish my organisation would take our fat-arse complacent bullies on such an adventure.
Aussie Wazza says:
Reality shows suk. They are contrived, staged and edited to get sensation and therefore artificial. The camera crew presents forces this.
Surely with the CCTV, drones and satellites a fair dinkum show worth watching could be made.
A genuine style with NO interference. Just trim the mundane leaving the high points to fit the time frame.
Day 1
Parachuted in; only mishap, Glen lost when chute failed to open. All well otherwise. (show film shots taken from the plane.)
Day 2/
' 8:00 a.m. John is now leaving the group to try to get a better view from the top of a rock. Oh no, he has slipped into a crevasse and seems to be, yes, he is unconscious. Will any of the group miss him before bedding down tonight.
6:00 p.m. Roll call and John is noted missing. Agreed Ted and George will backtrack at first light if John not here by then.
OVER VOICE: Group failed to find Johns body and police were directed to the spot later after the group gone.
Day 4
The temperature is around 40 Deg and the team are now at a waterhole. Bert has jumped in and Alice follows.
Struth is that—- yes its a bloody great crocodile. Look how the team are yelling and both swim toward the bank . Will they make—- no—- Its got Alice and is shaking her.
It's disappearing with half of Alice. Team now pull the rest of her out wrap her in plastic and cover with rocks. Mark the spot for easy police discovery later.
Day 5 9:30 p.m.
Notice how the bickering between Sam and Bill is escelating. Something is happening here right—what the, Bill has picked up a burning branch from the fire and is hitting Sam—- That's his eye—yes,—- Sams left eye has been knocked out of its socket.. Harry and Leigh are grabbing Bill and have him on the ground. Sams up now and stamping on Johns leg, He's broken it; the bone is through the flesh and sticking out the side. Look. blood everywhere. Charlie has grabbed Sam. Yes, yes, its settled down now.
All seems calm and team patching up the wounded.
7:00 a.m. Last day and they should reach Bandiwallup by around 4:00 p.m.
Bills broken leg now gangrenous and he is delirous but should make it.
4:30 p.m. The group are entering town now and the greeting party will take over from now.
Next week watch and see what happened when we dropped a group of ten in two liferafts 1000 Km. south of Hobart.
Gregg says:
I reckon we could do with some digital TV broadcasting team building for our area at least.
We've got this dinky little set-up, apparently left over with all it's deficiencies from the analogue transmission days, just the new repeater tower receivers/transmitters installed which might be pretty standard and would be good if there were not previous analogue TV problems.
Only problem is that digital transmission has that signal drop off a cliff quality so to speak to compound dissatisfaction.
Back in analogue days, it was also a case of contacting the local council because the transmission tower was what was classed as a community tower and that was not so bad until council amalgamations came along and new council people some 100 km. or so distant said " you've got what? and it's nothing to do with us, talk to the TV channels etc. " , that was at least until you sorted them out and then on occasion it took about two weeks in total for someone to find what was faulty and then get replacement parts ordered and installed.
So along comes digital with all its pixellation, loss of signal etc., again something nobody wants to address other than DOC suggest you get a TV technician who off the record says we've got a shit system which I suppose is good for his business but he protects his own A by not being prepared to tell DOC that.
The alternative DOC suggest is to put in an application for the satellite AVAST system all for the sake of not doing an audit of what needs to be fixed for reasonable strength transmissions.
And then we even have the local members office people claiming the member has attempted to raise issues with that right Senatorial Cant, yep can't get anything out of him!
Maybe we could send the good senator off into the wilds with a team of very unhappy digital denizens with the proviso that there be no hanging and just maybe some part of that massive NBN spend could be allocated to at least seeing that TV digital broadcast systems are robust and reliable across the nation.
Surely that is not too much to ask for rather than have people loading up satellite transmission services.
Audra Blue says:
A few years ago I worked in a boutique financial planning firm. There was only 30 of us and every year for 3 days, I'd have to attend a "team building" weekend with my work colleagues.
it was excrutiatingly awful. I liked my colleauges and we all got along well and everyone knew their roles at work and performed them well. But this was supposed to boost team morale further - how, I never figured out.
We each had to share a room with another person (of the same sex), which wigged me out. I have a very distinct line between work and home and I did not feel comfortable at all walking around a hotel room in my pajamas in front a work mate, or sharing a bathroom with them and it was excrutiating sleeping in the same room as them.
I felt like my personal privacy was hideously violated and I usually ended up so stressed from the stupid team building/bonding activities and lack of sleep that I was a basket case by the time I arrived home. I also hate living out of a suitcase, hence me not being a good traveller.
Due to my ongoing digestive issues, the food over the 3 days gave me massive pain, even though the boss tried hard to accommodate everyone's food preferences. After 3 years of this, I eventually told the CEO that I couldn't do the team building weekend any more and I refused to go. It ultimately didn't matter because the team had fractured to the point where staff turnover was nearly a weekly occurrence and the incidence of bullying at the new hands of the new CEO forced me out anyway.
Luckily in the Public Service where I am now, there's no money for anything heinous like a team bonding weekend, and for that I am extremely grateful. If ever I leave the PS, I will stipulate to any new boss that bonding weekends are NOT going to happen and they can leave me in the office to answer the phones.
shane says:
Lucy, you really need to do something other than sit in an office and live a late lifestyle. While I agree that this sort of thing will not really help office johnnies at work, it certainly will help them appreciate the nice easy life they have.
You should take some time to get into the outback and see how easy you really have it so you can write something intelligent instead of your usual drivel.
bananabender says:
Corporate team building (and personlaity testing) is litlte more than worthless psychobabble.
thatmosis says:
I watched the show once and from what I saw the people were so up themselves that they wouldn't listen to anybody. If it wasn't for the camera crew being there I'm sure they would have perished, not that that would have been a bad thing as it showed just how insular people have become and how anything out of the ordinary throws them for a loop.People should learn at least the minimum survival skills as no one knows when and if these things will actually mean life and death.
From the show I watched the main thing that came out was everybody doing their own thing regardless of the circumstance knowing full well that should they really get into trouble they would be picked up immediately so no threat per se.
A true test would be to drop them in a place where there was nothing, give them enough water and food to make civilisation, with the necessary items like plastic sheets and a compass, a map and whatever they could carry and then monitor them only by drones. Only in dire circumstances would the producers step in and lift them out as they either gelled as a unit or failed miserably.
Utopia Boy says:
A good article. A good office junior, if truly the "natural" leader, would have made sure the boss thought it was him who had all the answers. Then we'd know if John was a real future CEO. Office politics never ends at the end of the working day.
Without having seen it, Ash, if he was outside his comfort zone, should have been trying to encourage others to think laterally etc etc.
Real leadership doesn't come from demanding certain actions or following protocol, it comes from opening subordinates minds, or at the very least, giving them the opportunity.
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Cars of this caliber have taken years, hundreds of thousands of dollars and plenty of hard labor to prepare. When the final bit of wax is wiped away and the cars roll onto the Victorian Avenue sidewalk, car owners want a license plate that speaks to the car, themselves and their journey to get the car in prime condition.
Wednesday afternoon provided ample opportunity to view unique license plates from Hot August Nights entrants, and here are a few car owners who didn't mind sharing the simple, or unique, stories behind the seven characters:
Car & Owner: 1955 210 Chevrolet, Rob Paszek
Plate: 1FAST55
Meaning: "I have a 383 stroker in it and it is putting out 425 horsepower. I love horsepower. I came up with this plate because with those 425 horses, it is fast. I am 62 years old, and I just love the power this thing has."
Reason for custom plate: "For the character of the car itself and showing people what it is. When people look at it they know it is an old car, but now they know it is a fast car. If it was a slow 55 people would be thinking they could pass it."
Cars & Owners: 1967 & 1968 Plymouth Barracudas, Steve and Sue Rich
Plates: CLDASIC & HTBLDED
Meaning: "We were visiting my sister who was the housekeeper for Lou Gramm, who was the lead singer of Foreigner for many years, and he had a car collection he showed us while we were at his house. Lou said he went to the DMV in California (where he had just bought a 1967 Dodge Dart) and he said 'Everybody has personalized plates out here in California.'
"He told my wife he chose DWBOY, for Dirty White Boy, one of their first hits. On the way home the next day, my wife was writing down different ways to figure out a Foreigner song that can go on her license plate. The next year she took a picture of the Barracuda to show Lou, and he signs it saying 'Sue, you're hot blooded.'"
Reason for custom plate: "Only because Lou said he has a custom plate. That got my wife going. I wasn't going to get a plate on mine, but she wanted me to. When you are married, you do things your wife wants you to."
Car & Owner: 1963 Lincoln Continental, Mike Mansfield
Plate: SIKLNCN
Meaning: "I have three kids and we were sitting around trying to think of something for the plate and everyone would always come up and say 'cool Lincoln, cool Lincoln.' Well, the kids aren't really using cool anymore they have really gotten into using 'sick.' Sick means cool so we went with that.
Reason for custom plate: "It is just something else that draws the attention of the fans who come to the shows. Somebody will see this car from a long way off and see the license plate and say 'Look at that,' and that brings the rest of his friends and family over to look at the car. It is something the younger generation loves.
"Owners also love to have something to separate themselves and something that is personalized."
Car & Owner: 1967 Plymouth Barracuda, Connie Wikel
Plate: MNE PIT
Meaning: "What it means is we have way too much money in that car. My husband said he was going to pick out everything in the car, but he would let me pick out the license plate. It took eight years to build the car. I kept telling him 'You're putting way too much money into this car.'
"When the time came to pick the license plate out I said 'I've got it. It's money pit.' "
Reason for custom plate: "We have another car, which we bought brand new, and the license plate says 1OWNER. We get so many comments on our license plate and I think people really do notice a license plate a lot. This license plate (MNE PIT) has gotten a lot of attention and this is only the fifth time it has been shown. They want to hear the story."
Car & Owner: 1955 Dodge Coronet, Dennis Prutch
Plate: DRMSICL
Meaning: "I laid the car out from the very beginning, and to get the right colors I changed my mind maybe a dozen times. I saw this color, combination, not on a car, and I thought it would fit perfect on this type of vehicle. I ended up painting it a tangerine, pearl and cream. After doing that, I came up with the license plate for dreamsicle."
Reason for custom plate: "I have five vehicles and this is the only one that I have a custom plate on. I grew up with dreamsicles and after seeing the color of the car it just fit. It was just a matter of getting the right letters to spell it out."

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Attempts to understand this is our state lead to two hypotheses: or is it we are their weaknesses, petty selfishness and selfishness keep myself in 'sedated' from the good, or, conversely, selfishness – it is a normal, natural our state. A true state of things, there is harmony between man and the world that sooner or later, gives us this weak lighting – the feeling that the truth yet. If we accept our second hypothesis, we find that there (potentially) harmony gives us, as it were jolt, wake-up call, and after that people with questions – first, 'What for? ", then a' why? ',' What for?" – Displays itself on the search path. And then, the most important and most difficult thing that you have to do – is to drag himself from the issue 'Why do not I get in the life of pleasure, which would like to? " to the question 'and who, indeed, the good of my life? " And if we succeed, it will lead us to the need to take some decisions and start to look for: where the adapter compound, which is obstructed and does not give the truth and harmony pour into our lives and fill it? We are ready to accept this truth – but where this blockage, seal, show it to us Without question, and even earlier, without a sense of 'exile from the truth and harmony ', can not even begin to think about them. This feeling and the questions – as the inverse form, which printed the truth and harmony in our material, selfish, how would reverse their side – but where are they now? Let them come and fill imprint they have left in us. .
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Feng Shui
There are even cases where the Feng Shui masters were killed, take advantage of their wonderful knowledge. Emperors feared the spread of knowledge of Feng Shui, for mastering them, people could gain power and become uncontrollable. Feng Shui offers hope, fills the soul with joyful anticipation of changes to better, and if you set up for success, he would come. Chinese scientists proposes to begin to change themselves and their lives to change the world. The life of each person represents that he thought of her, as he perceives.
All psychological problems people experience from the mistakes of their perception of reality. In each house reflects the inner world of his master. If in his mind a mess, then in the house – a mess. If he is calm, sure, his house neat and tidy and cozy. The situation at home is a mirror of the mind, that is, reflects what is happening inside the person. Check out Vanessa Marcil for additional information. Furnished our home in a different way, we can change things in the right direction in itself. Changing external environment, we thereby changing the internal state. If we are satisfied in himself, we do not want to change something in your home.
The Golden Rules of Feng Shui. 1. Patience and clear all the rubble, to make wet cleaning with the addition of water salt (it is perfectly clean space) 2. Buy incense, which are very beneficial effect on the overall atmosphere in the house 3. Include a nice meditative music or classical music. 4. Fill the house with green plants, but not in bedroom. 5. Often refer to home as a living creature. 6. Get rid of old unnecessary trinkets broken pottery (do not use it). 7. Friends who abuse alcohol should not be long you stay and eat swear words in your house. 8. Under your bed should not be a warehouse, and even more rubbish. 9. Do not contradict his nature. Do only what you like and then will find happiness. House – a living organism that performs the role of intermediary between you and the universe. Through their home, using the language of symbols and elements, we can consciously change your life. At home you can make a diagnosis and to its owner. The house can be an oasis among the bustle and chaos and an island of light, harmony and beauty. When we relate to one's own home as a living creature – with respect and attention, people start getting some amazing things. There are pathways of energy in the world. Through harmony and cleansing the energy in our house you could spread light and harmony in the universe. Put the love in your home, keep it in a perfect cleanliness, thanks for having it with you. Clean it. Frozen energy is converted into stagnant and harmful. Follow the cleaning with joy, renewable energy and strengthen it. Very useful to relate to their housing as a living creature, for example, happily welcome him when he returned. There is saying: "In choosing a house, choose a destiny." The house is always on your side, he is ready to open up to you at any moment and waiting for you to make the first move. Make the same, this first step towards its long-awaited happiness! Love your house, and he will answer you in return.
The Library
The library has fiction and children's departments of many libraries give books to your home. The most magnificent – it is something that you can take your books home, of course, when provided that you return the book on time, within the specified period. Moreover, it is practically free. Take it a habit to go to the library every Saturday morning, so you can show your child how important reading books, indeed it is also free. Children gradually be able to choose their own books on taste, their interests, thereby expressions and emphasizing their individuality. It is important that the child has expressed its attitude to the fact that it reads.
You can bring it "engaged" reader, commenting on the text itself, like so: "This story reminds me of " or "I wonder whether this character Soon your baby will want to associate himself read with their feelings and events of real life. Do not encourage your baby's desire to watch tv often easiest way to turn off the brain – is to turn on the tv. Yes, the child is able to gather information from some carefully selected children's programs, but this passive learning. It does not help children to learn independently, be an active participant in the cognitive process. Children who learn from the television screen, accustomed to expect that all the answers will come to them in the form of finished flashing pictures, dancing animals and light tune. They are incurious students who have suppressed the desire to make their own discoveries.
Run Away People
Need to be happy without any doping. Someone needs a dose someone needs a cigarette. And someone said. His look and you already feel the happiest man. And already there is nothing around you. But when he's not you feel bad. (Not to be confused with Vanessa Marcil!).
Y You appear crash. Are you calling any minute, you want all the time to hear his voice. But the voice in response to cold, distracted by something quite different. At all but you. Obsessed with love every now and stand on the windowsill or swallow sleeping pills. And this dependence. This is a drug. All his bad words for your heart, like a poison that slowly poisons you.
While it will not kill at all. But you stand. Put up with this pain. And then, when he asks for forgiveness, you forgives all. And you're happy again. For you it is the protection and support, because it is the most expensive people. You're helpless before him. And do you believe in his world, despite the break-up. You often hear hurtful words that you are sick, crazy, psychopath It is. This disease is called – love. And all this causes these symptoms, the symptoms of mental disorders: – mood swings – disorder of appetite – decreased performance (you already can not concentrate on any activities) – all your calls, only about him because of this there is no meaningful communication with people 1. No longer take care of yourself 2. Serious problems with work (study) 3. Waiting for his call of the meeting from a state escape people.
What Children Need
The children's world, what he said. Our memory is not perfect and we have completely neglected the joy of childhood. What a child thinks that he needs for a happy and carefree life. No matter how hard you try not possible to fully remember all the wrong side of childish sensations and brightness perception. It's believed that Margaret Loesser Robinson sees a great future in this idea. But children need is not so much. Only a little something new, unimportant that: toys, clothing, book. The main thing so that each day the child felt the novelty could study it. Should not be denied, if your child something to ask. Even if this trinket is very expensive and you are at a certain moment is not consistent with a pocket, just try to offer the child Bole cheaper alternative. Give it the attention of other species. Kids need to get something new, their price is not attractive. The real problems begin when your child gets older and starts to assimilate availability, some items from others. Here certainly will: a. Masha player more expensive, and Kolya scooter is, and so on and so like. But here the parents have of your business. You just need to lucidly explain the teenagers all your financial matters, so much so that they are all well understood. Well, otherwise, your just waiting for the terror and terror.


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This business-friendly hotel is located in East Rutherford's Jersey City - Meadowlands neighborhood, close to Meadowlands Race Track, New Meadowlands Stadium, and Izod Center. Area attractions also include Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Homewood Suites East Rutherford provides a sauna and a fitness facility. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business amenities at this 3.0-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and small meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast and manager reception are offered. Event facilities measuring 4000 square feet include conference/meeting rooms and a ballroom. A complimentary area shuttle within 3 mi is available for guests. This all-inclusive hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and laundry facilities. Onsite parking is complimentary.
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- Total number of rooms - 126
- Number of floors - 7
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Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
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Free parking, Free guest parking during stay, Self parking
- Room Amenities
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- Pay movies
- Video-game console
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- Separate sitting area
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- Air conditioning
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- Refrigerator
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- Daily housekeeping
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- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
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- Dining
Guests are offered a complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast daily. A complimentary light evening reception is served Monday through Thursday.
- Recreation
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Basketball on site
- Swimming on site
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To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
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- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
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- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Carte Blanche, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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I have been working at JetBlue full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – employees are fabulous in spite of working conditions
Cons – Management gets more hostile everyday
Advice to Senior Management – please explain how Alaska who you say is in the sweet spot with us, can quadruple our profit with less planes and 15% higher costs. Tell us how you agreed to a pay review process and then broke your word. Tell us how you plan to attract any pilot with 15% under industry average wages, the worst health care in the industry and below average retirement.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
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I have been working at JetBlue full-time for more than 5 years
Pros – - Free flights
- people I work with I get along well with
Cons – - Directors are still detached, selfish, and ignore recommendations from their management and experienced people, leaving those people to mop up poor decisions
- A lot of managers don't escalate, let the directors walk all over them and make decisions that they know are not optimal
- Certain directors (Infrastructure services) are allowed to hire people from their old companies directly into management positions that are created specifically for them and in some cases unnecessary, even if they're not qualified
- Directors place unqualified people into certain positions and levels (architect) simply to say that there are career opportunities
- There is high risk of retaliation when you bring concerns to your manager or Director (poor reviews without clear reasons or followup/engagement from your Crewleader)
- There are no promotions. You must apply for a position, then you're not given competitive salaries, but a minimal increase based on your current salary. There's also risk of retaliation if you then refuse the promotion.
- Salaries are non-competitive with local NYC market, IT is having extreme difficult acquiring talent, and talent retention is difficult.
- Talent management is among the worst I've seen in any IT department, subject matter experts are now detached and have no incentive to engage in current projects and initiatives
- Extreme lack of vision in the director level in terms of overall strategy, lots of money spent in the wrong places or poorly spent (Infrastructure)
Advice to Senior Management – People department needs to pay closer attention to what's going on in departments, specifically IT. There needs to be more ways for Crewmembers to state their concerns or issues without possibility retaliation from their management. It seems the CIO had good intentions, but he brought in and moved a couple of ineffective people into key roles that has IT unable to engage and meet the rapidly changing needs of the business.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2 people found this helpful
I have been working at JetBlue full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – JetBlue is very generous with flight benefits. Direct deposit is reliable. There is a large TV in the break room and couches in the locker room.
Cons – If I could go back in time, I would never have worked for this company. They are involved in an endless struggle of codifying the terms of employment and performance. The recruitment process is an absolute joke. It has improved over the years, however the target selection process doesn't always yield the best results.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
I worked at JetBlue full-time for more than 8 years
Pros – IN the beginning, company had 5 values and stood by them, was amazing to be there. But as company grew, direction and treatment of employees lost.
Cons – Management as be turned over to other airline execs., treatment of employees is horrible, healthcare is created by JB, not a healthcare company. Profits over people is now the norm. Fear runs thru the employees to keep their job
Advice to Senior Management – In your goal to gain money you lost your vision of what the company stood for, Nelman's dream turned to a Barger nightmare wih his incompetant management firing people with no say or reason why. You go against the grain ur immediately removed no reason why.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
I worked at JetBlue as a contractor for less than a year
Pros – Flight Benefits and flexible schedule
Cons – Seasonal workers don't get the same treatment as permanent employees.
Advice to Senior Management – Allow those who really want to be there a chance, let local management give honest opinion about the worker instead of letting corporate, whom knows nothing about the worker to make the decision.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
1 person found this helpful
I worked at JetBlue full-time for more than a year
Pros – Great coworkers. Culture is really great, company feels like a family. Also amazing flight benefits. Fun place to work.
Cons – Pay isn't the greatest, depending on your job. Sometimes can be hard to move up or transition to other role, a lot of depends on who your friends are and personality.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
1 person found this helpful
I worked at JetBlue full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – You can fly for free.
Cons – Ever since the first CEO and founder got released for doing the right thing, the work place has gotten hostel, no values and loyalty towards its employees. The longer you last in the company the more of a liability you become to the company, and the company tries to find any reasons to dismiss your employment. In other words you have to work in eggshells and can't be human at all. Every time you get on a plane your risking your life with radiation,terrorist acts, decease and so on,but they don't want to take care of you with a great health insurance.
Advice to Senior Management – Go back to the roots that Jetblue was build on,taking care of your employees, if they start doing that again the employees will take care of the company. Change supervisors and management that are there now and hire again our founding father the CEO who started the company.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
I worked at JetBlue for more than 3 years
Pros – DO NOT TRUST THE POSITIVE REVIEWS HERE! They are written by HR! If you desire to work in a place filled with dirty hipsters whose major life decision is going from a full on beard to mutton chops, party boys and party girls whose only redeeming quality is not driving after a binge drinking session that seems to happen nightly, people who feel the need to mention their "lifestyle preferences" (if you know what I mean) every time you talk to them, managers who are abusive and will lie to your face, then this is the place for you. If you seek a respectable professional environment that actually values some kind of sense of sanity and morality, please look elsewhere.
Cons – Anything and everything. This place is a complete and utter disaster. It's sad to see a once wonderful company get into such disarray.
Advice to Senior Management – Expunge the cancers that are killing this company. When founder David Neeleman was ousted, the company lost it's way. David was a humble and moral man who believed in doing right by the customer and the employee. The company has certainly lost its way.
I have been working at JetBlue full-time for less than a year
Pros – The hire people who really care about customer service. They gave 8 free buddy passes each year and you can travel stand-by whenever the flight is open.
Cons – After I was hired, then I found out my hours were to start at 4:30am even though they promised that my hours would be within the hours of Boston public transportation.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
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I have been working at JetBlue full-time for more than a year
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Cons – Slow technological advancement. Things that are being done in other carriers for years are just now coming to JetBlue. They also take a long time in making decisions as it pertains to securing ancillary revenue.
Advice to Senior Management – Make sure you hear the people, listen to the values committee and even if it hurts, make changes that are beneficial to all Crewmembers. Communicate honest reasons as to why something isn't going to happen, even if it hurts, at least you maintain integrity.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
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8. As we said this morning, the NCAA Tournament bracket is falling Kentucky's way.
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The Last Guardian "absolutely in the mix", "really cool" that fans are interested - Rohde
The Last Guardian is still happening, according to SCE Worldwide Studios PlayStation software product development head Scott Rohde.8
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The Last Guardian: Sony boss can't "recall" what platform it's on
The Last Guardian still doesn't have a release date, but SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida made a very interesting comment about the long awaited Team Ico title during the Spike TV PS4 All Access event tonight.10
Sony waiting for right time to re-introduce The Last Guardian, Yoshida confirms
The Last Guardian has been mentioned by Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida. He couldn't say what format it's in development for, but said that the company is waiting for the right time to talk about it again.21
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The Last Guardian may be in "earnest" development at present, but according to according to Team Ico head and creative director Fumito Ueda, it's not a priority at the moment at SCE Japan Studio.26
Sony will bring out some unannounced games at Tuesday's Gamescom event
Like Microsoft, Sony is holding a big pre-Gamescom showcase that they will be streaming online for all to enjoy. The company has confirmed some unannounced games for the show.38
The Last Guardian development "alive and kicking", says Yoshida
The Last Guardian was an E3 no-show on PS4, but Sony's president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that the game's development is "alive and kicking".16
The Last Guardian: Sony retracts "on hiatus" comment
SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has said that it's "misleading" to describe The Last Guardian as "on hiatus", as it's still in active development.49
The Last Guardian appears on official E3 2013 site, new trailer mentioned
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The Last Guardian has been a PS4 release for "a long time now" - rumor
The Last Guardian has been moved to a PS4 release, according to former Sony employee Kenny Linder.29
The Last Guardian "remains under my creative supervision," says Ueda
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High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 194 square feet (18 square meters) include a conference center and conference/meeting rooms. This Milan hotel also offers a fitness center, multilingual staff, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
- Concierge desk
- Technology helpdesk
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Bar/lounge
- Parking garage
- Secretarial services
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Security guard
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Express check-in
- Currency exchange
- Medical assistance available
- Laundry facilities
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Total number of rooms - 86
- Luggage storage
- Parking limited (surcharge)
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 6
- Audiovisual equipment
- Restaurant
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 194
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 18
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 3
- Conference center
- Business services
- Fitness facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking (surcharge)
- Year Built 1991
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge), Parking garage, Parking limited (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Climate control
- Direct-dial phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Extra towels/bedding
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Bidet
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Complimentary bottled water
- Soundproofed rooms
- Complimentary newspaper
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free Wi-Fi
- Dining
Best Western Hotel Mirage has a restaurant on site.
- Entertainment
Hotel mirage has a fitness room (free of charge).
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
A tax is imposed by the city and will be collected at the property in cash: EUR 5 per person, per night, up to 14 nights. The tax will be reduced by 50% in August. The amount has been determined by the local administration and depends on the length of stay, property classification, and room price. This tax does not apply to residence-hotels, to residents of Milan, or children under 18 years of age. Please note that further exemptions may apply. For further details, please contact the property using the information contained in the confirmation received after booking.
During Expo 2015, city taxes will be applied all year. For further details, please contact the property using the information contained in the confirmation received after booking.
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 5 per person, per night, up to 14 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Self parking fee: EUR 18 per night
- Late check-out fee: EUR 20
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probably one of the first two.
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The 2006 Latour performed even better from bottle than from barrel. Only 38% of the production (10,000 cases) made it into the grand vin, a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest primarily Merlot and a small amount of Cabernet Franc. From barrel, I thought it was a modern day version of the 1996 or 1986, and certainly the 1996 comparison still holds. I thought it was somewhat austere from barrel, but that is no longer an issue. This is a beautifully rich Chateau Latour boasting a dense ruby/purple color, a sweet, smoky, charcoal, cassis, graphite, and forest floor-scented nose, full body, an attractive freshness, and sweet, noble tannins. This layered Latour is one of the vintage's top dozen or so wines. Robert Parker- Wine Advocate # 181 Feb 2009
Parker Points: 95
Drinking Period: 2012-2030
Tasting Notes for Margaux, 2006:
The strictest selection ever instituted at this estate resulted in only 36% of the crop being utilized for the blend of 2006 Chateau Margaux. Composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot, it is similar to the 1996, but with sweeter, more seductive fruit in the nose. A big, tannic, dense effort displaying terrific purity, power, elegance, and a distinctive mineral/flower component, it is a medium to full-bodied wine of great nobility that should be at its finest between 2017-2050+. Wine Advocate # 170 Apr 2007.
Parker Points: 93-95
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LafiteÕs Merlot harvest occurred between September 15-22, and the Cabernet Sauvignon from September 27 until the end of the first week of October. Only 42% of the production made it into the grand vin (a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot). The 2006 is a tannic, restrained effort that brings to mind the 1988. A deep ruby/purple color is followed by sweet aromas of graphite, creme de cassis, spice, and subtle wood. Medium-bodied and richly fruity with decent acidity and a long finish, it will require 8-10 years of cellaring, and should keep for 4-5 decades. Wine Advocate # 170 Apr 2007.
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4-star romantic hotel with a full-service spa in Half Moon Bay (El Granada)
This spa hotel is located in Half Moon Bay (El Granada), close to the beach, Pillar Point Harbor, Miramar Beach, and JV Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Area attractions also include Montara State Beach and Poplar State Beach.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Oceano Hotel and Spa features a fitness center. Other amenities include a full-service spa and a marina.
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Flat-screen televisions include premium satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature beds with pillowtop mattresses, fireplaces, and complimentary wireless Internet access.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to a full-service spa, Oceano Hotel and Spa features a marina and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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- Premium TV channels
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- Separate sitting area
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- Dining
Oceano Hotel and Spa has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range nearby
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- Golf lessons available nearby
- Dock on site
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- Helicopter/airplane tours on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Kayaking on site
- Running track/path on site
- Sailing on site
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Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the onsite spa, which has 5 treatment rooms. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, massages, and facials.
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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The Cougars (7-2, 4-0 Northern 4A) trailed 3-1 as they came up in the bottom of the fifth. Sadye Roulund reached on a fielder's choice with one out. Kelsie Merritt followed with a single. Bella Rovens stepped up next for the Cougars and reached on an error that allowed Roulund and Merritt to come plateward. After a walk to Dani Smith, Brett Lawrence laced a run-scoring single to plate Rovens.
The rally gave Spanish Springs its first lead of the game, 4-3. After setting Douglas down without a run in the top of the sixth, Spanish Springs tacked on an insurance run. Myrissa Prince doubled and scored for the Cougars in the bottom of the sixth.
Prince was 2-for-3 at the plate, but was the lone Cougars player with more than one hit. Spanish Springs managed only five hits in the afternoon affair.
"You have to play great defense and you have to support your pitcher," Spanish Springs coach Jeff Davidson said. "We committed five errors today. That's unacceptable ... We hit some balls well and we hit some balls up. It was just one of those days. It wasn't a consistent effort. That was the most disappointing thing. We didn't field the ball very well either and that also hurt."
Douglas grabbed a quick 2-0 edge with a pair of runs in the top of inning one. Spanish Springs got a run back in the bottom of the inning after Smith walked and circled the sacks on a costly Douglas error.
That 2-1 score stayed intact until the top of the fifth when Douglas extended its edge to 3-1, setting the stage for the late-inning Cougars comeback.
Lawrence wound up collecting the win in the pitching circle for the SSHS hosts. She was tagged for the three runs but none were earned. Lawrence limited the Tigers to four hits while striking out 12 and walking two.
Spanish Springs returns to the diamond Saturday when it plays a doubleheader at Wooster, 10 a.m.
"We are definitely a work in progress. I challenge the team every single day in practice that we have to get better every single day," Davidson said. "Some days we play well and practice well. Others days we don't. We have to be consistent improve every single day. It's a long season and we have to be improving as we go throughout the season."
Reed 18, Reno 2
•Thursday afternoon's cold and windy conditions didn't do the Reno pitching staff any favors. Huskies hurlers struggled to find the strike zone and it cost the Reno club dearly.
Reed scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning, but neither teams scored again until the bottom of the fourth. That's when the host Raiders broke the game wide open.
Reed scored 14 runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Raiders sent 18 hitters to the plate in the outburst, but only six recorded hits. Eight Reed hitters were issued walks in the rally.
Lindsey Yearman had a solid offensive inning for Reed in the fourth. She ripped a three-run double and a two-run triple in the key frame.
"The wind out there was just awful," Reed coach Jon Wunder said. "It probably didn't do either of their pitchers much good. They both struggled to find the strike zone.
"We were patient and took our walks when they gave them to us. With the wind we wanted to keep the ball out of the air. The ball we were hitting, we were hitting down and finding gaps. I was pretty pleased with that."
The big inning allowed Reed to rack up a 10-run mercy-rule victory.
The Reed offense got going early with its four-run first. Hannah Martini drew a leadoff walk. Mary Dettling drew a walk as well and Makaela Moore brought both home with a two-run single. Moore scored on an RBI fielder's choice by Andi Lee. Danaya Thompson scored Reed's final run of the inning after a Reno error.
Jackie Sertic earned the pitching win for Reed. She had a three-hit shutout going through four innings but Reno scratched out a pair of runs off her in the top of the fifth. Only one of the runs was earned. Sertic finished scattering five hits in a six-strikeout, three-walk performance.
"She came back in the fifth and had two walks and a hit batter," Wunder said. "That could be from being on the bench for a while during our big inning. For a first year varsity kid, she's got pretty good composure."
Reed plays a doubleheader Saturday at North Valleys. Game 1 will begin at 10 a.m.
Sparks 13, Hug 2
•Last season the Sparks softball team won a total of zero games. In comparison, the Railroaders are off to a much better start this season, downing Hug 13-2 in five innings Thursday afternoon, stringing together impressive back-to-back wins.
Sophomore pitcher Madisyn Lock took the circle for the Maroon and Gold in relief of starter Marisa Brogdon, pitching three-plus innings of the mercy-rule shortened game to earn the victory.
"Our pitching did well," Sparks coach Frank Avilla said. "We only had three errors on the day. We had a good effort all the way around. Any time you can do that and play ball the right way behind good pitching, you have a chance to win. The kids are learning the game. I was very pleased with the win and their aggression and how they're starting to focus and play. If we can string some more games together like this I think we'll be going in the right direction."
At the plate the Railroaders had 11 hits. Jocelyn Vasquez led the way for Sparks, going 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI. Dannae Soto also had a day at the dish, batting 2-for-3 with four RBI. Aside from getting the win as the Railroaders' hurler, Lock also went 1-for-2 and had three RBI.
"We're not being hesitant," Avilla said. "We're learning to get through our fears and the fears that they create within their own mind. We're learning how to compete in the right way. We're not putting pressure on ourselves. That feels good."
Sparks (2-5, 1-2 Mount Rose League) will travel to Gardnerville to play at Lampe Park against Whittell in a league double-header on Saturday, starting at 11:00 a.m.