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Amie Keeley visits the Kuoni store in Manchester's Trafford Centre, whose expert staff go that extra mile for their customers.
Shop manager Emma Rodgers has just arrived back from her lunchbreak with a toy racing car in hand.
She's adding it to a gift box that she's putting together for a client who's celebrating their 40th birthday at Abu Dhabi's Viceroy Hotel, which overlooks the Formula One race track.
For another couple, she organised a complimentary excursion to a vineyard in South Africa, where the clients' favourite wine was made.
These are just a few examples of how the agents at Kuoni's Manchester Trafford Centre store go that extra step for their customers.
"It's all about the personal touches", says Emma.
The vast majority of the store's customers are honeymooners or those celebrating a special anniversary. They are looking for long‑haul and luxury.
"The Maldives is by far the most popular destination, followed by other Indian Ocean resorts and Dubai," says Emma.
"But South America and Canada are on the rise, as well as places like Peru, and Brazil because of the Olympics."
There has also been a "huge surge" in bookings for Japan, thanks to the store's personal travel expert Richard Pearson, who has spent time in the Far East and can share in-depth, first-hand experience of the destination.
He recently completed a booking for which he made language cards for a vegetarian customer to use in restaurants – another one of those personal touches.
"Canada is also creeping in, for those who have done the Far East and are looking for somewhere new," says Emma. "We get those who have retired, but also a lot of young professionals who want self-drive holidays."
Added responsibilities
Earlier this year, Kuoni announced it was reducing the size of its trade sales call centre team. As a result, shop staff have had to start taking agent enquiries.
Emma says: "It's working well for us because we're building relationships with agents. They call because we are experts in certain destinations. We give them the same service that we give to customers who come through the door."
The company also recently rolled out its LGBT Experts initiative, which has involved nine agents becoming specialists in selling holidays to gay-friendly destinations.
Richard was one of those who volunteered to undergo training in London, which centred on destination knowledge and maintaining customer service. Other Kuoni agents now call Richard for his advice on same-sex honeymoons. The destinations he recommends include Thailand, resorts in the Maldives, Indochina and the US.
Follow-up appointments
The agents will often arrange face-to-face appointments with customers who have submitted an enquiry online with an idea of what holiday they want.
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Emma shows me the one she's just finished for her customer's 40th birthday trip entitled 'The world's fastest birthday on Yas Marina circuit'. As well as all the essential travel information, it includes everything from destination background to personal tips on what to do and see in Abu Dhabi.
"A lot of customers come back and show us their photos, which shows we've built a relationship with them, and they're not just a number," adds Emma. "We've definitely got customers for life – we know what they like and they know that everything will go to plan.
"Our customers are more like friends. We know about their pets and what they get up to at the weekend."
Emma Rodgers, Manager
I've been in travel since . . .
I studied travel and tourism at college, before working at a travel agency in Leeds University. I then went to the US to work for an operator. I came back to the UK 16 years ago and worked for a business agent, before joining Kuoni in 2012.
My specialist destinations include . . .
Dubai, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
If I hadn't become a travel agent . . .
I'd have been a vet.
Vicky Fielding, Personal Travel Expert
I've been in travel . . .
for 11 years. I started as an apprentice at Thomas Cook. I applied for this job because I wanted to go into luxury travel. I'd been to Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Dubai, and wanted to share my experiences with customers.
the Indian Ocean and the Far East.
I always wanted to work in travel!
Richard Pearson, Personal Travel Expert
for 18 months. I joined as a Christmas temp before becoming permanent. Before that, I was teaching English in Thailand and travelled around the Far East.
Thailand, Japan, Bali, Singapore, the Maldives and China.
I would have continued teaching English overseas.
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On the day I visit, three of the seven shop staff (some are part-time) are on duty. They are relaxed and welcoming, and clearly know their destinations inside out.
I could tell they love what they do because they are selling dream holidays that they themselves have experienced and can share with their customers.
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Needless to say, if I were an agent, this is certainly a shop that I'd love to work in!
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O Imbecil Coletivo (estilizado em caixa alta) é um livro de Olavo de Carvalho publicado em 1996.

A obra é dividida em dois volumes, O Imbecil Coletivo: atualidades inculturais brasileiras e O Imbecil Coletivo II: a longa marcha da vaca para o brejo e logo atrás dela, os filhos da PUC, às quais obras juntas formam para ensinança dos pequenos e escarmento dos grandes. O livro ainda encerra a trilogia iniciada com a obra A nova era e a revolução cultural (1994) e prosseguida com O Jardim das Aflições (1995). Contudo, cada um dos três livros pode ser compreendido sem os outros dois, embora a leitura conjunta possa dar ao leitor uma compreensão mais profunda e aprimorada da ideia geral contemplada nessa trilogia. O livro tem sido listado como um dos mais vendidos das obras já produzidas pelo autor juntamente com O mínimo que você precisa para não ser um idiota (2013), recebendo a parte I seis edições em apenas oito meses de lançamento.

Em fevereiro de 2017, Olavo e a Editora Record fecharam acordo para uma nova edição do livro. Em 29 de abril de 2018, data de seu aniversário de 71 anos, foi lançada a capa da nova edição. A pré-venda, que conquistou o primeiro lugar da Amazon na categoria 'Comentários Políticos e Opinião' e terceiro lugar geral, foi anunciada em 6 de agosto, enquanto o lançamento em 24 de setembro. Na primeira semana de vendas, ocupou a liderança do ranking da Veja na categoria não-ficção, ocupando na segunda o sexto lugar.

Para um pequeno ciclo de alunos, lia anotações que fazia sobre as "besteiras" da mídia nacional. Tais anotações formaram O imbecil coletivo, que viria a ser exposto na Bienal do Livro no ano de publicação, 1996.

O livro
O autor faz uma análise e reflexão sobre aquilo que ele acredita ser o fenômeno da decadência intelectual do Brasil e, para tanto, apresenta exemplos e implicações do que seria esse mal. Para Olavo, a origem ou os responsáveis pelo fenômeno são a própria academia e a nova geração de intelectuais brasileiros, os quais se "imbecilizariam uns aos outros" e reproduziriam o "imbecil coletivo" em grande escala. No raciocínio do autor, os personagens que ali são tratados seriam "indivíduos inteligentes, razoavelmente cultos, porém, corrompidos pela autointoxicação ideológica e por um corporativismo de partido que, alçando-os a posições muito superiores aos seus méritos, deformavam completamente sua visão do universo e de si mesmos". A ideia de "imbecil coletivo", paródia do "intelectual coletivo" de Antonio Gramsci, estaria também muito ligada à de desonestidade intelectual. Alguns dos vários temas polêmicos abordados são a relação entre religião e marketing e a responsabilidade que intelectuais podem ter no aumento de crimes.

Afirmou Carvalho que "A técnica que emprego em O Imbecil Coletivo é explicitar as teses subentendidas na produção cultural brasileira, e em seguida examiná-las criticamente. Em muitos casos, torna-se claro que a única força delas residia no fato de permanecerem escondidas: uma vez trazidas à luz, sua absurdidade salta aos olhos." e que o livro "não tem só o propósito de denunciar um estado de fato, mas de desentranhar as raízes intelectuais de certas crenças e hábitos que deprimem e enfraquecem a inteligência humana."

Repercussão
O livro, após a sua publicação, motivou grande controvérsia, com avaliações divididas entre aqueles que endossaram as considerações feitas pelo autor e aqueles que o rechaçaram por completo, por considerar os seus apontamentos uma tentativa pretensiosa e leviana de desqualificar a atividade acadêmica brasileira. Segundo o próprio o autor, o Imbecil Coletivo lhe deu "uma encrenca dos diabos" e o lançou em polêmicas de imprensa, as quais ele não procurou, embora considere que tenha se saído delas muito bem. Ele considera também que a obra, junto com sua coluna no O Globo, representou a "quebra da hegemonia intelectual da esquerda" e abriu "para liberais e conservadores um espaço que lhes era negado desde os anos 80 pelo menos".

Em 1998, Gilberto Vasconcellos discorreu na Folha de S.Paulo sobre a parte II: "(...)  Hoje a batalha do senhor Olavo de Carvalho se concentra no ataque obstinado à "esquerda", como se esta ditasse as cartas na universidade e na mídia, quando na verdade é o liberalismo a espuma flutuante da ideologia brasileira há décadas. Desconheço se o autor é um "defroqué" do marxismo, ou senão um ex-marxólogo arrependido, todavia sua investida contra a "esquerda" apresenta um quadro de feitura eclética e heteróclita, como se o pensamento esquerdista fosse a mistura de Gramsci, o abominável, com Candessus, o dândi sedutor do FMI (Fundo Monetário Internacional)". A resposta de Olavo às críticas de Vasconcellos foi publicada no mesmo jornal uma semana depois. Entrevistando Carvalho no ano de 1996, o jornalista Pedro Bial definiu a obra como um "volume demolidor". Bruno Tolentino, como citado por Bial na entrevista, afirmou que "O Imbecil Coletivo foi um livro destinado a fazer barulho. Sem aquela barulheira toda a obra de Olavo de Carvalho nunca teria acontecido".

Em 2014, Rodrigo Gurgel escreveu que "(...) passados quase vinte anos desde sua primeira edição, esgotado há pelo menos um triênio, O imbecil coletivo, de Olavo de Carvalho, continua a constranger e afrontar a intelligentsia esquerdista nacional, que se mostrou, até o momento, incapaz de realizar um debate à altura das proposições olavianas, preferindo encaramujar-se na mudez aparente, por meio da qual recusa o debate franco mas porta-se como velha alcoviteira".

A romena Monica Grigorescu, ex-embaixadora no Brasil, considerou o livro corajoso, sarcástico e profético, apontando que nele o autor "descreveu o fenômeno que estamos passando hoje, o do triunfo da ignorância que demoliu os valores estabelecidos e inaugurou uma era de indiferente não-cultura".

Considerando a obra importante para oxigenar o debate, Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva escreveu que "(...) É difícil concordar com a maioria das teses e proposições de Carvalho. Mas, provavelmente, não é esse mesmo o seu objetivo. O que ele pretende deve ser "criar caso". E quando o caso se desenvolve com gente de estatura similar, o leitor é quem ganha. Quem se der ao trabalho de ler pelo menos alguns dos artigos que compõem "O Imbecil Coletivo I" despido de preconceitos no mínimo vai se divertir um pouco, no máximo questionar algumas de suas crenças arraigadas e trabalhar intelectualmente para reafirmá-las ou (quem sabe?) até refutá-las". Ainda segundo Lins da Silva, o livro é "típico da produção de Carvalho: volumoso, denso, idiossincrático, erudito, bem-humorado e provocador."

José Maria e Silva afirmou que "(...) O sucesso de livros como "O Imbecil Coletivo" mostrou aos editores de jornal que havia espaço para um pensamento liberal e conservador, de caráter mais transcendental". Manuel da Costa Pinto, em crítica literária em uma revista da USP, definiu o livro como "(...) espécie de libelo anárquico contra o saber institucionalizado que tem na Universidade de São Paulo um de seus alvos prediletos". Luis Nassif reparou que o "processo mental que acomete os "especialistas"" ("especialista" − no sentido de, segundo ele, pessoa que "aplica cegamente um receituário pronto, sem se incomodar com a análise da realidade") foi "exemplarmente avacalhado por Olavo de Carvalho em seu "Imbecil Coletivo"". Segundo Gilbraz Aragão, Olavo "exorciza diabos e anjos da nossa produção cultural em O Imbecil Coletivo".

Em entrevista com Olavo publicada pela revista República em 1997, Wagner Carelli escreveu que nas páginas do livro revela-se "(...) o que possa haver de distinto na expressão intelectual brasileira, hoje: originalidade, sabedoria, abrangência, discernimento, critério e uma inabalável crença, em meio à mais aguda e dolorosa crítica, na inteligência do ser humano." A entrevista foi tema da capa daquela edição, sendo uma ilustração do imbecil coletivo feita por Cárcamo.

Em artigo iniciado com a definição feita por Olavo de imbecil coletivo, o escritor Roberto Campos o classificou como "filósofo de grande erudição". Já Paulo Francis aclamou o livro como "imperdível". Carelli afirma que Francis conheceu Carvalho por essa obra, com que ficou deslumbrado. Otávio Frias Filho destacou o ataque ao ideário "progressista", que teria sido submetido "a uma revisão brutal, às vezes vulgar, às vezes capciosa, quase sempre argumentada com clareza e precisão", considerando o resultado algo "escandaloso".  Para Percival Puggina, o escritor esmiuçou brilhantemente um mesmo tema que Nelson Rodrigues havia abordado em 1970, a "socialização do idiota". O livro suscitou de Herberto Sales a declaração: "sua obra [de Olavo de Carvalho] tem como o sopro de uma epopéia da palavra, a palavra destemidamente lúcida e generosamente insurgente, rebelde e justa, brava e exata".

José Osvaldo de Meira Penna atentou na crítica a Kant feita no livro, considerando-o uma importante referência nacional sobre o kantismo:  "O filósofo paulista faz diversas referências ao de Koenigsberg em sua obra de grande impacto polêmico, num sentido que não consigo exatamente definir. Em O Imbecil Coletivo, que é de 1996, com várias edições posteriores, Olavo já acentua que "uma consciência moral cindida, que afirma no plano da conduta o que nega no dos princípios, é uma herança moral do kantismo", argumentando que a contradição entre a metafísica de Kant e o imperative categórico, ao qual o homem "deveria curvar-se simplesmente porque sim", cria um "abismo entre inteligência e vontade", nunca superada pelo filósofo." (PENNA, 2000). Em 1996, Penna já elogiava o livro, afirmando que com o ele o autor "presta um inestimável serviço, nesta nossa atualidade incultural".

Em A Corrupção da Inteligência, Flávio Gordon escreve que o livro de Olavo "(...) foi saudado como grande acontecimento cultural por intelectuais da velha guarda (incluindo os que divergiam politicamente do autor), nomes como J. O. Meira Penna, Paulo Francis, Herberto Sales, Ângelo Monteiro, Jorge Amado, Carlos Heitor Cony, Bruno Tolentino, entre outros. No entanto, ele também provocou um verdadeiro surto de pânico na arraia-miúda do establishment intelectual de esquerda, até então intocável e protegido qual um vaso de cristal."

Ângelo Monteiro conta que conheceu Olavo no fim dos anos 90, afirmando que O Imbecil Coletivo foi a maior crítica cultural que "havia lido até então de um autor brasileiro".

Ver também
 O Jardim das Aflições
 O Mínimo que Você Precisa Saber para não Ser um Idiota

Livros de Olavo de Carvalho
Livros de 1996
Livros anticomunistas

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As a Cornerstone accredited practice about to embark on the accreditation pathway as a Health Care Home facility, and for the facility to be a Rural Hub under the Southern DHBs Primary and Community Health strategy; there is huge potential for the right candidate to be at the forefront of fundamental changes to how health is to be delivered to our rural communities.
Balclutha is situated on the banks of the Clutha River with the Catlins coastline just 20 minutes' drive away where you will find world class surf beaches, spectacular coastal scenery and wildlife. The South Otago region offers a broad range of outdoor and sporting opportunities, easy access to beaches and rivers, a relaxed lifestyle, friendly people and supportive community with strong educational facilities all combining to deliver a good work life balance.
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Clutha Health First (Balclutha) is a truly integrated health centre incorporating a General Practice, 15 bed medical ward, General Practice, Medical Assessment Unit, Primary Maternity birthing unit, onsite radiology and pathology services, a broad range of specialist outpatient clinics and supporting Community/Allied Health services.
The 8,100 enrolled patient general practice based in Balclutha is Cornerstone accredited and about to embark on the credentialing programme for Health Care Home. Our team includes 6 GPs, Nurse Practitioners and a large Nursing and Administration support team. Our GPs are credentialed to provide specialty interest clinics in fracture, breast lump, minor surgery, joint injection and colposcopy. Sub-specialty interests are welcome: currently we have an opening within our GPSI Skin Lesion Programme.
Balclutha is situated on the banks of the Clutha River with the Catlins coastline just 20 minutes' drive away where you will find world class surf beaches, spectacular coastal scenery and wildlife. Central Otago is 1.5 hours' drive while the close proximity to Dunedin (1 hour) provides an abundance of restaurants, shopping, an international airport, world class University/Polytechnics and city shopping whilst also opportunities for family members to pursue career options in the city if necessary.
Clutha Health First (Balclutha) is a truly integrated health centre incorporating a 15 bed medical ward, General Practice, Medical Assessment Unit, Primary Maternity Birthing Unit, onsite radiology and pathology services, a broad range of specialist outpatient clinics and supporting Community/Allied Health services. The secondary service covers the South Otago region with a catchment population of about 16000 and the General Practice servicing 8000 enrolled patients.
We are seeking FRNZCGP and/or FDRHMNZ to join our team of GPs and Rural Hospital Specialists.
The General Practice is Cornerstone accredited and composed of a team of seven GPs, Nurse Practitioners, and support staff. Our GPs are credentialed to provide specialty interest clinics in fracture, breast lump, minor surgery, joint injection and pipelle biopsy. Our staff are able to work closely with specialists who visit Balclutha regularly.
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Status: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date: Saturday 2 May 1953
de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1
Operator: British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC
Registration: G-ALYV
MSN: 06008
First flight: 1952-04-09 (1 year )
Total airframe hrs: 1649
Engines: 4 de Havilland Ghost 50 Mark I
Crew: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers: Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37
Total: Fatalities: 43 / Occupants: 43
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 32 km (20 mls) NW of Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) ( India)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC), India
Destination airport: Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India
Flightnumber: 783/057
A de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 passenger plane, operated by BOAC, was destroyed in an accident near Calcutta, India. All 43 on board were killed.
The airplane operated on a return flight from London, UK to Singapore.
On its return leg from Singapore it landed at Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport at 15:10 hrs local time. Intermediate stops were made at Bangkok and Rangoon before arriving at Calcutta.
The flight took off from runway 19L at 15:29 and was cleared to climb under Visual Flight Rules and report when passing 7500 feet. The aircraft encountered a severe squall with thunderstorm shortly after takeoff when climbing to its cruising altitude, and suffered structural failure in the air which caused fire. The pilots lost control and the Comet crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Structural failure of the airframe during flight through a thunder squall. In the opinion of the Court, the structural failure was due to overstressing which resulted from either:- (1) Severe gusts encountered in the thunder squall, or (2) Overcontrolling or loss of control by the pilot when flying through the thunderstorm."
Fuselage failure
» CIVIL AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT Report of the Court Investigation on the Accident to COMET G-ALYV on 2nd May, 1953
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport to Delhi-Safdarjung Airport as the crow flies is 1297 km (811 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network's opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
DH-106 Comet
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The worst accident (at the time)
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Home / Articles / Must we agree to put an employee on furlough?
Must we agree to put an employee on furlough?
Posted in : Seamus Says - Employment Law Discussion on 7 May 2021
Issues covered: Coronavirus; Vaccinations; Furlough
Scott: "We have a member of staff who's refusing to return to work until he's received both vaccines. He has been requested to be paid furlough until then. We have been careful and COVID-free and have not offered furlough. Do we have an obligation to furlough this member of staff?"
Seamus: Well, I don't believe that there's an obligation to furlough a member of staff. Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidelines, there is certainly the ability for an employer to place an employee on furlough who would otherwise be on long-term sick leave. That is an option.
But look, you always have to remember that use of payments and use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is going to be audited by Revenue and Customs. So you're always going to have to have that justification or you will be required to repay the money or you could be found to have used the system fraudulently. So you have to take all of those things into consideration.
When it comes to an individual who says they can't return to work until they get both vaccinations, my view in relation to this is I did come across that and I did have to provide advices in relation to certain individuals that were perhaps shielding and what was the employer's obligations in relation to those employees. If they weren't in a position to offer furlough, could they let them use their holiday entitlement for a period of time? Alternatively, could they simply take time off without pay?
The slight risk here for this one would be that there seems to have been some sort of precedent in place if the person has not returned to work, and I assume the person hasn't been at work for a lengthy period of time. If there have been on-going payments under the furlough scheme for that employee, it might be difficult at this point to move away from that.
Again, the key thing would have to be that you do a risk assessment, and that has to involve some information and medical information from the employee as to why they are not in a position to return to work now. I think that there needs to be a clear letter from the GP or from the occupational health doctor to say that the employee isn't able to return to work until they've had both vaccines.
I'm aware of one of my clients that had a similar circumstance, and they ultimately took a decision that they didn't want to get into a row or difficulties with a member of staff and they did retain them on furlough. But at the time whenever they thought the furlough was ending, they were concerned and had meetings with the employee to say that they were going to have to return to work. And they felt that they had taken appropriate steps in relation to social distancing, PPE, and also an amendment of duties so that the person wasn't coming into contact with members of the public. So all of those steps had been taken.
Ultimately, for me, where the employer is of the view that the employee can return safely to work and wouldn't be at risk, I don't see why the employer would retain an employee on furlough in those circumstances. If there's a job there for them to do and it needs doing and there are no medical reasons as to why they can't, I wouldn't be of a view that the person should be retained on furlough.
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City of Brillion receives $500,000 state grant to support redevelopment of former Brillion Iron Works Site
WEDC funds will offset costs of clearing the site for first phase of $10 million project
By Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation	- Dec 17th, 2018 03:00 pm
BRILLION, WI. DEC. 17, 2018 – In a major step in the redevelopment of the former Brillion Iron Works site, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) today announced the City of Brillion is receiving a $500,000 grant to help finance demolition work on the site.
The Brillion Iron Works site consists of several buildings that have been home to numerous companies since the early 1900s. The city plans to redevelop the entire 145-acre parcel in two phases. The WEDC grant is for the first phase, a 70-acre parcel on the south side of the site that was acquired by the Ariens Co. in October.
The Ariens Co. plans to renovate the Farm Implement Building (also known as Plant 3) into a new research and development facility for the company. The research and development facility will support Ariens' operations, engineering and supply chain operations. The City of Brillion is supporting the renovation of Plant 3 with the construction of a new roadway and a bridge crossing, and the remaining structures on the site will be demolished. The first phase has a $10 million budget. Work is now underway and is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.
"We are very honored to receive this grant and are excited about the opportunities this grant gives to the City of Brillion and the Ariens Co. to redevelop the Brillion Iron Works property," said Brillion Mayor Gary Deiter. "We are very fortunate to have the support of the Ariens Co. for this project; without them it would not have been possible".
"Eighteen months ago, Brillion was facing what looked like a devastating blight on the heart of this community," said Dan Ariens, chairman and CEO of the Ariens Co. "Today, this grant from the WEDC will be a catalyst to create momentum around a new vision for the Brillion community and demonstrate the potential to others who might have an interest in joining us on this journey. I'd like to thank the WEDC for supporting this community in achieving its vision."
Although he had no involvement in the current-day Brillion Iron Works site, the roots of the company reach back to Ariens' great-grandfather who came to Brillion as a blacksmith. Henry Ariens ultimately built the Brillion Iron Works and ran the company from 1893 until 1933, when he lost the business during The Great Depression.
"I applaud the City of Brillion, the Ariens Co. and other partners for working together to redevelop what is now an underutilized parcel and transform it into a facility that will play a key role in the future of the city's leading employer," said Mark R. Hogan, secretary and CEO of WEDC, who joined company and city officials in announcing the grant on Monday. "This revitalization project will increase the city's tax base, remove an eyesore in the community, and create new jobs as Ariens continues to grow."
State Rep. Ron Tusler, who represents Brillion and also took part in the announcement, added: "Wisconsin should invest our resources in hardworking, tax-paying communities that have a strong will to succeed. Brillion has earned our trust. I am excited to hear that WEDC and Secretary Mark Hogan agree. Their financial support, coupled with the efforts of the Ariens Co. and the City of Brillion, will surely lead to new success within the frame of Brillion Iron Works."
Officials expect phase one to be a catalyst for the second phase of the project, which is expected to consist of housing, commercial and retail development, as well as green space and a trail network along Spring and Mills creeks.
Brillion Iron Works was founded in 1890 as a manufacturer of hand and farm tools, and moved to the current site at 200 Park Ave. in 1900, when a foundry was constructed there. Over the years, Brillion Iron Works changed ownership several times before closing for good in November 2016.
In addition to the support from WEDC, the City of Brillion has committed to providing $3 million in tax incremental financing for the project.
WEDC's Idle Sites Redevelopment Program, created in 2013, stimulates investment and job creation at idle, abandoned and underutilized manufacturing sites that cannot be redeveloped solely by the private sector due to their scale and complexity.
The grants may be used for demolition, environmental remediation or site-specific improvements defined in the community's redevelopment plan. The goal of the program is to advance the site to shovel-ready status or to enhance the site's market attractiveness to encourage business growth.
Since the program's inception, 23 communities have received more than $16 million in grants for economic development projects expected to generate more than $129 million in public and private investment.
"This is the perfect project for the Idle Sites program," said Jerry Murphy, executive director of The New North, a regional economic development organization serving 18 counties in northeastern Wisconsin. "This particular site needs investment, remediation and enhancement that will make it marketable and promising to new development. Without it, it would be difficult to market competitively. Now, with the help of WEDC, it has the potential to become something entirely new."
Other communities in the New North region that have received Idle Sites Grants include:
Green Bay: $425,000 for the redevelopment of the Larsen Cannery
Manitowoc: $500,000 for the demolition and redevelopment of the former Mirro Building
Kimberly: $500,000 to redevelop the former New Page Paper Mill
Oshkosh: $375,000 to redevelop the former Jen-Weld manufacturing site
The Idles Sites Grant is the second award made to the City of Brillion this year for a community redevelopment project. In March, the city received a $250,000 Community Development Investment Grant to support construction of a downtown apartment building, a project that will improve the aesthetics of the business district and help meet the city's housing needs.
About the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) leads economic development efforts for the state by advancing and maximizing opportunities in Wisconsin for businesses, communities and people to thrive in a globally competitive environment. Working with more than 600 regional and local partners, WEDC develops and delivers solutions representative of a highly responsive and coordinated economic development network. Visit wedc.org or follow WEDC on Twitter @WEDCNews to learn more.
People: Dan Ariens, Gary Deiter, Henry Ariens, Jerry Murphy, Mark R. Hogan, Ron Tusler
Government: Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
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West Hempstead, NY - 11-Year-Old Orthodox Jewish Ping-Pong Player Sacrifices Win For The Sake Of Shabbos
Published on: January 2, 2013 10:02 AM
Last updated on: January 2, 2013 12:18 PM
West Hempstead, NY - Estee Ackerman, an 11-year-old sixth grader from West Hempstead, Long Island, set aside her ambition and sacrificed a chance to compete at the final event in the 2012 US National Table Tennis Championship in Las Vegas for the sake of shabbos.
"I advanced in my round robin and then we looked at my schedule and saw the next match would be during Friday night, which is our Sabbath, so of course I'm disappointed," Estee told the New York Post (http://bit.ly/Wei58f) in an interview. "I practiced and trained for six months for this. Ping-pong is important to me, but my religion of Judaism is also very important to me."
Estee's father, Glenn Ackerman, said his daughter had to withdraw from the December 21 event because tournament officials would not reschedule it for after shabbos. "She had a shabbos-over-sports moment," Ackerman, who trains with Estee almost daily, said. "Hopefully, other Jewish athletes will also look to Estee to pursue their dreams in whatever sport they choose."
The CEO of USA Table Tennis, Michael Cavanaugh, said the sport's governing body tries to be "inclusionary in the manner in which we run our events." The Ackermans say that with close to 800 players to schedule over a five-day period, it is understandable that Estee's event could not be rescheduled when it fell out on shabbos.
Estee is ranked fourth in the 8-to-11 age bracket, but she often competes against and beats ping-pong players twice her age and older. Her talent for competitive ping-pong was first discovered by professional ping-pong player, Biba Golic, at a tournament in July in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Golic, the celebrity promoter of Killerspin ping-pong items, awarded Estee a sponsorship after seeing her play against and defeat a 30-year-old man. "Tactically and strategically she has a natural sense for the game," Golic said. The 11-year-old now flies around the country to promote Killerspin at exhibition events, and Killerspin is considering sending Estee to China this summer for intensive training.
For now, Estee is looking toward the future and hopes to someday join the US Olympic table tennis team. "I hope to try out for the Olympic team and one day bring back a medal for my country," Estee said.
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Jan 02, 2013 at 10:08 AM FrumJew Says:
Kol Hakavod and Hatzlacha Rabbah!!!!
Jan 02, 2013 at 10:22 AM Big Masmid Says:
We are all so so so so so proud of you!!!
"Ping-pong is important to me, but my religion of Judaism is also very important to me." should read:
but my religion of Judaism is MUCH MORE important to me.
One can't compare the importance of ping-pong and the importance of the Holly Shabbos in any way shape or form.
Mazel Tov!!!! for making a real Kiddush Hashem, I'm sure Hashem will pay you back, many times over.
Jan 02, 2013 at 10:26 AM Tuvia Says:
Yasher koach! May Hashem reward her greatly for that choice!
Jan 02, 2013 at 10:31 AM Yiddl Says:
Is playing ping pong chillul shabbos?
Jan 02, 2013 at 10:47 AM greuv Says:
Estee, you won!
Jan 02, 2013 at 10:53 AM mewhoze Says:
yasher koach to estee
Kol Hakovod to Estee for the mesiras nefesh she showed in foregoing playing on shabbos. She should be a role model for all banos yisroel on the kind of kiddush hashem you manifest by standing on principle. She is truly an eshes chayil.
Jan 02, 2013 at 11:25 AM BuckyinWisconsin Says:
Yes, Shmirat Shabbat takes precedence over ping pong. Good for her, though! That is not an easy thing for an 11 year old to do. Kudos to her parents!
Jan 02, 2013 at 11:34 AM Shimon Says:
Good NET result, nontheless.
Jan 02, 2013 at 01:35 PM CRITICISM Says:
I understand the kidush hashem outweighs playing in a tournamanet, but she could've competed on shabbos without any chillul shabbos.
Yes - there is a tshuva from Rav Moishe zatzal....
Jan 02, 2013 at 01:39 PM DRE53 Says:
It's very nice to read how people and even children sacrifice for shabbos. But why is this news? Aren't there hundreds of thousands of yidden around the world who sacrifice much more that a silly pink pong game?
Just walk down 13th avenue in bp and you'll see all stores shut down for shabbos.
Jan 02, 2013 at 01:44 PM LAGIRL Says:
Big Masmid Says:
" We are all so so so so so proud of you!!!
Why would they misquote the child? She said what she said. She's a kid. She made the right choice. Her actions speaks more for her importance of Shabbos in her life. Never mind what what YOU Think she SHOULD have said.
Actions are always more important than words.
Jan 02, 2013 at 01:56 PM Sol Says:
She knows that if she plays on Shabos, her whole extended family, neighbors and friends will degrade her as a Mechallel Shabbos or Shabbos Goy. So why would she want to ruin her social life for this.
This social pressure, is what keeps Klal Yisroel frum, as opposed to when Yidden came here alone before the war.
Jan 02, 2013 at 02:03 PM Not a Rav Says:
Yiddl Says:
" Is playing ping pong chillul shabbos?	"
I don't think ping pong itself is, but I would think that people are taking pictures, there is no hotel nearby to stay in, that sort of thing makes not ping pong itself but the tournament chillul shabbos.
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Not a Rav Says:
" I don't think ping pong itself is, but I would think that people are taking pictures, there is no hotel nearby to stay in, that sort of thing makes not ping pong itself but the tournament chillul shabbos.	"
If you don't want your picture taken on shabbos, then don't walk in NYC, also many even very frum shuls have security cameras, including Satmar, Viznitz, etc.
Jan 02, 2013 at 02:58 PM lostinCA Says:
CRITICISM Says:
" I understand the kidush hashem outweighs playing in a tournamanet, but she could've competed on shabbos without any chillul shabbos.
i'd like to see this tshuva.
1 - it's definitely "uvdin d'chol"
2 - most poskim say u don't have to stop kids from playing ball shabbos, but an adult is ossur. she is playing a tournament, which is over the line.
3 - it's in a public building, which brings u to issur tiltul.
please post the maarei mokom for R' Moishe's tshuva.
Jan 02, 2013 at 03:24 PM IJK12 Says:
Jan 02, 2013 at 03:27 PM AlbertEinstein Says:
Sol Says:
" She knows that if she plays on Shabos, her whole extended family, neighbors and friends will degrade her as a Mechallel Shabbos or Shabbos Goy. So why would she want to ruin her social life for this.
"This social pressure, is what keeps Klal Yisroel frum"
Really? What about Emunah? You think those Holocaust survivors who remained frum did so because of social pressure?
DRE53 Says:
" It's very nice to read how people and even children sacrifice for shabbos. But why is this news? Aren't there hundreds of thousands of yidden around the world who sacrifice much more that a silly pink pong game?
Spoken like a true BP resident who thinks the whole world revolves around their daled amos!
Jan 02, 2013 at 04:15 PM Shtarker Says:
The day will come when this amazing bas yisroel will compete for a gold medal on a day when it is not Shabbos, and because of the sacrifice she made years ago, Hashem will give her extra strength and cunning and she will win that medal.
Jan 02, 2013 at 04:42 PM Vestin Says:
Playing ping pong itself might not be chilul shabbos; however when playing professionally or in a competitive tournament, its likely a different story, the person is no longer playing to relax or for fun, but as a profession or job, and could be constituted as actual work.
thats because maikur hadin she could have played
Jan 02, 2013 at 05:50 PM Mark Levin Says:
Let's hope that not playing ping pong on shabbos is a step in kedusha of this young girl. Because of her being moser nefesh for shabbos, HKB"H should reward her with lots of s'yata d'shmaya to continue on the right path in torah u'mitzvos.
Jan 02, 2013 at 05:54 PM 5TResident Says:
If you're going to be a frum Jew living in a secular world, you have to be prepared to make sacrifices. Many years ago, my law school scheduled my graduation for the second day of Shavuous (not intentionally). I never had a hava amina of going, even though my uncle lived very close to the school at the time and offered to put me up for Yom Tov. I would not have had to do anything, just sit there in a cap and gown and listen to speeches. I didn't think it was a Yom Tov dicka thing to do, so I declined. Never regretted it for one second.
Vestin Says:
" Playing ping pong itself might not be chilul shabbos; however when playing professionally or in a competitive tournament, its likely a different story, the person is no longer playing to relax or for fun, but as a profession or job, and could be constituted as actual work.	"
Its maris eyen.
Jan 02, 2013 at 08:04 PM bored Says:
lostinCA Says:
" i'd like to see this tshuva.
There is no tshuva from reb Moshe but that doesn't spare all your comments from being silly. Sure you're lost in ca? Sounds more like you're lost in bp or meah shearim.
Estee:
You are a heroine. I am the grandfather of one of the Houston basketball players. My uncle won first place in the New Jersey State Ping Pong Championship (1938?). Be strong. You have already learned that "Doing the Avodas Hashem is job one!"
Not sure where R Moshe's teshuvah on ping pong is, but I can direct you to his teshuva on derech eretz.
Jan 02, 2013 at 09:44 PM Frum but normal Says:
i have spent the last PESACH at a glatt kosher hotel,the clientel consisted off mostly HEIMISH and CHASIDISH people,they had 2 ping pong tables,and they were occupied almost 24 hours a day,no one had a problem with playing it on YOM TOV
Frum but normal Says:
" i have spent the last PESACH at a glatt kosher hotel,the clientel consisted off mostly HEIMISH and CHASIDISH people,they had 2 ping pong tables,and they were occupied almost 24 hours a day,no one had a problem with playing it on YOM TOV	"
I've spent more years there than you (the tables are at the far end of the room, perpendicular to the large windows facing the ocean, in case you doubt me).
I don't remember seeing any adult chassidishe type guy playing on Yom Tov. I'd think the possibility of crushing the balls during play would put a damper on any enthusiasm to do so.
We'll see this year. Will you be there?
bored Says:
" There is no tshuva from reb Moshe but that doesn't spare all your comments from being silly. Sure you're lost in ca? Sounds more like you're lost in bp or meah shearim.	"
someone claims a tshuva from R' Moishe zt"l being matir playing ping pong on Shabbos. U have a problem with asking him/her to show it?
Live your life as you wish, but don't quote R' Moishe as your backup unless u can prove it.
" Not sure where R Moshe's teshuvah on ping pong is, but I can direct you to his teshuva on derech eretz.	"
how about a tshuva about not lying in the name of a true godol and oihev yisroel like R' Moishe. if u have the tshuva, show it, if u don't, shame on you.
Inspiring!!! We are all very proud of you estee....
Mesiras nefesh for shabbos in our generation that's a real lesson....
LAGIRL Says:
" Why would they misquote the child? She said what she said. She's a kid. She made the right choice. Her actions speaks more for her importance of Shabbos in her life. Never mind what what YOU Think she SHOULD have said.
right, but words are very important part of a persons live.
Jan 03, 2013 at 08:21 AM bored Says:
" someone claims a tshuva from R' Moishe zt"l being matir playing ping pong on Shabbos. U have a problem with asking him/her to show it?
Adiraba, ask for ma'areh mikomos the chassam soffer writes to never believe anything anyone quotes until they show it to you inside. That was ok. All your other ideas were childish without any connection to Halacha. As if said by someone lost in a kollel bubble spending too much time making diyukim in a rambam said them. That's all I meant.
Jan 03, 2013 at 08:57 AM Sol Says:
AlbertEinstein Says:
" "This social pressure, is what keeps Klal Yisroel frum"
During a time and place of peace an prosperity, it is social pressure that keeps people to their faith. Its a fact.
pick, pick, pick.
who are you to tell her what to say? she's a kid, and all things considered, she handled herself very admirably. no one made a comparison except you.
Jan 06, 2013 at 09:42 AM Shimon (not the other one here) Says:
There is another Shimon. I, am a regular poster here and i too call myself Shimon (which is my name). But i am not the other one under this article.
OK. Big Masmid, yes, me too. I, should not really be here, but i am. But almost not, because it is not hasmodo to be here, nor to be so into the internet.
And i say as followes:
If she said her religion of Judaism "is also very important", then i believe this is even better. It is too easy to say "MUCH MORE". Truth is much greater than flowery language which you say because you must.
Halevai it is the same!!!! (Ping pong and Judaism).
Why does the gemoro say that "know that when a person does a sin, he thinks halevai that no person will see me"? What about G-d seeing?
But we say no! We say halevai we are as afraid of G-d seeing as we are afraid of man seeing. This is truth. But not to say that G-d seeing is "MUCH MORE" bad, even though it is.
Shimon (not the other one here) Says:
" There is another Shimon. I, am a regular poster here and i too call myself Shimon (which is my name). But i am not the other one under this article.
Sorry, the same tanna also says "halevai the fear of G-d should be like fear of man".


I'm thinking about buying the Thinkpad X1 Yoga and currently leaning towards the FHD (1920x1080) option due to the fact I'm not sure how useful increased resolution would be on a 14" screen. I would more seriously consider the OLED model but the fact it has a glossy finish is kind of a negative for me. I'm also concerned about battery life and possible burn-in issues associated with OLED. I'm curious how the color and gamut of the WQHD IFD compares to the FHD model. Also the FHD doesn't list on the specs page as Anti-Glare, but the WQHD does. Is this correct?
Any advice on this decision is appreciated.
I choose the 1920 x 1080 for the same reason as you however I did not realize the 2560 version is anti glare. I decide not for the OLED as it used much more power and reduced the battery life.
If I had to re-order a new one I will choose the 2560 x 1440 as I think higher the resolution is and better is the quality for the letters on the screen.


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Singer-actor Rain in China: Is China loosening restrictions on hallyu?
Singer-actor Rain, in a pink suit, sings during the Asian Culture Carnival ― a celebration event for the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations ― at the Beijing National Stadium on May 15. Yonhap
Is China loosening its restrictions on hallyu, or the Korean wave?
The expectation has grown after Korean singer-actor Rain was invited Wednesday to perform at a national event attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and 47 representatives from around Asia.
It was reportedly the first time a Korean singer has performed in China since the dispute with Korea over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system erupted in 2016.
But an expert said the invitation did not seem to be a "big deal."
"It is yet to say Korean-China relations have fully recovered," Hwang Jae-ho, director of the Global Security Cooperation Center at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, told The Korea Times. "If the THADD problem remains unsolved, the alleviation of the restrictions is still hard to expect."
In 2017, Korea deployed the U.S. missile defense system despite opposition from China, which said the system was "threatening" its national security. This triggered economic retaliation against Seoul. Hallyu stars who were active in China were hit hard and have been practically banned from performing there.
"The alleviation largely hinges on people, not the government," Hwang said. "But the Chinese in general are still hostile to Korea, making hallyu less influential in China."
Rain, 37, was the only Korean singer to stage gigs during the Asian Culture Carnival, a celebration event for the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations held in Beijing. The conference is one of the most crucial diplomatic events in China, which reportedly aims to promote cultural exchange among Asian countries.
He appeared with Singaporean singer JJ Lin. Actor Jackie Chan and pianist Lang Lang were also among the performers.
Some 30,000 people flocked to the Beijing National Stadium, where the festival was held, with state TV broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) airing the event nationwide.
Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, debuted in 1998 and shot to fame with his third Korean album "It's Raining," released in 2004. He has seen success as an actor too and became a flagship hallyu star in China thanks to drama "Full House (2004)." He married actress Kim Tae-hee in 2017.


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Lockouts leave students confused
Anna Loy|March 11, 2019
A lockout on Jan 24 left some Lincoln students feeling disgruntled and confused. According to the city of Portland Police Bureau, there was an active shooter downtown, around 3 p.m. This seems to have been the cause for the lockout at Lincoln.
The PPS website says that a lockout happens when there is "a threat outside of a school(s)."
Students and teachers are alerted to a lockout when an alarm plays in the classroom. This alarm comes through the intercom after being set off by someone in the office. Principal Chapman's secretary, Helen Yoon, said that the alarm is usually set off by the first person to be informed of the incident.
To some students, the alarm can be confusing. To Lola Conopio-Mora, a freshman, the alarm is not very clear. "At first it was hard to tell the difference [between the lockout alarm and alarms for other situations] because it makes the same noise," said Conopio-Mora.
Other students saw the lockout as an opportunity to joke with friends and didn't take the situation very seriously.
Sophomore Caleb Dickson noticed this in his class.
"Everyone was taking it as a joke in my class," said Dickson. "I made jokes because I thought it was fake." Dickson's class had a substitute teacher during the lockout. He said that the substitute was confused and did not know what to do. He said his teacher "thought it was a test or something."
Conopio-Mora was also confused during the lockout, saying she "felt a little nervous because [she] didn't know if it was an actual [lockout] or drill." In Conopio-Mora's class, feelings regarding the lockout were varied.
"Some kids freaked out because they didn't know what was happening," said Conopio-Mora.
Conopio-Mora agrees with Dickson that many students disregarded the lockout.
"I feel like people don't pay close enough attention to what's actually happening," said Conopio-Mora. She believes that students should be more aware and cautious during future lockouts. "[Students] should take [lockouts] seriously, because lockouts can be very serious."
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"To Dust" stars Geza Rohrig, right, and Matthew Broderick in an unusual buddy movie that won the best new narrative director award at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
One film, "To Dust" by Shawn Snyder, is a quirky, unsettling, and sometimes uproarious buddy movie starring Matthew Broderick, an Amagansett part-timer, and produced by the acting spouses Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola, who also have a house in Amagansett. Fabien Constant's "Blue Night" stars Mr. Broderick's wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, making the festival a bit of a family affair.
Both films are departures for their stars, but in different ways. "To Dust" takes on the immense grief of Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor, for his wife, who has just died of cancer. Plagued by nightmares and fearing that her spirit is in pain, he seeks to understand how long it will take for her body to turn "to dust," which will thereby free her soul.
As played by Geza Rohrig, a Hungarian actor, Shmuel and his behavior become the talk of his insular community. In order to seek the answers he needs, he goes outside of it, to absurd effect. He eventually walks into the Biology 101 class of Mr. Broderick, a gentile professor at a local community college, to find a more scientific explanation for the answers he seeks. The plot gets pretty Byzantine, and there are some quite foul moments that illustrate both factual and imagined decay, but the cockeyed camaraderie that these two very different people develop is, if not heartwarming, at least a bit touching in a very strange way.
In addition to winning the audience award for narrative film, Mr. Snyder, who is a first-time feature director, won Tribeca's jury award for best new narrative director last Thursday. Josh Charles, Zosia Mamet, and Joshua Leonard served as this year's jury for the award. "To Dust" also won an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation feature film award in 2015 for the role that forensic anthropology (the science of human decomposition) played in the plot.
Given the often extreme lengths the characters go to to resolve Shmuel's question, Mr. Broderick and Mr. Rohrig are grounded and charming, despite their self-made and increasingly bizarre circumstances. The two actors are as realistic as possible, given their characters' eccentricities. The bond that develops between them feels genuine. The rest of the cast, including Shmuel's mother and two sons, are also affecting in their own grief and concern for their father.
Ms. Parker's film also deals with themes of mortality. "Blue Night" takes us on her 24-hour journey after she receives a diagnosis of inoperable brain cancer. An aging chanteuse who has obviously faded in fame and acclaim despite what her manager and friends tell her, Ms. Parker is forced to face her life choices and how they have affected those she loves and who love her. Most of the film focuses on her attempts at connection. One of its key mysteries is whom she might choose to accompany her to the hospital the next day for a new battery of tests.
If the plot sounds familiar, that's because it is loosely based on the 1962 Agnes Varda film "Cleo From 5 to 7." Familiar faces populate it, including Common as her manager, Simon Baker as her ex, and Renee Zellweger as a friend she obviously has not seen in a while.
Ms. Parker sings two songs, a cover of "I Think We're Alone Now," which plays over the credits, and "Unfollow the Rules" by Rufus Wainwright (another East Hampton connection), which she sings in a club. While she can certainly carry a tune, her breathy delivery doesn't really jibe with the dominance her character is purported to have in her genre.
It's not clear what the fate of these films will be, but both would be worth seeing should they find distribution deals. "To Dust," in particular, offers a fresh and truly unique vision. "Blue Night" allows fans of Ms. Parker to see her expand her range in acting and song.