Can we be more sensitive?
The diplomatic row between Indonesia and Singapore is unfortunate and could have been avoided if we had been a little more sensitive toward our neighbor.
Singapore has formally protested Jakarta'€™s decision to name a new corvette after two marines who planted a bomb, killing three people in the city state five decades ago, at the height of the Indonesia'€™s '€œConfrontation'€ war with the newly independent Malaya, which then included Singapore.
In 1968, Singapore executed the two men, Second Sgt. Usman and Second Cpl. Harun, in spite of Jakarta'€™s pleas for clemency. Relations between the two countries were only patched up when then-Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew visited Jakarta in 1973 and paid his respects at the two men'€™s graves in Jakarta'€™s Kalibata Heroes Cemetery.
Since then, both countries have managed to put the issue behind them and forge close, warm and mutually beneficial ties, bilaterally as well as through ASEAN.
Singapore says naming the corvette Usman-Harun hurt the feelings of Singaporeans, particularly relatives of the victims.
Indonesia balked at the protest, with Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto saying the government would not back off and stressed that no outsiders had the right to interfere in such decisions. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa diplomatically said Indonesia had taken note of Singapore'€™s concerns, and that was considered enough.
Indonesia will unlikely reverse its decision due to a protest from its tiny, '€œred-dot'€ neighbor. A review or an apology would have been lauded as a stately gesture, but that is not liable to happen while nationalist sentiment is reaching fever pitch in Indonesia in this election year.
Will our relations with return to normal? Yes, but not necessarily soon. We should at least draw an important lesson from this episode.
Indonesia often accuses its neighbors of a lack of sensitivity toward our feelings. Officials and politicians, helped by the media, do not hesitate to raise hell and mobilize public opinion, scoring a few political points along the way, by lashing out at foreign countries for their perceived insensitivity.
The decision to name this naval ship must surely have been the result of lengthy deliberations, and those involved must have known that this would upset Singapore. They could have picked from the thousands of other names of people buried in heroes cemeteries scattered across the country but instead, they chose these two.
In the future, can we be more sensitive?


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Access for People with Disabilities in Existing Buildings
Refurbishment works in existing buildings invariably generates the question, "What level of access do we need to provide for people with disabilities?"
It could be assumed that this is a relatively simple question; however, the history and evolution of the relevant legislative requirements has precluded a simple answer.
The main object of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) (1992) is to eliminate discrimination as far as possible across a number of areas, including education, employment and of course buildings. Any premises that allow for public access must also provide suitable access to people with disabilities.
A standard under the DDA was implemented in 2010, the Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards (2010), which intends to codify the requirements for access to people with a disability under the DDA. One of its main objectives is to provide certainty to the construction industry that their responsibilities under the DDA will be met if the requirements of this standard are satisfied. In 2011, the Access Code within the Access to Premises standard was essentially reflected by section D3 of the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
Under this standard and the BCA, all 'new parts', extended or refurbished, of existing buildings as well as 'affected parts' require access. Affected parts of buildings are defined as the principal entry of an existing building that contains a new part as well as the path of travel from the entry to the new part. 'Affected parts' are also required to provide access in accordance with the Standard and the BCA.
In the interest of reducing the cost of implementing access in existing buildings, a number of concessions have been included in the Access to Premises Standard. The concessions include:
A lessee concession – building work by a lessee to a new part of the building will not see the "affected parts" requiring access under the standard. This concession does not apply where the lessee is the sole lessee to the building;
A lift concession – an existing lift within a 'new part' or "affected part" of a building which travels more than 12 metres, will not require modifications to meet the increased internal car floor space required (i.e. 1,400 millimetres by 1,600 millimetres);
A toilet concession – existing accessible sanitary facilities and compartments within a new or affected part of an existing building will not require modifications where it meets the requirements of the superseded AS 1428 Part 1 (2001).
Even though significant measures have been taken to harmonise the requirements of the Access to Premises Standard and the BCA, the BCA (2013) does not cite these concessions in any way. For the most part, however, these concessions have been included in the Building Regulations applicable to each state and territory.
The requirements of the Access to Premises Standard and the BCA are generally triggered by the need to obtain a building permit for works to an existing building and are assessed by a municipal or private building surveyor.
Further to this, however, the DDA also relies on a complaint-based system where a complainant could be a person with a disability or their associate. Complaints would normally be initially lodged with and mediated by the Australian Human Rights Commission along with the building owner, manager, etc. Where a suitable resolution cannot be reached, complaints under the DDA do have the capacity to escalate to proceedings within a federal court.
It should be noted that a complaint under the DDA can be made at any time and even though meeting the requirements of the aforementioned standards and codes may provide some certainty in defending such a complaint with regard to base build elements, there are some omissions in these documents which could also lead to possible discrimination. Some omitted items include furniture and fitments, directional signage and way-finding, lighting levels and lighting design, and emergency evacuation for people with disabilities.
An accredited access consultant can perform an access audit to identify and highlight potential areas of discrimination and provide advice in implementing sensible and cost effective measures to mitigate these.
George Xinos
Functional Access Solutions
http://sourceable.net/access-for-people-with-disabilities-in-existing-buildings/
For many years we have followed the progress of universality in the built environment. We hope some of our insights and news events help you in your own pursuits.
Let us know if they do and whether there is another topic we should cover here.
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Chicago, Illinois-area community newspaper publisher Yoly Tubalinal, a leader of the U.S. Pinoys For Good Governance (USP4GG) in Chicago area, denounced China before its consulate in Chicago, which asserts its "indisputable sovereignty" over one million square miles of Philippine Western Sea (China Sea).
Meanwhile, Vietnam Americans have expressed solidarity with members and supporters of USP4GG, who were also rallying before the China Embassy in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, according to Eric Lachica, USP4GG leader in Washington, D.C.
Lachica quoted Mr. Trinh Nguyen-Mau, co-chair of the Vietnamese Community of DC-MarylandVirginia, as saying that China should recognize the 200-mile exclusive economic zone of Vietnam on the map with the Philippine Western Sea (South China) recognized by the United Nations Convention of Law of the Seas (UNCLOS).
The rallies Wednesday in the U.S. and in the Philippines coincided with the one-year anniversary when China created the Sansha prefecture "to oversee and administer" one million square miles of the China Sea based on the "Nine-Dash-Line" map that was originally promulgated as the "Eleven-Dash-Line" map drawn by the Kuomintang in 1947 and modified by the Communists in 1949.
The rallies also ushered in the global day of prayer on Aug. 21 next month when USP4GG will continue to press China thru prayer into coming to the negotiating table before the UNAT in Hamburg, Germany.
Similar rallies were held in New York led by Filipino American Atty. Loida N. Lewis and in San Francisco led by Atty. Rodel Rodis, co-leaders of USP4GG.
In October 2012, Beijing vested Sansha with the police authority, effective January 1, 2013, "to board, seize and expel foreign ships" within a vast jurisdiction that encompasses islands and reefs in the West Philippine Sea.
Since Sansha's formation, China has increased its provocative moves against the Philippines, including the occupation of the Scarborough Shoal (115 miles from Zambales province) by up to 90 Chinese ships, which barred Filipino fishers from their ancestral fishing grounds, and an increased Chinese military presence at Ayungin Reef (105 miles from Palawan province).
This "salami slicing" of Philippine territory was described by Major General Zhang Zhaozhong on Beijing TV as part of China's "cabbage strategy," the thrust of which is to surround Philippine territories with a massive Chinese naval presence to starve Filipino detachments and prevent reinforcements from reaching them.
China insists that according to its "Nine-Dash-Line" map, it is the Philippines which is "illegally occupying" the Ayungin Reef, considered the gateway to the Recto Bank, located just 85 miles from Palawan, which the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) believes may contain as much as 213 billion barrels of oil and 2 quadrillion cubic feet of natural gas.
China asserts that the Philippines is not entitled to its 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) boundaries under UNCLOS because, in China's view, the boundaries of all countries extend just 12 nautical miles from their coasts.
If allowed to stand, China's "Nine-Dash-Line" claim will go down as the most brazen maritime territorial grab in history, according to USP4GG statement.
In contrast to China, which is threatening to use force to enforce its claims, the Philippines has advocated working within a multilateral framework, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations, to resolve territorial disagreements.
On January 22, 2013, the Philippines brought its complaint over China's illegal occupation of its Scarborough Shoal to the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal (UNAT), which began its formal hearing on the Philippine petition on July 11.


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Inter Milan News
News about FC Internazionale, the Italian giant
Inter redirect Esposito to Venezia
More companies look at Inter investment
Pirlo: 'Juve poor game management'
Martinez Quarta shows Lukaku 'scars'
Prandelli saw foul on Inter winner
Ronaldo Reveals Inter President Chose to Sell Him Rather Than Sack Manager Hector Cuper
Legendary striker Ronaldo has revealed that the reason he left Inter for Real Madrid in 2002 is because he told then president Massimo Moratti to make a decision between keeping him or manager Hector Cuper, and the Brazilian was the one deemed as expendable.
Ronaldo left Barcelona to join Inter in 1997, where he went on to spend five seasons. The forward made 98 appearances during his time at the club, scoring on 59 occasions. However, he later joined Real Madrid and was prolific for the Spanish giants. During his time in Madrid, he scored 104 goals in 177 games.
Despite his injury struggles, he is still regarded as one of the greatest strikers to have ever played the game, winning the Ballon d'Or and the World Cup with Brazil twice each, before eventually retiring in 2011. He is now the majority owner of ?La Liga side Real Valladolid.
The 43-year-old has now explained why he left ?Inter in 2002, admitting that he had given Moratti an ultimatum, but decided to stand by Cuper instead.
"In Milan, I was very happy. I felt the unconditional affection of the fans and from all over the world," Ronaldo told DAZN in an interview, as quoted by ?Football Italia.
"We had [Hector] Cuper as coach, but I couldn't continue. I spoke to Moratti and I said to him: 'either he goes away or I go away, we can't continue'.
"My story with Inter ended badly, he preferred Cuper to me. My story with ?Real Madrid started there."
Ronaldo went on to win La Liga in his first season with Madrid, whereas Inter finished seven points behind Serie A winners Juventus that season. And after a slow start to the 2003/04 campaign, Cuper was eventually sacked by the Italian giants and failed to live up to his early promise as a manager.
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FactualWEST 2017 has ended
FactualWEST 2017
FactualWEST is a one-of-a-kind, one day conference for mid-career and senior creators, producers and crew working in factual, lifestyle, reality and documentary television. We bring together top showrunners, broadcasters, creators and producers for a day of workshops designed to help you increase your skills, learn practical tips and get useful insights you can use move your career and your projects forward.
Broadcaster Panel
Limited Capacity seats available
Hear the latest in programming trends, network needs and the best way to work with broadcasters, when it comes to pitching, financing, and production.
John Ritchie
President, John Ritchie Productions
With over 25 years of experience in television, John has overseen more than 400 hours of production in various genres, including documentary, factual entertainment, and reality, as well as television movies and scripted drama and comedy series. He was Chief Creative Officer and partner... Read More →
Murray Battle
Director Original Documentaries, Knowledge Network
Murray Battle is the Director of Original Content and Brand at British Columbia's Knowledge Network.Recent documentary commissions include the series Paramedics: Life on the Line, Living in Hope and the award-winning, Emergency Room: Life and Death at Vancouver General Hospital... Read More →
Director, Independent Production, Factual and Reality, Bell Media
As Director, Original Programming, Factual & Reality at Bell Media, Robin Johnston works with Canadian production companies to develop and oversee production of unscripted projects for CTV, CraveTV, and Bell Media's slate of specialty and digital channels.Based in Halifax, Johnston... Read More →
Larissa Laycock
Production Executive, Original Factual Content, Corus Entertainment
As a Production Executive for Factual Originals at Corus Entertainment, Larissa oversees programs on History Canada and Global TV including the runaway hit Ice Road Truckers, Bud Dynasty: a series in production that explores the growing marijuana industry in Canada and The World WithoutCanada... Read More →
Saturday October 21, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am
Asia Pacific Hall 580 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Shooting in S-Log
Shooting in S-Log can offer an exceptional look to every show, so come learn everything you need to know about Sony S-log and its workflow. Veteran Production Manager & Producer Janet Kendrick, DOP Carly Plett and Senior Online Editor Larry Di Stephano walk through examples of the work flow used on the hit Discovery series Jade Fever.
Janet Kendrick
Post Production Supervisor, GPM
Carly Plett
Camera Operator, Cosmic Tree Productions Inc.
Carly has been working on Reality/lifestyle documentary programs since graduating BCIT in 2009. After assisting for 5 years she began shooting and found her niche in northern adventure/heavy machinery tv shows such as Yukon Gold, Klondike Trappers, Cabin truckers and Jade Fever.
Larry Di Stefano
Senior Online Editor/Colourist, Omnifilm Post
Working as a colourist for over a decade, in post for two, making films for three and fascinated with visual storytelling for four, this is a part of who he's always been. From documentary, to animation, to features and series Larry brings his enthusiasm and skill to every project... Read More →
Saturday October 21, 2017 9:45am - 10:45am
370 HSBC Executive Room 580 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Tags Field
The First Cut is the Deepest: Making Strong Edit Choices
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
Story editors and editors working on doc series with high footage ratios face a tough challenge cutting hours of tape down to make a solid assembly. Andy Bely offers practical tips on how to make strong edit choices.
Andy Bely
Editor, Omni
Andy is an editor with 14 years experience editing factual entertainment, documentaries and dramatic films. He has also taught editing workshops for over 10 years. Andy has an MFA in film from American University and has studied film at FAMU, Prague.
470 Hamber Foundation Room 580 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
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STORYHIVE presents Doing More for Less: Making A Champagne Show on a Beer Budget
Budgets are shrinking but broadcasters still expect production values on factual, doc and lifestyle series to stay high. So producers and crew alike need to find savvy ways to cut spending while putting a lot on screen. This session offers tangible tips on budgeting and running a production to make every cent count. Hear first-hand from independent producers on how they are creating content that is broadcast ready, engages audiences and doesn't break the budget.
Heather Hawthorn Doyle
Director/Producer, HHDTV Productions Inc
Heather Hawthorn Doyle is an award-winning producer and director with experience in single and multi-camera television in multiple genres including variety, factual entertainment, news, talk shows, kids and documentaryprogramming.HHD's producing credits span multiple broadcasters... Read More →
Erin Cumming
Erin Cumming has worked as an editor in factual television and film for over ten years. Her work on Ice Pilots garnered her a Canadian Cinema Editors Award for Best Editing. She recently stepped out of the suite and onto set to direct two short documentary films.
Executive Producer, KGP Films
Kate has been an active content creator for over 17 years working mostly in Lifestyle and factual television as a producer, story producer and director. Her work has aired on various networks such as HGTV, W Network, CBC, History, Fuel TV, and Slice. Kate's first documentary short... Read More →
Tony Hrynchuck
Producer, Farenheit Films
Since quitting his M.A. is psychology to pursue a career in film, Antonio Hrynchuk has produced and directed many television commercials, music videos, one-off docs and 2 documentary series. Hrynchuk has collaborated with such diverse groups as CMT, The Comedy Network, & Amnesty... Read More →
320 Strategy Room 580 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
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Finding Your Story Engine
"We all have ideas. We all have stories to tell. But how do we turn that spark of creativity into the creation of an enjoyable, watchable, profitable television (or new media) series? Is it the characters? The location? The story engine? Or is it simply a matter of timing, relationships, and opportunity?
Most pitches fail. But a few take flight. What separates the winners from the losers? Why do networks embrace some ideas while turning their backs on others.
Don Young has pitched with the best of them. He's taken pitches. He's given pitches. He's spent millions of dollars as a network commissioning editor. And most remarkable of all, he's stayed in business as an independent producer for 30 years.
This seminar discusses how story sense and common sense combine with business sense … to earn dollars and cents.
President, Those Canadians Media Group
President of 'Those Canadians Media Group'. We produce music docs, lifestyle, sports, and Virtual Reality content. Facebook is our most active client. Executive Producer London Olympic Games. 2012 Executive Producer Vancouver Winter Games. 2010. Writer/director for... Read More →
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Saturday October 21, 2017 10:45am - 11:00am
3rd and 4th Floor Foyers
The Art of Interviewing
Interviewing is harder than it looks, so Kelly McClughan will offer her insights on some of the most common questions on how to conduct a focused interview. How do you gain trust and get the story? What are the tricks of the trade when it comes to getting a great interview? If you ever find yourself interacting with on camera talent then this is a great session for you.
Kelly McClughan
VP Production, Great Pacific Media
As a producer, director, writer and show runner, Kelly has filmed in challenging circumstances and locations. Her work has chiefly involved documentary, factual series, and lifestyle programming. Before embarking on an independent career, she was a news and current affairs journalist... Read More →
Saturday October 21, 2017 11:00am - 12:00pm
Vancouver Post Alliance presents Exploring Similarities & Differences in Factual and Drama Post Production Workflow
Limited Capacity filling up
Suzanne Thompson
VP, Sales Deluxe Entertainment, Deluxe Entertainment
Suzanne Thompson has over 20 years' experience as a post-production & VFX sales executive for film, television, and commercials. Over the years, she has been a very active industry leader. She sits as an executive board member of the Motion Picture Production Industry Association... Read More →
Jenypher Fisher
Editor / Writer, Field & Post Board Member
Jenypher is a Vancouver based editor & story editor, working mainly in factual and documentary storytelling. Recent series include WILD BEAR RESCUE (Animal Planet / Discovery), THIS IS HIGH SCHOOL (CBC Television), EXPECTING! (UPtv), YUKON GOLD (History), ER: Life & Death... Read More →
James Ilecic
Editor, Freelance
James Ilecic has been working in post production for over 25 years in Canada and the US. His body of work includes editing drama, comedy, action and music. He's an original member of the Canadian Cinema Editors association, and is currently working on season 3 of the comedy series... Read More →
Rehan Khokhar
Kerry McDowall
Kerry McDowall has been working in Vancouver's post-production sector for the past 15 years. She has been working primarily for production companies as an Associate Producer/Post Production Supervisor, though she had also spent two years working at CG/VFX House as an Executive... Read More →
Chris McIntosh
Audio architect/President, Postal Audio
Chris McIntosh is an award-winning Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Supervisor for film, television, virtual reality, and music productions. As well, he is the owner and audio director of Postal Audio, an audio design and mix facility in Vancouver. Chris has worked on such projects... Read More →
Vancouver Post Alliance
Getting Access to Difficult Worlds
Getting a factual show greenlight can often depend on access to a new unseen world. But gaining and keeping access to these environments can be an exercise in dealing with red tape, politics and risk-aversion. Join executive producer Rob Bromley (Border Security, Keeping Canada Alive) and entertaiment lawyer Kyle Fogden (Chandler Fogden Aldus) as they discuss their experiences of gaining trust and access to difficult worlds.
Vice-Chair, Creative BC
As President and Partner of Force Four Entertainment, Rob was an Executive Producer of more than 400 hours of factual and scripted television.Many of those series including Border Security - Canada and America; Keeping Canada Alive and Keeping Canada Safe relied on gaining access... Read More →
Kyle Fogden
Lawyer, Chandler Fogden Aldous Entertainment Law
Kyle Fogden is a founding partner of Chandler Fogden Aldous Entertainment Law. He advises independent television and film production companies in development, financing, production, distribution, and intellectual property matters. Kyle has acted as production counsel on a variety... Read More →
Marlene Rodgers
Story Editor, Writer, Producer
Marlene Rodgers is a writer, producer and story editor who has worked in factual, documentary and drama. She has story edited on numerous series including KEEPING CANADA ALIVE and MURDER SHE SOLVED. As a senior story producer on KEEPING CANADA SAFE, she was part of a team that... Read More →
Notes: The Art of Giving Them and Taking Them
Notes are a critical part of making great TV. But they can be hard to get and challenging to give. Using scenes as examples, CTV's Robin Johnston and Trish Dolman from Screen Siren, will walk through the notes process, touching on why networks and senior producers give the notes they do; the secrets of giving great notes; how to deal with notes you don't like or agree with; and how the notes process can make TV better.
Trish Dolman
Founder and President, Screen Siren Pictures
Trish Dolman, Screen Siren Pictures As the founder and president of Screen Siren Pictures, Trish Dolman has over twenty-five years experience in professional filmmaking and has collaborated with some of Canada's foremost producers, directors, screenwriters, editors and production... Read More →
Saturday October 21, 2017 12:00pm - 1:00pm
ICBC Concourse
Augmented Reality: Shooting and Telling Stories in VR
Factual and documentary stories are being told in many different formats and immersing yourself in the worlds they explore can have lasting impact on your audiences. Join Senior Vice President of Content from Secret Location, Eric Shamlin as he discusses the in's and out's of three recent documentary VR projects from Secret Location. How do you serve the story in VR? What are some of the obstacles in the technology and production?
Eric Shamlin
SVP Managing Director, Secret Location
Eric W. Shamlin is SVP Managing Director of Secret Location (an Entertainment One company). Secret Location is a recognized pioneer in emerging mediums having recently won the first Emmy for VR, the first Peabody for VR and launching the first-ever VR/TV hybrid series. Prior... Read More →
Saturday October 21, 2017 1:00pm - 2:00pm
How To Make Your Sizzle Reel, Sizzle!
If you have a great idea for a show one of the first things a production company or broadcaster will ask is to see tape. Join VPA member Alec Richardson as he dissects the all important sizzle reel. Learn how to make your sizzle reel…SIZZLE!
Alec MacNeill Richardson
Director/Editor, Eager Beaver Media Inc.
Alec has worked as an editor and director in Vancouver for the past 20 years. He runs Eager Beaver Media Inc which specializes in the creation and editing of promos, sizzle reels and trailers. Past credits include the Web Series Salt Fresh & Field, Narcoleap and Spiral, Moosemeat... Read More →
Telling Stories Across Multiple Platforms
You have a great series but need to know how to extend your reach and craft compelling stories for various social media platforms. Learn how to plan for 360-degree content and social media, from prep through to distribution, including creating content for alternative platforms like Dotstudios.
Selena Paskalidis
Co-Founder, CFO & Head of Content, dotstudioPRO
Selena Paskalidis has over 10 years of experience in film, television and digital production, as well as creating financial and operational business models in tech and entertainment. At dotstudioPRO, she deals with all aspects of the business and manages dotstudioPRO's financials... Read More →
Andrew Williamson
Producer/Director, Off Island Media
Andrew Williamson is a seasoned producer and director who started OFF ISLAND in 1999 to create content with purpose. He executive produced the critically acclaimed doc-series Emergency Room: Life & Death at VGH for The Knowledge Network/Discovery and High Moon, a pilot co-venture... Read More →
Storytelling in the Field
Shooters are increasingly being asked to direct, and more and more "one man bands" are covering story in the field. This session offers tips to help DOPs follow the puck in the field: making sure they have the stories covered, and that they've got the set-up and beginning and endings of scenes.
Sean White
Sean F. White is an award-winning photographer, cinematographer and film director whose assignments and personal projects take him to all corners of the globe. He began his professional career in 1997 as a news photographer combining imagery and storytelling in a high-pressure environment... Read More →
Introduction to 360 Cameras and 360 Filming
Two years ago Andrew Sims was a series director, DOP and showrunner in Toronto's film and tv industry. Today, he's working in 360 filming and VR. In this session Andrew will explain how you too can transition from traditional 2D Media into 360 filming and what the future holds for the 360/VR/AR industries. He'll also offer an overview of how 360 filming works, the lenses and camera systems involved, and post workflow. As an added bonus, he's brought along Jonny6, the motion capture system his company Better Corners has created.
Andrew Sims
Co-Founder, Better Corners
Andrew Sims is an acclaimed Series Director, Producer and DOP with credits that span commercials, music videos, documentary, television programming, and virtual reality. Recent clients include HGTV,Food Network, Bravo, Vice, Samsung, BBDO and Lincoln Luxury Cars.In 2016 Andrew co-founded... Read More →
Finale Post Production presents 2018 – A Post Odyssey
With ever-changing field production technology featuring higher resolution and high dynamic range driving new post workflows and changing network deliveries, how will editorial and finishing teams "fix it in post" for the future? Our panel will review some of the changes you can expect to see with new apps, workflows, and technology in post.
President, Finale Post
Don Thompson is a seasoned Entrepreneur and Editor, and over the course of his successful career he's also worked as a Producer, Director, Post Supervisor, Cameraman and Technical Director.Don launched FINALÉ during the late 1980s to provide a fresh creative alternative to traditional... Read More →
Chris Boettcher
Finishing Editor/Smoke Artist, Finale Post Production
Finishing editor Chris Boettcher got his start in the business 15 years ago shooting TV spots and music videos. He is a skilled Smoke, Lustre and DaVinci artist, and has worked at several Vancouver post facilities as Colourist, Editor, Compositor and VFX Supervisor. Exciting finishing... Read More →
Graham Kew
Editor/Filmmaker
Graham Kew is a Vancouver based Editor. Recently, he wrapped up story producing and editing the new AMC docu-series, "Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics". He cut his teeth on episodes of the critically-acclaimed, Knowledge Network docu-series "Emergency Room: Life + Death... Read More →
Julia Niendorf
Sr. Project Manager, Finale Post
Julia is a talented Project Manager and Post Supervisor who has successfully battled through the world of post-production, whether it's tight deadlines, unlocked cuts or render errors, for over 10 years. Her first job was in Los Angeles working late at night transcribing reality... Read More →
Finale Post Production
The Changing State of Documentary and Factual Financing
CMF funding is a key ingredient to most Factual and documentary television shows. Join XXX as they give an overview of their programs and discuss some of the top mistakes producers make when filling out applications.
Sasha Dryden
Business Analyst, Telefilm Canada
Sasha Dryden is a Business Analyst in the Canada Media Fund – Program Administration department atTelefilm Canada where she has worked since 2001. Sasha has had the opportunity to work in several departments of the organization which has afforded her the ability to establish strong... Read More →
Canada Media Fund
What Does It Mean To Be A Storyteller
We're all in this business because we love to be storytellers. But what does that mean? Executive Producer Beth Wichterich's - whose credits include Swamp People (History US), Yukon Gold (History Canada), Cold Water Cowboys (Discovery Canada) and First in Human (Discovery US) - discusses the art of storytelling.
Beth Wichterich
Executive Producer/ Show Runner
Emmy Award-winning Television Producer responsible for 100's of hours of prime-time network television over the last 20 years. EP/showrunner responsible for all aspects of creating original TV series including envisioning the concept for the series, pitching and selling the concept... Read More →
Case Study of a Netflix Show: The Keepers
When the Netflix-original series The Keepers was released this May, it didn't take long for the series to become a critically acclaimed hit. Emmy nominated Executive Producer Jessica Hargrave takes us through the process of developing and producing this unique true crimes series The Keepers, and talks about how creating the series for a streaming service influenced their creative and production choices.
Cheryl Binning
Showrunner, Freelance
Cheryl Binning is a writer, showrunner, and producer with a background in journalism.Currently showrunning the new documentary series Move It! (working title) for AMI TV, Cheryl was Series Producer of Yukon Gold (History-Season 5), and Senior Story Editor/Top Writer on season 4 of... Read More →
Jessica Hargrave
Producer, Tripod Media
Jessica Hargrave is a documentary producer based in Los Angeles. She is the executive producer of The Keepers (Netflix), producer/writer of Good Ol' Freda (Magnolia), co-producer of The Case Against 8 (HBO), and producer of marketing and distribution for Pelada (PBS/Cinetic). She... Read More →
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RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 cast revealed—and Miss Vanjie is back
Ella Braidwood January 25, 2019
The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race season 11. (VH1)
The 15 queens set to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11 have been revealed, with Season 10 contestant Vanessa Vanjie Mateo—or "Miss Vanjie"—making a surprise return.
Other queens vying for the crown on the Emmy Award-winning RuPaul's Drag Race include current Miss Black Universe A'keria C. Davenport, of the House of Davenport, and "life-sized Bratz doll" Ariel Versace from New Jersey, according to a press release from VH1 on Thursday (January 24).
The line-up features two more House of Davenport queens, Honey Davenport and Ra'jah D. O'Hara, professional dancer Brook Lynn Hytes, and Las Vegas showgirl Kahanna Montrese.
RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 features current Miss Black Universe
"Just when I think to myself—'shedonealreadydonehadherses'—a new crop of killer queens sashay their way into my heart and leave me gagging for more," said host RuPaul.
"Dare I say, this might be the most sickening season of all time."
The eleventh season will also feature Mercedes Iman Diamond, who moved to the USA from Kenya aged 11, Nina West, who has previously won the national Entertainer of the Year pageant, and Plastique Tiara, whose drag is inspired by Vietnamese pop stars.
RuPaul's Drag Race season 11: Miss Vanjie is "back with a vengeance"
In a promotional video, RuPaul said that the 15 contestants would "go wig or go home" as they battle it out to be "America's next drag superstar."
This time around, you betta go WIG or go HOME 'cause the Season 11 Queens are here and they came to slay. #DragRace ✨ pic.twitter.com/rTGvAvAt5s
— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) January 24, 2019
Mateo, meanwhile, simply said: "I'm back with a vengeance."
The drag queen's exit from Season 10, during which she repeated her nickname "Miss Vanjie" three times, was immortalised by fans in a series of memes.
The line-up is completed by New York-based Scarlet Envy, Shuga Cain, also from New York, who quit her corporate job to become a full-time drag queen, Silky Nutmeg Ganache from Chicago, Korea-born Soju and "commodity of drag oddity" Yvie Oddly from Denver.
A release date for Season 11 of RuPaul's Drag Race has yet to be confirmed.
VH1 is currently airing the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
More: Miss Vanjie, rupaul, RuPaul's Drag Race season 11, US
Sarah Paulson sends 'magical' Holland Taylor beautiful birthday message


The 1st Sunday of every month. Everyone Welcome. 8 am in the Gym & 7 am if you would like to volunteer in the kitchen.
The 2nd Sunday of each month, We will have a Fellowship Meal right after service. Bring your favorite dish.


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Welcome to the Our Lady of Perpetual Downforce blog.
Here we will be detailing the preparation of our entry for the 24 Hours of Lemons. We're competing in the April 4-5th 2009 race in South Carolina. We've made lots of plans, but with only 3 months before the race we're starting the excecution.
I've never been a fan of professional racing. Watching cars going around a track fast just isn't that interesting to me. I think driving is fun, as my traffic citation rap sheet can attest, but racing is not a cheap hobby to persue. So my entire life has been spent in ignorance of racing. The one aspect of racing that I enjoy is innovation. As an engineer I like seeing problems solved in new ways. Unfortunately most racing rulebooks are thick enough that real innovation is a rare event. When it does occur it only garners a few wins before inspiring a new chapter in the rulebook.
One car that I had read about is the Chapparral 2J. It used 2 fans with a snowmobile engine to vacuum the car to the track. This was a decided advantage on slow turns where aerodynamic downforce couldn't be generated. While it didn't win any races due to mechanical problems during it's single 1970 season, it did inspire some new rules.
Someone else was inspired by the 2J. Last year's winner of Grassroot Motorsport's 2007 Challenge was team Cheaparral. The 2007 Challenge is a low-buck performance competition in which entrants struggle to build and race a car for under $2007. The challenge has several events and the Cheaparral team's 1986 'vette swept them all. How? They spent 1000's of manhours and had a key piece of technology: a cooling fan from an M1 Abrams. A junked snowmobile motor and a plywood skirt later and they had their own J2 clone.


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ICC World Cup 2019: Urvashi Rautela wishes MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli luck ahead of the tournament
As we get ready for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Team India will be hoping to become the second most successful side in the history of the tournament. India currently have two titles (1983 and 2011) along with West Indies (1975 and 1979). Australia is the most successful team with five titles to their name and has come into the 10-nation competition as the defending champions.
The twelfth edition of the quadrennial event will be played across eleven venues in England and Wales. Team India, in the first phase will be playing their nine matches in six of the 11 chosen venues. If they reach the finals, there will be another venue i.e. Lord's, the home of cricket, the venue at which India lifted their inaugural World Cup in 1983, against all odds.
India have won 56 of the 86 matches they have played since the last World Cup and have the second-best win-loss ratio behind number one ODI side in the world, England.
And ahead of the commencement of the World Cup 2019, Bollywood actress and Miss Diva 2015, Urvashi Rautela, has wished the former India skipper MS Dhoni and his successor Virat Kohli all the best. All eyes are on Dhoni and Kohli as India are one of the favourites to win the World Cup title this year.
"Wishing @msdhoni & @imVkohli all the best !!!! 🇮🇳," Rautela tweeted.
Wishing @msdhoni & @imVkohli all the best !!!! 🇮🇳 https://t.co/GfBuGGxZl2
— URVASHI RAUTELA🇮🇳 (@UrvashiRautela) May 24, 2019
Captain Kohli and his men will begin their 2019 World Cup campaign against South Africa in Southampton on June 5.
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You must know - both is food of kids raised in Yugoslavia region. It is a mixture bought in a big brown bag that becomes a delicious porridge when mixed with milk.
On my mission to offer recipes on my blog that are a bit upside down (such as Mushroom balls or Lazy man sarme) I prepared something that really resembles čokolešnik by it's flavor and texture but is much better for ya belly. And includes zero processed sugar. A real teat for your tasting buds and health.
Join this čokolešnik mission and make it for yourself or your kids. You can let me know how it turned out on Facebook or Instagram.
Bring plant-based milk to boil. While you are waiting put all the other ingredients in the blender. .
Pour hot milk in the blender and blend all together for at least one minute or until the result is nice homogenous mixture.
Serve with crushed roasted hazelnuts.
* !I AM NOT KIDDING! use roasted hazelnuts. If you won't this will end up being just 'meh'.
Čokolešnik portion size is suitable for 1 very hungry adult, 2 not very hungry adults or 2 kids I guess. I don't know much about kids … And defining portion sizes is hard!


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The Sublime Object of Racism
Published: August 20, 2014 - 16:14 Updated: August 20, 2014 - 16:45
The very reluctance to frame the attacks on people from the Northeast in racist terms is a symptom of the culpability of those who indulge in garden-variety racism themselves
Lily Tekseng Delhi
Earlier that night, after a long time, I met my best friend for dinner at a secluded Korean restaurant in Paharganj, Delhi. The food was good, the drinks cheap, and my friend predictably chirpy and scandalous. To borrow author Mridula Koshy's words, my friend has "a face that may be unremarkable in these parts, but would be lovely anywhere else", and a strong voice with an assertiveness perfected through habit. Her skin is darker, her body unabashedly female, and her "lower-caste" history inscribed all over her official certificates. She has been reminded of these arbitrary attributes all her life, as much and as hard as she has tried to dissipate the gruesome memory of her father being shot at point-blank range by the The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), just outside the gates of the colonial bungalow amid the astounding greenery of one of the many of Assam's tea gardens.
That night, we took the last metro home to arrive shortly before midnight in Vijay Nagar, a quasi-residential area — if one were to be generous — in the vicinity of the Delhi University campus (but more accurately a ghetto that houses a sizeable diaspora of people from the Northeastern region of the country). My friend and I landed right in the middle of a commotion, because the rickshaw couldn't go any farther. There was a gathering of over 500 people, agitatedly encircling a Delhi Police vehicle.
On enquiring, we found out that a girl from the Northeast had been molested earlier in the evening in the area — to be precise, in a park a few yards away from my room where middle-aged women in their salwars go on walks in the evenings in their sneakers and children play a sort of net-less badminton. Towards dawn that night, from my balcony I watched a young Northeastern boy sitting in the middle of the street, refusing to budge even as the police van moved towards him. There were hundreds of them — mostly young Northeasterners, some curious locals — on the street, agitating at four in the morning. My friend was sleeping soundly.
By definition my friend is a "Northeasterner": she is an Okhomiya, and she even speaks fluent Baganiya, which is the language of teagarden labourers. In terms of nativity, we do not have much to share. My early years were spent in upper Arunachal, in a small town (but the largest in the district) by the Siang river. Our experience of the 'Northeast was as different as it could be: her town was marred by insurgency and violence; on the contrary, mine was tranquil and the loudest thing was nature in all its orchestral glory. But here in Delhi, we were, by definition, one type of people, although of different design. She flits seamlessly between institutionally authenticated Indians and other 'miscellaneous' Indians. Her repertoire of street abuses comprises 'baby', 'sexy', 'r**di', 'kalia', 'black p***y', and so on, which is slightly different from mine. Normally, I would not leave my room without my earphones — it is a survival tactic that I have come to value dearly since it helps abate the city's aggressive habit of honking, but more important, mutes the torrent of interesting abuses hurled at me, which range from 'chinki' (a special favourite), 'momo', 'chow chow', 'chow mein', 'chandni chowk to china', 'mirchi', 'china' (a special reference must also be made to Minister Sushma Swaraj's sympathetic 'chapti nak'), and so on. As might be expected of me, I also possess the distanced sense of humour to laugh about it all — after all, the story of the lawyer who, under the flattering light of the hip pub, asked me flirtatiously, seductively, if I preferred China or India is a favourite among my coterie.
Various articles in the next few days following the incident shared a similar tone: "...a girl and her cousin hailing from Manipur were allegedly attacked by two men…", "Northeast migrants protest against the alleged..." According to sources close to the victims, that night, at about 10 pm, while the girl and her male cousin were on their way to the girl's PG accomodation after dinner at the cousin's place, they saw a man urinating by the roadside. The man and his friend, apparently inebriated at the time, turned towards the girl, made lewd gestures and called them 'chinki' and 'Nepali'. On being confronted by her cousin, the two men beat him up. When the girl intervened, they beat her, tore her clothes, urinated on her, and attempted to rape her. One of the molesters was the mechanic from the shop beneath my balcony.
Finding themselves arbitrarily compartmentalised together, 'Northeasterners' retrieve their agency through the activation of the very identity that is superimposed on them. On finding themselves on the west of the Chicken's Neck, they embrace the community that they become a part of by default. A long time ago, over a typical late night dinner of bamboo shoot pork, rice and Kingfisher beer (for those who like the taste of the poison), a Bengali friend who was born in Guwahati set the tone for the dinner conversation by stating that she did not understand all the 'hype' about racism. To her, she is as 'Northeastern' as they come and had never once been reminded of her place because of it. I turned to the other Northeasterner in the room: "No, I have never faced any form of racial discrimination. They often think I am Punjabi," said my Okhomiya friend from Guwahati. The other person in the room, comfortably seated on the floor with a plate full of rice, thought otherwise. Of Tibetan ancestry and from Darjeeling — which inadequately but proudly passes as not Northeast— he asserted that racial slurs and consequent altercations are unavoidable aspects of life in the capital. Because we cannot carry our face in
our pockets.
In May 2013, Reingamphi Awungshi, a 23-year-old girl from Manipur working at a Saket mall, was found dead in her apartment in Chirag Delhi. She was found lying in a pool of blood with injuries on her nose and toes, clutching a cellphone. The police called it suicide, suggesting that the injuries on her body were caused by rats. According to Reingamphi's brother, her landlord's brother-in-law (who was missing at the time) had been harassing her. After three days of protests by the community, the police lodged an FIR. Not more than 200 words were written in the mainstream media about it, creating only a momentary, secluded buzz on social media. In January 2014, the death of the 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh, Nido Taniam, at the hands of a group of men in Lajpat Nagar in broad daylight (the same Lajpat Nagar embraced so often and lovingly in popular culture) created considerable furores in the country and abroad. The Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, tweeted about it, the Gandhi scion visited the protesters in Jantar Mantar, and even Arvind Kejriwal added to the limelight donation, so to speak. In one of the Chai shows, titled Racist Hai Hum?, Barkha Dutt devoted about 15 minutes of airtime to the issue. The questions were as varied as, "Do you think the political response is a publicity stunt?", "What did you think of Mr. Gandhi being here because he was absent in the December gangrape protests?", "You think Arvind Kejriwal will do something more?", "Those who think Mr. Kejriwal should start a dharna raise your hand".
(un)Fortunately, the public discussion of the issue extends beyond which political leader wants to appear sympathetic. In the days following Nido's death, the media was abuzz with various theories — out of which the most indicative was the theory that he may have died of a drug overdose. In 2007, the Delhi Police released a booklet titled Security Tips for North-East Students/Visitors in Delhi, which instructed Northeastern women to not wear "revealing dresses", cohort with "Africans" or cook "smelly dishes" that "create ruckus in the neighbourhood", among other things. In 2011, the University of Hyderabad launched an initiative to curb drinking and drug use on the campus by working with students from the Northeast. "We are stereotyped and stereotyping," says Leki, an M Phil scholar in Delhi, originally from Arunachal. "We are easier targets. There are easier names and meanings which can be attached to us." She adds, "Interestingly, the person responsible for the booklet, the Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police, Robin Hibu, is also from Arunachal. It shows that at some level, some of us have completely accepted our stereotypes."
The candlelight vigil for the death of Salouni Akha, a young man from Manipur who was beaten to death by five men in South Delhi in July this year, is quieter than the post-Nido episode. There are few known faces, all from the Northeast this time. Nido's mother is also present. A few journalists scramble to get to her, even as she speaks to the camera teary-eyed. This time, there is less melodrama and a palpable sense of cynicism. A line from a Lou Reed song becomes significant unexpectedly: "It's hard to give a shit these days." Nido's mother tells me later, "I have many things to say but I've forgotten most of it because of emotions."
As my company whispers to me that the man on the stage has many cases against him, the young, markedly pretty Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, the 186th descendent of the Royal House of Tripura says, "Not only MPs from the Northeast, MPs from other parts of the country ought also to speak about this. We do not want special rules or laws for us, we only want the same treatment as the others." On this evening of mourning and scepticism, words such as these which are relatively balanced and rational, can only come from a place of cultivated distance, I think to myself.
In between all the speeches by politicians, I have managed to make a few friends in the gathering. Asen Newmei, a PhD scholar at JNU in the School of Arts and Aesthetics, thinks that the people from the region are systematically targeted: "Why is Nido's blonde hair such an issue and not the countless cases of mehendi-dyed hair in the city?" Her friend adds, "Even the case of Salouni... apparently, the perpetrators said to the guy from Bihar who was present at the time, 'Tumhara maamla nahin hai.' Still the police calls it road rage". David Boyes, activist and member of the Bezbaruah Committee, adds that, according to the two friends' accounts, the perpetrators also repeatedly said, "Maaro! Maaro!' and, "Why are you here?".
Shem Raomei, a health professional, bespectacled and clad in all the markers of middle-class respectability, says if you're a Northeasterner in Delhi, it is essential to have enormous control and restraint in the face of gruelling daily provocations. Lika, a feisty young woman and the Vice-President of the Naga Students' Union, says that the societal process of being "othered" is a daily reality. "The problem of staring... it's not just the men, even in the ladies' compartment the way we are stared at..." She laughs a loud, throaty laugh and says, "...I don't know what it is...whether we are too beautiful or just too ugly."
Meanwhile, Hibu is on the stage, saying, "We are far, far away from home. At least in Delhi, we have support. I get calls from Pune, Agra, Bengaluru and there is no support there." I think of all the other people from the region who are not fully integrated into the community even in Delhi — the men and women in call centres, the hospitality industry, in spas and beauty parlours, and so on — who are also the most vulnerable as the cases often suggest. "It isn't that simple. Class plays out here as well. What you and I face in academic institutions is different from what a person who works in a beauty parlour and lives in Munirka faces," says Leki. She hastens to add, "Of course there are stereotypes which even the educated people make. Isn't it surprising to meet, well, an articulate, 'smart' Northeastern woman?"
After the death of Nido, the Bezbaruah Committee, under the guidance of MP Bezbaruah, was set up to study the problems of Northeastern people living in other parts of the country. According to reports, among the many legal and other recommendations that the committee made, one was to utilise the medium of Bollywood and the Indian television industry to bridge the gap in awareness about the region and its people. The biopic on Mary Kom, the boxer from Manipur, is a big production — many Northeasterners are happy about the movie that seeks to show their home, and that the stunning Punjabi actress, Priyanka Chopra, stars in it is a sign of acceptance and recognition of them on the part of the mainstream Indian community. I am reminded of some people from my undergraduate years — these people were quite lovely on their own but they preferred not to be seen 'hanging out' with any cohort of people which had a majority of distinctly Northeastern faces. The excuse was buyable, i.e., they didn't want to be seen as 'clannish'. This would normally be a textbook case of post-colonial dilemmas playing out but of course you cannot suggest that the famously colonial subjects are now colonialists themselves, or that victims of racism have become racist, or that Holocaust victims have embraced fascism.
Mary Kom, the movie, rides on the shoulders of a female lead which is in itself a rarity in Bollywood; that it is a story of the 'miscellaneous India' that will reach a larger number of people in the country than ever before is cited as reason enough to celebrate it. The questions of why not a Northeastern actress or why in Hindi or who gets to represent a successful, inspiring Indian story are questions that simply ignore the commercial considerations and reflect lack of understanding and short sightedness about the business of moviemaking in Bollywood. After all the hype about the prosthetic eyelids and imported make-up artist, the recently released trailer of the movie was, to be honest, rather disappointing. The language of the movie, i.e., a dialect of Hindi spoken in the Northeast, is superficially appropriated, and the eye-lid prosthetic-cum-make-up technique seems to have utterly failed. At best, it looks like an Indian version of a technically poor but intending-to-be inspiring blackface minstrel show. Boyes stresses that "commercial Bollywood needs to be sensitive, which it has clearly failed to be."
There is clear resistance by the mainstream community and the state to identify the issue as racism. The public discussion starts from tactical and politically correct sympathy and ends at semantics, i.e., the argument that it may well be a case of targeted discrimination but 'regionalism' as a cause is as reliable as any. "I think our idea of violence has become very warped. It's like people are waiting for murder or rape to happen to acknowledge that racism, gender violence or casteism exist. The attack on a lawyer from Arunachal at Tis Hazari court was not taken seriously because it wasn't gruesome enough. It's because violence has been repetitive, contempt is repetitive," says Leki. Phurpa Tsering, a student and activist from Arunachal, says, "I think there is a stark contrast in the perception of recent crimes. People not from the Northeast attribute the crime simply to the generic levels of high crime rate in Delhi. However, what they fail to realise is the disproportionate levels of crime perpetrated against the people from the Northeast. According to a recent study by Jamia University, 88 per cent of women from the Northeast have faced sexual harassment at least once during their stay in the capital as compared to only 54 per cent of women from other parts of India. Thus, there is an exclusive character of the crime, and thus, when put to its logical conclusion, it boils down to just racism." I ask Boyes if Northeasterners as a community are too sensitive, since after all, the crime rates in Delhi are in fact very high. He says, "Many Northeasterners die or are assaulted in the city every day. We only take up cases which are clearly based on racial profiling."
Yoko Ono's charlatanism and Lennon's platitudes are often amusing — on a good day even likeable. Although, when they sing, "Women are the n****** of the world", I feel a certain unease that may be shared by many. It's as lazy as the generalisations reflected in statements such as, 'but Indians from every part of the country face it', or 'all women face it', and so on. Discrimination is a reality but the more specific and accurate reality is that there are many forms of discrimination. We can either choose to diagnose it accurately or get by (or die in this case) saying, c'est la vie.
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Sepehran Airlines (persiano: هواپیمایی سپهران) è una compagnia aerea con sede nella città di Shiraz, in Iran.

Storia
Nell'aprile 2015, Routesonline ha riferito che Sepehran Airlines aveva acquisito il suo primo aereo, un Boeing 737, e che prevedeva di iniziare i voli nel corso dell'anno. Tuttavia, la compagnia aerea non ha ricevuto il certificato di operatore aereo fino a luglio 2016. La prima richiesta era stata respinta a giugno, poiché le autorità dell'aviazione civile iraniane erano preoccupate per l'età media della flotta della compagnia aerea; al 2021, l'età media risulta essere di 26 anni, un valore abbastanza elevato.

Flotta
A dicembre 2022 la flotta di Sepehran Airlines è così composta:

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Compagnie aeree iraniane

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Чижиково () — село,
Белицкий сельский совет,
Ямпольский район,
Сумская область,
Украина.

Код КОАТУУ — 5925680307. Население по переписи 2001 года составляло 6 человек .

Географическое положение
Село Чижиково находится в 2-х км от правого берега реки Ивотка.
На расстоянии в 2 км расположено село Ивотка.
Село окружено большим лесным массивом урочище Кремлянская Дача (сосна, дуб).
Рядом проходит автомобильная дорога .

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Ilja Prigozjin (ryska: Илья Романович Пригожин, Ilja Romanovitj Prigozjin), född 25 januari (12 januari enl. g.s.) 1917 i Moskva, Ryssland, död 28 maj 2003 i Bryssel, Belgien, var en belgisk kemist och fysiker. 1977 tilldelades han Nobelpriset i kemi för sin forskning om icke-jämviktstermodynamik, komplexa system och irreversibilitet, särskilt teorin för dissipativa strukturer, det vill säga öppna termodynamiska system.

Biografi
Prigozjin föddes i en judisk familj. Hans far, Roman (Ruvim Abramovich) Prigozjin, var kemiingenjör vid Imperial Moscow Technical School och hans mor, Yulia Vikhman, var pianist. Eftersom familjen var kritisk till det nya sovjetiska systemet lämnade de Ryssland 1921. De flyttade först till Tyskland och 1929 till Belgien, där Prigozjin fick belgiskt medborgarskap 1949. Hans bror Alexandre blev ornitolog.

Prigozjin var först gift med den belgiska poeten Hélène Jofé (som författare även känd som Hélène Prigozjin) och 1945 fick de sonen Yves. Efter deras skilsmässa gifte han sig 1961 med den polskfödda kemisten Maria Prokopowicz (även känd som Maria Prigozjin) och fick 1970 sonen Pascal.

År 2003 var han en av 22 Nobelpristagare som undertecknade Humanistiska manifestet.

Karriär
Prigozjin studerade kemi vid det fria universitetet i Bryssel, där han 1950 blev professor. År 1959 utsågs han till chef för International Solvay Institute i Bryssel, Belgien. Samma år började han också undervisa vid University of Texas, Austin i USA, där han senare utsågs till Regental Professor och Ashbel Smith professor i fysik och kemiteknik. Från 1961 till 1966 var han knuten till Enrico Fermi Institute vid University of Chicago och var gästprofessor vid Northwestern University. I Austin grundade han 1967 Center for Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, nu Center for Complex Quantum Systems. Samma år återvände han också till Belgien, där han blev chef för Center for Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics.

Prigozjin var medlem i många vetenskapliga organisationer och fick många utmärkelser, priser och 53 hedersgrader. År 1955 tilldelades han Francquipriset för exakta vetenskaper. För sin studie i irreversibel termodynamik fick han Rumfordmedaljen 1976 och 1977 Nobelpriset i kemi. År 1989 tilldelades han titeln vicomte i den belgiska adeln av belgiens kung. Fram till sin död var han president för International Academy of Science, München och var 1997 en av grundarna av International Commission on Distance Education (CODE), en världsomspännande ackrediteringsbyrå. Prigozjin blev hedersdoktor vid Heriot-Watt University 1985 och 1998 tilldelades han ett hedersdoktorat av UNAM i Mexico City.

Vetenskapligt arbete
Prigozjin är mest känd för sin definition av dissipativa strukturer och deras roll i termodynamiska system långt ifrån jämvikt. Sammanfattningsvis upptäckte Prigozjin att import och spridning av energi till kemiska system kan leda till framväxten av nya strukturer (därmed avledande strukturer) på grund av intern självomorganisation. I sin text från 1955 drog han kopplingar mellan dissipativa strukturer och Rayleigh-Bénard-instabiliteten och Turingmekanismen.

Dissipativ strukturteori ledde till banbrytande forskning inom självorganiserande system, liksom filosofiska undersökningar av bildandet av komplexitet på biologiska enheter och strävan efter en kreativ och irreversibel tidsroll i naturvetenskapen.

Tillsammans med professor Robert Herman utvecklade han också grunden för de två vätskemodellerna, en trafikmodell inom trafikteknik för stadsnät, analog med de två vätskemodellerna i klassisk statistisk mekanik.

Under hans senare år koncentrerade sig hans arbete på indeterminismens grundläggande roll i icke-linjära system på både klassisk och kvantnivå. Prigozjin och medarbetare föreslog en Liouville-rymdutvidgning av kvantmekaniken. Ett Liouville-utrymme är vektorrummet som bildas av uppsättningen (självanslutna) linjära operatorer, utrustade med en inre produkt, som verkar på ett Hilbert-utrymme. Det finns en kartläggning av varje linjär operator i Liouville-rymden, men inte alla självanslutna operatorer av Liouville-rymden har en motsvarighet i Hilbert-rymden, och i den meningen har Liouville-rymden en rikare struktur än Hilbert-rymden. Liouville-rymdförlängningsförslaget från Prigozjin och medarbetare syftade till att lösa termodynamikens tidspilproblem och kvantmekanikens mätproblem.

Bibliografi i urval

Defay, R. & Prigogine, I. (1966). Surface tension and adsorption. Longmans, Green & Co. LTD.

 Prigogine, I. The Behavior of Matter under Nonequilibrium Conditions: Fundamental Aspects and Applications in Energy-oriented Problems, United States Department of Energy, Progress Reports:
September 1984 – November 1987, (7 October 1987). Department of Physics at the University of Texas-Austin
 15 April 1988 – 14 April 1989, (January 1989), Center for Studies in Statistical Mathematics at the University of Texas-Austin.
15 April 1990 – 14 April 1991, (December 1990), Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems at the University of Texas-Austin.

 Prigogine, I.  "Time, Dynamics and Chaos: Integrating Poincare's 'Non-Integrable Systems'", Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems at the University of Texas-Austin, United States Department of Energy-Office of Energy Research, Commission of the European Communities (October 1990).

 Editor (with Stuart A. Rice) of the Advances in Chemical Physics book series published by John Wiley & Sons (presently over 140 volumes)
 Prigogine I, (papers and interviews) Is future given?, World Scientific, 2003.  (145p.)

Utmärkelser och hedersbetygelser

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Vidare läsning

Externa länkar

 Nobelprize.org, Nobelpriset i kemi 1977
 Nobelprize.org, Ilja Prigogine - självbiografi
 The Center for Complex Quantum Systems
 Emergent computation

 Interview with Prigogine (Belgian VRT, 1977)

Nobelpristagare i kemi
Belgiska nobelpristagare
Belgiska fysiker
Belgiska kemister
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Avlidna 2003
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The COP26 Declaration on Aviation
One of the less well publicised results of the COP26 conference in Glasgow is a declaration from those states that signed it (including the UK) on the way forwards for aviation. Referring to themselves as the 'International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition', the nations to have signed the declaration significantly does not include China and Russia.
Given that - pre pandemic - China accounted for an ever-increasing number of flight domestically with Russia also operating a huge number of services within its borders, how effective the measures contained will be remains to be seen.
The full text and signatories:
We, the ministers and representatives of states, participating in the inaugural meeting of the International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Glasgow this 10 November 2021.
Being both parties to the Paris Agreement, and contracting states to the Convention on International Civil Aviation 1944 ("the Chicago Convention").
Recognising international aviation's material contribution to climate change through its CO2 emissions, along with its additional, but less well-defined, contribution associated with non-CO2 emissions.
Also recognising that despite the impact of COVID-19, the international aviation industry and the number of global air passengers and volume of cargo is expected to increase significantly over the next 30 years.
Acknowledging the impact of COVID-19 on the global aviation sector and the need to develop initiatives that enable the aviation industry to continue to build back better and grow in a sustainable manner.
Emphasising that international action on tackling aviation emissions is essential given the global nature of the sector and that co-operation by states and aviation stakeholders is critical for reducing the aviation sector's contribution to climate change, including its risks and impacts.
Recalling the Paris Agreement's temperature goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C.
Recognising that achieving net zero global CO2 emissions by 2050 will maximize the possibility of keeping the global average temperature increase below 1.5°C, and the need to align international efforts to reduce emissions from the aviation sector consistent with a pathway towards achieving this temperature limit.
Acknowledging that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is the appropriate forum in which to address emissions from international aviation through in-sector and out-of-sector measures to implement short-, medium- and long-term goals, including the development of a global sustainability framework to support the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
Commit to:
1. Working together, both through ICAO and other complementary cooperative initiatives, to advance ambitious actions to reduce aviation CO2 emissions at a rate consistent with efforts to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5°C.
2. Supporting the adoption by ICAO of an ambitious long-term aspirational goal consistent with the above-referenced temperature limit, and in view of the industry's commitments towards net zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
3. Ensuring the maximum effectiveness of CORSIA, including by:
supporting efforts at ICAO and working with other ICAO member states to implement and strengthen CORSIA as an important measure to address aviation emissions, including to expand participation in CORSIA, and participating in CORSIA as soon as possible, if our state has not done so already.
taking steps domestically to implement Annex 16 Volume IV of the Chicago Convention as fully as possible and in a timely manner, including with respect to enforcement of domestic regulations, legislation, or Implementation arrangements.
advancing the environmental ambition of the scheme in the course of undertaking the CORSIA Periodic Reviews.
working to ensure that double counting is avoided through the host state's application of corresponding adjustments in accounting for its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement for the mitigation underlying all CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units and, where needed, CORSIA Eligible Fuels, used toward CORSIA compliance.
4. Promoting the development and deployment, through international and national measures, of sustainable aviation fuels that reduce lifecycle emissions and contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular avoiding competition with food production for land use and water supply.
5. Promoting the development and deployment, through international and national measures, of innovative new low- and zero-carbon aircraft technologies that can reduce aviation CO2 emissions.
6. Preparing up-to-date state action plans detailing ambitious and concrete national action to reduce aviation emissions and submitting these plans to ICAO well in advance of the 41st ICAO Assembly, where such plans have not already been updated in line with ICAO Assembly Resolution A40-18, paragraph 11.
7. Promoting capacity building support for the implementation of CORSIA and other ICAO climate measures, including to advance uptake of freely available tools and to expand regional expertise, accreditation and access to markets for sustainable aviation fuels and CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units.
8. Convening periodically at both ministerial and official levels with a view to advancing and reviewing progress on the above commitments.
We invite other states to commit to this declaration and work with us towards our shared objectives.
Signed by the ministers and representatives of:
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