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April 10, 2008
Crash landing for Oasis
A decade of conversation
Crash landing for Oasis
Leaving thousands of passengers stranded, Hong Kong-based Oasis Airlines has stopped flying and filed for bankruptcy less than 18 months after it first took flight. The consumer budget-minded airline offered daily flights to Vancouver and London, England. SFU transportation expert Warren Gill can comment on the extent to which high fuel costs have become a major factor in grounding four airline services in the last week, Oasis being the latest.
Warren Gill, 778.782.5005, gill@sfu.ca
Sylvia Wong Patey, Gill’s assistant, can help book interviews around his heavy meeting schedule, Thursday, April 10, 778.782.5218, wongpate@sfu.ca
A decade of conversation
Ten years later they’re still talking – about everything from religion and pornography to culture and philosophy. Created in 1998 by founding member Yosef Wosk, the Philosophers’ Café has involved more than 50,000 participants from Kitsilano to White Rock in dialogue and discussion, exploring issues from the absurd to the sublime. Based on the European salons and cafés of the 19th and 20th centuries, it is the largest series of conversation cafés – under the auspices of one organization – in the world. Wosk can elaborate on the program’s attraction and its guest speakers, from Nobel laureates to former provincial premiers.
Yosef Wosk, 778.782.5215; yosef_wosk@sfu.ca
A decade of conversation
Crash landing for Oasis
Leaving thousands of passengers stranded, Hong Kong-based Oasis Airlines has stopped flying and filed for bankruptcy less than 18 months after it first took flight. The consumer budget-minded airline offered daily flights to Vancouver and London, England. SFU transportation expert Warren Gill can comment on the extent to which high fuel costs have become a major factor in grounding four airline services in the last week, Oasis being the latest.
Warren Gill, 778.782.5005, gill@sfu.ca
Sylvia Wong Patey, Gill’s assistant, can help book interviews around his heavy meeting schedule, Thursday, April 10, 778.782.5218, wongpate@sfu.ca
A decade of conversation
Ten years later they’re still talking – about everything from religion and pornography to culture and philosophy. Created in 1998 by founding member Yosef Wosk, the Philosophers’ Café has involved more than 50,000 participants from Kitsilano to White Rock in dialogue and discussion, exploring issues from the absurd to the sublime. Based on the European salons and cafés of the 19th and 20th centuries, it is the largest series of conversation cafés – under the auspices of one organization – in the world. Wosk can elaborate on the program’s attraction and its guest speakers, from Nobel laureates to former provincial premiers.
Yosef Wosk, 778.782.5215; yosef_wosk@sfu.ca