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ActionQuest
ActionQuest is an organization which offers adventure programs for teenagers during the months of June, July and August. These programs include sail training, marine science, and SCUBA training courses in locations throughout the Caribbean, Australia, Ecuador and the Galapagos, Tahiti, and the Mediterranean. ActionQuest is a member of the Global Expeditions Group family of brands. ActionQuest is a Tall Ships America affiliate member and participates in its annual conference in Boston. Mission ActionQuest is an institution dedicated to "guiding diverse groups of young adults on exceptional global expeditions; challenging them with high action adventures that promote personal growth, teamwork and leadership". History ActionQuest began running programs in the British Virgin Islands in the mid-1980s; however, its seafaring history extends back to the Flint School. In his youth before starting ActionQuest, Jim Stoll worked as an educator and sailed with his mother and father at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Expeditions Group
Global Expeditions Group, or GXG, is the parent company of the Sea, mester, ActionQuest, and GoBeyond Student Travel brands. The company's origins began in 1985 with ActionQuest some years after its founder Jim Stoll left the Flint School. Over the course of the next 40 years ActionQuest expanded into several other brands including ARC, Sirius Sailing, Lifeworks International, and Sea, mester. In 2012 Global Expeditions Group was formed to organize all of the brands that had grown out of ActionQuest under one parent company. GXG Foundation The GXG Foundation is a non-profit Private Foundation created to provide scholarships and financial aid for students seeking to join an ActionQuest, Sea, mester or GoBeyond (formerly Lifeworks International) program. Family of Brands ActionQuest - Summer adventure programs for teenagers Go Beyond Student Travel - Community service travel programs for teenagers Sea, mester - Study abroad college program for university students and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seamester
Seamester (also known by the trade name Sea , mester) is part of the Global Expeditions Group, an organization that offers academic, study abroad programs on board three sailing vessels, ''Ocean Star (Schooner), Ocean Star'', ''Argo (Yacht), Argo'' and Vela. Sea, mester began running programs in 1998 as an extension from its sister organization ActionQuest. A full semester's course load is offered on board including classes in Oceanography, Marine Biology, Professional Skipper Certification Training, Leadership, Basic Seamanship, and an Independent Research Project. Courses are accredited through the University of South Florida (USF). Mission Sea, mester is an institution dedicated to the facilitation and development of practical watermanship skills and defining of academic interests in ocean and earth science, while offering college credit and promoting personal growth, teamwork and leadership through a distinctive, experiential educational program based upon active participat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flint School
The Flint School was a preparatory school founded by educators George and Betty Stoll. Based in Sarasota, Florida, United States, it operated aboard first one, then two, school ships from 1969 to 1981. Girls as well as boys aged 12 to 18 sailed the world aboard the steel-hulled auxiliary schooners ''Te Vega'' (ex-''Etak'', ex-''Vega'', ex–USS ''Juniata'', now ''Deva''), and ''teQuest'' (ex–'' Black Douglas'', ex-''Aquarius'', ex–''Aquarius W'', now ''El Boughaz I'') while studying an academic curriculum. The school was one of very few educational institutions of any kind during the period to stress free-market or libertarian thought, making it in some ways akin to Hillsdale College. In its pedagogy, the Flint School combined elements from Alan Villiers' earlier seaborne program with Maria Montessori's ''Casa dei Bambini''. Although the school was not based on Objectivist philosophy, the Stolls made Ayn Rand's ''Atlas Shrugged'' the centerpiece of their program. The Stolls a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of French Polynesia , map_caption = Location of French Polynesia (circled in red) , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , established_title = Protectorate proclaimed , established_date = 9 September 1842 , established_title2 = Territorial status , established_date2 = 27 October 1946 , established_title3 = Collectivity status , established_date3 = 28 March 2003 , established_title4 = Country status (nominal title) , established_date4 = 27 February 2004 , official_languages = French , regional_languages = , capital = Papeete , coordinates = , largest_city = Fa'a'ā , demonym = French Polynesian , ethnic_groups = 66.5% unmixed Polynesians7.1% mixed Polynesians9.3% Demis1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of . An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Unitary state, unitary Presidential system, presidential Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional republic. It has a long-standing and stable democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agricultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vela (Yacht)
Vela or Velas may refer to: Astronomy * Vela (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (the Sails) ** Vela (Chinese astronomy) ** Vela Pulsar ** Vela X-1, a pulsing, eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary system Places * Vela Bluff, Antarctica * Vela, Dolj, Romania *Vela (Ilidža – Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina *Velas, Maharashtra, India Ships * ''CMA CGM Vela'', a container ship in service since 2008 * USNS ''Vela'' (T-AK-89), US Army port repair ship * ''Vela''-class submarine, of the Indian Navy ** INS ''Vela'' (S40), in service 1973–2010 Technology * Project Vela, a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the Partial Test Ban Treaty ** Vela (satellite), a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing *** Vela Incident, an international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a nuclear test * Versatile Laboratory Aid (VELA), a data logging tool used in education Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Star (schooner)
''Ocean Star'' is a two-masted schooner which conducts educational programs for Seamester Global Programs in the Caribbean Sea. The vessel is in overall length and accommodates sixteen trainees and four professional staff. ''Ocean Star'' is certified and inspected by the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency for ocean service. ''Ocean Star'' undergoes an annual refit in Antigua at Antigua Slipways Ltd. History ''Ocean Star'' was launched in 1991 as a school ship for Ocean Navigator Magazine. Over the years, she sailed the waters between Canada and the Caribbean, enabling students to learn navigation and nautical skills. She originally operated in the New England and Canadian waters during summer, and the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in winter, making frequent stops in Bermuda during her transits north and south. During her time with Ocean Navigator Magazine, she carried six adult students and was crewed by a licensed captain and mate, a navigation instructor, two deckhand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifeworks
LifeWorks, formerly known as Morneau Shepell, is a human resources services and technology company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1966, Morneau Shepell serves approximately 24,000 clients in North America. Besides North American offices, Morneau Shepell also has offices outside North American, including Brazil, Australia and the United Kingdom. Until its acquisition by Telus, LifeWorks was a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: MSI), with market capitalization of $2 billion. History In 1966, Frank Morneau founded W. F. Morneau & Associates, an actuarial and benefit consulting firm. The firm expanded to open its first U.S. office in 1987 and it launched its administrative outsourcing practice in 1996. W.F. Morneau & Associates merged with Sobeco in 1997 to establish Morneau Sobeco, led by Bill Morneau as president and chief executive officer. Morneau Shepell, as it was formerly known, was formed in May 2008 through Morneau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Yacht Training Worldwide
International Yacht Training Worldwide (IYT Worldwide) is an independent sailing and boating training organization which provides education and training standards for professional and recreational boaters and yachtsmen and women. It was originally based entirely in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA; it is now a British Columbia, Canada Corporation based in Kelowna. Its qualifications are similar to those of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) at the recreational level, but IYT Worldwide also offers additional courses at the professional level. It is regulated by a number of Maritime Administrations and has an ISO Quality Management System to independently monitor and control all of its training standards. The IYT recreational yacht training system goes from introductory sailing through to Yachtmaster Ocean. History IYT Worldwide was founded by Mark Fry in 1998 as a credible alternative to the RYA with the purpose of providing training for crews of superyachts by offering professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
