Boston Roundtable is a local education company in the Pioneer Valley area of Western Massachusetts specializing in family-oriented education and growth facilitation for students of all backgrounds. Across all our academic subjects, we place a heavy emphasis on computational thinking and collaborative effort in order to create a comfortable, personalized learning environment. Our staff members are educators from the valley area and greater New England college systems, who come with a family-centered understanding of what makes a successful educational experience.
The company was initially founded in Boston in 2014 as a support system for international students in America. Although that remains a key part of the services we provide to this day, our full vision has grown over time to become a multifaceted education endeavor specializing in students and teachers of every background. Across the year, Boston Roundtable plans educational courses and tutoring services to local students, as well as travel programs for visiting Chinese students tailored specifically to their interests. We also send American teachers abroad to teach a wide range of subjects.
Boston Roundtable offers educational camp programs with focuses in STEM, humanities, as well as college and preparatory school exploration. The programs are generally operated out of the greater northeast area, but can travel as far as California! Our proximity to multiple ivy league schools, whose students help to staff our programs, ensures that visiting students get an immersive experience in both English and the American higher education environment.
Across the school year, we assist international students with their American college application experience. With the help of our trained staff, as well as support from recent ivy graduates, Boston Roundtable guides students through every step of the process - from extracurricular planning for early intervention students, to essay drafting to interview preparation for junior and senior years.
Boston Roundtable sources recent college graduates from across the United States to teach abroad throughout China. With our assistance, qualified applicants are paired with an accredited school that best matches their profile, and complete an immersive, yearlong program. Boston Roundtable sources graduates with expertise in a variety of subjects (not just English), and thoroughly vets both schools and applicants to ensure the best match for students.
Whether you're a a teacher looking to go abroad, a Chinese student exploring education in the US, or just an intrigued learner in the realm of international education, Boston Roundtable has something for you!
Shucheng Zhang (张淑成) is the CEO and founder of Boston Roundtable. He initially started the company with the goal of furthering cross-cultural exchange, as well as providing support networks for Chinese students studying or intending to study in the United States. Over time, he expanded this vision into broader, mutually beneficial services that go beyond these two countries, including college preparation, student tour groups, cultural centers, sister schools, teacher exchanges into China, and more.
Prior to coming to America, Shucheng studied law at Peking University and spent several years working for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the US, Shucheng has taught Chinese at a run of ivy-league and other top-ranking schools including Harvard, Yale, Brown and MIT. His academic background allows him to recognize the importance of reinforced educational instruction, which is applied across all of Boston Roundtable's programming.
Shucheng currently lives in the Pioneer Valley with his wife and two sons.


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The Rotary Foundation story
Rotary Foundation 2014 statistics
The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
Wahroonga is a strong supporter of the Rotary Foundation both through fund contributions and program participation. District Rotary Foundation Chairman: Tony Castley.
 Giving – Annual Programs Fund
 Giving – Permanent Fund
 Restricted Giving – PolioPlus: Global Polio Eradication Effort
 Paul Harris Fellow Recognition
 Grants
 Global Grant Projects
 Vocational Training Teams
 Rotary Foundation Scholarships
 Rotary Foundation Alumni
Giving – Annual Programs Fund Contributions by Individuals
When made through The Australian Rotary Foundation Trust, the contributions are tax deductible. When a contribution is made directly to The Rotary Foundation, no tax deduction is available. Contributions accumulate Paul Harris Fellow credits for the individual when the funds are donated by the individual. The credits allocated to an individual do accumulate towards both the club and district total giving amounts.
Sustaining Member (Centurion Club)
You can become a Sustaining Member (Centurion Club) member by making a tax deductible contribution of USD$100 or more per annum ($2.44 per week) for as long as you are in a position to do so. Your contribution (payable to The Australian Rotary Foundation Trust), supports the humanitarian work of The Rotary Foundation. Fifty percent of the donated money returns to District 9685 after 3 years for use in Rotary Foundation programs and projects.
Please contact me if you are not already contributing to the Rotary Foundation and would like to. This is our charity and it would be wonderful if each asn every member could see their way clear to make a contribution, no matter how large or small each and every year.
A tax deductible District 9685 administered recognition program for Rotarians who wish to support The Rotary Foundation by contributing USD$1,000 or more, annually, through The Australian Rotary Foundation Trust. Contributions directed through The Australian Rotary Foundation Trust are tax deductible.
Contributions by Clubs
Unrestricted Giving and Restricted Giving (to Matching Grants and Polio Eradication) build up Paul Harris Fellow recognition credits for the Club from which the money has been received. The Finance Department of The Rotary Foundation, located in Parramatta receives and processes contributions. These are recorded monthly on the Club Recognition Summary.
Contact: John Cameron
Giving – Permanent Fund
Purpose: Enable individuals to donate to the Rotary Foundation's endowment fund to address educational, humanitarian and cultural programs and projects throughout the world for generations to come [target $1 billion by 2025]. In a Rotary year, about $8 million from the Permanent Fund is made available to support Foundation programs.
Giving options include:
• The Rotary Centres International Studies Gift initiative – (peace and conflict resolution).
• Outright contributions
• Planned giving
• Donor advised fund
• Memorial and tribute gifts – Bequests.
Restricted Giving – PolioPlus: Global Polio Eradication Effort
Purpose: Eradicate polio. Protect a child against polio for as little as USD$0.60 cents of vaccine. By the time the world is certified polio-free, Rotary's contributions to the global polio eradication effort will exceed US$1.2 billion.
Global certification of polio eradication will be achieved when no wild polio virus associated cases have occurred for at least three years. More than 500,000 cases of polio are now prevented each year by the efforts of governments and the partnership of the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the overseas development agencies of donor nations.
Since 1985 more than two billion children have received oral polio vaccine. The number of countries which continue to be polio endemic has declined from over 125 countries in 1985 to 3 countries in 2013 (Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan). The number of polio cases has declined by more than 99% since 1985.
The greatest obstacles to final victory are cultural attitudes and practices, war conditions and insufficient funding. Money is still needed for vaccine and its delivery through National Immunisation Days, and surveillance systems needed to identify remaining pockets of the disease.
Paul Harris Fellow Recognition
A Paul Harris Fellow is a person who has contributed, or in whose name a contribution of USD$1,000 has been made, to the Annual Programs Fund and certain other programs of The Rotary Foundation. Recognition of a Paul Harris Fellow is an opportunity to show appreciation for a person, either Rotarian or non-Rotarian, who shares the values of the Foundation.
Application to recognise a person as a Paul Harris Fellow is made to the Rotary International South Pacific and Philippines Office in Parramatta, NSW using the prescribed form available for download on the following link: PHF recognition application form
A suggested wording to be used for the presentation ceremony to recognise a Paul Harris Fellow is contained in the document available on this link: PHF sample presentation
This sample presentation can also be used, with appropriate modification to the wording for a Multiple Paul Harris recognition (one or more sapphires)
The District Foundation Committee determines, allocates and monitors the distribution of District Designated Funds.
Assists Rotary Clubs to develop local and international service projects
Informs Clubs about The Rotary Foundation Grant opportunities
Reviews District Grants for approval and Global Grant applications prior to submission to The Rotary Foundation
Maintains records of District Designated Fund allocations and Grant approvals encouraging a high level of stewardship of Foundation Funds.
District Simplified Grants
District Simplified Grants (for Local and International projects) are made available to clubs through the District Foundation Grants Committee to support short-term humanitarian projects and scholarships. District Grant projects support the mission of The Rotary Foundation: "… to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty."
The document required to apply for a District Simplified Grant for humanitarian projects in 2014/15 can be downloaded from the relevant link:
D9685 District Simplified Grant Application – Local and International Projects
Wahroonga has had a number of such grants over time. More recently we have been supported with grants for scholarships – St Lucy's & St Edmund's as well as the Hornsby Kuring-Gai Women's Shelter to support their start-up needs. $2,000 on each occasion. On Friday last we applied for a $5,000 to support short term needs in Nepal.
Upon completion of the project, a Club District Grant Report is to be provided, accompanied by copies of relevant receipts for project expenditures. The Report Form can be downloaded from the link:
All District Simplified Grant projects should aim to complete by the end of the current Rotary year.
Global Grants: Assist Clubs to fund international humanitarian service projects in co-operation with Rotarians in another country.
Applications must be referred to the Grants Committee before processing by The Rotary Foundation.
The District is required to review the paperwork and ensure that the accounting aspects or completion of any previous Grant responsibility is not outstanding.
These grants are the modern/latest versions of the former Matching Grants.
The Rotary Foundation contributed some $9,000 to each of our last Matching Grants, namely the KYDS project (total cost $30,000); and the PCYC Bus project (another $30,000 project). $18,000 in all for those two projects.
If you want to see a Global Grant I will happily give you a good example.
Vocational Training Teams – formerly Group Study Exchange (now funded from District Simplified Grants)
A Vocational Training Team (VTT) is a team of experienced professionals that travel to another country to increase the skills and knowledge of local people in a specific field, or to enhance their own skills through exposure to the skills, knowledge and experience of specialists, in that country. Teams generally require a Rotary leader and can be comprised of Rotarians and non-Rotarians. Funding for a VTT is part supported by a Global Grant.
Rotary Foundation Scholarships
Ambassadorial Scholarships – Seeks to promote understanding and friendly relations between people of different nations through Scholarships, awarded to outstanding persons to study in another country. Enables students to undertake formal university studies outside their own country for one year and act as Rotary Ambassadors of goodwill. The district hosts inbound Scholars from other countries.
There have been many success stories – Babb, Sir William Dean, Alister Heskens, Jennie Macklin,
Rotary World Peace Scholarships – The Rotary Centres for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution offer the opportunity to pursue a two year fully funded masters-level degree in international studies, peace studies and conflict resolution at one of six Rotary Centres. Scholars are chosen based on their potential to have a significant and positive impact on world peace and conflict resolution during their future careers.
The Peace Scholarship Application Timetable – Clubs are invited to nominate potential scholars approximately 18 months in advance of the study period. Application forms are available from the "Rotary.org" website. Applications close on April 30 for people interested in taking up the Scholarship. Only sixty Peace Fellowships worldwide are granted annually.
Rotary Peace & Conflict Studies Program – The Rotary Peace & Conflict Studies Program offers a fully funded professional development opportunity for midcareer professionals in fields related to conflict resolution and peace building. Up to 25 participants from around the world experience an intensive 3 month course at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Rotary Foundation Alumni
Rotary Foundation Educational Programs forge bonds between alumni and Rotarians that can last a lifetime. Former Ambassadorial Scholars, Rotary World Peace Fellows, and Group Study Exchange team members are often interested in joining a Rotaract or Rotary club, or a Foundation alumni association. Many Rotaract and Rotary clubs, in turn, are interested in inviting alumni to become members.
Rotary Foundation alumni include former participants of the following programs:
Ambassadorial Scholarships
Carl P. Miller Discovery Grants
Group Study Exchange
Rotary Grants for University Teachers
Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program
Rotary World Peace Fellowships (Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution)
Volunteer Service Grants
Foundation programs enrich the lives of participants and spread Rotary's vision of peace through person-to-person contact, friendship, study, service, and cross-cultural exchange. Program participants serve as goodwill ambassadors not only when they're abroad but also when they return to their home countries.
Rotary Foundation Alumni Associations encourage alumni to maintain contact with Rotary.
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Q: How can I manage (or pass as an argument) my config json to start the testing of my vertx application? I have a small vertx application with an AppLauncher class that extend of VertxCommandLauncher and I set a appConfig.json with the typical config parameters :
public class AppLauncher extends VertxCommandLauncher implements VertxLifecycleHooks {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    new AppLauncher().dispatch(args);
}

@Override
public void afterConfigParsed(JsonObject config) {
    AppConfig.INSTANCE.setConfig(config);
}

To run my application in my IDE I put in edit configuration my main class (Applauncher.java) and the arguments :
run io.vertx.covid.verticle.MainVerticle -conf../vertx-application/src/main/resources/appConfig.json

This is my test class:
@BeforeAll
 static void deployVerticles(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext testContext) {

    vertx.deployVerticle(BaseVerticle.class.getName(),testContext
      .succeeding(id->testContext.completeNow()));
}

This is my BaseVerticle class that all my verticles extends from:
public abstract class BaseVerticle extends AbstractVerticle {
  public static String CONTEXT_PATH =   AppConfig.INSTANCE.getConfig().getString(Constants.CONTEXT_PATH);

}
And this is my AppConfig class :
public enum AppConfig {
INSTANCE;
private JsonObject config;

public JsonObject getConfig() {
    return config;
}

public void setConfig(JsonObject config) {
    this.config = config;
}

}
Everything works, but if I would like to test it in a separete way then I  deploy my verticles but I have a Nullpointer in the CONTEXT_PATH (BaseVerticle class) because the config (suppose to be taken from appConfig.json) is null.
I haven't found a way to pass the arguments with my appConfig.json or should I call to the main method passing the arguments?

A: I like to do something that is similar to profiles in my vertx application.
If you set an environment variable with the key vertx-config-path before the vertx instance is initialized, you can control where vertx's config retriever (you might need to add vert-config to your gradle/maven dependencies) gets the configuration from.
In your launcher, you can do something like the following, which will give you the ability to add profile based config files to your resources folder conf/config-%s.json where %s is the profile name:
public class CustomLauncher extends Launcher {
  public static final String ACTIVE_PROFILE_PROPERTY = "APP_ACTIVE_PROFILE";

  private static final CLI cli = CLI.create("main")
    .addOption(new Option()
      .setShortName("p")
      .setLongName("profile")
    );

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    initDefaults(Arrays.asList(args));
    new CustomLauncher().dispatch(args);
  }

  public static void executeCommand(String cmd, String... args) {
    initDefaults(Arrays.asList(args));
    new CustomLauncher().execute(cmd, args);
  }

  public static void initDefaults(List<String> args) {
    System.setProperty(LoggerFactory.LOGGER_DELEGATE_FACTORY_CLASS_NAME, SLF4JLogDelegateFactory.class.getName());

    CommandLine parse = cli.parse(args);
    String profile = parse.getOptionValue("p");
    if (profile != null && !profile.isEmpty()) {
      System.setProperty(ACTIVE_PROFILE_PROPERTY, profile);
      System.setProperty("vertx-config-path", String.format("conf/config-%s.json", profile));
    }
  }
}

Then in your test, instead of relaying on vertx test extension to inject vertx for you, you can initialize it by yourself and control the profile (aka which config file to load) like the following:
private static Vertx vertx;

@BeforeAll
public static void deployVerticles(VertxTestContext testContext) {
  CustomLauncher.initDefaults(Arrays.asList("--profile", "test"))
  vertx = Vertx.vertx();

  ConfigRetriever.create(vertx).getConfig(asyncResult -> {
    if (asyncResult.succeeded()) {
      JsonObject config = asyncResult.result();
      DeploymentOptions deploymentOptions = new DeploymentOptions()
        .setConfig(config);

      vertx.deployVerticle(BaseVerticle.class.getName(), deploymentOptions);
    } else {
      // handle failure
    }
  });
}

Then when you run your application, instead of providing -conf, you can use -p or --profile
I also highly recommend to get familiar with vertx-config as you can also get env variables, k8s config maps, and much more.
EDIT: I also highly recommend to move to Kotlin if possible, makes the async-code much easier to handle in an imperative way (with Coroutines). It's very hard to deal with libraries like Vert.x in Java compared to languages like Kotlin.

A: I solved my problem creating a verticle with the config stuffs (vertx-config documentation), here is my verticle config class:
 public class ConfigVerticle extends AbstractVerticle {

  protected static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigVerticle.class);
  public static JsonObject config;

      @Override
      public void start() throws Exception {
        ConfigStoreOptions fileStore = new ConfigStoreOptions()
          .setType("file")
          .setOptional(true)
          .setConfig(new JsonObject().put("path", "conf/appConfig.json"));
        ConfigStoreOptions sysPropsStore = new ConfigStoreOptions().setType("sys");

        ConfigRetrieverOptions options = new ConfigRetrieverOptions().addStore(fileStore).addStore(sysPropsStore);

        ConfigRetriever retriever = ConfigRetriever.create(vertx, options);

        retriever.getConfig(ar -> {
          if (ar.failed()) {
            logger.info("Failed to retrieve config from appConfig.json");
          } else {
            config = ar.result();
            vertx.deployVerticle(MainVerticle.class.getName(), new DeploymentOptions().setConfig(config));
          }
        });
      }

    }

And my MainVerticle.class I pass the new configuration like this:
public class MainVerticle extends AbstractVerticle {

@Override
public void start(){

  vertx.deployVerticle(BackendVerticle.class.getName(), new DeploymentOptions().setConfig(config()));

}

}
Then, my simpleTests :
    @ExtendWith(VertxExtension.class)
 public class BaseCovidTest {

  protected WebClient webClient;

  @BeforeEach
  void initWebClient(Vertx vertx){
    webClient = WebClient.create(vertx);
  }

 @BeforeAll
  static void deployVerticles(Vertx vertx, VertxTestContext vertxTestContext) {

vertx.deployVerticle(ConfigVerticle.class.getName() ,vertxTestContext
  .succeeding(id-> {
    try {
      vertxTestContext.awaitCompletion(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    vertxTestContext.completeNow();
  }));

 }

}

And everything works, thanks @Tom that inspired me to fix it!

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James Noel Mooney (August 13, 1919 – March 30, 2008) was an American comics artist best known for his long tenure at DC Comics and as the signature artist of Supergirl, as well as a Marvel Comics inker and Spider-Man artist, both during what comics historians and fans call the Silver Age of Comic Books and what is known as the Bronze Age of Comic Books. He sometimes inked under the pseudonym Jay Noel.

Biography

Early life and career
Jim Mooney was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. Friends with pulp-fiction author Henry Kuttner and Californian science-fiction fans such as Forrest J. Ackerman, he drew the cover for the first issue of Imagination, an Ackerman fanzine that included Ray Bradbury's first published story, "Hollerbochen's Dilemma".  Kuttner encouraged the teenaged Mooney to submit art to Farnsworth Wright, the editor of the pulp magazine for which Kuttner was writing, Weird Tales.  Mooney's first professional sale was an illustration for one of Kuttner's stories in that magazine. During this period, Mooney also met future comic-book editors Mort Weisinger and Julius Schwartz, who had come to the area to meet Kuttner.

After attending art school and working as a parking valet and other odd jobs for nightclubs, Mooney went to New York City in 1940 to enter the fledgling comic-book field. Following his first assignment, the new feature "The Moth" in Fox Publications' Mystery Men Comics #9–12 (April–July 1940), Mooney worked for the comic-book packager Eisner & Iger, one of the studios that would supply outsourced comics to publishers testing the waters of the new medium. He left voluntarily after two weeks: "I was just absolutely crestfallen when I looked at some of the guys' work. Lou Fine was working there, Nick Cardy ... and Eisner himself. I was beginning to feel that I was way, way in beyond my depth...."

Mooney went on staff at Fiction House for approximately nine months, working on features including "Camilla" and "Suicide Smith" and becoming friends with colleagues George Tuska, Ruben Moreira, and Cardy. He began freelancing for Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel, working on that company's "animation" line of talking animal and movie-cartoon tie-in comics.

As Mooney describes his being hired by editor-in-chief and art director Stan Lee:

Mooney also wrote and drew a talking animal feature, "Perky Penguin and Booby Bear", in 1946 and 1947 for Treasure Chest, the Catholic-oriented comic book distributed in parochial schools.

Supergirl and DC
In 1946, Mooney began a 22-year association with the company that would evolve into DC. He began with the series Batman as a ghost artist for credited artist Bob Kane. As Mooney recalled of coming to DC,

Writer Bill Finger and Mooney introduced the Catman character in Detective Comics #311 (Jan. 1963). Mooney branched out to the series Superboy, and such features as "Dial H for Hero" in House of Mystery, and  Tommy Tomorrow in both Action Comics and World's Finest Comics. He also contributed to Atlas Comics, the 1950s iteration of Marvel, on at least a handful of 1953-54 issues of Lorna the Jungle Queen.

Most notably, Mooney drew the backup feature "Supergirl" in Action Comics from 1959 to 1968. For much of this run on his signature character, Mooney lived in Los Angeles, managing an antiquarian book store on Hollywood Boulevard and sometimes hiring art students to work in the store and ink backgrounds on his pencilled pages. By 1968, he had moved back to New York, where DC, he recalled, was

Spider-Man and Marvel

By now, however, the rates were closer, and Mooney left DC. Marvel editor Stan Lee had him work with The Amazing Spider-Man penciler John Romita. Mooney first worked on Spider-Man by inking The Spectacular Spider-Man magazine's two issues. Mooney would go on to ink a run of Amazing Spider-Man (#65, 67-88; Oct. 1968, Dec. 1968 - Sept. 1970), which he recalled as "finalising it over John's layouts". Among the new characters introduced during Mooney's run on the title were Randy Robertson as a member of the supporting cast in issue #67 (Dec. 1968) and the Prowler in #78 (Nov. 1969). Mooney also embellished John Buscema's pencils on many issues of The Mighty Thor.

As a penciler, Mooney did several issues of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man, as well as Spider-Man stories in Marvel Team-Up, and he both penciled and inked issues of writer Steve Gerber's Man-Thing and the entire 10-issue run of Gerber's cult-hit Omega the Unknown, among many other titles. Mooney named his collaborations with Gerber as being among his personal favorites. In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Gerber and Mooney's run on Omega the Unknown tenth on its list of the "Top 10 1970s Marvels". Carrion debuted in The Spectacular Spider-Man #25 (Dec. 1978) by Bill Mantlo and Mooney. Writer Ralph Macchio and Mooney introduced the Rapier in The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #2 (1980).

Mooney also worked on Marvel-related coloring books, for the child-oriented Spidey Super Stories, and for a Spider-Man feature in a children's-magazine spin-off of the PBS educational series The Electric Company, which included segments featuring Spider-Man. On the other end of the spectrum, he drew in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Marvel publisher Martin Goodman's bawdy men's-adventure magazines comics feature entitled "Pussycat. The feature appeared in "Men's Annual," "Male Annual" and "Stag" magazines. A one shot reprint of those stories appeared in 1968's "The Adventures of Pussycat":  "Stan [Lee] wrote the first one I did, and then his brother Larry [Lieber] wrote the ones that came later".Stan Lee was not the editor of this reprint, Goodman's son Chip was.

In 1975, Mooney, wanting to move to Florida, negotiated a 10-year contract with Marvel to supply artwork from there. "It was a good deal. The money wasn't too great, but I was paid every couple of weeks, I had insurance, and I had a lot of security that most freelancers never had". That same year, Mooney and his wife, Anne, had a daughter, Nolle.

Later life and career
In Florida, Mooney co-created Adventure Publications' Star Rangers with writer Mark Ellis, and  worked on Superboy for DC Comics, Anne Rice's The Mummy for Millennium Publications, and the Creepy miniseries for Harris Comics. When Harris editor Richard Howell left to co-found Claypool Comics in 1993, Mooney produced many stories for the 166-issue run of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and became the regular inker on writer Peter David's Soulsearchers and Company, over the pencils of Amanda Conner, Neil Vokes, John Heebink, and mostly Dave Cockrum. Mooney also inked four covers of Howell's Deadbeats series. Mooney's other later work included the sole issue of writer Mark Evanier's Flaxen, over Howell pencils; a retro "Lady Supreme" story for Awesome Entertainment; and commissioned pieces. In 1996, Mooney was one of the many creators who contributed to the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot wherein the title character married Lois Lane.

Mooney's wife Anne died in 2005. Mooney died March 30, 2008, in Florida after an extended illness.

Bibliography
Comics work (pencils or inking) includes:

DC Comics

Action Comics (Tommy Tomorrow) #172–196, 199–251; (Supergirl) #253–342, 344–350, 353–358, 360–373 (1952–1969); (Superman) #667 (among other artists) (1991)
Adventure Comics #91, 284 (1944–1961); (Legion of Super-Heroes) #328–331, 361 (1965–1967)
Adventures of Superboy (based on TV Series) #18–20 (1991)
The Adventures of Superman #480 (among other artists) (1991)
Batman #38, 41, 43–44, 48–49, 53–54, 56, 59–60, 72, 76, 148, 150 (1946–1962)
Detective Comics #126, 132, 134, 143, 163, 181, 296, 299, 311, 318 (1947–1963)
The Flash vol. 2 #19 (1988)
House of Mystery #2, 5–6, 10, 20, 23–24, 27, 30, 32–35, 39–40, 46–47, 49, 51, 56, 70, 83, 85, 156–170, 178 (1952–1969)
House of Secrets #1, 3–4, 9 (1956–1958)
Star Spangled Comics (Robin) #74, 76–95, 97–130 (1947–1952)
Superboy The Comic Book (based on TV series) #1–8 (1990)
Superman #185 (1966)
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #92 (1966)
Superman: The Wedding Album (among other artists) (1996)
Tales of the Unexpected #10, 17–19, 23–25, 28, 32–33, 35–37, 39–46, 48–49, 53 (1957–1960)
World's Finest Comics (Batman) #27, 37, 39–40, 42, 44; (Tommy Tomorrow) #102–120; (Superman and Batman) #121–130, 132–134, 136–140 (1947–1964)

Marvel Comics

The Amazing Spider-Man #65, 67–82, 84–88, 116–118, 126, 173–175, 178, 189–190, 192–193, 196–202, 205, 211–219, 221–222, 226–227, 229–233 (1968–1982)
The Avengers #86, 88, 105, 179–180 (1971–1979)
Battlestar Galactica #14 (1980)
Crypt of Shadows #3, 5, 16 (1973–1975)
Ghost Rider #2–9 (1973–1974)
The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #230 (1978)
Invaders #16 (1977)
Journey into Mystery vol. 2 #8 (1973)
Man-Thing #17–22 (1975)
Man-Thing vol. 2 #1–3 (1979–1980)
Marvel Comics Presents #16, 73 (1989–1991)
Marvel Spotlight #14–17, 27 (1974–1976)
Marvel Team-Up #2, 7–8, 10–11, 16, 24–31, 72, 93 (1973–1978)
Ms. Marvel #4–8, 13, 15–18 (1977–1978)
Omega the Unknown #1–10 (1976–1977)
Solarman #1 (1989)
Son of Satan #1 (1975)
The Spectacular Spider-Man #7, 11, 21, 23, 25–26, 29–34, 36–37, 39, 41–42, 49–57, 59–63, 65–66, 68, 71, 73–79, 81–83, 85–99, 102, 125, Annual #1–2 (1977–1987)
The Spectacular Spider-Man magazine #1–2 (1968)
Spider-Man, Firestar and Iceman at the Dallas Ballet Nutcracker (1983)
Sub-Mariner #65–66 (1973)
Thor #188, 201, 204, 214–216, 218, 322, 324–325, 327 (1971–1983)
Thundercats #1–6, 19 (1985–1988)
Web of Spider-Man #1–3, 5–6, 10 (1985–1986)

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 Jim Mooney at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
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ORE Catapult study reveals floating offshore wind could be 'subsidy-free' by end of the decade
By Hamish Penman
WindFloat 1 demonstration unit, a floating offshore wind unit based in the Cromarty Firth.
Floating offshore wind could become "subsidy-free" in the UK by the early 2030s, according to a new study.
Research by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult's Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE), found large floating projects could secure Contracts for Difference (CfD) strike prices below electricity price forecasts as early as 2029.
However, it has also stressed that the technology's success depends on the deployment scenario pursued by the UK.
The importance of floating offshore wind in helping Westminster and Holyrood hit their respective net zero goals has been brought to the fore in recent years.
The technology allows developers to install wind farms in deeper, windier waters, increasing production and safeguarding the supply of green energy.
The Floating Offshore Wind: Cost Reduction Pathways to Subsidy-Free study summarises work undertaken as part of the FOW CoE's Cost Reduction Pathways project, which used GIS mapping software to develop 75 gigawatts (GW), 100GW and 150GW offshore wind deployment scenarios to 2050.
An initial 20GW of projects were defined in detail – in terms of location, scale and technology deployed.
The model identified the East and North East of Scotland, the Celtic Sea and off the North East of England as areas of "high potential" for short and medium term floating offshore wind deployment.
A number of recommendations were included in the study, ranging from increasing the target of 1 GW of floating wind by 2030 to 2 GW and establishing an offshore leasing round to target promising areas.
Chris Hill, operational performance director at ORE Catapult and FOW CoE executive governance board co-chair, said: "It is vital the UK takes a strategic approach to supporting the rapidly developing industry UK floating wind industry to ensure the potential benefits are realised.
"This study provides a strong evidence base for key policy decisions relating to the growth and scale of the industry in the UK – both in terms of the focus for support, and timing. We look forward to continuing our work with key stakeholders to develop a long-term vision for floating in the UK and supporting the rapid growth of the industry – both in our journey to Net Zero and also as a key driver of economic recovery and growth."
Cameron Smith, head of global offshore, mainstream renewable power and FOW CoE executive governance board co-chair, said: "The Floating Offshore Wind – Cost Reduction to Subsidy Free Report clearly outlines the huge impact floating offshore wind will have on the journey to Net Zero – both as a key component of a cost-effective Net Zero, but also as a driver of economic recovery and growth.
"Just under 10 years ago a similar vision for offshore wind was articulated by the Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force. The offshore wind industry and stakeholders subsequently collaborated to rapidly reduce the cost of offshore wind, and in doing so created thousands of jobs and secured offshore wind's central role in a cost-effective Net Zero.
"This report is equally ambitious and with effective collaboration, industry, Government and other key stakeholders can build on and exceed the success of offshore wind over the last 10 years."
Rebecca Williams, RenewableUK's head of policy and regulation, said: "As this report shows, floating wind can repeat the success of fixed-bottom offshore wind by achieving spectacular cost reductions over the course of this decade, to a point where we can generate electricity below the wholesale price.
"Floating wind has a key role to play in hitting the UK's net zero emissions target – we can't get there without it. As long as industry and Government work closely together to support the rapid expansion of floating wind, we can maintain our global lead in this innovative technology and export it worldwide, securing jobs and investment for UK companies.
"The Government has set the industry a target of installing one gigawatt of floating wind by 2030 as our next step forward, but we think we can aim higher and double that as long as we get the policy framework right."
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Parc Des Princes is definitely the most noteworthy stadiums in France football history. It has been surviving for years and hosting many important games, both continental and global tournaments. The current design was built in 1967 but it had been rebuilt twice beforehand, 1897 and 1932. The venue's location on the French royal family's huge park before the Revolution was the reason behind its name.
Stadium Facilities
Parc Des Princes was considered to have its distinguished design back in 1960s and 1970s due to its acoustic quality and oval roof design. There are four stands at this venue, which used to include the cycling track inside. They are Tribune Paris, Tribune Bolougne, Tribune Borelli and Tribune Auteuil. The supporting facilities available are car park, access for fans with disabilities, gift shop, visitor tools in various languages (Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Italian) and occasionally some stands and VIP boxes in the stadium are turned into coworking place.
Historic Matches at the stadium
There have been plenty of memorable games held in the stadium which has been the home ground of two Paris-based team, PSG and Paris FC. In football, the highest attendance record was in 1983 when 49,575 people were the witness of PSG 2–0 win over Waterschei, the club which had been merged into the current KRC Genk, in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. Meanwhile, in regional and international competitions, this venue had hosted three games in World Cup 1938, including the semi final between Hungary and Sweden, the 1956 Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League final when Real Madrid trashed Reims, EURO 1960 semi final and final, three fixtures in EURO 1984, including the final France versus Spain, 1995 UEFA Cup Winners Cup final between Real Zaragoza and Arsenal, six matches in World Cup 1998, including Brazil-Chile in the round of 16 and Croatia-Netherlands in the third place play off and five games in EURO 2016, including one match in round of 16 while Wales thumped Northern Ireland. Some other international tournaments which had been staged in Parc Des Princes are FIFA Women's World Cup 2019, Rugby World Cup 2007 and 1991 plus Rugby World League 1972 and 1954.
Transportation to the Stadium
Stadium which is also known as Le Parc is quite easy to access by all means of transport. If the fans go by subway, then Metro Line 9 and 10 is the best choice by getting off at Porte de Saint-Cloud station, whereas for a tram, one should take line A, C, E , T2, T3b with the point to get off is at Pont du Garigliano.
As for the bus, the route to take are 22, 52, 62, 72, 189, 289, PC1 which stops at Porte de Saint-Cloud bus station. If one opts to go by car, take Périphérique Sud, D910 Boulogne exit. The most popular matches of PSG are for UEFA Champions League tickets.
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To learn more about supporting people in your community who have lost a loved one, join AHPCA for a full day of training at our Grief and Bereavement Workshop.
Grief is a universal reaction to the loss of a loved one. Our religious and cultural beliefs affect our response and each person's grief is unique. This workshop will be divided into two half day seminars.
During the morning seminar Diane will provide you with opportunities to develop new skills to help support grieving friends, family, patients and others in your community. It will lead seamlessly into Kathy's workshop which will illustrate how certain cultures and ethnicities experience mourning rituals.
The afternoon seminar will encompass practical aspects such as basic beliefs and rituals when there is an imminent death and what the various faith and cultural communities require following a death. Did you know that in some cultures a person may wish to leave their bed and lay on the floor as death approaches, or that some faiths require that burials be performed as quickly as possible after death in order to free the soul from the body?
Diane Yackel is a nurse with a Masters degree in Counseling – B.Sc.N., M.A., F.T. Diane brings a wealth of experience to this workshop. She teaches courses and seminars on the subjects of Death and Dying, Loss and Grief to various academic and lay audiences. She is the Executive Director of the Centre for Suicide Prevention, was a former Director of Nursing, Founding Executive Director of a hospice, and a grief counsellor.
Kathy Cloutier is the author of "Customs and Traditions in Times of Death and Bereavement" and regularly presents fascinating seminars on the subject. Kathy has experienced profound losses in her life and has a passion for helping those who experiencing grief and bereavement. She is the Community Relations Manager for a funeral home and enjoys serving families from all cultures and religions.


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100% of the proceeds from Senior Concerns' family-friendly fundraiser, the Love Run, helps support Senior Concerns' Meals On Wheels Program. Each race entry provides a local senior with three day's worth of hot, nutritious and balanced meals, as well as a wellness check from their volunteer delivery driver.
The Love Run boasts almost 2,000 participants running or walking a 5K, 10K or 1-mile flat course in Westlake Village. In 2016 a challenging 1/2 street, 1/2 trail half marathon was added. Some 300 dedicated volunteers, and over 50 vendors take part in the Love Run, considered one of Conejo Valley's premier races.
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The SNES Classic is slated to return to stores on September 29.
The SNES Classic Has Arrived!
UNITED STATES—I can't believe it, the game that totally shaped me as a kid keeping me entertained for hours and days is resurfacing. Yup, if you were born in the 1980s or 1990s, you are well aware of the Super Nintendo, or as many of us call it: SNES. It was the evolution of the NES, which was relaunched in 2016 in limited supply. I desperately wanted to get my hands on one of those limited edition items, but no go. That video game system flew off the shelves faster than an all you can eat seafood buffet.
Well mark this date on your calendar if you have not already done so: Friday, September 29. Yes, that is the date that the SNES Classic will hit stores. For those of you who attempted to pre-order the device and were lucky enough to nab one I congratulate you. Many of the bigtime retailers launched the opportunity to pre-order late in August during the wee-hours of the morning and sold out within minutes.
What is frustrating is that I asked for a specific notification from Best Buy, who failed to even alert me that the advice was available for pre-order. Yeah, I'm still bummed about that. You tell people to sign up for pre-orders, but you don't notify them when the item is available go figure. Apologies for the digression, but this is still one of the hottest items this Christmas if you ask me.
For starters, it comes pre-loaded with 21, yes, 21 classic SNES games. Those games include: Contra III: The Alien Wars, Donkey Kong Country, Final Fantasy III, F-Zero, Kirby Super Star, Kirby's Dream Course, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Super Punch Out, Super Castlevania IV, Street Fighter II: Turbo, EarthBound, Mega Man X, Secret of Mana, Star Fox, Star Fox 2, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Super Mario Cart, Super Mario RPG: Legend of Seven Stars, Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island. Now, I know what many of you are thinking some great classics are missing off the system like Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, Secret of Evermore, Chrono Trigger, Madden NFL, NBA Jam, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy and Super Bomberman to name a few.
I know, it would be nice if plenty more classics were released to the console, but considering it only cost $79.99, can we really complain. I mean I recall when the SNES first came out, the unit alone cost over $100, and it came with only 1 joystick. For $79.99 you get 2 joysticks, 21 preloaded games and everything else you need to sit in front of the TV for countless hours.
I have to admit, I am eagerly awaiting the release of this classic game. I mean, I haven't played a video game since I started working at the age of 15. Video games were my free time growing up, ever since I turned 6, when I got the NES. I was called something of a game prodigy. I was known for playing RPG's (Role Playing Games) that would take hours, days and weeks to complete. I could beat a game and obtain secret items just on instinct alone; I didn't need a strategy guide or road map to be successful.
I'm eager for this unique gadget because I can in an odd way relive those golden years of my childhood, while also introducing my children and nephews to what actual video games of our time actually looked like: a 2D world. The graphics may not complete with what's out there now, but I'm certain, the level of strategy and wisdom needed to defeat such games are more difficult than the video games out in the present.
For those of you, who grew up with the SNES as a form of entertainment, be sure to get your hands on one of these one-of-a-kind devices on launch day, many retailers are selling, but how many they have is up for discussion. I'm certain with this success, Nintendo will go ahead and release more classic games of the software system that gamers like myself are dying to get to play one more time. Happy video game hunting and playing America; trust me it will definitely be worth the $80 plus dollars you spend!
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NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Piedmont Lithium Limited ("Piedmont" or "Company") is pleased to advise that the Company has received all assays results from its initial exploratory drilling on its new Sunnyside and Central properties in the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt ("TSB") in North Carolina, United States. This maiden drill program comprised 10 holes, 7 from Sunnyside and 3 from Central, totalling 1,411 meters.
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Video: Correlation and Causation
This 6 minute 39 second video can be used to teach the difference between correlation and causation. For example, that a relationship between X and Y might be explained by X causing Y, Y causing X, or a third factor that drives them both. The video is episode #109 (Nov 10, 2009) in the Psych Files podcast series produced and hosted by Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. at www.thepsychfiles.com. Video is free to use in the classroom or on course websites under a non-commercial ShareAlike creative commons license.
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Webinar: Using Baboon "Mothering" Behavior to Teach Permutation Tests
September 14, 2010 T&L webinar presented by Thomas Moore(Grinnell College) and hosted by Jackie Miller(The Ohio State University). Permutation tests and randomization tests were introduced almost a century ago, well before inexpensive, high-speed computing made them feasible to use. Fisher and Pitman showed the two-sample t-test could approximate the permutation test in a two independent groups experiment. Today many statistics educators are returning to the permutation test as a more intuitive way to teach hypothesis testing. In this presentation, I will show an interesting teaching example about primate behavior that illustrates how simple permutation tests are to use, even with a messier data set that admits of no obvious and easy-to-compute approximation.
http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/teaching/2010-09/
Webinar: Linear Statistical Models as a First Statistics Course for Math Majors
October 12, 2010 T&L webinar presented by George Cobb(Mount Holyoke College) and hosted by Leigh Slauson (Capital University). What's the best way to introduce students of mathematics to statistics? Tradition offers two main choices: a variant of the standard "Stat 101" course, or some version of the two-semester sequence in probability and mathematical statistics. I hope to convince participants to think seriously about a third option: the theory and applications of linear models as a first statistics course for sophomore math majors. Rather than subject you to a half-hour polemic, however, I plan to talk concretely about multiple regression models and methodological challenges that arise in connection with AAUP data relating faculty salaries to the percentage of women faculty, and to present also a short geometric proof of the Gauss-Markov Theorem.
Webinar: Developing a Statistics Teaching and Beliefs Survey
November 9, 2010 T&L webinar presented by Jiyoon Park and Audbjorg Bjornsdottir (University of Minnesota) and hosted by Jackie Miller (The Ohio State University). This webinar presents the development of a new instrument designed to assess the practices and beliefs of teachers of introductory statistics courses. The Statistics Teaching Inventory (STI) was developed to be used as a national survey to assess changes in teaching over time as well as for use in evaluating professional development activities. We will describe the instrument and the validation process, and invite comments and suggestions about its content and potential use in research and evaluation studies.
Analysis Tool: OStats 4 (Data Visualization)
OStats is a simple tool for data visualisation and statistical analysis, particularly aimed at helping students learn statistics.
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Stat.Istics site
This site is a collection of interesting stories in the news that relate to statistics, major league baseball standings, links to textbooks, and links to applets. It also contains some reflections on statistical issues from retired professor John Marden (from University of Illiois at Urbana-Champaign).
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Experiment Resources
This site is a collection of resources related to experiments. The site includes references, resources, and articles related to the scientific method, experimental research, ethics in research, and research design. It also includes tips on writing scientific papers, and there are several statistics tutorials on the site. Another interesting feature of the site is a collection of case studies that include descriptions of famous research studies in fields like social psychology, sociology, physics, biology, and medicine.
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Quote: Wright on Data Analysis
Conducting data analysis is like drinking a fine wine. It is important to swirl and sniff the wine, to unpack the complex bouquet and to appreciate the experience. Gulping the wine doesn't work. is a quote by British quantitative cognitive psychologist Daniel B. Wright. The quote is found in his 2003 article "Making friends with your data: Improving how statistics are conducted and reported" in the "British Journal of Educational Psychology", volume 73 page 123-136.
Quote: Rosenberg on Data
Data is the sword of the 21st century, those who wield it well, the Samurai. is a quote from American businessman Jonathan Rosenberg, the Senior Vice President of Product Management at Google Inc. The quote appeared in "The Official Google Blog" on February 16, 2009
Quote: Reich on Averages
Averages don't always reveal the most telling realities. You know, Shaquille O'Neal and I have an average height of 6 feet. is a quote from American political economist and former Secretary of Labor, Robert B. Reich (1946 - ). The quote was first published on October 6, 1994 in the Business section of "The Chicago Tribune". Robert Reich is 4 foot 10 inches tall. (Picture of Robert Reich is by Michael Collopy)
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TIAC is excited to present our new 'Travel Economy Series', highlighting information about some of Canada's top target markets and industry sub-sectors. Our third in the series – MEETINGS. Stay tuned for new market reports to be released quarterly with interesting facts on our top international markets, the travellers who come here, and insights into their visits to Canada.
Travel & tourism is a dynamic, sustainable and vastly diverse industry, comprised of innovative businesses in every region of the country. It employs millions of Canadians, half of whom are under 35. The Tourism Industry Association of Canada is the only business association in Canada representing the full breadth of the travel & tourism industry, including the four main pillars of transportation, accommodations, destinations and attractions.
TIAC is excited to present our new 'Travel Economy Series', highlighting information about some of Canada's top target markets and industry sub-sectors. Our second in the series – AMERICA. Stay tuned for new market reports to be released quarterly with interesting facts on our top international markets, the travellers who come here, and insights into their visits to Canada.
TIAC is excited to present our new 'Travel Economy Series', highlighting information about some of Canada's top target markets and industry sub-sectors. Our first in the series features one of Canada's fastest growing markets – MEXICO. Stay tuned for new market reports to be released quarterly with interesting facts on our top international markets, the travellers who come here, and insights into their visits to Canada.
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) is pleased to submit its list of recommendations as part of the pre-budget consultations for the 2019 federal budget.
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), is pleased to partner with Visa Canada on our fifth annual Travel Snapshot report, providing industry, partners and stakeholders insights into the spending patterns of Visa cardholders coming to Canada as international visitors as well as Canadians spending overseas.
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) is the only national organization representing the full cross section of the tourism industry in Canada. Our membership is derived of businesses representing transportation, accommodations, destinations and attractions from coast to coast to coast.
TIAC has been working diligently since the budget announcement to better understand the full impact of proposed changes to the Foreign Convention and Tour Incentive Program (FCTIP), which gives tax rebates to non-resident travellers for certain activities. After consultation TIAC received a response from the government, clarifying the scope of the changes.
The $37.5 million allocated to permanent funding to Destination Canada (DC) raises DC's base funding amount to $95.5 million per year starting in 2018. This gives Canada the opportunity to be a world leader in innovative tourism marketing, inviting the world to Canada.
According to 2016 VisaVue Travel Data*, Canadian inbound tourism during the summer season (May to September) produced sales of $3.9 billion1 (increase of 9.2%). Canadians travelling to destinations outside Canada spent $4.9 billion (decrease of 7%).
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and HLT Advisory (HLT) are pleased to present our fifth annual report on Canadian Tourism. Since we began production of the report in 2012, Canadian tourism has undergone significant change, as have the political, economic and regulatory parameters within which Canadian (and international) tourism operate.
This report examines recent progress made in the Canadian visitor visa system and ongoing challenges that visa documentation requirements create for the tourism industry. The fourth edition of this annual progress report finds that important progress has been made in modernizing the visa system but there are still areas in need of improvement.
Increasing Canada's global competitiveness and driving visitor growth is the main focus of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada's advocacy agenda. Whatever the public policy, or regulatory issue, TIAC takes action on behalf of Canadian tourism businesses and promotes positive measures that help its members grow and prosper.
Despite the fact that Banff and Lake Louise have a combined population of 10,500, the region welcomes more than 3.6 million visitors annually. That means there are 340 visitors arriving in Banff National Park is up 10.4% from 2014. It should therefore be no surprise that labour shortages pose the greatest barrier for tourism in this area.
The Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and HLT Advisory (HLT) are pleased to present the 2015 Annual Report on Canadian Tourism. This fourth annual collaboration examines the current state of Canada's tourism industry and provides a detailed, industry-focused look at issues impacting Canadian competitiveness.
TIAC and Visa Canada are pleased to present the third in a series of semi-annual reports on Visa customers' travel spending in Canada and Canadian spending abroad. Visa Canada's global network provides a uniquely detailed insight into spending habits and patterns which will allow businesses to tailor competitive strategies that work within their seasonal cycles.
TIAC and Visa Canada are pleased to present the second in a series of semi-annual reports on Visa customers' travel spending in Canada and Canadian spending abroad. Visa Canada's global network provides a uniquely detailed insight into spending habits and patterns which will allow businesses to tailor competitive strategies that work within their seasonal cycles.
TIAC and the CVA are pleased to present this report on the importance and potential of the Canadian wine tourism industry. Tourism is an $88B industry that directly employs over 600 000 Canadians in every region of the country; wine tourism is a successful and growing contributor to this sector. Every year over 3M people spend about half a billion dollars while visiting Canadian wineries, contributing $1.2B in tourism-related economic activity.
TIAC has created a one-pager to be shared with industry and elected officials to demonstrate the importance of getting back in the US leisure market and of the Connecting America marketing proposal.
TIAC and Visa Canada are pleased to present this detailed report on Canadian outbound and inbound Visa cardholder spending during the summer of 2014. Visa Canada's extensive data collection has allowed us to quickly drill down into unprecedented detail on the spending habits of both international and domestic visitors.
importance to every region of the country. Employing one in ten Canadians-one third of whom are under age 25-the strength and viability of the sector is fundamental to the health and growth of the Canadian economy. This paper examines the human resource factors impacting Canada's tourism sector and provides recommendations to address the growing skills and labour shortages.
In this third annual report TIAC examines Canada's visitor visa system and how traveller documentation requirements impact not only the travel industry but trade across all sectors. The report finds that important progress has been made in modernizing the visa system, and offers further recommendations to improve upon.
In this third annual report on Canadian tourism and travel, we focus on some of the opportunities and challenges facing the industry. It's true that tourism is a remarkably resilient trade sector, a prolific job creator and a symbol of economic strength. Taken as a whole, Canada's tourism industry has performed reasonably well, but significant opportunities remain and concerns proliferate.
A review of Canada's hotel industry, Gateway to Growth: Creating Investment Opportunity in the Canadian Hotel Industry, examines the current investment climate, identifies the challenges undermining profitability and provides practical recommendations to address the public policy issues which impede growth and deter investment.
Connecting America is an industry sponsored proposal for a new three-year coordinated, targeted and measurable tourism marketing co-investment initiative. This unprecedented CTC- lead campaign will re-energize the US consumer, utilizing existing air and ground access.
New research by Deloitte has found strong links between an increase in tourism — whether it's for business or pleasure — and growth in Canadian exports. In other words, strengthening tourism can have a positive impact on Canadian companies and the economy overall.
As part of a joint research project, TIAC and CTC engaged Nanos Research to survey industry stakeholders.
reached out to over 6 000 businesses and got 690 complete responses.
This year's version of the Annual Report on the Tourism Industry will feature a new focus on tourism's role in Canada's overall economy. TIAC has worked in partnership with the CTC, Visa Canada and HLT Consulting to create this at-a-glance collection of industry statistics. As in previous years, this document can act as a reference piece for industry, key decision makers, business media and politicians.
This is the seventh edition of our semiannual publication: Navigate. Each issue provides a pulse on the Canadian travel, hospitality and leisure industry and highlights future trends. Each issue also explores a 'hot' topic that is having significant influence on the industry.
In recent years, the CTC commissioned The Conference Board of Canada to undertake a Tourism Competitive Benchmarking Study. This year CTC and TIAC partnered on an updated version for 2013. The study compared the performance of 11 sectors and 48 industries, including the travel and tourism sector and tourism industries, to each other and to the overall economy.
Gateway to Growth | Aiming High: Air Access to Canada is the second in a series of research reports to increase awareness of the complexity of the global travel and tourism sector and to identify practical measures that will increase competitiveness and produce real and sustainable economic development, jobs and prosperity for Canadians.
Gateway to Growth | Progress Report On Canadian Visitor Visa Process is the first in a series of research reports to increase awareness of the complexity of the global travel and tourism sector and to identify practical measures that will increase competitiveness and produce real and sustainable economic development, jobs and prosperity for Canadians.
David Goldstein, President and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC), presented to the annual meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers of tourism held in Whitehorse. TIAC's message focuses on how governments and the travel and tourism sector can work in partnership to improve Canada's competitiveness and achieve TIAC's goal of matching the 4% annual growth experienced by tourism globally.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has published a discussion paper that examines the importance of the tourism industry to the Canadian economy and the need for Canada to do better.
evaluating where the tourism sectors stands requires more than a cataloguing of data points. We wanted to contextualize the numbers, and find the narrative thread that runs through all of figures.
In this edition of Navigate, we take a close look at event tourism with a feature on the 2012 Summer Olympics and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Our findings show that 35% of travellers who have visited or plan to visit an Olympic host city were positively influenced by the Games. The ability of travel, hospitality and leisure companies to take full advantage of international sporting events and their legacy is determined by intense preparation and a strategic view of targeting new customers.
Effective marketing can have a profound impact on a destination's profile as proven by Newfoundland and Labrador. The province's recent campaign has captured national and international attention while achieving numerous awards and driving measurable tourism results. We examine this campaign in more detail. We also have examined Germany as our hot destination. It is a well-developed tourism market that continues to improve its country's infrastructure to welcome and accommodate visitors.
Border and visitor visa issues can play a critical role in restoring Canada's competitiveness on the global tourism stage. In this paper, the NRTT We are asks the Government to consider a targeted asymmetrical approach that will create the strongest impact in the four key tourism source markets where travellers are required to obtain a visa prior to visiting Canada: Brazil, China, India and Mexico.


On the morning of February 11, at Quoc Hoc Gifted High School, the Department of Education and Training held the ceremony to commend students who reached high achievements in the national excellent student competition.
Attending the ceremony were Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Bui Thanh Ha and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Ngoc Tho.
In the excellent student competition of this year, Quoc Hoc Gifted High School had 75 candidates, 52 of them winning prizes. In which, there were 3 national first prizes belonging to Hoang Huy Tu (12th grade student specializing in Chemistry), Tong Phuoc Thanh Binh and Le Cong Minh Hieu (11th grade students specializing in Physics); 11 second prizes, 16 third prizes and 22 consolation prizes. This is one of the best achievements of localities in the Central Vietnam.
On behalf of the provincial leaders, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Ngoc Tho commended and congratulated the students who conquered the top of knowledge and won the high prizes in this competition. These achievements has brought fame and highlighted the traditional fondness for learning of Thua Thien Hue land; affirming "Thua Thien Hue is a high quality multi- disciplinary education and training center of the country".
Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee congratulated and thanked the teachers and the parents who have cared for and guided their students, their children so that they could get proud achievements; at the same time, he desired that there will be more and more Thua Thien Hue students to win high prizes in national and international competitions.


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Child's Remains Found In Garfield Park
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(CBS) — Chicago police say a child's foot and other remains were recovered at a West Side park.
The foot was found in the 200 block of McCrae Drive, along the edge of a Garfield Park lagoon, around 4:40 p.m. Saturday.
Neighbors say a person fishing found a foot and called police, who then found another foot and two arms in the shallow water, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
Members of the police marine unit combed through sections of the lagoon as a K-9 unit explored the banks of the western section of the park.
WBBM 780's Nancy Harty
Alderman Jason Ervin says they believe the child was between two and four years old.
"I am not aware of any missing children right now," Ervin said. "I would just hope that people in the community or across the city would know that a child is not around from a relative, a family member or a neighbor and make that call to 911," he says.
Ervin calls it "unthinkable" that someone could do this to a child. It was not clear what gender the child was or how long the body was in the water.
This was the scene late Saturday in Garfield Park, in the 200 block of McCrea Drive, where human remains were found. (CBS/Audrina Bigos)