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Modesto's Franklin Elementary celebration puts learning in action
Science lessons came with marshmallows, seeds, a hovering (but harmless) drone and rat skulls at Franklin Elementary School's Read Across America family night.
Some 200 kids and parents joined in the "STEAM"-themed night on Thursday. That's STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – plus the arts, said Principal Carol Brooks. Teachers came up with, and found materials for, their own activities, she said. "I have very resourceful teachers."
The annual literacy event at the school off Maze Boulevard also included hands-on Dr. Seuss art activities. "It feels good to be a kid again," said mom Emma Nuñez with a laugh as she completed a stick figure with what might have been green butterfly wings.
After-school helper Elyse Rowan encouraged parents and kids to dive in and create. What can she teach with art? "Everything!" Rowan said. "Fine motor skills, manipulating glue and things, using creativity – I want them to be able to grab materials and make something," she said.
Outside, a shoe-box-size drone buzzing above with a video camera followed the commands of Thomas Davis. The batteries last for only 10 minutes, he said.
At an engineering station, reading coach Nichelle Simpson timed teams of kids and parents constructing towers out of marshmallows and uncooked spaghetti. "They try to make the tallest structure they can, free-standing. If they make a mistake, they have to work together to come up with a plan," she said.
It was Simpson's second event using the project. The first was with teachers. "These students are a lot more creative than the teachers. Teachers try too hard and they think they know it all. Students aren't afraid to try new things," Simpson said.
Calvin Ewing, working with four fellow fourth-graders, said what he liked best about the exercise was the teamwork. "I think we can get it and win," he said. Was he learning anything? "Yeah, we probably are," he said glumly.
Second-grader Eduardo Rena learned a lot from dissecting owl pellets. "I just learned (owls) don't eat bones. I thought they would, but they, like, throw them up," he said, proudly showing a rat skull he'd found.
In Jeff Bakker's fifth-grade classroom, twins David and Pablo Negrete-Torres, 8, dug into the pellets with glee, calling out the tiny bones they'd found.
Dad Pedro Negrete said he liked the hands-on lesson. "They're discovering something new," he said.
"This is wild. I love this stuff – especially the parents' expressions," Bakker said as he spun between tables to help kids identify the itty-bitty bones.
"The kids are ecstatic! It's supercool," said Vice Principal Lizette Alums as she shuttled among rooms. "These lessons incorporate so many things. Kids love this stuff. This is hopefully how we'll be running our schools in the future."
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Supplementary Regulations Mumbai – Lavasa Drive An Initiative by Conducted by Approved by The Federation of Motor Sports Western India Automobile Clubs of India (FMSCI) Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd, Association (WIAA) The Times of India Bldg, 76, Veer Nariman Road, Permit No.:________ Dr. D. N. Road, Fort, Churchgate, Mumbai-400 020 Dated:_________ Mumbai – 400 001 Ph: +91 (22) 2204 1085 /1271 Ph: +91 (22) 6635 3536 Fax: +91 (22) 2204 1382 Fax: +91 (22) 2273 1279 This drive is in aid of Women's Cancer and is supported by Tata Memorial Hospital. Table of Contents ANNOUNCEMENT......................................................................................................................3 ARTICLE 1: PROGRAMME ........................................................................................................4 1.1 Schedule .......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Official Notice Board: ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Start of the Drive and/or Event : On Sunday 7th March, 2010 ........................................................... 5 ARTICLE 2: ORGANISATION ....................................................................................................6 2.1.3 Officials of the Drive and/or Event: .............................................................................................. 6 2.1.4 Rights and Obligations of the Organizers ..................................................................................... 6 Amendments to the Regulations: ................................................................................................................. 7 ARTICLE 3: GENERAL CONDITIONS ........................................................................................8 3.1 Generalities ...................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Route ............................................................................................................................................... 8 ARTICLE 4: ENTRANTS OBLIGATIONS.................................................................................. 10 4.1 Document Submission .....................................................................................................................10 4.2 Safety .............................................................................................................................................10 ARTICLE 5: SCRUTINY & BRIEFING MEETING ...................................................................... 10 ARTICILE 6: TIME CARD ......................................................................................................... 11 ARTICLE 7: INDEMNITY .......................................................................................................... 12 ARTICLE 8: INSURANCE ......................................................................................................... 12 ARTICLE 9: ADVERTISING ...................................................................................................... 12 ARTICLE 10: CONTROLS & CONTROL PROCEDURE ........................................................... 12 ARTICLE 11: PENALTIES ........................................................................................................ 13 11.1 At Time Control (Minutes Counted)……………………………...………………………………..13 ARTICLE 12: PROTEST AND APPEALS ................................................................................. 13 ARTICLE 13: RANKING & PRIZES .......................................................................................... 14 13.1 Ranking…………………………………………………………………….………………………14 13.2 Prizes & Prizes Distribution…………………………………………………………......................14 15. OWNER'S LETTER OF PERMISSION ....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 16. INDEMNITY DECLARATION FORM .......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 2 ANNOUNCEMENT The Lavasa Women's Drive, hereafter known simply as the 'Drive' or the 'Event', will run in Time/Speed/Distance (TSD) format on a non-cumulative basis, and will run in compliance with the International Sporting Code (and its appendices), the applicable rules and regulations: National Competition Rules (NCR) of The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI), the Autorités Sportives Nationales (ASN) of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in India, the International Sporting Code of the FIA, and these Supplementary Regulations. This drive is in aid of Women's cancer and is supported by Tata Memorial Hospital. Modifications, amendments and/or changes to these Supplementary Regulations will be announced only by numbered and dated bulletins by the organizers. ACQUAINTANCE WITH AND SUBMISSION TO RULES Every person or group of persons, organizing a Drive and/or event or taking part therein: - Shall be deemed to be acquainted with the International Sporting Code of the FIA. - All participants must sign the indemnity and declaration, which are enclosed with the Entry Form. - These are the conditions precedent attached to the submission of entries and taking part in the Drive and/or event and all participants participating in the Drive and/or event shall be bound by them and also the rules and regulations hereinafter set out or amendments made thereto. - Shall undertake to submit themselves without reserve to the above and to the decisions and the consequences resulting there from. 3 ARTICLE 1: PROGRAMME 1.1 Schedule Description Venue Time and Date TIMES OF INDIA BLDG. Dr. DN Road, Fort, th Entries open with publication of Saturday, 08 January, A Mumbai – 400 001 these Supplementary Regulation 2011 10.00 Hrs Or on www.lavasawomensdrive.com rd Friday, 28 January, B Closing of entries As above. 2011 17.00 Hrs WIAA, 76, Veer Nariman Road, Churchgate, Friday, 11th February, C Publication of Starting Order Mumbai – 400020. 2011 10.00 Hrs Or on www.lavasawomensdrive.com Completed Forms and entry fees will be accepted at any of At the time of collection the following Times of India of entry forms or latest offices: D Document Verification by Thursday, 10rd THE TIMES OF INDIA February, 2011 17.00 BUILDING, Hrs. Dr. DN Road, Fort, Mumbai – 400 001 Reclamation Grounds, Opp Lilavati Hospital, Sunday, 27th February, E Pre-event Scrutiny Bandra (West), 2011 06.00 Hrs. Mumbai - 400050 WIAA, th 76, Veer Nariman Road, Saturday, 26 February, F First Stewards' Meeting Churchgate, 2011 at 16:00 Hrs Mumbai – 400020 th Compulsory Drivers' Briefing Saturday, 19 February, G –To be Announced Meeting 2011 (Time : TBA) Start: Sunday 27th February, Reclamation Grounds, 2011 07.00 Hrs Opp Lilavati Hospital, Bandra (West), Start/Finish of the Drive and/or H Mumbai - 400050 event Finish: Lavasa At village Dasve, Sunday 27th February, PO Pathatshet, Taluka Mulshi, 2011 15.30 Hrs Pune – 412 107. 1st WIAA Notice boards/ Tuesday March, 2011 I Publishing of Provisional Results www.lavasawomensdrive.com at 14.00 Hrs Tueday, 1st March 2011 WIAA Notice boards/ J Publishing of Final Results at 18.00 Hrs www.lavasawomensdrive.com Friday 04th March, K Award Ceremony <To be announced> 2010119.00 Hrs onwards 4 1.2 Official Notice Board: Official Notice Board will be located and on www.lavasawomensdrive.com And At WIAA, 76 Veer Nariman Road, Chuchgate, Mumbai – 400 020 Note: The Official Notice Board at WIAA can be viewed on all days, except on Drive day. 1.3 Start of the Drive and/or Event : On Sunday 27th February, 2011 Reclamation Grounds, Opp Lilavati Hospital, : Start Venue: At 07.00 Hr Bandra (West), Mumbai – 400050 Lavasa At village Dasve, : Finish Venue: At 17.00 Hrs PO Pathatshet, Taluka Mulshi, Pune – 412 107 5 ARTICLE 2: ORGANISATION 2.1.1 Organizers: An Initiative by Times Red Cell Event Conducted by WIAA 2.1.2 Organizing Committee : Mr. Aniruddha Hajare : Ms. Dimple Agarwal. : Mr. Rahul Porwal : Mr. Ketan Mehta : Mr. Nitin Dossa : Mr. Samir Choksi : Mr. Deepak Kapadia : Mr. Reza Abid Ali : Mr. Aakif Habib 2.1.3 Officials of the Drive and/or Event: Chief Steward : Mr. Harshit Merchant Steward : Mr. Vimal Shah Clerk of the course : Mr. Ketan Mehta Secretary of the Drive and/or event : Mr. Aniruddha Hajare Participants' Relation Officier : Ms. Bindu Choksir Results Coordinator : Mr.Deep Vartak Chief Marshall : Mr. Haresh Anjaria Chief Medical Officer : TBA Chief Safety Officer : Mr. Akif Habib Chief Scruitineer : Mr. Imran Imtiaz Ali 2.1.4 Rights and Obligations of the Organizers Written bulletins when issued shall be signed by each participant as proof of receipt and shall have the same legal force as the supplementary regulations. All bulletins will be communicated, dated and sequentially numbered. These bulletins shall have the force (and will constitute an integral part) of these regulations and will be posted at the Drive and/or event. 6 Amendments to the Regulations: - Amendments to these regulations may only be made as per Sporting Code and NCR of FMSCI. The participants would be informed of any amendments as soon as possible. Any amendments / additional provisions would be announced via dated & sequentially numbered bulletins – which form an integral part of these Supplementary Regulations; printed on Yellow Papers. These bulletins will be posted at the official notice boards and shall also be communicated to the participants. - The stewards of the Drive and/or event are empowered to take a decision on any case not covered by the present regulations. - The Organizers may, at their discretion abandon, cancel or postpone the Drive and/or event, in case of unforeseen circumstances. - Any decision taken by the Organizers for the Drive and/or event shall be treated as final and binding on all the participants. - The Stewards of the Drive and/or event and/or the Clerk of the Course reserves the right to delete and/or change any part of the route should they deem it necessary due to FORCE MAJEURE or for any other safety reason. - The Organizers reserve the right to refuse the entry of any participant at their discretion without reason for such a refusal. 7 ARTICLE 3: GENERAL CONDITIONS 3.1 Generalities 3.1.1 Status of the Drive and/or event : Open 3.1.2 FMSCI Permit No:__________ Dated :___________ 3.2 Route 3.2.1 The route would be disclosed at the time of the start of the Drive and/or event and would be from Mumbai to Lavasa, Pune via NH4 / Mumbai Pune Expressway. 3.2.2 The maximum average speed for any section (speed block) of the Drive and/or event will not exceed 45 Kmph on city roads/highways and 80 KMPH expressways (not exceeding normal road speed limits on any stretch on the route of the Drive and/or event). This is on grounds of safety. The maximum distance event would cover would be approximately 225 Kms from Mumbai to Lavasa. Event ends at Lavasa. 3.2.3 Every Minute two vehicles will be flagged off. The initial portion of the route will be different for odd & even numbered vehicles. The same is being done to reduce the total start duration at Venue 3.2.4 The Road Book will contain the information regarding the route to be followed and various distances. The location of marshal points WILL NOT be disclosed in the road book. Only one copy of the Road Book will be made available at the Start Time. 3.2.5 Participants must report at every control in the order and direction in which the controls have been scheduled by the Organizers. Any infringement may entail exclusion. 3.3 Entrant's Eligibility & Obligations 3.3.1 Women between the ages of 18 years to 55 years, holding a valid driving license may enter in this Drive and/or event. 3.3.2 Each team will comprise of two women participants (driver/navigator). Maximum of two additional women (18 to 55 years) passengers other than entrants will be allowed. 3.3.3 Owner's Letter of Permission for the use of the vehicle must be produced (in the format as provided in point 14 below) from the owner of the vehicle in case the owner is not a member of the participating team. 3.3.4 It is compulsory for participants' vehicle to have valid comprehensive vehicle insurance policy covering third party for the period of the Drive and/or event. Drivers'/ participants' attention is particularly drawn to the fact that the normal motor vehicle policies issued in India do not provide cover for motor sports. Therefore, in the event of any eventuality subject to or due to the participation in the Drive and/or event, the Organizers / Sponsors shall not be held liable for any claim or damage whatsoever to the participants and/or any third party. Participants have to obtain the rally insurance on their own from the respective insurance company branch from where the normal car insurance is issued. 3.3.5 Under the laws of the country, it is mandatory that any accident out of which a claim may arise be reported to the nearest police station. 3.4 Vehicle Eligibility 3.4.1 All the cars must be individually licensed for the road. USE OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS AS TRIP METERS, Halda etc. are not permitted. Likewise, use of Cellular phones Wireless Communication Sets, Pagers, GPS etc. shall be strictly prohibited under pain of exclusion to be pronounced by Steward of the Drive and/or event (except during medical emergency). 3.4.2 This Drive and/or event is open to ALL TYPES of four wheelers. Also all four wheelers will run as one class irrespective of their engine capacity. 3.4.3 Any type of fuel is permitted provided it complies with Government / RTO Laws. 8 3.5 Entries 3.5.1 Entry forms duly filled and completed in all respects, confirming to these regulations along with the appropriate valid supporting documents (to support the details as mentioned in the Entry form) as per the Schedule given in 1.1. 3.5.2 Late entries will not be accepted. 3.5.3 Not more than 320 valid entries will be accepted, which will be based on a referral system carried on SMS and on the website of Lavasa Women's Drive, For more information on the process please Log On to www.lavasawomensdrive.com.. In addition, there will be 30 more entries for charitable organizations, celebrities, sponsors outstation entries etc.,, which do not need to follow the referral procedure and shall be exempted from paying the registration fee. The exempted entities will however need to comply with all the other registration formalities.In case, 320 valid entries are not received through the referral system, the organizers may add more entries through invitation. 3.5.4 By the very fact of signing the entry form, the participants submit and bind themselves to resort only to the NCR of FMSCI and the International Sporting Code of the FIA. 3.5.5 Successful participants will be intimated for attending the pre-Drive and/or event briefing and verification of documents. 3.5.6 An Entry fee of Rs.2000/= is required for participating in the Drive and/or event. However, all petrol and toll charges on the route shall be borne and paid directly by the participants. This fee will entitle only a maximum of 4 invites for award ceremony per car (Driver , Navigator and Co- Passengers registered earlier, this is non-transferable). 3.6 Starting Order 3.6.1 The Starting Order will be determined by the Organizers after all valid entries are accepted. 3.6.2 Two vehicles will be flagged off at 1 minute interval. 9 ARTICLE 4: ENTRANTS OBLIGATIONS 4.1 Document Submission Both lady participants are required to bring copies of : - (Originals for verification only) - - Valid Driving License (Driver & navigator). - 2 Passport size photographs of each lady participant. - Vehicle Registration Book. - Tax Book of the Vehicle. - Vehicle Insurance Policy - Authority letter from owner of the vehicle if First Driver / Second Driver are not the owner of the vehicle used in Drive and/or event. - Valid Pollution under Control Certificate (PUC) of the vehicle. - The Participants are required to carry all the above documents in original throughout the Drive and/or Event. - One Day Rally Insurance. 4.2 Safety SEAT BELTS FOR DRIVER, CO-DRIVER ARE MANDATORY as per RTO regulations. All participants must be seated in seats, which face forward only. (The Bench type side ways seats of Maruti Gypsy, Mahindra Jeep or of any vehicle may be retained but must NOT be occupied). Each participant group must take necessary precautionary measures against fires, such as having fire extinguishers etc., in their vehicle. The Clerk of the Course or his nominated officials may at their sole discretion exclude a participant who is deemed unfit for reasons of health or consumption of/under the influence of alcohol or drugs. ARTICLE 5: SCRUTINY & BRIEFING MEETING 5.1 Pre-Drive and/or event scrutiny of the documents submitted against their originals will be carried out on at a time and location as specified above. Non-attendees to briefing meet will not be allowed to start and are excluded from event. 5.2 Numbers will be assigned to the participants at the briefing meeting; number stickers will be issued at the meeting. 5.2 The Pre-event scrutiny of the vehicles will be carried out on the day of the Drive and/or event i.e. on Sunday, 27th February, 2011 at the flag off 60 minutes before the start. Non conforming vehicles will not be allowed to start. 10 ARTICILE 6: TIME CARD 6.1 A Time card will be issued to each participating team at the start of Drive and/or event. Responsibility for the card rests solely with the team until it is handed back to an official or marshals of the Drive and/or event. Given in the time card, will be following details: A) Participation Number B) Name of the Driver and the Co-driver C) Make/registration number of the vehicle D) Starting time E) Check-in times of time controls 6.2 The specimen sample of time card will be shown to the participants, at the compulsory briefing and she / they should make the necessary arrangement to carry and protect her / their time card book through out the Drive and/or event. At every control, the participants must ensure that the Marshal signs the time card and furthermore (except at passage controls, if any) that time which their time card is handed to and official entered there in. The absence of signature from Control or the failure to hand in the Time Card at any control (time or passage) will entail penalties as per Article No. 11. Participants are themselves responsible for presentation and/or collection of the time card at the various controls and for the accuracy of the entries in the time card. The time card must remain on board of a vehicle, for the duration of the Drive and/or event and must be presented personally by the participants at all the control points. 6.3 Officials are permitted to modify an entry that they might have made earlier, but in such case they must strike out the original entry, and replace it by a completely new one which must be re-authenticated by a further signature. Any entry which appears to have been tampered with, may be deemed not to have been made and may result in exclusion for the participants. 6.4 A participant losing her time card WILL be excluded. 6.5 Time card is a property of the Organizers and upon retirement for any reasons whatsoever, MUST be returned to the Organizers without delay. 6.6 At every control, the participant must ensure that the time is also entered in the Marshal's register. This must be signed by the participant. 6.7 The onus of ensuring that the correct time is entered rest solely on the participant. 6.8 In case of difference in time noted on the time card and the marshal's register, the time noted in the Marshal's register shall be considered final and binding on all participants. 11 ARTICLE 7: INDEMNITY All participants must sign the Indemnity Declaration along with the Entry Form. ARTICLE 8: INSURANCE All vehicles must have a Comprehensive Insurance Policy, including third party insurance plus Drive insurance cover (Drive Insurance Cover to be paid/obtained by the participants and organizers may help to get the same. However, the final responsibility for should any damage result lies with the concerned insurance company), valid for the period of the Drive and/or event. ARTICLE 9: ADVERTISING It is Compulsory to carry Organizers advertisements on the participating vehicles. Participants are allowed to carry any kind of advertisement on the vehicle provided that: A: It is authorized by the National Laws and FMSCI Rules and regulations, B: It is not likely to cause any offence, C: It is not political or religious in nature. ARTICLE 10: CONTROLS & CONTROL PROCEDURE There will be number of Control Checkpoints en route (Maximum 18). 10.1 Time Control: A Banner with a red background displaying a clock will indicate a time control. Each participating team will stop at this Time Control (TC) and present the Time card to the Marshal for entering the time of arrival which will be noted on the Marshal's Register and signed by both. The time recorded will be the time of crossing the line by vehicle. The time will be recorded in 24 Hrs format to the fullest minutes i.e.11 Hrs 37 Min (for 11.37:01 Hrs to 11.37:59 Hrs). 10.2 Passage Control: A Banner with a red background displaying a stamp sign will indicate a passage control. Each participant will stop at these controls and present the time card to the marshal who will stamp / sign the same as a proof of the passage of the vehicle at that point. TIME WILL NOT BE NOTED. 10.3 Participants should line up for the Drive and/or event at the start line at-least 15 minutes before their scheduled start time. Participants arriving at the start line later than their scheduled start time as per the intimated / published starting order will be allowed to start only after the last participant. 12 ARTICLE 11: PENALTIES 11.1 At Time Control (Minutes Counted) 1 minute late: 1 points penalty for every 1 minute late 1 minute early: 10 points penalty for every 1 minute early Stopping / Zigzag in front of TC: 15 points penalty Not Stopping at control: Exclusion Missing Time Card: Exclusion Missing TC or PC: Exclusion Entering a control in wrong direction: Exclusion Maximum Permitted Lateness for entire Run : 45 Min. This Drive and/or event will run in Time/Speed/Distance format on a Non- Cumulative Basis. The restart time at every T.C will be considered to be to the same whole minute. Example: Check In Time Restart Time 11.07.00 11.07 11.07.01 11.07 11.07.59 11.07 11.08.00 11.08 ARTICLE 12: PROTEST AND APPEALS 12.1 All decisions in respect of results will be final and at the discretion of the Organizers. - The time limit for protest against Provisional Results is within 240 minutes after the provisional results are declared on the Official Notice board at 14:00 hrs on Tuesday 1st March, 2011 at the office of WIAA, 76, Veer Nariman Road, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400 020 and on official website www.lavasawomensdrive.com. Any protest must be made in writing and submitted to the COC along with the protest fee. - Protest fee is Rs. 5,000/-. If the protest is unfounded this amount will not be given back. - Any ruling by the Stewards shall be final and subject only to the right of appeal as provided for by the Rules and Regulations of FMSCI. - The Appeal fee is set by the FMSCI at Rs.30,000/-. 13 ARTICLE 13: RANKING & PRIZES 13.1 Ranking 13.1.1 Participants will be ranked in ascending order of penalty points incurred by them i.e. person with the least penalty points would be ranked first. 13.1.2 In case of a tie between the participants who have tied in total Penalties, the same will be resolved as follows: - The participant with MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ZERO Penalties will be declared as the winner. - In spite of this if the TIE is not resolved the participant with MAXIMUM ONE Penalty will be declared as the winner. - In spite of this if the TIE is not resolved the participant with MAXIMUM TWO Penalty will be declared as the winner. . - AND SO ON In spite of this, if the tie is not resolved, the tie will be resolved by a draw of lottery and the winner will be awarded the Trophy, however the cash prize, if any, will be distributed amongst the tied participants. 13.2 Prizes & Prizes Distribution st 1 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 1,00,000 + 2 Trophies Gold & 2 Certificates nd 2 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 50,000 + 2 Trophies Silver & 2 Certificates rd 3 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 20,000 + 2 Trophies Bronze & 2 Certificates th 4 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 1 Mementos & 2 Certificates 5th Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 1 Mementos & 2 Certificates th 6 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 1 Mementos & 2 Certificates th 7 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 1 Mementos & 2 Certificates 8th Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 1 Mementos & 2 Certificates th 9 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 1 Mementos & 2 Certificates th 10 Overall Winner Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 1 Mementos & 2 Certificates Plus 10 Special Categories Gift Hamper worth Rs. 4,999 + 2 Certificates 13.3 The Organizers reserve their right to add any number of prizes for this Drive and/or event, till the time of closing of entries. Any such additions shall be informed by way of a bulletin. th 13.4 Prizes to the Winners will be awarded at the award ceremony on Friday 04 March, 2011. Venue will be mentioned in the invite that would be given to each participant. (Entitled only 4 invites for award ceremony , only for those Driver/Navigator/Additional max 2 Passengers registered along with entry) Warning : Motorsport can be dangerous. Despite organizers taking all possible precautions, unavoidable accidents may happen. You are present at your own risk. 14 15
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Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answerand has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents expectations and win their love. Alice Miller writes, When I used the word gifted in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb Without this gift offered us by nature, we would not have survived. But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.
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Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun working as missionaries in Cameroon were abducted before dawn Saturday in their residences by two armed groups.
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MONTREAL—A 74-year-old Canadian nun working as a missionary in Cameroon was among a group of missionaries abducted by two armed groups in the western African country, Montreal's Congregation de Notre-Dame said.
Gilberte Bussiere, originally from Asbestos, Que., was kidnapped along with two Italian priests before dawn Saturday in their residences in the small parish of Techere, in the country's north.
"It is with great concern and sadness that we have learned of the kidnapping," the congregation said in a statement.
After teaching in Quebec for two decades, Bussiere left for Cameroon in 1979 and has been there ever since working as an educator.
When she came back to Canada for health reasons last year, the congregation said Bussiere "expressed eagerness to return to the country and the people she loved."
Italy's foreign ministry identified the priests as Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri, but declined to give other details to avoid compromising efforts for the missionaries' release.
It noted that its website cautions against travel in the area, 30 kilometres from the border with Nigeria "in consideration of the risk of kidnappings due to presence of jihadist elements coming from Nigeria."
A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs in Ottawa said they were aware of the report.
"We are pursuing all appropriate channels to seek further information and are in close contact with Cameroonian authorities," the spokesperson said in an email.
A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini, said the priests were assigned from the Vicenza diocese in northern Italy.
The missionaries who were kidnapped "are greatly loved and greatly appreciated," Vicenza diocese spokesman the Rev. Alessio Graziani said. "The people there have great esteem for them."
Benedettini said Pope Francis was told early Saturday about the abduction, was praying for the three and "expressed hope for a solution."
Vatican Radio said the three were seized by the armed kidnappers in the diocese of Maroua.
"It isn't ruled out that those who carried out the abduction belong to the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram," Vatican Radio said. Diocesan officials said no one had claimed responsibility for the abductions.
Vatican Radio broadcast an interview with an unidentified priest from Vicenza who said the kidnappers took the Canadian woman, but left nuns from Cameroon who work with the Italian priest.
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ITHACA, N.Y. – To buy, or not to buy? That is the question for the more than 5 million annual visitors to New York's wineries. Cornell University researchers found that customer service is the most important factor in boosting tasting room sales, but sensory descriptions of what flavors consumers might detect were a turn-off.
The findings stem from two studies on how the tasting room experience affects customer purchases and what wineries can do to create satisfied sippers, published in the current issue of the International Journal of Wine Business Research.
"On average, nearly 60 percent of New York wine sales occur during visits to tasting rooms," said Miguel Gómez, professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. "For this reason, they play a strategic role in the overall business and marketing strategies of New York state wineries."
Despite their importance as a sales venue and the significant investments wineries make in their location and appearance, few studies have looked at tasting room sales, and it is difficult to apply research from other foods and sales venues to wine.
"Wine is a complex product for consumers. There are so many attributes, and customers don't always know their own preferences, especially tourists who may be casual wine drinkers," Gómez said.
Thus, Gómez and Marin Shapiro surveyed 450 Finger Lakes winery visitors in nine tasting rooms over four months on 25 aspects of their experience, from the elbowroom at the counter and the friendliness of staff to the prices and number of wines offered. Service was by far the most significant factor.
"You can make a customer happy or unhappy by the service you provide and the ambience you create," said Gomez. "Those factors were more important than quality or price of the wines as drivers of customer satisfaction."
Moreover, the researchers could quantify the effect of satisfaction on sales.
"If you can convert a satisfied customer to a very satisfied customer, they are likely to spend about $10 more and buy an additional bottle of wine in a given visit," Gómez said. "And to increase satisfaction, managers need staff who are friendly and patient, who will spend time talking with the visitors and have solid knowledge of the story behind the wines."
The second study, co-authored with professor of enology Anna Katharine Mansfield, tested the effect of various adjectives (or lack thereof) on tasting sheets to describe the taste and aroma of wines in partner wineries. The wineries alternated use of two tasting sheets over the course of six weeks and tracked sales.
Controlling for variables that affect sales, such as the day of the week or the weather, the researchers found that sales were lower when tasting rooms provided sensory descriptions that consumers might detect, like "notes of peach or lychee," said Mansfield.
"The written descriptions may just be less important in tasting rooms than wine stores, since visitors are often allowed to sample several wines. They may even frustrate the novice wine tasters, by setting up sensory expectations that are not met," she said.
The two studies concur that "relying on the staff as guides can create an intimate and more interactive experience," Mansfield said, and thereby increase wine sales.
The work was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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Mornings the temperature at the summit was zero. The tram, crammed mostly with young men, rose almost a mile from the valley floor to Rendezvous Peak (10,450 feet) in less than 10 minutes. The tram operator recited: only expert trails led from the summit, you could ride the tram back down, anyone caught violating closed boundaries would lose skiing privileges. At that, people laughed.
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JACKSON HOLE is a public Eden, bought with private money, a tension that has pervaded the politics of the valley for a century. Nobody but outlaws tried to live in Jackson Hole until 1883. It snows in October and freezes in June -- and ranchers soon discovered that, as the saying went, dudes wintered better than cattle.
Lately, wealthy landowners have blanketed the valley thick as snow, crowding the animals and longtime residents. (Many have moved to Idaho, where they traded a license plate embossed with a bronco for one featuring a potato.)
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These photos, taken by tour leader William last November, capture just a few moments from our 'Hidden Japan' tour which begins and ends in glorious Kyoto before discovering lesser known Japanese treasures and experiences from Honshu and rural Shikoku…
As you probably know (because we witter on about it quite a lot), every member of our team at InsideJapan Tours has lived in Japan. We are a family of dedicated Japan buffs whose local knowledge extends far beyond the bounds of Tokyo and Kyoto – into the far-flung and little known regions from chilly Hokkaido all the way down to subtropical Okinawa.
Given that we're all such Japan nuts, it's no surprise that unusual, in-depth, off-the-beaten-track trips are our forté – and our customers come to us for an experience of Japan that will take them away from the tourist traps and deep into "real Japan".
Hidden Japan is one of our best Small Group Tours if you want to really discover a side of this fascinating country that rarely features in the guide books. Yes, it covers the must-see ancient city of Kyoto and famous Hiroshima – but it also ventures to the atmospheric temple community of Koya, deep in the mountains of the Kii Peninsula and to the amazing "Art Island" of Naoshima on the Seto Inland Sea, and various great locations on the little-visited island of Shikoku.
You'll spend the night at a real temple lodging, attending morning prayers and sampling traditional, Buddhist shojin ryori cuisine; you'll cross vertiginous vine bridges built by samurai across the lush Iya Valley; you'll have the opportunity to bathe at Japan's oldest hot spring bathhouse, favoured by the Imperial Family; and you'll ascend by cable car to the top of Mount Bizan for spectacular views across Shikoku.
You'll also visit one of Japan's most famous landscape gardens, Ritsurin; climb the steps to the top of one of Shikoku's most venerated shrines, Konpira-san; explore beautiful Miyajima with its iconic "floating" gate, one of Japan's most famous images; see a traditional 'Bunraku' puppet show in the town of Tokushima; and experience true Japanese hospitality at a traditional ryokan inn.
Hidden Japan brings an adventurous spirit and a desire to really get beneath the surface of this amazing country. Our tour leaders are Japanophiles who speak fluent English and Japanese, have an extensive knowledge of the country's culture and customs, and have made their home here in Japan.
'Hidden Japan' is an insight into parts of Japan and its culture that most visitors do not to get experience. And as one of the tour customers said, " Overall, I LOVED my experience…I loved the culture, gardens and temples we saw. Just amazing" – there you have it.
There's a last-minute place on our spring Hidden Japan, departing on 26th of March – but we also have departures in the summer months into the mild autumn – both with their benefits. Drop us a line to help you get 'lost' in Japanese culture too!
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