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GUTSY GUSTO
By: Joshua David Luther, Photography: Mohd. Nasir
A dreamy morning set amidst the lost dunes in the desert at Khimsar,Rajasthan. We await the arrival of our ride. The all new Mahindra Gusto, one of the first indigenous scooters built by the two wheeler unit of Mahindra & Mahindra, has been generating some hype ever since the camouflaged versions of the product started testing on the roads. There has been a great deal of chatter about this new scooter from Mahindra because of the claimed innovative design and features. Finally the time comes and we hop on to the refreshing and edgy new Mahindra Gusto.
At the heart of the new Gusto is a powerful aluminum M-Tech 110cc 4-stroke, air cooled engine which produces 8bhp @ 7500rpm and churns out 9Nm of torque @ 5500rpm. From the moment you say go and just rev this peppy little engine the Gusto does not fail to amaze you. It will pull cleanly from 0-70kmph without even breaking a sweat. The Gusto on the engine front is a perfect scooter for the average city goer as it does not fail to please you in terms of performance and pick up. But it does feel out of breath once it crosses the 70kmph mark. We took the Gusto to 83kmph before breaking but unlike most scooters the engine did not shudder which goes to show how good the build quality is. The Gusto will take its sweet time to reach the 83kmph mark but none the less it will get you there and maintain that speed if you demand it to. This peppy little 4-stroke has been designed and engineered in Mahindra's very own R&D facility in Pune which was set up three years back. The Gusto is light and zippy even though it has one of the longest wheel bases in the segment at 1275mm. The Mahindra Gusto also has been built for heavy duty use and as one of the stipulated parameters of testing we took the scooter over rugged terrain. Shockingly the Gusto held its own even over rough ground and through the desert sands.
Ride & Handling
The new Gusto comes with some of the most innovative features in the two wheeler segment. Mahindra has once again shocked the industry with another patented innovation which is added to the Gusto, a height adjustable seat. The Vx version of the Gusto will get this height adjustable seat.The height adjustment will adjust the rider's position between the 770mm to 735mm range. This is one feature which gives the rider a more comfortable riding position and options to adjust their seating position depending on their need. Keeping a unisex clientele in mind Mahindra Two Wheeler's new Gusto is definitely an option you would want to consider as it is convenient to drive for both male and female riders. The 12 inch tubeless tyres give the scooter a good stance.The ground clearance of the Gusto is 165mm and it has a very sturdy and balanced ride. Over smooth roads and rugged terrain the Gusto feels very comfortable with a telescopic air suspension in the front and hydraulic long stroke suspension in the rear. The Gusto seems to draw its genes from one of those mighty Mahindra SUVs as it seems to decimate all that is thrown in its path. Even when you are cornering at around 50-60kmph the scooter feels very stable and one does not fear to dig deeper. One area where I would give the Gusto a ten on ten is the braking department. The scooter has the best stopping distance in the segment and the brakes are very efficient. Both brakes are 130mm mechanical drum brakes and Mahindra has claimed it would make a front disc brake variant soon.
Looks & Styling
One of the areas which was a disappointment is the styling. The new Gusto may be refreshing and different but it is certainly not original. Mahindra acquired Kinetic Motors in 2008 and the front end of the Gusto seems to have drawn a lot of styling cues from Kinetic's line up. The scooter definitely has a very bold outlook and does hold a certain amount of road presence but it is not something which will make your jaw drop. The Gusto comes with a first in segment daytime running lights (DRLs) and a new locking mechanism on the seat which will prevent it from falling while you are filling petrol or accessing the under seat storage area. Another very handy feature on the Gusto is a first in segment front kick start which allows you to kick start the vehicle while you are seated on the scooter and you do not need to get off and perform a kick start like the traditional scooters. Do not mistake this as the lack of a self-start button. The Gusto has also got a first of its kind glove box in a scooter which is handy to store your mobile phone and other pocket sized items. Mahindra comes with the same flip key which comes on the Centuro and you can easily access the follow me home and find me functions of the scooter with this handy flip key. The Gusto comes with large side view mirrors which allow you to easily view the traffic at your rear. Over all the Gusto seems to be a rugged yet innovative scooter but Mahindra could have improved the oomph quotient a little more.
The Gusto comes with a price tag of Rs.43,000 (ex-showroom Delhi) which is an introductory price and is filled to the brim with handy features. The scooter does not disappoint on the performance front and seems to have drawn the macho genetics of the mighty Mahindra SUVs. Mahindra has made the scooter as convenient to own and ride as possible and is definitely a game changer as both men and women can easily ride this with minimal discomfort. The styling does feel a bit lacking but it does have some subtle combinations of curvy and edgy looks which is not offered by any competitor.The Gusto has a fuel tank of 6 litres and can give 63km to the litre giving it a very impressive range. All this for a price tag of Rs.43,000 is not a bad bargain but hurry this is just an introductory price. Go for the gutsy Gusto!
Mahindra Gusto Specifications
110cc, 4 – Stroke, Air-cooled
8 bhp@ 7500rpm
9 Nm@ 5500rpm
Suspension: Front/Rear
Brake: Front & Rear
Tyres: Front & Rear
Telescopic air spring/ Long stroke hydraulic
130mm Mechanical Drum
90/ 90-12 Tubeless
(ex-showroom, Delhi)
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Now I know it stores the images as a Buffer in Mongodb and stores the files on the server too. I would like it stored the path to the file in the database and then have it store the actual image file on the server. It stores the images as text files it seems, encoded with utf-8. This is an awfully complicated process for a seemingly simple task (store images)

A: You can access the path of the file using the req.file.path
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Due to several incidents, including a small fire, that have occurred in offices, the Office of Health, Safety and Environment will initiate a program of surveying all university and hospital offices for safety hazards. Focused on fire safety, the survey will specifically address electrical hazards due to overloaded circuits, hazards from using improper light bulbs, maintaining a minimum 18-inch clearance below ceilings with sprinklers and 24 inches below those without, use of unapproved personal heaters such as ceramic, radiant and convection, and use of unapproved electrical equipment.
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Tuberculosis in the time of COVID-19: quality of life and digital innovation
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Dina Visca, Simon Tiberi, Emanuele Pontali, Antonio Spanevello, Giovanni Battista Migliori
European Respiratory Journal 2020 56: 2001998; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01998-2020
COVID-19 affects healthy individuals, patients and healthcare professionals, as well as tuberculosis services. The importance of digital technologies and the impact on quality of life are discussed. https://bit.ly/2U8nA0h
Introduction: the COVID-19 "storm" on individuals, patients and healthcare professionals
The year 2020 will be remembered as the year coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) swept the world and overwhelmed healthcare systems, demonstrating several vulnerabilities and a lack of capacity.
The COVID-19 "storm" has created much damage and will hopefully end (with or without secondary waves, we do not yet know), leaving us in an aftermath with numerous challenges for those involved (table 1).
The challenges and changes facing healthcare staff and patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic
COVID-19 has had a severe impact on a number of parties. For healthy individuals, there has been the worldwide implementation of social distancing measures, lockdown, an unprecedented economic crisis with resultant unemployment, and a feeling of not knowing when it will end. This has generated anxiety and an increase in mental health issues, and in some cases has led to suicide.
With regard to patients, numbers have varied globally, with increased mortality amongst the elderly and patients with pre-existing comorbidities. The socioeconomic consequences of the storm are contributing to increased poverty, deprivation, isolation, malnutrition and related morbidity and mortality.
And for healthcare professionals, the situation has been a nightmare: the request to focus on COVID-19 as a priority; redistribution of healthcare workers into clinical duties; devoting all their energy to preventing, diagnosing and treating this new disease, with limited possibilities to rest and enjoy their family. All this whilst observing an unprecedented pressure on the health system and seeing many colleagues admitted (3.8% in China, 6% in the UK, 10% in Spain) and, unfortunately, dying.
A common occurrence that has been the subject of debate in several medical journals is the rapid reorganisation of health systems to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and reducing/cancelling out-patient activities and non-urgent clinical activities (e.g. screening and follow-up activities, elective surgery, etc.). Another important shift was to substitute, in whichever way possible, clinical examinations and "in person" meetings with phone consultations and web-based activities.
In many countries, pulmonologists, and infectious disease and public health experts (those also involved in tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care) together with ICU specialists are or have been re-deployed to the frontline to fight COVID-19.
COVID-19 and TB services
A modelling analysis commissioned by the STOP TB Partnership (Geneva, Switzerland) has indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic is deeply affecting the efforts of TB services in prevention, case detection and management. This is particularly evident in resource-limited settings, but can also be seen to varying degrees in resource-rich settings. As a result, an increase in TB incidence and mortality is expected in the future, potentially compromising the results achieved so far and delaying the End TB Strategy timelines.
Discussion about the association between COVID-19 and TB is ongoing. Analysis of two cohorts of co-infected patients has shown that COVID-19 can appear before, simultaneously or after TB (and this includes patients with post-TB treatment sequelae) and that mortality is higher amongst elderly TB patients with pre-existing comorbidities.
Two interesting topics are generating a great deal of scientific debate: the effects of TB on the quality of life (QoL) of TB patients with or without COVID-19 before, during and after anti-TB treatment (with the need for pulmonary rehabilitation); and the potential offered by web-based approaches to TB management.
We aim to discuss these two areas by presenting two articles that appear in this issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), and by making a rapid review of the evidence available on TB, QoL and TB rehabilitation in the literature by searching on Medline, as well as in the grey literature. The keywords "quality of life", "pulmonary rehabilitation" and "tuberculosis" were used without any time limits.
TB, QoL and pulmonary rehabilitation
51 records were identified, including a review focused on the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with post-treatment sequelae, five original articles and one case report, reporting both pre- and post-TB rehabilitation information for at least one core examination (i.e. spirometry, walking test, QoL tests). The studies all reported in English, were conducted in four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America) with a small sample size (1–64 patients) and 50% of them were on an in-patient basis. The 6-min walking test (6MWT) or equivalent was conducted in all studies, as well as QoL tests. The mean distance covered with the 6MWT was significantly higher after pulmonary rehabilitation, ranging 11–110 m.
Spirometry was conducted in five studies and demonstrated improvement in the core spirometry parameters (forced expiratory volume in 1 s and forced vital capacity) after pulmonary rehabilitation, although age and smoking habits differed in the studies.
Among the main messages of the existing review, we underline: 1) the high proportion of patients with post-TB treatment sequelae with a limited capacity to perform exercise and a poor QoL; 2) the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in improving walking distance (6MWT), the QoL assessment and core spirometry parameters; and 3) the need for further research.
The importance of QoL in TB has increased over time. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".
Therefore, QoL has a precise role in the WHO-recommended vision of "people-centred care", which is built in to the End TB Strategy.
The traditional vision of national TB programmes focused on improving treatment success rates more than on individual post-treatment wellbeing, largely due to historical funding constraints. In recent years, and before the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more countries (beginning with Brazil, Russia, South Africa and other intermediate-income countries) have shown an interest in rehabilitation for post-treatment sequelae due to increased access to funding and technology.
Among the different QoL tools reported in the literature, there are generic questionnaires such as the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and its shortened version with 12 questions, or specific tools such as the St Georges's Respiratory Questionnaire that are specifically used to investigate QoL in chronic respiratory diseases (tables 2 and 3).
Generic tools to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic respiratory diseases
Tools to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for specific chronic respiratory diseases
QoL, treatment outcomes and the EUROHIS-QOL questionnaire
Amongst the available questionnaires, the EuroQol 5 Dimensions and the SF-36, which are used to calculate quality adjusted life years have been also used in TB. Unfortunately, they cannot capture the economic and social "areas" that are important for TB, given its relationship with poverty and isolation.
The WHO QoL group developed a 100-item questionnaire able to capture different QoL aspects in different cultural environments and with different languages. Shorter versions were also developed for operational research and clinical use, such as the 24-question WHOQOL-BREF and the eight-question EUROHIS-QOL questionnaire. Both tools assess the four QoL core dimensions that are relevant for TB patients: physical health, psychological health, social interactions and satisfaction with living conditions, including economic QoL. The EUROHIS-QOL is a brief questionnaire with the potential of retaining the psychometric properties of WHOQOL-BREF; however, it has only been used to evaluate QoL in a few conditions.
In this issue of the ERJ, Datta et al. report on QoL and treatment outcomes in a case–control, nested cohort of patients. The study was performed in different settings (rural and urban) in Peru and involved: 1545 patients, these were individuals >15 years of age who were initiating anti-TB treatment in community health centres; 3180 "contacts", these were individuals who reported sharing a patient's household for >6 h per week in the 2 weeks preceding the patient commencing anti-TB treatment; and 277 "controls", individuals who were randomly selected from within the same communities. The sample size, evaluated post hoc, ensured >90% power at the 95% significance level to detect a 4-point QoL score difference in patients versus controls, and a 1-point difference in contacts versus controls.
The study results indicate that the EUROHIS-QOL eight-item questionnaire is a valid instrument to measure general QoL in TB patients. The vast majority of patients completed it, showing that the questionnaire is reliable and therefore a valid tool to evaluate QoL in these patients. Importantly, patients with TB (and especially multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB) had lower QoL than community controls as far as TB symptoms and psychosocial QoL dimensions were concerned. TB patients with lower QoL at diagnosis were less likely to complete their TB treatment cycle and survive. The study also allowed for the evaluation of QoL among the patient's household contacts.
This study shows that programmatic QoL evaluation is feasible and can be conducted with simplified tools to improve the outcomes of TB and MDR-TB treatment.
Adherence and e-health
Adherence is a core component of TB treatment, as the traditional dogma of TB control is that rapid and effective treatment is the best preventive measure to reduce infectiousness and break the chain of transmission within the community.
From this perspective, good adherence is key to ensuring a high success rate at the end of treatment, and directly observed therapy (DOT) or its electronic version, video-observed therapy (VOT), are important tools to supporting this.
In this issue of the ERJ, Ravenscroft et al. evaluate the effectiveness of VOT for the first time in low- and middle-income countries. The authors evaluated the effectiveness and patient cost-difference of VOT by comparing VOT with clinic-based DOT in Moldova. The study was designed as a two-arm randomised trial, including 98 cases (VOT group) and 99 controls (DOT group) with observed medication adherence (measured by the number of days per 2-week period that a patient failed to be observed taking medication).
The authors found that VOT significantly decreased non-adherence by 4 days per 2-week period (5.24 days missed per 2-week period for DOT and 1.29 for VOT). From an economic perspective, VOT patients spent approximately €25 and 58 h less on their treatment than DOT patients. As in the majority of DOT studies, no significant improvements were seen amongst VOT patients with regard to treatment success, patient wellbeing or patient employment status.
The main messages of this study are: VOT is feasible in an Eastern European setting, it saves patients' time and money and increases satisfaction. These results are useful and justify larger studies (the sample size was relatively small) that evaluate programmatic feasibility. This is even more relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the prevention of transmission and the need to focus on essential services has reduced the volume of outpatient activities. This, unfortunately, is affecting TB activities in several countries. An additional important result is the increase in the reporting of adverse events. This needs to be seen as a positive "effect" of VOT, which allows otherwise unemerging adverse events to be reported, as recommended by WHO.
A lack of staff, protective equipment, tests and drugs are all well known in the management of TB in diverse settings; this has now unfortunately spread to other programmes and systems. COVID-19 will invariably affect the lung health of many and potentially lead to a greater incidence of TB over the coming years. It is already evident that the pandemic has delayed our ambitious End-TB Strategy timelines, so that greater attention and investments will now be needed to control TB.
The rehabilitation and QoL of TB patients is gaining traction as we understand that patients continue to have sequelae beyond TB treatment completion, and more effort is required to improve QoL and raise life expectancy in this group of patients.
COVID-19 is radically changing the way we manage TB in the immediate future and is forcing us to accelerate the adoption of digital innovations that simplify and facilitate the workload of healthcare workers. COVID-19 has also unmasked and laid bare several vulnerabilities already well known in the TB world; innovation and digital technologies will need to be adopted to help us get back on track.
The authors wish to thank Rosella Centis and Lia D'Ambrosio for their technical support in drafting the article and for their useful comments on the manuscript.
Conflict of interest: D. Visca has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: S. Tiberi has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: E. Pontali has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: A. Spanevello has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: G.B. Migliori has nothing to disclose.
Received May 26, 2020.
Accepted May 29, 2020.
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How to turn soot into clean energy
A group of American engineers has improved the efficiency of solar cookers using a carbon particle absorber.
Is it possible to make a pollutant dangerous for the environment and health an active element of the ecological transition? According to new American research, yes.
A group of engineers from the University of Houston (USA) and the Intercultural Indigenous University of Michoacán (Mexico) found a how to use soot in clean energy production.
This carbonaceous particulate matter, obtained from the combustion of organic matter, causes a series of health and technological problems. But in the research carried out by professors Francisco Robles-Hernández and Luis Bernardo López-Sosa, it has become a tool of efficiency. The scientists used the soot to improve the performance and efficiency of solar cookersdevices that use the heat of the sun to heat, cook or pasteurize food and drink.
The best materials for absorbing this heat are usually dark-colored carbon compounds, such as graphene or nanotubes. Better, but also more expensive. The team therefore decided to turn to a cheaper and more readily available alternative.
Soot production does not require energy as it is an abundant by-product and its circular reuse helps reduce the carbon footprint. The cost is almost zero, making it cost effective and ideal for solar conversion.
Francisco Robles-Hernandez
Scientists created pellets and flat liners from soot extracted from burnt wood and found that, in most cases, they had even better heat-absorbing properties than their more high-tech counterparts.
To test their invention, the team designed a solar cooker capable of reaching up to 204°C. The production cost of the device? About 150 dollars, while the new soot coating costs only 1 dollar per square meter. At the same time, it has 96% more solar absorption capacity than commercial products.
Researchers say the soot-based heat-absorbing materials could be used in solar stills, heating pipes, water purifiers and industrial drying processes.
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Did the COP21 summit meet the expectations?
The COP21 summit in Paris started out with great expectations but, eventually, did it meet these expectations?
On 12 December 2015, 196 countries committed to a universal pledge to reduce their carbon footprint. This is already a success in itself.
This international agreement aims to limit global warming to +2°C and has the even more ambitious target of pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C. Furthermore, by 2050, we should all be living in a carbon-neutral world. Another positive result of this agreement lies in the increased collective awareness of climate change issues and the linked recognition of the sense of urgency to move to a low-carbon world.
It was confirmed to investors that environmental issues would gather greater momentum and assume more significant materiality.
However, this ambitious diplomatic agreement is not (yet) binding. At this stage, there are no enforceable sanctions if targets are not reached but there is that implicit pressure from the parties (name & shame) and monitoring & reporting foreseen every 5 years. The agreement also foresees technological and financial support for developing countries to help them contribute to the international efforts. If this doesn't materialize (100 bn USD annual provision foreseen by 2020),developing countries can use their get-out clause.
There is still a whole series of operational aspects which need to be discussed and answered at COP22 in November 2016 in Marrakech in order to capitalise on all the good intentions.
In the meantime, Candriam's SRI approach is highly relevant. We do not only monitor the carbon footprint of our SRI portfolios, we also surpass industry standards: our proprietary in-depth analysis of companies in all sectors examines both the carbon intensity of a company's business model and environmental practices across all operations. By selecting companies that are environmental leaders in their field we are driving better eco-efficiency and fostering the transition to clean or renewable energy, while simultaneously creating positive peer pressure on other companies in the sector to do the same.


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Natalia Slat passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 unexpectedly at her home in Kelowna, BC. She was 88 years old. She leaves behind her husband Frank, whom she was married to for 56 years.
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When bringing home a newborn, both adoptive and non-adoptive parents, often take a few weeks to settle in at home and get to know each other, limiting outside interests and work commitments. Adoptive parents bringing home a new child, regardless of age, should follow the same guidelines and allow time and space to bond. Here are 10 things adoptive parents should do when bringing their child home for the first time.
If time allows, here are a few things to do in advance of your child's arrival.
Prepare the child's bedroom and gather bedding, clothing & diapering necessities. Be sure to make your home safe if you are bringing home a crawling baby, curious toddler, active preschooler or young school-ager by childproofing electrical outlets, toilets, cords, blinds and doors.
Stock the freezer with meals or ask a friend to plan a meal train for a daily meal delivery from friends and family. Be sure to let family & friends know that during the first few weeks you plan to limit the social interactions of your child and visits may not include time with your child.
Select a pediatrician and schedule an appointment for 2 weeks after you get home (unless there is a medical circumstance that requires quick intervention). Call your healthcare insurance provider and find out what is needed to add your child to your insurance.
Research and determine a child care plan, especially if both parents are working outside the home. Let the provider know when you will begin and enroll your child in advance.
Adoption professionals recommend you spend quality bonding time with your newly adopted child. This means minimizing events such as going to church, grocery shopping, errand running or visiting public places where your child might be touched or overstimulated. Avoid a "Welcome Home Party" or other large event until you've been home for a month or two.
It is recommended that you allow time for a season of 'intense therapeutic parenting'; also called cocooning. The rule of thumb is that for every year your child was not in your home, you should cocoon for one month. If it all possible, take family leave from work in order to facilitate bonding. If you are going back to work or you have a preschooler, once the cocooning period is over, transition your child in a daycare, preschool or school over the course of a few days.
Predictability leads to feelings of safety and trust for all children. When basic needs are met in a consistent and loving way, children are free to trust the caregiver. You can achieve this by creating a schedule in your home for meals, naps, bedtime and grooming so your child can anticipate your willingness and ability to meet his/her needs. This is how a secure attachment is fostered.
Routines create trust too. Create routines for meals and bedtime. Here's an example for a toddler/preschooler bedtime routine; a clean diaper, pajamas, teeth brushing, book reading, lights out, bottle, quiet songs, snuggles and goodnight kisses. Every family does things differently, so find your rhythm and stick to it. Your child will learn how things work in your family and that knowledge will make them feel safe and confident he/she belongs.
During the cocoon time, don't worry about forming bad habits or correcting existing ones. This is not the time to get rid of the bottle, ditch the pacifier, establish healthy eating or try potty training. If your child wakes in the night and you have to check in several times, it's ok. You are not spoiling your child. Your goal is to help your child feel safe. This is the time where you teach your child that you are available and willing to meet your child's need. When hungry, feed your child, even if that means cheerios and chicken nuggets for weeks. When scared, pick up your little one. When crying, hold your child and offer compassion and kindness. When you see off-track behavior with an older child, check in and ask how your child is feeling and ash what might be needed to help feel safe. If a little one needs to sleep in your room for a few weeks, it's okay. You have a lifetime to teach your child many life lessons. The first life lesson is trust.
Be kind to yourself. You will not get it all right. You are a parent now! You will mess-up a whole bunch of times. You will lose your patience. You will yell. You will feel inadequate. You will be inconsistent. It's all normal. If your child's first lesson is trust, your first lesson as a parent is self-forgiveness. Parenting is crazy hard. It just is. That is true for everyone, but especially a new, adoptive parent. When you blow it, remind yourself that you are doing a hard thing and that mistakes are normal. Let yourself know you are forgiven. Give yourself the freedom to start fresh. There is always tomorrow.
Darlynn Childress is the founder of Parenting the Whole Child, a resource designed to equip and empower parents. Parenting Path, parents learn 4 steps to successfully navigate tricky parenting moments: calm, connect, limit set and correct. Darlynn works as a parenting coach for adoptive & non-adoptive parents throughout the country and speaks widely in Los Angeles. She is the mother of two sons, adopted from Russia, and lives in Los Angeles.


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The main function is anti-theft or anti loss for your items.
1. Find keys, bags and other valuable items & a missing reminder.
2. Run App in IOS5 or Android 4.3 or newer, the device will beep till you find the lost item after you touch the find me icon in service ready status.
3. Put the device in your bag, when the mobile phone and bag move out of a specified range, both the mobile phone and the device will beep to alert you. Mobile phones can have different sounds and vibrations to remind you.
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To give you the double protection, note the tracker and mobile phone will beep if the tracker is beyond the preset range.
When the mobile phone reconnects with the tracker, the phone will beep. When you're waiting for your luggage in the airport, you can do anything you want while you're waiting once your luggage appears, your phone will notify you.
The app will record the location information and mark on the inbuilt map where the tracker disconnected with your phone just follow the location and find it back.
Lost the connection with your belongings? Don't worry our app will record the location, and all our app user scans functions will help to find it. When the user finds the missing item, the app will send the location information.
1. How far is the connection range between the phone and the patch?
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Schools welcome new spending but universities are left with unanswered questions
December 8, 2021 /in Latest News /by admin
Russell Tilsed – Senior Director of Public Services at 8×8, shares his thoughts on the 2021 Autumn budget, what it means for education, and how universities can stay top of the class.
In his Autumn budget statement, Rishi Sunak declared that he would bring spending on education, in real terms, back to 2010 levels – promising an extra £4.7 billion for schools by 2024/5. While this cash boost will certainly be welcome in schools across the UK, it's worth remembering that in effect, it is only undoing past cuts. The fact that the extra cash equates to £1,500 per pupil serves to illustrate how far spending had fallen behind.
As Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: "This still represents no growth in school funding for 15 years… school and college budgets are very thinly stretched, and the financial situation continues to be extremely difficult."
The increase in spending for schools will be accompanied by an additional £1.8 billion for recovery and catch up over the next three years, however, helping schools to recuperate from 10 years of cuts. A new £560 million fund to support numeracy in adults will support the Government's stated goal of 'leveling up' life chances across the country. And the continued support for the T levels, a new range of vocational courses 16–19-year old's, will help address the UK's skills gap.
The one area that seems to have been left behind, though, is Higher Education. There is no mention in the budget of extra cash for universities. As David Hughes, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges said: "Government's consistent refusal to increase the funding per student post-16 is baffling. The funding per adult will not have gone up in 14 years by the end of 2024/25, unlike in schools where per pupil funding will match 2010/11 levels in real terms."
The UK is rightly proud to be home to 28 of the world's top 500 universities (second only to the United States) including the world's number one, Oxford. However, in 2021, the UK saw 36 of its universities drop down the rankings while 28 rose. Other countries – notably China, Australia and Canada – made significant gains. If the UK is to keep its place at the top of the league table, the UK government should provide funding to help universities and colleges to modernize their infrastructures and improve and evolve staff and student experiences to deliver better educational outcomes.
One sure way to enhance experiences for staff and students is by leveraging digital technology to create a connected campus. Modern unified communications tools can help universities re-imagine the way students, staff and lectures connect with each other. Some of the benefits include:
The ability for admin, lecturers, and students to connect from anywhere, on any device
The ability to conduct remote seminars and one-to-ones through Microsoft Teams
The option for students to attend lectures through video – either live, or recorded
Extra support for clearing week with short-term 'pop-up' omni-channel contact centres
A secure and reliable network
Real time engagement for students and parents through integrated chat, voice, and video
Ease of management for all communications channels through a single console
UK universities must not be left behind in the current digital revolution. During the first lockdown schools, from primary to higher education, quickly adjusted and delivered education in new ways. The learnings from these experiences provide an excellent foundation for building the way forward.
It is not just technology, but also the ability to use the technology that determines effectiveness. Now is the time to ensure universities have the skill sets, technology and processes that extend recent adaptations into permanent methods of increasing affordable access to education. Achieving this will require a sustained commitment to funding digital transformations that improve organisational resilience, reimagine education delivery, and transform the staff and student experience.
If the UK is to remain at the forefront of higher education, the government must continue to invest more in universities and help them remain leaders on this important topic.
About 8×8
8×8, Inc. (NYSE: EGHT) is transforming the future of business communications as a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of 8×8 XCaaS™ (eXperience Communications as a Service™), an integrated contact center, voice communications, video, chat and API solution built on one global cloud communications platform. 8×8 uniquely eliminates the silos between Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) to power the communications requirements of all employees globally as they work together to deliver differentiated customer experiences. For additional information, visit www.8×8.com, or follow 8×8 on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
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About Russell Tilsed, Senior Director – Public Sector, 8×8
With over 20 years of industry experience, Russell leads the 8×8 team of cloud communications experts dedicated to the public sector. Since joining 8×8 in 2010, Russell has partnered with IT leaders in the NHS, local and central government organisations to design and deploy cloud communication solutions that underpin their ability to digitally transform and ensure reliable service delivery.
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In her Indie Beauty Profile, Ursula Snyder, founder of DU NORD SKIN CARE, describes how she has created a brand that respects the land. Hers is an eco-lux skin care line with a levelheaded lifestyle approach to branding, packaging, formulation, and overall business strategy. Despite being an industry outsider, Snyder has intuitively chosen ingredients that are very much in line with current and future luxury, natural skin care trends.
DU NORD SKIN CARE products are formulated with ingredients such as tree bark extracts, leaf waters, essential oil from Spruce needles, and glacial clay—all sourced from the Canadian ecozone.
It's not uncommon for clean, green, and natural beauty brands to draw on stories of climate, terrain, or the wisdom of indigenous peoples. In this way, DU NORD SKIN CARE is not an exceptional brand.
But Ursula Snyder is making products with naturals from the North that work for peoples skin and for their lives. It's a brand that meets sophisticated, environmentally conscious consumers where they are and invites them into the world of luxury skin care.
Here, Snyder shares a profile of herself and the brand.
Cash flow: I have funded the business with my own savings, a business line of credit, and with family assistance. I own the business as sole proprietor and have no investors. I received one small travel assistance grant in 2018 to attend the Beauty and Money Summit in New York City in September 2018.
Of course, DU NORD SKIN CARE ultimately has to be a viable enterprise, but what is most important is that my customers feel they are indeed receiving extraordinary value for their money. I've received remarkable feedback—principally that using DU NORD SKIN CARE products has led to visible and significant improvements in my customers' skin and that they love the scents and feel of the products. That is worth everything to me.
Indie how? I consider an indie beauty brand one that has been developed by a single person, or small group of people, on the basis of a powerful vision or mission to satisfy a personal care / beauty need or desire. Generally, this vision has arisen from a profoundly personal experience. It is a brand that at the outset has no ties, financial or otherwise, to any major company involved in personal care / beauty manufacture, distribution, marketing and sales. It is often a wild, daring and heartfelt experiment! An indie beauty brand is generally of interest to a more select group of potential consumers.
Team work: 0 employees. At this stage, I am the creative driver, scientist / research director, formulator, tech, janitor, and sales and marketing team…. I do have a general accountant for assistance at tax time, but otherwise I also handle all the financial aspects.
Distribution: Currently, I sell nationally and globally via my ecommerce website dunordskincare.com and locally on an individual customer basis. I have no retail or wholesale markets.
Years in beauty: I have no prior experience in the beauty industry. My educational background is in pure science (I have a BSc in physics and a PhD in molecular biology). My >30 years of professional experience has revolved around health and wellness (particularly for women) and social determinants of health. I worked as a science and medical writer/editor for many years and held senior editorial positions in medical communications companies from 1993 to 2006. I've worked also in the physical fitness industry since my twenties and continue to do so.
Years at DU NORD SKIN CARE: I began R&D early in 2014.
Entrepreneurial experience: I've been running Ketch Harbour Yoga for almost 12 years. But, to be frank, this experience has not been so relevant for DU NORD SKIN CARE. KHY is a very simple (also one-woman) operation; DU NORD SKIN CARE has emerged as terribly complex!
The business: DU NORD SKIN CARE manufactures, in a small-scale production process, a seven-product line of luxury, natural skin care based nearly exclusively on northern plant-based ingredients. The products are designed to be suitable for all skin colors and genders. They are vegan, cruelty-free and eco-responsible.
The wow-factor: DU NORD SKIN CARE offers an unusual, sophisticated and luxurious sensual opportunity to delight in the beauty and phytochemical potency of northern plants; an effective way to take care of one's skin, naturally and eco-responsibly; a way to foster one's own well-being and that of the planet.
DU NORD SKIN CARE is not a "Nordic inspired" brand but a much more inclusive and nature-inspired Northern brand. DU NORD SKIN CARE features ingredients derived from northern plants that have a history of use in medicine and skin care by Indigenous peoples of North America and Eurasia and traditional European cultures as well as innovative northern-plant based ingredients that have been developed with sustainable and eco-responsible processing technologies.
Each product in the facial skincare line has a distinct skin-care function and contains ingredients based on northern plants native, or long-adapted, to a particular Canadian ecozone, a northern region that spans many countries, or a northern plant habitat.
In addition, DU NORD SKIN CARE is a member of 1% for the Planet, so one percent of all sales go to environmental organizations particularly concerned with the care and protection of northern plant biodiversity and habitat. DU NORD SKIN CARE is a clean, green, ethical brand offered by an indie beauty company for whom authenticity, integrity, and transparency are foundational.
DU NORD SKIN CARE offers a simply wonderful and holistic way to help put one's best face forward and to feel good in one's skin!
The customer: A bit more unusual perhaps than typical for the beauty industry. Only due to lack of experience, I didn't set out to imagine a target consumer other than someone who wanted clean, green, ethical and effective skin care first and foremost and beyond that a brand that was unique—someone who might find a brand based on northern botanicals worth a try.
My vision for a target consumer has emerged from my current base of customers as follows: Someone, aged >35 - 70, generally in a top middle/lower-upper income bracket who is more likely to currently work in a field that requires creative and analytic thinking, who traditionally may not be a high-end beauty consumer but is a person who cares considerably about their overall health, wellness and appearance.
They feel they deserve lovely ways to take care of themselves physically and emotionally and are accustomed to buying high-quality consumer products that reflect their values and taste. Sustainability and eco-responsibility, unique manifestations of creativity and/or evidence-based efficacy, and beauty / design are important factors in their purchasing considerations. They are motivated to purchase DU NORD SKIN CARE because they are intrigued by its basis on northern botanicals; its unique bringing together of nature, science and art / design—from the formulations to the packaging and branding—and by its emphasis on eco-responsible luxury.
This consumer wants to see and feel positive results for their skin and experience a sense of well-being—that their skin-care ritual performs and allows for a bit of relaxation and delight. They demand extraordinary value for their money. If even in a small way, the DU NORD SKIN CARE brand reflects who they are and how they want to be seen, and are seen, in the world.
Advice for fellow beauty entrepreneurs: Take a business course that you have to be present for physically and that includes entrepreneurs from a wide variety of businesses who are at different stages of growth and development.
For example, I am taking a series of courses related to exporting. The conversations I've had with other entrepreneurs have been extraordinary. I have learned more from them and their experiences than I could have imagined.
Just one: Asked about her go-to product, Snyder says it's the DU NORD SKIN CARE PRAIRIE Serum. I use it twice a day, every day.
Outside of my own brand, I am obsessed with fine perfume. Right now Le Labo's Santal 33 is my go-to.


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Royal nanny Maria Borrallo is 'firm and strict' but loves the kids
Nobody solves a problem like Maria
Prince William and Kate Middleton's children are said to have their very own Mary Poppins in the form of nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo.
The Spanish-born childcare professional lives at Kensington Palace with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and helps them raise Prince George, Princess Charlotte and their new little brother Prince Louis.
She also travels with them on all royal tours and excursions.
The royal nanny is said to be a big fan of parks with duck ponds, and her favourite places to visit with the future King and his siblings include Hyde Park and Bucklebury Farm Park.
While she enjoys having fun with the children, she's apparently no pushover.
"Maria loves the children dearly," a source told PEOPLE. "She can be firm and strict, but she is very loving and soft with them too."
You might recognise her as the woman holding the excited royal tots in the window of Buckingham Palace during the 100th birthday celebrations of the Royal Air Force and the 2015 Trooping the Colour parade.
She was also present at the recent Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
In fact, Borrallo has had a prime seat at numerous royal events, and is often seen sporting the traditional uniform of Norland College, the prestigious university where she received her education in childcare.
The 1950s-style nurses dress - complete with gloves, brown lace-up shoes and a bowler hat - is reminiscent of Mary Poppins, and was introduced by the college to set their professional alumni apart from other members of the help.
Borrallo was photographed in the iconic uniform at Princess Charlotte's christening in 2015, where she appeared to share a joke with Queen Elizabeth.
Having a "Norland Nanny" is said to be the ultimate status symbol among Britain's elite.
The prestigious college in the UK town of Bath has been training nannies for the rich and famous since 1892, and the curriculum includes sewing, cooking and nappy-changing, as well as self-defence and social media education.
The rules governing the Royal Family's relationships, behaviour and weddings


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Prime Legal > Blog > Blog > Wronged party cannot be expected to continue with the matrimonial relationship, if defamed: Supreme Court of India
Wronged party cannot be expected to continue with the matrimonial relationship, if defamed: Supreme Court of India
For the sake of protection of matrimonial persistent efforts made to undermine the dignity and reputation of the spouse cannot be justified. In circumstances like this, the wronged party cannot be expected to continue with the matrimonial relationship and can seek separation. Supreme Court of India in the case of Joydeep Majumdar vs. Bharti Jaiswal Majumdar [CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 3786-3787 OF 2020] set aside the judgment of the High Court while upholding the orders of the Family Court. Judgment was taken by the bench of Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, and Justice Hrishikesh Roy.
In the instant case, an appeal had been made by the appellant challenging the judgment passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand whereas in the Family Court, the appellant had succeeded with his case for dissolution of marriage but the respondent failed to secure a favorable verdict in her petition for restitution of conjugal rights. The appellant was an Army Officer and the respondent (Wife) was a faculty of Government PG College, Tehri with a Ph.D. degree. They had married each other on 27-9-2006 and lived together for few months at Vishakhapatnam and at Ludhiana. But from the initial days of married life, differences cropped up because of which the couple started to live apart. The appellant had earlier filed for divorce and the respondent for the Restitution of Conjugal Rights.
In the divorce proceeding, the appellant had pleaded that he was subjected to numerous malicious complaints by the respondent which affected his career and loss of reputation, resulting in mental cruelty. On the other hand, the respondent in her case for restitution of conjugal rights contended that the husband without any reasonable cause had deserted her and accordingly she pleaded for direction to the appellant, for the resumption of matrimonial life. The Family Court had allowed the appellant's suit for dissolution of marriage and simultaneously dismissed the respondent's petition for restitution of conjugal rights. But in the High Court, the decree for dissolution of marriage was set aside and the respondent's suit for restitution of conjugal rights was allowed.
In the Apex Court, the appellant's counsel argued that the respondent had irreparably damaged the reputation and mental peace of the appellant. Therefore, the appellant could not be compelled to resume matrimonial life with the respondent, in the face of such unfounded allegations and cruel treatment. However, the respondent was ready to resume her matrimonial life.
Observing the arguments and contentions of both the parties, the Court stated that "For considering dissolution of marriage at the instance of a spouse who alleged mental cruelty, the result of such mental cruelty must be such that it is not possible to continue with the matrimonial relationship. The wronged party cannot be expected to condone such conduct and continue to live with his/her spouse. The degree of tolerance will vary from one couple to another and the Court will have to bear in mind the background, the level of education, and also the status of the parties, in order to determine whether the cruelty alleged is sufficient to justify the dissolution of marriage, at the instance of the wronged party."
The SC bench observed that the respondent tried to make several defamatory complaints to the appellant's superiors in the Army for which, a Court of inquiry was held by the Army authorities against the appellant; which affected the appellant's career. Hence, the Supreme Court dismissed the respondent's application for restitution of conjugal rights and held their marriage dissolved on the above-stated grounds.
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El cantón de Sigoulès era una división administrativa francesa, que estaba situada en el departamento de Dordoña y la región de Aquitania.

Composición
El cantón estaba formado por quince comunas:
 Cunèges
 Flaugeac
 Gageac-et-Rouillac
 Gardonne
 Lamonzie-Saint-Martin
 Mescoules
 Monbazillac
 Monestier
 Pomport
 Razac-de-Saussignac
 Ribagnac
 Rouffignac-de-Sigoulès
 Saussignac
 Sigoulès
 Thénac

Supresión del cantón de Sigoulès

En aplicación del Decreto n.º 2014-218 de 21 de febrero de 2014, el cantón de Sigoulès fue suprimido el 22 de marzo de 2015 y sus 15 comunas pasaron a formar parte; trece del nuevo cantón de Sur de Bergerac y dos del nuevo cantón de País de la Force.

Referencias

Sigoulès

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Marketing is an uncomfortable topic for many start-ups and small companies. Without the budget to engage the titans of advertising — public relations and campaign automation — many small business owners default to a very passive approach, spending everything on a Web site and waiting for something good to happen.
But could you do more?
Realistically, what could a business do if it only had $1,000 dollars to spend on marketing? What if it was only $100? Can you really achieve anything with that investment?
The short answer is yes. Even with just $100, the most important thing you can do, especially in today's consumer-driven economy, is get closer to your customer. It doesn't take a lot of money to start a conversation and begin building a community.
In fact, spending every cent of that $100 on sandwiches and coffee may get you further than $1,000 spent on emails, ads and promotions.
1. Get closer to your audience.
Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs spend a lot of time and effort trying to automate and digitize their marketing efforts. This ends up separating them from the very prospects they hope to turn into customers.
And while there is nothing wrong with Google Adwords or Facebook ads, there is no substitute for seeking out customers, prospects and early adopters and asking for their advice directly.
In fact, you may learn that some of the tried-and-true marketing efforts aren't even appropriate for the customers you are trying to reach, saving you the effort and dollars before they are even spent.
The best marketing campaigns are interactive at heart – they offer consumers an opportunity to engage with a brand. Gone are the days of one-way marketing messages that "convince" a customer to purchase a product or service.
Strive to first understand and establish relationships with your customers before you even discuss the products or changes you are considering. If you can speak to the deeper unmet needs of your customer, you can create a vision that drives your business.
You will learn through your conversations how to develop compelling human stories that make your brand relatable, shareable and interesting.
Be prepared to sustain the relationships you create through meetings and interactions. Now that your prospects have been heard and understood, they have a vested interest in the outcome.
Report on your progress, tout new offerings that align with their feedback and plan follow-up interactions to cement their status as foundational customers. Don't be afraid to show them your ideas before they are completely done.
This is one of the best ways to get feedback and make your customers feel like they are part of what has been created. This early tribe of customers becomes the nucleus to help you spread your message and move your company forward.
A recommendation from this type of customer is worth far more than the dollars you can spend on any marketing campaign.
In the end, a successful marketing campaign depends less on how much money you spend than on how smartly you spend whatever money you have. That's good news for small businesses who are committed to connecting with customers the right way.
Eric Holtzclaw is the founder and CEO of Laddering Works and author of Laddering: Unlocking the Potential of Consumer Behavior.


250s Should not be in with the 600s unless allowed to be kit up or racings versions allowed. No production base 250 is going to be able beat a street legal 600 regardless of the rider. Its simple math really, all the classes round the world have a 2 to1 ratio. Twice the two-stroke cc for the four-strokes. The GP125 rules have this ratio and the rest of class need to follow. (GP125: up to 125cc single cylinder 2-stroke or 250cc 4-stroke) Lets not complicate the rest of the classes and use this ratio though out.
I know there's also issue with number of cylinders. In AMA and WorldSBK Twins have higher cc's than 4-cylinders due to the increased power the extra cylinders help to produce. If we use this in conjuction with the 2 to 1 ratio the two-stroke twin equavilent would be a 400cc bike.
Of course this is how I feel and yes I'm not planning to race in this class this year but I do want to see a good race. One set of principles should apply to all classes.
As it shows here... the two stroke twins can be up to 515cc to compete against the inline 4 -600 cc production bikes (emphasing that all models are production models of bikes which had more then 1000 units produced) which are generally speaking allowed displacement up to 650cc (but can not be altered from orginial production cc as stated in the rules books of associations such as WERA and CCS).
On that note.. the 250cc production bikes such as the Aprilia RS250 and the NSR250 are allowed to be modified... There are no restrictions on modifying the bikes with respect to upgrades to performance parts. The concept of a CC increase is a valid argument based on international regulations.
What are your views of this outlay?
That sounds good our rules should reflect what other racing organizations are using. We have to remeber that its a spectators sport as well and we should have even play field for everyone. I enjoy watching the underdog, it makes for a good show.
Another option is two run the two classes together but have to seperate scoring systems. Rule book is lookin sloppy why is it sayin no slicks allowed for mostly all the classes i do not understand this. But then in one section is says racing tires must be used i consider slicks (cut slicks) to be all the same thing just there is more contact area. It all depends on the rider on which he must use but im guesing all of these thigns will be cleared up wednesday.
In response to your first statement you are correct... a 250cc 2-stroke street production bike will not be able to compete evenually with a 600inline 4 four-stroke motorcycle. This has been revisited with respect to the merger of the classes and the above restrictions will be put forth to both the committee and the club members on wednedays meeting. A GP (grand prix) machine would not be allowed in such a class as both the formula class and the superbike class are based on "Street Production" machines only (feel free to review international rules in wera or ccs).
With respect to the slicks.. the superbike classification WILL be using slicks. Which other classifications are you referring to that are limited to not using slicks (no tread tires) that you believe should be allowed?
On the subject of the merger of the two classifications; The formula classification and the superbike classification have been merged on the basis that there are not and have not been enough participants in the formula class. There needs to be a minimum of 5 registered riders for there to be a classification. Upon merging the classes the rules have not been extensively visited hence a discussion of the rulebook by members on Wednesday. The regulations above will be put forward for the members review.
Ok, well what about the other bikes in the formula class that are not street production, as in my supermoto ? A modified 450 four stroke. And i believe Paul D. bought in a 520. Where would we fall??
Also, the 600 class is like the elite class. Mixing the formula class in there may take away from their racing. What you Think??
Should be here in 2 or 3 weeks, YZF450 with all the goodies. Race motor and suspension. Can't wait to lay her over!!!
Was all hyped up to get a CRF450 that i was eyeing up, but then this great deal came through!!
supermoto_chris wrote: Ok, well what about the other bikes in the formula class that are not street production, as in my supermoto ? A modified 450 four stroke. And i believe Paul D. bought in a 520. Where would we fall??
Well I guess if they keep the formula class in with the 600s they would denefitly have to be upgraded. Those class options Cy had posted had some good ideas.
Of course to be realistic these changes should be made next season to give people time to adjust to the rule change. This is not a good time to be debating the rules. This should have been done at the end of last season. For this season the formula class should remain and changes go forward to next year. Same for other classes.
gsaltus wrote: Of course to be realistic these changes should be made next season to give people time to adjust to the rule change. This is not a good time to be debating the rules. This should have been done at the end of last season. For this season the formula class should remain and changes go forward to next year. Same for other classes.
Agreeable in the event that there are sufficient riders to have a "Formula Class"... i.e. Five (5) Registered Riders... In the event that there are not 5 registered riders there can not legitimitely be a Formula Class.
As stated in another post as well... the timeline of rules will be change with respect to rule change suggestions going forward. i.e. Rules for the 2009 season will be confirmed before the end of the 2008 season.
Hey Chris... with respect to the supermoto style bikes they would fall within formula generally speaking with the option of racing in superbike if the two classes were split. Wording such restrictions that limit certain bikes to certain classficiations is always tricky. When stating "street production" the general concept is to not allow machines that a built specifically for "grand prix" racing. i.e. GP125 or GP250 machinery or purpose built 600cc machines for grandprix racing.
All in all classes are designed to put bikes together which are deemed competitive in nature (give or take). Supermoto being newly introduced generally fulls within such classes were multiple styles of motorcycles are put such as the formula classification.
Paul has a KTM 560 and i've heard it is very quick. With a proper rider the super motard riders should feel very competitive against the 600cc motorcycles given a lighterweight chasis and torque produced by the 450F - 560cc singles and/or twins. Look forward to hearing your new 450F roar!
Guess well have to see what kind of lap times the supermoto's are doing in respect to the 600's through the season to get a better idea of how close they are in overall speed, seeing as how this change would be implemented next year.
Dont have a ride wat u talkin bout?
After last nights meeting I thought more on these new rules and the old ones that I could remeber. I realized that the formula class fills the gap between stockmodified and superbike. Those who have supermoto bikes need a proper class to compete in. Sure it was state last night that you should bring the equipment that works down the track, but there are more scramblers on the island than GP bikes. Its easy to convert one to supermoto. The formula Class is perfect for them and on the flip side the class will be more exciting. Have a mix of different machine is fun to watch and at the same time challenges riders. The formula class needs to stay plain and simple.
I agree 100%, but it's just a numbers thing. You would think that with all these scramblers on the island, there would be more supermoto's out racing, but it seems hard to get solid numers at the track every weekend raceday. Even i had bike issues last year and missed races. I spoke to Daniels and he said the only time Formula class doesn't have sufficent numbers (5) to fill the class for a particular raceday, then formula will be bunched with the 600's. So if we have a consistent group every race (cross ya fingers!!), formula will be seperate. At first i thought we were permantly with the 600's, but he clarified to me that it's only the case with insufficent riders.
So yeah guys, I'm not there right now, doin my thing out here in the states getting some tech papers and can't wait to get back racing......speakin of which, I got a new toy out here that I'm bringin back......it's a 1985 CR500......yeah, keeping it real with a 2 stroke!!!! SO, what class you all gonna throw me in NOW!


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Westside Beautyspot: Stern Grove
141 stone steps next to the Trocadero Clubhouse
Sigmund Stern Grove's main entrance is at 19th Ave. and Sloat. This big park (63 or so acres) is a ravine/valley with steep eucalyptus-forested slopes. Multiple other entrances include along Wawona around 23rd and 24th Avenues.
The original landscaping and facilities were built by the Works Progress Administration. The park has plenty of trails and WPA-built stone walls.
Pine Lake is one of three natural lakes left in San Francisco out of 10 originals. Homes above look down on the lake and park from their back windows. There's a delightful trail around the lake. Some of it is cozily enclosed by greenery; you might see ducks on the trail as well as in the water.
"Rabbinoid," a lifesize sculpture of a rabbit in jogging clothes, used to lean against a rock near the lake with a cellphone to his ear, but he's gone now.
The Trocadero Clubhouse (formerly Trocadero Inn) can be rented for day or evening events. This Queen Anne roadhouse was restored around 1930 under the direction of Bernard Maybeck.
The stairways are of rough, uneven stone. The foot of the park's longest stairway (141 steps) begins immediately to the right of the Trocadero.
Unfortunately this whole stairway has always been strewn with trash during my visits, especially bits of paper and broken glass. The rest of the park looks fine; it's just this one stairway that appears to get more than its share of drinkers and litterers. If it looks like this now, what's it gonna look like during the upcoming concerts?
Down the stairway from the top, found a connecting trail partway up and headed towards the direction of Pine Lake, climbing over a fallen tree and enjoying the aroma of eucalyptus, descending just before the parking lot and dog play area.
Lots of places to sit -– low walls, benches, tree trunks, logs, and picnic tables. You'll see ducks, birds, and squirrels.
City Guides hosts free Stern Grove guided tours every third Saturday at 11 a.m.
What this park is most famous for is their free summer concerts and performances in the outdoor amphitheater. These concerts are supported entirely by contributions. Established in 1938, it's the oldest admission-free summer performing arts festival of its kind in the U.S.
This year Stern Grove Festival presents its 74th consecutive season: Sunday concerts from June 19 through August 21 at 2 p.m.
In 2005 the park underwent a $15 million renovation.
The site was donated to the city in 1931 by Rosalie Meyer Stern who named the park for her late husband Sigmund Stern, a philanthropist and nephew of Levi Strauss. In 1932 Stern Grove was dedicated and two weeks later the San Francisco Symphony played the first concert there. Mrs. Stern, then President of the San Francisco Recreation Commission, formed the Stern Grove Festival Association in 1938, stipulating that all concerts were to be free to the public.
After my stroll round the lake, did a few trails on the opposite side of the park.
Not fond of the heavy trafficked wide streets and long traffic lights in this area, still felt like walking around the 'hood a bit after leaving the park. This included a stairway that descends from Ocean and San Leandro to Moncada in the Ingleside (45 steps) and along the edge of St. Francis Wood (with its fountains and distinctive sidewalks) a few blocks before heading back to West Portal to catch a Metro.
Vista Lane: Take the Stairs to Twin Peaks Park
Off the #37 at the Hopkins stop on Burnett, looked up steep Hopkins at the first of two short stairways that begin at Burnett. You can take this one to start, or the one a few yards over to the south.
Started up the south set of steps this time, 40 to the first driveway (foto below). Directly ahead are 102 more steps up to the next actual street, Gardenside Dr.
Climbing Vista Lane's series of stairways can be confusing because between each of the streets, the stairways also cross over driveways. There are multiple apartment buildings in this area of narrow, curving streets, and the driveways and carports here are a necessity.
From Gardenside to the second driveway is 35 steps, then 90 more steps up to the next street, Parkridge.
When you reach Parkridge there are 20 steps to the next driveway, then 69 more to Crestline. So 261 Vista Lane steps from Burnett up to Crestline at Twin Peaks Park if you only count one of the short starting stairways on Burnett. Only one of these is shown as Vista Lane on Google Maps; the other is not shown.
At the top of Crestline (bus stop for the #37 Corbett/Twin Peaks bus here) is a trailhead for Twin Peaks Park directly across the street; the summit marker is very visible. Continue up into the park. There are 93 wood steps to Twin Peaks Blvd.
Descended from the park on winding Twin Peaks Blvd. (hikers need to be careful of cars here) to take my usual route: Twin Peaks Blvd. to Raccoon; Raccoon to Crown Court and the short path out to Crown Terrace; Crown Terrace to the top of Pemberton stairway and down 211 steps from Crown Terrace to Clayton/Corbett. Had lunch on the welcoming bench at the first landing up from the foot.
Be careful when crossing Clayton from the foot of Pemberton -- if you want to continue to descend through the Clayton/Corbett Neighborhood Garden (36 steps) across the street -- as the cars just keep on coming.
Continued to the Clayton-to-Market stairway (44 steps) that starts directly below the foot of Iron Alley (135 steps). This route took me beneath the oldest house on Twin Peaks (the pink one, the Miller-Joost house, 3224 Market, Landmark 79) next to the "Hills Mural."
Upon reaching the Storrie Ord Neighborhood Group gardensite, strolled through this shady little oasis to the top of the Ord stairway (34 steps to 18th). Garden lovers will appreciate what they've done with this small space.
Burnett starts the long Vista Lane series of steps up to Twin Peaks Park
Damselfly Heaven and a Trail Extension
A North Trail
An East Canyon Trail up to Christopher Park
Glen Canyon, about 70 acres and a ravine of Twin Peaks, is an amazing midcity wildspot. Today's Canyontrek began at the Glen Park BART station. Headed west five or six blocks to Elk and one of the park's entrances.
If you need to stop for groceries after your hike, you can climb all the way up the Diamond Heights side (plenty of trails and short stairways) and visit the Safeway in the Diamond Heights Shopping Center.
The northernmost trail in the Canyon depths used to dead-end at the locked gate of a school playing field. The trail has been extended a bit to the end of another, smaller, also fenced and locked area just to the north of this field, behind the San Francisco School of the Arts High School. It's still a dead-end, though; you can't go through to Portola just yet.
This whole north Canyon-bottom part will have you stepping over muddy sections and climbing over tree limbs (top pic). You can also sit on the tree limbs in the dappled sunlight on this secluded trail; looks like this coming blackberry season is gonna be a good one.
Lots of damselflies down here near Islais Creek. The little wood footbridge at the end of the boardwalk is once again missing one of its sides.
From a Canyon trail up to Turquoise, crossing Turquoise and continuing to Amber, is a stairway/walk with 65 steps, It's shown but unnamed on Google Maps; I've been calling it the Turquoise stairway.
Where the foot of the Turquoise stairway/railed walk meets the Canyon trail, there's a drainhole and a sign stating that the park is closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. At the top at Turquoise is a sign saying dogs should be leashed in this part of the park.
Wondering if Coralino Lane was supposed to be an extension of this lower, unnamed stairway up from the park.
Coralino from Amber up to Cameo has 132 steps. If you add the lower Turquoise stairway, this comes to 197 total. However, from the top of the Turquoise stairway you do need to walk a block or so uphill on Amber to connect with Coralino and continue up. Coralino's name is shown on Google Maps.
Passed by a new SF Police Academy community garden in a lot next door to the St. Nicholas Orthodox Christian Church at Amber and Duncan near Diamond Heights Blvd.
Descended steeply into Noe Valley via Duncan to Douglass. The top, dead-end, of Douglass here meets the top of 28th where walkers can use a convenient short walkway to take them through to Diamond Heights Blvd. at Gold Mine and the shopping center.
Continued to the top of the Valley stairway on Diamond. The main Valley stairway has 69 steps. At the foot Valley is a divided street with the upper (north) part continuing after a few yards as a shady sidewalk stairway (52 steps) alongside homes nearly down to Castro; so total for the Valley main and sidewalk stairway: 121 steps.
Arguello Gate to Lobos Creek Boardwalk North Trailhead
14th Ave. up to the Dunes Boardwalk and Viewdeck
When I walk up the hill to the Presidio's Arguello Gate from the bus stop, there's only a short distance to Inspiration Point Overlook.
A brief glance at the little valley below, the El Polin Springs area that is hopefully nearing completion of its huge renovation -- including the removal of tons of army landfill -- didn't really show me anything new today.
Continued north on Arguello down to the west end of the Main Post and up the 56 steps to the Post Chapel. At the top of the steps a couple of hummingbirds were darting about. The sitting area at the top of the steps with the chairs and bench is undergoing improvements and clearing so that one now has more of a view down. Someone was gardening here.
Continued up the curvy trail to the Cemetery Overlook. Took the stairway down after a short rest on one of the benches overlooking the cemetery, watching a guy on a ride-em mower cutting the grass between the headstones. Not many other people on the various trails today: why I like weekdays most for hiking.
The 98 wood steps down from the Overlook (a trail marker at the top) wind through the forest to the delightful Park Trail, where there are a couple of Presidio Habitats exhibits. These installations have been extended throughout the summer – I'd like to see them all made permanent fixtures in the park.
From the Park Trail, wanted to connect with the new trail up from near the 14th Ave. gate. Headed downhill on the paved trail with the golf course on both sides, a route used frequently by non-golfers and bicyclists.
This will eventually take you to the foot of the newest connector wood stairway that climbs to the recently completed boardwalk, viewdeck/benches, and trail out to Battery Caulfield Rd. From the foot of the stairs you can see the traffic down on Park Presidio Blvd. in the distance to the south. When you reach the boardwalk at the top, the residences (former public health hospital buildings) are below on the south side.
Climb the stairway, walk the boardwalk, and sit on one of the wood viewdeck's benches. When you can force yourself to get up and move on, you can continue by crossing Battery Caulfield Road and descending through the forest to the Lobos Creek Boardwalk's east trailhead.
You'll step over roots and climb over a fallen tree as you make your way down to the Lobos Creek Trail.
On your way down the sandy trail, bordered by a zigzagging trailmarker fence, you'll spot a lone bench in the distance. This is the bench at the top of the short stairway (19 wood steps) that descends to the Lobos Creek Boardwalk Trail.
This curving boardwalk is said to be about a half mile long. It's especially beautiful right now with all the wildflowers, and I was in the good company of bumblebees, damselflies, birds, and a tiny lizard. It ends at Lincoln Blvd. (its north trailhead). A bus stop for the #29 is directly across the street from the infosign.
Excelsior Stairways
Athens & Avalon stairway up to Valmar Terr.
The Excelsior is a vast, hilly Outer Mission 'hood with its south boundary McLaren Park.
Last time I took the #49 bus to get to Mission and Silver, I went the other way, east via the #44, into the Portola neighborhood. This time started uphill from Mission on Avalon several blocks to Athens. 100 Athens steps climb from Avalon to Valmar Terrace. See above photo.
From the top of the steps it was downhill to Athens and Peru about a block where another stairway, this one wood, has approximately 77 steps with a bench at the top at Valmar.
Circled around and soon reached the foot of the Munich to Ina stairway up from Excelsior, around 56 steps. Up ahead at Excelsior's dead-end (there's a sign) is a short stairway into McLaren Park.
After this it was several blocks over to the west side and downhill to London, between France and Italy, for the last stairway, Kenney Alley: 47 steps. There's a bus stop directly across the street from the foot of this one. I sometimes spend more time on the bus than actually hiking, and today was one of those times on the crosstown #29.
Main Post Stroll
West trailhead of Batteries to Bluffs Trail down from Battery Crosby
The Presidio Officers' Club on Moraga is in the process of being restored.
The temporary Visitor Center, with free maps and other info, is at 106 Montgomery in a beautiful old building next door to the Disney Museum.
As I walked further to the north edge of the Main Post, noticed one of the old stairways from the Crissy Field area up to the Main Post is still there and walkable.
Strolled on to the Tennessee Hollow Trail (a trail marker here now) where the "daylighted" area is.
In the 1870s soldiers grew vegetables along the banks of a creek here that supplied water to a salt marsh where Crissy Field is now.
Various buildings were later built over the site and when they were demolished in the 1970s became part of the army's landfill.
Tons of this landfill were removed by volunteers in 2005, and these days more than 300 native plant species provide shelter for various animals. Sat for a while on one of the benches listening to birds.
A 2010 film about this by Melissa Peabody, presented as an online video, showing how the landfill was removed and the creek restored:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=136032029778139
The foto: the west trailhead of the Batteries to Bluffs Trail down from Battery Crosby.
Viz Valley Greenways up to the Park
195 Steps from the end of Campbell in Visitacion Valley to Visitacion Ave. in McLaren Park
The Greenways are six miniparks in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood that stairstep up the hill.
Usually take the T-Third Metro to the Sunnydale (last) stop and walk up to Leland and Peabody to the first of them: the Hans Schiller Plaza Greenway.
Walking directly north through this first one and crossing the street takes you to Greenway 2, the Community Garden Greenway. The garden itself is usually locked, but you can still walk through the park and look through the fence bars at the garden alongside.
The third is the Herb Garden Greenway, my second favorite. There are picnic tables, a short stairway, and a tiered herb garden.
The fourth is the Children's Play Garden with a playground at the foot.
The fifth is also rarely open to visitors, and with this one, the Agriculture Lot Greenway, corner of Rutland and Campbell, you'll be looking into the garden from the sidewalk on the other side of the fence.
Uphill from this on Tucker is my favorite, the sixth, the Native Plant Garden Greenway, with its winding paved pathways, benches, and view of San Bruno Mountain.
From the top of this last Greenway, needed to go back downhill a little way in order to access the long stairway from the west dead-end of Campbell up into McLaren Park. Turned left at Delta at the "mural house" to descend the steep paved walkers' pathway here (several steps at the foot).
To walk this stairway -- 195 steps from Campbell up to Visitacion Ave. in the park -- look for the opening for a person to pass through at the end of Campbell. The stairway's foot is set back from the street a few yards.
At the top of the steps is Visitacion Ave. See above. From here it was a short but steep trek up to Mansell with the lookout area and picnic tables, and the rest of the park down the other side.
John McLaren Park, over 300 acres, is part of San Bruno Mountain with Visitacion Valley between. The south slope is already really dry and it can get superwindy in this openspace grassland, my favorite part of the park.
Mansell is a divided E-W street, the upper part east and the lower part west. This street runs all the way through the park so you have a pleasant green view from both sides.
At University and Mansell, at the top of the Portola neighborhood and at the east edge of the park, is one of the stops for the crosstown #29. The bus comes out at the west end of the park at Persia and Dublin in the upper Excelsior neighborhood and heads downhill to Mission St.
14th Ave. Dunes Stairway/Boardwalk Now Walkable: Presidio
Connector Trail from 14th Ave. to Dunes Boardwalk: Presidio National Park
The Presidio's latest stairway has 90 steps that will take you up to a long wood boardwalk.
Partway along the new boardwalk is an elevated wood deck with a couple of built-in benches. Looking out at the peaceful dunes and green rolling hills to the north, it wasn't easy to leave. How lucky are those in the residences below to have this beauyspot nearby.
To get here, walked through the 14th Ave. gate and turned right on the paved walkers' trail, passing below the Wyman Ave. residences, across busy Park Presidio from Mountain Lake.
The wood stairway (the lower part has railings) ascends to the left just before you reach the south trailheads/infosign for the Park and Mountain Lake trails.
This is a major connector trail. On the west side you'll come out at Battery Caulfield Road where there's a trail continuing down through the forest that connects with the Lobos Creek boardwalk trail.
Today, however, continued up the hill to Immigrant Point Overlook, then down the Connector Trail from there to Lincoln: 208 winding steps. There's now a new trailhead sign at the top of this stairway.
From here continued on to Fort Scott for lunch at one of the picnic tables, then onto the Coastal Trail to the bridgeviewing area as yesterday.
Batteries to Bluffs: 470 Steps
Batteries to Bluffs Trail: Steep west side
San Francisco's longest public stairway is the Batteries to Bluffs Trail in Presidio National Park: 470 steps.
Started off at the bridgeviewing area on the Coastal Trail. Now's an especially good time for walking this and other trails with all the wildflowers around -- wild mustard, wild radish, thistle, etc.
The east trailhead is just off Lincoln Blvd. a short distance from Langdon. The west trailhead is at the top of Battery Crosby, about 0.7 mile away. A short trail leads up to Lincoln from the battery. You can now see more of the BTB as you look down from Lincoln as they've trimmed and removed several trees up here.
There's an alternate trail down from Lincoln that will also take you directly to the Batteries to Bluffs west trailhead. Did this today; tree roots to walk over and one steep spot. Go slowly here. A rather flimsy fence zigs along one side of the trail.
The Batteries to Bluffs consists mostly of wood stairs (no railings except for one side of the short footbridge) with a few short trails in between. Presently the last step down from the footbridge is rather steep; wouldn't be surprised if a couple more steps are added here in the future.
The view has to be seen to be believed, especially on a sunny, fogless day. Bring your camera, but the signs say no dogs allowed on this particular trail.
Today counted 339 steps from the west trailhead to the viewplace with a bench called View Point.
From the main Batteries to Bluffs there's a separate trail (about 48 steps included) that will take you down to secluded Marshall's Beach.
The west trailhead is above Baker Beach, close to the top of the Sand Ladder (approximately 253 steps from Lincoln to Baker Beach). From Lincoln you can also access another long wood stairway called the Connector Trail that curves up to Immigrant Point Overlook and Rob Hill Campground (about 208 steps). You can easily see the foot of the Connector Trail as it ascends from the crosswalk on the south side of Lincoln; there are excellent infosigns and trail markers throughout the park.
Looks like summer's already here: chilly, windy, and foggy. Better for hiking than it being overly hot. Walking back to the bridgeviewing area to catch the #28 bus, took an alternate route behind one of the batteries: a cliffside trail here where I emerged atop the battery instead of walking along at the foot/front of it.
The Detroit stairway is Mount Davidson's longest; its foot just up from Hearst.
At the 70th step up from Hearst is a major street, Monterey Blvd. Cross Monterey at the crosswalk and continue up the steps alongside the apartment building (foto) for 185 steps total up to Joost. There's a lot of wild fennel and you'll walk past the back doors of residences.
Sunnyside's south border begins around City College/Judson; its east side borders Glen Park. North of Sunnyside Playground is the Miraloma Park neighborhood, and to the west is Westwood Highlands.
The #43 is a good bus to take you up and over from the north side; winding down the west side and through part of the Sunnyside out past City College. When visiting Mount Davidson Park, sometimes get off at the Juanita/Marne stop, walk a couple blocks uphill, and ascend the brick Juanita stairway, the north trailhead for the zigzag trail through the forest to the summit.
The Sunnyside's Detroit stairway as it continues its climb from Monterey Blvd. 185 steps total, Hearst to Joost.


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Senate Resolution 153 introduced in committee to oppose $10 waterways registration fee, passed unanimously.
WMU Student Project: Sue Julian and David Lossing have planning documents for sections of the river from Holly to Owosso area.
Potential mapping of Shiawassee River – Terrain 360. Oakland County's being mapped in 2019.
River Training for May 17th – 5:30pm -7pm in Bush Park; massive river cleanup on May 19 and 20.