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After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
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Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all the people living in the world.
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The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
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The British monarch's (Dame Julie Walters') favorite dog gets lost from the palace and finds himself at a dog fight club. He then begins his long journey to find his way back home.
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On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
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Led by a boy named Ryder, a team of six playful rescue dogs use their individual talents to protect the seaside town of Adventure Bay. The pups are occasionally joined by newer helpers: Cap'n Turbot, Robo-Dog, Everest, and Tracker.
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When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
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The Doers Gathering
by Muz
By: Muz Afzal, Community Engagement Coordinator
On Wednesday, April 24th SE Uplift joined the Office of Commissioner Eudaly, Office of Community & Civic Life, District Coalitions and University of Oregon's Agora Journalism Center to highlight Doers that are contributing to community-driven solutions addressing Portland's housing crisis. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about and connect with each of the organizations that were highlighted during the gathering. Please continue reading below for more information about the organizations that were highlighted on April 24th.
Bridge Meadows
Bridge Meadows develops and sustains intergenerational neighborhoods for adoptive families of youth formerly in foster care that promote permanency, community and caring relationships while offering safety and meaningful purpose in the daily lives of older adults.
Cascadia Clusters
Cascadia Clusters is a local 501c3 nonprofit general contractor that trains the houseless to build. Cascadia Clusters builds tiny homes for villages, "clusters", and private purchase. They also provide a wide range of residential and small commercial construction services.
Kenton Women's Village
Kenton Women's Village is a creative, collaborative year-long pilot project, offering a new potential approach for addressing houselessness at a small scale, which could be adapted and implemented in communities across the country. Through Catholic Charities, the 14 formerly houseless women are receiving access to services including case management, employment assistance, access to legal and financial services, mental and physical health care, and support creating and implementing a personalized plan to transition to permanent housing by the time they leave the village.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors PDX is a group of community volunteers who come together to enhance neighborhood livability and bridge the gap between our housed and houseless neighbors by providing trash removal for small homeless encampments.
Rahab's Sisters
Rahab's Sisters creates community through radical hospitality with those marginalized by poverty, houselessness, sex work, violence or substance use. Every Friday they open their doors to anyone who identifies as a woman, or whose gender identity makes them vulnerable.
Right 2 Survive
Through public education and direct actions, Right 2 Survive is helping to reduce houselessness in Portland. They are increasing public understanding on what it is to be houseless, how everyday people become houseless, and how we can best help and support those seeking a way out of houselessness.
Street Roots
Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change.
Sunnyside Community House
Sunnyside Community House anchors itself as a place that is open to all neighbors for a variety of services, classes, opportunities, and connection. A cornerstone of the work at this old stone church has been Pat Schweibert and the hosting of The Hard Times Supper. every Wednesday for over 38 years! Pat and her friends make and serve a delicious meal meant for all who show up.
University for Portland
Students involved with University FOR Portland volunteer to help relieve the nearby homeless crisis. They launched a service project seeking to understand the reality of the homeless crisis, then helping through service-learning and the use of innovative skills and ideas. Student groups created an app for resources, a website to share stories of the homeless community, and a hygiene trailer as a part of this project.


For the fifth year in a row, Plato's Closet and Once Upon A Child rank in the Top 150 on Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual Franchise 500 List.
With the economy slowly recovering, consumers are gradually becoming more comfortable spending money. However, even with the economy starting to bounce back, one retail category that has proven it's here to stay through thick and thin is resale stores. With celebrities such as Zooey Deschanel, Julia Roberts and Lorde publicly discussing how much they enjoy shopping at resale stores, along with parents constantly on the lookout for more cost effective ways to shop for their children, the demand for resale stores continues to climb.
A strong indication of this trend is the continual success and growth of niche resale stores such as Plato's Closet® and Once Upon A Child®, which are franchised by Winmark Corporation. The two brands just took the top spot in their respective categories on Entrepreneur magazine's prestigious Franchise 500® ranking of top opportunities. The 2015 list named Plato's Closet the top retail franchise and Once Upon A Child the top children's retail franchise; the companies respectively placed No. 108 and No. 140 overall. Its Play It Again Sports brand, the largest sporting goods chain specializing in new and used merchandise, also made the Franchise 500 list, placing at No. 287.
Noted as the world's first, best and most comprehensive franchise ranking, the Franchise 500 has become both a dominant competitive measure for franchisors and a primary research tool for entrepreneurs. Plato's Closet, Once Upon A Child and Play It Again Sports positions in the ranking reinforce the franchises' strength in the industry. The list rated the resale brands high for exceptional performance in the following areas: financial strength and stability, growth rate, and size of the franchise system. All three have ranked consecutively on the Franchise 500 for more than 10 years.
A leader in the franchise industry for more than 25 years, Winmark Corporation currently has more than 1,092 franchise locations operating across its five resale brands, an 8.7 percent increase from last year. An additional 105 retail franchises have been awarded but are not yet open.
Plato's Closet® leads the nation in the buying and selling of name brand, gently used apparel and accessories for teens and twenty-something girls and guys. With more than 415 franchised stores in the United States and Canada, the retailer focuses on the latest styles and hottest brands, all in great condition.
Once Upon A Child® leads the nation in the buying and selling of gently used kids' stuff. With more than 300 franchised stores in the United States and Canada, Once Upon A Child buys and sells quality, gently used children's apparel, baby equipment, footwear, books, toys, and more.


This is one of the first thematic maps, and it is the second world map in the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Minor. It is drawn on a planispherical projection and uses symbols (identified in the key at bottom) to designate those areas of the world that are Christian (cross), Muslim (crescent), and pagan (arrow). It shows most of the world, excluding the west coast of North America. In Asia, Korea is shown as an island. The Nile rises from twin lakes in southern Africa. There is a huge southern continent that incorporates the landmass of Australia. French text on verso.
References: Shirley #260; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #0001H:351.
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Algorithms for computing sums of powers of arithmetic progressions by using Eulerian numbers
Peter J. Shiue, Shen C. Huang and Jorge E. Reyes
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 27, 2021, Number 4, Pages 140—148
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2021.27.4.140-148
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Peter J. Shiue
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Shen C. Huang
Jorge E. Reyes
The sums of powers of arithmetic progressions is of the form , where , is a non-negative integer, and and are complex numbers with . This sum can be computed using classical Eulerian numbers [11] and general Eulerian numbers [12]. This paper gives a new method using classical Eulerian numbers to compute this sum. The existing formula that uses general Eulerian numbers are more algorithmically complex due to more numbers to compute. This paper presents and focuses on two novel algorithms involving both types of Eulerian numbers. This paper gives a comparison to Xiong et al.'s result with general Eulerian numbers [12]. Moreover, an analysis of theoretical time complexities is presented to show our algorithm is less complex. Various values of are analyzed in the proposed algorithms to add significance to the results. The experimental results show the proposed algorithm remains around faster as increases.
Sums of powers of arithmetic progressions
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Bounebirat, F., Laissaoui, D., & Rahmani, M. (2018). Several explicit formulae of sums and hyper-sums of powers of integers. Online Journal of Analytic Combinatorics, 13(4), Article 4 (9 pages).
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Comtet, L. (1974). Advanced Combinatorics: The Art of Finite and Infinite Expansions. Springer Science & Business Media.
Hsu, L. C., & Shiue, P. J. (1999). On certain summation problems and generalizations of Eulerian polynomials and numbers. Discrete Mathematics, 204(1–3), 237–247.
Laissaoui, D., & Rahmani, M. (2017). An explicit formula for sums of powers of integers in terms of Stirling numbers. Journal of Integer Sequences, 20(4), Article 17.4.8 (6 pages).
Lehmer, D. (1982). Generalized Eulerian numbers. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 32(2), 195–215.
Pita-Ruiz, C. (2018). On a generalization of Eulerian numbers. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 24(1), 16–42.
Shiue, P. J., Huang, S. C., & Jameson, E. (2020). On algorithms for computing the sums of powers of arithmetic progressions. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 26(4), 113–121.
Vassilev, P., & Vassilev-Missana, M. (2005). On the sum of equal powers of the first n terms of an arbitrary arithmetic progression. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 11(3), 15–21.
Worpitzky, J. (1883). Studien uber die Bernoullischen und Eulerschen Zahlen. Journal fur die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 94, 203–232.
Xiong, T., Tsao, H.-P., & Hall, J. I. (2013). General Eulerian numbers and Eulerian polynomials. Journal of Mathematics, 2013, 1–9.
Shiue, P. J., Huang, S. C., & Reyes, J. E. (2021). Algorithms for computing sums of powers of arithmetic progressions by using Eulerian numbers. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 27(4), 140-148, doi: 10.7546/nntdm.2021.27.4.140-148.
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April 2019: Yanqi and Wenqian receive deparment awards!
April 2019: Dr. Yu is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
December 2018: Lucy successfully defended her thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Sanchez!
October 2018: Yanqi's paper has been accepted to ACS Nano!
July 2018: Kwahun successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations to our group's second PhD Dr. Lee!
May 2018: Welcome to Sophie Yount for REU summer research in our lab!
May 2018: Gao's paper on tracking intracellular cargo rotation has been accepted to Biophysical Journal!
April 2018: Kwahun's paper has been accepted to ACS Nano!
We have openings for highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students. Please send your inquiry to Dr. Yan Yu.
We are recruiting two postdocs with expertise on cell biophysics, cell signaling, and immunology/microbiology (see details here). If interested, please email your CV including list of publications and references to Dr. Yan Yu (yy33@indiana.edu).
Indiana University. IU Department of Chemistry. Copyright © 2013 Yan Yu Research Group. All Rights Reserved.


This article is from the source ' bbc ' and was first published or seen on August 22, 2015 12:48 (UTC) . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
Seven people have died after a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into several vehicles during Shoreham Airshow. Seven people have died after a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into several vehicles during Shoreham Airshow.
South East Coast Ambulance Service said the victims died at the scene, while another person is critical in hospital. The number of injured stands at 14. South East Coast Ambulance Service said the victims died at the scene, while another person is critical in hospital. The number of injured stands at 14.
The plane crashed on the nearby A27. Witnesses said it was performing a loop but could not complete the manoeuvre. The plane crashed on the nearby A27. Witnesses said it was performing a loop but could not complete the manoeuvre.
Prime Minister David Cameron sent his "heartfelt condolences" to the families of those who died in the crash. Prime Minister David Cameron sent his "heartfelt condolences" to the families of those who died in the crash.
Eyewitness Stephen Jones said: "The aeroplane involved is a Hawker Hunter T mark 7. And he'd just begun his flying display. Eyewitness Stephen Jones said: "The aeroplane involved is a Hawker Hunter T mark 7. And he'd just begun his flying display.
"He'd gone up into a loop and as he was coming out of the loop I just thought, you're too low, you're too low, pull up. "He'd gone up into a loop and as he was coming out of the loop I just thought, you're too low, you're too low, pull up.
"And he flew straight into the ground either on or very close to the A27, which runs past the airport." "And he flew straight into the ground either on or very close to the A27, which runs past the airport."
Ailish Southall, who was driving along the A27 in West Sussex with her two children, said the plane came down close to them. Ailish Southall, who was driving along the A27 in West Sussex with her two children, said the plane came down close to them.
"We were waiting for it to go back up and it didn't - it seemed to kind of split in two," she said. "We were waiting for it to go back up and it didn't - it seemed to kind of split in two," she said.
"There were huge amounts of fire and we ran from the car to kind of avoid the debris because we were about 15 metres away, we were just across the road from where the accident happened." "There were huge amounts of fire and we ran from the car to kind of avoid the debris because we were about 15 metres away, we were just across the road from where the accident happened."
Another eyewitness, tweeting as Jon B, said: "It (the plane) turned from the north by Lancing College, went to go low towards the airfield and went behind some trees below where I was.
"Then there was a crunch sound and a ball of flames and thick black smoke came up from the ground."
I'm standing on the middle of the A27 and it's deserted. I'm standing on the middle of the A27 and it's deserted.
The police are taking no chances whatsoever. I've been asked to move back in case of any further explosions. The police are taking no chances whatsoever. I've been asked to move back in case of any further explosions.
I've been speaking to people and they are absolutely stunned. The plane seems to have stalled mid manoeuvre and came crashing down on the A27. I've been speaking to people and they are absolutely stunned. The plane seems to have stalled mid manoeuvre and came crashing down on the A27.
The acrid smell and thick black smoke has just been fanning across the area and the skies are completely quiet. The acrid smell and thick black smoke has just been fanning across the area and the skies are completely quiet.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said emergency services had declared a "major incident" with a number of helicopters deployed to the scene following the crash at 13:20 BST. A spokesman for Sussex Police said emergency services had declared a "major incident" with a number of helicopters deployed to the scene following the crash which happened at about 13:20 BST.
He said: "The casualties are all believed to have occurred on the road at this time and there are not thought to be any injuries to anyone actually on the airfield. He said: "The casualties are all believed to have occurred on the road at this time and there are not thought to be any injuries to anyone actually on the airfield.
"The Air Accident Investigation Bureau are attending the scene and have asked anyone who has video or photographs of the plane in the time leading up to and including the crash to hold on to them and await advice as to whether they may be wanted to assist with the investigation." "The Air Accident Investigation Bureau are attending the scene and have asked anyone who has video or photographs of the plane in the time leading up to and including the crash to hold on to them and await advice as to whether they may be wanted to assist with the investigation."
Shoreham resident Dave Penwarden, 51, said he saw the plane explode. Shoreham resident Dave Penwarden, 51, said he saw the plane explode.
"The plane was coming out of a loop-the-loop, it was fairly low," he said. "The plane was coming out of a loop-the-loop, it was fairly low," he said.
"It just didn't seem to have enough speed to come out of the loop, instead of powering out it dropped too fast and hit the ground. "It just didn't seem to have enough speed to come out of the loop, instead of powering out it dropped too fast and hit the ground.
"There was a massive fireball and an awful lot of smoke. Afterwards there was a stunned silence." "There was a massive fireball and an awful lot of smoke. Afterwards there was a stunned silence."
Gairo Gomez, who works nearby, said: "I heard a huge bang and the glass was shaking and the doors were banging, the whole building was shaking. Gairo Gomez, who works nearby, said: "I heard a huge bang and the glass was shaking and the doors were banging, the whole building was shaking.
"I saw some smoke later on, at the time I didn't realise what had happened. Then I was told the plane had crashed, it's terrible." "I saw some smoke later on, at the time I didn't realise what had happened. Then I was told the plane had crashed, it's terrible."
Tim Loughton MP, who represents East Worthing and Shoreham, tweeted: "Tragic news that there have been fatalities at the Shoreham Air Show crash and our thoughts and prayers must be with the families and casualties." Tim Loughton MP, who represents East Worthing and Shoreham, tweeted: "Tragic news that there have been fatalities at the Shoreham Air Show crash and our thoughts and prayers must be with the families and casualties."
The A27 will remain closed until Monday, when it is expected to reopen from 06:00 BST, Highways England said.
There are currently delays of around 30 minutes between the junctions with the A24 South and the A2025.
It is the second incident at the Shoreham Airshow in recent years. It is the second incident at the Shoreham Airshow in recent years.
In September 2007 James Bond stuntman Brian Brown, 49, died when he crashed a World War Two Hurricane after carrying out an unplanned barrel roll at a re-enactment of the Battle of Britain. In September 2007 James Bond stuntman Brian Brown, 49, died when he crashed a World War Two Hurricane after carrying out an unplanned barrel roll at a re-enactment of the Battle of Britain.
The Hawker Hunter was a mainstay of the RAF through the 1950s and early 1960s. The Hawker Hunter was a mainstay of the RAF through the 1950s and early 1960s.
First flown in 1951, the single-seat plane was used as a fighter, fighter-bomber for reconnaissance and for aerobatics. First flown in 1951, the single-seat plane was used as a fighter, fighter-bomber for reconnaissance and for aerobatics.
There was also a two-seat trainer version, which served with many other air forces. Two-seater variants are still used by the RAF for training. There was also a two-seat trainer version, which served with many other air forces. Two-seater variants are still used by the RAF for training.
The Hawker Hunter was deployed in major operations such as Malaya and Suez. The Hawker Hunter was deployed in major operations such as Malaya and Suez.
The plane was also flown by an RAF display team dubbed the "Black Arrows". The plane was also flown by an RAF display team dubbed the "Black Arrows".
Are you in area? Did you witness the crash? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your story. Are you in area? Did you witness the crash? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your story.


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Q: Deleting array from collection I am facing an issue in deleting an array from db.

I want to delete the [2] array with its id as condition.
I have tried many things, but none give results as expected.
db.users.update({ '_id': ObjectId("53689fa45bac9757f81fbb77")},{ '$pull' : { 'injury._id': ObjectId("5379974ac76d005c2d00005c") } })

A: I guess, something like this should work
.update(..., { $pull: { injury: {_id: YOUR_ID } } })

The format of $pull is
$pull: { arrayName: { array item query } }

A: Use the $pull operator to remove the element you do not want:
db.collection.update(
    { "injury._id": ObjectId("53760d9820b6ee683000005c") },
    {
        "$pull": {
            "injury": { "_id": ObjectId("53760d9820b6ee683000005c") }
        }
    }
)

Forgive me if the actual _id values do not match as you posted a screenshot.

A: You can use unset() if you're using PHP

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Tip of Trunk versus Versioned Releases
2013, git, java, osgi
There's two distinctly different forms of software development at large today, and both are put to use successfully in open-source projects and at internet scale companies like Google and Twitter. These are 'tip of trunk' and 'versioned releases'.
This isn't about the different types of project management specifically; agile processes can be used for both, for example. It is perhaps more to do with where the software will end up being used; for a single (or internal) customer, tip-of-trunk can provide additional agility; whereas for libraries or customer managed products, versioned releases are more common.
Tip of Trunk
Tip of trunk development (anachronistically named, since SVN is effectively dead and trunk has long been replaced by master) is the process whereby an application or a product is in continuous development, and often continuous deployment as well. In these cases, an application is never released with a specific version number, but the application is built and then at some point cut and deployed to the production systems.
Since the open source world has migrated to Git, some developers are using the Git hash as a proxy for a version number, often combined with some form of date, deploying pseudo versions like 201308270900-c82a410 and 201308270905-1ead9d, such that there is a monotonically increasing version keyed on date/timestamp, and the hash is a record of the build state at the time.
Git tags recording versions are therefore not required; the 'version' uniquely identifies where it came from in any case and the roll-forward mentality means that you don't need to back port bugfixes to earlier versions.
It may be the case that branches are used to record different states of the repository; for example, it's conventional to have a 'last known good' branch that only gets updated once the current deployment has been known to be successful for some time. This allows the reconstruction of the source that is deployed, provided that such symbolic branches get updated when code is deployed. For more agile deployments, the git reflog may be used to indicate what the state of a particular branch was at a given time.
In a tip of trunk deployment model, problems are almost always resolved by rolling forward. That is, instead of the state of the system being reverted to an earlier point in time, the buggy code is reverse committed (such as with git revert). This is especially the case when working with a live git repository, as subsequent commits may have been added that should not be reverted; and since a git repository is tagged/versioned repository-wide, it is not possible to undo a small subset of the repository.
Tip of trunk development is used by companies like Facebook and GitHub, and used very successfully. However, it is an anathema to those who use:
Versioned Releases
Versioned releases are used when a version number, often consisting of a set of numerical digits, are used to represent releases of a particular product. These version numbers are ordered, which allows an easy comparison to be made of two releases to find out which is 'more recent'.
In versioned release deployments, a release is often planned at the end of a cycle or iteration, and typically that version number is defined at the start of the iteration itself. Such versions may be minor increments (adding or fixing features) or major increments (typically having some disruption to use).
Versioning is taken care of with a versioned branch strategy. It may be that tags are used to indicate where the cut of a version was taken, but it's quite likely that a branch is created for the 1.x or 2.x development efforts as well.
The reason why branches or tags are made for a given release are to support patching of known bugs to earlier releases. If a security vulnerability has been found with version 2.3.4 of a product, then it's quite likely that version 1.2.3 of a product will have the same security flaw. In those instances, it is desirable (for users) to have that fix back-ported to the earlier version (say, 1.2.4) so that they are not vulnerable, even if they are unable to upgrade to the latest 2.x branch.
One of the key distinguishing features of tip of trunk and versioned releases is that the former almost universally only has one customer for the product; the organisation that is driving it forwards. GitHub has only their own site to maintain (though they do have versioned cuts for their enterprise offering) and so can afford to deploy frequently to the site without having the flow interrupted by the runtime. Versioned releases are used by developers who have multiple customers, whether it be operating systems or shrink-wrapped products (though that is itself an anachronism; software is almost entirely electronically delivered with no packaging these days).
Versioned releases bifuricated in the last decade or two, splitting into semantic versioning and dated or code word releases; for example, Windows 3.1 → Windows 95 → Windows 2000 → Windows XP.
The general trend is that applications moved towards dated releases, whilst code libraries tended to move towards semantic versioning. One of the key reasons for this is that libraries tend to be used by many different products, and whether or not the new library is compatible with the old plays a key part in deciding whether to upgrade the library or not. On the other hand, applications generally aren't compared from a compatibility perspective via code, but rather data. As a result, Word 2001 can open documents created by Word 97 and Word 95; in this case, the document compatibility is the key factor.
Libraries tend to use semantic versioning to represent compatiblity between versions; major versions are generally incompatible, whilst minor versions are generally compatible with each other. For runtime systems like OSGi, where each module is versioned (and imports can be constrained by those versions), the correct versioning is an essential part of the system.
Both versioned releases and tip of the trunk releases are used by large-scale organisations, and both approaches work. Versioned releases tends to be used by libraries and other code which is embedded into multiple different products, whereas tip of the trunk releases often works where the development and deployment are heavily correlated, such as for internal development projects.
Neither one is right or wrong, but the approach used tends to be a function of where it is used, and how agile the project development process is.
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Indonesia has seen one of the highest spikes in positive COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic with new single-day cases of more than 4,000. There is an urgent need to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia through concentrated efforts aimed at preventing and contaminating further outbreak of the virus, particularly in regions where the virus is spread widely.
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Mikko Niskanen (31 de enero de 1929 – 25 de noviembre de 1990) fue un actor, director, guionista y productor cinematográfico y televisivo finlandés.

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Su nombre completo era Mikko Johannes Niskanen, y nació en Äänekoski, Finlandia, siendo el tercero de los seis hijos de Uuno Niskanen y Lempi Argillander.

A los trece años de edad Niskanen empezó a trabajar en ocupaciones variadas como la silvicultura. Dos años más tarde se mudó a Jyväskylä para estudiar mecánica de automóviles y dedicar parte de su tiempo al teatro. Aprendió oratoria de Terttu Pajunen-Kivikäs, e ingresó en la Academia de Teatro de la Universidad de las Artes de Helsinki en 1947, empezando también de manera progresiva sus actividades cinematográficas. Graduado como actor en 1950, trabajó como tal en teatros de Jyväskylä y Kuopio, así como para la productora Suomen Filmiteollisuus desde 1954 a 1958. Niskanen también estudió dirección cinematográfica en la Escuela de Cine de Moscú entre 1958 y 1961.

A los 26 años Niskanen actuó en la película de Edvin Laine Tuntematon sotilas (1955). También actuó en cintas como Tanssi yli hautojen (1950), Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä (1957), Verta käsissämme (1958) y Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968), así como en producciones dirigidas por él mismo, como fue el caso de Lapualaismorsian (1967), Kahdeksan surmanluotia (1972), Pulakapina (1976), Syksyllä kaikki on toisin (1978), Ajolähtö (1982), Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika (1983), Elämän vonkamies (1986) y Nuoruuteni savotat (1988). Para el rodaje de algunas de sus películas, Niskanen construyó una casa estudio, a la que se llamó Käpykolo, situada en Konginkangas.

Gracias a su trabajo como director, a lo largo de su carrera obtuvo seis Premios Jussi.

Mikko Niskanen falleció en 1990 en Helsinki, Finlandia, a causa de un cáncer, con 61 años de edad. Fue enterrado en el Cementerio Malmin hautausmaa de dicha ciudad. Se había casado en tres ocasiones, acabando todos los matrimonios en divorcio. Su primera esposa fue Eila Mäkelä (1950–1954), casándose después con Margareta Ivanova (1960–1967) y con Vuokko Niskanen (1974–1978). Esta última escribió un libro de memorias sobre su matrimonio titulado Mieheni Mikko ja minä (Tammi 2001).

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Referencias

 Steffansson, Marjo: Mikon Matkassa 2019. ISBN 978-952-94-1738-4

Enlaces externos

 Niskanen en Kansallisbiografia
 Mikko Niskanen en Helsingin Sanomissa
 Mikko Niskanen en Ylen

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Category: Yellow Peril
In Der News, 2/20/18
Der Movement, Der Movement, Der Movement marches on.
If Romney is a sociopath, what does that make Trump? Cuckadoodledoo!
The Chinese threat. Emphasis added:
Wray pointed to China's use of unconventional intelligence sources as an example of its reach.
He said "collectors" — what the intelligence community calls people who collect intelligence on behalf of agencies or governments — had infiltrated US universities.
"I think in this setting, I would just say that the use of nontraditional collectors — especially in the academic setting, whether it's professors, scientists, students — we see in almost every field office that the FBI has around the country," Wray said.
"They're exploiting the very open research-and-development environment that we have, which we all revere, but they're taking advantage of it," Wray said, adding that there was a "naiveté" among academics about the risks posed by foreign nationals at US universities.
The Institute of International Education found that US universities admitted more than 1 million international students in the 2015-16 school year, nearly 329,000 of which were Chinese students.
That's all true, but the infiltration of Chinese – and in general Asian – interests is not restricted to academia, or business. As I have repeatedly warned here, they are infiltrating the "movement" through several weak points – "chinks in the armor" so to speak – including HBD and, of course, the sexual weakness of beta male Type I activists for the East Asian women who are pimped off on them. Indeed, over the past few years, there have been an increasing number of East Asian and Hapa females (of course, females) settling down in various "movement" precincts, as well as White males (not men) in the "movement" not even bothering to hide – nay, at times, even celebrating – their yellow fever.
And getting back to academia, don't forget the cogelites at GNXP telling us we need "hundreds of thousands" of "high-IQ" Asian immigrants per year. After all, who's going to do STEM and staff our universities? Certainly not low-IQ White lulzers, hiding out in their parents' basements, engaged in fervent onanism to Asian porn.
Will Sessions do this? But, no. He's too "busy" uselessly standing around looking like a dumbfounded Howdy Doody. Trump had other (non-quota queen) choices for Attorney General, people who, while they were politically inferior to Sessions, would have actually done something, and that something would have been whatever Trump wanted. Instead, we get Howdy Doody time, except the ventriloquist is missing and the dummy just flops around lifelessly.
The Alt Yellow
Exposing the racial sexual fetishism underlying "movement" and HBD politics.
Sallis right again…and, no, I don't get tired of writing that.
Readers of this blog are aware that I have been very critical of the pro-Asian precincts of the "movement."
Thus I have continuously asserted:
1. Certain precincts of Der Movement – including but not limited to Alt Wrong HBD/race realists, certain Alt Righters, Type I activists, some Nutzis, and the Silk Roaders – are pro-Asian (mostly East Asian), are obsessed with Asians (particularly Asian females), and value Asians over either all Whites or over some subset of Whites (White ethnics). Some actually call themselves "yellow supremacists."
2. Pro-Asian "White racial activists" tend to be derived from ethnic groups associated with "high trust hunter gatherer" ancestry.
3. As suggested above, these tend to be people who are Type I activists ideologically, Type I activists as regards character (the Beavis-and-Butthead brigade) or the most pure Type I activist that combines both ideological and character components. In fact, I would like to make an important modification of my typology scheme here. Only people who are Type II in both ideology and character should be classified as Type II activists. Everyone else are Type I. Even though I believe ideology trumps character, the "taint" of Type I character is so strong that an activist with a Type II ideology and a Type I character is effectively, functionally, Type I.
4. As suggested above, there is an underlying Yellow Fever sexual fetishism here; the pro-Asian attitudes are tied to a history of sexual interest in East Asian females.
5. Indeed, many of these types have a documented history of dating and/or marrying East Asian females.
How do the facts square with Sallistrian assertion?
Read this. Emphasis added:
The white supremacists on the far right have "yellow fever" — an Asian woman fetish. It's a confusing mix.
Andrew Anglin, the founder of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, once posted a video of himself with a Filipina he called "my jailbait girlfriend," the young couple flirting as they sauntered through a megamall in the Philippines. Richard Spencer, a white nationalist, has dated a series of Asian-American women, according to one of his ex-girlfriends. (Mr. Spencer insists that it was before he embraced white nationalism.)
The right-wing agitator Mike Cernovich, the writer John Derbyshire and an alt-right figure named Kyle Chapman (so notorious for swinging a lead-filled stick at Trump opponents at a protest in Berkeley, Calif., that he is now a meme) are all married to women of Asian descent. As a commenter wrote on an alt-right forum, "exclusively" dating Asian women is practically a "white-nationalist rite of passage."
Saint Adolf:
"I have never regarded the Chinese or the Japanese as being inferior to ourselves," Adolf Hitler said in 1945. "They belong to ancient civilizations, and I admit freely that their past history is superior to our own."
Of course, Slavs are "subhuman" but Chinese and Japanese are ever-so-superior. Hitler: Type I Nutzi.
Then we have that "high trust hunter gatherer" Charles Murray (emphasis added):
Murray left for the Peace Corps in Thailand in 1965, staying abroad for a formative six years.] At the beginning of this period, the young Murray kindled a romance with his Thai Buddhist language instructor (in Hawaii), Suchart Dej-Udom, the daughter of a wealthy Thai businessman, who was "born with one hand and a mind sharp enough to outscore the rest of the country on the college entrance exam." Murray subsequently proposed by mail from Thailand, and their marriage began the following year, a move that Murray now considers youthful rebellion. "I'm getting married to a one-handed Thai Buddhist," he said. "This was not the daughter-in-law that would have normally presented itself to an Iowa couple."
Murray credits his time in the Peace Corps in Thailand with his lifelong interest in Asia. "There are aspects of Asian culture as it is lived that I still prefer to Western culture, 30 years after I last lived in Thailand," says Murray. "Two of my children are half-Asian. Apart from those personal aspects, I have always thought that the Chinese and Japanese civilizations had elements that represented the apex of human accomplishment in certain domains.
Of course, Murray's own book on "human accomplishment" – despite his attempt to "cook the books" – tells a different story, does it not? The apex of human accomplishment in almost all domains is a bit further west than China and Japan, no?
And…"youthful rebellion?" Yeah, it produced two mixed-race children and a pro-Asian attitude "30 years after." Murray: the Type I political scientist. "Youthful rebellion" – with consequences that last a lifetime. How about some responsibility and accountability, Chuck? What a turd.
And will you all deny that HBD is a pro-Asian (and pro-Jewish) political movement in large part fueled by Yellow Fever enthusiasts (Murray, Derbyshire, Brand) and their associates (Sailer – who once claimed to be part-Jewish, the penis sized-obsessed Rushton, and pseudoscientist joke Lynn, never mind the "I come from an inbred group" HBD Chick and the triracial and part-Asian mongrel Jayman).
By the way, I've personally known quite a few White males (not men), all in STEM, married to Orientals. Not a single one is "normal;" they are all – ALL – what Derbyshire self-labels as "awkward squad." All of them are socially awkward weaklings whose wives "wear the pants" in the family. Yes, yes, I know: anecdotal evidence. But how much do you want to bet that a quantitative psychometric study will demonstrate clear personality differences between Yellow Fever race-mixers and the rest of us?
Also read this, emphasis added:
But Spencer's evolution into a hardcore ethno-nationalist was perhaps not as seamless as he makes it seem. In late 2007, he dated a woman who is Asian American. The two met when she was working for Ron Paul's presidential campaign.
"I am not the only Asian girl he has dated," says Spencer's ex, who spoke to me on the condition that her name not be disclosed. She said she'd initially been turned off by his talk of race-based behavioral differences, but she eventually softened to the idea. They dated for four months, including a trip she took with him to Texas to attend his high school reunion. She says she eventually broke up with him, but not because he was too politically radical. "We all have inconsistencies," she said. "Especially with love. How can you control your heart?"
I asked Spencer about his Asian ex as he was digging into a bowl of Thai noodles at an eclectic restaurant in the quaint downtown of Whitefish. He seemed shocked that I'd brought it up, and peppered me with questions about how I'd found out. "I would rather you didn't write about that," he said, adding later: "You are probably going to nail me with this…I think some people in the movement would probably find that terrible." He confirmed that she was not the only Asian woman he'd been with, but he said the relationships predated his evolution into a white nationalist.
Though Spencer now opposes interracial relationships, white nationalists have long looked east for inspiration—Hitler regarded Chinese and Japanese history as "superior to our own." Jared Taylor and William Johnson, the leader of the white nationalist American Freedom Party, both speak fluent Japanese. "There is something about the Asian girls," Spencer said. "They are cute. They are smart. They have a kind of thing going on. If I am looking at my own life objectively, it really doesn't surprise me that much."
Let me explain the problem, what is "terrible." The real problem here is not that Spencer dated some Asians before he became a WN. After all, he dated them, not married them, and he did not procreate with them. OK, fine. But please Richard, be a man, admit your error. You would get more respect from the "movement" if you would just say "look, I was young, I was not a WN, I used poor judgment, and I made some mistakes. It was wrong, I regret it, and it certainly will never happen again." Instead, we get justifications: "There is something about the Asian girls," Spencer said. "They are cute. They are smart. They have a kind of thing going on. If I am looking at my own life objectively, it really doesn't surprise me that much."
So…what? If some female mudshark makes similar excuses for dating Tyrone Carjacker, should we just blithely accept that as well? Yes, Negroes are worse than Asians, and, yes, female miscegenation can be considered worse since females are the bottleneck for reproduction. But, as regards principle, it's the same thing. ADMIT YOUR MISTAKE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY IT. Do you guys really need to be told that?
I mean, if Spencer "now opposes interracial relationships," then obviously he has to consider those past relationships of his a mistake. Therefore, it's obvious that one must take responsibility for it. But, alas, responsibility and accountability is not what the "movement" is about now, is it? And the Asian claims she broke up with him, not the other way around. Accountability?
These are your "leaders" and heroes, by the way. Good luck with a "pro-White" "movement" that values Yellow over White, and that consists of activists who think dating Orientals is a "rite of passage."
Type I activists have dominated American racial nationalism and has led it down into the toilet. Keep on supporting them though, that'll do wonders to "advance the cause."
Suckers.
Silk Road News: All Hail ThomasER916!
The Asian plague.
Those law-abiding cognitive elitists.
Arrogance and recklessness – colored is as colored does.
Lin, who was going through a divorce from his wife around this time, said he was also too ashamed to report two other relationships he forged while in Hawaii. It was there that he befriended a Chinese massage therapist living in the U.S. and also struck up an internet relationship with another Chinese citizen, the woman he was traveling to meet when apprehended.
"Divorce is shameful in my culture," Lin said…
His culture…he's right about that – a bizarre alien, as different from real Americans as would be "ET" from outer space, a biologically and culturally specimen incompatible with any majority-White nation. When will be free from these colonizers, who should all go back to their "culture?"
An Alt Right commentator answers "Kumiko" thus:
ThomasER916 Kumiko Oumae • 4 hours ago
Just accept reality. You're not White. You're an interloper. You're a subverter. Fuck off to Riceland!
I – unlike Thomas and the Silkers themselves – wouldn't use the obscenity, but otherwise I agree with the comment.
The diseased Oriental answers thus (with my own comments thrown in):
I get that Lauren Southern is quite good looking (the only thing I share in common with her, haha)…
I really doubt that last part. But thank you for once again pointing out that the real reason that Japanese anime pseudonyms and Chinese "maidens" are popping up on White nationalist boards is because Asians pimp out their women to thirsty beta White malelings in order to promote Asian agendas.
…and that she's very high profile, but she just doesn't agree with you politically. This may be annoying for you, but it's nevertheless the truth.
And it is nevertheless the truth that "Kumiko" is a White-hating Asiatic alien intent on subverting White nationalism.
Telling me that I'm not White as though that is supposed to be insulting to me in some way, or as though it's a form of rebuttal, is just laughable. There is nothing for me to 'accept', since I am never trying to be White.
One of the most bizarre things about the Alt-Right, and about White Nationalism in general, is how many of its adherents think that yelling "You are not White" at obviously non-White people, somehow constitutes a powerful argument in and of itself.
Hey, you mendacious Oriental, the point is that you are an alien who doesn't belong on pro-White boards, and you're pushing a hostile and pro-Asian agenda. You are a subverter, as the man said.
2 + 2 is still going to be 4, even if I am the one who points it out.
The only thing you and Danny boy point out is that your geopolitical agenda is the subservience of Europeans to Asian interests.
Chinese Perfidy in Italy
Another fine example of "Silk Road White Nationalism" I assume.
Hey! I though Desmond Jones says that Italy is 100% ethnically/racially homogeneous to the end of time, forever and ever, amen.
Seriously though, can one believe the arrogance of these Chinese? They infest the homeland of another people, cause problems, and then complain and protest when the natives crack down. Arrogant Asians – is that a redundancy?
Is this an example of the "Chinatowns" in European cities and European borderlands that are going to help "defend the West?"
Asians are your enemy White man, and if Whites survive the current Jewish-led revolt of the Global South, in the long term, the Yellow Peril may turn out to be the greatest peril of them all (*)
*See the end of the chapter "Hitler Takes Command" in Irving's Hitler's War to see Saint Adolf's prudent opinions on that topic.


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Teaching Drivers How to Get Out of a Skid or do an Evasive Swerve Can Result in More Crashes Afterwards, Not Fewer!
Research paper:
Training drivers to have the insight to avoid emergency situations, not the skills to overcome emergency situations
Emergency situations are situations that require immediate action to regain control over the vehicle and/or that require immediate action to avoid a crash. Driver training that aims to enhance the skills to regain control in emergency situations such as skid training, evasive swerving and emergency lane changes has proven not to be effective. Moreover, there is a plenitude of evidence that crisis evasion courses can actually increase crash rates. However, driver training that aims to enhance risk-‐ awareness, self-‐awareness and the acceptance of low levels of risk can reduce the crash rates of young novice drivers. As driving is predominantly a self‐paced task, technically skilful drivers are not necessarily also safe drivers. A not too technically skilful driver (i.e. a driver who has moderate vehicle handling skills) who does not overestimate his or her capabilities and/or does not underestimate the risks, drives safer than a skilful driver who overestimates his or her capabilities and/or underestimates the risks.
The Driver Behaviour, Education, and Training Subcommittee has declared that training programs aimed at enhancing the skills to regain control in emergency situations should not be included in basic driver education or in advanced driver training programs; because, the learned skills in such training programs erode quickly, and such training programs result in more risk taking due to overconfidence. Basic driver education and advanced driver training should be aimed at improving the calibration skills of learner drivers and novice drivers. Well‐calibrated drivers can detect latent hazards in traffic situations, do not underestimate the likelihood that these hazards will cause their adverse effects (i.e. they are aware of the risks), and do not overestimate their own skills (i.e. they are aware of their own limitations).
The full paper is available here as a pdf:
2014 – IRF-DBET-SC-Endorsement-Driver-Training-11-07-2013 (1)
Vlakveld, W. & Wren, E. (2014) Training drivers to have the insight to avoid emergency situations, not the skills to overcome emergency situations. International Road Federation (IRF), Washington, DC.
Corresponding author: Dr Willem Vlakveld, at SWOV.
See also: When Extra Driving Courses Are a Bad Idea (first posted in 2005)
Author EddieWrenPosted on June 2, 2017 May 1, 2019 Categories Background Information, Driving TipsTags courses, Dr Willem Vlakveld, driving skills, driving techniques, Eddie Wren, evasive swerve, skid recovery, skid training, training, winter driving6 Comments on Teaching Drivers How to Get Out of a Skid or do an Evasive Swerve Can Result in More Crashes Afterwards, Not Fewer!
Bad Driving 'Advice' — Ignore Anyone Who Says 'Signal for at least 100 feet'
The businesses and individuals who publish or promote bad driving advice that they themselves have received from bodies that should be trustworthy on this crucial subject can hardly be blamed for regurgitating it. But the state governments that so typically publish very poor or even dangerous advice in their state drivers manuals truly should know better …. If only!
In this instance, it is a huge insurance corporation, State Farm, that has published an article under the title of Time to Break These 5 Bad Driving Habits. In it, two of the bits of advice ('Rolling through stop signs', and 'Slowing down to look at crashes or construction') are reasonable and adequately accurate. Two more ('Running yellow or red lights', and 'Disregarding the speed limit') are poor and appear to have been written by someone who truly does not know enough about the subject of safe driving. And — sadly — the fifth topic ('Failing to signal') is seriously flawed, as are the aforementioned state drivers manuals from which it is derived.
A single flash of the turn signal and out he comes! This is the precise equivalent of the so-called advice to "signal for 100 feet" because at 70mph a vehicle covers 103 feet-per-second – just one reason why such advice is nonsense. Photo copyright 2011, Eddie Wren. All rights reserved.
The advice to "signal for at least 100 feet" is unreliable in more ways than one, as follows:
a) At what speed does this "100 feet" guidance apply? Clearly, 100 feet in a 30mph limit is a much lengthier proposition than 100 feet at 70mph, and for this reason alone it cannot be correct;
b) Just how far is 100 feet? This is a scenario I have demonstrated dozens of times on advanced and defensive driver training courses across the USA. Basically, if — one-by-one — you take five individuals, on foot, to a section of road with which they are not conversant and ask them to name and describe a point that is 100 feet away, on that roadside, you are likely to get as many different answers as the number of people involved, and the distances they actually select can commonly be different by a factor of up to four! This appears to be particularly pronounced in mixed groups of males and females. So what use is an arbitrary distance — and 100 feet is arbitrary in everything except it being a nice, round number — if people typically cannot judge distances accurately?
c) What potential 'confusions' exist within that arbitrary 100 feet? Telling a person to signal for 100 feet is downright stupid if there is anything in that section of road to which the signal might alternatively apply (such as an intersection, driveway or business entrance before the one into which a turn is planned). Drivers need to be taught to consider all possibilities in this context and to signal at the most appropriate time… It's not difficult!)
d) This 'signal for 100 feet' advice is given in some state drivers manuals in relation to lane changes on divided highways, and this is where we really do get to see the ignorance of whoever dreamt up this nonsense. At 70mph — a common highway speed, even where the limit is somewhat lower — a vehicle is covering the ground at 103 feet-per-second, so perhaps the original writer of the advice would like to explain how signaling for less than a second can even remotely be acceptable or in any way worthwhile. Most drivers know how we all typically feel if someone gives a single flash of the turn signal before pulling across and 'cutting us up'.
In 2007, in Detroit, I presented a research paper at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, under the title of 'State Drivers Manuals Can Kill Your Kids!' to specifically cover this topic of stunningly bad advice being promoted to new young drivers in state drivers manuals, clearly written by people who have no in-depth knowledge whatsoever of best-practice safe driving techniques.
Footnote: Papers which the SAE publishes are subsequently put on sale by them (with the relatively modest, $27 fee going entirely to them, not the authors) and this paper is therefore available via the above link. Whilst this final comment is immodest, for which I apologize, I believe it is relevant that the paper was also voted, by the audience, into the top five percent of all of the >700 papers presented at the event and as a result was awarded an SAE 'Excellence in Presentation' award.
Eddie Wren, CEO & Chief Instructor – Advanced Drivers of North America
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Late Lane-Changes to Exit from Highways are Dangerous!
Sadly, it is very common here in the N.E. USA, to see selfish drivers deliberately stay out in the middle- or left-lanes of a highway until they are alongside the exit they require then veer or even swerve sharply across the right-hand lane(s) to exit, right across the front of vehicles being driven correctly and safely.
Exit 28A on I-95, Massachusetts, showing at least three separate skid marks, almost certainly caused by a driver staying to the left, all the way to the exit, then swerving right to leave, or by drivers who were so distracted they nearly missed the exit, even from the right-hand lane. Terrible driving!
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Author EddieWrenPosted on May 31, 2017 May 1, 2019 Categories Driving TipsTags highway driving, off-ramps, on-ramps, skid marks, skiddingLeave a comment on Late Lane-Changes to Exit from Highways are Dangerous!
A Safe Etiquette for Traffic Stops in the USA
Because so many people in America carry guns, legally or otherwise, police officers undoubtedly and understandably find it stressful to stop vehicles in order to speak to the driver. And in turn, after news of previous bad incidents in which vehicle occupants have been shot by police officers, drivers find it very stressful to be stopped by the police.
A traffic stop by the New York State Police. Photo copyright, 2015, Eddie Wren / Advanced Drivers of [North] America, Inc.
The State of Illinois has now mandated that future student drivers must be taught what to do if stopped by the police, and this is it:
Stay in your car unless you are told to get out.
Have your license and registration ready.
Roll down your windows so officers can see inside.
Have your hands visible, and make all passengers do the same.
Be polite and obey the officer's commands.
If asked to step out be sure your hands are empty.
This undoubtedly is good advice for being stopped by the police anywhere in the USA.
Author EddieWrenPosted on May 25, 2017 May 1, 2019 Categories Driving TipsLeave a comment on A Safe Etiquette for Traffic Stops in the USA
The Golden Rule of Safe Driving!
All sorts of 'rules' or 'guidelines' are important in safe driving but, a few years ago, a panel of British Police Advanced Driving Instructors was asked to decide on which one was the most crucial.
To put things in perspective, British police advanced drivers and advanced motorcyclists are by far the most highly-trained individuals in the world relative to safe driving/riding on public roads, with just one exception — the instructors who train them! Qualifying at the advanced level in both disciplines of driving and motorcycle riding takes a minimum of ten weeks (400 hours) of behind-the-wheel training, at very high speeds among regular traffic on public roads, not a private circuit. And this is done in unmarked vehicles without any flashing lights or sirens. That duration of training is far more than it takes to obtain a private pilot's license. Qualifying as an advanced police instructor then takes several more full weeks of training and many more weeks as a continuously supervised instructor, to ensure the task is being done with absolute accuracy.
So what is this 'Golden Rule'?
Interestingly, the panel of advanced instructors said that this concept of a golden rule had to have an explanatory introduction and that was that the most fundamental thing is to stay on the correct side of the road — for example, on the left in Britain or Australia, and on the right in the USA or France. It sounds obvious, doesn't it? And of course it is, but in many countries that people visit on vacation or on business, there are road deaths every year because a visitor made a mistake and drove on the wrong side. Once this was made clear, the panel was able to focus on a key rule that would apply to and be helpful to all drivers, anywhere in the world, and it is this:
"Never drive so fast that you cannot stop:
safely,
on your own side of the road,
within the distance you can see to be clear."™
(Copyright, 2006, in North America; Advanced Drivers of [North] America)
There is much more to this powerful safety advice than meets the eye. For example, "the distance you can see to be clear" emphatically does not mean "the distance you can clearly see!" Similarly, the "safely" aspect is inextricably linked to a full and correct understanding of safe following distances.
Naturally, this is one of the many topics explained in great detail on all Advanced Drivers of North America, Inc., training courses.
Author EddieWrenPosted on May 25, 2017 May 1, 2019 Categories Driving TipsTags Driving, fast, golden rule, safe, safely, speed, stop2 Comments on The Golden Rule of Safe Driving!
Setting a Driver's Mirrors for Maximum Safety
A Poor Reflection on Fashion
Setting Outside Mirrors to the Correct Angle
By Eddie Wren — Copyright © 2003 and 2017 (revised version)
Fashion plays a big part in modern life but it is highly doubtful whether road safety trends should ever be subject to it. Yet for years there has been a buzz going around regarding the settings for exterior mirrors. The method now being recommended is potentially risky and frankly has no benefits other than the promotion of laziness and the de-emphasis of reasonable care by drivers. No matter how well-intended, this technique should never be sanctioned.
This new but inappropriate method is incessantly promoted in the USA but would apply equally in any country with left-hand-drive vehicles, and is reversed for countries with right-hand-drive vehicles.
Let's consider the rationale behind the new advice (illustration: 'Car Two,' below). It states, for the USA, that when setting the left-hand exterior mirror, a driver should place his/her head against the glass of the driver's door window then align the exterior mirror to show just a thin sliver of the car bodywork. Traditional advice, however, states that the mirror adjustment should be made while seated normally for driving, not with one's head against the glass.
Similarly, proponents of the new method say that the driver should lean to the right, until their head is central, across the width of the car, before setting the right-hand exterior mirror — again to show just the very edge of the car bodywork. Once again, the traditionalists state that this adjustment should be made while the driver is sat normally in the correct position for driving.
Those who recommend the new idea of 'wider' settings for the wing/exterior mirrors claim that the method reduces the need for a driver to glance over either shoulder and that it also gives a better view through the relevant exterior mirror, of cars that are alongside one's own vehicles on a multi-lane highway. They also claim that it reduces unnecessary overlap between the views through interior and exterior mirrors (see the striped, green zones in illustration 'Car One,' below).
. Car One Car Two
Car One: The 'traditional' way of setting the exterior mirrors. Note the lack of red-striped blind spots inside (i.e. below) the thick red lines. The green-striped areas denote overlap of the view from the interior and exterior mirrors.
These settings prevent any other vehicles, including motorcycles, from coming up behind, unseen.
Car Two: Setting the exterior mirrors 'wide'. Note the large, red-striped blind spots inside (i.e. below) the thick red lines, andthe large areas of green above those same lines.
Depending on how wide a driver sets his exterior mirrors, this technique creates large, un-viewable blind spots that can hide other vehicles, all so that the driver concerned doesn't feel obliged to do shoulder checks.
The areas above the thick red lines denote zones which a driver may view simply by turning his/her head when appropriate. These diagrams are not to scale but do not need to be. The principle remains the same. They were created using nothing more complex than the 'MS Paint' computer program — but they still clearly show that setting the mirrors 'wide' can create two large, dangerous, rear blind spots which can not easily or safely be viewed, and that if a driver ever does turn his/her head — an action that this inadvisable technique seeks to reduce — it creates even more unnecessary overlap than do the traditional settings.
Illustrations Copyright © Eddie Wren, and 'Drive and Stay Alive, Inc.', 2003.
The question is, does this new 'wide settings' method actually do anything at all to enhance safety? The answer is a resounding 'No!' And under several circumstances it will have exactly the opposite effect.
Before detailing why this is such a bad method, it is important to take account of those people who, through neck injury, ailment or whatever, have genuine difficulty in turning their head to glance over their shoulder. If this is the case then one of three things can be done to make life easier and to ensure that the relevant blind spots can still be checked:
— Having (as always) made sure that one has a safe following distance from the vehicle ahead, the first option is to briefly rock forward, towards the steering wheel, as one looks into the relevant mirror. This gives exactly the same 'wide' view as does setting the mirror in that position in the first place, and it avoids the driver having to turn to look over their shoulder. Nobody is advocating that a driver sits too close or remains too close to the steering wheel when driving but, as long as it is safe to do so at the relevant moment, briefly leaning forwards will not cause problems.
— The second option is to have an additional wing mirror fitted on both sides of the car so that one on each side can be set in the proper, 'traditional' manner and the other can be set appropriately wide (the same concept as the pairs of mirrors in one housing used on each side of larger pick-up trucks).
— And the third possibility is to buy small, convex self-adhesive mirrors that can be stuck on to the bottom outer corner of each exterior mirror. These give only a small image for the driver to see but will show whether there is, in fact, another vehicle partially alongside.
Despite there actually being not one good reason to set the exterior mirrors 'wide', there are at least eight reasons why you should NOT position them like that, as follows:
1. On the question of overlap between interior and exterior mirrors, it is a sad fact of life that most drivers — assuming they use their mirrors at all — only check one mirror when they should be checking at least two. In this case, the question of overlap becomes a moot point and is quite possibly advantageous.
2. A good (meaning 'attentive') driver will always monitor all of the vehicles coming up behind at all times and, through concentration on the task at hand, will always know what vehicles may be alongside, in the relevant blind spots. In these circumstances, a shoulder check becomes necessary only to confirm the other vehicle's exact location or, for example, whether it left the highway at an interchange one has just passed.
3. If exterior mirrors are set 'wide' then on highways there is a risk that a motorcycle could be hidden from sight in the relevant blind spots and as a result the rider(s) could be killed if a driver starts a turn or a lane change as the bike is coming up alongside, close to the vehicle. Even without a collision, it is a guarantee that the motorcycle rider will be frightened and/or angry. On urban roads with slow-moving traffic there is a similar danger in respect of bicyclists coming past, usually on the right-hand side of one's vehicle, especially if near an intersection or driveway where the motor vehicle driver is about to turn right and leaves the signaling too late.
4. In all except two-seat sports cars and two-seat pick-up trucks, the view through the interior mirror will often be partially blocked by rear-seat head restraints, especially if such have been correctly adjusted for taller teenage or adult passengers. The heads of any such passengers will, of course, also increase any obstruction to the driver's view. The view through the interior mirror is therefore often far less than perfect which means that the view directly to the rear through the exterior mirrors becomes much more important. This facility is lost if the exterior mirrors are set 'wide'.
5. In longer vehicles, such as 7-seat mini vans* and the larger models of SUVs, the very length of the vehicle usually means that the view via the interior mirror, through the now more distant back window, is much narrower than it is in a shorter vehicle. This means that the view via the interior mirror covers a smaller angle and once again the view directly to the rear through the exterior mirrors becomes much more important. [*Glossary note: In some other countries, the U.S. 'mini van' is known as an MPV or a 'people carrier'.]
6. If a mini van or an SUV has a double back door (as opposed to a lifting/lowering tailgate) the vertical metalwork between the two back windows creates another, sometimes very significant blind spot which makes the interior mirror even less effective than in '5', above. Yet again the view directly to the rear through the exterior mirrors becomes even more important.
This photograph shows the view through a convex mirror (i.e. wide-angle to the left of the feint, dotted line) but it also shows that the motorcyclist nearest the car, would actually be in a new and deadly blind spot if the mirror had been angled "wide" — see the diagrams, above. Photo courtesy of Volvo, one of the first car makers to fit blind spot warning devices. Such systems, as they become more commonplace, will create yet another point in the argument that setting exterior mirrors wide is ill-advised and unnecessary.
7. If a relatively tall vehicle, such as a mini van, a big pick-up or an SUV is being followed by a low car, such as a sports car, the low car may be completely hidden, below the view line of the bigger vehicle's interior mirror, due to tailgate or back window height, but traditionally angled exterior mirrors will give a glimpse of a low vehicle each time it strays out from being directly behind the larger vehicle.
8. The most obvious problem of all relates to reversing. Of course a driver must look over his/her shoulder(s) when doing this, but mirrors are usually essential, too — especially in larger vehicles, such as SUVs and vans — so if, for example, a driver is backing into or out of a parking space near a busy mall, how is he/she to clearly see a pedestrian who walks into the much enlarged blind spots (illustration: Car Two, above) that the 'wide' method creates? It cannot be a case of leaning the head to one side to see out of an exterior mirror because that automatically puts the other two mirrors out of alignment while this is happening and two thirds of the available mirror view is therefore lost. The only wise method of setting the mirrors so that reversing is always as safe as possible is the traditional method, never the new, 'wide' method.
[Please remember, when reversing/backing it is essential to continually check all around — forwards, behind, over both shoulders and in all appropriate mirrors. Reverse slowly so that you have time to do this.]
Craig Steichen, VP of Marketing for Super Concepts, and Q of West Coast Customs (MTV's "Pimp My Ride") stand next to a customized 2005 Ford Escape SUV. (Photo from Ford; February 2005)
9. The photograph above shows yet another situation where setting the exterior mirrors "wide" would affect safety: Stickers significantly blocking the view through the rearview mirror
There is a simple, sensible rule about vehicle windows that unthinking people often forget about, and that is: "Keep all windows clean and clear."
Putting stickers on any window in a car, in a position where they can interfere with a driver's view, either when looking directly through the window or when looking through the interior mirror, is thoughtless and — frankly — stupid. It is in the same category as dangling anything from the interior mirror.
There is no good excuse for doing these things and good safety reasons not to do them.
To counter the inevitable criticism of our opinion we will ask a question. We wonder (for example) how many motorcyclists, bicyclists or pedestrians have died around the world because a sticker or something hanging from an interior mirror have momentarily hidden their presence when a driver briefly glanced for a view? — If anyone even remotely thinks the answer might be "none" then sadly you are very much mistaken.
10. Another aspect that comes into this argument is tinted windows. Particularly at dusk or dawn, or during other periods of poor light, a tinted rear window will significantly reduce the efficacy of the interior mirror. But as the glass in the windshield and the front side windows may not be heavily tinted, the exterior mirrors will not be impaired by tinted glass — yet another reason to keep them in the traditional position to allow some rearward view at all times. Self-dimming mirrors can at times cause similar problems.
With the exception of physically disadvantaged people, as mentioned earlier in this article, why should glancing over one's shoulder even be seen as a tiresome chore? Pilots in busy flight areas do it constantly and there is no good or valid reason why drivers should not do likewise on busy roads. Obviously, it would be a foolish person who looked over his/her shoulder for too long, or who did it at an inopportune moment, but that is not what is under discussion.
Setting the exterior mirrors of a car by traditional, 'close' guidelines is much safer and facilitates a better overall rearward view than does the modern idea of setting the exterior mirrors 'wide'.
The writer of this article had the good fortune to be trained as an 'advanced driver' and an 'advanced motorcyclist' as part of becoming a traffic patrol police officer in Britain. Learning to the UK 'police advanced' standard is an acutely intensive process which involves several hundred hours of training on public roads, among ordinary traffic, often at speeds significantly in excess of 100mph. It is said by many to be the highest level of public road driver training available anywhere in the world.
While serving as a traffic patrol officer he specialised in road safety for young drivers and riders, and after leaving the force became a qualified (DfT-ADI) driving instructor.
He was later invited to become the managing director of a UK advanced driver training company which was established to make training available to ordinary people to take them to the same extremely high standards of driving as British police 'traffic' officers (except for the extreme-speed element). During the same period, he became a donor organ transportation driver, often operating at remarkably high speeds where, of course, safety was paramount for all the usual reasons plus one extra.
He now lives in the USA where he founded Drive and Stay Alive, Inc., in order to help bring the safety message to as many drivers as possible — especially those most at risk, young drivers under the age of 25. He is now the CEO & Chief Instructor for Advanced Drivers of North America, Inc., and has instructed thousands of drivers in both defensive and advanced driving in more than 40 American States and in 6 Canadian provinces.
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Author EddieWrenPosted on May 18, 2017 May 1, 2019 Categories Driving TipsTags correct mirror use for safety, setting car mirrors correctly1 Comment on Setting a Driver's Mirrors for Maximum Safety
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