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How Cal State Northridge Is Using Video Analytics to Quash Parking Lot Crimes
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — Video analytics or video content analysis has been around for years, but it previously didn’t have a very good reputation due to its cost and propensity for false alarms. Fortunately, the price tag of these systems has decreased significantly since they were launched. Additionally, the false alarm issue has been addressed for the most part. -- Security Sales & Integration
Neanderthals Were Cannibals; Evidence Found In Belgium Caves
Currently, the researchers led by Helene Rougier, an anthropologist at California State University Northridge in the United States, had shown that the discoveries found in Goyet caves proved that Neanderthals were cannibals. Christian Casseyas said that the bones had traces of cutting, wherein there was disarticulating and removing of the flesh that occurred. He added that the Neanderthals broke these bones in the same way that they broke those of the reindeer and horses found at the entrance of the cave, certainly to extract the marrow. -- Science World Report
Why the Sears in North Hollywood is thriving despite parent company’s woes
“It’s a destination store because there is nothing else over there to compete with Sears. So Sears has an advantage,” said economist William W. Roberts, former director of the San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center at Cal State Northridge. -- LA Daily News
CAN I USE MOSS TO NAVIGATE?
Common wisdom says that moss grows only on the north side of trees, which means you can use it to find your bearings if you’re lost in the woods. This is generally true, says Caitlin Fong, an ecologist at California State University in Northridge. To thrive, moss requires damp and shady environments that prevent it from drying out. And as you move north, away from the equator, the sun’s rays strike Earth at a southern angle rather than directly overhead, so the north side of an object will receive less sunlight. -- Popular Science
2016 in Review: 16 LA stories that mattered this year
• The San Fernando Valley’s business landscape also changed. While the region lost a 61-year-old Macy’s in North Hollywood, the last store in Laurel Plaza, and a Jerry’s Deli on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, the City Council also signed off on a plan for a toymaker’s new Chatsworth campus. MGA Entertainment, which sells Bratz dolls, has plans for a 24-acre development near Prairie Street and Winnetka Avenue that will include 660 market-rate apartments, retail and restaurants while relocating its Van Nuys headquarters to the site. Cal State Northridge also announced plans to develop a hotel on its campus. -- LA Daily News
Expats’ Guide to Philippine Dialects
The California State University Northridge also published “Major Languages in the Philippines” and listed down Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Kapamkampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray. -- Philippine Primer
Deep in Belgian caves, researchers find Neanderthals feasted on horses, reindeer — and each other
The remains were studied by an international team led by Helene Rougier, an anthropologist at California State University Northridge, who came to the conclusion that the bones were cut and broken in the same way as the bones of the reindeer and horses found at the cave’s entrance. -- Regina Leader-Post
Gruesome cave discovery reveals grisly truth of early human diets
They were found by a team led by Helene Rougier, an anthropologist at California State University Northridge in the United States. -- Daily Star
Caves prove that Neanderthals were cannibals
Now an international team led by Helene Rougier, an anthropologist at California State University Northridge in the United States, has proved from the bones found at Goyet that the Neanderthals there were cannibals. -- iafrica.com
L’homme de Néandertal était bien cannibale
À la tête d’une équipe internationale, l’anthropologue française Hélène Rougier, de la California State University Northridge, en reconstituant des os à partir de fragments épars, a réussi à prouver qu’à Goyet, l’homme de Néandertal était anthropophage. -- marco (French)