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Лю Цюху́н (, род. 26 ноября 1988 года в Цитайхэ, провинция Хэйлунцзян) — китайская шорт-трекистка, участница зимних Олимпийских игр 2014, семикратная чемпионка мира. Окончила Пекинский спортивный университет на факультете физического воспитания со степенью магистра.

Биография
Лю Цюху́н начала кататься на коньках в начальной школе в возрасте 10 лет, и вскоре присоединилась к команде по конькобежному спорту городского округа Муданьцзян. В 2004 году она стартовала на юниорском чемпионате мира в Пекине, где завоевала серебро в эстафете.
В сезоне 2007-2008 годов она стала основным игроком команды и начала выступление в октябре 2007 на Кубке мира в Харбине и стала третьей на 1500 м, в ноябре в Херенвене выиграла в беге на 500 м, а в феврале 2008 года в Квебеке взяла бронзу на 1000 м и в Солт-Лейк-Сити на 500 м.на командном чемпионате мира в Харбине и выиграла в составе команды золотую медаль. Лю была шокирована отличной южнокорейской командой.
 "Южнокорейская команда слишком сильна. Я чувствую,что разрыв между мной и ними слишком велик, и их трудно победить. Особенно на последнем этапе производительность особенно очевидна."
В том сезоне Лю Цюхун выступила посредственно в индивидуальных соревнованиях и победила южнокорейских спортсменов только в эстафетах. Она и Ван Мэн специализировались на дистанциях 500 и 1000 метров и показывали лучшие результаты на дистанции 500 метров в мире и были партнёрами в тренировках. В начале сезона 2008/2009 годов на кубке мира завоевала в октябре 2008 две серебряные медали в Солт-Лейк-Сити на дистанции 500 м и в Ванкувере на 1000 м. В ноябре в Пекине взяла золото и серебро на 500 м и в декабре в Нагано выиграла два серебра на 500 м и 1000 м.

В начале февраля 2009 года на этапе в Софии дважды была второй на 1000 м, и тогда же участвовала на Универсиаде в Харбине, где выиграла там три золота на 500м, 1000 м и в эстафете, и два серебра на 1500 м и 3000 м, а в марте вновь стала золотым призёром на чемпионате мира среди команд в Херенвене. В ноябре 2009 года на этапе кубка мира в Монреале выиграла 4 бронзовые медали на дистанциях 500 м дважды, на 1000 м и 1500 м, а также серебряную медаль в Маркетте на 1500 м.

В январе 2010 года, за полмесяца до Олимпиады она получила травму ноги во время тренировки, которая потребовала более 200 швов, а 12 февраля штаб сборной Китая по шорт-треку приняла решение, что Лю Цюхун, основной игрок женской команды, которая несколько дней назад вылетела в Ванкувер, не будет участвовать в соревнованиях, потому что её скорость восстановления не соответствовала олимпийским стандартам. Ее место заняла подросток Чжао Наньнань. Неспособность принять участие в зимних Олимпийских играх 2010 года стала самым большим сожалением Лю. На зимних Олимпийских играх в Ванкувере сборная Китая выиграла золотую медаль в эстафете, но без участия Лю Цюху́н.

После зимних Олимпийских игр в Ванкувере она медленно восстанавливалась после травмы, нужно было больше уверенности в себе, которую труднее обрести, чем здоровое тело. После начала нового сезона 2010/11 годов Лю по-прежнему являлась основным игроком женской сборной Китая. Она стала в октябре в Монреале на кубке мира третьей на 1000 м, в декабре на этапе в Чанчуне на 500 м выиграла серебро, а в Шанхае на 500 м стала второй и на 1000 м - третьей.  После того как Ван Мэн временно покинула национальную сборную, и бег на 500 метров, являющийся неизменной силой женской сборной Китая на протяжении многих лет, столкнулся с беспрецедентными трудностями. Лю Цюхун вышла вперед в критический момент и стала новым лидером команды, но она не очень хорошо выступила в гонках Кубка мира перед Зимними Азиатскими играми.

На зимних Азиатских играх в Алматы-Астане Лю Цюхун выиграла на своей коронной дистанции 500 м, взяла бронзу на 1000 м и победила с командой в эстафете. После завоевания золотой медали репортер увидел, что на её лице снова появилась редкая расслабленная улыбка. Эта золотая медаль стала для нее важным стартом. В феврале на кубке мира в Москве выиграла серебро на 500 м, а следом в Дрездене серебро и бронзу на 500 м. В марте на чемпионате мира в Шеффилде заняла третье место на 500 м и победила в эстафете вместе с Чжан Хуэй, Фань Кэсинь, Ли Цзяньжоу и Сяо Хань, и на командном чемпионате мира в Варшаве выиграла командную серебряную медаль.

В октябре 2011 года на Кубке мира в Сагенее дважды стала третьей на дистанции 500 м, а в декабре в Шанхае дважды была второй на 500 м. В начале 2012 года Лю выиграла две серебряные медали на 500 м и 1000 м на 12-х Национальных зимних играх, следом на Кубке мира в Москве выиграла бронзу на 500 м и серебро на 1000 м, в Херенвене стала бронзовым призёром на 1000 м. На чемпионате мира в Шанхае стала серебряным призёром на 1500 м и выиграла очередное золото в эстафете. Она продолжала брать призовые места и в кубке мира, когда в октябре на этапе в Канаде взяла четыре медали, в том числе серебряная и бронзовая на 500 м и две бронзы на 1000 и и 1500 м. В декабре в Нагое также стала второй на дистанции 500 м.

В феврале 2013 года на этапе кубка мира в Сочи выиграла третье место на 500 м и победила в эстафетной гонке, через неделю в Дрездене вновь стала третьей на 500 м. В марте на чемпионате мира в Дебрецене выиграла золотую медаль в эстафете вместе с Ван Мэн, Фань Кэсинь, Чжоу Ян и Ли Цзяньжоу.

В феврале 2014 года на зимних Олимпийских играх в Сочи Лю Цюху́н на дистанции 500 м была в одной группе с Фань Кэсинь и Ли Цзяньжоу в полуфинале, однако Кэсинь, которая впервые вышла на олимпийский каток, споткнулась о свой собственный конёк и упала. Лю Цюхун бежала позади неё и хотела помочь своим подругам по команде, но в этот момент её путь спереди был заблокирован британкой Элизой Кристи, и Ли Цзяньжоу вышла в финал. На дистанции 1500 она заняла лишь 27-е место, на групповом этапе на дистанции 1000 метров она была дисквалифицирована за нарушении правил, а в эстафете судья посчитал, что китайская команда помешала команде Южной Кореи во время передачи эстафетной палочки и в итоге была лишена возможности побороться за медаль. Мечта Лю Цюхун о чемпионстве была разбита вдребезги. Зимние Олимпийские игры, которых она ждала восемь лет, наконец-то принесли ей только потерю и беспомощность. Она была знаменосцем Китая на церемонии закрытия Зимних Олимпийских игр 2014 года в Сочи. В том же году завершила карьеру.

Личная жизнь
Лю Цюхун закончила Пекинский спортивный университет по специальности Физическое воспитание.
В 2012 году она была награждена премией за выдающийся вклад в развитие спорта от правительства провинции Хэйлунцзян в Китае
Лю Цюхун после Олимпиады в Сочи:
 -Обычно я провожу большую часть своего времени на тренировках и соревнованиях. Когда я была ребенком, у меня редко было время читать книги. Теперь, когда у меня больше свободного времени, я буду читать больше книг.
Вечером 8 июня 2018 года Хань Тяньюй, известная звезда конькобежного спорта по шорт-треку и двукратный серебряный призер зимних Олимпийских игр, сделал предложение Лю Цюхун, а 19 июня Хань Тяньюй и Лю Цюхун поженились в Фушуне, провинция Ляонин. 30 июля 2019 года Лю Цюхун сделала фотографию беременности и объявила хорошую новость о том, что она и Хань Тяньюй стали родителями. Лю Цюхун спела песню в новогоднюю ночь.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Данные на olympics.com
 Профиль на isu
 Статистика на the-sports.org
 Биография на baike.baidu.com

Шорт-трекисты Китая
Чемпионы мира по шорт-треку
Шорт-трекисты на зимних Олимпийских играх 2014 года
Шорт-трекисты по алфавиту


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 * Define writers for serializing/marshalling objects.
 *
 * @author J. Chris Folsom
 * @version 2.0
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{
	/**
	 * Close the output stream.
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	 */
	public void close() throws IOException;

	/**
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POLICE have identified a man shot dead in a smart suburb of Crumpsall in broad daylight on Friday afternoon.
Armed police surrounded a quiet cul-de-sac in Bettwood Drive, off Middleton Road, after McMurray Chinadu Iheagwara was found blasted to death. The 40-year-old was rushed to North Manchester General Hospital, but was dead on arrival from head injuries. A post mortem confirmed he died of gunshot wounds.
A 40-year-old Crumpsall man arrested on Saturday was released on police bail after being questioned about the shooting.
An incident room has been set up in Longsight and detectives are appealing for anyone who may have information about the incident to call on 0161-856-4333.


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namespace ZendTest\Cache\Storage\Adapter;

use Zend\Cache;

/**
 * @group      Zend_Cache
 */
class MemcacheTest extends CommonAdapterTest
{
    public function setUp()
    {
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            $this->markTestSkipped("Skipped by TestConfiguration (TESTS_ZEND_CACHE_MEMCACHE_ENABLED)");
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                $this->fail("Expected exception Zend\Cache\Exception\ExtensionNotLoadedException");
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                $this->markTestSkipped("Missing ext/memcache version >= 2.0.0");
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            'resource_id' => __CLASS__
        ));

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    {
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            array('host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 12345, 'weight' => 1, 'status' => true),
            array('host' => 'localhost', 'port' => 54321, 'weight' => 2, 'status' => true),
            array('host' => 'examp.com', 'port' => 11211, 'status' => true),
        );

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            array(
                array(
                    array('127.0.0.1', 12345, 1),
                    array('localhost', '54321', '2'),
                    array('examp.com'),
                ),
                $expectedServers,
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                array(
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                    array('examp.com'),
                ),
                $expectedServers,
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                array(
                    '127.0.0.1:12345?weight=1',
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        );
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            $minSavings, $options->getResourceManager()->getAutoCompressMinSavings($options->getResourceId())
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    }

    public function tearDown()
    {
        if ($this->_storage) {
            $this->_storage->flush();
        }

        parent::tearDown();
    }
}


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In major BDS win, South Africa university officially cuts ties with Israel
December 14, 2017 at 11:52 am | Published in: Africa, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine, South Africa
South Africa's Tshwane University of Technology [BDS South Africa/Twitter]
South Africa's Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has officially endorsed the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israel, and imposed a ban on ties with Israel and Israeli institutions.
With a 60,000-strong student body, Tshwane is the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa.
In a statement released last week, officials revealed that a 24 November meeting of the university council had formally approved a recommendation to cut ties.
"As a progressive University in a democratic South Africa, we want to affirm that TUT will not sign any agreements or enter into scientific partnerships with any Israeli organisation or institution until such time that Israel ends its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory." the statement said.
The University will not stand back and accept the violations of the Israeli government when it confines the movement of Palestinian children and youth on their own land and restricts their ability to access education through destroying the schools.
The statement added: "TUT furthermore supports the call by various bodies, including student bodies and other progressive organisations to boycott Israel and Israeli institutions for as long as Israel continues to violate the basic human rights of the Palestinian people, as well as international laws."
Read: Africa's solidarity is a major pillar in the Palestinian struggle
TUT spokesperson on the issue, Professor Rasigan Maharajh, told the African News Agency: "As a 'peoples university', TUT is enjoined with the University of Johannesburg, and progressive Palestinian and Israeli academics in further encouraging the international community to comprehensively and consistently boycott all academic institutions in Israel as a contribution to the struggle to end Israel's illegal occupation and system of apartheid."
In a press release, BDS South Africa described the university's decision as a "major win", and quoted the chairperson of TUT's Institutional Forum, Gugu Xaba, as welcoming the news.
"TUT is joining other human rights respecting institutions including our colleagues at the University of Johannesburg who also terminated their relations with Israel in 2011. This is another major win for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement contributing to a formidable momentum for Palestine! We salute all those involved in taking this decision."
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Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter
Posted by News Fetcher on January 17 '14 at 11:15 AM
By Soulskill from Slashdot's too-bad-the-cold-last-week-disproved-global-warming department:
vikingpower writes "In a landmark report on bushfires and climate change (PDF), the Australian Climate Council concludes that heat waves in Australia, as driven by climate change, are becoming more frequent — and that they get hotter. 'It is crucial that communities, emergency services, health services and other authorities prepare for the increasing severity and frequency of extreme fire conditions,' says the Council in the report. Sarah Perkins, one of the report's co-authors,
was interviewed by The Guardian Australia. '"While we can't blame climate change for any one event, we can certainly see its fingerprint. This is another link in the chain." Perkins said her latest work had analyzed heatwave trends up to 2013. She said the trend "just gets worse – it's a bit scary really."' In 2009, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization signaled that a Southeast Australian heatwave was the hottest in 100 years."
Building an Open Source Nest
By Soulskill from Slashdot's birds-need-not-apply department:
An anonymous reader writes "Google's recent acquisitiona team of engineers at Spark sat down and roughed out a prototype for an open source version of Nest. It looks surprisingly good for such a short development cycle, and they've posted their code on Github. The article has a number of short videos illustrating the technology they used, and how they used it. Quoting: 'All in, we spent about $70 on components to put this together (including $39 for the Spark Core); the wood and acrylic were free. We started working at 10am and finished at 3am, with 3.5 engineers involved (one went to bed early), and the only work we did in advance was order the electronic components. We're not saying that you can build a $3.2 billion company in a day. But we are saying that you can build a $3.2 billion company, and it's easier now than it's ever been before.'"
Obama Announces Surveillance Reforms
By Soulskill from Slashdot's knowing-which-way-the-wind-is-blowing department:
In a speech today, U.S. President Barack Obama announced changes for the operations of the country's intelligence agencies. He says the current program will end "as it currently exists," though most of the data collection schemes will remain intact. However, the data collected in these sweeps will not be stored by the U.S. government, instead residing with either the communications providers or another third party. (He pointed out that storing private data within a commercial entity can have its own oversight issues, so the attorney general and intelligence officials will have to figure out the best compromise.) In order for the NSA to query the database, they will need specific approval from a national security court. Obama also announced "new oversight" to spying on foreign leaders, and an end to spying on leaders of friendly and allied countries. Further, decisions from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court will be annually reviewed for declassification. A panel advocating for citizen privacy will have input into the FISC. There will be chances to national security letters: they will no longer have an indefinite secrecy period. Companies will be able to disclose some amount of information about the NSLs they receive, something they've been asking for. Another change is a reduction in the number of steps from suspected terrorists that phone data can be gathered. Instead of grabbing all the data from people three steps away, it's now limited to two.
Americans To FCC Chair: No Cell Calls On Planes, Please
By Soulskill from Slashdot's we-only-want-what-we-can't-have department:
jfruh writes "Who says Americans are politically apathetic? The FCC's proposal to allow cellular data — and, if the airline allows it, voice calls — on airplanes unleashed a flood of responses even before the official comment period began this week. The sentiment was overwhelmingly opposed to people talking on phones in flight. Some correspondents spun terrifying hypotheticals about yapping teens, some accused FCC chair Tom Wheeler of flying on private planes and being out of touch with the full-on horror of in-flight chatter, and one person concluded their letter with the word 'no' with letter 'o' repeated 213 times."
US Senator Warns Against Political Surveillance By Drone
By Soulskill from Slashdot's eyes-in-the-skies department:
cold fjord writes "Politico reports, 'Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she once found a drone peeking into the window of her home — the kind of cautionary tale she wants lawmakers to consider as they look at allowing commercial drone use. ... she used the episode to implore lawmakers to "proceed with caution." Feinstein said she encountered the flying robot while a demonstration was taking place outside her house. She said she went to the window to peek out — and "there was a drone right there at the window looking out at me." ... "Obviously the pilot of the drone had some surprise because the drone wheeled around and crashed ..." she said. ... Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that she has seen firsthand the surveillance capabilities of drones and called civilian privacy concerns "significant." She ... recommended a search warrant requirement. Feinstein said she is working on legislation with the Commerce Committee and urged senators to move swiftly to create "strong, binding enforceable privacy policies that govern drone operations before the technology is upon us."'"
Creationism In Texas Public Schools
By Soulskill from Slashdot's no-one-could-accuse-them-of-evolving department:
An anonymous reader writes "Slate reports on new anti-science education coming out of Texas. The state has a charter school system called Responsive Education Solutions, which is publicly funded. Unfortunately, 'it has been connected from its inception to the creationist movement and to far-right fundamentalists who seek to undermine the separation of church and state.' The biology workbook used in these schools actually reads, "In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth." It also brings up social Darwinism as if it's an aspect of evolutionary theory and introduces doubt that the Earth is billions of years old. The article continues, 'To get around court rulings, Responsive Ed and other creationists resort to rhetoric about teaching "all sides" of "competing theories" and claiming that this approach promotes "critical thinking." In response to a question about whether Responsive Ed teaches creationism, its vice president of academic affairs, Rosalinda Gonzalez, told me that the curriculum "teaches evolution, noting, but not exploring, the existence of competing theories."' Other so-called education texts being used by the Responsive Ed program teach Western superiority and how feminism forced women to 'turn to the state as a surrogate husband.'"
Target Credit Card Data Was Sent To a Server In Russia
By Soulskill from Slashdot's really-just-a-misformatted-order-for-vodka department:
angry tapir writes "The stolen credit card numbers of millions of Target shoppers took an international trip — to Russia. A peek inside the malicious software that infected Target's POS (point-of-sale) terminals is revealing more detail about the methods of the attackers as security researchers investigate one of the most devastating data breaches in history. Findings from two security companies show the attackers breached Target's network and stayed undetected for more than two weeks. Over two weeks, the malware collected 11GB of data from Target's POS terminals. The data was first quietly moved to another server on Target's network and then transmitted in chunks to a U.S.-based server that the attackers had hijacked. Logs from that compromised server show the data was moved again to a server based in Russia starting on Dec. 2."
A related article at Wired points out that Target suffered a similar breach in 2005, and apparently didn't learn its lesson.
Google Announces Smart Contact Lens Project For Diabetics
By Soulskill from Slashdot's start-educating-your-contact-lenses-today department:
An anonymous reader writes "Google has announced on its official blog that it's working on a new way for diabetics to monitor their blood sugar: a 'smart' contact lens. Diabetes is a difficult condition to treat because blood sugar levels vary widely by a person's activity level and food intake. It's also hard to monitor without painful and intrusive measurements — people can feel normal at dangerously high blood sugar levels, while extremely low levels can impair their ability to seek treatment. Google says, 'Over the years, many scientists have investigated various body fluids—such as tears—in the hopes of finding an easier way for people to track their glucose levels. But as you can imagine, tears are hard to collect and study. At Google[x], we wondered if miniaturized electronics—think: chips and sensors so small they look like bits of glitter, and an antenna thinner than a human hair—might be a way to crack the mystery of tear glucose and measure it with greater accuracy. We're now testing a smart contact lens that's built to measure glucose levels in tears using a tiny wireless chip and miniaturized glucose sensor that are embedded between two layers of soft contact lens material. We're testing prototypes that can generate a reading once per second.' They're talking with the FDA and bringing in experts to help them figure out the best way to do it."
Thousands of Gas Leaks Discovered Under Streets of Washington DC
By samzenpus from Slashdot's do-you-smell-something? department:
First time accepted submitter gallifreyan99 writes "Researchers from Duke revealed today that they had discovered nearly 5,900 gas leaks under the streets of Washington DC, including 12 that posed a serious risk of explosion. And it's not just Washington: a gas industry whistleblower who is part of the team showed this was happening in cities all over America."
World-First Working Eukaryotic Cell Made From Plastic
By samzenpus from Slashdot's I-prefer-real-cells department:
Zothecula writes "Previously, chemists have managed to create artificial cell walls and developed synthetic DNA to produce self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cells. Now, for the first time, researchers have used polymers to produce an artificial eukaryotic cell capable of undertaking multiple chemical reactions through working organelles."
US Government To Convert Silk Road Bitcoins To USD
By samzenpus from Slashdot's real-cash department:
angry tapir writes "The founder of the Silk Road underground website has forfeited the site and thousands of bitcoins, worth around $28 million at current rates, to the U.S. government. The approximately 29,655 bitcoins were seized from the Silk Road website when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) moved to close it in late September. 'The United States Marshals Service shall dispose of the Silk Road Hidden Website and the Silk Road Server Bitcoins according to law,' wrote Judge J. Paul Oetken, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in a court order that was issued this week. The ruling represents the largest-ever forfeiture of bitcoins. 'It is the intention of the government to ultimately convert the bitcoins to U.S. currency,' said Jim Margolin, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York."
Encrypted Messaging Startup Wickr Offers $100K Bug Bounty
Posted by News Fetcher on January 16 '14 at 11:15 PM
By samzenpus from Slashdot's getting-paid department:
alphadogg writes "Two-year-old startup Wickr is offering a reward of up to $100,000 to anyone who can find a serious vulnerability in its mobile encrypted messaging application, which is designed to thwart spying by hackers and governments. The reward puts the small company in the same league as Google, Facebook and Microsoft, all of which offer substantial payouts to security researchers for finding dangerous bugs that could compromise their users' data. Wickr has already closely vetted its application so the challenge could be tough. Veracode, an application security testing company, and Stroz Friedberg, a computer forensics firm, have reviewed the software, in addition to independent security researchers."
Electrical Engineering Lost 35,000 Jobs Last Year In the US
By samzenpus from Slashdot's alice-doesn't-work-here-anymore department:
dcblogs writes "Despite an expanding use of electronics in products, the number of people working as electrical engineers in U.S. declined by 10.4% last year. The decline amounted to a loss of 35,000 jobs and increased the unemployment rate for electrical engineers from 3.4% in 2012 to 4.8% last year, an unusually high rate of job losses for this occupation. There are 300,000 people working as electrical engineers, according to U.S. Labor Department data analyzed by the IEEE-USA. In 2002, there were 385,000 electrical engineers in the U.S. Ron Hira, an assistant professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, called the electrical engineering employment trend 'truly disturbing,' and said, 'just like America's manufacturing has been hollowed out by offshoring and globalization, it appears that electrical and electronics engineering is heading that way.'"
Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future
By samzenpus from Slashdot's fight-the-power department:
Nerval's Lobster writes "A California software developer dubbed an explorer by Google and a scofflaw by the California Highway Patrol appeared in court to fight over the purpose and usage of wearable electronics. Cecilia Abadie denies she was doing 80 mph in a 65 mph zone when she was pulled over by the CHP Oct. 29 of last year, but proudly admits wearing her early edition of Google's Google Glass augmented-reality goggles. She just doesn't agree with the CHP's contention that Google Glass is a television. Abadie, who works at virtual-reality sports software developer Full Swing Golf and was one of the first 'explorers' chosen by Google as early testers of Google Glass before they were released, wears the goggles for as long as 12 hours per day, using them both as a way to pull email, driving directions and other information into her view and to push pictures, Tweets, updates and other information out to professional and social networks in a process she describes as 'living in transparency.' The California Highway Patrol, unfortunately for Abadie, considered wearing Google Glass to be the same as watching television while driving. One of the two citations Abadie was given was for speeding; the other was for 'driving with a monitor visible in violation of California Vehicle Code 27602.' Fighting that perception in court is 'a big responsibility for me and also for the judge who is going to interpret a very old law compared with how fast technology is changing,' Abadie told the Associated Press for a Jan. 16 story." A court commissioner in San Diego dismissed the Google Glass ticket, saying he could find no evidence that the device was in use while Abadie was driving.
95% of ATMs Worldwide Are Still Using Windows XP
By samzenpus from Slashdot's if-it-aint-broke department:
BUL2294 writes "95% of the world's ATM machines are still running Windows XP and banks are already purchasing extended support agreements from Microsoft. (some of the affected ATMs are running XP Embedded, which has a support lifecycle until January, 2016). 'Microsoft is selling custom tech support agreements that extend the life of Windows XP, although the cost can soar quickly—multiplying by a factor of five in the second year, says Korala. JPMorgan is buying a one-year extension and will start converting its machines to Windows 7 in July; about 3,000 of its 19,000 ATMs need enhancements before the process can begin...'"
Why the Major Labels Love (and Artists Hate) Music Streaming
By samzenpus from Slashdot's pay-us-as-you-go department:
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Jay Frank writes that that the big four major music distributors and their sister publishers (Sony, Warner, UNI and EMI) make 15% more per year, on average, from paying customers of streaming services like Spotify or Rdio than it does from the average customer who buys downloads, CDs or both. Each label makes 'blanket license' deals with Streaming services with advances in the undisclosed millions, which is virtually the same as selling music in bulk; they receive these healthy licensing fees to cover all activity in a given period rather than allowing Streaming services to 'pay as they go.' 'Artists are up in arms, many are opting out of streaming services,' writes Frank. 'Lost in that noise is a voice that is seldom heard: that of the record companies. There's good reason for that: they're making more money from streaming and the future looks extremely bright for them.' The average 'premium' subscription customer in the US was worth about $16 a year to a major record company, while the average buyer of digital downloads or physical music was worth about $14 so year over year, the premium subscriber was worth nearly 15% more than the person who bought music either digitally or physically."
Russia Backs Sending Top Students Abroad With a Catch
By samzenpus from Slashdot's from-russia-with-lunch-money department:
First time accepted submitter Clark Schultz writes "Vladimir Putin plans to send the country's top domestic students abroad in an effort to prepare engineers, doctors, and scientists with the most modern education. The initiative comes with a catch: Students must return to Mother Russia to work. Though critics say that the students may be tempted to stay abroad after receiving their advanced degrees, Putin is confident they will be properly motivated to keep up their end of the bargain. As one advocate notes, the 'brilliant' practice of educating Russians at top global universities dates back to the times of Peter the Great."
Wikimedia Community Debates H.264 Support On Wikipedia Sites.
By timothy from Slashdot's side-loading department:
bigmammoth writes "Wikimedia has been a long time supporter of royalty free formats, but is now considering a shift in their position. From the RfC: ;To support the MP4 standard as a complement to the open formats now used on our sites, it has been proposed that videos be automatically transcoded and stored in both open and MP4 formats on our sites, as soon as they are uploaded or viewed by users. The unencumbered WebM and Ogg versions would remain our primary reference for platforms that support them. But the MP4 versions 'ould enable many mobile and desktop users who cannot view these unencumbered video files to watch them in MP4 format.'
This has stirred a heated debate within the Wikimedia community as to whether the mp4 / h.264 format should be supported. Many wikimedia regulars have weighed in, resulting in currently an even split between adding the H.264 support or not. The request for comment is open to all users of Wikimedia, including the broader community of readers. What do you think about supporting H.264 on Wikimedia sites?"
Microsoft Remotely Deleted Tor From Windows Machines To Stop Botnet
By timothy from Slashdot's because-they-can department:
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft remotely deleted old versions of Tor anonymizing software from Windows machines to prevent them from being exploited by Sefnit, a botnet that spread through the Tor network. It's unclear how many machines were affected, but the total number of computers on the Tor network ballooned from 1 million to 5.5 million as Sefnit spread. 'By October, the Tor network had dropped two million users thanks to Sefnit clients that had been axed. No one, not even the Tor developers themselves, knew how Microsoft had gone on a silent offensive against such a big opponent and won a decisive battle,' the Daily Dot reported.
In a blog post, Microsoft claimed it views Tor as a 'good application,' but leaving it installed presented a severe threat to the infected machines."
CES 2014: HAL© is a Voice- and Gesture-Operated Remote (Video)
By Roblimo from Slashdot's open-the-pod-bay-doors department:
According to the company's website, "HAL© is the future of television and media management. Using proprietary gesture and voice control technology..." In this case, HAL© stands for "Human Algorithm LTE." It looks like it's a lot safer than the original HAL 9000, anyway. Is it ready for prime time? If their CES demo is any indication, not quite. They say HAL© is going to ship in the fall of 2014. The technology? They won't say beyond, "It's proprietary." Ah! Then it must be good, right? Another voice-operated remote control -- that's already available for purchase from major retailers -- is the Ivee Sleek. There are other HALs out there, too. Like this one. And this one, which is a home automation server that costs $2499.00 (& up). Anyway, the retail price for HAL(circle-C) is supposed to be $199 when it hits the streets. And even though it doesn't look like HAL© can do much that I can't already do with my Android phone, Skyvi, and a Chromecast, it might be fun to test and review once it's in production.


Šape are one of the most loved, traditional Bosnian treats. When translated to English, šapa (sing.) simply means a "paw". The old tins were shaped like bear paws, hence the name. I remember playing with my grandmother's šape tins when I was a little girl. They had that gray and brownish patina from years of use and I wish I had somehow saved them…Today the tins come in all different shapes and can be purchased here. A madeleine tin can also be used to make šape.
Bear paws are made from simple ingredients, readily available in every household. Biting into a šapa can instantly take me back to my grandmother's little kitchen, with wooden floors, green credenza and an old tin box she kept them in. Šape are made for birthdays, feasts, weddings, christenings, Christmas and almost every other special occasion. They are sort of a shortbread cookie, originally made with lard, but are just as good made with butter. Traditionally, walnuts are used in the cookie, but I've seen them made with shredded coconut, poppy seeds or spiced with cinnamon. The crumbly dough is pressed into tin forms, placed onto a cookie sheet, baked and tossed in powdered sugar. They simply melt in your mouth!
Beat lard (or butter), sugar and vanilla for about 3-4 minutes, then add egg and lemon zest and mix for couple of more minutes.
Combine flour and baking powder; add to the lard mixture.
Brush the tins with melted butter, fill them about 2/3 with dough.
Place the tins on a cookie sheet and bake at 180 C / 355 F for about 15 minutes or until golden-brown color.
Let them cool down for a minute or two, remove from tins and liberally dust with powdered sugar.
Coconut! You either love it or you hate it! Some of my friends who hate coconut say it's because of the texture… My daughter used to hate coconut, never wanted to even try anything that had a slightest hint of it, until one day she worked up the courage to try these and fell in love with them.
These choco-coconut squares are a frequent guest at the table of many Bosnian families. If you like chocolate – coconut combination, I can guarantee you these will knock your socks off! 🙂 Now, in Bosnian language these have a specific name. It is weird and funny and quite unappetizing (the name I mean). That's why I didn't try translating it into English. Despite the weird name, this desserts is very popular, it is easily made and super delicious!
1. For the batter divide the eggs. Beat the egg whites with a smidgen of salt until firm, set aside. Beat the egg yolks with sugar and vanilla until pale yellow and all the sugar has dissolved (about 5 minutes).
2. Add milk and mix slowly for another minute. Now start adding flour combined with bread crumbs mixing at a low speed. At the end fold in the egg whites by hand until just combined.
3. Pour the batter into the cake pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 195 C (385 F) until the top starts getting golden yellow color. Remove from the oven and from the pan and place it on a cooling rack.
4. When the cake has cooled down completely, cut it horizontally into two halves. Lightly heat the jam and spread over the first half, lay the second half on the top. Now cut the whole cake into squares. If you make three cuts to the longer- and 5 to the shorter side you will get 24 squares.
5. Heat the water in a small cooking pot. Melt the chocolate and butter over hot water bath. Add sugar (if desired), mix it smooth and add milk at the end.
6. Dip each cake square into chocolate. Make sure every side is well coated and then dip in coconut. Let them rest for about an hour. They are best served at the room temperature!
Ideas started forming in my mind while I was still at work – something yeasty, but not too heavy and good for breakfast… Strudel! That's it! We, Eastern European People love our strudel! I think most of every nation of Eastern (and some of Western EU) has one or the other version of the strudel. I usually make two types of strudel – one with a very thin, phyllo-like dough and the other with the yeast dough. Fillings can vary – from a lighter cherry, apple or jam filling to a richer poppy seed, walnut, hazelnut, almond or cream cheese and raisins filling. More info about strudel here.
Pour the milk into a cooking pan and let it boil lightly. Add hazelnuts, sugar, vanilla, honey and cinnamon and mix well for a few minutes until the filling thickens. Make sure the filling is spreadable. If is too runny add more hazelnuts. ***You may divide filling into two parts and add 1 tbsp of cocoa or melted chocolate in one half (or add some different flavor to it).
Mix the yeast, 1 tsp sugar and 2 tbsp warm water. Set aside for 5 minutes until becomes foamy.
Combine flour, sugar, salt and lemon zest. Make an indent in the flour and pour in the yeast mixture. Mix lightly, add the egg and then start adding water. When almost combined, work the butter into the dough.
Lightly dust your working surface with flour and knead the dough by hand for about 5 minutes. Grease a bowl with butter and place the dough ball into the bowl. Cover with a kitchen towel and let it rise until double in volume.
Prepare two 5 X 9 inches (about 13 X 23 cm) loaf pans, grease them with butter. Cover your table with a cloth which will be used for rolling the dough. Sprinkle the cloth with flour.
When the dough is ready, divide it in two. Using a rolling pin roll the dough as thin as possible. Make sure it keeps its rectangular shape. The size of my dough was approx. 12 X 20 inches. Spread the filling as thinly as possible. Lift up the cloth and roll the dough as a jelly roll. Do the same with the second piece of the dough.
Shape one roll into "S", form the other dough into a two-strain braid and place each into a loaf pan. Cover and let is rise for about 1 to 1.5 hours.
Bake at 375 F (190 C) for 10 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350 F (175 C) and bake for another 30 minutes. Cool for at least 30 minutes in the pan. Remove from the pan and cool for another 30 minutes, slice and serve.


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Thanks to this laptop's FHD IPS technology, you can enjoy playing every game and watching very movie is a clarity that will leave you spellbound. Its wide viewing angle of up to 170-degree allows you to enjoy consistent, brilliant color and a full viewing experience from any angle.
This isn't a Laptop...Its a Superhero Amazing High Speed, Graphics Mind Blowing, I dont have words to express how cool this stuff is.
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Must Go for this laptop Dont have second Thought.
Secondly You need a bag which fits this laptop as I saw bags from 1K-10K but it doesnt fits in even if bag companies mentions.
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Knocked Loose es una banda de hardcore punk estadounidense originaria de Condado de Oldham, Kentucky, formada en 2013. Actualmente están con Pure Noise Records. La banda lanzó su primer álbum de estudio, Laugh Tracks, el 16 de septiembre de 2016 a través de Pure Noise Records.

Historia
La carrera de Knocked Loose en su forma actual comenzó en 2013, pero Garris ha declarado que comenzó a tocar con varios de los miembros actuales de la banda en 2011 o 2012.

Su primer material de estudio fue un EP titulado Pop Culture, lanzado en 2014 a través de Little Heart Records.

En 2015, Knocked Loose lanzó un split con Damaged Goods a través de No Luck Records (y digitalmente en Little Heart).

En 2016, la banda anunció que su primer álbum de estudio, titulado Laugh Tracks, sería lanzado por Pure Noise Records, a quienes habían firmado a principios de ese año. El álbum fue lanzado el 16 de septiembre de 2016. El 9 de agosto de 2016, Knocked Loose estrenó una nueva canción de su próximo álbum, la canción se llama «Oblivions Peak». El 31 de mayo de 2017, la banda lanzó un video musical para dos canciones combinadas de Laugh Tracks, «Billy No Mates / Counting Worms», el video comienza con «Billy No Mates» y pasa instantáneamente a «Counting Worms».

El 6 de junio de 2017, se anunció que Knocked Loose apoyaría a Every Time I Die junto con Hollow Earth para una gira a finales de 2017 por los Estados Unidos, que se extiende entre septiembre y octubre de ese año. Un mes después, en julio de 2017, la banda anunció una gira en noviembre por el Reino Unido, también apoyando a Every Time I Die, pero esta vez tocando junto a la banda canadiense de hardcore Comeback Kid en unas pocas fechas selectas. En el verano de 2017, Knocked Loose tocó todas las fechas del Vans Warped Tour en el escenario Full Sail junto a bandas como Trophy Eyes, Boston Manor y Movements. A finales de 2017, la banda anunció su primera gira en los Estados Unidos a principios de 2018 con el apoyo de las bandas de hardcore Terror y Jesus Piece, y sus compañeros de sello, Stone. Sin embargo, antes de la gira, después de que los miembros de Stone fueran acusados de agresión sexual, Knocked Loose los retiró de la gira y los reemplazó con Year of the Knife.

La mayoría de las fechas de su primer cabeza de cartel se agotaron, lo que les permitió abrir para Parkway Drive y Thy Art Is Murder en sus giras europeas y también tocar algunas fechas en el escenario principal del último Warped Tour.

Estilo musical
Knocked Loose ha sido categorizado en varios subgéneros por los medios y las publicaciones por igual, incluyendo el beatdown hardcore, el metalcore y el hardcore punk. New Noise Magazine, al revisar su álbum debut Laugh Tracks, describió el sonido de la banda como «Comeback Kid en su momento más pesado con algunas dosis adicionales de riffs de Slayer y malicia al estilo Code Orange». Bryan Garris, el vocalista de la banda, ha descrito su sonido como un «sándwich entre hardcore y metalcore», y también ha declarado que la intención de la banda era producir un sonido diverso que fuera difícil de clasificar. Knocked Loose ha sido reconocido como uno de los precursores de la escena del "renacimiento" de la primera ola de metalcore de finales de la década de 2010, junto con bandas como Code Orange, Counterparts, Employed to Serve, Harm's Way, Jesus Piece, Kublai Khan, Varials y Vein.

Como es común en los géneros del metalcore y el hardcore punk moderno, Knocked Loose incorpora breakdowns de tempo lento en su música.

Miembros
Miembros actuales
 Cole Crutchfield – guitarra rítmica, coros
 Bryan Garris – voz
 Isaac Hale – guitarra líder, coros
 Kevin Otten – bajo
 Kevin Kaine – batería

Discografía
Álbumes de estudio
Laugh Tracks (2016, Pure Noise Records)
A Different Shade of Blue (2019, Pure Noise Records)
EP
A Tear in the Fabric of LIfe (2021, Pure Noise Records)
Pop Culture (2014, Little Heart Records)
Demo
Knocked Loose / Damaged Goods (split con Damaged Goods) (2015, No Luck Records/Little Heart Records)
Mistakes Like Fractures (2019, Pure Noise Records)

Referencias

Grupos de música formados en 2013
Grupos de música de Kentucky
Grupos de beatdown hardcore
Grupos de hardcore punk de Estados Unidos
Grupos de metalcore de Estados Unidos
Quintetos de música de Estados Unidos

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Erika's Wall is a full-length musical by Sophie Jaff and Kathleen Tagg based on the true story of a woman who married the Eiffel Tower in April 2007. Erika Eiffel is a self-described objectum sexual (OS), and is the spokeswoman for objectum sexuals: people who love objects and believe that objects love them in return.
At a public ceremony in 2007, Erika LaBrie became Erika Eiffel when she married The Eiffel Tower. Today she lives next to the remnants of her greatest love, The Berlin Wall. Erika Eiffel hit a public nerve precisely because she made society question its own insecurities, hopes and beliefs regarding the very concept of love. We thought that if others could see her life as we did, as a love story, it would not only help create a more tolerant view but actually open the way for an open dialogue about our concepts about love and relationships.
The original impetus for this music about Erika Eiffel's story came from the documentary "Strange Love: I
Married the Eiffel Tower", a documentary about Erika which had been leaked on Youtube. While watching the documentary, and listening to Erika's incredibly intelligent and heartfelt telling of her story, both Sophie and Kathleen agreed that the love she felt was no different from their own, no matter how differently it might manifest itself. They saw Erika's story not as the actions of a crazy lady but as a potentially fabulous love story.
They found the Youtube comments about the documentary to be particularly vitriolic and decided that they were motivated by fear. This remarkable woman was an Olympian, a Team USA gold medalist and has achieved incredible heights in multiple fields.
Erika's Wall explores and challenges our definitions of love. Sophie and Kathleen explored together their own reactions to Erika's story together and examined their own definitions of love.
Erika's Wall received its first month-long workshop period and performances in 2010 at The Music Theatre Company in Chicago under the direction of Jessica Reddish. Subsequently, Sophie and Kathy were 2014-15 Fellows of the Dramatist Guild to further develop the work, and presented extracts at Playwrights Horizons in New York City in 2015 with performers Mikki Sodergren, Alicia Krakauer and Matthew Patrick Morris and musical director Aron Acurso.
http://www.kathleentagg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Curves-and-Lines-with-Mikki-Sodergren-Matt-Morris.m4a
Curves and Lines by Jaff 'n Tagg
Sung by Mikki Sodergren and Matt Morris
http://www.kathleentagg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/8.-Transfer-of-Energy-Old-Version.mp3
Transfer of Energy by Jaff 'n Tagg
Sung by Molly Hager
http://www.kathleentagg.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/9.-Just-Wait-till-You-Fly-Her-Old-Stand-Alone-Version.mp3
Just Wait Till You Fly Her by Jaff 'n Tagg
Sung by Chris Critelli


The Court of Appeals upheld a post-decree order letting a man transfer parts of an IRA and a 401(k) to satisfy a monetary award under Code § 20-107.3(D) in Johnson v. Johnson, 56 Va. App. 511, 694 S.E.2d 797 (2010). He had been ordered to pay $1.2 million in ten equal, annual installments, and said he had no other way to pay the $120,000 that had come due. Wife had a tax expert testify that if she cashed out the $120,000 in retirement funds after receiving them, she would only have $60,736 after taxes and early withdrawal penalties.
The trial court had the discretion to approve this particular property transfer, and to justify it by interpreting what it had intended in the original award, the Court said.
And when I ordered that in this case the award could be satisfied by the transfer of property, I think that intended to mean the value of the property. It was $120,000. What she decides to do with it is up to her. And I don't think the Court should take any consideration of the fact that she's going to say she wants to cash out.
Essentially, it seems that this is considered an exercise of the broad discretion that Code § 20-107.3(D) gave the trial judge. I think the trial judge and Court of Appeals understood very well the difference that it made, but the trial judge had the discretion to decide what was equitable in the circumstances. The trial judge may have been saying that at the time of the original award, he was basing the award on pre-tax assets and intended all along to divide that, not post-tax dollars. But not necessarily.
How can divorce court hold a money judgment debtor in contempt? Let us count the ways!
An opinion reiterating a simple rule that everyone knows, against a stubborn and wrongheaded appellant, is generally the kind of opinion that should be unpublished. But in Kahn v. McNicholas (1/31/17), the Court of Appeals publishes such a case to remind us WHY anything in a divorce decree can be enforced via contempt-of-court, and not just by the methods used to enforce money judgments in non-family cases. It cites the universally used language of Virginia divorce decrees in cases with agreements, and several statutes we take so much for granted that we have mostly forgotten where they are.
§ 20-109.1. Affirmation, ratification and incorporation by reference in decree of agreement between parties. ... Where the court affirms, ratifies and incorporates by reference in its decree such agreement or provision thereof, it shall be deemed for all purposes to be a term of the decree, and enforceable in the same manner as any provision of such decree.
"... the court has the power to grant a monetary award, payable either in a lump sum or over a period of time in fixed amounts, to either party. ... An award entered pursuant to this subsection shall constitute a judgment within the meaning of § 8.01-426 and shall not be docketed by the clerk unless the decree so directs. An award entered pursuant to this subsection may be enforceable in the same manner as any other money judgment. ..."
The case law Kahn relied on was from before subsection K(2) was enacted, and the Court was not persuaded by it. It pointed out that people in Kahn's position are rightly subject not only to enforcement of a money judgment, but to additional punishment for the separate, serious offense of willfully disobeying a court order.


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'I'm Not A Virgin' – Kwesi Arthur Confesses
Probably one of the success stories every young musician in Ghana and beyond would be seeking to have is that story of an SHS graduate turned star, Kwesi Arthur.
The Ground Up artiste has been one of the artists whose rise to fame has been one that has continually been on the lips of every Ghanaian. After been denied admission to the University of Ghana after graduating from Tema Senior High School, Kwesi Arthur decided to fully focus on his first love, music which has since brought him thus far.
But one question that barely escapes interviewers while they are interviewing celebrities has been that of their virginity and marital status. These questions mostly go unanswered or swerved by these public figures but Kwesi Arthur while taking his turn on the Delay Show did not hesitate to mention that he is not a virgin.
Even though he is not dating at the moment as he claims to be fully focusing on his career, the 'Woara' hitmaker revealed that he is not a virgin when quizzed by host of the show, Deloris Frimpong Manso, aka Delay.
The temptations (from women) are many but I try to to stick to myself and stay focused. I'm not dating, I've never dated before but I'm not a virgin – he said while responding to quick fire questions from Delay.
Giving reasons for his failure to keep himself from such a temptation, he confessed that some may be strong to resist and sexual temptations are one of them.
Watch the full interview below.
Read also: https://kwesilive.com/2018/11/03/kuami-eugene-for-vgma-artiste-of-the-year-checkout-what-his-fans-are-saying/
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using namespace std;

namespace bcd
{
namespace
{

    class MultiScaleCallbacks
      : public ICallbacks
    {
      public:
        MultiScaleCallbacks(
            const int    i_scale,
            const int    i_nbOfScales,
            ICallbacks*  i_callbacks)
        : m_scale(i_scale)
        , m_nbOfScales(i_nbOfScales)
        , m_callbacks(i_callbacks)
        {
        }

        void progress(const float i_progress) const override
        {
            if (m_callbacks)
            {
                if (m_scale == m_nbOfScales - 1)
                {
                    m_callbacks->progress(
                        i_progress / float(((1 << (2 * m_nbOfScales)) - 1) / 3));
                }
                else
                {
                    int s = m_nbOfScales - 1 - m_scale;

                    // next higher definition scale is 4 times slower
                    // 1 + 4 + 4^2 + ... 4^s = (4^(s+1) - 1) / (4 - 1) = (2^(2*(s+1)) - 1) / 3
                    // = ((1 << (2*(s+1))) - 1) / 3

                    const float factor = 1.0f / calcFactor(m_nbOfScales);
                    const float minValue = factor * calcFactor(s);
                    const float maxValue = factor * calcFactor(s + 1);

                    m_callbacks->progress(minValue + i_progress * (maxValue - minValue));
                }
            }
        }

        bool isAborted() const override
        {
            if (m_callbacks)
                return m_callbacks->isAborted();

            return false;
        }

      private:
        void logInfo(const char* i_msg) const override
        {
            if (m_callbacks)
                m_callbacks->info() << "[Scale " << m_scale << "] " << i_msg;
        }

        void logWarning(const char* i_msg) const override
        {
            if (m_callbacks)
                m_callbacks->warning() << "[Scale " << m_scale << "] " << i_msg;
        }

        void logError(const char* i_msg) const override
        {
            if (m_callbacks)
                m_callbacks->error() << "[Scale " << m_scale << "] " << i_msg;
        }

        void logDebug(const char* i_msg) const override
        {
            if (m_callbacks)
                m_callbacks->debug() << "[Scale " << m_scale << "] " << i_msg;
        }

    private:
        const int    m_scale;
        const int    m_nbOfScales;
        ICallbacks*  m_callbacks;

        static float calcFactor(const int s)
        {
            return ((1 << (2 * s)) - 1) / 3.0f;
        }
    };

}

MultiscaleDenoiser::MultiscaleDenoiser(int i_nbOfScales)
  : IDenoiser()
  , m_nbOfScales(i_nbOfScales)
{
}

void MultiscaleDenoiser::setInputs(const DenoiserInputs& i_rInputs)
{
    IDenoiser::setInputs(i_rInputs);

    // Adjust the number of scales depending on the image size.
    const size_t w = i_rInputs.m_pColors->getWidth();
    const size_t h = i_rInputs.m_pColors->getHeight();

    size_t s = min(w, h);
    int maxScales = 1;

    while (s > 64)
    {
        ++maxScales;
        s /= 2;
    }

    m_nbOfScales = min(m_nbOfScales, maxScales);
}

bool MultiscaleDenoiser::denoise()
{
    DeepImageVec additionalColorImages =
        generateDownscaledAverageImages(*m_inputs.m_pColors, m_nbOfScales - 1);

    DeepImageVec additionalNbOfSamplesImages =
        generateDownscaledSumImages(*m_inputs.m_pNbOfSamples, m_nbOfScales - 1);

    DeepImageVec additionalHistogramImages =
        generateDownscaledSumImages(*m_inputs.m_pHistograms, m_nbOfScales - 1);

    DeepImageVec additionalSampleCovarianceImages =
        generateDownscaledSampleCovarianceSumImages(
            *m_inputs.m_pSampleCovariances,
            *m_inputs.m_pNbOfSamples,
            additionalNbOfSamplesImages,
            m_nbOfScales - 1);

    DeepImageVec additionalOutputImages =
        generateDownscaledEmptyImages(
            *m_outputs.m_pDenoisedColors,
            m_nbOfScales - 1);

    unique_ptr<Deepimf> uScale0TmpImage =
        unique_ptr<Deepimf>(new Deepimf(*m_outputs.m_pDenoisedColors));

    DeepImageVec additionalTmpImages =
        generateDownscaledEmptyImages(*m_outputs.m_pDenoisedColors, m_nbOfScales - 1);

    vector<DenoiserInputs> inputsArray(m_nbOfScales);
    vector<DenoiserOutputs> outputsArray(m_nbOfScales);
    vector<Deepimf*> tmpImagesArray(m_nbOfScales);

    inputsArray[0] = m_inputs;
    outputsArray[0] = m_outputs;
    tmpImagesArray[0] = uScale0TmpImage.get();

    for (int scale = 1; scale < m_nbOfScales; ++scale)
    {
        inputsArray[scale].m_pColors = additionalColorImages[scale - 1].get();

        inputsArray[scale].m_pNbOfSamples =
                additionalNbOfSamplesImages[scale - 1].get();

        inputsArray[scale].m_pHistograms =
                additionalHistogramImages[scale - 1].get();

        inputsArray[scale].m_pSampleCovariances =
                additionalSampleCovarianceImages[scale - 1].get();

        outputsArray[scale].m_pDenoisedColors =
                additionalOutputImages[scale - 1].get();

        tmpImagesArray[scale] = additionalTmpImages[scale - 1].get();
    }

    {
        Denoiser denoiser;
        denoiser.setInputs(inputsArray[m_nbOfScales - 1]);
        denoiser.setOutputs(outputsArray[m_nbOfScales - 1]);
        denoiser.setParameters(m_parameters);

        MultiScaleCallbacks callbacks(
            m_nbOfScales - 1,
            m_nbOfScales,
            m_callbacks);
        denoiser.setCallbacks(&callbacks);

        const bool success = denoiser.denoise();

        if (!success)
            return false;
    }

    for (int scale = m_nbOfScales - 2; scale >= 0; --scale)
    {
        Denoiser denoiser;
        denoiser.setInputs(inputsArray[scale]);
        denoiser.setOutputs(outputsArray[scale]);
        denoiser.setParameters(m_parameters);

        MultiScaleCallbacks callbacks(
            scale,
            m_nbOfScales,
            m_callbacks);
        denoiser.setCallbacks(&callbacks);

        const bool success = denoiser.denoise();

        if (!success)
            return false;

        if (m_callbacks && m_callbacks->isAborted())
            return false;

        mergeOutputs(
            *outputsArray[scale].m_pDenoisedColors,
            *tmpImagesArray[scale],
            *tmpImagesArray[scale + 1],
            *outputsArray[scale + 1].m_pDenoisedColors,
            *outputsArray[scale].m_pDenoisedColors);
    }

    return true;
}

MultiscaleDenoiser::DeepImageVec MultiscaleDenoiser::generateDownscaledEmptyImages(
    const Deepimf&      i_rScale0Image,
    int                 i_nbOfScalesToGenerate)
{
    DeepImageVec emptyImages(i_nbOfScalesToGenerate);

    int width = i_rScale0Image.getWidth();
    int height = i_rScale0Image.getHeight();
    const int depth = i_rScale0Image.getDepth();

    for (int scale = 0; scale < i_nbOfScalesToGenerate; ++scale)
    {
        width /= 2;
        height /= 2;
        emptyImages[scale] = unique_ptr<Deepimf>(new Deepimf(width, height, depth));
    }

    return emptyImages;
}

MultiscaleDenoiser::DeepImageVec MultiscaleDenoiser::generateDownscaledSumImages(
    const Deepimf&      i_rScale0Image,
    int                 i_nbOfScalesToGenerate)
{
    DeepImageVec downscaledImages(i_nbOfScalesToGenerate);
    const Deepimf* pPreviousImage = &i_rScale0Image;

    for (int scale = 0; scale < i_nbOfScalesToGenerate; ++scale)
    {
        downscaledImages[scale] = downscaleSum(*pPreviousImage);
        pPreviousImage = downscaledImages[scale].get();
    }

    return downscaledImages;
}

MultiscaleDenoiser::DeepImageVec MultiscaleDenoiser::generateDownscaledAverageImages(
    const Deepimf&      i_rScale0Image,
    int                 i_nbOfScalesToGenerate)
{
    DeepImageVec downscaledImages(i_nbOfScalesToGenerate);
    const Deepimf* pPreviousImage = &i_rScale0Image;

    for (int scale = 0; scale < i_nbOfScalesToGenerate; ++scale)
    {
        downscaledImages[scale] = downscaleAverage(*pPreviousImage);
        pPreviousImage = downscaledImages[scale].get();
    }

    return downscaledImages;
}

MultiscaleDenoiser::DeepImageVec MultiscaleDenoiser::generateDownscaledSampleCovarianceSumImages(
    const Deepimf&      i_rScale0SampleCovarianceImage,
    const Deepimf&      i_rScale0NbOfSamplesImage,
    const DeepImageVec& i_rDownscaledNbOfSamplesImages,
    int                 i_nbOfScalesToGenerate)
{
    DeepImageVec downscaledImages(i_nbOfScalesToGenerate);
    const Deepimf* pPreviousImage = &i_rScale0SampleCovarianceImage;
    const Deepimf* pPreviousNbOfSamplesImage = &i_rScale0NbOfSamplesImage;

    for (int scale = 0; scale < i_nbOfScalesToGenerate; ++scale)
    {
        downscaledImages[scale] =
                downscaleSampleCovarianceSum(*pPreviousImage, *pPreviousNbOfSamplesImage);
        pPreviousImage = downscaledImages[scale].get();
        pPreviousNbOfSamplesImage = i_rDownscaledNbOfSamplesImages[scale].get();
    }

    return downscaledImages;
}

unique_ptr<Deepimf> MultiscaleDenoiser::downscaleSum(const Deepimf& i_rImage)
{
    const int width = i_rImage.getWidth();
    const int height = i_rImage.getHeight();
    const int depth = i_rImage.getDepth();
    const int downscaledWidth = width / 2;
    const int downscaledHeight = height / 2;

    int line, col, z;
    PixelPosition p1, p2, p3, p4;

    unique_ptr<Deepimf> uImage(
                new Deepimf(downscaledWidth, downscaledHeight, depth));

    for (line = 0; line < downscaledHeight; ++line)
    {
        for (col = 0; col < downscaledWidth; ++col)
        {
            p1 = PixelPosition(2 * line, 2 * col);
            p2 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 0));
            p3 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(0, 1));
            p4 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 1));

            for (z = 0; z < depth; ++z)
            {
                uImage->set(line,
                            col,
                            z,
                            i_rImage.get(p1, z) + i_rImage.get(p2, z) +
                            i_rImage.get(p3, z) + i_rImage.get(p4, z));
            }
        }
    }

    return uImage;
}

unique_ptr<Deepimf> MultiscaleDenoiser::downscaleAverage(const Deepimf& i_rImage)
{
    const int width = i_rImage.getWidth();
    const int height = i_rImage.getHeight();
    const int depth = i_rImage.getDepth();
    const int downscaledWidth = width / 2;
    const int downscaledHeight = height / 2;

    int line, col, z;
    PixelPosition p1, p2, p3, p4;

    unique_ptr<Deepimf> uImage(new Deepimf(downscaledWidth, downscaledHeight, depth));

    for (line = 0; line < downscaledHeight; ++line)
    {
        for (col = 0; col < downscaledWidth; ++col)
        {
            p1 = PixelPosition(2 * line, 2 * col);
            p2 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 0));
            p3 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(0, 1));
            p4 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 1));

            for (z = 0; z < depth; ++z)
            {
                uImage->set(line,
                            col,
                            z,
                            0.25f * (i_rImage.get(p1, z) + i_rImage.get(p2, z) +
                                     i_rImage.get(p3, z) + i_rImage.get(p4, z)));
            }
        }
    }

    return uImage;
}

unique_ptr<Deepimf> MultiscaleDenoiser::downscaleSampleCovarianceSum(
  const Deepimf&        i_rSampleCovarianceImage,
  const Deepimf&        i_rNbOfSamplesImage)
{
    const int width = i_rSampleCovarianceImage.getWidth();
    const int height = i_rSampleCovarianceImage.getHeight();
    const int depth = i_rSampleCovarianceImage.getDepth();
    const int downscaledWidth = width / 2;
    const int downscaledHeight = height / 2;

    int line, col, z;
    PixelPosition p1, p2, p3, p4;
    float n1, n2, n3, n4, nSum, w1, w2, w3, w4;

    unique_ptr<Deepimf> uImage(
                new Deepimf(downscaledWidth, downscaledHeight, depth));

    const float squaredWeight = (1.0f / 4.0f) * (1.0f / 4.0f);

    for (line = 0; line < downscaledHeight; ++line)
    {
        for (col = 0; col < downscaledWidth; ++col)
        {
            p1 = PixelPosition(2 * line, 2 * col);
            p2 = i_rSampleCovarianceImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 0));
            p3 = i_rSampleCovarianceImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(0, 1));
            p4 = i_rSampleCovarianceImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 1));
            n1 = i_rNbOfSamplesImage.get(p1, 0);
            n2 = i_rNbOfSamplesImage.get(p2, 0);
            n3 = i_rNbOfSamplesImage.get(p3, 0);
            n4 = i_rNbOfSamplesImage.get(p4, 0);
            nSum = n1 + n2 + n3 + n4;
            w1 = squaredWeight * nSum / n1;
            w2 = squaredWeight * nSum / n2;
            w3 = squaredWeight * nSum / n3;
            w4 = squaredWeight * nSum / n4;
            for (z = 0; z < depth; ++z)
                uImage->set(line,
                            col,
                            z,
                            w1 * i_rSampleCovarianceImage.get(p1, z) +
                            w2 * i_rSampleCovarianceImage.get(p2, z) +
                            w3 * i_rSampleCovarianceImage.get(p3, z) +
                            w4 * i_rSampleCovarianceImage.get(p4, z));
        }
    }

    return uImage;
}

void MultiscaleDenoiser::mergeOutputs(
    Deepimf&            o_rMergedHighResImage,
    Deepimf&            o_rTmpHighResImage,
    Deepimf&            o_rTmpLowResImage,
    const Deepimf&      i_rLowResImage,
    const Deepimf&      i_rHighResImage)
{
  if (&o_rMergedHighResImage != &i_rHighResImage)
    o_rMergedHighResImage = i_rHighResImage;

  lowPass(o_rTmpHighResImage, o_rTmpLowResImage, i_rHighResImage);
  o_rMergedHighResImage -= o_rTmpHighResImage;

  interpolate(o_rTmpHighResImage, i_rLowResImage);
  o_rMergedHighResImage += o_rTmpHighResImage;
}

inline int clampPositiveInteger(int i_value, int i_maxValuePlusOne)
{
    return (i_value <= 0
            ? 0
            : (i_value >= i_maxValuePlusOne ? i_maxValuePlusOne - 1 : i_value));
}

void MultiscaleDenoiser::interpolate(
    Deepimf&            o_rInterpolatedImage,
    const Deepimf&      i_rImage)
{
    const int width = i_rImage.getWidth();
    const int height = i_rImage.getHeight();
    const int depth = i_rImage.getDepth();
    const int upscaledWidth = o_rInterpolatedImage.getWidth();
    const int upscaledHeight = o_rInterpolatedImage.getHeight();

    assert(width == upscaledWidth / 2);
    assert(height == upscaledHeight / 2);
    assert(depth == o_rInterpolatedImage.getDepth());

    const float mainPixelWeight = 9.0f / 16.0f;
    const float adjacentPixelWeight = 3.0f / 16.0f;
    const float diagonalPixelWeight = 1.0f / 16.0f;

    int upscaledLine, upscaledCol, z, line, col, adjacentLine, adjacentCol;

    for (upscaledLine = 0; upscaledLine < upscaledHeight; ++upscaledLine)
    {
        for (upscaledCol = 0; upscaledCol < upscaledWidth; ++upscaledCol)
        {
            line = upscaledLine / 2;
            col = upscaledCol / 2;
            adjacentLine = clampPositiveInteger(line + ((upscaledLine % 2) * 2 - 1), height);
            adjacentCol = clampPositiveInteger(col + ((upscaledCol % 2) * 2 - 1), width);

            for (z = 0; z < depth; ++z)
            {
                const PixelPosition p1 = i_rImage.clamp(PixelPosition(line, col));
                const PixelPosition p2 = i_rImage.clamp(PixelPosition(line, adjacentCol));
                const PixelPosition p3 = i_rImage.clamp(PixelPosition(adjacentLine, col));
                const PixelPosition p4 = i_rImage.clamp(PixelPosition(adjacentLine, adjacentCol));

                o_rInterpolatedImage.set(
                            upscaledLine,
                            upscaledCol,
                            z,
                            mainPixelWeight     *  i_rImage.get(p1, z)  +
                            adjacentPixelWeight * (i_rImage.get(p2, z)  +
                                                   i_rImage.get(p3, z)) +
                            diagonalPixelWeight *  i_rImage.get(p4, z));
            }
        }
    }
}

void MultiscaleDenoiser::downscale(
    Deepimf&            o_rDownscaledImage,
    const Deepimf&      i_rImage)
{
    const int depth = i_rImage.getDepth();
    const int downscaledWidth = o_rDownscaledImage.getWidth();
    const int downscaledHeight = o_rDownscaledImage.getHeight();

    BCD_UNUSED const int width = i_rImage.getWidth();
    BCD_UNUSED const int height = i_rImage.getHeight();
    assert(downscaledWidth == width / 2);
    assert(downscaledHeight == height / 2);

    int line, col, z;
    PixelPosition p1, p2, p3, p4;

    for (line = 0; line < downscaledHeight; ++line)
    {
        for (col = 0; col < downscaledWidth; ++col)
        {
            p1 = PixelPosition(2 * line, 2 * col);
            p2 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 0));
            p3 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(0, 1));
            p4 = i_rImage.clamp(p1 + PixelVector(1, 1));
            for (z = 0; z < depth; ++z)
            {
                o_rDownscaledImage.set(line,
                                       col,
                                       z,
                                       0.25f *
                                       (i_rImage.get(p1, z) + i_rImage.get(p2, z) +
                                        i_rImage.get(p3, z) + i_rImage.get(p4, z)));
            }
        }
    }
}

void MultiscaleDenoiser::lowPass(
    Deepimf&            o_rFilteredImage,
    Deepimf&            o_rTmpLowResImage,
    const Deepimf&      i_rImage)
{
    downscale(o_rTmpLowResImage, i_rImage);
    interpolate(o_rFilteredImage, o_rTmpLowResImage);
}

} // namespace bcd


Is the only way to conceptualise the difference between academic and journalistic research the true and the false? (even with tongue in cheek…) who else has written about this?
Clearly it's not the only way to conceptualise that difference, but I think there a difference in the depth of understanding each enterprise (journalism, academia) generally brings to an issue, debate or field of study.
I'm not a believer in ultimate truths, just the capability/hope/value of the aim to approach them (once you've decided on a direction in which a "truth" lies — and that can be an arbitrary choice).
I feel a thesis chapter coming on.


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Is Jhene Aiko Rich And Who Has She Dated? Dating History, Exes, Husband, Baby Daddy, Daughter, Boyfriends
Who are the men Jhene Aiko has dated? Here's the truth about Jhene Aiko's dating life, baby daddy, daughter, exes, and boyfriends.
In case you've been missing in action, the rumors about Jhene Aiko and rapper Big Sean are true. The pair are currently expecting their first child together!
Over the years, fans of both artists long celebrated their relationship and hoped that they would take things to the next level. And while the pair have experienced some hiccups in the past — with a brief breakup in 2018 — Jhene and Sean have been solid ever since.
However, before Jhene fell in love with Sean, she did date other famous men in the industry. Keep reading to get a list of Jhene's exes over the last few years.
Jhene Aiko's dating history of famous exes starts with singer O'Ryan.
The "Triggered" songbird started dating singer O'Ryan Browner, who social media now calls one of the "O'Melon brothers." O'Ryan is actually the younger brother of Omarion, whom he famously and shamelessly joined on stage to eat watermelon at the June 23, 2022, Verzuz battle with Mario.
Per Inquisitr, Jhene and O'Ryan have Omarion and B2K to thank for meeting one another. In the mid-2000s, Jhene was a familiar face in the group's music videos, which resulted in her and O'Ryan starting a friendship that later became romantic from 2005 to 2008. The reasons for the pair splitting up remain private. During their coupledom, the pair welcomed a now 13-year-old daughter, Namiko Lee Browner, on Nov. 19, 2008.
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After O'Ryan, Jhene was rumored to be dating Bow Wow.
Legend has it that Bow Wow has dated some of the most beautiful women in the entertainment industry. And while the 35-year-old has made headlines for his romances, Jhene is rumored to be a member of the bunch.
Per WhosDatedWho, shortly after the songbird cut ties with O'Ryan, Bow Wow and Jhene were rumored to have dated in 2010. However, neither party has confirmed or denied the rumors.
Jhene once sparked dating rumors with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino.
Leave it to music videos to spark relationship rumors! Jhene fans know that Childish Gambino not only starred in her 2013 music video for "Bed Peace," but the pair also collaborated on tracks for their respective projects. However, both Jhene and Gambino have never confirmed that they were an item.
Jhene was once married to record producer Dot Da Genius.
Per Inquisitr, Jhene once made a trip down the aisle. The outlet shares that Jhene married record producer Dot Da Genius (real name: Oladipo Omishore) in March 2016, after dating for over a year. However, the pair's marriage failed to go the distance. Jhene filed for divorce in August that year, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split, per E! News.
Jhene later started dating rapper Big Sean in 2016.
Celebrity gossip aficionados are likely aware that Jhene and Big Sean first sparked dating rumors after releasing their first collaborative album "Twenty88" in 2016. Not to mention, Skinny Ninja Mom reports that later that year, the pair kissed onstage at the Power 106 Powerhouse Concert in Anaheim, Calif.
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A year later, Jhene called Sean the "love of her life" in a September 2017 Billboard interview. The songstress later took a page out of rapper Rick Ross' book and got a tattoo of Big Sean on her arm in October 2017, per People.
Unfortunately, breakup rumors came to light the following year after Jhene covered up the tattoo and the pair unfollowed each other on Instagram in November 2018. Although Jhene explained that she covered up the tattoo for artistic purposes, per CapitalXtra via Twitter, fans were convinced that something was amiss.
In December 2018 the pair did indeed go their separate ways, per Us Weekly. Jhene also went on to confirm the split in an Instagram comment around that time, per Page Six. The singer shared that she has "tons of love for him" and that her music focuses on many "subjects and relationships" after a fan claimed that she'll trash the rapper in her music.
After the pair went their separate ways, both Jhene and Sean showcased their love for each other with music. The pair went on to flirt with one another and eventually got back together in November 2019. And since then, the couple has been pretty solid.
In fact, the two flirted with one another in an April 2020 Instagram Live session, per Complex, during which Sean brought up the topic of marriage. And now, it has been confirmed that Jhene and Sean are expecting their first child together.
As the saying goes, if you love someone let them go. If they return, they were always yours.
Is Jhene Aiko rich and how much is her net worth?
Jhene Aiko is an American singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $6 million dollars, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Jhene Aiko was born in Los Angeles, California in March 1988. She was signed by The Ultimate Group and Epic Records but she left both to finish her schooling. She was first known as Lil' Fizz's cousin even though she is not related to him.
She recorded My Name is Jhene in 2003 but the album was never released. In 2011 her mixtape Sailing Soul(s) was self-released and has had 400,000 downloads.
In 2013 she released the EP Sail out on Artium and Def Jam. The EP sold over 250,000 in the U.S. and hit #2 on the US R&B/Hip Hop and #8 on the Billboard 200 charts. The EP contained the singles "3:16AM", "Bed Peace" featuring Childish Gambino, and "The Worst" which broke the top 10 on the U.S. R&B chart.
Aiko's debut studio album Souled Out is scheduled to be released in September 2014. The first single from the album "To Love & Die" featuring Cocaine 80s reached #20 on the U.S. R&B chart. "The Worst" won Jhene a BET Centric Award in 2014.
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Frank DeMartino, president of the Conejo Valley Audubon Society, will discuss some longstanding myths and contemporary science relating to migratory birds. He will talk about some migration superstars and the extreme lengths that they go to in order to perform their bi-annual journeys. He will also touch on hot topics like fallout, migration obstacles, and current conservation efforts. Come celebrate April Fool�s Day by taking in an educational and mind-blowing presentation with Frank�s unique sense of humor.
A high mountain valley encircled by deep canyons, steep ridgelines, and rocky pinnacles, Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge is the gateway into California condor country�where California condors safely forage, nest, and roost,� states the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service web site. The 2,471-acre Hopper Mountain NWR abuts the southern boundary of the 53,000-acre Sespe Condor Sanctuary. Scopes are welcome, as there is a confirmed nest at Pole Canyon and Sespe Ridge! Other raptors we might encounter include Great Horned Owl, Barn Owl, Golden Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, and Cooper�s Hawk. With luck, we may also spot early migrating warblers, flycatchers, and orioles. Meet at the Subway parking lot in Fillmore (612 W. Ventura St.), which will get us to Hopper Mountain by 9:00 a.m. At Fillmore we will consolidate into no more than six high-clearance vehicles (walkie talkies may be helpful). Limited walking required, as this is mostly a driving tour. The tour will end at 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. Bring lunch, water, sunscreen, and bug spray. Contact Angela at fieldtrips@ConejoValleyAudubon.org to sign up: maximum 24 people. Trip leaders: Vince Gerve (Friends of the California Condor) and Bill Langford.
Conejo Valley Audubon invites birders of all experience levels to attend our monthly Beginner Bird Walks at Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa. These walks are held on the second Wednesday of each month. We will meet at 8:00 am at the main parking lot, which is accessible off Lynn Road at Via Goleta in Newbury Park. Rancho Sierra Vista is an excellent place to see many of the oak woodlands birds that are common in the Conejo Valley area. We will take time to introduce beginning birders to these species and will teach the best techniques for locating and identifying them. If you have binoculars please bring them. A few pairs of loaner binoculars will be available. Wear comfortable walking shoes. No sign-up is needed; just show up. In the event of heavy rain, we will cancel the walk. The walk leader will be Richard Armerding.
This year CVAS will be partnering with the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology as we host our Bird-Friendly Garden Tour. This year�s tour will feature yards which provide habitat for our native birds and demonstrate the use of drought tolerant native plants, non-native plants, along with a few water features. We invite you to visit the gardens in the order of your choice. If you are planning to attend the tour, please RSVP with your first and last name, the names of guests you will be bringing and your contact e-mail to shannon@wfvz.org NO LATER THAN April 8th, 2019. This year, the tour will be limited to the first 100 people to RSVP. If you are among the first 100 people to reply, you will receive an e-mail containing the tour addresses shortly before the tour date.
Matilija Creek is a major tributary to the Ventura River, located off Highway 33 a short distance from Ojai. We will explore the riparian habitat and lake upstream of Matilija Dam, which host a diverse array of birds, aquatic life, and native plants. The cattail marsh just behind the lake provides habitat for Least Bitterns, Sora, and Virginia Rail (which breed here), and the alder/cottonwood/willow gallery forest along the creek is an excellent place to look for migrants. Abundant rainfall this season means the creek will be flowing and the area will be wet, so wear appropriate footgear, sturdy rubber boots if you have them. To date, 145 species have been recorded there. Newest additions to the list last fall include Black and White, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, and Parula Warblers. The chaparral-dominated slopes and mountains above the creek (yes, Mountain Quail can be heard) will provide a scenic backdrop to our birding adventure. This is very important�we will traverse uneven ground, walking on cobbles, stepping over fallen limbs, and perhaps crossing wet areas. Not for the faint of heart. There is little parking, so we will meet at Nordhoff High School, 1401 Maricopa Hwy, in Ojai at 7:45 a.m. to consolidate into fewer vehicles and carpool to the site. There are no restrooms on site so we suggest you use the Shell station in Oak View. If you would like to carpool from the lowlands, meet at the Las Posas Park and Ride by 7:00 am. Trip leader is Jesse Grantham, (805) 746-0975. A checklist can be downloaded from eBird. Go to Hotspots, enter Matilija Riparian and Lake, and follow links.
Rusting steam shovels. Fossilized sea shells. Oaks, cottonwoods, and willows. Lizards, hawks, woodpeckers, and bluebirds. In the foothills of Simi Valley lies Las Llajas Canyon, home to all of these attractions and more. We�ll take a leisurely hike up this gentle canyon looking for evidence of 20th century oil exploration. We�ll see geologic formations and wildlife. We�ll also just enjoy the (hopefully) cool spring air. The trailhead to Las Llajas canyon is at approximately 5715 Evening Sky Drive in Simi Valley. Bring water, sunblock and good hiking shoes. Dress in layers. We will hike two to three miles and then return the way we came. Most of the trail is gentle, but the first and last 0.2 miles are steep, so we will have a short but steep climb out. Please plan accordingly. Directions: From Highway 118 in Simi Valley exit Yosemite and head north. Turn right on Evening Sky Drive and proceed to the trailhead. Trip leader: Don Klabunde.
Let�s explore this beautiful campus along the transition from the Santa Monica Mountains to the coastal plain. We may cover a good distance so be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water. Habitats include riverine, coastal sage scrub, wetland, ponded and landscaped areas. From Camarillo travel south on Lewis Road to Potrero Road and turn left. After crossing over Calleguas Creek make a quick left onto the road between the creek and Round Mountain (go around the small barrier to access the road.) We will begin near the pond and search for Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Yellowthroat, Purple Finch and Song Sparrow. Then we will scan the mountain for Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Rufous-crowned Sparrow and California Quail. As we hike on the trail into campus we�ll look for Say�s Phoebe, Cedar Waxwing and Hooded Oriole. We will also listen for the beautiful song of a Canyon Wren. Throughout the morning we�ll stay alert for raptors. Park on the shoulder near the intersection with Round Mountain road. Trip leader: Sammy Cowell.
Come with us and spend the weekend birding the desert canyons and campgrounds of San Bernardino County looking for northbound migrants and resident birds. Target species include Scott�s Oriole, Gambel�s Quail, Vermilion Flycatcher, Yellow-breasted Chat, Black-throated Sparrow, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Verdin, and Lawrence�s Goldfinch. Hopefuls include migrating warblers, hawks, buntings, hummingbirds, and vireos (and perhaps desert bighorn sheep). We will explore a diversity of habitats, including Mojave riparian forest, fresh-water marsh, desert wash, and creosote bush scrub. Trip leader Ron Barns (805-341-3983) plans to camp at the Joshua Tree National Park Black Rock Campground Friday and Saturday evening. If camping isn�t your cup of tea, nearby motels can be found in Yucca Valley and Desert Hot Springs. Ron will begin birding at 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning at the entrance to Big Morongo Canyon Preserve (Interstate 10 east to State Hwy 62, then north on 62 to East Drive, then east on East Drive one block to the Preserve sign on the left, turn into the Preserve and proceed to the parking lot at the end of the lane). Please call Ron for more details and to arrange carpools.