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Clara by Clara Labs: The Recruiter's Digital Assistant
Michael Zunenshine
The hiring of new staff is one of those moments in a company's development where one really wants to put the human-to-human interaction front and center.
Sometimes, however, the more administrative fuss invested in setting up an interview can detract from that more crucial meeting of the minds.
Digital assistant, Clara (by Clara Labs) takes care of all the pre-meeting details for you. By coordinating and scheduling phone, video, and face-to-face interviews, Clara spares you the admin and lets you focus on the true human act of looking for great compatibility and connection to grow your team.
Cc Clara and sit back
Clara belongs to the category of "invisible apps"—meaning you never actually have to open it to use it. It exists (not unlike an extension), inside your email, whether you use G Suite or Microsoft Office 365.
Clara's background functionality is designed to serve you as you work, without interrupting your flow. The app is attuned to recognize when it is "mentioned" in an email, which then cues Clara to serve its scheduling support function.
How Clara works
Basically, it works like this: You're in HR, or an independent recruiter, going through a stack of resumes. You pick out an applicant and send them an email letting them know you'd be interested in talking further.
In that email, you mention that you'll be CC'ing Clara. Clara gets wind of the mention, proceeds to gather everyone's information, and then sends out an email to all parties involved—the candidate and the interviewers—to offer time slot options.
Clara continues to coordinate between all parties and sends confirmations only once a time has been agreed to. The response time for Clara is no longer than a half an hour, though on average it's around 15 minutes.
If it's an IRL meet, Clara can take care of reserving meeting rooms. If it's a video-conference, Clara makes sure everyone has the right link to log on.
The sequence effect
Clara can also handle "sequence interviews." This is for when a candidate must meet with several interviewers in a row (say, for high-profile finalists who need to meet with department heads, HR and the big boss). You can set the duration for each interview, the preferred order, and Clara will handle the more complicated details of coordinating schedules.
At any point, if someone needs to change their schedule, and says so in the email thread which includes Clara, then Clara can begin asking for new time slots and will re-confirm the updated meeting time.
Aside from living inside email, Clara updates meeting details in one's Zoom or Google Meets calendar. Clara also syncs with Greenhouse and Lever, two major applicant tracking software platforms (ATS).
These integrations help make sure everyone—candidate and interviewer—have access to all the necessary details before going into the meeting.
Finally, Clara can provide useful insights and real-time reporting on the status of a hiring process. It shows you how many interviews are taking place at a given time, and how fast the booking process is going for each individual candidate.
More than machine
Clara might be an invisible app, but that doesn't mean you interact using impersonal code-speak. Clara recognizes human communication styles, and is able to understand and compose emails in casual conversational tones.
It uses natural language processing to sound human, as well as machine learning to constantly improve its understanding of human ambiguity in written communications.
However, since the most difficult and important variable of Clara is the scheduling process, the team at Clara Labs have constructed their machine learning data to work with humans rather than replace them—a process known as human-in-the-loop.
While it would be too time-consuming to have a human worker check every scheduling thread, Clara Labs implements a semi-supervised machine learning model, determining which NLP predictions are most likely to need checking and then assigning the appropriate human-power.
By combining machine learning AI with human assistants, Clara Labs ensures the quality of its product and cuts down on wasted time due to technical misunderstandings, all the while improving its own capacity to understand.
A tale of two innovators
Clara launched out of tech Mecca, San Francisco back in February 2014.
The co-founders, Maran Nelson and Michael Akilian, have been besties since they were in the tenth grade. They're both alumni of the University of Texas at Austin, renowned for its business, engineering and communications departments. Nelson, a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, studied psychology and neuroscience, while Akilian studied electrical engineering.
Nelson and Akilian's education background is a showcase in itself of the right mix of science and technology along with considerations of how people think and feel—all necessary fields when focusing on expanding teams to remain competitive in today's very human workforce.
For them, the idea of Clara was a way out of the "tyranny of the inbox." While in university, Nelson decided enough was enough when it came to missed networking opportunities due to lengthy email chains and unreliable back-and-forth communications. So she partnered with her old friend and Clara was born.
Today, the digital assistant is backed by several big-name investors, including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and banks some high-profile customers such as Sequoia Capital, Stripe, and Hipmunk.
In recent news—August 2019—Clara Labs has been acquired by TopFunnel, the recruitment platform used by hundreds of companies like Coinbase and Discord.
Now, TopFunnel can find and deliver applicants, while Clara can help automate the interview scheduling. That's a pretty handy pairing.
For previous subscribers to either platform, here's what's good to know: TopFunnel users can add Clara as an option to their package. For those using Clara, nothing will change, though one assumes it's that much easier for Clara users to take advantage of TopFunnel's services.
The duo of Clara and TopFunnel make a good team not only in the concrete realm of actual hiring but also because of the loftier abstract values both companies share. As Justin Palmer, CEO of TopFunnel, says:
"When people and technology come together in a complementary way, we can create an experience that's more than the sum of the parts."
Hire for growth
Our economic system depends upon a level of healthy competition, and this is doubly true of the New Economy of information and communication technologies and other immaterial services.
Unlike the old industrial days, where property, machinery, and huge standing reserves of labor kept all but the biggest firms from having a chance at grabbing market share, entry into today's playing field has been greatly expanded to allow for sprightly and upstarting newcomers of all sizes.
All that competition means one thing: growth. Firms must grow, and keep growing. And growth is inevitably reliant on new recruits, hiring, and job interviews.
To get the most out of each potential hire, it's helpful to let an automated tool like Clara handle all the pre-meeting emails and admin. This way, you can focus on the quality of your search to expand your team and step confidently into the future.
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Alberta carbon tax part of climate change policy
Alberta carbon tax rebate for low, middle-income families
Along with implementing the Alberta carbon tax, the provincial government is also planning on phasing out the province's coal-fired power plants by 2030. Photo David Dodge, The Pembina Institute
EDMONTON _ Alberta took what it hopes will be the first step toward shedding its status as international environmental pariah Sunday by revealing a sweeping climate change plan.
The plan, the result of months of study and public input, will introduce a broad-based carbon tax that would apply across the economy. The government will move to phase out the province's coal-fired power generation by 2030.
And it will introduce a hard cap on greenhouse gas emissions for the oilsands.
"This is the day we step up, at long last, to one of the world's biggest problems, the pollution that is causing climate change," Premier Rachel Notley said as she announced her government's new policy in Edmonton on Sunday.
"I'm hopeful these policies will lead to a new collaborative conversation about Canada's energy infrastructure on its merits and to a significant de-escalation of conflict worldwide about the Alberta oilsands."
Notley made the announcement on a stage packed with representatives of groups that have in the past often been at each other's throats over this issue.
But joining her Sunday were leaders of major energy companies, environmental groups and First Nations.
"The framework announced today will allow the ongoing innovation technology, investment and growth in the oil and gas industry at the same time we are looking to reduce overall carbon emissions," said Murray Edward of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
Said Ed Whittingham of the clean energy think-tank the Pembina Institute: "I think the world needs more of this kind of leadership."
Starting in 2017, Alberta will apply a $20-a-tonne price on carbon emissions that will cover about 90 per cent of the economy, including essentials such as gasoline and home heating fuel. That price will increase to $30 the following year.
That $30 will add about seven cents to the cost of a litre of gas. The total cost of the increases will be about $500 a year for an average family, the government calculates.
That money, about $3 billion in 2018, will be used in part to rebate middle and lower income families. About 60 per cent of households will have at least some part of their carbon tax bill repaid.
The rest will go to programs to ease the transition away from coal for communities and workers dependent on that industry, as well as to innovation programs and energy efficiency measures.
Eventually, said Notley, the carbon taxes could be dedicated toward paying down public debt.
Large emitters will continue to be regulated based on their carbon emissions per barrel of oil, although those requirements will be more stringent.
By 2030, about 30 per cent of Alberta's power will come from renewables. A mediator will be appointed to work out the contentious details of plant closures with power companies, who were not represented at the announcement.
The oilsands will be limited to a total of 100 megatonnes of emissions, about 30 megatonnes more than the industry now emits. That gap will be largely filled by projects now being built.
That means if oilsands producers want to pump more oil, they'll have to do it in a way that stays under the cap.
The plan doesn't include a target for emissions reductions. It calculates that its provisions should reduce emissions from business as usual by about seven per cent by 2020, and about 16 per cent by 2030.
Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at Simon Fraser University, called the plan a prudent mix of sound economics and real-world pragmatism that creates incentives for emissions reductions.
"I need to look at the details, but I think I'm seeing some real leadership here," he said.
"It's not the economist's perfect (model), but it's real-world. I'm seeing policies I like."
The announcement is the result of months of consultation and study by an expert panel convened to help the government write the policy. Andrew Leach, a University of Alberta energy economist, led the panel, which received thousands of pages of submissions from citizens, industry and environmental groups.
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I was wondering what the best campgrounds are in the Northern Loop and why? Hoping to plan a trip in July/August 2019.
Welcome to the GNP chat!
I don't know about "best" campgrounds, but this itinerary is, or would be, popular with many people.
You can shorten this itinerary by a night by choosing either MOK or GLH.
However getting both would give time for a side trip to Margaret Lake--a very nice plus.
Plan for an August trip as the Ahern Drift may not be cleared until August 1st.
Everyone will have an opinion on what are the "best" campgrounds on the Northern Circle route.
That said, in reality, there aren't that many other cg's on that route.
So depending on your ability and desires you may like one or more of these in place of my suggestions.
When you apply for a permit. I would advise you to check the box saying you'll accept "substitutes" if your 1st choice(s) aren't available.
THEN when arrive to pick up your permit try to get it modified.
That's done all the time.
So good luck in the application process!
I was just asking about the "best" in general because I would be open to others. I heard some campsites are better than others in terms of views, bugs, food prep areas, water access, proximity to others, or just some cool other things to do around them. Plus, if we get re-routed somehow I'd like to know what I'm looking at ahead of time (such as Gable Creek/GAB; Slide Lake/SLI, Poia Lake/POI, or even coming in via Waterton Lake). I also don't know if spending two nights at Kootenai Lakes is worth it. We were going to try to go up Porcupine, but if it turns out to just be a day of rest instead, I'd like to be somewhere that is worth it all around. Thanks again!
I know at least a half dozen active chatters here who are better qualified to talk about the North Circle route and the Northern Traverse route.
They can answer some of your questions better than I.
The itinerary you're planning is good IF, you plan on using KOO as a base to doing something like Porcupine Lookout.
That first river crossing might be problematic in early August. No way to know when you make reservations.
Starting in Canada is doable. Just know that beginning at Goat Haunt requires care logistic planning.
Border issues and transportation/shuttle problems require careful planning.
This would give you time to do Margaret Lake and/or Sue Lake overlook.
I heard some campsites are better than others in terms of views, bugs, food prep areas, water access, proximity to others, or just some cool other things to do around them. Plus, if we get re-routed somehow I'd like to know what I'm looking at ahead of time (such as Gable Creek/GAB; Slide Lake/SLI, Poia Lake/POI, or even coming in via Waterton Lake).
I've been to Margaret Lake and it is well worth seeing. Easy to get to from GLH or MOL or MOJ and GLF.
Sue Lake Overlook is a longer hike and probably best done as a day hike from GLH, MOJ, MOK, or...on the way to STO.
I'll leave it to others to talk about "other things to do" in the various campsites you mention.
If you aren't familiar with GNP's backpacking rules, regs, and the lottery procedure for a backpacking permit, I strongly suggest you do that asap.
And this page is one of the most important pages to be intimately familiar with imo, especially all that fine print and footnotes!!
That's a pretty good itinerary. Stoney Indian lake STO is popular because it's right along the route and in a location that is convenient for miles between camps. However I don't particularly like that camp. There was a deer there this year that was very aggressive. It stole one of my hiking poles. The camp sites are kind of hard to get to because of the rocky terrain also it's not the easiest place to get water. They do have a bear box there which makes it easier. Also, it's tough to get a site there because it's right on the loop.
All the camps you have are good, instead of staying 2 nights at Kootnei maybe add a night at COS. It's very nice there and you can do Bear mountain lookout. Or do what Pete suggested for GLH there are quite a few options for day hiking there.
Thanks! Anybody have experience with GAB or SLI?
GAB and SLI are both fine, not spectacular, and not on the main North Circle route. GAB is quite nice and close to the ranger station with its expansive views up the valleys. Given the choice though I like the beach at Cosley better. SLI is in the trees a bit above the lake. But you can walk 1/4 mile down the hill and hang out at the lake if you want. It is nothing special but OK if it is on your route which it would only be if you hiked in from the road across the reservation. That trip is scenic but rather "cowey".
I liked GAB. Campsites in the woods, but a huge open meadow nearby with an expansive view. Also - HORSES! - in the corral at the Belly River Ranger Station. Finally, we visited a salt lick in the woods behind the ranger station and saw many animal footprints in the mud.


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Q: Adding AsyncTask class to activity crashes app I recently needed to use AsyncTask in an activity in my android app. So I made a class inside the activity and extended AsyncTask in that class.
But now, whenever I launch that particular activity, my app immediately crashes. I tried putting the whole onCreate() of the activity in a try, catch block, but no exceptions were raised. The app just crashes immediately when I launch that activity, without any explanation in the LogCat.
This started happening after I added the AsyncTask class mentioned above. Also, the AsyncTask part is NOT executed when the activity is launched, it executes on pressing a button. What could be going wrong? I have added the relevant code below:
public class ListViewA extends Activity{

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {try{
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        ListView lv= (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listview);
        //computation
    }

    private String[] top() {
        new RetreiveFeedTask().execute(ctr,ctz);
        return er;
    }

    public class RetreiveFeedTask extends AsyncTask<Context, Void, String[]> {
        String[] q;

        protected String[] doInBackground(Context... params) {
            //computation
        }

        protected void onPostExecute() {
            er=q;
            gff=true;
        }
    }

EDIT:
I found an error in LogCat which looks important:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate activity ComponentInfo{com.example.exampleapp/com.example.exampleapp.ListViewA}: java.lang.NullPointerException

A: I have a private class ReadFilesTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> in my program. Under that, I have:  protected void onPreExecute(),
protected String doInBackground(String... params), and
protected Void onPostExecute(String result).
The first two have @Override above them. The only one I'm ACTUALLY using though, is doInBackground. I'd first really just try adding @Override to doInBackground(). Next, try changing Context to String.
EDIT:
You are also missing the function to grab an activity. Again, this is simply what I'm doing in my code and a few examples I saw online:

public RetreiveFeedTask(Activity activity) {

this.activity = activity;

}

Something like that.

A: Your edit is interesting and suggests that there is a problem in the instantiation of the Activity, in which case I would look at the variable declarations quite carefully. However, in the absence of any of that code (or more onCreate code), or the surrounding lines from the logcat, it's hard to be more specific.
As @Raghunandan says, the way your AsynTask is constructed is incorrect, it should be something like:
public class RetreiveFeedTask extends AsyncTask<Context, Void, String[]> {
    String[] q;

    @Override
    protected String[] doInBackground(Context... params) {
        //computation
        return result; // result is of type String[]
    }

    protected void onPostExecute(String[] result) {
        // do something with result ...
        er=q;
        gff=true;
    }
}

A secondary point is your top() function, which returns er. I am guessing that you want it to wait until the AsyncTask is complete and then return er, which has been calculated by the AsyncTask. However, what it will do at present is to set the AsyncTask and then immediately return er: it won't wait for the AsyncTask to complete.
To achieve that, you probably need to split the button press action into two phases:

*

*Create and run the AsyncTask

*OnPostExecute in the AsyncTask calls the code which currently uses the er returned by top.

A: public class ListViewA extends Activity{
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        ListView lv= (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listview);
        //computation

        new RetreiveFeedTask().execute(ctr,ctz);
    }
    ...

    public class RetreiveFeedTask extends AsyncTask<Context, Void, String[]>{

         @Override
         protected String[] doInBackground(Context... fileName) {
             //computation
             String[] q;
             //Know that fileName is an Array
             return q
         }

         protected void onPostExecute(String[] result) {
             //do something with the result
         }
    }
...
}

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The main dining room at Katsuya Hollywood.
With a new CEO, Disruptive Restaurant Group is poised to embark on a rapid growth trajectory that will nearly double the size of the Umami Burger chain and seed upscale brands like Katsuya and Cleo around the world over the next four years.
The Los Angeles-based multiconcept group, which operates or licenses 74 restaurants and 42 lounges, last week named Daniel del Olmo CEO. Earlier this year, Disruptive was created as a subsidiary of the hospitality company SBE, parent to the SLS, Morgan and The Redbury hotel brands.
The goal is to build Disruptive's diverse portfolio of restaurant brands within SBE properties — the hospitality company plans to open six hotels in the next six months — as well as open restaurants with other hotel partners and as standalone locations. Across the board, Disruptive plans to add 60 new venues, including both restaurants and nightclubs, by 2021.
If all goes as planned, Disruptive's portfolio has been estimated as having the potential to top $1 billion, but that depends on the consummation of a proposed merger with London-based Hakkasan Group, another multiconcept operator of glitzy restaurants and nightclubs around the world.
Sam Nazarian, SBE's founder and CEO, said the deal "is in the hands of investors" in Abu Dhabi.
Del Olmo, meanwhile, has plenty of growth to contend with.
Originally from Belgium and fluent in multiple languages, del Olmo served most recently as president of the international division for Glendale, Calif.-based DineEquity Inc., parent to the Applebee's and IHOP brands. His prior experience includes work with the Wyndham Hotel Group and other hotel and travel brands around the world.
Del Olmo said he has been tasked with thinking both domestically and globally for Disruptive's stable of brands.
By 2021, Disruptive plans to add another 25 Umami Burger restaurants in the U.S. and internationally, almost doubling the size of the 26-unit chain.
Del Olmo said the group is looking at licensing and franchising Umami Burger. Some of those units may be fast-casual variations on the brand, which is mostly full-service, although limited-service locations exist at Los Angeles International Airport and in Brookfield Place in New York City.
Umami Burger this year opened its first international location in Japan, where partner Medeiros Holdings Co. Ltd. is planning another 10 units. Del Olmo also sees opportunities in the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, where SBE is growing its hotels.
Also in the works is the addition of 16 Katsuya locations, an upscale Asian brand with a menu created by renowned sushi chef Katsuya Uechi. The chain includes 10 Katsuya locations, including domestic units, one in SBE's Baha Mar Hotel in the Bahamas, and in the Middle East with partner M.H. Alshaya Co.
Alshaya opened the first Katsuya in the Middle East at the Jumeirah Al Naseem Hotel in Dubai earlier this year. Units are also planned in Qatar and Bahrain.
Del Olmo said the company's Cleo brand also has potential in the Middle East. Disruptive plans to add another 11 Cleo restaurants, which offer a high-end Mediterranean menu created by chef Danny Elmaleh.
Cleo has two units in Los Angeles, with a third scheduled to open in Santa Monica, Calif., this fall, and a fourth planned in New York later this year.
Other concepts are up and coming, del Olmo said. Last year, Disruptive opened the Italian concept Fi'lia Miami in partnership with chef Michael Schwartz at the SLS Brickell hotel.
This year, the Argentinian Grill Leynia debuted at the Delano Hotel in Miami with a menu by Jose Icardi, who was executive chef at the group's hotel in South Beach. The concept was initially launched as a pop-up, but it has been a hit, and a second location of Leynia is in the works, Nazarian said.
And Disruptive operates the casual K Ramen. Burger. Beer concept in the Los Angeles area and Miami.
Perhaps most notably, SBE was an "early adopter" in 2004 of chef and restaurateur José Andrés, with a partnership that has grown to include four locations of The Bazaar by José Andrés in SBE hotels, along with various sister brands. Andrés is a powerful restaurateur in his own right with his Washington, D.C.-based ThinkFoodGroup, which operates about 28 concepts worldwide.
More brands are being incubated, Nazarian said.
Fundamentally, the restaurant group benefits from the infrastructure of the SBE hospitality network as it moves into new markets.
And now the restaurant group has the leadership it needed, Nazarian said.


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LCC blanks Torrey Pines girls to take control of League soccer race
Freshman defender Annie Dehaan helped LCC to a shutout win over Torrey Pines.
(Ken Grosse)
By Ken Grosse
May 13, 2021 5:29 PM PT
In a fitting Senior Night performance, three seniors shared the goal-scoring honors as host La Costa Canyon knocked off longtime rival Torrey Pines, 3-0, Wednesday, May 12, to put itself in the driver's seat for the Coastal League championship.
The result leaves second-year Head Coach Ryan's Morissey's side at 10-2-3 overall and 6-2-1 in league action (19 pts.) with only Friday night's road match-up against San Dieguito Academy remaining in the regular season. A victory over the Mustangs would clinch the crown.
Torrey Pines, which was one point above LCC on the Coastal table coming into Wednesday's tilt, drops to 8-3-5/5-2-2. The Falcons play at Canyon Crest Friday but need LCC to trip up in order to win or tie for the league title. With the right turn of events, Carlsbad, 4-1-4 after a win over El Camino, also has an outside shot to earn a tie for the top spot.
Torrey Pines freshman Ella Emri was a constant offensive presence.
A bit begrudgingly, Morissey admitted the triumph was his biggest at LCC. "It was definitely up there with last season's, 6-0, victory over Carlsbad but this one had a little bit more meaning to it," he said. "I think the seniors were inspired, we had some quality set pieces and a little bit of luck—good teams always need a little bit of luck.
"Honestly, it was a super unselfish performance by the whole team. We saw everyone tracking back on defense, busting their butts to get forward on offense and being quick in transition—a total team performance that made it easy for the coaching staff."
It shaped up as a defensive battle but that thought went out the window quickly when the Mavericks netted two goals in the first 16 minutes against a Torrey club that had surrendered just two in its previous eight league contests.
Second-year LCC Head Coach Ryan Morissey has his team on the verge of a league title.
Peyton Galli started and finished a nice give-and-go sequence to get LCC on the scoreboard first. She forwarded the ball to Avery Nicholas near the top of the box and her fellow senior smartly played the ball back to an overlapped Galli, freed up on the right side of the goal. Galli looped an angled crossing shot over Falcon keeper Shayna Ross and into the far side for her first goal of the season in the 15th minute. Less than 90 seconds later, from 40 yards out, junior defender Ryann Cull launched an innocent-looking free kick that somehow bounced twice while eluding the Torrey Pines defense, ending up in front of the goal where an alert Tyla Ochoa beat everyone to the ball and deftly headed it over Ross—2-0 LCC.
"That was the pivotal moment in the game," assessed veteran Torrey Pines Head Coach Martyn Hansford. "We just didn't defend it well, didn't attack it.
Senior Tyla Ochoa scored the second of the Mavericks' three goals.
"We still had time, but it definitely changed everything for us. I'd like to feel we have enough ability to score two goals in the second half but that created a sense of urgency. We were playing well but goals win games."
The Mavericks put the proverbial nail in the coffin 11:10 into the second session. Sophomore Raigan Jager was fouled from behind in the box and team-leading goal scorer Courtney Hilliard coolly put the ensuing PK into the upper left corner for her seventh of the year.
Ochoa was pleased with the way her team responded to the significant challenge it faced Wednesday. "Energy is really important against a team like Torrey Pines," said Ochoa. "They were No. 1 in our league, so we had to really, really bring it to them.
"But, at the same time, we were able to stay calm, keep the ball on the ground, stay in our own game. I don't feel like we gave into them at all. The most important thing was for us to play our game and not theirs."
Both schools seem certain to be selected for the eight-team CIF Open Division Playoffs which start next week. With two wins over Torrey Pines this year, Morissey's squad is well-positioned to get a top four seed and a first round home game. It would be LCC's first Open Division invitation since 2016.
Ochoa, sounding a bit like a coach, celebrated the moment after Wednesday's victory but was already re-focusing on the next objective. "It feels really good but after a big, big game like this one, it's easy to fall back and feel like the work has been done," said Ochoa. "It's important that we keep our healthy players healthy, recover well and be ready for SDA Friday. We need to make sure we don't bring our level of play down."
Hansford, disappointed but not discouraged, was also looking forward. "It was an interesting game—credit LCC, they have a bit of pace and were able to get the ball forward quickly," said Hansford, whose team had not given up more than two goals in a game this year. "But I didn't think they caused enough problems for it to be a 3-0 score line.
"I told our team that now it's very simple. We can't control the past but we can affect the future. We're going to make sure our mentality is correct and get fired up for Canyon Crest. Maybe this was a little reality check. We don't want to be complacent going into the post-season.
"I'd like to see La Costa Canyon in the CIF Playoffs—it would be a chance for redemption."
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Gerry Dean Zaragoza: San Fernando Valley shooting spree suspect pleads not guilty
SFV shooting-spree suspect pleads not guilty to murder charges
CANOGA PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The suspect in a San Fernando Valley shooting spree that left four people dead and two wounded pleaded not guilty Monday to a series of charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty.
Gerry Dean Zaragoza, 26, was charged with four counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of attempted robbery. The criminal complaint also includes a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, making the suspected gunman eligible for the death penalty, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.
He made a quick court appearance on Monday with his face hidden behind a door. The judge in the case did not want to show his identity in court because of the ongoing investigation.
Zaragoza is due back in court Sept. 3 according to the DA's office.
The series of shootings that started around 2 a.m. on July 25 with his own family members in Canoga Park and ended with the killing of an apparent stranger on a Metro bus in Lake Balboa.
It all began at about 2 a.m., when Los Angeles police officers responded to the 21900 block of Roscoe Boulevard for reports of multiple people shot.
Officers found a woman and two men -- later identified as the alleged gunman's mother, father and brother -- suffering from gunshot wounds.
The two men were pronounced dead at the scene while the woman was taken to an area hospital and later listed in stable condition, authorities say.
The suspect was later identified as Zaragoza. He was also linked to a double shooting at a gas station in North Hollywood around 2:45 a.m.
Police say he shot and killed a female acquaintance and wounded another man who worked at the station near Vineland Avenue and Vanowen Street.
One witness reported seeing the wounded male gas station employee screaming and apparently trying to find his cellphone to call for help.
"He was probably looking for something on the ground like a phone or something and saying 'Oh my God,'" the witness said.
Shortly before 8 a.m., officers responded to a report of an attempted robbery of a victim at a Bank of America ATM at the intersection of Sherman Way and Topanga Canyon Boulevard. No injuries were reported.
The suspect, who matched Zaragoza's description, fled the scene, authorities said.
Authorities later said Zaragoza was linked to a fourth crime scene in Lake Balboa, where a person was fatally shot on a Metro Orange Line bus located at Victory Boulevard and Woodley Avenue.
A witness said a man walked onto the bus and shot another man in the head. There was no indication of any previous connection between Zaragoza and that victim. Witnesses said there was no interaction or provocation before the shooting.
"He didn't do anything. He was just sitting on the bus," one witness said about the victim.
Zaragoza, who police believe was traveling in a dark-colored Jeep Liberty SUV with paper license plates, was taken into custody near Gault and Canoga in Canoga Park around 2 p.m., the LAPD confirmed.
He put up what was described as a small amount of resistance in his arrest and police used a Taser to subdue him. He was transported from the scene in an ambulance.
He was later booked on multiple felony charges and was being held without bail.
Police recovered a gun believed to be similar to the one used in the shooting, but it has yet to be definitively linked with the crimes.
Investigators tracked him down with the help of cellphone tracking technology as well as tips from family members who said he might frequent that location.
Police said the motives in the shootings are not yet known.
"I would say any time somebody shoots somebody, they're obviously displaying some desperation," said Lt. Kirk Kelly with LAPD's Robbery/Homicide division. "So we're looking into that."
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So if you're a mom, like me, who wants to boost their creativity and motor skills, I've rounded up some woodworking projects for kids. They're easy, fun, and will give them something else to do on their free time.
3 Woodworking Table Plans for a Woodworking Enthusiast. We all need all sorts of tables in our house – we have our morning coffee Surely, your kid will have a blast playing in his own playhouse with his friends. Constructing a playhouse on your own is an advanced woodworking project.
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This kid-friendly project is perfect for tablet wielding kids. It is simple and doesn't require much shop time but covers some basic skills. Steve Schuler is a handtool woodworker who has written a number of pieces related to woodworking and children.
Since kids below the age of seven cannot handle any kind of woodworking projects, we have come up with this simple project for kids that fall under the age bracket of 7 and slightly below.
In addition to opening HatchSpace and focusing on his own woodworking projects, he still writes regularly.
programs at the Eliot School is a skateboard-building class in which kids craft their own.
MONROE — The people behind a project to refurbish a local park need a few good volunteers. The Monroe Playground Foundation — which is spearheading an effort to take down the Kids Kreation playground.
Today, we're compiling the best woodworking projects for kids. While kids can quickly become adept at using essential tools like a router, many of these projects don't require big time power tools, and if they do – mom and dad can step in and lend a hand.
Woodworking can boost creativity and problem-solving abilities in kids. Read more to find out the top 10 woodworking projects that your kids can undertake.
Woodworking with Kids from Picklebums – This is a wonderful resource for what to include in a child's woodworking kit! I especially love the hand drill suggestion. I especially love the hand drill suggestion.
Woodshop 101 for Kids is written as a woodworking curriculum for your kids, it's not just another book that has woodworking projects for kids. Each lesson is laid out step by step so it's easy to understand.
I have been teaching and working with kids in the Woodshop for close to 20 years. I have taught the safety and skills needed to operate both hand and power tools. Children as young as five years old have gained an appreciation of woodworking.
An 82-year-old Saskatoon man is using his woodworking skills to send kids from developing.
"They're doing a good job of providing activities for kids . . . that's a worthwhile project for me to be.
The Wood River Valley is home to many women who work each day.
Jenica Alexander is a dynamic fifth-grade teacher at Hailey Elementary School who coordinates project-based learning for her students.
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Festive and colorful this birthday party pack comes with Kids Workshop themed plates cups napkins utensils.
And I must admit, the journey isn't as easy as it seems. So, I started searching online the easy yet inexpensive woodworking projects for beginners and came up.
In the world we are living in, children are either tuned to their iPads, iPods or televisions and most parents are wondering how to get them out of the mundane to the productive activities. One of the most interesting things you could possibly introduce your kids to is the art of woodworking.
Parents, students protest position cuts – "You as a board need to think about, what are we telling kids?" Three students spoke out against the elimination of the broadcasting program at the Wood County Technical.
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Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Melissa Groo.
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One of the most challenging aspects of bird photography is "gaining an audience with birds," as I like to say.
If you've spent any time in the field pursuing birds with a camera, you've most likely discovered that locating birds is the relatively easy part, especially now that we have tools like eBird. What's trickier is keeping birds from seeing you as a predator, fleeing as soon as you draw closer or raise your lens.
In my own journey as a bird photographer, I've discovered that knowing how to approach birds, how to simply be around birds, is just as important as knowing which lens to use. Fortunately, there are a number of strategies to make birds more comfortable with your presence and attention, as well as tools that can help you blend into the background.
Try These Approaches to Gain an Audience With Birds
A Tragopan V6 pop-up tent blind. Image by Karen Rodriguez.
Groo uses her car as a blind. A LensCoat Lensack Pro Beanbag helps to steady the telephoto camera lens. Image by Karen Rodriguez.
A PGear Kwik Camo pop-up tent blind. Image by Karen Rodriguez.
1. Go Under the Radar With a Photography Blind
Blinds, or hides, are an absolutely essential tool for bird photographers. They allow us to enter the world of birds in a much less intrusive way than if we're visible. It's not that the birds don't know we're in there, as their senses are keener than ours, but we simply don't present the same level of threat. If they don't see the human form, birds are less likely to flee.
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A body blind is an ultraportable blind made to fit over you and your tripod, camera, and lens, concealing you in a camo-patterned cloth. It can be used with or without a chair. Body blinds are best for settling in at one spot for a while, where you're fairly certain birds will visit—maybe near a tree trunk dripping with sap that is attracting Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, or a tree with a pile of wood shavings at its base from a Pileated Woodpecker's drilling.
Two popular models among bird photographers are the LensCoat LensHide and EPGear's Kwik Camo. If you're handy with a needle and thread, you can try making your own blind with camouflage cloth and netting.
Pop-up tent blinds are a roomier option. They're secured to the ground with stakes and usually have flap windows on each side. Brands like Ameristep make inexpensive tent blinds for hunters that come in a carrying case and readily pop open into a small domed structure. However, the best choices are blinds made specifically for photography. The leader in this field is Tragopan. Their blinds are well made and durable and offer a fully customizable window system, as well as three-way zippers that accommodate tripod legs.
Then there's the often-overlooked blind many of us already own—a car! Unlike the others, it's a mobile blind, allowing you to roam and search for your subjects. In a car, you're comfortable and still somewhat concealed. Birds also appear to be more comfortable with humans in cars, rather than on foot. There is definitely an art to shooting from a car, and in my online Bird Academy course I share tips and techniques that will help you maximize their potential.
There are also permanent photography and observation blinds available to the public at many nature preserves and national wildlife refuges.
A "sit spot" could be as simple as a bench in a nature preserve—any place where you can settle in quietly for about a half-hour, let birds get comfortable with your quiet presence, and wait for the perfect subject to arrive. Image by Karen Rodriguez.
2. Find a Quiet "Sit Spot" and Let the Birds Come to You
Rose-breasted Grosbeak by Melissa Groo.
Another way to immerse yourself in the environment is to establish a sit spot. Over 100 years ago, Ernest Thompson Seton—wildlife artist, writer, and founder of the Boy Scouts of America—came up with the idea of the "Seton Spot" (now called the sit spot), still used by nature programs today. It's based on the principle that when you first enter wildlife habitat, animals flee to hide or distance themselves from your perceived threat. However, if you sit still and quietly, in an unobtrusive spot, things return to normal in roughly 20 to 30 minutes. Birds and other wildlife resume foraging, proclaiming territory, building nests, and so on, because they no longer see you as a threat. The longer you sit, the more you are likely to see.
The best places for sit spots are near the essentials for birds: food, water, or migratory pathways. Forest ponds or streams can be hubs of activity, especially if there aren't other sources of water nearby. One strategy is to look for edge habitat; where a field meets a forest, for instance, you'll find a greater diversity of species.
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You may need to visit several sit spots before you decide on the one you want to invest time in. Try to choose a place not far from home, even if it's in a quiet section of an urban park, since you'll be more likely to spend time there if it's a quick trip. Visit your sit spot during different seasons and you can track the changes in the habits, species composition, and appearance of the birds there.
3. To Approach a Bird on Foot, Zigzag as You Walk
If you're on foot, never approach birds directly if you can help it. If you walk straight toward them, you'll send them fleeing in the other direction. It's much better to head in their general direction in a roundabout or zigzag manner, moving slowly, avoiding eye contact, and timing your movements with theirs—kind of like the game of Red Light, Green Light you may have played as a kid. Move only when the targets have their heads down, and freeze when they look up at you.
Sometimes it's helpful to sit down and pause for a bit, with no intention of shooting, just to get them comfortable with you. When the birds appear to stop watching you, get up again and advance a few more yards.
If you're at the beach hoping to photograph shorebirds, they often skitter away every time you advance, no matter how slowly. Sometimes the best strategy here is to observe the direction they're going, walk past them (at a distance) and way ahead of them, and then get as low as you can in a spot parallel to their path—and simply wait for them to draw closer. Since you are low and still, they'll be much less likely to see you as a threat.
The ultimate outdoor photo studio for birds could be the backyard. Here, Groo takes photos from her deck. Food sources, such as seed feeders and fruiting native trees, can draw avian subjects close to a deck. Image by Karen Rodriquez.
4. Attract Birds at Home with Inventive Food and Feeder Offerings
To draw their subjects closer, photographers often capitalize on one of the most urgent needs of birds—hunger. When, where, and what to feed birds can raise ethical, environmental, and health concerns that are far-reaching, and anytime we decide to do so, we're taking on a responsibility.
A bird photographer's house can serve as a great blind with all the comforts of home. Melissa Groo snapped shots of a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak out of her living room. Image by Karen Rodriguez.
The healthiest, most natural (and most reliable) way to offer food to birds in your yard is to plant native trees and shrubs, such as serviceberry or crabapple, that are long-standing food sources.
Setting up bird feeders in the yard is a popular method used by many bird photographers. Fortunately, we know a lot about the best practices for backyard bird feeders, such as how far they should be from windows, how important it is to provide appropriate food, and how to keep feeders clean and cats indoors. When best practices are followed, research has shown that feeders may improve reproductive success and survival of some birds, particularly during harsh winters. Keep in mind that offering a range of foods (like suet or nectar, in addition to sunflower seeds) will attract a greater variety of bird species.
An attractive perch near your feeder is essential, whether it's a branch already there or one you've set up. Birds need places to sit and scan for danger for a moment before flying in to the feeder. Some species also use perches to eat the seeds they've grabbed. The most aesthetically pleasing bird photos will feature the subject on natural-looking perches, not feeders.
For bird photography from your home, you can shoot from a tent blind set up in your yard, from your deck or porch, or from inside your house through an open window. The beauty of shooting from inside your house is that you can always be on the lookout, your camera at the ready. Just listen for the call of your favorite bird through open windows, like I do in spring and summer. Then grab your camera, position yourself (and maybe your tripod) by an open window, and fire away. This is exactly how I've taken some of my very favorite photos.
Melissa Groo is a wildlife and conservation photographer, a contributing editor to Audubon magazine, and a columnist for Outdoor Photographer magazine. Groo is the instructor for a bird photography online course offered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Bird Academy.
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Q: E-Comeerce Database ERD Help This is frying my brain, I really need help!
Here is the thing i want to achieve.
I have a Table name Product.
The product may or may not have up to two Optional field. Example Color and Size.
If the product does not have the optional field, it will have only one row of Price and Quantity, else for each row of optional field, there will be one price and Quantity.
I know this sound Confusing, pardon me. I'm confused too. ):
But i can give you guys fews example below.
So the one million dollar question is, what are the tables and it's field i should create?

[ Product Without Optional Field ]
Price | Quantity
$1.00 | 2

[ Product With One Optional Field ]
Price | Quantity | Size
$1.00 | 2 | Large
$2.00 | 1 | Small

[ Product With Two Optional Field ]
Price | Quantity | Size | Color
$1.00 | 2 | Large | Green
$2.00 | 1 | Small | Blue

I come up with an idea of having Two entity named Product and Optional to have many to many relationship with the Optional Entity to store the field name, example Size and the junction-entity name Product_Optional will store the value, example Large.
However I'm still stuck with the issue of how to bind the Two Optional Field of one product to the same price and quantity! SORRY to be confusing :(

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Since your options are unknown, you could do something like this
Products
id
product_name
product_description
...

ProductOptions
id
option (size, color, whatever)
value (large, blue, anything)

ProductInventory
id
product_id
product_option_id
quantity
price

Then your records in ProductInventory would look like:
1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2.00
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00

etc etc
More detailed example, using the table structure above:
Products
1 | Product 1 | Prod 1 Description
2 | Product 2 | Prod 2 Description
3 | Product 3 | Prod 3 Description

ProductOptions
1 | Size | Small
2 | Size | Medium
3 | Size | Large
4 | Color | Blue
5 | Color | Red
6 | Color | Green
7 | Width | 10 Inches
8 | ... (as many as you want)

ProductInventory
1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2.00
(says for product 1, size small, there are 5 quantity, and cost is 2.00

2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3.00
(says for product 1, size medium, there are 17 quantity, and cost is 3.00

etc

A: I have run into the same problem, and I think you need more than one table as well.  try this:
products
id
product_name
product_price
.....

Product_options
id
product_option_name

product_options_values
link your product_options_values to your product_options using product_options_id as foriegn key.  example: product_option 'size' has the product_option_values of 'small', 'medium', 'large'*
id
product_options_id (fk)
options_value
options_value_price

product_options_to_products
this table links your products to your options. here you'd assign different options to different products.
id
product_id
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Home » News » Appeal against acquittal of prominent Russian art expert Basner postponed to August 11
Appeal against acquittal of prominent Russian art expert Basner postponed to August 11
The St. Petersburg City Court has postponed the review of an appeal against acquittal of a prominent Russian art expert Yelena Basner in a fraud case to August 11, RAPSI learned in the courtroom on Thursday (July 28).
Appeal was filed by St. Petersburg prosecutors and the plaintiff in the case, art collector Andrei Vasilyev. The review of the appeal was postponed because Vasilyev's lawyer Semyonov could not participate in the hearings.
Semyonov is a former investigator in Basner's case who became Vasilyev's lawyer.
On May 17, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg declared Basner not guilty to fraud. Basner was investigated over a painting, "In restaurant", attributed to Boris Grigoryev, a well-known Russian artist of the first half of the 20th century. The painting, which was allegedly examined by Basner in 2009 and sold for $250,000, was proven to be a fake in 2011.
Basner, a former employee of the Bukowskis auction house as well as the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, was arrested on January 31, 2014. She was charged with large-scale fraud. On February 5, 2014, she was placed under house arrest. In January 2015, a court in St. Petersburg released Basner from house arrest.
According to investigators, in summer 2009 Mikhail Aranson, who is now wanted by police, in collaboration with unknown co-conspirators invited Basner to the criminal conspiracy of selling the fake painting. Investigators allege that Basner made up a sham story about the painting's history and found the buyer, a publisher Leonid Shumakov. He, convinced of the painting's authenticity, proposed his close friend, St. Petersburg art collector Andrei Vasilyev, to buy the painting.
Eventually, Vasilyev bought the fake painting for € 180,000 (13.2 million rubles), whereas its real price was 12,000 rubles (€ 163).
Prosecutors earlier asked the court to sentence Basner to 4 years in prison, impose a fine of 500,000 rubles ($7,600) on her and order to pay the collector 16.5 million rubles ($250,000) in compensation.
Source: RAPSI
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Comparison of risk factors for four sexually transmitted infections: results from a study of attenders at three genitourinary medicine clinics in England
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Correction - October 01, 2000
G Hughes1,
M Catchpole1,
P A Rogers2,
A R Brady3,
G Kinghorn4,
D Mercey5,
N Thin6
1PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ
2PHLS Statistics Unit, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ
3Department of Medical Statistics and Evaluation, Imperial College School of Medicine, London
4Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
5Mortimer Market Centre, London
6Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital Trust, London
Dr Gwenda Hughes ghughes{at}phls.nhs.uk
Objective: To compare the risk factors for four common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in attenders at three large urban genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics in England.
Methods: Clinical, demographic, and behavioural data on attenders at two clinics in London and one in Sheffield were collected. Risk factors associated with first episodes of genital warts and genital herpes simplex virus (HSV), and uncomplicated gonorrhoea and chlamydia were investigated using the presence of each of these STIs as the outcome variable in separate multiple logistic regression analyses.
Results: Using data on the first attendance of the 18 238 patients attending the clinics in 1996, the risk of a gonorrhoea or chlamydia diagnosis was strongly associated with teenagers compared with those aged over 34, with black Caribbeans and black Africans compared with whites, and increased with the number of sexual partners. The risk of genital warts or HSV diagnosis was lowest in black Caribbeans and black Africans compared with whites and was not associated with the number of sexual partners. While genital warts were associated with younger age, odds ratios were much lower compared with those for the bacterial infections. Genital HSV diagnoses were not associated with age.
Conclusions: This study of GUM clinic attenders suggests a reduction in the incidence of bacterial STIs may be achievable through targeted sexual health promotion focusing particularly on black ethnic minorities, teenagers, and those with multiple sexual partnerships. Viral STIs were less clearly associated with population subgroups and a broader population based approach to sexual health promotion may be more effective in controlling these infections.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sti.76.4.262
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) excluding HIV are a major cause of infectious disease morbidity in countries with established market economies.1 The late 1980s and early 1990s witnessed a decline in, or at least plateauing of, numbers of diagnoses of many STIs in England and Wales.2–5 Since the mid-1990s, there has been a resurgence of diagnoses of STIs in genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics, particularly of gonorrhoea, genital chlamydial infection, and genital warts.6, 7 In response to this, renewed efforts towards the control and prevention of STIs, particularly in teenagers, have been recommended.6, 8
STI prevention campaigns need to be targeted and relevant if they are to be effective.9, 10 Since STI transmission is uniquely linked to human behaviour, the identification of important risk groups and risk behaviours associated with STI transmission is essential for their control. However, the major source of routine surveillance data on STIs in England and Wales, the KC60 statistical return from GUM clinics, includes limited information on risk factors, has no information on sexual behaviour, and does not allow repeat attendances or concurrent infections to be identified.11
To address the need for enhanced STI surveillance data, a pilot study was set up in three GUM clinics in England which provided clinical, demographic, and behavioural information on individual patient attendances. We have previously demonstrated how GUM clinic attenders included in this study differ from the general population in terms of their sexual behaviour, and identified which attenders were at particular risk for acquiring any acute STI.12 In this paper, we develop the latter investigation and show how risk factors associated with specific STIs can vary considerably, by comparing the risk factor profiles of four of the commonest STIs: genital warts, genital herpes simplex virus (HSV), gonorrhoea, and genital chlamydial infection.
Three GUM clinics participated in the sentinel surveillance scheme: St Thomas's Hospital (London) and the Mortimer Market Centre (MMC) (London), and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital (Sheffield). Data were collected between the 1 April 1994 and the 30 September 1997. Details of the core dataset have been published previously.12 Diagnosis (KC60 code), demographic characteristics, and risk behaviours were collected for each patient attendance and sent to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) electronically. Personal identifiers were not included in the datasets submitted to CDSC, although each patient had a unique clinic number which allowed repeat attendances to be identified. Demographic and diagnostic information was taken from the patient records whereas behavioural information was recorded on specifically designed proformas completed by the attending doctor at each patient consultation. Ethnic group was self assigned whereas information on sexual behaviour was assigned by the doctor during the consultation. Gonorrhoea was diagnosed by microscopy and culture. Genital chlamydial infection was diagnosed by enzyme assay at the Royal Hallamshire and St Thomas's and by ligase chain reaction at MMC. The vast majority of patients were tested for these STIs as it is policy in each clinic to encourage all attenders to have a full STI screen, even those presenting for an HIV test. The local research ethics committees were informed of this enhanced surveillance.
All descriptive and statistical analyses used data on the first attendance of all patients who attended during the period 1994–7, apart from the STI risk factor models which used data from 1996. Statistical analyses were undertaken using stata.13 Differences in patient characteristics across clinics, between those presenting and not presenting with an acute STI, and in numbers of partners by ethnic group, were tested for statistical significance using χ2 tests.
Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to investigate risk factors associated with specific STIs. The analyses only included data for the first attendance of each patient presenting in 1996, as this was the only year for which a complete set of data was available. The presence of first episode of genital warts, first episode of genital HSV, uncomplicated gonorrhoea, and uncomplicated chlamydia were each taken as the outcome variable in separate logistic regression analyses. Over 94% of patients diagnosed with any of these STIs had a single infection. The effect of multiple infections in the analyses was ignored. Risk factors which were significant at p <0.2 in the univariable analyses were included in the multivariable models. Initially, multivariable models for each STI were run separately for each clinic, and for males and females. The odds ratios for each variable varied little between clinics, therefore data from all clinics were pooled and clinic included as a factor in the final models. The time period relating to previous sexual partners varied by clinic (previous 12 months for St Thomas's and the Royal Hallamshire, previous 3 months for MMC) but the initial within-clinic analyses demonstrated the same effect for each STI regardless of time period. Interactions between clinic and all other variables included in the models were investigated.
The results of all analyses except the risk factor models are based on data collected from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital between 1 April 1994 and the 30 September 1997, from St Thomas's Hospital between 1 April 1994 and the 31 December 1996 and from MMC in 1996. In all, 43 960 patients made 65 589 attendances and were assigned 87 618 diagnoses.
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND STI DIAGNOSES
Demographic and behavioural characteristics of patients attending the three clinics are presented in table 1. There were significant differences in the distribution of attenders at the clinics by age (χ2(8)=994, p <0.001), ethnic group (χ2(8)=15822, p <0.001) and male sexual orientation (χ2(2)=2676, p <0.001). The proportion of attenders reporting a previous STI, and the proportion of attenders diagnosed with genital warts and genital chlamydial infection also varied significantly by clinic (χ2(2)=620, p<0.001; χ2(2)=270, p <0.001; χ2(2)=512, p <0.001; previous STI, warts and chlamydia respectively).
Characteristics of patients attending three GUM clinics in England, April 1994 to September 1997
Numbers of attenders presenting with first episode genital warts, first episode genital HSV, uncomplicated gonorrhoea and uncomplicated chlamydia, and with combinations of these infections, are shown in table 2. Of the 31 542 patients (72%) who did not attend with any acute STI (definition of acute STI published previously12), 11% had anogenital candidosis, 27% had HIV antibody counselling with testing, 14% had another non-STI episode requiring treatment, and 40% had a non-STI episode and did not require treatment. Compared with those without an acute STI, patients with an acute STI were more likely to be male (62% compared with 46%, χ2(1)=842, p<0.001), aged 16–19 years (12% compared with 7%, χ2(4)=578, p<0.001), black Caribbean (18% compared with 11%, χ2(4)=461, p <0.001), and to report three or more sexual partners (32% compared with 23%, χ2(2)=642, p <0.001).
Numbers of attenders diagnosed with first episode genital warts, first episode genital HSV, uncomplicated gonorrhoea, and uncomplicated chlamydia, showing concurrent infections, in attenders at three GUM clinics in England, April 1994 to September 1997
Numbers of partners in the 12 month period before attendance were compared between ethnic groups for heterosexual males and females (data on attenders at MMC were unavailable for this period). There were significant differences in the numbers of partners reported by ethnic group for both males (χ2 (8)=225, p <0.001) and females (χ2 (8)=314, p <0.001). Apart from Asian men, most men reported two or more sexual partners in the previous 12 months. A greater proportion of black Caribbean men reported three or more sexual partners than men in any other ethnic group (36% compared with 26% or less in the other ethnic groups). The majority of females in all ethnic groups reported one or no sexual partners in past 12 months. More white females reported two or more partners than females in any other ethnic group (41% compared with 35% or less in the other ethnic groups). (A table of the raw data is available from the journal office.)
RISK FACTOR ANALYSES
All risk factor models used data on 18 238 patients attending the clinics in 1996. In the univariable analyses "clinic," "age group," "sexual orientation," "ethnic group," "number of sexual partners," "previous STI," and "ever injected drugs" were found to be significant at p <0.2 for one or more of the four STIs being investigated, and were included in the multivariable analyses. Independent risk factors for first episode of genital warts, first episode of genital HSV, uncomplicated gonorrhoea, and uncomplicated genital chlamydial infection are shown for males and females in tables 3 and 4, respectively.
Independent risk factors for four common sexually transmitted infections in attenders at three GUM clinics in England, 1996: males
Independent risk factors for four common sexually transmitted infections in attenders at three GUM clinics in England, 1996: females
Attendance with genital warts was strongly associated with white ethnicity; all other ethnic groups, except Asian, had significantly lower odds ratios. The risk of a warts diagnosis was also greatest in 16–19 year old males and females compared with other age groups, was greatest in heterosexual men compared with homosexual men, but was not associated with the number of sexual partners. Females presenting with genital warts were less likely than all other female attenders to have had an STI previously.
Genital HSV
Odds ratios for an HSV diagnosis were lower for those of non-white ethnicity compared with whites, but were only significantly lower in the "other/mixed" (predominantly "black other") category and black Caribbean females. The risk of genital HSV was greatest in 20–24 year old men but did not vary significantly with age in females or with the number of sexual partners. Females presenting with genital HSV were less likely than all other female attenders to have previously had an STI.
The risk of a gonorrhoea diagnosis was strongly associated with being a teenager (particularly for females) and being in the black Caribbean, black African, and "other/mixed" (females only) ethnic groups, compared with whites. Homosexual men were at greater risk than heterosexual men and the risk increased significantly with the number of sexual partners.
Genital chlamydial infection
The risk of a genital chlamydia diagnosis was greatest in teenagers compared with older attenders, in black Caribbeans and black Africans (males only) compared with whites, and in heterosexuals compared with homo/bisexuals. The risk also increased significantly with the number of sexual partners.
Interactions between clinic and other variables
Most interactions with clinic occurred in the gonorrhoea risk factor model for males. Males reporting two partners were more likely to be diagnosed with gonorrhoea at MMC than those reporting two partners at the other two clinics. The risk of a gonorrhoea diagnosis was also greater in males of "other/mixed" ethnicity at MMC than at the other two clinics, and in males aged 20–34 years in St Thomas's compared with the other two clinics. The risk of a warts diagnosis was greater in those reporting a previous STI in the London clinics than in the Sheffield clinic.
Patients attending GUM clinics exhibit higher risk sexual behaviour than the general population.12 Even within this high risk group, STI acquisition has been linked to higher rates of sexual partner change and young age.12 This analysis suggests that risk factors vary considerably with the type of STI diagnosed. In particular, risk factors associated with viral STIs were different from those associated with bacterial STIs.
The demographic characteristics of patients presenting with genital warts and genital HSV contrasted with those of patients diagnosed with gonorrhoea and chlamydia. Whereas white attenders were at much greater risk of diagnosis with a viral STI, particularly genital warts, black Caribbean and black African attenders were at greater risk of diagnosis with a bacterial STI. Associations between black ethnicity and infection with bacterial STIs have been shown before.14–16 However, such associations should be interpreted with care17 as ethnicity probably serves as a marker for cultural influences on sexual behaviour—for example, black males report less frequent use of condoms than white males,18 differences in sexual mixing patterns, and inequalities in socioeconomic status and health seeking behaviour.19 Data on condom usage and socioeconomic status were not collected and their influence cannot be evaluated in this study. Among heterosexuals, black Caribbean males had higher numbers of partners than men in other ethnic groups, but black Caribbean females reported far fewer partners than white females.
Increased risk of viral STIs among white attenders compared with other ethnic groups is less well documented. A study of female attenders at another GUM clinic in London found an association between white ethnicity and a diagnosis of genital warts.16 Reasons for this relation are unclear. At GUM clinics patients are routinely tested for both symptomatic and asymptomatic bacterial STIs, but diagnosis of genital warts or genital HSV relies upon the presence of clinical indicators. In the case of HSV infection, those of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have been exposed to oral HSV-1 infection as children, rendering them less susceptible to genital HSV-1 infection20 and possibly less susceptible to symptomatic genital HSV-2 infection21 as adults. Given the inequality of socioeconomic status across ethnic groups, it is possible that whites may be less exposed to HSV-1 at a young age and were thus more susceptible to symptomatic genital HSV infection as adults. Alternatively, the clustering of viral and bacterial STIs in different ethnic groups may simply reflect sexual mixing patterns. People tend to choose sexual partners within their own ethnic group.22
In this study, acquisition of the viral STIs did not appear to be determined by recent high risk sexual behaviour: they were not associated with multiple sex partners and, indeed, females presenting with these infections were less likely to have had an STI previously, compared with all other female attenders. Previous studies have indicated that prevalence of HSV-2 antibody23 and a history of genital warts24 are associated with the number of lifetime sexual partners, although these studies include long standing infections. By using first episodes only, these analyses focused on risk factors associated with recently acquired infections. Nevertheless, some infections may have been acquired some time before diagnosis.
The bacterial STIs were strongly associated with multiple sex partners and young age. However, data on number of partners were potentially biased as they were dependent on patient recall and because one clinic counted partnerships over a different period. The occurrence of unsafe sexual behaviour, defined as having had two or more sexual partners in the past year without using a condom, has been shown to be far greater in those aged under 25.19 Previous studies have shown similar associations between multiple sex partners or partner change, young age, and infection with gonorrhoea25, 26 or chlamydia.27, 28
The perpetuation of an infectious disease within the population requires that the case reproductive rate is greater than unity. For STIs, the reproductive rate is dependent on the rate of partner change and the duration of infectiousness.29 Bacterial STIs, because they are more treatable, tend to have a much shorter period of infectiousness than the viral STIs, and thus require higher rates of partner change to be maintained at endemic levels.30 A high rate of partner change may be less important to maintain endemic levels of viral infections, which are characterised by longer periods of infectiousness.31
The results from a study on GUM clinic attenders should be extrapolated to the wider population with caution. However, they suggest that while targeting high risk groups in STI prevention initiatives is appropriate for bacterial STIs, it may have minimal impact on the prevalence of viral STIs. This accords well with modelling work on the transmission dynamics of HSV-2 which suggested that suppressive therapy targeting core groups alone would not result in a decline in HSV-2 prevalence.30 Community based studies investigating the underlying causes of high rates of bacterial STIs in certain population subgroups are required to inform targeted control measures.18
The project was funded by the Department of Health. We are grateful to Mauri Moreno, Maria Ryder, and Barbara Band for downloading data from the clinic databases and to Ian Simms for commenting on the text.
Contributors: GH and MC conceived the idea of the paper; GH analysed the data with statistical support from PAR and ARB; GH, MC, ARB, PAR, GK, DM, and NT were involved in interpretation of the results and drafting of the paper; GH undertook the main writing of the paper.
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IT mergers and acquisitions will continue despite economy
Kathleen Lau
Published: February 2nd, 2009
Despite the uncertain economy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the technology space will continue in 2009, albeit in a non-traditional form involving certain technologies that are driven by customer needs to cut costs.
Ira Cohen, managing partner of New York-based investment bank Updata Advisors Inc., said that while the past couple of years have shown a demand for technologies like data centre automation, risk management and cloud computing, those areas will really drive M&A activity this year.
Updata Advisors, which specializes in M&A, released its annual outlook report on IT transactions for 2009.
Besides the cost-cutting benefits, said Cohen, such technologies provide other advantages for mid-sized and large organizations. "Computing in the clouds provide some efficiencies as it relates to all of the users being on the same version, the same apps," he said. "It's just a more efficient way to provide the users with computing services."
According to Vito Mabrucco, senior vice-president and managing director with Toronto-based research firm IDC Canada Ltd., the networking and software space will also experience significant M&A activity this year. Global companies wanting to remain competitive in this space must "get bigger or get bought," he said.
The difference with this recession and that of 2001, said Mabrucco, is today's competitive landscape is more global, with the addition of players like large well-funded companies from India and China that have a strong customer base and expansion in mind.
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Also, in the report, Updata Advisors expects that non-traditional M&A transactions will play an important role this year, meaning there will be more activities like divestitures, mergers of equals, and joint ventures. In the case of divestitures, Cohen said such transactions will be driven by companies looking to shed non-core assets. "We are talking to a number of public companies thinking about shedding units that for the long term are not fit or are not performing, or in some cases are performing but they don't sit with the long term strategy of the company," he said.
The bulk of M&A activity this year will be "non-mega transactions", which although significant, will be in the sub-US$200 million range, said Cohen, adding this is due to a "general caution in the wind. I think larger transactions bring lots of risk."
While transactions of that size will continue, Mabrucco thinks in the next 12-18 months, there could be room for a "major merger" as companies take serious stock of their business and the available opportunities that complement that.
But while buyers will be cautious, Cohen acknowledged there are those who will take advantage of the economic environment and acquire businesses to make themselves competitive.
Updata Advisors has identified a number of companies – including Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., EMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp. – in the market for specific technologies and "sitting on over $100 billion of cash," said Cohen, noting that last year those companies announced more than 60 transactions.
And while risk-averse buyers and sellers will perform more thorough due diligence this year, thereby lengthening the transaction process, those companies with available cash will continue to seek opportunities, said Cohen. "A lot of those companies continue to generate cash, it's not like they're losing money," he said. "They're making money now, and they have to do what's in the best interest of the shareholders."
Mabrucco agreed that while the IT industry is currently suffering, the combination of "positive cash flow" and depressed prices will make it easier for companies to "pick up the right complementary assets."
As with the recession in 2001, it's a "flight towards bulking up and getting bigger while you have the chance," said Mabrucco, noting that the business cycle will inevitably circle back, benefitting those in the right place with the right assets
Cohen said Updata Advisors has already closed three M&A deals this year, each falling in the sub-$200 million range. One involving a security firm, one an IT services firm, and another is a combination of two publicly-traded companies.
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