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|10. Mai 2011
|21. Mai 2002
|27. Febr. 1998
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|Daniel J. Jaye
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|Beh Investments Llc
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/258,779 having a filing date of Feb. 26, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,415,322, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Applications No. 60/076,179 and 60,076,404 having a common filing date of Feb. 27, 1998.
The invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring and measuring the interests of a user viewing content on a computer network, in particular on multiple servers in an enterprise network, while protecting the privacy of the user.
It is useful for vendors who sell items through the Internet to be able to compile sophisticated marketing data that indicates users' interest in the vendors' Web pages. Interest in a particular page may be determined by counting the number of "hits" on that page (i.e., the number of times the page is accessed) or by combining a count of the number of hits with data indicative of the amount of time users spend viewing the page. The number of hits for a page and the amount of time spent by users viewing a page are both determinable using conventional techniques.
Although measurement of users' interest in each of a vendor's pages is useful, additional useful information may be obtained by correlating these measurements on a per user basis. Thus, a vendor may learn that a first type of user that is interested in page A is also usually interested in page B, while a second type of user that is interested in page C is also usually interested in page D. Such information allows the vendor to customize his Web pages on the fly for each user so that a user that initially selects particular pages is presented with the opportunity to select more of the type of pages in which that user is expected to be interested.
However, in many instances, a user accessing the Internet jumps from server to server. Unless different vendors on different servers agree to cooperate, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for a first vendor on a first server to know that a user who accessed a particular one of the first vendor's pages also accessed a particular page of a second vendor on a second server. In addition, there is no built in mechanism on the Internet for globally identifying users so that vendors on different servers can share such information. Also, even in instances where a group of cooperating vendors have adopted a cross-server user identification scheme that globally identifies the users to the vendors, it is questionable whether such schemes violate users' privacy since each of the participating vendors is exchanging information about users that the users might not want to be shared. Moreover, such limited cooperative efforts at cross-server identification generally employs a single identifier for each user. However, cross-server identification schemes that employ a single identifier have disadvantages. For example, should one of the vendors stop collaborating with the others, such as because of an organizational or business change, issues of ownership and access to information tied to a shared identifier can arise.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a distributed identification scheme which allows individual servers to control their own local identification scheme and to collaborate with other servers at its manager's discretion to allow a user to access multiple servers in an enterprise network without potentially violating the privacy of the user.
A distributed user identification process is provided that allow individual local servers or domains to control their own user identification scheme and to collaborate with other local servers or domains at the discretion of an enterprise server. The enterprise server correlates the local user identification scheme with a global user identifier and may disclose to interested outside parties, such as advertisers, only the global user identifier without revealing the identity of a user who interacts with a local server.
Also provided is a process for compiling anonymously a global user profile from local user profiles generated by the local servers.
In general, according to one aspect of the invention, a computer network includes at least one local server and an enterprise server in communication with the local server. The local server establishes a local ID for the user and communicates to the enterprise server the local ID of the user and a local user profile based on user interaction with the local server. The enterprise server links the local ID to a global ID assigned to the user by the enterprise server and records in a database the information about the local user profiles to form the global interest profile of the user.
Preferred embodiments may include one or more of the following features. The global ID may be known only to the enterprise server and may be kept secret from the local servers. User information recorded in the enterprise database may include the local ID of the user. The local user ID assigned by one local server may be hidden from the other local servers. The local user profile may be communicated to the enterprise server at predetermined times and/or when a number of changes made to the local profiles are greater than a predetermined number of changes. The global ID may be assigned to the user directly by the enterprise server when the user first accesses the enterprise server. Alternatively, the global ID may be assigned to the user when the user accesses one of the local servers and the local server communicates the local ID of the user and possibly also a local user profile to the enterprise server. The local ID and the global ID may be persistent and include state information. The state information may be communicated between the user and the local server and the enterprise server with the help of cookies. The local server may communicate the local user ID to the enterprise server by transmitting on an HTML page a URL which may include a graphic symbol of zero width and height, or by temporarily redirecting the URL selected by the user to a local URL. Transmission of the URL may be transparent to the user.
A global interest profile may be established for each user of at least a subset of users and the global interest profiles between different users may be compared. At least one score may be computed for a user and the score of the user may be compared to a corresponding score of another user. The scores may represent an absolute number score. The local user profile may established incrementally by adding information about a most recent user interaction to a legacy user profile stored at the local server. The user profile may be processed in real time and weighted according to the recency of the user interaction with the local server. The global user profile for a plurality of users may be updated in a single pass.
In another aspect of the invention, a computer apparatus for establishing a global interest profile of a user includes at least one local server in communication with the user via a communication channel wherein the local server assigns a local ID for the user during the first access by the user to the local server. An enterprise server communicates with the user and the local server via the communication channel and assigns a global ID for the user. The local server communicates to the enterprise server the local ID of the user and possibly also a local user profile based on user interaction with the local server. The enterprise server links the local ID to the global ID and records in a database information about the local ID and, if desired, also the local user profile to form a global interest profile of the user.
In yet another aspect of the invention, a method monitors interactions between a client and a plurality of servers communicating with one another in a computer network by designating one of the servers as an enterprise server and the remaining servers as local servers. The local server, upon interaction with the client, establishes a local ID for the client and communicating at least the local ID of the client to the enterprise server. When the enterprise server receives from the local server the local ID of the client or when the client interacts directly with the enterprise server , the enterprise server assigns a unique global ID to the client and links the local ID with the global ID.
Preferred embodiments may include one or more of the following features. The enterprise server and the local servers may form an enterprise group. The client may receive state information from the server upon interaction with the server and may transmit the state information during a subsequent interaction with the server. Likewise, the local server may receive from the enterprise server state information related to the client, and may transmit the state information during a subsequent interaction with the enterprise server that relates to the same client. The state information may be persistent and stored in form of a cookie.
In yet another aspect of the invention, a computer program residing on a computer-readable medium includes instructions for causing an enterprise server to establish a unique global ID for a client and link the global ID with a local ID associated with the client on a local server. The program may also form a global interest profile of the client based on local interest profiles compiled by the local server.
The forgoing and other features and advantages of the present invention will be appreciated more fully from the following further description thereof, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
To provide an overall understanding of the invention, certain illustrative embodiments will now be described. However, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the systems described herein can be adapted and modified to provide systems for other suitable applications and that other additions and modifications can be made to the invention without departing from the scope hereof.
Referring now to
For the system described herein, a subset of the servers 15-17 form an enterprise group 22 that monitors and measures users' page usage among all of the local servers 15-17 of the group 22. One of the servers 16 is designated as the "enterprise server" for the group 22 while the other servers 15 and 17 that are part of the group 22 are designated as "local servers". Communication links 26 shown in
Note that the term "local" is meant to convey the relationship of the servers 15 and 17 within the enterprise group 22. The local servers 15 and 17 can be accessed by users in the same manner that other conventional Internet servers are generally accessible. The following discussion will be limited to the servers 15-17 which are part of the enterprise group 22.
As indicated in
The client 12 requests HTML pages from the servers 15-17 that, when displayed, may include user-actuatable links to other HTML pages. The other HTML pages may be on the same server as the displayed HTML page, or may be on a different server. In many instances, actuating a link to an HTML page causes the user to transfer from one server to another in a manner that is, in many respects, transparent to the user.
The local servers 15 and 17 upload information about users' page accesses to the enterprise server 16. The enterprise server 16 combines the information for each user so that, for example, it is possible to correlate accesses by a particular user of Web pages on the local server 15 with accesses by the same user of Web pages on the local server 17. However, as seen in
Since the HTTP protocol is stateless, the servers and any gateway program on the servers retain no knowledge of any previous transaction. Without persistent state information, the server will not be able to identify the client and/or obtain information about the client. Likewise, without state information, the local servers 15 and 17 will not be able to communicate local information about the client to the enterprise server 16. The exemplary system described herein employs cookies to preserve state information. However, any other mechanism that preserves state information can be used.
The features of cookies are described in, for example, The HTML Sourcebook, third edition, by Ian S. Graham, published by Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. By way of background, cookies represent one possible mechanism for storing state and/or identification information on a user's local server 12. The server accessed by the user sends the cookie information to the user via a conventional command capable of transferring cookie information from the server to the user. Thereafter, whenever the user requests data from the server that set the cookie, the user request also includes the cookie previously sent by the server to the user. The command that sets the cookie causes the cookie information to correctly identify the server that executes the command. In addition, generally, a cookie is only sent to a server that set the cookie. Thus, if a particular server sets a cookie, the cookie includes information indicating that it was set by the particular server. There are mechanisms in place to prevent that cookie from being sent to any other server.
In the exemplary embodiment, each of the local servers 15 and 17 assign their own unique persistent state information to the client 12 in form of a local ID. The enterprise server 16 assigns a secret persistent state information to the client 12 in form of a "global" ID and correlates the global ID with each of the unique local ID's assigned by each of the local servers 15 and 17. All of the ID's are made persistent using cookies. The local server 15 sets a cookie containing a unique local ID for the client 12 assigned by the local server 15. The client 12 subsequently provides the assigned local ID to the local server 15 each time the client 12 requests data (e.g., an HTML page) from the local server 15. Thus, the local server 15 is provided with a basis for knowing the identity of the client 12 each time the client 12 requests data from the local server 15. Similarly, the local server 17 sets a cookie containing a unique local ID for the client 12 (unrelated to the local ID assigned by the local server 15) that the client 12 subsequently provides to the local server 17 each time the client 12 requests data from the local server 17.
Information regarding the data requests and the associated local ID's are provided by the local servers 15 and 17 to the enterprise server 16. The local servers, however, do not reveal the true identity of the user to the enterprise server 16. The enterprise server 16 can map different local ID's for the same user to the single, secret, global ID. Thus, the enterprise server 16 is in a unique position to correlate cross-server information about users while the local servers 15 and 17 can not directly correlate cross-server information because neither of the local servers 15 and 17 possesses the secret global identifier assigned by the enterprise server 16.
Referring now to
Following step 34 is a step 36 where the local server forces a transfer to the enterprise server 16 (i.e., the client is transferred to the enterprise server 16). Generally, a variety of conventional techniques exist for forcing a transfer to another server. For example, the local server may use conventional techniques to insert a special URL into the HTML page requested by the client 12. The special URL points to the enterprise server 16 and calls for insertion of a graphics image have zero width and height. The special URL may also contain additional information, such as information identifying the local server and information indicating the local ID of the user. The additional information may be appended to the end of the URL in the form of http://enterprise_server_id/go?local_server _id&client_information. This process may be transparent to the user.
Alternatively, redirection may be used to transfer the user to the enterprise server. Redirection involves providing an HTTP response message to the browser which forces the browser to look for a different URL. The local server redirects the client 12 to the enterprise server 16 by, for example, returning the location of the enterprise server 16 in the form:
location: server_url comments
Browsers that understand the location field will automatically connect to the URL of the enterprise server 16.
The forced transfer serves to effectively "register" the local ID of the client 12 with the enterprise server 16. As mentioned above, the forced transfer can be transparent to the client 12. Processing at the enterprise server 16 in response to a forced call is described in more detail hereinafter. Note, however, that once the enterprise server 16 has completed the processing, the client 12 is returned to the local server. In the case of using redirection, the enterprise server 16 simply redirects the client 12 back to the local server that the client 12 was accessing prior to being transferred to the enterprise server 16. Following the step 36 is a step 38 where the local server sets a local cookie for the client 12. The steps 34, 36, 38 are executed only once, i.e., the first time the client 12 accesses the local server. After that, the client 12 will send to the local server the cookie set by the respective local server whenever the client 12 accesses the respective local server.
Following the step 38, or following the step 32 if the local server receives a cookie from the client 12, is a step 42 where the local server compiles information based, for example, on frequency and duration of page accesses by the client 12. This information may be compiled by, for example, providing a plug-in to the local server that includes a conventional server API call to the plug-in each time a user requests a page. Thus, for example, the time duration that a user spends viewing page A may be determined by registering the time when a user requests page A, registering the time when the user requests a subsequent page B, and calculating the difference between the two times to determine the duration. Following the step 42, processing is complete for the local server handling the page request of the client 12. As discussed in more detail below, the enterprise server 16, using a secret global ID known only to the enterprise server 16, combines the information provided by the local server with information relating to the same user from other local servers that is mapped to the various local ID's assigned to a user by the different local servers.
For the enterprise server 16 to be able to compile information about the users, it is necessary for the local servers to periodically forward to the enterprise server 16 the gathered information along with the local ID for each user and information identifying the local server. This may be accomplished using any one of a variety of conventional techniques. In a preferred embodiment, the local server formats the information as a plurality of HTML pages that are uploaded to the enterprise server 16 in a conventional manner using conventional HTTP exchange techniques. The local server initiates the transfer either when a local buffer of the local server exceeds a predetermined size, or after a predetermined amount of time has passed since a previous update of the enterprise server 16 by the local server. The predetermined size and the predetermined amount of time are chosen based on a variety of functional factors familiar to one of ordinary skill in the art, including amount of storage available at the local server and hit rate of the local server.
Referring now to
Following the step 52 is a test step 54 which determines if the client 12 has ever accessed the enterprise server 16 (i.e., the test step 54 determines if the client 12 has ever accessed any of the servers 15-17 of the group 22). This can be determined using cookies where the enterprise server 16 sets a cookie and provides it to the client 12. Thus, if the enterprise server 16 does not receive a cookie from the client 12, then it is determined at the test step 54 that the client 12 has never accessed the enterprise server 16 and control passes from the test step 54 to a step 56 where a new global ID is created for the client 12. Note that the system is designed so that only one global ID is created for each user. Following the step 56 is a step 58 where the global ID is forwarded to the client in the form of a cookie. The global ID may be created in any one of a variety of conventional manners familiar to one of ordinary skill in the art, including, but not limited to, incrementing a stored value and then providing an alphanumeric version of that value as the global ID.
If it is determined at the step 54 that the enterprise server 16 received a cookie from the client 12, then control passes from the test step 54 to a step 62 where the global ID, passed via the cookie, is mapped to the new local ID provided by the local server. Note that the step 62 also follows the steps 56, 58 where the global ID is created and passed to the client 12. The mapping at the step 62 can be performed in a variety of conventional manners, including using an array indexed according to the local server and local ID and containing entries corresponding to the global ID. Alternatively, the mapping may be provided using an appropriate data structure, such as a linked list having nodes indicating the local server, the local ID provided by the local server, and the corresponding global ID. Alternatively still, the mapping may be stored in a database having a plurality of records, each containing the global ID, the local ID, and the site identifier for the local server that assigned the local ID. In this way, a single global ID may be mapped to multiple local ID's assigned by multiple local servers.
Following the step 62, processing is complete for registering the new local ID of the client 12 with the enterprise server 16. After this registration process, the local server does not force a transfer to the enterprise server 16 when the client 12 accesses the local server. Instead, as discussed above, the local server compiles data which is subsequently transferred to the enterprise server 16. It is the enterprise server 16 that combines all of the data from all of the local servers on a per user basis and makes the thus-compiled information available in a way that does not necessarily identify the client 12.
The process illustrated in
A user's interest behavior can be tracked over a history of Internet sessions, so that a composite view of the user's interests can be generated. Additionally, the described processes may take into consideration the age of the collected behavior information, so that older behavior information has less impact on an interest score than more recent behavior information. The processes may be sensitive to the duration over which each page is viewed and the generated interests scores are provided in an absolute interest scale, as opposed to a relative interest scale. This facilitates meaningful comparisons of interest levels between different users, and offers a powerful tool for identifying related interests for users having selected demographic characteristics. The processes described herein may also be applied incrementally and reduced to a set of parallel operations to increase greatly the speed of analyzing the collected behavior information. It will be understood that the process may also operate as a stand-alone process on a single web site and, moreover, may not require the use of local and global IDs.
The process for building a user profile begins with the step of collecting useful information about the interest behavior of a user 12 looking at different content stored at an exemplary local server 15 (
In a subsequent step 76, the process builds a local session record. This is typically done by analyzing the click stream generated by the user as the user looks at the content displayed on the web page or pages located on server 15. An example of one type of session record is shown in
Although data collection has been described for a user's activities at one web site, it will be understood that the data collection process 70 can occur on a number of different web sites. This means that one web site dedicated to providing sports information can collect information about the users favorite sports and favorite teams, while another web site that offers books for sale, can collect information about the user's favorite categories of books. Accordingly, a wide range of the user's interests can be captured.
Returning to
Referring now to
I: interest behavior vector of
Declare types I, A
four dimensions: (c, t, d, s) for a
Define scaling function fi( )
given interest category
Define raw interest function fr( )
A: array of interest behavior
Define historical interest function fh( )
vectors I for a given user
For each user
c: content interest score (range
For each category
0.00 to 1.00)
If incremental
t: date/time in seconds (since
then {compute historical
1/1/96 00:00:00)
interest contribution using fh(il, te)}
d: duration page viewed in
Compute r for current period using
seconds (compensated for
download time)
Compute i using fi(fr(A2)+fh(il, te))
s: session id
Output interest score i
r: raw interest score
Save tc as te for next execution
i: normalized interest score
(range 0.00 to 1.00)
te: date/time of prior profiling
algorithm execution
tc: current date/time
β: duration coefficient parameter
γ: age coefficient parameter (half
life of interest score in seconds)
K: exponential decay constant
The functions referenced above are set forth below in equations 1 through 9:
f A(A)=i 1.
f A(A)=i=f i(f r(A))=f i(f r(A 2)+f h(i l , t e)) 9.
The pseudo-code listed in Table 1 can process information, in particular click stream data, collected about a plurality of users 12 having visited a plurality of web pages located on servers 15, 16, 17. In the enterprise process listed in Table 1, the process generates for each user 12 an array,-A, of interest behavior vectors, I, wherein each behavior vector is associated with a given interest category. Each of the vectors I can be a multi-dimensional vector, such as the four dimensional vector (c, t, d, s), wherein c, t, d and s are the parameters provided by the click stream data generated at a web site for a given user. As discussed with reference to
Referring back to
Once an interest category is selected for a specific user, e.g. "User 1" of
The initial interest score may be computed, for example, from information c, d, t, and s, provided by the click stream data. Equation 5 provides one technique for processing the click stream data.
Equation 5 is applied in step 128 to compute a raw interest score r by summing over all sessions s, taking into consideration the content interest score c, a duration coefficient parameter β, and the duration d during which the selected category of content was displayed to the user during one session. The duration coefficient parameter βrelates to the time of observation versus the time of the computation. β increases when less computation takes place during the observation. Equation 5 also applies a scaling function, fi, defined in Equation 2 that scales, or normalizes, certain values in Equation 5, such as βd, to a number between zero and one. Finally, Equation 5 also sums and normalizes the user's interest over all observed sessions and multiplies the session record with an exponential function which takes into consideration the relevance of older data. The yield of Equation 5 is a measure of the user's raw interest in a selected category.
If it is determined in step 126 that an interest score already exists for the specified user, then the process 120 goes to step 130 to determine the extent to which the previously determined historical interest score should effect the new interest score. In one practice, this historical contribution i, is determined from Equation 7. As seen from Equation 7, the historical interest score i is multiplied by the inverse interest scaling function fi −1 to remove the effect of the previously applied scaling process and to remove the effect of the exponential time decay function of Equation 5 applied during the previous session. After the interest profile for the current sessions is determined using Equation 5, step 132, the historical contribution ii determined in step 130 and the current raw interest score determined in step 132 are added (Equation 8) and normalized (Equation 9) to form a combined updated interest score i, step 134.
The new interest score can be stored for the user and the process will move to another interest category for the user, steps 136 and 142. Once the information for all requested interest categories for the users has been processed, the time of last execution, te, is updated to the current time, tc, and saved, step 138. The process can then be repeated for another user, step 140.
As discussed above, each of the interest behavior vectors, I, can be associated with a given interest category. An interest category can be any subject, topic, concrete or abstract concept, e.g. sports, music, politics, general news or history. One or more categories can be associated with a page stored at a server site and made available to a user. In practice, each page stored at a site can be manually, or automatically assigned a given category or a plurality of given categories each of which is associated with a page. For example an HTML page stored at a server can contain information about a movie describing the Civil War. In this example, this page can be associated with an interest category related to movies, as well as an interest category related to history, or the Civil War. The content interest score can be normalized so as to range in value between 0.00 and 1.00. The process 120 can also be used to assign a score to a page. Accordingly, a page associated with the interest category can also be associated a content interest score that represents how closely associated the selected page is for a particular category or categories.
In another practice, the user profile generated by the systems described herein can also include demographic or geographic information which is collected through conventional means, typically a form the user fills out when visiting the web site. The user profile comprises both demographic information and interest behavior information. It will be understood that the combination of these two types of data can allow for certain types of analysis such as the interest levels of certain demographic groups in certain subject matter to provide detailed market analysis and to identify link interest between seemingly disparate subject matters. Other advantages of the systems processes described herein will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.
As seen from
The invention can be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or in combinations of them. Apparatus of the invention can be implemented in a computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable storage device for execution by a programmable processor; and method steps of the invention can be performed by a programmable processor executing a program of instructions to perform functions of the invention by operating on input data and generating output. The invention can advantageously be implemented in one or more computer programs that are executable on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor coupled to receive data and instructions from, and to transmit data and instructions to, a data storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device. Each computer program can be implemented in a high-level procedural or object-oriented programming language, or in assembly or machine language if desired; and in any case, the language can be a compiled or interpreted language. Suitable processors include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from a read-only memory and/or a random access memory. Storage devices suitable for tangibly embodying computer program instructions and data include all forms of non-volatile memory, including by way of example semiconductor memory devices, such as EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory devices; magnetic disks such as internal hard disks and removable disks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM disks. Any of the foregoing can be supplemented by, or incorporated in, ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits).
To provide for interaction with a user, the invention can be implemented on a computer system having a display device such as a monitor or LCD screen for displaying information to the user and a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball by which the user can provide input to the computer system. The computer system can be programmed to provide a graphical user interface through which computer programs interact with users.
While the invention has been disclosed in connection with the preferred embodiments shown and described in detail, various modifications and improvements thereon will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The local user ID may, for example, be based in user input, such as a membership ID assigned by an organization, or may be selected by the user on a form submitted to the server upon login. The enterprise server may parse the global user profile and release to an interested party, such as an advertiser, only those portions that are of interest to the advertiser and/or to which the advertiser subscribes. Accordingly, the spirit and scope of the present invention is to be limited only by the following claims.
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Theres a relationship between the two works; The Point is perhaps the call and The Moment Between is the response, Schroeder tells us. Were really curious about a pure, empty space that exists between things. Weve done a lot of work at losing a lot of the things that arent essential, trying to get to a really pure essence of movement.
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Fairfax County Public Schools are facing a $147.9 million budget shortfall next year, the largest hole even senior school board members can recall, as rainy day funds dry up and teacher compensation and student enrollment become more burdensome.
The county's schools are poised to enter fiscal 2014 with $38.6 million less than the current year, while more students and higher payouts for retirements and health insurance mean $23.1 million in extra expenses. Add another $86.2 million in pay raises, cost-of-living increases and pension costs for school employees.
That leaves the system $150 million in the hole -- not including $90 million in new programs school officials have identified but don't expect to fully fund -- at a time when the county government, its chief funding source, is expecting a $100 million shortfall. The schools would need a 9 percent increase from the county's current $1.68 billion contribution to cover the gap.
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|Change in revenue expected in fiscal 2014: $38.6 million decrease
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|Projected compensation needs (teacher raises, etc.): $86.2 million increase
|Projected deficit: $147.9 million
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Upon hearing that news during a briefing Monday, Fairfax County School Board Member Elizabeth Schultz, who represents the Springfield District, laughed out loud; last year's 4.5 percent funding increase was considered generous.
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Initially, comedy was differentiated from drama by having a happy ending. There were three periods of Greek comedy.
The three periods were Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy--no joke--those are the categories.
Not much is left of Middle and New Comedy but there are 11 complete plays of Aristophanes from Old Comedy.
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Boston is hoping right fielder J.D. Drew will return to the lineup in time for Tuesday after battling with a sore right hamstring he suffered on Friday, when he caught a line drive hit by the Dodgers' Manny Ramirez.
"It was just a little tight before the game [Friday]," said Drew. "Been a little tight, but nothing major. Just one of those plays where it was kind of a perfect-storm scenario. I had to lean in, the leg came forward and the hamstring grabbed really good. I don't think I've done an extreme amount of damage."
Second baseman Dustin Pedroia has hit safely in each of his last 10 games, batting .500 (20-for-40) with 12 runs, four doubles, one home run and eight RBIs in that span. It is his longest hitting streak since a 16-gamer from Sept. 7-24, 2009.Rockies: Street could return for opener
Colorado will also be hoping for one of its key players to return on Tuesday as well, with closer Huston Street eying an activation in time for the series opener. Street allowed three hits and three runs in 1 1/3 innings on Saturday in his last rehab outing with Triple-A Colorado Springs.
"Health-wise, completely healthy," Street said. "Velocity-wise, 90-93. Slider, there. Changeup, there. It's not obviously the way you want to finish, but in a weird way, I felt like I executed."Worth noting
Not including their matchup in the World Series, the Rockies are 5-4 against the Red Sox in Interleague Play. ... Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was scratched from his last scheduled start against the Phillies because of a right forearm strain and was placed on the disabled list, will make his return to the starting rotation Thursday against the Rockies.
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As demonstrated by the Booth-smashing success of buzz single "Stadium Music (Flashing Lights)" and Diddy and Yung Joc-featuring lead single "Imma Put It On Her," listeners are more than ready to spend Forever in a Day with Day26. On April 14th, the group will once again leap from the small screen into the earbuds of fans everywhere, showcasing the end result of the tumultuous process chronicled on Making the Band 4's currently-running third season.
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DJ Booth: What's goin' on, everybody? It's your boy "Z," doin' it real big, and joining me inside the DJ Booth are five young men, who on April 14th will ask you to spend Forever in a Day with them. From MTV's Making the Band 4, please welcome Robert, Willie, Brian, Mike, and Que of Day26—how you doin', guys?
Day26: What's goin' on, man? What up? What it is, yo?
DJ Booth: Thank you all for joinin' me inside the DJBooth. I appreciate you takin' the time, 'cause I know how busy you guys are right now.
Robert: Well, thanks for havin' us, man. But, you know, we're workin' and we're knockin' the interview out at the same time. We're good with it, we're good with it—what's goin' on?
DJ Booth: The constant argument amongst you all during your currently-running season [is] over the musical direction that the group should take on this sophomore project. Are you all completely satisfied with how it ended up?
Robert: We're all happy with the direction the album has gone. At the end of the day, man, I was on the outside of the argument, but, from what I can see, they were sayin' the same thing, just in different languages. The direction of the album is where we all thought it should go, as a group. I don't think it was a matter of slow songs and fast songs, it was where we were gonna evolve to and how far we were gonna go, and I think we met a common ground with everybody. We're hittin' the club, we're attackin' the club like we wanted to do, 'cause we didn't get to do that on the first album, and we think we've got a hot album on our hands now.
DJ Booth: What you guys imagined as your sophomore project, is that what is encapsulated within Forever in a Day, or were there other things that you would have liked to have ended up doing that, just because of time constraints or for one reason or the other, didn't happen?
Willie: To be honest, we had this album complete before our deadline. We actually threw a couple more records in there, and we got a couple great records out of that. But at the end of the day, man, we're overexcited at the direction of this album. We think it's everything it was supposed to be, and I'm sure y'all will agree on April 14th.
DJ Booth: As I discussed with each of you last time you joined me inside the DJ Booth, the one knock on reality television is that it no longer is believed to actually be reality. So, guys, has anything that anyone's seen on this currently-running season been the work of any producer instruction, or did you guys keep it real, a hundred percent, every moment?
Willie: Man, Making the Band is a reality show like no other—it's not scripted at all, everything you see is one hundred percent real. However, there is a certain thing called editing. There are certain things—they showed Que like he had just one problem, but he had multiple problems that added up to the reason he was acting the way he was acting. They made it seem like it was just one thing, and they made it seem like a long, drawn-out situation, when it really wasn't like that. However, the reactions to everything were real.
DJ Booth: Referring back to our other interview, I remember, Brian, you said how you felt like you did not deserve the picture that the producers painted for you last season. Que, do you feel like you're just Brian this season?
Brian: I think I can pretty much speak for Que when I say, everything you see is reality, everything you see is real, but, due to editing, they tend to change stories; they might take something from something that happened a week ago and edit it into a story to make that story a little bit better. Que is not crazy, Que is not nothin' else. We all go through things 'cause we're all human beings. Que is okay, we're all good. I'm just puttin' it out there. But Que really wants to talk to y'all, so hold on.
Que: What's up, y'all? I'm not crazy! [laughs]
DJ Booth: Well, Que, I knew you weren't crazy, but obviously that has been a hot topic of discussion. How do you feel this image that has been unfairly painted in this season of Making the Band will affect you later on?
Que: Honestly, I'm 20 years old, and everybody makes mistakes. I was honest about the mistakes that I made, and the whole world has seen it on television. I'm not perfect, and MTV editing has a lot to do with the situation that's going on television—they're making it seem like it's one situation, but, like Will said, it's multiple situations. When you're dealin' with MTV editing, they can make stories and create stories that [no one] created. How I deal with it [is] I laugh at it, and I've grown from that situation. I laugh at it and I don't care, 'cause it funny! I grew from the situation, it is what it is, I'm not crazy, I'm not on crack, I'm not on drugs, and I'm in a group.
DJ Booth: Que, if it helps any, let me just say that you have been a part of some of the most captivating television in recent memory—how does that make you feel?
Que: [laughs] Thank you, I appreciate that, man.
DJ Booth: Guys, Bad Boy sent over an advance copy of the album next, which I took some time out to listen to and, based on my own personal listening session, came up with some questions. First, the epitome of every great male R&B group is that they make classic babymaking music, would you agree?
Que: That's a requirement for an R&B group, yes: classic babymaking music.
DJ Booth: Okay, so, on Forever in a Day, you have the appropriately-titled "Babymaker," and I'm just curious: have any of you had the chance to test out this record in a game-time situation?
Que: [laughs] I'm pretty sure everybody in the group has had relations with our songs playing.
Robert: I think this is my part of the interview—I think this is where I step in.
DJ Booth: [laughs] Okay, Rob.
Robert: Will says he wants to cosign when I'm done, but I wanna be the first to say that I still make love to "Babymaker."
DJ Booth: Okay, and has it enhanced your bedroom, let's say, fantasies?
Robert: The song, it brings that out in me. It always makes me wanna do some new things, so yeah. If a girl's gettin' me on that night [and] I put that record on, she'd better be ready, 'cause it's on now.
DJ Booth: Rob, has there ever been a time when you got everything ready, the candles were lit, you popped in "Babymaker" so it could accompany your evening, and then, in the middle of your activity you were like, "Wait, wait, wait—I can't do anything but just listen! This is so good, I have to stop what I'm doing and just listen to 'Babymaker?'"
Robert: You know what? This is a true story: I have a favorite part in that song, and there has been a time when I was, you know, gettin' it in, and that part came in the song and I just had to stop and sing it, 'cause it just gets me like that—I'm a singer. And the ladies do wanna know about my sexcapades! [singing] Oooh-yeah!
DJ Booth: I'm sure any girl that you're with understands that, though, so that shouldn't be a problem, right?
Robert: Yeah, she understands—most of 'em understand, but I've had a few that'd be like, "Look brother, you ain't gonna be able to stop it," and then, "Don't stop right here, you're gonna have to keep that goin'! You've gotta learn to do both of 'em at the same time, or we're gonna have a problem!"
DJ Booth: [laughs] All right, let's just transition now. Considering the title of the project is Forever in a Day, do you feel like this music has everlasting power?
Robert: I really do feel like this album is timeless. And it's really hard to make timeless music when you're makin' a club record, but I think Day26 found a way to pull the two together: timeless music in the club.
DJ Booth: I know how important creative control was for you guys on this album. When it was all said and done, were most of the final decisions up to each of the five of you, or was there still a lot of influence from the label?
Robert: I'm gonna be honest with you, man: Diddy's got a lot goin' on right now. He had the I Am King thing goin' on, he had the Notorious movie comin' out, on top of a whole lot of other things. He's working on Last Train to Paris right now. He doesn't really have time to be there like that, but bless him that he believes in us enough to let us fly, let us go like that, 'cause that could've been really bad. Our deadline was set—by the time he got there, it could've been too late to fix the album. But when he got there, everything was good, and Diddy—believe it or not, world—he didn't even make that many changes. He added like two records to the album, he switched around two records, and that was it.
DJ Booth: Well, I know one thing that Diddy did end up doing, and that's adding his vocals as a guest feature on your current single, "Imma Put It On Her." Guys, was this part of a contractual obligation—what made you guys decide that Diddy should be on it? Did he just say, "I'm jumpin' on the record. You have no choice—let me on?"
Robert: Man, let me tell you something: we wanted Diddy to get on our first album, and we thought that was pretty much how it was gonna go. I think he really waited on us to prove ourselves, and when he heard, "Imma Put It On Her," we presented it to him like, "Yo Diddy, this is a song that we really like, we want this to be our first single." We found the record, we wrote it, and when we presented it to him he actually stood up out of his seat—he reacted to the record real good. And you know if Diddy ain't feelin' your record, 'cause he won't lift his head up from his phone. He'll be texting the whole time.
DJ Booth: [laughs] Okay! Which Day26 member does the best Diddy ad-lib impression? Who can say, "Take that, take that!" the best?
Robert: I think Willie does it the best. That's why Que calls him "Mr. Diddy," 'cause Willie does do the best Diddy impersonation.
DJ Booth: Well, give the phone to Willie, I need to hear this, "Take that!" impression!
Willie: Take that, take that!
DJ Booth: Guys, I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but my favorite record on this album is "My Heels." Out of all the compliments I've ever sprung on a female, I'm not sure that I've ever said, "Sweetheart, your heels are lookin' really good," but I wanna know, have you guys tried this approach, and, if so, how has it worked for you? 'Cause I'm thinkin' about doing it myself.
Willie: You know, I haven't tried it yet either, but I think that'd be a cold pickup line, just to start it off: [singing] "Your heels look good on you… your heels look so good on you." Try it!
DJ Booth Instead of me trying it, if I meet a girl I might just call you up and you can sing it to her over the phone.
Willie: Hey, do it; anytime you want to, just be like, "You know what? I've got something I want to tell you," call me up, and I'll give her the whole run-down.
DJ Booth: Okay, good, 'cause I've got the feeling you're just gonna be able to deliver a lot better than I could.
Willie: [laughs]
DJ Booth: Guys, to promote your album, I heard you're going to be making your rounds from city to city on the "26 Days of Day26" tour, and I was fortunate enough to check you guys out in Chicago last year when you came through with your opening gig for Danity Kane. Did all those extra dance lessons that Que went to pay off? What's gonna be different this time around with your stage show?
Willie: You know what? 'Cause you asked if [Que] got better, he got better, but he was always a good dancer. The difference is, we've got a lot more responsibility on our hands. Day26 was a group that was always backed into a corner—everything we ever had to do, we had to do last-minute—so this time we're thinking ahead, we're getting our stage show together now. We really want to give the best show. We pay attention to a lot of other people's shows; we don't wanna copy anybody, but we wanna be competitive. We're gonna have the greatest show on Earth.
DJ Booth: Que, we're gonna get into some DJBooth member questions. The first one comes from Mike of Great Neck, New York, and he wrote, "Do you think that R&B groups can succeed long-term in what has become a solo musician-oriented industry?"
Que: Yeah, I think it takes a special group, and I think Day26 is gonna make it. I think the reason that groups haven't made it or groups are just fallin' off is because solo artists are dominating the business. There are a lot of great singers out there—Rihanna, Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Ciara, Brandy—they were dominating, but now I think Day26 has arrived, and this time I think we're gonna take over. I think we're gonna bring a lot of groups back.
DJ Booth: Que, question number 2 comes from Rosalyn of Louisiana, and she said, "Day26 has a large presence online. Do any of you find yourselves searching the worldwide web for what has been written about you by your fans?"
Que: Yeah, always. I'm always online, checking on comments and checking on my fans. I wanna hear what people have to say, I wanna know what people think I should work on, I want to know what people think about me. I try to stay away from a lot of negativity, but if anybody has constructive criticism, I listen and I apply it to myself. 'Cause I don't think anybody's too good to learn, [you're] never too old to learn, I don't think [you] can make enough money to not be able to learn from anybody.
DJ Booth: Absolutely, I couldn't agree with you more. Last question, Que, comes from Kenesha of Atlanta, Georgia, and she wrote, considering that each of you were aspiring artists before your current situation materialized, what would be the best advice you could give her about achieving her lofty ambitions?
Que: If she's watching Making the Band, I don't know if she's seeing what I'm going through, but don't get into this thinking that everything's gonna be given to you. It's a hard job, and you have to be a hustler—that's what Diddy tells us: "You've gotta know how to hustle." You've gotta know how to grind, you've gotta be willing to walk to Brooklyn to get some cheese. You've gotta be willing to do the extreme. This industry is very extreme, it's very harsh, nobody cares about you, nobody cares about your feelings, nobody cares about your emotions.
DJ Booth: Well, Que, the only thing I'm gonna say is, you mentioned that, in this industry, not a lot of people care about you-
Que: Yeah. [laughs]
DJ Booth: The outpouring of support that I got in my inbox for you, because everyone knew I was gonna be talking to you guys, was incredible, so I definitely think a lot of people, whether they're actually in the industry or not, care a lot about you, my man.
Que: I appreciate it. I appreciate the love that I'm getting, and I appreciate you, even, for what you just said. Thank you for lovin' me; I love you back for lovin' me, man.
DJ Booth: I'm the member of the group that you guys never had, you didn't necessarily want, but I'm gonna be there anyways.
Que: Yeah, you're in our group! [laughs] Day27! We ain't [splitting up the] check, though, 'cause it's five ways—you've gotta get the bonus, then we'll give you the bonus and we get the check.
Robert: You get the per diem!
DJ Booth: I will agree to that, as long as you guys tell me where you get those really cool winter hats that make you look like animals.
Que: Aha, the Mohawk hat, I gotcha! You can get the Mohawk hat—you can get like five of 'em!
DJ Booth: All right, sounds good.
Que: As a matter of fact, I'll give you a year's supply, so you'll always look like an animal!
DJ Booth: I appreciate it. Que, you wanna give everybody the group's website or MySpace page so they can check it out?
Que: Yes, I'm gonna pass the phone around right now.
Robert: If y'all wanna get in touch with Day26, make sure you go to day26.com, day26online.com, or you can also hit us up at our new fansite, day26ofc.com.
DJ Booth: Robert, on behalf of the whole group, I wanna thank you for joining me inside the DJ Booth, and I wish you guys nothing but the best of luck on this new project.
Robert: Thank you. We appreciate you havin' us, man.


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National leaders, celebrity musicians and actors around the world have paid tribute to the rock music legend David Bowie who has died at the age of 69 after an 18-month battle with cancer.
The singer died surrounded by his loved ones, a statement on his Facebook page said.
It read: 'David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer.
'While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family's privacy during their time of grief.'
His son, film director Duncan Jones, tweeted: 'Very sorry and sad to say it's true. I'll be offline for a while. Love to all.'
Bowie released his latest album, Blackstar, just three days ago, and his ex-wife, Angie Bowie, is currently a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother.
The 69-year-old's death was confirmed by his agent, Steve Martin.
Bowie made a surprise comeback in 2013 when he suddenly released a new single on his 66th birthday with an album out just weeks later, his first for 10 years.
The star made a habit of confounding the critics – killing off his most famous creation, Ziggy Stardust, at the height of his fame – and reinventing himself in roles including glam rocker, soul singer and hippie songwriter.
Bowie, born David Jones in postwar Brixton, south London, began his music career in the R&B boom of the early Sixties.
In 1969 he made his first appearance in the charts with Space Oddity.
A string of albums followed, before 1972's The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars made him an international star.
The 1980s saw him combine his pop career with appearances in films including Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence and Absolute Beginners.
Bowie collaborator Rick Wakeman: 'As I'm sure you can imagine I'm gutted hearing of David's passing. He was the biggest influence & encouragement I could ever have wished for.'
British rocker Billy Idol: 'nearly brought to tears. RIP.'
Singer Kanye West: One of his 'most important inspirations … so fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime.'
UK Prime Minister David Cameron: 'I grew up listening to and watching the pop genius David Bowie. He was a master of re-invention, who kept getting it right. A huge loss.'
Actor Russell Crowe: 'RIP David. I loved your music. I loved you. One of the greatest performance artists to have ever lived. #sorrow'
Comedian Ricky Gervais: 'I just lost a hero. RIP David Bowie.'
Musician and performer Pharrell Williams: 'a true innovator, a true creative'.
London Mayor Boris Johnson: 'Terrible news to hear Brixton-born David Bowie has died. No-one in our age has better deserved to be called a genius.'
UK Chancellor George Osborne: 'His music was a backdrop to my life. An incredible icon of British creativity who made us proud.'
Actor Mark Ruffalo: 'Rip Father of all us freaks. Sad sad day. Love always.'
Comedian and writer Eddie Izzard: 'Very sad to hear about the death of David Bowie but through his music he will live forever.'
Comic writer David Baddiel: 'Not just upset by Bowie's death but disorientated: like I've woken up and the world is out of joint. I think I assumed he was immortal.'
Archbishop of Canterbury David Welby: 'I remember sitting listening to his songs endlessly in the '70s particularly and always really relishing what he was, what he did, the impact he had. Extraordinary person.'
Britain's other 'star man', astronaut Tim Peake, from the International Space Station: 'Saddened to hear David Bowie has lost his battle with cancer – his music was an inspiration to many.'
A glittering career
One of Britain's most successful and pioneering musicians, David Bowie enjoyed a glittering career spanning six decades that saw him become one of the biggest recording artists of all time.
Born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947, in Brixton, south London, to mother Margaret 'Peggy', a waitress, and charity worker Haywood 'John' Jones, Bowie's musical talent was clear from an early age and he had his first taste for rock music through the record collection of his older brother, Terry.
The family moved to south east London, where he graduated from Bromley Technical High School at 16. He formed a number of bands and led a group calling himself Davy Jones.
He changed his name to David Bowie to avoid confusion with the Monkees' Davy Jones. The name was said to be inspired by a knife developed by the 19th century American pioneer Jim Bowie.
He decided to set out on his own as a solo artist, releasing three singles for Pye Records and his debut album, The World Of David Bowie.
But the records did not achieve the huge success he would go on to experience and he retreated to a Buddhist monastery in Scotland in 1967.
After returning to London he started arts troupe Feathers in 1968. As the group eventually separated he helped create the Beckenham Arts Lab in 1969 before releasing Space Oddity on July 11 that year, his first UK number one.
A string of albums followed, before 1972's The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars made him an international star.
The album, which tells the story of an alien rock star, saw Bowie indulge his eye for the theatrical with a string of live shows and television appearances that saw him conquer America and create an otherworldly reputation that still clings to him.
At the same time, he was producing albums for Lou Reed and Iggy Pop and writing one of his greatest songs – All The Young Dudes – which he promptly gave away to Mott The Hoople who had a massive hit with it.
Bowie's announcement – during a London gig – that he was retiring Ziggy did not stop the commercial success and the hits kept coming as he toured and recorded albums including Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs and his tribute to the swinging London scene that inspired him – Pin Ups.
His soul-inspired Young Americans saw him change direction again and gave him his first US number one when his collaboration with John Lennon on Fame topped the charts in 1975.
Bowie played on his alien alter-ego with a successful move into acting – playing the lead character in the science fiction film The Man Who Fell To Earth, before moving to Berlin.
The influence of the then divided city inspired a trio of albums – Low, Heroes and Lodger – which produced hits including Sound And Vision and Boys Keep Swinging and are widely regarded as among his finest work.
The 1980s saw him combine his rock career with appearances in films including Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence and Absolute Beginners.
The rise of the New Romantic scene in the UK betrayed an obvious Bowie influence and he continued to record and tour, filling massive US stadiums and selling albums by the million.
The year 1988 brought a new venture – and what many fans thought was a new low – when he returned as one quarter of rock band Tin Machine.
Their initial success soon faded and by 1993 Bowie was back on his own with the solo album Black Tie White Noise.
He had married supermodel Iman a year earlier and settled in New York but continued to tour and record until 2003 when he released Reality.
It was his 23rd – and many assumed last – studio album and was followed by some low-key live appearances, an acting role in the 2006 film The Prestige, but no new music until 2013 when he returned with the widely acclaimed The Next Day.
The album won praise and earned him a place on the Mercury Prize shortlist, although he missed out to James Blake.
Bowie's life in numbers
Here are some key statistics from his life.
* Five UK number one singles: Space Oddity (1975), Ashes to Ashes (1980), Under Pressure (with Queen – 1981), Let's Dance (1983) and Dancing in the Street (with Mick Jagger -1985)
* 13 weeks at number one in the UK singles chart
* 61 top 40 hits. The first was Space Oddity in September 1969; the most recent was Where Are We Now in January 2013
* 336 weeks spent in the UK top 40 singles chart
* Nine UK number one albums. The first was Aladdin Sane in May 1973; the most recent was The Next Day in March 2013
* 599 weeks in the UK top 40 album chart, including 23 at number one
* 140 million – estimated worldwide record sales, enough to make him one of the top 10 biggest-selling UK artists of all time
* Seven million – copies sold of Let's Dance, Bowie's biggest-selling album
* Two – number of Brit awards, in 1984 and 2014. Both were for Best British Male. Bowie also won one Grammy award in 1985 and one Ivor Novello award in 1969
* One – number of qualifications Bowie achieved at school: a single O-level in art
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text: Johannesburg - The foot-and-mouth outbreak in Northern KwaZulu-Natal holds serious financial implications for the livestock industry, Agri SA said on Wednesday."It has also exposed various shortcomings in the veterinary infrastructure and service delivery," Agri SA president Johannes Möller said in a statement.He said the dynamics around control of the current outbreak and the implications for stock farmers, required continued action.Möller said the disease was caused by inadequate control over the movement of livestock from endemic areas and by the high vacancy rate for veterinarians responsible for regulatory control."The dilemmas experienced with foot-and-mouth disease probably offer a good opportunity to emphasise the need for better cooperation and to create a structure for coordinated action."He said Agri SA welcomed the proactive steps taken by Karan Beef to investigate the possible incidence of foot-and-mouth disease in their feedlots in Gauteng and to put measures in place to limit the risk of the disease spreading to its herd."We noted that this feedlot was found to be virus-free and that a management protocol is being implemented as a precautionary measure."With the large number of animals dealt with in the feedlot, it comes as a relief for the industry as such," he said.


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Just got an email from LinkedIn with the following text:
Hi Joel,
As you've seen, we've made major upgrades to the professional news, commentary and conversation features on LinkedIn. And we're just getting started.
In this process we evaluated how our current products and features are being used. To ensure we focus on building the best products, we'll be retiring LinkedIn Answers on January 31 and it'll be removed from our site. Instead, we're focusing our efforts on developing new and more engaging ways to share and discuss professional topics across LinkedIn. We look forward to sharing the details with you in the coming months, so please stay tuned.
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Global applications of genomics in healthcare: Kenya
Testing the AIDS vaccine
Setting: community
Focus of Intervention: patients and families/community
AIDS vaccine trials have been occurring in Africa, since 1986, when scientists tried to test a vaccine in Zaire. About fifteen years later, scientists have come up with a more promising way to treat the AIDS population of Africa. The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative has been working closely with various organizations and communities to develop this vaccine.
Scientists realized that a group of sex workers in Kenya had a particular resistance to the HIV virus, not developing symptoms despite repeated exposure to HIV over a duration of time. Researched showed that these women did not have any special antobodies in their blood, though many women have leukocytes that destroy HIV. Thus a proposed vaccine has been developed by a collaboration between Oxford University, the University of Nairobi, and a few others groups, and sponsored by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. The vaccine contains two parts: a DNA vaccine intended to target immune responses against HIV, and a smallpox vaccine to accelerate that response.
The sex workers who are used as models for developing this vaccine, are maintaining their resistance against HIV. Results challenge the robustness of natural immunity when some sex workers previously resistant to the virus became infected after taking a break from sex work and returning. Furthermore, immunity to one strain of HIV might not protect against another. Thus, trials are being conducted, and scientists must determine if immunity is natural or due to repeated exposure, or a combination of both. AIDS vaccine work is also being conducted in other African nations, as well as in India.
- Genomics and World Health: Summary. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2002. Page 14.
- "Africa Boosts AIDS Vaccine R&D" by Jon Cohen. Science Magazine.
- "Glitter of Hope in AIDS Vaccine Trials" by Paul Redfern. AfricaOnline.
- "Trials of AIDS vaccine to start in India" by Sanjay Kumar. British Medical Journal.