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Big Bump in Tech Layoffs in August
- September 5, 2013
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Technology layoffs soared in the month of August, with job cuts rising by roughly three times the level of the previous month for the computer and telecom industries, according to a report released Thursday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
In August, tech companies said they planned to ax 4,663 computer positions, compared with 1,587 job cuts announced during July.
The telecom industry, meanwhile, posted 2,620 job cuts in August, up from 803 the previous month, according to the report.
Cisco's planned reduction of 4,000 positions contributes to a significant portion of the technology layoffs announced in August, but companies including Symantec, Salesforce, Level 3 Communications and others say they are paring their staff as well.
It's important to note, however, that the report deals only with announced layoffs. The totals could be even higher because some companies, such as IBM, tend to stay mum about such moves. IBM's recent layoffs, for example, came to light from documents it filed with the State of California.
In a previous report, Challenger, Gray & Christmas attributed the rise in layoffs to shifting trends within the tech industry, forcing companies to realign their priorities and work forces. These trends "are making it necessary for companies to alter business strategies, streamline operations and restructure their organizations," said John Challenger, CEO of the outplacement firm.
Bigger Bite for IT Job Cuts Last Year
Although the August IT job cuts look horrific when compared with the previous month, the situation is actually improving when compared with the first eight months of the year, or with the same period last year.
In the computer industry, the number of jobs eliminated is down 30 percent to 26,180 year to date, compared with the same period a year ago.
Telecom industry job cuts have also substantially lessened this year compared to last year, according to the report. To date, 8,637 telecom jobs have gone away, compared with 18,987 jobs during the same eight month period last year.
The monthly reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics continue to show steady gains in computer-related jobs – particularly in consulting. And helping to offset layoff news are reports of companies hiring, such as Red Hat, Seagate and Citrix.
Why wouldn't they jump? With the (D) Senate packing another 100000 H1Bs into the system companies are bound to start laying off American labor.
So where's the economic recovery that they keep talking about??? 7.3% unemployment they claim. Total and complete BS!! I'm betting that most of the jobs listed on Dice are ghost positions as in they don't really exist.
I get half a dozen or more calls each day from India based technical recruiting firms and they all call from area codes from the East Coast or West Coast and never from the area where the jobs are supposedly located at.
I'm sick of this BS!! Hopefully it will end soon when the REAL economic/financial collapse happens.
And can you understand any of the calls?
Hell no!! I dump them to voicemail and have to listen to the damn message a dozen times before I can understand what they are trying to say.
Sam, I have been complaining about the H1Bs program for years! Instead of increasing it we as America should address this issue by training people here in America for these jobs just like India does!!!! Instead of college that trains you on NOTHING specific we need people being trained in these specific areas for these specific jobs like Database admins. It's a lot easier to just increase the H1Bs then actually address the issue! Lame duck administration!!
I just finished up school and I'm having a hard time finding work. I now have my Associates in IT/Networking, I have worked as a PC Tech for Microsoft and I've worked as a PC Tech/Help desk for Boeing and now no one will even give me a chance! Even at entry level Help desk positions I seem to get shut down! How are we suppose to get moving forward if I don't even have enough experience for a level 1 position!
Josh, I would advise you to get out of I.T. but if you truly love it and must do it then look for a company that will take you on as an intern. Yes that's right, work for free. If you are lucky you will find a company that might actually pay you. Just get in the door any way you can and set a time limit on how long you will stay. At the end of the time limit find another internship. Keep doing that until someone offers you a job. It will happen.
One mistake I made was I thought I had to work hard at my job. The truth is you need to work harder on yourself than you do at your job. That means adding certs, exposing yourself to as many new and varied experiences as you can. Already know user management and user/group permissions for Active Directory? Great go back and take a course and learn about user management for *nix. Take jobs that will expose you to new protocols, workflows and technology that you are not familiar with. Don't ever stop.
The quickest way to move up the salary ladder is by changing jobs. Develop your chops and look for openings that allow you to test, refine, and master newly learned skills.
I didn't do that. Now I am just a fool without an enterprise gig and a depleted 401K.
First off, Im sorry to hear of you situation. I feel like a fool also. I spent a lot of money on an Associates in Computer IT on line, almost done I have 6 weeks to go, I am fighting tooth and nail to finish because I already tried looking for a job and cant find 1. I feel like I wasted my time and MONEY, I dont even feel like finishing this expensive useless degree.
You have the internet study study , this happen in 2003 , also take contract work. Help small mom and pop places that are American. They really want people that can solve things. So many here can not even parse a file. A degree is of no use if you can not understand the basics.
I'm from Italy, I have a MS/BS in EECS from Rome with a 3.925 GPA, and I have another MS in CS from UCLA with a GPA of 3.933. I'm on a H1B visa and I work in San Francisco. I get contacted by recruiters in the area almost daily, either from big companies and from startups. I don't know what are you talking about. If you're good, people will hire you no matter if you are on a visa or not. Companies are fighting to get the best engineers – if people are not good, regardless on their visa status, they can't complain about not finding a job and blame immigrants (who pay taxes and help economy spending the money HERE) for their lack of skills.
You sound like a truly exceptional person. I imagine you are. May I address your comments?
You are exceptional as are many of your comrades I am sure. However let's take the example of an Enterprise Exchange Engineer who has been working for a company for 10 years and knows the companies systems inside and out. He is making $175,000 a year. How is that possible you ask?
It's possible because he started with the company fresh out of college at a time when there was no such thing as an exchange admin and with cost of living increases, smart negotiating of pay raises, along with getting certs he was able to maximize his value. Then comes along a person who is willing to do that job for $30,000 and it's bye bye job for him. The guy making $30,000 comes in on an H1B visa and is able to do it because he's living in an apartment with 7 other guys crammed into two rooms which allows them to save enough money on rent and to send some home to their families.
This is in defense of protecting labor not an attack on immigrants. Perhaps someone said something to you or about you which was unfair. I am sorry for that but if you think I am going to go softer on you than I would on a fellow countryman making the same point then you are seriously mistaken. Facts are facts and truth is truth no matter what country you live in, move to, or escape from.
You are exceptional. Let me show you some exceptional U.S. citizens who also have exceptional kids who they are putting through school who also can't get jobs in this market. In addition to being exceptional they also have a lot of experience.
Let's also talk about economy of scale, cloud computing. Cloud services can be scaled and managed with a few engineers. So what does that mean in terms of this discussion? It means that we are in a technology paradigm shift. Just like the paradigm shift that occurred (and continues to occur) when robotics were brought into the auto industry, the same displacement of workers is occurring within the computer provisioned services industry.
In addition globalization is also occurring. This means you sir are going to compete against some poor citizen in some foreign country with regard to how much money you can make. So the very thing you see happening to older chaps here in this country after a couple of decades will also happen to you only at a faster rate, say in less than a decade. Remember cloud services can be managed anywhere over the wire. We will likely see infrastructure built in faraway places as high speed access becomes even faster. So say in 8 years your manager walks into your office accompanied by a young lad who you can barely understand and he will say to you: "Stefano this is Sung Kwan. We would like him to train with you. Show him everything you know about our systems, how they run and how to manage them."
You will swallow and your gut will start to ache because you will know that he is there to replace you. You will not hate him because he is poor. You will not hate him because he is an immigrant. You will not even dislike him because of his squeaky clean, shiny black hair. You will fear him only because he is the guy who is taking your job because of economics, a skill he possesses that you don't have, (a system you have never run before that handles more tasks than the one your company currently uses). And the worst part of it will be that you likely will have made the recommendation to use that system. All of which would not have been possible if he didn't have an H1B visa.
You are smart. You are a go-getter. You have energy. You have a GPA of 3.933. Wonderful.
Now may I introduce you to the american citizen who is also just as smart, twice as energetic, also a go getter and came out of college with a 4.0 with honors, can remember a table of ip addresses after only looking at them for 2 minutes. Not only that he speaks Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. He's not better than you. He's the same as you only with unique skills. We are all unique. On the day when Sung Kwan walks into your office you will understand. Completely.
This is not personal. This is business. American companies will teach you about business. You will learn all the dirty little tricks and games they play and after you have been "real world" educated and are "Americanized". You will be less willing to take less money, work more hours, do without the Benz/BMW, and the house with the mortgage because you worked hard for it 14 hours a day, 50 weeks a year, skipping vacations because your employer asked if you could hold off a little while because the company needed you right now. You will have a right to feel that way because you earned that right, and when you bitch about it, you will overhear someone say how lazy Americans are and how they don't appreciate what they have… and they will be talking about you.
You hit the nail on the head.
According to Stefano, if you are an unemployed American engineer, it's because you "are not good" and lack skills. Shut up and stop complaining. By Stefano's example, not only does the H1-B visa holder deserve the job that an unemployed American wants, but the H1-Ber also gets to be arrogant about it. But take heart, because Stefano will spend his money and let the benefit trickle down to you.
With Stefano's amazing abilities, he should be able to get one of the top engineering jobs in Italy; even if there is only one engineering job in Italy, he should be able to get it. Why did he leave Italy to live here amongst so many complaining, untalented, unemployed engineers? (Just how did those stupid, untalented, unemployed, American engineers get to be engineers in the first place?)
I am sick and tired of these H1B haters. When your grand pa came to this country, he also spent most of his life in one bedroom apartment, trying to raise you and your dad so you could go to college and own your house (someday).
Fast forward 100 years, another immigrant on H1-B comes and he shares his apartment with others and suddenly he is talk of the town!
While you were trying to get laid at the age of 14, few others in India/China/Brazil/Italy were trying to go through the text books. They had an American dream similar to what your grandpa had.
Stop ranting….go find a job! Some H1-B is ready to take your interview. This time if you cannot understand him, it is your problem not his.
God Bless America!
Legal Immigrant.
My Grandfather was born in this country. How do you like them apples?
Please also take into consideration that earlier generations came to become American citizens.
The typical H-1B visa holder comes, works, sends money home, then eventually leaves and becomes a star back at home in their country. That's different I think.
Since one company's annoucement has such a big impact on the numbers, a month by month comparison is meaningless. Without Cisco, the numbers would be a big improvement.
A more useful comparison would be layoffs in 2013 versus the same period in various previous years, including before the financial collapse.
The real problem with layoff figures is they don't tell the whole story, as some companies have completely lost control of their business and and are in very short-period firing-hiring-firing cycles (significantly less than a year in some cases). This is the story to talk about as it might give some insight as to what is really happening in our industry.
H1Bs should have been shut down a long time ago if we were being served by our Congress but we are not.
Stop buying goods and services from subsidiaries of corporations owned by the wealthy. Just STOP. Buy local, pay more, do not buy any imported fruits and vegetables. Do not buy from any company that is U.S. owned.
Here we are in September of 2013 and the 1 percent-ers have pulled all their money out of the market AGAIN. It's time to put your money in your cookie jar, start a vegetable garden, install a solar roof, learn how to fix everything yourself around your house because its coming again. That's at least what big money seems to be saying.
Get active. Tell your family, friends, and neighbors the same thing. Our only power is the almighty dollar. Stop giving your money to the huge widget making monoliths. Stop buying electronic toys because if you do you continue to feed the process. Cut off it's blood supply now.
Tell me, what in the world is a "computer position"?
Rather than complain about what we perceive (myself included) to be the reason…
I think high mobility and across the board knowledge in Core Technologies is about what the IT industry has come to. Get used to contracting. The days of full time IT staff are coming to a close. Those staff should be minimum. Its called "Everything as a Service". This is not going to be a lifestyle conducive to family life I don't believe. Unless.. Id suggest researching federal state and local contracts as well as businesses in your area and pimping yourself or a collective of your professional buddies and get the work that way. If the work that's there has to go out to an agency to fulfill a short time requirement you stand little chance.
Another suggestion..
The H1Bs are highly competent in most cases and very educated. Forget what you read in the news. If you intend to stay in this field you will have to stay trained and motivated. In doing so you may consider getting your training offshore where the H1B comes from. For the price you pay to achieve industry certification at a US vendor you can have a trip to Thailand, Dubai, India, etc, get certified and call it a vacation. Check out koenig or some others
I guess that says a lot. We have to change
Let me see. We have so many computer positions (IT positions) in St. Louis we can't fill them with H1Bs or American labor (I'll take Q's for that matter). I, personally, have 4 open positions on my team alone, and I'm lucky to get 4 qualified applicants in one week. One worthy of hiring every 3 months or so. It's been over a week since I've had anyone to interview, and that person, who came from India, failed the technical so miserably, I wanted to give him negative points. As a manager, I'm having to code again. Where are all the qualified people? Sure St. Louis might not be as sexy as San Francisco, but folks, have you checked our cost of living? My commute is 25 miles, and I get to work in 20 minutes. No traffic jams. We have culture, art, food out of this world. I don't care if you're purple. Can you code? Did I mention my 3 bedroom 2.5 bath, brick home's mortgage is $415.71 per month?
technical tests like "Brainbench" are utterly worthless. Anyone can get a text book and pick out the 10 most difficult questions they can look up. I started one of these about 10 years ago during an interview and left after the 3rd question was about a COBOL pointer variable (!!!) A "technical" should always be a face to face or phone interview where the interviewer includes both technical questions and questions about projects the interviewee has worked on according to their resume.
As uncomfortable this short run is and I don't like it, we need to understand that we are not compensated for work. We have to sign onto an agreed work bid, fully publish that, get it done and hope for more. Smith was right about this arrangement. Anyone out there that can work an algorithm of finished work, based on current surroundings? We cannot blame business for wanting the lowest bidder, because I am one of them. I have a family. I have a child. I've done complex data analysis and I'll work like a slave to take care of them.
H1B visas should have been stopped at least 12 years ago. The Y2K influx has made it worse and now this program is rife with corruption, fraud, nepotism, bribery and deceit.. The resumes are embellished with all sorts of claims and outright lies, one qualified person, hides 4 non-qualified persons under his/her wing and kickbacks are routine.
If only greedy corporation honkos had any concern for American citizens, they'd plan for their needs and train their own employees for new technology and positions, instead of getting slave labor from overseas. The congress is complicit in this whole scam. Any claims that local qualifed American citizens are not available, is pure hogwash. American citizens are the ones who usually have to train these unqualified H1B guys to replace their own positions.
That is true. When I was in b2b company, In early 2000,I trained a bunch of indian engineers on j2ee(7-10) who had very impressive resumes (more experience then I was at least on resume). They can not even distinguish the differences between pass by reference and pass by value. The reason is that most management are not technical and l attached to 1/4 salary of US engineers with the same qualification. The resume are mock up resumes (some of them confessed to it). They start to layoff half the US engineers (these are the engineers responsible for the products that brought in 40 millions funding). Roll forward, 1 year later and burn over 10 millions in development cost the new product assigned to these engineers failed.
Here is the weird part, now they decided to outsource the to india company to reduce risk and cost.
I gave up, and left the company before they layout me off or the company die. The company die.
In the new company, our design won the government multi-millions dollars contact. We finished,
the product and got more contacts. The management decide that it would look good if we can increase head counts cheaply by working with the company from India staffing firm that charge per engineer and free exchange if not happy (Like Best Buy guarantee). Needless to say, the project
also failed to delivery. It hurts our company reputation and company decided to cute the lost and
terminated of out source operation.
Do not get me wrong, they are alot of good H1B engineers out there. The problem is not the H1B
engineers, the management mentality and misunderstanding of the engineer field (especially software). Many managements overlook the important of engineers with deep understand of the
company's business. It is cheaper to replace these engineers then providing training for new emerging technology, Company that go this round looses employee's royalty; consequently, reduce productivity. I personally, hold back many product ideas because I am not sure when I will be replaced.
In the old, ensuring the company success will ensure your promotion or at least ensure your job safety. Today, you can get a good bonus check for did a very good then the pink slip the next day.
I help secure a 32 millions deal that about to go sour before handed over to me. In fact, the customer wanted a new design document in two weeks or they will terminate the deal. My design
was approved, delivered the product a happy customer. I received a big fat bonus check and a thank email from customer forward to the whole engineer department.
Two weeks later, received the pink slip along with all the high paid engineers to cut cost for
meet quarterly financial report.
Two months later, I received the call from my boss wondering if I wanted to rejoin the company
because they had very hot project (from same customer).
I said no. The said part was, I had did not found a job yet and was on vacation at the time.
I'm guessing these don't really include software developer jobs since the vacancies for those positions are unbelievable! What type of positions were layer off? This one seems misleading
Tell me, where are the numbers on new hires for the same time-period? I could care less about how many jobs were cut without a counterbalance of how many also took new positions. Why do these articles all proclaim gloom-and-doom about lost jobs without including any information on gained jobs?
For those new to the field, such as Josh, demographics are nearly as important as skills and experience. Where are you located? I happen to be in an area where the technical sector is thriving (Portland, OR). I could leave my position today without having anything lined up, and feel confident in obtaining a new position within a month. There are a significant number of places in this country where this is simply not the case. There are jobs everywhere, but not always in such abundance.
To find your dream job, you may need to move. Another alternative is working remotely. A lot of companies will hire you to work from home. In many cases they don't even care what hours you work, as long as you get the job done. The company I currently work for has many remote employees; some that work in very technical positions.
Things are tough all over. Yes, the H1Bs are an issue that MUST be addressed. We need to do something about it, including raising awareness. But getting on a site like this and whining about not being able to find work is, well… just whining. Spend that time and energy on writing an additional email or making an additional call to prospective employers. I really do sympathize with you, but that time can be much better spent.
Watch what happens when Dell goes private. We expect to see an upswing in the unemployment rate in Central Texas where Dell has 14,000 employees.


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Faisal M. Alamgir worked as an Assistant Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga, USA, in 2007. He received his B.A. degree in physics and mathematics from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He got his Ph.D. degree in materials science and technology from the Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa, USA. His dissertation work was on the use of electron microscopy and various spectroscopies to study bulk metallic glasses in order to explain their high glass-forming ability from the bottom up. His work also involved the development of electron microscopy-based techniques for probing subnanoscale structure. His dissertation and follow-up work has led to multiple publications including articles in Nature and PRL, as well as an invited book chapter. Following his Doctorate degree, he held a Postdoctoral position jointly between Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Hunter College of the City University of New York for two years, where he did research on the development of synchrotron-based in situ spectroscopies for the dynamic nanoscale study of secondary battery and fuel cell materials. He simultaneously held a position as Adjunct Professor at Hunter and taught undergraduate physics courses in that capacity. In February 2006, he has begun working as a Visiting Scientist for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where he was one of three scientists in charge of a suite of synchrotron beamlines at BNL. Dr. Alamgir?s research interests include, but are not limited to, materials for energy storage conversion and harvesting; surface atomic, electronic, and topographical structure; core-shell structures; photo/electro- catalysis: fuel cells, water splitting, H2 generation; storage of electrochemical energy; li-ion batteries; H2 separation; nanoscopy and nanoscale structure; local atomic/electronic structure using synchrotron-based techniques.
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Khaliq admitted one count of possessing a document or record containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
Prosecuting, David Farrell QC told the court that the al-Qaeda training manual included a declaration of Jihad, an interview with Osama bin Laden, and information about weapons and how to deal with being interviewed by police.
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NEVER NEVER NEVER work from yourself up!!!! You are the LAST in lines and as such you ALWAYS work down - Hoatu te mana - give the mana to those who have come before you.
Do not work with whakapapa around kai (food).
When working with whakapapa, you need to learn to listen very carefully to your tinana - if you start feeling tired, or a headache coming on etc then STOP STRAIGHT AWAY, don't think, oh, I will just finish this bit.
Likewise, if say you are sitting down, or what ever and the sudden thought comes to you "Oh, I should work on my whakapapa" DO IT!!!
When you have finished working with whakapapa (and not around kai either) go into the bathroom and FLICK YOURSELF WITH WATER - right hand water goes over right shoulder, then left hand water goes over left shoulder then both hands over the top of your head. This ensures that the tapu is left with the whakapapa and you do not carry it around, then do something that breaks tapu and have the ones you are carrying with you get upset with you!!!
Keep your whakapapa in a safe place, like in boxes and put them in a cupboard what has NEVER had kai in it. If the room has never had kai in it that would be a bonus. Also, if you feel they need a bit of extra caring, then wrap the boxes in black cloth.


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Elementalists using conjured weapons, along with any other profession using a transform or a bundle, suffer from the same issue, but none of them are impacted as greatly as the Engineers. For other professions, these things are little used secondary mechanics, but for the Engineer this is a class defining mechanic.
The last update introduced some changes to Elementalist's conjured weapons in the form of stat increases similar to what you'd see on weapons. This was a welcome change, but it was incomplete. It seemed a slap in the face to Engineers that a little used secondary mechanic of another profession recieved attention when that same mechanic which defines us was completely ignored.
The changes that were made were as follows:
Lava Axe: increased power and condition damage
Frost Bow: increased condition duration and increased healing
Fiery Greatsword: increased power and condition damage
Earth Shield: increased vitality and toughness
Lightning Hammer: increased precision and critical damage
The changes that I suggest are as follows:
Elixir Gun: increased condition damage and healing
Flamethrower: increased power and critical damage
Tool Kit: increased vitality and power
Bomb Kit: increased toughness and power
Grenade Kit: increased precision and critical damage
Med Kit: increased vitality and healing
The attributes of the kits should be equivalent to a blue/fine weapon of appropriate level, or possibly as much as five levels lower than character level, and increase as you level up.
As sPvP uses different equipment standards for weapons lacking from any statistical attributes, none of this should apply in sPvP. We already have certain skills with slightly different effects from PvE to PvP, so keeping kits in their current form for PvP would not be an issue.
In addition, all characters should have an upgrade slot on their Hero Panel specifically for bundle/kit use. At any time when a bundle or kit is in effect, the upgrade/sigil from this slot would apply.
This will place not just Engineers using kits on level a playing field with other professions, but everyone that ever uses a bundle for any reason.
Thoughts, comments and critiques are welcome.
Edited by Calebrus, 25 November 2012 - 07:04 PM.


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Asus 1201N Installation and support [Mav]
Posted 05 January 2014 - 09:51 AM
Please feel free to leave all your experience, ideas and comments for OSX 10.9 - maybe there is a way to create an installation guide.
Thank You, Mondi
- marugby123 and dhp like this
Posted 19 January 2014 - 11:21 AM
Finally I have Mavericks 10.9.1 running on my ASUS 1201N
[0326 Stock Rom]
DELL mini 1510 Wifi
Everything is working [AUDIO/BT/WIFI/HOTKEY]
currently using latest Chameleon bootloader svn 2.2 2334
modified mach_kernel is used [not using Kernel patcher at the moment.]
I couldn't install this on my system at the beginning since it gave me error saying can't be installed on this system so I did SMBIOSDefaults=YES and then it let me install the package.
As soon as the package was installed I pulled out my ssd and plug that in to my desktop so I could just install bootloader via VMware..
I can't use "kernelcache" because it doesn't boot with that option so I had to put "-F" option to ignore the cache, now it boots fine QE/CI seems working with Graphic Enabler=Yes option [ I can see waves whenever I add something on Dashboard]
however, iCloud services don't seem to work [iMessage,Facetime..]
Appstore's working though..
the kext files I found are here http://www.osx86.net...-in-asus-1201n/
Hope this helps.
Posted 19 January 2014 - 08:10 PM
Unlucky I've sold my 1201N :-(
Have you tried additional bootflag "EthernetBuitIn=Yes" to fix iCloud/iMessage?
Are able to boot with "-f" after repairing permission/rebuilding kernel cache with kext utility? http://www.insanelym...-speed-edition/
Posted 19 January 2014 - 10:18 PM
Unlucky I've sold my 1201N :-(
Have you tried additional bootflag "EthernetBuitIn=Yes" to fix iCloud/iMessage?
Are able to boot with "-f" after repairing permission/rebuilding kernel cache with kext utility? http://www.insanelym...-speed-edition/
Ethernet Builtin =Yes didn't solve the problem, nor the kernel patcher, or NVRAM klib.. nothing worked.
kext utility 2.6.0 didn't fix the issue either.. I delelted all my extensions inside EXTRA/EXTENSION as well as extension.mkext cuz I put all my extra kexts inside S/L/E.
Still can't boot without ignoring caches.
Posted 24 January 2014 - 03:57 PM
Kexts have nothing to do with iCloud services - it's a kernel thing. We need a working KernelPatcher module.
@theconnactic already filed a bug report here But as you can read in the comments, meklort doesn't have a specific date for the fix. So we have to wait patiently.
Posted 14 April 2014 - 11:19 AM
im running 10.9 on my 1201n did it a few months ago and been using my hackingtosh desktop much more so kinda forgot about it, now the gf needs to borrow the laptop so booted her up again to check stuff out
and it seems very slowwwww
boot up time is very slow and also just moving about and clicking on things is slow, when I used it last it was fine
Posted 19 July 2014 - 10:01 PM
I've fixed Clover's kernel patcher, SPDScan and other MCP-chipset related issues and put together an installer package (really, it was for my self) suitable for 10.7 to 10.10 to get everything up and running in just few clicks.
Don't mirror my files without my permission!
Some essential steps to get this going on 1201N, using Mavericks as an example:
1. Get ahold of OSX machine where you can prepare a USB MBR/FAT32 drive with CloverEFI. Get Clover r2771 and install to USB drive in the following manner:
We just need MBR/PBR bootsectors to install, the rest is of minor importance.
2. Download Mavericks from Mac AppStore using your valid AppleID and use DiskMakerX to create a bootable USB GUID/HFS+ installer media
3. Remove EFI folder from your drive, put the contents of 1201N_CLOVER_USB archive there.
4. Go to BIOS and disable AHCI, set SATA mode to IDE. If your HDD is still formatted with OEM recovery image you need to disable BootBoster too as it will prevent you from entering Esc boot menu.
5. Start up the netbook, press Esc at POST and select your Clover USB drive. Boot from it and when GUI appears select your OSX Install Media and press space, chose Boot with Injected kexts.
6. When prompted to switch on keyboard and mouse just tap space. Go into Disk Utility and repartition your HDD/SSD with GPT (GUID) partition table. Create a Mac OS Journaled partition to install Mavericks onto. Exit disk utility and proceed with the installation. The installer will reboot the netbook and next time choose Boot OS X Install from ....*whatever you named your partition*, boot using space with injected kexts again and installation will finish.. it takes a while on MCP79 AHCI controller compared to Intel.
7. After you have installed Mavericks just boot it again using *space method* ....
8. When you have booted OSX, use same Clover package as before and install it in the following manner:
9. When that's done get my support package for 1201N and install it. Make sure to read the change log as it has some important information.
Version 1.2. (August 9th, 2014):
- Corrected a problem with serial number generator (thanks @theconnactic)
- Fixed error where installer was finishing with Failed message
- Patch added to address "ATH: Unknown locale xx" spam with Atheros 9285 (no need to mod EEPROM)
NB: Delete config.plist from EFI system partition before running the installer to ensure it generates a proper serial instead of backing up the old invalid one!
Version 1.1. (August 7th, 2014):
Version 1.0. (July 20th, 2014):
Explore your new fully functional (except HDMI audio) 1201N in whichever system version you desire ...
Main system I'm on is 10.8.5, feels snappier, colder and less flashy, enters sleep immediately too ... can't beat that.
Test partition has 10.10 DP3 installed, updated to Public Beta without issues.
P.S. Don't mind missing battery icon, i have my battery out.
Posted 21 July 2014 - 09:21 AM
@ Timewalker
I thank you very much for the great package. The supportscript of the package did not work for me. It could be on one hand, that the 10.9 install, on which I have run the script, was not appropriate. On the other hand I swapped out the ssd of my desktop, with former bootloader Chameleon. I have only erased a partiton and did not reformat the whole ssd. But manually I got it working. What I can confirm is, that the clover files of your package are perfect working on a guid partition flash disk installer.
Posted 21 July 2014 - 09:42 AM
Prior to installing the support package you are supposed to have a single disk formatted with GUID partition map, with Clover r2771+ installed on ESP according to screenshot posted. The rest doesn't matter.
You are welcome.
Posted 21 July 2014 - 02:17 PM
Thanks for clarifying. I have got it. I am a bit a newbie on Clover and make mistakes. But they are getting lesser by time.
Posted 21 July 2014 - 08:30 PM
Fixed AGPM, added clock speed sensor to GPUSensors chipset 0xac:
Package updated, link is the same..
CPU temp dropped by 3C, GPU temp dropped by 4C (common heatsink explains it) while idleing.
Posted 22 July 2014 - 02:40 AM
I tested your package and recommend it for all users, since it has better resources and results than the installation guide for Yosemite on the 1201N I was writing. Downloading DP4 now. Wish me luck.
All the best!
Posted 22 July 2014 - 04:49 AM
P.S.: DP4 installed: works fine, just as the previous version.
Posted 22 July 2014 - 05:13 AM
Good to know, I was a little greedy when sizing my partition, so now I have no space to install the update ... oh well, not that I'm dead curious or anything.
Posted 22 July 2014 - 08:08 AM
Yosemite shares same kind of bug as Mavericks where after sleep cycle GPU will not drop clock speed from G0 to G3 when idleing.. so it ends up being hotter than it should and caused CPU to heat up.
Posted 22 July 2014 - 03:56 PM
You mean, hotter after waking up?
Posted 22 July 2014 - 08:10 PM
Posted 22 July 2014 - 09:19 PM
Hi Timewalker,
for me, new to clover and your 1201 package, have a question:
First I prepared an usbstick, then installed MAV by command line and installed clover with all your option to that stick
Now: without your package installed, I can't boot anything.
But I can not select any destination volume, only my MACs SSD. So how to change it ....???
Or is that package for the post-installation on the 1201 ?
I've no idea
without the stick I have a destination selection (only SSD, when inserting USB : it is not possible to install Support pkg to USB !)
so maybe the USB installation is bad ...?
thx Mondi
Posted 22 July 2014 - 10:26 PM
Yosemite shares same kind of bug as Mavericks where after sleep cycle GPU will not drop clock speed from G0 to G3 when idleing.. so it ends up being hotter than it should and caused CPU to heat up.
The screen is still dimming when the computer is left alone for a while, a minute or so before auto sleeping. That happens both before or after the first sleep/wake, so I thought it indicated AGPM was working even after waking, but it was, of course, a bold assumption of mine.
You should try Yosemite: it runs faster than you would expect with that recent an iteration. It would be out in a couple of months, and perhaps it's good to be a step ahead.
All the best!
Hi Timewalker,
for me, new to clover and your 1201 package, have a question:
First I prepared an usbstick, then installed MAV by command line and installed clover with all your option to that stick
Now: without your package installed, I can't boot anything.
But I can not select any destination volume, only my MACs SSD. So how to change it ....???
Or is that package for the post-installation on the 1201 ?
I've no idea
without the stick I have a destination selection (only SSD, when inserting USB : it is not possible to install Support pkg to USB !)
so maybe the USB installation is bad ...?
thx Mondi
Did you try using IDE instead of AHCI? Are you using the latest (modded) BIOS?
P.S.: i must add: you guys will have some difficulties adapting to Clover, but TimeWalker75a contribution is a huge step ahead for all 1201N OSX86 users, not only because of the new installation/updates paradigm (a more vanilla approach, in itself a great accomplishment) but specially the performance enhancements: now we have monitor dimming, just like a MacBook, full hotkeys support, audio after waking from sleep, lower temps (better CPU and GPU performance) and improvements under the hood (e.g.: now I can easily use the virtual keyboard with Logic Pro X without with crashing reporting wrong audio/MIDI sync).
Give it a go. There's much life in our tiny machines yet!
Posted 23 July 2014 - 04:58 AM
You need to have it in your 1201N. The installer is smart in detecting what HDD you are booting from, but if you are not seeing your disk in Clover you have either installed the Clover itself improperly or haven't followed directions about AHCI.
@theconnactic I've managed to update to DP4 in the end. It still feels sluggish even when you open a stack full of files or just edit a plist with xcode... Also, real macbook Air model B (Air2,1 basically) doesn't dim. Brightness is adjusted in steps on it too. So in that sense 1201 turned out better
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As she prepared for her third film outing as the ferocious computer hacker-turned-investigator Lisbeth Salander, actress Noomi Rapace sat in front of a mirror, holding an electric razor to her skull.
Her six-year-son sat quietly watching her. He may not have understood how a role like this, playing the heroine of a series of bestselling crime novels, could make a young actress's career. He only knew that his mom had already pierced her nose and her eyebrow, dyed her hair black, and spent an awful lot of time kickboxing at the gym. Now she was about to shave her head, leaving only a stiff Mohawk.
"Why do you want to do that, mommy?" he finally asked. "You look like a teenaged boy!"
Rapace snorts with laughter as she tells this story, and she's got a pretty big laugh for a tiny person. A tiny person in some seriously beautiful, platform satin shoes, which Lisbeth Salander would never contemplate wearing, though she might beat a thug to death with them. Only if he deserved it, of course.
Rapace, with her perfect manicure and glossy chestnut hair, looks so little like the eponymous hero of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that I at first ignored her when she came to sit next to me in the lobby of London's Soho Hotel. I'm in good, if dim-witted, company; Niels Arden Oplev, the director of Girl and its two Swedish-language sequels, recently made the same mistake. ( The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is released in Canada on Friday.)
"He walked right by me in a hotel and didn't recognize me," says Rapace, 30, who grew up in Sweden and Iceland and speaks excellent idiomatic English. The fact that he ignored her is perhaps not so odd, because she got used to being overlooked in her pursuit of the Salander role. Apparently the only person in Sweden who thought that Rapace was the right person to play the ferocious, anti-establishment heroine of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy was Rapace herself.
"I was actually very upset when I read that they were going to make [the first novel]into a film of it because I was so sure they wouldn't consider me," she says. The producers at first thought she was "too girly, too feminine. … but I'm an actress. I can do fat and blond or skinny and black-haired."
Once she'd got the part, she embarked on a strict regime of diet and exercise - Larsson writes that Salander is "a pale, anorexic young woman" - as well as martial arts and motorcycle riding, the better to whup some misogynist butt. (In Sweden, the title of the first novel and film translates to Men Who Hate Women, and the film contains a very graphic scene of Lisbeth's revenge on a man who abused her.)
If you're not one of the more than 20 million people who have read Larsson's books, Salander is the damaged but resourceful computer genius who hooks up with crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist to solve a series of crimes. "I wanted to humanize her, because I think she's a bit cartoonish sometimes in the books," says Rapace. "She can do things that are not really credible or realistic. I wanted to turn her into a real person."
The Millennium trilogy - named after the investigative magazine that Blomkvist runs - are the only Salander tales that the world will have. Larsson, a graphic designer and journalist who investigated Sweden's far right, died in 2004 after completing the three novels. He was 50 years old, and because he made enemies on the far right, there are conspiracy theories surrounding his death. A fourth novel is said to exist, at least in part, on his computer, but it's the subject of a fierce contest between Larsson's longtime partner, Eva Gabrielsson, and his father and brother, who inherited his estate. Because Larsson and Gabrielsson weren't married, and he died without a will, she doesn't have any claim to his books.
Six years after his death, Larsson is a mini-industry, having stained the impeccable reputation of Sweden as an egalitarian, bleached-pine nirvana, although Henning Mankell's Wallander mysteries helped with that. There are very popular Stieg Larsson walking tours of Stockholm, which trace the steps of Blomkvist and his tattooed sidekick.
Most readers assume that Blomkvist, the noble reporter who's caviar to women, is the authorial stand-in, but Rapace thinks the chain-smoking, publicity-avoiding Larsson was closer to another of his characters. "I think he's more similar to Lisbeth," she says. "He was shy, he was a workaholic. He was fighting his own personal war against power abuse."
When Rapace finished filming the third instalment, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, she carefully took out the facial piercings she'd had done and grew out her hair. "I looked like shit after," she sighs. She was about to go on stage to play Medea, another ferocious female character but perhaps not one as fond of nose rings.
Now after three films and a couple of awards for her performance, Rapace is happy to leave the girl with the dragon tattoo behind. She's heard that there is a U.S. remake in the works, and though she can't imagine a Hollywood version of Salander - "she's so dark and aggressive, what are they going to do?" - she wishes them well. She just doesn't want to be involved.
"They haven't asked, but even if they did ask me I wouldn't," she says. "It's good to let things go." Her son would probably agree.


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Lately, as I've been reading other movie blogs and even the comments on my recent posts, one of the trends I've noticed is that people really love to hate Mel Gibson. The cool thing to do right now is to feel disgusted by the accomplished actor/director, and if you write about movies on the web, it seems as if you are almost obligated to approach Mel Gibson and his new movie, Edge Of Darkness, with a sense of dread. Indeed, people just can't understand why anyone would like Mel Gibson. Well, I have a confession: I do. He's not my favorite star in the world, but the man has taken a lot of grief for his unfortunate DUI incident in 2006, in which allegations of anti-semitism, sexism, and homophobia were made. Instead of forgiving Gibson for his unfortunate drunk actions the way America loves to forgive other celebrities, people have instead decided to hold a grudge. Still, I believe there are things about Mel Gibson that, believe it or not, aren't totally bad. Thus, because it is List Wednesday, here are seven reasons to like Mel Gibson.
Sure, he's known for mainstream blockbusters like Lethal Weapon and Signs, but that doesn't mean he's not a talented actor! If being a serious actor means you have to be in serious movies, then take a look at films like We Were Soldiers, Galipoli, or Hamlet for proof that Gibson has got some serious chops.
Say what you will about Gibson's film: it's anti-semitic, it's too violent, it's blah blah blah ad nauseum. At the end of the day, The Passion was a compelling piece of work about Jesus Christ's last hours. It's no surprise that critics didn't like it! Anything remotely conservative is considered pure evil in the eyes of Hollywood. Fortunately for Gibson, who invested $25 million of his own money into this movie, the rest of America is much more moderate, and for $370 million worth of ticket buyers, this was a very moving film.
Mel has that old-school Hollywood charisma that so many movie stars lack these days. Not only is he an effective dramatic actor, but in movies like Lethal Weapon and What Women Want, interviews, and acceptance speeches, Gibson proves he's got a great sense of humor comic timing.
This movie is awesome. If you're a girl, and you just don't get it- don't worry about it.
I think it's admirable that Gibson takes chances. He directed a movie about Jesus and funded it himself. He shot a Mayan adventure entirely in another language. He frequently commits to producing television episodes and films, despite the fact that TV is a highly hit-or-miss format. Now, though conventional wisdom would tell Gibson to star in a friendly comedy to rebuild him image, he's decided to make his comeback performance in a dark revenge thriller called Edge Of Darkness. He's not entirely predictable, and he knows his super-violent movies will ruffle some feathers, but he just keeps blazing his own career trek. I think that's pretty cool.
This is one of my very favorite movies. A non-stop thrill ride from start to finish, Apocalypto, which is really just an extended chase scene, benefited tremendously from Gibson's vision. The Mayan adventure features gorgeous sets, incredible stunts, a heckuva lot of violence, and a cast of very good unknown actors. Gibson set out to make an exciting film that didn't rely on CGI, and he succeeded on every level. It's a shame that Gibson's infamous DUI took place just before Apocalypto's debut, because it deserved a much bigger audience.
7. Because everyone has overreacted!
Look, I don't stand by the words that Mel Gibson said, and I certainly don't condone drinking and driving, but come on, people, Mel Gibson is not an evil man. You can't work in Hollywood for as long as Gibson has and hate gay people and Jewish people- they run that town! Ever since Gibson aligned himself with conservatives (and don't misunderstand: Gibson is neither a model conservative or Christian) with The Passion Of The Christ, the liberal media has wanted to dislike him so badly. Unfavorable reviews of Apocalypto had very little to do with the movie itself, and much more to do with the critic's pre-conceived notion that he disliked the director. Any slight incorrect speech Gibson makes or potentially rude action he takes is scrutinized to no end! To the media, there's nothing Mel Gibson can do right. Meanwhile, Charlie Sheen tries to stab his wife, and he gets off with nothing more than a few tabloid articles. A little consistency please?
All right, I'll get down off my soap box now and turn things over to you. What do you think of Mel Gibson? Am I crazy for writing this post? Are you a fan? A hater? An indifferent party? Are you excited for Edge Of Darkness? Let me know in the comments.


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There are very few years in which a single achievement in medicine overshadows all others. Such a year was 2000, however, and such an achievement was the sequencing of the entire human genome.
At a June 26 White House ceremony marking the occasion, Francis Collins (see Biographies), who led the international, publicly funded Human Genome Project, said, "This is a milestone in biology unlike any other." J. Craig Venter, head of Celera Genomics, a private company that entered the genome race in 1998, looked ahead: "It's my belief that the basic knowledge that we are providing the world will have a profound impact on the human condition." Whether one considered the sequencing of the genome to be the end of a colossal project or the beginning of a new science of human beings, there was no question that it would revolutionize medicine. (See Life Sciences: Special Report.)
Infectious Diseases.
Across the globe there were outbreaks of old and new infectious diseases. They included Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Uganda; cholera in at least 15 African countries, Afghanistan, and Micronesia; dengue fever in Paraguay; leptospirosis in Canada and France; yellow fever in Liberia; measles in Ireland; Legionnaire disease in Australia; polio in China; variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease in France, the U.K., and Ireland; and hantavirus in Panama.
Malaria, long a scourge of the tropical world, was increasing at a rate of about 130 million new cases a year. Some 90% of cases were in Africa, where in the late 1990s close to one million children were dying of the mosquitoborne disease annually. In April the World Health Organization (WHO) convened the first sub-Saharan African summit on malaria, for which leading health economists prepared an eye-opening report on the true costs of the disease. The authors calculated not only the direct medical costs and short-term losses of economic growth and productivity but also the devastating longer-run losses to tourism, foreign investment, and commerce, and they factored in the social and emotional costs of pain and suffering. Their analysis showed that controlling malaria in Africa would save "in the dozens of billions of dollars per year" in a matter of just a few years. The summit ended with a pledge of nearly $750 million in extra funds to fight the disease. The outpouring of cash, which came from the World Bank and several wealthy countries, was earmarked for the already established Roll Back Malaria program, which had the ambitious goal of cutting the incidence of malaria in Africa in half by 2010.
Another mosquitoborne disease, the West Nile virus, made a comeback in the northeastern U.S. in mid-2000, after having first appeared in the Western Hemisphere a year earlier. The West Nile virus normally circulates between birds and mosquitoes and is capable of infecting humans and other mammals. At its most virulent, the virus causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord (meningoencephalitis) and death. In the 1999 outbreak, 62 people were infected and 5 died, all in the New York City area. The sweep of the 2000 outbreak was broader—infected birds and mosquitoes were found in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Maryland—but the toll on humans was comparatively mild. Twelve people were hospitalized with serious nervous system infections, and one person died.
A far more significant West Nile virus outbreak occurred in Israel, where the virus was in familiar territory. In late September Israeli health authorities declared an epidemic when it appeared that thousands of people were suffering from symptoms of the disease and at least 12 had died.
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
For many years disease authorities around the world had been warning that antimicrobial drugs employed to treat common infections were becoming increasingly ineffectual, which was allowing the comeback of previously conquered diseases and the emergence of virulent new infections. A WHO report issued during the year documented the extent to which infectious diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis (TB), AIDS, pneumonia, and diarrheal diseases, were "arrayed in the increasingly impenetrable armour of antimicrobial resistance." It noted that in less-developed countries antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents tended to be underused or misused but that in developed countries they were notoriously overused. The report recommended that access to these drugs be widened to include the world's poorest people, but at the same time it stressed that antibiotics should be reserved "to treat only those diseases for which they are specifically required."
On a positive note, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey showed that in the late 1990s American doctors were writing 34% fewer prescriptions for antibiotics for children than they had at the beginning of the decade. This finding suggested that physicians were getting the message that antibiotics are not effective for colds and other viral illnesses and that inappropriate use promotes resistant bacteria.
One tactic in the battle against antimicrobial resistance was investment in the development of new antibiotics. In April the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a long-awaited drug, linezolid (Zyvox), the first in a new class of antibiotics, the oxazolidinones. Zyvox was designed to stop bacteria very early in the reproduction process. The FDA specifically approved the drug for use in adults with severe hospital-acquired infections. Welcomed as it was, Zyvox was not a magic bullet; even before it came on the market, physicians had encountered at least 15 cases of infection resistant to it.
In order to surmount the growing problem of multidrug-resistant TB, an alliance of researchers and drug companies announced plans to accelerate development of fast-acting TB drugs. Standard TB drugs must be taken for six to nine months to eradicate the infection. Many patients, however, were failing to take the complete course, and the TB organisms were thus allowed to survive and grow resistant to available medications. Having drugs that could wipe out the infection in a shorter period would be a huge boon to the world, where each day more than 5,000 people died from TB and as many as eight million new people were infected.
Vaccine Developments
An immunization against herpes simplex 2 (genital herpes) was tested in medical centres in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and the U.K. To the surprise of the investigators, it was highly effective in women but not in men. The trials involved couples in which one member had herpes and the other did not. Experts said that once the herpes vaccine was on the market, it would have the greatest impact if it was given to prepubescent girls.
The first vaccine against the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chicken pox and shingles, was approved in 1995 and subsequently was administered to more than 10 million American children. In 2000, researchers studying children in Los Angeles county reported that chicken pox cases had fallen 80% between 1995 and 1999. The vaccine protected not only those children who received it but many children who did not—a phenomenon known as herd immunity.
In 2000 Alzheimer disease affected about 12 million people in the world. That number could reach 22 million by 2025 unless effective means of prevention or cure were found. Scientists began the first human trials of a vaccine intended to prevent the accumulation in the brain of amyloid plaques, a hallmark of the disease.
HIV and AIDS.
In July more than 12,000 attendees gathered in Durban, S.Af., for the 13th International AIDS Conference. The setting could not have been more poignant—70% of the world's 34 million AIDS cases were in sub-Saharan Africa, where life expectancy would be reduced to about 30 years by the year 2010 unless dramatic steps were taken. Prior to the start of the conference, 5,228 physicians and scientists from 84 countries signed a manifesto called the Durban Declaration. Its message was that "the evidence that AIDS is caused by HIV-1 or HIV-2 is clear-cut, exhaustive and unambiguous." The declaration was in anticipation of the opening remarks of South African Pres. Thabo Mbeki, who had previously expressed doubts whether HIV was the cause of AIDS. At the conference he questioned whether Western treatments were appropriate for African AIDS. "We are just trying to find solutions that are situated to South Africa, the southern Africa region, and the continent as a whole," Mbeki told the delegates. The closing speech was delivered by South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela, who urged the delegates to rise above their differences and not be distracted from the main course—that is, stepping up efforts to stop the spread of HIV.
Sobering statistics indicated that HIV infections and AIDS were spreading rapidly in Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, China, and India. In the U.S., public health practitioners were alarmed by a surge in new cases among homosexual men in San Francisco. That rise was attributed to complacency, brought about in part by the availability of effective treatments. A global HIV/AIDS surveillance report issued by WHO and the UNAIDS program at the end of 2000 indicated that for the first time the incidence of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa had stabilized rather than increased. That good news, however, was offset by the increase in the number of people in the region suffering and dying from AIDS. The same report estimated that the number of AIDS deaths worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic (in the early 1980s) was 21.8 million.
On the clinical front, a study reported in the journal Nature found that some people with HIV who began highly aggressive antiretroviral therapy very soon after their diagnosis could take a "holiday" from the drugs. Although their viral levels rose with the cessation of the drugs, their immune systems seemed to keep severe illnesses at bay. This suggested that in the future people with AIDS would be able to have "structured treatment interruptions" from complicated and expensive drug regimens.
British scientists started trials of a vaccine against the strain of HIV most prevalent in Africa. If the vaccine proved safe for the first recipients—18 volunteers in the U.K.—wider trials were expected to begin in Nairobi, Kenya, within a year. Another HIV vaccine trial involving 2,500 volunteers began in Thailand; this was the first large-scale clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine in a less-developed country. Vaccines were considered the single intervention most likely to alter the frightening course of the AIDS pandemic, and in 2000 more than 70 different vaccines were being tested.
New Treatments
In 2000 stroke disabled at least 570,000 people in the U.S. alone. Until recently little could be done for the paralysis and loss of function that typically occur. For one thing, it had long been thought that the adult brain was not capable of regeneration. During the year researchers in Birmingham, Ala., and Jena, Ger., helped prove that regeneration was possible even years after a stroke. The scientists tested a technique called constraint-induced-movement therapy in 13 patients with paralyzed arms. The treatment required exercising the disabled arm a full six hours a day for several weeks. Immediately following the therapy, images of the brain showed that nerve connections on distinct areas of brain circuitry had almost doubled; six months later the changes were still evident. The subjects regained about 75% of the use of their arms.
Canadian researchers developed a unique islet-cell transplant technique that eliminated the need for insulin injections in seven persons with poorly controlled type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes. The achievement was so impressive that The New England Journal of Medicine posted the paper describing the work on the Internet nearly two months prior to its scheduled publication.
In April the FDA approved two new nondrug treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease, a severe, persistent form of heartburn. The treatments repaired the actual cause of the problem, a faulty muscular valve (lower esophageal sphincter) between the esophagus and stomach. Both treatments were minimally invasive and were performed by means of a tube that was positioned in the throat. One placed stitches in the sphincter; the other seared it with radio-frequency energy. The procedures enhanced the valve's barrier function, thereby preventing the reflux of bile and stomach acid into the esophagus.
An especially promising study found that the drug interferon beta-1a (Avonex) could delay the development of established, clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that gradually destroys the myelin covering of nerve fibres. The trial, carried out in the U.S. and Canada, involved people who had experienced a single, isolated neurological event suggestive of MS—for example, weakness of a limb or a visual disturbance. Interferon beta-1a previously had been available for people with diagnosed MS. Avonex's manufacturer, Biogen, Inc., sought FDA approval for expanded use of the drug. An approved cancer drug, mitoxandrone (Novantrone), was approved for treating patients with advanced or chronic MS. The drug was found to reduce the number of relapses and help patients keep their mobility longer.
Investigators in Germany had impressive early results from a novel vaccinelike treatment given to 17 patients with advanced kidney cancer. The treatment used cells from the patients' own tumours that were fused with immune-system cells from healthy donors. Four patients had been cancer-free for at least 11 months, and two others had tumour shrinkage of more than 50%. In an experimental protocol in the U.S., 15 patients with advanced kidney cancer received a transplant of cancer-fighting cells from the immune system of a sibling. Nine patients were still alive after more than a year, and in four subjects all signs of the cancer were gone. In others, tumours shrank by more than half.
A treatment already available to women in 15 countries around the world finally became available to women in the U.S. late in the year. The so-called abortion pill—RU-486, or mifepristone—was approved in late September and was on the market before the end of the year, selling under the brand name Mifeprex. Owing to strict regulations imposed by the FDA on the use of mifepristone, many U.S. doctors opted not to dispense it.
Drugs off the Market
Troglitazone (Rezulin), a prescription drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, was removed from the market in March because of its potential to cause severe liver toxicity. Two newly approved diabetes drugs, rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos), offered the same benefits without the risk.
In November the FDA asked manufacturers of hundreds of widely sold over-the-counter appetite suppressants, decongestants, cold and cough remedies containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA) to stop marketing them. PPA was linked to a slight but significant risk of stroke in women. Among the products pulled from store shelves were various forms of Contac, Alka-Seltzer, Acutrim, Dexatrim, Robitussin, and Triaminic. The FDA was taking steps to ban PPA as an ingredient in all drug products.
A drug for irritable bowel syndrome in women, Lotronex (alosetron), was approved in February. In late June, after cases of serious intestinal problems were reported in some women taking the drug, the FDA required pharmacists to distribute a "medication guide" that warned patients directly about the risks. In November the manufacturer voluntarily withdrew Lotronex from the market, at which point 70 cases of adverse effects and 5 deaths had been reported.
Colorectal Cancer
In March Katie Couric, cohost of the NBC morning show Today, took a camera crew to her doctor's office, where, under mild sedation, she underwent a colonoscopy examination before millions of television viewers. Couric's husband had died of colon cancer in 1998, and her goal was to convince viewers of the importance of screening. The procedure involved insertion of a flexible lighted tube through the rectum into the colon; video technology enabled the doctor to see the entire lining of the approximately 150-cm (60-in)-long large intestine.
Two studies published in July found that colonoscopy was a far more reliable way to detect cancerous lesions and precancerous polyps than the recommended preliminary screening procedure, sigmoidoscopy (which allows the doctor to see only inside the rectum and lower colon). The studies suggested that as many as half of all cancerous lesions in the upper portion of the colon were missed by routine sigmoidoscopy. An editorial commenting on the findings compared "relying on flexible sigmoidoscopy" to "performing mammography of one breast" and called for insurers to cover the cost of the far-better screening method for colorectal cancer. At the end of the year the results of an 18-year study showed that the simplest test for colon cancer—an occult fecal blood screen—which detects traces of the blood in the stool, had the potential to reduce the rate of colorectal cancer by as much as 20%. In mid-November the FDA approved a laser system that improves a physician's ability to distinguish small harmless growths from precancerous growths in the colon. The device can be used during sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy.
Alternative Medicine
According to the Nutrition Business Journal, the U.S. public was expected to spend an estimated $15.7 billion on herbal products, vitamins, minerals, and other dietary supplements in 2000. Although the FDA did not require manufacturers of these products to establish their safety or efficacy before marketing them, ConsumerLab.com, a private company, began assessing hundreds of products sold to the public for the purpose of promoting health and wellness. Its evaluations were published on the company's World Wide Web site <www.consumerlab.com>.
A review of 20 herbal preparations purportedly containing the stimulant ephedra (also known as ma huang) was published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy in May. The products were found to contain anywhere from 0% to 154% of the amount of ephedra listed on the label, and considerable variation was found between lots of the same product. A report later in the year linked ephedra in dietary supplements to 10 deaths and 13 cases of permanent disability.
At least 21 million people in the U.S. alone suffered from osteoarthritis, characterized by stiffness, pain, inflammation in the joints, and often some degree of debilitation. When a best-selling book published in 1997 claimed that glucosamine and chondroitin were a "cure" for arthritis, the medical establishment was profoundly skeptical. Despite the lack of scientific evidence that the substances—both natural components of cartilage—worked, millions of arthritis sufferers began using them either separately or combined. Boston University researchers analyzed the results of 15 studies on chondroitin and glucosamine. They found that glucosamine (extracted commercially from crustacean shells) was by itself moderately effective in relieving symptoms, while chondroitin (made from cow, pig, or shark cartilage) offered more significant relief. A problem, however, was that most chondroitin products on the market were of unreliable quality. The side effects of both were fewer and milder than those associated with standard arthritis pain relievers.
During the year the Washington Post carried out the first survey in the U.S. on the illness and death associated with the growing use of supplements. Among other things, the survey found that poison-control centres in many states were seeing a dramatic increase in the number of adverse reactions caused by supplements, including ephedra, Saint-John's-wort, melatonin, and ginseng; that people taking products containing ephedra or its derivatives for weight loss or extra energy experienced adverse effects ranging from jitteriness to chest pains, insomnia, addiction, stroke, and death; and that children increasingly were being given supplements and suffering adverse reactions. The survey revealed rampant abuse of body-building supplements like gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, which was held responsible for hundreds of hospital and poison-centre visits and several deaths. Dangerous contaminants such as mercury, arsenic, and lead were found in supplements, especially in herbal products from Asia.
Health Systems
The first assessment ever attempted of the world's health systems was published by WHO in June. Countries whose systems were ranked highest (on the basis of five indicators) included France, Italy, San Marino, Andorra, Malta, Singapore, Spain, Oman, Austria, and Japan. The assessment found wide variation in the performance of health systems, even among countries with similar levels of income and expenditures on health. Other key findings were that the vast majority of countries were underutilizing available resources and that poorly performing health systems had profound effects on the poorest people, often driving them deeper into poverty. It was not surprising that the lowest-ranking systems were in sub-Saharan Africa. The U.S., which of all countries spent the highest proportion of its gross domestic product on health, received the highest ranking for one indicator—the availability of resources. Overall, however, the country ranked 37th out of 191 countries evaluated. (See Special Report.)
Stem Cell Research
In August the U.S. National Institutes of Health released new rules governing the use of human stem cells in medical research. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can be coaxed to grow into various types of specific cells and thus have great potential for the repair of damaged or defective tissues and organs. The rules stipulated that federally funded researchers could work with embryonic stem cells but that the cells had to come from excess frozen embryos (those already destined for destruction) obtained from private fertility centres. Prior to the release of the guidelines, American researchers had been experimenting with stem cells derived from adult organs. Although adult stem cells had distinct therapeutic possibilities, they were sometimes difficult to isolate and purify, and they had less capacity to proliferate than embryonic cells. The biomedical research community, therefore, enthusiastically welcomed the ruling.


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While Coco was bitching about the 'fools and trolls' he spends his time with, our dear Ke$ha was sticking bitches— with safety pins. And it's not the first time.
No, surprisingly, she's not into voodoo (that we know of, anyway) but currently enjoys going around and tattooing her loyal fans with her signature dollar sign.
Of course she does.
HuffPo: "The singer posted a video to her Facebook profile of herself marking up a dedicated fan with her safety pin, giving her dollar sign to the emotional, fawning fan.
Hopefully she wasn't a minor, imagine what a parent would have to say about a woman who drinks Jack for breakfast tattooing their child
We've got to wonder, what will be more disgusting in thirty years? The actual tattoo itself, or the fact that you actually let Ke$ha brand you forever with a safety pin made dollar sign. Hm.


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CALS faculty members promote increased research funding
Pictured from left are Congressman David Price, Jon Brandt and Brian Farkas.
Two College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty members were part of an effort to encourage increased research funding within the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Jon Brandt, head of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and Dr. Brian Farkas, associate head, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, took part in the fifth annual Coalition on Funding Agricultural Research Missions (CoFARM) and Biological and Ecological Science Coalition (BESC) Congressional Visits Day in late April. Event participants called for increased federal investment in research at the NSF and within the USDA Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The event was attended by more than 30 scientists and leaders from a variety of organizations, who met in Washington D.C. for briefings with administration officials and congressional leaders and staff. Brandt is chair of the Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE), while Farkas is a member of the Institute of Food Technologists. Each Congressional office visit highlighted the role research fills in addressing issues associated with national security, food supply and health. North Carolina Congressional delegation offices visited included those of Congressmen David Price and Bob Etheridge and Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan. C-FARE is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the application of economics to food, agricultural and resource issues at the national level. The Institute of Food Technologists is a nonprofit scientific society whose long-range vision is to ensure a safe and abundant food supply contributing to healthier people everywhere. As members of CoFARM, both groups are committed to advancing and sustaining investment in the nation's fundamental and applied agricultural research.


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'Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Burritos'
Source: Adapted from Blog Chef
1 boneless pork shoulder butt roast (3 to 3 lbs)
1 can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies (10 oz)
1/4 cup chili powder
3 tablespoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon chopped seeded jalapeno pepper
1 teaspoon salt
10 8 inch flour tortillas
1 bag shredded Monterey jack cheese (8 oz)
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed (16 oz)
Sour Cream
1. Cut the pork roast in half and place both halves in the bottom of a greased slow cooker.
2. In a blender, combine the tomatoes, chili powder, garlic, lime juice, honey, jalapeno and salt. Cover and process until smooth. Pour over pork.
3. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until the meat is tender.
4. Remove the roast from the slow cooker, cool slightly. Shred the pork using two forks and return to the slow cooker. Using a slotted spoon.
5. Place the tortillas on a plate and heat in the microwave for about 15 seconds. Place the black beans in a bowl; cover and heat for 1-2 minutes.
6. Place about 1/2 cup of the pork mixture down the center of each tortilla, top with some black beans, shredded cheese, and sour cream. Fold sides and ends over the filling and roll up. Top with some juice from the slow cooker if desired.
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Oswald Shown In Doorway As JFK Was Shot
One of the most detailed and interesting images of the JFK assassination, is the "Altgens 6" photo. It was one of a series taken by Associated Press photographer James W. Altgens.
Here is the original, and an enhanced version:-
The two images in the thread here... Are the one's in question
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WPI student charged after alleged online abuse
WORCESTER, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – Leaders of Worcester Polytechnic Institute's SigEp chapter brought charges against a fellow student after learning he was responsible for degrading behavior and online abuse.
At least three women from WPI reported that while having sex with fraternity members, other members rushed in and poured water on them or hit them with ice or pudding. The incidents made their way onto a Facebook page called WPI Confessions. The page allows students to post anonymously about campus life.
WPI's Dean of Students Philip Clay told FOX 25 that the administration was contacted by students that were so concerned about the anonymous posts and the comments that followed, they felt something had to be done.
Clay says allegations like this are taken very seriously, but this is the first time it has come from a Facebook post. The posts have since been removed, and leaders of the SigEp chapter have brought charges against the student they believe was behind the abuse, according to the fraternities Communication Manager Rob Jepson. The student decided not to participate in the fraternity's judicial process and resigned. He was barred from entering the fraternity's facility on campus, Jepson said.
The fraternity's headquarters staff and local leadership are working with campus officials to continue the investigation into the anonymous posts. The chapter has been asked to temporarily suspend operations that are not related to the investigation or their judicial process, Jepson said.
"SigEp strongly believes in promoting respect for women and all human beings, and any behavior that demeans women is not tolerated by the Fraternity. If other individuals were involved, they will face a similar judicial process," Jepson said in a release.
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¶Eyewitnesses testified that Homma's artillery and bombers blasted away at Corregidor for 24 hours after a white flag had been hoisted on the Rock's 660-ft. summit.
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Hot Chocolate Wine
Rich and perfect for warming you up on a chilly day.
150ml/5½fl oz red wine
75g/2½oz dark chocolate, melted
1. Pour the wine into a small saucepan and simmer over a low heat for 10-15 minutes, or until the liquid has reduced by half.
2.Stir in the melted chocolate until well combined, then blend with a hand blender until frothy.
3.Pour into a glass and serve immediately.
Peppered loin of venison with red wine and chocolate sauce
Pepper-crusted seared venison in a chocolate-enriched wine sauce, with creamy celeriac and buttered baby carrots
1/2 bottle red wine
275 ml port
1 banana shallots, sliced lengthways
a few sprig thyme
2 tsp cracked black pepper
4 pieces trimmed venison loin, weighing 150g each
3 tbsp olive oil
20 g dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids
2 tbsp unsalted butter
12baby carrots, parboiled until just tender
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas 6.
2. Put the red wine, port, shallot and thyme in a heavy-based saucepan. Bring to the boil, then simmer briskly for 20-30 minutes until reduced.
3. Meanwhile, make the celeriac purée. Pour the creams into a heavy-based saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the diced celeriac and season with salt. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes or until soft. Remove from the heat and set aside.
4. Press the cracked pepper onto the venison loin.
5. Heat the olive oil in an ovenproof frying pan until very hot. Add the meat and sear on all sides.
6. Put the pan in the oven and roast for 5 minutes.
7. Strain the celeriac through a sieve set over a bowl. Purée in a food processor until smooth, adding extra cream as required. Return to the pan and keep warm.
8. Remove the venison from oven and allow to rest.
9. Strain the reduced red wine sauce into a clean saucepan. Warm over low heat and whisk in the chocolate.
10. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. When it is foaming, add the carrots and cook for 2 minutes.
11. Carve the venison into slices, and arrange on warm serving plates. Spoon three spoonfuls of celeriac around the venison. Garnish with the baby carrots and drizzle with the sauce.
From Dinner in a box by Curtis Stone
Red Wine and Chocolate Cake
The red wine adds a lovely richness to an otherwise typical cake. Top with your favourite shop-bought chocolate sauce, or make your own chocolate ganache with a recipe from this site.
300g plain flour
250g soft butter
250g sugar
5 eggs
4 tablespoons baking powder
125ml red wine
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons cocoa
150g chocolate chips
1 bottle chocolate sauce
1. Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
2. Process all ingredients from flour to cocoa into a smooth mixture. Finally, fold in chocolate chips.
3. Pour the cake mixture into a greased cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes. After cooling pour the chocolate sauce over top to serve.
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Mulled-wine hot chocolate
400 g (14.1oz) Golden caster sugar
200 g (7.1oz) Cocoa powder
2 Cinnamon sticks
5 Star anise
8 Cloves
500 g (17.6oz) 67% dark chocolate from the Dominican Republic, broken into pieces
2 Clementines or satsumas, skin left on, halved
1 Sprig of rosemary
1 Bottle of fruity red wine
1. Put 500ml water, the sugar, the cocoa powder and all the spices in a pan and bring to a simmer.
2. Remove from the heat, add the chocolate and whisk well until the chocolate is fully incorporated.
3. Add the clementines and rosemary and allow to infuse for 10 minutes.
4. Add the red wine and warm through gently.
5. Serve warm rather than hot.
From Adventures with Chocolate: 80 sensational recipes by Paul Young
Chocolate Fudge Cake With Cherries In Red Wine
For the Chocolate Fudge Cake
150g unsalted butter
150g dark bitter chocolate 75%
125g whole egg (approximately 2.5 eggs)
225g caster sugar
75g plain flour
25g bitter cocoa powder
Pinch of salt
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, grease 6 8cm x 3cm size cake moulds and dust them with cocoa powder.
2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, once melted remove the pan from the heat, add the chocolate and stir till dissolved. Set aside to cool but not set.
3. Whisk the eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy.
4. Add the cooled melted butter and chocolate mixture and whisk well to incorporate.
5. Sift the flour, cocoa powder and salt together.
6. Fold the sifted flour into the egg and chocolate mixture.
7. Spoon the mixture into the prepared moulds and place them on a baking tray in the centre of the preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes. I like to just cook my cakes, to ensure a moist fudgy centre.
8. Leave the moulds on a cooling rack to cool completely. Once cold and set, gently turn the cakes out from the moulds.
Original Beans Chocolate Ganache
200ml double cream
100ml dark bitter chocolate 75%
1. In a small saucepan bring the cream to the boil, remove the pan from the heat and add the chocolate, stir continiously until the chocolate has completely melted.
2. Pour smooth chocolate ganache into a small container and leave to cool, once cold, cover and refrigerate to set completely. I normally make this a day in advance to ensure that the ganache sets.
Cherries in Red Wine
200g cherries, cut in half and stones removed
50ml red wine
50g caster sugar
1/2 vanilla pod, seeds scraped
Prepare the cherries, cut them in half and remove the stones.
In a small saucepan bring the wine, vanilla seeds and sugar to the boil over low heat. Reduce by half until syrupy.
Pour the hot syrup over the prepared cherries and leave to marinade. It's best to make this a day in advance.
To Serve
Select a serving plate or plates, arrange the cakes on the plates and add a spoonful of the cherries on top, place a small quenelle of the chocolate ganache on top of the cherries and drizzle with a little of the red wine syrup.
Serves 6
From The British Larder
Red wine, biscuit and chocolate mousse
140g/5oz good quality plain chocolate, broken into pieces
40g/1½oz butter, melted
4 egg yolks
55g/2oz caster sugar
2 egg whites
12 small macaroon biscuits
150ml/5fl oz good quality red wine, ideally St Emilion or Merlot
1 small orange, zest and juice only
1.Place the chocolate in a bowl and melt either over a pan of hot water or in a microwave for 30 seconds. Stir in the melted butter.
2.Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until light and thick (the ribbon stage), then pour into a large bowl.
3.Whisk the egg whites until stiff, and then leave to one side.
4.Take four large wine glasses and place three of the biscuits in the bottom of each. Pour half the wine evenly into the bottoms of the glasses.
5.Stir the orange zest and juice into the sugar and egg mixture and then quickly fold in the melted chocolate followed by the egg white. Be careful and take your time with this stage so as not to lose the air.
6. Half fill the glasses with this mousse mixture and then top with the remaining biscuits.
7. Pour the rest of the wine over the top and then fill the glasses up to the top with the remaining mousse.
8. Put in the fridge to set for a few hours, preferably overnight, before serving.


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