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text: On 8/14/07, Michael Krufky <mkrufky at linuxtv.org> wrote: > Markus Rechberger wrote: > > On 8/14/07, Christoph Pfister <christophpfister at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Markus, > >> > >> [ although you shouldn't overrate my opinion here I'm giving my $0.02 ] > >> > >> The problem with this approach are race conditions. > >> You can't reliably use the result of this function if you don't ensure > >> that no thread is started during / after the query. As far as I > >> understood your idea you try to solve this issue with the > >> allow-dvb-files-to-be-locked patch. But that patch doesn't handle file > >> descriptors which have been opened before you did the "lock". > >> > >> Of course you can do additional work to fix that too - but imho the > >> easier (and safer from a design-pov) approach is to do the locking at > >> the bridge level as Steve did. I don't think that there are issues > >> with handling it there - as neither dvb-core nor the frontends access > >> the device directly (dvb-core via callbacks and the frontend via i2c > >> adapter). Or do I miss something here? > >> > > > > There's some other code for checking if the filehandles are open but I > > don't need that patch to go into the framework, it will be stored in > > the local driver. > > For now my aim is to bring in the most needed patches in and nothing else. > > > > Markus > > Markus, > > You seem to be avoiding the issue. > > Christoph is trying to explain to you the same idea that I have tried to > explain > to you in the past -- locking of the device for use between analog and > digital > should take place at the bridge driver level. > > This is what Steve Toth has done for the :8802 port in the cx88 driver, by > only > allowing cx88-blackbird -or- cx88-dvb to use the hardware at any given > moment. > > Since it is the bridge hardware that determines whether or not the device is > a > combo device (both analog and digital can be used concurrently) or a hybrid > device (only analog or digital can be used, one at a time), and it is the > bridge > hardware itself, that has the limitation. the locking is only appropriate at > the > level of the bridge driver itself. > Steve's patch basically does the same as my initial patch does. The question should moreover be when do you define that a device is in a certain mode. I have successfully implemented that way into the existing driver which is in question and it works as expected. And yes the bridge always knows in what mode the code is in. I moreover think there's a misunderstanding here. Still the bridge driver can decide what it wants to do, and in case of the em28xx driver I want to fully lock the device since it's not possible to use analogue TV, svideo, composite and DVB/ATSC at the same time. Markus > Regards, > > Michael Krufky > > -- Markus Rechberger

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text: On Sat, 8 Mar 2003, Donald Becker wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 john152 at libero.it wrote: > > > I'd like to do a code that monitors the link status (link active and > > connected to net or not...) and gives me an error if this status > > changes. Is there any software today that does so? > > You can easily write a script that monitors the exit status of > mii-diag --status eth0 > or the output of > mii-diag --watch eth0 > > http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html There is one other trick that mii-diag makes possible that is so lovely that I've seriously considered posting it back to e.g. RH for permanent inclusion in their boot cycle. See the following modified /etc/sysconfig/ifcfg-eth0 (or really, ethX as the same trick can be used for each eth device). Pretty crude, but adequate. I use a laptop that I move around a lot, booting it with/without ethernet wire attached, with/without a wireless card. Waiting for all its ethernet initialization to time out is a real PITA. So I used mii-diag to check for link beat. If there is none, chance are you're not plugged in (yet) so I set ONBOOT=no instead of yes. I can still bring up a network manually at any time (after plugging in the wire or whatever) but I don't have to wait. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu # We are rather tired of having to wait for the interface to time out # on boots when the system isn't on a network. We therefore check for # the existence of a link BEFORE trying to initialize it, much as we # check for the insertion of a PCMCIA card for the wireless interface # on eth1. # # If variable NE is not empty after this call, there is no link # if [ -x /sbin/mii-diag ] then NE=`/sbin/mii-diag eth0 | grep "not established"` fi # So if it IS empty, we have a link and start up the interface, trusting # that there is a dhcp server out there somewhere. if [ -z "$NE" ] then # This cleans up the device and sets it so it DOES initialize # at boot. echo "Link beat found on interface eth0, initializing..." DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes else # This cleans up the device and sets it so it does NOT initialize # at boot. echo "Warning: No link beat found, NOT initializing interface eth0!" echo " Solution: First connect to a network, then bring up network interface ." DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=no fi


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The European Union's new guidelines concerning withdrawal of financial support from Israeli "entities" working in the "occupied territories" didn't surprise Israelis. For a long time now the EU's biased stand toward Israel has caused Israeli governments to keep the EU at arm's length, especially when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Careful reading of the EU's latest declaration shows that Europe sees negotiation between the parties as superfluous since the outcome has already been decided: Israel will withdraw fully from all territories captured in 1967.
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Maybe it's time for someone to remind Europe of its responsibility for the chronic instability in the Middle East, much of which can be traced back bored French and English clerks who drew straight lines on their maps to create countries out of nothing. Maybe they should be reminded of David Fromkin's book, A Peace to End All Peace, and in taking responsibility work to ease tensions instead of inflaming the region by taking the easy path of blaming Israel for everything.
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From: Larry Smith ([email protected])
Date: Thu Aug 17 2000 - 12:54:31 PDT
Brian - really good question! Yes, there is definitely noise
associated with IO circuits that is below the edge rate frequency, but
I would not call this part of the "SSN signal". For IO circuits, there
is an SSN problem and a power distribution problem. The two are
related but independent problems.
For example, consider two different signaling technologies with
identical drivers and 3 inch transmission lines, but one has a
capacitive load at the far end (maybe 5 pF), and another has a 50 Ohm
resistor to ground.
Let's define the SSN event as the things that happen at the driver
within 1 nSec of a 0.5 nSec rising edge coming out of the driver. The driver
has no idea what the load is. The SSN waveforms measured anywhere in
the vicinity of the driver will be identical for our two signaling
technologies. It will take at least 1 nSec for the signal to get to
the far end and come back to affect the driver.
But the power distribution requirements will be completely different.
With 50 ohm drivers terminated with 50 ohm resistors to ground, each
driver may consume Vdd/100 = 3.3/100 = 33 mAmps forever after the
transition. The drivers connected to capacitive loads will consume 33
mAmps for about 2 nSec after the event and then consume no more power
until another clock cycle.
The major point is that we have two problems: an SSN problem involving
the edge rate and a power distribution problem that has to do with the
average power consumed over a clock cycle. The power distribution
problem is well quantified by the target impedance. All you need to do
is find the average current consumed over the clock cycle and make sure
the power distribution system can handle it without too much voltage
drop. A flat target impedance is desirable up to the clock frequency,
100 MHz in Martin's case.
For both technologies, we need to deal with the SSN event. With edge
rates of 0.5 nSec, it will involve solutions between 100 MHz and 700
MHz, maybe a little more. To understand the SSN event, we have to
trace the currents on the signal transmission lines and the return
currents on the Vdd and Gnd planes. Current must travel in a complete
loop and may have to jump from a Vdd to Gnd node to complete the path.
This involves displacement current through some type of capacitance as
well as package inductance. Target impedance is a good concept for the
power distribution problem, but I'm afraid it is too simplistic to be
of much use in the SSN problem. We may attempt to define a noise
spectrum for the SSN problem and measure an impedance of the power
planes at those frequencies, but that does not really address the
completion of the current paths of all the SSN currents.
Larry Smith
Sun Microsystems
> From: "Moran, Brian P" <[email protected]>
> To: "'Larry Smith'" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Decoupling Capacitors and SSN
> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:10:55 -0700
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Larry,
> Your response to the Martin regarding making a distinction between power
> delivery and SSN was very well received. I agree with the basic premise, but
> I do have a question. I agree that layer stack optimized power/ground
> coupling provides a good means of high frequency decoupling, which allows
> you to filter the upper portions of the SSN noise signal, the overall
> bandwidth of which, as you say is a function of rise time.
> However, due to the relatively low capacitance value of this power/ground
> coupling, it would seem that there would still be a large component of the
> SSN signal below the effective range of this technique, which would still
> have to be handled with on-chip or on-board decoupling. So you can not
> really say that SSN is not a board level decoupling issue. Difficult as it
> is to deal with.
> It would seem that you may need better than the 333 mohms required for power
> delivery, over some portion of the spectrum, but perhaps less than the 20
> mohms required to address peak SSN. In a perfect world your on chip
> decoupling would take you down in frequiency until the rest of the SSN
> component was suppressed. I'm not sure this is always the case. Therefore I
> think some amount of SSN must be considered at the board level.
> One of the problems I have is figuring out the overall frequency spectrum of
> the SSN based on clock rate and rise time, and translating that into a power
> delivery impedance requirement vs frequency plot. A good rule of thumb for
> the amplitude vs frequency spectrum of the SSN signal, based on clock rate
> and edge rate would be a good start. Forgive me if I mis-stated any of your
> position on this. There was alot of mail going back and forth.
> Brian Moran
> Signal Integrity Engineering
> Intel Corp.
> Folsom, CA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 4:57 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Decoupling capacitors (again!)
> Martin has a good question on decoupling and Pat has contributed some
> good comments on the subject. The most common complaint that I hear
> about this decoupling methodology is that it requires the use of too
> many capacitors! Please allow me to make a few comments that may
> help.
> First of all, we need to carefully distinguish between a power
> distribution problem and an SSN (simultaneous switch noise) problem.
> Anytime there are IO or transmission lines involved, it is probably an
> SSN problem. The two problems are closely related, but if we don't
> make a careful distinction, we will greatly over estimate the number of
> capacitors required.
> To determine the number of discrete decoupling capacitors required in a
> system, we first calculate the target impedance. For Martin's problem
> we can get a good estimate from the clock frequency and capacitance
> load. The system runs at 100 MHz and there is 1.5 nF of capacitance
> that may be charged up to 3.3V or discharged to ground every clock
> cycle. Q = CV, so we have 1.5nF*3.3V = 4.95 nCoulombs that may flow
> every clock cycle. I = dQ/dt, so we have 4.95 nCoul/10nSec = .495 amps
> average current. Most systems can tolerate a 5% supply, so the target
> impedance is Zt = Vdd*5%/I = 3.3*.05/.495 = 333 mOhms. (If there is
> more than just IO circuitry hanging on the 3.3V supply, the target
> impedance should be lower.)
> 333 mOhms is much higher than the 20 mOhm target impedance calculated
> below. The error has come because the power distribution problem was
> mixed up with an SSN problem. SSN is concerned with edge rates, but
> the power distribution target impedance is associated with average
> currents. It will be easy to maintain 333 mOhm impedance out to more
> than 100 MHz with about a dozen carefully chosen capacitors. This is
> all that is needed for this power distribution problem and is
> consistent with the intuition that experienced engineers have regarding
> the number of capacitors required. The decoupling capacitor
> methodology gives a good way to optimize the chosen capacitors and
> guarantee there are no high impedance frequencies up to several hundred
> MHz. This becomes necessary on larger systems where we really have to
> maintain 10 mOhms or less up to high frequencies.
> As Ray mentioned in a previous note, it is very difficult to maintain a
> low target impedance above 200 MHz using discrete capacitors. The 1 nH
> mounting inductance for a discrete capacitor contributes more than 1
> Ohm of impedance. You have to put 50 of them in parallel to get to 20
> mOhms at 200 MHz. If you want 20 mOhms at 1GHz, it takes 5x more than
> that! With low ESR capacitors, it is possible to target certain
> critical frequencies above 200 MHz using the resonance technique. But
> the number of discrete capacitors required to maintain a flat 20 mOhm
> impedance up to 1 GHz is prohibitively large, and really not necessary
> on any of the systems that I work on.
> The answer to the SSN problem is thin dielectric power planes. At 1
> GHz, 8nF gives an impedance of 20 mOhms (1/jwC). 36 square inches (6x6
> inches) of a pair of power planes separated by 4 mils of FR4 gives this
> capacitance. If our SSN problem is centered within this area, this
> capacitance will be available within a 1 nSec rise time. It really
> does not make sense to use discrete decoupling capacitors to deal with
> SSN noise associated with today's fast edge rates. Capacitance between
> PCB and package power planes and capacitance embedded on chip are the
> best defenses against SSN.
> One more comment, target impedance is really too simplistic of a
> concept to be useful for the SSN problem. To really deal with the SSN
> problem, you have to know which way the driver is switching (high or
> low) and whether the transmission line return current flows mostly on
> the Vdd plane or Ground plane in order to make SSN calculations (yes,
> it makes a big difference!). There is another paper on the same web
> site as the decoupling capacitor paper. Check out "Simultaneous Switch
> Noise and Power Plane Bounce for CMOS Technology" on:
> http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu/si_documents/docs.html
> regards,
> Larry Smith
> Sun Microsystems
> > From: "Zabinski, Patrick J." <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Decoupling capacitors (again!)
> > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:40:50 -0500
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> >
> >
> > Martin,
> >
> > I can't offer much advice, but I can possibly offer some
> > comfort in that I've had the same problem. For one design
> > I was recently involved in, I tried to follow the same
> > approach/theory, and the end result was that I needed
> > 80 decoupling capacitors per ASIC (to maintain 10%
> > dV), and I had 32 ASICs per board (>2500 caps per board!).
> > After having others verify
> > my numbers/calculations, I took close look and realized
> > the caps would consume more board space than the ASICs.
> >
> > I could not justify, believe, or afford this, so I
> > ended up backing down and relying on my old rules of
> > thumb (BTW: I hate rules of thumb, but I sometimes
> > use them when I have no better way). The board works
> > fine with only 12 caps per ASIC.
> >
> > Looking back, I can see three possible reasons why the approach you
> > and I took is not quite complete:
> >
> > * component packaging effects are not taken to
> > account. Not definite on this, but I believe
> > a poor package would probably negate any capacitance
> > you might have on the board.
> > * the board's self-impedance. I believe Larry's
> > approach addresses this as effective increase
> > in inductance, but the ground/power plane itself
> > does offer a low-impedance capacitance. Regardless
> > if you have any discrete caps on or not, the planes
> > offer some inherent, built-in capacitance.
> > * most (all?) dI/dt effects are self-limiting.
> > For the calculations you used, they assumed
> > dV=0.0. However, if dV>0, then dI/dt will
> > be reduced all on its own. I don't have any
> > data or theories on how much, but dI/dt
> > is likely to be reduced from what you
> > predicted (also tied into/related to the
> > first issue about packaging).
> >
> > Sound reasonable? Comments?
> >
> > Anyway, I sympathize and hope you find a solution. If you
> > do, please share.
> >
> > Pat
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Martin J Thompson [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 9:49 AM
> > > To: <"[email protected]"
> > > Subject: [SI-LIST] : Decoupling capacitors (again!)
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all, this is my first time posting here, although I've
> > > been lurking for a while.
> > >
> > > My problem is figuring out the decoupling requirements for
> > > this system:
> > > FPGA, DSP, 6 SDRAMS, 2 flash, DPRAM, clock frequency is 100MHz.
> > >
> > > According to my calculations, my I/O's need to drive a total
> > > of about 1.5nF of I/O and trace capacitance.
> > > To achieve the 0.5ns edges that the FPGA will drive (3.3V
> > > supply) it looks like I need dI=4amps. This is assuming that
> > > 50% (is this typical?) of the I/O's toggle each cycle. (dI=0.5Cdv/dt)
> > >
> > > To achieve a dV of < 0.1V this implies a target impedance of
> > > around 20mohm, flat up to 1GHz! (Z=dv/di)
> > >
> > > This then seems to need around 500-800 decouping caps spread
> > > around, which is an order of magnitude more than I've ever
> > > used in the past. This is the first time I have taken a
> > > 'design' approach to the problem, but the previous boards
> > > have worked, using various rules of thumb.
> > >
> > > Is this sort of number of caps to be expected in this sort of
> > > system, or can anyone see any sillies in my understanding (or
> > > even in the sums!)?
> > >
> > > Now, if I don't get right out to 1GHz, the edges will suffer,
> > > but that wouldn't necessarily matter if they stayed below
> > > 1-1.5ns. Or would this cause the supply to droop elsewhere?
> > >
> > > As you might gather from the analysis above I've read Larry
> > > Smith and co's paper on decoupling design, which states that
> > > a flat target impedance is indicated. If I can analyse my
> > > application enough, can I then shape the Ztarget vs frequency
> > > to make life easier?
> > >
> > > Many thanks for your time, any help greatly appreciated,
> > >
> > > Martin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > TRW Automotive Advanced Product Development,
> > > Stratford Road, Solihull, B90 4GW. UK
> > > Tel: +44 (0)121-627-3569
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New Canaan football routs Bassick
BRIDGEPORT -- All of New Canaan's first five drives varied in terms of play selection, time of possession and what player touched the ball last, but they all had the same result in its game against Bassick Thursday night -- a touchdown.
Five different players scored the Rams' first five touchdowns in a 42-20 victory over Bassick at Bridgeport Central High School.
"It was a bit sloppy during the week, but we did take care of business and we did what we have to do," New Canaan coach Lou Marinelli said. "The offense is meant to be spread out. You try to figure out what the defense is going to give you, and you go to the receiver who has the best chance to be successful. That's the fun part about the offense. Everybody's involved."
With Bassick having already run for a first down on its opening possession, New Canaan defensive lineman Connor Buck pounced on a bad snap, setting up the Rams at the Lions' 27. Buck and the defense held the shutout until midway through the third quarter.
"I'm glad we got the win. We did some things sloppily," Buck said. "It wasn't the best week of practice, but it's over with. It's a new week and we're just thinking about Greenwich. It would have been nice to have the shutout, but I'm happy we won. It's all that matters. Defense played great, but we can definitely play better."
Five plays later, Frank Cognetta carried the ball 10 yards to pay dirt for the early lead.
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After a Bassick three-and-out, New Canaan doubled its lead on a 17-yard strike from Nick Cascione to Jack Gilio for the 14-0 advantage.
The Rams' next three drives ended with a 31-yard pass from Cascione to a wide open Cole Turpin, an eight-yard Cascione to Carson Armstrong connection and a four-yard touchdown plunge by Chris Andrews.
New Canaan's only first half possession that did not produce points was the one that was cut short by halftime, ending on a 42-yard missed field goal. However, the Rams needed just three plays in the second half to make it 42-0 on a 65-yard bomb from Cascione to Gilio.
"I tell you one thing: Their defense is better than their offense. They have a scary, scary defense and they're probably the best defense in the state," Bassick coach Derrick Lewis said. "They recover to the ball as fast as I've ever seen."
Down 42-0, Bassick rallied to score the game's final 20 points. Quarterback Vochan Fowler scored on a five-yard designed run, J'van Snell capped a drive with a one-yard dive and Fowler broke several tackles on a 29-yard scramble with 2:15 remaining.
By comparison, Bassick lost 42-12 to New Canaan last year and 49-6 the year before that with Lewis at the helm.
"Our kids never got discouraged, they never gave up on themselves, they gave max effort to the last whistle," Lewis said. "We got rid of the attitudes and we got rid of the cancers in our program. These kids are really like brothers. They have (have each other's) backs from homework to this, and it's very refreshing to see that we're doing the intangible things right."
New Canaan travels to Greenwich to meet up with the Cardinals on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m.
"Bassick fought to the very end. Hopefully we can take this and build on it. We've got a tough opponent next week," Marinelli said. "They're one of the premier programs in the state. They're well-coached, their kids play hard, and we'll certainly have our hands full."
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NC--Frank Cognetta 10 run (Peter Swindell kick)
NC--Jack Gilio 17 pass Nick Cascione (Swindell kick)
NC--Cole Turpin 31 pass Cascione (Swindell kick)
NC--Carson Armstrong 8 pass Cascione (Swindell kick)
NC--Chris Andrews 4 run (Swindell kick)
NC--Gilio 65 pass from Cascione (Swindell kick)
B--Vochan Fowler 5 run (pass failed)
B--J'van Snell 1 run (run failed)
B--Fowler 29 run (Fowler pass to Gael Kalonda)
Records: New Canaan 2-0, 1-0 FCIAC; Bassick 0-2, 0-1 FCIAC.


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There's a lot of talk right now about the Web blackout for PIPA and SOPA. And, of course, some folks are mighty confused. That's where we come in.
"PIPA," aka the Protect IP Act, is a controversial bill that seeks to protect intellectual property and stop online pirating. "Pippa," on the other hand, is the sister of Catherine "Kate" Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and is known for her fashion sense, tabloid antics and pert "bum"… not for threatening internet freedoms.
Since the storm of SOPA (Stop Online Pirating Act) and PIPA bill protesters hit the web after the slew of blackouts, Twitter and Facebook have been in a whirling mess of chaos. Users are in far too much of a frenzy to worry about silly things like proper spelling. (Plus, with Wikipedia down, where can you possibly fact check??) Who has time when your 140-character thought that's already been retweeted hundreds of times needs to go up right now?!
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Conference Highlights
From the 2nd International AIDS Society Conference
October 2003
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Effective Once-Daily HIV Regimen
The once-daily regimen of Emtriva, Videx EC, and Sustiva was shown to be effective and safe in 40 HIV+ patients who had never before taken HIV medication. Patients were required to have T cell counts greater than 100 and a viral load greater than 5,000. At bedtime, patients took a total of 5 pills. Three years later, 75% of the patients had maintained a viral load of less than 400. Drug-resistance mutations developed in 5 patients. Treatment was well tolerated with only 3 patients stopping treatment because of side effects. Common side effects included high triglycerides (a type of fat that travels in the blood), changes in liver enzymes (which indicate stress on the liver), and body shape changes (lipodystrophy).
Rosiglitazone Ups and Downs
Rosiglitazone (brand name: Avandia), is a drug used to treat diabetes. This drug is being tested for the treatment of lipodystrophy and the related problems in body metabolism, such as with fats and sugars. One study compared rosiglitazone (4 mg) with a placebo. This study was a "double-blind" study, meaning that both patients and health care workers did not know which treatment each patient was receiving. After 3 months, patients and healthcare workers knew which treatment each patient was receiving, and all patients were given the choice of taking rosiglitazone at a slightly higher dose (8 mg) for 3 additional months. During the first 3 months, rosiglitazone improved sensitivity to insulin (allowing better control of blood sugars). The drug also increased total body fat, subcutaneous fat, and adiponectin (a hormone secreted by fat cells that affects the body's response to insulin and may have other important effects), compared to patients in the placebo group. Unfortunately, levels of cholesterol increased in patients taking rosiglitazone. Over the next 3 months, rosiglitazone continued to improve insulin sensitivity and to increase subcutaneous fat. The researchers admit that larger studies are needed to figure out the best dose and length of time for treatment, as well as which patients will most likely benefit from this drug.
In related news, a recent double-blind study published in the journal Antiviral Therapy (8:3, p. 199, 2003) also reported that after 24 weeks of rosiglitazone, triglyceride and cholesterol levels were significantly increased compared to patients who took a placebo. In contrast to the first study (described above), this study found that rosiglitazone had no positive effects on total body fat, including fat in the gut and subcutaneous fat. On a positive note, rosiglitazone did improve insulin resistance and tests of liver function.
Dealing With Diarrhea
While no one wants to talk about diarrhea, it is a common side effect of several HIV medications, especially the protease inhibitor Viracept. A small study of 18 patients focused on developing a step-wise plan to treat diarrhea. The strategy was adjusted every 2 weeks and additional treatments were added if the diarrhea persisted. Initial steps included 1) dietary counseling by a nutritionist to see if eating habits were contributing to the problem, 2) taking lactase if the patient had problems digesting dairy products, and 3) taking psyllium (pronounced "silly-um"), a source of dietary fiber. If the diarrhea persisted, calcium carbonate was added to their treatment. Two weeks later, if any patients were still experiencing diarrhea, they were also treated with loperamide (found in over-the-counter diarrhea medications such as Imodium). After completing the 9-week study, patients had fewer bowel movements per day and firmer stools. Incontinence and urgency (a strong desire to go to the bathroom usually caused by some abnormal stress) were also reduced. Patients reported that they felt better both physically and emotionally, and they worried less about the side effects of their HIV treatment.
On the Lookout for Kidney Problems With Viread
The nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor Viread has been linked to problems such as increased levels of a substance in the body called creatinine (pronounced "kree-at-n-neen"). Elevations of creatinine in the blood can signal kidney damage. With the help of a large collection of patient records, researchers gathered information on 476 HIV+ patients who took Viread. Compared to patients using a Ziagen-containing regimen without Viread, patients taking Viread were more likely to have increased creatinine levels and signs of kidney damage. Patients with advanced HIV disease and low T cell counts were more likely to have kidney problems. In addition, more patients on Viread stopped it because of these problems. The researchers recommend keeping a close watch on patients who are taking Viread, especially if they have advanced HIV disease, even if they showed no signs of kidney problems before starting Viread.
Risks of Viramune
Viramune is commonly used to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, but can cause a rash and inflammation of the liver, which are usually not life threatening. A study that examined 139 HIV+ pregnant women who took Viramune also observed these side effects. Unfortunately, 2 women in this study, both African-American, died from liver failure. In this study, women with serious liver inflammation tended to have higher T cell counts compared to women showing no signs of liver inflammation (524 versus 370). What is scary is that the doctors could not predict these deaths. Neither woman who died had hepatitis B or C, nor did they show any signs of liver problems during their frequent doctors' visits. Currently, Viramune is often given to mothers to prevent mother-to-baby transmission. These findings suggest that this approach may need to be changed.
Take ALL of Your Meds
Not taking all of your HIV drugs leads to drug-resistant HIV mutations, according to a large study presented at the conference. Researchers examined the relationship between medication adherence (by checking prescription refill records and by looking for actual drug levels in blood samples) and the development of drug resistance in 1,219 HIV+ people who started triple combination therapy. The doctors found that development of resistance was more likely to happen in people with a high viral load before starting treatment. In addition, patients who took their medications 60% to 90% of the time (according to prescription refill records) were most likely to develop these mutations, compared to patients who took their medications less frequently or more frequently. Low levels of these HIV drugs in blood samples were related to a higher chance for drug-resistance mutations. Low drug levels could be caused by poor adherence, problems with drug metabolism, or drug interactions.
Risk Factors for Buffalo Hump
Buffalo hump, the accumulation of fat at the back of the neck, is a body change associated with lipodystrophy, but not all people with lipodystrophy get a buffalo hump. To see which patients get this condition, a study examined 417 HIV+ patients -- all of whom had lipodystrophy, while only some had a buffalo hump. Age, gender, response to HIV treatment, and immune system strength/control of virus were not linked to the development of a buffalo hump. Instead, patients with buffalo hump tended to have a higher body mass index (larger body size), more total body fat, and more fat in their limbs and gut. Having diabetes or diabetic characteristics (such as a higher ratio of insulin to blood sugar) also increased the chance of developing buffalo hump. Patients who had taken protease inhibitors or Retrovir for longer periods of time were more likely to develop a buffalo hump as well.
New Drugs and Therapies
The following experimental drugs are in clinical study and are not yet approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If they become approved, they may offer new treatment options for people with HIV.
A note from TheBody.com: The field of medicine is constantly evolving. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information!
This article was provided by The Center for AIDS Information & Advocacy. It is a part of the publication HIV Treatment ALERTS!. Visit CFA's website to find out more about their activities and publications.


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Dell Acquires Boomi to Provide Cloud-Based Integration FunctionalityNovember 23, 2010
It's a bird…It's a plane…It's…Dell? Correct. With Dell's recent acquisition of Boomi, the personal computing company will now offer a pure software-as-a-service (SaaS) application integration platform to its clients. According to a Dell press release, the company will leverage Boomi's technology to address a top cloud adoption barrier — managing and integrating cloud-based applications with existing applications and databases. The move also aims to help Dell clients quickly and cost-effectively deploy application integrations and realize productivity and efficiency improvements over traditional models, according to Dell.
"Integration is a key element in Dell's future transformation into software and services," says Ray Wang, principal Analyst and chief executive officer at Constellation Research. "Companies like Dell, HP, and Cisco will need to be in software in order to grow."
Wang speculates Boomi will play a critical role in cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-premises integration for Dell. He also predicts Perot Systems, which was acquired by Dell in September 2009, can leverage this for integration with legacy applications and put Boomi solutions into their modernization practices.
Bill McNee, founder and chief executive officer of consultancy Saugatuck Technology, predicts the Boomi acquisition will give Dell significant leading-edge, Cloud-based integration capabilities, and an entree into new markets. He views this move as "part of a growing movement by traditional on-premise vendors to redefine their portfolios with Cloud credentials and join Amazon, Google, and Salesforce.com as Cloud Master Brands," according to an article published on the Saugatuck Web site.
In the Saugatuck article McNee speculates that Dell may face a challenge in managing the transaction in such a way that the full potential of the acquisition can be realized. Because Boomi is a still a modest-size company — Saugatuck estimates to have an approximate annual run rate in the $10 million to $15 million range — McNee writes, "Dell would be smart to retain the Boomi brand for at least a year, and to continue to allow Boomi to maintain a semi-separate identity from a development perspective."
Jeff Kaplan, founder and managing director of consulting firm ThinkStrategies, argues Boomi's modest size was the reason Dell initially sought to acquire the company.
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The scoring chances were 16-10 for Vancouver after 2 periods. That's a bigger swing than even the Toronto or Edmonton games. If that's lazy, I hope they play with their feet up in the playoffs.Jovocop wrote:I am not sure what you have been watching lately. If the Canucks were lazy in this game, they must be sleeping in the last few weeks. With a bit of luck, they could be easily up 2-0 in the first period. The game would have been so different if they were up 2-0 eh? You can't win them all and the Preds are no slouch.Old Stick wrote:Okay...
...this effort in Nashville tonight is a good sign, right?
Heading into Detroit the Canucks were breathing a sigh of relief that Datsuyk wasn't going to be available on Thursday and that got them thinking ahead of themselves. Right?
The Sedins, Burrows and Kesler were tired after those two exhausting games against those power house Leaves and Oilers. Right?
I don't actually think there's a team in the league that can play with the Canucks, the healthy Canucks, on a game by game basis.
But these guys are fuckin' lazy and complacent.
If this doesn't get turned around soon, by which I don't mean next month, a solid opponent will take them out of the playoffs in the first round.
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As a young girl growing up in what was then a laid back city south of Manila, I went through a series of the most unfashionably horrendous hair styles one could possibly have in her lifetime. Although my city was not lacking in what my mother would call beauty parlors, (now we call them salon and spa) most of the time, she would rather that she did the haircut. It spared her the trouble of going to the parlor. It also spared her a few pesos, as a matter of course. Money did not grow on trees for us.
The problem was, my Mama was a grade school teacher. She was, therefore, not a beauty expert nor a stylist. Because she got married late, she was already matronly even when I was a young girl. And because she was not a 'professional, that meant, the shears she would be using to cut my hair, was the same pair that she used to cut paper, the wayward twig of an indoor plant, the stalk of wilted leaves in her garden, the cardboard she would use for her Art classes, the fabric she would sew for the mini-me dresses she loved to make for me and my younger sister.
That was also the reason why, when, sporadically, and especially during the summer, she would wield the shears on air to signal the rites of passage that were the detestable hair cuts, I would give her the literal 'run around' the house or the opposite of 'cut to the chase' which meant she would chase to cut. I would hide behind doors, under the hardwood dining table, but, of course, she always found a way to coax, to cajole, to browbeat me to get out of the hideous hiding places, prop me up on a bar stool, wrap a towel around my neck and start to snip.
Snip. snip. snip.
Occasionally she would wet a fine toothed comb and run it over a lock of hair to style into bangs. The problem was, the shears, as you could imagine were not sharp so I would end up with uneven bangs. The worse part was, because she had pulled the lock of hair with the comb while it was wet and in an effort to even my bangs, she would snip a little here, snip a little there. So when my hair was dry, my bangs would be in the middle of my forehead.
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I became bigger and hinted that I deserved more respect, I should be brought to the parlor. And I was. First we went to one named Sudden Beauty. You see, the nice thing about beauty parlors back then was that they would cover their walls with Caucasian models with various hairstyles and hair color. At the time, Twiggy was the most famous model with her pixie hair cut. I would see her posters on the glass walls of almost all parlors. So I had a pixie hair do too. I was, at last, in vogue. And then my Mama found out about this other beauty parlor called Sudden Queen, she started bringing me there too. I didn't know why the shifting loyalty but maybe she was taken in by the promise of the parlor's name. I suspected my Mama wanted an atom of royalty to whittle down on her little princess and become a queen someday.
When I was older and started doing well in school and would be called on stage to receive my medal during recognition day, she would no longer settle for just any other parlor. She had to have exclusive 'home service' and called on the most famous hair stylist in our parochial universe named Taling. I remembered her to be a loquacious woman, noodling on my hair while babbling about her neighbors and ours. She had permed hair, red colored hair which did not flatter her dark skin. But she was a professional, the way her fingers would flick over a rubber on the roller that she used to make a twirl or wrapped a strand of hair with those diaphanous small sheets of paper.
The trouble with Taling was, unlike the ladies in Sudden Beauty and Sudden Queen who made suggestions, she would impose on me how she wanted things done on my hair. So, once, at eight years old I ended up with a perm just like hers and on another occasion, during my piano recital, she made me wear a red wig as red as her hair. And my mother made me wear a shiny yellow dress. I was so embarrassed I thought I belonged in a corn field and not the concert hall.
I had a feeling that Taling was an alien that took on the life form of a human being and wanted all the little girls in the all of our parochial universe to look like her. May she rest in peace.
Because the outcome of my Mama's forays with the professionals got mixed reviews (I remember my grade school classmates laughing and sneering behind my back, oh well, they're kids and then some at the time I have long forgiven them), she went back to cutting my hair. I didn't resist as much as before but I demanded that I be allowed to hold a mirror as she did her malevolent deed of cutting my hair again.
I didn't know if it was good or bad because the last time I allowed her to give me a hair cut was such a disaster it accounted as one among my few childhood traumas.
It was a particularly scorching summer so Mama insisted that I must have shorter hair than usual. But because of the perming, the chemicals, the heat, the genes and the detergent that the maid used (she used our shampoo for herself), the, good heavens, CFC propelled spray net, my hair became brittle. So what my mother intended to be a bob cut turned out to be a disaster. My hair stood on end like spikes as though it's been slathered with a tub of extra strong hold gel. I looked like a sea urchin.
I cried interminably. My consolation was, it was a summer and classes would not be back until June.
I hugged my Mama so tight as though she was the most powerful woman in the planet that she could undo the catastrophe she bestowed on me. But she was not. She was instead, a sweet, loving Mama.
She dried my tears with her handkerchief and with the gentlest of voice reassured me 'Your hair will grow back again soon. Just give it a little time'.
From Mama I learned that while there might have been things that couldn't be undone, time heals.
It always does.


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Hubble Detects Giant 'Cannonballs' Shooting from Star
Great balls of fire! The Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star. The plasma balls are zooming so fast through space that they would travel from Earth to the moon in 30 minutes. This stellar "cannon fire" has continued once every 8.5 years for at least the past 400 years, astronomers estimate. The fireballs present a puzzle to astronomers because the ejected material could not have been shot out by the host star, called V Hydrae. The star is a bloated red giant, residing 1,200 light-years away, which has... Read more
Some Planetary Nebulae Have Bizarre Alignment to Our Galaxy
Hubble astronomers have found an unexpected surprise while surveying more than 100 planetary nebulae in the central bulge of our Milky Way galaxy. Those nebulae that are butterfly-shaped or hourglass-shaped tend to be mysteriously aligned such that their rotation axis is perpendicular to the plane of our galaxy.
Planetary nebulae are the expanding gaseous shrouds encircling dying stars. A subset of this population has bipolar outflows that align to the star's rotation axis. Such nebulae formed in different places and have different characteristics and so it is a puzzle why they should always point... Read more
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Reveals the Ring Nebula's True Shape
The distinctive shape of the Ring Nebula, the glowing shroud around a dying Sun-like star, makes it a popular celestial object that appears in many astronomy books. New observations of the Ring Nebula by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, however, reveal a new twist on an iconic nebula.
The Hubble images offer the best view yet of the nebula, revealing a complex structure. The observations have allowed astronomers to construct the most precise three-dimensional model of the glowing gas shroud, called a planetary nebula. Based on the new observations, the Hubble research team suggests that the ring... Read more
A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style
'Tis the season for holiday decorating and tree-trimming. Not to be left out, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have photographed a festive-looking nearby planetary nebula called NGC 5189. The intricate structure of this bright gaseous nebula resembles a glass-blown holiday ornament with a glowing ribbon entwined.
NASA's Hubble Finds Stellar Life and Death in a Globular Cluster
A new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows globular cluster NGC 1846, a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of stars in the outer halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way that can be seen from the southern hemisphere. The most intriguing object, however, doesn't seem to belong in the cluster. It is a faint green bubble in the white box near the bottom center of the image. This so-called "planetary nebula" is the aftermath of the death of a star.
Hubble Offers a Dazzling View of the 'Necklace' Nebula
A giant cosmic necklace glows brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The object, aptly named the Necklace Nebula, is a recently discovered planetary nebula, the glowing remains of an ordinary, Sun-like star. The nebula consists of a bright ring, measuring 12 trillion miles across, dotted with dense, bright knots of gas that resemble diamonds in a necklace. The knots glow brightly due to absorption of ultraviolet light from the central stars.
The Necklace Nebula is located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagitta (the Arrow). In this composite image, taken on July 2, 2011,... Read more
Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe. The first snapshots from the refurbished Hubble showcase the 19-year-old telescope's new vision. Topping the list of exciting new views are colorful multi-wavelength pictures of far-flung galaxies, a densely packed star cluster, an eerie "pillar of creation," and a "butterfly" nebula. With its new imaging camera, Hubble can view galaxies, star clusters, and other objects across a wide swath of the electromagnetic spectrum, from ultraviolet... Read more
Hubble Photographs a Planetary Nebula to Commemorate Decommissioning of Super Camera
The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble's longest-running optical camera, planetary nebula K 4-55 has been imaged as WFPC2's final "pretty picture."
Hubble's Next Discovery, You Decide
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"Hubble's Next Discovery, You Decide" is part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations. People around the world can vote to select the next object the Hubble Space Telescope will view. Choose from a list of objects Hubble has never observed before and enter a drawing for one of 100 new Hubble pictures of the winning object.... Read more
Hubble Snaps a Splendid Planetary Nebula
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This Hubble image was taken in November 2008 with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The colors in the image represent a range of emissions coming from the... Read more


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Will the law affect coverage for retirees?
Retirees on Medicare are considered covered under health reform. The marketplace exchanges won't affect or change Medicare choices or benefits. Under health reform, some Medicare benefits, such as preventive care, drug coverage and cancer screenings, have been expanded. Some retirees may see changes in their employer-provided health benefits, as recent steps by some large employers indicate. Time Warner plans to move retirees from company plans to private exchanges. IBM said it plans to move some 110,000 retirees from company plans to a large, private Medicare exchange. IBM said it would make contributions to employees' health-retirement accounts, which they can use to buy plans on the exchange. And DuPont began making the same exchange, Extend Health, founded in 2004, available in January to about 80,000 retirees.
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text: beowulf-request at beowulf.org wrote: > From: Jeff Moyer <phro at alum.wpi.edu> > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 23:05:07 -0400 > To: William Thies <samsarazeal at yahoo.com> > Cc: beowulf at beowulf.org > Subject: Re: What's the possible reasons for building SSH connection very slowly? > Reply-To: phro at alum.wpi.edu > > ==> Regarding What's the possible reasons for building SSH connection very slowly?; William Thies <samsarazeal at yahoo.com> adds: > > [snip] > samsarazeal> What's the possible reason for such a slow SSH? > > Sounds like it's taking a while to timeout on DNS lookups. Do you have all > of your hosts in dns or in a hosts file? > Try ssh -4 <remote-host> I don't understand the full details, but I think that by default ssh tries to use IP6 addresses, which apparently takes a long time (I don't know why). Using the -4 flag tells ssh to use IP4 addresses, and you get the expected response time. Same thing with scp..... -- Don Morton http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/ Department of Computer Science The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139


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This is a old post, but I agree, this is a very good place to start.
Lots of folks are more inclinded to watch a DVD than read a book, and this
one is very good for the beginner.
I have recommended and loaned my own copy to several people and it did help
them to understand.
For folks who want to get more info. Jerry Coynes "Why Evolution is True", mentioned
by John D. in his above post is very clear and conclusive.
You can then move on to Dawkins "Greatest Show on Earth"
If, after watching the video and reading these 2 books that little light inside doesnt
click on in a "ah-ha" moment, then you are hopeless ;)
Once you see for yourself how perfectly all the evidence fits, you will wonder why on earth
anyone could have a problem with it.
To biologists, there is no controversy over evolution as a reality, the controversy is only among
folks who know absolutly nothing about it except what they have read on the fundie websites or heard from thier church.
Also, many religious people, like the catholics imbrace evolution, and believe it shows how god "did it"!
Most of my theist friends and relitives avoid topics of biogenesis, evolution and big bang theory.
Asking them the question; what created God, is generally shruged off without a thought; "so,
since WHEN does god have to follow OUR rules"? or some similar retort.
Some of my younger theist friends will accept part of evolution, that is, on a "micro" scale, such
as viruses, etc. but you can explain to them how humans evolved until you are blue in the face,
they will not accept it for a minute.
Humans were created in "god's" image, and god was not a monkey, and, it's only a "theory" afterall! ;)
My older friends totally dismiss the concepts outright. It's all just something some crazy old atheist
scientist cooked up in his head so he could publish a book and be famous!! ;)
They know absolutly nothing about evolution or the man who discovered it, and they intend to keep it that way.
So my advise, unless your theist friend or relative shows a GENUINE intrest in the subject, dont even
bother to waste your time and theirs.
Yeah, it gets a little complicated.
Things like age, location were one was raised, teaching from parents, etc. play a part in ones
belief system.
Younger theists (at least in my area) tend to be a little more open minded, but "faith"
is a very powerful thing, and requires constant "backing up" in the form of things like going
to church, which is like group theropy with the re-assurance of an authority figure (minister, preacher, etc.)
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Spurs-Thunder Preview
Thanks to their longest winning streak in 16 years, the Oklahoma City Thunder own the best record in the NBA.
The San Antonio Spurs aren't far behind and Tony Parker is a big reason why.
Kevin Durant and the Thunder go for their 11th win in a row Monday night when they host Parker and the Spurs for the first time since eliminating them in last season's Western Conference finals.
Oklahoma City (19-4) has won 10 straight for the first time since an 11-game run in November 1996 when the franchise was the Seattle SuperSonics.
The Thunder are averaging 109.6 points and shooting 50.2 percent during the current streak, keeping them perfect since a loss at Boston on Nov. 23.
"It's good. We're 19-4 and we just want to look at the bigger picture instead of winning streaks," said sixth man Kevin Martin, who is averaging 19.7 points in the past three games. "We're a pretty talented team, so we're just taking baby steps and getting better every day."
Durant continues to be the team's driving force, averaging 30.2 points over his last 12 games, with Oklahoma City winning 11.
The superstar forward kept the Thunder rolling Friday, making 10 of 14 field goals to finish with 31 points and four steals in Friday's 113-103 win over Sacramento.
Durant had 23 points, 14 rebounds and five assists in an 86-84 loss at San Antonio (19-6) in the Thunder's season opener Nov. 1.
He's averaged 25.8 points in 18 career regular-season meetings with the Spurs, but totaled 29.5 while helping top-seeded Oklahoma City oust San Antonio in the conference finals last spring.
Durant was stellar in the decisive 107-99 victory in Game 6 on June 6, tallying 34 points, 14 rebounds and five assists.
Parker finished with 29 points and 12 assists in that meeting, and had 14 and 11 in this season's first matchup.
The four-time All-Star enters this game averaging 22.9 points and 8.0 assists during San Antonio's 6-2 run, and had 22 points with four steals in a 103-88 win over Boston on Saturday.
"Tony's a phenomenal player," said guard Gary Neal, who had 20 points. "Through the years I've been here, he's done some phenomenal things."
Tim Duncan was far from phenomenal Saturday, missing 11 of 13 shots to finish with a season-low five points and 12 rebounds. He was much better against Oklahoma City last month, collecting 20 points, eight boards and three blocks.
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While the Spurs and Thunder are back atop the West standings with a burgeoning rivalry, Parker doesn't feel it's on the level as San Antonio's others against Dallas and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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(Reuters) - Two of the most prominent U.S. investors could upset Michael Dell's $24.4 billion buyout bid for Dell Inc, after billionaire Carl Icahn opened the door to an alliance with Blackstone Group to wrest control of the computer maker from its founder.
Icahn said on Monday he has started preliminary talks with Blackstone. Both sides have made bids that could be superior to the offer on the table from Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake.
The backroom negotiations show how what started as Michael Dell and Silver Lake's plan to take the PC maker private could turn into a months-long process.
Icahn has proposed paying $15 per share for 58 percent of Dell. Blackstone has indicated it can pay more than $14.25 per share. The Silver Lake group offered $13.65 per share for all of Dell.
Dell and Silver Lake declined comment. Blackstone did not respond to requests for comment.
Icahn, who owns a $1 billion stake in Dell, said both his and Blackstone's offers give the company's largest investors what they wanted most - the ability to retain publicly traded shares of Dell.
Southeastern Asset Management, Dell's largest independent shareholder and one of the most vocal opponents of the Silver Lake plan, said it was pleased about that prospect, as well as the higher offers.
Another investor, Bill Nygren, co-manager of the Oakmark Fund, added, "Given the wide range of estimated values for Dell shares, if all else is nearly equal, we believe a proposal is superior if it allows investors who want to remain invested in Dell the opportunity to do so."
The outcome of the auction would determine the future of Dell, which was regarded as a model of innovation as recently as the early 2000s but has struggled to make up for declining market share of the global PC market.
A source earlier said that Dell had slashed its internal forecast for fiscal 2013 operating profit to about $3 billion - down sharply from the $3.7 billion it had predicted previously.
Dell's shares closed up 2.6 percent to $14.51 on Monday, indicating investors expect a deal to be done at a price higher than the Silver Lake bid. Earlier in the session they touched $14.64, the stock's highest level in 10 months.
"We continue to believe a higher bid than the current $13.65 per share offer will likely be offered but, based on our assumptions, a $15 per share bid may be a threshold," Wells Fargo Securities analyst Maynard Um said in a note.
"We believe a higher Silver Lake/Dell bid might still be a more attractive and strategic option, assuming information regarding the public stub and financial services sale is accurate," he said.
Late on Sunday, two sources close to the matter said that the Silver Lake group had no plans yet to increase or amend its offer until Dell's special committee comes out with a ruling on the rival proposals.
As part of his deal with the special committee of Dell's board that is running the auction process, Michael Dell has to explore the possibility of working with third parties on alternative offers. On Monday, Dell said he had reaffirmed that commitment.
Still, Michael Dell is very concerned that Blackstone's offer would dismantle the PC maker he founded in 1984, two people close to Michael Dell said. The founder is worried that the buyout firm's plans would be inconsistent with his strategy to reinvest in the company, the sources said.
Michael Dell is planning to meet with Blackstone to discuss the private equity firm's bid, two other sources familiar with the situation said.
Blackstone made no mention of asset sales in its preliminary offer. But people familiar with the matter have told Reuters that Blackstone has considered a potential sale of Dell's financial services business as part of its turnaround plan.
Michael Dell's role also remains unclear in a Blackstone-led deal. The buyout firm has already made an unsuccessful push to recruit Oracle Corp President Mark Hurd to run Dell if it takes over the company, one source familiar with the situation said last week. {ID:nL1N0CD0MI]
A number of issues remain to be addressed, a separate person familiar with the matter said on Monday of Michael Dell. Among them, what Michael Dell would do if a buyer wanted to sell a business and he did not, the source said.
Potential buyers are likely to want to sit down with Michael Dell to discuss his plans for a privately held Dell Inc in more detail, the source said, adding that Blackstone had not done so yet.
Switching bidding allegiances could preserve an affiliation with the company for Michael Dell, who founded the technology giant at the age of 19 with just $1,000.
Under the Silver Lake plan, he planned to contribute his roughly 16 percent share of Dell's equity to the deal, along with cash from his investment firm MSD Capital, and remain CEO of the company. Silver Lake is putting up $1.4 billion.
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Man, 42, accused of plot to shoot up Salt Lake City mall, movie theater
SALT LAKE CITY – A 42-year-old Salt Lake City man faces a terrorism threat charge after police say he plotted a mass shooting at the City Creek Center mall.
Jail records show Jack Harry Stiles was booked into the Salt Lake County jail on Monday and remains there on $1 million bail. It's not clear whether he has an attorney.
West Valley City police say they were tipped off to the plans by a Salt Lake County hospital crisis worker, who said Stiles described detailed plans to "kill as many people as possible" on Sept. 25, which is the anniversary of his mother's death.
Police say Stiles later told them he wanted to gun down people at the mall during lunch before shooting up a movie theater and wiring a bomb underneath a public bus.


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Connor Schaefbauer Makes All-Big Ten Third Team
Tuesday, freshman second baseman Connor Schaefbauer for the Minnesota Gophers, was been named to the All-Big Ten Third Team.
Schaefbauer played for the O'Gorman Knights and Sioux Falls East.
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Employers have been picking up the lion's share of the employee health benefit tab for years, but they are desperate to find a less revenue-draining way to offer coverage in the face of soaring health costs.
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Reducing benefits and lowering pay are impractical choices because of their inevitable negative impact on recruitment and retention, pushing consumer-directed health plans (CDHP) to center stage.
The low premium, high deductible (typically $1,000 or more) CDHPs combine with a tax-exempt health reimbursement arrangement or a health savings account that helps enrollees pay for out-of-pocket expenses—meaning both employers and employees save.
Experts say giving employees skin in the game will make them more motivated to be smart shoppers and be more active and responsible in their health-care decisions.
In fact, a 2012 case study from Change Healthcare, a company that provides personalized tools and information to assist consumers in the purchase of medical, dental and pharmacy services, found that when employees switched from a traditional PPO to a CDHP they could save as much as $15 to $140 per month per household on premium and out-of-pocket expenses. What's more, across the study population, 10% of covered members who elected to stay in the PPO plan had out-of-pocket expenses alone that were equal to or greater than the deductible for the CDHP.
While some employers are experiencing financial relief from offering CDHPs, consumers are only at the beginning of the adoption runway, says Douglas Ghertner, Change Healthcare's president and CEO. He says consumers still don't understand their health benefits and are often scared by deductibles and lack confidence they can save with a CDHP.
Consumers put themselves at risk by making make economic decisions they don't fully understand, says. Jeffrey Cain, chief of family medicine at Children's Hospital Colorado and president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
When they are choosing a health-care plan or service, Cain says consumers are often operating under misconceptions: that sticking with the familiarity of a traditional plan is better than picking a new option, the belief something is better because it is more expensive, or that a high deductible means they must hold back on preventive care when, in fact, the Accountable Care Act (ACA) mandates that preventive services will be covered under your plan at 100%.
Patients also tend to falsely believe that their insurance coverage will protect them against all financial challenges. The reality is that everyone is vulnerable to serious unpredictable medical emergencies in which hospital costs mount astronomically, enough, in many cases, to cause bankruptcy even if a consumer has health coverage, Cain says.
The first step in mitigating the uncertainty associated with the adoption of a CDHP is breaking down the plans ahead of open enrollment. Still, particularly these days, education does not come that easily. "It's not like shopping for a car and turning to Consumer Reports," claims Cain. There's currently no such resource for health services.
When choosing a plan, patients need to take into account the coverage options for more commonly occurring, non-emergency health services, as well as other bigger events like birth or knee replacement surgery, says Kathleen Stoll deputy executive director/director health policy at Families USA.
Plus, there's more than cost to consider, says Stoll. How providers perform the outcomes their patients experience are all part of the equation. "Performance and quality are part art, part science and harder to measure [than cost]."
Yet, strides in transparency particularly on cost are being made.
For example, tools like the standardized Summary of Benefits and Coverage required of private health insurance plans under The Affordable Care Act have been effective since last September. Health insurers,too, have increased their online interactive tools to educate patients on their options and share savings on treatments and medications.
These innovations are helping to reduce the jumble of information, but Ghertner says the tough part is keeping consumers engaged. Overall, the industry has to figure out how to deliver understandable, personalized information targeted to a consumer's health needs. Beyond that, the information will become part of the electronic medical record better equipping primary care doctors (PCPs) to counsel and refer patients.
"We can't force change overnight," says Ghertner. But right now if we work at a grassroots level on the common and recurring services, we are helping consumers understand variability and learn how to ask the right questions to make informed decisions that are good for their health and better for their wallets.
Tips on Being a Prudent Health Care Consumer
Take Advantage of Perks. Be sure to use offerings like preventive screenings, immunizations and annual physicals that are included for free under plans.
Educate yourself. Use educational tools from your health care providers to learn new preventative techniques, treatments and offerings to stay up to date on health-related issues.
Think value. Don't assume a plan or health service is better because it is more expensive. Find a plan that best covers your physical needs and financial situation.
Be realistic. Major life events are unpredictable and costly, so be prepared with savings as best you can, recognizing that insurance alone may not adequately cover your expenses.
Trust your PCP. As your quarterback, he/she can help you make sense of all the noise and don't be intimidated about asking questions and following up.
Talk price. "A good doctor understands it is part of the equation," says Stoll. Don't be afraid to ask for a cheaper alternative, bargain or seek a discount.