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As good as the battles for playoff sports are, there might be an even more intriguing battle for the NFL's coach of the year.
Think about it. There are six worthy candidates at minimum -- Arizona's Bruce Arians, New England's Bill Belichick, Philadelphia's Chip Kelly, Indianapolis' Chuck Pagano, Kansas City's Andy Reid and Carolina's Ron Rivera -- with one coach's credentials just as impressive as the next.
Arians took a Cardinals team that went into Seattle last December and lost 58-0 and returned there this December to hand the Seahawks their first home loss of the season. Were it not for such a strong, deep playoff field in the NFC, Arians would have the 10-5 Cardinals in the postseason, though his team will make its final stand Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.
Belichick has basically proved the NFL draft meaningless, coaching up a team Sunday that included an offense that started seven undrafted free agents -- three on the offensive line, both wide receivers, both running backs -- that handed the Baltimore Ravens their worst home loss in franchise history. Belichick has had many great seasons, but this might just be his single-best coaching job.
Kelly has taken his up-tempo style and transformed the offense and entire culture in the Eagles organization, leading a team that finished last season tied with the Detroit Lions for the NFC's worst record to the point at which Philadelphia is 60 minutes away from an NFC East title Sunday night in Dallas.
Pagano has returned from his chemo and led a Colts team that, despite the many questions it has raised, still has beaten the Denver Broncos, Kansas City, Seattle and San Francisco, four of the top teams in the NFL.
Reid has turned the team with the worst record in the league last season into a team that was the last team in the league to lose a game this season and already has clinched a wild-card spot. He has changed the culture in Kansas City as much as Kelly has done it in Philadelphia -- for the better.
In the midst of calls for his job and reports that Carolina had begun a head-coaching search, Rivera led a Panthers team that fell to 1-3 on Oct. 6 on an eight-game winning streak that could culminate in an NFC South title Sunday with a win at Atlanta against the Falcons.
Other candidates have done other great jobs. Pete Carroll has the Seahawks within a win against the Rams from clinching home-field advantage in the NFC on Sunday. Marvin Lewis has led the Cincinnati Bengals to an AFC North title in a division with two teams loaded with Vince Lombardi Trophies. Joe Philbin has steered the Miami Dolphins out of choppy water to the point at which Miami can clinch a playoff spot Sunday with a win against the New York Jets and either a Baltimore loss to the Bengals or a San Diego Chargers' win over the Chiefs.
Each coach's accomplishments are impressive. Each candidate is beyond worthy. A case can be made for each. There is no wrong choice. But there is only one coach of the year award. Votes are likely to be spread among these candidates and even more.
The regular season is not enough to declare one winner. The postseason is needed.
Bleak Monday for coaches: This season, there are 10 teams -- Houston, Minnesota, Washington, Oakland, Tennessee, New York Jets, New York Giants, Dallas, Detroit and Tampa Bay -- facing questions about whether their head coach will return next season. Those 10 are before the annual surprise coaching change that no one expects but almost always happens.
When all is said and done this season, chances are there will be about seven changes. Why seven? Simple math. Going back to the start of this century, there have been 95 head-coaching changes since 2000 -- an average of 6.8 per season.
There were eight head-coaching changes last year, seven in 2012 and seven in 2011. It's where the number usually comes in and probably will again. It might be a little higher, it might be a little lower, but one of the most difficult times of the season is upon us.
Some call it "Black Monday," but former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell equated the coming week to "Cut Day," which actually is a more appropriate and tasteful description. This is Cut Day for NFL coaches. A handful of NFL owners are going to ask their head coaches to come to the office, turn in their playbooks and take their possessions with them.
Stability in front offices: One year after the most tumultuous offseason for general managers, in which eight teams fired their GMs, we will not see anything close to that type of upheaval in front offices across the league this offseason.
League executives believe there will be a minimal number of general managers fired, if any at all. The main reason: There were so many changes after last season that the league could not, and would not, maintain the same pace after this season.
Still, the spots to monitor now include Miami, Tampa Bay and Detroit, but at least the Florida teams have made strong cases to keep their general managers with their play in the second half of the season. Detroit collapsed down the stretch, and when that happens, all scenarios are in play.
But the carnage left behind in front offices last season will not carry over to this offseason. It is expected to be a more peaceful year.
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Game of the Week: Eagles at Cowboys -- For the third straight season, the Cowboys will play a Sunday night, prime-time regular-season finale for the NFC East title.
Upset of the Week: Arizona over San Francisco – The Cardinals played the Niners close before losing to them at Candlestick on Oct. 13, 32-20. They'll will want to finish the job this time.
Player of the Week: Saints QB Drew Brees -- Back in the Superdome, back in his comfort zone, just in time for the Saints to try to lock up a playoff spot.


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We study the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model. We consider soft supersymmetry breaking parameters, which are induced by the mirage mediation mechanism of supersymmetry breaking. We concentrate on the mirage mediation, where the so-called mirage scale is the TeV scale. In this scenario, we can realize the up-type Higgs soft mass of \( \mathcal{O}\left( {200} \right) \) GeV, while other masses such as gaugino masses and stop masses are heavy such as 1 TeV or more. Cancellation between the effective μ-term and the down-type Higgs soft mass ameliorates the fine-tuning in the electroweak symmetry breaking even for \( \mu =\mathcal{O}\left( {500} \right) \) GeV. The mixingbetween the doublet and singlet Higgsbosons issuppressed by (κ/λ) tan−1β. Then the lightest doublet Higgs mass naturally reaches 125 GeV lifted by the new quartic coupling. The higgsino and singlino are light and their linear combination is the lightest superparticle.


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Detecting chronic kidney disease in population-based administrative databases using an algorithm of hospital encounter and physician claim codes
Epidemiology and Health Outcomes
Large, population-based administrative healthcare databases can be used to identify patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) when serum creatinine laboratory results are unavailable. We examined the validity of algorithms that used combined hospital encounter and physician claims database codes for the detection of CKD in Ontario, Canada.
We accrued 123,499 patients over the age of 65 from 2007 to 2010. All patients had a baseline serum creatinine value to estimate glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). We developed an algorithm of physician claims and hospital encounter codes to search administrative databases for the presence of CKD. We determined the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of this algorithm to detect our primary threshold of CKD, an eGFR <45 mL/min per 1.73 m2 (15.4% of patients). We also assessed serum creatinine and eGFR values in patients with and without CKD codes (algorithm positive and negative, respectively).
Our algorithm required evidence of at least one of eleven CKD codes and 7.7% of patients were algorithm positive. The sensitivity was 32.7% [95% confidence interval: (95% CI): 32.0 to 33.3%]. Sensitivity was lower in women compared to men (25.7 vs. 43.7%; p <0.001) and in the oldest age category (over 80 vs. 66 to 80; 28.4 vs. 37.6 %; p < 0.001). All specificities were over 94%. The positive and negative predictive values were 65.4% (95% CI: 64.4 to 66.3%) and 88.8% (95% CI: 88.6 to 89.0%), respectively. In algorithm positive patients, the median [interquartile range (IQR)] baseline serum creatinine value was 135 μmol/L (106 to 179 μmol/L) compared to 82 μmol/L (69 to 98 μmol/L) for algorithm negative patients. Corresponding eGFR values were 38 mL/min per 1.73 m2 (26 to 51 mL/min per 1.73 m2) vs. 69 mL/min per 1.73 m2 (56 to 82 mL/min per 1.73 m2), respectively.
Patients with CKD as identified by our database algorithm had distinctly higher baseline serum creatinine values and lower eGFR values than those without such codes. However, because of limited sensitivity, the prevalence of CKD was underestimated.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a permanent reduction in kidney function that can progress to end stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring either ongoing dialysis or a kidney transplant to maintain life. CKD also affects how many medications are eliminated from the body
Study design
We conducted a retrospective, population-based validation study using linked administrative databases housed at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). The province of Ontario, Canada has approximately 13 million residents, 14% of whom are 65 years of age or older
Additional file 1: Table S1
Standards for the reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies checklist. Table S2. List of all 55 potential chronic kidney disease codes and performance in detecting an estimated glomerular filtration rate of < 45 mL/min per 1.73 m2. All potential codes were reviewed by two nephrologists to identify any potentially relevant renal codes. The final list consisted of 11 of these codes.
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Data sources
We ascertained the presence of relevant comorbidities for exclusions and baseline characteristics using patient records from seven linked databases. The Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) Plan database contains records of prescriptions for individuals 65 years or older from outpatient pharmacies. The dispensing of medications for patients aged 65 and older is accurately recorded in this database with an error rate of <1%
In addition to the administrative databases described above, we also used two laboratory datasets for baseline serum creatinine values. An electronic medical record, Cerner® (Kansas City, Missouri, USA), contains inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department laboratory values for 12 hospitals in Southwestern Ontario
We accrued patients at the time of an outpatient prescription for any medication between July 1, 2007 and December 31, 2010. We focused on outpatient prescriptions based on the assumption that the outpatient setting is most likely to capture individuals at time of clinical stability. In addition, administrative data are often used for pharmacoepidemiologic studies, in which having a prescription is paramount. In Ontario, prescription drug coverage is a universal benefit for patients 65 years of age or older. Almost all older residents in Ontario were expected to have at least one prescription medication dispensed through the provincial drug plan over the accrual period. Patients with multiple prescriptions during the accrual period could only be selected once for cohort entry. To be included, patients must have had at least one serum creatinine laboratory test in the year prior to the prescription date from a laboratory in Southwestern Ontario. Serum creatinine testing amongst older adults is fairly ubiquitous in Ontario, with most individuals having at least one outpatient serum creatinine test in a given year
CKD Database algorithm (Diagnostic test)
Diagnostic codes and their associated attributes are recorded in health administrative databases. For hospital encounters in Canada, trained coders follow specific rules and guidelines set out when assigning diagnostic codes based on a patient's chart. They cannot interpret any diagnostic tests, such as x-rays or laboratory values, unless a diagnosis is specifically written by the physician in the medical chart
To develop our algorithm to detect CKD two nephrologists reviewed all available ICD-10 and OHIP diagnostic database codes and identified 55 that were deemed potentially relevant (Additional file
Kidney function laboratory values (Reference standard)
GFR was estimated from serum creatinine using the CKD-EPI equation
Although a recently revised staging system for CKD does exist its use in the elderly remains controversial
Data analysis
We calculated the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of each coding algorithm for each eGFR threshold. We developed a two by two contingency table for each code to assess its validity for detecting CKD (see Additional file
Our study included 123,499 patients (patient selection presented in Additional file
The validity of the algorithm for detection of the additional eGFR thresholds (<60 and <30 mL/min per 1.73 m2) is presented in Table
Among patients who were positive for our final CKD coding algorithm the median (IQR) serum creatinine value was 135 μmol/L (106 to 179 μmol/L) and for those who were algorithm negative, the value was 82 μmol/L (69 to 98 μmol/L). Similar trends were seen with eGFR; algorithm positive patients had an eGFR of 38 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (26 to 51 ml/min per 1.73 m2) and algorithm negative patients had a value of 69 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (56 to 82 ml/min per 1.73 m2).
Performance of the CKD algorithm stratified by age and sex is presented in Table
We developed and assessed the accuracy and validity of algorithms that used hospital encounter and physician claim codes from population-based administrative data in Ontario, Canada to detect CKD. Older patients identified as having CKD by the final database algorithm had higher serum creatinine values and lower eGFR values than those without such codes. Similar to previous studies, our final algorithm demonstrated a high specificity and negative predictive value
The range of sensitivities reported in other CKD validation studies has been broad
We recently published a systematic review of 19 studies on the validity of algorithms of healthcare administrative database codes to detect CKD
Our study has other strengths. The validation follows guidelines set out for studies of diagnostic accuracy
Our study does have some limitations. We used a pragmatic approach to algorithm development and only combined codes using the Boolean operator "OR". We also only defined codes as absent or present based on a fixed window of being present at least once in the prior five years. While we did also assess our main algorithm looking for two codes in the look-back, we found that the loss in sensitivity was not worth the small gain in positive predictive value. Additional efforts could consider more refined methods of combining codes, and or different algorithms focused on maximizing a single performance measure such as specificity. Combining codes could also be done with machine learning which takes information from a variety of sources in an automated fashion to compile the most efficient algorithms
We were interested in developing an algorithm to detect a reduced eGFR. Estimated GFR is the most important parameter of CKD. In clinical practice, two measurements separated by at least three months are required to confirm its presence, while in this study we assessed eGFR at a single point in time (although the single value was stable in the subset of patients with another baseline measurement). It might be useful in the future to develop different algorithms for different levels of low eGFR. As well, the algorithm may not be useful for detecting CKD defined by proteinuria in the absence of low eGFR.
We did not split our sample into derivation and validation subsets. Rather, to confirm similar performance our final CKD algorithm should be tested in other regions and be re-examined in our region at a future time. It is possible that similar physician claim codes included in the algorithm will not operate well in other regions, particularly in jurisdictions without universal health care or without a fee-for-service model. The algorithm should also be validated in younger patients where CKD is less prevalent and serum creatinine testing is less common
Finally, it must be recognized that any algorithm will fail to capture individuals who have CKD but do not have a laboratory test to identify its presence in routine care.
We have described the diagnostic properties of an algorithm to detect CKD in the large healthcare administrative databases of Ontario, Canada. This algorithm can be used for health services research and population disease surveillance when serum creatinine results are unavailable. However, the algorithm should be used judiciously given its limited sensitivity.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
JLF participated in the coordination of the study, study design, provided interpretation of study results, and drafted the manuscript. SND participated in the study design, performed the analysis and provided interpretation of study results. SZS contributed to the study design and interpretation of study results. DMN, RRQ, and ZH contributed to the study design and provided feedback on the manuscript. AXG conceived of the study, participated in its design and interpretation, helped draft the manuscript and provided feedback on the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We thank Barbara Jones, Jeff Lamond, and the late Milton Haines for their help in providing access to Gamma-Dynacare laboratory data. We thank the team at London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care, and the Thames Valley Hospitals for providing access to the Cerner laboratory data.
This study was conducted at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC). The opinions, results, and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by ICES or the Ontario MOHLTC is intended or should be inferred.
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Hike down the Beautiful Val Bavona (Sentiero Cristallina)
San Carlo (Bavona) - Sonlerto - Foroglio - Fontana - Cavergno - Bignasco
This captivating hike down the Bavona Valley (a side valley to the Maggia Valley) has so much to offer! This U-shaped glacier valley is lined on both sides by magnificent steep cliffs, and the valley bottom is so lush and green and wild with overgrown vegetation. And yet there are a number of charming villages along the way; this valley is so full of rocks from a multitude of landslides, that the natives built their homes of stone, in, on and adjacent to the boulders!
The first half of the hike, from the village of San Carlo at the back of the valley to Foroglio with its 50-m high waterfall proceeds mostly along forested paths, crossing the road a few times. From Foroglio to Bignasco at the end of the valley, the trail changes to a very rocky one: in fact, the trail is called "Sentiera della pietra" or "Trail of stones". There are several uphill and downhill portions through chestnut forests, in, around and through piles of huge boulders deposited here thousands of years ago. Along the way are information boards describing the uses the locals made of these boulders, such as building stone walls across the gaps to keep their goats safe while grazing in the forest, or even planting meadow grass on top of them as fodder for the animals.
This link has some additional very interesting information about the history of this valley: http://www.ticinotopten.ch/en/trekking/bavona-valley
The trail markers for this valley are very misleading, and give very short times, probably the time required to walk along the road. Plan for at least 4 hours of walking time, plus extra to discover the villages and possibly to climb the steep hill behind Foroglio to the waterfall
NOTE: There are very few buses that run in the valley so it is recommended to start in San Carlo. At the end of the tour, the Maggia Valley bus from Cavergno or Bignasco runs more often, about once an hour.
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Rumor: Apple iPad Pro to see a September launch?
This entry was posted on Friday, January 17, 2014.
The murmur about the iPad Pro has been getting louder and louder, with a whole host of sources claiming that Apple will be launching the iPad with a 12 point something inch sized screen this very year. Now, the occasionally reliable Digitimes claims that APple will be launching the iPad Pro in September this year. Read on below the break to know more.
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Samsung's recent launch of its 12.2-inch model is expected to propel Apple to accelerate development of large-size iPads. Market sources indicated that Apple is likely to release a 12.9-inch model by the end of the third quarter at the earliest.
The launch of the 12.2 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro is now a mere formality, with even pricing details reportedly released in some European markets (there are figures of around $1000 being quoted there right now, however). Samsung isn't one to miss out on an opportunity to be the first mover in a niche of the tablet market that hasn't been tapped yet already. With what is easily the largest portfolio of tablets across all manufacturers, Samsung's scorched earth policy when it comes to launching new products has given it a huge variety of tablet sizes for its customers to pick from (or, one would argue, it's given too much of a variety to its customers, potentially confusing them). In any case, this has pushed Apple to bring its own deadlines as early as it can, and September is reportedly a date that it expects to bring it to the market.


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Toto Washlet Performance Toilet, "I love your toilet, man." Admit it. Sometimes you visit a friend's house because they have a great pool, or a cooler kitchen, or because they cook better than you do. We've all done it, and it turns out we're not alone. Wes Welker likes to visit Tom Brady's house because, well, Brady has an awesome toilet.
"You go over and use his toilet, and you press this button, and it sprays water on you and all this stuff, and I'm like, 'You gotta be kidding me.' " Wes told the press pack yesterday. "It's heated, it's all this stuff, and I'm like, 'This is crazy.' "
The Boston Herald identified the throne as the Toto Washlet Performance Toilet, which they called the Cadillac Escalade of toilets. Individual components of this toilet start at $500. Granted, with the net worth of Brady and his supermodel wife, they can afford these toilets in every room of their house.
But it's big of Welker to admit that it's not Gisele Bundchen's supermodel friends, or Brady's grilling skills that bring Welker to visit. It's Brady's super bowl.
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The statement said that Mohammed bin Awadh bin Ahmed Al-Zahrani - a Saudi national - had stabbed by a knife Ryadh bin Saeed bin Taher Al-Zahrani - a Saudi citizen - several times to death.
Security authorities managed to arrest the above mentioned murderer who pleaded guilty; the General Court convicted him of his crime and the sentence was endorsed by the concerned authorities.
The murderer was executed in Jeddah governorate of Makkah region today after the sentence was endorsed by the Appeal and Supreme Courts and sealed by a royal order.
The execution of Al-Zahrani brought the total number of executions in Saudi Arabia this month to 53, AFP reported.
Sources: SPA, Agence France-Presse, Hands Off Cain, January 25, 2016
'Married' gay couples arrested in Saudi raid
Manama: Saudi security authorities have arrested four gay men in the capital Riyadh after they raided the flat where they were living as married couples.
Acting on tips about the men living together after they held wedding parties attended by other homosexuals, members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, the religious police, headed to the flat in Al Quds neighbourhood, Saudi news site Sabq reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the Commission.
"As the religious police members arrived at the flat, they were spotted by two of the gays who tried to get rid of the fake breasts they were wearing", the sources said. "The Commission members arrested and then detained the other two gays inside the flat. The four admitted they were living as 'married couples'. The first couple said that they got married two days earlier at a recreational facility south of Riyadh and that they were still on their honeymoon. The second couple said they celebrated their marriage last week. The four said they used the flat as their residence."
According to the report, three of the detainees were unmarried and one, 28, was married.
The sources added that the Commission found on the mobiles of the detainees several pictures and clips of the wedding parties and of the guests wearing women's clothes and make-up.
Homosexuality and cross-dressing are socially taboo and legal offences in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Reactions from social media users to the raids mostly touched on the need to mete out tough punishment to those found to be involved so that it would act as a strong deterrent. Some users even suggested that those who took part in the party be secluded for five years in remote areas.
In June, authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested several people in Jeddah following raids on two parties in which most participants were homosexuals.
The raids were conducted simultaneously at dawn in the Harzat area, known for its recreational facilities.
Security staff and members of the Commission noted down the numbers on the licence plates of the cars parked near the party venues before they raided the premises. The vehicle details were recorded in order to ensure that those who managed to escape the raid would be tracked down and arrested.
"The raids led to the arrest of several people, mainly gays, and netted locally produced alcoholic drinks and hashish," sources said. "Those who were arrested were referred to a police station while those who fled the premises will be summoned since they were all identified."
In November 2014, a court in the port city of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province sentenced a homosexual man to three years in jail for engaging in "immoral acts." The man, in his 30s, was also ordered by the court to pay a 100,000 Saudi riyal fine.
The man was apprehended by the Commission after he posted pictures of himself naked on social media and offered to have sex with other men. "Offensive" pictures and chats with other people were found on his confiscated mobile phone.
In October 2014, police in Kuwait arrested 23 cross-dressers and homosexuals after they busted a "wild party" held at a chalet in the south of the country.
Lawmakers have been pushing for a crackdown on homosexuality, including the adoption of tougher immigration measures against expatriate homosexuals, including their prompt deportation.
In 2013, a suggestion by a health official to bar homosexual and transgender foreigners from working in the GCC raised a storm that eventually cooled off after officials clarified that the proposal was the personal view of the official and did not reflect the government policy.
Source: Gulf News, January 28, 2016
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A quiet year off-the-field for the Buckeyes got loud quickly in the last week when four of the team's players – senior running back Carlos Hyde, senior corner back Bradley Roby, freshman tight end Marcus Baugh and freshman defensive lineman Tim Gardner – were all involved in separate legal issues.
The remedy for these maladies, as discussed during Big Ten Media Days gathering by members of the OSU and Big Ten football communities, should be more contact between coaches their players, as well as more official team activities.
"The one difficult thing is when freshmen show up, coaches usually leave for vacation," OSU head coach Urban Meyer said. "That's tough, and that's something I'm going to reevaluate, whether I keep some coaches back and try to break that up a little bit. I really thought about that."
Hyde has been suspended from all football team activities as a person of interest in an assault that happened downtown this weekend, while Roby, who was arrested for misdemeanor battery at a Bloomington, Ind., bar, was swapped out this week's Big Ten Media Day's activities. Meyer said he expects Roby to face some sort of suspension.
Baugh has been given a one-game suspension and lost his summer financial aid for possessing alcohol and fake identification while Gardner will sit out the 2013 season and was sent home after he was charged Saturday night by Columbus police with obstructing official business.
With exception of summer conditioning workouts with the team's strength and conditioning staff, it could be said that OSU players have a disproportionate amount of free time in the summer compared to other times of the year.
The team's on-field coaching staff is unable to conduct team activities or practices during the summer and contact between coaches and players is at a minimum, which is a problem because freshmen like Baugh and Gardner arrived on campus in June.
In response to what might be a lack of adult supervision, several Big Ten coaches and former OSU running back and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George propose making coaches available during the summer months.
"I think the NCAA should look at this and say, 'OK, maybe the coaches need to have more contact with the players during the offseason so they (the coaches) can give the players guidance,' " George told BSB. "More guidance just to make sure that they don't get in trouble because coaching, to me, is not just about wins and losses. It's also about developing the players off the field as men to win in life."
The mere suggestion of players being on the wrong side of the law is enough to rile Illinois head coach Tim Beckman, who said he would continue to advocate for some form of official offseason involvement with his team.
Members of Beckman's 23-player freshmen class have been moving onto the Illinois campus in recent days and weeks. Like Meyer and other coaches, Beckman's coaching staff is mostly forbidden from the new collegians.
"I think the student-athlete loves being around their coach," Beckman said. "Us not being to be around them during the summer… I think the structure that we put in place is proven."
A 12-0 season last year and a bounty of returning talent has OSU, as well as its fans, prepping for a possible BCS title run in the upcoming season. The loss of Hyde, Roby or even both players – top playmakers during the historic undefeated 2012 season – could hamper the team's chase for title glory.
Meyer seems to advocate for a holistic approach to offseason involvement by coaches, saying Thursday he believes they can occupy players' time in productive ways both on the field and in life.
"I think you always can do more," he said. "I mean, that's something you wake up every day with."


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Glimpse of the Void was a buff received upon slaying the Rift Herald, before V7.9, located on the Summoner's Rift. The buff can be identified by swirling violet runes around the champion. increases the duration of Glimpse of the Void by 3 minutes.
How to obtain
- On Summoner's Rift, by being on the slayer's team of the Rift Herald and by looting the shrine that the Rift Herald dropped.
- Unlike Crest of Insight, Crest of Cinders and Hand of Baron, Glimpse of the Void is not lost when a champion carrying it is killed.
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Patch history
- V7.9 Removed
- Rift Herald now drops the Eye of the Herald when killed.
- V6.9 Rework
- Renamed Glimpse of the Void from Doom's Eve.
- While there are no allies nearby, you take 5% damage reduction from enemy champions and generate X / Y Corruption stacks per second. At 100 stacks, your next basic attack consumes all stacks to deal 15 / 270 bonus magic damage. Works versus structures, damage halved for ranged champions.
- Lasts for 20 minutes and is retained even if slain.
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CARSON, Calif. - Progress has come along slowly for Chivas USA, but it appears the club is finally headed in the right direction.
Chivas USA dominated Eastern Conference power New England and won 1-0 Friday, handing the Revolution just their third loss of the season.
For the Red-and-White, it was the exclamation mark in what was the club's best month in its existence.
"Hans coming in and bringing in the intensity and raising the level of play and the expectations of each individual on the team plays a role," Chivas USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan said. "Also, everyone's been together for so long that it's starting to show on the field, which is good."
Chivas opened July with a tough 1-0 loss to Chicago Fire and followed that gritty performance with a 5-1 rout of Real Salt Lake. Days after, Chivas USA beat USL side Charlotte 3-2 in a U.S. Open Cup match. Last week, Chivas USA lost to the Galaxy in a game which the Red-and-White dominated.
The club now sits on 12 points, just six behind Colorado entering Saturday's games. Chivas players said the match was the perfect way to cap the month.
"We wanted to win. We knew this was our time," Chivas midfielder Antonio Martinez said. "We did not want to have four days off coming out of a loss. We tried everything and it worked for us."
Martinez was perhaps the most dangerous player for Chivas. New England's James Riley could not keep up with the Red-and-White's spark plug, and defenders Jay Heaps and Michael Parkhurst did not fare much better.
"Once again you saw Antonio," Chivas coach Hans Westerhof said. "It's difficult to play against him."
It is especially difficult when Martinez gets on his game.
"I was having fun out there," Martinez said. "From the first minutes I was getting the ball in space and that's my game."
Douglas Sequeira took advantage of Martinez's standout performance. In the 38th minute, Martinez placed a perfect cross inside the box. Sequeira beat New England 'keeper Matt Reis to the ball and powered the header into an empty net.
Sequeira played his first game since leaving for the Costa Rican national team in early July.
"I hadn't played with the team in the last three games and I just wanted to prove that I belonged out there," Sequeira said. "I had a strong desire to help the team gain a victory against a good team."
Chivas dominated so much that New England managed just two shots on goal.
"It was nice. I had just one shot (actually two) in the second half, a header, and that was pretty easy," Guzan said. "I like it like that. I don't like making save after save after save and then they get a goal here and then make more saves and they get another goal. It's nice going out there, organizing guys, picking off a couple crosses and stopping some shots as well."
New England finished with a total of 11 shots but most were of the long-range harmless variety.
"For us the most important thing in the first half was who was going to adapt," Chivas coach Hans Westerhof said. "It was nice to see that, in the end, they adapted to us and they are in (second) in the league and we are at the bottom."
Westerhof said he was pleased with the Red-and-White's performance in the first half, which mirrored last week's performance.
"In the first half, like in the game against the Galaxy, we took the initiative. We played more in their half of the field than in ours," Westerhof said. "We defended well. I think (Armando) Begines and Ezra (Hendrickson) and Paco (Francisco Gomez) did a great job, especially in the first half. I don't remember one chance for them (in the first half)."
The only blemish for Chivas was the way the match ended for Hector Cuadros. In the 87th minute, New England's Joey Franchino flattened Cuadros, who had come into the match just a quarter-hour prior. Cuadros lay motionless on the field and eventually made his way onto the bench. In the fourth of five minutes of injury time, Cuadros was sent back onto the field, sprinted twice and collapsed in the middle of the field as the match ended.
Cuadros was diagnosed with a grade two concussion and was taken to a local hospital.
"He's one of the family," Guzan said. "Anytime a family member gets hurt or is in trouble, you worry."
In the end, the match only helps Chivas in their improbable quest to reach the playoffs.
"It's huge for us," Guzan said. "It's a big three points on our side of the table. Confidence-wise, motivation and to kind of get the train rolling here right before the break is huge."
Luis Bueno is a contributor to MLSnet.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Soccer or its clubs.


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Highs and Lows
Straddling the border between Israel and Jordan, the Dead Sea is the lowest place on the Earth's surface. Its elevation is 400 meters (1,312 feet) below sea level. However, if depth were measured from the ocean floor, the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean would be the lowest place on Earth. It measures 11,034 meters (36,200 feet) below sea level.
Conversely, the top of Mt. Everest in the Himalaya Mountains is the point with the highest elevation on Earth, at 8,848 meters (29,028 feet) above sea level. However, if elevation were measured from the floor of the ocean, the peak of the volcano Mauna Kea, in the U.S. state of Hawaii, would be higher than Everest. Mauna Kea stands 10,203 meters (33,476 feet) high when measured from the ocean floor, but rises only 4,207 meters (13,803 feet) above sea level.
Sea level is the base level for measuring elevation and depth on Earth.
Because the ocean is one continuous body of water, its surface tends to seek the same level throughout the world. However, winds, currents, river discharges, and variations in gravity and temperature prevent the sea surface from being truly level.
So that the surface of the ocean can be used as a base for measuring elevations, the concept of "local mean sea level" has been developed. In the United States and its territories, local mean sea level is determined by taking hourly measurements of sea levels over a period of 19 years at various locations, and then averaging all of the measurements.
The 19-year period is called a Metonic cycle. It enables scientists to account for the long-term variations in the moon's orbit. It also averages out the effects of local weather and oceanographic conditions.
Sea level is measured in relation to the adjacent land. Just like the ocean, the elevation of land may rise and fall over time. For example, the tremendous weight of a glacier on land pushes the land down, closer to sea level. That same land bounces back (a process called post-glacial rebound) if the ice retreats, or melts, and its weight is removed.
Local mean sea level measurements are a combination of sea level variations and movement of the land.
Changes in Sea Level
Sea level may vary with changes in climate. During past ice ages, sea level was much lower because the climate was colder and more water was frozen in glaciers and ice sheets. At the peak of the most recent ice age, about 18,000 years ago, sea level was perhaps 100 meters (300 feet) lower than it is today.
Global warming, the current period of climate change on Earth, is causing glaciers and ice sheets to melt. Melting ice sheets cause an elevation in sea level. This phenomenon is called sea level rise.
Sea level rise threatens low-lying areas around the world. Island nations, such as Maldives and Comoros, are particularly at risk. Coastal cities, such as New York City, New York, and Mumbai, India, must also prepare for higher sea levels.
Term Part of Speech Definition Encyclopedic Entry adjacent Adjective
next to.
bacteria Plural Noun
(singular: bacterium) single-celled organisms found in every ecosystem on Earth.
border Noun
natural or artificial line separating two pieces of land.
Encyclopedic Entry: border buoyant Adjective
capable of floating.
climate Noun
all weather conditions for a given location over a period of time.
Encyclopedic Entry: climate climate change Noun
gradual changes in all the interconnected weather elements on our planet.
Encyclopedic Entry: climate change coast Noun
edge of land along the sea or other large body of water.
Encyclopedic Entry: coast conversely Adverb
in opposition.
current Noun
steady, predictable flow of fluid within a larger body of that fluid.
Encyclopedic Entry: current Dead Sea Noun
body of water on the border between Israel and Jordan; the lowest point within land (400 meters, or 1,312 feet, below sea level).
dense Adjective
having parts or molecules that are packed closely together.
depth Noun
measure of how deep something is.
discharge Verb
to eject or get rid of.
Earth Noun
our planet, the third from the Sun. The Earth is the only place in the known universe that supports life.
Encyclopedic Entry: Earth elevation Noun
height above or below sea level.
Encyclopedic Entry: elevation glacier Noun
mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
Encyclopedic Entry: glacier global warming Noun
increase in the average temperature of the Earth's air and oceans.
Encyclopedic Entry: global warming gravity Noun
physical force by which objects attract, or pull toward, each other.
ice age Noun
long period of cold climate where glaciers cover large parts of the Earth. The last ice age peaked about 20,000 years ago. Also called glacial age.
ice sheet Noun
thick layer of glacial ice that covers a large area of land.
Encyclopedic Entry: ice sheet island Noun
body of land surrounded by water.
Encyclopedic Entry: island local mean sea level Noun
average height of the ocean's surface at a specific place, measured over a certain period of time.
measurement Noun
process of determining length, width, mass (weight), volume, distance or some other quality or size.
Metonic cycle Noun
19-year period after which the Moon's phases occur on the same days of the year as in the preceding cycle. Scientists measure sea levels using the Metonic cycle.
Moon Noun
Earth's only natural satellite.
Mount Everest Noun
highest spot on Earth, 8,850 meters (29,035 feet). Mount Everest is part of the Himalaya range, in Nepal and China.
nation Noun
political unit made of people who share a common territory.
Encyclopedic Entry: nation ocean Noun
large body of salt water that covers most of the Earth.
Encyclopedic Entry: ocean orbit Noun
path of one object around a more massive object.
phenomenon Noun
an unusual act or occurrence.
post-glacial rebound Noun
process in which land that was crushed by a glacier regains its shape.
river Noun
large stream of flowing fresh water.
Encyclopedic Entry: river saline Adjective
sea level Noun
base level for measuring elevations. Sea level is determined by measurements taken over a 19-year cycle.
Encyclopedic Entry: sea level sea level rise Noun
increase in the average reach of the ocean. The current sea level rise is 1.8 millimeters (.07 inch) per year.
temperature Noun
degree of hotness or coldness measured by a thermometer with a numerical scale.
Encyclopedic Entry: temperature tremendous Adjective
very large or important.
variation Noun
volcano Noun
an opening in the Earth's crust, through which lava, ash, and gases erupt, and also the cone built by eruptions.
Encyclopedic Entry: volcano weather Noun
state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloudiness.
Encyclopedic Entry: weather wind Noun
movement of air (from a high pressure zone to a low pressure zone) caused by the uneven heating of the Earth by the sun.
Articles & Profiles
- National Geographic News: Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level?
- National Geographic News: Sea Level Rise Gives Clue to Big Chill
- National Geographic News: New York, Boston Directly in Path of Sea Level Rise


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Roads are treacherous places for people and wildlife alike. The sight of deer, raccoons, or even squirrels dashing across tarmac sends drivers into a panicwith good reason. Each year in the U.S., between one and two million large animals are estimated to die from collisions with vehicles. The lines of autos hurtling along roads constitute a frightening barrier for wildlife. Most animals would avoid the stink and roar of traffic entirely, if they could. Yet the United States is now crisscrossed by more than 4 million miles of highway, leaving animals no choice but to dash across asphalt to maintain age-old migration and foraging routes.
Add to this a steady increase in highway traffic, and the stage is set for a daily conflict between vehicles and wildlife. The result can prove deadly for both parties. Roughly 200 people also die each year in wildlife-related traffic accidents, usually after hitting deer. This statistic means that deer are the most dangerous animals in North America.
From time immemorial, the herd has made its way between summer feeding grounds at the Sierra crest to lower elevation wintering habitat. But nowadays, between 4,000 and 6,000 cars travel Highway 89 each day, making the trip extremely perilous for everyone involved.
Habitat fragmentation and vehicle collisions have already taken a heavy toll on the herd. "In 1982, when the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wrote its last herd management plan, the population was about 7,000 animals. Using similar but more advanced population estimates, we calculate that we have around 3,000 now," says Sara Holm, a DFG wildlife biologist who monitors the Loyalton-Truckee herd.
In recent years, however, a number of local, state, and federal officials, academics, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations, including Sagehen Creek Field Station, all realized they were concerned about traffic and wildlife. In 2003, they banded together as the Highway 89 Stewardship Team to engineer better solutions to stem the carnage.
"Highways and development are reducing deer populations, and we're trying to arrest that decline. We are hoping not only to maintain the ability of the animals here to migrate, but also to help restore their numbers," says Sandra Jacobson, a wildlife biologist with the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station.
The team's first order of business was to determine where deer are most likely to cross the road. The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) offered an obvious place to start. Since 1979, local maintenance workers have maintained a record of where they have removed dead deer from the highway. An analysis of the database showed that, over the past 31 years, an average of 32 deer carcasses were removed each year along Highway 89.
Holm has provided additional information by tracking the movements of live deer. To monitor the population, she tranquilizes herd members and fits them with collars equipped with GPS. When the animals die or lose their collars (which fall off in about a year), Holm recovers the instrument and downloads the data. "The collars are showing us exactly where the deer cross the highway and in what numbers. This helps us place crossing structures where they will make the most difference," she says.
The mapping data demonstrated that while some deer follow drainages across the road, others move across in a sheet-flow pattern. This movement pattern is common to many landscapes that lack barriers, such as steep canyons and sheer cliffs.
Located at Kyburz Flat, the crossing consists of a 12-foot-high, 19-foot-wide steel arch. The $732,000 wildlife underpass was completed and dedicated in June 2009.
The next phase of this underpass project will involve fencing the edges of the highway to funnel animals toward the tunnel. Construction of the fences will occur between 2012 and 2013. Each section will be made from different materials to learn how effective each is at channeling wildlife. "Different species have different fence-foiling behaviors. Some push through, while others dig under, climb, or jump over," Jacobson says.
The difficulty of meeting these criteria, plus the high cost of fence installation and upkeep, creates opportunities for the Highway 89 Stewardship Team to explore alternative methods of redirecting wildlife. Surfaces that deer avoid, such as boulder fields or the slippery face of sheet metal, could work equally well.
In most places, completion of the underpass and its fencing would mark the end of this story. But the Highway 89 Stewardship Team is just as interested in conducting road ecology research as it is in building crossing structures. "While we're doing mitigation for the deer, we want to learn something about what makes these measures successful," Jacobson says.
"This stretch of 89 is pretty indicative of over 300,000 miles of highway in the United Sates. What is learned here has the potential to have really broad applicability nationwide," Brown adds.
The team is doing all it can to monitor wildlife interactions at the underpass and along several small culverts that already exist along the highway. Motion-detector cameras set up near the tunnel have filmed deer and bear that venture near its mouth. Meanwhile, metal plates dusted with soot have recorded the paw prints of passing species.
The monitoring effort provided a teaching opportunity for local high school students even before the large underpass was constructed. For three years in a row, while grant money was available, Sagehen hosted seven to eight students from Sierra County schools for a summer educational program. The teens reviewed the motion-sensor camera photos and the soot-plate tracks to document the types and frequencies of animals crossing the highway and using existing culverts. They've documented mice, chipmunks, and other animals using these smaller structures.
Coming cyberinfrastructure improvements at Sagehen should aid the project further. A data tower soon to be installed at the reserve will allow the team to collect streaming video from webcams at the undercrossing.
Webcam analyses, Holm says, would "help us pinpoint behavioral adjustments animals make to highway noise, the structure itself, or other variables. Live video will show us if animals are tentative about going through the crossing, or whether there's a difference between the behavior of marked deer that have already used it and deer who see it for the first time."
Early webcam data were being analyzed by a visiting professor at the UC Davis Road Ecology Center until he departed for another position. The team is now seeking an alliance with another biologist interested in land planning for wildlife to help study the video. The permanent cameras installed with help from local students are now maintained by Highway 89 Stewardship Team members.
Future plans call for developing an acoustic map of the underpass. This information will help researchers determine how to dampen noises that animals find threatening. Signs that flash and warn drivers whenever animals are detected on the roadway may also be installed.
"We want to see what critters do when they approach a barrier like Highway 89 how they use the landscape and make a decision on where to cross the road," says Sagehen manager Brown. "By understanding their psychology, we may find easier ways to manage the problem than putting up fences and bridges. But until we get a better sense of what the animals are thinking and doing, we won't know the best strategy to manage this." KMW


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This is the opening chapter of The Rise and Fall of Fire Lord Ozai.
Phoenix King Ozai was dreaming. The Avatar was standing before him on a large pillar of rocks.
Finally! Ozai thought. After my father, my grandfather, and my own children failed to find him, I have the Avatar in my grasp!
"Don't do this Fire Lord Ozai!" The Avatar begged.
"Sorry!" Replied Ozai, "But it's my destiny to rule the earth!"
He released his Breath of Fire technique, as well as two fire blasts from his hands! All of a sudden, the Avatar turned into Zuko, he was holding his swords and was in his armor, but his top knot holder was different. Like two dragon tails over the ring, and a spike through it.
"Where, is, my MOTHER!" Zuko bellowed.
All Ozai could reply with was, "Zuko?"
As he prepared to defend himself, Zuko turned into Azula, but her hair was a tattered mess. Her bangs were uneven, and she wasn't even wearing her top knot.
"Azula!" Exclaimed Ozai, "What are you doing here?"
"You should really pay more attention to your children Daddy!" Azula replied in a raving voice that he never heard before!
She launched a lightning attack, but he dodged it, barely! When he looked back, he saw his father.
"N-no, y-you, I . . ." Ozai could barely speak out of fear and surprise. "You died. I saw you die!"
"You thought you'd betray me!" Azulon shouted. "Like you betrayed Iroh!
Azulon released a powerful fire blast, and Ozai was caught in it!
Why won't you die? Ozai wondered as flames seared through his flesh! Why won't any of you DIE?
Ozai woke up. He was shuddering from the nightmare.
"A prince doesn't have nightmares. He has premonitions." Ozai whispered under his breath.
Ozai shook his head. Why was he thinking about that old proverb Iroh told him? He wasn't a prince anymore. He wasn't even the Fire Lord anymore. He was the Phoenix King! What that ten year old boy had wanted, he had achieved! What that eighteen year old man had wanted, he had achieved! Everything he had ever wanted, he had achieved or was about to achieve. That weak, sentimental boy who let his nightmares rule him had died with his childhood. He had died during the Agni Kai with Iroh. Prince Ozai was no more.
Author's Notes
The prologue was inspired by The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader where Vader's dreams are about to come true when the Emperor attacks him. This Prologue also shows how Ozai is now compared to what he'll be like in chapter one.
The prologue takes place just before the end of Sozin's Comet Part 2: The Old Masters
- The fight with Aang in Ozai's dream alludes to their fight in the series finale.
- Zuko's demand to know where his mother is alludes to the same question in the finale. Zuko is also wearing Roku's headpiece, signifying him as Ozai's successor.
- Azula's ragged appearance alludes to her mental break down, which was happening at the time of the prologue.
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Das Krumme Tor in Merseburg, der Eingang zum Dom- Schlossbereich von der Altstadt aus. Es wurde 1430 erbaut. Der Torbogen wurde 1880 neu errichtet, jedoch vermutlich nicht an der ursprünglichen Stelle.
Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.


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Linkin Park and 30 Seconds to Mars Announced Joint Summer 'Carnivores' US Tour
AFI will be featured as the special guest, meanwhile there will be something new from Linkin Park this Thursday.
Linkin Park and 30 Seconds to Mars announced the joint summer US tour. Watch the trailer below.
Titled "Carnivores Tour," the trek will rock North America in late summer, beginning with an opening night date at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in Palm Beach, Fla. At present, dates are booked through Sept. 19 in Concord, Calif., though there is a little gap from late August into the first week of September where more shows could be added.
During the event, Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington hinted, that fans "are very good in seeking the information."
"We did this before with our last records and ... like ... we've put some new music up there with the video and also with some clues inside. But they like solved it right away," said Chester. Previously fan forums speculated about the lines, which were saying "The Hunting Party 6.14" and could be seen in the video. Fans were suggesting that "The Hunting Party" might be the upcoming album title and "6.14" might be the release date - June 14, or June 2014.
Chester also hinted that fans will hear new Linkin Park song this Thursday. It was (kind of) confirmed by the band mastermind Mike Shinoda on Twitter (see below).
.@urboiKevBro This will be a fun week. Stay tuned! Thursday is particularly exciting #LinkinPark2014
- Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) March 5, 2014


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Intersil Corp. (NASDAQ: ISIL) and Japan's Renesas Electronics have been in talks that could see the two companies combine, but none of them has been willing to discuss the potential transaction publicly. However, a person with insider knowledge has leaked information that Intersil and Renesas are close to announcing a $3 billion merger deal.
$3 billion in favor of ISIL
It has been revealed that Intersil Corp. (NASDAQ: ISIL) is willing to sell itself to Renesas for $3 billion. The companies are said to be in the final stage of the merger negotiation.
The $3 billion Intersil is being offered represents a decent premium to its market cap of about $2.1 billion on Friday.
Investors cheer the merger rumor
Investors in Intersil Corp. (NASDAQ: ISIL) appeared to be impressed by the buyout the company is getting Renesas, thus bidding the stock up immediate the new entered the market.
In search of deals
Rumors that Renesas is seeking to acquire Intersil cannot be far-fetched considering that Renesas' CFO, Hidetoshi Shibata, had hinted that they were accumulating cash for potential acquisition.
Renesas, the world's third-largest chipmaker by market share, is trying to defend its market position and one of the ways the management is trying to do that is through acquisition.
Renesas is expected to fund the acquisition of Intersil through cash on hands and loan from banks.
The person who shared the merger talks between Intersil and Renesas said the deal could close as soon as the end of this month.
Industry consolidation
If Renesas does acquire Intersil Corp. (NASDAQ: ISIL) has anticipated, it will continue the trend of consolidation in the global semiconductor industry. You can remember that NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) displaced Renesas as the world's second-largest chipmaker after it acquired Freescale Semiconductor for $12 billion.
Though acquisition of Intersil might not see Renesas regain its second-place spot, it hopes to defend the market share that it already control, which is estimated by Gartner to be 9.1%.
2Q2016 results – Intersil Corp. (NASDAQ: ISIL)
In its 2Q2016, Intersil Corp. (NASDAQ: ISIL) posted EPS of $0.17 on revenue of $134 million. Revenue rose 3.7% sequentially and 1.2% YoY. The company declared quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share that it planned to distribute on August 26.