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Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: Bitcoin, the honey badger of currencyBy MIKE COTE
New Hampshire Union Leader Business Editor
March 01. 2014 12:28AM
AT A POSTAL store a few weeks back, I met a young guy who was standing in line in front of me. The back of his orange hoodie said "Bitcoin: the honey badger of currency."
While Bitcoin may still make you scratch your head, chances are you've heard about the honey badger, thanks to a narrator named Randall's goofy parody on YouTube, which has generated nearly 66 million views since it was posted in 2011.
It's just a couple of years younger than Bitcoin, the virtual currency that was created in 2009, so you could say Bitcoin and the honey badger have grown up and gone viral together. Thanks to Randall, we know the honey badger can survive a cobra's venomous bite and resume its carnivorous activities after a little nap. The honey badger don't give a hoot.
Will the same be true for Bitcoin?
On Friday, Mt. Gox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy in Japan, saying 850,000 Bitcoins belonging to customers and the company were missing, Bloomberg News reported. Mt. Gox, which reportedly has been plagued by cyber attacks, internal battles and clashes with regulators, suspects the Bitcoins were stolen and is considering filing a criminal complaint.
As Randall would say, that's nasty.
About $300 million worth of invisible money disappeared. Advocates of Bitcoin - which has gained a lot of traction among Free Staters in New Hampshire because the currency can be moved around without and does not reflect the overall Bitcoin ecosystem.
"Mt. Gox is the only exchange that wasn't backed by venture funds or institutional investors," Micky Malka, the founder of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ribbit Capital and a Bitcoin investor, told Bloomberg.
If you're not among the folks who have used Bitcoins to buy a sandwich, pay an attorney or shop for something online from overstock.com, here's a brief explanation of what they are, courtesy of a Q&A compiled by Reuters.
"The virtual currency relies on a network of computers that solve complex mathematical problems as part of a process that verifies and permanently records the details of every Bitcoin transaction that is made."
No central authority oversees the supply of Bitcoins, which like the honey badger's loose skin, allows it to move about freely. That made Bitcoin popular with drug dealers and other crooks who did business in the Silk Road online black market.
Like other currencies, the value of Bitcoins depends on people's confidence in them.
And why wouldn't anyone have a lot of confidence in a computer-generated currency that has fluctuated in value from $30 a year ago to $1,100 in December? That Bitcoin is just crazy.
About now, the people's confidence in Bitcoin is probably equal to their confidence in Target.
While we can expect digital currencies to become more commonplace, we've learned no financial payment system is safe from the ingenuity of a hacker - the honey badger of criminals.
Once the hoopla of Mt. Gox subsides, Bitcoin use likely will gradually pick up steam as sure as Target customers will continue using their Target credit and debit cards.
Last week, I was among the millions of Target debit card holders who received a form letter from Scott Kennedy, the president of Target, thanking me "for being a REDcard holder and valued Target guest" and apologizing for the holiday shopping season data breach that put its customers' financial data at risk to cyber-thieves.
Kennedy said Target is accelerating its plans to introduce chip technology to its credit and debit cards by early 2015, six months ahead of schedule - and years behind Europe, where such encryption technology is standard.
No word on when Target will be ready to accept Bitcoins as payment, but Bitcoin don't care. Bitcoin just goes where it wants.
Mike Cote is business editor at the Union Leader. Contact him at 668-4321, ext. 324 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Klan No. 51, Mt. Rainier, Maryland archives
This collection consists of the records of the Klavern of the Knights of Ku Klux Klan, Mt. Rainier Klan No. 51, which was founded in 1915. Documents include minutes and correspondence of Klan No. 51, publications concerning the Ku Klux Klan in Maryland and the United States, and a movie poster advertising "The Burning Cross".
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Klan No. 51, Mt. Rainier, Maryland archives, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1245
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Historical Note
The original Ku Klux Klan was created by six former Confederate soldiers and officers after the Civil War. Their goals were the restoration of the "old order," elimination of carpetbaggers in the South and suppression of blacks. The original Klan was formed in 1865 and gradually lost influence after it officially disbanded in 1869. The Klan revival was the work of one-time minister William J. Simmons in 1915. The environment created in part by D. W. Griffith's movie "Birth of a Nation" fueled already present racist sentiments in many. Incorporated as a fraternal order, the new Knights of the Ku Klux Klan believed in white supremacy and the superiority of native-born Americans over immigrants, and held blacks, Jews, and Catholics in disdain. At different times they also rallied for the elimination of private schools and supported Prohibition. Due to the secretive nature of the Klan, accurate information is difficult to obtain. However, membership increased as the Klan spread, and by 1922 an estimated 200,000 men were Klan members nationwide, with 33,000 claimed in Maryland alone, in 72 chapters. In 1926, the Maryland Grand Dragon, Frank H. Beall, resigned, claiming that some of those at the national headquarters in Atlanta were "shamefully crooked" and "shockingly immoral." However, the Klan continued to exist in Maryland, though with reduced membership.
Klan activity was particularly strong in Prince George's County, where Mt. Rainier Klan No. 51 was based. The number of members of Klan No. 51, as listed in their records, varied from between forty and eighty. The group met regularly in rented meeting halls and held numerous outdoor "naturalization" ceremonies. The Mt. Rainier Klan was administered by such elected officers as the Exalted Cyclops, Klaliff, Klokard, Kludd, Kligriapp, Klabee, Kladd, Klarogo, Klexter, and Night Hawk. The members also formed a number of committees to consider issues and events such as schools, Klan Day, court room procedures, July 4th celebrations, bylaws, and cross burnings. And as a body, Klan No. 51 dealt with a variety of questions and concerns, including organization of a Junior Klan or a Ladies' Klan, amalgamation with the Hyattsville Klan, support of political candidates, cross burnings, efforts to increase membership, and planning for social events.
The Klan's anti-Catholic rhetoric of the 1920's faded somewhat and by the 1960's the Klan focused on resistance to integration and rallying against the Civil Rights Movement with threats, harassment, and occasional violence. In 1967, a bill was introduced in the Maryland State Legislature to make public wearing of masks illegal in many cases. This bill was aimed specifically at the hooded Klan members and their public rallies, but it did not become law. Eventually, disputes between the Klans caused splitting into at least three large factions, the United Klans of America, the Confederation of Independent Klans, and David Duke's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Klan remains active in Maryland today.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The records of Klan No. 51, Mt. Rainier, Maryland, date from 1924 to 1965. They consist of minutes and correspondence of the Klan, as well as a movie poster and publications by or about the Ku Klux Klan in general. Topics documented in the minutes, which comprise the bulk of the collection, include support of political candidates, including one of their members who ran for mayor, the possibility of merging with the Hyattsville Klan, investigations of suspected wife abuse, and disgruntlement that the fire department extinguished their cross at a cross burning.
Custodial History and Acquisition Information
The records of Klan No. 51, Mt. Rainier, Maryland, Ku Klux Klan, were purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, Rare Books and Collections, in 1988.
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Processed by Glenn Gardner, August 1989.
The material has been divided into four series. Fragile items have been encapsulated and all materials have been placed in acid-free folders and in an acid-free box. The move poster, Series II, has been transferred to oversize storage.
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Arrangement of Collection
The collection is divided into four series
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Minutes, 1923-1925 (1 linear inches)
This series consists of the minutes of Klavern #51, Mt. Rainier. Also included is a blank Quarterly Report form. These materials have been arranged chronologically.
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Series 2: Correspondence, 1927-1932 (1 linear inches)
This series includes a list of names as the holder of books (i.e. members), an open letter to the public warning the community to watch out for the "Cheerful Liars," and an invitation by the Klan to the "Gloomchasers," apparently a social organization, to a box lunch social and dance. These materials have been arranged chronologically.
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Series 3: Publications, 1924-1965 (1 linear inches)
This series is composed of publications by and about the Klan. Included are two issues of the Klan magazine The Kourier, including one internal issue intended to be read by Klan members only, a program from a joint Klan/Mason's benefit baseball game, and propaganda literature explaining the position of the Klan on various issues. There is a newspaper article from the Harrisburg Telegraph about a Pennsylvania Grand Cyclops requesting a meeting with Pennsylvania Governor Martin, a fiction story on the Klan in a 1922 issue of Woman's World, and an investigative story on the Klan appearing in a 1965 Saturday Evening Post. These items have been arranged chronologically by size and a listing of them appears in Appendix A.
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Series 4: Movie Poster, ca. 1947 (1 item)
This series consists of a movie poster for The Burning Cross.
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Related Material
A program, announcing an Annapolis celebration day and parade in which the Ku Klux Klan was to participate, can be found in the Maryland Manuscript Collection (#4339 Folio).
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- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). -- Mt. Rainier Klan #51 (Mt. Rainier, Md.) -- Archives.
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so is it more commonly used in the sense of "i" now?Shirasagi wrote:You're on track about where it came from. It's just language shift. Now it's often used as an alternate to おれ, most likely because of it's resemblance to おら.skrhgh3b wrote:
i was flipping through a book called "dirty japanese" (i think) at the bookstore, and it listed おいら as an "i," but i always thought it was a "we," as in おれら --> おいら. but i probably just assumed that. any answers?
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I was pointed here regarding the sci.lang.japan FAQ about otaku. I'm not too sure about the "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." connection, but I've reviewed the otaku article, and based on some web research I decided to heavily update the article. It was originally based on anAJBryant wrote: "Otaku" is a rather distant, polite way to say "you" -- you usually hear it used by the elderly or by businesspeople to customers. Literally, it means "[your] honored house." Now, in the 1960s, "The Man from UNCLE" arrived on Japanese TV. The dialogue of the character of Ilya Kuriyakin, who was a bit colder and more distant than the gregarious Napoleon Solo, was translated using "otaku" for all his references to "you." It's sense of polite distance was fitting with the personality.
This usage "caught on" in popular sentiment, and people who were somewhat detached from others started using "otaku" as their second-person pronoun. They became called "otaku-zoku" (the "otaku people").
In the late 80s, an SF and manga essayist 9and major otaku in his own right) applied the term "otaku" to people obsessed with cartoons to the point that they were divorced from actual social contacts. The term caught on, and it stuck. The first major media exposure of the term occurred during the Miyazaki murder investigation, as Miyazaki was described by the media as an otaku of the first water, and from *that* instance, the usage of "otaku" to describe an obsessed fanboy really took off in popular culture.
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DETROIT - Metro Detroiters can get their first look at the two million dollar renovation of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum for free.
The Detroit Historical Society will have a grand reopening at the museum this weekend. Anyone who goes to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum will get in for free this weekend.
The museum, located on Belle Isle, looks at the maritime history of southeastern Michigan, the Detroit River and the Great Lakes.
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum was closed on December 2nd 2012 to begin the renovation process.
Visitors will see the museum's signature exhibit, "Built by the River," which illustrates Detroit's growth and development and its link to the Detroit River.
"It really tells a complete story. You can leave here with a much better sense of place and really a defining thing that's distinctly Detroit," said Bob Bury, CEO of Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
The museum said it also offers interactive exhibits including a large display simulating a speedboat racing down the Detroit River and a re-creation of an 18th century canoe for visitors to get a sense of what early settlers might have felt.
The Detroit River Watch webcam is also back but with a new interactive kiosk that includes higher definition images.
Visitors can check out a new temporary exhibit called A River's Roar. It covers the history of hydroplane racing in Detroit.
The following exhibits have also been refreshed in the remodeling of the museum:
· The Gothic Room from the City of Detroit III in Polk Family Hall;
· The Miss Pepsi championship hydroplane, ensconced in its own pavilion;
· The Oliver Dewey Marcks Theater;
· The William Clay Ford Pilot House;
The 'Miss Pepsi' is the first hydroplane racing boat to top 100 mph and might be the first to feature a corporate sponsor.
"The Dossin's were also ahead of their time in the fact that they used a sports and in particular a hydroplane racing to promote their product which was Pepsi Cola," said Bob Sadler, director of marketing for the museum.
Outside the Dossin Great Lakes Museum is the bow anchor from the Edmund Fitzgerald, two War of 1812-era cannons, and a U.S. Coast Guard utility boat.
"This renovation project at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum is the latest manifestation of the Society's five-year Past>Forward Campaign, which funded our very successful makeover at our flagship Detroit Historical Museum in the Cultural Center," said Bury. "We're looking forward to reintroducing metro Detroiters to our gem on Belle Isle."
Anyone interested in attending the grand re-opening can go between the following hours this weekend:
Saturday, May 18 - Noon - 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 19 - 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
For information on the museum, click here.
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Wonderful to look at, a blast on the right road and with Euro-chic charm by the Chanel handbag full, the Megane GT hits all the right notes for a warmed-over hatch.Read more
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Actual rating will vary with options, driving conditions, habits and vehicle condition.
The standard features of the Toyota Corolla L include 1.8L I-4 132hp engine, 2-speed CVTi-S CVT transmission with overdrive, 4-wheel anti-lock brakes (ABS), side seat mounted airbags, curtain 1st and 2nd row overhead airbags, driver knee airbag, airbag occupancy sensor, air conditioning, 15" styled steel wheels, cruise control, Dynamic Radar Cruise Control distance pacing, ABS and driveline traction control, electronic stability.
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Like its appearance, the performance of a Corolla ranks as average in every area. Handling with confidence, the Corolla provides a safe and sufficient road experience.
Steering feels light, providing minimal feedback from the pavement, but that's hardly uncommon in family-friendly compact sedans. Body lean can become evident when taking corners energetically. The ride is smooth and easygoing, though not remarkably soft or lavish. Sedan suspensions permit considerable wheel travel, which helps absorb bumps and pot holes.
Corolla engines exhibit a refined nature. For most owners, that's more important than brisk responses to the gas pedal. Toyota's continuously variable transmission tends to keep the engine at higher speeds much of the time, but acceleration is wholly adequate. Sufficient sound-deadening tones down most engine rumbling.
Expect a firmer ride from the iM hatchback, but few trouble spots on the road will jar Corolla passengers.
Fuel economy doesn't lead the compact-sedan pack, but Corollas qualify as thrifty. EPA estimates for 2018 have not yet been issued, but 2017 figures hover around 30 mpg in combined driving. L and LE sedans with the CVT are EPA-rated at 28/36 mpg City/Highway, or 32 mpg Combined. Upper trim levels are a hair less frugal, due to bigger wheels. Manual shift in the SE earns an EPA rating of 27/35 mpg City/Highway, or 30 mpg Combined. The LE Eco is EPA-rated as high as 30/40/34 mpg.
The Corolla iM is EPA-rated at 27/35 mpg City/Highway, or 30 mpg Combined, with 6-speed manual, rising to 28/36/31 mpg with the CVT.
To many eyes, Corollas have a long history of uninspired appearance. That hasn't kept tens of millions of motorists from driving one home. A bit awkward-looking overall, sedans have an uncommonly high ride height, with 6.7-inch ground clearance.
Corolla L and LE trim levels possess few decorative elements, and plastic hubcaps cover their steel wheels. Corolla SE and XSE models step up to alloy wheels.
More expressive styling is the province of the newer iM hatchback. In addition to a rather long roofline atop a bigger greenhouse, the iM benefits from details that impact a Eurostyle aura.
Comfortable seats, front and rear, highlight the Corolla sedan's spacious cabin. Moderately bolstered, the front seats provide good support.
Legroom is good in the rear seat. Three passengers fit back there, but they'll probably start to feel squeezed on a longer journey.
Despite a generally pleasing ambiance, nothing can be called luxurious within a Corolla, which contains an abundance of shiny plastic trim. Still, seat materials in most Corollas are attractive. Each Corolla has a height-adjustable driver's seat, which is power-adjustable on top models. Synthetic leather used in upper models doesn't feel real, but it doesn't have to and should wear well.
All controls on the nearly-vertical dashboard are logical and easy to use. Contrasting stitching crosses the dashboard's edges.
Though its dashboard is almost identical to the one in Corolla sedans, the iM's infotainment system isn't as neatly integrated into its surroundings.
All Corollas are capable and well-equipped, but no sedan qualifies as a stunning value. Plenty of competitors can match the Corolla's practical virtues, while offering more character. Even so, a Corolla does it job competently. Only those who crave driving excitement even in a family car are likely to be displeased. Those folks would be advised to look at a Mazda 3 or Honda Civic.
Driving impressions by Andrew Ganz, The Car Connection. James M. Flammang contributed to this report.
All Corolla models are sedans except the iM five-door hatch. All come with front-wheel drive. All come with 1.8-liter four-cylinder engines, though tuning varies. Most come with a continuously variable transmission, though a manual is available for the Corolla SE and iM hatch.
Corolla L ($18,500) includes the CVT, 6.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system, rearview camera, air conditioning, adaptive cruise control, power windows/locks, and Bluetooth. (All prices are MSRP and do not include destination charge.)
Corolla LE ($18,935) adds automatic climate control, an integrated rear armrest, 3.5-inch TFT screen, and keyless entry. Options include a moonroof and a navigation app or smartphones.
Corolla LE Eco ($19,335) has a specially tuned engine and low-rolling-resistance tires.
Corolla SE ($20,445) comes with a leather-wrapped steering wheel, leatherette/fabric seat upholstery, and alloy wheels. Corolla SE is also available with a manual gearbox and 7.0-inch infotainment screen ($21,665).
Corolla XLE sedan ($21,825) includes a power driver's seat, heated front seats, and proximity key.
Corolla XSE sedan ($22,680) differs from XLE in exterior design and upholstery.
A full, integrated navigation system is optional on XLE and XSE.
iM hatchback comes with manual gearbox ($18,750) or CVT ($19,490) and includes a 7.0-inch screen, Pioneer-branded audio, rearview camera, and 17-inch alloy wheels.


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The lousy economy has been tough on real estate. High unemployment and tight credit have driven down sales volume and prices. This is especially true with second houses on lakes. A discretionary market doesn't boom when no one has discretionary income.
But then there's the other side of the equation. If sellers are having trouble, then buyers who've kept their powder dry have a good shot. Jason Burnham, who runs the Lakes of Texas Realty website (lakesoftexas.com), thinks the market has hit bottom and is on its way back up.
"Right now, we're seeing buyers coming back into the market," Burnham says. "Some are getting out of the stock market, are a little concerned with what's going on, and are trying to get their money in order. It's an excellent time for somebody who's in the market for lake property because we've seen most of the drop in values. We've still got sellers who aren't realistic and absolutely refuse to believe it's a buyer's market. But it is."
Texas has 170 lakes. We've narrowed that list to 10, choosing beautiful lakes within a short enough drive from Dallas that they qualify as weekend retreats. Yes, there are closer lakes we didn't include. But who wants to escape Preston Hollow for, say, Lake Grapevine? Most of the lakes we chose are not owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which prevents property owners from building docks or boathouses. The two lakes on our list that are owned by the Corps—Lake Texoma and Lake o' the Pines—are worth making an exception for.
When talking to potential clients, Burnham gives them a Lake Property 101 guide, asking them everything from how far they want to drive to how much they like to socialize with neighbors. "They've got their city home, and they have different goals for their second home," Burnham says. "On a regular basis I hear, 'We live in a highly restricted subdivision in town, and that's not what I want.' The nature of people who are coming to the lake, no matter what their background, is they want to relax a little."


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Sweet and tangy taste notes and a spicy kick make this concoction a treat any time of the year.
- 3/4 part Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 3/4 part Benedictine® liqueur
- 1/2 part ginger ale
- Lemon rind for garnish
- Shake ingredients with cracked ice.
- Pour into a chilled, stemmed (Manhattan) glass.
- Garnish with a lemon rind.
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Friday Funding Roundup
At a time when not even a mouse is stirring nobody much is making funding announcements. But founders and investors are thinking about the future. What will 2013 bring? Will the threatened "Series A Crunch" cross the Atlantic from Silicon Valley? Is life going to be easier for startups? And will there be new sources of funding? (Clue: Look east.) Finally, there is Elite funding news to cheer U.K. techies of a certain vintage.
There has been much discussion of a "Series A Crunch" which could see large numbers of seed-funded startups failing to make it to the next round. TechCrunch quotes a study from CB Insights suggesting that, in the U.S. at least, Series A is holding steady. The perceived gap is, it reports, the result of a boom in seed funding leaving too many startups pursuing the same amount of cash.
Natasha Lomax, also writing in TechCrunch, has an interesting round-up of the views of some European VCs and investors on whether the funding chill will cross the Atlantic.
My takeaway from the poll is that while this group of European investors hold slightly differing views on how much influence the Valley has on the funding situation in Europe, they tend to fall into two camps on the Series A crunch: those that say there's no change in Europe because it's always been tough raising a Series A round here; and those that say Europe is having its own mini seed-funding boom — which means that getting a Series A is probably going to be even tougher in the future thanks to increased competition.
Robin Klein, partner at Index Ventures and The Accelerator Group, says that part of the reason for the seed-stage boom in Europe is that governments have jumped on the bandwagon and perhaps added to the froth. It is an interesting take given that it would be hard to find a mainstream political party that did not back support for startups as an unalloyed "good thing".
A more detailed background look at the impact of the French government on entrepreneurship is published in Knowledge@Wharton which suggests, unsurprisingly, that taxation and regulation have had a negative impact on innovation.
The article points out, however, that the French government has tried in various ways to ease the path of entrepreneurs.
While each initiative has had varying rates of success, the evidence is clear: Those in the trenches will readily admit that the landscape has improved significantly over the last five to 10 years. However, despite these attempts, France still lags behind other countries in this arena.
And while the French government has managed to lighten some of the administrative barriers and has implemented means to encourage entrepreneurial innovation, it has yet to tackle other aspects. Among the many reasons why these changes have not worked, perhaps the most glaring is the paradoxical lack of financing and lack of liquidity.
Part of the problem might be the government's success in encouraging saving through tax-free accounts with regulated interest. The article offers an interesting possible avenue to a solution.
Typical calls to liberalize à l'Américaine simply do not work within a French context because they ignore the tools at the disposal of the French government. The flip side to regulation and high taxes is that the government has a credible fiscal authority and the ability to regulate its financial and commercial markets effectively. If government policy can incentivize people to save, could it not encourage people to innovate and to invest?
While the involvement of the state is less marked in the U.K. than in France, The Next Web's fairly lengthy roundup of the views of British startup founders and investors shows them to be generally fairly supportive of government initiatives.
Eileen Burbidge, partner at Passion Capital also sees the value in government support. "We were extremely fortunate and had a fantastic 2012 backing 10 new startups during the calendar year. None of that could have been possible if not for the strong support from our UK Government partner, Capital for Enterprise..."
Although some government support has garnered praise for supporting startups, there are some who feel there is plenty more work to be done.
Naimish Gohil, Founder and CEO for ShowMyHomework says, "In 2013, I'm hoping the UK Government is going to give startups more opportunities to win contracts. I'm excited by some of the work happening already and hope it filters through to education soon."
The other place where the government could help, it is suggested, is in easing the bottleneck in hiring the right talent. Often that means bringing people in from abroad and Victor Henning is the co-founder and CEO of Mendeley, the global research platform based in London is not the only U.K entrepreneur calling for an easing of visa restrictions.
Meanwhile, there appears to be increasing interest from Chinese companies looking to invest in Israeli technology. Reuters reports on a delegation which visited the country, not canceling despite ongoing rocket attacks. The group included the head of Lenovo which is set to be the worlds number one PC manufacturer.
Lenovo's operations in Israel had been limited to sales and support, but the company recently made its first technology investment, for an undisclosed amount, in venture capital firm Vertex.
"Definitely we are interested in Israel's technology, to grow our company, to grow our business," Chief Executive Yang Yuanqing said, adding that the investment in Vertex was just a first step...
Edouard Cukierman, managing partner of private equity funds Catalyst Investments, which organised the delegation's trip to Israel with the Foreign Ministry, said the visit by the Chinese companies could lead to acquisitions, investments in research and development centres and even the establishment of their own local operations.
"We are following up with each one of them, preparing specific action plans for each one of them," Cukierman said. "They believe they can benefit from innovation in Israel more than the Americans did."
A $100 million China-Israel technology fund established by Catalyst partners is expected to close in the first half of this year before, Mr. Cukierman hopes, it eventually reaches $200 million.
Finally, funding news to warm the heart of British techies of a certain age. David Braben, one of the creators of the classic space trading game Elite which first appeared on the BBC Micro in 1984, has passed his £1.25 million target on the crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter. He will now be able to develop an updated PC version, reports the BBC.
Getting the cash via Kickstarter was preferable to using an established publisher because it gave Frontier and those who backed it total control over how the final game would turn out, said Mr Braben,
The finished game, he said, would keep the central trading, travel and spaceship combat elements of the original but add far better graphics, physics and feature a much larger chunk of the universe for people to play in.
TechCrunch: Study: More Than 1,000 Seed-Funded Startups Are Destined To Be 'Orphaned' At The Series A Stage
TechCrunch: From Silicon Valley To Europe: Is The U.S. Series A Crunch Affecting European Startups?
Knowledge@Wharton: Innovation and Regulation: Friend or Foe to the French Entrepreneur?
The Next Web: The shape of 2013 for UK startups
Reuters: Leading Chinese firms eye Israeli technology investments


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We must lead the world in our research to find cures for diseases that continue to plague us.
Diabetes and neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson`s and ALS are alive and rampant. We must find a cure for eye diseases such as macular degeneration and glaucoma.
Hundreds of thousands of people in our nation suffer with Alzheimer`s. I know research is ongoing. I applaud everyone who is doing research in the laboratories of this nation and world trying to develop cures and solutions. Every cure brings miracles to a hurting world.When a cure is discovered we save millions of lives and in time billions of dollars in health care cost. Health care insurance is vital. However, we need more research. The discovery of cures for the many diseases that rob people of life and drive the cost of health care into the stratosphere is crucial. While the Federal Government is financially strapped for money we continue to pump billions into countries and governments around the world. These ongoing expenditures must be greatly curtailed. This would allow some of these saved billions of dollars to be used to help discover cures that would impact the entire world. We might save the continent of Africa if we could discover a cure for HIV.
We send billions to nations that hate us. What if we gave a couple of billion dollars to the school, university, laboratory, or even a person who released a cure for cancer, HIV, ALS or a number of other diseases that cause havoc in our nation? This cure would not only serve America but it would also serve the planet.
What if we could go to a foreign nation and say, "We have a cure for cancer and we will give it to every citizen of your nation if you will stop fighting, disarm your nuclear weapons and live at peace with each other." This sounds like a better plan than sacrificing two thousand American lives in a war that has gone nowhere and billions of dollars that have financially drained our nation. We still have the best minds in the world. We have the best universities and medical facilities. It`s time that we set our sights on attacking the diseases that rob us of life, bankrupt families and create the dilemma we have with the entire healthcare industry. We must reward our universities and medical researchers who are excelling in research and science. Winning the war over disease is our greatest battle. Glenn Mollette is the author of American Issues and Fitness Is A Mind Game plus hundreds of articles, stories and other books. contact Glenn Mollette firstname.lastname@example.com


text: If you are in the market for a used Ferrari in Sylacauga, you are likely to find some great values. The price of a used Ferrari car drops quickly from the time it drives off of the car dealer's lot. However, the phrase "cheap cars" refers only to the price. Ferrari makes great cars and you can bet a used Ferrari for Sale in Sylacauga is likely to be a quality car.


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say seven inmates have escaped from a prison in the city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas.
The government of Tamaulipas state says in a statement the prisoners escaped before dawn Wednesday and guards noticed the jailbreak when they did morning roll call.
Tamaulipas authorities say six of the inmates had been sentenced to prison for federal crimes and one for state crimes, without specifying the charges. Federal crimes include drug trafficking and weapons possession. A common state crime is homicide.
Tamaulipas has been wracked by a bloody fight over turf between the formerly allied Zetas and Gulf drug cartels.
Six inmates were killed in the same prison Sunday. Three inmates acknowledged stabbing the victims to death with makeshift knives.


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"The secret to my survival is that I want to live," says HIV/AIDS advocate, mother and long-term HIV survivor Michelle Lopez. Back in 1991, Michelle left behind a partner who beat her and, she would soon learn, knowingly put her at risk for HIV. With nothing but her infant daughter, Michelle set out to find help -- and help did come, in the form of a subway ad for community health services. She sought out the agency, got her HIV diagnosis (and her daughter's) and got right into care and services. For the past 17 years she's been on staff at that very same agency, helping immigrants and women facing similar challenges to the ones she once faced. Michelle is a strong voice for her communities in the fight against HIV/AIDS -- and she's raised her daughter, Raven, to be an advocate just like her. "I love Michelle today, and I can teach other people that," Michelle says in this edition of This Positive Life. "We have got to start loving us, no matter what: HIV, gay, black, lesbian, Latino. You know, we are somebody."
This interview took place in late October 2009.
Michelle, let's start at the very beginning. When did you discover you had HIV?
I got diagnosed in 1991. Actually, my daughter was nine months old, a newborn baby. I was living in a domestic violence situation and, one night -- I always tend to say, in fact -- it was one of the worst, but it was one of the best, beatings that I got from the partner that I had. Because he beat some sense into me. I left.
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I was living in Brooklyn, and I just got on the train and decided I'm going to get help some how. I started riding the train, switched trains and ended up -- this must have been around, like, 9:30 -- on a No. 2 train in Brooklyn, and I saw this ad on the train. The ad said, "If you, as a woman, are dealing with any kind of substance use issues, domestic violence issues, and you need help, you can call this number." And I got off the train.
Were you with your kid?
Yeah, I had my daughter wrapped in a blanket. We were just riding the trains all night because, again, as I said, I left. I left just hoping that I was going to get help. And help did come.
I had one bottle of milk for her, literally. And her, wrapped in a blanket. She had two diapers. So when I got off the train, that was the fresh change of diaper that I gave her. She hadn't eaten for that morning, because she drank the milk that night.
I called the number and somebody really did answer the phone. I was standing at the corner of Nevins Street and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, and the person who answered the phone for that ad was literally six blocks away from where I was standing. That's how faith and hope are.
I told her what was going on. I went down to the facility. Because when I told her where I was standing, she was just amazed. So she told me, "Come down to the center." At that time they were called Community Family Planning Council. They had a grant in at the time to help women who were underserved -- if you were an undocumented immigrant woman, if you were a woman who needed help.
When I walked in there, after an hour of talking to her -- she was the head nurse -- and telling her the situation that I was living in, one of the things that was offered to me was, "Would you like to take an HIV test, based on the situations that you just explained to us that are going on in your life?" I agreed to take an HIV test that was offered to me that day. I saw a doctor. Because I hadn't seen a doctor since after my daughter was born, because I had no health insurance at that time. I was what we call an undocumented immigrant. So I had no health insurance and I was not seeing the doctor.
Where are you from?
I'm from Trinidad, in the Caribbean. I shared with the nurses, and, as I said, I saw the doctor that day. And unbeknownst to me, because of me not having any health insurance, me not being in the health care system, I was also walking around with gonorrhea. So I had to be treated for gonorrhea that day.
I just went and delved right into getting health care and health services from this community health center. I can tell you proudly today, I'm on the staff of that agency. I've been working there now for the last 17 years as full-time staff, giving back to my community.
So even if you're not documented, you can still get help?
Absolutely. You can get help as an undocumented immigrant. There are no undocumented immigrants. We just don't have the documents that America wants us to have to live here. America knows very much about us. They know about our existence. So we are not undocumented immigrants. I have to make that declaration.
How old were you at this point?
I was 24. I had a baby. I have a son, and he's 22. At the time he was 3, going on 4. He pretty much really was not living with me at that time because, again, of the situation that was going on. There was drug use going on in my life. I can say that it was a very unhealthy environment. So I had willingly given my son to be with my parents in the Caribbean. Because there was a lot that was going on in my life where I just needed help.
The organization, one of the first things that they did: I had to be placed in a shelter for battered women, because of the situation. I was bruised. I needed help. And help came to me right away.
The population of people that I work with, it's the same pathway that I came from. I am identifying a lot of individuals who are undocumented immigrants, who have been living here in this country, who don't have any health insurance. So through various outreach mechanisms that I know of, the pathways that I used to be in -- emergency rooms, people being discharged from the hospitals -- I have made outreach contacts with providers, who can pick up the phone and call me and say, "Michelle, we have another person ..." Because it's very true today: There are a lot of individuals who are walking around with HIV, and have no idea -- until some of them get very ill, go through the emergency room and now have to be hospitalized.
So when they're getting discharged and they have no health insurance, I'm being called. And the agency, Community Healthcare Network, who I work for, we have health insurance that can, right away, get them into health care. We have medical services. We have grant-funded case managers who can help them navigate the different needs, from legal services to housing -- because some of them are homeless. Some of them are living with family members who have no idea that, now, this is AIDS. Because they just got diagnosed as HIV positive but, I can tell you, because of the complications they're hospitalized with, they all have AIDS.
So I'm working with that population. I go out to shelters. I disclose my status, and I talk to people about who I am. It's not about me, but I use my life in the examples: Now I'm in health care. I have 20 years of living with HIV under my belt. I'm living. And I have services. And I have a life today. And I am somebody.
I have got to also work with them in dealing with the stigma and the discrimination that are out there. A lot of immigrants, we face it on a daily basis. So I get them into care and services.
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PSYC 351 Sensation and Perception (1)
This course explores the processes and mechanisms involved in detecting stimuli from the environment and how we perceive information gathered through sensation. Topics include psychophysics, neurophysiology, the visual system, object perception, color vision, sound and audition, touch and pain, and chemosensation (gustation and olfaction).
- Prerequisite: PSYC 210 or consent of instructor
- Offering: Annually
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The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) July 2008 (yes 2008) wheat contract price is $4.80 and the KCBT July 2007 wheat contract price is $4.96. The 16-cent difference in the contract prices is probably due to expected increases in handling, storage and transportation costs.
Some Oklahoma and Texas elevators are offering forward contracts for June 2007 delivered wheat for about 40 cents less than the KCBT July wheat contract price. Thus, for a KCBT July wheat contract price of $4.96, the forward contract price would be $4.56.
A few elevators are offering forward contracts for June 2008 delivery at 50 cents under the KCBT July 2008 wheat contact price ($4.30). Producers have asked, "Should we price 2007 and/or 2008 wheat?" and "How long will it take for U.S. and world wheat stocks to increase, which will result in lower prices?"
The answer to the last question provides the information to answer the question of whether or not to forward contract 2007 and 2008 wheat.
Ethanol production and corn demand has changed, and continues to change, the grain marketing system. Some U. S. corn producing areas that have historically exported corn to deficit U.S. areas are now importing corn. This change has had a major impact on truck and rail transportation services and on the price of corn.
For the 2006/07 corn marketing year, 2.15 billion bushels of corn are projected to be used for ethanol production. With the third largest corn crop ever and beginning stocks of 1.97 billion bushels, corn ending stocks are projected to be 935 million bushels. Over 1.04 billion more bushels of corn are projected to be used than were produced this year.
During the 2008/09 marketing year, where will the market get the extra one billion bushels? Estimates are that five to eight million acres of crop land must be bid out of soybean and wheat into corn. To buy this land, corn prices must remain relatively high.
Currently, wheat is being priced as a food grain, and corn is being priced as a feed and ethanol grain. The two markets and prices are separate. However, if wheat prices fall and/or corn prices increase, then corn prices will create a floor for wheat prices.
Corn delivered to a feed mill in central Oklahoma and to feed lots in the Panhandle cost about $4.25 per bushel. Wheat will enter the feed market when wheat prices are about the same as corn prices.
Chicago Board of Trade (CBT) corn contract prices are above the CBT March contract price ($3.73) through July 2008. This implies that the market believes that corn prices will remain at current levels for at least two years. Corn prices may provide a wheat price floor at $4.25 through the 2008 wheat harvest.
For wheat prices to go below $4.25, both the corn and wheat supplies must increase. During the 2007/08 wheat marketing year, U.S. wheat stocks may increase to 100 million bushels. In a normal market, U.S. wheat ending stocks of $5.40 would result in $3.50 wheat prices. However, if corn stocks remain low and corn prices stay high, wheat will move into the feed market, wheat stocks will not increase to 530 million bushels, and wheat prices would remain relatively high.
Another factor that must be considered is that both U.S. and world wheat stocks are tight and a below average U.S. and/or world wheat crop would result in higher wheat prices. At this writing, the market is betting that wheat prices will remain at current levels through July 2008.
Price risk is limited by both tight wheat stocks and tight corn stocks. Ethanol production is expected to increase, which is expected to keep corn stocks tight. Both of these factors limit downside price risk through July 2008.
If the U.S. and/or world wheat crop is below average, wheat prices could increase $1 or more. There appears to be about a 50-cent downside price risk and a $1 upside price potential.
If you cannot afford a 50-cent price risk, forward contract some wheat. If you can afford the risk, wait and see what happens.


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Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get Kerberos to work with Network Address Translation? i.e. The users are behind a firewall which does NAT and want to connect to remote services using Keberos authentication. Oh, and this is using a hide NAT for a network, not a static NAT.
There are a couple of ideas out there but they all result in weakening the security (e.g. including the NAT address in the kerberos tickets IP list etc..)


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by Tony Moore
Well, it depends on how much good you want to do.
When Dickinson received a grant for that amount through NASA's Global Climate Change Education initiative in 2009, the idea was to invest it in one of the things Dickinson does best: injecting sustainability into the curriculum—in this case by creating a program called Cooling the Liberal Arts Curriculum: A Campaign for Climate Change Education.
But if the grant were designed just to enhance Dickinson's already muscular sustainability framework, about 2,300 students per year could feel the effects. So when Neil Leary, director of Dickinson's Center for Sustainability Education, was putting together the grant proposal, he included four regional community colleges—Harrisburg Area (HACC) and Montgomery College (Md.)—as foundational elements. And it made perfect sense: Each has an articulation agreement with Dickinson, and together they serve about 100,000 students per year.
"Part of our interest and NASA's interest is to promote teaching about climate change as widely as we possibly can," says Leary, noting that these larger colleges are great conduits for disseminating climate-change information.
Also taking part were the Center for Climate System Research and the Earth Institute of Columbia University, and professors from dozens of colleges and universities participated in the program's five workshops—such as the Changing Planet and Climate Modeling workshops—and 30 rigorous sessions within those workshops.
"The workshops helped me recognize that there are so many entry points to the discussion, because global climate change is so complex," says HACC's Kelly Matthews, professor of chemistry. "It involves science, politics, economics and engineering at every level of society."
The complexity of the issue was parsed and examined during the grant's four-year run—which ended in January with the Teaching About Climate Change workshop—but at the heart of Cooling the Curriculum was the simple goal of bringing awareness to the classroom and exploring how best to do it. One form this took was the creation or enhancement of 18 Dickinson courses, many of which displayed just how widely climate-change information can be integrated, such as Environment, Culture and Values; Globalization, Sustainability and Security; and Religion and Modern Culture. Outside the classroom, the NASA grant funded student research on Dickinson's greenhouse-gas emissions and strategies to reduce them, as well as several research projects.
Associate Professor of Biology Tom Arnold and his students, for instance, took research trips to the Chesapeake Bay and Australia's University of Queensland to study ocean acidification and CO2 levels in the atmosphere. Assistant Professor of Archaeology Maria Bruno and her students studied climate change and ancient agricultural production on Bolivia's Taraco Peninsula, and the grant also supported development and implementation of the Global Climate Change Africa Mosaic.
What all this does is get the conversation started on a large scale, across disciplines that might be left out of the discussion. And it's the discussion, the process of raising awareness where it other- wise might not be raised, that ends up driving the issues forward.
"Instead of being leery of teaching something you don't know all the answers to, just initiate the discussion with your students," Matthews says. "Show them that it's okay not to know everything, but [they should] always be looking to learn more and be open to discussions. Do something, no matter how big or how small."
Read more from the spring 2014 issue of Dickinson Magazine.
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• 8 Proving that coastal style needn't use the colors blue or green; from Ideal Home
• 9 Even if the chandelier is a bit much for your space, you can incorporate seaside style in the form of natural linens and blue glass; from Coastal Living
• 10 What was that we said about dreaming?; from Coastal Living
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She was born March 7, 1930 in Cedartown, Georgia. She was a member of the Pine Hill United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Allen Devan Stoudenmier, Wetumpka, Mike Stoudenmier, Montgomery; one daughter, Mildred McKinley, Pine Hill; one sister, Louise Mullinax, Gadsden; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was June 10 at 2 p.m. at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Thomasville with Rev. James "Skeeter" Parnell officiating.
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In about a year i'll hopefully be starting a Computing degree I was just wondering, how many people here have computing degrees and how many have got into this area through other means (like training...not bribery!)
Also, any tips regarding which area to go into? I'm really getting into security at the moment so maybe i'll be able to learn more about that.


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Enhancement of Particle and Carbon flux studies at Station W
OCCI Funded Project: 2006
Proposed ResearchThe production, recycling and burial of organic matter over the ocean margins represents a key component of the global carbon cycle. Understanding the processes governing carbon cycling on the margins is of particular relevance in relation to questions concerning the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. One aspect that is not well understood concerns the exchange of carbon between the ocean margins and the deep sea. This process exerts an important constraint on the ability of the oceans to sequester and act as a sink for CO2.
In order to address this question, we previously secured funds from the National Science Foundation to study carbon cycling over the New England margin. This location is influenced by the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) which runs parallel to the slope, and we have hypothesized that this current transports and redistributes particulate organic matter over the margin and serves as a conduit for carbon export to the deep sea. We speculate that past (and future) climate-driven changes in the DWBC could influence the distribution and extent of carbon burial in this important region. The project involves the collection and characterization of organic matter associated with sinking and suspended particles. Efforts thus far have been focused at a site in approximately 3000 m of water on the continental slope where a mooring has been deployed with sediment traps to intercept particles raining to the sea floor. Although preliminary results have revealed the existence of significant lateral movement of carbon as originally hypothesized, the design of our program does not allow us to differentiate between along-slope versus down-slope carbon transport.
Through Ocean & Climate Change Institute funds from the Comer Foundation, we have built upon the above program with the purpose of better defining carbon transport over the New England margin. Specifically, these funds have supported the deployment of a second sediment trap mooring, T-2, upslope (in 2000 m of water) from our existing mooring (Figure 1). With this configuration, we can separately identify and quantify the different pathways of carbon and develop an accurate picture of carbon cycling in this dynamic oceanic setting. Most importantly, simultaneous interception of particles by near-bottom traps at these two different locations on the slope will allow us to constrain the trajectory and overall importance of near-bottom transport in dictating the fate of organic carbon produced over the margin.
During the first part of the year, the various components of the new mooring were assembled. The mooring was then deployed on a research cruise aboard R/V Oceanus in June, 2006 (Figure 2). The mooring consists of three sediment traps - one at 1000 m, another at 1500 m and the third 50 meters above the sea floor. The traps enable particles to be collected in up to 23 time-windows over the course of a year-long deployment (i.e., representing 2-3 week time intervals) in order to capture seasonal variability. We will recover the mooring and sediment traps in June 2007 and will immediately begin processing these samples for geochemical characterization.
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NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo is selling more its snacks and drinks around the world, even as the maker of Frito-Lay, Tropicana and Quaker Oats tries to figure out how to sell more soda in the United States.
The company on Thursday reported a first-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations as it saw strong growth in emerging markets and benefited from a lower tax rate.
PepsiCo's North American snacks unit also saw gains, with premium offerings such as Stacy's pita chips and Sabra hummus performing particularly well. The popularity of its Doritos and Lay's also helped pick off market share from competitors. As such, PepsiCo said it's confident it can raise prices in the year ahead without scaring off customers.
For its beverage unit in the Americas, however, revenue was flat as price hikes offset a drop in volume. Soft drink volume in North America declined in the mid-single digits.
"The cola category continues to be a challenge," CEO Indra Nooyi noted in a conference call with analysts.
Over the past year, PepsiCo has significantly stepped up marketing for its namesake drink, including an endorsement deal with the pop star Beyonce. But it's struggling to win back market share from Coca-Cola Co. at a time when Americans are continuing to cut back on soda in favor of water, sports drinks and bottled teas.
PepsiCo, based in Purchase, N.Y., offers a variety of drinks in all those categories, including Aquafina, Gatorade and Lipton. But Nooyi noted that the company has to be careful about investing more heavily in one brand at the expense of another. Soda, for example, is generally more profitable than bottled water and still makes up the bulk of its beverage sales.
"Any growth we achieve in one area takes from another area where we compete," Nooyi said, noting that the company is still working on the "reinvention" of its carbonated soft drinks.
The remark was in part a reference to work on a natural sweetener mix for sodas that PepsiCo hopes will let it reduce sugar content without sacrificing taste. The company has declined to provide specifics, but Nooyi has said the innovation could "potentially alter the trajectory of our cola business in a meaningful way."
With growth sluggish in the U.S., PepsiCo and rival Coca-Cola Co. are trying to improve profit margins by reducing costs wherever they can. Earlier this week, for example, Coca-Cola announced preliminary deals to start refranchising its U.S. business. By handing over distribution responsibilities to its independent bottlers, the Atlanta company would lower its own expenses by exchanging direct revenue from beverage sales in favor of franchising fees.
PepsiCo also is reviewing a restructuring of its North American beverage business but a more radical change may be in the cards. Analysts have speculated that activist investors, including Ralph Whitworth who disclosed a stake last year, could pressure for the split if results don't improve.
In a call with reporters, Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston declined to rule out the possibility of a spinoff but emphasized that the company wouldn't provide an update on the matter until early next year.
Separately, PepsiCo noted that it expects to continue improving profit margins with about $900 million in cost savings this year.
Despite its better-than-expected results, PepsiCo stood by its forecast that core profit would grow 7 percent, noting that the global economy remains volatile and that it could opt to reinvest any savings.
For the quarter, the company earned $1.08 billion, or 69 cents per share. That's down from $1.13 billion, or 71 cents per share, a year earlier.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Fresh off a double overtime win on Wednesday, the King University men's basketball team was locked in another tight affair on Saturday night when they hosted Barton College. Neither team led by more than seven points, and the score was tied nine times before Michael Fortune and C.J. Good iced the 70-69 win at the free throw line in the final seconds.
After King (7-8, 4-1 CC) grabbed the early lead, the Bulldogs came back to grab a lead that they held for most of the first half. Barton (6-8, 2-2 CC) earned their largest lead of the game, 12-6 following a three-point play by Chris Flemmings with 13 minutes left in the first half. However, the Tornado started a comeback of their own as Good started the run with a three-point basket, and Brandon Crompton converted a layup to pull King within one. Following a pair of Bulldog free throws, Hunter LeVeau struck from long range to even the score at 14 with just more than 11 minutes to go in the first half.
The score was again tied at 20 before Barton went on a 5-0 run, only to be answered by a King 5-0 run to even the score again. Ryan Canoy gave Barton the lead before Good struck from long range again, giving King a 28-27 lead with less than three minutes left in the first half. The Tornado stretched their lead to six following a LeVeau triple before the Bulldogs outscored King 7-2 over the final minute to make the halftime score 35-34 in favor of King.
The Tornado shot 45.8 percent from the floor, and 50.0 percent from three in the first half while holding Barton to 38.5 and 22.2 percent, respectively.
LeVeau came out attacking the second half as he quickly converted a pair of layups to extend the King lead. Scottie Hendricks nailed his only trifecta of the game two minutes into the half to give King their largest lead at 42-35. However, the Bulldogs scored six straight points to pull back within one before the tied the game at 46 just over five minutes into the half.
Logan Lyle sparked a quick 5-0 Tornado with an old fashioned three-point play, and Calvin Walker gave King a 51-46 lead with a jumper. However, the Bulldogs answered with five straight points to even the score once again.
The score was tied for the ninth and final time with 5:51 remaining; at that point, Brandon Crompton gave King the lead with a free throw. LeVeau stretched the lead to three with a timely tip-in with 4:14 left, and Good nailed another three-point basket to give the Tornado a 65-61 lead with 2:31 to play. After a Good jumper, the Bulldogs cut their deficit to just one with 1:22 remaining.
King then used the whole shot clock, but missed their shot and the Bulldogs got the rebound. Barton missed their first shot, but got the offensive rebound and got fouled. However, they missed both free throws and Shamarae Watts grabbed the rebound and passed to Fortune who got fouled. He made both from the charity stripe, and Good stepped into the passing lane to get a steal before he was fouled. He made the first free throw with 5.1 seconds left to give King a 70-66 lead. Flemmings made a three-point basket as time expired to make the final 70-69 in favor of King.
King shot 48.1 percent from the floor in the game while the Bulldogs shot 43.8 from the field. Good led King with 15 points while James Scales and LeVeau added 14 points apiece. LeVeau grabbed a team-high five rebounds.
Flemmings scored a game-high 25 points for Barton while Khari Faison led the Bulldogs with 17 rebounds, nine offensive to go along with 16 points.
King will be in action again when they travel to Limestone College on Wednesday. Tipoff is from Gaffney, S.C., is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.