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Do you or your company use, or intend to use, dispatched workers seconded from a labour agency? If yes, then the following is something you should know.
Subsequent to the issuance of the Implementing Measures for the Administrative Licensing of Labor Dispatch Services (the "Measures") on 22 June 2013 (see our last legal update, "New Labour Dispatch Rules Take Effect"), the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) issued on 7 August 2013 another set of proposed new regulations relating to labour dispatch, the Circular of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Seeking Public Comments on the Several Provisions on Labor Dispatch (Draft for Comments) (the "Draft Provisions").
Public comments are invited to be submitted by 7 September, 2013. So act fast if you don’t like what you read below.
Needless to say, this is only a Public Consultation Draft and therefore its provisions have not taken legal effect yet, and the following comments assume that they will take effect in their current form when finally passed.
Outsourced Work Personnel could be Deemed as Dispatched Workers
Do watch out if you have outsourced certain work functions because the staff of the service provider could be deemed as workers dispatched to you. The key point is control: if you maintain direct management and control over such staff, then the Draft Provisions could apply to you.
Definition of Labour Dispatch
The Draft Provisions, for the first time, clearly define a "Labour Dispatch" as being an employment arrangement whereby an employer, as a business, employs and seconds the labour dispatch staff to work for another employer, and the work process of those labour dispatch staff is directly managed by the latter employer.
"Auxiliary" Position of Labour Dispatch Clarified
The Draft Provisions, with a view to specifying what constitutes an "auxiliary" position which qualifies for using dispatched workers, clarify that an "auxiliary" position refers to a position which involves only non-core business and provides service to core business-related positions.
Moreover, the Draft Provisions require that an entity to which a dispatched staff is dispatched (host entity) shall, based on its industry and business, put forward a list of such "auxiliary" positions for which it proposes to use "Labour Dispatch". The said list shall be consulted with the trade union or the employees congress, and publicised within the host entity, and shall be subject to the supervision of such body.
No Intra Group Labour Dispatch Agency Allowed
The Draft Provisions disallow any employer or its affiliated entity to invest or co-invest in setting up a labour dispatch agency which dispatches workers to such employer or affiliate entity.
Maximum Percentage of Labour Dispatch Staff
The Draft Provisions explicitly provide that the number of dispatched staff in "auxiliary" positions shall not exceed 10 percent of the total number of the workforce. The total workforce refers to the aggregate of the direct hires and the labour dispatch staff on the "auxiliary" positions of the host entity.
In addition, the above maximum percentage rule does not apply to the Chinese representative offices of foreign entities (including media, diplomatic and financial organisations).
In order that the Amendment to the PRC Labour Contract Law (the “Amendment”) is implemented smoothly and adverse impact on the employment relationship caused by the adjustment of the employment arrangement is reduced, the Draft Provisions provide that any employment contract and labour dispatch service agreement signed before the effective date of the Amendment (i.e., 1 July 2013), is permitted to remain in effect until the date of expiry thereof. The host entity is not permitted to return the dispatched staff on the grounds of non-compliance with the provisions in respect of (a) “temporary, auxiliary or replaceable” positions; (b) the number of dispatched staff having exceeded the prescribed maximum percentage; or (c) the labour dispatch service provider failing to obtain the administrative licence.
However, where there is any term or condition of the employment contract in the labour dispatch service agreement which is not compliant with the rule in respect of “equal work equal pay” provided in the Amendment, the appropriate modification shall be made.
Furthermore, the host entity is prohibited from using any new dispatched staff in the “auxiliary” positions even if the prescribed maximum percentage has not been reached, where the number of dispatched staff in positions other than the “temporary and replaceable” ones has already exceeded the prescribed percentage maximum prior to the effective date of the Amendment.
Penalty for Non-compliance Detailed
The Draft Provisions further elaborate the penalty for breaching the labour dispatch restrictions (e.g., the prescribed positions and the maximum percentage). It is provided that where a host entity in violation of the labour dispatch restrictions still refuses to rectify within one month after being imposed with an administrative punishment, it will be deemed that the host entity and the dispatched staff concerned have established a de facto employment relationship.
Rules related to Cross-Region Labour Dispatch
The Draft Provisions provide that in the event of a cross-region labour dispatch arrangement, the standard entitlements (i.e., labour remuneration, labour conditions and social insurance) applicable to the host entity shall generally prevail if there is any discrepancy between the entitlements applicable to the host entity and those applicable to the labour dispatch company, unless the latter is more favourable to the dispatched staff and there is an agreement between the labour dispatch company and the dispatched staff in relation to adopting the entitlements applicable to the labour dispatch company.
The Draft Provisions further provide that in the context of a cross-region labour dispatch arrangement, the branch company or subsidiary of the labour dispatch company shall be responsible to contribute the social insurance locally for the relevant dispatched staff. If the labour dispatch company does not have any branch company or subsidiary in the region where the host entity is located, such labour dispatch company itself shall be responsible for the contribution of social insurance in the region where it is located, instead of engaging any other company to do so on behalf of itself.
Intra Group Secondments Excluded
The Draft Provisions expressly exclude from its scope workers who are appointed or dispatched from a company to work for its superior entity or related company pursuant to organisational arrangements.
Apart from the above, the Draft Provisions also address some other aspects of the respective rights and obligations of the labour dispatch company and host entity as follows:
- The joint and several liability borne by the labour dispatch company and host entity on any damage caused to the dispatched staff is emphasised;
- The host entity is liable to provide the labour dispatch company with the labour authority’s approval in respect of the application of the non-standard working hours schemes (e.g., the flexible working hours scheme), and to notify the dispatch staff concerned;
- The host entity, before accepting any dispatched staff, is obliged to check if the labour dispatch company has signed a labour contract with the dispatched staff. Otherwise, it may be deemed that a de facto employment relationship exists between the host entity and the dispatched staff;
- The circumstances under which the host entity is entitled to return the dispatched staff and the payment of statutory economic compensation are further elaborated.
We note that there are a few provisions in the Draft Provisions which are not compliant with the PRC Labour Contract Law. For example, it is provided that the labour dispatch company shall be liable to pay the relevant dispatched staff the statutory economic compensation, even if the host entity has returned him or her on the ground of summary dismissal. We foresee that such provisions will likely be amended in the finalised Provisions.


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By Lawrence Summers
With two wars still continuing and violence in Georgia dominating the foreign policy debate; and with the financial crisis and economic insecurity for families dominating the domestic debate, US international economic policy is receiving less attention in this presidential election year than usual. The limited attention it has received has focused on concerns about specific trade agreements, not broader questions of international strategy. That is unfortunate. The next administration faces the prospect of having to make the most consequential international economic policy choices in a generation at a time when the confidence of governments in free markets is being increasingly questioned.
The current distribution of regional economic power is unlike anything that was predicted even a decade ago. The rise of the developing world, its growing share in global output and far greater share of global growth, is perhaps a quantitative but not a qualitative surprise. The qualitative surprise is this: with almost all the industrial world in or near recession, much of the momentum in the global economy is coming from countries with authoritarian governments that are pursuing economic strategies directed towards wealth accumulation and building up geopolitical strength rather than improving living standards for their populations. China, where household consumption has now fallen below 40 per cent of its gross domestic product – which must be some kind of peacetime record – is the most extreme example. Similar tendencies, however, can be seen in other parts of Asia, Russia and other oil exporting countries.
Even before the slowdown in the industrial world, a striking feature of the global economy was the substantial net flow of capital from the emerging periphery to the industrial centre. Rising oil prices have geopolitical as well as economic consequences. The run-up in oil prices over the past year has generated more than $10bn (€6.8bn, £5.4bn) a week in extra revenues for Opec members. Asian export powers and oil exporters have enjoyed a vast accumulation of wealth, adding about $1,000bn a year in assets.
These shifts have affected almost every global economic issue. The pressure created by the investment of these surpluses was one of the big factors driving the excesses that preceded our financial problems. Concern about the flow of imports from countries that have pursued a strategy of export-led growth is a big reason for the protectionist backlash now being seen in the industrialised world. It is now recognised that meaningful efforts to address climate change require a framework that induces China and other emerging markets to co-operate.
It has become a cliché to suggest that the world’s institutional approaches to economic co-operation need overhauling to take into account the rising economic clout of emerging markets and the decline in dominance of the group of seven leading industrialised nations (G7). This is correct. The steps taken so far – the initiation of the G-20 during the 1990s and the adjustments of voting shares in international financial institutions – are valuable if insufficient. Read more

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Antipsychotic drugs and risk of type 2 diabetes: An evidence-based approach
Article first published online: 20 SEP 2004
Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
Volume 19, Issue 8, pages 549–558, December 2004
How to Cite
Bellantuono, C., Tentoni, L. and Donda, P. (2004), Antipsychotic drugs and risk of type 2 diabetes: An evidence-based approach. Hum. Psychopharmacol. Clin. Exp., 19: 549–558. doi: 10.1002/hup.628
- Issue published online: 30 NOV 2004
- Article first published online: 20 SEP 2004
- Manuscript Accepted: 4 AUG 2004
- Manuscript Received: 12 MAY 2004
- type 2 diabetes;
- antipsychotic drugs
To review studies conducted to evaluate the risk of type 2 diabetes in patients treated with different antipsychotic drugs (AP).
a MEDLINE search (January 1985–February 2003) was conducted to establish the potential relationship between the exposure to AP (conventional and second generation) and the development of type 2 diabetes. Studies were classified according to their experimental design as prospective and retrospective (incidence and prevalence based).
Twenty-one studies were selected: nine prospective and eleven retrospective.
Data Synthesis and Conclusions
Patients with schizophrenia treated with different AP have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with the general population. The data so far available, however, do not establish whether the increasing risk of developing diabetes is a function of the schizophrenia itself or is induced by the antipsychotic treatment. A number of methodological flaws in the study design and data collection do not allow conclusions to be drawn on the risk between patients treated with conventional drugs versus those treated with new ones. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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It sounds more like an impossible paradox than a design problem: how do we map a spherical world onto a flat surface? Most people are familiar with the Mercator projection, a mapping technique dating back to 1569 on which many maps are still based today.
But that approach developed by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator has limitations and creates significant distortions. Greenland and Antarctica look huge, for instance, while Africa appears small. This excellent excerpt from The West Wing illustrates some of the many obvious as well as subtle problems inherent in that projection:
Developed by Tokyo architect and artist Hajime Narukawa of the Keio University’s Graduate School of Media and Governance, AuthaGraph represents a novel solution to a centuries-old cartographic dilemma.
The map can be folded and fit into various shapes that simulate the steps of going from spherical globe to flat projection. Its unique geometrical approach reduces distortions but also physically illustrates why they form. Suddenly the world looks different — no longer a series of lined-up continents stretched to fit a vintage vision of the Earth.
AuthoGraph also addresses some of the other issues raised in the West Wing clip above, like: always positioning North America in the upper left quadrant and Europe in the center of the map. While there is no natural ‘upper’ or ‘left’ to any mapping convention, mixing up this default can encourage people to rethink their place in the world.
Earlier this year, the AuthoGraph project won Japan’s Good Design Award, beating out over 1,000 other entries in a variety of categories. Variations on the map, the first iterations of which were developed in 2009, can also be found in Japanese textbooks.
From its creator: “This original mapping method can transfer a spherical surface to a rectangular surface such as a map of the world while maintaining correctly proportions in areas. AuthaGraph faithfully represents all oceans [and] continents including the neglected Antarctica. These fit within a rectangular frame with no interruptions. The map can be tessellated without visible seams. Thus [this] world map provides an advanced precise perspective of our planet.”

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The Magic Pill
By Irah, Aug 6 2015 12:12AM
There is always a feeling of excitement when research is cited to have found the answer to all of our prayers: a cure for cancer, the end to obesity, the fountain of youth, and the list goes on and on. It’s not surprising that our steadily increasing pace of life craves the quick fix to all of our social, personal and medical ills. Political ills are also related, but we’ll save that for another time. There is, in part, a cognitive reason for this. As we age, our experience of the minute becomes shorter and shorter. This means that we are literally feeling as if time is moving faster than it did the previous year, when in actuality time is exactly the same human construct it has always been. The reality of time being constant has not stopped society at large and then we, imprinting upon social norms swiftly, from following suit. We as a global culture are moving faster and faster.
The reality of healing, interestingly, rests in the conscious acceptance that not only is there no such thing as a magic pill, but that there is absolutely no need for it once time stops being our enemy and becomes simply a thing that was created to help us wrap our heads around the boundlessness of what exists outside of us. Imagine for a moment, what it would feel like to wake up one day having forgotten that the measure of time exists. Your actions would very likely slow down drastically. There would be no alarm clock to wake you and no watch to remind you to race out the door without breakfast or, perhaps worse, scarf it down hastily. You wouldn’t be rushing to get the kids out the door in time for their bus and fearing the pending traffic and a late arrival to work. I make this point to illustrate that what we have created to help us organize our sense of the universe and existence can also hurt us when the purpose of its invention is forgotten. We and what we see around us is real. Time is not. It is an incredible mechanism for defining what is outside of us, but it was not invented to organize our way of being human in the world.
The concept of holistic health is a thing of expansion. First we enlarge the scope of what it means to be healthy; it is not just physical, but also emotional and spiritual. Then, when we integrate the reality of time being simply a human engineered construct, we near a more genuine understanding of ourselves. If you refer back to the image of waking one day to the absence of time and the feeling of boundlessness that this would bring you have an image of the true human experience. Meditation is a wonderful way to connect to this reality. Connecting to our limitlessness is the blooming of true holistic wellness.
The passing of time no longer rules us. We are suddenly able to sit still and smell the air around us. Is it fresh and sweet or polluted and unpleasant? Holistic health is here in the realization. It may compel us to be grateful for our environment or realize that perhaps changes need to be made in order for us to nourish ourselves optimally. We sit still and feel the clothes on our skin. Are they comfortable and made of natural fibers, allowing our skin to breath or filled with plastics and chemicals that clog our pores and enter our blood stream? We can then relish in our coverings or move toward wearing organic natural fibers free of plastics and chemicals. This can extend to the sheets we sleep on and the towels we wrap our bodies in, to the substances and brushes we put in our hair and with which we wash our bodies. Of course, the way we feel when we eat certain foods is critical. When sitting still, do we feel strong, vibrant and energized or sluggish, fatigued and bloated? The answer to this question may illicit gratitude for the way we nourish ourselves or lead us to recognize that changes need to be made. Distinguishing between what tastes good because it nourishes the body and what tastes good because it calms a craving is central to the holistic lifestyle and may sometimes require professional assistance to sift through the relationship between unresolved emotional pain and how we nourish ourselves. Becoming more aware of your sensations and surroundings can help you make proactive preventive lifestyle changes.
In our attempt to master time we have distanced ourselves from the wisdom inherent in being human and our natural ability to sense what is good, healthy and healing. We have the answers if me merely slow down and allow ourselves to connect to them. Time isn’t the only veil that hides our true selves. The unresolved emotional pain of our lives can also bring us to feel as if there is only one way of being, the endless repetition of painful relationships or the power of repetitive thoughts that get in the way of the bliss that is truly living. Both examples are illusions that relate to past events and need not be part of the present. In my work, I help people, not suppress the emotions, a popular and damaging suggestion, but to see the difference so that they can heal from past emotional pain and stand in the present with all of their strengths in hand.
Holistic emotional health begins with maintaining openness to your internal awareness in relation to what is healing and what is impinging upon your health. Psychological barriers exist but need not be a limitation if there is a commitment to working through them. The balance lies in allowing yourself to move gracefully between the two, not becoming preoccupied with one while losing sight of the other. What often happens in life is that when you find yourself having what you’ve always wanted, it looks nothing like you thought it would. You desire the ever elusive fountain of youth and one day after years, months or even weeks of living an organic lifestyle filled with stillness, raw sprouts and juices, spiritually expanding exercise and psychological awakening, you find yourself swimming in it. When you are on a path to holistic wellness, the magic pill becomes meaningless because you are no longer trying to rid yourself of your ailments, you are viscerally feeling the transformative growth coming from within you all the time.
Beautiful and so true!!!! Just great :)
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Horizon Pharma Inc. (HZNP) Upgraded by Citigroup Inc. to Buy
Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Mizuho reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $30.00 price objective (up from $24.00) on shares of Horizon Pharma in a research report on Wednesday, August 10th. Brean Capital reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $30.00 price objective on shares of Horizon Pharma in a research report on Tuesday, August 9th. Morgan Stanley set a $24.00 price objective on Horizon Pharma and gave the stock a hold rating in a research report on Monday, September 12th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an outperform rating and set a $30.00 price objective on shares of Horizon Pharma in a research report on Tuesday, September 13th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research cut Horizon Pharma from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Thursday, August 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. The company currently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus target price of $29.62.
Shares of Horizon Pharma (NASDAQ:HZNP) opened at 21.18 on Monday. The firm’s market capitalization is $3.42 billion. Horizon Pharma has a 12-month low of $13.05 and a 12-month high of $23.44. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $18.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $18.60.
Horizon Pharma (NASDAQ:HZNP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 7th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.07. The business earned $273.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $270.04 million. Horizon Pharma had a positive return on equity of 22.73% and a negative net margin of 1.34%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.70 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Horizon Pharma will post $2.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new position in Horizon Pharma during the third quarter valued at about $112,000. Societe Generale acquired a new position in Horizon Pharma during the second quarter valued at about $117,000. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in Horizon Pharma during the second quarter valued at about $117,000. Nuveen Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Horizon Pharma during the second quarter valued at about $176,000. Finally, Profund Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Horizon Pharma during the second quarter valued at about $194,000. Institutional investors own 86.91% of the company’s stock.
About Horizon Pharma
Horizon Pharma plc, formerly Vidara Therapeutics International Public Limited Company, is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on identifying, developing, acquiring or in-licensing and commercializing differentiated products. It markets approximately nine medicines through its orphan, primary care and rheumatology business units.
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In this video of a recent episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Malala amazed not just Stephen Colbert but all of us with one amazing card trick. When she’s not winning Nobel Peace Prizes, Malala Yousafzai performs amazing card tricks.
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BTW, in my opinion, a hero is a person who risks their lives to save others not to make a dumb decision that could not only put their lives at risk but everyone else's even more. This lady's actions may seem heroic but considering the odds of her succeeding were slim at best of stopping him (the whole knife to a gun fight thing or in this case a purse) it was more of a stupid decision where she did not take other peoples lives into consideration when she acted. That is how I see it.
I don't disagree totally. I believe a hero needs to actually accomplish something (besides making a bunch of men look like wimps), but not always. For instance, I would call a firefighter who knows a building is gonna go any minute, but runs into the fire (not away from it) and ends up dying, a hero. The intent to save someone was there. Though some might argue it isn't too bright to run into a burning building, even with training.
I'm not sure how she did anything worse than the guy (John) who shot the shooter. He winged the guy in the friggin leg. Watch the video. So what does the shooter do? He turns and shoots toward the youngest guy (who by this time is hiding under the desk) and lets off a couple rounds determined not to go down alone. Why aren't you calling John stupid for winging him and not going for a kill shot?
Technically John boy didn't exactly take the other lives into account either, since he winged the gunman, leaving him free to kill.
I don't think my manhood should be defined by the amount of women I am willing to give my life for.
The only person who can define that for you is you, and maybe your wife.
And that's good because Ginger wasn't willing to give her life for women either. She was the only one in the room, remember? She was trying to help her friends.
We'll agree to disagree. I absolutely judge one aspect of manhood in terms of protection. If I can't count on my man to protect my family then I cannot see him as a man. That doesn't mean he has to act stupid, but he does have to act.
I don't know how I would really react in that kind of situation but I am not ashamed to admit I would be totally scared.
I think you'd be crazy not to be scared. No one said she wasn't scared. Maybe she was scared and acted anyway. She was scared and acted. The men were scared and froze.
I am curious, in a society where some believe men and women are equal how come men are the ones still expected to give up their lives for women?
Charles, equality does not equate to physiology. It equates to rights and freedoms.
Men are generally made larger, with more muscle mass, larger lungs and heart etc. It is why women race women in the Olympics, not men. The male runners have a physiological advantage over the women. It is also why the military adapts different standards for men than women, like how much one must lift, height, weight, etc. Come on, you know this. No one (sane) believes men and women are physiologically "equal."

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Who knew shooting a fight scene could produce such graphic photos? When you slow down the sequence, the positions are… interesting to say the least.
Here’s a look at the ‘Spider-Man 4‘ set in Los Angeles. Are you gearing up to see this film even thought Tobey Maguire is no longer attached?


Postmodernism is having a moment again—or multiple moments simultaneously (in true Po-Mo spirit). Why? Whether you loved the Whites or the Grays, all that was new (but made to look old, or timeless, or Classical) is old now, and the historic preservation moment has finally caught up to Postmodernism. Two of the biggest fights in the country ask us to consider what “contributing structure” really means.
A prime example is 550 Madison Avenue in New York City. Designed by Philip Johnson, FAIA, and opened in 1984, the former headquarters of AT&T and Sony proved undeniably unique and thoroughly influential. Never as defamed as other postmodern buildings, it’s being renovated by Snøhetta with an eye toward opening up its lower floors to become more street-friendly.
When it comes to postmodern controversy, there’s no more distinct target than the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago, designed by Helmut Jahn, FAIA. Also completed in 1984, this provocative government building has become a rallying symbol for Windy City preservationists and was recently championed by the documentary film Starship Chicago (2017) amidst swirling rumors of demolition.


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I wrote this prayer just after Typhoon Yolanda. It was a super typhoon landed in the Philippines that stole a thousand lives. It was probably the most destructive typhoon ever landed in the region.
It happened years ago but it always remind me of that tragic night. It taught me lessons of empathy and gratefulness. Life is short to waste on things that don’t matter. It taught me to live my life to the fullest.


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“A social problem is one that concerns the way in which people live together in one society. A racial problem is a problem that confronts two different races, who live in two separate societies, even if those societies live side by side.” ~ Pauline Hanson, Australian political leader and author
Last Saturday morning I told my wife, Dana, I’d like to attend two church services on Sunday.
We’d go to the 10 o’clock service at our home church, Fellowship Bible, and scamper out early to make our way across town for the 11:30 service at New Mt. Zion Baptist. To get to New Mt. Zion, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, you must go literally, “across the tracks.”
My heart was prompted to attend New Mt. Zion following an early-morning conversation with my friend, and the church’s pastor, Dr. Ray Scales, and I knew going in we’d likely be the only “white folk” in the congregation. I also knew Mt. Zion’s membership would welcome us with open arms.
The original post from that experience may be viewed here: http://wp.me/p2bjEC-q1
As we were getting ready for the dual-service experience, I told Dana I thought it would be interesting to write about the sad fact that, here in the South, we still have black churches and white churches. She was hesitant for me to write about such a divisive topic, but knew that I’d never shied away from addressing certain present realities of our culture.
I understood her hesitancy. Dana often thinks things through better than me. My heart tends to rule my head, and I grieve over the white-church, black-church phenomenon.
It’s not just some academic theory here in the South. It’s a reality. A dark one. And it bothers me.
There can still be a certain apprehension just before a blogger hits the “publish” tab on certain topics. She takes the risk of putting herself out there before the world, and the world can be cruel, especially on subjects like this.
But the moment came, I hit the tab, the conversation ensued, and I wasn’t disappointed.
I’ll share with you three paraphrased excerpts from conversations that were directed my blog’s way. As my book, Light Wins, develops, I hope to pursue these conversations further, but for now, they speak for themselves.
One reader said her pastor described Sunday as “the most segregated day in the South.”
That’s a pretty profound statement coming from a preacher.
She went on to say she was happy about the fact the church she now attends has been described as “beige.”
Another comment came from a respected friend born outside the U.S., who’s lived in Memphis for the past several years. He related this story:
One Sunday morning his small group Sunday School class initiated a discussion about how they could better reach out to the community.
So he spoke up:
“Well, we have a fairly significant African-American population around the neighborhood. Perhaps we could better reach out in that regard.”
Their response, he said: Silence.
And every head slowly turned his way.
“What? he asked.
One member: “They have their own churches.”
Another member: “We’ve always been a white church.”
And from all indications, they always would be. At his own choosing, my friend’s days at that particular church were numbered, and he left.
But for me, the most profound response came from a man in my hometown. We’ve known one another about five years or so, and for two of those years we were members in same church.
Following a wretched split in that church over more details than I can relate, we both left. Not because of the split and taking one side or another, but because I believe we both thought it turned into such a ridiculous fiasco, that it dishonored the very One we were there to worship, and the entire reason we were there was lost in the petty, self-serving, agenda-promoting atmosphere. Yes, it still stings, but I should stop that tangent here.
As we traded a few emails, this is what my friend said:
He said he’d long been
fascinated troubled over the black church/white church reality. So much so, that he’d taken it upon himself to address it with others, and he found that same troubled heart permeated the souls of many men and women. It’s an issue, he’d one day like to write about, he said.
And furthermore, after the church split we experienced, he found himself in a paradox. Where would he go now? He was imposed upon by a choice that should never present itself. The simple reality for him was this: Would he now go to a black church or a white church?
The reality of that choice is profound and incomprehensible.
I’m wondering how we get to the beige alternative?
And now, to hit the “publish” button…


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Business schools focus on strengths, tailor MBAsWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Business schools across the country are setting themselves apart by offering "niche" master's degrees.
"It's definitely a response to increased market demand and business school competition," says Chuck Johnson, director of professional master's programs at Purdue University's Krannert School of Management. In the past, many business schools could offer general business degrees and rely primarily on geography to attract students. But now, he says, most business schools can no longer compete with only a general management program. Name recognition and expertise in specialized business fields is hotter than ever.
"As a business school, you have to identify and cultivate areas of expertise for which people will seek you out," Johnson says. "The whole trend of niche business degrees, such as Purdue's new Agribusiness MBA or the University of South Carolina's International Business MBA, is more evolutionary than revolutionary. Business schools have offered short courses and nondegree programs for corporations all over the United States, and many MBA programs have offered concentrations related to specific industries for some time. But the model is changing and now we're seeing that corporations are supporting longer-term hybrid executive master's programs that can deliver graduates with a deeper knowledge in a particular discipline along with a solid foundation in management."
Charles Hickman, director of projects and services for the International Association for Management Education, agrees.
"Niche, or specialty, degrees are becoming a popular way for business schools to identify themselves," he says. "Basically, schools are wising up and are no longer trying to out-Harvard Harvard. Now they have begun to build on their own institutional strengths to carve a niche for themselves, or sometimes create a new one. As a result, we are seeing master's degrees offered in specialized areas such as electronic commerce, health administration, sports management and even country music management."
According to an analysis of Barron's Guide to Graduate Business Schools, conducted by Patricia Flynn, dean of the Bentley College Graduate School of Business, and published in the November 1997 edition of the MBA Newsletter, 685 specialized business master's degree programs were offered in the United States in 1996. According to Flynn, accounting represented the largest share of the programs -- with 189 programs -- followed by management. The article states that 29 U.S. institutions offer five or more specialized master's degree programs in business. California State University offers the most specialty MBAs with 14 different programs to choose from.
At Purdue, specialty business programs created in the past 18 months include a specialization in computational finance, a three-week management training course for scientists and engineers at the doctoral level called Applied Management Principles, a master's degree in accounting, and an Executive Master of Business Administration in Agribusiness degree.
The agribusiness degree, with classes beginning in August 1999, is believed to be the first distance-delivered executive MBA in agribusiness offered in the United States. The degree, a cooperative venture between the Purdue Schools of Management and Agriculture, is aimed at further developing the management skills of professionals already working in the food and agricultural industries.
"This degree will allow agribusiness managers, commercial farmers and growers, and food manufacturing professionals to expand their knowledge of economic, social, technological and geopolitical forces that shape corporate and global decision-making in the food business," says Dennis J. Weidenaar, dean of the Krannert Graduate School of Management. "It's just one example of how universities are tailoring business programs to meet the needs of the marketplace."
Other innovative features of the two-year agribusiness program include the use of interactive coursework delivered via the World Wide Web, allowing managers to pursue a degree with minimal disruption from the workplace; a set of on-campus residencies that allows one-on-one time with instructors and other students; and an international residency in the Netherlands.
The downside of "niche" degrees, says Purdue's Johnson, is that schools could begin to lose focus on their core business and management courses and over-fragment themselves.
"If used wisely and strategically, specialty MBAs can serve a school and its students well," he says. "If used poorly they could lead to the balkanization of the business school environment. At Purdue we've been extremely careful in choosing those programs that make sense and that we know we can build upon, such as the agribusiness MBA."
Wallace E. Tyner, head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue, says the new degree was the logical next step for the School of Agriculture.
"We've been serving the global agribusiness community with educational programs and workshop opportunities for many years," he says. "The agribusiness MBA is our response to feedback from our colleagues that told us they wanted a pragmatic, in-depth course of study that could be accomplished from their current place of work. That's what we're trying to deliver."
As for the future, Johnson says he anticipates that specialty master's degrees will continue to grow in number and that courses such as human resource management and marketing may show up alongside traditional anatomy or litigation courses in the nation's medical and law schools.
"None of us practices our profession in a vacuum," he says. "For instance, more and more the business side of medicine is influencing how a medical student chooses to practice, and an attorney certainly needs to know how to manage his staff, market his services, and communicate with his accountant."
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Hello, I stumbled across this charming and melancholic piece and absolutely fell in love. The art, score, and narrative all come together to create a hauntingly atmospheric and serene environment.
Is there somewhere I can find this music? I'd love to add it to my spotify playlist <3
Hey folks! We're finally releasing to the public an old demo we made for the Indiecade 2018 Showcase for our game Balam!
Balam is a 2D atmospheric action-adventure game inspired by the rich culture of Chiapas, Mexico. You will play as the mysterious Balam (which means “jaguar” in Mayan), as she travels through a marvelous yet merciless jungle, full of wonder and regret. Immerse yourself in challenging but fair gameplay, lush hand-painted worlds, charming NPC interactions and deeply rooted lore. Uncover your place in a jungle on the brink of collapse.
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Somebody call Guinness because we
are awfully thirsty might have a world record on our hands!!!
And mingle he has!!
The fresh-faced actor was spotted getting sweaty with one of Hollywood's hottest leading ladies earlier today, Ashley Greene! Cameras caught them leaving a Studio City gym together!!
He was barely single long enough to change his relationship status on Facebook, but he's already kicking it with a new sexy woman!!
Sure, it's possible he and Lily broke up earlier than anyone realizes. It's also possible Jamie and Ashley reminisced about the good ole' days on the set of Twilight and kept it totally friendly.
Then again, they're both young and — who knows what happens once their gym juices start flowin'?
Either way, we're keeping our eyes on these two! And Ashley's scruffy mystery man should, too!
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2017 had been a great year for Smartphones. We acquainted the launch of the best smartphones with advanced features, innovative designs, and better performance from almost all device makers. All the tech giants are almost ready to release their new flagships for this year. Smartphones makers like Xiaomi, Apple, Samsung, Nokia and Vivo are all set to unveil their new Flagships this 2018. As we all know, every Smartphone manufacture releases their flagship phone same time every year. That’s the reason we exactly know when to expect the launch.
Here is the list of smartphones that are going to be unveiled this year.
- Apple 2018
Every iPhone fans eagerly wait for the month of September because Apple unveils the next generation iPhone in the same month every year. Apple’s new smartphone is expected to launch with features like a 6.1-inch 18.9 OLED display and 4GB RAM. The next Flagship may not be in series with iPhone X because this year iPhone X is likely to be discontinued. So, the new iPhone may come with a new series of number.
- Samsung S9 and S9+
South Korea giant Samsung is going to release their new flagship on 25th Feb this year in Barcelona. Samsung going to release their new Smartphone in the Galaxy series S9 and S9+. Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ might be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 or Exynos 9810. Galaxy S9 may arrive with the specs like 4 GB RAM and 64GB internal memory, infinity display, artificial intelligence (AI) features and better face recognition capabilities. S9+ may arrive in 6 GB Ram and 128 GB internal memory.
- Nokia 9
Nokia is going to launch its new smartphone, Nokia 9 at the Mobile World Congress. Nokia 9 is rumored to have a 5.3-inch 18:9 full-screen display. Nokia 9 is reported to be powered by Snapdragon 835 processor, with 4GB Ram and 128 GB internal memory, and a battery with 3,250mAh. Nokia 9 is most probably going to have dual front and rear cameras.
- OnePlus 6
Chinses Smartphone Company, OnePlus has created a great impact with their OnePlus 5 device, now all the fans are waiting for the release of their new flagship OnePlus 6-in the second quarter of 2018, said by device maker. It is reportedly said that OnePlus 6 is powered by Snapdragon 845 S0C. It is going to come with 18:9 Full-HD optic AMOLED screen. The 6GB/8GB RAM and 64GB/128GB internal storage variants are expected.
- Moto G6
Motorola which is owned by Lenovo is going to unveil their upcoming flagship at Mobile World Congress this month. As the Moto series are always budget-friendly, and Moto G5 is the successor in last year. Moto G6 is expected to run Android 8.0 Oreo and have a 5.7-inch Full HD+ display, dual camera and a 3,000mAh battery.
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Q: My daughter was removed from my home for being a threat to my other children. State wants child support. What can I do?
Daughter had become physically violent and a threat to the safety of my self and my other 2 children and was removed from my home by defac.
If she is in DFCS care you are going to have to pay child support. You need to speak with someone about representation in the juvenile court case. You are entitled to court appointed representation in a juvenile dependency case if you meet the income requirements.
I've dealt with this situation before, and there really isn't a good resolution other than to see that the child gets the mental health treatment they need to keep her and the other children safe. DFCS should be able to provide financial assistance while you are working a case plan to get this process started (i.e. psych eval and treatment). Take advantage of the services you are offered, pay your support, and work on getting her well enough to come back home and continue treatment there. Good luck to you and your family.
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National property prices have fallen for the second month in a row, as higher interest rates and unaffordable prices hit demand for homes, while rental rates are rising at a faster rate than housing values.
- CoreLogic and Prop Track say national home prices fell in June because of rising interest rates
- CoreLogic says prices fell in Sydney (-1.6pc), Melbourne (-1.1pc), and Hobart (-0.2pc)
- Prop Track found prices dropped in Sydney (-0.4pc), Melbourne (-0.6pc), ACT (-0.35pc) and Brisbane (-0.09pc)
Housing data and analytics firm CoreLogic said home values across the country fell 0.6 per cent in June, led by declines in Australia’s biggest cities Sydney (-1.6 per cent) and Melbourne (-1.1 per cent), but prices also dropped in Hobart (-0.2 per cent) and regional Victoria (-0.1 per cent).
The Reserve Bank increased official interest rates in May and June to curb surging inflation, and more steep increases are expected.
Property values rose by the most in Adelaide (+1.3 per cent), followed by Darwin (+0.9 per cent), Perth (+0.4 per cent), Canberra (+0.3 per cent), and Brisbane (+0.1 per cent).
A rival report by REA Group’s Prop Track found that Australian home prices fell again in June, by 0.25 per cent, with the decreases led by a 0.4 per cent drop in Sydney a 0.6 per cent drop in and Melbourne.
Prop Track said prices in Brisbane were down for the first time since the start of the pandemic — by 0.09 per cent — and values also slipped in Canberra, by 0.35 per cent.
It said a “two-speed housing market” was evident with Hobart (+0.26 per cent) and Adelaide (+0.42 per cent) the strongest-performing capital cities.
Demand for homes has been waning, with the latest lending data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing that demand for home loans fell by 6.4 per cent in April, just before the RBA started to hike rates in May, the first rate rise in more than a decade.
CoreLogic Research Director Tim Lawless said the fall in prices over June followed May’s interest rate hike, surging inflation and worried consumers.
“So it’s definitely increasing the level of decline and we are starting to see more and more cities quite clearly losing steam in the rate of growth in housing values, but we’ve also seen a fairly sharp reduction in the number of home sales as fewer people are active in the market, and an increase in listing numbers.”
Buyers flee Melbourne market
Ivan Juricevich, a real estate agent in Melbourne’s western suburbs, said the number of buyers and properties on the market had dropped off.
“That means that maybe they’ve dropped down a tier in their property searches.
“Investors are still prominent, but again, they need the numbers to work for them.”
And Mr Juricevich thinks prices in Melbourne will fall further.
“In the next six to 12 months I think it’s a buyers market, definitely.”
CoreLogic said that as housing conditions slowed down, the property market was “swinging back in favour of buyers” with the capital city clearance rate below 60 per cent since late May, longer selling times and high levels of vendor discounting.
Smaller capitals continue to climb
It is a different story in Adelaide, where property prices are still rising.
Benjamin Cardi recently moved back to the South Australian capital and has a sizeable budget of $1.5 million to spend on a family home.
“It remains a seller’s market at the moment,” Mr Cardi said.
Mr Cardi has watched from interstate as Adelaide property prices surged by more than one quarter over the past year.
“It’s now reaching the point where it’s about the maximum that we can afford to do what we want.”
However, Mr Cardi is not too concerned about rising interest rates.
“With another property asset in our portfolio, I’m comfortable that we have some room to manoeuvre.”
Mr Cardi’s buyer’s agent, Katherine Skinner, has never seen Adelaide’s market this hot.
“The huge amount of growth is unheard of here.”
“There’s still a lot of buyers that have been left over from the extremely hot market and aren’t necessarily affected by the interest rate rises.”
Ms Skinner said she’s seeing properties that would have gone for $900,000 selling for $1.5 million without any work done on them.
Home prices set to fall further
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters expects house prices to fall 15 per cent and potentially more in Melbourne and Sydney before starting to stabilise towards the end of the next year.
That is as interest rates increase, with Ms Masters predicting that the Reserve Bank will raise the official cash rate to as high as 2.6 per cent by early 2023.
“That’s about what economists call neutral, so that’s where the RBA is trying to get to.
“And at that level, we do think that interest payments as a percentage of disposable income will be at levels that have typically seen household spending slow.”
She said falling house prices will hit all income brackets and that was a major risk to the economy in 2023.
“And that’s why when house prices fall, all income groups get exposed.”
“We’d expect a negative wealth effect shock right across the income spectrum. And that’s a key risk for the economy going forward.”
Prop Track’s Paul Ryan said the “outsized” rate rise in June by the RBA and expectations of much higher rates later in the year continued to slow property markets across the country in June.
“We expect continued price falls across the country until the uncertainty about the extent of interest rate increases is resolved — likely extending beyond 2022.”
Rents go up
CoreLogic said across the country, rents increased by 0.9 per cent in June, taking the annual growth rate to 9.5 per cent.
“Such strong rental conditions through the current cycle have occurred largely in the absence of overseas migration, although the reopening of international borders is likely adding further upwards pressure on rental demand,” Mr Lawless said.
“A reduction in average household size through the pandemic helps to explain such high rental demand during a time of closed international borders.”
He said the supply of rental properties was also affected by a long-running downturn in investment between 2015 and 2021.


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Among the 25 cities chosen for an autism clinical trial, Las Vegas was one of the few selected to participate.
As part of the nationwide research, researchers are recruiting Las Vegas participants to help unlock the mysteries behind autism.
The decision to enroll a loved one is easy or challenging, depending on the parent’s perspective on how they want to help the child diagnosed with autism.
For Heather-Lei Ambos, a Las Vegas mother of an 8-year-old child with autism, the decision was tough. “I don’t want my 8-year-old to take anti-psychotics. He’ll scream, sometimes hit. He has many sensory issues and lashes out when he gets overloaded.”
Heather explains that She’s even tried to install special locks to keep her son safe, but that only goes so far. “locks to keep him from being able to go outside when he’s in a mood because he’ll scale the fence,” she says
About the AB-2004 Medication
According to an associate professor at UNLV and Touro University, Dr. Ann,” Of the patients with autism, probably about 20% have irritability & aggression. The irritability may include biting, kicking, screaming, or tantrums,”
But She says there’s hope in AB-2004, a recently developed clinical trial medication targeting gut bacteria linked to a behavioral problem.
AB-2004 is designed to reduce irritable behaviors and provide a better quality of life for both the child and the parents.
How the drug is administered
Dr. Ann explains that The medication can be sprinkled in food, & doesn’t get absorbed into the bloodstream. “It binds those bacterial toxins,” She explains.
Clinical Trial Requirement
The clinical trial is currently looking for participants in Las Vegas, aged 13-17, diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Previous 200 trials have shown promise, with results suggesting a significant decrease in aggression and irritability.
Benefit of participating
Heather hopes this clinical trial will provide something that many parents of autistic children can only dream of. Dr. Ann says the study period is 12 weeks and is worth 1000 dollars.
According To Heather, the Mum to the 8-year-old autistic child, “My son doesn’t have any other outlets to get help. Even if he can’t grow up to be functional enough to live independently, we’d like to keep him home. And with physical aggression, that’s not going to be possible.”
She hopes AB-2004 can give her son the life he deserves in the Future. Currently, her son is not old enough to participate in the trial, but she hopes AB-2004 will be able to provide some relief for other families affected by autism.
If someone you know is between the ages of 13 and 17 & interested in the clinical trial, please contact the AB-2004 research team HERE for more information.
Help unlock the mysteries behind autism and be a part of something bigger by joining this research effort. Together we can make a difference in the lives of those with autism.

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These art batts are reminiscent of peppermint candy. They are made of all soft materials (of course) in magenta, pink, and white merino along with bright red bamboo fiber and just a bit of firestar to add some shimmer. I carded them once in thin layers.
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Weight: 2 ounces each
Contents: 74% merino top, 25% bamboo, 1% firestar
Colors: Magenta, Bright Red, Pink, White
Carding Style: Carded Once in Layers of Thin Stripes
Uses: Spinning (74% feltable fibers)
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Ailbhe Garrihy has made us all very jealous as she started posting about the safari honeymoon of our dreams.
Heading to Nairobi with her new husband Ruaidhri Hehir for their once in a lifetime honeymoon, the couple are certainly enjoying their time off in the jungle.
The couple has an eye for adventure and from what we’ve seen on their Instagrams, a safari-based honeymoon is exactly what suits them.
Taking to her own page, Ailbhe showed off snaps from their exotic holiday and posted pictures of what she referred to as the cast of the Lion King.
Joking that she had seen the real Mufasa, she posted snaps of everything from lions and cheetahs to giraffes and elephants.
A holiday we could only dream of going on, not to mention for our honeymoon.
Ailbhe and Ruaidhri jetted off from Dublin Airport earlier this week to embark on this adventure of a lifetime.
Ailbhe told her 77 thousand followers: ‘Over n’ out ✈ First stop: Nairobi! 🦒🐘🦁🦓 #honeymoon #byeJanuary.’
And she then gave them all a quick update to tell everyone how well the trip was going as she posed with Ruaidhri against a safari tour jeep.
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Apple today unveiled the third generation of the iPad at its media event this morning.
The new iPad, as expected, features a higher resolution Retina display, a better front camera, a faster processor and supports faster 4G LTE networks. The design remains largely the same with slight changes in dimensions.
Here’s a list of new features and improvements:
This was the most anticipated, and thanks to the rumor mill, most probable feature of the new iPad. The device doubles its pixel density from 132ppi to 264 ppi. For the iPad’s 9.7 inch screen, that is a resolution of 2048 by 1536 pixels, totaling to 3.1 million pixels. iOS takes care to render text, and other UI elements at a higher resolution to display, sharper and crisper text and graphics. The new iPad has 44 percent better color saturation as well.
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The rear camera has been upgraded to 5MP. Also, Apple sort of takes a step back in nomenclature, and calls the camera an “iSight” camera. We thought it shed this branding when it started marketing cameras shipped with Macs as FaceTime HD cameras. It features the same optics system as the iPhone 4S with features like auto-exposure, auto-focus, auto-face detection and AF-lock. The iSight camera is also capable of taking video in 1080p resolution, with Built-in stabilization and noise reduction.
Just like the iPhone 4S, small key on the new iPad’s keyboard brings up an interface for voice dictation. It supports US English, British, Australian, French, German and Japanese. But this is not Siri, it seems to be just Siri’s Dictation feature.
The new iPad has a 4G LTE chip which brings 4G LTE, HSPA+ and dual-channel HSDPA capabilities to the device. Their theoretical speeds: 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, LTE at 73Mbps. It is compatible with AT&T, Verizon, Rogers, Bell and Telus. The devices would be separate though, depending on the carrier you choose. The 3G, however, would be “world-ready,” which means that you could take your new iPad anywhere in the world, pop-in a SIM and surf the web via 3G. Also, if permitted by your carrier, the iPad can now serve as a personal hotspot.
Well, this isn’t really an improvement, but nevertheless. The new iPad, at 9.4mm thickness and 1.4lbs weight, is slightly thicker than its predecessor, presumably to make room for the new 4G LTE chip, and the larger battery to power the Retina display.
The new iPad retains the 10 hour battery life with 4G off, and 9 hours with 4G.
Contrary to certain rumors, the iPad retains the same pricing as the iPad 2. iPad with Wi-Fi will be available for $499 for the 16GB model, $599 for the 32GB model, $699 for the 64GB model. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 for the 16GB model, $729 for the 32GB model and $829 for the 64GB model. Both models would be available in black and white.
The iPad 2 meanwhile has received a price drop. The 16GB iPad 2 Wi-Fi only model would be selling for $399 and the iPad 2 Wi-Fi+3G model will be available for $529.
The new iPad will be available on March 16th in the United States, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.
Update: Apple has already started accepting pre-orders for the new iPad on its online store.
Also check out Apple’s introductory video of the new iPad where Apple explains how it managed to get Retina Display on the new iPad and lots more:
Let us know what you think about the new iPad. Do you plan to buy or upgrade to it? Let us know in the comments.


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The PPL has discovered gas from kotri x-2 well which is located in Sindh. According to PPL, the company said the pressure of gas is 608 Psi and the company has 100 percent working interest in the field.
The company needs to work more to produce commercial quantity of gas as it seems a tight gas reservoir. It is a great discovery for Sindh and they should take benefits from this discovery. — Via email


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Shares of Marqeta, Inc. (NASDAQ:MQ – Get Rating) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Buy” from the eighteen research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and eleven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $20.47.
MQ has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price objective on shares of Marqeta from $17.00 to $13.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 10th. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Marqeta in a report on Monday, April 4th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $15.00 price target on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Marqeta in a research note on Tuesday, January 18th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $18.00 price objective for the company. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Marqeta in a research note on Thursday, March 10th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on Marqeta from $17.00 to $19.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 6th.
NASDAQ MQ opened at $9.30 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $10.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $15.73. Marqeta has a 52 week low of $8.24 and a 52 week high of $37.90.
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of MQ. Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its stake in shares of Marqeta by 52.7% during the third quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 100,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,233,000 after purchasing an additional 34,846 shares during the period. North Star Investment Management Corp. purchased a new stake in Marqeta in the 4th quarter valued at about $105,000. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership bought a new position in Marqeta in the 3rd quarter worth about $35,961,000. Marshall Wace LLP increased its position in shares of Marqeta by 3,487.9% during the third quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 275,479 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,094,000 after acquiring an additional 267,801 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Marqeta by 8.7% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,648,459 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,464,000 after acquiring an additional 131,830 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 50.31% of the company’s stock.
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Golden Eagle Volleyball Drops Season Opener, 3-0
Aug. 24, 2012
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss volleyball team dropped its season opener, falling to South Alabama in three sets, 25-16, 25-22, 25-22, in the final match of the day in the Southern Miss Invitational.
Sophomore Jasmine Crowell led the way with a match high 13 kills while senior Halie Ecker added seven. Elizabeth Rinaudo collected 11 digs while Alex Pfefferle and Kristen Fleming added eight digs each. Fleming handed out 27 assists.
Olivia Mohler led South Alabama with 12 kills and Savannah Stewart tallied 10. Jenna Hassell came up with a match-high 18 digs and Katariina Kananen finished with 39 assists.
"The outcome is not what we had hoped, but it important that this group stays positive and works to improve in every single point," coach Abbey Sutherland said. "It's no secret that we are inexperienced, but we will no longer be able to use that as an excuse. Leaders will soon emerge and this team will come together." The teams started out evenly before the Jaguars used a 14-2 run in overtaking the Golden Eagles 23-14. USA's Stewart served nine consecutive points during the run in helping the Jaguars to a 25-16 win.
In set two, USA jumped out to a 4-1 lead before USM came back to tie the set a 5-5. The teams went back and forth for the remainder of the set until South Alabama took advantage of two Eagles attack errors before Stewart gave the Jaguars a 25-22 win on a kill.
USM built a 6-4 lead to start the third stanza, but South Alabama took control with tough blocking and timely kills to take 13-10 lead. Southern Miss kept the set close and got within one, 22-21, before USA claimed the set, 25-22.
In earlier action, Central Arkansas defeated South Alabama, 3-1 and Louisiana Tech, 3-0.
Action resumes on Saturday at 11 a.m. with Southern Miss taking on Central Arkansas followed by South Alabama and Louisiana Tech at 3 p.m. and Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech conclude at 7 p.m.


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