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Another store on the street sells halal-certified products, but despite a halal certification on the wall, some of the store‘s color cosmetic products were not certified.
Though the issue has been highlighted before, not much has changed, as the Muslim population in Korea is relatively small. It is estimated that around 130,000 Muslims live in Korea, according to the Korea Muslim Federation.
As a result, many local firms deem halal certification to be far from cost-effective.
Some pioneering cosmetic brands, however, stress that halal certification can also appeal to non-Muslim customers for ethical and health-related reasons.
“What comes from nature can be halal. But as the ingredients are processed by humans, artificially, they have more chances of being ‘haram,’ or what are forbidden,” said Lee Ma-eum, a marketing manager for the brand.
Maya Cosmetics, a nail polish company based in Chicago, at the halal showcase offered halal-certified nail polishes. As Sharia Law, or the law of Islam, requires the face and hands to be washed before praying, including the nails, faithful Muslims should not use regular nail lacquers.
The Scientist and Nature, a bronze sculpture depicting prominent animal physiologist Knut Schmidt-Nielson, on the west campus of Duke University.
A student plays a game of pool in the lower level of the Bryan Center on the Duke University campus.
Students walk through the west campus of Duke University. Over 13,000 students are enrolled, with over half of them graduate students.
The horseshoe-shaped Wallace Wade football stadium at Duke University seats over 33,000.
Students walk through the West Quad on the Duke University campus. The cluster of residence halls was built in the 1920s and 30s after the traditional model of an English campus.
Bundles of chimneys sprout from the Gothic architecture present on the west campus of Duke University.
A gust of wind sends leaves and students scurrying across the Duke University campus.
A statue of James B. Duke, founder of the Duke Endowment, stands guard with cigar in front of the Duke University Chapel.
Sabrina Rubakovic, sophomore from Palm Springs, Calif., talks about her experiences with the Cameron Crazies, the rambunctious student group at Duke University basketball games.
A metal plaque with the words and music of "Dear Old Duke," the official alma mater of Duke University, is affixed to a wall in the Bryan Center.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government will lose its one-seat majority in parliament with more than half the votes counted in a by-election late on Saturday, creating a potential political crisis for Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The by-election for the wealthy seaside constituency of Wentworth, in Sydney’s east, followed the resignation of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull who was ousted in August by his own party.
With just over 60 percent of votes counted late on Saturday, locals registered a near 23 percent swing against the government’s candidate Dave Sharma, according to official electoral results, propelling Kerryn Phelps, an independent, to victory.
“This win tonight should signal a return of decency, integrity and humanity to the Australian government,” Phelps told her supporters in Sydney.
During the campaign, Phelps, a doctor, tapped into growing disdain by voters for Australia’s rough-and-ready political system, highlighted by the Liberals’ ousting of their own leader in August - the fourth prime minister to be removed from office by their own party since 2010.
As vote counting continued, Prime Minister Morrison acknowledged the impending defeat on Saturday, while pledging to fight all the way until the next election.
“We will stand up for what we believe until the bell rings, and the bell hasn’t rung, Liberals, the bell hasn’t rung,” Morrison told supporters.
Morrison, more conservative than his predecessor, will now have to rely on the support of independent lawmakers to continue to govern.
The next national election is not due until May 2019, although it could happen earlier if the Liberal-led coalition fails to win the support of at least one independent MP and continue to govern.
Haydon Manning, a political science professor at Flinders University in South Australia, told Reuters it was unlikely the government could continue until May.
Even if Morrison can hold a minority government together, his entire legislative agenda will be driven by five independents.
Two independents have already ruled out supporting the government, and others have warned Morrison that he will have to pay a hefty price for their backing.
Bob Katter a former member of the ruling coalition before resigning to sit as an independent, issued a statement immediately after the result became clear outlining his demands, largely around agriculture.
To gain his support, Katter said Morrison would have to: offer government-backed loans to drought affected farmers; clamp-down on foreign purchases of agricultural land; and build various infrastructure including a dam and a railway line.
“If they don’t deliver these things, then they don’t deserve to survive,” Katter said.
Morrison is also dealing with the fallout of a pledge to consider following U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move its embassy there.
The potential policy unveiled during the by-election campaign was designed to appeal to the large Jewish community in Wentworth, but has been widely criticized.
Arab diplomats expressed their worries to Canberra this week, and neighboring Indonesia warned that Australia was risking its trade and business relationship with the entire Islamic world.
Sharma, the Liberal candidate in Wentworth, is a former Australian ambassador to Israel who is credited with first making the proposal to relocate the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The status of Jerusalem is one of the obstacles to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern sector that it annexed after the 1967 Middle East war, as its capital.
The Jerusalem proposal was the most controversial element of an already heated campaign. Turnbull’s own son called on voters to shun the Liberal Party over its energy and climate change policies that have divided the party.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said he could live with Kobe Bryant’s wonky shot for the moment. Jackson also indicated he could put up with a sputtering offense that too often dumps the ball into Bryant’s hands as the shot clock winds down.
After all, these games merely are exhibitions and don’t count in the standings.
What really worries Jackson is Bryant’s lack of explosiveness, his inability to get free of defenders, whether with a quick move off the dribble or a leap into the air. Bryant’s offseason right knee surgery has left him earthbound.
Jackson said Wednesday he was considering limiting Bryant’s playing time for a while when the regular season begins Tuesday. Jackson said he wasn’t certain how many minutes Bryant might play, but it wouldn’t be his usual workload.
Bryant averaged almost 39 minutes last season.
Jackson said it was “very possible” he wouldn’t play Bryant in tonight’s exhibition against Golden State in San Diego in order to rest him. The teams play again Friday in Ontario, and Jackson said Bryant would play.
The lack of zip in Bryant’s game has been evident from the Lakers’ first exhibition, when he played only six minutes during their loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 4 in London’s O2 Arena.
Bryant’s lack of a shooting touch has been impossible to miss, too.
He scored seven points on 2-for-13 shooting during the Lakers’ loss to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday at Honda Center. That dropped his exhibition shooting percentage to 27.3.
He is averaging only 11 points in six exhibitions.
“I’m not that concerned about his shot as I am about him having an overall ability to play with the kind of energy he wants,” Jackson said of Bryant, a 45.5 percent shooter during his 14-season NBA career. “His shot will come as soon as that happens.
Bryant laughed off his sluggish play during a lighthearted session with reporters after the Lakers fell to 2-4 Tuesday. He chuckled while delivering one-word answers on the significance of his shooting woes.
Above all, he made it clear he wasn’t troubled by his knee or missed shots.
Sasha Vujacic is expected to make his return to the court tonight after sitting out three games after suffering a concussion last week in practice. Jackson said the backup guard “looked ready to play” after Wednesday’s practice.
Luke Walton said, “I’m in,” when asked if he would play tonight. He reported no lingering pain in the strained right hamstring that sidelined him for the Lakers’ first six exhibitions. He went through practice without any restrictions.
Derrick Caracter, an energetic rookie forward, isn’t quite ready to play after suffering back spasms and sitting out the past two games.
Jackson said Caracter could be fit to play on opening night.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Justice Department on Thursday approved a pair of mega-mergers in the phone industry that would end the independence of AT&T Corp. and MCI Inc., the two biggest long-distance companies in the United States.
Antitrust regulators said they would allow, with minor conditions, the $16 billion sale of AT&T to SBC Communications Inc. and the $8.5 billion purchase of MCI by Verizon Communications VZ, +0.45% Consumer groups decried the decision.
After the merger, SBC SBC, +0.75% plans to adopt the AT&T T, +0.25% brand, while scandal-tarnished MCI MCIP will be folded into Verizon. SBC plans to complete its deal before the end of the year, while Verizon Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said Thursday that the MCI deal might not be finished until January.
The mergers would create two behemoths with national and even global reach. Both SBC and Verizon plan to offer a one-stop shopping destination for an array of services to consumers and businesses alike -- local calling, long-distance, Internet access, wireless and data.
They are even building new multi-billion dollar fiber networks over which to deliver TV service in an effort to thwart cable companies from taking their customers. Cable operators already offer speedy Internet connections to consumers and are moving to offer local, long-distance and perhaps even wireless phone service.
Under the Justice Department's edict, SBC and Verizon have to divest fiber connections, known as special access lines, to more than 700 hundred commercial buildings in 19 cities.
The department filed suit to block the mergers, but said the deals would be allowed if the companies accepted the terms. Both SBC and Verizon said they will comply.
Beyond that one area of concern, Justice "concluded that the transactions will not harm competition and will likely benefit consumers, due to existing competition, emerging technologies, [and] the changing regulatory environment," said Thomas O. Barnett, acting assistant attorney general at the antitrust division.
Critics had unsuccessfully sought stiffer conditions, arguing that competition in the business market would be reduced by the two mergers. Consumer groups accused regulators of "rubber-stamping" the mergers.
"A Justice Department that 20 years ago shattered the telephone monopoly known as Ma Bell is now coddling the very phone giants who are again trying to create regional telecommunications monopolies," said Gene Kimmelman, senior director of public policy at Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine.
The Federal Communications Commission is slated to vote Friday on the mergers. Justice usually issues its edict before the FCC acts. It's rare for the FCC to disagree with the recommendation of the Justice Department. Both agencies cooperate extensively in the approval process.
Blair Levin, a regulatory analyst at Legg Mason and former top-ranking FCC official, characterized the conditions imposed as "light."
All four companies applauded the decision. "We proved that the transaction is pro-competitive and will not lessen competition in any market," said John Thorne, Verizon's deputy general counsel.
For MCI and AT&T, the mergers save the long-distance companies from a potentially bleak future of declining sales and market share in a hotly competitive business. Both carriers have been shrinking for years as customers switch to alternative providers or adopt newer technologies such as email and wireless.
At AT&T, for example, revenue has tumbled from $49.6 billion in 1999 to an expected $26.5 billion in 2005. In an effort to hide their own decline, former executives of MCI's forerunner, WorldCom, resorted to accounting tricks. The scandal eventually came to light and MCI endured a lengthy bankruptcy process before emer...
Ironically, many former customers of MCI and AT&T have switched to SBC and Verizon. The local companies were allowed into the long-distance market several years ago. For years, they had been barred from selling long-distance as part of the government-decreed breakup of the old AT&T monopoly in 1984.
The challenge for SBC and Verizon, the two-largest wireless and local-phone operators in the U.S., is to reverse that decline. The pair especially coveted the corporate-services divisions of AT&T and MCI, which cater to thousands of large companies. Neither SBC or Verizon had made much headway in that market.
Some investors and analysts have expressed wariness about the deals and are skeptical that the decline in long-distance is reversible especially in AT&T's case.
Consumer groups decried the pending mergers, saying approval of the deals would lead to the creation of "AT&T East" and AT&T West" - a pair of new monopolies that could harm competition in a number of markets.
Antitrust regulators, however, saw little reason to believe that competition would be threatened. The phone industry is under assault from cable rivals and new Internet-based technologies that have reduced the cost of most communications services.
"Competition has changed," Cleland said. "The tech sector is invading the telecom sector."
Prices of wireless and long-distance service, for instance, have fallen sharply in recent years, according to FCC data. The only area where prices have not fallen is in the local-phone market.
SBC and Verizon executives, for their part, argue that radical shifts in technology have undermined the traditional phone industry and put pressure on companies to reinvent themselves as full-scale suppliers of communications services.
They insist the mergers will lead to improved financial health and allow them to spend more money to introduce advanced services, resulting in lower costs and better technology for customers.
As an example, Verizon is spending billions of dollars to connect customers to its network by high-capacity fiber. The company plans to deliver a cable-like TV service with hundreds of high-definition channels over those fiber links.
For at least the next few years, the businesses of MCI and AT&T are expected to generate plenty of cash for their new owners to help fund expansion of their wireless businesses or fiber networks. How long that can go on is uncertain, however.
In today's world, everyone is a temporary worker.
Even if you're an executive at a well-established company, your job could be temporary. Working for yourself? There's no telling how long your business might last.
Particularly in a down economy and a tight job market, it's important to keep this in mind. Companies downsize. People get fired or laid off. The market changes. And while you might find another job in your field, your career is likely less stable than the careers your grandparents had years ago.
You may be tempted to get comfortable in your job because it doesn't seem threatened at the moment. But as recent news goes to show, the multitude of jobs that seemed like they would be around forever are disappearing. Several cases in point: Bank of America laying off 30,000 workers, Borders bookstore closing, and eve...
Create a strong personal brand. Although your current job and career play a part in your professional brand, your personal brand is something that stays with you throughout your entire career, no matter where you end up working. Get active online, share and create relevant content, and give people a reason to remember ...
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Have a back-up career. When I was laid off from my job in public relations a few years ago, I realized the importance of starting my own side business to ensure I always had a job. Now, my back-up career is my full-time one. You never know how things will pan out, and you can no longer count on a company to keep you em...
Maintain your professional network.Networking is still one of the top ways to land a new job. By keeping in contact with your professional connections, you're more likely to learn about new job opportunities, gain referrals and make additional connections. And if you do lose your job, you'll have a network to turn to f...
What steps have you taken to set yourself up for success even if your current job disappears?
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the United Nations Population Division and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, is organising a regional workshop on strengthening the collection and use of international migration data for the achievement of the...
The workshop will take place at United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, from 5 to 8 February 2019.
The workshop will bring together experts from a range of ministries and departments within national governments concerned with the collection of migration statistics including national statistical offices, ministries of labour, interior, immigration, human resource development and ministries dealing with human displace...
Presentation by UNDESA, logistics and introduction of participants.
The session reviews global, regional and national policy initiatives related to international migration, discusses their implications for data collection and identifies challenges related to the collection and use of migration-related data for monitoring policy implementation.
The session provides information on internationally agreed concepts and definitions related to international migration, as well as on the variety of sources which can be used to generate data on international migration, their strengths and limitations. It also addresses the issue of data infrastructure required for the...
The session provides an opportunity for participants to provide input on the revision of the 1998 Recommendations, including on how migrants and different population groups are identified in countries.
Exercises on identifying an international migrant. Discussion will be organised around the second pre-workshop assignment (population count and treatment of special population groups). Outcome of the exercise will inform the revision of the 1998 UN Recommendations.
The Marrakech Compact on Migration recognises the importance of censuses as a tool for improving migration data collection. The session provides participants with an overview of the uses of population censuses to measure immigration and emigration, and the characteristics of migrants, based on examples from national ce...