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Cutera Takes 2Q Loss on Legal Charge
Cutera Inc., which makes laser skin treatments used by dermatologists and plastic surgeons, on Monday said it swung to a second-quarter loss, weighed down by $22 million patent settlement with rival Palomar Medical Technologies. The company posted a loss of $9 million, or 73 cents per share, compared with a profit of $2.7 million, or 20 cents per share, a year ago. Cutera anticipated the loss in June and lowered its guidance to a loss of 89 cents per share from a 12-cent gain. Excluding the legal charge and stock option expenses, the company said it earned 20 cents per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected, on average, earnings of 9 cents per share. Revenue jumped 38.8 percent to $24.4 million from $17.6 million. Analysts expected revenue of $22.8 million.
S. Michael Craven
There is a great deal of consternation and, I might add, confusion over the nature and impact of postmodernism. Many Christians immediately assume that all things postmodern are the malicious source of moral relativism and that postmodernism is determined to destroy all truth. I often hear evangelical leaders speak of the "threat of postmodernism" or the "challenges of living in the postmodern era" as if some malevolent force has suddenly overtaken Western civilization. In short, most Christians tend to assume that postmodern philosophy is completely antithetical to Christian faith but I would argue that this is based more on a popular notion of postmodernity than on a critical analysis that seeks to truly understand the complexities of culture, namely postmodernism and its historical origins.
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